Hozier claims his first No. 1 at Advertising signHot Rock & Alternative Songs chart in nine years as “Too Sweet” debuts at the top on April 6.
The song bows with 28.8 million official US streams, 268,000 radio plays and 4,000 US downloads in its first week of release March 22-28, according to Luminate.
It's the Irish singer-songwriter's second Hot Rock & Alternative Songs No.1, following 'Take Me to Church' which reigned for 23 weeks, all consecutive, from November 1, 2014 to April 4, 2015 surveys.
Hozier's nine-year hiatus between No. 1 marks the longest in the chart's nearly 15-year history, surpassing the six years, 11 months and two weeks between Coldplay's 2014's “A Sky Full of Stars” and his “My Universe” complex. with BTS, in 2021.
Between the debut of “Take Me to Church” and his new No. 1, Hozier racked up 37 chart appearances, including four top 10s, led by the No. 6 debut and peak of “Eat Your Young” last April .
At the same time, “Too Sweet” debuts at the top of the multimetric Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts. On the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, it debuts at No. 5, marking Hozier's second top 10 and first top 30 since “Take Me to Church” peaked at No. 2 in 2014.
In addition, “Too Sweet” is at No. 1 on both Rock Streaming Songs and Alternative Streaming Songs, his first leader on each chart since “Take Me to Church.” The all-format Streaming Songs chart finds the song represented at No. 3, just one spot below its best, set by 2015's “Take Me to Church.”
“Too Sweet” also charted at No. 1 on Rock Digital Song Sales and Alternative Digital Song Sales, again Hozier's second chart-topper on each, after “Take Me to Church”. It is No. 5 on the all-genre Digital Songs Sales chart, becoming his second top 10, after “Take Me to Church” reached No. 2.
“Too Sweet” is one of four songs released Unheard, Hozier's EP was released on March 22. The set debuts at No. 4 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums with 38,000 equivalent album units earned, including 34,000 in streaming units and 3,000 in album sales. The EP also debuts at No. 10 on the all-genre Billboard 200.
All four of them Unheard tracks make Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. “Too Sweet” is followed by “Wildflower and Barley,” featuring Allison Russell (No. 11, 6.1 million streams), “Empire Now” (No. 14, 5.5 million streams) and “Fare Well” (No. 19, 4.2 million streams). “Wildflower and Barley” (No. 88) and “Empire Now” (No. 98) also reach the Hot 100, the former being Russell's debut.
Hozier doubles his total career Hot 100 hits, with five of his six titles coming last year. between 'Take Me to Church' and the recorded trio of tunes from Unheard“Eat Your Young” peaked at No. 67 last April, while Noah Kahan's “Northern Attitude,” a remix of which Hozier added as co-headliner, peaked at No. 37 last November.
Unheard features music originally recorded during the sessions for Hozier's 2023 album Unreal Unearth but it didn't make its final tracklist. The LP debuted at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart dated September 2, 2023 and has earned 417,000 album equivalents to date.
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