Katseye Misses Its First Top 10 On One Major Chart While Hitting A Career Peak

A week aft becoming the band's highest-rising deed connected the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., Katseye's "Animal" rises and almost breaks into the apical 10. THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON — Episode 2330 — Pictured: (l-r) Megan Skiendiel, Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, and Yoonchae of philharmonic impermanent Katseye airs backstage connected Wednesday, August 12, 2026 — (Photo by: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)

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The woman group Katseye is successful the mediate of rather a turbulent and engaged moment. The set primitively started pinch six members, but successful little than a year, 2 person taken a hiatus from activities, and for the moment, only 4 singers remain.

In a fewer days, Katseye’s Wild EP, the group’s 3rd short collection, will get aft overmuch anticipation. Just days ago, Katseye reached caller peaks connected aggregate Billboard charts pinch “Animal,” the Grammy-nominated act’s latest single, which is group to beryllium featured connected Wild. This frame, that tune falls connected astir each roster wherever it appears – a communal occurrence for cuts that gain lofty debuts – but location is 1 tally wherever it not only climbs, but brings the vocalists to a caller all-time high.

Katseye Reaches a New Global Chart Peak

“Animal” debuted astatine No. 12 connected the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. past week. Now, the azygous improves 1 abstraction to No. 11. That one-rung upward displacement looks very different compared to what’s happening connected the different 3 rankings wherever “Animal” launched past framework – and wherever it manages to bent on. The trim falls connected the Billboard Global 200, Streaming Songs and the Billboard Hot 100 this period.

Katseye’s “Animal” Passes “Gabriela”

The No. 12 debut that “Animal” managed marked a caller precocious for Katseye connected the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. – which measures worldwide streaming and income activity and ranks the astir celebrated tunes of each styles, while excluding depletion from the United States – but only by 1 space. “Gabriela” peaked astatine No. 13 past fall. Now, “Animal” pushes moreover higher, lifting Katseye’s profession champion to No. 11 and bringing the group wrong 1 rung of its first apical 10 connected the roster.

Ariana Grande Blocks Katseye From the Top 10

Katseye almost surely would person scored its first apical 10 connected the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. if the timing had worked a small differently. Ariana Grande scores 2 caller apical 10s this week, some featured connected her latest medium Petal, which itself conquers the Billboard 200. The title way launches astatine No. 3, while “Kiss Me” is caller astatine No. 10.

Katseye Debuts a New Single connected the Pop Airplay Chart

Even arsenic “Animal” slips connected a number of rosters, it debuts connected different successful America. Katseye’s latest azygous launches astatine No. 27 connected the Pop Airplay chart, which ranks the songs that person the astir plays connected mainstream popular power stations passim the United States.

Katseye has now collected conscionable 3 hits connected the 40-space roster, and “Animal” presently sits successful the mediate of that group successful position of highest position. “Gabriela” climbed to an all-time precocious of No. 9 successful precocious December of past year. A twelvemonth prior, “Touch” spent 13 weeks connected the ranking, but ne'er soared immoderate higher than No. 32.

Katseye Beats Ariana Grande connected Pop Radio

While Grande whitethorn thief extremity Katseye from yet reaching the apical 10 connected 1 of Billboard’s astir competitory world charts, “Animal” allows the group to hit the vocalist successful different regard. As “Animal” kicks disconnected its clip connected the Pop Airplay tally astatine No. 27, the opus stands retired arsenic the astir awesome of 4 debuts this frame.

Grande’s “Petal” opens astatine No. 31. “Me Chico” by DJ Goja, Melody and Jason Derulo starts overmuch further southbound astatine No. 39, while “Normal,” the latest azygous from BTS, gets disconnected to a lowly commencement successful past spot astatine No. 40.