"Kill Bill" saw massive commercial success, buoyed strongly by its streaming numbers.[1][2] According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, it was the third best-selling single of 2023, earning 1.84 billion units based on streams and digital sales,[3] and it was Spotify's second most-streamed song of 2023.[4] It spent two weeks atop the Billboard Global 200 chart, which tracks songs' performance on streaming and download platforms,[5] and four weeks atop US Streaming Songs.[6] It was SZA's first song to top the Billboard Global 200, and it did so in early January 2023, bolstered by around 64 million international streams.[7][8] The week prior, it debuted atop Streaming Songs with 36.9 million US streams for the December 24, 2022, issue. It was her first number-one there and the first non-holiday song since 2018 to be the top entry on the chart for the week of Christmas.[9]
"Kill Bill" topped several national charts and, in some, became SZA's first number-one song. The song peaked atop the charts in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand.
With "Kill Bill" and "Nobody Gets Me", SZA acquired her sixth and seventh top 10 songs in the United States.[10] Meanwhile, in Canada, "Kill Bill" debuted at number 5 and later peaked at number 3.[11][12] SZA achieved her highest debut on the US Billboard Hot 100 when the song entered the chart as an album track in December 2022, at number three.[13] Once it was sent to radio, "Kill Bill" became SZA's first top 10 entry on the Radio Songs chart,[14] where it reached number two.[15] It was her third and fastest song to top Rhythmic Airplay, the first radio chart "Kill Bill" topped,[16] and her first in a lead credit to top Pop Airplay.[17]
The song spent 17 of its first 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in the top 10. Of those 18 weeks, 8 were spent at number two.[18] Three songs kept "Kill Bill" from the top spot: "Anti-Hero" (2022) by Taylor Swift,[19] "Flowers" (2023) by Miley Cyrus, and "Last Night" (2023) by Morgan Wallen.[20] After 8 weeks at number two, "Kill Bill" topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming SZA's first number-one in the United States, boosted by the remix. It tied with three other songs for the second-most weeks at number two before reaching the top, behind "Bad Guy" (2019) by Billie Eilish (9 weeks).[15] On US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, "Kill Bill" was SZA's second number-one debut, after "I Hate U" in 2021,[21] and was at number one for 21 weeks. It broke the record for the longest time a song spent atop the chart, surpassing Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" (2019).[22] "Kill Bill" ended 2023 as the third best-performing song in the US,[23] and it has been certified quintiple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 5,000,000 units.[24]
The song peaked within the top 5 of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and it had more several top 5 peaks in the Asia-Pacific. "Kill Bill" spent multiple weeks at number one in New Zealand[25] and Singapore,[26][27] and it was the highest-charting international song in Malaysia for over a week.[28][29] It also went number one in Indonesia and the Philippines,[30] and it reached number 4 and number 3 in Vietnam and the MENA's regional chart, respectively.[31][32] "Kill Bill" was SZA's first chart-topping song in Australia,[33] where it was certified six times platinum for selling over 420,000 units,[34] and was the country's third-biggest song of 2023.[35] It received a platinum certification in New Zealand for selling over 30,000 units.[36]
On the UK Singles Chart, "Kill Bill" debuted within the top 15 in mid–December 2022.[37] It rose to the top 10, SZA's first solo song to do so, in early 2023, once Christmas songs had left the chart.[38][39] Peaking at number 3, "Kill Bill" tied "Kiss Me More" as her highest-charting song in the UK;[38][40] ended the year with over 100 million streams[41] and 1,069,727 total sales;[42] and was the country's seventh best-performing song.[43] Elsewhere in Europe, it reached the top 20 in Ireland, the Nordic countries, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria.[note 1]
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