Photo: Harry Styles on SNL [NBC]
Based on its first full week of sales, streaming and radio activity, Harry Styles’ “Sign Of The Times” earns a prominent position on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Sign Of The Times” takes #4 on the chart.
The single, which is the One Direction member’s first solo release, fared well in all three component areas — sales, streams and radio activity — that determine position on the Hot 100.
Its sales figure (142,000 first-week paid US downloads, according to Billboard) was enough for #1 on the weekly Digital Song Sales chart.
In comparison to past debuts from One Direction originals, “Sign Of The Times” starts below ZAYN’s “Pillowtalk” (#1) but above Niall Horan’s “This Town” (#63 after an abbreviated week of release, #25 following its first full week).
Louis Tomlinson’s first post-One Direction release was a collaboration with Steve Aoki; it debuted at #52 on the chart (after arriving shortly into the official sales and streaming tracking week). Liam Payne has yet to release his first single.