A popular singer has snagged a spot on the Billboard 200 chart as speculation regarding his potential involvement in a murder investigation swirls. D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, was touring across the United States when a dead body was found in a Tesla registered to him.
In the weeks since then, D4vd has canceled his tour, and the body found in the car was identified as teen Celeste Rivas.
D4vd released his album Petals to Thorns in May 2023. Now, it slid onto the Billboard 200 list for the week of September 27. The top spots on the updated chart are filled with many songs fans would expect to see there. The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack is in the second spot, and the top 10 is filled with entertainers such as Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran, Morgan Wallen, and Justin Bieber.
Further down the list, in spot 184, is D4vd’s Petals to Thorns. It is labeled as a “re-entry” onto the list. It initially debuted on the Billboard chart in June 2023, shortly after its release. It both debuted and peaked at 105.
Petals to Thorns consists of nine songs, including one of D4vd’s most popular songs, “Romantic Homicide.”
“Romantic Homicide” has garnered even more traction on the latest Spotify chart. The latest numbers show it in spot 27, up from 95 for the week of September 19 to 25.
Chart Data shared via X that D4vd had his biggest day ever on Spotify on September 21, getting 12.1 million streams on that single day.
d4vd earned his biggest streaming day of all-time on Spotify on September 21, with 12.1 million streams. pic.twitter.com/AcmYbIyWQE
— chart data (@chartdata) September 22, 2025
As TMZ noted, D4vd first became popular via SoundCloud and TikTok. He later signed with Darkroom/Interscope and released Petas to Thorns. He followed up with the release of Withered in April 2025. His song “Romantic Homicide” has nearly 1.7 billion listens on Spotify.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Tesla registered to D4vd had been sitting on a street in the Hollywood Hills, near his home, for nearly two weeks. Residents complained, and the car was towed away, which is when someone noticed a strong odor coming from the car.
The body of Rivas was found in the front trunk of the Tesla, badly decomposed, on the day after what would have been the teen’s 15th birthday. She had been reported as missing in 2024, and it has since been uncovered that she was spending time with D4vd as his girlfriend in recent months.