Sleep Theory Scores Second Straight Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 With ‘Static’

Sleep Theory achieves its second consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, leading the list dated Aug. 23 with “Static.”

Ascending to the top of the tally via a 4-1 leap, the song follows Sleep Theory’s two-week reign on the chart in February with “Stuck in My Head.”

The band, formed in Memphis in 2019, has steadily improved on its Mainstream Rock Airplay fortunes with each release. It first made the chart in July 2023 with “Numb,” which peaked at No. 9 the following January. “Fallout” followed with a No. 2 peak in 2024, while “Stuck in My Head” reached the summit over a 24-week trip to the top (“Static” hits No. 1 in its 20th frame).

Concurrently, “Static” buzzes 24-20 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 2 million audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 14, up 8%, according to Luminate.

On the most recently published, multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs ranking (dated Aug. 16, reflecting data measured Aug. 1-7), “Static” placed at No. 16, after debuting and peaking at No. 5 in February. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 903,000 official U.S. streams in the tracking week.

An additional single, “Gravity,” is currently positioned toward alternative radio and lifts 40-37 on Alternative Airplay in its second frame.

Both songs are on Afterglow, Sleep Theory’s debut studio album. The set debuted at No. 6 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart in May and has earned 138,000 equivalent album units to date.

All Billboard charts dated Aug. 23 will update Tuesday, Aug. 19.