Olivia Rodrigo Finally Hits No. 1 On A Chart She’s Never Ruled

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentOlivia Rodrigo Finally Hits No. 1 On A Chart She’s Never RuledByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorJun 04, 2026, 10:57am EDTOlivia Rodrigo reaches the top spot on Billboard's Alternative Digital Song Sales chart for the first time with "The Cure" after several near-misses. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 25: Olivia Rodrigo attends the Los Angeles Premiere Of Netflix's "Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour"at NYA EAST on October 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)Getty ImagesOlivia Rodrigo's music has been classified by Billboard under different genre labels at different points in her career. Even though her first two albums, Sour and Guts, are sonically very similar, her first project apparently leaned more pop, while many of the songs featured on Guts appeared in lofty positions on rock, and especially alternative tallies. It is on one of the latter rosters where Rodrigo scores not just another bestseller, but her first champion with her latest single.Olivia Rodrigo Debuts "The Cure" at No. 1Rodrigo debuts "The Cure" at No. 1 on this week's Alternative Digital Song Sales chart. The Billboard-compiled ranking looks only at the top-selling tunes classified specifically as alternative – a vague term – on platforms like iTunes. While she's come close to the summit before, "The Cure" marks the first leader for Rodrigo.Olivia Rodrigo Scores Her First Alternative Sales LeaderIn only a few years, Rodrigo has sent 11 hits to the Alternative Digital Song Sales chart, and nearly all of them have landed inside the top 10. It must be mentioned that these days, the roster only includes 10 spaces, so any time a track debuts, it immediately becomes a top 10 smash, though that was not always th...