Chart Performance
The song topped many charts in the US including the Billboard adult contemporary chart for fifteen weeks. On the latter, the song would re-enter the top ten a year later, the first song ever to do so. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, though it is actually his most played song on the chart, outdoing prior singles "Bailamos" and "Be With You", both of which went to number one on the chart. A remixed recording also topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in December 2001. In February 2002 the song was released in the UK, where it went straight to number one for four weeks, becoming one of the biggest hits of the year there. Up to this point Iglesias had already had two hits in the UK but was largely unknown. Hero was seen as a breakthrough for Iglesias in the UK and Escape became one of the best selling albums of that year. With sales to date of 836,500, "Hero" stands as the 17th best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK. In Australia, the song reached number one on the ARIA Chart, becoming his first number-one in that country.The song also topped the UK charts. It is the 17th best selling single of the decade in the UK. The song also topped the charts in Romania and Ireland. This is Iglesias' best selling single and has sold eight million copies.
| Chart (2001–2002) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) | 1 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) | 3 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 2 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) | 3 |
| Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) | 1 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten) | 5 |
| France (SNEP) | 43 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 1 |
| Italy (FIMI) | 2 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ) | 3 |
| Norway (VG-lista) | 3 |
| Poland (Airplay Chart) | 1 |
| Romania (Romanian Top 100) | 1 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) | 1 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) | 1 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) | 3 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company) | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
| US Pop Songs (Billboard) | 2 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) | 1 |
| US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard) | 12 |
| US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard) | 1 |
| US Latin Songs (Billboard) |
1 |
| End of year chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 | 99 |
| End of year chart (2002) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia Top 100 Single | 9 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 22 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Song | 1 |
| Decade end charts (2000-2009) | peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade | 17 |
| Australia Top 100 Songs of the Decade | 45 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Songs of the 2000s | 5 |
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