Olivia Rodrigo's “The Cure” Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Charts

Olivia Rodrigo’s single “The Cure” entered the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts at the top position for the week dated June 6. The track’s debut follows its release on May 22 and marks Rodrigo’s third number-one entry on these specific charts.

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According to data compiled by Luminate, “The Cure” accumulated 19.7 million chart-eligible streams, reached a radio audience of 292,000 listeners, and recorded 9,000 digital sales in the United States during the tracking week that ended May 28. The same streaming and sales figures also propelled the song to number 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Streaming Songs and Alternative Digital Song Sales charts, representing Rodrigo’s third leadership on the former and her first on the latter.

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Rodrigo previously secured the top spot on both Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs with “Brutal” in 2021 and “Bad Idea Right?” in 2023. With “The Cure,” she now holds a number-one placement from each of her three studio releases—*Sour*, *Guts*, and the forthcoming *You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love*. Across her career, Rodrigo has placed 13 titles on both Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs, 11 of which have entered the top ten.

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The debut of “The Cure” at number 5 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 extends Rodrigo’s record to six top-five and eight top-ten entries on that chart, including four number-one hits. The achievement underscores her consistent crossover appeal between rock-oriented and mainstream pop formats, and it highlights a rare pattern of securing chart-topping singles from three distinct album cycles.

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Billboard’s reporting, based on Luminate’s tracking, confirms the multi-chart dominance of “The Cure” and situates the single within a broader surge of Rodrigo’s releases. The data also reflects the continued performance of “Drop Dead,” the lead single from the upcoming album, which entered the Hot 100 at number 1 in May, climbed from 30 to 12 in its latest week, and achieved a 13 percent streaming increase to 13 million streams. “Drop Dead” currently holds the focus radio position for the album project, reaching number 8 on the Pop Airplay chart. Both tracks are part of the promotional strategy for the upcoming album, with “The Cure” serving as a follow-up single after “Drop Dead” established early chart momentum.

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The album *You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love* is scheduled for release on June 12 through Geffen/Capitol Interscope. The album will be released through Geffen/Capitol Interscope and is expected to generate further entries across Billboard’s genre-specific and all-genre charts.

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