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Sabrina Carpenter boasts the top song in the world, as “Espresso” rebounds for a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart and brews up an eighth week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey.
Notably, “Espresso” ties for the longest command on Global Excl. U.S. this year, matching the No. 1 run of Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things.”
Meanwhile, Eminem’s “Houdini” reappears in the top 10 of both tallies as his new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), launches at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200.
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The Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
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“Espresso” tops the Global 200 with 80.9 million streams (down 7%) and 8,000 sold (up 3%) worldwide July 12-18.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” drops to No. 2 after two weeks atop the Global 200; Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” holds at No. 3, following two weeks at No. 1 in June; Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” rises 5-4, after hitting No. 3; and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” descends 4-5, off its No. 3 best.
Also in the Global 200’s top 10, Eminem’s “Houdini” bounds 16-8 with 53.9 million streams (up 38%) and 9,000 sold (up 11%) worldwide. It led the list in its debut week in June.
Carpenter’s “Espresso” rules Global Excl. U.S. with 58.1 million streams (down 7%) and 3,000 sold (down 4%) outside the U.S. July 12-18.
Most Weeks at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. in 2024:
8, “Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter
8, “Beautiful Things,” Benson Boone
4, “Greedy,” Tate McRae
2, “Fortnight,” Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
2, “Yes, And?,” Ariana Grande
Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” is steady at its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. high; Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” keeps at No. 3, four weeks after it led; and FloyyMenor and Cris Mj’s “Gata Only” holds at No. 4 after reaching No. 3.
Karol G’s “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” rises 7-5 on Global Excl. U.S., up 10% to 53.9 million streams worldwide. Her seventh top 10 becomes her sixth to reach the top five.
Plus, Eminem’s “Houdini” unlocks a 14-8 move on Global Excl. U.S. with 33.4 million streams (up 24%) outside the U.S. As on the Global 200, it topped Global Excl. U.S. in its first week in June.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated July 27, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, July 23. 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 is “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is top shelf on the Billboard Hot 100 again, rebounding from the runner-up spot for a second week at No. 1. Two weeks earlier, the single became his first leader on the chart.
The song by the Virgina native (born Collins Obinna Chibueze) is from his LP 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.
Of his breakthrough this year, Shaboozey, who has been releasing music for a decade, recently told Billboard, “We were pretty prepared for this moment.”
Plus, Eminem’s “Houdini” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, wriggling 18-10, as his new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
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 July 27, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, July 23. 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),” on American Dogwood/EMPIRE (with country radio promotion by Magnolia Music), rules the Hot 100 with 77.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 11%, good for top Airplay Gainer honors for a third week), 39 million official streams (down 6%) and 16,000 sold (down 24%) in the United States July 12-18.
The track keeps at its No. 2 high on Radio Songs; holds at No. 2 on the Streaming Songs chart, following a week at No. 1; and dips to No. 2 after nine weeks atop Digital Song Sales.
Reflecting its mass 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 pushes 4-3 on Country Airplay and 7-5 on Pop Airplay; repeats at its No. 5 high on Rhythmic Airplay; and is steady at its No. 6 best on Adult Pop Airplay.
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” concurrently crowns the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a sixth week.
Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, rebounds 3-2 on the Hot 100 following six nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in May. It tops Radio Songs for a fourth week (84.8 million, up 5%) and the multimetric Songs of the Summer chart for an eighth frame.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” drops to No. 3 on the Hot 100, a week after it returned to the summit for a second week on top. It commands the multimetric Hot Rap Songs chart for a 10th week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for an eighth week.
Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby” holds at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2, as it leads the multimetric Hot R&B Songs chart for a 12th week.
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” keeps at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3, and her “Please Please Please” repeats at No. 6, four weeks after it became her first No. 1. She claims a sixth week with multiple songs in the top 10, the most of any artist this year.
Hozier’s “Too Sweet” lifts 8-7 on the Hot 100, following a week at No. 1 in April. It rules the multimetric Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 16th week each and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a 15th week.
Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led for a week in March, rises 10-8 on the Hot 100 and Benson Boone’s No. 2-peaking “Beautiful Things” is stationary at No. 9.
Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Eminem’s “Houdini” escapes from below the tier, bounding 18-10 as the top Streaming Gainer award winner (21.6 million, up 64%); it’s also up 11% to 24.6 million in airplay audience. The lead single from his new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), which launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, hit No. 2 on the Hot 100 upon its debut in June, becoming his 23rd top 10.
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.
Sabrina Carpenter’s summer isn’t coming to an end just yet. Based on midweek U.K. sales and streaming data captured by the Official Charts Company, Carpenter’s hit “Please Please Please” (via Island) should return to the summit for a seventh-non-consecutive week. “Please Please Please” is the followup to “Espresso,” which has reigned over the national singles […]
Eminem is in a tight race to keep his album The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) at No. 1 on the U.K. Official Albums Chart for a second consecutive week.
The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) debuted at No. 1 last Friday, marking Eminem‘s 11th U.K. No. 1 album, equaling the records of U2 and David Bowie.
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However, at the midweek point, Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS is challenging for the top spot, trailing by fewer than 200 chart units.
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The boost for GUTS comes from the physical release of its deluxe version, GUTS (spilled), which has pushed the album back into the Top 10. GUTS initially debuted at No. 1 last year, securing one week at the top.
The punk duo SOFT PLAY, previously known as Slaves, are expected to achieve this week’s highest new entry with Heavy Jelly at No. 3. As Slaves, Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent had three consecutive U.K. top 10 albums with Are You Satisfied?, Take Control, and Acts of Fear and Love.
Glass Animals’ fourth album, I Love You So F**ing Much, is on track to enter the charts at No. 4. This would be their second top 10 U.K. album following their breakout success with Dreamland, which peaked at No. 2 and featured the global hit “Heat Waves.”
Heavy metal legends Deep Purple might secure their 12th top 10 album and first in four years with their 23rd release, =1, currently projected to enter at No. 6. Indie rockers Los Campesinos! are aiming for their first Top 10 album with All Hell positioned at No. 10.
London-based rapper Morrisson is set to debut just outside the Top 10 with his first album British Trap Royalty at No. 11.
Meanwhile, BTS member JIMIN’s solo effort MUSE is aiming for a U.K. top 40 spot at No. 25, based on midweek data, while Childish Gambino’s final album, Bando Stone & The New World, is set to enter at No. 26.
Following their recent performance at BST Hyde Park, K-pop group STRAY KIDS could see their album ATE land at No. 30, marking their second top 40 entry on the Official Albums Chart.
All will be revealed when the Official Chart is published late Friday, July 26.
Three people have proven themselves to be more skilled than the rest at predicting this year’s hits, placing first, second and third in the Billboard Hot 100 Challenge as of the end of the competition Tuesday (July 16).
After racking up points by accurately guessing how songs would fare on the U.S. chart via fantasy-sports-style gameplay, 26-year-old Easton Erosa, 25-year-old Lamar D and 19-year-old Josiah Fitzgerald ended the season as winners. Erosa, who’s from Haleiwa, Hawaii, will take home $25,000 cash for placing the highest of all the mobile game’s users, while runner-up Lamar of Philadelphia wins two VIP access passes to a 2024 or 2025 Billboard event or conference.
“When I found out there was a contest to predict the peak of the current top songs I knew I had to be a part of it,” Erosa tells Billboard. “I’ve grown up always loving music, especially Miley Cyrus. I listen to all kinds of genres like pop, hip-hop, country, etc., so I intuitively could tell when a song is gonna be a hit or not no matter the genre.”
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“I also loved being introduced to new songs and artists I’ve never heard before,” he notes of his experience with the app. “It made the game so fun listening to all the hot new songs from different genres and adding my favorites to my playlist.”
Repping Amherst, Massachussetts, Fitzgerald snags the third-place prize of a $500 Ticketmaster gift card to spend on concert tickets. “My brother Samuel and I downloaded the app shortly after it was announced and went in with fairly low expectations,” he tells Billboard. “I know that there were people who followed charts much more closely than we did during the season, so it was surprising and exciting to find out that we both ended up finishing within the top five!”
“Thank you to everyone at Billboard who made this possible and congratulations to the other winners!” Fitzgerald adds.
The news comes about three months after Billboard launched the first-of-its-kind mobile competition game, inviting users to listen to a new song every weekday and guess its ultimate peak position on the Hot 100. Points were awarded based on the accuracy of each participant’s respective predictions.
Between the charts dated April 13 and July 13, there were 197 new song entries on the Hot 100. Seven tracks reached No. 1 in that time: Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That,” Hozier’s “Too Sweet,” Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight,” Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” Morgan Wallen and Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”
“For more than six decades, the Billboard Hot 100 has been the music industry’s top chart for measuring hits,” said Billboard EVP of Charts Silvio Pietroluongo when the game was first announced. “We are thrilled to create a new and unique interactive experience for passionate fans … We’re redefining how fans engage with chart-topping hits and ushering in a new music discovery and enjoyment era.”
For the first time in over three years, the top nine positions on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart are all debuts, led by ENHYPEN’s Romance: Untold atop the list. On the chart dated July 27, Nos. 1-9 are new entries, the first time the top nine are debuts since the May 29, 2021-dated ranking.
Joining ENHYPEN with debuts in the top 10 are Eminem, Clairo, Johnny Blue Skies (aka Sturgill Simpson), Billy Strings, Cigarettes After Sex, Megan Moroney, Phish and HARDY. The lone non-debut in the top 10 is Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, which falls from No. 5 to No. 10.
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 units and streaming equivalent album units. The new July 27, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 23. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.
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Since Top Album Sales bowed with the May 25, 1991-dated list, there have been 10 weeks where there were at least nine debuts in the top 10. The entire top nine have been debuts six times — on the latest chart, once in 2021, twice in 2017 and twice in 2016. (The entire top 10 were debuts three times — twice in 2017 and once in 2016.)
ENHYPEN’s Romance: Untold arrives with the act’s best sales week ever, as the set launches at No. 1 with 117,000 copies sold – the fifth-largest debut sales week of 2024. It’s the second No. 1 for the Korean pop ensemble, and seventh top 10-charting effort overall for the group. The album’s sales were bolstered by its availability across 17 different CD variants, all containing collectible paper ephemera like photocards, stickers and a poster, as well as two vinyl editions.
Eminem’s The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) enters at No. 2 with 114,000 – the largest sales week of 2024 for a rap album. The set marks the hip-hop giant’s 13th top 10-charting effort. Death was available to purchase only as a digital download and was issued widely in both clean and explicit editions, in addition to three further variants sold exclusively in Eminem’s official webstore. Of the latter three, two were sold as a pre-order for a limited time before the set’s release, and each came with their own exclusive bonus track – one with “Kyrie & Luka” featuring 2 Chainz, and one with “Like My Shit” featuring FIFTEENAFTER. A third webstore variant dropped on July 17, carrying both bonus tracks and an exclusive “Steve Berman” skit. The CD and vinyl editions of The Death of Slim Shady are due for release on Sept. 13 and Oct. 25, respectively.
Clairo captures her biggest sales week yet, as Charm debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales with 32,000 sold. The set’s first-week sales were amplified by the album’s availability across eight vinyl variants and four deluxe boxed sets (containing branded merchandise and a CD). Vinyl sales comprise 15,000 of the album’s first week – Clairo’s best week ever on vinyl. Charm also bows atop the Vinyl Albums ranking – the singer-songwriter’s first leader there.
Johnny Blue Skies’ (aka Sturgill Simpson) Passage du Desir debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales with 15,000 sold. The set was released in two vinyl variants (which sold a combined 9,500), a CD and a digital download. Combining Simpson’s albums credited to his name and his Johnny Blue Skies pseudonym, he’s collected six top 10-charting efforts.
Billy Strings’ Live, Vol. 1 bows at No. 5 on Top Album Sales with nearly 15,000 sold – from three vinyl variants (which combined to sell 12,000 copies – his best vinyl week ever; debuting at No. 2 on Vinyl Albums), a CD and a digital download. It’s the third top 10 on Top Album Sales for Strings.
Cigarettes After Sex lands its best sales week ever, and first top 10 on Top Album Sales, as its third full-length studio album, X’s, bows at No. 6 with 13,000 sold. The set was issued across nine vinyl variants (totaling 8,000 – the band’s best week ever on vinyl), a CD, cassette tape and digital download.
Megan Moroney achieves her first top 10 on Top Album Sales, with her largest sales week yet, as her second full-length studio album Am I Okay? bows at No. 7 with 13,000 sold. The set was available in three vinyl variants (including an autographed edition, sold exclusive in her webstore), three deluxe CD boxsets (containing collectible merch and a CD), a signed CD (exclusive to her store), a standard CD and a digital download album.
Phish’s new studio album Evolve enters at No. 8 on Top Album Sales with 13,000 sold – the band’s best sales week since Big Boat debuted with 17,000 copies on the Oct. 29, 2016-dated chart. Evolve was available across six vinyl variants (selling 10,000 copies), a CD and digital download. Evolve marks the 10th top 10-charting set for Phish on Top Album Sales.
Hardy rounds out the debut parade on Top Album Sales as his new studio set Quit!! debuts with 13,000 at No. 9 – marking his third top album. The set was issued across three vinyl variants, a signed CD (exclusive to his webstore), a standard CD, a standard digital album, and a deluxe digital album with eight bonus live tracks (exclusive to his webstore).
Closing out the top 10 on the new Top Album Sales chart is Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, falling 5-10 with 10,000 (down 2%).
Shady’s back…at No. 1 in the U.K.
Eminem glides to the summit of the Official U.K. Albums Chart with The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (via Interscope), published Friday, July 19.
The Rap God’s latest LP chalks up 45,000 combined units in the chart week, according to the Official Charts Company, drawing him level with David Bowie and U2 on the all-time leaderboard, with 11 each.
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Em previously reigned in the U.K. with The Marshall Mathers LP (from 2000), The Eminem Show (2002), Encore (2004), Curtain Call: The Hits (2005), Relapse (2009), Recovery (2010), The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018) and Music To Be Murdered By (2020). The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) is also the best-seller in the United States and Australia.
BRITs rising star winner Griff bags a personal best with her debut full-length studio album Vertigo (Warner Records), new at No. 3. Vertigo goes one better than the British artist’s 2021 EP One Foot In Front of The Other, which peaked at No. 4.
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Brit Award-winning Scottish indie rock act Travis claim their 10th U.K. top 10 with L.A. Times (via BMG), new at No. 4, while London-born singer-songwriter Cat Burns collects a top-tier entry with her debut album Early Twenties (RCA), new at No. 7.
Finally, new releases from Cigarettes After Sex (X’s at No. 12 via Partisan) and Atlanta-born singer Clairo (Charm at No. 13 via Clairo) stick top 40 debuts.
Over on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” (Island) pours out a seventh non-consecutive week at No. 1.
Indeed, the U.S. singer and actor locks up another 1-2 in the U.K. as “Please Please Please” holds at No. 2. Carpenter is now in joint-first place as the artist to spend the most consecutive weeks occupying both the top 2 chart positions concurrently, a record she holds with Ed Sheeran at five weeks.
Ice Spice and Central Cee’s trans-Atlantic hip-hop collaboration “Did It First”(10k Projects /Capitol/Columbia) is the top new single on the latest tally that doesn’t belong to Eminem. “Did It First” starts at No. 15 for Ice Spice’s third U.K. top 40 hit, and Central Cee’s 26th.
Eminem achieves his 11th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart (dated July 27) as his latest studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), debuts atop the list. The set launches with 281,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 18, according to Luminate. It scores the largest week for any rap album in 2024.
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With an 11th No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, Eminem ties Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and Ye (formerly Kanye West) for the fifth-most No. 1s on the Billboard 200. Ahead of them are The Beatles (a record 19 No. 1s), Jay-Z and Taylor Swift (each with 14) and Drake (13).
Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, three acts all debut with their highest-charting albums ever, as ENHYPEN, Clairo and Megan Moroney’s latest releases enter at Nos. 2, 8 and 9, respectively. Plus, after 12 consecutive weeks at No. 1, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department spends its first week outside the top slot, falling to No. 4 in its 13th week on the list.
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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 July 27, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 23. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Of The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)’s 281,000 first-week units, SEA units comprise 164,500 (equaling 220.08 million on-demand official streams of the tracks on the streaming edition of the album; Death also debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 114,000 (all from digital downloads; it wasn’t available as a physical album) and TEA units comprise 2,500.
Death’s first-week sales mark the biggest sales week in 2024 for a rap album. It also nets the second-largest sales week this year for a digital download album, behind only the debut of Swift’s Poets with 274,000 downloads sold in its opening week.
Death was available to purchase only as a digital download and was issued widely in both clean and explicit editions, in addition to three further variants sold exclusively in Eminem’s official webstore. Of the latter three, two were sold as a pre-order for a limited time before the set’s release, and each came with their own exclusive bonus track — one with “Kyrie & Luka,” featuring 2 Chainz, and one with “Like My Shit,” featuring FIFTEENAFTER. A third webstore variant dropped on Wednesday (July 17), carrying both bonus tracks and an exclusive “Steve Berman” skit. The CD and vinyl editions of The Death of Slim Shady are due for release on Sept. 13 and Oct. 25, respectively.
Eminem’s new album was preceded by two top 40-charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100, “Houdini,” which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the June 15 chart, and “Tobey,” with Big Sean and BabyTron, which climbed to No. 27 on the July 20 chart.
ENHYPEN captures its highest-charting album ever, and fourth top 10, as Romance: Untold debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 124,000 equivalent album units earned — the act’s largest week ever by units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 117,000 (the group’s best sales week ever; the set debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 7,000 (equaling 9.53 million on-demand official streams of the album’s tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The album’s sales were bolstered by its availability across 17 different CD variants, all containing collectible paper ephemera like photocards, stickers and a poster, as well as two vinyl editions.
Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene slips 2-3 in its third week on the list (88,000 equivalent album units; down 36%) while Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department falls 1-4 (82,000; down 50%). The latter spent its first 12 weeks on the chart at No. 1.
Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time dips 3-5 on the Billboard 200 with 66,000 equivalent album units earned (down 5%), Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft descends 4-6 with 57,000 units (down 2%) and Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess falls 5-7 with 54,000 units (down less than 1%).
Clairo scores her highest-charting album ever, and first top 10, as Charm enters at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 with 47,000 equivalent album units earned — her best week ever by units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 32,000 (her best sales week ever), SEA units comprise 15,000 (equaling 19.78 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The set’s first-week sales was amplified by the album’s availability across eight vinyl variants and four deluxe boxed sets (containing branded merchandise and a CD). Vinyl sales comprise 15,000 of the album’s first week – Clairo’s best week ever on vinyl.
The album was preceded by the single “Sexy to Someone,” which has reached the top 20 of the Adult Alternative Airplay chart, and the top 30 of the Alternative Airplay and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs rankings.
Megan Moroney lands her first top 10-charting set on the Billboard 200 as her second full-length studio album Am I Okay? bows at No. 9 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned — the singer-songwriter’s largest week by units. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 30,000 (equaling 38.05 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 13,000 and TEA units comprise less than 500. The album was preceded by a trio of entries on the Hot Country Songs chart: “No Caller ID,” “28th of June” and “Indifferent.” The new album’s success follows Moroney’s chart breakthrough in 2023 with the single “Tennessee Orange,” from her debut full-length, Lucky (peaking at No. 38 on the Billboard 200 in 2023). “Tennessee” climbed to No. 10 on Hot Country Songs and garnered song of the year nominations at both the Country Music Association Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Closing out the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 is Noah Kahan’s Stick Season, slipping 7-10 with 40,000 equivalent album units earned (though up 4%).
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For the first time in over a year, and only the sixth time in the modern era, half of the top 10 albums on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart (dated July 20) are country albums.
Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene leads the country party at No. 2 on the July 20-dated Billboard 200, followed by Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time (No. 3) and Dangerous: The Double Album (No. 6), Shaboozey’s Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going (No. 8) and Bryan’s self-titled album (No. 10).
Country albums are defined as those that have appeared on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. The list began in 1964.
In the modern era – since the Billboard 200 chart began using electronically monitored tracking information from Luminate (then-SoundScan) on the May 25, 1991-dated chart – there have been only six instances where at least half of the top 10 were country titles.
Here’s a look at each of those weeks and the country sets inside the top 10 on the Billboard 200 —
July 20, 2024:No. 2, Zach Bryan, The Great American Bar SceneNo. 3, Morgan Wallen, One Thing at a TimeNo. 6, Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double AlbumNo. 8, Shaboozey, Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m GoingNo. 10, Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan
June 10, 2023:No. 2, Morgan Wallen, One Thing at a TimeNo. 5, Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double AlbumNo. 7, Luke Combs, Gettin’ OldNo. 9, Zach Bryan, American HeartbreakNo. 10, Bailey Zimmerman, Religiously. The Album.
Oct. 5, 2013:No. 2, Justin Moore, Off the Beaten PathNo. 3, Chris Young, A.M.No. 6, Luke Bryan, Crash My PartyNo. 8, Keith Urban, FuseNo. 10, Billy Currington, We Are Tonight
Oct. 30, 2010:No. 2, Darius Rucker, Charleston, SC 1966No. 4, The Band Perry, The Band PerryNo. 6, Kenny Chesney, Hemmingway’s WhiskeyNo. 8, Zac Brown Band, You Get What You GiveNo. 9, Toby Keith, Bullets in the Gun
Nov. 17, 2007:No. 1, Eagles, Long Road Out of EdenNo. 3, Carrie Underwood, Carnival RideNo. 5, Josh Turner, Everything Is FineNo. 6, Robert Plant / Alison Krauss, Raising SandNo. 10, Rascal Flatts, Still Feels Good
Jan. 23, 1993:No. 2, Garth Brooks, The ChaseNo. 3, Billy Ray Cyrus, Some Gave AllNo. 8, Reba McEntire, It’s Your CallNo. 9, George Strait, Pure Country (Soundtrack)No. 10, Brooks & Dunn, Brand New Man
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Although Ingrid Andress’ rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Monday night drew heavy criticism online, the moment fueled the country singer-songwriter to her best streaming day in nearly 20 months as discussion of the performance spiked interest in her wider catalog.
For July 15-16, the day of and day following the performance, Andress’ song catalog registered a total of 1.2 million official on-demand U.S. streams, according to initial data reports submitted to Luminate. The two-day figure marks a 229% surge from her catalog’s 370,000 stream haul on July 13-14, the two days preceding her performance. (“The Star-Spangled Banner” did not contribute to any counts as the song is not available as a recording on streaming services.)
Of those totals, 941,000 streams alone occurred on June 16, the single-best streaming day for Andress’ catalog since it registered 964,000 clicks on Nov. 23, 2022, when she appeared on a pre-Thanksgiving episode of Drinkin’ With on Country Music Television (CMT) and its social channels.
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Andress sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby in Arlington, Texas, on Monday night, and her performance immediately went viral across social media. Many users posted clips referenced some of the competing players appearing to hold back laughter as the cameras cut to them, while others debated technical miscues of pitchiness and questionable runs and likened it to Fergie’s poorly received version of the national anthem from the 2018 NBA All-Star Game.
The next day, Andress posted on her X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram accounts that she was “drunk” during the performance and would voluntarily seek treatment. “I’m not gonna bulls–t y’all,” she wrote, “I was drunk last night. I’m checking myself into a facility today to get the help I need. That was not me last night. I apologize to MLB, all the fans, and this country I love so much for that rendition.”
A day ahead of the Home Run Derby, Andress announced a new single, “Colorado 9,” would be released on July 24. In her career, Andress has landed four tracks on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, with her highest peak belonging to “More Hearts Than Mine,” which reached No. 5 in 2020.