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Plus: DJ Khaled, The National, Rammstein & Megan Thee Stallion debut in top 10.

Tyler, the Creator nabs his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Igordebuts atop the list dated June 1. The set starts with just under 165,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending May 23, according to Nielsen Music — the second-biggest week of 2019 for a hip-hop album. Of that sum, 74,000 were in album sales. Igor is Tyler, the Creator’s fifth studio effort and was released via Columbia Records on May 17.

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). 

In a fun chart footnote, Tyler, the Creator had previously debuted and peaked at Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 with each of his four earlier studio albums. And now finally, he lands his first No. 1. His first solo project, Goblin, topped out at No. 5 in 2011. He then followed with Wolf (No. 3 in 2013), Cherry Bomb (No. 4 in 2015) and Flower Boy(No. 2 in 2017).

Igor logs the second-largest week in total units for a hip-hop album in 2019 – trailing only the arrival of Juice WRLD’s Death Race for Love, which opened at No. 1 on the March 23-dated chart with a little more than 165,000 units.

Of Igor’s total starting unit sum, 74,000 were in album sales, 1,000 in TEA units and 90,000 in SEA units. The lattermost figure translates to 122.9 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s songs in its debut week.

Igor is the third No. 1 album for Columbia Records in 2019, following Vampire Weekend’s Father of the Bride and Hozier’s Wasteland Baby! A year ago at this point, the label had notched one No. 1: Jack White’s Boarding House Reach. (Boarding was the lone chart-topper for Columbia in 2018.)

DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd debuts at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 chart, scoring the artist his eighth top 10 effort. The star-filled set launches with 137,000 equivalent album units, of which 35,000 were in album sales, 7,000 in TEA units and 95,000 in SEA units. The latter sum equates to 123.2 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tunes in its first week – which also makes the set the most-streamed album of the week.

Billie Eilish’s former No. 1 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? slips from No. 2 to No. 3 in its eighth week, earning 63,000 equivalent album units (down 8%). Another former No. 1, Khalid’s Free Spirit, slides 3-4 in its seventh week, tallying a little more than 40,000 units (down 11%).

The National achieves its fourth top 10 album, as I Am Easy to Find arrives at No. 5 with 40,000 equivalent album units. (All four of the rock band’s top 10 albums have also debuted in the top five.) The new set’s first week was led by album sales (33,000), with a significant chunk of that figure derived from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for the act’s tour that started in April.

Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next, slides from No. 5 to No. 6 with 34,000 equivalent album units (down 7%). The former No. 1 has yet to depart the top 10 since it arrived atop the tally 15 weeks ago.

DaBaby’s Baby on Baby hits a new high, as the album climbs 8-7 with 30,000 equivalent album units (up 8%), while Logic’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind falls from No. 1 to No. 8 in its second week, with 29,000 units (down 64%).

Rammstein logs its first top 10 album ever, as its new self-titled set starts at No. 9. The album earned 28,000 equivalent album units, of which 25,000 were in album sales. The effort is the rock band’s first studio album in nearly 10 years, since Liebe ist für alle da bowed in October of 2009, and debuted and peaked at No. 13 on the Nov. 7, 2009-dated list. That album previously was the highest-charting set for the group.

Closing out the new top 10 is Megan Thee Stallion, who debuts at No. 10 with Fever. The buzzed-about Houston rapper’s album bows with 28,000 equivalent album units earned, mostly driven by streams of the set – it tallied 24,000 in SEA units. That figure translates to 30.6 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s songs in its first week.

Megan Thee Stallion previously hit the Billboard 200 with the Tina Snow project, powered by the single “Big Ol’ Freak.” The album dips from its No. 166 high to No. 167 on the latest chart.

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After the premiere of its official video, “Road” boasts the second-biggest streaming week ever – and ties for the longest reign of 2019.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for an eighth week, sporting the second-biggest streaming ever following the May 17 premiere of its official video.

Plus, with its eighth week atop the Hot 100, “Road” matches the chart’s longest reign this year: Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” ruled for eight weeks beginning with its debut at No. 1 on the list dated Feb. 2.

Meanwhile, Billie Eilish reaches a new personal-best No. 3 rank on the Hot 100 with “Bad Guy;” Khalid earns his first top five hit as a lead artist with “Talk,” at No. 5; and Ava Max ascends to her first top 10, as her debut hit “Sweet but Psycho” rises from No. 12 to No. 10.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated June 1), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 29), one day later than usual due to the Monday (May 27) Memorial Day holiday in the U.S.

As on the Hot 100, “Road” (on Columbia Records) rules the Streaming Songs chart for an eighth week, with 130.7 million U.S. streams, up 27%, in the week ending May 23, according to Nielsen Music, with the tracking week encompassing the first seven days of availability for the song’s official video. “Road” tallies the second-biggest streaming week to date, bested only by its total following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus, and now claims seven of the nine biggest streaming weeks ever, including the top three:

Total weekly U.S. streams, Title, Artist, Chart date
143 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 20, 2019
130.7 million, “Old Town Road,” June 1, 2019
125.2 million, “Old Town Road,” April 27, 2019
116.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Drake, July 28, 2018
114.4 million, “Old Town Road,” May 4, 2019
106.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Aug. 4, 2018
104.1 million, “Old Town Road,” May 18, 2019
104 million, “Old Town Road,” May 11, 2019
103.1 million, “Old Town Road,” May 25, 2019

“Road” rebounds 2-1 for a fifth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 76,000 downloads sold, up 9%, in the week ending May 23, as it wins the Hot 100’s top Streaming and Sales Gainer awards.

On the Radio Songs chart, “Road” holds at its No. 3 high, with 87.4 million audience impressions, up 4%, in the week ending May 26.

“Road” concurrently commands the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for an eighth week each.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber‘s “I Don’t Care” remains at No. 2 on the Hot 100, holding in place from its debut a week ago. Like “Road,” the official video for “Care” premiered May 17.

“Care” drops to No. 3 on Digital Song Sales after debuting at No. 1 (29,000, down 62%) and 3-5 on Streaming Songs (30.5 million, down 10%), while surging 13-10 on Radio Songs (58.2 million, up 19%) in its third week on the chart, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100.

Bieber adds his 12th Radio Songs top 10 and Sheeran scores his eighth. Sheeran completes his quickest climb to the region, besting the four-week ascent of “Shape of You” in 2017, while Bieber ties his fastest flight; DJ Khaled’s “I’m the One,” featuring Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne, also needed only three weeks in 2017.

Eilish’s “Bad Guy” bumps 4-3 on the Hot 100, one-upping her best career placement. The track stays at its No. 2 high on Streaming Songs (38.5 million, down 4%); slips 8-9 on Digital Song Sales but with a 16% gain to 18,000; and advances 43-35 on Radio Songs (29.8 million, up 24%).

Jonas Brothers‘ former one-week Hot 100 leader “Sucker” slips 3-4, while returning for a fourth week atop Radio Songs (105.7 million, down less than 1%).

Khalid’s “Talk” charges 9-5 on the Hot 100, likewise reaching the top five on Radio Songs (6-5; 75.7 million, up 8%). It rises 9-8 on Streaming Songs (24 million, up 5%) and backtracks 14-17 on Digital Song Sales, but with a 19% surge to 14,000 sold.

Khalid collects his second top five Hot 100 hit (among five top 10s) and first as a lead artist; Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Khalid and Alessia Cara, reached No. 3 in September 2017.

“Talk” concurrently tops the Hot R&B Songs chart for a fifth week.

Post Malone‘s “Wow.” descends 5-6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2, and his and Swae Lee‘s one-week No. 1 “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” drops 6-7.

Sam Smith and Normani‘s “Dancing With a Stranger” slides to No. 8 from its No. 7 Hot 100 high and Taylor Swift‘s “Me!,” featuring Brendon Urie, falls 8-9, after arriving at its No. 2 peak.

Ava Max achieves her first Hot 100 top 10, as “Sweet but Psycho” rises 12-10 in its 23rd week on the chart, led by its No. 4 status on Radio Songs (82.5 million, up 2%).

The song, which previously ruled multiple European charts, including the Official UK Singles survey for four weeks in January, completes the steadiest climb to the Hot 100’s top 10 for a female soloist’s first entry (unaccompanied by another artist) since Anna Kendrick’s “Cups (Pitch Perfect‘s When I’m Gone)” needed 28 weeks, on its way to a No. 6 peak, in 2013.

Pop singer-songwriter Max, born Amanda Ava Koci to Albanian parents, including her opera singer mother, began honing her voice in elementary school . “I would sing Mariah Carey’s ‘Vision of Love’ over and over for a year straight,” she told Billboard earlier this year. “After that, I just started singing more.” Her family subsequently moved from Virginia to Los Angeles, where she met Cirkut, who produced and co-wrote her debut hit.

Psycho-logy: “Sweet but Psycho” marks the third Hot 100 top 10 with “psycho” in its title, following one last year and one over a half-century ago: Post Malone’s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (No. 1 for a week last June), and Count Five’s “Psychotic Reaction” (No. 5, 1966).

Max also marks the first solo female to take a debut Hot 100 hit on Atlantic Records to the top 10 since Cardi B, whose “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” reigned for three weeks in October 2017.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 29), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (May 31).

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Plus, Billie Eilish earns her first top five hit with “Bad Guy.”

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a seventh week.

The song fends off Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber‘s “I Don’t Care,” which blasts in at No. 2. Plus, Billie Eilishachieves her first top five Hot 100 hit, as “Bad Guy” bounds from No. 9 to No. 4.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated May 25), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 21).

As on the Hot 100, “Road” rules the Streaming Songs chart for a seventh week, with 103.1 million U.S. streams (down 1%) in the week ending May 16, according to Nielsen Music. The song set the weekly streaming record following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus, and now claims six of the eight biggest streaming weeks ever:

Total weekly U.S. streams, Title, Artist, Chart date
143 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 20, 2019
125.2 million, “Old Town Road,” April 27, 2019
116.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Drake, July 28, 2018
114.4 million, “Old Town Road,” May 4, 2019
106.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Aug. 4, 2018
104.1 million, “Old Town Road,” May 18, 2019
104 million, “Old Town Road,” May 11, 2019
103.1 million, “Old Town Road,” May 25, 2019

Volume for “Road” should surge on next week’s charts (dated June 1) following the Friday (May 17) premiere of its official video.

The track dips to No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart, after four weeks at No. 1, with 69,000 downloads sold (down 12%) in the week ending May 16.

On the Radio Songs chart, “Road” pushes 4-3, with 83.8 million audience impressions, up 8%, in the week ending May 19. It also takes over atop both the Rhythmic Songs (2-1) and Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop (7-1) format airplay charts, marking Lil Nas X’s first No. 1s on any Billboard radio rankings. Cyrus, meanwhile, scores his first No. 1 on an airplay tally since his breakthrough smash “Achy Breaky Heart” dominated Country Airplay for five weeks in May and June 1992.

“Road” concurrently crowns the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a seventh week each.

Sheeran and Bieber’s “I Don’t Care,” released at midnight ET Friday, May 10, soars onto the Hot 100 at No. 2, as it opens at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (77,000) and No. 3 on Streaming Songs (34.1 million) and charges 33-13 on Radio Songs (49.1 million). Like “Road,” the official video for “Care” premiered Friday (May 17).

Top 10 totals: Bieber banks his 15th Hot 100 top 10 and Sheeran adds his seventh. While “Care” marks their first song co-billed as artists, Sheeran co-wrote two Bieber top 10s: “Love Yourself” (No. 1 for two weeks in February 2016) and Major Lazer‘s “Cold Water,” featuring Bieber and MO (No. 2, August 2016).

Bieber and Sheeran also contributed vocals to Lil Dicky‘s recent No. 17 Hot 100 hit“Earth,” in the roles of, respectively, a baboon (who’s like a man, just less advanced, and … they have other differences …) and a koala bear (that sleeps all the time; so what? It’s cute).

No. 1 in sales: Bieber adds his ninth Digital Song Sales No. 1 and 30th top 10. Sheeran scores his fourth No. 1 and 10th top 10. Taylor Swift leads all artists with 16 No. 1s and 45 top 10s on the tally.

Most No. 2 debuts:  Bieber extends his mark for the most No. 2 entrances on the Hot 100 to four. He previously opened at the runner-up spot with “Boyfriend” (April 14, 2012), “Sorry” (Nov. 14, 2015) and “Cold Water” (Aug. 13, 2016). Of those songs, “Sorry” went on to hit No. 1 (for three weeks).

“Care” is the 28th single to debut at No. 2 on the Hot 100. Mariah Carey made the first such arrival with “Always Be My Baby” (April 6, 1996), which subsequently reigned for two weeks.

More Max Martin: Sheeran and Bieber co-wrote “Care” with Max Martin, among the song’s six authors. Martin boasts 22 Hot 100 No. 1s and nine hits that have hit No. 2 (including “Care”). He last reached such heights as a writer via Ariana Grande’s “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored,” which debuted at its No. 2 peak in February.

Jonas Brothers‘ former one-week Hot 100 leader “Sucker” rises 4-3 and becomes the trio’s first No. 1 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart. It spends a fifth week atop Pop Songs, where it’s also the act’s first No. 1.

Billie Eilish notches her first top five Hot 100 hit as “Bad Guy” roars 9-4, besting its prior No. 7 peak. The track returns to its No. 2 high on Streaming Songs (from No. 3), up 4% to 39.9 million U.S. streams; rises 11-8 on Digital Song Sales (15,000, up 15%); and debuts at No. 43 on Radio Songs (24.1 million, up 42%).

Post Malone‘s “Wow.” rebounds 6-5 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2, and his and Swae Lee‘s one-week No. 1 “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” rises 7-6.

Sam Smith and Normani‘s “Dancing With a Stranger” revisits the Hot 100’s top 10 and its No. 7 high (from No. 11), as it rules Radio Songs for a second week (106.6 million, up 4%).

Taylor Swift‘s “Me!,” featuring Brendon Urie, drops 3-8 on the Hot 100, after arriving at No. 2 two weeks ago, and Khalid re-enters the top 10 (12-9) with his No. 8-peaking “Talk,” which becomes his fourth Radio Songs top 10 (12-6; 70.2 million, up 21%, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100). “Talk” tops the Hot R&B Songs chart for a fourth week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Halsey‘s two-week No. 1 “Without Me” backtracks 8-10, as it ties for the eighth-most weeks spent in the top 10 in the chart’s 60-year history:

Most weeks in Hot 100’s top 10
33, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, 2018-19
33, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, 2017
32, “Sicko Mode,” Travis Scott, 2018-19
32, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 2016-17
32, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98
31, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 2014-15
30, “Smooth,” Santana feat, Rob Thomas, 1999-2000
29, “Without Me,” Halsey, 2018-19
29, “Party Rock Anthem,” LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, 2011-12

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 21), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (May 24).

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Plus: Sammy Hagar and Mac DeMarco debut in top 10.

Logic notches his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Confessions of a Dangerous Mind debuts atop the tally.

The set starts with 80,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending May 16, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 24,000 were in album sales. Confessions were released on May 10 via Visionary/Def Jam Recordings.

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 May 25-dated chart, where Confessions bows at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on May 21.

Logic previously led the list with Bobby Tarantino II (in 2018) and Everybody (2017). Logic made his Billboard 200 debut in 2014 with Under Pressure, which peaked at No. 4 — his first of six top 10 albums (including Confessions).

Confessions’ debut frame was largely powered by streaming activity, as the set racked up 54,000 SEA units (of its total 80,000 overall units). That 54,000 SEA number equates to 73.93 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks in the album’s debut frame, which also made it the most streamed album of the week.

Billie Eilish’s When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is steady at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 with 68,000 units (down 3%), while Khalid’s Free Spirit is also a non-mover, holding at No. 3 with 46,000 units (down 8%).

Sammy Hagar & The Circle’s Space Between debuts at No. 4, granting Hagar his first top 10 album ever. The set opens with 40,000 equivalent albums units earned. The sizable sales week was mostly powered by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for the rocker’s tour that started in April. The sales start also marks Hagar’s third-largest sales week since Nielsen Music began tracking data in 1991.

While Space Between marks Hagar’s first visit to the top 10 as a solo act, he’s been heard on seven previous top 10s with his former band Van Halen (six between 1986-1996, and then one more in 2004), and two with the supergroup Chickenfoot(2009-20110). Notably, Hagar’s band on Space, The Circle, boasts former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, alongside guitarist Vic Johnson and drummer Jason Bonham. Hagar previously topped out on the chart at No. 14 in 1987 with I Never Said Goodbye.

Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next, is stationary at No. 5 on the new Billboard 200 (36,000 units; down 11 percent), while Queen’s Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection vaults 29-6 with 32,000 units (up 92%) thanks to sale pricing in the iTunes Store. The 51-track collection was deeply discounted to just $6.99 during the tracking week, thus stirring its 53% sales hike (rising to 9,000 sold) and 391% digital sales increase (jumping to 6,000 sold).

Luke Combs’ This One’s For You jumps 12-7, revisiting the top 10 for the first time in nearly a year. The album, which was released in 2017, was last in the top 10 (at No. 10) on the July 28, 2018-dated chart, and peaked at No. 4 on June 16 of that same year (following a deluxe reissue of the set).

In the latest tracking week, This One’s For You earned 28,000 equivalent album units (up an overall 5%) and gained in album sales (up 12%), TEA units (up 8%) and SEA units (up 3%). The rise in activity is likely owed to promotion and excitement generated by Combs’ new single “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” which was released on May 8, and which Combs preformed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonon May 9. (The track is not on This One’s For You, but is from a forthcoming new album.)

DaBaby’s Baby On Baby hits a new high and reaches the top 10 for the first time, as the album rises 14-8 with nearly 28,000 equivalent album units (up 9%). The set debuted at No. 25 on the chart dated March 16, and has never left the top 40. The album has increased in units in six of the last eight weeks, mostly derived from streaming activity (led by the set’s song “Suge”).

Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is steady at No. 9 on the new Billboard 200, with 27,000 units earned (down 5%).

Closing out the new top 10 is Mac DeMarco, who logs his first top 10 album with Here Comes the Cowboy bowing at No. 10. The set earned nearly 27,000 equivalent album units, with 20,000 of that sum generated by album sales. The latter figure was enhanced by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with DeMarco’s tour, which began earlier in May.

Here Comes the Cowboy is DeMarco’s fourth chart entry and fourth top 40-charting effort. He previously visited the chart with This Old Dog (No. 29 in 2017), Another One (No. 25; 2015) and Salad Days (No. 30; 2014).

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Mendes scores a career-best No. 2 rank.

Lil Nas X extends his reign atop the Billboard Hot 100 to a sixth week with “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.

Meanwhile, two songs launch on the Hot 100 in the top five: Shawn Mendesdebuts at a career-best No. 2 rank with “If I Can’t Have You” and Logic enters at No. 5 with “Homicide,” featuring Eminem.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated May 18), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 14).

As on the Hot 100, “Road” leads the Streaming Songs chart for a sixth week, with 104.1 million U.S. streams (up less than 1%) in the week ending May 9, according to Nielsen Music. “Road” set the weekly streaming record following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus, and now claims five of the seven biggest streaming weeks ever:

Total weekly U.S. streams, Title, Artist, Chart date
143 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 20, 2019
125.2 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 27, 2019
116.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Drake, July 28, 2018
114.4 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, May 4, 2019
106.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Drake, Aug. 4, 2018
104.1 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, May 18, 2019
104 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, May 11, 2019

“Road” rebounds 2-1 on the Digital Song Sales chart for a fourth week at No. 1, with 78,000 downloads sold (up 1%) in the week ending May 9.

On the Radio Songs chart, “Road” rises 6-4, with 77.6 million audience impressions, up 16%, in the week ending May 12, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100 for the fourth time in five weeks.

As “Road” marks Lil Nas X’s first Hot 100 entry, he boasts the longest-leading debut No. 1 (among artists billed as leads) since OMI ruled for six weeks in 2015 with his first Hot 100 hit, “Cheerleader.” No such rookie No. 1 has led longer since earlier in 2015, when Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars, dominated for 14 weeks beginning that January. (Before then, Ronson tallied two top 10s as a writer and producer, of Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab,” a No. 9 hit in 2007, and Mars’ “Locked Out of Heaven,” No. 1 for six weeks in 2012-13.)

“Road” concurrently adds a sixth week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Mendes’ “If I Can’t Have You” soars in at a personal-best No. 2 on the Hot 100, as it opens at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales (64,000) and No. 8 on Streaming Songs (24 million) and bounds 43-27 on Radio Songs (35.7 million).

Mendes notches his fourth Hot 100 top 10, following “Stitches” (No. 4, 2015), “Treat You Better” (No. 6, 2016) and “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” (No. 6, 2017). He easily achieves his highest debut, besting the No. 24 start (and peak) of his first entry, “Life of the Party,” in 2014.

Title disco-graphy: Upon its arrival, “If I Can’t Have You” is the second-highest-charting Hot 100 hit by that title. Yvonne Elliman’s song of the same name topped the chart exactly 41 years ago today (May 13, 1978). The classic was written by the Bee Gees and released from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

Taylor Swift‘s “Me!,” featuring Brendon Urie, dips to No. 3 from its No. 2 Hot 100 high reached a week earlier, when it made a record 98-spot vault after its first full week of tracking. The collab falls from No. 1 to No. 4 on Digital Song Sales (29,000, down 85%) and 2-5 on Streaming Songs (26.8 million, down 47%), while ascending to the Radio Songs top 10 (13-10; 62.2 million, up 15%).

Swift scores her 15th Radio Songs top 10, while Panic! at the Disco frontman Urie earns his first as a soloist; In December, Panic achieved its first No. 1 (with its first top 10), as “High Hopes” began a 14-week command.

Jonas Brothers‘ former one-week leader “Sucker” holds at No. 4 on the Hot 100.

Logic’s “Homicide” bounds in at No. 5 on the Hot 100, starting at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (36.3 million) and No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (42,000).

Logic lands his second Hot 100 top 10, after “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid (No. 3, September 2017). Eminem earns his 21st top 10, tying JAY-Z for the third-most top 10s among rappers, after Drake (33) and Lil Wayne (24).

Thanks to Mendes and Logic’s entrances, the Hot 100 boasts two simultaneous top five debuts for the first time since Oct. 27, 2018, when songs also started at Nos. 2 and 5: Kodak Black’s “ZEZE,” featuring Travis Scott and Offset, and Bad Bunny’s “MIA,” featuring Drake, respectively.

Post Malone‘s “Wow.” drops 3-6 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 2 and his and Swae Lee‘s one-week No. 1 “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” descends 5-7.

Halsey‘s two-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Without Me” retreats 7-8, as it ties for the ninth-most weeks spent in the top 10 in the chart’s 60-year history. Halsey previously logged a then-record 32 weeks in the tier as featured on The Chainsmokers’ “Closer”:

Most weeks in Hot 100’s top 10
33, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, 2018-19
33, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, 2017
32, “Sicko Mode,” Travis Scott, 2018-19
32, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 2016-17
32, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98
31, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 2014-15
30, “Smooth,” Santana feat, Rob Thomas, 1999-2000
29, “Party Rock Anthem,” LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, 2011-12
28, “Without Me,” Halsey, 2018-19
28, “That’s What I Like,” Bruno Mars, 2017
28, “You Were Meant for Me”/”Foolish Games,” Jewel, 1997

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy” keeps at No. 9 after reaching No. 7, winning top Streaming Gainer kudos (38.4 million, up 18 percent), and Ariana Grande‘s former eight-week No. 1 “7 Rings” slides 6-10.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 14), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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The band’s third chart-topper logs the biggest week for a rock album in 2019.

Vampire Weekend scores its third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the band’s Father of the Bride bows atop the list.

The set earned 138,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 9, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 119,000 were in album sales. Both sums represent the largest for any rock album in 2019.

Father was released on May 3 via Spring Snow/Columbia Records. It is the group’s first album with Columbia Records after issuing three studio albums and a live set through XL Recordings.

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 May 18-dated chart, where Father debuts at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on May 14.

Vampire Weekend previously led the Billboard 200 with the act’s last two studio releases, Modern Vampires of the City (in 2013) and Contra (2010).

Of Father’s 138,000 unit start, its 119,000 in album sales were driven largely by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for the act’s upcoming tour, which launches in June.

Father secures the largest week for a rock album in 2019 in both units and album sales, and the biggest since Mumford & Sons’ Delta debuted at No. 1 with 230,000 units (214,000 in album sales) on the list dated Dec. 1, 2018.

Father earned just 1,000 in TEA units and 18,000 in SEA units. The latter figure translates to 20.29 million on-demand audio streams for the set’s songs in its opening week — the biggest debut streaming week for a rock album in 2019. The only rock albums to log larger streaming frames this year were two Queen albums that were released before 2019: the Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack and its Greatest Hits album, both with multiple frames over 20.29 million clicks in 2019.

Father marks the third No. 1 album for Columbia in 2019, following two other rock titles: Hozier’s Wasteland, Baby! (Rubyworks/Columbia) and Jack White’s Boarding House Reach (Third Man/Columbia). Notably, Columbia lays claim to all three of the No. 1 rock albums this year.

Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, a pair of former No. 1s follow Vampire Weekend, as Billie Eilish’s When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? climbs 4-2 (70,000 units; down 8%) and Khalid’s Free Spirit rises 5-3 (49,000 units; down 15%).

At No. 4, rapper/singer PnB Rock notches his first top 10 effort, and third top 40 entry, as TrapStar Turnt PopStar starts with 42,000 equivalent album units (just 2,000 in album sales). The album’s debut was largely powered by streaming activity, tallying 39,000 SEA units (which translates to 45.73 million on-demand audio streams for its songs in its debut week). PnB Rock previously hit the top 40 of the Billboard 200 with Catch These Vibes (No 17 on Dec. 9, 2017) and GTTM: Goin Thru the Motions (No. 28 on Feb. 4, 2017).

Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next ascends 6-5 with 41,000 units (up 6%) while P!nk’s Hurts 2B Human falls 1-6 in its second week (36,000 units; down 68%). ScHoolboy Q’s CrasH Talk dips 3-7 in its second week (33,000 units; down 59%), BTS’ Map of the Soul: Persona moves 7-8 (30,000 units; down 8%) and Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys rises 12-9 (a little more than 28,000 units; down 1%).

Juice WRLD’s Death Race for Love rounds out the new top 10, lifting 11 to 10 with 28,000 units (though down 5%).

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Plus: Hillsong United, ScHoolboy Q & AJR bow in top 10.

P!nk claims her third total and consecutive No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Hurts 2B Humanarrives atop the tally with 115,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 2, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 95,000 were in album sales. Hurts follows P!nk’s previous leaders Beautiful Trauma (2017) and The Truth About Love (2012).

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 May 11-dated chart (where Hurts 2B Human debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on May 7.

Hurts 2B Human was ushered in by the radio single “Walk Me Home,” which recently became P!nk’s 16th top 10 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart. (The track has so far peaked at No. 6, as of the most recently published list, dated May 4). Over on the Pop Songs airplay list, it entered the tally at No. 40 on the May 4-dated chart, marking the diva’s 29th entry.

Hurts 2B Human follows P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma album, which charged in at No. 1 back in November 2017 with 408,000 units earned in its first week, of which 384,000 were in album sales — her largest sales week ever. That album, unlike Hurts, saw its sales bolstered by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for her then-upcoming tour (which is still currently on the road).

Nearly two decades into her Billboard 200 history, P!nk continues her hottest streak. The new set is also her eighth total and consecutive top 10, dating to her first, M!ssundaztood, in 2002. She first charted with Can’t Take Me Home (No. 26) in 2000.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Hillsong United’s People debuts, marking the act’s fourth top 10 and highest-charting effort yet. The live set arrives with 107,000 equivalent album units earned — the largest week for a Christian music album in 2018. The ensemble — an offshoot of the Hillsong Church — previously hit the top 10 with Wonder (No. 10 in 2017), Empires (No. 5 in 2015) and Zion (No. 5 in 2013). With 101,000 copies sold of People, Hillsong United also claims the week’s top-selling album and the act’s best sales week yet, surpassing the 47,000 sold of Empires in its first frame. (People’s debut was bolstered by sales from a concert ticket/album redemption offer for the act’s tour, which continues through July.)

ScHoolboy Q scores his third Billboard 200 top 10 album, as Crash Talk enters at No. 3 with 81,000 equivalent album units earned (18,000 in album sales). All three of the hip-hop artist’s top 10-charting albums have all reached the top three: Crash Talk (No. 3), Blank Face LP (No. 2 in 2016) and Oxymoron (No. 1 in 2014).

Billie Eilish’s former No. 1 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? falls from No. 1 to No. 4 with 76,000 units (down 14%). The album spent it first and third weeks at No. 1 on the tally.

Three more former No. 1s trail Eilish, as Khalid’s Free Spirit falls 2-5 (58,000 units; down 4%), Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next slips 5-6 (38,000 units; down 13%), and BTS’ Map of the Soul: Persona descends 3-7 (33,000 units; down 42%). Meanwhile, Beyoncé’s Homecoming: The Live Album slides from its No. 4 high to No. 8 with 32,000 units (down 43%).

Brother trio AJR notches its first top 10 album, as Neotheater debuts at No. 9. The sibling band also logs its best week ever in total units and album sales, as the set begins with 32,000 units earned (of which 22,000 were in album sales). The group previously topped out at No. 61 in 2017 with its last album, The Click.

The new album was preceded by the single “100 Bad Days,” which has reached No. 13 on the Alternative Songs airplay chart (through the most recently published list, dated May 4) and No. 7 on the Hot Rock Songs chart.

Neotheater follows the act’s success in 2018 with a pair of hit radio singles from The Click: “Sober Up” and “Burn the House Down.” The former hit No. 1 on the Alternative Songs airplay chart and No. 15 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay tally. “Burn” hit No. 2 on Alternative and No. 15 on Adult Pop Songs. Meanwhile, The Clickhas so far earned 590,000 equivalent album units and tallied 631.1 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks.

Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 is Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap, which falls 7-10 with 30,000 units (down 17%).

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Swift’s new single boasts the best sales week since her own ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ in 2017.

Lil Nas X leads the Billboard Hot 100 for a fifth week with “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. The song fends off Taylor Swift‘s new single, “Me!,”featuring Brendon Urie, which makes the biggest vault in the Hot 100’s history, blasting from No. 100 to No. 2, after it debuted a week earlier based solely on its first three days of airplay, before its first week of streaming and sales factored into its Hot 100 rank.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated May 11), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 7).

As on the Hot 100, “Road” paves the way atop the Streaming Songs chart for a fifth week, with 104 million U.S. streams (down 9%) in the week ending May 2, according to Nielsen Music; the sum includes the song’s new remix with Diplo, released April 29. “Road” set the weekly streaming record following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus, and now claims four of the six biggest streaming weeks ever:

Total Weekly U.S. Streams, Title, Artist, Chart Date
143 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 20, 2019
125.2 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 27, 2019
116.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Drake, July 28, 2018
114.4 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, May 4, 2019
106.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Drake, Aug. 4, 2018
104 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, May 11, 2019
103.1 million, “Harlem Shake,” Baauer, March 2, 2013
101.7 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 3, 2018

“Road” drops to No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart after three weeks at No. 1, with 78,000 downloads sold (down 12%) in the week ending May 2.

“Road” continues to bound in radio airplay, reaching the Radio Songs chart’s top 10 (12-6; 67.7 million audience impressions, up 22%, in the week ending May 5). Lil Nas X scores his first Radio Songs top 10 in his first visit to the chart, while Cyrus ascends to the tier for the first time nearly 27 years after his first entry. He charted three titles on Radio Songs prior to “Road”: “Achy Breaky Heart” (No. 38, 1992); “Busy Man” (No. 31, 1999); and “Ready, Set, Don’t Go,” with Miley Cyrus (No. 37, 2008).

“Road” reaches the Radio Songs top 10 in just its fourth week on the chart, marking the fastest flight to the bracket for an act’s debut entry on the survey (with lead billing) since Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” (four weeks, 2014).

“Road” concurrently collects a fifth week at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songsand Hot Rap Songs charts.

Unable to dislodge the juggernaut that is “Old Town Road,” Swift’s “Me!,” featuring Urie (of Panic! at the Disco), rockets 100-2 on the Hot 100. To recap: the song, expected to serve as the lead single from Swift’s seventh proper studio LP, debuted at the anchor spot a week earlier based solely on its first three days of airplay, after its release at midnight ET Friday (April 26). As the Hot 100’s airplay tracking week runs Monday through Sunday while streaming and sales are tracked Friday through Thursday, the first-week streams and sales for “Me!” (April 26-May 2) impact this week’s Hot 100 (dated May 11), along with the track’s first full week of airplay (April 29-May 5).

With all metrics combined, “Me!,” which Swift and Urie performed live for the first time to kick off the 2019 Billboard Music Awards last Wednesday (May 1), makes notable moves on the Hot 100 and other charts.

Biggest jump in Hot 100 history: The 98-spot leap for “Me!” is the biggest in the Hot 100’s 60-year history, besting the prior mark by two positions. Here’s a look at the biggest jumps ever:

Position Increase, Title, Artist, Date
98 (100-2), “Me!,” Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie, May 11, 2019
96 (97-1), “My Life Would Suck Without You,” Kelly Clarkson, Feb. 7, 2009
95 (96-1), “Womanizer,” Britney Spears, Oct. 25, 2008
91 (94-3), “Beautiful Liar,” Beyonce & Shakira, April 7, 2007
90 (94-4), “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, June 16, 2018
88 (97-9), “Make Me Proud,” Drake feat. Nicki Minaj, Nov. 5, 2011
88 (95-7), “Smack That,” Akon feat. Eminem, Oct. 14, 2006
85 (96-11), “Cowboy Casanova,” Carrie Underwood, Oct. 10, 2009
85 (100-15), “Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny),” A R Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger, March 14, 2009
83 (85-2), “Roar,” Katy Perry, Aug. 31, 2013

In making its record Hot 100 surge, “Me!” passes the last two songs on the above list for both the biggest jump from No. 100 and to No. 2, respectively.

Swift’s 23rd top 10: Swift scores her 23rd Hot 100 top 10, tying for the 12th-best total in the Hot 100’s archives. Whitney Houston, Paul McCartney (solo and with Wings) and The Rolling Stones have also tallied 23. (Madonna leads with 38 top 10s, followed by The Beatles with 34 and Drake with 33.)

“Me!” also marks Swift’s 57th top 40 Hot 100 hit, matching Elton John for fourth place, after Drake (95), Lil Wayne and Elvis Presley (81 each, with Presley’s chart career having predated the Hot 100’s 1958 inception).

Urie’s highest: After Panic! at the Disco notched its highest-charting Hot 100 hit with “High Hopes,” which reached No. 4 in January, frontman Urie does two spots better. Prior to “Me!,” he charted one other solo entry, also this year: Benny Blanco and Juice WRLD’s “Roses,” featuring Urie, peaked at No. 85 in February.

Swift’s record-extending 16th sales No. 1: “Me!” launches as Swift’s record-padding 16th Digital Song Sales No. 1 with 193,000 first-week downloads sold. (Rihanna ranks second with 14 leaders.) The sum is the best since Swift’s own “Look What You Made Me Do” sold 353,000 in its first week (Sept. 16, 2017).

Streaming & airplay: “Me!” opens at No. 2 on Streaming Songs with 50.7 million U.S. streams. (To compare, Swift’s “Look” opened with 84.5 million, then a weekly record among women.)

Following its first full week of airplay tracking, “Me!” flies 27-13 on Radio Songs (54.1 million in the audience, up from 36.9 million in its first three days).

Post Malone‘s “Wow.” dips to No. 3 on the Hot 100 from its No. 2 high and Jonas Brothers‘ former one-week leader “Sucker” rises 5-4, as it spends a third week atop Radio Songs (98.9 million, up 4%). Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Post Malone and Swae Lee‘s one-week No. 1 “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” falls 3-5.

Ariana Grande‘s former eight-week Hot 100 No. 1 “7 Rings” retreats 4-6 and Halsey‘s two-week topper “Without Me” slips 6-7; Sam Smith and Normani‘s “Dancing With a Stranger” descends to No. 8 from its No. 7 high; Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy” holds at No. 9 after reaching No. 7; and Khalid‘s “Talk” backtracks to No. 10 a week after hitting its No. 8 best.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 7), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (May 10).

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