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Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar and Yseult each score their first career placement on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Aug. 3), thanks to their viral collaboration “Alibi.”

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The song, released June 28 on Twisted Elegance, debuts at No. 95 almost entirely from its streaming sum: 5.6 million official U.S. streams (up 18%) in the July 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The song has been steadily gaining thanks to a viral dance trend on TikTok, which began in the spring before the song’s official release. It has taken off in recent weeks, with the cut having soundtracked over 1.5 million videos on the platform to date. That virality sparked the song’s No. 21 debut on the July 20-dated TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart and its jump to No. 8 the following week.

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Notably, “Alibi” includes lyrics sung in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish and reworks the song “Rosa,” first recorded more than a century earlier and popularized by late famed Colombian musician Magín Díaz.

“Alibi” concurrently reaches the top 10 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart (11-9) and climbs 19-16 on the Billboard Global 200.

Sevdaliza, from Tehran, Iran, is a Dutch-Iranian singer-songwriter-producer who has been releasing music for over a decade. In that span, she has released two studio albums: ISON, in 2017, and Shabrang, in 2020. Before “Alibi,” she charted one track: “Ride or Die, Pt. 2,” featuring Villano Antillano and Tokischa, reached No. 43 on the Hot Latin Songs chart this May. It also peaked at No. 66 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 112 on the Global 200.

Pabllo Vittar is a Brazilian drag queen and singer. She becomes just the second drag queen ever to hit the Hot 100, after RuPaul, who charted three songs in the 1990s: “Supermodel (You Better Work)” (No. 45 peak in 1993); “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” with Elton John (No. 92, 1994); and “Snapshot” (No. 95, 1996).

Vittar first appeared on Billboard’s charts in August 2017, thanks to her featured appearance on Major Lazer’s “Sua Cara,” also featuring Anitta. The track reached No. 26 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, as well as No. 22 on World Digital Song Sales. She has charted one additional song: “Modo Turbo,” with Luisa Sonza and featuring Anitta, peaked at No. 71 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 126 on the Global 200 in January 2021.

As for Yseult, “Alibi” is the French singer-songwriter and model’s first charted song. She initially rose to prominence after competing on the French reality competition Nouvelle Star in 2013-14, where she finished second.

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Jimin debuts at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts with his new solo single, “Who.” He becomes the second member of BTS to have topped the tallies apart from the juggernaut Korean pop group, following Jung Kook. Plus, BTS becomes the first group with multiple members that have led both rankings.
In an especially banner week for K-pop, Stray Kids also debut in the top 10 of both Global Excl. U.S. and Global 200 with “Chk Chk Boom,” at Nos. 4 and 10, respectively, as they earn their second top 10 on each list. As previously reported, Stray Kids’ and Jimin’s new albums, ATE and MUSE, launch at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 – marking the first time that K-pop albums claim the top two spots on the survey simultaneously.

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Elsewhere, Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar and Yseult’s viral hit “Alibi” reaches the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, rising 11-9.

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.

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Jimin’s “Who,” released July 19, bounds onto the Global 200 with 90.5 million streams and 129,000 sold worldwide through July 25.

Here’s a rundown, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ 12 Global 200 top 10s outside the act – one more than BTS has achieved as a group. Jung Kook boasts three solo No. 1s and Jimin now has one; BTS has tallied seven as a group:

“Standing Next to You,” Jung Kook, No. 1 (one week), November 2023

“3D,” Jung Kook & Jack Harlow, No. 1 (one week), October 2023

“Seven,” Jung Kook feat. Latto, No. 1 (seven weeks), beginning July 2023

“Who,” Jimin, No. 1 (one week, to date), August 2024

“Like Crazy,” Jimin, No. 2, April 2023

“Slow Dancing,” V, No. 4, September 2023

“FRI(END)S,” V, No. 5, March 2024

“Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 5, July 2022

“That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 5, May 2022

“Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” Jimin, No. 8, April 2023

“Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 9, December 2022

“The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 10, November 2022

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” dips to No. 2 on the Global 200, following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in June; Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” rebounds to its No. 3 high, from No. 4; Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” rises 5-4, after reaching No. 3; and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” drops to No. 2 after two nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 starting in May.

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Also new in the Global 200’s top 10, Stray Kids’ “Chk Chk Boom” begins at No. 10 with 59.2 million streams and 27,000 sold worldwide. The group adds its second top 10, and ties its best rank, after “LALALALA” debuted and peaked at No. 10 in November 2023.

Jimin’s “Who” concurrently debuts at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. with 76 million streams and 76,000 sold outside the U.S. July 19-25.

Here’s a recap, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ 17 Global Excl. U.S. top 10s outside the group – including now four No. 1s, with three by Jung Kook and one by Jimin; BTS totals 11 top 10s as a group, including seven No. 1s:

“Standing Next to You,” Jung Kook, No. 1 (two weeks), November 2023

“3D,” Jung Kook & Jack Harlow, No. 1 (one week), October 2023

“Seven,” Jung Kook feat. Latto, No. 1 (nine weeks), July 2023

“Who,” Jimin, No. 1 (one week, to date), August 2024

“Like Crazy,” Jimin, No. 2, April 2023

“Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 2, July 2022

“That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 2, May 2022

“FRI(END)S,” V, No. 4, March 2024

“Slow Dancing,” V, No. 4, September 2023

“Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 4, December 2022

“Love Me Again,” V, No. 6, August 2023

“The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 6, November 2022

“Smeraldo Garden Marching Band,” Jimin & Loco, No. 7, July 2024

“Rainy Days,” V, No. 8, August 2023

“Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” Jimin, No. 8, April 2023

“Stay Alive,” Jung Kook, No. 8, February 2022

“Vibe,” TAEYANG feat. Jimin, No. 9, January 2023

Thanks to Jung Kook and Jimin, BTS becomes the first group with multiple members that have led both the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. (BLACKPINK is the only group with as many as three members that have hit No. 1 as soloists on either chart, as the fellow K-pop act’s Jennie, LISA and Rosé have each led Global Excl. U.S. on their own; among them, Rosé has also ruled the Global 200.)

Carpenter’s “Espresso” descends to No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S., following eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in May, and Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” falls to No. 3 from its No. 2 high.

Stray Kids’ “Chk Chk Boom” enters Global Excl. U.S. at No. 4 with 50.8 million streams and 16,000 sold outside the U.S. The group logs its second top 10 – and achieves a new highest rank – after “LALALALA” debuted and peaked at No. 6 last November.

Rounding out the Global Excl. U.S. top five, FloyyMenor and Cris Mj’s “Gata Only” slides 4-5, after reaching No. 3.

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Additionally, Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar and Yseult’s “Alibi” ascends to the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 (11-9), led by 42.3 million streams (up 17%) outside the U.S. The song by the acts, who are Dutch-Iranian, Brazilian and French, respectively, soared to the top 10 (21-8) of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 a week earlier. The internationally surging single has lyrics in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish, while its hook is built around a sample of the song “Rosa,” first recorded more than a century earlier and popularized by famed Colombian musician Magín Díaz.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Aug. 3, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, July 30. 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.

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Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” adds a third week at No. 1 to its Billboard Hot 100 tab. The single became the singer-songwriter’s first leader on the chart three weeks earlier.
The song, on American Dogwood/EMPIRE (with country radio promotion by Magnolia Music), is from the Virginia-born artist’s album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which debuted at its No. 5 high on the Billboard 200 in June. It has spent two weeks at No. 1 on Americana/Folk Albums and reached No. 2 on Top Country Albums.

The track also became the first by a Black man, and second by a Black artist overall, after Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” earlier this year, to top both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts. “It’s a sign of the times – genres are merging, styles are blending and the audience’s music taste is broader than ever,” EMPIRE COO Nima Etminan recently told Billboard. “Artists don’t need to be put in boxes – whether it be by race, genre or eras. Good music is good music and the listeners largely get to dictate the charts.”

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Teddy Swims’ former No. 1 “Lose Control” reaches a notable mark, tying for the 10th-most weeks spent in the bracket by any song so far in the 2020s.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Aug. 3, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, July 30. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

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“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” continues atop the Hot 100 with 85.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 10%, good for top Airplay Gainer honors for a fourth week), 37.3 million official streams (down 4%) and 15,000 sold (down 7%) in the United States July 19-25.

The track rebounds 2-1 for a second week atop the Streaming Songs chart, following a frame on top three weeks earlier; keeps at its No. 2 high on Radio Songs; and likewise holds at No. 2 after nine weeks ruling Digital Song Sales.

Reflecting its wide sonic appeal, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which interpolates J-Kwon’s 2004 hip-hop classic “Tipsy,” became the first song ever to go top 10 on all four of the following Billboard radio charts, where it continues to gain: It jumps 3-1 on Country Airplay – marking its first airplay chart domination – and 5-4 on Rhythmic Airplay and keeps at its Nos. 5 and 6 bests on Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay, respectively.

“It’s important that Shaboozey has been able to show that you can do that as an independent artist,” Heather Vassar, senior vp of operations for EMPIRE in Nashville, told Billboard. “We had several offers from majors who wanted to work the record and it was really important that we were able to stay true to how we operate.”

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” concurrently tops the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a seventh week.

Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 following six nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in May. It leads Radio Songs for a fifth week (85.5 million, up 1%) – as it ascends to No. 1 on Pop Airplay – and shines atop the multimetric Songs of the Summer chart for a ninth week.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it returned to the summit for a second frame on top. It tops the multimetric Hot Rap Songs chart for an 11th week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a ninth week.

Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby” repeats at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2, as it banks a 13th week atop the multimetric Hot R&B Songs chart.

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” keeps at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3, and her “Please Please Please” dips 6-7, after it became her first No. 1 in June. She claims a seventh week with multiple songs in the top 10, extending her mark for the most among all artists this year.

In between Carpenter’s two top 10s, Hozier’s “Too Sweet” rises 7-6 on the Hot 100, following a week at No. 1 in April. It commands the multimetric Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 17th week each and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a 16th week.

Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led for a week in March, is steady at No. 8 on the Hot 100, as it logs a key milestone: It ties for the 10th-most weeks tallied in the top 10 this decade.

Most Weeks in Hot 100’s Top 10 in the 2020s:

57, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, 2020-21

44, “Stay,” The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, 2021-22

41, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023-24

41, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa, 2021

38, “As It Was,” Harry Styles, 2022-23

37, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, 2021-22

34, “Cruel Summer,” Taylor Swift, 2023-24

31, “Mood,” 24kGoldn feat. iann dior, 2020-21

29, “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus, 2023-24

28, “Lose Control,” Teddy Swims, 2024

28, “Kill Bill,” SZA, 2022-23

28, “Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift, 2022-23

“Lose Control” also becomes Teddy Swims’ first No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Among other radio rankings, it previously topped Radio Songs, Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Adult R&B Airplay.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Benson Boone’s No. 2-peaking “Beautiful Things” is a non-mover at No. 9 and Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” returns to the tier and its best rank (11-10).

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BTS singer Jimin is flying high on the U.K. singles chart with “Who” (via BigHit Entertainment), which debuts at No. 4.
That’s the top debut on the latest frame and a new solo career best for the K-pop star (born Park Jimin), besting the No. 8 peak for his 2023 release “Like Crazy.”

The focus track from his sophomore studio album MUSE, “Who” becomes Jimin’s third top 40 appearance in the U.K. after 2023’s “Set Me Free Pt.2,” which reached No. 30.

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As a collective, BTS has snagged nine U.K. top 40 singles, including four U.K. top 10s appearances 2020’s “Dynamite” (No. 3) and “Life Goes On” (No. 10), 2021’s “Butter” (No. 3) and Coldplay collaboration “My Universe” (No. 3).

At the top of the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Friday, July 26, is “Please Please Please” (Island) by Sabrina Carpenter, which enters its fourth non-consecutive weeks at No. 1. The U.S. actor and singer replaces herself at the top of the leaderboard, as “Espresso” slides 1-9. Carpenter has now occupied top spot for a total of 11 weeks in 2024, the Official Charts Company reports.

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The podium is respectively completed by Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” (up 5-2 via Interscope) and Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck Babe” (up 6-3 vis Island), both notching new peak positions. Roan’s hot streak can be seen further down the tally as “Hot To Go!” spikes 27-19, and “Red Wine Supernova” blows up 48-39, for new peaks.

Little Mix artist JADE (real name: Jade Thirlwall) flies into the top 10 with her debut single “Angel Of My Dreams” (RCA), new at No. 7. With that start, JADE has bragging rights over her bandmates Leigh-Anne, whose 2023 solo debut “Don’t Say Love” hit No. 11, and Perrie, whose “Forget About Us” reached No. 10.

Charli XCX’s BRAT summer continues to heat up. BRAT album tracks “360” (Atlantic) powers 29-18 and viral number “Apple” climbs 42-19, for the British artist and producer’s 18th U.K. top 40 track. BRAT was last week shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, celebrating the best British and Irish albums of the year.

Following their headline spot at London’s BST Hyde Park festival, K-pop favorites Stray Kids bag their first U.K. top 40 appearance with “Chk Chk Boom” (Republic Records). It’s new at No. 30.

Eminem reigns again on the U.K. chart with The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (via Interscope).
The Rap God’s latest LP enters a second week atop the Official U.K. Albums Chart, published Friday, July 26, holding off Olivia Rodrigo’s resurgent Guts.

The Death of Slim Shady is Em’s 12th studio album, and his 11th leader in the U.K.

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Meanwhile, Rodrigo’s sophomore album Guts (Geffen) flies 22-2 following the release of the deluxe “spilled” edition on vinyl. Guts logged a single week at No. 1 following its release last year. Rodrigo’s record-setting debut album Sour, from 2021, also enjoys a lift on the latest frame. It’s up 24-23 in its 166th week on the chart.

The top new entry on the latest tally is Heavy Jelly (BMG), the fourth studio album from Soft Play, the punk act formerly known as Slaves. It’s new at No. 3. As Slaves, the rockers (Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent) landed top 10s with Are You Satisfied? (No. 8), Take Control (No. 6) and Acts of Fear and Love (No. 8).

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Also new to the top 10 is Glass Animals’ I Love You So F***ing Much (Polydor), new at No. 5. It’s the second top tier effort from the Oxford, England-formed pop-rock act following 2020’s Dreamland, which peaked at No. 2 and housed the global hit “Heat Waves.”

Further down the list, British heavy metal icons Deep Purple dig out a 26th U.K. top 40 with =1 (Ear Music), their 23rd studio album. It’s new at No. 12.

And finally, Cardiff, Wales seven-piece Los Campesinos! makes a long overdue appearance in the U.K. top 40 with All Hell (Heart Swells), its seventh studio release. All Hell is new at No. 14. Until now, the group’s best on the national survey was No. 72 for 2008’s How On Now Youngster.

As Stray Kids’ new album ATE opens at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Aug. 3), they become the first group ever to debut at No. 1 with their first five charting albums. Stray Kids previously debuted atop the chart with ODDINARY, MAXIDENT (both in 2022), ROCK-STAR and 5-STAR (both in 2023). The […]

Twisters: The Album enters the Billboard 200 (dated Aug. 3) at No. 7. It’s the first country-dominated soundtrack to a theatrically-released film to make the top 10 on the all-genre chart since Country Strong, which reached No. 6 in January 2011.
“Twisters” is only the second country soundtrack from a theatrically-released film to debut in the top 10, after Hannah Montana: The Movie, which opened at No. 2 in April 2009. The album, which reached No. 1 three weeks later, featured star Miley Cyrus’ pop/country crossover hit “The Climb.”

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Other country-dominated film soundtracks to reach the top 10 include Urban Cowboy (No. 3 in 1980), George Strait’s Pure Country (No. 6 in 1992), Hope Floats (No. 4 in 1998), Coyote Ugly (No. 10 in 2000), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (No. 1 in 2002) and Walk the Line, from the Oscar-winning Johnny Cash biopic (No. 9 in 2006).

Twisters has already climbed higher than the soundtrack to the original Twister, which peaked at No. 28 in 1996. That Warner release was mostly rock and featured such artists as Tori Amos, Van Halen, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham.

The new album, released on Atlantic, features such established country artists as Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, Shania Twain and Jelly Roll, as well as such rising stars as Bailey Zimmerman, Breland and Tanner Adell. (Notably, both albums came from the Warner Music Group family of labels.)

Twain also had a track (“No One Needs to Know”) on the Twister soundtrack. She was one of the few non-rock artists on board for that album, along with k.d. lang and Alison Krauss & Union Station. On the new album, she teams with Breland to perform “Boots Don’t.” She is the only artist to appear on both albums.

The arrival of Twisters ends a notable drought in recent months for soundtracks. Three weeks ago, the highest-ranking soundtrack on the Billboard 200 (Barbie: The Album) was way down at No. 172. That marked the first time that the highest-ranking soundtrack on the Billboard 200 had ranked that low in the more than seven years that the Billboard 200 and the Top Soundtracks chart have adhered to the same chart formula.

Since Feb. 11, 2017, both charts have ranked 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).

Twisters is the first soundtrack from any genre to appear in the top 10 since Barbie: The Album (which, like Twisters: The Album, was released on Atlantic) ended its top 10 run in September.

This marks the first time that no soundtracks appeared in the top 10 in the first six months of a calendar year since 1987. The first soundtrack to make the top 10 that year (Beverly Hills Cop II) did so in the issue dated Aug. 1.

There are only two other years since 1956 – when the Billboard 200 bowed as a regular, weekly feature – where no soundtracks appeared in the top 10 in the first six months of the year. In 1972, the first soundtrack to make the top 10 that year (Curtis Mayfield’s Superfly) did so in the issue dated Oct. 7.  In 1976, the first soundtrack to make the top 10 that year (Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same) did so in the issue dated Nov. 6.

Soundtracks have been a big part of the album market since the introduction of the Billboard 200. On the first chart – March 24, 1956 – soundtracks to Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals held two of the top three spots. Oklahoma! and Carousel were No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. (A non-soundtrack, Harry Belafonte’s Belafonte, was No. 1.)

At least one soundtrack appeared in the top 10 every week from that first chart on March 24, 1956 through Dec. 22, 1958. In the mid-1960s, there was an even longer winning streak. At least one soundtrack appeared in the top 10 every week from July 25, 1964 through June 10, 1967.

Twisters ranked No. 1 at the boxoffice last weekend, but falls to No. 2 this weekend behind the new Deadpool & Wolverine. The original Twister was No. 1 for two weekends in May 1996. Isaac Chung directed Twisters, which stars Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones. Jan de Bont directed the original Twister, which starred Helen Hunt and the late Bill Paxton.

K-pop superstars Stray Kids and Jimin make a splash atop the Billboard 200 (dated Aug. 3), as the acts’ latest albums, ATE and MUSE, debut at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. In turn, it marks the first time the top two on the Billboard 200 are K-pop (Korean pop) albums.

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Further, ATE lands Stray Kids their fifth No. 1 in a row, making the act the first group ever to debut at No. 1 with their first five charting albums. They previously opened atop the chart with ODDINARY, MAXIDENT (both in 2022), ROCK-STAR and 5-STAR (both in 2023).

The only other artist to debut at No. 1 with its first five chart entries was rapper DMX in 1998-2003 with It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998), Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood (1999), …And Then There Was X (2000), The Great Depression (2001) and Grand Champ (2003).

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ATE arrives with 232,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 25, according to Luminate. That’s the largest week of 2024 for any K-pop album, and the sixth-biggest debut for any album this year. MUSE moves in with 96,000 units, and gives BTS member Jimin his second solo album to reach No. 2 (after last year’s FACE).

Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, the Twisters soundtrack debuts at No. 7 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned. The country music-heavy album is the first soundtrack to reach the top 10 in 2024, and it does so with the year’s biggest week, by units earned, for any soundtrack. Further, it’s the first country soundtrack from a theatrical film to reach the top 10 in over a decade.

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 Aug. 3, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 30. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of ATE’s 232,000 first-week units, album sales comprise 218,000, SEA units comprise 13,000 (equaling 19.05 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise 1,000. With 218,000 copies sold, ATE is the top-selling album of the week, debuting at No. 1 on Top Album Sales. It also nets the largest sales week for any K-pop album this year and 2024’s second-largest sales week for any album of any genre (trailing only the 1.91-million sales debut of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department). ATE’s sales were bolstered by its availability across 11 different CD variants, all containing collectible items like photocards, stickers and posters (some of which was randomized), including signed editions, as well as variants exclusive to Barnes & Noble, Target and Walmart.

As ATE is mostly in the Korean language, it is the 25th mostly non-English-language album to hit No. 1, and the second of 2024. On the March 9-dated chart, TWICE’s With YOU-th garnered the group its first leader when it opened at No. 1. Of the 25 mostly non-English-language albums to reach No. 1, 16 are mostly Korean, five mostly (or all) Spanish, one mostly Italian, one entirely French, and two mostly a blend of Spanish, Italian and French. Of the 25 almost all non-English-language albums to reach No. 1, 21 have topped the chart since 2018 (the year that K-pop superstars BTS scored their first of six No. 1s, with the chart’s first Korean-language No. 1s). Further, of the 16 K-pop albums that have reached No. 1, Stray Kids and BTS account for 11 (five and six, respectively).

Speaking of BTS, the group’s Jimin sees his latest solo project MUSE bow at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 96,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 74,000 (aided by its availability across nine CD variants, containing collectible posters, photocards and stickers; inclusive of exclusive editions sold at Barnes & Noble, Target and Walmart), SEA units comprise 15,000 and TEA units comprise 7,000. In 2023, Jimin’s first solo charting set, FACE, debuted and peaked at No. 2.

MUSE was preceded by the Billboard Hot 100-charting “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band” (with Loco), which debuted at No. 88 on the July 13-dated list.

Eminem’s The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) falls to No. 3 in its second week with 79,000 equivalent album units earned (down 72%) after debuting at No. 1 a week ago. Swift’s former leader The Tortured Poets Department is a non-mover at No. 4 with 74,000 units (down 9%); Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene slips 3-5 with 71,000 (down 19%); and Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time dips 5-6 with 65,000 (down 2%).

Twisters: The Album debuts at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned — marking the first soundtrack the reach the top 10 in 2024 and the year’s biggest week, by units, for any soundtrack. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 40,000 (equaling 52.85 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 29 songs), album sales comprise 14,000 (it was available to purchase a digital download, CD and in three vinyl variants) and TEA units comprise 3,000.

The country music-heavy project is the companion album to the film Twisters, which blew into U.S. movie theaters on July 19. The film is a standalone sequel to 1996’s Twister, which boasted a rock-focused soundtrack (peaking at No. 28 on the Billboard 200).

The Twisters album features a wealth of new original material from country stars including Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson, and was preceded by three charting hits on the Hot Country Songs chart (Combs’ “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma,” Bailey Zimmerman’s “Hell or High Water” and Tyler Childers’ “Song While You’re Away”). Twenty of the album’s 29 songs appear in the movie, and over half of the album’s tracks were released over the course of the 10 weeks leading up to the set’s drop on July 19.

Twisters is the first country soundtrack to reach the top 10 since the Jan. 4, 2014-dated chart, when The Robertsons’ TV soundtrack Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas closed out its last week in the top 10, having peaked at No. 3 the previous November. As for country soundtracks to theatrical films, like Twisters, the last to reach the top 10 was Country Strong, which peaked at No. 6 on the Jan. 29, 2011, chart. The last country soundtrack from a theatrical film to debut in the top 10, like Twisters, was Hannah Montana: The Movie, which bowed at No. 2 on the April 11, 2009, chart, later reaching No. 1 on the May 2 list. (Soundtrack and country albums are defined as those that are eligible for, or have charted on, Billboard’s Soundtracks and Top Country Albums charts, respectively.)

Closing out the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 is Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (falling 7-8 with 54,000 equivalent album units; up less than 1%), Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft (6-9 with nearly 54,000; down 5%), and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season (holding at No. 10 with 43,000; up 10%).

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