Jack Harlow’s ‘First Class’ Debuts at No. 1, Beats Harry Styles’ 2022 Streaming Record
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticLast week, Harry Styles set the high-water mark for weekly streams for a song in 2022 — and just one week later, that record has fallen.
It now belongs to Jack Harlow, whose “First Class” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 after picking up 54.6 million on-demand streams in its first week.Last week, Styles’ “As It Was” came out on top with 43.8 million streams.
This week, it predictably falls to a still-solid No. 2, with 32.3 million streams in its second frame.So as streaming goes, Harlow came out well ahead of Styles, in their respective opening weeks.
However — and this is a big “but” — Styles was well ahead of Harlow when you look at the first-week radio airplay. “First Class” got 4.1 million audience impressions at radio this week, less than a fourth of the 27.2 million radio ears Styles got in his debut last week.
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