Song · Khalid
“Better” by Khalid
From the EP Suncity (2018)
“Better” by Khalid appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2018. It was first released in 2018 on the EP Suncity. Its best result is #52 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #224 alternative song of 2018.
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"Better" was the lead single from Suncity, Khalid's first EP, released on September 14, 2018, and it later found a second home on his album Free Spirit. Khalid wrote it with Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Jamil "Digi" Chammas and Charlie Handsome, and it's contemporary R&B that takes its sweet time.
So did its chart run. It reached 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its 30th week, one of the slowest climbs into the top 10 the chart has seen, and gave him his first solo top 10 in the US. It also became his second number one on the Hot R&B Songs chart, after the 11-week reign of "Young Dumb & Broke", and his first on Billboard's Rhythmic chart, in February 2019.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 52 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 | 100 |
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