ABC/Fred LeeMama said don’t give up…and Panic! at the Disco never did. Now they’re sitting pretty on the top of the chart.
Twelve years, sixth months and two weeks after their first-ever appearance on Billboard’s Pop Songs airplay chart, the band, led by singer Brendon Urie, has now reached #1 with “High Hopes.” The highest they’d ever gotten previously was #2 back in 2006, with “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.”
While that may seem an awfully long time to wait, that’s actually not the record. Coldplay took 16 years and two months to top the Pop Songs chart when their Chainsmokers collabo, “Something Just Like This,” hit #1 in May of 2017.
Billboard also notes that “High Hopes” is #1 on its Alternative Songs chart and #1 on its Adult Pop Songs chart too. There’s only been three other songs that have simultaneously topped those three charts: “Somebody that I Used to Know” by Gotye featuring Kimbra; “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day; and “Iris” by Goo Goo Dolls.
Meanwhile, on the main Billboard Hot 100 chart, which includes streaming, airplay and sales, “High Hopes” is #5. That’s the highest Panic! has ever gotten on that chart; “Sins” reached #7.
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