Harry Styles began his solo career with “Sign of the Times,” which this week, years after its release, reaches new peaks on both of Billboard’s global charts. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 14: Harry Styles poses for The 2021 GRAMMY Awards on March 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Anthony Pham via Getty Images)
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Months after releasing his latest album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, Harry Styles continues to promote the set. He is currently in the middle of his Together, Together concert tour, which takes an innovative approach to a worldwide venture.
Instead of traveling to dozens of cities, Styles is performing in only seven locales: Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York City, Melbourne and Sydney. He has scheduled more than 60 concerts between May and December, sometimes playing as many as a dozen nights in one city, and so far, he has had no problem selling them out.
Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally and multiple singles from the project remain successful across the American Billboard charts, but it is Styles’ first solo release that reaches new peaks on multiple rosters years after it originally became a smash.
Harry Styles’s Single Reaches New Peaks on Two Global Charts
“Sign of the Times” surges on both of Billboard’s worldwide songs rankings this week. The former single climbs from No. 53 to No. 39 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. and from No. 57 to No. 46 on the Billboard Global 200, establishing new peaks on both tallies at the same time.
The Billboard Global 200 reflects streaming and sales activity from around the world, including the United States, while the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. ranking removes consumption from the U.S.
“Sign of the Times” Matches Another Harry Styles Hit
“Sign of the Times” improves its standing within Styles’ discography on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. as it hits its new peak. By reaching No. 39 – entering the top 40 for the first time – the single ties “Season 2 Weight Loss” as one of his two songs to stall in that position.
“Season 2 Weight Loss” opened and peaked at No. 39 in March of this year. That track spent only two weeks on the ranking, while “Sign of the Times” has now accumulated 28 frames somewhere on the roster and is still moving north.
“Sign of the Times” Becomes a Bestseller Again
“Sign of the Times” also steps up on the Digital Song Sales chart, which ranks the bestselling individual downloads throughout the U.S. This frame, the track rises four spaces, pushing from No. 17 to No. 13.
According to Luminate, “Sign of the Times” sold just under 1,300 copies on platforms such as iTunes and Amazon during the latest tracking period. The tune previously reached No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart.
Harry Styles Fills Three Positions on the Global Charts
Styles occupies three spaces on both the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. and Billboard Global 200 charts this week. “Sign of the Times” performs best, while “As It Was” also occupies a space inside the upper half of the pair of 200-space rosters.
“American Girls,” which is featured on Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, climbs one rung from No. 103 to No. 102 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, while it slips two slots to No. 127 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.
Harry Styles Charts “American Girls” Everywhere
While “American Girls” currently ranks lowest among Styles’ three hits on the global rosters, it appears on more rankings than his other songs, which are only present on the worldwide tallies. The months-old single lives inside the top 40 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Radio Songs chart this time around.
The track is also a top 20 success on all three of Billboard’s pop radio rosters: the Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary charts.
Harry Styles Returns With “Aperture”
A fourth Styles song appears on only one Billboard chart in America at the moment. “Aperture,” the lead single from Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, returns to the Hot Dance/Pop Songs ranking, where it can be found at No. 15. When “American Girls” reached No. 1, it became one of a very small number of leaders by solo male artists.