Billboard’s Dance Moves roundup highlights the biggest movers and shakers across Billboard’s many dance charts, including new No. 1s, notable debuts, chart milestones, first-timers and rising tracks and artists.
This week, on charts dated April 4, BONNIE X CLYDE, deadmau5 and Steve Appleton, ILLENIUM, David Guetta, Dustin Lynch and Dead Turnley all achieve new feats. Check out the key highlights below.
BONNIE X CLYDE
The electronic duo earns its first No. 1 on a Billboard chart as “What Love Can Do” rises to the top of Dance/Mix Show Airplay.
BONNIE X CLYDE is comprised of producers Daniel Litman and Paige Lopynski, who teamed in Fairfax, Va., in 2015. “What Love Can Do” is the pair’s seventh career entry on Dance/Mix Show Airplay, following three top 10s: “Love Is Killing Me” (No. 2 peak in 2020), “Need Ya” with FOMO (No. 2, 2023), and “Memory” with SUM SUN (No. 5, 2023). The pair first hit the chart in May 2019 with “The Good Life” (No. 22 peak).
“What Lovers Do” also marks the first No. 1 for Breakaway Projects — the company behind the Breakaway Music Festival. The label and management division of the company launched in February 2025 with a focus on emerging artists. The company is partnered with The Orchard for distribution.
deadmau5 + Steve Appleton
deadmau5 returns to Dance/Mix Show Airplay as “Science,” with British singer-songwriter Steve Appleton, debuts at No. 38.
Released Feb. 20 on EpicWin/mau5trap/Create, the track earns deadmau5 his 16th entry on the chart, and first since 2023’s “I Remember (John Summit Remix),” with Kaskade. Appleton adds his second career Billboard chart appearance, following his feature on Tiësto’s “Blue” in 2020 (No. 35 peak on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs).
“Science” is set to appear on deadmau5’s album due later this year. It marks his first solo studio LP since W:/2016Album/, which topped the Top Dance Albums chart in 2016.
ILLENIUM, David Guetta & Dustin Lynch
The talents, two from the dance world and one from country, join for the first time on “Die Living,” which debuts at No. 9 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.
Released March 20 on Republic Records, the track opens with 1 million official streams earned in the U.S. in its first week (March 20-26), according to Luminate. ILLENIUM notches his 70th entry, tying for the fifth-most, and 11th top 10.
Guetta extends his record with a 98th visit to the chart and collects his 28th top 10, tying Kygo for the most.
The song is Lynch’s first to make a dance chart, with his history boasting 17 entries on Country Airplay, including nine No. 1s.
Dean Turnley
Melbourne-based DJ/producer Dean Turnley lands his first Billboard chart hit as “Actin’ Tough” debuts at No. 21 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.
Released March 20 via ROSSI.HOME/GRXWN/Chaos/Astralwerks/Interscope Capitol, the viral breakout earned 689,000 U.S. streams in its opening week.
