Falling in Reverse, Tech N9ne and Alex Terrible 'Ronald' collaboration takes a bow Advertising signHot Hard Rock Songs chart, debuting at No. 1 on the May 18 survey.
“Ronald” opens with 2.4 million official US streams and 3,000 downloads sold in the week ending May 9, according to Luminate. It is dominated by only three days of data since it was released on May 7.
The tune is Falling on Reverse's fifth Hot Hard Rock Songs chart to date since the tally began in June 2020. The Ronnie Radke-led band scored their chart-topping No.1 debut, “Popular Monster”.
Of those five leaders, the band has recorded the four most recent consecutively: “Zombified,” “Voices In My Head” (both 2022), “Watch the World Burn” (2023) and “Ronald.” The streak is the longest in chart history.
Dropping Bring Me the Horizon back-to-back ties for most No. 1s earned on the list.
Most No. 1 Hot Hard Rock Songs:
- 5, Bring me the Horizon
- 5, Falling upside down
- 3, Foo Fighters
- 2, HARDY
- 2, Linkin Park
- 2, Metallica
- 2, Pearl Jam
- 2, State of Mine
“Ronald” is the first Hot Hard Rock Songs No. 1 for both Tech N9ne and Alex Terrible. Rapper Tech N9ne previously appeared on the chart twice in 2020 as a featured artist on Hollywood Undead's “Idol” (No. 7 peak) and Corey Taylor's “CMFT Must Be Stopped” (No. 11). “Ronald” is Alex Terrible's first charting appearance as a solo act. His band Slaughter to Prevail made two visits with “Baba Yaga” (No. 11, 2021) and “Viking” (No. 5, 2023).
At the same time, “Ronald” bows at No. 24 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and No. 1 on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales, marking Falling's seventh Reverse leader and first since 2023's “Watch the World Burn.” The band debuted with “Monos” in 2013.
“Ronald” appears on Popular monsterFalling on Reverse's fifth studio album, out July 26. It is the band's first full-length album since 2017 I'm coming homewhich debuted at No. 2 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart and has earned 203,000 equivalent album units to date.
