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10 Sep 2023

Zach Bryan Spends Second Week Atop Billboard 200 With Self-Titled Album

Zach Bryan’s self-titled album spends a second week atop Billboard 200 chart (dated Sept. 16), as the set earned 115,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 7 (down 42%) according to Luminate.

Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 chart, the late Jimmy Buffett — who died on Sept. 1 — returns to the top five as his best-of collection Songs You Know by Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hit(s) re-enters the list at No. 4. It marks the album’s highest rank ever — and first week in the top 10, or even top 40, dating to its release in 1985 — and Buffett’s 13th top 10-charting album.

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 Sept. 16, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Sept. 12. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Zach Bryan’s 115,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 7, SEA units comprise 111,000 (down 77%, equaling 144.08 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 16 songs), album sales comprise 3,000 (down 50%), and TEA units comprise 1,000 (down 36%).

Bryan’s genre-blending album is categorized as country, Americana/folk and rock on Billboard’s charts. It is the first rock effort to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in seven years — since the Suicide Squad soundtrack logged its first two weeks at No. 1 (Aug. 27-Sept. 3, 2016 charts). It’s the first Americana/folk project to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 since Chris Stapleton’s Traveller also ruled in its first two frames in 2015 (Nov. 21 and 28). Country, Americana/folk and rock albums are defined as those that are eligible for, or have charted on, Billboard’s Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Rock Albums charts, respectively.

A pair of former No. 1s trails Bryan, as Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time climbs 3-2 (84,000 equivalent album units; up 1%) and Travis Scott’s Utopia dips 2-3 (72,000; down 21%).

The late Buffett’s first best-of compilation, the 1985 release Songs You Know by Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hit(s), re-enters the Billboard 200 at a new peak of No. 4. The album initially peaked at No. 100 the year of its release.

In the tracking week ending Sept. 7, Songs You Know by Heart earned 52,000 equivalent album units (up 2,122%) following the singer-songwriter’s death on Sept. 1 at age 76. It marks the 13th top 10-charting album for Billboard’s most famous alumnus. Buffett was a Nashville-based reporter for Billboard in 1969-70, before the release of his first album.

Songs You Know by Heart contains Buffett’s only Billboard Hot 100 top 10-charting hit, “Margaritaville,” which reached No. 8 in 1977. It also houses the top 40-charting tunes “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” “Come Monday” and “Fins.”

Like Bryan’s latest album, Buffett’s Songs You Know by Heart is also categorized as a country, Americana/folk and rock album. In turn, with Wallen’s own country set One Thing at a Time at No. 2, there are three country albums in the top four on the Billboard 200 for the first time in over a decade. The feat last happened when the entire top three were country efforts on the Nov. 20, 2010-dated list, with Swift’s Speak Now, Jason Aldean’s My Kinda Party and Sugarland’s The Incredible Machine at Nos. 1-3, respectively.

Taylor Swift’s chart-topping Midnights falls 4-5 on the new Billboard 200 (45,000 equivalent album units; down 8%), SZA’s former leader SOS descends 5-6 (nearly 45,000; down 7%), the Barbie soundtrack drops 6-7 (42,000; down 11%), Peso Pluma’s Génesis slips 7-8 (42,000; down 3%), Swift’s former No. 1 Lover falls 8-9 (41,000; down 3%), and Wallen’s chart-topping Dangerous: The Double Album is a non-mover at No. 10 (nearly 41,000; up 1%).

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.

08 Sep 2023

Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ Returns to No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart After New Vinyl Release

Tyler, the Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost finds its way back to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Sept. 9), as the album vaults 76-1 following a new vinyl release of the set. It’s the album’s third week at No. 1 in as many years, following one-week visits to the top in 2022 and 2021.

The album’s return is owed to the Aug. 25 release of the first vinyl pressing of the deluxe edition of the album, dubbed Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale. The deluxe edition was originally issued via streamers and digital retailers in March 2023. The triple-LP set was pressed on blue-colored vinyl. In total in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 31, all retail versions of the album combined – old and new – sold just over 29,000 copies (up 1,397%), according to Luminate. Vinyl sales comprised nearly all of that sum.

Call Me If You Get Lost previously hit No. 1 for one week in 2022 (April 30-dated chart) after the original album’s release on vinyl, and for one week in 2021 (July 10, its debut frame).

In total in the U.S. through the week ending Aug. 31, Call Me If You Get Lost has sold 328,000 copies on vinyl across its multiple vinyl editions.

Elsewhere in the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales chart, Zach Bryan’s self-titled set launches at No. 3, and The Turnpike Troubadours’ A Cat In the Rain debuts at No. 5.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Travis Scott’s chart-topping Utopia falls to No. 2 after four weeks at No. 1 (selling 29,000 copies; down 68%), while Bryan’s self-titled album bows at No. 3 with 17,000 sold (all from digital downloads, as it has yet to be released on any physical format). NewJeans’ former No. 1 2nd EP ‘Get Up’ rises 7-4 with 13,000 (down 17%), while The Turnpike Troubadours’ A Cat in the Rain starts at No. 5 with nearly 13,000 sold.

Taylor Swift’s former leader Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) rises 8-6 (nearly 13,000; down 19%), NCT DREAM’s ISTJ: The 3rd Album falls 6-7 (12,500; down 49%), and J-Hope’s Jack in the Box falls 2-8 (12,000; down 74%). Swift’s former No. 1 Midnights climbs 11-9 (10,000; down 12%), and JIHYO’s Zone (The 1st Mini Album) falls 4-10 (10,000; down 73%).

In the week ending Aug. 31, there were 1.666 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 12.6% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.333 million (down 15.3%) and digital albums comprised 334,000 (up 0.1%).

There were 552,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Aug. 31 (down 18.9% week-over-week) and 773,000 vinyl albums sold (up 12.6%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 23.283 million (up 1.8% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 31.147 million (up 20.4%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 67.201 million (up 6.9% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 54.788 million (up 11.6%) and digital album sales total 12.414 million (down 10%).

08 Sep 2023

Zach Bryan Rules 8 Songwriter & Producer Charts, Thanks to New Album

Zach Bryan has had a massive week on Billboard’s charts (dated Sept. 9), thanks to the arrival of his new self-titled LP.

Zach Bryan launches atop the Billboard 200, Top Country Albums, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Americana/Folk Albums charts with 200,000 equivalent album units earned Aug 25-31, according to Luminate.

Concurrently, the collection’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs – becoming the first track ever to top all those tallies.

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All 16 songs from the set storm the Hot 100, and genre-specific charts for country and rock/alternative, helping Bryan hit No. 1 on four songwriter charts and four producer charts.

Here’s a recap of all the songwriter and producer charts on which Bryan is No. 1:

Hot 100 Songwriters (1st week at No. 1)
Hot 100 Producers (1st week at No. 1)
Country Songwriters (39th week at No. 1)
Country Producers (1st week at No. 1)
Rock & Alternative Songwriters (49th week at No. 1)
Rock & Alternative Producers (1st week at No. 1)
Rock Songwriters (49th week at No. 1)
Rock Producers (1st week at No. 1)

Further, here is a recap of Bryan’s entries on the latest Hot 100:

No. 1, “I Remember Everything,” feat. Kacey Musgraves
No. 14, “Hey Driver,” feat. The War and Treaty
No. 17, “Spotless,” feat. The Lumineers
No. 18, “East Side of Sorrow”
No. 20, “Tourniquet”
No. 22, “Overtime”
No. 23, “Summertime’s Close”
No. 24, “Fear and Friday’s”
No. 29, “Ticking”
No. 31, “El Dorado”
No. 37, “Holy Roller,” feat. Sierra Ferrell
No. 38, “Smaller Acts”
No. 39, “Fear and Friday’s (Poem)”
No. 41, “Jake’s Piano – Long Island”
No. 44, “Tradesman”
No. 47, “Oklahoman Son”
No. 76, “Dawns,” feat. Maggie Rogers (holds in place; peaked at No. 42 in February)
No. 88, “Oklahoma Smoke Show” (down from its No. 81 peak)

Bryan is the sole credited producer on all 16 songs on the new album (as well as “Dawns,” not on the set). He’s also the only credited songwriter on 14 songs on the LP (as well as “Oklahoma Smoke Show,” likewise not on the album). The only track above on which he is not billed as a producer is “Oklahoma Smoke Show,” which is credited to Eddie Spears.

Bryan is listed as a co-writer on “I Remember Everything” (with Musgraves), “Spotless” (with The Lumineers’ Wesley Keith Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites) and “Dawns” (with Rogers).

Bryan is just the third person to simultaneously top the Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts this year, after Taylor Swift (among eight total weeks leading the lists together) and Travis Scott.

Billboard launched the Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts, as well as genre-specific rankings for country, rock & alternative, R&B/hip-hop, R&B, rap, Latin, Christian, gospel and dance/electronic, in June 2019, while alternative and hard rock joined in 2020, along with seasonal holiday rankings in 2022. The charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot 100. The genre-based songwriter and producer charts follow the same methodology based on corresponding “Hot”-named genre charts. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).

The full Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts and full genre rankings can be found on Billboard.com.

08 Sep 2023

‘Bury’ the Lead: Kane Brown Banks 10th No. 1 on Country Airplay Chart

Kane Brown’s “Bury Me in Georgia” hops from No. 4 to No. 1 in its 29th week on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Sept. 16). In the tracking week ending Sept. 7, it increased by 11% to 29.3 million impressions, according to Luminate.

Brown wrote the song with Josh Hoge, Matt McGinn and Jordan Schmidt.

Brown claims his 10th Country Airplay leader, among 11 top 10s. He earns his fifth straight No. 1 on the chart, the longest active run among all artists currently charting. Luke Combs rattled off a record 14 consecutive No. 1 singles from the start of his career before “The Kind of Love We Make” peaked at No. 2 in September 2022; he has since started a new streak of three chart-toppers in a row, the second-longest active run. On the Sept. 9 chart, Combs added his 17th leader, “Love You Anyway,” now at No. 2.

Brown led Country Airplay most recently with “Thank God,” with his wife Katelyn Brown, for a week in February. Before that, he reigned with “Like I Love Country Music” (August 2022), “One Mississippi” (March 2022) and “Famous Friends,” with Chris Young (July 2021), also for a week each. He first ruled the chart with “What Ifs,” featuring Lauren Alaina, in October 2017.

Meanwhile, Jason Aldean racks up his 37th Country Airplay top 10 as “Try That in a Small Town” lifts 11-10, up 13% to 21.7 million impressions. He ties Reba McEntire for the eighth-most top 10s since the chart began in 1990; George Strait leads with 61.

The song went viral following the July 14 premiere of its controversial video, which CMT pulled after three days in rotation. It re-entered the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart dated July 29 (following a week on the survey, at No. 35, in early June) and led for two weeks, marking his first No. 1 since 2014. It also gave Aldean his first No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.

08 Sep 2023

Dua Lipa’s ‘Dance the Night’ Hits No. 1 on Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay Charts

Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” struts its way to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay charts, dated Sept. 16.

It also marks the second song from the Barbie: The Album soundtrack to top a radio airplay tally.

On Pop Airplay, Lipa lands her fifth No. 1, following “Levitating,” which led for three weeks beginning in June 2021; “Break My Heart” (one week, August 2020); “Don’t Start Now” (three weeks, starting in February 2020); and “New Rules” (four weeks, February 2018).

On Adult Pop Airplay, Lipa leads with her fourth title, following “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” with Elton John (one week, March 2022); “Levitating” (seven weeks, beginning in June 2021); and “Don’t Start Now” (three weeks, starting in April 2020).

The Pop Airplay chart reflects songs’ weekly plays, as tabulated by Mediabase and provided to Billboard by Luminate, on around 150 U.S. mainstream top 40 radio stations. Adult Pop Airplay spotlights airplay on around 80 adult top 40 stations.

Meanwhile, “Dance the Night” is the second song from Barbie to hit No. 1 on a radio ranking; Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie Word,” with Aqua, rules Rhythmic Airplay for a fourth week.

Additionally, the movie and soundtrack’s “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish ranks at new highs of No. 20 on Alternative Airplay and No. 24 on Pop Airplay.

“The fact that [Barbie director and co-writer] Greta [Gerwig] saw this film almost as a musical, and was so involved with the soundtrack, was an absolutely critical factor in how and why the music [has] worked so well,” Kevin Weaver, Atlantic Records West Coast president and Barbie soundtrack co-producer, recently told Billboard. (Atlantic and Warner Records are co-promoting “Dance the Night” to radio.)

Since its release (through Aug. 31), “Dance the Night” has drawn 667 million in all-format radio audience and 127 million official on-demand streams and sold 56,000 downloads in the U.S., according to Luminate.

Barbie, meanwhile, leads all 2023 movie releases with a domestic haul north of $600 million and more than $1.38 billion worldwide, among other achievements.

All Billboard charts dated Sept. 16 will update on Tuesday, Sept. 12.

08 Sep 2023

Ayron Jones Notches Second Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1

Ayron Jones is back atop Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with “Blood in the Water,” which reaches No. 1 on the Sept. 16-dated survey.

The song is Jones’ second No. 1, following the four-week leader “Mercy” beginning in June 2021.

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In between “Mercy” and “Blood in the Water,” Jones reached Mainstream Rock Airplay with three titles, paced by the No. 2-peaking “Supercharged” in November 2021.

Jones is the second soloist to top Mainstream Rock Airplay in 2023 following Jelly Roll, whose “Need a Favor” led in July. It’s the continuation of a slight uptick in songs by solo artists ruling Mainstream Rock Airplay in recent years; in 2022, Ozzy Osbourne, Jelly Roll and Nita Strauss topped the ranking, while Jones was the lone soloist in 2021, and both Corey Taylor and Chris Cornell led in 2020. 2019 saw Osbourne rule, but that followed a five-year respite back to 2014, when Slash’s “World on Fire,” featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, reigned.

Concurrently, “Blood in the Water” leaps 11-5 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay tally with 2.5 million audience impressions Sept. 1-7, according to Luminate. It becomes Jones’ top-charting song there, eclipsing the No. 8 peak of “Supercharged.”

“Blood in the Water” is the second single from Jones’ album Chronicles of the Kid, released in June. Lead track “Filthy” reached No. 18 on Mainstream Rock Airplay in November 2022. The LP has earned 7,000 equivalent album units to date. It’s Jones’ second set, following 2021’s Child of the State, with both released via Big Machine/John Varvatos.

All Billboard charts will update Tuesday, Sept. 12, on Billboard.com.

08 Sep 2023

Noah Kahan & Post Malone’s ‘Dial Drunk’ Tops Alternative Airplay Chart

For the first time for each, Noah Kahan and Post Malone lead Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart as “Dial Drunk” lifts to the top of the survey dated Sept. 16.

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The song has far surpassed Kahan’s previous best on Alternative Airplay, set by “Stick Season,” which reached No. 21 in February.

Malone previously peaked as high as No. 23 on Alternative Airplay with “Circles” in February 2020.

Kahan and Malone are the first solo artists to reign on Alternative Airplay in over a year. The last was BoyWithUke, who led for a week in July 2022 with “Toxic.” In between, 16 songs by groups reigned.

“Dial Drunk” concurrently rules Adult Alternative Airplay for a second week. It’s Kahan’s first No. 1 there; the version predominantly played on adult alternative radio is the original featuring only Kahan.

On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay tally, “Dial Drunk” remains at its No. 3 best with 3.6 million audience impressions, Sept. 1-7, according to Luminate.

On the most recently published multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart (dated Sept. 9), “Dial Drunk” ranked at No. 18, following its No. 3 debut and peak in June. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 8.9 million official U.S. streams and 2,000 downloads in the Aug. 25-31 tracking week.

“Dial Drunk” is on the deluxe edition of Kahan’s album Stick Season, which arrived June 9 after the standard version was released in October 2022. It has earned 727,000 equivalent album units to date.

All Billboard charts dated Sept. 16 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Sept. 12.

08 Sep 2023

Polaris Reigns on Australia’s Chart With ‘Fatalism’

Polaris rocks Australia’s albums chart with Fatalism, while Doja Cat extends her streak atop the national singles survey with “Paint The Town Red”.

Hailing from Sydney, melodic metalcore merchants Polaris powers to a first ever-leader with Fatalism (Resist Records/Orchard), bowing at the summit of the ARIA Chart, published Sept. 8.

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Fatalism is the band’s third studio album, and third appearance in the top 10. The five-piece landed at No. 6 with 2017 debut The Mortal Coil; peaked at No. 3 with its 2017 followup The Death Of Me, while 2016 EP The Guilt & The Grief reached No. 34.

Polaris this week kicked off its national tour in support of Fatalism, which will be followed with a return to the U.K. and Europe supporting While She Sleeps, with a North American headline run later in October (including a date at Aftershock Festival 2023).

Following the expansion of his stadium tour Down Under, the Weeknd’s catalog knuckles down on the ARIA Chart. The Highlights (Universal) rises 3-2, ahead of Travis Scott’s Utopia (Epic/Sony), while a second Weeknd record impacts the top 5, his former leader album Starboy, holding at No. 4.

Zach Bryan is one of several U.S. country stars enjoying hits on both main ARIA Charts this year. His self-titled fourth studio album Zach Bryan (Warner) dips 2-5, and he’s close to cracking the top 10 on the national singles chart with two tracks, his duet with Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (Universal/Warner) up 19-11 in its second week, and “Something In The Orange” (Warner), unchanged at No. 12 in its 60th week on the tally.

At the pointy end of the ARIA Singles Chart is Doja Cat’s “Paint The Town Red” (RCA/Sony), the leader for a third successive week. Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” (No. 2 via Universal) and Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” (No. 3 via Republic/Universal) complete an unchanged podium.

Finally, Kylie Minogue cracks the ARIA Chart with “Tension” (Liberation), the title track from her forthcoming 16th studio album, due out Sept. 22. It’s the follow up to “Padam Padam,” which peaked at No. 19 on the ARIA Chart earlier in 2023, for her 56th top 100 chart appearance in her homeland. “Padam Padam” also cracked the top 10 in the U.K., for her 35th top tier effort in her adopted home.

07 Sep 2023

Foo Fighters Rewrite Mainstream Rock Airplay Top 10 Record With ‘Under You’

Foo Fighters break the record for the most top 10s on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, as “Under You” climbs from No. 11 to No. 9 on the Sept. 9-dated survey.

“Under You” sprints to the top 10 in its fifth week on the chart, giving the Dave Grohl-led rockers 31 top career 10s.

That solely marks the most in the Mainstream Rock Airplay survey’s 42-year history, snapping Foo Fighters out of a tie with Shinedown.

Most Top 10s, Mainstream Rock Airplay
31, Foo Fighters
30, Shinedown
29, Five Finger Death Punch
28, Godsmack
28, Tom Petty (solo and with the Heartbreakers)
26, Disturbed
26, Metallica
26, Van Halen
25, Papa Roach

Foo Fighters first hit the Mainstream Rock Airplay top 10 with their debut single “This Is a Call,” which reached No. 6 in August 1995. They currently have a streak of five straight top 10s going, dating to “Waiting on a War” in 2021.

Of those 31 top 10s, 12 have reached No. 1, most recently the six-week ruler “Rescued,” the single prior to “Under You” from Foo Fighters’ latest album, But Here We Are.

Previously, “Under You” extended Foo Fighters’ record for the most top 10s on Alternative Airplay (30) and gave the band sole possession of the most Rock & Alternative Airplay top 10s (16, dating to the chart’s 2009 inception).

Concurrently, “Under You” jumps 8-3 on Alternative Airplay and 29-20 on Adult Alternative Airplay. On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, it remains at its No. 2 high with 5.6 million audience impressions, up 16%, Aug. 25-31, according to Luminate.

On the multi-metric Hot Hard Rock Songs list, “Under You” rises 11-9, returning to the top 10 for the first time since it reached No. 8 on the June 17 ranking, when But Here We Are made its chart start. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 371,000 official U.S. streams Aug. 25-31.

But Here We Are, Foo Fighters’ 11th studio set, debuted at No. 1 on the Top Alternative Albums chart dated June 17 and has earned 127,000 equivalent album units to date.

07 Sep 2023

Controversial Hot 100 Hits: Britney Spears, Lil Nas X, Madonna & More | Billboard News

Billboard takes a look back at some of the most controversial Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 tracks.

From Cardi B andMegan Thee Stallion to Katy Perry to Robin Thicke and many more before them, controversy has always been a part of music. With two controversial No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 this summer, Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” and Oliver Anthony Music’s “Rich Men North of Richmond,” let’s look back at a few of the chart toppers that have stirred up the most controversy.

Madonna’s career is no stranger to controversy, but it was her 1991 hit “Justify My Love” that got the singer’s video banned from MTV for images of sadomasochism, voyeurism and bisexuality.

In November of 1998, the world was introduced to 16-year-old Britney Spears, who came out the gate with her controversial smash “Baby One More Time.” The erotically charged lyrics were considered too mature for a teen pop star at the time, but that did not stop the Princess of Pop from reaching No. 1.

Following his record-setting run at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X brought controversy with his sexually charged song and provocative video for “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” when he gave the devil a lap dance.

And those are just a few controversial No. 1 hits from the Hot 100. For our full list, head to Billboard.com.

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