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Beyoncé has earned another No. 1 hit on a Billboard chart this week with her latest single “Cuff It.” This achievement is nothing new for the superstar, but it does help her advance once again on an important list of some of the most successful musicians of all time.
This frame, “Cuff It” rockets up Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart, which ranks the bestselling songs of any genre in the United States every week. Last time around, the cut sat at No. 44, but now it’s bolted to the summit.
The new sales champion “Cuff It” marks Beyoncé’s eleventh No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, tying Katy Perry for the fourth-most sales champions among solo females. Taylor Swift leads with 25 winners (the most among all acts), followed by Rihanna with 14 and Nicki Minaj, who is just one champion ahead of Perry and Queen Bey.
Looking at all acts, Beyoncé is also now on the same level as BTS and Eminem, who have similarly claimed 11 bestsellers.
“Cuff It” rises to the summit on the Digital Song Sales chart for a number of reasons. The tune won Best R&B Song at the Grammys a little over a week ago, which brought it some attention. It was one of four trophies Beyoncé took home that evening, and it helped her make history as the artist with the most Grammys won.
The superstar also recently released an EP of reworkings of the tune, including an a capella take, an instrumental, and a remix by DJ Esentrik. The producer melded “Cuff It” with Twista’s 2009 single “Wetter” to make it fresh and new, and fans reacted by purchasing it in huge numbers. The updated version is known simply as the “Wetter Remix.”
In the last tracking week, “Cuff It” sold just over 78,000 copies in the U.S., according to data shared by Luminate (formerly known as Nielsen), making it the bestselling title of the frame by quite a lot. Down from the top spot to No. 2 is Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” which sold another 26,000 copies. That means that “Cuff It” outsold the next-bestselling track three times over. The week before, “Cuff It” sold just 1,900 copies.
Thanks to its massive surge in sales, “Cuff It” also rockets to the top 10 on the Hot 100 this week. The tune originally started at No. 13 when Beyoncé’s latest album Renaissance first dropped in mid-2022. Now it has become the Grammy champion’s twenty-first solo top 10 on the competitive tally, and the second from the album. Lead single “Break My Soul” soared to No. 1 in 2022, reaching the peak position right around the time the full-length appeared.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2023/02/14/beyonc-scores-yet-another-no-1-hit-moving-up-on-an-important-all-time-ranking/