Olivia Rodrigo Earns Her First New Pop No. 1 In Half A Decade

Half a decade aft some "Drivers License" and "Good 4 U" reached No. 1 connected Billboard's Pop Airplay chart, "Drop Dead" rises to the summit. BARCELONA, SPAIN - JUNE 06: Olivia Rodrigo performs successful performance during Primavera Sound 2026 astatine Parc Del Forum connected June 06, 2026 successful Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Xavi Torrent/Getty Images)

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Olivia Rodrigo’s debut medium Sour produced respective immense hits, ones which fans proceed to devour successful tremendous numbers. The singer’s expertise to straddle the statement betwixt stone and popular helped her find fame and rack up immense power wins connected Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, and she’s still balancing her occurrence connected lists focused connected those styles today.

Two of her first smashes worked their measurement each the measurement to No. 1 connected that list, but since then, Rodrigo’s euphony has performed moreover amended connected galore rock-focused rankings than astatine popular radio. That changes this week arsenic 1 of her much caller promotional tunes rises to the acme connected 1 of the much competitory airplay rosters published by Billboard – which is each astir popular euphony – and she finds herself backmost connected the throne aft years away.

Olivia Rodrigo Returns to No. 1 connected the Pop Chart

“Drop Dead” rises 2 spaces to No. 1 connected the Pop Airplay chart this week. The tally – 1 of 3 pop-focused power tallies published by Billboard, alongside the Adult Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary lists – tracks the astir successful songs astatine mainstream apical 40 power stations passim the United States. A tune climbs aliases falls based connected its full estimated assemblage reach.

Olivia Rodrigo Scores Her Third Pop Airplay No. 1

“Drop Dead” becomes Rodrigo’s 3rd profession No. 1 connected the Pop Airplay floor plan and her first successful half a decade. She initially conquered the tally pinch “Drivers License,” which reached the acme successful March 2021, little than 2 months aft debuting. By the extremity of that summer, “Good 4 U,” besides featured connected Sour, had worked its measurement to first spot arsenic well. Both tracks dominated for astatine slightest a month, and each needed only astir 2 months earlier they became the astir successful opus astatine popular power successful the nation.

Olivia Rodrigo Recently Reached a Milestone 10 Hits

Rodrigo has now placed a milestone 10 tunes connected the Pop Airplay ranking, and each but 2 person reached the apical 10. “Bad Idea Right?” stalled conscionable extracurricular that region astatine No. 11, while “Stupid Song” – besides featured connected her latest album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So successful Love alongside “Drop Dead” – has frankincense acold climbed to No. 17. That whitethorn not beryllium the extremity of its run, though, arsenic the azygous is still increasing connected respective different power tallies.

“Drop Dead” Rules One Pop Chart and Peaks connected Two Others

“Drop Dead” served arsenic the first azygous from You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So successful Love, and it arrived successful mid-April, weeks earlier the album. The tune reached the Pop Airplay floor plan successful early May, soon aft its release, and it has since appeared connected each 3 of Billboard’s popular power rankings. As it rises to No. 1 connected the Pop Airplay tally, “Drop Dead” holds astatine its all-time highs of Nos. 7 and 17 connected the Adult Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary rosters, respectively.

Olivia Rodrigo’s “Stupid Song” Is Still Growing

At the aforesaid clip that “Drop Dead” reaches its zenith, “Stupid Song,” the 3rd azygous from You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So successful Love, besides establishes caller peaks connected 2 power rankings. The trim climbs to No. 29 connected the Adult Pop Airplay floor plan and No. 36 connected the broader Radio Songs tally. It besides holds astatine its aforementioned No. 17 ceiling connected the Pop Airplay roster. Both of Rodrigo’s 2 power wins found caller precocious points connected different rundowns this frame.

Olivia Rodrigo Charts 11 Songs successful America

11 Rodrigo songs look connected astatine slightest 1 Billboard floor plan this week, and each of them travel from You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So successful Love. While “Drop Dead” and “Stupid Song” are enjoying a lukewarm invited astatine popular radio, “The Cure,” the 2nd azygous released betwixt them, arsenic good arsenic medium cuts for illustration “Honeybee,” “Expectations” and “Maggots for Brains,” are still coming connected rankings specified arsenic the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs floor plan and the Billboard Hot 100.