Myles Smith’s ‘Nice to Meet You’ Hits No. 1 on Alternative Airplay Chart

Myles Smith goes two-for-two atop Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart as “Nice to Meet You” rises to No. 1 on the list dated July 19.

The song follows the one-week rule of Smith’s “Stargazing” last September.

The British singer-songwriter becomes the first act to top Alternative Airplay with two initial entries since Blackbear, who first reigned as featured on All Time Low’s “Monsters” in 2020, followed by his mgk (formerly Machine Gun Kelly) collab “My Ex’s Best Friend” in 2021.

As for acts who reigned as a lead act on both songs, Smith is the first since Fitz and the Tantrums, who went back-to-back with “Out of My League” in 2013 and “The Walker” in 2014.

As for soloists as the lead act on both introductory No. 1s? We have to go all the way back to 1995, when Alanis Morissette led with “You Oughta Know” and “Hand in My Pocket.”

Concurrently, “Nice to Meet You” places at No. 11 after hitting No. 5 on Adult Alternative Airplay. On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, it ranks at No. 5, after reaching No. 4 the previous frame, with 4.1 million audience impressions, up 2%, in the week ending July 10, according to Luminate.

“Nice to Meet You” has received crossover airplay, too; it lifts 16-14 on Adult Pop Airplay and bullets at No. 22 on Pop Airplay.

The song, which also features a remix with Lainey Wilson, ranked at No. 90 on the most recently published Billboard Hot 100 (dated July 12, reflecting data June 27-July 3). In addition to its radio airplay (15.3 million audience impressions across all formats), it earned 3.6 million official U.S. streams and sold 1,000 downloads.

“Nice to Meet You” is on Smith’s album A Minute…, which has earned 463,000 equivalent album units to date.

All Billboard charts dated July 19 will update Tuesday, July 15, on Billboard.com.