


Boasting 122 million streams, the track has undeniably helped promote Afrobeats as one of the biggest rising genres in the UK.Įd Sheeran logs a total of three entries in the Top 10 alongside Peru, two Number 1 hits Bad Habits (3) and Shivers (5) also prove among the UK's Official biggest tracks of 2022 so far. While Peru peaked at Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart, it remains ahead Encanto's We Don’t Talk About Bruno, the track that kept it off the top spot, year-to-date. With such impressive numbers, will it hold on to be crowned the year's biggest track overall?Īfrobeats star Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran stay strong in second place on the year-to-date list. The single is also the most physically purchased (12,000 units) and digitally downloaded (47,000 units) song of the year-to-date in the UK. With over 1.3 million combined chart units so far, driven by an impressive 149.6 million streams, As It Was boasts the accolade of the being most-streamed track of the year so far, too. The single holds its place as the biggest song in the country since 2022's second quarter, when it dethroned Encanto soundtrack phenomenon We Don't Talk About Bruno.

The lead track from Harry’s third solo album Harry’s House, As It Was totalled a mammoth 10 weeks atop the Official Singles Chart earlier this year, making it the longest-running Number 1 of 2022 to date. Harry Styles ’ As It Was continues to reign supreme as the Official biggest single of 2022 so far in the UK, the Official Charts Company can reveal.
