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Billboard’s Dance Moves roundup serves as a guide to the biggest movers and shakers across Billboard’s many dance charts — new No. 1s, new top 10s, first-timers and more.
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This week, on charts dated May 24, Mau P, Zach Martino, Calvin Harris and others achieve new feats. Check out key movers below.
Mau P
Mau P earns his first-ever No. 1 on a Billboard chart this week, as his remix of Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know the Better” jumps 5-1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay. Released in February via Nervous Records, the song hits No. 1 with a 31% surge in plays among 24/7 dance reporters and pop stations’ mix show hours, according to Luminate.
The remix reimagines Tame Impala’s 2015 psych-pop staple from its album Currents, which ruled the Top Alternative Albums and reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200. The original track was a fan favorite, reaching No. 35 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and No. 37 on Alternative Airplay.
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Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, credited as the sole writer, collects his third No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay, following two smashes with Dua Lipa in 2024: “Houdini” (four weeks at No. 1) and “Illusion” (five weeks). He also reached the chart as a writer on Lady Gaga’s “Perfect Illusion” in 2016 (No. 28 peak).
As for Mau P (also known as Maurice West), the Amsterdam-born DJ scores his first No. 1. He previously appeared on Dance/Mix Show Airplay with “Drugs From Amsterdam” (No. 16 peak; 2023) and “On Again” (No. 24; 2024). He’s also charted four entries on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs: “Drugs From Amsterdam” (No. 25), “Gimme That Bounce” (No. 35; 2023), “Receipts,” with Diplo featuring Gunna (No. 24; 2024), and “The Less I Know the Better” (No. 14).
Mau P has been active in the house and techno worlds for nearly a decade. He’s collaborated with other dance heavyweights, including Swedish House Mafia, Calvin Harris and Armand van Helden.
Zack Martino, JAYEM & Aviella
Zack Martino, JAYEM and Aviella debut on this week’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart with their collaborative single, “Afterlove.” Released in December on Liftoff Recordings, the song arrives at No. 31, earning the week’s highest debut, with a 32% spike in plays.
The song earns Martino his fifth career chart entry, and first since 2020’s “Something About You,” featuring Kifi (No. 33 peak). He first cracked the chart in 2018 with “Hold On to Me,” which climbed to No. 3.
“Afterlove” is also a milestone for New York City-based DJ JAYEM (real name Justin Mondello), as the song marks his first-ever appearance on Billboard’s charts. “[Charting on Billboard has been] a dream of mine I’ve been longing to achieve ever since I started producing music,” he shared in a post on Instagram. “It’s an honor to be on such a prestigious chart alongside artist[s] I’ve looked up to my whole career.”
For Aviella, the song earns the singer-songwriter her fourth career entry on Dance/Mix Show Airplay. She topped the chart with her debut hit in 2021, “Tell Me What You’re Thinking.”
Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas
Calvin Harris’ “Blessings,” featuring Clementine Douglas, debuts at No. 3 on the latest Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, marking the highest debut of the week. It opens with 2.9 million U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads sold earned in its opening week (May 9-15).
The song earns Calvin Harris his 54th career entry on the chart, and 25th top 10 — the third-most in the chart’s history after David Guetta and Kygo (27 each). It’s also his record-extending 14th top five hit.
As for Douglas, the song is her third career entry on the chart, after “Miracle Maker” with Dom Dolla (No. 35 peak; 2022), and “Asking” with Sonny Fodera and MK (No. 44; 2023).
PinkPantheress
PinkPantheress’ new mixtape Fancy That, released via 300/AG, debuts at No. 4 on the latest Top Dance Albums chart with 14,000 equivalent album units earned in its opening week (May 9-15). It also opens at No. 72 on the Billboard 200 and No. 21 on Vinyl Albums.
PinkPantheress has charted two other albums on Billboard’s charts, but neither appeared on Billboard’s dance rankings: To Hell With It reached No. 73 on the Billboard 200 in 2021 and Heaven Knows peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard 200 in 2023.
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke
The duo’s new electronic/ambient project, Tall Tales, debuts at No. 14 on the Top Dance Albums chart with 4,000 equivalent album units earned in its opening week.
The album earns Pritchard his second career entry on Top Dance Albums, after his solo album Under the Sun in 2016 (No. 15 peak). It’s Yorke’s fourth entry, after The Eraser Rmxs (No. 13; 2009), Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes (No. 13; 2015) and Anima (No. 1; 2019).
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Longtime hard rock producer Carl Bown scores a career milestone on Billboard’s latest charts (dated May 24), thanks to his work on Sleep Token’s breakout album, Even in Arcadia.
The band reaches unprecedented heights this week, as the album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 127,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its first week, according to Luminate. Concurrently, all 10 tracks from the album land on the Billboard Hot 100, making Sleep Token the first hard rock act in history to chart as many as 10 songs simultaneously in a single week.
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Here’s a full breakdown of Sleep Token’s entries on the Hot 100:
No. 56, “Dangerous” (debut)
No. 57, “Caramel” (re-entry; peaked at No. 34)
No. 58, “Emergence” (re-entry; peaked at No. 57)
No. 61, “Even in Arcadia” (debut)
No. 66, “Look to Windward” (debut)
No. 70, “Past Self” (debut)
No. 72, “Damocles” (re-entry; peaked at No. 47)
No. 75, “Gethsemane” (debut)
No. 77, “Provider” (debut)
No. 100, “Infinite Baths” (debut)
Bown is credited as the sole producer on all 10 tracks, propelling him to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Producers chart for the first time in his career. He also claims the top spot on Rock Producers, Alternative Producers, Hard Rock Producers, and Rock & Alternative Producers.
Bown, a veteran of the U.K. hard rock scene, has been a go-to producer for many of the genre’s biggest names. He’s also worked with Bullet for My Valentine, Bring Me the Horizon, While She Sleeps, Gunship, Pendulum and Trivium, among others.
Before teaming up with Sleep Token, Bown had only appeared on Billboard’s song charts with four singles by Bullet for My Valentine:
“You Want a Battle? (Here’s a War)”: No. 37 on Mainstream Rock Airplay, No. 46 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (2015)
“Don’t Need You”: No. 49 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (2016)
“Knives”: No. 16 on Hot Hard Rock Songs, No. 39 Mainstream Rock Airplay (2021)
“Shatter”: No. 24 on Hot Hard Rock Songs (2021)
Based in Manchester, U.K., Bown is also the founder and owner of Treehouse Studios in Chesterfield, a popular recording hub for many of the records he’s helmed.
Meanwhile, two of Sleep Token’s members, Vessel I and Vessel II, also achieve a notable feat. They rank at Nos. 1 and 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Songwriters chart, respectively. Known for their anonymity, the cloaked and masked artists have remained publicly unidentified. Vessel I is credited as a writer on all 10 of the band’s Hot 100 entries, while Vessel II is credited on eight.
Billboard launched its songwriters and producers charts in June 2019, including those for individual genres. The charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on their respective “Hot” or “Top” chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).
The full Songwriters and Producers charts, plus those for other genres, can be found on Billboard.com.
Blake Shelton’s first studio album in four years, For Recreational Use Only, debuts in the top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales (No. 6), Top Country Albums (No. 8) and Independent Albums (No. 8) charts (all dated May 24). It’s his first studio set since Body Language, which was released in May of 2021.
The new project is also his first with BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville (via Ten Point Productions/Wheelhouse Records), after a career with Warner Music Nashville. Shelton signed to BBR/BMG Nashville in September 2024.
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On Top Country Albums, the set lands Shelton his 18th top 10 – all of which have come since 2001. Notably, this century (2000-present), only six total acts have tallied at least 18 top 10s: Shelton and Tim McGraw have 18 each, while Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait are all tied with 20 each.
Over on Top Album Sales, For Recreational Use Only marks Shelton’s 18th top 10-charting set (it launches with 10,500 copies sold in the United States in the week ending May 15, according to Luminate).
Elsewhere in the top 10 of the all-genre Top Album Sales chart, five more titles debut in the region, including the No. 1 debut from Sleep Token’s Even in Arcadia.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album (TEA) units and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units.
As earlier noted, Sleep Token’s Even in Arcadia debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales. The set, the band’s first leader, launches with 73,500 copies sold – the group’s best sales week ever. Kali Uchis’ Sincerely, debuts at No. 2 with 38,000 copies sold – marking the third top 10 for the singer. P1Harmony collect its fourth top 10 as DUH! debuts at No. 3 with 22,000 sold. The Weeknd’s chart-topping Hurry Up Tomorrow rallies 35-4 with 15,000 sold (up 540%) after new vinyl and CD editions of the album were released. Forrest Frank rounds out the top 10, and secures his second top 10 (and first top five set) as Child of God II debuts at No. 5 with 12,000 sold.
PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U reenters the chart at No. 7 with 9,000 sold (up 8,558%) after its vinyl release, Kendrick Lamar’s former leader GNX falls 7-8 (7,000; up 5%), Ghost’s chart-topping Skeletá slips 5-9 (6,500; down 37%) and Arcade Fire’s Pink Elephant bows at No. 10 with 6,000 sold (notching the band its sixth top 10).
Karol G lands her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Pop Songs chart as her new single “Milagros” flies from No. 19 to the top of the May 24-dated ranking after its first full tracking week.
“Milagros” was released May 8 on Bichota Records/Interscope/ICLG, the last day of the May 2-8 tracking week. Thus, it debuted at No. 19 on the Hot Latin Pop Songs chart with only one day of activity. On the current list, it surges to No. 1 with a 687% boost in streams, that is 4.4 million clicks earned in the U.S. on the tracking week ending May 15, according to Luminate.
As “Milagros” rises to No. 1, Karol G wraps a dominant stretch for Selena Gomez, benny blanco and The Marías at the Hot Latin Pop Songs chart. The trio ruled with “Ojos Tristes” for the last six weeks, since the chart launched on the ranking dated April 12.
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Sales too, assist “Milagros” rise to the summit, after a 253% gain in sales, with 1,000 downloads sold during the same period, enough for an equal No. 1 on Latin Digital Song Sales.
Beyond its Hot Latin Pop Songs coronation, “Milagros” also bows at No. 20 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, which also mixes airplay, streaming data and digital sales into its formula. With the new arrival, Karol adds her 68th career entry, an extends her record for the most career entries among women.
Becky G & Manuel Turizo Hit It Off: Over on the Hot Tropical Songs chart, Becky G secures her maiden top 10 on her first try, thanks to “Qué Haces,” with Manuel Turizo. The song debuts at No. 3 with 1.9 million streams registered on the May 15 tracking week. Plus, it launches at No. 17 on Tropical Airplay with 1.3 million audience impressions.
In terms of digital sales, “Qué Haces” logged little less than 1,000 downloads, enough for a No. 2 debut on Latin Digital Songs.
For Turizo, “Qué Haces” marks his second top 10 on Hot Tropical Songs, among three entries. “En Privado,” with Xavi, took him to a No. 2 debut and peak on the April 12-dated tally.
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This week: Pirates have raided the Indianapolis rap scene, The Weeknd has a big new era-capping movie out and ATL rap just keeps riding the comeback wave.
Indianapolis Rapper Big Ro6 Rides “Pirate Rap” to a Breakthrough Single
As Joey Bada$$ handles the West Coast in a still-unfurling, months-long rap beef, an entirely different wave is flooding out of the Midwest – Indiana, to be exact. Indianapolis rapper Big Ro6 has set the internet ablaze with “Decisions,” a track he originally dropped last fall (Oct. 13, 2024).
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When he first put out the song, Big Ro6 supported it with a series of live performances, including one on The Debut’s YouTube channel, which has garnered over 230,000 views since Nov. 6. The song did its thing throughout the holiday season and into the new year, but after Ryan Coogler’s Sinners hit theatres (April 18), the movie’s exploration of Black and Irish music helped attune consumer’s ears to the Gaelic-esque, “pirate” inflections in Big Ro6’s tone on “Decisions.” On May 2, Big Ro6 dropped the track’s official music video, gifting people a visual to attach to their social media posts about the song. By May 14, TikTok user @kye.phlow started a dance challenge with a video that has since earned over 85,500 views. Nicknamed a “hood shanty” and “pirate rap,” “Decisions” has been inescapable across social media – and that’s showing in its streaming totals.
According to Luminate, “Decisions” earned 121,000 official on-demand U.S. streams during the week of May 2-8. By the following week (May 9-15), that figure exploded by 713% to over 986,000 streams. The first weekend post-music video release (May 9-12), the song pulled 119,000 streams. That figure boomed by over 1,176% to over 1.5 million streams the following weekend (May 16-19).
With musicians like Morray hopping on the dance trend, “Decisions” could very well continue its streaming ascent. – KYLE DENIS
Waking Up ‘Tomorrow’: Weeknd Film Boosts Streams for Album Tracks
Four months after The Weeknd unveiled Hurry Up Tomorrow — his first album since 2022’s Dawn FM, which still stands as the biggest No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 chart so far this year — the pop superstar released a companion film of the same name last weekend. Co-starring Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, the full-length feature finds The Weeknd portraying a fictionalized version of himself in a psychological thriller that he also co-wrote and co-produced.
After the project hit theaters last Friday (May 16), some of the album tracks featured in the film benefited on streaming services: the title track, for instance, earned 294,000 U.S. official on-demand streams in the film’s first four days of release (May 16-19), up 42% from the same four-day period during the previous week, according to Luminate. “Gasoline” experienced an even bigger bump, up 48% from 152,000 streams from May 9-12 to 226,000 streams from May 16-19. While “Timeless,” The Weeknd’s hit single from the album alongside Playboi Carti, is back in the top 20 of the Hot 100 this week — helped by its new Doechii-featuring remix — these streaming bumps give him a few more options for follow-up singles as the Hurry Up Tomorrow campaign continues. – JASON LIPSHUTZ
Bankroll Ni Notches ‘ATL’ Another Viral Rap Hit
Between Yung LA’s “Ain’t I” and BunnaB’s “Bunna Summa,” Atlanta rap is having a moment on TikTok. ATL Mc Bankroll Ni is continuing that trend with the aptly titled “I’m So ATL.”
Aided by a simple dance trend that compiles moves from other 2025 dances and finds users “swimming” and “eating,” “I’m So ATL” has quickly taken over socials, with everyone from Latto and Da Brat hopping on the trend. Originally released on April 18, the song pulled 94,000 official on-demand U.S. streams in its first week of release (April 18-24), according to Luminate. The following week (April 25-May 1), streams rose over 200% to 285,000 streams, and the week after that (May 2-8), they jumped a further 90% to over 543,000 streams. During the week of May 9-15, streams for “I’m So ATL” — which apparently refers to both the city of Atlanta and the phrase “about that life” — rose another 51% to over 822,000 streams, making for a 771% lift in streams over the past four weeks.
Although the official TikTok sound is currently down, “I’m So ATL” is sure to continue its TikTok domination through unofficial sounds. – KD
The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 dated May 31, we look at the chances of “Lose Control” to set a record for chart endurance – if it can fend off a swarm of new Morgan Wallen chart hits, one of which may debut at No. 1.
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Teddy Swims, “Lose Control” (Warner): It’s been a staggering 91 weeks and counting on the Hot 100 for Teddy Swims’ crossover soul ballad “Lose Control.” Since the song debuted on the chart in August of 2023 (!!), it’s topped both the weekly chart (in March 2024) and the year-end Hot 100 (for all 2024), won a pair of Billboard Music Awards, and even been succeeded by another pair of top 40 hits in “The Door” and “Bad Dreams.” But all the while, “Lose Control” has lingered on the chart, scarcely losing momentum – and this week (on the chart dated May 24), spends a record-extending 62nd week inside the top 10, holding at No. 7.
This week also sees “Lose Control” tie Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” for the longest total stay on the entire chart – and given its still-lofty position, it would seem a near-foregone conclusion that it would go on to break that mark next frame with a 92nd week. Complicating things, however, is the man who’s been most unmissable on the Billboard charts this decade: country superstar Morgan Wallen, whose new album I’m the Problem was released on Friday (May 16). Seven tracks from the album already appear on the Hot 100 this week – five of them in the top 25 – but the set’s full 37-track drop could add as many as 30 extra songs to the mix, some of them likely quite high.
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Could the new Wallen swarm really push “Lose Control” all the way off the chart? Well, it only would have to push it out of the top 25 – since the song has already spent over a year on the chart, Billboard‘s rules about recurrent entries on the Hot 100 mean that it would drop off the listing entirely if it dropped to No. 26 or lower. But since “Control” is still No. 7 this week, that would still take a mighty showing from Wallen’s latest – likely requiring about half the 37-track album to outperform it on the chart next week. A tall ask, and with the relatively steady radio and streaming support for “Lose Control,” it might not end up having too much of a Problem with Wallen after all.
Morgan Wallen, “Just in Case,” “What I Want” (with Tate McRae), “I’m the Problem” (Mercury/Big Loud/Republic): Even if he doesn’t crowd Teddy Swims out of the Hot 100 top 25 next week, Wallen should launch his fair share of entries into the top 10 – including a couple that may be contending for No. 1. “Just in Case,” which debuted at No. 3 in April and sits at No. 11 this week, may be the frontrunner, as it has roosted at No. 2 on both Spotify’s Daily Top Songs USA and Apple Music’s real-time chart for most of the week following I’m the Problem’s release — and is also growing significantly in radio play, as Wallen’s latest single being promoted to country radio was up to 9.4 million in airplay audience for the first four days of this tracking week (May 16-19), according to Luminate, after debuting at No. 47 on the most recent Radio Songs listing.
It should receive some serious competition from albummate “What I Want,” however – Wallen’s duet with Tate McRae, marking the first time he’s sung with a female artist on an officially released track. While the brand-new collab is unsurprisingly slower-going on radio in its first week, it also is the lone song ranking above “Just in Case” on both Spotify and Apple Music this week. If it debuts in the Hot 100’s top two, it will mark the highest-ranking hit of Tate McRae’s career – with “Greedy” holding her previous high-water mark with its No. 3 peak in early 2024.
Also not to be counted out: the I’m the Problem title track, which is currently the highest-charting of Wallen’s eight Hot 100 entries, rating at No. 6 in its 15th week on the chart (after debuting at No. 2 back in February). The song also ranks in the top five on both the aforementioned DSP charts, while remaining Wallen’s top-performing song on radio – likely topping Country Airplay for a sixth week next frame, and holding in the top 15 on the all-format Radio Songs ranking.
Kendrick Lamar & SZA, “Luther” (pgLang/Interscope/ICLG) & Alex Warren, “Ordinary” (Atlantic): The two songs that have been duking it out for No. 1 on the Hot 100 the past couple weeks – with “Luther” thus far reigning victorious – will likely find themselves on the undercard for the Hot 100 title fight next week following the waterfall of Wallen entries. However, as those I’m the Problem songs inevitably recede some in week two, Alex Warren and Kendrick Lamar & SZA could be back in the main event the week after. In the meantime, “Ordinary” should continue to close the all-important airplay gap, as it is up 21% in radio audience for the first four days of the tracking week (May 16-19) to 20.9 million, while “Luther” is down 3% to 35 million.
Forrest Frank’s Child of God II arrives at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart (dated May 24). Released May 9, the 20-song set earned 33,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending May 15, according to Luminate.
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Frank adds his second Top Christian Albums No. 1, as Child of God II dethrones his Child of God after 35 weeks on top beginning last August (the third-most weeks at No. 1 among all titles this decade).
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Concurrently, “Your Way’s Better,” which is on the deluxe version Child of God and the new Child of God II, ascends a spot to No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs, where it’s Frank’s first leader. The track, which the Fulshear, Texas, native and Pera Krstajic co-wrote, drew 7.9 million official U.S. streams (up 3%) and likewise lifts 2-1 on Christian Streaming Songs, also marking Frank’s first No. 1. Plus, track sold 2,000 downloads. On Christian Airplay, it climbs 22-19 for a new best (1.1 million audience impressions, up 29%).
The single, which went viral on TikTok, previously became Frank’s first solo hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Notably, Frank is the first artist to lead Top Christian Albums and Hot Christian Songs simultaneously since Brandon Lake on the Nov. 4, 2023, charts. That week, his Coat of Many Colors blasted in at No. 1 on Top Christian Albums as “Praise You Anywhere” rose to the summit on Hot Christian Songs.
Concurrently, Child of God II enters the all-genre Billboard 200 at No. 12, bestowing Frank with his highest rank. Child of God, his lone prior entry, arrived at its No. 28 peak last August.
Fuerza Regida celebrates a dual win this week, as 111XPANTíA, the group’s ninth studio album, moves 2-1 on the Top Latin Albums chart (dated May 24) in its second week. The set also earns a second week at No. 1 on the Top Regional Mexican Albums chart, plus, it becomes the eighth album of the 2020s to simultaneously top both charts.
111XPANTíA rises to No. 1 on Top Latin Albums despite slipping to 43,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. (from 76,000 the week prior), that’s a 43% decline during the May 9-15 tracking week, according to Luminate. Of the set’s second-week sum, album sales contribute 6,000 units, down 85%, which prompts a 2-12 drop on the overall Top Album Sales chart.
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Things look brighter in the streaming sector, as the album generated 38,000 units, up 6%, representing 53.4 million official on-demand U.S. audio and video streams of the album’s tracks. That figure yields a 5-4 jump on the overall Top Streaming Albums chart, becoming Fuerza Regida’s highest-charting title there.
Thanks to 111XPANTíA landing at the summit, Fuerza Regida dethrones Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ 18-week run at No. 1. Plus, the group earns a second champ on Top Latin Albums, which began in 1993. It joins Pa’ Las Baby’s y Belikeada (three consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2024).
111XPANTíA was released May 2 on Street Mob/Rancho Humilde/ Sony Music Latin. A deluxe version of the album followed immediately on May 5. The latter includes three new songs, two of which debut on the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart: “Como Tú” at No. 13 and “Lokita,” with Anuel AA, at No. 43. Meanwhile, “Marlboro Rojo,” from the original album, climbs 14-4 with the Greatest Gainer honors in streaming, after a 56% gain, to 7.4 million clicks in the U.S.
With the new dual coronation on Top Latin Albums and Top Regional Mexican Albums, 111XPANTíA becomes the eighth album of the 2020s to simultaneously claim the No. 1 spot on both charts. Alejandro Fernández was the first to achieve the feat, placing Hecho En México, his 16th studio album, at the summit on both rankings for one week in February 2020.
Here’s a recap of all the albums with concurrent reigns on Top Latin Albums and Top Regional Mexican Albums, at least for one week, this decade:
Album, Artist, Peak DateHecho En México, Alejandro Fernández, Feb. 29, 2020Vibras de Noche, Eslabon Armado, Aug. 1, 2020Desvelado, Eslabon Armado, May 13, 2023Génesis, Peso Pluma, July 8, 2023Pa Las Baby’s y Belikeada, Fuerza Regida, April 27, 2024Éxodo, Peso Pluma, Sept. 6, 2024Incómodo, Tito Double P, Oct. 5, 2024111XPANTIA, Fuerza Regida, May 24
Three years after initially earning a top 20 pop hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 as part of the duo Surfaces, singer-songwriter Forrest Frank began to compile contemporary Christian music hits. He’s become one of the genre’s fastest-rising artists, melding elements of pop, hip-hop and gospel on songs such as “No Longer Bound,” a collaboration with Hulvey, which cracked the top 20 on Billboard‘s Hot Christian Songs chart. But it’s the ebullient, summer-ready “Your Way’s Better” that becomes Frank’s first solo Hot 100 entry — the hit has reached a No. 61 high on the chart and crowns Hot Christian Songs for the first time this week (charts dated May 24). Meanwhile, his recent team-up with country artist Thomas Rhett, “Nothing Else,” resides at No. 4 on the same chart.
Frank originally released the pop-inflected “Your Way’s Better” in October 2024, but the song’s success was spurred by TikTok momentum earlier this year, thanks to a viral TikTok dance that both resonated with fans — and took Frank, then on a social media hiatus, by surprise.
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In the past year, Frank has released music at a dizzying speed, stoking fervor in the industry and his growing fan base. His July 2024 album, Child of God, was nominated for a Grammy for best contemporary Christian music album and nominated for top Christian album at the Billboard Music Awards. By that November, he returned with a deluxe version of the album; on May 9, he released its follow-up, Child of God II. The two installments currently hold Nos. 1 and 2 on Top Christian Albums, with his more recent project leading the chart.
“That’s kind of a theme for me in my career,” Frank tells Billboard, calling while on the road during the second part of his sold-out Child of God tour. “I love pushing the boundaries, and I feel like my career is busting myths.”
Below, Frank talks about “Your Way’s Better,” Child of God II and Christian music’s current Hot 100 surge.
How did “Your Way’s Better” come about?
I was having a hard day and had gone for a drive. I remember pulling into my neighborhood and that chorus came spilling out. It was just a prayer that ended up having a melody with it. I recorded a voice memo of it on my phone and didn’t do anything with it for a few months. Then, backstage at [Frank’s 2024 Child of God tour], I pulled out my laptop and produced the beat for it. Then, my producer friend PERA came out to a session and we were jamming on this song and I said, “What if you play something kind of somber?” He starts playing it, and I freestyled the melody [and] some of the words that ended up on the track.
You released “Your Way’s Better” last October, but a dance that went viral on TikTok and social media helped boost it. How did that happen?
It was my 12th- or 13th-highest streaming song at a daily rate — it was not making a big splash. There’s a couple, David Myers and Bridgette [Nicole], and they post a new dance almost every day to different songs, and it was one they did [in February]. What’s interesting is that I was taking a social media break — I had posted maybe three times in a four-month period. At first, I didn’t really engage with it, but then I saw a significant jump in my streams. I’m seeing these kids doing the dance, and it’s kind of like this vacation Bible school type thing, [learning] the dance to go with the song and do the hand motions and stuff. It is like that energy, but not in an enclosed church space. It just kind of feels like it’s across the whole world.
You just released your new album, Child of God II, on May 9, just 10 months after Child of God, and six months after its deluxe edition. Why did you want to drop another full album so soon?
They say you have to upload a song about a month before it comes out to make sure that all the distributing partners have enough time to add it to playlists and can properly program. I remember a year or two ago thinking, “Is that really the case?” So, I uploaded music closer to the deadline, like 48 hours before a release and it made it on [Spotify playlist] New Music Friday.
With Child of God, I had a song with Connor Price called “Up!” and that splashed and two weeks later, we released “Good Day,” which became the next biggest one. We kept dropping songs every two weeks because that’s the pace I was writing music. Rather than hold back music for months, why not just put everything out there and see what happens? I feel like life is short: My time and moment is finite to a degree, so if I’m excited about these songs and the fans are excited, why would I hold stuff back?
There are a lot of crossover efforts between contemporary Christian music and country happening now, such as your collaboration with Thomas Rhett on “Nothing Else.” Why do you think that’s the case?
I think including God is pretty common in country music, [but] I’ve noticed that transition in my heart and the fullness I get to experience in praising God specifically. I think the country space is starting to feel that as well. I could see in the next year or two, a lot of the A-list country artists just making straight-up Christian worship songs.
With Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll’s “Hard Fought Hallelujah” also on the Hot 100, what’s your take on the surge in Christian music’s popularity?
I think it’s just the people. Yes, it’s the artists who are expressing their genuine love for God, but also, it’s the consumers that are supporting it and championing it. With my tour, there’s this family thing going on: We didn’t expect for families to come to the show, but “Your Way’s Better” has become the music for the car ride, the music on the way to school. It was like an invisible market. I knew that there was kind of a starving family market, but here it is.
A version of this story appears in the May 17, 2025, issue of Billboard.
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