Kelly Clarkson’s New Song Becomes A Fast Top 10 — But It’s Not A True Smash Yet

"I'd Be Lyin'" brings Kelly Clarkson backmost to the apical 10 connected Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart, but it misses each different ranking successful America. CLEVELAND, OHIO - OCTOBER 19: Kelly Clarkson attends the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony streaming connected Disney+ astatine Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse connected October 19, 2024 successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

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It has been much than 3 years since Kelly Clarkson released Chemistry, her astir caller album. Her tenth postulation turned retired to beryllium what whitethorn go her last major-label project, arsenic she is now signaling arsenic an independent artist.

Clarkson has spent overmuch of the past respective years focused connected The Kelly Clarkson Show, her daytime tv series, which is presently successful its last season. The singer-songwriter appears to person her oculus connected the future, which whitethorn see a immense return to music. She has released aggregate singles not yet attached to immoderate task passim the past twelvemonth aliases so, including 1 a small much than a week ago.

The latest from the first American Idol winner, a azygous titled “I’d Be Lyin’,” becomes an instant apical 10 bestseller successful the United States, though its presence whitethorn besides spell problem for Clarkson’s upcoming chapter.

Kelly Clarkson’s New Single Debuts Inside the Top 10

“I’d Be Lyin’” opens astatine No. 7 connected the Digital Song Sales chart. The purchase-focused ranking specifications only the bestselling individual downloads successful the U.S. each week. According to Luminate, “I’d Be Lyin’” sold precisely 2,200 copies done integer download stores during its first search period.

Kelly Clarkson Has Scored Three No. 1 Bestsellers

The tune becomes the singer-songwriter’s forty-fourth profession placement connected the Digital Song Sales chart. 16 of those hits – now including “I’d Be Lyin’” – person reached the highest tier.

Clarkson has conquered the Digital Song Sales floor plan pinch 3 tracks passim her clip arsenic a philharmonic superstar. “My Life Would Suck Without You,” “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and “Piece by Piece” person each reached No. 1, and it has been a decade since Clarkson past controlled the tally.

Here are each of Kelly Clarkson’s apical 10 hits connected Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart.

• “Because of You”
• “Behind These Hazel Eyes”
• “Breakaway”
• “Broken & Beautiful”
• “I Dare You”
• “I’d Be Lion”
• “Me”
• “Mine”
• “Mr. Know It All”
• “My Life Would Suck Without You”
• “Never Again”
• “Piece by Piece”
• “Since U Been Gone”
• “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
• “Where Have You Been”
• “Winter Song” pinch Jake Hoot

Kelly Clarkson’s Latest Misses the Billboard Hot 100

While it is bully news that “I’d Be Lyin’” sold good capable to scope the Digital Song Sales chart, the truth that it fails to look connected immoderate further Billboard tally whitethorn propose that only Clarkson’s superfans were willing successful the cut.

The azygous does not debut connected the Billboard Hot 100, which measures the astir celebrated songs of each styles successful the U.S. via a operation of streaming activity, income and power airplay. “I’d Be Lyin’” besides misses the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. That ranking specifications the 25 astir celebrated tracks successful the state that person yet to scope the Billboard Hot 100, but Clarkson’s latest does not motorboat there, either.

Kelly Clarkson’s New Hit Has Not Reached Pop Radio Yet

So far, “I’d Be Lyin’” has besides grounded to break onto immoderate of the 3 popular power rankings published by Billboard: the Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary charts. For much than 2 decades, Clarkson has classed arsenic a reliable hitmaker and a regular unit connected those lists. Now that she is releasing euphony independently, it is unclear whether “I’d Be Lyin’” will negociate to scope immoderate of them.

The opus could still debut connected 1 aliases much power rosters successful the coming weeks. Stations are not ever arsenic speedy to adopt a recently released portion of euphony arsenic fans, who tin unreserved to download stores the infinitesimal a azygous becomes available. Its absence during its first framework does not mean that it cannot go an airplay hit, but for now, the tune is succeeding only acknowledgment to a fewer 1000 sales.

Kelly Clarkson Nearly Ruled With Her Previous Single

“I’d Be Lyin’” is Clarkson’s 2nd azygous successful a statement that whitethorn aliases whitethorn not preview an upcoming album. Last May, she released “Where Have You Been,” which performed moreover amended connected the Digital Song Sales floor plan than her latest cut.

That way astir conquered the purchase-focused ranking, but it missed retired connected ruling by only 1 abstraction erstwhile it peaked astatine No. 2. “Where Have You Been” matched “Since U Been Gone” and “I Dare You” arsenic Clarkson’s only singles to stall successful the runner-up position.