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Megan Thee Stallion’s new album Megan launches at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, giving the rapper her second career champ. Her new set crowns the list dated July 13 and arrives with 64,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. for the tracking week of June 28 – July 4, according to Luminate. The total marks the biggest debut, by units, for any rap album released by a woman in 2024.
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Of Megan’s 64,000 first-week sum, streaming activity contributes 47,000 units – equal to 62.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams for the album’s songs. The figure translates into a No. 5 debut on the Top Streaming Albums chart, where it ranks as the week’s highest-charting rap album. 16,000 of Megan’s units come from traditional album sales — giving the artist her best-ever sales week — and the remaining 1,000 derive from track-equivalent units. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album.)
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With Megan, Megan Thee Stallion nets her second No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, after Good News debuted atop the chart in 2020 for its sole week in charge. Beyond the two chart-toppers, the Houston-bred rapper has collected four top 10 projects: Fever (No. 6 in 2019), Suga (No. 6, 2020), Something for Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives (No. 3, 2021) and Traumazine (No. 3, 2022).
Plus, Megan Thee Stallion becomes only the sixth female rapper to achieve multiple leaders on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. She joins Nicki Minaj (who has four No. 1 albums), Eve, Missy Elliott (each with three), Da Brat and Foxy Brown (two each).
Elsewhere, Megan starts at No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart, where it likewise secures the rapper a second champ, and at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard 200. On the latter, Megan becomes the first top 10-charting rap set by a woman released this year.
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Five Megan cuts debut on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, led by “Otaku Hot Girl” at No. 20. (It’s also the album’s most-streamed song for the week, with 7.5 million official U.S. streams.) “Mamushi,” featuring Yuki Chiba, begins at No. 21, followed by “Where Them Girls At” (No. 24), “Accent,” featuring GloRilla (No. 42) and “Rattle” (No. 47).
In addition to the new arrivals, three previously released Megan tracks have appeared on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: “Cobra,” which reached No. 10 last November, “Hiss,” a one-week No. 1 in February and “Boa,” which peaked at No. 13 in May. Thanks to the album’s streaming activity, “Boa” re-enters the chart at No. 27 and “Hiss” returns at No. 38.
A week after Grupo Firme scored its first career No. 1 on Latin Airplay, the group replaces itself at the summit with new single “El Beneficio De La Duda,” as the song flies 24-1 on the July 13-dated list. The new leader follows the one-week reign of “Te Va a Doler,” the group’s first collab with Thalia.
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“We are grateful to our audience for supporting each one of our crazy ideas,” Eduin Caz, lead singer for Grupo Firme, tells Billboard. “Both songs are completely different and the fact that they have accepted them as such, to take them to No. 1 one after the other is incredible and only motivates us to keep going.”
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“El Beneficio De La Duda” scores 6.2 million audience impressions, up 56%, earned during the June 28-July 4 tracking week, according to Luminate. “Te Va a Doler,” meanwhile, falls to No. 26 with a 48% decline in audience (down 48%) after one week on top.
Thanks to the 56% gain in audience, “El Beneficio De La Duda” takes home the Greatest Gainer trophy, a weekly award for the song with the largest increase in audience among the 50-title radio ranking. A pair of California stations lead the way with the most plays, KLAX in Los Angeles and KRZZ in San Francisco, in the latest tracking week, while KFZO in Dallas, rounds up the top three.
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“El Beneficio De La Duda,” composed by singer-songwriter Joss Favela and released May 28 via Music VIP, grants the label its first ruler on the overall Latin radio ranking. Music VIP came close when “Que Onda Perdida,” another Grupo Firme song, with Gerardo Coronel, reached No. 3 in July 2023.
“For us, it is wonderful to continue to represent our Mexican music in the highest possible way,” Music VIP’s Isael Gutiérrez, founder and CEO of Music VIP Entertainment, tells Billboard. “Every achievement and every record we break drives us to keep innovating and creating music that continues to break boundaries.”
As “El Beneficio” lands at the summit on the overall Latin radio tally, Grupo Firme replaces itself at No. 1, the second act to achieve the feat in 2024, following Myke Towers whose “Borracho y Loco” with Yandel ceded the throne to his own “La Falda,” after the latter’s one week in charge (Feb. 24-dated list).
Beyond its Latin Airplay coronation, “El Beneficio” takes the lead on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart, for the group’s 10th No. 1 there, tying with Christian Nodal for second-most champs this decade, both trailing only Calibre 50’s 11 No. 1s since 2020.
“When Joss Favela sent me the first take of the song, he simulated the accordion with his voice because the song wasn’t produced yet,” Caz adds. “I still liked how his voice hummed the melody and decided to incorporate it, and that is one of the most special details of the song.”
Grupo Firme, comprising Eduin and Johnny Caz, Abraham Hernandez, Joaquin Ruiz, Christian Gutierrez, Jose Rubio and Dylan Camacho, celebrates its second No. 1 on the heels of the group’s La Última Peda Tour 2024, the 32-date run that launched in San Antonio, Texas on May 10 and will wrap up Nov. 2 at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
Will Smith’s first Christian/gospel single, “You Can Make It,” featuring Fridayy and Sunday Service Choir, arrives on Billboard’s charts (dated July 13).
Released June 28, the track enters the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Gospel Songs chart at No. 3, as well as the multimetric Hot Christian Songs tally at No. 23.. It drew 726,000 in radio audience and 665,000 official U.S. streams and sold 1,000 through July 4, according to Luminate.
The screen star and rapper makes his first appearance on the rankings. His latest film, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, also starring Martin Lawrence, premiered June 7.
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“I was really talking to myself,” Smith tells Billboard of the song, which he co-wrote. “To see so many people resonate with the intention gives me a clear North Star for this next chapter of my creative life.”
Smith and Sunday Service Choir performed “You Can Make It” live for the first time at the 2024 BET Awards at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on June 30, joined by Kirk Franklin and Chandler Moore.
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Like Smith, R&B/hip-hop artist Fridayy earns his first Hot Gospel Songs top 10, while Sunday Service Choir adds its third. The track also opens in the top 10 on Gospel Digital Song Sales (No. 3), Christian Digital Song Sales (No. 6) and Gospel Streaming Songs (No. 10), as well as at No. 28 on Gospel Airplay.
Smith has scored a pair of No. 1s as a soloist on the Billboard Hot 100: “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” in 1998, and “Wild Wild West,” featuring Dru Hill and Kool Mo Dee, in 1999. He broke through in the late 1980s/early ‘90s as (the latter) half of duo D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, who reached a No. 4 Hot 100 high with “Summertime” in 1991, and as the lead on NBC’s pop-culture cornerstone The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Smith, who won a best actor Academy Award for his role in the 2022 film King Richard, and who has taken home four Grammy Awards, is reportedly working on a full Christian/gospel album.
It looks like Sabrina Carpenter’s reign on the Official U.K. Singles Chart with “Please Please Please” isn’t ending anytime soon.
Projections indicate she’ll hold the No. 1 spot for a fourth consecutive week. Meanwhile, her former chart-topper “Espresso” remains steady at No. 2 in the midweek update.
But watch out Sabrina — Shaboozey is shaking things up! His single “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – which famously interpolates J-Kwon’s 2004 smash “Tipsy” – is currently just over 1,000 chart units behind Carpenter, sitting pretty at No. 3.
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With such a narrow gap, could Shaboozey finally sip his way to the top?
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The track debuted at No. 41 on the Official Singles Chart, climbed to No. 16 the following week, and gave Shaboozey his first U.K. Top 10 single a week later when it rose to No. 6.
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Meanwhile, British breakout star Myles Smith is aiming high with his track “Stargazing.” The single is set to leap two spots to No. 4, marking his highest chart position to date. Smith first appeared on the Official U.K. Singles Chart with his 2024 single “Solo,” which peaked at No. 69. His debut EP, You Promised A Lifetime, reached No. 30 on the Official Albums Downloads Chart.
Following their show-stopping headline slot at Glastonbury Festival, Coldplay’s latest track “feelslikeimfallinginlove” is on a sky-high trajectory, projected to reach a new peak in the top 20, landing at No. 12.
Meanwhile, Shady’s back (back again), as Eminem returns with his new track “Tobey” featuring Big Sean and Babytron, from his forthcoming album The Death of Slim Shady. “Tobey” is climbing a whopping 59 places to No. 17.
It follows the success of Eminem’s previous single “Houdini,” which marked his 11th U.K. No. 1 single in June 2024.
“Houdini” was the Detroit rapper’s first fully solo No. 1 since “Toy Soldiers” in 2005 and his first U.K. chart-topper since 2020’s “Godzilla,” featuring Juice WRLD.
Kasabian are set to claim their seventh consecutive U.K. No. 1 album with their latest release, Happenings. The Leicester-formed rock band, consisting of Sergio Pizzorno, Chris Edwards, Ian Matthews, and Tim Carter, has taken an early lead in the race to top this week’s U.K. Official Albums Chart.
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At the midweek mark, Happenings, the band’s eighth studio album, is outselling its closest competitor, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, by a margin of 2:1.
Kasabian have achieved six U.K. No. 1 albums throughout their career, with all but their first studio album hitting the top spot. The band has seen major success despite lineup changes, including the departure of lead vocalist Tom Meighan in 2020, after which lead songwriter and guitarist Pizzorno became the de facto frontman.
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Meanwhile, the chart action is heating up with several other notable entries. Rising pop sensation Chappell Roan is set to make a splash with her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, aiming for a top 5 position.
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On the country front, Zach Bryan’s fifth album, The Great American Bar Scene, is eyeing a debut at No. 15. The record features star-studded collaborations with Bruce Springsteen and John Mayer, alongside Bryan’s recent Top 40 hit “Pink Skies.” This could mark Bryan’s highest-charting debut in the U.K.
Previously, Bryan’s self-titled album reached No. 22 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, while his third album, American Heartbreak, peaked at No. 1 on the Official Americana Chart in the U.K.
Rock band Enter Shikari’s Dancing On The Frontline is set to enter at No. 25. This will be the band’s ninth U.K. top 40 entry and comes after the St Albans-formed rock band snagged their first U.K. No. 1 with A Kiss for the Whole World in 2023.
Previously, the group scored top 10s with their 2007 debut album Take to the Skies (No. 4 peak), 2012’s A Flash Flood of Colour (No. 4), 2015’s The Mindsweep (No. 6), 2017’s The Spark (No. 5) and 2020’s Nothing Is True And Everything Is Possible (No. 2).
Indie rockers The Rifles return after an eight-year hiatus with Love Your Neighbour, which is on track to become their fifth Top 40 album, debuting at No. 26. The alternative-folk trio Fink is also making waves with Beauty In Your Wake, approaching their first-ever entry on the U.K. Official Albums Chart at No. 35.
As we approach the end of the week, all eyes will be on the U.K. Official Albums Chart to see if Kasabian can secure yet another No. 1 album to add to their list.
LISA’s “Rockstar” launches at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, becoming her first leader. She becomes the third member of BLACKPINK with a solo No. 1 on the survey, with the group itself having notched three chart-toppers. BLACKPINK was already the only group with multiple members that have led the list solo and now becomes the first act with as many as three members with No. 1s on their own.
Plus, two songs enter the Global Excl. U.S. top 10: Jimin and Loco’s “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band” debuts on the chart at No. 7 and Karol G’s “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” jumps 12-8.
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On the Billboard Global 200, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” rebounds from No. 2 for a second week at No. 1, while LISA’s “Rockstar” rolls in at No. 4.
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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LISA’s “Rockstar” arrives at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. with 94.2 million streams and 44,000 sold outside the U.S. June 28-July 4, following its June 27 release.
The Thai rapper, singer and dancer, who earned two prior top Global Excl. U.S. top 10s, is the third member of BLACKPINK with a solo No. 1 on the chart, while the South Korean group itself has logged three leaders. Here’s a look at their No. 1s, all of which have debuted in the top spot:
“Rockstar,” LISA, one week at No. 1 (to date), Jul 13, 2024
“You & Me,” Jennie, one, Oct. 21, 2023
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK, one, Oct. 1, 2022
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK, three weeks, beginning Sept. 3, 2022
“On the Ground,” Rosé, one, March 27, 2021
“Lovesick Girls,” BLACKPINK, one, Oct. 17, 2020
BLACKPINK previously made history as the only group with more than one member that has led Global Excl. U.S. solo. It now becomes the first act with as many as three members with No. 1s as soloists. (The group’s Jisoo has hit a No. 2 best, with “Flower” in April 2023.)
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” dips to No. 2 after six weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. beginning in May and her follow-up “Please Please Please” falls 2-3, two weeks after it reigned; Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” slips to No. 4 from at its No. 3 high; and FloyyMenor and Cris Mj’s “Gata Only” retreats 4-5 after reaching No. 3.
Jimin and Loco’s “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band” debuts at No. 7 on Global Excl. U.S. with 94.2 million streams and 34,000 sold outside the U.S., following its June 28 release. Jimin notches his fourth top 10 on the chart, tying V for the second-most among BTS members, following Jung Kook with six (including three No. 1s). The group’s Jin and SUGA each boast one top 10, while BTS has banked 11 (including seven No. 1s). Loco logs his first entry on the tally.
Elsewhere in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Karol G’s “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” surges to No. 8 from No. 12, where it debuted a week earlier. Released June 20, the song, Karol G’s seventh top 10 on the chart, drew 46 million streams (up 15%) in its second full tracking frame.
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Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” reheats 2-1 for a second week atop the Global 200, three weeks after it first led, with 92.9 million streams (down 6%) and 9,000 sold (down 9%) worldwide June 28-July 4.
Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” places at No. 2 on the Global 200, following two weeks at No. 1. Already the first artist to hold the chart’s top two spots for three consecutive weeks, the singer-songwriter-actress extends her achievement to a fourth frame.
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” holds at its No. 3 Global 200 high; LISA’s “Rockstar” enters at No. 4, marking her third top 10; and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” keeps at No. 5, after hitting No. 3.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated July 13, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, July 9. 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 hoists “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, marking his first leader on the list.
The track concurrently rebounds for a fourth week atop the Hot Country Songs chart, which uses the same multimetric methodology as the Hot 100. Previously, no song by a Black man, or one known to be biracial, had previously topped both charts. He is the second Black artist overall to achieve the feat – following Beyoncé with “Texas Hold ‘Em” earlier this year.
Virgina native Shaboozey (born Collins Obinna Chibueze) charted two Hot 100 hits, in April, prior to “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” both from Beyoncé’s LP Cowboy Carter: “Spaghettii” (also with Linda Martell; No. 31 peak) and “Sweet * Honey * Buckiin’ ” (No. 61).
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is from Shaboozey’s 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 reached No. 2 on Top Country Albums and leads the Americana/Folk Albums chart for a third week.
Of his breakthrough this year, the 29-year-old, who has been releasing music for a decade, recently mused to Billboard, “We were pretty prepared for this moment.”
Also in the latest Hot 100 top 10, Chappell Roan achieves her first top 10 as “Good Luck, Babe!” ascends a spot to No. 10.
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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 13, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, July 9. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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Below is a rundown of the latest Hot 100’s top 10.
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Imagine Dragons have stormed the Official U.K. Albums Chart with their latest release, securing the highest new entry of the week. The Nevada rockers’ sixth top 10 album in the U.K., LOOM debuts at No. 5.
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The latest release continues their streak of chart success, joining the ranks of 2013’s Night Visions (No. 3), 2015’s Smoke & Mirrors (No. 1), 2017’s Evolve (No. 3), 2018’s Origins (No. 9), and 2021’s Mercury – Acts 1 & 2 (No. 7).
However, it’s Taylor Swift who reigns supreme once again, with The Tortured Poets Department enjoying an eighth non-consecutive week at No. 1.
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This week, the Official U.K. Charts named The Tortured Poets Department the biggest album of 2024 so far, having already accumulated over 542,000 chart units since its release in April.
Billie Eilish’s HIT ME HARD AND SOFT climbs one spot to No. 2. The Oscar winner’s third studio album has earned high praise from fans and critics its place as one of the year’s standout releases.
The album’s success follows her previous chart-toppers, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and Happier Than Ever, which both reached No. 1 on the U.K. Albums Chart. The impressive feat makes the “Lunch” singer one of the few artists to have their first three albums debut in the top two positions.
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Camila Cabello makes a bold statement with her new album C,XOXO, which debuts at No. 20. The album marks her fourth Top 20 entry, following Camila (No. 2), Romance (No. 14), and Familia (No. 9). Her debut solo single “Havana” topped the U.K. Singles Chart in 2017, marking her first solo No. 1 in the U.K.
Meanwhile, Beyoncé’s COWBOY CARTER surges back into the U.K. top 40, leaping 59 places to No. 40 following its vinyl release. Back in April, Beyoncé made history after she became the first Black artist to take a country album to No. 1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart.
The milestone also marked her first No. 1 on the UK’s Official Country Albums Chart.
Sabrina Carpenter is brewing up a storm in the U.K. music scene, becoming the first female artist in Official U.K. Chart history to simultaneously hold the top two spots for three consecutive weeks.
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Her latest hit, “Please Please Please,” has maintained its position at No. 1, while her previous chart-topper “Espresso” continues to percolate at No. 2 for the third week running.
This week, “Espresso” is also the most-streamed track, logging 7.1 million combined streams, while “Please Please Please” follows closely with 7 million streams.
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The major achievement places Carpenter in elite company, matching The Beatles, who managed this feat twice—in 1963 with “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves You,” and again in 1967 with “Hello Goodbye” and “Magical Mystery Tour EP.”
Only Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran have surpassed this record, with Bieber achieving four weeks at the top two spots in 2015, and Sheeran holding the positions for five weeks on two separate occasions in 2017.
Beyond the U.K. charts, Carpenter recently also became the first artist this year to have two No. 1 hits on the Pop Airplay chart, thanks to “Espresso.” Additionally, both “Please Please Please” and “Espresso” have topped several Billboard Global charts.
In other chart news, Chappell Roan celebrates her first-ever Official Top 5 single this week with “Good Luck, Babe!” rising three spots to No. 4. The track also tops the Official Vinyl Singles Chart, proving the most popular song on that format. Roan’s success continues with “HOT TO GO!” jumping seven spots to No. 26 and “Red Wine Supernova” holding steady at No. 40.
Central Cee and Lil Baby’s “BAND4BAND” rebounds to No. 10, while Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” climbs three spots to No. 11 following the release of its headline-grabbing music video. Mark Ambor’s “Belong Together” moves up two places to No. 14, and Benson Boone’s “Slow It Down” returns to its previous peak at No. 15, with “Beautiful Things” rising one spot to No. 18.
Coldplay’s “feelslikeimfallinginlove” jumps nine places to a new peak at No. 16 after their Glastonbury performance.
Jordan Adetunji’s “KEHLANI” reaches a career-best at No. 24, climbing five places. Dua Lipa’s “Illusion” rebounds nine spots to No. 25, and “Houdini” returns to the Top 40 at No. 38.
The Kid LAROI’s “NIGHTS LIKE THIS” surges 17 places to No. 30, fueled by viral social media success. Finally, BL3SS, CamrinWatsin, bbyclose, and Evan McGee enter the U.K. Top 40 for the first time with “Kisses,” climbing nine spots to No. 35.
Women dominate the top five of the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 13), as four of the top five titles are by female artists. It’s the first time in over a year that at least four of the top five are by women, or by women-led acts. Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department achieves […]