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Taylor Swift spends a record-extending 70th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated July 1) thanks to nine albums on the latest Billboard 200 and three songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
On the Billboard 200, Swift’s 2022 LP Midnights ranks at No. 4 with 60,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate, after spending six weeks at No. 1.
Here’s a recap of her current Billboard 200-charting titles:
Rank, Title:
No. 4, Midnights
No. 10, Lover
No. 14, Folklore
No. 18, 1989
No. 23, Reputation
No. 25, Red (Taylor’s Version)
No. 38, Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
No. 39, Speak Now
No. 40, Evermore
Swift scores nine titles in the Billboard 200’s top 40 for a fourth time, after achieving the feat on charts dated May 20 and 27 and June 3. No other artist has earned the honor (dating to August 1963 when the survey became a combined stereo and mono album listing.)
Notably, Speak Now rises 42-39 ahead of its new re-recorded Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), due July 7.
On the Hot 100, Swift charts with current Midnights single “Karma,” featuring Ice Spice (up 9-7), former eight-week leader “Anti-Hero” (holding at No. 12), and Lover cut, and new promoted single, “Cruel Summer” (39-18). “Cruel Summer” surpasses its original No. 29 peak in 2019 and becomes Swift’s 69th career top 20 hit, the second-most in the chart’s history, after Drake’s 116.
“Cruel Summer” is the Hot 100’s top Sales Gainer, as it bounds 32-10 on Digital Song Sales (3,000 sold, up 71%), to become Swift’s record-extending 84th top 10.
ATEEZ re-enters the Artist 100 at No. 3, a new high, thanks to the act’s new set The World EP.2 : Outlaw. The project debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (105,000 units), becoming the group’s highest charting album, and No. 1 on Top Album Sales.
Gunna re-enters the Artist 100 at No. 5, as his new LP — A Gift & A Curse — arrives at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 (85,000 units), becoming his fifth top 10. Eleven songs from the album land on the latest Hot 100, led by “Fukumean” and “Back to the Moon” at Nos. 16 and 29, respectively.
Plus, Queens of the Stone Age re-enter the Artist 100 at No. 7, returning to the chart for the first time since 2017, thanks to the group’s new LP In Times New Roman… The album debuts at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 (40,000 units), becoming the band’s fourth top 10.
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay and streaming to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
Chayanne returns to the top 10 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart chart for the first time in nearly six years, as “Bailando Bachata” ascends 14-10 on the July 1-dated survey. The new top 10 follows the song’s debut on the upper region on Tropical Airplay, his first since 2008 there.
“Bailando Bachata” pushes from No. 14 after a 16% jump in audience impressions, to 6.09 million, earned in the U.S. during the June 16-22 tracking week, according to Luminate. It’s week-over-week improvement –the song debuted at No. 19 (June 10-dated chart) and hits the upper region in its fourth week– takes Chayanne back to the top 10 after almost six years. He last placed a No. 10-peaking song with “Qué Me Has Hecho,” featuring Wisin, in Sept. 2017.
With “Bailando,” Chayanne captures his 20th top 10 on Latin Airplay, tying with Luis Fonsi for the eighth-most among all Latin pop acts since the list’s inception in 1994. Here’s the scoreboard:
41, Enrique Iglesias
26, Shakira
28, Ricky Martin
25, Cristian Castro
22, Alejandro Fernández
21, Juanes
21, Luis Miguel
20, Chayanne
20, Luis Fonsi
Chayanne’s 20 top 10s span four decades. He first broke the top 10 barrier in 1996 with the hit “Solamente Tu Amor,” which reached No. 6 and held in the upper region for eight weeks. The Puerto Rican joins the exclusive club of artists who have achieved top 10s on Latin Airplay during the ‘90s, ‘00s, ‘10s, and ‘20s: Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, Ricky Martin and Luis Fonsi.
As mentioned, “Bailando” also takes Chayanne to new heights on Tropical Airplay as the song drives 4-3, his highest ranking since “Amor Inmortal” landed at the summit in October 2008, where it remained for five weeks.
Natti Natasha Takes-Off on Tropical Airplay Chart
Elsewhere on the Latin charts, Natti Natasha’s “La Falta Que Me Haces” debuts at No. 5 on Tropical Airplay with 5 million in audience impressions earned in the U.S. during the same tracking week.
“La Falta” was originally released April 20 as a slow-tempo tune and did not enter the charts. The new bachata version was released June 1 via Pina/Sony Music Latin and produced by the Dominican Polo Parra and written by Natti alongside Joss Favela. All versions of the song combined for tracking and charting purposes.
The No. 5 debut marks the highest start for Natti among her six total Troical Airplay appearances. It also becomes her fifth top 10, dating back to her featured role in Don Omar’s one-week champ “Dutty Love” in 2012.
Further, “La Falta” picks up speed on Latin Airplay, jumping 21-17 in its fourth week.
Young Miko is officially a Billboard Hot 100-charting artist as she scores her first entry on the July 1-dated chart with her collaboration with Feid, “Classy 101.”
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The song, released March 30 via Universal Music Latino/UMLE, debuts at No. 99 with 5.5 million official U.S. streams (up 11%) and 1.5 million radio audience impressions (up 11%) in the June 16-22 tracking week, according to Luminate.
The team-up also rises 19-15 on Hot Latin Songs in its 12th week on the chart. Radio-wise, it re-enters Latin Rhythm Airplay at No. 24 (after reaching No. 23).
The song’s worldwide profile also continues to surge, as the track rises 22-19 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart and 29-24 on the Billboard Global 200, with 33.5 million streams (up 7%) globally.
“Classy 101” is Young Miko’s first song to reach a U.S.-based Billboard chart. It first appeared at No. 29 on the April 15-dated Hot Latin Songs survey. Before that, she charted once before with her solo hit “Lisa.” The song debuted and peaked at No. 147 on Global Excl. U.S. in March.
Young Miko (real name María Victoria Ramírez de Arellano), 24, from Añasco, Puerto Rico, worked as a tattoo artist and studied at the University of Puerto Rico before releasing music. She dropped her debut EP, Trap Kitty, in July 2022 through The Wave Music Group. She has also collaborated with prominent names in Latin music: Arcángel, Brray, Caleb Callloway, Omar Courtz, Chris Jeday, Jowell & Randy, Lyanno and Casper Magico, among others. She also appears on Yandel’s latest LP Resistencia, on the song “Cuando Te Toca,” released in January.
Young Miko is currently on the road on her Trap Kitty World Tour, which runs through October.
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” adds a 20th week atop Billboard’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart (dated July 1).
The song surpasses “You Proof,” which dominated Hot Country Songs for 19 weeks beginning in May 2022, for the longest-leading of Wallen’s seven career No. 1s.
Here’s a look at the songs that have led Hot Country Songs for 20 weeks or more since the chart became an all-encompassing genre survey in October 1958. Wallen is the only soloist with two titles on the list, while duo Florida Georgia Line is the only other act with two. (All seven songs below have reigned since the chart adopted the all-genre Billboard Hot 100’s multimetric methodology in October 2012.)
Longest-Leading Hot Country Songs No. 1s (since 1958):
50 weeks, “Meant to Be,” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, beginning in December 2017
34, “Body Like a Back Road,” Sam Hunt, February 2017
27, “I Hope,” Gabby Barrett, July 2020
24, “Fancy Like,” Walker Hayes, July 2021
24, “Cruise,” Florida Georgia Line, December 2012
21, “10,000 Hours,” Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber, October 2019
20, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, February 2023
“Last Night,” released on Big Loud/Mercury/Republic Records, drew 72.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 4%) and 29.8 million streams (up 1%) and sold 7,000 downloads (down 3%) in the June 16-22 tracking week, according to Luminate.
“Last Night” concurrently leads Country Airplay for an eighth week – tying for the chart’s second-longest command ever, below “You Proof” (10 weeks) – and bullets at its No. 8 high on both Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay.
Unsurprisingly, the seven 20-week-plus Hot Country Songs leaders above have all received pop/adult crossover radio airplay support, as the chart reflects all-format airplay, in addition to streaming and sales data.
‘Car’ Ride
Concurrently on Hot Country Songs, Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 classic “Fast Car” holds at its No. 2 high. The cover attracted 21.2 million streams (up 4%) and sold 10,000 in the tracking week – as it hits No. 1 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart and rises to No. 2 on Streaming Songs.
The song, which Chapman solely authored, pushes 10-7 on the all-format Radio Songs chart, led by its No. 2 rank on Country Airplay, as it surged by 18% to 31.1 million in audience. It also bullets in the top 25 of Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop Airplay and Pop Airplay.
As previously reported, “Last Night” and “Fast Car” rank at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on the Hot 100, marking the first time in over 42 years that country songs have pulled off such a double-up.
Zimmerman’s 4th Top 10
Also on Hot Country Songs, Bailey Zimmerman scores his fourth top 10 as “Religiously” pushes 11-10. On Country Airplay, it climbs 16-14 for a new best (11.8 million, up 27%). It also drew 9.9 million official U.S. streams (up 6%) and sold 2,000.
Zimmerman made history on the Sept. 2, 2022-dated Hot Country Songs chart when he became the first artist to place three career-opening entries in the top 10 simultaneously. That week, “Rock and a Hard Place,” “Where It Ends” and “Fall in Love” ranked at Nos. 6, 7 and 10, respectively. The songs peaked at Nos. 2, 5 and 7.
On Country Airplay, Zimmerman has notched two No. 1s: “Fall in Love” led for a week in December 2022, followed by “Rock and a Hard Place,” which ruled for six frames starting this April.
Barring any unforeseen hurdles, Dave and Central Cee’s “Sprinter” (Live Yours/Neighbourhood) is bolting to a fourth week atop the U.K. chart. The record-breaking British hip-hop collaboration soaked up another 9 million streams last week, for a third consecutive cycle at the top. Based on sales and streaming data for the first half of the latest […]
Maisie Peters’ The Good Witch (Atlantic/Gingerbread Man) is working its magic on the United Kingdom.
The English pop singer and songwriter’s sophomore set leads the midweek chart, ahead of Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (via Columbia up 5-2) and Tom Grennan’s What Ifs & Maybes (down 1-3 via Insanity), respectively.
The Good Witch is the followup to Peters’ 2021 debut You Signed Up For This, which peaked at No. 2 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. A chart crown would cap a huge half-year for Peters, who supported Ed Sheeran for stadium shows across Australia and New Zealand earlier in 2023.
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Also set for high entries this week are Young Thug’s Business Is Business (300 Entertainment), which could become his second top 10 appearance, at No. 9; and Kelly Clarkson’s Chemistry (Atlantic), which could net the U.S. singing star her sixth U.K. top 10, at No. 10.
The “Glastonbury effect” can be seen up and down the Official Chart Update.
Scottish singer and songwriter Lewis Capaldi is one of the beneficiaries of a high-profile slot at Glastonbury Festival last weekend, which powers his albums Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (up 16-4 via EMI) and debut Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (up 34-12) on the midweek tally.
Elton John is winding up his touring career in the coming weeks, and enjoyed a boisterous send-off at Glastonbury. Now, his hits compilation Diamonds (Mercury/UMC) is on track to appear in the top 5 again, up 15-5.
Celebrated British alternative rock act Arctic Monkeys are hanging high on the midweek chart, with AM (No. 6), Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (No. 20) and Favourite Worst Nightmare (No. 38) — all via Domino Recordings — on the bounce following their Friday night performance at the Eavis’ famous fest.
Other Glastonbury performers enjoying a post-event albums blitz include Foo Fighters (But Here We Are at No. 16 via Columbia and The Essential Foo Fighters at No. 28 via Sony Music CG), Lana Del Rey (Born To Die at No. 36 via Polydor) and Guns N’ Roses (Greatest Hits at No. 37 via Geffen).
Finally, Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour hasn’t yet reached the U.K., but anticipation is causing her hit albums to spike. According to the Official Charts Company, former leaders Midnights (No. 7), 1989 (No. 11), Lover (No. 14), Reputation (No. 22) and Folklore (No. 31), all via EMI, are on the climb.
All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Albums Chart is published Friday, June 30.
Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” rebounds to No. 1, from No. 2, on the Billboard Global 200 chart (dated July 1). It rules for a sixth total week, having become the list’s first leader for the regional Mexican genre.
Meanwhile, YOASOBI’s “Idol” returns to No. 1, from No. 2, on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. The song, originally sung in Japanese, first led three weeks earlier following the release of its English-language version; it became the first song originally performed in Japanese to top the tally.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, which started 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.
‘Ella Baila Sola’ Extends Global 200 Reign
Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” rises to No. 1, from No. 2, on the Billboard Global 200. It rules for a sixth total week, having become the ranking’s first leader for the regional Mexican genre. It drew 58.2 million streams (down 10%) and sold 2,000 (down 6%) worldwide June 16-22.
Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma’s “La Bebe” bumps 3-2 on the Global 200, revisiting its best rank; Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” lifts 4-3, after 12 weeks at No. 1 starting in January; Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” climbs 9-4, after reaching No. 3 in January; and Fifty Fifty’s “Cupid” shoots 7-5, after it hit No. 2.
(After it launched at No. 1 on the Global 200 a week earlier, BTS’ “Take Two” falls to No. 27.)
‘Idol’ Back Atop Global Excl. U.S.
YOASOBI’s “Idol” pushes 2-1 for a second week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 40.1 million streams (down 3%) and 18,000 sold (down 16%) outside the U.S. June 16-22. The song, originally sung in Japanese, hit No. 1 three weeks earlier following the release of its English-language version; given its initial version, it became the first song originally performed in Japanese to have topped the chart.
Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma’s “La Bebe” ascends 3-2 on Global Excl. U.S., adding a fifth week at its highpoint; Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” rises 4-3, following 13 weeks at No. 1 (as it tied Harry Styles’ “As It Was” for the chart’s longest rule); Fifty Fifty’s “Cupid” flies 5-4, after two weeks on top starting in May; and Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” elevates 7-5, after reaching No. 2.
(A week after premiering at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S., BTS’ “Take Two” recedes to No. 15.)
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated July 1, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 27). 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 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.
ATEEZ lands its first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated July 1) as the Korean pop group’s latest release, The World EP.2: Outlaw, opens atop the tally. The six-song set launches with 101,000 copies sold — the act’s best sales week yet. In total, it’s the fourth top 10-charting set for the eight-member ensemble.
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Also in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, Queens of the Stone Age’s In Times New Roman… debuts at No. 2, while three older albums all surge into the top 10 following their premiere on vinyl: J. Cole’s Born Sinner, Gracie Abrams’ Good Riddance and Lil Peep’s Crybaby.
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. The new July 1, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on June 27. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Of The World EP.2: Outlaw’s 101,000 copies sold in its first week, physical sales comprise a little over 98,000 (all on CD) and digital album sales comprise the remaining sales.
Like many K-pop releases, the CD edition of The World EP.2: Outlaw was issued in collectible CD packages (21 total, including exclusive editions for Barnes & Noble, Target and Walmart, as well as some signed editions), each containing a standard set of branded merchandise items and randomized branded elements (action cards, partner cards, photo cards). Of the album’s sales, 97.5% were on the CD format, with the remainder generated by digital download album purchases. The set was not released on any other retail format (cassette, vinyl, etc.).
The World EP.2: Outlaw is the 10th album to sell at least 100,000 copies in a single week in 2023. Of those 10, seven of them are K-pop titles, with sales largely driven by collectible CD variants.
Queens of the Stone Age start at No. 2 on Top Album Sales with its latest set, In Times New Roman…, bowing with 36,000 copies sold. It’s the fifth top 10-charting effort for the group. Vinyl sales drove the majority of the album’s starting sum, with nearly 21,000 sold on the format (the band’s best week ever on vinyl, bolstered by its availability across seven variants). In Times New Roman… also debuts at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart — its third leader on that tally.
Stray Kids’ former leader 5-STAR: The 3rd Album falls 2-3 on Top Album Sales with 27,000 (down 41%), ENHYPEN’s Dark Blood rises 5-4 with 13,000 (down 34%) and Taylor Swift’s Midnights climbs 7-5 with 11,000 (down 34%).
J. Cole’s chart-topping Born Sinner, released in 2013, returns to the chart for the first time since 2014, as its vinyl release prompts its re-entry at No. 6 with 11,000 sold (up 39,761%) — nearly all from vinyl sales. For its 10th anniversary, the album was pressed on three vinyl variants, including a Target-exclusive edition. On Vinyl Albums, the set debuts at No. 2.
Gracie Abrams’ Good Riddance, which was released in February, jumps back onto Top Album Sales at No. 7 — a new peak — with 10,000 sold (up 3,322%, its best sales week yet; almost entirely from vinyl sales). It was available across five vinyl variants and starts at No. 3 on the Vinyl Albums chart.
Lil Peep’s Crybaby, released in 2016, hits Top Album Sales for the first time as its vinyl release prompts its debut at No. 8 with 8,000 sold (up 631%), with 7,000 of that sum on vinyl. It’s the third top 10-charting set for the late Lil Peep, who died in 2017, and all of his chart entries have been posthumous. Crybaby bows at No. 5 on the Vinyl Albums chart.
Rounding out the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart is SEVENTEEN’s SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML (climbing 11-9 with 8,000; down 4%) and Swift’s Folklore (13-10 with nearly 8,000; up 6%).
Dave and Central Cee‘s supreme chart run can’t be halted as “Sprinter” logs a third successive week at No. 1 in the U.K.
“Sprinter” (via Live Yours/Neighbourhood) is already a record-breaker in the U.K., where, on debut, it accumulated a history-setting volume of streams for a rap track.
For the recently completed chart cycle, “Sprinter” notches over 9 million streams, according to the Official Charts Company, to outrace J Hus and Drake’s “Who Told You” (Black Butter/OVO/Republic) and Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding’s “Miracle” (Columbia), respectively. “Sprinter” also stays on top of Australia’s ARIA Chart.
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Harry Styles’ is feeling the love on the Official U.K. Singles Chart. As the former One Direction star’s Love On Tour show works its way around his homeland, Styles climbs with a trio of Harry’s House numbers, led by former leader “As It Was,” up 7-5. Meanwhile, “Satellite” cracks the top 20 for the first time, up 31-18, and “Late Night Talking” lifts 30-22.
Kylie Minogue‘s comeback gathers pace with “Padam Padam” (BMG). The pop legend’s steamy EDM-infused comeback track improves 9-8 for a new high on the latest tally, published Friday, June 23. “Padam Padam” matches the position of the Australian singer’s last U.K. top 10 appearance, 2011’s “Higher” with Taio Cruz and Travie McCoy, and is her 35th U.K. top 10.
Also on the rise is Scottish DJ Hannah Laing and rising singer RoRo, as their club track “Good Love” (WUGD) rises 13-9. It’s the first-ever U.K. top 10 chart appearance for both artists.
The best-placed new release belongs to former Little Mix singer Leigh-Anne, who gets her solo career away with the U.K. garage number “Don’t Say Love” (Warner Records). It starts its chart journey at No. 11.
Finally, South Korean DJ, singer and producer Peggy Gou bags her first U.K. top 40 single with floor filler “(It Goes Like) Nanana” (XL Recordings), which leaps into the chart at No. 14.
There are no ifs, no buts about it — Tom Grennan has the U.K. chart crown with What Ifs & Maybes (Insanity).
The leader at the midweek point, What Ifs & Maybes holds on to give the British singer and songwriter his second U.K. leader.
It’s the followup to Grennan’s Evering Road, which led the chart in 2021, and debut Lighting Matches, which peaked at No. 5 in 2018.
Grennan outmuscles some heavy rock in the form of Queens of the Stone Age, whose eighth studio set In Times New Roman (Matador) bows at No. 2. In Times New Roman becomes the sixth U.K. top 10 appearance for Josh Jomme and Co., and is the followup to Villains, which led the national chart following its release in 2017. In Times New Roman also starts at No. 2 on Australia’s ARIA Chart, behind homegrown blues-rock outfit The Teskey Brothers’ The Winding Way.
Closing out the U.K. top three is Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (Columbia), up 4-3.
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Meanwhile, London synth-pop veterans Pet Shop Boys check in for an 18th U.K. top 10 with their career retrospect, SMASH: The Singles 1985-2020 (Parlophone). It’s new at No. 4. Close behind, at No. 5, is Far From Saints’ eponymously titled album, via Ignition. Far From Saints is a project featuring Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones, along with the Wind And The Wave’s members Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker.
The top end of the latest Official U.K. Albums Chart, published Friday, June 23, is stacked with new releases. Among them, Texas’s compilation The Very Best Of – 1989-2023 (PIAS Recordings). The pop-rock outfit drops in at No. 6, as fans tune-in ahead of the Texas’ performance at Glastonbury’s main Pyramid Stage.
Further down the list is Gunna, who fires away for his third U.K. top 10 spot with A Gift & A Curse (Warner Records), new at No. 9.
There’s a touch of history on the chart as ATEEZ becomes just the second male K-pop band — after BTS – to snag a U.K. top 10 album appearance, with The World Ep.2: Outlaw (KQ Entertainment). It’s new at No. 10. The pop act — Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho — recently toured the U.K. with The Fellowship: Break The Wall Tour, an itinerary that included a sold-out concert at London’s The O2.
Finally, Taylor Swift fever is sweeping the U.K. once again as five of the American pop superstar’s albums impact the top 40, led by Midnights (EMI), unchanged at No. 8. The latest outbreak is triggered by the announcement last week of the U.K. leg for her The Eras Tour.