Hozier scores his first Alternative Airplay chart No. 1 with “Too Sweet”

Almost a decade after it first appeared in Advertising signOn the Alternative Airplay chart, Hozier lands his first No. 1 as “Too Sweet” tops the chart dated June 29.

Hozier first reached Alternative Airplay with his breakthrough single “Take Me to Church”, which debuted at No. 38 on the July 5, 2014 survey. The song eventually peaked at No. 2 that November.

Since “Take Me to Church”, Hozier had appeared on Alternative Airplay with two tracks prior to “Too Sweet”. “Nina Cried Power,” featuring vocals from Mavis Staples, peaked at No. 31 in 2018, and “Eat Your Young” peaked at No. 13 last year.

Meanwhile, “Too Sweet” continues its reign on Adult Alternative Airplay, ruling for an eighth week. It's Hozier's longest-running No. 1 among six on the survey and the chart's biggest hit since Death Cab's Cutie “Here to Forever” dominated for eight weeks in August-October 2022.

“Too Sweet” also climbs to No. 1 on the all-rock audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay count, thanks to 6.9 million audience impressions, up 5%, in the week ending June 20, according to the Luminate. He is also the first Hozier leader. “Take Me to Church” reached No.3 in 2014.

“Too Sweet” is the first song to top all three charts since the Killers' “Boy” in September-October 2022. As “Boy” did not lead all three at the same time, “Too Sweet” is first to achieve this particular feat since The Black Keys' 'Wild Child' in May 2022.

A multi-format hit, “Too Sweet” also climbs to No. 1 on Adult Pop Airplay, making it Hozier's second week-long leader after “Church” in 2015, while ruling Pop Airplay for a second week. It also became his first No. 1 on the most recently released all-genre Radio Songs chart (dated June 22, reflecting data June 7-13) through 70.5 million audience impressions.

“Too Sweet” is from Hozier's four-song EP Unheardwhich debuted at No. 3 on the Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums charts on April 6 and has earned 277,000 equivalent album units since its release.

All Advertising sign Charts dated June 29 will be updated on Billboard.com on Tuesday, June 25.