Leon Bridges’ “Peaceful Place” becomes his third No. advertising billboard‘s adult alternative airplay chart, topping the charts on October 19th.
The song is Bridges’ first No. 1 song in six years, with “Bad Bad News” leading the charts for five weeks starting in May 2018. Reached the top spot for two weeks.
Although “Peaceful Place” ends Bridges’ six-year wait on the adult alternative airplay chart, the Atlanta native has still been a regular presence on the charts since his last lead, scoring in his two most recent No. 1s There have been nine hits in between. During that time, he’s had five top 10 hits, tying 2018’s “Beyond” at No. 2; “Motorbike” (No. 3 in 2021) and his Noah Cyrus collaboration “July” (No. 4 in 2020) name) also entered the top five. Since his debut album Coming Home (No. 7 in 2015), he has had a total of 10 top 10 hits.
Meanwhile, “Peaceful Place” climbed 39-35 on the all-rock, audience-based rock and alternative airplay chart in the week ending October 10, reaching 1 million audience impressions, according to Luminate , an increase of 8%. This is Bridges’ highest ranking since Bad Bad News ranked 31st in 2018.
“Peaceful Place” is the band’s lead single LeonBridges’ fourth studio album. The album, released on October 4, is expected to have an impact on the October 19 chart, which will be updated on Billboard.com on Tuesday, October 15. The voice of a gold digger, peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 chart in August 2021 and has earned 198,000 equivalent album units to date.