Sombr’s “Back to Friends” jumps three spots to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart (dated Feb. 7).
The song earns the singer-songwriter born Shane Boose his first Pop Airplay leader. He first reached the chart with his other top 10 to date, “Undressed,” which hit No. 4 in September.
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Meanwhile, “Back to Friends,” on SMB/Warner Records, is a rare solely self-written and self-produced Pop Airplay No. 1. It’s the chart’s first leader by a single writer since Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves,” written by the band’s frontman, Dave Bayley, in February 2022. That song likewise ended a four-year gap for such No. 1s, dating to Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” in early 2018.
“Back to Friends” is also the first Pop Airplay No. 1 that a single talent both authored and produced since Bayley solely claimed both credits on “Heat Waves.” Before that, Pharrell Williams wrote, produced and performed “Happy,” which dominated in 2014.
Additionally, only 6% of all Pop Airplay No. 1s (dating to the chart’s October 1992 start) have also topped Alternative Airplay, with “Back to Friends” having led the latter list for five weeks last June-July. One hit doubled up atop the tallies in 2025 — Lola Young’s “Messy” — after two did in 2024: Myles Smith’s “Stargazing” and Hozier’s “Too Sweet.”
Sombr is Grammy-nominated for best new artist, with all eight acts in the field, including Young, set to perform at the 68th annual ceremony Sunday night (Feb. 1).
“I think people are just craving real music with real instruments and real bridges and really thoughtful writing,” sombr recently told Billboard. “I think we’re headed in the right direction. I’m loving the current state of the charts right now, with Olivia Dean [likewise up for best new artist and whose “Man I Need” “Back to Friends” supplants atop Pop Airplay] and RAYE and Rosalía and, you know, me! I didn’t set out to make pop songs — I initially set out to make alternative indie songs. [They] became pop songs because they were catchy.”
All charts dated Feb. 7 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Feb. 3.
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