No, 'My Heart Will Go On' isn't on recent Billboard charts | Fact check

Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY
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The claim: Celine Dion's song, 'My Heart Will Go On' hit No. 12 on charts after submersible went missing

A June 22 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) features a screenshot of a tweet about Celine Dion's song, "My Heart Will Go On."

"'My Heart Will Go On' by Celine Dion has received – 7.8M – streams on Spotify, and enters the billboard top 100 at #12 after the submarine mishap this week," reads the tweet.

The Instagram post garnered more than 300,000 likes in five days, while the original tweet received more than 90,000 likes in six days. Similar versions of the claim have been shared on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Our rating: False

The song hasn't been featured on Spotify or Billboard's recent global charts. It didn't receive more than 7 million Spotify streams either.

Celine Dion song hasn't topped global charts

The missing OceanGate submersible generated widespread interest online after it went missing on its voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic and was subsequently found to have imploded.

Celine Dion's song, "My Heart Will Go On," which was featured in the 1997 movie, "Titanic," hasn't surged in popularity as the Instagram post claims, however.

The song wasn't featured on Spotify's Weekly Top Songs Global chart for the week of June 16, and it couldn't have garnered 7.8 million streams because the No. 200 song on the list, the lowest one listed, accumulated 7.5 million.

The song also wasn't featured on the Billboard Global 200 or Hot 100 charts for the weeks of June 18 or 24.

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The claim was originally shared by a Twitter account impersonating @PopBase, a pop culture news account. The impersonating account has since changed its name.

The real @PopBase account shared a June 23 tweet citing TMZ and saying the song garnered more than 500,000 Spotify streams since the day before.

USA TODAY reached out to the Instagram user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response. The Twitter user told USA TODAY they shared the claim in a humorous context without knowing whether it was accurate.

The claim has also been debunked by Check Your Fact.

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