Afrigather The duo provides its seventh No. 1, a journey that started with ‘Lonely Boy’ in 2011.
The Unlit Keys
Jim Herrington
The Unlit Keys attain No. 1 on Billboard‘s Adult Alternative Airplay chart with “Wild Child,” which rises to the head of the rating dated April 16.
“Child” ascends to the summit in its fourth week on the tally, turning into the 2d tune to salvage four or fewer frames to reign in 2022, following Portugal. The Man‘s “What, Me Danger?,” which moreover led in its fourth week (March 19).
It’s The Unlit Keys’ seventh No. 1 on Adult Alternative Airplay and first since “Crawling Kingsnake,” which led for 3 weeks starting closing Would possibly seemingly maybe. The duo first dominated with “Lonely Boy” in 2011-12. Since its first week on high (Dec. 17, 2011), the act boasts the most leaders in that span, one-upping The Lumineers.
Over the history of Adult Alternative Airplay, which started in January 1996, The Unlit Keys tie for the sixth-most No. 1s. Coldplay and U2 lead with 13 apiece.
Most No. 1s, Adult Alternative Airplay
13, Coldplay
13, U2
11, Dave Matthews (solo and with Dave Matthews Band)
10, Jack Johnson
8, John Mayer
7, The Unlit Keys
7, Counting Crows
7, Sheryl Crow
7, R.E.M.
In numerous locations, “Child” lifts 5-4 on Alternative Airplay and 16-15 on Mainstream Rock Airplay. On the all-rock-structure, viewers-basically based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, the tune bullets at its No. 3 simplest with 5.2 million viewers impressions, up 7%, in response to Luminate, beforehand MRC Knowledge.
“Child” moreover jumps 36-31 (after debuting at its No. 21 high in March) on the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs checklist. To boot to its airplay, the tune earned 779,000 genuine U.S. streams and sold 600 downloads in the April 1-7 tracking week.
The tune introduces Dropout Boogie, The Unlit Keys’ 11th studio album, due Would possibly seemingly maybe 13.
