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The icon extends her record as the woman with the most No. 1 albums in chart history.

Barbra Streisand achieves her 11th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her latest release, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, enters atop the list.

Her newest leader extends her record for the most No. 1 albums among women, and ties her with Bruce Springsteen for the third-most among all acts. The only artists with more No. 1s are The Beatles, with a record 19 chart-toppers, andJay Z, with 13.

Among women, Streisand outpaces Madonna, the runner-up with eight Billboard 200 No. 1s.

Encore was released on Aug. 26 through Columbia Records, and starts with 149,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 1, according to Nielsen Music. That’s a stronger-than-expected launch for the set, which was forecast by industry sources to start in the No. 2 slot, behind Florida Georgia Line’s new Dig Your Roots. The latter album enters in the runner-up position, with 145,000 units.

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 Sept. 17-dated chart (where Encore debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Wednesday, Sept. 7 (one day later than normal, due to the Sept. 5 Labor Day holiday in the U.S).

Encore follows Streisand’s previous No. 1 albums: Partners (2014), Love Is the Answer(2009), Higher Ground (1997), Back to Broadway (1993), The Broadway Album (1986),Guilty (1980), Barbra Streisand’s Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (1979), A Star Is Born (1977),The Way We Were (1974), and People (1964).

Further, Streisand surpasses her own record for the longest span between No. 1s on the Billboard 200. Encore arrives 51 years, 10 months and 17 days after her first No. 1, People, spent its initial week at No. 1 (Oct. 31, 1964). People ruled the tally for five consecutive weeks. Streisand previously set the record for the longest span between No. 1s when she topped the chart in 2014 with Partners — 49 years, 11 months and 14 days after People.

One more fun fact: Streisand continues to be the only act to have achieved No. 1 albums in the last six decades — the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

Encore is an all-star collaborative affair, and pairs Streisand with a range of actors to cover songs from Broadway. For example, Anne Hathaway and Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) team up with Streisand for “At the Ballet,” from A Chorus Line; Jamie Foxx guests on “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” (from The Sound of Music) and Melissa McCarthy duets on “Anything You Can Do” (from Annie Get Your Gun).

Nearly all of Encore’s first-week unit total was comprised of traditional album sales — 148,000. And of that figure, physical album sales (CDs and vinyl LPs) equated to 126,000 — the largest sales week for a physical album in 2016. Previously, Blink-182’s California held the biggest physical week for an album this year, when it started with 107,000 sold.

Encore’s physical sales were bolstered by the availability of a deluxe edition of the set sold through Target, which came with four bonus solo Streisand performances.

In addition, the album benefits from a promotion with Streisand’s recent concert tour, where tickets purchased online were bundled with an offer for a CD copy ofEncore.

For ticket/album bundle offers where the purchase price of a ticket includes an album, only those albums that are actively redeemed by a customer count towards the charts. (The redemption rate is usually low for these offers, but can vary depending on the type of artist and how effectively they promote the ticket/album offer to their fans.)

Streisand is one of many acts that have employed a ticket/album bundle offer to sell music. Others include Kanye West (who sold The Life of Pablo with tickets to his Yeezy Season 3 fashion show), Justin Bieber, Duran Duran, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Michael Buble, Cyndi Lauper, Tom Petty, Bon Jovi and many more.

Streisand supported Encore by doing a number of big media appearances, including a sit-down chat and two performances on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Aug. 25. She was joined by one of her Encore partners, Alec Baldwin, on the show, and also did a humorous duet with Fallon (who impersonated Donald Trump). In addition, Streisand was interviewed on NPR’sWeekend Edition (Aug. 20), CBS Sunday Morning (Aug. 28) and CNN (Aug. 29).

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Justin Bieber is presented by Guinness World Records with certificates celebrating his record-breaking achievements before one of his sold-out shows on the Purpose World Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Justin Bieber just made the latest edition of the Guinness World Records book, and, no, it’s not for the artist who left behind the most fans when he split Instagram. According to Guinness, Bieber is now the proud owner of eight new titles thanks to his smash success on Spotify and his chart domination.

The Guinness World Records 2017 edition honors Bieber, 22, for landing the most streamed track on Spotify in one week (“What Do You Mean?,” 30,723,708 times), as well as the most streamed album on Spotify in one week (Purpose, 205 million times), the most simultaneous tracks on the Billboard Hot 100 (17) in December 2015 and for being the first act to fill three top slots simultaneously on the U.K. singles chart: (“Love Yourself” (No. 1), “Sorry” (No. 2) and “What Do You Mean?” (No. 3).

He was also noticed for having the most simultaneous new entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (13), the most Twitter followers (82,235,563) and YouTube subscribers of any male (20,711,202) and the most viewed YouTube music channel (10,478,651,389).

The Chainsmokers’  “Closer,” featuring Halsey, reigns for a second week, Twenty One Pilots double up in the top five & Mendes reaches the top 10 with “Treat You Better.”

The Chainsmokers and featured artist Halsey lead the Billboard Hot 100(dated Sept. 10) for a second week with “Closer.”

Plus, Twenty One Pilots reach the top five with “Ride,” joining icons The Beatles and Elvis Presley for a piece of chart history; and Shawn Mendes scores his second top 10, as “Treat You Better” lifts from No. 12 to No. 10.

As we do every Monday when the chart is refreshed, let’s run down the Hot 100’s top 10 and more. Highlights of the airplay, sales and streaming-based Hot 100 post on Billboard.com each Monday, with all charts updated each Tuesday.

“Closer,” released on Disruptor/Columbia Records, and the first No. 1 for both EDM duo The Chainsmokers (Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall) and alt/pop singer-songwriter Halsey, spends a third week atop the Digital Songs chart with 143,000 downloads sold (up 23 percent) in the week ending Aug. 25, according to Nielsen Music, marking a new personal best for the act for digital song sales in a week (surpassing last week’s sum).

“Closer” tops Streaming Songs for a second week, up by 24 percent to 28.6 million U.S. streams. Spotify streams mark 46 percent of the song’s total clicks; its only official video so far is a lyric video (ahead of an expected proper clip). “Closer” leads the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Songs streaming chart for a third week (18.4 million on-demand streams, up 13 percent).

On Radio Songs, “Closer” climbs 19-15 (60 million in airplay audience, up 19 percent). It adds the Hot 100’s top Digital and Streaming Gainer awards for a second week each. “Closer” also crowns Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a second week.

Major Lazer’s “Cold Water,” featuring Bieber and MO, returns to its No. 2 Hot 100 peak, up from No. 3. (The song has yo-yoed up and down from No. 2 in its first five weeks; after debuting at No. 2, it’s ranked at Nos. 5-2-3-2.) On Streaming Songs, it falls 2-3 after spending its first three weeks at No. 1 (19.9 million U.S. streams, down 1 percent). The track regresses 3-4 on Digital Songs (58,000, down 9 percent), which it led for a week (upon its debut), but rises 10-8 on Radio Songs (86 million, up 12 percent).

EDM fans take note: with “Closer” and “Cold Water” at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on both the Hot 100 and Hot Dance/Electronic Songs simultaneously, it’s the first time that the top two have matched on the two charts, dating to the latter list’s January 2013 launch.

Sia’s former four-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul, dips 2-3. Still, the collab remains the most-heard song on U.S. radio, logging a fourth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (154 million, down 3 percent). It drops 5-6 on Digital Songs (51,000 downloads sold, down 9 percent) and 9-12 on Streaming Songs (12.2 million, down 3 percent).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five are two songs by Twenty One Pilots, who hold at their No. 4 high with “Heathens,” from the Suicide Squad: The Album soundtrack, and hit the top five with “Ride” (6-5), from their 2015 album Blurryface. That results in this honor: Twenty One Pilots are just the third rock act with simultaneous top five Hot 100 hits in the chart’s 58-year history, following only The Beatles and Elvis Presley (!) They’re the first rock act to do so in 47 years, as The Beatles totaled 18 weeks with at least two concurrent top five hits in 1964-66 and 1969; Presley ranked in the top five with two titles on the chart dated April 20, 1959: “I Need Your Love Tonight” and “(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I” (released on two sides of the same vinyl single), at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively. (Of note, Presley’s career predated the Hot 100’s inception by two years.)

Twenty One Pilots (Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun) are also just the third duo with simultaneous top five Hot 100 hits. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis doubled up in the top five concurrently with “Thrift Shop” (featuring Wanz) and “Can’t Hold Us” (featuring Ray Dalton) for three weeks in 2013, and OutKast did so with “Hey Ya!” and “The Way You Move” (featuring Sleepy Brown) for 14 frames in 2003-04.

“Heathens” holds at No. 2 on Digital Songs (82,000, essentially even week-over-week); slips 3-4 on Streaming Songs (although with a 2 percent gain to 20 million); and bounds 42-27 on Radio Songs (41 million, up 40 percent), winning the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer prize. It also notches a second week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart. “Ride” rises 3-2 on Radio Songs (133 million, down 1 percent) and retreats 11-13 on Streaming Songs (11.4 million, down 4 percent) and 13-15 on Digital Songs (35,000, down 9 percent).

Twenty One Pilots’ Hot 100 action adds to its already impressive chart week. Aspreviously reported, “Ride” rolls 2-1 on Pop Songs and “Heathens” jumps 3-1 on Alternative Songs, making the act the first to top the radio airplay tallies simultaneously with different songs.

Calvin Harris’ “This Is What You Came For,” featuring Rihanna, descends 5-6 on the Hot 100 after peaking at No. 3, while The Chainsmokers’ other song in the top 10, the No. 3-peaking “Don’t Let Me Down,” featuring Daya, rebounds 8-7.

Drake’s “One Dance” drops 7-8 on the Hot 100. Still, it posts a 17th week atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, extending the longest reign of his 16 No. 1s on the chart. “Dance” also rules the Songs of the Summer chart for a 13th week, having led the seasonal running tally each week since the list relaunched; with one week left in the summer tracking period (for the chart dated Sept. 17), we’ll find out next week if the song is officially crowned the top song of the summer.

And, as Drake remains in the Hot 100’s top 10, he has now spent 50 consecutive weeks in the bracket, padding his record among solo males. Here’s an updated look at the artists to spend the most weeks in-a-row in the top 10 in the Hot 100’s history:

69 weeks, Katy Perry, 2010-11
50 weeks, Drake, 2015-16
48 weeks, Ace of Base, 1993-94
46 weeks, Rihanna, 2010-11
45 weeks, The Weeknd, 2015

Drake’s streak began on the Oct. 3, 2015, Hot 100, when “Hotline Bling” jumped 16-9. (He has been credited as the lead artist on songs in 39 weeks of his 50-week run.)

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Adele’s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” returns to its peak (10-9) and Shawn Mendes reaches the top 10, as “Treat You Better” rises 12-10. Mendes’ latest also enters the Radio Songs top 10 (11-10; 82 million, up 12 percent) and lifts 4-3 on Digital Songs (64,000, up 5 percent, boosted in part by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store) and 17-16 on Streaming Songs (10.1 million, up 1 percent). Mendes earns his second Hot 100 top 10, after “Stitches” hit No. 4 last November. (He also scores his second top 10 on Radio Songs, where “Stitches” reached No. 3.)

“Better” is from Mendes’ second full-length album, Illuminate, due Sept. 23.

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Charlie Puth’s “We Don’t Talk Anymore,” featuring Selena Gomez, surges to a new high, 18-13 (likewise helped by a 69-cent iTunes sale tag); DJ Snake’s “Let Me Love You,” featuring Justin Bieber, rebounds 19-16 after debuting at No. 12 two weeks ago; and two songs hit the top 20: D.R.A.M.’s “Broccoli,” featuring Lil Yachty (21-19) and Kiiara’s “Gold” (23-20).

Find out more Hot 100 news in Billboard’s new weekly original video series, Charts Center, featuring chart information and commentary, interviews with artists, exclusive performances and more, posting this week. Also look for the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 30), when all rankings, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Frank Ocean earns his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the arrival of Blonde. The set, which was released on Aug. 20, bows atop the list with 276,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 25, according to Nielsen Music.

Blonde logs the third-largest debut of 2016, behind only the arrivals of Drake’sViews and Beyonce’s Lemonade.

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 Sept. 10-dated chart (where Blonde bows at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Aug. 30.

Of Blonde’s start of 276,000 units, 232,000 were in traditional album sales, while the rest were SEA (44,000 units).

Only two albums started bigger than Blonde in 2016: Drake’s Views (1.04 million units earned in its debut frame) and Beyonce’s Lemonade (653,000). Blonde also logs the third-biggest sales start — behind, again, just Views (852,000 copies sold in its first week) and Lemonade (485,000).

Blonde was available exclusively to stream via the Apple Music service and for sale through the iTunes Store (but only as a full album — none of its tracks were sold a la carte). The songs on the Blonde album generated 65.4 million streams during the week. It was the second-most streamed album on the chart, behind only Drake’sViews, with 67.5 million streams.

Blonde arrived two days after Ocean released the long-form video Endless (which many have referred to as a visual album). It is available exclusive to stream via Apple Music.

Both releases are Ocean’s first full-length offerings since his debut album, Channel Orange, which came out in 2012. The set debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, and sold 131,000 copies in its first week. It was released on July 10, 2012, initially exclusively through iTunes, and a week before its advertised street date of July 17.

The bulk of Channel Orange’s first-week sales were digital, though there were some on physical CD, as brick-and-mortar retailers began selling the title mid-week following iTunes’ exclusive launch.

Blonde is the third independently distributed No. 1 album in 2016. It follows Blink-182’s California and The Lumineers’ Cleopatra.

California was released on Blink-182’s own Viking Wizard Eyes LLC, licensed to BMG and distributed by Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA). Cleopatra was released on Dualtone Records, which is also distributed by ADA.

Blonde is different from both albums in that it was released by Ocean himself directly to Apple and iTunes — bypassing a traditional distribution company. The last set to reach No. 1 in the same manner was Garth Brooks’ 2013 box set, Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences. The hefty box (six CDs and two DVDs) was issued through Brooks’ Pearl Records and sold exclusively through Walmart stores. It debuted at No. 2 with 164,000 sold, and rose to No. 1 the following week — for one frame — selling 146,000.

Before Brooks, Pearl Jam’s Backspacer also hit No. 1 (in 2009) without a traditional distributor. The set, which bowed with 189,000 sold, was released on the band’s Monkeywrench label, and initially sold exclusively through Target, iTunes, Pearl Jam’s website and independent retailers. Slightly less than two years earlier, Eaglesflew in at No. 1 with its self-released Long Road Out of Eden, exclusively sold through Walmart. It debuted with 711,000 copies sold on the Nov. 17, 2007-dated chart.

Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, Drake’s Views holds at No. 2 with 77,000 units (up 9 percent) and the Suicide Squad soundtrack falls from No. 1 to No. 3 with 76,000 units (down 18 percent).

Tory Lanez arrives at No. 4 with his debut studio album, I Told You, earning 52,000 units (32,000 in pure album sales). The album follows a pair of top 10-charting singles for Lanez on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where he has reached No. 10 with “Say It” and No. 9 (so far) with the still-building “Luv.” Both cuts are available on the new album, which also starts at No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Lindsey Stirling claims her second top 10 album, as her new Brave Enough launches at No. 5 with 49,000 units (45,000 in traditional album sales). It follows the violinist’s 2014 effort, Shatter Me, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 56,000 copies sold in its first week. The new effort also leads the Classical Albums, Classical Crossover Albums and Top Dance/Electronic Albums charts — her third No. 1 on all three lists. The classical-meets-EDM artist previously led all three charts with Shatter Me and her self-titled debut.

Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface dips 5-6 on the Billboard 200 (33,000 units; down 19 percent), Adele’s 25 rises one rung to No. 7 (28,000 units; down 1 percent),Rihanna’s Anti climbs 9-8 (just over 27,000 units; down 2 percent) and DJ Khaled’sMajor Key slips 6-9 (27,000 units; down 19 percent). The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton closes out the top 10, as it ascends 11-10 with 23,000 units (down 3 percent).

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The Chainsmokers and Halsey each earn their first Hot 100 leader with a 6-1 jump to the top.

EDM duo The Chainsmokers and featured alt-pop singer-songwriterHalsey crown the Billboard Hot 100(dated Sept. 3), as “Closer” leaps 6-1 in its third week on the chart. The song marks each act’s first trip to the Hot 100’s summit.

As we do every Monday when the chart is refreshed, let’s run down the Hot 100’s top 10 and more. Highlights of the airplay, sales and streaming-based Hot 100 post on Billboard.com each Monday, with all charts updated each Tuesday.

“Closer” concurrently hits the top of the Streaming Songs chart for the first time (3-1), where it’s also The Chainsmokers’ and Halsey’s first No. 1 each, up by 24 percent to 23.1 million U.S. streams. Spotify streams mark more than half (51 percent) of the song’s total clicks; its only official video so far is a lyric video (ahead of an expected proper clip). “Closer” leads the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Songs streaming chart for a second week (16.3 million on-demand streams, up 16 percent).

On Radio Songs, the collab leaps 35-19 (49 million in airplay audience, up 41 percent), sweeping the Hot 100’s top Digital, Streaming and Airplay Gainer awards; it’s the first song to claim all three honors simultaneously since Drake‘s “One Dance” (featuring WizKid and Kyla) on May 21, likewise its first week at No. 1 (of 10 total).

The Chainsmokers, the duo of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall, have charted higher with each successive Hot 100 hit since arriving in 2014 with the kitschy, No. 16-peaking “#Selfie.” In 2016, they’ve added their first three top 10s: “Roses,” featuring Rozes, which reached No. 6 in February, and “Don’t Let Me Down,” featuring Daya, which climbed to No. 3 in July; this week it holds at No. 8.

Meanwhile, Halsey, in her third Hot 100 visit (all since September 2015), has far outpaced the No. 60 peak of her breakthrough single “New Americana” and the No. 31 high of Justin Bieber’s “The Feeling,” on which she’s featured.

“Closer” additionally crowns Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (3-1), where it becomes The Chainsmokers’ fourth No. 1, passing Calvin Harris (three) for the most in the list’s brief three-year history. “#Selfie” led for two weeks; “Roses,” for 14; and “Don’t Let Me Down,” for 12.

Notably, “Closer” is just the second track to have topped both Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and the Hot 100; Baauer‘s “Harlem Shake” ruled the charts for eight and five weeks, respectively, beginning March 2, 2013. Unsurprisingly, most Hot 100 leaders in that span have been pop or R&B/hip-hop-leaning: of the 33 Hot 100 No. 1s between “Shake” and “Closer,” 12 topped Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs; just one ruled Hot Rock Songs (Lorde’s “Royals), while no No. 1s on Hot Country Songs or Hot Latin Songs also led the Hot 100 in that span.

Meanwhile, The Chainsmokers are the first duo to top the Hot 100 since 2013, when Macklemore & Ryan Lewis notched two career-opening No. 1s: “Thrift Shop” (featuring Wanz; six weeks) and “Can’t Hold Us” (featuring Ray Dalton; five). On a related note, The Chainsmokers are the first duo or group to pace the Hot 100 in more than two years, since MAGIC! led for six weeks in July and August 2014 with “Rude.”  In between that song and “Closer,” 19 songs by soloists (lead and featured acts) held the top spot. That’s the longest run of soloists’ No. 1s since 24 led in-a-row in 2006-07 (from Nelly‘s “Grillz,” featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Gipp, through Avril Lavigne‘s “Girlfriend”).

As for its title, “Closer” is the first Hot 100 No. 1 by that name; next, well, closest, isNe-Yo‘s “Closer,” which reached No. 7 in 2008. The word “closer” previously got closest to the top when Roberta Flack closed in on the summit with “The Closer I Get to You,” with Donny Hathaway, which hit No. 2 in 1978. (The word “close” has appeared in the titles of three No. 1s: Next‘s “Too Close” (1998); Maxi Priest‘s “Close to You” (1990); and The Carpenters’ “(They Long to Be) Close to You” (1970).

And, by reaching No. 1 in its third week, “Closer” makes the fastest climb to the top of the Hot 100 (for a non-No. 1-debuting song, excluding four No. 1 starters in 2015-16) since Taylor Swift‘s “Blank Space,” which also needed just three weeks to reign (Nov. 29, 2014). Plus, the 6-1 jump for “Closer” is the greatest to the top since Swift’s “Bad Blood,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, which vaulted 53-1 (June 6, 2015), following the premiere of its video on ABC’s broadcast of the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.

“Closer” dethrones Sia‘s “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul, after four weeks atop the Hot 100 (1-2). Still, the song remains the most-heard song on U.S. radio, posting a third week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart (155 million, up 2 percent). It rebounds 6-5 on Digital Songs (56,000 downloads sold, down 8 percent) and keeps at No. 9 on Streaming Songs (12.5 million, down 4 percent).

“Thrills” concurrently tops the Pop Songs airplay chart for a fifth week, tying Justin Bieber‘s “Love Yourself” for the chart’s longest reign of 2016, and rises 3-1 to crown Adult Pop Songs, where it’s both Sia and Paul’s first No. 1.

Major Lazer‘s “Cold Water,” featuring Bieber and MO, slips to No. 3 from its No. 2 peak in its fourth week on the Hot 100. It falls to No. 2 after spending its first three weeks atop Streaming Songs, although with a 3 percent gain to 20.2 million U.S. streams; lifts 4-3 on Digital Songs (63,000, down 4 percent); and holds at No. 10 on Radio Songs, logging a 15 percent burst to 75 million.

Twenty One Pilots hold at their No. 4 high on the Hot 100 with “Heathens,” from the Suicide Squad: The Album soundtrack, which spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The track is steady at No. 2 on Digital Songs (82,000, down 8 percent); slips 2-3 on Streaming Songs (although with a 2 percent gain 19.6 million); and debuts on Radio Songs at No. 42 (29 million, up 33 percent). “Heathens” notches a second week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart.

Meanwhile, Twenty One Pilots’ “Ride,” from the duo’s 2015 album Blurryface, rebounds from No. 7 back to its No. 6 peak. Thus, for a second week, the act boasts two concurrent top 10s; on the Aug. 27 Hot 100, the pair (Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun) made history as the first alternative duo or group ever with two simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s. (Among all alt acts, only Lorde previously doubled up in a week, for three weeks in February 2014 with “Royals” and “Team.”)

In between Twenty One Pilots’ two Hot 100 top 10s, “This Is What You Came For,” by this past weekend’s Hot 100 Fest headliner Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna), descends to No. 5 from its No. 3 peak. It stays at No. 2 on Radio Songs (134 million, down 1 percent) and No. 7 on Streaming Songs (13.6 million, down 6 percent).

Drake’s “One Dance” drops 5-7 on the Hot 100. Still, it adds a 16th week atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, extending the longest command of his 16 No. 1s on the chart. “Dance” also rules the Songs of the Summer chart for a 12th week, having led the seasonal running tally each week since the list relaunched.

And, as Drake remains in the Hot 100’s top 10, he has now spent 49 consecutive weeks in the bracket, padding his record among solo males and claiming the second-longest streak among all acts all to himself (passing Ace of Base). Here’s an updated look at the artists to spend the most weeks in-a-row in the top 10 in the Hot 100’s history:

69 weeks, Katy Perry, 2010-11
49 weeks, Drake, 2015-16
48 weeks, Ace of Base, 1993-94
46 weeks, Rihanna, 2010-11
45 weeks, The Weeknd, 2015

Drake’s streak began on the Oct. 3, 2015, Hot 100, when “Hotline Bling” soared 16-9. (He has been credited as the lead artist on songs in 38 weeks of his 49-week run.)

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, as noted above, The Chainsmokers’ “Don’t Let Me Down” keeps at No. 8; Justin Timberlake‘s former No. 1 “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” stays at No. 9; and Adele‘s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” returns to the tier (11-10), after reaching No. 9 on the Aug. 13 chart. “Send” becomes Adele’s fifth top five on Radio Songs (following four No. 1s), rising 6-4 (126 million, up 11 percent).

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Shawn Mendes‘ “Treat You Better” hits a new high, rising 14-12; Drake’s “Too Good,” featuring Rihanna, reaches the top 15 (17-14); and Flume‘s “Never Be Like You,” featuring Kai, enters the top 20 (25-20). Plus, one song enters the top 40 for the first time: Daya‘s “Sit Still, Look Pretty” (56-36), marking her third top 40 Hot 100 in three tries (all this year), following her debut single “Hide Away” (No. 23 in March) and “Don’t Let Me Down.”

Find out more Hot 100 news in Billboard’s new weekly original video series, Charts Center, featuring chart information and commentary, interviews with artists, exclusive performances and more, posting this week. Also look for the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 23), when all rankings, 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 (Aug. 26).

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he Suicide Squad soundtrack is on course for a second week atop the Billboard 200 chart, according to industry forecasters. Those in the know suggest the set could earn upwards of 85,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 18 — of which around 50,000 could be in traditional album sales. The album opened at No. 1 on the Aug. 27-dated list, tallying 182,000 units (and 128,000 in sales).

‘Suicide Squad’ Track ‘Sucker for Pain’ Soars to No. 1 on Hot Rap Songs Chart

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based onmulti-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The top 10 of the new Sept. 3-dated Billboard 200 chart — where Suicide Squad may hold at No. 1 — is scheduled to be revealed on Billboard’s websites on Sunday, Aug. 21.

Kehlani Scores First Hot 100 Hit With ‘Gangsta’ From ‘Suicide Squad’ Soundtrack

As for the rest of next week’s top 10, watch for Justin Moore’s Kinda Don’t Care and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s PARTYNEXTDOOR3 (P3) to both possibly bow in the region. Moore could start with over 40,000 units, while PARTYNEXTDOOR may launch with around 40,000 as well.

Major Lazer’s “Cold Water,” featuring Justin Bieber and MO, rebounds 5-2 and Twenty One Pilots land their third top 10, all notched this year, with ‘Suicide Squad’ soundtrack single “Heathens.”

Sia tops the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Aug. 27) for a fourth week with “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul. The song fends off Major Lazer‘s “Cold Water,” featuring Justin Bieber and MO, which returns to its No. 2 peak.

Plus, duo Twenty One Pilots flies to its third top 10 with “Heathens,” from the new No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the Suicide Squad: The Album soundtrack. And, with two concurrent Hot 100 top 10s (as prior single “Ride” remains in the top tier), the act makes history as the first alternative duo or group with simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s.

As we do every Monday when the chart is refreshed, let’s ride through the Hot 100’s top 10 and more. Highlights of the airplay, sales and streaming-based Hot 100 post on Billboard.com each Monday, with all charts updated each Tuesday.

As it keeps atop the Hot 100, “Thrills” (released on Monkey Puzzle/RCA Records), Sia’s first No. 1 as an artist, remains the most-heard song on U.S. radio, logging a second week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart with 151 million in audience (on par with last week), according to Nielsen Music. It drops 4-6 on the Digital Songs sales chart (61,000 downloads sold, down 18 percent), in the week ending Aug. 11 and stays at No. 9 on Streaming Songs (13.1 million U.S. streams, down 5 percent). The single concurrently tops the Pop Songs airplay chart for a fourth week.

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After debuting at No. 2 on the Aug. 13-dated Hot 100, Major Lazer’s “Cold Water,” featuring Justin Bieber and MO, fell to No. 5 in its second week. Now, in its third frame, the collab rebounds back to its No. 2 highpoint. The track posts a third week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs (19.6 million, up 4 percent); reverses course on Digital Songs (66,000, down 4 percent), climbing 6-4 after debuting atop the Aug. 13 list; and bursts into the Radio Songs top 10 in just its fourth week on the chart (13-10; 64 million, up 19 percent). “Water” is Lazer and MO’s second Radio Songs top 10, following their shared “Lean On” (also with DJ Snake), which hit No. 2 last September. Bieber scores his seventh Radio Songs top 10 and ties his fastest ascent to the region; he first reached the chart’s top 10 in only four weeks with “What Do You Mean?” last October.

“Water” concurrently rebounds 2-1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, crowning the chart for a second total week, displacing Calvin Harris’ “This Is What You Came For,” featuring Rihanna, which holds at its No. 3 high on the Hot 100. “This” jumps 4-2 on Radio Songs (134 million, up 3 percent) and remains in the Streaming Songs top 10 (4-7; 14.6 million, down 6 percent).

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Twenty One Pilots take an 11-4 flight on the Hot 100 with “Heathens,” from the Suicide Squad: The Album soundtrack, which debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. (The film premiered Aug. 5, the first day of the Aug. 27-dated charts’ sales and streaming tracking week.) The track zips 7-2 on Digital Songs (89,000, up 33 percent) and 8-2 on Streaming Songs (19.2 million, up 39 percent) and nears Radio Songs with 22 million in airplay audience (up 23 percent); on the Alternative Songs airplay chart, it rises 4-3.

“Heathens” is Twenty One Pilots’ third Hot 100 top 10, all earned in 2016, following the No. 2-peaking “Stressed Out” and the No. 6 hit “Ride,” which holds at No. 7; the act’s first two top 10s are from its album Blurryface, which debuted atop the June 6, 2015, Billboard 200. The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun joins fellow twosome The Chainsmokers (keep reading for more on the EDM pair) as the only duos or groups with as many as three Hot 100 top 10s this year; among all acts, Rihanna has also tallied three, while Drake and Bieber lead with four each (read on for more about Drake, too).

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Meanwhile, thanks to “Heathens” and “Ride,” Twenty One Pilots make history as the first alternative duo or group ever with two simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s. Among all alternative acts, only Lorde previously doubled up in the same week, for three weeks in February 2014 with “Royals” and “Team.” Additionally, Twenty One Pilots mark the first rock duo or group (not narrowing down only to alternative) with two concurrent Hot 100 top 10s in more than 16 years, since Santana (fronted by Carlos Santana) charted “Smooth” (featuring Rob Thomas) and “Maria Maria” (featuring The Product G&B) in the top 10 together for six weeks in February-April 2000.

“Heathens” additionally dethrones “Ride” atop Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart (2-1), where it’s Twenty One Pilots’ third No. 1. “Stressed” led for 23 weeks, while the reign of “Ride” halts after nine weeks.

Still Summer ’16: Drake’s ‘One Dance’ Holds Lead for Song of the Summer

Capping the Hot 100’s top five, Drake’s former 10-week Hot 100 No. 1 “One Dance” drops 2-5. Still, it adds a 15th week atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, extending the longest command of his 16 No. 1s on the chart. “Dance” also leads the Songs of the Summer chart for an 11th week, having led the seasonal running tally each week since the list relaunched.

And, as Drake remains in the Hot 100’s top 10, he has now spent 48 consecutive weeks in the region, padding his record among solo males and tying for the second-longest streak among all acts. Here’s an updated look at the artists to spend the most weeks in-a-row in the top 10 in the Hot 100’s 58-year history:

69 weeks, Katy Perry, 2010-11
48 weeks, Drake, 2015-16
48 weeks, Ace of Base, 1993-94
46 weeks, Rihanna, 2010-11
45 weeks, The Weeknd, 2015

Drake’s streak began on the Oct. 3, 2015, Hot 100, when “Hotline Bling” bounded 16-9. (He has been credited as the lead artist on songs in 37 weeks of his 48-week run.)

Back to The Chainsmokers: the pair (Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall) jumps 9-6 with “Closer,” featuring Halsey, in its second week. The collab falls to No. 3 (81,000, down 22 percent) after launching atop the Aug. 20 Digital Songs chart, but soars 7-3 on Streaming Songs (18.6 million, up 34 percent) and takes over atop the audio subscription services-based On Demand Songs streaming chart,where it’s The Chainsmokers’ (and Halsey’s) first No. 1, with 14.1 million on-demand clicks (up 34 percent). (It stops the record 15-week command of Drake’s “Dance” on the ranking.) “Closer” also debuts on Radio Songs at No. 35 (34 million, up 79 percent).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10 (below Twenty One Pilots’ “Ride at No. 7), The Chainsmokers’ other simultaneous top 10, the No. 3-peaking “Don’t Let Me Down,” featuring Daya, dips 6-8; Justin Timberlake’s former No. 1 “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” tumbles 4-9; and Rihanna’s No. 7 hit “Needed Me” descends 8-10.

Thus, Twenty One Pilots, The Chainsmokers and Rihanna each concurrently boast a pair of songs in the Hot 100’s top 10. The last time we saw such a triple-double? Two years ago this month (Aug. 23, 2014), when Iggy Azalea, Charli XCX and Ariana Grande each claimed two top 10 spots. As for the most acts with two simultaneous top 10s in the same week? The record is four, tallied in two weeks in 2008. On Sept. 27, 2008, T.I., T-Pain, Lil Wayne and Kanye West each sported two top 10s; on Dec. 27, 2008, T.I. and West repeated the feat and were joined by Beyonce and Britney Spears, also each with two top 10s that week.

Find out more Hot 100 news in Billboard’s new weekly original video series, Charts Center, featuring chart information and commentary, interviews with artists, exclusive performances and more, posting this week. Also look for the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 16), when all rankings, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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About two-thirds of the way through summer, the track (featuring WizKid & Kyla) has topped the Songs of the Summer chart in each of the chart’s first 10 weeks. Plus, on the rise: Sia’s “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul.

Long past July 4th fireworks and now into the more sweltering heat (and higher air-conditioning bills) of August, Drake‘s “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, continues to be the hottest song of the summer of 2016. Over the first 10 weeks ofBillboard‘s Songs of the Summer chart, the track has ranked at No. 1 each week.

So, at about two-thirds of the way through summer, the collab, which topped theBillboard Hot 100 for 10 total weeks (and now ranks at No. 2), continues to set the pace among summer’s biggest hits so far.

Billboard’s Songs of the Summer Chart

The 20-position Songs of the Summer running tally tracks the most popular titles based on cumulative performance on the weekly Hot 100 chart from Memorial Day through Labor Day. At the end of the season, the top song of the summer will be crowned.

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Rounding out the Songs of the Summer top five, Justin Timberlake‘s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” ranks at No. 2, followed by The Chainsmokers‘ “Don’t Let Me Down,” featuring Daya (No. 3), Desiigner‘s “Panda” (No. 4) and Calvin Harris‘ “This Is What You Came For,” featuring Rihanna (No. 5).

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Just outside the Songs of the Summer top five, Sia‘s “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul, ranks at No. 6. Notably, it’s zoomed from No. 19 when the list made its annual relaunch in June. At No. 1 on the weekly Hot 100 for a third week, “Thrills” should challenge for further lofty placement on Songs of the Summer over the chart’s final few weeks.

Meanwhile, the three youngest hits on Songs of the Summer are Meghan Trainor‘s “Me Too” (No. 16, five weeks) and two more contenders from Drake: “Controlla” (No. 18, five weeks) and “Too Good,” featuring Rihanna (new at No. 20).

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What will emerge as the winner for top song of the summer? Keep checking out theSongs of the Summer chart, week-by-week, on Billboard.com.

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