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There’s no surer mark of true pop stardom in the 21st century than endurance: Can your hits define not just a single cultural moment, but multiple, spanning decades and eras? Can you evolve enough to stay relevant amidst changing trends and industry shakeups? If so, then maybe you fit the criteria for entry in the Three-Decade Club: an exclusive group of artists who’ve managed to score top 10 hits in each decade of the 21st century thus far. To do so requires a high level of creativity, awareness and popularity — both with fans and with fellow artists — and of course, a little luck with timing never hurts either.
Here are the 18 artists to notch the Hot 100 three-decade feat so far — now also accounting for a French star DJ who scored a 2022 pop revival with a mid-’10s demo built around the hook from an ’00s hit.
Taylor Swift: Already the proud artist behind five top 10 hits this decade — including three No. 1s, with 2020’s “Cardigan” and “Willow” and 2021’s “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” — Taylor Swift has been a relatively consistent visitor to the Hot 100’s top tier since first getting there with Fearless smashes “Love Story” (No. 4) and “You Belong With Me” (No. 2) in 2009. That includes another 20 top 10 hits in the 2010s alone, with five No. 1s: “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (2012), “Shake It Off” (2014), “Blank Space” (2014), “Bad Blood” (with Kendrick Lamar, 2015) and “Look What You Made Me Do” (2017).
M.I.A. Maya Arulpragasam first made her Hot 100 debut in 2008 with the Clash-sampling “Paper Planes,” a surprise No. 4 hit that September. In 2012, she appeared as a featured guest on Madonna’s “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” which peaked at No. 10 that February after she performed it (somewhat infamously) with the pop legend at that year’s Super Bowl. Then in 2020, she appeared as a featured artist on Travis Scott’s No. 1-debuting “Franchise.” (She’s the first artist to have her only three top 10 hits be spread across the last three decades.)
Jason Derulo. Derulo first visited with the Hot 100-topping “Whatcha Say” in late 2009, then scored an additional five top 10 hits over the 2010s, the biggest being the No. 3-peaking (and 2 Chainz-featuring) “Talk Dirty” in 2014. He returned to the top of the Hot 100 for the first time in over a decade in 2020 with his Jawsh 365 collab “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat),” which also included BTS on the remix that helped put the song over the top on the chart.
Mariah Carey. Mimi’s chart-busting days go back to the ’90s, of course, when she scored 19 Hot 100 top 10 hits over the course of the decade, including 14 No. 1s. In the 2000s, she landed another eight top 10s, with four No. 1s (“Thank God I Found You” featuring Joe and 98 Degrees, 2000; “We Belong Together,” 2005; “Don’t Forget About Us,” 2005; “Touch My Body,” 2008). Then she knocked out the ’10s and ’20s with one song: holiday perennial “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” whose first-ever trip to No. 1 stretched from late 2019 to early 2020, and which has returned to pole position each holiday season since.
Maroon 5. As consistent a hitmaker as the 21st century has seen, Maroon 5 first graced the Hot 100 top 10 in 2004 with “This Love,” visiting twice more that decade, and reaching the chart apex with “Makes Me Wonder” in 2007. In the 2010s, they scored 12 more top 10 hits, including three No. 1s (“Moves Like Jagger” featuring Christina Aguilera, 2011; “One More Night,” 2012; “Girls Like You” featuring Cardi B, 2018). This decade, they ducked their head into the top 10 early with “Memories,” which peaked at No. 2 in January 2020.
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Drake. The new all-time record-holder for most Hot 100 hits scored the first of his 40 with the No. 2-peaking “Best I Ever Had” in 2009, one of two top 10s of his that decade. He then went on to totally dominate the 2010s, with 33 top 10 hits that encompassed six No. 1s (as the featured artist on Rihanna’s “What’s My Name”, 2010 and “Work,” 2016; “One Dance” featuring WizKid and Kyla, 2016; “God’s Plan,” 2018; “Nice For What,” 2018; “In My Feelings,” 2018). He’s made quick work in the 2020s, notching a staggering 23 top 10 hits this decade — including nine in one week with the release of Certified Lover Boy in autumn 2021 — led by five total No. 1s: “Toosie Slide” (2020), “What’s Next” (2021), “Way Too Sexy” (alongside Future and featuring Young Thug, 2021), “Wait For U” (featured along with Tems on the Future-led single, 2022) and “Jimmy Cooks” (featuring 21 Savage, 2022).
Eminem. Though Eminem broke out in the late ’90s, his first trip to the top ten came in 2000, when “The Real Slim Shady” hit No. 4. One of the biggest stars of the ’00s, he landed 11 top 10 hits that decade, with two No. 1s (“Lose Yourself,” 2002; “Crack a Bottle” with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, 209), and then added another 10 in the 2010s, including three No. 1s (“Not Afraid,” 2010; “Love the Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna, 2010; “The Monster” featuring Rihanna, 2013). This decade, he hit No. 3 with the Juice WRLD-assisted “Godzilla,” from his surprise Music to Be Murdered By LP.
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Lady Gaga. Gaga came out scorching, topping the Hot 100 with her first two singles in 2009 (“Just Dance” featuring Colby O’Donnis and “Poker Face”) and hitting the top ten twice more that year. She kept it going in the 2010s with another 11 top 10 hits, led by the chart-topping “Born This Way” (2011) and “Shallow” with Bradley Cooper (2019), and made the top 10 twice in 2020 with the Chromatica singles “Stupid Love” (No. 5) and “Rain on Me” with Ariana Grande (No. 1).
Beyoncé. After a dominant turn-of-the-century run as part of Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé scored her first top 10 as a guest artist on Jay-Z’s “’03 Bonnie & Clyde” (No. 4, 2002), then broke out as a solo star in 2003, with her first charting two singles (“Crazy in Love” with Jay-Z and “Baby Boy” with Sean Paul) shooting to No. 1. Bey scored 13 total top 10s that decade, including three more No. 1s (“Check On It” featuring Slim Thug, 2005; “Irrepleaceable,” 2006; “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” 2009), and added another five to her tally in the 2010s, with one more No. 1 in her guest appearance on Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect.” She made it Hot 100-toppers in three straight decades in May 2020, with her guest spot on the remix to Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” and returns to the top 10 on her own this week with her Renaissance lead single “Break My Soul.”
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Lil Wayne. Speaking of Destiny’s Child, rap icon Lil Wayne scored his first top 10 hit with a verse on their “Soldier” in 2005, and racked up a total of 10 top 10 hits before the decade was out, led by the Hot 100-besting “Lollipop” featuring Static Major in 2008 and “Down” with Jay Sean in 2009. An additional 14 top 10s followed in the 2010s, with a third No. 1 coming via his featured turn on DJ Khaled’s “I’m the One” alongside Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo. In 2020, Wayne found himself back in the top 10 when he was added to the remix of Jack Harlow’s “Whats Poppin,” a No. 2-peaking hit.
Chris Brown. The then-teen star hit No. 1 with his breakout hit “Run It!” in 2005, the first of his nine top 10 hits that decade (also encompassing a second No. 1, “Kiss Kiss” featuring T-Pain). The ’10s saw Brown amass another six top 10s (led by “No Guidance” featuring Drake, a No. 5 hit in 2019), and he hit the top 10 for the first time this decade with Young Thug collab “Go Crazy,” which peaked at No. 3 in March 2021.
Miley Cyrus. After breaking out as a pop-rock hitmaker under her own name, the entertainer formerly best known as Hannah Montana scored four top 10 hits in the 2000s, beginning with the No. 10-peaking “See You Again” in 2008. She returned to the region another four times in the 2010s, one of which marked her first (and to date, only) visit to No. 1 on the chart, with her “Wrecking Ball” spending three non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2013. She’s added on more visit so far in the 2020s, with her appearance alongside The Kid LAROI on his No. 8-peaking “Without You” remix in 2021.
Kanye West: The first decade of Kanye’s superstardom saw him make 12 trips to the top 10, including three to the top spot: as a featured guest (alongside Jamie Foxx) on Twista’s “Slow Jamz” (2004), as a lead artist (with Jamie Foxx again featured) on “Gold Digger” (2005) and on his own with “Stronger” (2007). He made another six appearances in the top 10 in the 2010s, though only one topped the chart: “E.T.,” led by Katy Perry, in 2011. This decade, he’s returned to the region twice, both with cuts from his 2021 Donda album: “Hurricane” (No. 6) and “Jail” (No. 10).
Jay-Z. Like Mariah Carey, Jay-Z’s hitmaking days go back to the ’90s — and in fact, the rapper’s second top 10 visit (and first Hot 100 No. 1) came as a guest on Mimi’s “Heartbreaker” in 1999. In the 2000s, Jay was a Hot 100 fixture, reaching the top 10 an impressive 14 times and topping the chart three times (as a featured artist on Beyoncé’s “Crazy in Love” in 2003 and Rihanna’s “Umbrella” in 2007, and as a lead artist alongside Alicia Keys on “Empire State of Mind” in 2009). He kept the momentum going in the 2010s with five top 10 hits — with the Mr. Hudson-featuring “Young Forever” (No. 10, 2010), the Kanye West collab “N—as in Paris” (No. 5), the Justin Timberlake-led “Suit & Tie” (No. 3, 2013), the JT-featuring “Holy Grail” (No. 4, 2013), and another Bey-led smash, “Drunk in Love” (No. 2, 2014). This decade, he’s reached the region just once so far, via a feature appearance on Drake’s “Love All” (No. 10, 2021).
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Coldplay. The U.K. pop-rock outfit hit the top 10 twice in their breakout decade of the 2000s, including the Hot 100-topping “Viva La Vida” in 2008. They continued to be a fixture on the chart throughout the 2010s, reaching the top 10 twice — with “A Sky Full of Stars” (No. 10) in 2014, and “Something Just Like This” (No. 3) alongside The Chainsmokers in 2017. In late 2021, they scored their first Hot 100 No. 1 since “Viva La Vida” 13 years earlier, with their BTS team-up “My Universe.”
Snoop Dogg. The West Coast rap icon broke into the top 10 for the first time in late 1993, with the eventually No. 8-peaking “What’s My Name?” — a peak matched just a couple months later by Doggystyle follow-up “Gin & Juice.” Snoop’s hitmaking prowess stretched into the 2000s with a number of subsequent top 10 hits, including his first two Hot 100 No. 1s: as lead artist on the Neptunes-produced solo smash “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (2005) and a featured artist on Akon’s “I Wanna Love You” (2006). He hit No. 1 for a third time at the outset of the 2010s for his guest turn on Katy Perry’s massive “California Gurls” — his final No. 1 to date — and he now also has a 2020s top 10 hit to his credit, with his No. 10-debuting Benny Blanco and BTS collab from 2022, “Bad Decisions.”
Britney Spears. Another ’90s alum whose contemporary relevance never seems to fade for long. Britney Spears emerged this summer from a six-year hiatus, following her 2016 album Glory — during which she successfully fought to be freed from an involuntary conservatorship — and immediately resumed occupation of her place in pop music’s inner circle, with her Elton John collab “Hold Me Closer” debuting at No. 6 on the Hot 100 this September. It’s her first top 10 entry since will.i.am teamup “Scream & Shout” went to No. 3 in 2013, and the latest hit in a career that boasts five No. 1 hits, dating back to “…Baby One More Time” in 1999 and also including “Womanizer” and “3” in the 2000s.
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OneRepublic. For most of the late ’00s and early-to-mid ’10s, OneRepublic were among the most consistent hitmakers in pop-rock. The Ryan Tedder-led outfit first broke out as the featured artist on Timbaland’s “Apologize” (No. 2, 2008), and went to score eight more Hot 100 top 40 hits over the next seven years, with “Counting Stars” matching their prior No. 2 peak in early 2014. They hadn’t reached the top half of the chart since 2015 when their Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack contribution “I Ain’t Worried” started gaining momentum this summer; on the chart dated Sept. 17, the song jumped from 14-8, becoming their first top 10 hit since “Stars.”
David Guetta: A renowned DJ in Europe dating back to the 1990s, David Guetta became a global star in the late ’00s as a hitmaking producer — first hitting the Hot 100’s top 10 as a lead artist in 2009, with the Akon-assisted “Sexy B–ch” (or “Sexy Chick”), which ultimately peaked at No. 5 in Feb. 2010. Guetta revisited the chart’s top tier five more times as a lead or featured artists in the 2010s, including a pair of No. 4 hits (the Usher-featuring “Without You” in 2011 and the Nicki MInaj-assisted “Turn Me On” in 2012). He returned to the region again this November with the Bebe Rexha collab “I’m Good (Blue)” — a teamup recorded as a demo in the mid-’10s (and prominently lifted from Eiffel 65’s 2000 smash “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”), before finally being released to viral success and a No. 7 Hot 100 peak (to date) in 2022.
“REGARDLESS OF WHICH RECORD IS No. 1 next week, in two weeks, it will face off with ‘I Will Always Love You’ by Whitney Houston,” wrote then-Billboard Hot 100 chart manager Michael Ellis in the Nov. 21, 1992, issue, when the track vaulted from its No. 40 debut to No. 12.Ellis’ prediction was off by a week. Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s 1974 classic hit No. 1 on the very next chart, Nov. 28, 1992 — the fastest rise to the top by a woman at the time.
From there, more records followed: The song remained at No. 1 for a then-unprecedented 14 weeks and moved 3.1 million copies to become the year’s top-selling single in just nine weeks, according to Luminate.
“Always” was released on the soundtrack for Houston’s 1992 film debut, The Bodyguard, in which she plays a pop diva who falls in love with her hired protector, played by Kevin Costner.
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The soundtrack, which also contains the top five Hot 100 hits “I Have Nothing” and an update of Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman,” locked up 20 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was the first LP to sell more than 1 million copies stateside in one week since Nielsen began tracking data in 1991.
The album and singles went on to win 11 Billboard Music Awards and eight American Music Awards. At the latter event, Houston’s haul prompted co-host Will Smith to remark out of a commercial break, “Welcome back to the Whitney Houston show!”
Three Grammy Awards followed, including record of the year for “Always,” and 20 years later, it remained Houston’s signature song. After her drug-related drowning death on Feb. 11, 2012, the song returned to No. 3 on the Hot 100, only the second time that a song has reached the top three in two distinct cycles.
At Houston’s funeral, “Always” played as her casket departed the church.
First, the album version, then the cut featuring Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers. Now, Taylor Swift’s acoustic cut of “Anti-Hero” is keeping the pop superstar’s Midnights hit on high rotation.
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Swift dropped “Anti-Hero (Acoustic Version)” last week, when Americans were tucking into their Thanksgiving turkey.
The impact can be felt across the Atlantic where, in the U.K., “Anti-Hero,” is on track for a sixth week at No. 1.
“Anti-Hero” completed a fifth week atop the Official Chart, published last Friday (Nov. 25), and it remains in pole position on the U.K.’s First Look chart, which ranks singles based on sales and streams from the first 48 hours.
“Anti-Hero” has led the chart every week since its release Oct. 21. A fresh version, featuring Bleachers, dropped on Nov. 7.
Meanwhile, Meghan Trainor’s “Made You Look” is showing strength and stamina in the U.K., where its challenging “Anti-Hero” for the chart crown.
Trainor’s doo-wop number is inching closer and lifts 3-2 on the chart blast, for what would be a chart peak.
If “Made You Look” unseats “Anti-Hero,” it would be Trainor’s third leader and first in seven years; her last was 2015’s Charlie Puth collaboration “Marvin Gaye.”
With England getting their World Cup campaign away to winning start, Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds’ “Three Lions” looks set to kick another goal. The former chart leader is rolling towards the top 10, up 20-12 on the chart blast, and should enjoy a lift in the leadup to England’s final Group B fixture against Wales on Tuesday (Nov. 29).
A holiday-themed version of the track, “Three Lions (It’s Coming Home For Christmas),” could keep the song in the chart for the weeks ahead.
“Three Lions” would have company, with several Christmas classics making their annual march up the chart. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (up 18-8 on the chart blast) and Wham’s “Last Christmas” (23-10) are set to return to the top 10. Not far behind is Ed Sheeran & Elton John’s “Merry Christmas,” which hit No. 1 last December and lifts 40-16 on the chart blast.
All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Singles Chart is published Friday (Dec. 2).
Dermot Kennedy makes it two-from-two as Sonder (via Island) debuts at No. 1 on the U.K. albums survey.
The Irishman bows at the summit of the Official Albums Chart, published Nov. 25, and shifts a market-leading volume on vinyl.
Sonder equals the peak position of his 2019 debut, Without Fear, which saw the Dublin-born singer and songwriter became the first Irish act to top the U.K. chart with their debut album in over 20 years, the OCC reports.
The Christmas chimes are ringing in the top 5, as André Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra enter at No. 4 with Silver Bells (Decca), a Christmas classics collection. It’s the Dutch classical crossover artist’s 13th U.K. top 10 album entry.
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Meanwhile, Queen enjoys a miracle return to the top 10. The legendary rock act’s 1989 LP The Miracle (Virgin) blasts to No. 6 on the latest list, thanks to an eight-disc reissue featuring previously-unreleased cuts, some with the late Freddie Mercury’s vocals. The Miracle led the U.K. chart following its original release in 1989.
Nickelback roll into the top 10 with Get Rollin’ (BMG), the Canadian rockers’ tenth studio album. It’s the band’s seventh top 10 appearance and first since 2017’s Feed The Machine went to No. 3.
Manchester rapper Meekz lands a career-best with his mixtape Respect The Come Up (Neighbourhood Recordings), new at No. 12, while U.S. heavy metal veterans Disturbed earn a fifth top 40 appearance with Divisive (Reprise), new at No. 17.
The late master David Bowie lands a 68th U.K. top 40 with the Moonage Dream OST, the companion to Brett Morgen’s feature length documentary film of the same name. The posthumous recording is new at No. 20.
Christmas is less that one month away, and that mean another burst of energy for Michael Bublé’s festive collection. The multi-platinum Christmas (Reprise) set soars 50-26, and will likely continue in that trajectory for the weeks ahead.
Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” (via EMI) continues to beat-up the opposition in the U.K., where it enters its fifth week at No. 1.
“Anti-Hero,” the first track from Swift’s chart-topping tenth studio album, Midnights, dominates the latest Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Nov. 25, with a market-leading 5.2 million streams, the OCC reports.
It becomes the longest-reigning song by a solo female artist since Olivia Rodrigo spent five weeks at No. 1 in 2021 with “Good 4 U,” and it’s among the biggest No. 1 hits of 2022.
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Just three songs have enjoyed longest stints at the U.K. summit this year: Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (seven weeks), LF SYSTEM’s “Afraid To Feel” (eight weeks) and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (10 weeks).
Meanwhile, Meghan Trainor continues to climb on the latest tally with “Made You Look” (Epic), which makes its peak position of No. 3, up one position.
The highest new entry this week belongs to London rapper Clavish with “Rocket Science” (Polydor) featuring D-Block Europe. “Rocket Science” lifts off for a No. 9 debut, Clavish’s first appearance on the U.K. top 40, and D-Block Europe’s 27th appearance (including two top 10s).
The Christmas tunes are coming. Just one week removed from its earliest-ever return to the top 40, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Columbia) is getting a move on, up 36-18. Good enough for the OCC’s “biggest gainer” honors.
Close behind are two holiday-themed chart-toppers in Wham’s “Last Christmas” (RCA), up 42-23, and Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s “Merry Christmas” (Atlantic), which reennters at No. 40.
Christmas isn’t the only major event on British minds right now.
The World Cup of soccer is in full swing, with England and Wales both active in the early rounds. Following England’s first-up demolition job on Iran, 6-2, David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and the Lightning Seeds’ “Three Lions” reenters the chart, at No. 20. The unofficial England football anthem and former leader gets a boost from a new cut, “Three Lions (It’s Coming Home For Christmas).”
Finally, British singer and songwriter Raye lands her 10th top 40 single with “Escapism” (Human Re Sources), a collaboration with U.S. electronic artist 070 Shake, new at No. 31; while another collaboration, Meekz and Dave’s “Fresh Out The Bank” (Neighbourhood Recordings), cracks the top 40 on debut, at No. 35.
Taylor Swift’s Midnights spends a fourth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Dec. 3) as it holds atop the list with 177,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 24 (down 13%), according to Luminate.
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Also in the new Billboard 200’s top 10: Michael Jackson’s former No. 1 Thriller returns to the region after its 40th anniversary reissue, vaulting 115-7; Rod Wave’s new Jupiter’s Diary: 7 Day Theory bows at No. 9; and Michael Bublé’s chart-topping Christmas jingles its way back to the top 10 with a 19-10 climb.
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 Dec. 3, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Nov. 29. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Of Midnights’ 177,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 118,000 (down 16%, equaling 155.8 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 57,000 (down 4%) and SEA units comprise 2,000 (down 49%).
Four former No. 1’s follow Swift on the new Billboard 200, as Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss is a non-mover at No. 2 (119,000 equivalent album units; down 30%), Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti is steady at No. 3 (56,000; up less than 1%), Lil Baby’s It’s Only Me is also stationary at No. 4 (48,000; down 9%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album rises 6-5 (42,000; up 2%).
Jackson’s former No. 1 Thriller returns to the top 10, jumping from No. 115 to No. 7 after it was reissued in celebration of its 40th anniversary. It earned 37,000 equivalent album units (up 283%). Of that sum, album sales comprise 27,500 (up 820%), SEA units comprise 9,000 (equaling 13.17 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 500.
Thriller spent 37 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 1983-84 — the most weeks at No. 1 for an album by a singular artist. The only album with more weeks at No. 1 is the soundtrack to the film West Side Story, with 54 weeks in 1962-63.
Thriller was last in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 on the June 30, 1984-dated chart, when it ranked at No. 8. During its initial chart run, its last week on the list was April 20, 1985. It didn’t return to the list until Dec. 5, 2009, when the chart began allowing catalog (older) albums to chart again. (From May of 1991 through November 2009, catalog albums were generally not allowed to chart on the Billboard 200.)
For its 40th anniversary, Thriller was reissued in a variety of new configurations and formats, some with additional bonus tracks. All versions of the album, old and new, are combined together for tracking and charting purposes. Thriller has seen a few high-profile reissues in the past, including a remastered “special edition” in 2001 with previously unreleased bonus tracks and a 25th anniversary edition in 2008 with an unreleased song and new remix collaborations with Akon, Fergie, Kanye West and will.i.am.
Harry Styles’ former leader Harry’s House rises 9-8 on the new Billboard 200 with 33,000 equivalent album units (up 10%).
Rod Wave’s new eight-song Jupiter’s Diary: 7 Day Theory debuts at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with nearly 31,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise a little more than 30,000 (equaling 43.32 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), while album sales and TEA units comprise the remaining units. It’s the fifth consecutive and total top 10-charting album for the artist, and follows a pair of No. 1s in Beautiful Mind (2022) and SoulFly (2021).
Rounding out the new top 10 is Bublé’s former No. 1 Christmas, which rises 19-10 with 31,000 equivalent album units (up 51%%). The set was originally released in 2011 and spent five weeks at No. 1 in late 2011 and early 2012. It has returned to the top 10 in every Christmas season since.
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.
Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata” spends an 11th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 19). It’s the longest reign for any song in 2022, and the fifth-most among all titles.With Turizo adding another week at the summit, let’s look at the longest leads since the chart launched in 2018:
25 weeks, “Tusa,” Karol G & Nicki Minaj16 weeks, “Entre Nosotros,” Tiago pzk, LIT Killa, Nicki Nicole & Maria Becerra13, “Otro Trago,” Sech, Darell, Nicky Jam, Ozuna & Anuel AA12, “Hawai,” Maluma & The Weeknd12, “Calma,” Pedro Capo & Farruko11, “La Bachata,” Manuel Turizo
Meanwhile, Rosalía’s “Despechá” holds strong at No. 2 for an 11th nonconsecutive week. Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” rebounds to No. 3 for a fifth week after its eight-week atop the ranking, while María Becerra’s “Automático” dips 3-4.
Further, Argentinian Ysy A scores his 15th entry as every song from his latest album, Ysysmo, debuts on the tally. One song from the 12-track set, which released on Nov. 11 through Sponsor Dios, scores the week’s Hot Shot Debut: “Cómo Chilla Ella,” with Sponsor Dios and Evlay, at No. 5.
Here’s Ysy A’s complete takeover:
No. 5, “Cómo Chilla Ella,” with Sponsor Dios & EvlayNo. 13, “A Por Todo,” with Sponsor Dios & OniriaNo. 14, “Cuánto Vale Hacer El Amor?” with Sponsor Dios & EvlayNo. 16, “Cuántos Términos?” with Sponsor Dios & BaxianNo. 24, “Relojes Reventados,” with Sponsor Dios & OniriaNo. 29, “Uoh Oh Oh,” with Sponsor Dios & BaxianNo. 31 “Un Piso Más,” with Sponsor Dios, Club Hats & KokiNo. 33, “Cuál?” with Sponsor Dios & Rucci VazquezNo. 36, “Pa Esta Soledad,” with Yesan & Sponsor DiosNo. 39, “Ser El Trap,” with Sponsor Dios & BaxianNo. 42, “Heridas Al Fuego,” Sponsor Dios & OniriaNo. 45, “Todo Pago,” Sponsor Dios & Halpe
Elsewhere, Bizarrap adds a 35th entry as his latest collab with Duki, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 50,” debuts at No. 11. With the new arrival, he ties with Anuel AA, Ozuna and Rauw Alejandro for the third-most, trailing only Bad Bunny’s 53 entries and J Balvin’s 49. Duki, meanwhile, adds a 34th appearance to his account.
La K’onga takes the Greatest Gainer honors of the week thanks to “El Mismo Aire,” which ascends 97-81. Lali collects her 14th entry as “Motiveishon” starts at No. 83. Lastly, David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” opens at No. 85.
Former rivals Nas and Jay-Z find themselves on equal footing in one regard on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, as Nas’ King’s Disease III debuts at No. 10 on the chart dated Nov. 26. With the arrival, the Queens MC lands his 16th top 10, tying Jay-Z for the most among rappers in the chart’s history.
King’s Disease III opens with 29,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 17, according to Luminate; 20,000 units of the starting sum derive from streams, equaling 26.5 million official on-demand streams of the album’s songs. Of the remaining units, 8,500 are in traditional album sales, with the outstanding balance owed to track-equivalent album units. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album.)
As the new album enters the list, here’s an updated leaderboard for the rappers with the most top 10 albums on the Billboard 200:
16, Jay-Z16, Nas15, Drake15, Future12, Eminem12, Lil Wayne12, YoungBoy Never Broke Again11, Jeezy11, Kanye West11, Snoop Dogg
Elsewhere, King’s Disease III begins at No. 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at No. 3 on Top Rap Albums. On the former, it becomes Nas’ 18th top 10, the second-best sum among rappers there, behind Jay-Z’s 21.
King’s Disease III is the third installment of what has become an annual series from Nas. The first edition arrived in August 2020 and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. Its next iteration came 12 months later and improved on the original, starting at a No. 3 best on the Billboard 200. Between King’s Disease II and King’s Disease III, Nas released another album, Magic, which reached No. 27 this January.
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Hi Gary,
Bruce Springsteen debuts at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart this week with Only the Strong Survive, scoring his 22nd top 10 album. He has notched top 10s in each of the last six decades, from 1970s to the 2020s. How rare is that feat, and are there any other notable chart achievements of his that we can celebrate this week?
Thanks,
Raditya Gunardisurya Jakarta, Indonesia
Hi Raditya,
Springsteen is one of only three artists with newly charting top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 in each of the last six decades, having joined James Taylor when the former’s Letter to You launched at its No. 2 best in 2020. Paul McCartney made the elite club a trio (including his work with Wings) in 2021.
The three Rock and Roll Hall of Famers’ Billboard 200 top 10 totals by decade:Paul McCartney: ’70s: 10 / ’80s: two / ’90s: one / ’00s: four / ’10s: three / ’20s: one (21 total)Bruce Springsteen: ’70s: two / ’80s: five / ’90s: three / ’00s: six / ’10s: four / ’20s: two (22 total)James Taylor: ’70s: six / ’80s: one / ’90s: one / ’00s: two / ’10s: two / ’20s: one (13 total)
Per the breakouts above, Springsteen, with the debut of the aptly titled Only the Strong Survive, becomes the only act to have earned multiple top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 in the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s and ’20s.
Notably, Barbra Streisand, if she can notch a pair of top 10s in the ’20s, would surpass Springsteen’s streak (and potentially McCartney and Taylor’s, if they can each add a top 10 this decade) of multiple Billboard 200 top 10s in each of six decades, as she tallied more than one in each decade from the ’60s through the ’10s, having most recently reached the region in 2016. Here are Streisand’s decade-by-decade totals – with the fellow superstar, who boasts the most top 10s among soloists (34, second overall only to the Rolling Stones’ 37) having notched at least four top 10s in each of those decades: ’60s: nine / ’70s: seven / ’80s: six / ’90s: four / ’00s: four / ’10s: four.
Meanwhile, Springsteen’s latest chart feat – with Only the Strong Survive also new at No. 1 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums – accompanies that of another legend: Elton John, who crowns Adult Pop Airplay with “Hold Me Closer,” alongside Britney Spears. Similar to Springsteen’s new Billboard 200 accolade, the song itself traverses decades, as it reimagines the hook of John’s 1972 classic “Tiny Dancer” and the verses of his 1992 Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit “The One.” John also upped his career Billboard Boxscore touring total to a near-record level, thanks to his three shows Nov. 17, 19 and 20 at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium.
Springsteen and John have long been linked on Billboard‘s surveys, even if they haven’t combined for any hits, dating to Springsteen’s first charted song. On the Hot 100 dated Sept. 20, 1975, Springsteen made his first appearance at No. 68 with “Born to Run.” One notch lower, John charted with an enduring single of his own: “Someone Saved My Life Tonight.”
Springsteen scored his first Hot 100 top 10, “Hungry Heart,” in December 1980, after John reached the tier that June with “Little Jeannie.” They also each earned top 10s in the same year in 1984-86, 1988 and 1994.
(As for their most-streamed songs in the U.S. to-date, according to Luminate, John’s “Rocket Man,” from 1972, has drawn 738 million official on-demand streams and Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark,” from 1984, 318.6 million.)
“He’s probably one of the nicest people in rock and roll I’ve ever met in my life,” John said of Springsteen in 1980 on the Australian TV show Countdown, helping introduce a performance of the latter’s “The River.” “One of the sweetest and sincerest people. At the moment in America, he’s the biggest cheese going and good luck to him, because someone that nice deserves it.”
Taylor Swift keeps her good times rolling on Australia’s charts, while Nickelback returns to national albums survey with Get Rollin’, the Canadian rockers’ first album in five years.
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Get Rollin’ starts at No. 3, for the Chad Kroeger-led band’s eighth top-five album, and the highest debut on the latest ARIA Chart, published Nov. 25.
Meanwhile, U.S. heavy metal band Disturbed returns to the national chart with Divisive, their new album. It’s new at No. 5.
There’s some good-natured jostling at the top of the albums survey, as Swift (Midnights) outplays bestie Ed Sheeran (equals) for the title.
Sheeran, who will return to Australia for a national stadium tour next February and March, enjoyed a boost from the release last Friday of Pokémon “Scarlet” and “Violet,” on which he features, and his Full Circle concert documentary, which premiered Thursday night (Nov. 24) on free-to-Channel 9, straight after the 2022 ARIA Awards.
The uptick in Sheeran’s streams and sales from the Full Circle premiere should be reflected on next week’s chart.
Michael Jackson’s 1982 juggernaut Thriller returns to the chart, following the release of a 40th anniversary edition. Thriller hit No. 1 following its original release, and returns to the chart this week at No. 18. The album has sold more than 1.1 million copies in Australia, and is certified 18-times platinum.
Also, Irish singer and songwriter Dermot Kennedy cracks the top 40 with Sonder, his new album. Sonder, the leader on the midweek U.K. chart, is new at No. 37 in Australia.
Swift grabs another chart double, as the U.S. pop superstar retains her ARIA Singles Chart crown with “Anti-Hero,” the first track lifted from Midnights. “Anti-Hero” completes a fifth consecutive week at No. 1. Indeed, the single has led the chart every week since its release.
Finally, Meghan Trainor’s return to doo-wop with “Made You Look” continues to gather steam on the ARIA Chart, lifting 7-4, for a new peak, while Sydney singer and songwriter Dean Lewis climbs 22-14 with “How Do I Say Goodbye,” a new peak position.