Childish Gambino, the Grammy, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning recording artist, actor and producer, debuts at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week with his poignant song and captivating video, “This Is America,” according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Released during his hosting and performing stint on Saturday Night Live last weekend, the video for “This Is America” has been streamed over 110 million times worldwide.
Internationally, the track maintains its #1 position on Spotify’s Global Chart and US Chart and reached #1 on iTunes in 45 markets (Top 5 in 63 markets).
Directed by Hiro Murai, with him Childish Gambino has a long-standing working relationship, including the music videos for “Sweatpants” and “Sober,” “This Is America” has already garnered over 110 million views since its release, becoming the most viewed music video on YouTube for 9 days in a row. The video earned 85.3 million views in its first week on YouTube, making it the biggest first week debut of any video this year and #1 on the YouTube Songs chart in 11 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and more. The video for “This is America” is also tied for the 5th fastest music video to reach 100M views in YouTube history, reaching the mark in under 9 days.
The video was released ahead of what he has announced will be his final album, set for release later this year. With all the acclaim, you can bet that anticipation will be sky high as we get closer to a release date, which has yet to be confirmed by the artist or his new recording label, RCA. Recently, the artist wrapped up the second season of his acclaimed FX series Atlanta, and can next be seen starring as Lando Calrissian in Solo, the second release of the Star Wars anthology series. You can see the video for “This is America” below.
