Sprinter debuts at #10 on the Hot 100 bubbling under chart - i know it doesn’t seem like much but I think it’s quite a rarity for a UK rap song to even get that close to being a top 100 in the US

It’s also still too 10 on the Global Spotify chart

Yeah there have only been a small handful of UK rap songs that have made the Hot 100 ever so even making Bubbling Under is definitely a noteworthy achievement!

 

From the current generation I think the only 2 that have made the Hot 100 were 'Don't Rush' and technically Jnr Choi's 'TO THE MOON' (which was actually a bigger hit in the US than the UK so a weird case). 'Body' and 'Doja' both looked like they might become hits but stalled on Bubbling Under, while the likes of Stormzy and AJ Tracey (and Dave until now) have never even got to Bubbling Under. Tinie Tempah did have a couple of Hot 100 hits too if you go back a bit further.

 

edit: KSI and Lil Wayne's 'Lose' made the Hot 100 too, although that's barely a rap song and ofc is a collab with an American rapper (there have been a few more UK rappers that charted as features like Giggs with Drake and Skepta with A$AP Rocky)

 

Wondering if 'Who Told You' could make the Hot 100 next week, it debuted in the top 40 on US Spotify although it has fallen quickly and is actually now already back behind 'Sprinter' (which has so far peaked at #117, almost dropped out of the top 200 yesterday but has rebounded back to #166 today).