Song is No. 1 for second consecutive week
Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for the second week in a row. The news comes after last week’s record-breaking 59 week steady climb up the chart to the No. 1 position, breaking the previous 35-week record set by Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” in December 2019. “Heat Waves” also captures No. 1 on Billboard’s Radio Songs Chart and Global Excl. US Chart for the first time.
This adds to the band’s numerous No. 1’s, including Billboard Global 200 Chart (third week in a row), Top 40 Radio Chart, Alternative Radio Chart & Hot AC Radio Chart (a first in the band’s career), Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart, Apple Music Alternative Top Songs Chart, and more.
The song has broken numerous records and maintained its longevity through numerous platforms and support from fans and channels across the industry.
“Heat Waves” is certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA and has received over three billion streams globally. More than 1.3 billion of those streams were on Spotify alone.
The song is the first by a British group to have topped the Hot 100 for multiple weeks in just over 25 years, since Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” led for four weeks in 1997.
The track is also the first song to top the No. 1 spot on both Hot 100 and Alternative Airplay since Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” in 2019. It is one of only ten songs ever to top both the Hot 100 and Alternative Airplay Chart in the 33 years that the charts have co-existed.
The song, written and produced by Dave Bayley, has made Glass Animals the first group to hit No. 1 on Hot 100 with a song solely written and produced by one of its members since Boston’s Tom Scholz with “Amanda” in 1986. The song is the first No. 1 on the Top 40 Chart written by one writer since Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect.”
“Heat Waves” is the first song to debut at 100 on Hot 100 and climb to No. 1 on the chart since “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth in 2015.
Glass Animals is the only British alternative band unaccompanied by another act to hit No. 1 on Global 200 Chart. “Heat Waves” is the first No. 1 from a British group unaccompanied by another act since Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” in 2008. It is the longest rise to No. 1 as a British band/act since Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved” hit No. 1 after 24 weeks in 2019.
In addition to Glass Animals’ recent success, frontman Dave Bayley co-wrote and co-produced Florence + The Machine’s newest single “My Love,” adding to his already impressive list of collaborations with other artists.
The band is nominated for Best New Artist at 2022 GRAMMY Awards and will continue its Dreamland Tour in the US. Festival performances at The Governors Ball, Lighting In A Bottle, BUKU, CRSSD Festival, Osheaga Music and Arts Festival, Reading Festival, Leeds Festival, and more.
