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Drake scores his seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and sets a new streaming record, as his More Lifeset bows atop the tally dated April 8.

The effort, which was released on March 18, earned 505,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 23, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the biggest week for any album since Drake’s own Views launched with 1.04 million units on the list dated May 21, 2016.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new April 8, 2017-dated chart will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, March 28.

Of More Life’s starting sum, a record 257,000 units were driven by streaming equivalent album units, equating to 384.8 million streams of songs from the 22-track album during the tracking frame (each unit equals 1,500 streams of songs from the album).

More Life’s streaming sum beats the previous record holder of Drake’s Views, which launched with 163,000 streaming equivalent units (245.1 million song streams).

With 257,000 units of More Life’s debut sum comprised of SEA, the remaining amount was comprised of 23,000 TEA units and 226,000 in traditional album sales (all from digital downloads of the album, as it is so far initially commercially available only through digital retailers). The latter sum is the second-largest sales week of 2017, behind only the arrival of Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide), which launched with 322,000 copies sold (it was available as both a digital and physical album). Drake’s last album release, Views, bowed with 852,000 copies sold (all from digital albums).

Drake’s More Life was released to all streaming and digital retail services on Saturday (March 18). Its streaming and commercial release was preceded that day by the project’s premiere on Drake’s OVO Sound radio program on Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio at 3:30 p.m. PT. It will be released on CD on March 31, with a vinyl LP release to follow in the coming weeks.

More Life is Drake’s seventh consecutive album to debut at No. 1. Only his debut EP, So Far Gone, has missed the top slot, as it debuted and peaked at No. 6 back in 2009.

Drake’s seven No. 1s ties him with Kanye West and Eminem for the second-most No. 1s among hip-hop acts, trailing only Jay Z, with 13 leaders.Last week’s No. 1, Ed Sheeran’s ÷, falls to No. 2 after two weeks leading the list. ÷ earned 119,000 units in the latest tracking frame — down 34 percent.

Rick Ross nabs his ninth top 10 album, as his new Rather You Than Me starts at No. 3 with 106,000 units (70,000 in traditional album sales). Ross’ last album, 2015’s Black Market, debuted and peaked at No. 6 with 65,000 units earned in its first week (and 54,000 in sales). Rather You Than Me logs Ross’ largest sales sum since Mastermind debuted at No. 1 in 2014 with 179,000 copies sold. All nine of Ross’ studio albums have debuted in the top 10. His hot streak began with the No. 1 arrival of Port of Miami in 2006.

The Beauty and the Beast soundtrack is pushed down one spot to No. 4, despite a 74 percent gain in units. The set earned 99,000 units in the week (up from its debut of 57,000 units), as the album profits from publicity generated by its parent film’s blockbuster opening in theaters on March 17. (The latest album tracking week ran from March 17 through March 23.) Beauty and the Beast sold 74,000 copies last week — up 52 percent. That’s the largest sales week for a soundtrack since the Suicide Squad album bowed with 128,000 copies sold on the chart dated Aug. 27, 2016.

Depeche Mode clocks the third and final debut in the new Billboard 200’s top 10, as the band’s Spirit starts at No. 5 with 64,000 units (62,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the act’s eighth top 10 album and follows the No. 6 debut and peak of 2013’s Delta Machine (52,000 sold in its first week). The alt/dance vets last ranked higher in 2009 with Sounds of the Universe (No. 3). All eight of the group’s studio efforts dating back to 1990’s Violator have reached the top 10.

Rounding out the rest of the top 10 on the new Billboard 200: Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic moves 4-6 with 51,000 units (down 6 percent), the soundtrack to Moana falls 5-7 with 50,000 units (down 4 percent), Future’s self-titled album dips 6-8 with 40,000 units (down 19 percent), The Weeknd’s Starboy descends 7-9 with 39,000 units (down 12 percent) and Migos’ Culture slides 8-10 with 37,000 units (down 12 percent).

Sheeran’s “Shape of You” continues to reign, while KYLE’s “iSpy,” featuring Lil Yachty, becomes the former’s first top 10.

Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 1) for an eighth week. Meanwhile, rapper KYLE notches his first Hot 100 top 10 with “iSpy,” featuring Lil Yachty.

As on every Monday, let’s all do some spying on the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 21.

As it continues to rule the Hot 100, Sheeran’s “Shape,” released on Atlantic Records, also logs an eighth week at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart (104,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 16, according to Nielsen Music), as well as a sixth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (165 million in audience, up 3 percent, in the week ending March 19). It leads Streaming Songs for a second frame (47.8 million U.S. streams, down 6 percent, in the week ending March 16) and the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs survey for a fourth week (21.1 million on-demand clicks, down 14 percent).

As previously reported, Sheeran’s LP, ÷ (Divide), featuring “Shape,” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with 180,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 16.

Bruno Mars‘ “That’s What I Like” hits a new peak on the Hot 100, rising 3-2 as it continues to build momentum after its official video arrived March 1. The track jumps 7-4 on Streaming Songs (27 million) and 7-5 on Radio Songs (87 million, up 17 percent), while dipping 2-3 on Digital Song Sales (78,000, down 18 percent).

Notably, with Sheeran’s “Shape” and Mars’ “Like” at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously, Atlantic Records boasts the Hot 100’s top two titles for the first time since Feb. 19, 2011, and that chart also featured Mars at No. 2: that week, Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow” (on Atlantic/RRP) bounded 4-1, dethroning Mars’ “Grenade” after four weeks at No. 1.

Until this week, no label had doubled up at Nos. 1 and 2 since Feb. 13, 2016, when Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself” and “Sorry,” on Republic Records, held the top two spots, respectively.

Meanwhile, “Like” logs a fifth week at No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart, while becoming Mars’ first No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Of his prior entries on the latter list, he’d reached a high of No. 3 with “24K Magic” in December.

Migos‘ “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, dips 2-3 on the Hot 100 following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. Still, “Bad” tops the Hot Rap Songs chart for an 11th week.

Zayn and Taylor Swift‘s “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” holds at No. 4 on the Hot 100 after hitting No. 2, gaining by 56 percent to 58,000 downloads sold, boosted by a 69-cent iTunes Store sale price.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, The Weeknd’s “I Feel It Coming,” featuring Daft Punk, blasts to a new high (12-5), besting its prior No. 9 peak. The Weeknd achieves his fifth top five Hot 100 hit, and Daft Punk its third (and second as featured on a track by The Weeknd; prior single “Starboy” topped the Jan. 7 chart). “Feel” keeps at No. 4 on Radio Songs (97 million, up 3 percent) and flies 24-8 on Digital Songs Sales (55,000, up 78 percent) and 49-20 on Streaming Songs (14.8 million, up 46 percent), sparked by both the premiere of its official video on March 9 and an iTunes discount to 69 cents.

Kodak Black‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Tunnel Vision,” bullets for a second week at its No. 6 high and Rihanna‘s “Love on the Brain” retreats 5-7. A week ago, the ballad became Rihanna’s 22nd top five hit, breaking her out of a fifth-place tie with Elvis Presley (21); the only artists with more top five Hot 100 hits than Rihanna: The Beatles (29), Madonna (28), Mariah Carey (26) and Janet Jackson (24).

The Chainsmokers chart two songs in the Hot 100’s top 10: “Something Just Like This,” with Coldplay, rebounds 11-8 after reaching No. 5, while leading the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a second (nonconsecutive) week, and “Paris” descends from No. 7 to No. 9 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 6.

The Chainsmokers have now spent 46 consecutive weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10, dating to May 21, 2016 (and encompassing four top 10s). The duo ties Rihanna for the fourth-longest top 10 streak all-time and is within two weeks of matching Ace of Base’s record for a duo or group. Here’s an update among all acts:

69 weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10, Katy Perry, 2010-11
51 weeks, Drake, 2015-16
48 weeks, Ace of Base, 1993-94
46 weeks, The Chainsmokers, 2016-17
46 weeks, Rihanna, 2010-11
45 weeks, The Weeknd, 2015

(Meanwhile, The Chainsmokers’ former 12-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Closer,” featuring Halsey, departs the top 10 after 32 weeks in the region, remaining tied for the most top 10 weeks in the chart’s history with LeAnn Rimes’ 1997-98 smash “How Do I Live.” Having spent all of its 32 weeks in the top 10 from its debut at No. 9 on Aug. 20, “Closer” also wraps its record for the most frames that a song has spent in the top tier from a debut week.)

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Los Angeles-area rapper KYLE leaps to his first top 10, as “iSpy,” featuring Lil Yachty, surges 14-10 following the March 6 arrival of its official lyric video. The single backtracks 4-5 on Streaming Songs, but with a 9 percent gain to 24 million, and jumps 21-16 on Digital Song Sales (33,000, essentially even week-over-week), while adding 26 million (up 21 percent) in airplay audience.

Lil Yachty earns his second Hot 100 top 10; he hit No. 5 in November as featured on D.R.A.M.’s “Broccoli.”

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week, and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (March 21), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (March 24).

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Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) holds on to the No. 1 slot for a second week on the Billboard 200 chart, as the set earned 180,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 16, according to Nielsen Music. That’s down 60 percent compared to its debut frame, when it launched atop the list with 451,000 units.

÷ sold 87,000 in traditional album sales in its second week — down 73 percent compared to its starting sales stanza of 322,000.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new April 1-dated chart (where ÷ is No. 1 for a second week) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, March 21.

Sheeran’s album is the first in six months to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 on the chart. The last to do so was the Suicide Squad soundtrack, which debuted atop the Aug. 27, 2016-dated list, and spent a second week at No. 1 the following frame, dated Sept. 3.

The last album by an artist to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 was Drake’s Views, way back on May 21-28, 2016. (There have been albums that have spent multiple weeks in a row at No. 1 since then — just not their first two. Pentatonix’s A Pentatonix Christmas debuted at No. 3, and later climbed to No. 1 for two straight weeks. The Weeknd’s Starboy opened at No. 1 last December, fell out of the top position, and then later returned to No. 1 for four consecutive weeks in January.)

A step below Sheeran on the new Billboard 200 is Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct, which holds at No. 2 with 102,000 units (up 25 percent) and 100,000 in traditional album sales (up 26 percent). The set continues to profit largely from a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with the act’s stadium tour that went on sale on Feb. 17. The tour starts on May 10 in Baltimore, Md., at M&T Bank Stadium. Redemptions of Hardwired included with the purchase of a ticket register as a sale in the week the customer redeems/receives the album.

Sheeran and Metallica lead a fairly quiet top 10, where only one album debuts in the region: the new Beauty and the Beast soundtrack, at No. 3. The companion set to the live action remake of the 1991 animated Disney film starts with 57,000 units (48,000 in traditional album sales). The album, which boasts the vocal talents of its cast (including Emma Watson) and recording artists like Ariana Grande and Josh Groban, easily surpasses the No. 19 peak of the animated film’s soundtrack.

It bowed at No. 146 on the chart dated Dec. 7, 1991, and eventually peaked at No. 19 on the April 18, 1992-dated tally. The set spent 76 weeks on the list and has sold 2.3 million copies in the U.S. It also housed a top 10-charting Billboard Hot 100 in its title track, as performed by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson. The new album features a redux of the song, this time with Grande and John Legend.

Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic falls one rung on the Billboard 200 to No. 4 with 54,000 units (down 17 percent), while the Moana soundtrack climbs three spots to No. 5 with 52,000 units (up 32 percent). The album benefits from promotion related to the film’s home video release on Blu-ray, DVD and digital HD on March 7.

Future’s self-titled album dips from No. 4 to No. 6 with 50,000 units (down 4 percent), The Weeknd’s Starboy is steady at No. 7 with 44,000 units (up 4 percent) and Migos’ Culture falls 6-8 with 42,000 units (down 4 percent).

Future’s HNDRXX descends 5-9 with 39,000 units (down 21 percent) and the Trollssoundtrack closes out the top 10 with 32,000 units (down 12 percent).

Sheeran’s “Shape of You” rules for a seventh week, Rihanna adds her 22nd top five hit, Clean Bandit surges 24-9 with “Rockabye” & The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” ties the record for the most weeks totaled in the top 10.

Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” spends a seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated March 25), as parent LP ÷ (Divide) storms in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Also in an action-packed Hot 100 top 10: Rihanna‘s “Love on the Brain” reaches the top five, becoming her 22nd top five hit; Clean Bandit blasts from No. 24 to No. 9 with “Rockabye,” featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie; and The Chainsmokers‘  “Closer” (featuring Halsey) ties the record for the most weeks totaled in the top 10 in the Hot 100’s 58-year history.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 14.

As it tops the Hot 100 for a seventh week, Sheeran’s “Shape,” released on Atlantic Records, also logs a seventh week at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart (116,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 9, according to Nielsen Music), as well as a fifth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (160 million in audience, up 3 percent, in the week ending March 12). It additionally takes over at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, up 28 percent to 50.8 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 9. It tops the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs survey for a third week (24.5 million on-demand clicks, up 34 percent).

Impressively, “Shape” leads all three of the Hot 100’s main component charts — Digital Song Sales, Radio Songs and Streaming Songs  — becoming the first song to top all the lists simultaneously since “Closer” (Nov. 12, 2016).

As previously reported, Sheeran’s third studio album, ÷ (Divide), launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 451,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 9, the largest week for an album in 2017. Sheeran is the first artist to top the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously since Drake on July 30, with “One Dance” (featuring WizKid and Kyla) and Views, respectively.

Meanwhile, 10 songs from ÷ debut on the Hot 100: “Perfect” (No. 37), “Dive” (No. 49), “Galway Girl” (No. 53), “Happier” (No. 59), “New Man” (No. 72), “Supermarket Flowers” (No. 75), “What Do I Know?” (No. 83), “Eraser” (No. 90), “Hearts Don’t Break Around Here” (No. 93) and “Barcelona” (No. 96). They join “Shape,” the No. 6-peaking “Castle on the Hill” (which roars 75-39) and the No. 41-reaching “How Would You Feel (Paean)” (a re-entry at No. 83), making for 13 of the 16 songs on the deluxe version of the album that have hit the Hot 100; all 12 tracks on the standard version of the album have now reached the Hot 100.

The record for most debuts by an act in a week? 13, by Justin Bieber on Dec. 5, 2015, the week that his album Purpose bowed atop the Billboard 200. And, in a chart quirk, Sheeran owns all 10 of the Hot 100’s debuts this week; that’s the highest amount of new entries all by one act, with no other debuts by anyone else, in a single week in the Hot 100’s history.

Beyond all (impressive) things Ed Sheeran, Migos‘ “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, keeps at No. 2 on the Hot 100 following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. The cut drops to No. 2 on Streaming Songs after 10 weeks on top (42.7 million, down 3 percent). Still, “Bad” leads Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a 10th week each.

Bruno Mars‘ “That’s What I Like” hits a new peak on the Hot 100, rising 4-3 and besting the No. 4 peak of prior single “24K Magic,” the title track from Mars’ latest album. Following the first full tracking week after the official video for “Like” arrived March 1, the track lifts 3-2 on Digital Song Sales, up 25 percent to 95,000 sold, and enters the top 10 on Radio Songs (12-7; 75 million, up 14 percent) and Streaming Songs (11-7; 19.4 million, up 12 percent). On the Hot R&B Songs chart, “Like” collects a fourth week at No. 1.

Zayn and Taylor Swift‘s “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” drops 3-4 on the Hot 100 after hitting No. 2, while Rihanna’s “Love on the Brain” bumps 6-5 on the Hot 100, hitting a new peak. The song is Rihanna’s 22nd top five hit, breaking her out of a fifth-place tie with Elvis Presley (who tallied 21 top fives after the Hot 100’s 1958 inception; his career predates the Hot 100, as he first hit Billboard charts in 1956). The only artists with more top five Hot 100 hits than Rihanna: The Beatles (29), Madonna (28), Mariah Carey (26) and Janet Jackson (24). Airplay continues to drive the ballad most heavily, as it keeps at No. 3 on Radio Songs (107 million, essentially even week-over-week).

Kodak Black’s first Hot 100 top 10, “Tunnel Vision,” hits a new high (8-6), while bulleting for a second week at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (33.3 million, up 9 percent); The Chainsmokers‘ “Paris” holds at No. 7 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 6, while returning for a second week at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and hitting the Radio Songs top 10 (11-9; 67 million, up 1 percent); and Big Sean‘s “Bounce Back” lives up to its title, ascending 9-8 on the Hot 100 after climbing to No. 6.

Clean Bandit’s “Rockabye” rockets 24-9 on the Hot 100 (after previously reaching No. 21), sparked by its 17-3 vault on Digital Song Sales (68,000, up 97 percent), boosted by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store. It also pushes 23-19 on Radio Songs (50 million, up 7 percent) and bullets at No. 34 (down from No. 32) on Streaming Songs (12.7 million, up 6 percent). The track — which incorporates the lyrics to nursery rhyme “Rock-a-bye Baby,” which dates back more than two-and-a-half centuries, to 1765, specifically — is Clean Bandit’s second Hot 100 top 10, surpassing the No. 10 peak of “Rather Be” (featuring Jess Glynne) in 2014.

While Anne-Marie achieves her first Hot 100 top 10 (in her first visit to the chart) with “Rockabye,” fellow featured act Paul scores his 10th top 10. Notably, he notched his first eight in 2002-2010; he’s collected his latest two in the last nine months, spending four weeks at No. 1 as featured on Sia’s “Cheap Thrills” in August, prior to “Rockabye.”

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” which spent 12 weeks at No. 1, adds a historic honor, tying the record for the most weeks logged in the top 10: 32 (all from its debut at No. 9 on Aug. 20, 2016). The track equals the top 10 run of LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live”: 32 top 10 weeks in 1997-98.

Plus, The Chainsmokers have now spent 45 consecutive weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10, dating to May 21, 2016 (and encompassing four top 10s). The duo ties The Weeknd for the fifth-longest top 10 streak all-time and is within three weeks of matching Ace of Base’s mark for a duo or group. Here’s an update among all acts:

69 weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10, Katy Perry, 2010-11
51 weeks, Drake, 2015-16
48 weeks, Ace of Base, 1993-94
46 weeks, Rihanna, 2010-11
45 weeks, The Chainsmokers, 2016-17
45 weeks, The Weeknd, 2015

Just beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, the chart’s largest leap belongs to Lorde’s “Green Light,” which soars from No. 100 to No. 19 after its first full week of tracking (following its March 2 release). The lead single from Lorde’s second full-length, Melodrama (due June 16), debuts on Digital Song Sales at No. 6 (52,000) and Streaming Songs at No. 20 (13.6 million), while adding 20 million in radio airplay audience.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week, and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (March 14), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Plus, Metallica jumps to No. 2 & Khalid debuts at No. 9.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, earning a whopping 451,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 10, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the largest week for an album in 2017, and the biggest since J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only launched at No. 1 with 492,000 on the Dec. 31, 2016-dated list.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 25-dated chart (where Sheeran debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, March 14.

Further, ÷ starts with 322,000 in traditional album sales — again, the largest sales frame for an album since 4 Your Eyez Only debuted with 363,000 copies sold.

This is Sheeran’s second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, following the chart-topping bow of his previous studio effort, x (Multiply), in 2014. That set launched with 209,000 in traditional album sales (before the Billboard 200 transitioned to a ranking based on equivalent album units).

Additionally, ÷ logs the biggest streaming week for an album since 4 Your Eyez Only’s debut frame. ÷ earned 90,000 streaming equivalent album units (which equates to 134.6 million streams of songs from the album in the tracking week). 4 Your Eyez Only arrived with 118,000 streaming equivalent album units (176.9 million streams of the album’s songs).

Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct jumps from No. 14 to No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 with 81,000 units (up 191 percent) and 79,000 in album sales (up 209 percent). The gain is owed mostly to a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with the band’s stadium tour that went on sale on Feb. 17. The trek launches on May 10 in Baltimore, Md., at M&T Bank Stadium. Redemptions of albums included with the purchase of a concert ticket register as a sale in the week the customer redeems/receives the album.

Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic holds at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 65,000 units (up 12 percent), Future’s self-titled album dips 2-4 with 52,000 units (down 18 percent), while last week’s leader, Future’s HNDRXX, falls to No. 5 with 49,000 units in its second week (down 59 percent).

Migos’ Culture is steady at No. 6 with 44,000 units (down 6 percent), The Weeknd’s Starboy is stationary at No. 7 with 42,000 units (down 8 percent), and the Moanasoundtrack is also a non-mover at No. 8 with 39,000 units (up less than 1 percent).

The second and final debut in the top 10 belongs to Khalid, whose American Teenarrives at No. 9 with 37,000 units (12,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the 19-year-old R&B singer’s debut effort, and was led by the single “Location,” which has reached the top 20 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Rounding out the Billboard 200’s top 10 at No. 10 is the Trolls soundtrack, falling five slots with 36,000 units (down 28 percent).

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The Chainsmokers are just the third duo or group ever with three simultaneous top 10s. Meanwhile, Sheeran’s “Shape of You” leads for a sixth week & Kodak Black notches his first top 10.

Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” rules the Billboard Hot 100 (dated March 18) for a sixth total week.

Meanwhile, The Chainsmokers boast three songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 — “Something Just Like This” (with Coldplay), “Paris” and “Closer” (featuring Halsey) — becoming just the third duo or group ever with three simultaneous top 10s, following The Beatles and Bee Gees.

Plus, Kodak Black earns his first Hot 100 top 10 with “Tunnel Vision.”

As we do every Monday, let’s run down top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 7.

Starting with The Chainsmokers, the duo of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart infuses the Hot 100’s top 10 with its Coldplay collab “Something Just Like This,” up from No. 56 to No. 5, “Paris” (6-7) and “Closer” (5-10), all released on Disruptor/Columbia Records. The Chainsmokers join elite company as only the third duo or group to log at least three concurrent top 10s, following The Beatles and Bee Gees, dating to the Hot 100’s Aug. 4, 1958, launch.

At the height of early Beatlemania, The Beatles tallied 10 weeks in 1964 with at least three titles in the Hot 100’s top 10 at the same time, highlighted by two weeks with five hits; on April 4, 1964, all five ranked between Nos. 1 and 5, marking the only week that an act has monopolized the entire top five. Bee Gees danced to three simultaneous top 10s for two weeks in 1978, all from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. As the brother trio last managed the achievement on March 4, 1978, until this week it had been 39 years and two weeks since a duo or group had tripled up in the top 10.

Among all artists, The Chainsmokers are the 14th act with at least three Hot 100 top 10s in the same week. Justin Bieberhad last earned the honor, for 10 weeks (Dec. 5, 2015-Feb. 6, 2016) with “Love Yourself,” “Sorry” and “What Do You Mean?”

“Something” soars after its first full week of tracking, following its Feb. 22 release. It bounds 21-2 on Digital Song Sales (83,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 2, according to Nielsen Music) and debuts at No. 7 on Streaming Songs (18.1 million U.S. streams), while adding 22 million in airplay audience (in the week ending March 5). The song is The Chainsmokers’ fifth Hot 100 top 10 and Coldplay’s fourth, and first since “A Sky Full of Stars” (No. 10) in 2014; Coldplay had last ranked higher than No. 5 in 2008 with its sole No. 1, “Viva La Vida.”

“Something” additionally crowns Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, dethroning “Paris,” which last week had replaced “Closer” at No. 1. The songs mark the first set of back-to-back-to-back No. 1s by the same artist in the tally’s four-year history.

“Paris” slips a spot from its No. 6 high on the Hot 100, but lifts 12-11 on Radio Songs (66 million, up 5 percent). “Paris” and “Something” are from The Chainsmokers’ first full-length album, Memories…Do Not Open, due April 7.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, “Closer,” which spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, extends its mark for the most weeks in the top 10 from a title’s debut, having totaled all 31 of its frames on the chart in the top 10 since its entrance at No. 9 on Aug. 20, 2016. The track also ties Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars (31 top-10 weeks in 2014-15), for the second-most time in the top 10: LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live” did one better, 32 weeks in 1997-98.

Atop the Hot 100, Sheeran’s “Shape,” released on Atlantic Records, spends a sixth week at No. 1, as well as a sixth frame atop the Digital Song Sales chart (141,000 downloads sold, down 4 percent) and a fourth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs, up by 1 percent to 156 million in audience. It stays at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (39.8 million U.S. streams, down 5 percent) and tops the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart for a second week (18.3 million on-demand clicks, up 2 percent).

The song is from Sheeran’s third studio album, ÷, released Friday (March 3) and set to storm in at No. 1 on the March 25-dated Billboard 200 albums chart.

Migos‘ “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, keeps at No. 2 on the Hot 100 following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. The cut commands Streaming Songs for a 10th week, with 43.9 million U.S. streams (down 5 percent) and dips 13-14 on Radio Songs (61 million, down 3 percent) and 18-22 on Digital Song Sales (31,000 downloads sold, down 12 percent). “Bad” leads Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a ninth week each.

Zayn and Taylor Swift‘s “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” is likewise stationary, at No. 3 on the Hot 100 after hitting No. 2. The duet keeps at No. 2 on Radio Songs (113 million, down 1 percent) and descends 4-6 on Streaming Songs (20.2 million, down 6 percent) and 6-8 on Digital Song Sales (47,000, down 26 percent).

Bruno Mars additionally stays in place on the Hot 100 with “That’s What I Like” (No. 4), although the song makes gains following the March 1 arrival of its official video. It backtracks 2-3 on Digital Song Sales, but with a 1 percent lift to 76,000 sold, and pushes 15-11 on Streaming Songs (17.4 million, up 8 percent) and 18-12 on Radio Songs (65 million, up 18 percent), winning the chart’s top Airplay Gainer award for a second week. On the Hot R&B Songs chart, “Like” logs a third week at No. 1.

Rihanna‘s “Love on the Brain” rises 7-6 on the Hot 100, hitting a new peak. The song is her 30th top 10, a milestone that only Madonna (the leader with 38 top 10s) and The Beatles (34) had previously achieved. Airplay continues to lead the way for the ballad, which keeps at No. 3 on Radio Songs (107 million, down 2 percent).

Kodak Black blasts 27-8 on the Hot 100 with “Tunnel Vision,” his first top 10 on the chart. The track, whose politically charged video arrived Feb. 16, pushes 5-3 on Streaming Songs, up 65 percent to 30.7 million U.S. streams. It zooms 7-2 on the Hot Rap Songs chart and, as on the Hot 100, becomes the rapper’s first top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (12-4).

Taking a deeper look at “Tunnel Vision”… the track becomes the highest-charting hit in the Hot 100’s history with the word “tunnel” in its title: it one-ups Bruce Springsteen’s “Tunnel of Love,” which rode to No. 9 in 1988. And, triple “vision”: Kodak Black’s hit is the third top 10 with “vision” in its title, following Foreigner’s “Double Vision” (No. 2, 1978) and Mariah Carey’s debut smash “Vision of Love” (No. 1, four weeks, 1990).

Meanwhile, Big Sean‘s “Bounce Back” is steady at No. 9 after reaching No. 6.

Just beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, Justin Timberlake‘s former No. 1 “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” rebounds 29-13, blasting 35-6 on Digital Song Sales (51,000, up 124 percent) after he opened the Academy Awards (Feb. 26) with a live performance of the song, from the Trolls soundtrack. Plus, KYLE’s “iSpy,” featuring Lil Yachty, hits a new Hot 100 peak (20-14); Shawn Mendes‘ “Mercy” returns to its highpoint (18-17); and Sam Hunt‘s “Body Like a Back Road” steers into the top 20 (22-20).

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week, and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (March 7), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (March 10).

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Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” leads the Billboard Hot 100 (dated March 11) for a fifth total week. Meanwhile, Bruno Mars‘ “That’s What I Like” hits the top five and The Chainsmokers‘ “Paris” returns to the top 10, hitting a new peak.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Feb. 28.

“Shape,” released on Atlantic Records, spends a fifth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 147,000 downloads sold, down 27 percent, in the week ending Feb. 23, according to Nielsen Music. (The song had surged by 74 percent in the prior tracking week after Sheeran performed it on the Grammy Awards on Feb. 12.) “Shape” leads the Radio Songs chart for a third week, up by 6 percent to 154 million in audience (in the week ending Feb. 26). It spends a second week at No.  1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart, where it’s Sheeran’s second leader, and takes over as his third No. 1 on Adult Pop Songs.

“Shape” stays at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (41.8 million U.S. streams, up 12 percent, in the week ending Feb. 23), while becoming Sheeran’s first No. 1 on the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart (17.9 million on-demand clicks, up 1 percent).

Meanwhile, Sheeran’s “How Would You Feel (Paean)” debuts at No. 41 on the Hot 100, and No. 7 on Digital Song Sales (59,000), with both that ballad and “Shape” previewing his third studio album, ÷, due Friday (March 3). “Castle on the Hill,” also from the set, debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the Jan. 28-dated Hot 100 (the week that “Shape” launched at No. 1, making Sheeran the first artist ever to debut two songs in the chart’s top 10 simultaneously).

Migos‘ “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, rebounds 3-2 on the Hot 100 following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. The track tops the Streaming Songs chart for a ninth week, with 46.4 million U.S. streams (down 3 percent); ascends 15-13 on Radio Songs (62 million, up 3 percent); and falls 12-18 on Digital Song Sales (35,000 downloads sold, down 13 percent). The track tops Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for an eighth week each.

Zayn and Taylor Swift‘s “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” dips to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after hitting a No. 2 high a week ago. The duet keeps at No. 2 on Radio Songs (114 million, up 5 percent) and No. 4 on Streaming Songs (21.4 million, up 1 percent), while dropping 2-6 on Digital Song Sales (63,000, down 56 percent). As previously reported, parent album the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack slides to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 a week after launching at No. 1.

Mars bounds 7-4 on the Hot 100 with “That’s What I Like,” becoming his lucky 13th top five hit on the chart, tying Rihanna for the most this decade. The track, which the pop/R&B star performed on the Grammys, pushes 5-2 on Digital Song Sales (75,000, down 11 percent); 20-15 on Streaming Songs (16.1 million, up 29 percent); and 26-18 on Radio Songs (55 million, up 26 percent), winning the chart’s top Airplay Gainer award. On the Hot R&B Songs chart, “Like” logs a second week at No. 1.

“Like” matches the No. 4 Hot 100 high of prior single “24K Magic”; both songs are from Mars’ album 24K Magic, which keeps at its No. 2 peak on the Billboard 200.

The Chainsmokers‘ “Closer,” featuring Halsey, remains at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after 12 weeks at No. 1. The song extends its record for the most weeks tallied in the top five to 27. A week ago, it passed Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Mars (2015), and LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live” (1997-98), each with 25 top-five weeks.

“Closer” also extends its mark for the most weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10 from a title’s debut, having totaled all 30 of its frames on the chart in the top 10 since its arrival at No. 9 on Aug. 20.

More Chainsmokers: “Closer” follow-up “Paris” rebounds 11-6 on the Hot 100, hitting a new high; it had previously ranked as high as No. 7 upon its debut five weeks ago. “Paris” likewise returns to the Streaming Songs top 10 (12-8; 19.4 million, up 20 percent), while climbing 13-12 on Radio Songs (63 million, up 1 percent).

“Paris” additionally crowns the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, dethroning “Closer,” which drops to No. 2 after a record 27 weeks at No. 1. (How is “Paris” lower than “Closer” on the Hot 100 but higher on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs? The latter list includes club play points and, in a tight race between the two, “Paris” claims more club points, giving it the edge on that chart.

Even more Chainsmokers: “Something Just Like This,” the duo’s new collab with Coldplay, enters the Hot 100 at No. 56, and Digital Song Sales at No. 21 (33,000), following its Feb. 22 release. Both “Paris” and “Something” are from The Chainsmokers’ first full-length album, Memories…Do Not Open, due April 7.

Rihanna rises 8-7 on the Hot 100 with “Love on the Brain.” A week ago, the song became her 30th top 10, a milestone that only Madonna (the leader with 38 top 10s) and The Beatles (34) had previously achieved. Airplay leads the way for the track, which advances 5-3 on Radio Songs (108 million, up 7 percent).

After debuting at No. 4 on the March 4-dated Hot 100, Katy Perry‘s “Chained to the Rhythm,” featuring Skip Marley, backtracks to No. 8 in its second week. The song (which the pair performed on the Grammys) falls 3-8 on Digital Song Sales (56,000, down 48 percent) and 15-17 on Streaming Songs (although with a 4 percent gain to 15.2 million). On Radio Songs, “Rhythm” rises 20-17 (56 million, up 12 percent). The track surges 12-10 in its third week on Adult Pop Songs, completing the fastest flight to the top tier of any of Perry’s 14 top 10s on the ranking.

“Rhythm,” whose official proper video was released Feb. 21, previews Perry’s forthcoming studio album, her first since 2013’s PRISM, expected later this year.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Big Sean‘s “Bounce Back” does just that, rising 10-9 after reaching No. 6, and Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello‘s “Bad Things” descends 6-10 after rising to No. 4.

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Kygo and Selena Gomez skyrocket from No. 93 to No. 12 with “It Ain’t Me,” following the song’s first full week of tracking. The single, released Feb. 16, vaults 49-3 on Digital Song Sales (67,000), and debuts at No. 14 on Streaming Songs (15.5 million), while adding 19 million in airplay audience. On Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, the track charges 9-3.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week, and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 28), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Future scores his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his new self-titled effort starts atop the list, earning 140,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 23, according to Nielsen Music.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 11, 2017-dated chart (where Future debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Future’s latest No. 1 is also his fourth leader in a row, following Evol (2016), What a Time to Be Alive (with Drake) and DS2 (both in 2015). It’s likely that Future will notch another No. 1 in short order — as he released another album on Feb. 24: HNDRXX. Industry forecasters suggest the new set could also open atop the tally, bumping Future from the top slot, and giving the artist an unprecedented feat: back-to-back No. 1 debuts in successive weeks.

As for Future’s current No. 1, more than half of its units were powered by streaming activity: 73,000 units (equaling 109 million streams of the album’s songs during the tracking frame). The rest of its units were comprised of traditional album sales (60,000) and track equivalent album units (7,000).

Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic rests at its peak, No. 2, for a fourth nonconsecutive week (59,000 units; down 10 percent). The last album to spend as many weeks at No. 2, without reaching No. 1, was Andrea Bocelli’s My Christmas, which racked up five straight weeks in the runner-up slot in November and December of 2009.

The Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack drops two slots to No. 3 in its second week, with 53,000 units (down 57 percent). The Weeknd’s Starboy climbs one rung to No. 4 with a little more than 50,000 units (down 7 percent). Migos’ Culture slips a position to No. 5 with 50,000 units (down 15 percent). Big Sean’s I Decided. descends 3-6 with 49,000 units (down 21 percent).

The second-highest new entry on the chart belongs to R&B veteran Charlie Wilson, who nabs his fourth top 10 effort with In It to Win It, which debuts at No. 7 with 48,000 units (47,000 from traditional album sales). It’s the singer’s best sales week since 2010, when Just Charlie bowed at No. 19 with 57,000 copies sold. The new album was led by the single “I’m Blessed,” featuring T.I., which has become Wilson’s 10th top 10-charting tune on the Adult R&B Songs airplay chart.

Ryan Adams claims his fifth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 with the bow of Prisoner at No. 8 (45,000 units; 42,000 in traditional album sales). Adams last visited the top 10 in 2015, with his interpretation of Taylor Swift’s 1989 album, also called 1989. Adams’ version debuted and peaked at No. 7.

Prisoner’s lead single, “Do You Still Love Me,” gave the singer/songwriter his ninth top 10 single on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart in January.

Alison Krauss’ new Windy City — her first solo album of new material since 1999’s Forget About It — debuts at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 38,000 units (36,000 in traditional album sales). In total, Windy City marks the country and bluegrass artist’s 10th charting effort: she’s charted four solo titles, a collaborative set with Robert Plant, and five with her band Union Station. Though Krauss has been releasing albums since 1985, she did not reach the all-genre Billboard 200 chart until 10 years later, when the retrospective Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection, entered the chart dated Feb. 25, 1995. (Her first album to visit the Top Country Albums chart was 1991’s I’ve Got That Old Feeling, which reached No. 61.)

On the Billboard 200, Krauss has now reached the top 10 four times — with Windy City, Paper Airplane, with Union Station (No. 3 in 2011), Raising Sand, with Robert Plant (No. 2; 2007) and the solo best-of package, A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection (No. 10; 2007).

Rounding out the new Billboard 200’s top 10 is the soundtrack to Trolls, which falls from No. 7 to No. 10 with 37,000 units (down 16 percent).

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Sheeran’s “Shape of You” leads an action-packed chart, which includes Perry’s return & Rihanna’s 30th Hot 100 top 10.

Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” leads the Billboard Hot 100 (dated March 4) for a fourth total week.

Meanwhile, action abounds in the top 10, as Katy Perry‘s “Chained to the Rhythm,” featuring Skip Marley, debuts at No. 4 and Bruno Mars, Rihanna and The Weeknd all add new top 10s. Sheeran, Perry, Mars and The Weeknd benefit from performances on the Grammy Awards (Feb. 12), while Rihanna ups her count to 30 career top 10s, a milestone that only an elite three acts have now achieved.

There’s even more: Zayn and Taylor Swift set a new Hot 100 high for a song from the Fifty Shades franchise and The Chainsmokers‘ “Closer,” featuring Halsey, has now spent more time in the top five than any other single in the Hot 100’s entire 58-year history.

Following yesterday’s President’s Day holiday, let’s kick off a very busy recap of the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Feb. 22.

“Shape,” released on Atlantic Records, spends a second week atop the Radio Songs chart, up by 9 percent to 145 million in audience in the week ending Feb. 19, according to Nielsen Music, claiming the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a fifth straight week. Following his performance of the song on the Grammys, “Shape” resurges 2-1 for a fourth total week atop Digital Song Sales (200,000 downloads sold, up 74 percent, in the week ending Feb. 16). On Streaming Songs, it holds at No. 2 (37.2 million U.S. streams, up 3 percent).

“Shape,” which becomes Sheeran’s second No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart, ushers in his third studio album, ÷, due March 3.

Zayn and Taylor Swift’s “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” rises 3-2 on the Hot 100, hitting a new peak. As parent album the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, following its Feb. 10 release and the arrival of the movie the same day, “Live” lifts 3-2 on Digital Song Sales (143,000, up 31 percent). It also jumps 5-2 on Radio Songs (109 million, up 10 percent), while keeping at No. 4 on Streaming Songs (21.2 million, down 7 percent).

Just as Fifty Shades Darker becomes the franchise’s first Billboard 200 No. 1, besting the No. 2 peak of 2015’s Fifty Shades of Grey, “Live” takes over as the highest-charting Fifty Shades Hot 100 hit; it one-ups the No. 3 peaks of the first soundtrack’s “Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding and “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” by The Weeknd.

Migos‘ “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, dips 2-3 on the Hot 100 following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. Still, the track tops the Streaming Songs chart for an eighth week with 47.7 million U.S. streams (up 1 percent). It also leads the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart for an eighth week (17.8 million on-demand clicks, down 10 percent).

“Bad” falls 8-12 on Digital Song Sales (40,000 downloads sold, down 1 percent) and inches 16-15 on Radio Songs (60 million, down 1 percent). It additionally rules Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a seventh week each.

Katy Perry roars onto the Hot 100 at No. 4 with “Chained to the Rhythm,” featuring Skip Marley. (The debut marks the highest for a song by a lead female since Adele’s “Hello” launched at No. 1 on Nov. 14, 2015.) “Rhythm,” released along with its official lyric video at midnight on Feb. 10 — followed by Perry and Marley’s performance of it on the Grammys two nights later — debuts at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (108,000 first-week downloads sold) and No. 15 on Streaming Songs (14.7 million), while charging 35-20 on Radio Songs (50 million in audience after its first full week of tracking).

Perry scores her 14th Hot 100 top 10 and the third-highest-debuting of her 25 Hot 100 entries. She bowed higher only with “Part of Me” (No. 1, 2012) and “California Gurls,” featuring Snoop Dogg (No. 2, 2010). She earns her first top 10 in nearly three years; she was last in the top 10 in January-June 2014 with “Dark Horse” (featuring Juicy J), which spent four weeks at No. 1 (marking her ninth leader).

“Rhythm,” whose official proper video was released today (Feb. 21), previews Perry’s forthcoming studio album, her first since 2013’s PRISM, expected later this year.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” rebounds 7-5 (after 12 weeks at No. 1), and its latest move is historic, as it rewrites the record for the most weeks logged in the top five: 26, or a full six months. It passes Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars (2015) and LeAnn Rimes‘ “How Do I Live” (1997-98), each with 25 top-five frames.

“Closer” also extends its record for the most weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10 from a title’s debut, having totaled all 29 of its weeks on the chart in the top 10 since its arrival at No. 9 on Aug. 20. Even more honors: It leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 27th week, the most at No. 1 since the chart’s January 2013 inception, passing Avicii‘s “Wake Me Up!” (26 weeks, 2013-14).

“Bad Things” by Machine Gun Kelly and current Billboard cover star Camila Cabello drops 5-6 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 4. It’s again led by airplay, as it ranks at No. 6 on Radio Songs (92 million, down 13 percent).

Following his Grammys performance of “That’s What I Like,” along with his Prince tribute, Mars blasts 37-7 on the Hot 100, earning his 14th top 10. The track flies 36-5 on Digital Song Sales (85,000, up 308 percent) and wins the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer award, debuting at No. 20 on Streaming Songs (12.4 million, up 59 percent). It also jumps 36-26 on Radio Songs (43 million, up 22 percent) and, with a 5-1 jump, becomes Mars’ first No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart.

“Like” is the follow-up to Mars’ No. 4 Hot 100 hit “24K Magic”; as previously reported, the songs’ parent album 24K Magic surges 7-2 as the Greatest Gainer on the Billboard 200.

Rihanna bounds 13-8 on the Hot 100 with “Love on the Brain,” marking her landmark 30th top 10. The only acts with more? Madonna, with 38, and The Beatles, with 34. (Rihanna breaks a tie for third place with Michael Jackson, who’s tallied 29 top 10s, as a soloist.)

“Brain” moves 6-5 on Radio Songs (101 million, up 7 percent); 17-18 on Digital Song Sales (36,000, up 8 percent); and 25-21 on Streaming Songs (12.6 million, up 7 percent). Perhaps aiding the song’s profile in the tracking period, Rihanna received eight Grammy nominations, including best urban contemporary album for “Brain” parent set ANTI.

Want one more new Hot 100 top 10 this week? Fellow Grammys performer The Weeknd vaults 16-9 on the Hot 100 with “I Feel It Coming,” featuring Daft Punk, after the acts performed the song, as well as prior single “Starboy,” at music’s biggest night. The song is The Weeknd’s sixth Hot 100 top 10 and Daft Punk’s third (and second as featured on a hit by The Weeknd, following the No. 1 “Starboy”).

“Feel” ascends 16-7 on Digital Song Sales (55,000, up 65 percent); 8-7 on Radio Songs (83 million, essentially even week-over-week); and 34-28 on Streaming Songs (10.7 million, up 9 percent).

Wait, that’s four new Hot 100 top 10s, by Perry, Mars, Rihanna and The Weeknd, all in one week. How rare is that kind of turnover? Four songs hadn’t posted their first weeks each in the top 10 simultaneously in nearly six years: On the April 2, 2011-dated chart, The Black Eyed Peas‘ “Just Can’t Get Enough” (22-5), Glee Cast’s “Loser Like Me” (No. 6 debut), Chris Brown‘s “Look at Me Now,” featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes (12-8), and Jeremih‘s “Down on Me,” featuring 50 Cent (13-10), all reached the region for the first time.

And, back to 2017: Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Big Sean‘s “Bounce Back” backtracks from its No. 6 peak to No. 10. The song soared from No. 15 a week ago when his new album I Decided. debuted at No. 1 on the Feb. 25-dated Billboard 200. Meanwhile, “Bounce” becomes Big Sean’s fourth No. 1 on the Rhythmic Songs airplay ranking.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week, and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 22), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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The Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, earning 123,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 16, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 72,000 were in traditional album sales. The set was released through Universal Studios/Republic Records on Feb. 10.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 4, 2017-dated chart (where Fifty Shades Darker debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Wednesday, Feb. 22 (one day later than normal due to the President’s Day holiday on Feb. 20).

Fifty Shades Darker is the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey, which saw its companion soundtrack debut and peak at No. 2 on the chart dated Feb. 28, 2015. The new set is the first soundtrack to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since the Suicide Squadalbum spent two weeks atop the lists dated Aug. 27 and Sept. 3, 2016.

The Fifty Shades Darker album was led by the hit single “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever,” by Zayn and Taylor Swift. Other acts contributing music to the effort include Sia, Halsey, Nick Jonas and Nicki Minaj. The film Fifty Shades Darker was released in theaters on the same day its soundtrack reached retailers.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic rises 7-2 with 66,000 units and a 108 percent gain, following his two performances on the Grammy Awards (Feb. 12). The album sold 36,000 copies during the tracking frame — up 137 percent. On the Grammys, Mars sang 24K Magic’s current single “That’s What I Like,” and contributed to a segment celebrating Prince, by covering his “Let’s Go Crazy.”

24K Magic has now spent three nonconsecutive weeks in the runner-up slot — its peak. It debuted at No. 2 on the list dated Dec. 10, 2016, and then returned to No. 2 on the Jan. 7, 2017 tally. The album has yet to leave the top 10 since debuting on the tally 13 weeks ago.

Big Sean’s I Decided. falls from No. 1 to No. 3 in its second week, with 62,000 units (down 59 percent). Migos’ former No. 1, Culture, slips down one rung to No. 4 with 59,000 units (down 14 percent).

The Weeknd’s Starboy holds at No. 5 — though it’s up 15 percent — with 54,000 units. The Weeknd performed a mash-up of two Starboy songs on the Grammy Awards: the title track and “I Feel It Coming,” both alongside Daft Punk.

Adele’s 25, which won the Grammy Award for album of the year, zooms from No. 21 to No. 6 with 47,000 units (up 137 percent). The former No. 1 sold another 30,000 copies in the latest tracking week, gaining 238 percent. Adele also opened the Grammy Awards with a performance of the album’s lead single, “Hello.”

The Trolls soundtrack vaults 14-7 with 44,000 units (up 79 percent) and 32,000 sold (up 110 percent). The set benefits from promotion associated with the film’s release on home video on Feb. 7.

Beyoncé’s Lemonade flies from No. 33 to No. 9, following the diva’s elaborate performance of the set’s “Love Drought” and “Sandcastles” on the Grammy Awards. Lemonade earned another 38,000 units (up 190 percent), selling 29,000 copies (up 241 percent). The album won the Grammy for best urban contemporary album, while its video for the song “Formation” won the best music video trophy.

Rounding out the top 10 is the soundtrack to La La Land, which ascends one position to No. 10 with 33,000 units (up 33 percent).