{"id":2021827,"date":"2026-07-01T19:16:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2021827"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:16:44","slug":"motionless-in-white-skylar-greys-r-i-p-hits-no-1-on-hot-hard-rock-songs-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2021827","title":{"rendered":"Motionless in White &amp; Skylar Grey\u2019s \u2018R.I.P.\u2019 Hits No. 1 on Hot Hard Rock Songs Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/motionless-in-white-2026-press-atomsplitter-cr-jonathan-weiner-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--featured a-bb-pro-article-image-offsets a-bbpro-font-body-m a-dropcap\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMotionless in White hits No. 1 on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart for the third time this year, reaching the summit of the July 4-dated tally with \u201cR.I.P.,\u201d featuring Skylar Grey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn the week ending June 25, \u201cR.I.P.\u201d drew 1.5 million chart-eligible streams and 188,000 radio audience impressions, and sold 1,000 in the United States, according to Luminate. That\u2019s after 400,000 streams and 1,000 sold June 17-18, following the song\u2019s June 17 release; it debuted at No. 17 on the June 27-dated ranking from that early activity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-align-items-center u-align-items-flex-start@mobile-max  lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max u-width-710@desktop lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-u-margin-tb-1 u-margin-b-250@mobile-max u-margin-t-275@mobile-max u-margin-t-250@desktop u-margin-b-250@desktop u-margin-lr-n1@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-brand-secondary-dark lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-padding-tb-1  lrv-u-padding-tb-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-l-00@mobile-max u-grid-gap-18@desktop u-grid-gap-0@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 lrv-u-padding-a-050 u-padding-l-0625@mobile-max u-padding-b-0.375@mobile-max  lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary u-margin-t-n2@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-l-1@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-075@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary a-font-accent-xl u-font-weight-800 u-letter-spacing-0179 u-line-height-normal lrv-u-color-grey-dark bb-pro-related-stories-label lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between  a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card  lrv-u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-191 u-width-150@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image   lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/854483278-e1782905977417.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Victor\u00a0Willis (left) and Jeffrey Lippold of Village People at the 2017 Streamy Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sept. 26, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif.\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content  lrv-u-padding-l-150@desktop lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  c-title a-font-basic u-font-size-22@desktop u-font-size-16@mobile-max u-line-height-26px u-line-height-22px@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.625@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line@desktop a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max lrv-u-color-grey-dark lrv-u-color-grey-dark:hover\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tVictor Willis, Village People Frontman &amp; &#8216;YMCA&#8217; Cowriter, Dead at 74\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"o-article-byline \/\/ lrv-a-unstyle-list a-font-accent-m lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-word-spacing-n3px u-padding-t-0.875@desktop u-padding-t-00@mobile-max\">\n<li class=\"lrv-u-flex a-byline-color\">\n<div class=\"c-tagline  u-word-spacing-n3px a-children-link-color-black:hover a-truncate-ellipsis-2line\"><span>Gil Kaufman<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMotionless in White now has three Hot Hard Rock Songs No. 1s, all in 2026 \u2014 no other act has more than one this year \u2014 with \u201cR.I.P.\u201d following \u201cAfraid of the Dark\u201d and \u201cPlaying God,\u201d the latter featuring Corey Taylor. Still, the band has been a steady a presence since the chart\u2019s 2020 inception, with a dozen entries before this year, including five top 10s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs for Grey, \u201cR.I.P.\u201d marks a return to No. 1 for the singer-songwriter as a recording artist, her first since Diddy-Dirty Money\u2019s \u201cComing Home,\u201d on which she\u2019s featured, topped Digital Song Sales in 2011. She also led the Billboard Hot 100 as a songwriter (then credited as Holly Brook) of Eminem\u2019s Rihanna-featuring \u201cLove the Way You Lie\u201d for seven weeks in 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt\u2019s Grey\u2019s first time on any ranking with a newly released song since 2024, when she charted collaborations with Eminem (\u201cTemporary\u201d) and Jelly Roll (\u201cPast Yesterday\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMotionless in White has three songs in the upper reaches of Hot Hard Rock Songs; below \u201cR.I.P.,\u201d \u201cAfraid of the Dark\u201d and \u201cPlaying God\u201d rank at Nos. 4 and 11, respectively. All three are on <em>Decades<\/em>, Motionless in White\u2019s seventh studio album, due July 17. In addition to the Grey and Taylor team-ups, <em>Decades<\/em> includes a guest spot from Dark Divine\u2019s Anthony Martinez, while Outlier appears on bonus track \u201cFight Like Hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/motionless-in-white-skylar-grey-rip-hot-hard-rock-songs\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/motionless-in-white-2026-press-atomsplitter-cr-jonathan-weiner-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] Motionless in White hits No. 1 on Billboard\u2018s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart for the third time this year, reaching the summit of the July 4-dated tally with \u201cR.I.P.,\u201d featuring Skylar Grey. In the week ending June 25, \u201cR.I.P.\u201d drew 1.5 million chart-eligible streams and 188,000 radio audience impressions, and sold 1,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2021827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2021827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2021827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2021827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2021827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}