Billie Eilish has topped the charts with her James Bond theme track, breaking the modern-day record for the highest 007 single opening week sales of all time. No Time To Die, the song for the film of the same name and the teenager’s first UK number one single, has racked up 90,000 chart sales and 10.6 million streams in its first week of release. At 18, Eilish is the youngest artist and first woman to score a number one with their 007 theme. The Official Charts Company says her opening week chart sales are understood to be the biggest for a Bond theme of all time, based on its available records. In modern times, Adele’s Skyfall managed 84,000 chart sales in its opening week in October 2012, while Sam Smith’s The Writing’s On The Wall, for follow-up Spectre, achieved 70,000. Co-written by Eilish and her brother, Finneas O’Connell, as well as Hans Zimmer and Johnny Marr, No Time To Die is only the second 007 theme to top the UK charts in the entire history of the 57-year-old film franchise – after Smith, in 2015. No Time To Die, the film, will be released in April, with Daniel Craig returning for what he has said – definitely, this time – will be his last outing as Bond.
Billie Eilish breaks record with James Bond theme
