{"id":237653,"date":"2026-02-27T18:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/02\/27\/noah-kahan-tops-alternative-airplay-chart-with-the-great-divide-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:14:26","slug":"noah-kahan-tops-alternative-airplay-chart-with-the-great-divide-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/02\/27\/noah-kahan-tops-alternative-airplay-chart-with-the-great-divide-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Kahan Tops Alternative Airplay Chart With \u2018The Great\u00a0Divide\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA week after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/noah-kahan-great-divide-number-1-adult-alternative-airplay-1236183788\/\">accomplishing <\/a>the quickest rise to No. 1 on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/triple-a\" rel=\"\">Adult Alternative Airplay<\/a> chart in a decade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/noah-kahan\" rel=\"\">Noah Kahan<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d completes a similarly fast trip to the top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/alternative-songs\" rel=\"\">Alternative Airplay<\/a> list dated March 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe Great Divide\u201d reigns in its fourth week on Alternative Airplay, marking the least time needed to reach No. 1 since October 2024, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/linkin-park\" rel=\"\">Linkin Park<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Emptiness Machine\u201d ruled in its third frame.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/noah-kahan-great-divide-number-1-adult-alternative-airplay-1236183788\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/noah-kahan-number-1-alternative-airplay-the-great-divide-1236188831\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P103XAFJ-e1771608590387.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1800px%2C1116px&amp;resize=237%2C147\" alt=\"Noah Kahan and Mastercard Co-Produce and Premiere \u2018The Great Divide\u2019 Music Video on January 14, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tNoah Kahan\u2019s \u2018The Great Divide\u2019 Makes Fastest Run to No. 1 in 10 Years on Adult Alternative\u00a0Airplay\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/noah-kahan-ticket-buying-experience-great-divide-tour\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/noah-kahan-number-1-alternative-airplay-the-great-divide-1236188831\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P103XAFK-e1771015138919.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Noah Kahan and Mastercard Co-Produce and Premiere \u2018The Great Divide\u2019 Music Video on January 14, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tNoah Kahan Wanted Buying Tickets to Be Fair for Fans \u2014 Here\u2019s How He Made It\u00a0Happen\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/noah-kahan-great-divide-number-1-hot-rock-alternative-chart-1236176950\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/noah-kahan-number-1-alternative-airplay-the-great-divide-1236188831\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/noah-kahan-press-cr-patrick-mccormack-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Noah Kahan\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tNoah Kahan Scores First No. 1 on Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs Chart With \u2018The Great\u00a0Divide\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKahan claims his second Alternative Airplay No. 1, after his <a rel=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\">Post Malone<\/a> collaboration \u201cDial Drunk\u201d led for two weeks in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKahan\u2019s other Alternative Airplay-charting song to date, \u201cStick Season,\u201d peaked at No. 15 in 2024 amid its second run on the chart; it originally reached No. 21 in 2023 before returning to the ranking thanks to renewed virality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tConcurrently, \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d tops Adult Alternative Airplay for a second week. On the all-rock-format, audience-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-airplay\" rel=\"\">Rock &amp; Alternative Airplay<\/a> chart, it holds at its No. 2 best with 4.9 million audience impressions, up 9%, in the week ending Feb. 26, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe song is also crossing to pop radio formats; it keeps at its No. 25 high on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/adult-pop-songs\" rel=\"\">Adult Pop Airplay<\/a> and leaps 37-32 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/pop-songs\" rel=\"\">Pop Airplay,<\/a> while also bubbling under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/adult-contemporary\" rel=\"\">Adult Contemporary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe Great Divide\u201d debuted at No. 1 on the multimetric <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-songs\" rel=\"\">Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs<\/a> chart dated Feb. 14. The most recently published tally (dated Feb. 28, reflecting data from Feb. 13-19) had the track at No. 3; in addition to its radio airplay, it earned 9.9 million official U.S. streams and sold 1,000 downloads in that span.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKahan\u2019s album of the same name is due April 24. It\u2019s the follow-up to his 2022 breakthrough, <em>Stick Season<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAll <em>Billboard<\/em> charts dated March 7 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, March 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/noah-kahan-number-1-alternative-airplay-the-great-divide-1236188831\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week after accomplishing the quickest rise to No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Adult Alternative Airplay chart in a decade, Noah Kahan\u2019s \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d completes a similarly fast trip to the top of the Alternative Airplay list dated March 7. \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d reigns in its fourth week on Alternative Airplay, marking the least time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}