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Bad Bunny makes history on Billboard’s latest charts (dated Jan. 18), thanks to the arrival of his new studio album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
The album launches at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 122,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week, according to Luminate. The set arrived Sunday. Jan. 5, so its opening week figure is from just five days of activity (with Billboard’s chart tracking week running each Friday through Thursday).
Despite its mid-week release, all 17 songs from the album chart on the Billboard Hot 100, led by the set’s opening track “Nuevayol” at No. 27. Below is a recap (all are debuts except where noted).
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No. 27, “Nuavayol”
No. 28, “Baile Inolvidable”
No. 36, “Voy a Llevarte Pa’ PR”
No. 37, “El Clúb” (up from No. 89; new peak)
No. 38, “DtMF”
No. 43, “Veldá,” with Omar Courtz & Dei V
No. 45, “Perfumito Nuevo,” with RaiNao
No. 52, “Weltita,” with Chuwi
No. 54, “EoO”
No. 59, “Ketu Tecré”
No. 60, “Pitorro de Coco” (up from No. 91; new peak)
No. 66, “Kloufrens”
No. 69, “Bokete”
No. 77, “Turista”
No. 83, “Café con Ron,” with Los Pleneros de la Cresta
No. 94, “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii”
No. 95, “La Mudanza”
(Bad Bunny has an 18th song on the latest Hot 100: “Qué Pasaría…,” with Rauw Alejandro, ranks at No. 72.)
With 15 debuts, Bad Bunny ups his career total from 98 to 113 career Hot 100-charted songs. He becomes the 20th artist to join the 100 Hot 100 hits club, and the first who primarily records Latin music.
Here’s a look at every artist with 100 or more Hot 100 hits, through the chart dated Jan. 18.
Total Hot 100 Entries, Artist:
338, Drake
264, Taylor Swift
218, Future
207, Glee cast
187, Lil Wayne
161, Kanye West
155, Lil Baby
149, Nicki Minaj
119, Travis Scott
118, Chris Brown
113, Bad Bunny
112, Eminem
111, Lil Uzi Vert
109, Elvis Presley (whose career predates the Hot 100’s August 1958 start)
106, Beyoncé
105, 21 Savage
105, Jay-Z
105, Justin Bieber
104, The Weeknd
104, YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Of Bad Bunny’s 113 Hot 100 hits, 41 have reached the top 40; 12 have hit the top 10; and one rose to No. 1: “I Like It,” with Cardi B and J Balvin, in 2018.
Bad Bunny also pushes his total to a record-extending 189 career Hot Latin Songs chart entries.
While it’s rare for artists to chart a triple-digit total of Hot 100 appearance, it has become a more regular occurrence since the chart began including streaming data in 2007. As such, some artists have been able to chart a high number of songs after releasing high-profile albums. The model contrasts with prior decades, when acts generally promoted one single at a time in the physical-only marketplace and on radio. That shift in consumption helps explain why artists have been able to log many songs over short spans in recent years.
Bad Bunny banks his ninth straight No. 1 project on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart as DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS debuts atop the Jan. 18-dated list. The 17-track set also opens at No. 2 on the overall Billboard 200, No. 1 on the Top Streaming Albums, and No. 1 on the Latin Rhythm Albums charts.
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DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS launches at No. 1 on Top Latin Albums with 122,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. during the Jan. 3-9 tracking week, according to Luminate. The set was released Jan. 5 via Rimas Entertainment, two days after the beginning of the tracking week which runs weekly Friday through Thursday. Thus, it arrives with five days of activity instead of the usual seven days.
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS was available via streamers and through download services to purchase. The download version available on Benito’s webstore and the iTunes Store for $4.99. A physical version of the album has not been released. Of the album’s starting total, 8,000 units come from album sales, enough for a No. 6 start on the overall Top Album Sales chart. The set is the only Latin album to appear on the chart’s top 10 since Ivan Cornejo’s Mirada debuted at No. 9 with 9,000 copies sold in August 2024.
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Streaming activity contributes 113,500 units which represents 152.6 million official on-demand streams of the 17 songs on the album. The sum yields the largest streaming week for a Latin album in over a year, since Bad Bunny’s own Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana launched at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums with 239.56 million on-demand official streams for its songs (Oct. 28, 2023-dated chart). Track-equivalent album units comprise the remaining 500 units of DeBÍ’s first week sum.
With DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, Bad Bunny lands his ninth straight No. 1 on Top Latin Albums, the entirety of his charting releases. The streak began with 2019’s X100PRE which led for 46 weeks. That same year, Benito scored his second champ through the J Balvin-jointed set Oasis (eight weeks atop). YHLQMDLG, however, became his most profitable project to date, with 70 weeks at No. 1, the longest-leading album overall since Top Latin Albums begun in 1993. Here’s the recap of all those winning sets:
Peak Date, Title, Artist, Weeks at No. 1Jan. 5, 2019, X 100PRE, 46July 13, 2019, Oasis, With J Balvin, eightMarch 14, 2020, YHLQMDLG, 70May 23, 2020, Las Que No Iban A Salir, oneDec. 12, 2020, El Último Tour Del Mundo, 27Jan. 15, 2022, Anniversary Trilogy, oneMay 21, 2022, Un Verano Sin Ti, 60Oct. 28, 2023, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana, 10Jan. 18, 2025, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS Takes Over Hot Latin Songs: reinforcing his habitual performance following the debut of an album, Bad Bunny seizes the Hot Latin Songs tally as the complete album charts on the current list that blends airplay, streaming activity and digital sales. The set was preceded by “EL CLúb” which rises 9-4 with the Greatest Gainer/ Sales & Streaming honors, and “PIToRRO DE COCO” that dips 10-11.
“NUEVAYoL” leads the album’s debuting cuts, bowing at No. 1 with 13 million official U.S. streams, the most clicks among the album’s 15 debuts. That sum translates to a No. 18 on the overall Streaming Songs chart and a No. 1 debut on Latin Streaming Songs. The song, produced by MAG, La Paciencia and Justo Barreto, contains samples of “Un Verano en Nueva York” by El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico (1975) and of Félix Trinidad Post Fight interview scene from the TV show The Fight of the Millennium (Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad).
Here’s the full review of the songs on Hot Latin Songs:
No. 1, “NUEVAYoL” (debut)No. 2, “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” (debut)No. 3, “VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR” (debut)No. 4, “EL CLúB”No. 5, “DtMF” (debut)No. 6, “VeLDÁ,” with Omar Courtz & Dei V (debut)No. 7, “PERFuMITO NUEVO,” with Rainao (debut)No. 8, “WELTiTA,” With Chuwi (debut)No. 9, “EoO” (debut)No. 10, “KETU TeCRÉ” (debut)No. 11, “PIToRRO DE COCO” (debut)No. 13, “KLOuFRENS” (debut)No. 15, “BOKeTE” (debut)No. 17, “TURiSTA” (debut)No. 18, “CAFé CON RON,” with Los Pleneros De La Cresta (debut)No. 19, “LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii” (debut)No. 20, “LA MuDANZA” (debut)
Notably, as DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS charts in its entirety on Hot Latin Songs, Bad Bunny adds a record-extending 189 songs on the multi-metric tally, further distancing from the next contender, Anuel AA with 122 charted songs on the 39-year-old tally. Further, he also extends his top 10 record, with a total 88 career top 10s.
All charts (dated Jan. 18, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 14). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” leads the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for an 11th week each. In November, the song debuted as the stars’ second leader on each list.
Plus, Lola Young’s first top 10 on the charts, “Messy,” becomes her first top five hit, climbing 8-5 on each ranking, and Bad Bunny debuts three top 10s from his new album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. The set launches at No. 2 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200.
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The Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
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.” leads the Global 200 with 138 million streams (down 5% week-over-week) and 17,000 sold (down 9%) worldwide Jan. 3-9. The track ties The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” (11 weeks at No. 1 in 2021) for the chart’s fourth-longest command, after Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (19 weeks, since December 2020), Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15 weeks, 2022) and Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” (13 weeks, 2023).
Lady Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, following eight weeks at No. 1 beginning in September. The ballad drew 131.7 million streams (up 1%) worldwide in the latest tracking frame and has tallied over 100 million streams globally in each of the last 19 weeks, the longest such streak since the chart began.
Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” is steady at No. 4 on the Global 200, after three weeks at No. 1 beginning in August, and Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” repeats at its No. 4 high.
Lola Young’s “Messy” jumps 8-5 on the Global 200 with 43.5 million streams (up 20%) and 7,000 sold (up 18%) worldwide.
Bad Bunny’s “NUEVAYoL” and “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” debut at Nos. 9 and 10 on the Global 200, led by 40.2 million and 39.1 million streams worldwide, respectively. (Parent album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS was released on an off-cycle Sunday, Jan. 5, and, thus, its songs arrive on Billboard charts with five days of activity, as the chart tracking week runs Friday through Thursday.) Bad Bunny ups his count to 21 Global 200 top 10s. Only Drake (35) and Taylor Swift (33) have more.
“APT.” concurrently tops Global Excl. U.S. with 119.1 million streams (down 5%) and 11,000 sold (down 13%) outside the U.S. Jan. 3-9. The only songs that have led longer are Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (14 weeks) and Cyrus’ “Flowers” and Styles’ “As It Was” (13 each).
“Die With a Smile” keeps at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S., following eight weeks at No. 1 starting in September. Thanks to the song and “APT.,” Mars has claimed the top two spots on the chart for a record 11 weeks. He has notched the same double domination on the Global 200 for an unprecedented eight weeks.
Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” holds at No. 3 on Global Excl. U.S., after three weeks at No. 1 beginning in August; Abrams’ “That’s So True” is stationary at its No. 4 best; and Young’s “Messy” bounds 8-5.
As on the Global 200, Bad Bunny debuts two songs in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 from his new LP: “DtMF” (No. 9; 27.8 million streams outside the U.S.) and “NUEVAYoL” (No. 10; 27.4 million). With the arrivals, he now boasts 20 top 10s – tying Swift for the most since the chart began.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Jan. 18, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Jan. 14. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
Lil Baby’s WHAM enters the Billboard 200 at No. 1 this week (chart dated Jan. 18), just shy of 40 years after Wham!’s Make It Big topped the chart for three consecutive weeks in March 1985. It’s very rare for an album to top the Billboard 200 with a title that’s the same as the name of an act that also reached No. 1 on that chart. (These two aren’t exactly the same because of that pesky exclamation point on the U.K. duo’s name, but close enough.)
One time, there was an exact match: In September/October 1980, Queen topped the chart for five consecutive weeks with The Game. The rapper The Game had three No. 1 albums – The Documentary (2005), Doctor’s Advocate (2005) and The R.E.D. Album (2011).
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And there have been a lot of close (and not-so-close) calls. In March 2017, Future’s HNDRXX debuted at No. 1. In November 1968, the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Electric Ladyland spent two weeks on top. Future altered the spelling, but the title was clearly a nod to the rock legend.
The Sting soundtrack logged five consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1974, following the film’s seven-Oscar sweep. Sting reached No. 1 with The Police in 1983 and peaked at No. 2 with three of his first four solo albums.
There are numerous cases where a Billboard 200-topping act’s name was part of the title of somebody else’s No. 1 album. P!nk’s Hurts 2B Human debuted at No. 1 in 2019. Nicki Minaj has hit No. 1 with three Pink Friday releases. Blackpink debuted at No. 1 in 2022 with Born Pink. Lil Uzi Vert debuted at No. 1 the following year with Pink Tape.
An eponymous album by Blind Faith hit No. 1 in 1969. George Michael and Pop Smoke both hit No. 1 with albums titled Faith. Faith Hill’s Faith debuted at No. 7, but the country star reached No. 1 with three other albums. And Depeche Mode debuted at No. 1 in 1993 with Songs of Faith and Devotion.
America’s eponymous debut album, which featured the Hot 100 No. 1 “A Horse With No Name,” reached No. 1 in 1972. Wings’ Wings Over America hit No. 1 in 1977, followed by Supertramp’s Breakfast in America in 1979 and the all-star God Bless America compilation in 2001.
Heart’s eponymous album hit No. 1 in 1985. Linda Ronstadt’s Heart Like a Wheel hit No. 1 in 1975, while Bonnie Raitt’s Longing in Their Heart followed suit in 1994.
Other Billboard 200-topping acts whose name is embedded in the title of someone else’s No. 1 album include: Tiffany (Breakfast at Tiffany’s soundtrack), Frank Ocean (Eric Clapton’s 461 Ocean Boulevard), Donna Summer (Stevie Nicks’ Bella Donna), George Harrison (Jack Johnson’s Curious George soundtrack), and Lil Wayne (the Wayne’s World soundtrack).
Looking beyond cases where both acts reached No. 1, Destiny’s Child’s Survivor spent its first two weeks on top in May 2001. Survivor just missed No. 1 in 1982 when Eye of the Tiger logged four weeks at No. 2. The title track topped the Hot 100 for six weeks.
Maroon 5’s V debuted at No. 1 in 2014. V, of BTS, opened at No. 2 in 2023 with his debut album, Layover.
Asia’s eponymous debut album logged nine nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1982. Steely Dan’s Aja (different spelling, but same pronunciation) peaked at No. 3 in 1977.
Drake’s Scorpion spent its first five weeks at No. 1 in 2018. The German hard rock band Scorpions climbed as high as No. 5 with Savage Amusement in 1988.
Bruce Springsteen’s Magic spent two of its first three weeks at No. 1 in 2007. A male rapper with that name reached No. 15 in 1998 with Skys the Limit. A Canadian reggae band named MAGIC! debuted at No. 6 in 2014 with Don’t Kill the Magic.
SZA’s SOS has spent 12 weeks at No. 1 across 2022, 2023 and 2025. The S.O.S. Band’s S.O.S., which contained the hit “Take Your Time (Do It Right),” reached No. 12 in 1980.
The Descendants TV soundtrack debuted at No. 1 in 2015. A punk band with the same name hit No. 20 in 2016 with Hypercaffium Spazzinate.
Leona Lewis’ Spirit debuted at No. 1 in 2008. The California rock band Spirit climbed as high as No. 22 with The Family That Plays Together in 1969.
Kesha’s Rainbow debuted at No. 1 in 2017. The hard rock band Rainbow climbed as high as No. 30 with two albums, Ritchie Blackmore’s R-A-I-N-B-O-W (1975) and Straight Between the Eyes (1982).
Travis Scott’s Utopia spent its first four weeks at No. 1 in 2023. The band Utopia, which featured Todd Rundgren, climbed as high as No. 32 with Adventures in Utopia in 1980.
Faith Hill’s Breathe debuted at No. 1 in 1999. The English pop group Breathe climbed as high as No. 34 with All That Jazz in 1988.
Eric Church’s The Outsiders debuted at No. 1 in 2014. A rock band from Cleveland reached No. 37 in 1965 with Time Won’t Let Me. The title track was a top five hit on the Hot 100.
Justin Bieber’s Justice debuted at No. 1 in 2021. An electronic duo from France of the same name hit No. 37 in 2011 with Audio, Video, Disco.
The Exodus soundtrack logged nonconsecutive 14 weeks at No. 1 in 1961. A hard-rock band by the same name reached No. 38 in 2014 with Blood In Blood Out.
Beyoncé’s Renaissance debuted at No. 1 in 2022. An English rock band of the same name climbed as high as No. 46 with Novella in 1977.
Stray Kids’ 5-Star debuted at No. 1 in 2023. The R&B dance vocal group Five Star reached No. 47 with Luxury of Life in 1985.
And here’s my favorite, just for fun: Bon Jovi’s The Circle debuted at No. 1 in 2009. The pop group The Cyrkle climbed as high as No. 47 on the Billboard 200 with Red Rubber Ball in 1966. The title song (co-written by Paul Simon) was a No. 2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” notches a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. A week earlier, the ballad about flashing pearly whites just before reaching the pearly gates became Gaga’s sixth Hot 100 leader and Mars’ ninth. With the coronation, Gaga joined the elite company of Janet […]
Bad Bunny’s new album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, opens at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Streaming Albums chart (dated Jan. 18), with the largest streaming week for a Latin title in over a year.
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Also in the top 10 of the latest Top Streaming Albums chart, Lil Baby’s WHAM debuts at No. 3, while last week’s leader, SZA’s SOS, falls to No. 2.
Bad Bunny’s album was released on an off-cycle Sunday (Jan. 5), and, thus, it arrives on the chart with only five days of activity (as the chart’s tracking week runs Friday through Thursday every week). The album’s release date was announced on Dec. 25. The new Top Streaming Albums chart captures the tracking frame of Jan. 3-9.
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WHAM’s Friday, Jan. 3 release was announced by Lil Baby in late December.
The 50-position Top Streaming Albums chart ranks the most-streamed albums of the week in the U.S., as compiled by Luminate. Titles are ranked by streaming equivalent album (SEA) units, where each SEA unit equals 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. If an artist has multiple albums containing the same song, SEA units for that song are generally assigned to whichever album sells the most by traditional album sales in a given week. The new Jan. 18, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Jan. 7. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS launches at No. 1 with 113,500 SEA units earned in the week ending Jan. 9 in the U.S., according to Luminate. That sum equates to 152.16 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 17 songs – the largest streaming week for a Latin album in over a year. The last Latin set with a bigger streaming week was Bad Bunny’s previous release, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana, when it launched at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums with 239.56 million on-demand official streams for its songs (Oct. 28, 2023-dated chart).
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS was preceded by a pair of entries from the album on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 songs chart: “EL CLúB” and “PIToRRO DE COCO.”
SZA’s SOS falls from No. 1 to No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums with 110,000 SEA units (down 12%, equaling 146.88 million on-demand official streams of its collected songs – across its standard and its SOS Deluxe: LANA editions). Meanwhile, Lil Baby’s WHAM arrives at No. 3 with 90,000 SEA units (equaling 119.77 million on-demand official streams of the 15 songs on the streaming edition of the album available during its first week).
Rounding out the rest of the top five on Top Streaming Albums, Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping GNX dips 2-4 (down 4%) and Sabrina Carpenter’s former No. 1 Short n’ Sweet moves 3-5 (down 6%).
Heidi Montag’s 2010 album Superficial has achieved an unexpected resurgence, surging to No. 1 on iTunes following a social media push by her husband, Spencer Pratt.
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The couple, who first found fame on the mid-2000s reality series The Hills, lost their home in the Pacific Palisades wildfire. Amid the tragedy, the pair turned to social media to share their journey and encourage fans to stream Montag’s music as a way to help them rebuild.
“Anyone that hasn’t gone to iTunes, just do it now. Let’s go to No. 1,” Pratt said last week on TikTok. “We’ll get the screenshot, she’ll be a famous pop star for when her kids are grown up. She’ll be in the history books,” Pratt said prior to Montag’s album surging to No. 1 on iTunes.
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“They won’t know it’s because our house burned down, and we have no possessions and people are just trying to support us. They’ll just be like, ‘Wow! My mom was a pop superstar that was No. 1 on the charts.’”
The campaign gained traction quickly, with support from fans and fellow celebrities like Emily Ratajkowski and Flavor Flav, who posted a TikTok of himself dancing to Montag’s track with the caption, “Doing my part to get Heidi to No. 1.”
Later, Pratt jubilantly shared on social media amid the news his wife’s album had surpassed Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos on iTunes. “Popstar Heidi Montag No. 1 on iTunes America! Thank you everyone! Who needs a house, who needs clothes, who needs anything but this level of clout, pop, superstardom? Our sons are gonna be like, ‘My mom was No. 1 on iTunes America.’ Thank you to everyone who made this happen.”
Pratt, who recently reached over one million followers on TikTok while sharing candid updates about the destruction of their home, has now set his sights on the Billboard charts.
“So I was just informed that for Heidi to get No. 1 on Billboard, we need all do it or Superficial to be on the radio. So anybody that has a radio station, you know, a radio station on social media you can tag, please ask them for the next week to play ‘I’ll Do It’ or Superficial from Heidi’s album,” Pratt said in one of his updates.
“We need radio play, I guess not just iTunes, to get No. 1 on Billboard charts, which is the ultimate goal, cause then it’s like, that’s a wrap. Heidi is the biggest superstar in the world, you know, obviously not Taylor Swift, but it’s like Taylor Swift, Heidi Montag.”
He joked about enlisting the help of Taylor Swift’s fanbase, saying, “I need all the Swifties back up. I mean, I really do need Taylor, you know, I think I’m gonna have to, you know, get out the bat phone and put the Swiftie light in the sky. Like, we need some Taylor Swift support here.”
In one candid update on TikTok, Pratt also spoke of the gravity of his family’s tragic loss in the Los Angeles wildfires which has seen the death toll rise to 24 as of Jan. 13. “Let’s be clear. If I seem like the most unhinged, crashing out person on this whole app, I am. Let’s just get that frickin’ clear. I have lost my mind,” he said.
“I am keeping it together here, ’cause I have two kids and I wanna frickin’ have them go to college and have a frickin’ life, okay? So this is crashing out at its finest, OK?”
In an earlier video after the family witnessed their home burn down in real-time via a security camera, Pratt said on TikTok, “I have been ‘faking it till you make it’ since 2007. Guess what? Faking it till you make it, doesn’t make it. Especially when everything burns down.”
Despite their situation, Pratt remains laser-focused on turning the iTunes success into Billboard charting glory, using every platform to rally supporters. “But yes, radio play, ‘I’ll Do It’ or ‘Superficial,’ those are the two that are charting. Please, please, please, anybody that knows any radio people, or message your radio station or call your radio station. Let’s make this happen!” he told his TikTok followers.
“We’ve got one week before this Billboard chart drops.”
Lil Baby collects his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, all tallied consecutively, as WHAM opens atop the chart dated Jan. 18. The set earned 140,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 9, according to Luminate. The rapper previously topped the list with his last three releases: It’s Only Me (2022), The Voice of the Heroes (with Lil Durk, 2021) and My Turn (2020).
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In total, WHAM marks Lil Baby’s seventh top 10 on the Billboard 200, stretching back to 2019’s Harder Than Ever (No. 3 peak).
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WHAM’s Friday (Jan. 3) release was announced by Lil Baby in late December.
Also in the top 10: Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS debuts at No. 2, securing the superstar his seventh top 10-charting set. Bunny’s album was released on an off-cycle Sunday (Jan. 5) and, thus, it arrives on the chart with only five days of activity (as the chart’s tracking week runs Friday through Thursday). The album’s release date was announced on Dec. 25.
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 Jan. 18, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Jan. 14). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.
Of WHAM’s 140,000 first-week equivalent album units, SEA units comprise 90,000 (equaling 119.77 million on-demand official streams of the streaming version of the album’s songs; the set debuts at No. 3 on the Top Streaming Albums chart), album sales comprise 50,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.
WHAM was available to purchase as a 15-song standard digital download album and a standard CD (the latter exclusively sold via the artist’s official webstore). On Jan. 7, an extended edition of WHAM — with four additional songs — was released exclusively via Lil Baby’s label webstore for purchase. The extended edition was later issued widely through streaming services and digital retailers on Friday (Jan. 10). Both digital versions of the album were discounted to $4.99 in the webstores of the artist and his label (Motown), along with in the iTunes Store.
The standard version of WHAM features guest turns from 21 Savage, Future, GloRilla, Rylo Rodriguez, Travis Scott, Young Thug and Rod Wave.
Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS starts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 122,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 113,500 (equaling 152.16 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 17 songs; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 8,000 and TEA units comprise 500. The album was only available as a standard 17-song set via streaming services and to purchase as a digital download (also discounted to $4.99 in Bad Bunny’s official webstore and the iTunes Store).
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS was preceded by a pair of entries from the album on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart: “EL CLúB” and “PIToRRO DE COCO.”
Three former No. 1s follow on the Billboard 200: SZA’s SOS falls 1-3 on the (113,000 equivalent album units earned; down 13%), Kendrick Lamar’s GNX moves 2-4 (67,000; down 4%) and Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet slips 3-5 (51,000; down 9%).
The Wicked film soundtrack dips 4-6 (45,000 equivalent album units; down 7%); Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft falls 5-7 (43,000; down 5%); Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time is a non-mover at No. 8 (40,000; down 1%); Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us is steady at No. 9 (38,000; down 5%); and Tyler, The Creator’s former leader CHROMAKOPIA is stationary at No. 10 (37,000; down 3%).
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David Guetta, Alphaville and Ava Max’s update of Alphaville’s timeless anthem “Forever Young” ascends to No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated Jan. 18).
Guetta achieves his 17th leader on the list, lifting him past Calvin Harris for the most No. 1s since the chart began in August 2003. Guetta tied Harris at 16 apiece when “Never Going Home Again,” with Alesso and featuring Madison Love, led in November. Harris scored his 16th No. 1 with “Free,” with Ellie Goulding, in October.
Next up, Rihanna boasts 12 Dance/Mix Show Airplay No. 1s and The Chainsmokers, 10.
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(The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart measures radio airplay on a select group of full-time dance stations, along with plays during mix shows on around 60 top 40-formatted reporters. Airplay is provided to Billboard by Luminate, with stations monitored by Mediabase.)
Max earns her second No. 1 on the survey, after “The Motto,” with Tiësto, reigned in February 2022.
Alphaville, meanwhile, leads a third Billboard list in a chart-topping history that now stretches more than 40 years. The new version of “Forever Young” crowned the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for a week in October. The German group first topped a Billboard chart when its debut hit, “Big in Japan,” led Dance Club Songs for two weeks in December 1984.
The original “Forever Young” solely by Alphaville hit No. 32 on Dance Club Songs in 1985. Following four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985 (between Nos. 93 and 100), it hit No. 65 on the chart in December 1988, sparked in part by renewed radio airplay.
Among other reworkings of the song, Jay-Z and Mr. Hudson’s “Young Forever,” with the latter singing the original’s enduring chorus, hit No. 10 on the Hot 100 in May 2010.
The new “Forever Young,” on Budde Alphaville/What a DJ/Warner Records, concurrently reaches the top 10 on Adult Pop Airplay, jumping 13-10 with Greatest Gainer honors. Guetta and Max each add their second top 10 on the ranking, while the track marks Alphaville’s first overall entry.
All charts dated Jan. 18 will update Tuesday, Jan. 14, on Billboard.com.
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