Chart Beat

27 Apr 2025

Doechii Earns First Top 10 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘Alligator Bites Never Heal’

Doechii lands her first top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200 as Alligator Bites Never Heal jumps 24-10 on the May 3-dated chart. The set shoots up the list following its wider availability on vinyl, as well as its first release on CD.

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 May 3, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 29.

The 2025 Billboard Woman of the Year’s Grammy Award-winning Alligator Bites Never Heal climbs the Billboard 200 following a wider availability on vinyl and its first release on CD. The set earned 33,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week ending April 24 (up 43%) in the United States, according to Luminate. Of that figure, SEA units comprise 18,500 (down 3%, equaling 25.9 million on-demand official streams of the songs on the streaming edition of the set; it moves 28-27 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 14,000 (up 325% — the best sales week for both the album and the artist; it reenters at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, the set’s first week atop the list) and TEA units comprise 500 (down 12%).

Trending on Billboard

Vinyl purchases comprise just over 11,000 of the album’s sales for the week.

Alligator Bites Never Heal was released in 2024 as a 19-song album. It was reissued in March with one bonus track — the gone-viral breakout hit “Anxiety” — on “extended” digital download and streaming editions. The addition of “Anxiety” helped the album hit its previous high of No. 12 on the March 29 chart.

All physical versions of Alligator Bites Never Heal contain the original 19-song tracklist. Through April 17, the set was only available to purchase as a download and in two vinyl variants. On April 18, it garnered a wider availability on vinyl, including two new vinyl editions (both color variants) exclusively available via Target and Urban Oufitters, along with a widely available CD.

“Anxiety” reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart dated March 29 (rising 13-10), marking Doechii’s first top 10. The album yielded an earlier top 40-charting hit with “Denial Is a River” (hitting No. 21 in February).

27 Apr 2025

SZA’s ‘SOS’ Captures 13th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

SZA’s SOS scores a 13th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated May 3), as the set rises 3-1 with 52,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending April 24 (down 1%), according to Luminate. The album continues to profit from its expansive deluxe reissue on Dec. 20, 2024 (dubbed SOS Deluxe: LANA), with 15 additional tracks, in addition to a Feb. 9 reissue with four more bonus cuts.

Explore

See latest videos, charts and news

See latest videos, charts and news

SOS was originally released on Dec. 9, 2022, as a 23-track album and spent 10 weeks at No. 1 in late 2022 and early 2023. It then returned to No. 1 for two more weeks, following the LANA expansion — on the Jan. 4 and 11, 2025-dated charts, and now on the latest tally. All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting under the title SOS.

Trending on Billboard

With SOS earning 52,000 units in the latest tracking week, that marks the smallest weekly sum for a No. 1 album in over three years, since the April 23, 2022-dated chart, when Lil Durk’s 7220 returned to No. 1, for a second week at the top, with just a little more than 47,000 units.

For the first time in a little over two months, no albums debut in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. We last had a top 10 absent of a debut on the Feb. 22-dated list, when the highest arrival was outside the top 40 (Dream Theater’s Parasomnia at No. 41).

While there are no debuts in the top 10 on the latest chart, there is a title reaching the region for the first time, as Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal flies 24-10 following its wider availability on vinyl, as well as its first release on CD.

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 May 3, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 29. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of SOS’ 52,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending April 24, SEA units comprise 49,500 (down 1%, equaling 68.29 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it rises 2-1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart, for a third nonconsecutive week on top of the year-and-a-half old ranking), traditional album sales comprise 2,500 (down 5%) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum (up 2%).

With a 13th total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, SOS has the most weeks atop the chart for an R&B/hip-hop album by a woman, or an R&B album by a woman, since Whitney Houston’s self-titled set tallied 14 weeks at No. 1 in 1986. (Honorable mention to the Houston-led soundtrack to The Bodyguard, which logged 20 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1992-93. The 12-track album has six songs by Houston and six songs by other artists.)

The last R&B/hip-hop album with at least 13 weeks atop the Billboard 200 was Drake’s Views, which notched 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2016 (May 21-Oct. 8). The last R&B album with at least 13 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was The Bodyguard, with its 20-week reign. (R&B/hip-hop and R&B albums are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top R&B Albums charts, respectively.)

SZA launched her co-headlining Grand National Tour on April 19 in Minneapolis at U.S. Bank Stadium with Kendrick Lamar, who sees his chart-topping GNX hold steady at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with nearly 51,000 equivalent album units earned (down 7%).

The titles at Nos. 3-9 are all former No. 1s. Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time climbs 6-3 (48,000 equivalent album units earned, up 4%); Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet is steady at No. 4 (47,000; down 9%); PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U is a non-mover at No. 5 (46,000; down 11%); Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos falls 6-8 (39,000; down 7%); Playboi Carti’s MUSIC is stationary at No. 7 (38,000; down 15%); Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM is up 10-8 (37,000; down 6%); and Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album jumps 14-9 (34,500; up 6%).

Doechii earns her first top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 albums chart as the 2025 Billboard Woman of the Year’s Grammy Award-winning Alligator Bites Never Heal flies 24-10 following a wider availability on vinyl and its first release on CD. The set earned 33,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week (up 43%). Of that figure, SEA units comprise 18,500 (down 3%, equaling 25.9 million on-demand official streams of the songs on the streaming edition of the set, it moves 28-27 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 14,000 (up 325% — the best sales week for both the album and the artist; it reenters at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, the set’s first week atop the list) and TEA units comprise 500 (down 12%).

Alligator Bites Never Heal was released in 2024 as a 19-song album. It was reissued in March with one bonus track — the gone-viral breakout hit “Anxiety” — on “extended” digital download and streaming editions. All physical versions contain the original 19-song tracklist. Until April 18, the set was only available to purchase as a download and in two vinyl variants. On April 19, it garnered a wider availability on vinyl, including two new vinyl editions (both color variants) exclusively available via Target and Urban Oufitters, along with a widely available CD.

“Anxiety” reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart dated March 29 (rising 13-10), marking Doechii’s first top 10. The album yielded an earlier top 40-charting hit with “Denial Is a River” (hitting No. 21 in February).

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.

25 Apr 2025

Kane Brown’s ‘Backseat Driver’ Cruises Into Country Airplay Chart’s Top 10

Kane Brown nets his 14th top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Backseat Driver” rides up to No. 10 on the survey dated May 3. The song increased by 7% to 16.4 million audience impressions April 18-24, according to Luminate.

The single was written by Jacob Davis and Jordan Walker and produced by Dann Huff. It’s from Brown’s LP The High Road, which arrived at its No. 2 high on Top Country Albums in February.

The 31-year-old Brown is amid an active streak of seven Country Airplay leaders, tying him for the longest running streak with Jelly Roll, whose “Liar” ruled for six weeks starting in February. Brown last led with “Miles On It,” with Marshmello, for a week in November, marking his 12th chart-topper. Brown kicked off his streak with “Famous Friends,” with Chris Young, in July 2021 and followed with “One Mississippi” (March 2022); “Like I Love Country Music” (August 2022); “Thank God,” with Katelyn Brown (February 2023); “Bury Me in Georgia” (September 2023); and “I Can Feel It” (March 2024).

Trending on Billboard

Meanwhile, Jelly Roll will attempt to continue his streak with “Heart of Stone,” which ranks at No. 39 on Country Airplay (2.5 million, up 9%), and “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” his team-up with Christian music star Brandon Lake that lifts 60-56 (853,000, up 17%).

Wallen Solves No. 1 Again

Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” rules Country Airplay for a second week (29.5 million, up 2%). It’s the ninth multi-week leader among his 17 No. 1s.

The song is the title track from Wallen’s 37-song album due May 16. Two additional cuts from the set are scaling Country Airplay: “Just in Case,” his latest single promoted to radio, rises 22-21 (7.9 million, up 19%) and “I’m Not Coming Back,” with Post Malone, enters at No. 36 (2.6 million).

All charts dated May 3 will update Tuesday, April 29.

25 Apr 2025

Alex Warren’s ‘Ordinary’ Extends Reign as U.K. No. 1 Single to 6 Weeks

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” landed a sixth week at No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart April 25, and becomes the longest running chart-topper since Sabrina Carpenter’s nine-week run with “Taste” in 2024.

Last week, Warren broke the tie he held with Lola Young’s “Messy” for 2025’s longest running No. 1 in the U.K. “Messy” had notched up four weeks earlier in the year. 

The news coincides with his success on the Billboard Hot 100, where “Ordinary” now sits at a new peak of No. 5, up two spots from the previous week. It’s his highest ever entry on the charts.

Trending on Billboard

Speaking to Billboard in January, Warren discussed using challenging moments in his personal life, including the passing of both of his parents and his stint of homelessness, in his material. “I recently started doing this thing where I write about those [experiences], and I try to take control in a way,” he said at the time. “For me, something really beautiful is taking something so sad and dark, and what most would view as something that ruined their life, and turn it into something that can help people.”

Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” (No. 2) and Ed Sheeran’s “Azizam” (No. 3) are non-movers, while South African-German MC WizTheMc and British-German production team Bees & Honey’s “Show Me Love” hit a new peak (No. 4). Doechii’s “Anxiety” finishes the week at No. 5, down one spot from last week.

Last week, Jack Black made history with the shortest ever song to reach the top 40 with “Steve’s Lava Chicken,” as heard in A Minecraft Movie. Now, the 34-second song is up to No. 10 with Black calling the response and support from Minecraft fans “insane.”

25 Apr 2025

Taylor Swift Returns to No. 1 on U.K. Albums Chart Following ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Anniversary

Taylor Swift has returned to the top of the U.K. Albums Chart April 25 with The Tortured Poets Department following a recent physical reissue.

A new signed CD variant, released to commemorate the album’s first anniversary on April 19, propelled the album 23 places to the top spot. Upon release in April 2024 2024, The Tortured Poets Department broke multiple Official Charts records and surpassed Adele’s 30 (2021) to become the biggest opening week for an album since Ed Sheeran’s Divide in 2017.

The return to the top gives Swift her 11th non-consecutive week at No. 1 with the LP, her longest running in the U.K. yet. On the Billboard 200, the record has notched a massive 17 non-consecutive weeks in the top spot.

Earlier this year, Swift surpassed Madonna to become the female artist with the most No. 1 albums in U.K. chart history. Lover (Live In Paris), a live album first released in 2023, was reissued on special heart-shaped double-vinyl released in time for Valentine’s Day, and gave Swift her 13th different chart-topper.

Trending on Billboard

The remainder of the top five is populated by Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, which holds at No. 2; Ed Sheeran’s +–=÷× (Tour Collection) lands at No. 3; Fleetwood Mac’s greatest hits 50 Years – Don’t Stop rises three places to No. 4; The Weeknd’s compilation The Highlights finishes the week at No. 5.

Nigerian-American artist Davido achieves a career high with his fifth studio album, 5ive, which lands at No. 7. His previous high on the Official Albums Chart was with 2023’s Timeless (No. 10).

Following its deluxe reissue with two new songs, Irish rockers Fontaines D.C.’s Romance lifts 18 spots to No. 24. The album originally peaked at No. 2 behind Carpenter in August 2024. Central Cee’s Can’t Rush Greatness returns to the top 40 (No. 38) following the commencement of his U.K. and Ireland arena tour.

Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal breaks into the top 40 for the first time this week at No. 38 following its release onto vinyl.

25 Apr 2025

Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s ‘Luther’ Continues Historic Crossover, Hitting No. 1 on Pop Airplay Chart

Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” lifts a spot to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart dated May 3.

Lamar rules Pop Airplay for the third time — and first as a lead artist, following two No. 1s in featured roles, on Maroon 5’s “Don’t Wanna Know” for a week in 2017, and Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” (five weeks, 2015). SZA scores her fourth No. 1, after “Saturn” (two weeks, 2024) and “Kill Bill” (one, 2023) and as featured on Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” (one, 2021).

“Luther,” on pgLang/Interscope/ICLG, previously made history as the first song to hit No. 1 on both Rap Airplay (five weeks and counting) and Adult R&B Airplay (three weeks in March). It has also topped Radio Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Rhythmic Airplay.

Notably, “Luther” joins 10 other songs that have led Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Adult R&B Airplay, Rhythmic Airplay and Pop Airplay. (All are four individual-format charts. Radio Songs reflects all-format play; R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay blends mainstream R&B/hip-hop and adult R&B reach; and Rap Airplay counts activity on mainstream R&B/hip-hop and rhythmic stations.)

Trending on Billboard

Here’s a look at the elite mass-appeal hits that have topped Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Adult R&B Airplay, Rhythmic Airplay and Pop Airplay (which have coexisted since 1993).

  • “Luther,” Kendrick Lamar & SZA, 2025
  • “Talk,” Khalid, 2019
  • “That’s What I Like,” Bruno Mars, 2017
  • “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey),” The Weeknd, 2015
  • “Happy,” Pharrell Williams, 2014
  • “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke feat. T.I. + Pharrell, 2013
  • “No One,” Alicia Keys, 2007-08         
  • “Be Without You,” Mary J. Blige, 2006
  • “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, 2005
  • “On Bended Knee,” Boyz II Men, 1994-95
  • “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, 1994

Meanwhile, “Luther” is the first rap hit to lead Pop Airplay since two back-to-back in February-March 2024: Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” followed by Doja Cat’s “Agora Hills.” (Rap titles are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart.)

“Luther” is an ode to late R&B great Luther Vandross and samples his vocals. He charted one Pop Airplay entry as a credited artist: “Endless Love,” with Mariah Carey, hit No. 7 in 1994.

“Luther” has notched nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has drawn 896 million in radio audience and 582 million official streams and sold 50,000 downloads in the U.S. through April 17, according to Luminate. It’s from Lamar’s LP GNX, which has ruled the Billboard 200 albums chart for three weeks and spent its first 21 weeks on the chart in the top five.

All charts dated May 3 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, April 29.

24 Apr 2025

Chappell Roan’s ‘Casual’ Reigns on Top TV Movie Songs After ‘Novocaine’ Appearance

There’s a change at the top of Billboard’s Top Movie Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), as Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ “Spitting Off the Edge of the World” gives way to Chappell Roan’s “Casual” on the March 2025-dated list.

Explore

See latest videos, charts and news

See latest videos, charts and news

Rankings for the Top Movie Songs chart are based on song and film data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of March 2025. The ranking includes newly released films from the preceding three months.

“Casual,” from Roan’s 2023 album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, debuts at No. 1 after a synch in the Dan Berk- and Robert Olsen-directed Novocaine, which premiered on March 14 and stars Jack Quaid.

Trending on Billboard

A No. 59-peaking hit on the Billboard Hot 100 last August, “Casual” earned 16.9 million official on-demand U.S. streams in March 2025 en route to its Top Movie Songs coronation, according to Luminate.

Novocaine bookends the latest chart; it also boasts the No. 10 song via R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts,” which garnered 2.3 million streams and 1,000 downloads.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Perfume Genius-featuring “Spitting Off the Edge of the World,” which crowned the February 2025 tally after being heard in The Gorge, drops to No. 2 in its second month. The 2022 track earned 3 million streams and 2,000 downloads in March, the latter enough to pop it onto Billboard’s Rock Digital Song Sales chart for three weeks, including a week at No. 1 (March 1).

Music from The Gorge and Captain America: Brave New World are the only holdovers from February, with the remainder of the chart representing films released in March. In addition to Novocaine’s aforementioned two appearances, The Electric State and Snow White also boast two entries, while Holland reaches with one.

See the full top 10 below.

Rank, Song, Artist, Film
1. “Casual,” Chappell Roan, Novocaine
2. “Spitting Off the Edge of the World,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs feat. Perfume Genius, The Gorge
3. “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Electric State
4. “Waiting on a Wish,” Rachel Zegler, Snow White
5. “Mother,” Danzig, The Electric State
6. “Party Up,” DMX, Holland
7. “Good Things Grow,” Snow White Ensemble, Snow White
8. “i,” Kendrick Lamar, Captain America: Brave New World
9. “Blitzkreig Bop,” Ramones, The Gorge
10. “Everybody Hurts,” R.E.M., Novocaine

24 Apr 2025

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘NCIS: Origins’ Synch Leads March 2025 Top TV Songs Chart

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” is No. 1 on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), for March 2025, topping the tally following a synch in NCIS: Origins.

Explore

See latest videos, charts and news

See latest videos, charts and news

Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of March 2025.

“Free Bird” appears in the 15th episode of NCIS: Origins’ inaugural season, premiering on March 31 on CBS. The new series is a spinoff of CBS’ long-running NCIS franchise and was renewed for a second season earlier this year.

Trending on Billboard

In March 2025, “Free Bird” earned 12.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams and 2,000 downloads, according to Luminate. One of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s signature tracks, the song peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.

Billie Eilish’s “When the Party’s Over” follows at No. 2 on Top TV Songs, a byproduct of its feature in the latest season of Invincible. Heard in the seventh episode of the third season (March 6), the song is one of a pair of entries on the latest chart from the Amazon Prime Video animated series, ahead of Nine Inch Nails’ “Every Day Is Exactly the Same” at No. 8 (episode eight, March 13).

“When the Party’s Over” notched 16.1 million streams and 1,000 downloads in March 2025, while “Every Day Is Exactly the Same” earned 2 million streams and 1,000 downloads. The former peaked at No. 29 on the Hot 100 in 2019, one of Eilish’s breakthrough tracks, while the latter reached No. 56 on the chart in 2006 and led the Alternative Airplay tally for four weeks that year.

Mondo Cozmo’s “Shine” ranks at No. 3 on Top TV Songs, buoyed by a synch in the eighth episode of season three of Reacher (March 27), scoring 320,000 streams and 3,000 downloads. The latter metric drove the song onto the Rock Digital Song Sales chart for the first time, entering at No. 8 on the April 5 survey and rising to No. 2 on the April 12 list. The song was a one-week No. 1 for the band on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart in 2017.

And Severance, which wrapped up its second season in March, boasts four entries on the latest Top TV Songs, led by The Alan Parsons Project’s “Sirius” at No. 4 (1.2 million streams, 1,000 downloads).

See the full top 10, also featuring music from Daredevil: Born Again and School Spirits, below.

Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)
1. “Free Bird,” Lynyrd Skynyrd, NCIS: Origins (CBS)
2. “When the Party’s Over,” Billie Eilish, Invincible (Amazon Prime Video)
3. “Shine,” Mondo Cozmo, Reacher (Amazon Prime Video)
4. “Sirius,” The Alan Parsons Project, Severance (Apple TV+)
5. “Fire Woman,” The Cult, Severance (Apple TV+)
6. “Staring at the Sun,” TV on the Radio, Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+)
7. “I’ll Be Seeing You,” Billie Holiday, Severance (Apple TV+)
8. “Every Day Is Exactly the Same,” Nine Inch Nails, Invincible (Amazon Prime Video)
9. “Look Alive,” Hana Vu, School Spirits (Paramount+)
10. “The Windmills of Your Mind,” Mel Torme, Severance (Apple TV+)

24 Apr 2025

Yuridia & Alejandro Fernández’s ‘Un Bendito Día’ Leads Regional Mexican Airplay Chart

Yuridia and Alejandro Fernández achieve their first joint No. 1 hit on Billboard‘s Regional Mexican Airplay chart with “Un Bendito Día,” which flies from No. 15 to the top spot on the April 26-dated ranking. The track marks the biggest leap to No. 1 in 2025, and the third largest jump of the decade.

Explore

Explore

See latest videos, charts and news

See latest videos, charts and news

“Un Bendito Día” takes the lead on Regional Mexican Airplay with the week’s Greatest Gainer honors –given to song with the week’s largest gain in audience — after a 95% gain in audience impressions, to 6.5 million, earned in the U.S. during the April 11-17 tracking week, according to Luminate. The song was released Feb. 6 via Sony Music Latin, and lands at the summit in its ninth week on the chart.

Trending on Billboard

Univision-owned stations helped spark the surge, led by KLNV San Diego (up 52 plays week-over-week), KSCA Los Angeles (up 47) and KLNO Dallas (up 46).

As “Bendito” climbs to the top of the Regional Mexican Airplay chart, Alejandro solidifies his position as the artist with the second most No. 1 hits among soloists, boasting 12 chart-toppers since the tally began in 1994. He trails only Christian Nodal, who holds the lead with 17. Yuridia, meanwhile, adds her second, following “Mi Eterno Amor Secreto,” with Edén Muñoz (Oct. 2024).

With “Bendito” flying 14 ranks to No. 1, the biggest jump of the year, here are the songs with the largest climb to No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay this decade:

Positions Leapt to No. 1, Song Title, Artist, Chart Date

  • 18, “Amor Clandestino,” Maná & Edén Muñoz, Nov. 11, 2023
  • 17, “Mira Quien Lo Dice,” Pepe Aguilar, Sept. 14, 2024
  • 14, “Un Bendito Dia,” Yuridia & Alejandro Fernández, April 26, 2025
  • 10, “Bipolar,” Peso Pluma & Jasiel Nuñez & Junior H, Nov. 25, 2023
  • 10, “Según Quien,” Maluma & Carin León, Dec. 16, 2023

Over on the overall Latin Airplay chart, “Un Bendito Día” barely missed the No. 1, where it also soars 25-2, the largest climb since Pepe Aguilar’s “Mira Quien Lo Dice” surged 31-4 in September 2024. There, “Bendito” rises after a 69% increase in audience, to 7.2 million.

Thanks to the jump, Alejandro extends his record for the most top 10s among regional Mexican soloists, with 29.

23 Apr 2025

Record Store Day 2025’s Top Sellers: Post Malone, Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams & More

Vinyl releases from Post Malone, Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams and more were among the top-sellers from Record Store Day (RSD) 2025 in the United States, according to Luminate.

The yearly independent record store celebration was held on April 12 this year and offered an array of unique and limited-edition albums and singles (mostly vinyl pressings) issued for RSD. More than 300 titles were released for RSD 2025 at independent record stores across the U.S.

Post Malone had both the top-selling RSD 2025 album and single. His Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana, pressed on yellow-colored vinyl, was the top-seller among albums. The album was recorded in 2020 during a livestream that raised funds for The World Health Organization in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. Joining Malone for the livestream were Travis Barker (drums), Nick Mack (guitar) and Brian Lee (bass). The RSD 2025 vinyl release is also a charitable affair, as, according to the RSD organization, 100% of net proceeds from the sale of the vinyl will be donated to MusiCares’ Addiction Recovery/Mental Health division.

Tribute to Nirvana also bows at No. 2 on the April 26-dated Top Album Sales chart, where half of the top 10 are RSD 2025 titles. (Bon Iver‘s new studio album SABLE, fABLE — not an RSD 2025 release — debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, scoring the artist his second leader.)

The Nos. 2-5 biggest selling RSD 2025-exclusive albums were: Gracie Abrams’ Live From Radio City Music Hall (double-vinyl set), Rage Against the Machine’s Live On Tour 1993 (double-vinyl set), Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl (double-vinyl set) and Charli xcx’s 2017 mixtape Number 1 Angel (on apple-colored vinyl).

Meanwhile, in terms of the top-selling RSD 2025 singles, Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight,” featuring Malone (on 7-inch vinyl) was the biggest seller. The Nos. 2-5 selling RSD 2025 singles were Charli xcx’s “Guess,” featuring Billie Eilish (on 7-inch vinyl); The Killers and Bruce Springsteen’s three-song “Encore at the Garden” (on 12-inch vinyl); The Cure’s “Alone” (Four Tet Remix) (on 12-inch vinyl) and Eddie Vedder’s “Save It for Later” / “Room at the Top” (on ocean floor-colored 12-inch vinyl).

Malone also served as the RSD 2025 Ambassador, and earlier said in a statement upon his selection: “What an honor, I can’t believe I was chosen to be Record Store Day’s Ambassador for 2025. Record Store Day is so important and I really hope to do my part to keep it alive.” Malone follows such recent RSD Ambassadors as Paramore (2024), Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires (2023), Swift (2022), Fred Armisen (2021), Brandi Carlile (2020) and Pearl Jam (2019).

Top-Selling Record Store Day 2024 Exclusive Albums at Independent Record Stores in the U.S.
Rank, Artist, Title
1. Post Malone, Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana (yellow-colored vinyl)
2. Gracie Abrams, Live From Radio City Music Hall (double vinyl)
3. Rage Against the Machine, Live On Tour 1993 (double vinyl)
4. Laufey, A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl (double vinyl)
5. Charli xcx, Number 1 Angel (apple-colored vinyl)
6. Wallows, More (evergreen and white-colored vinyl)
7. Talking Heads, Live On Tour (double vinyl)
8. Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac (picture disc vinyl)
9. Gorillaz, Demon Days Live From the Apollo Theater (red-colored double vinyl)
10. The Doors, Strange Days 1967: A Work In Progress (translucent blue-colored vinyl)
11. The Replacements, Tim (transparent purple-colored double vinyl)
12. Grateful Dead, Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/14/76 (180-gram five vinyl set)
13. The Cure, The Head On the Door (picture-disc vinyl)
14. The Ramones, Loco Live (blue and red-colored double vinyl)
15. Soundtrack, The Virgin Suicides (25th Anniversary Edition) (blue-colored vinyl)
16. Queen, De Lane Lea Demos (vinyl)
17. Wu-Tang and Mathematics, Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman: Wu-Tang, The Saga Continues Collection (180-gram double vinyl)
18. The Rolling Stones, Out of Our Heads (U.S.) (180-gram clear-colored vinyl)
19. Elton John, Live at the Rainbow Theatre With Ray Cooper (180-gram vinyl)
20. David Bowie, Ready, Set, Go! (Live, Riverside Studios ’03) (180-gram double vinyl)
21. Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak (Alternate Version) (vinyl)
22. Judas Priest, Live in Atlanta ‘82 (red-colored double vinyl)
23. Young Thug, Barter 6 (silver-colored double vinyl)
24. Vince Guaraldi, Selections From ‘It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown’ (10-inch easter egg-shaped, colored vinyl)
25. Beabadoobee, Live and Acoustic In London (red slushie-colored vinyl)
Source: Luminate, for the week ending April 17, 2025

Top-Selling Record Store Day 2025 Exclusive Singles at Independent Record Stores in U.S.
Rank, Artist, Title
1. Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone, Fortnight (7-inch vinyl)
2. Charli xcx featuring Billie Eilish, Guess (7-inch vinyl)
3. The Killers & Bruce Springsteen, Encore at the Garden (Badlands / Dustland / Born to Run) (12-inch vinyl)
4. The Cure, Alone (Four Tet Remix) (12-inch vinyl)
5. Eddie Vedder, Save It for Later / Room at the Top (ocean floor-colored 12-inch vinyl)
6. David Gilmour With Romany Gilmour, Between Two Points (Vita Brevis/Between Two Points [Live From the Royal Albert Hall] / Between Two Points [GENTRY Remix] / Between Two Points [GENTRY Remix Edit] / Between Two Points [Album Version]) (clear-colored 12-inch vinyl)
7. Waxahatchee, Much Ado About Nothing / Mud / Next to Me (7-inch vinyl)
8. Tom Waits, Get Behind the Mule (Spiritual) / Get Behind the Mule (7-inch vinyl)
9. Geddy Lee, The Lost Demos (Gone / I Am… You Are) (12-inch vinyl)
10. George Harrison, Be Here Now / Beck, Be Here Now (12-inch vinyl)
Source: Luminate, for the week ending April 17, 2025