Megan Thee Stallion rules quite a few Billboard charts this week as her new single “Hiss” debuts. The rapper’s latest has become an instant smash, thanks in large part to an especially healthy sales sum–the likes of which hasn’t been seen in more than half a year in America.
In its first full tracking week of availability, “Hiss” sold just over 94,000 digital copies, according to Luminate. That’s easily the largest sales sum of 2024 for any tune. In fact, it’s the biggest sales total for a single since mid-2023.
The last time a song sold more copies than Stallion’s “Hiss” in one week was last summer. Newcomer Oliver Anthony scored a shockingly popular breakout hit with his single “Rich Men North of Richmond” which went viral and became a bestseller shortly after it was released.
“Rich Men North of Richmond” arrived at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart in late August 2023 with 147,000 copies sold. In its second week on the purchase-only tally, the tune sold another 117,000 copies.
Just a month before Anthony scored a career-defining hit, fellow country musician Jason Aldean also showed that for the right reasons, Americans will still purchase a track, rather than streaming it. The controversial “Try That in a Small Town” debuted atop the Digital Song Sales chart in July 2023 with 228,000 copies sold. It, too, earned a pair of weeks with 100,000-plus sales, as the single sold another 175,000 copies the following frame.
The 94,000-plus copies that “Hiss” sold were instrumental in the tune opening at No. 1 on 10 different Billboard charts. The track gave Stallion her third leader on the Hot 100, and her first on her own. The cut also opened atop every applicable sales chart, and it also blasted onto other lists that focus specifically on hip-hop and rap.
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