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08 Oct 2024

Chart Rewind: In 1994, Toby Keith Was the ‘Man’ at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs

On Oct. 8, 1994, Toby Keith’s “Who’s That Man” ascended to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. It became the second of his 20 career leaders, among 42 top 10s.

The hit, which Keith wrote and Nelson Larkin and Harold Shedd produced, was released as the lead single from Keith’s sophomore LP, Boomtown. The set became his first of 24 top 10s on the Top Country Albums chart, where his total includes 10 No. 1s. It also yielded the No. 2 Hot Country Songs hit “You Ain’t Much Fun” and the No. 10-peaking “Upstairs Downtown.”

Born on July 8, 1961, in Clinton, Okla., Keith became a football star at Moore High School, playing defensive end. He went on to play semi-pro ball for the Oklahoma City Drillers.

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Beginning in 1993, when he signed to Mercury Records, Keith rolled up 76 Hot Country Songs entries, starting with the two-week No. 1, and one of his signature songs, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.”

Brashly outspoken about his political opinions and an avid supporter of the military, Keith played events for U.S. multiple presidents, as well as more than 200 shows in Afghanistan and Iraq for the USO.

On Nov. 1, 2021, Keith was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Keith passed away on Feb. 5 after battling stomach cancer. His 2008 release 35 Biggest Hits subsequently led the all-genre Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts (dated Feb. 17), the former for the first time.

On Oct. 20, Keith will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, along with John Anderson and guitar master James Burton. The ceremony will be held at the Hall’s CMA Theater in Nashville.

08 Oct 2024

Billy Strings’ ‘Highway Prayers’ Is First Bluegrass Set to Hit No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart Since 2002

Billy Strings’ Highway Prayers arrives at No. 1 on Billboard’s all-genre Top Album Sales survey dated Oct. 12.

The set also launches at No. 1 on Bluegrass Albums, marking the first time that bluegrass has boasted the top-selling album among all genres in 22 years. The O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack spent two weeks at No. 1 on Top Album Sales in March 2002. It also ruled Bluegrass Albums for 15 weeks.

Highway Prayers, which includes 20 songs, sold 19,000 – Strings’ biggest career sales week – in the United States in its first week (Sept. 27-Oct. 3), according to Luminate.

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The 32-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Lansing, Mich., now based in the Nashville area, leads Top Album Sales for the first time following three top 10s: Live, Vol. 1 entered at its No. 5 high on the chart dated July 27 with 15,000 sold; Me/And/Dad started at its No. 5 peak in December 2022 with 16,000 sold (his previous high mark); and Renewal began at its No. 7 best in October 2021 (8,000). He posted his initial appearance in October 2019 as Home entered at its No. 34 peak.

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With Highway Prayers, Strings (born William Apostol) earns his fifth leader among eight top 10s on Bluegrass Albums.

Simultaneously, the LP — which Strings produced with Jon Brion — arrives at No. 8 Top Country Albums, awarding Strings his third top 10. The set starts with 24,000 equivalent album units, the largest consumption week of his career. The collection also opens at No. 6 on Americana/Folk Albums, marking his fourth top 10.

Currently on tour, Strings makes his next stop Oct. 11 in Indianapolis.

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 to May 25, 1991, when 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.

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08 Oct 2024

Shed Seven Strike ‘Liquid Gold’ with Second U.K. No. 1 of 2024

It seems everything Shed Seven touches turns to Liquid Gold, with the rockers scoring their second No. 1 album of 2024 on the U.K. Official Album Charts.

Their latest project, Liquid Gold, follows their first-ever chart-topper A Matter of Time back in January, putting them in some seriously elite company. They now stand shoulder-to-shoulder with legends like The Beatles, Queen, Elton John, Diana Ross, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and ABBA—artists who’ve managed to land two U.K. No. 1 albums in a single year.

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“Can’t quite really believe that we’re standing here once again this year, but this is our second No. 1 of 2024, which is absolutely mind-blowing,” Shed Seven told the Official Charts Company.

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“We would like to thank our amazing label, Cooking Vinyl, all our crew, and most of all, all the fans who’ve been getting out there this week and getting behind us. We’re immensely proud, and we can’t wait to get out on tour and celebrate what an amazing year we’ve had.”

“We’d like to dedicate this to our departed loved ones; our four Dads and Max’s Mum. Thank you” 

Just behind Shed Seven, Bring Me The Horizon jumped to No. 2 with POST HUMAN: NeX GEn, thanks to its physical release. The album previously peaked at No. 5 back in June and has now marked the group’s fifth Top 10 album.

Meanwhile, North-West London rapper Nines hit No. 4 with his sixth and final album Quit While You’re Ahead, while Ed Sheeran’s +–=÷× (Tour Collection) secured the No. 5 spot, making this Ed’s eighth Top 10 album.

In a big moment for jazz, Ezra Collective broke into the Top 10 for the first time with Dance, No One’s Watching, debuting at No. 7. The last time jazz had such a big moment in the U.K. Top 10 was Chris Kamara’s Here’s To Christmas in 2019. Ezra Collective previously earned Top 40 success with their Mercury Prize-winning Where I’m Meant To Be in 2022, but this leap to the Top 10 marks a game-changer for the genre.

Elsewhere, Manchester’s Pale Waves made waves of their own with their fourth studio album Smitten, landing at No. 13, while indie veterans Maximo Park claimed No. 21 with Stream of Life, keeping their streak of Top 40 albums intact.

And in a surprise surge, Benson Boone’s Fireworks & Rollerblades shot back into the Top 40, climbing 20 spots to land at No. 37 in what was a week full of chart shakeups and big wins across the board.

07 Oct 2024

Six Sweet Weeks! Sabrina Carpenter Reigns at No. 1 In the U.K

Sabrina Carpenter has continued her unstoppable reign on the U.K. Official Singles Chart with her hit “Taste,” which remains at No. 1 for a sixth consecutive week.

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Over the past seven days, the track has garnered 6.2 million streams, keeping it comfortably ahead of Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck Babe” at No. 2. Despite its relentless push for the top spot, “Good Luck Babe” still hasn’t managed to surpass Sabrina’s impressive run.

The Weeknd and Playboi Carti have also made their mark with their collaboration “Timeless,” from The Weeknd’s upcoming sixth album Hurry Up, Tomorrow, debuting at No. 7 on the chart. This marks The Weeknd’s 17th Top 10 hit in the U.K., while for Playboi Carti, it’s his second.

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Meanwhile, Billie Eilish’s “Wildflower” has been steadily climbing the chart and has now broken into the Top 20 for the first time, landing bang on No. 20.

Billie is no stranger to chart-topping success, having previously reached No. 2 with her 2019 smash hit “Bad Guy.” With “Wildflower” continuing to gain momentum, it could mean Billie may be heading for another chart milestone.

In another impressive leap, Linkin Park’s “Heavy Is The Crown” skyrocketed 48 places this week to No. 18, marking the band’s 20th U.K. Top 40 single. It’s clear that even after years in the game and a new vocalist, their fanbase remains as dedicated as ever, proving their staying power in a constantly evolving music landscape.

Addison Rae also continues to rise, as her song “Diet Pepsi” moved up 15 spots to No. 22. This marks her first time breaking into the U.K. Top 40, marking a major achievement for the emerging pop star.

Rounding out the chart’s newcomers is London MC Nines, who enters the Top 40 at No. 39 with “Going Crazy,” following the release of his final album. His latest effort has garnered enough attention to secure his seventh U.K. Top 40 single.

Additionally, Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season,” named the biggest song of the year so far in the U.K., has made a return to the Top 40, landing at No. 40. The track’s ability to rebound into the chart after slipping out showcases its enduring popularity and appeal across various audiences.

Stay tuned to see what tracks make movements on the U.K. Official Charts this week.

07 Oct 2024

Lady Gaga’s ‘Harlequin’ Debuts at No. 1 on Jazz Charts, Top 5 on Album Sales

Lady Gaga scores her third No. 1 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts, as Harlequin debuts atop both tallies (dated Oct. 12). The companion set to her film Joker: Folie à Deux, earned 25,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 3, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 16,000 are traditional album sales.

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Gaga previously topped both rankings with her collaborative albums with Tony Bennett: Love for Sale (in 2021) and Cheek to Cheek (2014).

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Harlequin earns the biggest debut week, by units earned, for any jazz album, or traditional jazz album, since Love for Sale earned 41,000 units in its opening week (Oct. 16, 2021-dated charts).  

Equivalent album 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. All Oct. 12, 2024-dated charts will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday, Oct. 8. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of Harlequin’s first-week units, streaming equivalent album-units comprise nearly 9,000 – equaling 11.34 million official on-demand streams of the album’s songs. The latter figure marks the biggest debut streaming week for a jazz album in over a year, since Laufey’s Bewitched bowed with 22.36 million clicks (Sept. 23, 2023-dated chart).

Harlequin also debuts at No. 20 on the overall Billboard 200 and No. 3 on both Vinyl Albums and Top Album Sales.

Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums rank the week’s most popular jazz and traditional jazz albums, respectively, by equivalent album units earned. The Billboard 200 ranks the week’s most popular albums across all genres, by units. Vinyl Albums and Top Album Sales tally the week’s top-selling vinyl albums, and overall albums, by traditional album sales.

Also on Top Album Sales, Billy Strings’ Highway Prayer debuts at No. 1 with 19,000 sold in its first week – the act’s biggest sales week ever. It’s also the first No. 1 for the artist. Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess slips one spot to No. 2 (18,000; down 67%), Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet is steady at No. 4 (14,000; down 3%), Katy Perry’s 143 falls 2-5 (9,000; down 77%), Luke Bryan’s Mind of a Country Boy bows at No. 6 (nearly 8,000), Taylor Swift’s chart-topping Folklore vaults 33-7 (7,500; up 153% after a stock replenishment of its CD at retail), Stray Kids’ former leader ATE is a non-mover at No. 8 (7,000; down 6%), P1Harmony’s Sad Song falls 3-9 (6,000; down 77%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft climbs 15-10 (nearly 6,000; up 8%).

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.

07 Oct 2024

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot Rap Songs Chart

As if the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar wasn’t already historic, the saga’s most enduring track, Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” enters the record books with an unprecedented 21st week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart. The single, released on pgLang/Interscope/ICLG, surpasses Lil Nas X’s 2019 juggernaut, “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, for the most weeks atop the chart since its launch in 1989.

“Not Like Us,” released May 4 amid the height of the rappers’ feud, reaches the record through continued strong performance in the three metrics that inform the chart: streaming, sales and radio airplay.

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It wins a 20th frame at No. 1 on the Rap Streaming Songs chart thanks to 17.1 million official U.S. streams in the latest tracking week (Sept. 27 – Oct. 3), according to Luminate. With its newest week on top, it matches “Old Town Road” for the third-longest command among all titles. Desiigner’s “Panda” and Psy’s “Gangnam Style,” share first place, at 23 weeks each.

For sales, “Not Like Us” registered 2,000 downloads in the tracking week. Despite a 10% decline from the prior week, it pushes 4-3 on Rap Digital Song Sales, a list it previously ruled for nine nonconsecutive weeks.

Lamar’s smash also repeats at No. 7 on the all-genre Radio Songs chart, with 45.4 million in total audience impressions, a 3% slide. (All radio airplay, regardless of genre, contributes to a song’s rank on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.) The single dominated its core format this summer, with 15 nonconsecutive weeks in charge of the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay list.

As “Not Like Us” resets the leaderboard on Hot Rap Songs, here’s a review of the songs with the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s 35-year history:

Weeks at No. 1, Song Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
21, “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar, May 18, 2024
20, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
19, “Industry Baby,” Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow, Aug. 7, 2021
18, “Hot Boyz,” Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott featuring Nas, Eve & Q-Tip, Nov. 27, 1999
18, “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, May 3, 2014
18, “Hotline Bling,” Drake, Oct. 10, 2015
17, “Panda,” Desiigner, April 23, 2016
17, “Mood,” 24kGoldn featuring iann dior, Oct. 24, 2020

The colossal single extends Lamar’s recent near-monopoly on Hot Rap Songs, with the rapper in the No. 1 spot for 27 of the last 28 weeks. Before “Not Like Us” took the throne, the Pulitzer Prize winner, Future and Metro Boomin ruled with their collaboration “Like That,” a six-week champ. In the past six months, only Eminem’s “Houdini” interrupted the Lamar blockade, by sneaking out a one-week rule in June.

07 Oct 2024

Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With a Smile’ Rules Billboard Global Charts for Sixth Week

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” tops both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for a sixth total and consecutive week.

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Plus, The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s “Timeless” debuts at No. 3 on the Global 200 and No. 4 on Global Excl. U.S.

The Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

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Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“Die With a Smile” leads the Global 200 with 117.3 million streams (down less than 1% week-over-week) and 9,000 sold (up 3%) worldwide Sept. 27-Oct. 3. The song is Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ first No. 1 each since the chart began.

Notably, the duet has drawn over 100 million streams globally in each of the last five weeks – the most such frames for a song this year; it surpassed Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” each with three.

Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, following three weeks at No. 1 beginning in August. It soared by 18% to 90.3 million streams and 45% to 10,000 sold worldwide following the Sept. 27 premiere of its official video.

The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s “Timeless” enters the Global 200 at No. 3. Released Sept. 27, it starts with 66.2 million streams and 7,000 sold worldwide in its first week. The Weekend earns his 13th top 10 since the survey began and Playboi Carti, his fourth.

Carpenter claims three songs in the Global 200’s top 10 for a sixth week: “Taste,” which holds at No. 4, after reaching No. 2; “Espresso” (3-5, following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in June); and “Please Please Please” (6-7, after two weeks at No. 1 also starting in June). She’s the first artist to triple up in the top 10 over six weeks in 2024; next up, Eilish and Taylor Swift each have posted two such weeks this year.

“Die With a Smile” leads Global Excl. U.S. with 94.2 million streams (up less than 1%) and 5,000 sold (down 2%) outside the U.S. Sept. 27-Oct. 3. As on the Global 200, the ballad became Gaga and Mars’ first No. 1 each since the list launched.

Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” keeps at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S., following three weeks at No. 1 beginning in August, and Carpenter’s “Espresso” maintains the No. 3 spot, following eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in May.

The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s “Timeless” debuts at No. 4 on Global Excl. U.S. with 37.8 million streams and 1,000 sold in its first week. The Weekend adds his 11th top 10 and Playboi Carti, his third.

Karol G’s “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” is steady at No. 5 on Global Excl. U.S., after hitting No. 2.

Plus, Carpenter’s “Taste” holds at No. 6 on Global Excl. U.S. (after reaching No. 4) and “Please Please Please” dips 7-10 (following a week at No. 1 in June); already the only artist with multiple weeks with three songs in the top 10 simultaneously this year, she logs a sixth week achieving such a triple.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 12, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Oct. 8. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

07 Oct 2024

Shaboozey No. 1 on Hot 100 for 13th Week, Billie Eilish Flies to No. 2, The Weeknd & Playboi Carti Debut at No. 3

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” adds a 13th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song, which became the singer-songwriter’s first leader in July, extends 2024’s longest reign. It also now boasts outright the third-longest command this decade.

The track additionally furthers the longest No. 1 run of 2024 on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart, adding a 17th week in the top spot.

Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” bounds four spots to No. 2 on the Hot 100, achieving a new high, and marking her top rank since 2020, following the release of its official video.

Plus, The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s “Timeless” soars onto the Hot 100 at No. 3. With the song, which starts as the week’s most-streamed title, The Weekend earns his 19th top 10, and highest career debut, and Playboi Carti notches his fifth top 10.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Oct. 12, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Oct. 8). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

07 Oct 2024

Sabrina Carpenter Extends Her ‘Sweet’ Reign In Australia

It’s another chart double for Sabrina Carpenter in the land Down Under, while Bring Me The Horizon and The Amity Affliction ensure the top end of the ARIA Albums Chart is heavier than usual.

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Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet (via Island/Universal) holds at No. 1 on the latest tally, published Friday, Oct. 4, extending its chart reign to five non-consecutive weeks.

Meanwhile, Bring Me The Horizon’s Post Human: Nex Gen re-enters at a new peak of No. 2, following its release on physical format. That bests its No. 4 debut in May 2024.

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Chappell Roan’s seemingly unstoppable rise continues. The U.S. alternative pop diva completes the podium with The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, up 5-3 for its peak position

Close behind is Ed Sheeran’s first greatest hits album, +–=÷× (Tour Collection), new No. 4, for the superstar British singer and songwriter’s eighth top 10 album in these parts. All seven of his studio albums have hit No. 1 on the ARIA Chart.

Further down the list, Australian hardcore act The Amity Affliction opens at No. 7 with Let The Ocean Take Me (Redux), a rerecording of their 2014 album which logged a single week at No. 1, one of their five leaders (the others are Chasing Ghosts in 2012, Let The Ocean Take Me in 2014, This Could Be Heartbreak in 2016 and Misery in 2018.

Let The Ocean Take Me (Redux) is one of three homegrown debutants in the ARIA Top 40, a tally that includes Aussie hip-hop duo Posseshot with PS4: Operation Burner Rap (No. 21) and The Rions with Happiness In A Place It Shouldn’t Be (at No. 35).

There’s a noteworthy bump for Katy Perry’s 2010 hit album Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, up 24-13 following the U.S. pop star’s performance at the AFL Grand Final. The collection led the chart for two weeks back in 2010.

Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Carpenter’s “Taste” holds at No. 1 for a sixth consecutive week, tying with Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” as the longest running leader this year.

Finally, the highest new entry belongs to The Weeknd and Playboy Carti, with “Timeless”, new at No. 11. The Weeknd is currently in Australia on his rescheduled Hours Til Dawn stadium tour.

Produced by Live Nation, the trek has completed two dates at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium (Oct. 5 and 6), and has two more to come at Sydney’s Accord Stadium, on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23.

06 Oct 2024

Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short n’ Sweet’ Steps Back to No. 1 on Billboard 200

Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet rises 3-1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Oct. 12), notching its fourth nonconsecutive week atop the list. It earned 100,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Oct. 3 (up less than 1%), according to Luminate.

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Short n’ Sweet debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated Sept. 7, spent its first three weeks at No. 1, and then stepped away for two weeks as Travis Scott’s Days Before Rodeo rode to the top (Sept. 28 chart) and Future’s Mixtape Pluto debuted in the penthouse (Oct. 5 chart).

Also in the top 10, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft returns to the top five for the first time in more than a month, as it ascends 8-5. The No. 2-peaking set was last in the top five on the Aug. 31 chart, when it ranked at No. 5.  The album’s ascent — with a 10% unit gain — is concurrent with the launch of Eilish’s tour on Sept. 29 and the premiere of the official music video for the album’s single “Birds of a Feather” on Sept. 27.

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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. The new Oct. 12, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Oct. 8). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of Short n’ Sweet’s 100,000 equivalent album units earned in its third week, SEA units comprise 85,000 (up 1%, equaling 114.24 million on-demand official streams of the album’s 12 songs; it holds at No. 1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart), album sales comprise 14,000 (down 3%) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (down 2%).

Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is steady at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 for a fourth nonconsecutive week at its peak (63,000 equivalent album units earned; down 40%). Future’s Mixtape Pluto falls 1-2 in its second week (55,000; down 57%), Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time rises 5-4 (50,000; down 5%), and Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft steps 8-5 (nearly 50,000; up 10%).

Post Malone’s former leader F-1 Trillion falls 4-6 (47,000 equivalent album units; down 11%); Taylor Swift’s chart-topping The Tortured Poets Department is a non-mover at No. 7 (44,000; down 5%); Noah Kahan’s Stick Season climbs 10-8 (37,000; down 1%); Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene moves 11-9 (just over 32,000; down 8%); and Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album rises 12-10 (32,000; down 5%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.