Phoebe Bridgers Scores First Solo Billboard Airplay No. 1 with 'Lost Boys'
Phoebe Bridgers' "Lost Boys" has reached No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay chart dated Aug. 29, giving the singer her first solo airplay chart-topper. The single rose from No. 2 in its eighth week on the ranking, which tracks the most-played songs at adult alternative radio stations across the United States Billboard.
"Lost Boys" is the lead single from "Lost Weekend," Bridgers' third studio album, released on Aug. 14. The 17-track, 52-minute album also gave Bridgers her first U.K. solo No. 1 album, topping the Official Albums Chart in the same week Billboard.
The path to the top of Adult Alternative Airplay has been a steady climb. Bridgers first appeared on the chart in 2017 with "Motion Sickness," which peaked at No. 26 in early 2018. Her previous best on the ranking was "Sidelines," which reached No. 12 in 2022. "Lost Boys" debuted at No. 20 on the chart in July, her fifth solo entry Billboard Charts, before making the eight-week run to the summit.
Bridgers is no stranger to the top of this chart, but until now only as part of a group. Boygenius — her band with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus — led Adult Alternative Airplay for seven weeks in 2023 with "Not Strong Enough," and follow-up single "Cool About It" reached No. 2. "Lost Boys" makes Bridgers the second act to score a first No. 1 on the chart in 2026, after Chris Stapleton, whose duet with Mumford & Sons, "Here," led for two weeks in July. She is also the first first-time chart-topper with no other artists credited since St. Paul & the Broken Bones reigned with "Sushi and Coca-Cola" last October Billboard.
Beyond adult alternative radio, "Lost Boys" is gaining ground on Billboard's broader radio charts. On Alternative Airplay — which measures detections across alternative radio — the single lifted 23-22, surpassing Bridgers' previous best on that chart: "Kyoto," which peaked at No. 25 in 2021. On the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, "Lost Boys" climbed 21-17 with 2.2 million audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 20, a 13% increase Billboard.
For an artist whose solo radio peaks had stalled in the teens and twenties, a No. 1 is a clear step up — and one that arrives with an album already topping charts outside the U.S.
