Imagine Dragons ‘Natural’ Marks Band # 1 Alternate Song Group 4 in a Row

Top Imagine Dragons Billboard‘s Alternative Songs airplay chart for the fourth consecutive time with “Natural”, which climbs 2 to 1 on the list as of September 8th. The song, a standalone single recorded for ESPN’s college football television coverage for the 2018-19 season, is IG’s fifth No.1 on the list, ascending to the first top of the Las Vegas rocker charts, “Radioactive “, in 2013.

With the crowning of “Natural”, the last four entries of alternative songs from Imagine Dragons topped the count. The streak started with the lead To evolve the single “Believer,” which reigned for 13 weeks starting in April 2017. “Thunder” (November 2017) and “Whatever It Takes” (March 2018), both three-week No. 1, followed.

Only two other acts matched or improved Imagine Dragons’ streak of success. Nine Inch Nails also recorded four # 1 alternative songs in a row, in 2005-07 with “The Hand That Feeds”, “Only”, “Every Day Is Exactly the Same” and “Survivalism”. These four leaders mark all of the group’s # 1 alternative songs.

Meanwhile, six of Linkin Park’s 11 # 1 alternative songs reigned back-to-back in 2003-07 when the then six tracks couldn’t lose, reaching the top of the list with “Somewhere I Belong,” “Faint”, “Numb”, “Lying From You”, “Breaking The Habit” and “What I Did”.

“Natural” simultaneously leads the Rock Airplay chart in all-rock format for a second week, gaining 10.6 million audience impressions, according to Nielsen Music. It also goes 32-26 on Mainstream Rock Songs and 31-27 on Adult Alternative Songs. Beyond rock radio, the track grows 12-11 on Adult Pop Songs and 29-25 on Pop Songs. In the Radio Songs all genres ranking, the song climbed from 36 to 31 (35.2 million audience, up 11%).

In addition to its broadcast success, “Natural” debuts at No.40 in the All Genre Streaming Songs chart with 11.7 million streams, an increase of 37%, in the week ending the 30th. August, after the August 24 start of its official version. Musical clip. It’s also the Billboard Hot 100’s biggest winner in digital sales, helping it jump from 29 to 24 to a new high, up 28% to 26,000 downloads sold.