The Funeral Portrait has now gone 3-for-3 atop Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, reigning over the Jan. 24-dated survey with “Dark Thoughts.”
The song is the band’s third No. 1 in as many tries, following reigns for “Suffocate City,” featuring Spencer Charnas, in 2024 and “Holy Water,” featuring Ivan Moody, last year.
A three-in-a-row streak to begin an act’s career on Mainstream Rock Airplay, though rare, has been accomplished before. 3 Doors Down first achieved the feat with its first three charted singles (“Kryptonite,” “Loser” and “Duck and Run”) in 2000-01, while The Pretty Reckless did its predecessors one better with a run of four (“Heaven Knows,” “Messed Up World,” “Follow Me Down” and “Take Me Down”) in 2014-16.
The only other act besides 3 Doors Down, The Pretty Reckless and now The Funeral Portrait? Currently, Jelly Roll is in the midst of a four-in-a-row streak that began in 2022 (“Dead Man Walking,” “Need a Favor,” Falling in Reverse collaboration “All My Life” and “Liar”).
Concurrently, “Dark Thoughts” rises 15-13 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with to 2.6 million audience impressions, up 16%, in the week ending Jan. 15, according to Luminate. The band’s best on the tally, “Holy Water,” peaked at No. 8 last year.
“Dark Thoughts” ranked at No. 22, after reaching No. 20, on the most recently published, multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart (dated Jan. 17, reflecting data Jan. 2-8). In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 214,000 official U.S. streams.
The track is on Greetings From Suffocate City, The Funeral Portrait’s second studio album. Released in 2024, the set has earned 40,000 equivalent album units to date.
All Billboard charts dated Jan. 24 will update on Billboard.com on Wednesday, Jan. 21, a day later than usual due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday Jan. 19.
