The Billboard Global 200 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs globally. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by MRC Data, is based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide. Another similar chart is the Billboard Global Excl. US chart, which follows the same formula except it covers all territories excluding the US. The two charts launched on September 19, 2020.
On the Global 200, eleven singles reached number one in 2022. Nineteen artists reached the top of the chart, with sixteen—Gayle, Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, Glass Animals, Harry Styles, Kate Bush, Bizarrap, Quevedo, Blackpink, Sam Smith, Kim Petras, and 21 Savage—achieving their first number-one single. Blackpink scored two number-one singles, the only act to achieve multiple number ones in 2022. Harry Styles spent the most weeks at the top spot with 15 non-consecutive weeks at number one for his single "As It Was", which became the longest reigning number-one song in the chart's history.
On the Global Excl. US, eleven singles reached number one in 2022. Fourteen artists reached the top of the chart, with nine—Gayle, Glass Animals, Anitta, Harry Styles, Kate Bush, Bizarrap, Quevedo, Sam Smith and Kim Petras—achieving their first number-one single. Blackpink scored two number-one singles, the only act to achieve multiple number ones in 2022. Harry Styles spent the most weeks at the top spot with 13 non-consecutive weeks at number one for his single "As It Was", which became the longest reigning number-one song in the chart's history.
† | Indicates best-performing song of 2022 on the Global 200 [1] |
‡ | Indicates best-performing song of 2022 on the Global Excl. US [2] |
Issue date | Billboard Global 200 | Billboard Global Excl. US | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Song | Artist(s) | Song | Artist(s) | ||
January 1 | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | [3] |
January 8 | [4] | ||||
January 15 | "ABCDEFU" | Gayle | "ABCDEFU" | Gayle | [5] |
January 22 | [6] | ||||
January 29 | [7] | ||||
February 5 | [8] | ||||
February 12 | "We Don't Talk About Bruno" | Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the Encanto cast | [9] | ||
February 19 | [10] | ||||
February 26 | [11] | ||||
March 5 | "Heat Waves" | Glass Animals | [12] | ||
March 12 | [13] | ||||
March 19 | "Heat Waves" | Glass Animals | [14] | ||
March 26 | [15] | ||||
April 2 | [16] | ||||
April 9 | "Envolver" | Anitta | [17] | ||
April 16 | "As It Was" † | Harry Styles | "As It Was" ‡ | Harry Styles | [18] |
April 23 | [19] | ||||
April 30 | [20] | ||||
May 7 | [21] | ||||
May 14 | [22] | ||||
May 21 | [23] | ||||
May 28 | [24] | ||||
June 4 | [25] | ||||
June 11 | [26] | ||||
June 18 | "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" | Kate Bush | [27] | ||
June 25 | "As It Was" † | Harry Styles | "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)" | BTS | [28] |
July 2 | "As It Was" ‡ | Harry Styles | [29] | ||
July 9 | [30] | ||||
July 16 | "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" | Kate Bush | "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" | Kate Bush | [31] |
July 23 | "As It Was" ‡ | Harry Styles | [32] | ||
July 30 | "Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" | Bizarrap and Quevedo | "Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" | Bizarrap and Quevedo | [33] |
August 6 | [34] | ||||
August 13 | [35] | ||||
August 20 | "As It Was" † | Harry Styles | [36] | ||
August 27 | "Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" | Bizarrap and Quevedo | [37] | ||
September 3 | "Pink Venom" | Blackpink | "Pink Venom" | Blackpink | [38] |
September 10 | [39] | ||||
September 17 | "As It Was" † | Harry Styles | [40] | ||
September 24 | "Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" | Bizarrap and Quevedo | [41] | ||
October 1 | "Shut Down" | Blackpink | "Shut Down" | Blackpink | [42] |
October 8 | "Unholy" | Sam Smith and Kim Petras | "Unholy" | Sam Smith and Kim Petras | [43] |
October 15 | [44] | ||||
October 22 | [45] | ||||
October 29 | [46] | ||||
November 5 | "Anti-Hero" | Taylor Swift | "Anti-Hero" | Taylor Swift | [47] |
November 12 | [48] | ||||
November 19 | "Rich Flex" | Drake and 21 Savage | "Unholy" | Sam Smith and Kim Petras | [49] |
November 26 | "Anti-Hero" | Taylor Swift | [50] | ||
December 3 | [51] | ||||
December 10 | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | [52] | ||
December 17 | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | [53] | ||
December 24 | [54] | ||||
December 31 | [55] |
|
|
Gonzalo Julián Conde, known professionally as Bizarrap, is an Argentine DJ and record producer. He specializes in EDM, Latin trap and rap. He is known for his Bzrp Music Sessions, a series of independent tracks which he records with a wide variety of artists. He was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year in 2021.
The Billboard Global 200 is a weekly record chart published by Billboard magazine. The chart ranks the top songs globally and is based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide. First announced in mid-2019, it officially launched in September 2020.
This is the discography of Argentine DJ and record producer Bizarrap, which consists of one extended play, seventy-one singles and three promotional singles. Bizarrap is known for his "Music Sessions" in which he produces tracks featuring vocals by other artists. Some of the most popular Sessions contain vocals by Nathy Peluso, Tiago PZK, Villano Antillano, Quevedo, Shakira, Anuel AA, Peso Pluma, and Nicky Jam.
"ABCDEFU" is the major-label debut single by American singer Gayle, released on August 13, 2021, through Atlantic and Arthouse Records. It was co-written by Gayle with Sara Davis and David Pittenger, and produced by Pete Nappi. The song is the lead single from Gayle's debut EP A Study of the Human Experience Volume One.
"Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" is a song by Argentine producer Bizarrap and Spanish rapper Quevedo. It was released on July 6, 2022, through Dale Play Records, with the music video released on Bizarrap's YouTube channel the following day. This is the sixth Bzrp Music Sessions to feature a Spanish artist, and the fourth to feature an artist from the Canary Islands.
Pedro Luis Domínguez Quevedo, known professionally as Quevedo, is a Spanish rapper and singer. He gained recognition in 2022 with the release of "Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52".
"Unholy" is a song by English singer Sam Smith and German singer Kim Petras. It was released on 22 September 2022 through EMI Records and Capitol Records as the second single from Smith's fourth studio album Gloria (2023) and as a bonus track on Petras's debut studio album Feed the Beast (2023). It was teased by Smith on their TikTok account a month before its release and went viral due to its use in thirst trap-style videos. Produced by Ilya, Omer Fedi, Blake Slatkin, Jimmy Napes, and Cirkut and written by them alongside Smith and Petras, "Unholy" is a sexually charged electropop, dance-pop, and synth-pop song with choral and hyperpop influences, which marked a shift away from ballads for Smith. It uses the Phrygian dominant scale and its lyrics are about a family man who cheats on his wife at a strip club.
The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US are charts that ranks the best-performing singles globally and globally excluding the United States, respectively. Its data is published by Billboard weekly and based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as streaming. At the end of a year, Billboard publishes an annual list of the 200 most successful songs throughout that year on the Global 200 and Global Excl. US charts based on the information. For 2022, its second year, the list was published on December 2, calculated with data from November 20, 2021, to November 12, 2022.