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Gracie Abrams reclaims the No. 1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart this week with The Secret of Us (via Interscope/Universal), marking its third non-consecutive week at the top, while Australian artist Dope Lemon earns another top 10 debut with his latest release Golden Wolf, which enters at No. 8.
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Golden Wolf marks Angus Stone’s fifth album under the Dope Lemon moniker. The project continues a strong run on the ARIA Albums Chart, following previous entries Honey Bones (No. 11 in 2016), Smooth Big Cat (No. 2 in 2019), Rose Pink Cadillac (No. 2 in 2022), and Kimosabe (No. 9 in 2023). Stone also reached No. 2 with his 2012 solo release Broken Lights and has enjoyed chart success as one half of Angus & Julia Stone, including two No. 1 albums — Down the Way (2010) and Angus & Julia Stone (2014).
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On the ARIA Singles Chart, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” remains at No. 1 for a seventh consecutive week. It now holds the title for the longest-running No. 1 by a solo male artist since Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night,” which spent eight weeks at the top in 2023.
Meanwhile, rising New York artist Sombr makes a major leap with “Undressed,” which jumps from No. 11 to No. 2, earning him his first top 10 hit in Australia. His second entry, “Back To Friends,” also climbs this week, moving from No. 19 to No. 12. Ravyn Lenae’s “Love Me Not” enters the top five, rising from No. 12 to No. 5 to become her first top 10 hit.
Legendary U.K. rock band Pink Floyd debuts at No. 27 with Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, which captures their historic 1971 concert and is now available on vinyl for the first time.
Aussie punk group Press Club also scores a chart entry this week, landing at No. 71 with To All The Ones That I Love, their fourth studio album and follow-up to 2022’s Endless Motion, which peaked at No. 62.
Other notable chart placements this week include Dope Lemon topping the ARIA Vinyl Albums Chart, and Vance Joy’s enduring “Riptide” holding steady at No. 1 on the Australian Artist Singles chart.
After nearly 50 years as a band, Pulp has finally made an appearance on an airplay-based Billboard chart. The English band’s “Spike Island,” the lead single from its upcoming album More, bows at No. 38 on the Adult Alternative Airplay survey dated May 10. The Jarvis Cocker-led act first appeared on any Billboard tally in […]
Sleep Token nabs its third No. 1 in a row on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, bowing atop the May 10-dated survey with “Damocles.”
In the week ending May 1, “Damocles” earned 8.9 million official U.S. streams and sold 2,000 downloads, according to Luminate.
Its No. 1 coronation follows three-week reigns each for the band’s “Caramel” (April 19-May 3) and “Emergence” (March 29-April 12).
In fact, Sleep Token has now replaced itself twice on Hot Hard Rock Songs, having led for the past seven weeks. That’s the first time any act has done so with three different songs since the ranking began in June 2020. Previously, Linkin Park accomplished the feat with two songs; “The Emptiness Machine” reigned between Sept. 21, 2024, and Feb. 8, followed by a one-week lead for “Heavy Is the Crown” (Feb. 15) before “The Emptiness Machine” returned to No. 1.
Sleep Token becomes the sixth act with at least three No. 1s on Hot Hard Rock Songs, following Foo Fighters and HARDY (also three), Linkin Park (four) and Bring Me the Horizon and Falling in Reverse (six apiece).
It also becomes the first act to hold the entire top three of the chart (as “Caramel” and “Emergence” rank at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, on the latest tally) since Linkin Park did so on the Nov. 30, 2024, list.
Concurrently, “Damocles” also bows at No. 1 on Hard Rock Streaming Songs and Hard Rock Digital Song Sales, Sleep Token’s third leader on both.
“Damocles” starts at No. 11 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ranking, and on the all-format Billboard Hot 100, it begins at No. 47.
“Damocles” is the latest taste of Even in Arcadia, Sleep Token’s fourth studio album, out May 9 via RCA.
Ghost’s Skeletá debuts atop a trio of Billboard rock albums charts, including the flagship Top Rock & Alternative Albums survey dated May 10.
The full-length studio set earned 86,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week of availability (April 25-May 1), according to Luminate. Of that sum, 77,000 units are via traditional album sales.
The bow of Skeletá atop Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums gives Ghost its fourth No. 1 on both, following the reigns of Impera (2022), Prequelle (2018) and the EP Popestar (2016).
Additionally, its No. 1 on Top Hard Rock Albums is the band’s seventh, with the aforementioned albums joined by 2024’s Rite Here Right Now soundtrack, 2023’s Phantomime EP and 2013’s Infestissumam.
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With seven No. 1s on Top Hard Rock Albums, Ghost moves into a three-way tie for the third-most rulers since the ranking began in 2007, alongside Five Finger Death Punch and Foo Fighters.
Most No. 1s, Top Hard Rock Albums:
9, Linkin Park
8, Pearl Jam
7, Five Finger Death Punch
7, Foo Fighters
7, Ghost
6, Disturbed
6, Korn
6, Nickelback
As previously reported, Skeletá is Ghost’s first No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 and the first hard rock release to top the ranking since AC/DC’s Power Up in 2020.
Concurrently, nine songs from Skeletá‘s 10-tune tracklist dot the multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, paced by “Peacefield,” which rises 13-4 largely from 2.6 million official U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads.
“Lachryma” and “Satanized” follow, moving 7-10 and holding at No. 11, respectively, though both songs boast higher peaks on the ranking so far — No. 3 (“Satanized” in March, “Lachryma” in April).
The week’s top debut of the group, meanwhile, is “Guiding Lights” at No. 15 (1.1 million streams).
Lead single “Satanized” returns to its previous best of No. 7 (rising one spot) on Mainstream Rock Airplay. Upon its entrance into the top 10, it became Ghost’s 10th top 10 since first appearing on the tally in 2015, including five No. 1s.
Billy Idol lands his first top 10-charting effort ever on Billboard’s nearly 34-year-old Top Album Sales chart, as his new album Dream Into It debuts at No. 7 on the May 10-dated chart. The project is the iconic rocker’s first full-length studio project in over a decade, since 2014’s Kings & Queens of the Underground.
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Dream Into It also debuts on the Vinyl Albums (No. 19), Indie Store Album Sales (No. 21) and Independent Albums (No. 41) charts.
Elsewhere in the top 10 on the Top Album Sales chart, the latest releases from Ghost, Grateful Dead, d4vd, Tucker Wetmore, Goose and Viagra Boys all debut in the region.
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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 (TEA) units and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units.
Dream Into It sold 6,500 copies in the United States in the week ending May 1, according to Luminate – largely driven by physical purchases (about 2,500 on vinyl and 3,500 on CD). Digital download purchases comprised about 500 copies.
Dream Into It is Idol’s 10th charting title on the Top Album Sales chart, which began in 1991. In that span of time, he had previously gone has high as No. 12 with the 2021 EP The Roadside.
Idol has a long history on Billboard’s charts, including a dozen charting titles each on the Billboard 200 (dating back to 1981) and Billboard Hot 100 songs charts, as well as 16 entries on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
Also on the latest Top Album Sales chart, rock band Ghost nabs its second No. 1 with its best sales week ever, as Skeletá debut atop the list with 77,000 copies sold. Grateful Dead’s latest archival live set, Dave’s Picks Volume 54: Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD – 3/26/73, bows at No. 2 with 19,500 copies sold. It’s the 46th top 10-charting set for the act on Top Album Sales. Rounding out the top three is d4vd’s new Withered, starting with 14,500 copies – the first top 10 and best sales week for the act.
Tucker Wetmore’s What Not to debuts at No. 4 with 7,500 (his first top 10 and best sales week), Kendrick Lamar’s former No. 1 GNX slips 3-5 (nearly 7,500; down 7%), Goose gets its first top 10 and best sales week with the start of Everything Must Go at No. 6 (7,000) and Viagra Boys round out the debuts in the top 10 as Viagr Aboys bows at No. 8 with 6,500 (the first top 10 and best sales week for the act).
Closing out the top 10 are two former leaders: Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet slips 2-9 (nearly 6,500; down 24%) and Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM falls 4-10 (5,000; down 23%).
Cazzu expands her ruling on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 as her chart-topping single “Con Otra” adds a third consecutive week atop the ranking (dated May 10). It’s the second-longest command of the year, after La T y La M’s “Amor De Vago,” featuring Malandro de América, dominated for 12 weeks between January and April (the latter holds at No. 4 for a second week).
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Cazzu also adds her 19th entry and fourth song of her No. 4-peaking album Latinaje, as “Mala Suerte,” bows at No. 76.
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Back in the top 10, Beéle, Westcol, and Ovy On The Drums’ “W Sound 05: La Plena” holds steady at No. 2 for a second week, while Emilia, TINI, and Nicki Nicole’s “Blackout” maintains its No. 3 position.
Brazilian Dennison de Lima Gomes, better known as DENNIS, scores his first entry and top 10 on the the Billboard Argentina Hot 100, thanks to the remix of “Motinha 2.0,” with Luísa Sonza and Emilia, which debuts at No. 5, the Hot Shot Debut of the Week.
“Motinha 2.0” gives Sonza her second top 10. Her first arrived also through an Emilia collab, as “Bunda” reached No. 3 in March. Plus, Emilia continues with the second-most top 10s since the chart launched in 2018, after Maria Becera’’s 29 top 10s to date.
The week’s Greatest Gainer honors belongs to Lali and Miranda!, whose pop duet “Mejor Que Vos,” vaults a staggering 38 spots, leaping from No. 52 to No. 14.
Five other songs debut on the chart, starting with Oro600, Pablo Chill-E, Duki and Quevedo’s “Nena Sad (RMX)” which arrives at No. 25.
Elsewhere, Lali places two simultaneous entries: “33,” with Dillom, opens at No. 29, while “Loco un Poco,” with Turf, starts at No. 88. Plus, Rodrigo’s “Amor de Alquiler (En Vivo)” debuts at No. 58.
Lastly, Uruguayan rock band La Vela Puerca, makes it Billboard Argentina Hot 100 debut with “Zafar” at No. 86.
Edén Muñoz’s impressive track record of No. 1 hits on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart endures, as “Mi Primer Día Sin Ti” climbs from No. 3 to No. 1 for its first week atop the chart dated May 10. This latest milestone marks his eighth champ, all achieved within a span of three years. His first leader came in May of 2022 with “Chale!”
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“Mi Primer Día Sin Ti” lands at the summit after a 29% gain in audience impressions, translating to 7.3 million earned in the U.S. during the April 25-May 1 tracking week, according to Luminate.
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“I’m happy that ‘Mi Primer Día Sin Ti’ is leading the chart just because I know many will relate to it and will become part of their life soundtrack,” Muñoz tells Billboard.
By notching his eighth ruler on Regional Mexican Airplay, and fifth as a soloist, Muñoz joins two other solo singers who have achieved eight or more No. 1s in the 2020s decade. Alejandro Fernández continues to lead with 12 champs, followed by Christian Nodal with 10. Among all acts, Muñoz breaks a tie with Carín León for the seventh-most leaders, a list where Calibre 50 leads with 13 No. 1s overall this decade.
Here’s the list of the acts with the most No. 1s on the chart in the 2020s:
No. 1s, Artists13, Calibre 5012, Alejandro Fernández12, Grupo Frontera10, Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga10, Christian Nodal10, Grupo Firme8, Eden Muñoz
“‘Mi Primer Día Sin Ti’ is a ballad with the banda sound and some elements that make it feel different, yet still packed with emotion,” says Muñoz. “The song is one of those ballads that comes from my heart every so often but remains timeless.”
The song reaches the summit with Greatest Gainer honors, given weekly to the song with the biggest gain in audience impressions among the list’s 40 songs. The song ejects Los Ángeles Azules and Thalia’s “Yo Me Lo Busqué,” which drops abruptly from No. 1 to No. 15, after a 46% decline in weekly impressions.
“Mi Primer Día Sin Ti” also pushes 14-3 on the overall Latin Airplay chart, for its first week in the top 10. It becomes Muñoz’s ninth top 10 — all achieved since 2022.
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This week: The Bey Hive buzzes over the Cowboy Carter Tour, Mariah the Scientist eyes a proper breakout hit and Katy Perry sees a less-remembered older hit gain newfound interest.
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Streams Giddy Up 116% Following Tour Launch
If not for the launch of Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s long-awaited co-headlining Grand National Tour last month, the most-anticipated live kickoff of the month would’ve almost certainly been Beyoncé‘s latest stadium trek, the Cowboy Carter Tour. Taking Bey around some of the biggest venues in the U.S. — and a couple in Europe as well — the Cowboy Carter Tour opened to rave reviews at Inglewood, Calif.’s SoFi Stadium last Monday (April 28), with fans around the globe gobbling up any live clips available and prepping their own costumes for when the Queen’s rodeo comes to town.
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And those same fans — whether inspired by the clips that have circulated, or merely attempting to bone up on its deeper cuts before future live dates — are of course also streaming the album in droves. From last Friday to Sunday (Apr. 25-27), the three days before the tour’s launch, Cowboy Carter generated 4.7 million total official U.S. on-demand streams across its tracks, according to Luminate. For the three days after the launch (Apr. 29-May 1), that number was up to over 10.2 million — a gain of 116%. Some of the songs from the album receiving the biggest bumps over that period include “Ya Ya” (up 147% to 544,000), “Protector” (up 207% to 438,000) and of course Bey’s reinvention of Dolly Parton’s classic “Jolene” (up 118% to 405,000).
The streaming bump can also be seen in the chart performance of Cowboy Carter — which had slipped to No. 193 on the Billboard 200, at risk of falling off altogether, before rebounding all the way to No. 63 on this week’s chart (dated May 10). Will this be a one-week bump for Bey’s latest, or will it extend throughout the tour, Eras-style? That will certainly be one of the many things we continue to monitor about the Cowboy Carter Tour is it gallops around the country from here.
Mariah the Scientist’s New Song ‘Burning’ Up the Streaming Charts
R&B singer-songwriter Mariah the Scientist has developed a strong fanbase and critical reputation over the course of her three studio albums and a variety of one-off singles and feature appearances — including on Billboard Hot 100 hits by 21 Savage (“Dark Days”) and Tee Grizzley (“IDGAF”). But to this point, despite her burgeoning profile — with an added boost in exposure from her romantic relationship with hip-hop icon Young Thug — she’s still yet to notch a true breakout hit of her own as a lead artist.
Well, not until this week, anyway, following the Friday (May 2) release of Mariah’s new love ballad “Burning Blue” — which many have understandably taken to be about her storied beau, who was recently released from prison after submitting a a non-negotiated guilty plea in his RICO trial that resulted in his being sentenced to 15 years probation but no jail time. “Burning” had been teased extensively by Mariah pre-release, and upon dropping, quickly set fire to the Apple Music real-time chart, rising all the way to the top of the listing. In total, the song has racked up over 7.3 million on-demand U.S. audio streams in its first four days of release (May 2-5), according to early estimates from Luminate — an eye-popping number for a brand-new song by an artist with little chart crossover history.
Now, with the loved-up ballad spreading its way through the internet, the song sets its sights on a Hot 100 debut next week — with a good chance of even entering in the chart’s top half — as Mariah the Scientist takes the first big step on what could be a major 2025 level-up for her.
Fans Still “Thinking” About Overlooked Katy Perry Hit
While the headlines haven’t always been the kindest to Katy Perry the past month, she is off on her Lifetimes Tour, and apparently getting fans wistful about some of older hits. One that’s taken off in the past couple weeks is one that didn’t make the tour setlist: lovelorn ballad “Thinking of You,” the lone hit among breakout set One of the Boys‘ first four hits that didn’t make the top 10, peaking at No. 29 in February 2009.
The song has started to spread on TikTok — with some fans comedically taking on her vocal affectations on the track, and others simply pining for Perry at her most Alanis Morissette, a singer-songwriter mode that Perry rarely returned to on her singles after going pop supernova with 2010’s Teenage Dream blockbuster. Whatever the inspiration, the song’s virality has resulted in it nearly doubling in weekly official on-demand U.S. streams, from 279,000 for the tracking week ending April 24 to 539,000 the week of May 1, according to Luminate.
If it’s too late for Perry to work it into her Lifetimes set, maybe opener Rebecca Black could take it on instead? She has previously shown an affinity for covering less-remembered early Katy Perry singles…
back number’s “Blue Amber” debuts at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, released May 7, becoming the popular band’s sixth leader on the chart.
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The track is being featured as the theme song for the ongoing drama series starring Keiko Kitagawa called Anata wo ubatta sonohi kara. After being released digitally on April 28, the track came in at No. 2 for downloads (14,750 units), No. 7 for streaming (6,154,747 weekly streams), No. 8 for video views, and topped radio airplay. The song gives the three-man J-pop band its sixth No. 1 (nine weeks in all) on the Japan Hot 100.
Four other songs by back number are currently charting, with “Takaneno Hanakosan” rising 38-35, “Suiheisen” 46-44, “Hanataba” 65-56, and “Happy End” 78-75 this week.
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List of back number’s No. 1 Hits:
“Omoidasenakunaru sonohimade” (“Until the day I can’t remember”) “Christmas Song” [Three weeks]“Boku no Namae wo” (“(You called) my name”) “Old Fashion”“to new lovers” (Japanese title: “Atarashii Koibitotachi ni”) [Two weeks]“Blue Amber”
Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “KUSUSHIKI” follows at No. 2. Compared to the week before, streaming and video for the The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Part 2 opener decreased to 93%, while downloads and karaoke increased to 108% and 136%, respectively. At No. 3 is the three-man band’s “Lilac,” moving 5-3. Streaming and video for the Oblivion Battery opener gained slightly, while downloads and karaoke showed significant growth of 121% and 135%, respectively.
≠ME’s “Mobunoderella” bows at No. 4. The title track of the group’s 10th double A-side single released April 30 topped sales with 232,441 copies sold in its first week.
King Gnu’s “TWILIGHT!!!” falls a notch to No. 5. The theme song for the animated blockbuster Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback scores its third week on the tally, coming in at No. 5 for downloads (6,333 units), No. 4 for streaming (7,639,298 streams), No. 6 for radio and No. 4 for video.
Cho Tokimeki Sendenbu’s “Sekai de ichiban idol” debuts at No. 7. The title track of the group’s double A-side single was released April 30 and came in at No. 2 for sales (85,438 copies) and No. 45 for radio.
Also debuting at No. 9 is Travis Japan’s “Would You Like One?” The theme song for the animated movie Tabekko Doubutsu The Movie launched at No. 1 for downloads, No. 67 for streaming, and No. 55 for radio.
Outside the top 10, Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s new song “Tengoku” debuts at No. 11. It’s the theme song for the movie Shinso wo ohanashi shimasu starring the band’s frontman Motoki Omori (alongside timelesz member Fuma Kikuchi) in a feature film for the first time. The track comes in at No. 3 for downloads and No. 12 for streaming.
The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.
See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from April 28 to May 4, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.
The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard 200 dated May 17, we look at the chances of Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos to reclaim the chart’s top spot now that the set’s vinyl has finally shipped.
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Bad Bunny, Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Rimas): Bad Bunny’s sixth solo studio album has unquestionably been one of the biggest hits of 2025, spending three consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200 in January and February, and still residing in the chart’s top 10 three months later. The set stands at No. 7 on this week’s listing (dated May 10), but may very well be headed back to a fourth total frame at pole position next week.
That jump should be coming thanks to the set’s long-awaited release on vinyl – pre-orders for which were started back in February, but which is only shipping to customers this week. The album was sold on his webstore in a double-vinyl gatefold edition, and had been estimated to ship sometime around the end of April. The physical release is now sold out on Bad Bunny’s webstore — with no plans yet announced for future availability – but the sales boost from it, combined with the set’s continued streaming success, should be enough to put it back in heavy contention for the Billboard 200’s top spot next week.
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If Fotos does capture a fourth week atop the chart, that will break its tie with SZA’s SOS and Playboi Carti’s Music for the longest-reigning album on the chart in 2025 – though it will still be nine weeks shy of the 13-week run of Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti in 2022 for the longest of the singer-rapper’s career.
Fuerza Regida, 111xpantia (Street Mob/Rancho Humilde/Sony Music Latin): If there is a brand- new album that could provide competition for Bad Bunny on the Billboard 200 this week, it’s likely the latest from música Mexicana star quintet Fuerza Regida. Last Friday (May 2), the group released ninth album 111xpantia — which runs a modest 12 tracks and includes no features on its standard edition but does boast the Billboard Hot 100 hit “Por Esos Ojos,” and follows the group’s Mala Mia EP teamup with fellow hitmakers Grupo Frontera, including the breakout single “Me Jalo.”
Just as importantly, while many of Fuerza Regida’s previous sets were only available digitally, 111xpantia is getting the full physical push, via the band’s webstore. The album has been released as four different-colored vinyl variants, as well as both a standard and signed CD (by singer Jesús Ortíz Paz) – all with the same standard tracklist – and four deluxe boxed sets, all with a signed CD, but two with a T-shirt and two with a hat. Meanwhile, the set was also issued on a deluxe digital edition, initially released only for sale through the webstore, but later to all digital retailers and DSPs.
It may not be enough to fend off a big name like Bad Bunny, but it should likely get the group its first top 10 album on the Billboard 200, after previously peaking at No. 14 with 2023’s Pa Las Baby’s y Belikeada.
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Key Glock, Glockaveli (Paper Route Empire/Republic): Long-rising rapper Key Glock’s first album since signing to major label Republic, Glockaveli includes 18 tracks but no features – which Glock has explained he doesn’t like hosting on his albums – on its standard edition, with an extra three tracks coming on the deluxe (subtitled The Don). The set is also available on CD and vinyl and via various package sets with additional merch on his webstore. Key Glock’s previous best performance on the chart came with 2022’s Yellow Tape 2, which peaked at No. 7.
Eric Church, Evangeline vs. The Machine (EMI Nashville): Country star Eric Church has hit the Billboard 200’s top five with each of his last seven studio albums – a streak that began in the early 2010s with the No. 1-reaching Chief (2011) and The Outsiders (2013). That run may be ending with this month’s Evangeline vs. The Machine, which only runs eight tracks and has only one minor Hot 100 hit in the No. 94-peaking “Hands of Time” to its credit so far – though its sales numbers should be helped by its availability for purchase in four vinyl variants, as well as a standard CD, and a boxed set with a shirt and CD.
Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII (Pink Floyd Music/Sony): Originally released as a documentary concert film back in 1972 – just before the band’s true stateside breakout with the release of blockbuster prog-rock opus The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd’s famous show at the ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompeii, Italy not only gets a theatrical release this year, but also an audio reissue this month on vinyl and CD, and for streaming and digital download. The 11-track, two-disc set includes early Floyd classics like “One of These Days,” “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” and a version of the epic “Echoes” split into two separate parts, both of course lasting over 10 minutes.