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Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign have a monumental week on Billboard’s charts (dated Feb. 24), thanks to the pair’s new collaborative album, Vultures 1.
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The set by the pair, billed collaboratively as ¥$: Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 148,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week (Feb. 9-15, following its Feb. 10 release), according to Luminate. Ye earns his 11th No. 1 album — as he passes Eminem for the third-most among rappers, after Jay-Z (14) and Drake (13) — and Ty Dolla $ign scores his first.
Meanwhile, all 16 songs on the album — Ye’s first following his string of hate speech and antisemitic remarks, which resulted in companies including Adidas and Def Jam Recordings distancing themselves from him — debut on the Billboard Hot 100, led by “Carnival” at No. 3. Ye notches his 21st top 10 hit, and Ty Dolla $ign his third, and first in a lead role.
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Here’s a look at every song, all debuts, by Ye and Ty Dolla $ign on the latest Hot 100.
Rank, Title:No. 3, “Carnival”No. 23, “Fuk Sumn”No. 26, “Back to Me”No. 30, “Talking,” feat. North WestNo. 33, “Burn”No. 34, “Vultures,” feat. Lil Durk & Bump JNo. 39, “Stars”No. 52, “Do It”No. 53, “Paid”No. 55, “Keys to My Life”No. 64, “Paperwork”No. 65, “Beg Forgiveness”No. 67, “Hoodrat”No. 79, “Problematic”No. 93, “Good (Don’t Die)”No. 94, “King”
With 16 debuts on the latest Hot 100, Ye ups his total to 157 career entries. He boasts the sixth-most in the chart’s 65-year history, after Drake (328), Taylor Swift (232), the Glee Cast (207), Lil Wayne (186) and Future (168). Ty Dolla $ign pushes his sum to 46 entries.
Thanks to their featured appearances, North West and Bump J both earn their first career Hot 100 hits. At just 10 years old, North West, the eldest child of Ye and Kim Kardashian (who divorced in 2022), is now one of the youngest acts ever to reach the chart. Among other precocious charted talents, Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, hit the Hot 100 at just 7 years old in 2019, thanks to her featured turn on Beyoncé, Saint Jhn and Wizkid’s “Brown Skin Girl.” She made her overall chart debut just after making her debut in the world, as her coos are heard on Jay-Z’s “Glory,” featuring B.I.C.. The song hit Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in 2012, making her the youngest billed artist ever on any Billboard chart.
Stevie Wonder is the youngest credited artist to hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, as he was 13 when “Fingertips (Part II)” led in 1963. Overall, Jordy is the youngest billed artist to have appeared on the chart, at just over 5 years old with “Dur Dur D’être Bébé (It’s Tough To Be a Baby)” in 1993.
Also notable is the debut of “Good (Don’t Die).” The song was removed from Spotify after less than four days on the streaming service, as it includes an uncleared interpolation of Donna Summer’s 1977 top 10 Hot 100 hit “I Feel Love.” The song has since been removed from all other streaming services and for purchase. Hours after the release of Vultures 1, Summer’s estate claimed “copyright infringement” and disapproved of the use of the alleged sample. “Kanye West … asked permission to use Donna Summer’s song I Feel Love, he was denied … he changed the words, had someone re sing it or used AI but it’s I Feel Love … copyright infringement!!!,” the estate posted in an Instagram Story on the official Donna Summer account Feb. 10.
That isn’t the only sampling issue regarding the album. Ozzy Osbourne called out Ye and labeled him an antisemite after an earlier version of “Carnival” included a live performance of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.” Plus, R&B artist Dijon posted to Instagram Stories Feb. 9, a day before the album’s release, suggesting that he was unaware that his song “Good Luck” was being sampled on the track “Stars.”
Fher Olvera of Maná sat down with Billboard’s Chief Content Officer of Latin/Español, Leila Cobo, to talk about the band’s tour Mexico Lindo y Querido, writing their hit song “En El Muelle de San Blas,” their new album, working with Christian Nodal, his opinion on reggaeton and more. Fher Olvera:There is so much history in […]
Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ziggy Marley & Reinaldo Marcus Green from the new Bob Marley biopic ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ explains the stories behind these photos with Billboard.
Kingsley Ben-AdirHi, I’m Kingsley Ben-Adir
Ziggy MarleyI’m Ziggy Marley.
Reinaldo Marcus GreenAnd I’m Reinaldo Marcus Green
And this is Behind the Photo with Billboard.
Ziggy MarleyRemind me,
Ziggy MarleyI mean, I went off state, they did such a detailed job.
Kingsley Ben-AdirIt is a nice moment now. It was really like, it was one of those simple moments. I guess it wasn’t. I don’t know if that was in the script.
Ziggy MarleyNo. It wasn’t in the script. Yeah.
Kingsley Ben-AdirYeah, yes. And they all just, they all just ran at me. It was just a really nice, really nice moment.
Reinaldo Marcus GreenNext. I love this photo.
Reinaldo Marcus GreenRemember this one? The whole community lifting us up there?
Ziggy MarleyYeah, yeah, yeah.
Kingsley Ben-AdirA lot of fine details that day, just about the car and how Bob drove and like, I remember, Stephen was telling me that Bob drove the car in a really specific way. You know, he wasn’t great. He rags the car off you know, Bob really, he controlled the car.
Ziggy MarleyI don’t know if you guys know. But there was some, there’s some stuff going on before.
Kingsley Ben-AdirYeah. In the community.
Ziggy MarleyWhen we came in and said, OK, sounds good. It’s quiet. And it’s been kind of quiet since then. So that’s really cool.
Reinaldo Marcus GreenWhat about this next one here? Fae Ellington. I mean, how integral she was to our production.
Ziggy MarleyThis is Marcus Garvey drive. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah,
Kingsley Ben-AdirThat’s one of my favorite scenes.
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On the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Feb. 17), 44 albums post unit gains thanks to exposure during the CBS broadcast of the Grammy Awards on Feb. 4. (Any artist who was a presenter, performer, on-air winner or a nominee mentioned during a presentation of an on-air award was considered in our research.)
See the full list of Grammy gainers below.
The highest-ranked Grammy gainer on the chart is SZA’s former No. 1 SOS, which climbs 6-3 with 53,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 8 (up 27%), according to Luminate. On the Grammy Awards, SZA won the best R&B song award for “Snooze” and performed a medley of “Snooze” and “Kill Bill.” The latter was also nominated for record of the year and song of the year. (SZA additionally won Grammys for best progressive R&B album [for SOS] and best pop duo/group performance for the set’s “Ghost in the Machine,” featuring Phoebe Bridgers, but those awards were not presented during the TV broadcast.)
SZA’s previous album, 2017’s Ctrl, also logs a gain, rising 38-30 with 20,000 units (up 12%).
Taylor Swift, who was a multiple nominee and two-time winner at the 2024 Grammy Awards, has 10 gaining albums on the chart, with three in the top 10. Swift took home the prizes for album of the year and best pop vocal album (both for Midnights). With the album of the year win, she became the first act to claim the trophy four times. She was nominated for four more awards – record of the year, song of the year, pop solo performance (all for “Anti-Hero”) and best pop duo/group performance (“Karma,” featuring Ice Spice). Swift’s highest-ranked gaining title on the Billboard 200 is her former No. 1 Midnights, which rises 9-5 with 51,000 units (up 35%).
Here’s a recap of all the artists that post gains on the Billboard 200 (dated Feb. 17) following their exposure on the Grammy Awards. On the broadcast, nine competitive award categories were presented (in chronological order): best pop solo performance, best música urbana album, best country album, best R&B song, best pop vocal album, song of the year, best new artist, record of the year and album of the year. There are a total of 94 competitive categories in total. The vast majority of awards are not presented during the television broadcast.
Performer and winner SZA sizzles with SOS (rising 6-3 with 53,000; up 38%) and Ctrl (38-30 with 20,000; up 12%).
Noah Kahan, who was among the best new artist nominees, sees his Stick Season post an increase, but is pushed down the chart 7-4 (49,000; up 4%).
Swift has a whopping 10 titles on the chart, all of which gain: Midnights (9-5 with 51,000; up 35%), 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (5-8 with 48,000; up 7%), Lover (7-9 with 45,000; up 13%), Folklore (13-14 with 32,000; up 15%), Reputation (16-15 with 30,000; up 15%), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (26-25 with 23,000; up 10%), Evermore (34-26 with 21,000; up 11%), Red (Taylor’s Version) (33-28 with 21,000; up 8%), Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (73-63 with 14,000; up 12%) and 1989 (67-65 with 14,000; up 7%).
Zach Bryan, whose self-titled album was among the nominees for best country album, posts a unit gain with that set (8-10 with 42,000; up 5%), Elisabeth (113-116 with 10,000; up 2%) and Summertime Blues (159-154 with 9,000; up 2%). The best country album prize was won by Lainey Wilson’s Bell Bottom Country. Bryan, however, did win a Grammy this year (his first ever), but it was not presented on the broadcast. He won for best country duo/group performance for his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves. (As for Wilson, Bell Bottom Country flies 118-95 with 11,000 units; up 10%).
Travis Scott, who performed a medley of three songs from his Utopia album (“My Eyes, “I Know?” and “Fe!n”) with Playboi Carti, sees Utopia hold steady at No. 12, though with a 10% unit gain (to 36,000). Utopia was also a nominee for best rap album, which was won by Killer Mike’s Michael. Scott also gains with his prior albums Astroworld (69-68 with 14,000; up 5%) and Rodeo (195-187 with 8,000; up 3%).
Performer and multiple nominee Olivia Rodrigo rises with a pair of albums: Guts (17-16 with 28,000; up 10%) and Sour (32-31 with 20,000; up 5%). On the show, she performed Guts single “Vampire.” Rodrigo was nominated for six Grammys this year, including album of the year and best pop vocal album (for Guts), record of the year, song of the year, best pop solo performance (for “Vampire”) and best rock song (Guts’ “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl”).
Performer Luke Combs, who sang his nominated cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” with Chapman herself on the show, sees gains for three of his albums on the chart. Gettin’ Old bumps 31-22 (24,000; up 25%), This One’s for You rises 49-45 (17,000; up 8%) and What You See Is What You Get climbs 82-75 (13,000; up 7%). “Fast Car” was nominated for, but did not win, best country solo performance.
Meanwhile, Chapman re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 59 with her 1988 self-titled chart-topping album (which contains her original version of “Fast Car”), earning 15,000 units (up 658%). It’s the album’s first appearance on the chart since 1989. It’s also Chapman’s first visit to the chart with any album since the Dec. 12, 2015-dated chart, with her Greatest Hits album spent one week on the list at No. 105.
The Barbie soundtrack bounces 35-32 on the Billboard 200 with 20,000 units earned (up 8%). The album basks in the glow of a pair of performances on the show – Dua Lipa’s show-opening medley (which included a small segment of the album’s “Dance the Night”) and Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” Both songs earned multiple nominations this year: “Dance” for song of the year and best song written for visual media, “What Was I Made For” for record of the year, song of the year, best pop solo performance, best song written for visual media, and best music video. Mark Ronson, who presented the record of the year award on the show (with his mother-in-law, Meryl Streep), was a five-time nominee this year for his work on the Barbie album. Of the five nominations, he took home the trophy for best compilation soundtrack for visual media for Barbie. (Streep herself is a seven-time Grammy nominee, and scored a nod this year for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for Big Tree.)
Speaking of Lipa and Eilish, Lipa’s Future Nostalgia rises 126-108 (10,000 units; up 9%), while Eilish’s Happier Than Ever climbs 136-132 (10,000; up 4%) and When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? steps 124-112 (10,000; up 6%).
Miley Cyrus, who performed on the show and won two awards, vaults 139-37 with Endless Summer Vacation (18,000; up 101%). Cyrus won her first Grammys this year: best pop solo performance and record of the year for “Flowers,” which she performed.
21 Savage, who joined Burna Boy and Brandy for a medley performance, sees two of his albums post gains: Her Loss, with Drake (48-49 with 17,000; up 1%), and Savage Mode II, with Metro Boomin (99-100 with 11,000; up 2%). 21 Savage also scored five nominations this year, though none of the categories he was competing in were presented during the show.
Lana Del Rey, who scored five nominations this year, including for song of the year (“A&W”) and album of the year (Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.), has a trio of albums that gain on the chart. Born To Die bolts 65-51 (16,000; up 18%), Did You Know re-enters at No. 97 (11,000; up 50%) and Ultraviolence re-enters at No. 189 (8,000; up 21%). Del Rey was also brought up onstage by Swift when the latter won album of the year for Midnights. (Del Rey is featured on a song on Midnights, and was also vying for album of the year with Did You Know.)
Karol G, who won her first Grammy Award during the broadcast, for best música urbana album for Mañana Será Bonito, logs a pair of gaining albums on the chart. Mañana moves 64-67 with 14,000 units (up 1%), while Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season) rises 94-87 with 12,000 units (up 6%).
Rounding out the chart’s gainers are: best new artist nominee Jelly Roll (Whitsitt Chapel, moving 60-58 with 15,000 units; up 6%), performer Billy Joel (The Essential Billy Joel rises 171-107 with 10,000; up 23%), nominee Doja Cat (nominated twice this year, including for best pop solo performance for “Paint the Town Red,” sees her 2021 album Planet Her post a 1% gain to 10,000 units, though falling 117-124); nominee Ed Sheeran (nominated for best pop vocal album for Subtract, but gains with Divide, rising 151-141 with 9,000 units; up 4%); nominee Tyler Childers (five nominations, including for best country album, for Rustin’ in the Rain; though he gains with Purgatory, climbing 150-149 with 9,000; up 1%); and winner Boygenius. The rock trio was nominated for six awards (including album of the year, for The Record, and record of the year) and won three trophies that were not televised. The Record re-enters at No. 191 with 8,000 units and a gain of 59%.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Victoria Monét is officially the top emerging act in the U.S. as the singer-songwriter/producer rises 3-1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart (dated Feb. 17).
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Monét reigns thanks to gains following her wins at the 66th annual Grammy Awards Feb. 4, when she took home the trophies for best new artist, best R&B album and best engineered album, non-classical — the latter two for Jaguar II.
Jaguar II tallied 7,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., up 55%, Feb. 2-8, according to Luminate. The set reached No. 6 on Top R&B Albums and No. 60 on the Billboard 200 in September.
Monét’s breakout solo single “On My Mama” continues to grow, as it jumps from No. 50 to No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 – becoming her first top 40 hit as a recording artist – with 36.8 million radio audience impressions (up 2%), 5.7 million U.S. streams (up 24%), and 2,000 downloads sold (up 124%).
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Notably, the Atlanta native now boasts nine top 40 Hot 100 hits as a songwriter, with seven recorded by Ariana Grande, including the No. 1s “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings” in 2018-19. Plus, her co-write “Ice Cream,” by BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez, reached No. 13 in 2020.
“On My Mama” is also making moves on several radio charts: It holds at its No. 2 high on Adult R&B Airplay, ranks at No. 3 on both R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (after two weeks at No. 1) and Rhythmic Airplay (after hitting No. 2), keeps at No. 6 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (following two weeks at No. 1) and rises 27-24 on Pop Airplay.
Elsewhere on Emerging Artists, new K-pop group TWS: 24/7:WITH:US debuts at No. 2, thanks to its new EP Sparkling Blue. The set begins at No. 6 on World Albums (5,000 units) and No. 16 on Top Album Sales (4,000 albums sold). The EP is the first Billboard chart entry for the group, which is signed to Pledis Entertainment. The act comprises members Dohoon, Hanjin, Jihoon, Kyungmin, Shinyu and Youngjae.
Plus, The Last Dinner Party debuts at No. 6 on Emerging Artists, thanks to the group’s debut full-length Prelude to Ecstacy. Released via Island/Republic Records, it opens at No. 2 on Heatseekers Albums (7,000 units) and No. 31 on Top Album Sales (3,000 sold). The band is also scoring with its breakthrough single “Nothing Matters,” which reached No. 5 on Adult Alternative Airplay in September and it holds at No. 7 on the latest chart. Follow-up single “Sinner” rises 17-13 on the current ranking.
The Emerging Artists chart ranks the most popular developing artists of the week, using the same formula as the all-encompassing Billboard Artist 100, which measures artist activity across multiple Billboard charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200. (The Artist 100 lists the most popular acts, overall, each week.) However, the Emerging Artists chart excludes acts that have notched a top 25 entry on either the Hot 100 or Billboard 200, as well as artists that have achieved two or more top 10s on Billboard’s “Hot” song genre charts and/or consumption-based “Top” album genre rankings.
6lack reveals five things you didn’t know about him to Billboard!6lack: Hey, this is 6lack and these are five things that you may not know about me.
One thing that you may not know about me is I really, really love and enjoy road trips. Anytime that I can have a moment to pack my car up and go, whether it’s North California, South California, North Georgia, South Georgia — I love to get in my car and drive as far as I can drive.
Another thing that you may not know about me is — or you might know about me — solitude is, like, one of my most favorite things in the world. I can sit in silence for hours and hours and hours and just be at peace, so nothing is wrong with me. I’m not depressed. I’m not sad or anything, I just enjoy my space and I enjoy peace and quiet.
I prefer to work in the morning time. The 5 to 7 a.m. window is a really really creative window for me to work. I used to do late-night sessions, but now I prefer super early morning session.
When I was a kid, I had a big issue eating vegetables. It was, like, I could sit at the table for hours with my head like this and just be playing with my food, or I was just, like, spread it out and make it look like I ate it. Sometimes I’ll take it to the bathroom and scrape it in the toilet, scrape it in the trash, but it a serious … like, I’m just not rocking with these.
I hate a great portion of white substances, so milk. I hate it. Mayonnaise, I hate it. Vanilla ice cream, I hate it. Whipped cream, I hate it. Yeah, anything that’s, like, reminiscent of those, I don’t really rock with at all, but milk is at the top of the list. I really, really despise milk.Watch the full video above!
On Monday night (Feb. 5), Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign shared a vague post on social media that hinted at a listening event in Chicago for Vultures, the artists’ first joint project as hip-hop duo ¥$. “Vultures United Center Chicago 02 08 24,” the post read without any additional details.
It was at first met with skepticism, given that the United Center did not have the event listed on their schedule and the multiple times the album’s release date has shifted. But once it was listed on the venue’s website first thing the following day — with tickets going on sale at 3 p.m. local time — fans were eager to get their hands on a golden ticket. Before 6 p.m., the album release party, dubbed Vultures Listening Experience, had officially sold out.
Anticipation was high among fans, excited for an early listen of the long-awaited album, which was initially supposed to be released Dec. 15 and was then moved to Dec. 31, then Jan. 12. While it was expected to drop midnight Friday (Feb. 2), as of press time, the album has yet to drop.
Around 7 p.m., fans — mainly young teens who opted for oversized, dark-hued hoodies or a puffer, cargo pants and their favorite sneakers — crowded around the United Center just as rain and thunderstorms cleared. Before doors opened, Billboard spoke to a trio of friends who drove to Chicago from Virginia. Mauricio, the group’s de facto spokesperson, had a one-word response when asked what his expectations were for this event. “Visuals,” he said categorically. “This guy (Kanye) is really about portraying an image and aesthetic and vibe. The music is just kinda the background.”
Next to Mauricio and his buddies was Sterling from New Hampshire. “As soon as the event went on sale on Tuesday, I was able to buy a $235 ticket but it was a battle with Ticketmaster because the site would go down,” he explained. “My jaw would hit the floor but I eventually got in. Then, I bought a Greyhound ticket, took the bus, booked a hotel and spent almost $1,000. I’ve been waiting to see Kanye for 10 years. I’m just happy to be in the same building as him.”
A little past 8 p.m. gates finally opened and people were allowed inside the venue where official merchandise — black tees and white sweatpants and shorts stamped with a Vultures logo — was sold. Once you made your way inside, you were hit with a foggy view of the barely visible stage erected from an open space surrounded by white flags with the Vultures logo.
Chance the Rapper was in attendance and made a grand entry with an entourage in tow waving at the fans who recognized the hometown hero. Once settled in, he, like everyone else there, patiently waited for the listening session to begin. And it did around 10:10p.m., an hour after it was scheduled to start.
The crowd roared at the sight of Ye and Ty who walked up on the stage. Some of the songs that played throughout the night included “Burn,” “Paperwork,” “Everybody,” “Carnival,” “Vultures,” “Hoodrat,” “Paid” and “Talking/Once Again,” which featured a special performance by North West. Undoubtedly, the 10-year-old’s appearance onstage was one of the best moments of the night with the entire venue cheering her on as she rapped alongside her superstar father.
While the 12 songs that were played throughout the listening session were met with rave and approval by fans who nodded along to every beat, they were in disbelief when the music ended and lights at the venue went on signaling that the show had ended. As if on cue, the confused crowd checked their phones once the event was over. To their surprise (or perhaps not), the album hadn’t been released.
Ye and Ty are expected to host another listening event today in New York’s UBS Arena. Below, a list of the takeaways from Chicago’s Vultures Listening Experience event:
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In the first five weeks of 2024, Taylor Swift won two Grammy Awards (including a record-breaking fourth for album of the year, for Midnights), announced a new studio album (onstage at the Grammys!), got her ninth No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with the revived Lover hit “Cruel Summer,” topped Billboard’s annual Power 100 list for the first time, and saw two of her albums surpass the 2 million U.S. sales mark: 1989 (Taylor’s Version) and Lover.
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1989 (Taylor’s Version), released in 2023, jumped past the 2 million mark – counting only traditional album sales (purchases of CD, vinyl, cassette and digital download copies) – in the week ending Jan. 11, according to Luminate. Meanwhile, Lover, released in 2019, flew past the 2 million threshold in the week ending Jan. 18. They mark her ninth and 10th albums to sell at least 2 million in the U.S.
Swift’s top-selling album in the U.S. is Fearless, with 7.286 million copies sold.
Plus, on the latest Top Album Sales chart, the former No. 1 Lover locks up its 200th nonconsecutive week on the tally, as it rises 8-4 on the list dated Feb. 10. It sold 8,000 copies in the week ending Feb. 1 (the tracking week captured on the Feb. 10-dated chart) – up 21% compared to its sales in the previous week. Only two other Swift albums have spent at least 200 weeks on Top Album Sales: her self-titled album, with 286 weeks (and counting), and Fearless, with 224 weeks.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Elsewhere on the new Top Album Sales chart, Grateful Dead score its first No. 1 as Dave’s Picks, Volume 49: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford U., Palo Alto, CA (4/27/85 & 4/28/85) debuts atop the list. It sold 21,000 in its first week. Rock supergroup The Smile sees its new album Wall of Eyes starts at No. 2 (14,500) while Swift’s chart-topping 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is steady at No. 3 (10,000; down 9%). Green Day’s Saviors slips 1-5 in its second week with 7,000 (down 82%), while Alkaline Trio’s Blood, Hair and Eyeballs bows at No. 6 with just over 6,000. Stray Kids’ chart-topping ROCK-STAR is stationary at No. 7 with 6,000 (down 2%) and Swift’s former leader Midnights falls 5-9 with nearly 6,000 (down 13%).
Two debuts close out the top 10, as Static-X’s Project Regeneration, Volume 2 launches at No. 9 with nearly 5,000, and Future Islands’ People Who Aren’t There Anymore bows at No. 10 with 4,000.
In the week ending Feb. 1, there were 1.118 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 1.3% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 827,000 (up 0.5%) and digital albums comprised 291,000 (up 3.6%).
There were 404,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Feb. 1 (up 3.9% week-over-week) and 418,000 vinyl albums sold (down 2.4%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 2.108 million (down 31% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 2.413 million (down 46.4%).
Overall year-to-date album sales total 5.915 million (down 36.1% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 4.545 million (down 40.2%) and digital album sales total 1.370 million (down 17.7%).
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Singer-songwriter and Nashville native Conner Smith reaches the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time with his single “Creek Will Rise.”
Released in February 2023 on Valory Records, the track debuts at No. 89 on the Feb. 10-dated chart with 14.4 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2%) and 3.3 million official U.S. streams (up 177%) Jan. 26-Feb. 1, according to Luminate.
The song’s profile was boosted by the Jan. 26 release of his debut full-length, Smoky Mountains. The 12-song set, which includes “Creek Will Rise,” debuts at No. 42 on Top Country Albums with 6,000 equivalent album units earned in its opening week.
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“Creek Will Rise” also holds at its No. 14 high on Country Airplay and jumps 31-23 for a new best on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart.
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Previously, the 23-year-old charted two tracks on Country Airplay: “Learn From It” (No. 38 peak, 2021) and “Take It Slow” (No. 52, 2023). He scored his first overall chart appearance in October 2021, when “I Hate Alabama” debuted and peaked at No. 21 on Country Digital Song Sales after going viral on TikTok. The song surged after the third-ranked University of Georgia defeated top-seeded University of Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 10, 2022, giving Georgia its first trophy since the 1980 season. The timely lyrics, “I hate Alabama/ I hate crimson red/ I hate how they yell ‘Roll Tide’ when I got a Braves hat on my head” were particularly prescient.
That breakthrough helped Smith ink a deal with Big Machine’s Valory imprint. In January 2022, Billboard named him Country Rookie of the Month. “The Lord’s timing is perfect and that was true with [“I Hate Alabama”]. We put out this song on a Friday and the very next day, Alabama lost in football for the first time in two years,” Smith told Billboard at the time. “That is what made the song explode. So now anytime Alabama is playing, the song gets some love.”
Smith is the first Valory signee to debut on the Hot 100 in 2024. Three songs on the label entered in 2023: Justin Moore and Priscilla Block’s “You, Me, & Whiskey” (No. 37 peak), Thomas Rhett’s “Mamaw’s House” featuring Morgan Wallen (No. 55), and Rhett’s “Angels Don’t Always Have Wings” (No. 69).