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Drake rules for a 26th frame in 2018, matching The Black Eyed Peas for the second-best sum by any act in a calendar year.

Drake‘s “In My Feelings” lands a seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Sept. 1).

The song’s latest term gives Drake a 26th week atop the chart in 2018, thanks to a trio of No. 1 hits this year, tying The Black Eyed Peas for the second-longest stint in any calendar year.

Let’s dive into the top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 28).

As it leads the Hot 100 for a seventh week, “Feelings,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, likewise nabs a seventh frame at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 59.4 million U.S. streams, down 16 percent, in the week ending Aug. 23, according to Nielsen Music. The song set the weekly streaming record with 116.2 million clicks in the week ending July 19. It was first driven by the viral “In My Feelings” challenge, while its official videopremiered Aug. 2.

After six weeks in charge of the Digital Song Sales chart, “Feelings” slips to No. 2 as it posts 30,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 23, down 21 percent. On Radio Songs, the track falls 3-4 with a 3 percent dip to 106 million in audience in the week ending Aug. 26, according to Nielsen Music.

Drake has now commanded the Hot 100 for 26 weeks in 2018, all with tracks from his Scorpion album. Prior to “Feelings,” “Nice for What” notched eight weeks at No. 1 beginning April 21, directly succeeding “God’s Plan” after 11 weeks on top.

Drake’s 26-week tally equals The Black Eyed Peas’ as the second-best in any calendar year. The quartet conquered the chart in 2009 with “Boom Boom Pow” (12 weeks) and “I Gotta Feeling” (14). Notably, the Peas ran the table for 26 consecutive weeks, still the longest uninterrupted stretch by any one act in Hot 100 history.

Here is an updated look at the acts to spend the most time at No. 1 in any calendar year in the Hot 100’s 60-year history:

28 weeks, Usher, 2004
26 weeks, Drake, 2018
26 weeks, The Black Eyed Peas, 2009
19 weeks, Drake, 2016
19 weeks, Puff Daddy, 1997
18 weeks, Monica, 1998
18 weeks, The Beatles, 1964
17 weeks, Justin Bieber, 2017
17 weeks, Beyonce, 2003
17 weeks, Nelly, 2002
17 weeks, Boyz II Men, 1994

Usher set the mark of 28 weeks at the Hot 100’s apex via four No. 1s in 2004: “Yeah!,” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (12 weeks, beginning Feb. 28); “Burn” (eight weeks, May 22); “Confessions Part II” (two, July 24); and “My Boo,” with Alicia Keys (six, Oct. 30).

As Drake nears Usher’s single-year record of 28 weeks atop the Hot 100, he also moves within one week of tying his career total weeks at No. 1 on the chart: Usher has accumulated 47, while Drake now sits at 46. Only four acts have totaled more time at No. 1: Mariah Carey (79 weeks), Rihanna (60), The Beatles (59) and Boyz II Men (50).

Additionally, rap songs have now led the Hot 100 for a record-extending 31 consecutive weeks. Along with Drake’s “Feelings,” “Nice” and “Plan,” the streak includes Childish Gambino‘s “This Is America” (for two weeks); Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (one); XXXTentacion‘s “Sad!” (one); and Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin‘s “I Like It” (one).

“Feelings” concurrently tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a seventh week each. It also spends a third week at No. 1 on the Songs of the Summer chart, which ranks the top-performing titles on the Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day, as the contest enters the homestretch, with one tracking week remaining. The winner is scheduled to be revealed on Wed. Sept 5.

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, ranks at its No. 2 Hot 100 high for a third week, while ruling Radio Songs for a fifth week (128 million, down 1 percent). It holds at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (30,000, down 9 percent) and climbs 6-5 on Streaming Songs (31.2 million, up 6 percent), matching its highest rank yet on the chart.

Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s former No. 1 hit “I Like It” holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, while it tops the Digital Song Sales chart for the first time, in its 20th chart week. The collaboration moved 32,000 downloads in the week, a 4 percent dip.

With “Like” needing 20 weeks to top Digital Song Sales, it claims the sixth-longest wait to the summit since the chart began in 2004. Only The All-American Rejects’ “Dirty Little Secret,” (26 weeks, reaching No. 1 in 2006), Train’s “Hey Soul Sister” (25, 2010), The Fray’s “How to Save a Life” (25, 2006), Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance,” featuring Colby O’Donis (24, 2009) and Adele’s “Set Fire to The Rain” (23, 2012) required more time to ascend to No. 1.

Back on the Hot 100, 6ix9ine’s “FEFE,” featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz stays at No. 4 after having previously hit No. 3. The collab also takes over atop the On-Demand Streaming Songs chart, which ranks the biggest on-demand audio streaming titles each week. “FEFE” clocks 24.8 million on-demand audio clicks in the week.

Post Malone’s “Better Now” is steady at No. 5 on the Hot 100, while Juice WRLD’s No. 3-peaking “Lucid Dreams” keeps at No. 6.

Ariana Grande doubles up in the top 10 as “No Tears Left to Cry” rebounds 12-7, after having previously reached No. 3. The single flies 32-16 on Streaming Songs (18.3 million, up 47 percent) and holds at No. 7 on Radio Songs (68 million, down 8 percent).

Directly below “Tears” on the Hot 100, Grande’s “God Is A Woman,” rockets 30-8 and secures her 10th top 10 hit. The song rallies 24-8 on Streaming Songs (22.8 million, up 68 percent) and 32-12 on Digital Song Sales (16,000, up 78 percent), helped by live televised performances of the song in the tracking week, including at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 20, and a discount $0.69 price on iTunes. “Woman” also darts 46-39 on Radio Songs in its second week on the chart (29 million, up 22 percent).

As “Woman” roars, Grande becomes only the 12th artist to have logged at least 10 Hot 100 top 10s in the 2010s decade. Among women, she ties the tallies of Kesha and Lady Gaga for the fifth-best sum. Rihanna leads all women, with 19 top 10s in the decade, followed by Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift (each with 17), and Katy Perry (11). Drake leads all acts in that time span, with 29 visits to the region.

Both “Tears” and “Woman” feature on Grande’s fourth studio LP, Sweetener, which blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” dips 7-9 after previously reaching No. 4, while Tyga’s “Taste,” featuring Offset, reverts 8-10.

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Khalid and Normani’s “Love Lies” posts a second week at its No. 11 high, as it advances 6-5 on Radio Songs (82 million, up 9 percent). 5 Seconds of Summer pushes into the top 15 on the Hot 100 as “Youngblood” rises 17-15, while Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid’s collaboration “Eastside” hits the top 40 for the first time, thanks to a 48-31 vault. Plus, Luke Bryan lands his 17th top 40 trip on the Hot 100 as “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” climbs 47-40.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard’s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 28), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Plus: Cole Swindell’s “All of It” and the “Young Stoner Life: Slime Language” compilation debut in the top 10.

Ariana Grande earns her third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her fourth full-length studio effort, Sweetener, enters atop the tally. The set, which was released on Aug. 17 via Republic Records, starts with 231,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 23, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 127,000 are from traditional album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Sept. 1-dated chart (where Sweetener launches at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, Aug. 28.

Grande’s Third No. 1: Sweetener is Grande’s third leader on the Billboard 200, following the chart-topping debuts of her second album, My Everything (Sept. 13, 2014), and her debut effort, Yours Truly (Sept. 21, 2013). Of her four full-length studio sets, only her third release, Dangerous Woman, missed the top. It debuted and peaked at No. 2 on June 11, 2016 (stuck behind Grande’s labelmate, Drake, with his blockbuster album Views, which was in its fourth of 14 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1).

‘Sweetener’ Surpasses ‘Dangerous’: With Sweetener’s start of 231,000 units, it beats the bow of Grande’s last album, Dangerous Woman. The latter entered the chart at No. 2 with 175,000 units.

Second Biggest Week of 2018 for a Woman: Sweetener secures the second-largest week for an album by a woman in 2018. Only Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy launched with a larger figure: 255,000 units (No. 1, April 21-dated chart). Thus, Sweetener also has the biggest week for a pop album by a woman. Speaking of pop albums by women…

Largest Streaming Week Ever for a Pop Album by a Woman: Sweetener’s songs collected 126.7 million on-demand audio streams in its debut frame — the largest streaming week for a pop album by a woman. It’s also the biggest streaming week for any non-hip-hop effort by a woman. Sweetener is the rare pop album that performed strongly on streaming services — generally rap albums post big streaming numbers in comparison to other genres.

Of the 41 instances where there was an album that collected more than 125 million streams in a single week, only four were not rap titles. Aside from Sweetener, there were also the debut frames of Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (134.6 million), The Weeknd’s My Dear Melancholy (140.8 million), and The Weeknd’s Starboy (175.2 million).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Travis Scott’s Astroworld slips to the runner-up slot after spending its first two weeks at No. 1. The album earned 110,000 units in the latest tracking week, down 46 percent.

Nicki Minaj’s Queen moves 2-3 in its second week, with 95,000 units (down 49 percent).

Drake’s Scorpion moves 3-4 (93,000 units; down 9 percent) while Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is steady at No. 5 (57,000 units; up 2 percent).

Aretha Franklin’s 30 Greatest Hits climbs 7-6, granting the diva her highest-charting album in 50 years. 30 Greatest Hits ascends with 52,000 units earned in the tracking week (up 49 percent), with 18,000 of that sum coming from traditional album sales (up 47 percent).

30 Greatest Hits is Franklin’s highest charting album since the Aug. 31, 1968-dated list, when Aretha Now was at No. 4, after previously peaking at No. 3 (Aug. 17 and 24).

30 Greatest Hits rises after the set experiences its first full chart week of activity following Franklin’s death on Aug. 16. A week ago, the album re-entered the list at No. 7, effectively from one day of impact after her passing (as the chart’s tracking week ended on Aug. 16).

One step below Franklin on the new chart is Cole Swindell’s All of It, which debuts at No. 7 with 50,000 units (39,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the country singer’s third top 10 effort, following You Should Be Here (No. 6; May 28, 2016) and his self-titled debut (No. 3; March 8, 2014).

The various artists compilation Young Stoner Life: Slime Language, debuts at No. 8 with 41,000 units, mostly derived from streaming activity (38,000 of its units are streaming equivalent album units). It’s the second compilation to reach the top 10 in 2018, following the Now 65 compilation, which debuted and peaked at No. 10 on the Feb. 17-dated list.

Closing out the new top 10 are Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance (6-9 with 41,000 units; up 4 percent) and Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy (8-10 with 34,000 units; up 2 percent).

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Drake rules for a 25th frame in 2018, nearing Usher’s record 28 frames on top in 2004.

Drake‘s “In My Feelings” scores a sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100chart (dated Aug. 25).

Overall, the superstar tops the Hot 100 for a 25th week in 2018, thanks to his three No. 1s this year, moving closer to Usher‘s record for the most time in top in a single year: 28 weeks in 2004.

Let’s run down the top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 21).

As it leads the Hot 100 for a sixth week, “Feelings,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, likewise posts a sixth frame at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 71 million U.S. streams, down 24 percent, in the week ending Aug. 16, according to Nielsen Music. The song set the weekly streaming record on the chart dated July 28 with 116.2 million. It was first driven by the viral “In My Feelings” challenge, while its official video premiered Aug. 2.

“Feelings” also spends a sixth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart (38,000 downloads sold, down 33 percent, in the week ending Aug. 16). On Radio Songs, the track keeps at its No. 3 high with 109 million audience impressions, essentially even week-over-week, in the week ending Aug. 19.

Drake has now led the Hot 100 for 25 weeks in 2018, as prior to “Feelings,” “Nice for What” notched eight weeks at No. 1 beginning April 21, directly succeeding “God’s Plan” after 11 weeks on top (with all songs from his album Scorpion). Here is a look at the acts to spend the most time at No. 1 in any January-December period in the Hot 100’s 60-year history; Drake boasts the third- and fourth-best totals:

28 weeks, Usher, 2004
26 weeks, The Black Eyed Peas, 2009
25 weeks, Drake, 2018
19 weeks, Drake, 2016
19 weeks, Puff Daddy, 1997
18 weeks, Monica, 1998
18 weeks, The Beatles, 1964
17 weeks, Justin Bieber, 2017
17 weeks, Beyonce, 2003
17 weeks, Nelly, 2002
17 weeks, Boyz II Men, 1994

Usher set the mark of 28 weeks at the Hot 100’s apex via four No. 1s in 2004: “Yeah!,” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (12 weeks, beginning that Feb. 28); “Burn” (eight weeks, May 22); “Confessions Part II” (two, July 24); and “My Boo,” with Alicia Keys (six, Oct. 30). He and Drake are the only artists with at least three songs to top the Hot 100 for at least six weeks each in a single year.

Drake also closes in on Usher’s total weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100: Usher has accumulated 47, while Drake is up to 45. Only four acts have totaled more time at No. 1: Mariah Carey (79 weeks), Rihanna (60), The Beatles (59) and Boyz II Men (50).

Additionally, rap songs have now led the Hot 100 for a record-extending 30 consecutive weeks. Along with Drake’s “Feelings,” “Nice” and “Plan,” the streak includes Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” (for two weeks); Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (one); XXXTentacion’s “Sad!” (one); and Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin‘s “I Like It” (one).

“Feelings” concurrently tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a sixth week each and spends a second week at No. 1 on the Songs of the Summer chart, which ranks the top-performing titles on the Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, ranks at its No. 2 Hot 100 high for a second week, while ruling Radio Songs for a third week (129.7 million, down 1 percent). It dips 2-3 on Digital Song Sales (33,000, down 15 percent) and rebounds 7-6 on Streaming Songs (29.3 million, down 5 percent).

Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It” holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100; 6ix9ine’s “FEFE,” featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz, rises 5-4 after reaching No. 3; Post Malone’s “Better Now” returns to its No. 5 peak from No. 6; and, Juice WRLD’s No. 3-peaking “Lucid Dreams” rises 7-6.

After debuting a week earlier at No. 4 on the Hot 100, Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” slips to No. 7, while parent album Astroworld logs a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Tyga‘s “Taste,” featuring Offset, ascends 9-8 for a new peak; Ella Mai‘s No. 5-peaking “Boo’d Up” rises 10-9, while topping the Hot R&B Songs chart for a 12th week; and DJ Khaled‘s “No Brainer,” featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo, returns to the region (11-10), after debuting at No. 5 two weeks earlier. The collab climbs 20-14 on Radio Songs, up 12 percent to 52.6 million in audience.

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Khalid and Normani‘s “Love Lies” lifts to a new peak (15-11), while pushing 7-6 on Radio Songs (75.5 million, up 5 percent); 5 Seconds of Summer‘s “Youngblood” bounds 22-17 with top Airplay Gainer honors, as it jumps 23-17 on Radio Songs (47.2 million, up 16 percent); Nicki Minaj’s “Barbie Dreams” debuts at No. 18, as parent album Queen opens at No. 2 on the Billboard 200; and, as Selena Gomez‘s “Back to You” bumps 33-25 on the Hot 100 (after reaching No. 22 in June), it becomes her seventh top 10 on Radio Songs (12-10; 60.1 million, up 9 percent).

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 21), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (Aug. 24).

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Scott soars in with “Sicko Mode” & “Stargazing” at Nos. 4 & 8, respectively.

Drake‘s “In My Feelings” logs a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Aug. 18). Notably, the song decreased in streams in the first full tracking week following the Aug. 2 premiere of its official video, after it had been heavily driven in recent weeks by the viral “In My Feelings” challenge.

Plus, Travis Scott debuts two songs in the Hot 100’s top 10, “Sicko Mode” and “Stargazing,” at Nos. 4 and 8, respectively, as parent set Astroworld launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Let’s run down the top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 14).

As it leads the Hot 100 for a fifth week, “Feelings,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, likewise posts a fifth frame at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 92.7 million U.S. streams, down 3 percent, in the week ending Aug. 9, according to Nielsen Music, after its official video arrived late Thursday (Aug. 2). (The sum marks the eighth-highest streaming week for a song; three weeks earlier, the track set the mark by logging 116.2 million.)

“Feelings” also spends a fifth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart (58,000 downloads sold, down 20 percent, in the week ending Aug. 9). On Radio Songs, “Feelings” keeps at its No. 3 high, increasing by 12 percent to 107.4 million audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 12, as it claims the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a fifth straight week. As for its reach at specific radio formats, the track tops Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop and Rhythmic Songs for a second week each and pushes 13-9 in its fifth week on Pop Songs, where Drake earns his 11th top 10 and ties 2016’s “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla (Drake’s lone leader on the list so far), for his fastest flight to the region.

Additionally, rap songs have now led the Hot 100 for a record-extending 29 consecutive weeks. The streak also includes Drake’s “God’s Plan” (for 11 weeks) and “Nice for What” (eight), both, like “Feelings,” from his album Scorpion; Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” (two); Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (one); XXXTentacion’s “Sad!” (one); and Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin‘s “I Like It” (one).

“Feelings” concurrently tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a fifth week each. It also takes over as the new No. 1 on the Songs of the Summer chart, which ranks the top-performing titles on the Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day, dethroning Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It” after four weeks in the lead; on the Hot 100, “Like” descends 2-3.

While “Feelings” maintains its robust lead over the competition atop the Hot 100, Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, hits a new high, rising 4-2, while leading Radio Songs for a third week (128.9 million, up 4 percent). It rebounds 3-2 on Digital Song Sales (39,000, down 5 percent) and dips 6-7 on Streaming Songs (31 million, essentially even week-over-week). Maroon 5 notches its highest Hot 100 rank since April 2015, when “Sugar” spent its fourth and final week peaking at No. 2.

Travis Scott surges onto the Hot 100 with two songs in the top 10, “Sicko Mode” and “Stargazing,” at Nos. 4 and 8, respectively. The tracks launch at Nos. 2 and 4 on Streaming Songs with 55.1 million and 39 million U.S. streams, respectively. They also enter Digital Song Sales at Nos. 5 and 47 with a respective 22,000 and 7,000 sold.

Scott scores his second and third Hot 100 top 10s, and first two in a lead role; in April 2017, he debuted and peaked at No. 9 as featured, with Quavo, on Drake’s “Portland.”

Meanwhile, Scott becomes the fourth act to have debuted multiple songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 simultaneously; Drake has achieved the feat three times (once including Scott) and debuted a record four titles in the top 10 on the July 14-dated chart:

Ed Sheeran, Jan. 28, 2017
No. 1, “Shape of You”
No. 6, “Castle on the Hill”

Drake, April 8, 2017
No. 8, “Passionfruit”
No. 9, “Portland” (feat. Quavo & Travis Scott)

Drake, Feb. 3, 2018
No. 1, “God’s Plan”
No. 7, “Diplomatic Immunity”

J. Cole, May 5, 2018
No. 6, “ATM”
No. 8, “Kevin’s Heart”
No. 10, “KOD”

Drake, July 14, 2018
No. 2, “Nonstop”
No. 6, “In My Feelings”
No. 8, “Emotionless”
No. 9, “Don’t Matter to Me” (feat. Michael Jackson)

Travis Scott, Aug. 11, 2018
No. 4, “Sicko Mode”
No. 8, “Stargazing”

As parent album Astroworld opens atop the Billboard 200, all 17 tracks, including “Sicko” and “Stargazing,” from the set appear on the Hot 100; 16 debut and one, “Butterfly Effect,” re-enters at a new No. 50 high (after reaching No. 51 last November).

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, 6ix9ine’s “FEFE,” featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz, backtracks to No. 5 from its No. 3 peak; Post Malone’s “Better Now” holds at No. 6 after reaching No. 5; Juice WRLD’s No. 3-peaking “Lucid Dreams” is stationary at No. 7; Tyga‘s “Taste,” featuring Offset, repeats at its No. 9 high; and Ella Mai‘s No. 5-peaking “Boo’d Up” drops 8-10, while returning to No. 1 for an 11th total week atop the Hot R&B Songs chart.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 14), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Plus: Mac Miller, YG and Moneybagg Yo debut in the top 10.

Travis Scott’s Astroworld bows atop the Billboard 200 chart with 2018’s second-largest week for an album, earning the rapper his second No. 1.

The set — which was released Aug. 3 via Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle/Epic Records — earned 537,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 9, according to Nielsen Music. Of that total, 270,000 were driven by traditional album sales — the biggest sales week of 2018.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Aug. 18-dated chart (where Astroworld launches at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, Aug. 14.

Of Astroworld’s total units, 261,000 are SEA units, 6,000 are TEA units, and 270,000 are traditional album sales.

Second-Largest Overall Week of 2018: Scott’s amusement park-themed album charges in with 537,000 units earned — the second-largest week of 2018 for an album. The only set to post a larger frame was Drake’s Scorpion, which started with 732,000 units.

Biggest Sales Week of 2018: Astroworld blows in with 270,000 copies sold — the largest sales week of the year for an album. The set’s sales were supported by an array of Astroworld-inspired merchandise/album bundles sold via Scott’s official website. The last album to notch a bigger sales week was Taylor Swift’s reputation, which started with 1.2 million copies sold on the Dec. 2, 2017-dated tally. (Astroworld also easily gives Scott his biggest sales week, well beyond his previous high, when 2015’s Rodeo bowed with 70,000 sold.)

Fifth-Largest Streaming Week Ever: Astroworld enters with 261,000 SEA units, which translates to 349.43 million on-demand audio streams earned for its 17 songs during its debut tracking frame. That streaming figure is the fifth-biggest weekly streaming haul for an album. The only larger weeks were posted by the arrivals of Drake’s Scorpion (745.92 million) and Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys(431.3 million), the second week of Scorpion (390.98 million) and the debut frame of Drake’s More Life in 2017 (384.84 million).

Scott’s Second No. 1: Astroworld grants Scott his second No. 1 on the Billboard 200, following his previous release, 2016’s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight. The latter started with 88,000 units (of which 53,000 were in traditional album sales). Astroworld is Scott’s third chart entry — he also notched a No. 3-peaking album with his debut studio effort, Rodeo, in 2015.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Drake’s Scorpion falls one slot, after spending five straight weeks atop the list. Scorpion earned 117,000 equivalent album units (down 19 percent).

Mac Miller’s Swimming arrives at No. 3 with 66,000 units (of which 30,000 were in traditional album sales), garnering the hip-hop artist his fifth consecutive top five-charting release. His last album, The Divine Feminine, debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 2016 with 48,000 units earned (32,000 of what sum were album sales).

Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys falls one rung to No. 4 with 58,000 units (down 7 percent). The album has yet to depart the top four in its 15 weeks on the list.

At No. 5, YG notches his third top 10 effort, as Stay Dangerous bows with 56,000 units (11,000 in traditional album sales). He previously visited the top 10 with 2016’s Still Brazy (No. 6) and 2014’s My Krazy Life (No. 2).

Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance falls 4-6 with 38,000 units (down 3 percent), Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy descends 5-7 with 35,000 units (down 8 percent) and XXXTentacion’s ? moves 6-8 with 33,000 units (down 13 percent).

Hip-hop dominates the top 10, as, for the first time, the entire top eight titles are all hip-hop sets. That beats the previous hot streak, when the top six were locked down by hip-hop on the July 21-dated tally (which was then replicated on the July 28 and Aug. 11-dated lists).

Closing out the Billboard 200’s new top 10 are the highest ranking non-hip-hop sets on the tally: the soundtracks to Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (moving 7-9 with 28,000 units; down 27 percent) and The Greatest Showman (9-10 with 25,000 units; down 9 percent).

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“No Brainer” marks the fourth Hot 100 top 10 for Khaled and the 14th for one of the collab’s featured vocalists, Justin Bieber.

Drake‘s viral challenge-fueled “In My Feelings” posts a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Aug. 11). The song is from Drake’s album Scorpion, which rules the Billboard 200 chart for a fifth week.

Plus, DJ Khaled‘s “No Brainer,” featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo, launches at No. 5 on the Hot 100. The song follows Khaled’s “I’m the One,” also featuring Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo, as well as Lil Wayne, which topped the Hot 100 dated May 20, 2017.

Let’s run down the top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 7).

Plus: Kenny Chesney, Halestorm and Daughtry debut in the top 10.

For a fifth straight week, Drake’s Scorpion rules the Billboard 200 albums chart. The set continues at No. 1, earning 145,000 equivalent album units (down 21 percent) in the week ending Aug. 2, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, just 12,000 were in traditional sales, as the album continues to be overwhelmingly powered by streaming activity.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Aug. 11-dated chart (where Scorpion spends a fifth week at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, Aug. 7.

Of Scorpion’s total of 145,000 units earned in the latest tracking week, 123,000 were in SEA units (translating to 169.6 million on-demand audio streams), 11,000 were in TEA units and 12,000 were in traditional album sales.

Most Weeks at No. 1 in a Year-and-a-Half: With a fifth week at No. 1, Scorpion clocks the most weeks at No. 1 for an album since The Weeknd’s Starboy spent five nonconsecutive weeks atop the list between Jan. 21 and Feb. 11, 2017. The set bowed at No. 1 on the list dated Dec. 17, 2016, and then vacationed from the top slot until Jan. 21, 2017, the first of four more weeks at No. 1.

Most Consecutive Weeks at No. 1 in Two Years: The last album to spend five weeks in a row at No. 1 was Drake’s Views, which claimed its first nine weeks at No. 1 between May 21 and July 16, 2016. Views ruled for a total of 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. (Scorpion and Views are also the only two albums to spend their firstfive weeks at No. 1 since Feb. 2016. Before that, Adele’s 25 spent its first seven weeks at No. 1, between Dec. 12, 2015 and Jan. 23, 2016. In total, 25 notched nine nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.)

Second-Most Most Total Weeks at No. 1 for a Hip-Hop Artist: Drake now has 26 total weeks at No. 1 across his eight leaders. He has now surpassed JAY-Z (25 weeks) to become the sole hip-hop artist with the second-most weeks at No. 1. Among hip-hop acts, only Eminem has more weeks at No. 1 with 32.

Five of the Top 20 Biggest Streaming Weeks for an Album: In the latest tracking week, Scorpion generated 169.6 million on-demand audio streams for its 25 tunes. In turn, that ranks as the No. 20 largest streaming week for an album. Scorpion’s first four weeks are also currently the Nos. 1, 3, 7 and 12th-biggest streaming weeks overall.

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Kenny Chesney debuts with his latest studio effort, Songs for the Saints. The album bows with 77,000 units earned (with 65,000 of that sum in traditional album sales). Songs is Chesney’s debut for Warner Music Nashville after a long tenure with Sony Music Nashville.

Songs is Chesney’s 15th top 10 album on the Billboard 200, and continues his hit streak of top 10s: since 2004, every one of his 14 charting albums have debuted in the top 10. (He also logged a top 10 with 2002’s No. 1 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems.)

Among country artists, the only acts with more top 10s than Chesney on the Billboard 200 are George Strait (20), Garth Brooks (19) and Tim McGraw (18).

Songs is the latest No. 2-debuting album to be blocked from a No. 1 bow on the Billboard 200 courtesy of Scorpion’s dominance atop the list. On the July 28-dated chart, Wiz Khalifa’s Rolling Papers 2 opened in the top slot, while in Scorpion’s opening week (the July 14 chart), Florence + The Machine’s High as Hope debuted and peaked in the No. 2 slot. (A silver lining, perhaps: all three acts — Chesney, Khalifa and Florence + The Machine — have previously topped the list at least once before with an earlier album.)

At No. 3 on the new Billboard 200, Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is down one slot with 62,000 units (down 5 percent). Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance rises 6-4 with 39,000 units (down 2 percent), Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy is steady at No. 5 with a little more than 38,000 units (down 6 percent) and XXXTentacion’s ?falls two slots to No. 6 with 38,000 units (down 8 percent).

The Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again soundtrack retreats 3-7 with 37,000 units (down 24 percent) earned in its third week. Another soundtrack, The Greatest Showman, moves 8-9 with 28,000 units (down 10 percent).

Two rock bands notch their latest top 10s, as Halestorm and Daughtry’s newest efforts arrive at Nos. 8 and 10, respectively.

Halestorm’s Vicious starts at No. 8 with 29,000 units (27,000 in traditional album sales), marking the second top 10 for the band. The act previously visited the region with their last studio effort, 2015’s Into the Wild Life, which debuted and peaked at No. 5 with 57,000 units earned in its first week.

After a long wait, Daughtry is back with its first new studio set in nearly five years, as Cage to Rattle bows at No. 10 with 26,000 units (24,000 in traditional album sales). Cage is the group’s fifth top 10 effort. The band’s previous studio release, 2013’s Baptized, debuted and peaked at No. 6. (In between Baptized and Cage, the group issued the best-of collection It’s Not Over… The Hits So Far, which reached No. 43 in 2016.)

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