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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.

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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 […]

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“Because Rihanna has remained in the public’s eye for two years, her recognition level is high,” Billboard wrote in 2007. “‘If you say her name, people know who she is,’ [radio programmer Cat] Thomas says. ‘But is she at a level where she can sell out an arena? No.’

“Pausing, he adds, ‘but that could change.’ ”

Long before the end of the 21st century, Rihanna’s profile had rocketed, in music and beyond, punctuated in 2023 by her appearance at a spectacle far bigger than an arena: the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. In addition to 67,827 ticketholders, the performance played to a then-record 121 million viewers on TV.

Rihanna had by then also notched the most No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 of any artist during the 21st century: 14. She first topped the chart dated May 13, 2006, with “SOS.” (“Normally, the universal signal for distress means that someone is in trouble. The opposite is true for Rihanna,” Fred Bronson wrote in the Chart Beat column that issue.)

Rihanna most recently ruled the Hot 100 with “Work,” featuring Drake, for 10 weeks in 2016.

As Billboard celebrates the top-performing artists, albums and songs of the first 25 years of the century since 2000, browse below the acts with the most No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 in that span.

Plus, check out Billboard’s Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century chart, Top Artists of the 21st Century chart and Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart, as well as all coverage of Billboard’s 21st Century charts here.

Billboard’s Top Artists, Top Billboard 200 Albums and Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century recaps reflect performance on weekly charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. The Top Artists category ranks the best-performing acts in that span based on activity on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100. (Titles released prior to mid-1999 are excluded, although such entries that appeared on the Billboard 200 or Hot 100 in that span contribute to the calculation of the Top Artists chart.)

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