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Dating to the start of the Billboard Hot 100, and surely long before, music fans have been fools for songs about fools. (It seems to make sense, as who can’t relate to acting or feeling a bit foolish? And not just on April 1.) The chart began with the edition dated Aug. 4, 1958. No. […]
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” adds a record-extending 19th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. The collaboration first moved into the top floor in November.
Meanwhile, Lady Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” secures a 14th week atop the Billboard Global 200 chart, dating to its first frame at No. 1 last September.
Plus, Alex Warren’s viral hit “Ordinary” reaches the top 10 of both global charts, marking his first appearance in each list’s top tier, and j-hope’s “Mona Lisa” debuts in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, becoming the BTS member’s first solo top 10.
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The Billboard 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.
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.
“APT.” holds atop Global Excl. U.S. with 71.2 million streams (down 6% week-over-week) and 5,000 sold (down 14%) outside the U.S. March 21-27.
“Die With a Smile” keeps at No. 2 after 11 weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. beginning last September; JENNIE’s “like JENNIE” rebounds a spot to its No. 3 best; Doechii’s “Anxiety” dips to No. 4 from its No. 3 high; and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” maintains its No. 5 altitude, following three weeks on top in August.
Alex Warren ascends to his first Global Excl. U.S. top 10 as “Ordinary” bounds 15-6 with 32.6 million streams (up 26%) and 4,000 sold (up 42%) outside the U.S. The California singer-songwriter’s viral hit, which he performed earlier in March on Netflix’s Love Is Blind, is one of two songs of his scaling the chart, as “Carry You Home” enters the tally’s top half (122-84). “Ordinary” has also spent two weeks and counting atop the Official UK Singles chart.
Plus j-hope’s “Mona Lisa” begins at No. 9 on Global Excl. U.S., becoming his first solo top 10. Released March 21, the song drew 30.5 million streams and sold 18,000 outside the U.S. in its first week.
Here’s an updated count of BTS members’ Global Excl. U.S. top 10 totals as soloists: Jung Kook (seven), Jimin (five), V (four), JIN (three) and j-hope and Suga (one each). BTS boasts 11 top 10s as a group.
“Die With a Smile” continues atop the Global 200 with 96.3 million streams (down 6%) and 6,000 sold (down 15%) worldwide. At 14 weeks, the song breaks out of a tie with Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” for the third-longest No. 1 run since the chart began. The only hits to lead longer: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (19 weeks) and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15).
“APT.” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, following 12 weeks at No. 1 starting in November; Doechii’s “Anxiety” repeats at its No. 3 best; and Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” rises 5-4, after reaching No. 3.
Plus, Warren’s “Ordinary” surges 12-5 for its first week in the Global 200’s top 10, with 48.1 million streams (up 25%) and 7,000 sold (up 17%) worldwide. Concurrently, he hits a new high with “Carry You Home” (134-87), while his “Burning Down” pushes 189-154.
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Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” rules the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a sixth total and consecutive week. The single, whose title fêtes late R&B icon Luther Vandross, who is sampled on the track, became Lamar’s sixth No. 1 and SZA’s third. Lamar and SZA each extend their longest career Hot 100 reigns with the song.
Meanwhile, “Luther” ties Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me,” in 2023-24, for the longest Hot 100 command for a rap hit since 24kGoldn’s “Mood,” featuring iann dior, led for eight weeks in 2020-21. The only longer domination for a rap hit this decade: 11 weeks, for Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” in 2020. (Rap titles are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart.)
Plus, Morgan Wallen’s “Just in Case” launches at No. 4 on the Hot 100, marking the country star’s 14th top 10 – and record fifth from an album prior to its release; his I’m the Problem is due May 16 – and Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” trots to No. 5, becoming her third top five hit.
Browse the full rundown of this week’s top 10 below.
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 April 5, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, April 1. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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Playboi Carti’s MUSIC spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 5), after debuting atop the list a week earlier with the year’s biggest week for a rap title.
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In its second week (ending March 27), the effort earned 131,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. (down 56%), according to Luminate. It opened with 298,000 first-week units. It’s Carti’s second No. 1, and first to spend more than week atop the list. He previously logged one week in the lead with his previous release, Whole Lotta Red, in January 2021.
Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, Selena Gomez and benny blanco’s first collaborative set, I Said I Love You First, debuts at No. 2. It marks the seventh top 10 for Gomez and first for blanco.
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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 April 5, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 1. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Of the 131,000 equivalent album units earned by MUSIC in the week ending March 27, SEA units comprise 124,000 (down 56%; equaling 171.02 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it’s No. 1 for a second week on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 7,000 (down 51%; it falls 3-9 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum (down 60%).
MUSIC’s second week profited from the sales and streaming activity generated by the release of a deluxe edition of the project that added four additional cuts to the set’s original 30-song runtime. Dubbed MUSIC – Sorry 4 Da Wait, it was released on Tuesday (March 25) on Playboi Carti’s official webstore and widely via streamers and digital retail. The four bonus songs on the deluxe (“Different Day,” “2024,” “Backr00ms” and “FOMDJ”) were initially released as cuts exclusively available on three different artist webstore-exclusive download variants of the album in its first week. As the four songs became available to stream via the MUSIC album on March 25, the album earned SEA for those four tracks on the final three days of the tracking week.
Selena Gomez and benny blanco’s collaborative project I Said I Love You First debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, scoring the superstar multi-hyphenate Gomez her seventh top 10-charting effort and hitmaking producer/writer blanco his first. The project earned 120,000 equivalent album units in its first week — the largest week by units for both artists. (The Billboard 200 began ranking by equivalent album units in December 2014.)
Of the album’s 120,000 first-week units, album sales comprise 71,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 48,000 (equaling 64.04 million on-demand official streams of the streaming edition of the album’s songs; it debuts at No. 6 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 1,000.
I Said I Love You First is the first album pairing from the real-life couple, who announced their engagement in December. While this is the first full-length set from the duo, they’ve teamed up for Billboard Hot 100-charting hit songs before this project. Blanco was a producer and writer on Gomez’s “Same Old Love” (No. 5 peak in 2016), “Kill Em With Kindness” (No. 39, 2016) and “Single Soon” (No. 19, 2023). Gomez and Blanco shared artist billing, with Tainy and J Balvin, on “I Can’t Get Enough” (No. 66, 2019), which blanco also co-produced and co-wrote.
The new album was preceded by the Hot 100-charting tune “Call Me When You Break Up,” billed to Gomez, blanco and Gracie Abrams. It debuted and peaked at No. 58 in March, and climbs into the top 20 on the Pop Airplay chart (dated April 5), rising 21-19. It’s the 25th top 20-charting cut for Gomez on Pop Airplay.
The opening-week sales of I Said I Love You First were bolstered by its availability across seven vinyl variants (different color editions, some with alternate covers; including a signed version), three CD versions (a standard CD, a signed edition, and a zine/CD version with expanded packaging), a deluxe box set containing branded merch and a CD. (The album’s vinyl sales totaled 21,000 for the week — the best sales week on vinyl for either Gomez or blanco.)
Further, the album was available in 10 different digital variations. First, there was a widely available standard album at streamers and digital retail. Then, through the set’s opening week, nine additional download variants were issued, all initially exclusively available through Gomez’s webstore, and each sold for $5. All of the variants included the standard album’s 14 songs, plus bonus material. Five of the variants each had one bonus track (“Stained,” “Talk,” “That’s What I’ll Care [Seven Heavens Version],” “Scared of Loving You [Live From Vevo]” and “How Does It Feel To Be Forgotten [Live From Vevo],” respectively) and one contained two bonus cuts (an acoustic version and extended version of the album single “Call Me When You Break Up”). There was also an Explained: Narrated by Selena Gomez edition (with 14 bonus tracks with Gomez providing commentary on each of the set’s 14 songs), a Slowed & Reverbed edition (with 14 bonus slowed and reverbed versions of the album’s songs) and an Instrumentals edition (with 14 bonus instrumental versions of the tracklist).
All nine of the variants became available in the iTunes Store on Wednesday (March 26). The variants were only sold in the iTunes Store through March 27, the final day they were also sold in Gomez’s store.
The rest of the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200 comprises former No. 1s. Nos. 3-5 are all non-movers, led by Kendrick Lamar’s GNX at No. 3 (65,000 equivalent album units; down 8%) and followed by PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U at No. 4 (61,000; down 7%), and SZA’s SOS at No. 5 (60,000; down 4%).
Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet is steady at No. 6 (54,000 equivalent album units; down 4%); Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM falls 2-7 (52,000; down 29%); Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos is stationary at No. 8 (49,000; down 2%); Tate McRae’s So Close To What falls 7-9 (47,000; down 10%); and Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time holds at No. 10 (45,000; up 9%).
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Lola Young reigns for the first time on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart, as “Messy” jumps two places to No. 1 on the April 5-dated tally.
“Messy” rules concurrent with its third week at No. 1 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, thanks to 4.7 million audience impressions in the week ending March 27, according to Luminate.
Young tops Alternative Airplay with her first entry on the list, becoming the second act in a row to do so, after Balu Brigada’s “So Cold” reached No. 1 the week before. Five acts, via four songs, have earned first Alternative Airplay No. 1s as lead acts in 2025. Prior to Young and Balu Brigada, Justice and Tame Impala on their collaboration “Neverender” and Almost Monday with “Can’t Slow Down” led for the first time.
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Comparatively, just two acts notched first Alternative Airplay No. 1s in 2024. Five newcomers at the top spot as lead acts this year, and as of March, for that matter, mark the most in a single year since six in 2021 (I Dont Know How But They Found Me’s “Leave Me Alone,” Cannons‘ “Fire for You,” Machine Gun Kelly and Blackbear’s “My Ex’s Best Friend,” Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” and Måneskin’s “Beggin’”).
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“Messy” ranks at No. 7 on Adult Alternative Airplay, after reaching No. 5 earlier in March. It also rises 9-8 on Pop Airplay, bullets at its No. 10 best on Adult Pop Airplay and debuts at No. 30 on Adult Contemporary.
On the most recently published, multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, dated March 29, reflecting data March 14-20, “Messy” placed at No. 2. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 9.7 million official U.S. streams and sold 3,000 downloads in that span.
“Messy” parent album This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway ranked at No. 32, after reaching No. 11, on the March 29 Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart with 9,000 equivalent album units. It has earned 211,000 units to date.
All Billboard charts dated April 5 will update on Tuesday, April 1.
Doechii banks her second No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart as “Denial Is a River” storms to the summit of the list dated April 5. The new champ jumps from No. 5 to crown the list as the most-played song on U.S. panel-contributing rhythmic radio stations for the tracking week of March 21-27, according to Luminate, and improved 13% in plays for the latest tracking period compared to the week prior.
Before “Denial is a River,” released and promoted to radio through Top Dawg/Capitol Records/ICLG, Doechii ruled Rhythmic Airplay with “What It Is (Block Boy).” The single, which features Kodak Black, reigned for one week in June 2023.
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As “Denial” takes the throne, it ousts GELO’s “Tweaker” after a one-week stay in the penthouse. The former leader slips to No. 2 following a 7% decline in plays for the tracking week.
Doechii’s latest coronation arrives just one day before the Grammy Award-winning rapper/singer is set to receive another honor: officially accepting the coveted Woman of the Year title at Billboard’s 2025 Women in Music event. The ceremony will occur tomorrow night (March 29) in Los Angeles, with other honorees including Rising Star winner Muni Long and Icon Award recipient Erykah Badu.
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Beyond its Rhythmic Airplay crown, “Denial Is a River” continues to make waves across other radio formats. It repeats its No. 12 best on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, where, despite no change in rank, the song earned 6% more plays in the latest tracking week. Meanwhile, it pushes 26-23 on Pop Airplay thanks to a 4% boost in plays at mainstream top-40 radio stations. The concurrent improvements from different sectors spark its 28-27 gain on the all-genre, audience-based Radio Songs chart, where the single leaps 10% in weekly audience to 24.4 million.
While “Denial is a River” builds its radio results, Doechii’s latest single, “Anxiety,” is generating favorable momentum. The Gotye-sampling single, which had a nearly six-year journey from initial recording to release, drives 33-21 on Rhythmic Airplay in its second week on the chart from a 181% surge in plays, winning it the weekly Greatest Gainer honor for the largest increase in plays among all tracks. Similarly, “Anxiety” races 36-28 on Pop Airplay thanks to a 199% vault in plays (snagging another Greatest Gainer prize) and debuts at No. 32 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.
All charts dated April 5 will update on Billboard‘s website this Tuesday, April 1.
Alex Warren has gone back to back with a second week at No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart with “Ordinary” (March 28). The rising U.S. singer-songwriter and former Hype House member first hit the top spot last week for his maiden No. 1 single. “Ordinary” is the most streamed track in the U.K. over […]
Leigh band The Lottery Winners has bagged its second No. 1 on the U.K. Albums Chart. KOKO follows their previous LP Anxiety Replacement Therapy, which achieved the feat in 2023.
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The indie-rockers praised their hometown of Leigh in Greater Manchester when celebrating the news, and toasted the local scene and small venues where they learned their craft. Speaking to the Official Charts Company, the four-piece said, “This is for grassroots music. This is for the working class. This is for Leigh. This is for anybody who has a dream — go out there and get it. Make it happen!”
It continues the group’s upward momentum on the Official Albums Chart over the past few years following the band’s 2020 debut, The Lottery Winners (No. 23), its 2020 follow-up Sounds of Isolation (No. 61) and 2021’s Something to Leave the House For (No. 11).
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The group has played at festivals including Glastonbury, and supported British pop icon Robbie Williams on tour. KOKO’s guest vocalists include Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, Britpop band Shed Seven and more.
Elsewhere, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet completes the week at No. 2, while Scottish band Deacon Blue’s 11th studio album, The Great Western Road, lands at No. 3, and gives the group its seventh top 10 U.K. album.
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s joint LP, I Said I Love You First, debuts at No. 4 and is Gomez’s second U.K. top 10 album, following 2020’s Rare (No. 2). It’s the first top 10 LP for her fiancé Blanco, who has a number of U.K. No. 1 singles to his name as a writer and producer, including Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream.”
Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM finishes at No. 5, Playboi Carti’s Music falls from the top spot to No. 7, while The Horrors’ first album in eight years, Night Life, enters the charts at No. 16.
Dylan Scott’s “This Town’s Been Too Good to Us” jumps three places to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated April 5). During the March 21-27 tracking week, the song increased by 17% to 27.5 million audience impressions, according to Luminate.
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Scott co-wrote the single with John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Taylor Phillips and Ryan Vojtesak.
The fourth Country Airplay leader for 34-year-old Scott from Bastrop, La., follows his duet with Dylan Marlowe, “Boys Back Home,” which hit No. 2 in January. Scott earned his first No. 1, among seven top 10s, with “My Girl,” in July 2017. He led again with “New Truck” in August 2022 and “Can’t Have Mine” in December 2023. All three of his previous chart-toppers ruled for one week each.
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Scott’s two other top 10s both reached No. 2: “Nobody,” in June 2021, and “Hooked,” in September 2018.
Meanwhile, as Scott’s latest leader hits the summit in its 55th chart week, it completes the longest trip to No. 1 since Parmalee’s “Gonna Love You” needed 56 frames to reach the apex in December.
Scott’s next album, Easy Does It, is due May 30.
38’s Special
Blake Shelton claims his 38th Country Airplay top 10 as “Texas” steps 11-10 (16.6 million, up 2%). The song follows his Post Malone collaboration “Pour Me a Drink,” which dominated for three weeks last October, becoming his 29th No. 1 (and Post Malone’s second).
Shelton’s first of 63 Country Airplay entries, “Austin,” dominated for five weeks starting in August 2001.
“Texas” is the lead single from Shelton’s album For Recreational Use Only, expected May 9.
All charts dated April 5 will update Tuesday, April 1, on Billboard.com.
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