Benson Boone reaches No. 1 for the first time Advertising signStreaming Songs chart, as “Beautiful Things” rises 5-1 on the chart dated Feb. 17.
In the tracking week of Feb. 2-8, “Beautiful Things” earned 22.8 million official streams in the U.S., according to Luminate. That's up 23% from the previous frame (January 26 – February 1), when the song garnered 18.5 million streams.
The song debuted at No. 5 on the Feb. 3 survey via 15.7 million streams, meaning the song has gained at least 18% in streams every week since its release so far (it debuted on streaming platforms on the 18 January after a several-week experiment on TikTok).
Boone's No. 1 on Streaming Songs makes him the first act to land their first chart-topper as a lead artist since Doja Cat, whose “Paint the Town Red” reigned in October 2023.
As Doja Cat had a history of multiple songs on Streaming Songs prior to her first No. Richmond”, in September 2023.
Boone's other claim to fame is that “Beautiful Things” is the first song of 2024 to climb to No. 1 for his first reign on Streaming Songs instead of debuting there. The last song to do so was Jack Harlow's “Lovin on Me,” which reached the top spot in its second week (December 2, 2023) after debuting at No. 2 the previous week.
Meanwhile, as previously reported, “Beautiful Things” jumps 8-3 on the multi-metric Billboard Hot 100. In addition to its streams, the song earned 3.4 million radio plays (up 321%) and 9,000 downloads (up 15% ). Early airplay success was courtesy of the Adult Pop Airplay (#28) and Pop Airplay (#32) charts.
The tune also tops the Global 200 for the first time.
“Beautiful Things” is currently a stand-alone single for Boone, who has released two EPs, Walk Me Home… (2022) and Pulse (2023).
