{"id":3270,"date":"2025-09-23T19:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/?p=3270"},"modified":"2025-09-23T19:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:11:13","slug":"tom-macdonalds-charlie-kirk-tribute-track-debuts-on-billboard-hot-100-tops-digital-song-sales-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/?p=3270","title":{"rendered":"<div>Tom MacDonald\u2019s Charlie Kirk Tribute Track Debuts on Billboard Hot 100 &#038; Tops Digital Song Sales\u00a0Chart<\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/tom-macdonald\/\">Tom MacDonald<\/a>\u2019s \u201cCharlie,\u201d a tribute anthem to the late Charlie Kirk, climbs to No. 1 on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a> chart (dated Sept. 27) after its first full tracking week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe song, released Thursday, Sept. 11, debuted at No. 2 a week earlier with 7,000 downloads sold in the last hours of that Friday-Thursday tracking week, according to Luminate. \u201cCharlie\u201d then sold 18,000 Sept. 12-18 for its coronation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/charlie-kirk-memorial-worship-brandon-lake-chris-tomlin-1236071381\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brandon-lake-2025-stagecoach-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brandon-lake-2025-stagecoach-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Brandon Lake\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBrandon Lake, Chris Tomlin, Phil Wickham to Lead Worship During Charlie Kirk Memorial\u00a0Event\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/ocean-alley-cruisy-groove-producer-nick-didia-love-balloon-1236072454\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ocean-alley-2025-1548-cr-kane-lehanneur.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" 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class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/latin\/b-king-regio-clown-dead-mexico-colombian-musicians-1236072417\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/police-car-lights-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/police-car-lights-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Police car lights\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tColombian Musicians B-King &amp; Regio Clown Found Dead After Going Missing in Mexico\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe cut, which MacDonald issued on his eponymous independent label, was released following Kirk\u2019s assassination, at age 31, on Sept. 10 during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The killing and its aftermath dominated news headlines and social media conversation in the ensuing days amid discourse surrounding political violence and freedom of speech. President Donald Trump, among other notables, attended and spoke at Kirk\u2019s memorial service on Sept. 21 in Glendale, Ariz.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q8SbeHhNR9k?si=ktcoPItLR_lcAlFo&amp;version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMacDonald collects his eighth No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, all of which have ruled for one week. He first led with 2021\u2019s \u201cFake Woke\u201d and followed with \u201cGhost\u201d in 2023; two more leaders in 2024, \u201cYou Missed\u201d and \u201cGoodbye Joe,\u201d with Nova Rockafeller; and a chart-leading four champs thus far this year: \u201cDaddy\u2019s Home,\u201d with Roseanne Barr, \u201cMan in the Sky,\u201d \u201cThe Devil Is a Democrat\u201d and \u201cCharlie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn addition to its sales, \u201cCharlie\u201d registered 4.7 million official streams in the United States in its first full tracking week. The combined sums spark the song\u2019s entrance on three multimetric <em>Billboard<\/em> charts: No. 6 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>, No. 12 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a> and No. 77 on the all-genre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>. The debut gives the rapper his third entry on the foremost ranking, eighth on the middle list and fifth on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>It\u2019s free <\/em>Billboard<em> charts month: Through Sept. 30, subscribers to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\">Billboard<em>\u2019s Chart Beat newsletter<\/em><\/a><em>, emailed each Friday, can unlock access to <\/em>Billboard<em>\u2019s weekly and historical charts, artist chart histories and all Chart Beat stories simply by visiting the newly redesigned Billboard.com through any story link in the newsletter. Not a Chart Beat subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\">Sign up for free here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom MacDonald\u2019s \u201cCharlie,\u201d a tribute anthem to the late Charlie Kirk, climbs to No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Digital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[381],"tags":[385],"class_list":["post-3270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musica-internacional","tag-internacional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clasicosnoticias.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}