A week after accomplishing the quickest rise to No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart in a decade, Noah Kahan’s “The Great Divide” completes a similarly fast trip to the top of the Alternative Airplay list dated March 7.
“The Great Divide” reigns in its fourth week on Alternative Airplay, marking the least time needed to reach No. 1 since October 2024, when Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” ruled in its third frame.
Kahan claims his second Alternative Airplay No. 1, after his Post Malone collaboration “Dial Drunk” led for two weeks in 2023.
Kahan’s other Alternative Airplay-charting song to date, “Stick Season,” peaked at No. 15 in 2024 amid its second run on the chart; it originally reached No. 21 in 2023 before returning to the ranking thanks to renewed virality.
Concurrently, “The Great Divide” tops Adult Alternative Airplay for a second week. On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, it holds at its No. 2 best with 4.9 million audience impressions, up 9%, in the week ending Feb. 26, according to Luminate.
The song is also crossing to pop radio formats; it keeps at its No. 25 high on Adult Pop Airplay and leaps 37-32 on Pop Airplay, while also bubbling under Adult Contemporary.
“The Great Divide” debuted at No. 1 on the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart dated Feb. 14. The most recently published tally (dated Feb. 28, reflecting data from Feb. 13-19) had the track at No. 3; in addition to its radio airplay, it earned 9.9 million official U.S. streams and sold 1,000 downloads in that span.
Kahan’s album of the same name is due April 24. It’s the follow-up to his 2022 breakthrough, Stick Season.
All Billboard charts dated March 7 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, March 3.
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