Megan Thee Stallion‘s “Hiss” is quite the hit, and in addition to topping the Billboard Hot 100, it has now topped both Billboard’s Global 200 chart and its Streaming chart.
According to Luminate, “Hiss” drew 39.6 million official streams worldwide in its first week. The publication notes its rare for Hip Hop songs to lead the Global 200 – but Meg has actually done it once before alongside Cardi B for “WAP.”
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Doja Cat is the only other woman rapper to hit the top with “Paint the Town Red,” while Drake and Jack Harlow are the only male rappers who have made it.
As for their Streaming Songs chart, Meg’s No. 1 there makes for her fourth chart topper – which puts her in good company. Since the chart’s inception in 2013, only Cardi, Lil Baby and Miley Cyrus have also had four No. 1s on it. Drake leads all acts with 20 No. 1s.
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Earlier this week, Megan Thee Stallion celebrated “Hiss” topping the Billboard Hot 100 by drinking Hennessy through a straw while on Instagram Live.
The move was an apparent response to Nicki’s line on “Big Foot” — which debuted at No. 23 on the chart — where she rapped: “Your flow is such a bore/ Drinkin’ a bottle of Henny through a straw.”
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Megan also seemingly hit back at Nicki’s claims that she has benefited from the backing of a major music industry “machine” in their feud, saying “Hiss” — along with her previous single “Cobra” and upcoming album — was entirely self-funded.
“When I say I went in Megan Pete’s bank account and paid for ‘Cobra’ and ‘Hiss,’ like… them two videos, my whole studio time for this album that’s about to come out, all of that shit came out of my pocket,” she said.
“This is my first time since my momma been alive that I’ve really carried the weight of paying for my whole shit. So to see how much y’all love ‘Hiss’ and ‘Cobra,’ I’m like, ‘Wow! We did that!’”
Nicki Minaj had claimed during an X Spaces conversation with Joe Budden last week that Megan’s management company, Roc Nation, used bots to promote “Hiss” and paid people to badmouth her online.
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After “Big Foot” earned the most first-day streams on YouTube for a female rap song in 2024, she added on Instagram: “This is what happens when you think FAKE BOTS, PAID BLOGS & FAKE STUNTS will win the war in 2024. this is thinking you that bitch then running into THAT BITCH.”
