Harry Styles Tops the Song Charts with Aperture, a Signal of Domination of the New Album?
JAKARTA - Harry Styles has once again proven his dominance in the global music industry after his hit single Aperture landed smoothly at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
"Aperture" is the opening gate for the upcoming new album, "Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally", which is scheduled to be released on March 6.
The success of "Aperture" marks Styles' third achievement as a solo artist who has successfully perched at the top of the most prestigious music charts in the United States.
Previously, the former One Direction member had tasted the number one position through the song "As It Was" which dominated for 15 weeks in 2022, as well as "Watermelon Sugar" which topped the charts in August 2020.
The appearance of "Aperture" on the Billboard Hot 100 was announced just hours after Styles took the stage at the Grammy Awards to present the Album of the Year award to Bad Bunny.
"I've always felt that music is the best way to freeze a moment, like a lens hole that captures light. Aperture is about how we see the world through the most honest point of view," Styles said of the song, in a recent interview with Billboard.
The competition in the charts this week is fierce, where Styles managed to surpass Ella Langley with "Choosin' Texas" in second place and Olivia Dean with "Man I Need" in third place.
Meanwhile, big names like Taylor Swift still survive in the top ten with two songs at once, "The Fate of Ophelia" and "Opalite".
On the other hand, on the Billboard 200 chart, Megadeth surprisingly managed to reach the number one position for the first time through their self-titled album, which is touted as the closing work for Dave Mustaine's career journey. cs.
Statistically, the song is Styles' eighth collection to enter the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 throughout his solo career.
If totaled with his career while still with One Direction, the 31-year-old singer has collected at least 14 songs that have penetrated the top ten.
With the massive performance of "Aperture", it is likely that the album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally will dominate the world charts when it is released next month.