Twenty One Pilots Make Billboard History With 'Heathens,' 'Stressed Out' and 'Ride'
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One of the fastest growing names in alternative music continues to make history for themselves.
Alternative duo twenty one pilots are the first group in the genre with simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s. Yep, these guys are ruling the charts and the fan base is growing by the day.
"Twenty One Pilots take an 11-4 flight on the Hot 100 with "Heathens," from the Suicide Squad: The Album soundtrack, which debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200," according to Billboard.
"(The film premiered Aug.
5, the first day of the Aug.
27-dated charts' sales and streaming tracking week.) The track zips 7-2 on Digital Songs (89,000, up 33 percent) and 8-2 on Streaming Songs (19.2 million, up 39 percent) and nears Radio Songs with 22 million in airplay audience (up 23 percent); on the Alternative Songs airplay chart, it rises 4-3."
Along with "Heathens," twenty one pilots has had tremendous success with "Stressed Out" and "Ride," which happens to be the latest release other than the Suicide Squad track.
Throughout their historic run, twenty one pilots have amassed a loyal and highly supportive fan base who are always out in full force for the energetic shows.
With a record breaking year on Billboard, in their young career, we expect more big things to come from twenty one pilots. If you want to hear more from twenty one pilots, you can check out their album Blurryface.