{"id":385411,"date":"2026-04-18T06:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385411\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T06:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:33:20","slug":"harry-styles-project-hail-mary-synch-debuts-on-top-movie-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385411\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Styles&#8217; &#8216;Project Hail Mary&#8217; Synch Debuts on Top Movie Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/harry-styles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Styles<\/a>\u2019 \u201cSign of the Times\u201d makes a splash on Billboard\u2019s Top Movie Songs chart, powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/tunefind.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tunefind<\/a> (a Songtradr company), for March 2026, bowing at No. 3 after it was featured in the newly released Project Hail Mary.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/harry-styles\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/harry-styles-tuw-344x344.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRankings for the Top Movie Songs chart are based on song and film data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of March 2026. The ranking generally includes newly released films from the preceding three months, with exceptions given to movies whose music is still experiencing a high volume of public interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cSign of the Times,\u201d Styles\u2019 debut solo single, was initially featured in Project Hail Mary\u2019s trailer in June 2025. It\u2019s then utilized in the film itself via a karaoke scene in which the song is performed by the character Eva Stratt, played by Sandra H\u00fcller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn March 2026, \u201cSign of the Times\u201d received 18.2 million official streams in the United States and sold 6,000 downloads, according to Luminate. With the latter count, it broke back onto the weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Song Sales<\/a> chart for the first time since 2022, eventually reaching No. 19 for two weeks so far (April 11 and April 18).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe track debuted at No. 4 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a> in 2017, the first of what has become nine top 10s solo for Styles, including three No. 1s, most recently via \u201cAperture\u201d in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTop Movie Songs remains led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/huntrx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HUN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/huntr-x\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">T<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/huntrx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">R\/X<\/a>\u2019s \u201cGolden,\u201d from KPop Demon Hunters, earning 71.7 million streams and 15,000 downloads in March 2026. The eight-week Hot 100 No. 1 spent the entirety of March in the chart\u2019s top eight. In March, the song was performed at the 2026 Academy Awards ceremony, at which it also won the award for best original song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/shakira\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shakira<\/a>\u2019s \u201cZoo,\u201d from Zootopia 2, follows at No. 2 (27.3 million streams, 6,000 downloads), benefiting in part from the film\u2019s Disney+ on March 11. The song returned to the Hot 100 at a new peak of No. 73 on the March 28-dated survey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSee the full top 10 below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRank, Song, Artist, Movie<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGolden,\u201d HUNTR\/X, KPop Demon Hunters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZoo,\u201d Shakira, Zootopia 2<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSign of the Times,\u201d Harry Styles, Project Hail Mary<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoda Pop,\u201d Saja Boys, KPop Demon Hunters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow It\u2019s Done,\u201d HUNTR\/X, KPop Demon Hunters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat It Sounds Like,\u201d HUNTR\/X, KPop Demon Hunters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour Idol,\u201d Saja Boys, KPop Demon Hunters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTakedown,\u201d HUNTR\/X, KPop Demon Hunters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree,\u201d EJAE &amp; Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwisting the Knife,\u201d Ice Nine Kills feat. Mckenna Grace, Scream 7<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Styles\u2019 \u201cSign of the Times\u201d makes a splash on Billboard\u2019s Top Movie Songs chart, powered by Tunefind&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[17911,11579,156,3295,157,3296,111,139,69,7184],"class_list":{"0":"post-385411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-billboard-uk","9":"tag-chart-beat","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-genre-pop","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-music-news","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz","17":"tag-tv-film"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}