Charli XCX Dominates Dance Charts With 'Brat'

Charli XCX Blankets Advertising signThe June 22 dance charts following the release of her sixth studio LP, Brat. The set opens at No. 1 on Top Dance/Electronic Albums (her first leader there), while all 15 tracks on the standard edition – plus two bonus cuts – cover Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.

Brat debuts with 77,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June 13, according to Luminate. This marks the biggest week of Charli's career, by units. It also earns her highest ranking on the all-genre Billboard 200, debuting at No. 3.

The album's first week tally includes 30,000 copies sold on vinyl, fueling its No. 1 debut on the Vinyl Albums chart.

Brat garnered 46.72 million official on-demand streams of the deluxe edition's 18 songs, equivalent to 37,000 SEA units (album stream equivalents).

Brat was released on June 7 with 15 tracks and its deluxe edition arrived three days later. The deluxe edition is aptly titled Brat and it's the same, but there are three other songs, so it's not, dominates Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, with 17 of its 18 titles appearing on this week's top 50 chart. This gives Charli more than a third (34%) of the dance chart's total real estate. Only Skrillex has recorded more simultaneous recordings, when he had 20 songs on the release dated March 4, 2023.

Thirteen of Charli's 17 appearances are debuts, led by “Talk Talk” at No. 5. Four new tracks crack the top 20, including “Sympathy Is A Knife,” “365” and “Everything is Romantic,” all between Nos. 10-14.

Charli released a handful of singles in the lead up Brat, and they are making big moves. “360” is the top earner/stream of the week, up 95% to 6.6 million clicks, pushing it from No. 7 to a new peak at No. 3. “Von Dutch” is the top earner/ Sales, up 25-7, returns to a weekly high. Additionally, “Club Classic” and “B2B” re-enter the list with new peaks, back at Nos. 11 and 19, respectively.

His avalanche Brat tracks nearly triples Charli's record on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, where she previously charted 10 songs. Notably, the new album's “Von Dutch” and the other pre-release singles marked her first solo unaccompanied appearances on the chart. “360” marks her highest ranking as a top artist, having topped the chart in 2013 via her featured turn on Icona Pop's “I Love It.”

Brat isn't the only new release impacting this week's dance charts. of Kaitranada Eternal debuts at No. 2 on Top Dance/Electronic Songs with 21,000 units, while also charting at No. 2 on Top R&B Albums, No. 6 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 28 on the Billboard 200.

Nine of the album's tracks debut on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, led by “Witchy,” featuring Childish Gambino, at No. 12. Other entries include collaborations with Anderson .Paak, Don Toliver and PinkPantheress.