This year was already an incredibly fruitful one for Harry Styles on Billboard charts, thanks to the constant success of his Billboard 200 No. 1 album Fine Line and his top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Adore You.” But now, he’s scaled up to new heights – garnishing his first no. 1 on the Hot 100 with the Nice single “Watermelon Sugar.”
In the latest Pop Shop Podcast (listen below) the team describes exactly how “Watermelon Sugar” from no. 7 to no. 1 went on the August 15 chart, the wild success of the tune on the radio in recent months and what helped make “Watermelon Sugar” such a smash hit.
Until now, since Fine LineReleasing December last year, the set is yet to leave the top 25 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart, and has earned more than 1.6 million equivalent album units in the US, according to Nielsen Music / MRC Data. Meanwhile, the album’s songs, including “Sugar”, have generated 1.34 billion streams on demand.
In addition to big news about Styles and “Sugar”, the new episode includes an interview with Kirstin Maldonado and Kevin Olusola of Pentatonix. The couple joins the show to discuss the quintet’s new covers EP back home and what has been there as the recording of the project at home in quarantine and what is next for the group.
De Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all the things that come up Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, funny chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and people from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear BillboardThe senior director of charts Keith Caulfield and senior director, music, Jason Lipshutz every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com as download in Apple Podcasts as your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)
