Beyoncé lands first solo top 10 single in 6 years with 'Break My Soul'

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Per EW:

"Break My Soul" is already igniting a renaissance for Beyoncé on the American charts.

The pop icon's new song has become her 20th career top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 — and her first as a solo artist since 2016's "Formation" — as it rises from No. 15 to No. 7 on the publication's latest ranking of the most popular songs in the country.

Released as the lead single from her upcoming album Renaissance, "Break My Soul" fuses house-inspired dance beats with Beyoncé's soaring vocals for a radical sonic departure from her last collection of original material, 2019's The Gift, a companion album to Disney's Lion King remake.

Though she hasn't reached the top 10 in the United States as a solo act since "Formation," Beyoncé has since scaled the chart via collaborations with other popular artists. Her 2017 "Perfect Duet" with Ed Sheeran reached No. 1, as did her 2020 remix of Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage," while she narrowly missed out on the top spot on J Balvin and Willy William's "Mi Gente" remix, which peaked at No. 3 five years ago.

"Break My Soul" arrived in June as the first preview of Beyoncé's seventh solo studio album — the cover for which sees the artist posing nearly nude atop a digitized horse.

Many interpreted the Renaissance album cover as both a reference to the historical Lady Godiva — who rode a horse nude in opposition to taxation — and the night Bianca Jagger famously climbed atop a horse at the Studio 54 nightclub in 1977.

"Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world. It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a time when little else was moving. My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment. A place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. A place to scream, release, feel freedom," Beyoncé wrote of the album on Instagram. "It was a beautiful journey of exploration. I hope you find joy in this music. I hope it inspires you to release the wiggle. Ha! And to feel as unique, strong, and **** as you are."

Renaissance drops on July 29.

[Markoct]

[Brat]

She definitely needed this hit

I've heard it everywhere the past couple of weeks 

[Stefani]

How is this a "hit" when it'll almost certainly fall out of the Top 10 next week?  Going Top 10 for 1 week isn't a hit imo. It's Formation all over again, except without the iconic video. 

[CHAOTIC STYLE.]

The world wide hoodie with the hit outside  

 

[MikeHunt]

Formation had Big Freedia on it, isn’t Halo her last solo top ten? 
Good for the beyhiv, if this song didn’t go top ten, she’d probably delay the album release.

[stanLOONA]

53 minutes ago, Stefani said:

How is this a "hit" when it'll almost certainly fall out of the Top 10 next week?  Going Top 10 for 1 week isn't a hit imo. It's Formation all over again, except without the iconic video. 

I think that's the music industry now. Hit #1 but then free fall.

I was shook when I knew that MJ was the first artist to debut at #1 in the 90s and now is almost every week 

[Jordan Miller]

It’s what she deserves

[Britney'sBish]

The song is pretty good, it's the only thing I've liked from her since Partition, and the last thing before that was Why Don't You Love Me.

[FraFromThe90's]

How Is that possibile? It's not even in the top 20 ok Spotify....absurd

[DignifiedLove]

Legend tingz! Shame her peers can’t relate. 

[vinu sharma]

really nice song.

[Crazy4BRITNEY3.2]

Not her press office dropping out desperate, sensationalistic press releases about the song making it to number 7 three weeks after release lol

The track is clearly underperforming, and deservedly so since it's not the innovative comeback single you'd expect from a legacy artist. Charli XCX released basically the same song months earlier (and it's much better imo).

Her team must be in full on crisis mode as they were 100% expecting a completely different and much more enthusiastic response...

[NachoCheese]

Seems like GP can't relate to a millionaire singing about 'great resignation' over a recycled beat 

[bas che]

16 hours ago, Stefani said:

How is this a "hit" when it'll almost certainly fall out of the Top 10 next week?  Going Top 10 for 1 week isn't a hit imo. It's Formation all over again, except without the iconic video. 

People here don’t understand the meaning of longevity. Trust me I tried to explain.

[Lmfc1993]

Well I know that she is promoting the songs on the radios, because the have added the songs on the radio. In the streaming platforms is going decent! Not a hit! But i think it's ok.

[agustinmalandra]

As time goes by, I realised that BMS is such a generic song. ***** is smart: she used the hype of her comeback to publish one of the most catchy, basic songs for the general public, and it paid off. Even tho I see it fall to the twenty something next week, even to fifty...

 

I bop to BMS still, tho

[Freakshow__]

Love the song. Not her best tho. 

[Greg_del]

The song is flopping don’t try 

[breathe_on_me_toxic]

what i am saying since 2009. a real dancesong! and it worked, cause its not some selfreferencial s h i t