Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Leaps Back to No. 1 on Billboard Global 200 Chart

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” blasts back to No. 1, from No. 6, on the Billboard Global 200 chart, following the premiere of its official video. The diss track notches a second week on top, after it debuted at the summit nine weeks earlier.

Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” rebounds for a seventh week at No. 1, from No. 2, on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.

The Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“Not Like Us” tops the Global 200 with 103.5 million streams (up 33%) and 9,000 sold (up 25%) worldwide July 5-11. The song’s official video premiered July 4 after the single became a pop-culture cornerstone this spring and summer amid the rapper’s multi-track battle with Drake. In that span, it was boosted by Lamar’s Juneteenth The Pop Out: Ken & Friends concert – in which he performed the track five times – at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Carpenter’s “Espresso” slips to No. 2 after two weeks atop the Global 200, while her “Please Please Please” places at No. 3, following two weeks at No. 1 in June; Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” descends to No. 4 from its No. 3 high; and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” holds at No. 5, likewise after hitting No. 3.

Carpenter’s “Espresso” leads Global Excl. U.S. with 62.3 million streams (down 4%) and 3,000 sold (down 11%) outside the U.S. July 5-11.

Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” wings to a new No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. high, from No. 4. She ties her best rank, previously achieved with “Lunch” in June and “Therefore I Am” in 2020.

Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” is steady at No. 3 on Global Excl. U.S., three weeks after it led; and FloyyMenor and Cris Mj’s “Gata Only” rises 5-4 after reaching No. 3.

Rounding out the Global Excl. U.S. top five, “Not Like Us” vaults 13-5, surpassing its prior No. 7 peak logged upon its debut, with 51.7 million streams (up 49%) and 2,000 sold (up 79%) outside the U.S. Lamar earns his first top five hit on the chart, with his two other top 10s each having reached No. 6: “Like That,” with Future and Metro Boomin, in April, and “N95” in 2022.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated July 20, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, July 16. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

This article as originally published by Billboard U.S.