We Don't Talk About Bruno', the surprise hit off the 'Encanto' soundtrack, has become the first song from a Disney movie to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin' did it in 1993. It joins the 'Encanto' album itself as
a chart-topper, as the animated film's
soundtrack remains atop the Billboard
200 chart for the third time in the last
four weeks, reports variety.com.
Some other stats Billboard pointed
out: 'Bruno', solely penned by Lin-Manuel
Miranda, becomes the first Hot 100 chart-topper to have been written by a solo writer in
more
than four
years, Ed
Sheeran's 'Perfect' has been
the last.
It's
the first
time a
Miranda tune has topped the chart. And
it's only the second time a Disney song
has reached the top, since 'A Whole New
World' was the only one to ever do it
previously.
And it did this with close to no radio
play, which is highly unusual for a chart
in which spins play a considerable factor. The ascent of 'Bruno' made things
hard on Adele's 'Easy on Me', which was
finally forced to relinquish the No. 1 spot
on the Hot 100 after a 10-week run at the
top. 'Easy on Me' slipped to No. 2.
'Bruno', meanwhile, drew 34.9 million US streams which are more than twice
as many as Adele's long-running hit, but
a paltry 1.5 million radio airplay audience
impressions about 1/62nd the number
of Adele's radio power. Still, with a radio
increase of 239 percent for the week,
it's clear that at least a few more stations
are starting to try 'Bruno' out for a spot
in their playlists.
The Nos. 3-8 songs from last week
remain frozen in place, led by Glass Animals' 'Heat Waves' at No. 3.
Gayle's song 'abcdefu' is at No. 8 on
the Hot 100, just like last week, but its
No. 1 for the fourth week on two key
international Billboard charts, the Global
200 and the Global Excl. US chart.
On the Billboard 200 album chart,
'Encanto' stayed on top with 115,000
album-equivalent units. That's up 11 percent from the previous week, and its best
weekly total to date as the album continues to see an increase in percentage week
after week. (IANS)