Falling in Reverse, Tech N9ne and Alex Terrible’s collaboration “Ronald” bows big on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, debuting at No. 1 on the May 18-dated survey.
“Ronald” starts with 2.4 million official U.S. streams and 3,000 downloads sold in the week ending May 9, according to Luminate. It reigns from only three days of data, since it was released May 7.
The tune is Falling in Reverse’s fifth to top Hot Hard Rock Songs dating to the tally’s June 2020 inception; the Ronnie Radke-led band notched the chart’s inaugural No. 1, “Popular Monster.”
Of those five leaders, the band has logged its four most recent consecutively: “Zombified,” “Voices In My Head” (both in 2022), “Watch the World Burn” (2023) and “Ronald.” The streak is the longest in the chart’s history.
Falling in Reverse ties Bring Me the Horizon for the most No. 1s earned on the list.
Most No. 1s, Hot Hard Rock Songs:
- 5, Bring Me the Horizon
- 5, Falling in Reverse
- 3, Foo Fighters
- 2, HARDY
- 2, Linkin Park
- 2, Metallica
- 2, Pearl Jam
- 2, State of Mine
“Ronald” is the first Hot Hard Rock Songs No. 1 for both Tech N9ne and Alex Terrible. Rapper Tech N9ne previously appeared on the chart twice in 2020 as a featured artist on Hollywood Undead’s “Idol” (No. 7 peak) and Corey Taylor’s “CMFT Must Be Stopped” (No. 11). “Ronald” is Alex Terrible’s first appearance on the ranking as a solo act; his band Slaughter to Prevail has made two visits with “Baba Yaga” (No. 11, 2021) and “Viking” (No. 5, 2023).
Concurrently, “Ronald” bows at No. 24 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and No. 1 on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales, marking Falling in Reverse’s seventh leader and first since “Watch the World Burn” in 2023. The group first led with “Alone” in 2013.
“Ronald” is featured on Popular Monster, Falling in Reverse’s fifth studio album, due July 26. It’s the band’s first full-length since 2017’s Coming Home, which started at No. 2 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart and has earned 203,000 equivalent album units to date.
