\n\tShe & Him<\/a>, the indie-folk duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, debuts on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> for the first time this week, thanks to 2008 song \u201cI Thought I Saw Your Face Today.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tOriginally released on the pair\u2019s debut album, Volume One,<\/em> in March 2008, the track debuts at No. 99 on the chart (dated Dec. 20) with 5 million official U.S. streams in Dec. 5-11 \u2014 up 35% week-over-week \u2014 according to Luminate. The resurgence<\/a> has been fueled by a viral TikTok trend in which users pair the wistful breakup ballad to sentimental clips from movies and TV shows, nature montages and sports highlight reels.<\/p>\n \n\t(Older songs showing meaningful gains can appear on the Hot 100 if in the chart\u2019s top 50, with those without significant chart history eligible<\/a> to debut at any rank, as considered individually.)<\/p>\n \n\tWhile She & Him never scored a major chart single during the duo\u2019s late-2000s heyday, the pair became a cultural fixture thanks to its twee ballads and stripped-down covers of pop standards.<\/p>\n \n\tVolume One <\/em>became the duo\u2019s first chart entry when it debuted at No. 81 on the Billboard 200<\/a> in April 2008; it peaked at No. 71 the following week. The pair has since charted four additional projects: Volume Two <\/em>(No. 6, 2010), A Very She & Him Christmas<\/em> (No. 12, 2011), Volume Three<\/em> (No. 15, 2013) and Classics<\/em> (No. 41, 2014).<\/p>\n \n\tA Very She & Him Christmas<\/em>, a collection of festive covers, has proven particularly durable, returning to Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Top Holiday Albums chart multiple times since its 2011 release.<\/p>\n \n\tPrior to this week, She & Him last appeared on Billboard<\/em>\u2019s charts in 2022 with Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson<\/em>. The Beach Boys covers set reached No. 16 on Americana Folk\/Albums and No. 21 on Top Album Sales.<\/p>\n \n\tBoth Deschanel and M. Ward have solo chart histories outside of She & Him. Deschanel\u2019s \u201cMerry Christmas, Happy New Year,\u201d with Ingrid Michaelson, reached No. 20 on Adult Contemporary in 2021, and her featured appearance on Prince\u2019s \u201cFallinlove2nite\u201d hit No. 29 on Adult R&B Airplay in 2014. The latter appeared in an episode of New Girl<\/em>, starring Deschanel, while Prince appeared in a guest role on the sitcom.<\/p>\n \n\tM. Ward has charted four albums on the Billboard 200: Post-War<\/em> (No. 146, 2006), Hold Time<\/em> (No. 31, 2009), A Wasteland Companion <\/em>(No. 21, 2012) and More Rain<\/em> (No. 128, 2016). He earned his first solo radio hit in 2020, when \u201cUnreal City\u201d reached No. 35 on Adult Alternative Airplay.<\/p>\n \n\tM. Ward was also a member of the folk supergroup Monsters of Folk alongside My Morning Jacket\u2019s Jim James, Bright Eyes\u2019 Coner Oberst and Mike Mogis, and Will Johnson. The band\u2019s only release, its self-titled set, reached No. 15 on the Billboard 200 in 2009, while single \u201cSay Please\u201d peaked at No. 20 on Adult Alternative Airplay.<\/p>\n
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