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Billie Eilish's No Time To Die scores biggest opening week of all time for a James Bond theme
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Billie Eilish’s James Bond theme No Time To Die lands straight in at Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart, earning the star her first UK chart-topper and the biggest opening week of all time for a Bond theme, according to available Official Charts Company records.
No Time To Die, which was co-written/produced by Billie and her brother Finneas, racked up 90,000 chart sales across the past seven days including 10.6 million streams, making it the biggest opening week for a single so far this year.
It rounds off a huge week for Billie, who performed the track for the first time at this week’s BRIT Awards, where she also won Best International Female.
Billie is now the youngest artist and the first female to take a Bond theme to the top of the Official Singles Chart. View Billie Eilish's Official UK Chart history in full.
No Time To Die is only the second Bond theme to top the Official Singles Chart in the film franchise’s 57 years – the first was Sam Smith’s Writing’s On The Wall in October 2015, which notched up almost 70k chart sales to debut at Number 1.
Billie Eilish’s opening week chart sales are understood to be the biggest opening week for a Bond theme of all time, based on available Official Charts Company records. In modern times, Adele’s Skyfall managed 84,000 chart sales in its opening week in October 2012. See where every James Bond theme has charted here.
Billie Eilish with her Number 1 award for No Time To Die - Credit: OfficialCharts.com
Billie Eilish tops 1 billion UK streams
Billie’s first Number 1 single arrives on a landmark week for the US star, topping one billion audio streams across all her tracks in the UK. At 18 years old she’s one of the youngest artists to hit the streaming milestone, joining A-list acts including Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber and Drake.
Official Charts chief executive Martin Talbot said: "What a fantastic achievement this is for Billie Eilish, to set new standards for a brand new Bond track and break through through the 1 billion barrier for audio streams in the UK. Both achievements coming in the week when she was one of the standout performers and victors at the 40th Brit Awards. She is a superstar who is clearly 'Licensed To Win'."
MORE: Every Official UK Number 1 single ever
Billie knocks last week’s chart-topper, Blinding Lights by The Weeknd, down to 2, while Roddy Ricch’s viral smash The Box completes the Top 3.
As Justin Bieber’s new album Changes tops this week’s Official Albums Chart, three of the record’s tracks feature in the Top 40: Intentions ft. Quavo at 10, Yummy at 12 and Forever ft. Post Malone and Clever at 29. It takes Justin’s tally of UK Top 40 hits to 47.
Sam Smith makes a strong start with their new track To Die For, new at Number 20; rising star Doja Cat lifts four places with her breakthrough hit Say So, hitting at new peak at Number 21, and Mabel’s Don’t Call Me Up rebounds 14 places to Number 34 following her BRITs performance and win for Best British Female. More on the impact of this year’s BRITs below.
Finally, British rapper B Young lands at 35 with Wine – his third UK Top 40 entry.
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Alfred Lock
Not that it's of statistical interest but if the current streaming ratio is 300:1 per physical copy then 10,600,000 divided by 300 is roughly 35,333 added on the physical/download sale =125,333.Not to bad in this day and age of sales decline but still not quite among the sales titans(yet) of Adele,Sheeran,Bieber and yes him.Drake.
Xcuze
adele released skyfall at a weird time cause it was 50th bond anniversary or something so it only had couple of days. That messed up its chance of #1 debut. But it still lasted 34 weeks on uk charts & sold 7 million worldwide. I dont see this dreary tuneless dirge doing that she just has a very active fanbase who rush out the gates. Plus she had perfect Brits timing.
LA
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Piran
I'm not sure if this is mentioned in the article, but apparently, Billie Eilish is the first artist born in the 21st century to have a #1 single! :O
BleeUK
Yeah great song and amazing artist but the reason why it the Biggest opening week for a Bond theme ever, is because the singles add Streaming points and ACR/SCR input to sales now days, unfortunately this song is not in the physical charts or not got any physical input can't wait till it a proper single release on Vinyl or CD Single
R
riley
The most random moment on the chart over the last year has to be perfect Ed Sheeran returning to the top 40. What an earth
Piran
Probably Valentine's Day last week meant that it came off ACR?
R
riley
Dunno cuz it was at 49 last week so was hovering just outside the top 40. Very strange. Either way liking the chart this week! Feel like Billie could claim a few weeks at number 1! How long do you think bad guy will hang about in the top 20 for??!
Also on another note really hoping Joel Corry can reach the top 10 with lonley soon as it’s my favourite song right now!
Piran
I do think what'll help it a lot is airplay, since I'm hearing it regularly on a lot of major stations at the moment! :D
As for next week, I see it being a very close battle between 'Blinding Lights' & 'No Time To Die' for #1, with a very small advantage for the former currently! Elsewhere, 'After Hours' should debut in the Top 10, while 'ON' might make the Top 40.
I think 'Lonely' will move up again next week, but probably not enough to go Top 10 unfortunately!
Probably another three weeks could be possible, since it's not on ACR currently & the BRIT Awards may have boosted its performance to reset the ACR clock anyway.
SerenityShire
Yes! Billie Eilish is #1 in all three British charts, I couldn't be happier!
AUCF
Angry UK Chart Fan
Billie Eilish is overrated, overhyped and overexposed. Sam Smith's Writing's On The Wall was a more compelling Bond song than No Time To Die and her boring, dreary singing (in addition, her album has nothing to offer except uniqueness from the rest of recent music; being distinctive and different doesn't make anyone or anything automatically "good").
Someone You Loved also needs to die off already (who are playing and buying that song???). I bet even Lewis Capaldi would start to hate his own song.
Keiti Cox
no. THIS is a classic, classic Bond song and pure Billie Eilish. its a brilliant mood piece and that's why its captured the British Public so much... Sam Smith's Bond Theme was okay. it was not AT ALL more compelling. Predictable and bloated production. more a Bond parody... it sounds like you hv no ears judging by your comments, and if you do, then they are not ears for music. 100%.
thierry henon
So pleased for Billie!! Finally she is getting her first and well deserved number 1 single!! It might not be my favourite song of her career but i am extremely happy for her!!
Piran
YES!!! So happy that Billie is #1 this week! :)
Don’t get me wrong, ‘Blinding Lights’ is still an amazing song, but that can always return to #1 in the future & at least it already got two weeks there! ‘No Time To Die’ deserves this level of success though too.
It's one thing to break all of those records, but the fact that she's done all of those things just aged 18 shows the insane amount of potential she has in the years to come! :D
Other than the new chart-topper, it's cool seeing 'Intentions' going Top 10, along with a debut for 'To Die For' in the upper half of the chart, a small gain for 'Say So' & the return of 'Don't Call Me Up' following the BRIT Awards.
Have a good weekend everybody! ;)
Alfred Lock
She didn't quite break Ed Sheerans streaming record of 14.1million for Shape Of You but still impressive.Now how long can it hold on for?
Piran
I think the BRIT Awards will help it get at least a second week at #1. Without them, I'm not so sure it would've held on!
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Artemus
Justin Bieber will eat her for lunch. Yummy!
Piran
Uh... 'Yummy'! :/