The Chainsmokers and Halsey’s ‘Closer’ leads Billboard Hot 100

J.G. Taruc

August 25, 2016

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  EDM duo The Chainsmokers and pop singer-songwriter Halsey’s ‘Closer’ collaboration tops the Hot 100 dated September 3, according to Billboard.

  ‘Closer’ which advances 6-1 on its third week on the chart. The song also marks The Chainsmokers and Halsey’s first no. 1 on Hot 100.

  ‘Closer,’ released on Disruptor/Columbia Records, and the 1,057th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 58-year history, surges in all chart metrics. It rebounds 3-1 for a second week atop the Digital Songs chart with 116,000 downloads sold (up 44 percent), in the week ending Aug. 18, according to Nielsen Music; the song debuted atop the Aug. 20 Digital Songs chart with 103,000 sold.

  ‘Closer’ concurrently hits the top of the Streaming Songs chart for the first time (3-1), where it’s also The Chainsmokers’ and Halsey’s first No. 1 each, up by 24 percent to 23.1 million U.S. streams. Spotify streams mark more than half (51 percent) of the song’s total clicks; its only official video so far is a lyric video (ahead of an expected proper clip). “Closer” leads the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Songs streaming chart for a second week (16.3 million on-demand streams, up 16 percent).

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