{"id":680650,"date":"2026-06-02T22:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/680650\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:20:13","slug":"olivia-rodrigos-the-cure-tops-hot-rock-alternative-songs-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/680650\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘The Cure’ Tops Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOlivia Rodrigo<\/a> lands her third No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs<\/a> and Hot Alternative Songs<\/a> charts, debuting atop the June 6-dated surveys with \u201cThe Cure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the week ending May 28, following its May 22 release, \u201cThe Cure\u201d totaled 19.7 million chart-eligible streams, 292,000 in radio audience and 9,000 sold in the United States, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRodrigo previously ruled both rankings with \u201cBrutal\u201d in 2021 and \u201cBad Idea Right?\u201d in 2023. She has now notched a No. 1 on the charts from each of her three albums: Sour, Guts and her forthcoming<\/a> You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn all, Rodrigo has charted 13 titles on both Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs, 11 of which have hit the top 10.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe streams and sales counts for \u201cThe Cure\u201d also land the track at No. 1 on the Alternative Streaming Songs<\/a> and Alternative Digital Song Sales<\/a> charts, marking her third leader on the former and first on the latter.<\/p>\n

\n\tConcurrently, \u201cThe Cure\u201d bows at No. 5 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, becoming Rodrigo\u2019s sixth top five and eighth top 10, totals that include four No. 1s. \u201cDrop Dead,\u201d the lead single from You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, debuted at No. 1 in May and leaps 30-12 on the latest list as the greatest gainer in streaming (13 million, up 13%). \u201cDrop Dead\u201d remains the set\u2019s focus radio track, rising to No. 8 on the Pop Airplay<\/a> chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love is due on Geffen\/Capitol Interscope June 12.<\/p>\n


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