Last week Justin Timberlake released his first solo single in six years, "Suit & Tie." The song has logged the highest first-week airplay numbers on US radio since its radio premiere on January 14.
Billboard reports that "Suit & Tie" received 6,045 plays across the US last week, topping Lady Gaga's previous first-week record of 4,602 for "Born This Way" in February 2011. With all the radio airplay the song received the track landed at number 14 on Billboard's Pop Songs chart, making it the highest debut for a male artist since records began.
Based on the track's first two days of airplay, sales and streaming it debuted at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart but with RCA, JT's record label, reporting that "Suit & Tie" sold 310,078 downloads during its first week, it's speculated the track could jump even higher when the updated Hot 100 list is released later this week.
Billboard reports that "Suit & Tie" received 6,045 plays across the US last week, topping Lady Gaga's previous first-week record of 4,602 for "Born This Way" in February 2011. With all the radio airplay the song received the track landed at number 14 on Billboard's Pop Songs chart, making it the highest debut for a male artist since records began.
Based on the track's first two days of airplay, sales and streaming it debuted at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart but with RCA, JT's record label, reporting that "Suit & Tie" sold 310,078 downloads during its first week, it's speculated the track could jump even higher when the updated Hot 100 list is released later this week.