{"id":585020,"date":"2026-08-30T15:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/585020\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T15:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:06:10","slug":"katseye-scores-its-biggest-week-ever-on-the-songs-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/585020\/","title":{"rendered":"Katseye Scores Its Biggest Week Ever On The Songs Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788102370_648_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Special Screening Of &quot;Katseye: Wild Hearts&quot;\" data-height=\"2098\" data-width=\"3147\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Four of Katseye&#8217;s seven Billboard Hot 100 hits appear on the chart this week, with &#8220;Hootie Frutti&#8221; debuting inside the top 40 while two tunes return together. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; AUGUST 04: (L-R) Lara Raj, Megan, Daniela and Yoonchae of KATSEYE attend the special screening of &#8220;Katseye: Wild Hearts&#8221; at AMC The Grove 14 on August 04, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>It was only a little more than two years ago that <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/25\/katseye-scores-its-biggest-hit-ever-as-a-new-single-climbs\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/25\/katseye-scores-its-biggest-hit-ever-as-a-new-single-climbs\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Katseye\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Katseye<\/a>, the girl group formed via the series Dream Academy, released its aptly-named first single, \u201cDebut.\u201d Since then, the outfit has become one of the most successful all-female vocal troupes in the world in a fairly short span of time.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Katseye scores its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with a new EP titled Wild. At the same time, the Grammy-nominated band enjoys its biggest week yet on the Billboard Hot 100, the most important songs tally in America, as several tracks either debut, return or climb.<\/p>\n<p>Katseye Scores a New Billboard Hot 100 Hit<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=is8UDe2PhKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=is8UDe2PhKQ\" aria-label=\"\u201cHootie Frutti\u201d\">\u201cHootie Frutti\u201d<\/a> launches inside the top 40 on the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\" aria-label=\"Billboard Hot 100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a> this week, opening at No. 31. The track becomes Katseye\u2019s seventh career placement on the 100-space ranking and immediately joins the girl group\u2019s growing collection of smashes.<\/p>\n<p>Katseye\u2019s \u201cAnimal\u201d Returns to Its All-Time Peak<\/p>\n<p>At the same time that \u201cHootie Frutti\u201d launches, \u201cAnimal,\u201d which helped turn Wild into a bestseller, surges from No. 30 to No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. The pre-release single returns to its all-time high, matching the position where it debuted earlier this month. \u201cAnimal\u201d holds as Katseye\u2019s second-highest-charting hit on the roster, behind only \u201cGabriela,\u201d which peaked at No. 21 in January of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Katseye Fills Four Spaces on the Billboard Hot 100<\/p>\n<p>Katseye fills four spots on the Billboard Hot 100 this frame. In addition to \u201cHootie Frutti\u201d debuting and \u201cAnimal\u201d ascending, both \u201cPinky Up\u201d and \u201cIconic by Mistake,\u201d the latter a collaboration with Le Sserafim and Illit, return to the tally at Nos. 81 and 94, respectively. The pair of tunes have previously worked their way into the top 40. More than half of all the songs Katseye has ever placed on the Billboard Hot 100 are only spaces away from one another this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHootie Frutti\u201d Debuts on Four Billboard Charts<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHootie Frutti\u201d launches on four Billboard rankings simultaneously. In addition to its No. 31 start on the Billboard Hot 100, the single debuts at No. 19 on the Billboard Global 200, No. 21 on the Streaming Songs chart and No. 27 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Katseye is now up to six career hits on the streaming-only roster and nine on both of the worldwide tallies.<\/p>\n<p>Katseye\u2019s \u201cAnimal\u201d Returns to Its Peak on Several Lists<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m7k9UMcHbr0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m7k9UMcHbr0\" aria-label=\"\u201cAnimal\u201d\">\u201cAnimal\u201d<\/a> appears on the same four charts as \u201cHootie Frutti,\u201d and it returns to its all-time high on all but one of them. Along with matching its already-set No. 24 peak on the Billboard Hot 100, the cut rises back into the top 10 on the Billboard Global 200, where it lands at No. 10. The cut also once again misses that region by a single space on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., where it advances to No. 11. \u201cAnimal\u201d also climbs on the Streaming Songs ranking, moving to No. 18, though it settles in several spaces below its No. 12 high.<\/p>\n<p>More Katseye Hits Rise and Return<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPinky Up\u201d returns to the two planet-spanning rankings in addition to the Billboard Hot 100. The hit reenters the Billboard Global 200 at No. 128 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. at No. 176. \u201cIconic by Mistake\u201d does not need to return to those two worldwide tallies, where it makes a home at Nos. 104 and 105, respectively. \u201cGabriela\u201d is also still present on the lists, and this time around the song rises amid all the excitement surrounding Katseye\u2019s Wild, with the older cut climbing on both rosters.<\/p>\n<p>Katseye Almost Added Two More Billboard Hot 100 Hits<\/p>\n<p>Katseye comes close to increasing its Billboard Hot 100 total even further this week. \u201cBel Air\u201d and \u201cThat Way\u201d \u2013 both featured on Wild \u2013 debut on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at Nos. 11 and 14, respectively. The 25-space roster serves as an extension of the Billboard Hot 100 for songs that have not yet reached the main ranking.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/25\/katseye-scores-its-biggest-hit-ever-as-a-new-single-climbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Katseye Scores Its Biggest Hit Ever As A New Single Climbs\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/25\/katseye-scores-its-biggest-hit-ever-as-a-new-single-climbs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesKatseye Scores Its Biggest Hit Ever As A New Single ClimbsBy Hugh McIntyre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four of Katseye&#8217;s seven Billboard Hot 100 hits appear on the chart this week, with &#8220;Hootie Frutti&#8221; debuting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,288041,82683,288049,288047,288048,288046,288042,288044,288043,288045,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-585020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-hootie-frutti","tag-katseye","tag-katseye-animal","tag-katseye-billboard","tag-katseye-billboard-hot-100","tag-katseye-charts","tag-katseye-hootie-frutti","tag-katseye-hootie-frutti-billboard","tag-katseye-hootie-frutti-charts","tag-katseye-hootie-frutti-sales","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585020","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=585020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}