Noah Kahan earns his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart in 2023, and Hozier his third, as the pair’s “Northern Attitude” rises to the top of the tally dated Jan. 6, 2024.
The song was originally recorded by Kahan solo, while Hozier joined as a featured artist on the collaborative version released Nov. 10.
The new No. 1 marks two in a row for Kahan, after “Dial Drunk” reigned for two weeks in September, becoming his first leader.
Hozier now boasts five total Adult Alternative Airplay No. 1s, dating to 2014’s “Take Me to Church.” Previously in 2023, he led with “Eat Your Young” in May and “Francesca” in September. He also reached the summit with “Nina Cried Power,” featuring Mavis Staples, in 2018.
Concurrently, “Northern Attitude” jumps 27-22 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 1.4 million audience impressions, according to Luminate. Both acts have earned top 10s on the chart in 2023: Kahan with “Dial Drunk” (No. 3, September) and Hozier with “Eat Your Young” (No. 7, June).
“Northern Attitude” is the latest single from Stick Season, Kahan’s third studio album, which was released in October 2022, followed by a deluxe version this June. The title-track lead single peaked at No. 2 on Adult Alternative Airplay in November 2022, followed by “Homesick” (No. 7, May) and the aforementioned “Dial Drunk.”
On the most recently published, Dec. 30-dated Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which incorporates streaming, radio airplay and sales data, “Northern Attitude” ranked at No. 12 (after reaching No. 7 in November following the new version’s release). In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 4.7 million official U.S. streams and sold 1,000 downloads Dec. 15-21.
Stick Season has led the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart for two weeks to date and earned 1.3 million equivalent album units through Dec. 21.
All Billboard charts dated Jan. 6, 2024, will update on Billboard.com on Tuesday, Jan. 2.
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