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Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” launches at No. 2.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, dominates the Billboard Hot 100 for a 12th week. The single is just the 20th in the Hot 100’s six-decade history to reign for at least that long and is the first since Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee spent a record-tying 16 weeks on top with “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, in 2017.

Elsewhere in a busy top 10 on the Hot 100, Taylor Swift soars onto the chart at No. 2 with “You Need to Calm Down” and Drake launches at No. 7 with “Money in the Grave,” featuring Rick Ross. With the latter song’s bow, Drake adds his 35th Hot 100 top 10, breaking out of a tie with The Beatles for the second-best total all-time.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated June 29), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 25).

As on the Hot 100, “Old Town Road” (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a 12th week, with 91.6 million U.S. streams, down 8%, in the week ending June 20, according to Nielsen Music. “Road” set the record for the top streaming week ever (143 million) following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus and claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

“Road” drops to No. 2 after eight weeks atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 59,000 downloads sold, down 16%, in the week ending June 20. On Radio Songs, where it reached No. 2, “Road” holds at No. 3, with 95.8 million audience impressions, down 3%, in the week ending June 23.

“Road” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a 12th week each and the Songs of the Summer survey for a fourth frame, following the seasonal survey’s annual return after Memorial Day.

Next week, Lil Nas X’s EP 7 should make a notable debut on various album charts. Released June 21, the set features both the Cyrus and original versions of “Road.”

Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” bounds onto the Hot 100 at No. 2, marking her 24th top 10, a sum that now only 12 artists have achieved. It follows “ME!,” featuring Brendon Urie, which reached its No. 2 high on the May 11 chart. Both songs are from her album Lover, due Aug. 23.

“Calm” opens atop Digital Song Sales with 79,000 sold, marking Swift’s record-extending 17th No. 1 on the chart (ahead of runner-up Rihanna’s 14). Helped by its star-studded official video, “Calm” starts at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (39 million) and No. 50 on Radio Songs (24.2 million).

“Road” outpaces “Calm” by a less than two-to-one points lead on the Hot 100 (1.8 to 1), after eight weeks of “Road” outperforming its closest weekly competition by such a wide margin; only one song has tallied more weeks leading No. 2 titles by at least a two-to-one points gap: Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You,” for nine weeks in 1992-93.

Also reflecting the scope of the Hot 100 reign for “Road”: if “Calm” peaks at No. 2, it would likely become the sixth song to stop at the runner-up spot blocked by “Road,” which would break the record for keeping the most No. 2 hits from reaching No. 1; Bryan Adams’ “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You,” in 1991, and Percy Faith and His Orchestra’s “Theme From A Summer Place” (1960) each held off five No. 2 hits each.

So far, “Road” has kept these six songs peaking below it at No. 2 on the Hot 100: “Wow.” by Post Malone; “ME!,” Swift featuring Urie; “If I Can’t Have You,” Shawn Mendes; “I Don’t Care,” Ed Sheeran and Bieber; “Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish; and “Calm,” Swift.

As for “Bad Guy,” it descends to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after three weeks at its No. 2 best. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (43.8 million, up 13%) and No. 4 on Digital Song Sales (21,000, up 1%) and becomes Eilish’s first Radio Songs top 10 (13-9; 58.6 million, up 16%).

Khalid‘s “Talk” slips to No. 4 on the Hot 100 from its No. 3 high, with top Airplay Gainer honors for a fourth week (up 8% to 114.7 million). The track tops Radio Songs for a second week and becomes Khalid’s third No. 1 on the mainstream top 40-based Pop Songs airplay chart, while ruling the streaming-, airplay- and sales-fueled Hot R&B Songs chart for a ninth frame.

Also reflecting the scope of the Hot 100 reign for “Road”: if “Calm” peaks at No. 2, it would likely become the sixth song to stop at the runner-up spot blocked by “Road,” which would break the record for keeping the most No. 2 hits from reaching No. 1; Bryan Adams’ “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You,” in 1991, and Percy Faith and His Orchestra’s “Theme From A Summer Place” (1960) each held off five No. 2 hits each.

So far, “Road” has kept these six songs peaking below it at No. 2 on the Hot 100: “Wow.” by Post Malone; “ME!,” Swift featuring Urie; “If I Can’t Have You,” Shawn Mendes; “I Don’t Care,” Ed Sheeran and Bieber; “Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish; and “Calm,” Swift.

As for “Bad Guy,” it descends to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after three weeks at its No. 2 best. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (43.8 million, up 13%) and No. 4 on Digital Song Sales (21,000, up 1%) and becomes Eilish’s first Radio Songs top 10 (13-9; 58.6 million, up 16%).

Khalid‘s “Talk” slips to No. 4 on the Hot 100 from its No. 3 high, with top Airplay Gainer honors for a fourth week (up 8% to 114.7 million). The track tops Radio Songs for a second week and becomes Khalid’s third No. 1 on the mainstream top 40-based Pop Songs airplay chart, while ruling the streaming-, airplay- and sales-fueled Hot R&B Songs chart for a ninth frame.

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 (June 25), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (June 28).

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Plus: Bruce Springsteen and Bastille debut in top 10.

X marks the No. 1 spot.

Madonna lands her ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Madame X enters atop the tally. The set, released via Interscope Records on June 14, launches with 95,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 20, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 90,000 were in 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 June 29-dated chart, where Madame X bows at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on June 25.

Overall, Madame X’s debut sum of 95,000 equivalent album units is comprised of 90,000 in album sales, 1,000 in TEA units and 4,000 in SEA units.

Madame X grants Madonna her ninth leader on the Billboard 200. She last led the list in 2012, with MDNA. Here’s a look at all of Madonna’s No. 1 albums: Madame X, MDNA, Hard Candy (2008), Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005), American Life (2003), Music (2000), Like a Prayer (1989), True Blue (1986) and Like a Virgin (1985).

Madonna continues to have the second-most No. 1 albums among female artists, trailing only Barbra Streisand, who has 11. Among all acts, The Beatles have the most No. 1s, with 19. They are followed by Jay-Z (14), Streisand and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11), Elvis Presley (10), Eminem, Garth Brooks, Madonna and The Rolling Stones (all with nine).

Madonna is a frequent visitor to the top 10 of the Billboard 200, having notched at least four top 10 albums in each of the last four decades (‘80s, ‘90s, ‘00s and ‘10s). Madame X marks her 22nd top 10, and fourth of the ‘10s. Earlier in the decade, she reached the region with her last studio effort, Rebel Heart (No. 2 in 2015), MDNA (No. 1, 2012) and the live album Sticky & Sweet Tour (No. 10, 2010).

Madonna’s first top 10 came nearly 35 years ago, when her self-titled debut album climbed 12-10 on the Oct. 6, 1984-dated chart. It eventually peaked at No. 8 two weeks later (Oct. 20). The diva would place five top 10s in the ‘80s, seven in the ‘90s, six in the ‘00s and now four in the ‘10s.

The Rolling Stones have the most top 10s in the history of the Billboard 200, with 37. They are followed by Streisand (34), The Beatles (32), Frank Sinatra (32), Presley (27), Bob Dylan (22), Madonna (22), George Strait (21), Elton John (20), Paul McCartney/Wings (20) and Springsteen (20).

Madame X’s debut week was comprised of 90,000 in album sales, which is the fourth-largest sales week for an album in 2019 by a woman. The album’s sales were bolstered by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the Queen of Pop’s upcoming theater tour (starting on Sept. 12 in New York at Brooklyn’s Howard Gilman Opera House), as well as an array of merchandise/album bundles sold via her official website.

Madame X was led by the track “Medellín,” with Maluma, which climbs 2-1 on the Dance Club Songs chart dated June 29, marking Madonna’s 47th leader on the tally. (The chart, like the Billboard 200, will refresh on Billboard’s website on Tuesday, June 25.) “Medellín” also reached the top 20 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

Before Madame X dropped, four more preview cuts were issued: “I Rise,” “Future,” with Quavo, “Crave,” with Swae Lee, and “Dark Ballet.” “Crave” recently debuted on the Adult Contemporary airplay chart, and holds at No. 15 on the most recently published list (dated June 22). 

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Springsteen’s Western Stars debuts, marking his 20th top 10 effort. The set begins with 66,000 equivalent album units (of which 62,000 were in album sales). Springsteen first hit the top 10 back in 1975, when Born to Run sprinted 84-8 in its second week on the list (dated Sept. 20, 1975). The Boss last hit the top 10 in 2016 with the retrospective compilation release Chapter and Verse (debuting and peaking at No. 5).

Western Stars was led by the radio-promoted single “Hello Sunshine,” which has peaked at No. 23 on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart.

Fun fact for chart watchers: With Madonna and Springsteen at Nos. 1 and 2 on the new Billboard 200, it’s the first time the Queen of Pop and The Boss have been in the top two together since 1985. The last time they were buddies in the top two (and the only time before this week) was for four weeks in January and February that year. On the charts dated Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 1985, Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. and Madonna’s Like a Virgin were Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. Then, the titles flipped ranks on Feb. 9 and Feb. 16. (Born spent a total of seven weeks at No. 1 and Virgin ruled for three weeks.)

Back on the new Billboard 200, a pair of former No. 1s are at Nos. 3 and 4, as Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? dips 2-3 (58,000 units; down 1%) and Jonas Brothers’ Happiness Begins falls 1-4 in its second week (52,000 units; down 87%).

Alt-rock band Bastille collects its second top 10 album, as the group’s new studio effort, Doom Days, bows at No. 5 with 41,000 equivalent album units earned (34,000 in album sales). Like Madame X, Bastille’s first week was also encouraged by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for its upcoming tour (starting in September). Bastille clocked its first top 10 effort with its last studio effort, 2016’s Wild World, which debuted and peaked at No. 4.

Khalid’s former No. 1 Free Spirit climbs one spot to No. 6 with 37,000 equivalent album units (up 2%), Polo G’s Die a Legend slips 6-7 with 29,000 units (down 25%) and DaBaby’s Baby On Baby steps 9-8 with a 28,000 units (down 3%).

Rounding out the top 10 are Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You (rising 14-9 with a little more than 27,000 units; up 3%) and Ariana Grande’s former No. 1 Thank U, Next (12-10 with 27,000 units; down 2%).

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Drake ties The Beatles for the second-most top 10s all-time.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, rules the Billboard Hot 100 for an 11th week. The song boasts the chart’s longest reign since Drakespent 11 weeks at No. 1 with “God’s Plan” last February through April.

Plus, Khalid‘s “Talk,” which keeps at its No. 3 Hot 100 high, takes over atop the Radio Songs chart and Chris Brown‘s “No Guidance,” featuring Drake, debuts at No. 9 on the Hot 100, marking Brown’s 15th top 10 and Drake’s 34th. Drake ties The Beatles for the second-most top 10s in the Hot 100’s 60-year history, with only Madonna having banked more (38).

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated June 22), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 18).

As on the Hot 100, “Old Town Road” (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for an 11th week, with 99.9 million U.S. streams, down 14%, in the week ending June 13, according to Nielsen Music. “Road” set the record for the top streaming week ever (143 million) following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus and claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

“Road” logs an eighth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 71,000 downloads sold, down 18%, in the week ending June 13. On Radio Songs, “Road” dips from its No. 2 high to No. 3, with 99.1 million audience impressions, up nearly 1%, in the week ending June 16.

“Road” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for an 11th week each and the Songs of the Summer survey for a third frame, following its annual return two weeks ago.

Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy” holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, while Khalid’s “Talk” keeps at its No. 3 best, with top Airplay Gainer honors for a third week (up 9% to 106 million). The track becomes Khalid’s first Radio Songs No. 1 (3-1), after he reached No. 3 with three other hits: as featured, with Alessia Cara, on Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” (November 2017) and with “Love Lies,” with Normani (September 2018), and “Eastside,” with Benny Blanco and Halsey (this March).

Notably, “Talk” is the first R&B/hip-hop hit to crown Radio Songs since Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It” on July 21 and 28, 2018, ending a streak of 46 consecutive weeks in which pop, rock and dance/electronic songs dominated. (“Talk” is the first R&B song, not rap, to top Radio Songs since Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse,” which led for four weeks in March and April 2018.)

“Talk” concurrently tops the Hot R&B Songs chart for an eighth week.

Jonas Brothers‘ former one-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Sucker” lifts 5-4 and Ed Sheeranand Justin Bieber‘s “I Don’t Care” slips 4-5, after debuting at its No. 2 peak four weeks earlier.

Post Malone‘s “Wow.,” the new No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart, is steady at No. 6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2; his and Swae Lee‘s one-week No. 1 “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” holds at No. 7; and DaBaby‘s first top 10, “Suge,” is stationary at its No. 8 peak to date.

Chris Brown’s “No Guidance,” featuring Drake, launches at No. 9 on the Hot 100. The collab begins at No. 4 on Streaming Songs with 28 million streams and No. 9 on Digital Song Sales with 15,000 sold.

Brown ties his best Hot 100 start, having begun at No. 9 with “Forever” in 2008 and as featured on Lil Dicky’s “Freaky Friday” in March 2018.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Sam Smith and Normani‘s “Dancing With a Stranger” dips 9-10, after hitting No. 7.

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 (June 18), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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It’s the pop trio’s third No. 1 album. Plus: Santana, Luke Combs, Future & Polo G debut in top 10.

Jonas Brothers celebrate their third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as Happiness Begins bows atop the chart. The set earned 414,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending June 13, of which 357,000 were in album sales. Both figures represent the largest week of the year for any album in terms of units and album sales.

Happiness Begins was released June 7 via Republic Records and is the pop trio’s first studio album since 2009’s chart-topping Lines, Vines and Trying Times.

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 June 22-dated chart (where Happinessdebuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on June 18.

In total, Happiness Begins’ starting sum of 414,000 equivalent album units are comprised of 357,000 in album sales, 52,000 in SEA units and 5,000 in TEA units.

Let’s take a look at some of the notable achievements the Jonas Brothers claim with the bow of Happiness Begins:

Biggest Week of 2019 for an Album: Happiness Begins launches with 414,000 equivalent album units, the biggest week of 2019 for any album. The last album to post a larger week was Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V (also released via Republic Records), which started at No. 1 on the Oct. 13, 2018-dated chart with 480,000 units earned. (Happiness surpasses 2019’s previous high-water mark for an album, when Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next — another Republic title — bowed at No. 1 with 360,000 units on the Feb. 23 chart.)

Largest Sales Week for an Album in More Than a Year: Of Happiness’ debut-week units, album sales comprise 357,000 of that sum. That’s the largest sales week for an album since Taylor Swift’s reputation blew in with 1.22 million sold on the Dec. 2, 2017, chart. Happiness’ first-week sales were largely powered by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with more than 60 dates of the group’s upcoming U.S. arena tour.

Jonas Brothers’ Biggest Sales Week in More Than a Decade: The last Jonas Brothers album to log a larger sales week than Happiness was A Little Bit Longer, which bowed with 525,000 sold on the Aug. 30, 2008-dated list (at No. 1).

Biggest Week for a Pop Album Since 2017: The last pop album to tally a larger week in total units was Swift’s reputation, when it bowed with 1.24 million equivalent album units earned (Dec. 2, 2017 chart).

Largest Week for an Album by a Group in More Than 3 Years: One has to scroll all the way back to the debut frame of One Direction’s Made in the A.M. to find a larger week racked up by an album from a group; the set started at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 dated Dec. 5, 2015, with 459,000 units. (Happiness also has the biggest sales week for an album by a group since Made in the A.M., as it bowed with 402,000 copies sold.)

Biggest Streaming Album of the Week: Happiness debuts with 52,000 in SEA units, which translates to 68.09 million on-demand audio streams for its songs in its first week. That makes it the album with the most streams for the week.

Happiness Begins was led by the single “Sucker,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart March 16 and marked the act’s first No. 1 on the tally. The track has also ruled the all-format Radio Songs chart for six weeks, as of the most recently published chart (dated June 15). A second radio-promoted single, “Cool,” has also reached the top 40 of both lists.

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Billie Eilish’s former No. 1 When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? holds in the runner-up slot with 59,000 equivalent album units (down 6%). The album has yet to depart the top four rungs of the chart since its debut 11 weeks ago at No. 1.

Santana collects its 15th top 10 album, as Africa Speaks debuts at No. 3 on the new Billboard 200 chart with 57,000 equivalent album units earned (nearly all from album sales). The rock band, led by Carlos Santana, first visited the top 10 nearly 50 years ago, when the act’s self-titled album climbed 13-10 on the Oct. 25, 1969-dated list. The album would later peak at No. 4 (Nov. 15, 1969).

Like Jonas Brothers’ Happiness Begins, the debut sales frame for Africa Speaks was also driven by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer.

Next up, Luke Combs’ The Prequel EP drives in at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 48,000 equivalent album units — with 22,000 of that sum in album sales. The Prequel is Combs’ second top 10 effort and matches the peak position of his other top 10 set, the full-length effort This One’s for You, which topped out at No. 4 (June 16, 2018).

The new five-song EP contains Combs’ current hit single “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” which has so far peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and at No. 10 on the Country Airplay list (as of the most recently published lists, dated June 15).

Future nets his 12th top album, as his new EP Save Me starts at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 42,000 equivalent album units (with 5,000 of that sum in album sales). The seven-track set follows his last full-length project, the chart-topping Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD, which started at No. 1 on the list dated Feb. 2.

The fifth and final debut in the Billboard 200’s new top 10 belongs to Polo G’s debut album Die a Legend. The effort — led by the top 10 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs hit “Pop Out,” featuring Lil Tjay — enters at No. 6 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (of which a little under 1,000 were in album sales). The set’s start was powered almost entirely by streaming activity, as the album generated nearly 37,000 SEA units (with the rest – 1,000 units, spread across both album sales and TEA units).

Rounding out the rest of the new top 10 on the Billboard 200: Khalid’s Free Spiritdips 4-7 (36,000 units; down 5%), DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd slips 3-8 (31,000 units; down 22%), DaBaby’s Baby On Baby falls 8-9 (29,000 units; down 6%) and Elton John’s Diamonds descends 7-10 (nearly 29,000 units; down 10%).

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Just outside the top 10, Katy Perry & Cardi B debut with new singles.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, dominates the Billboard Hot 100 for a 10th week. The song boasts the chart’s longest reign since Drake spent 10 weeks on top with “In My Feelings” last July through September.

Plus, just beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, Katy Perry‘s “Never Really Over” and Cardi B‘s “Press” debut at Nos. 15 and 16, respectively.

Let’s run down the top 10, and more, of the newest Hot 100 (dated June 15), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 11).

“Road” is the 38th hit to lead the Hot 100 for at least 10 weeks. (Before Drake’s “Feelings,” he had the prior such No. 1, too: “God’s Plan,” for 11 weeks, beginning in February 2018.) As “Road” is Lil Nas X’s debut Hot 100 hit, it’s the first introductory No. 1 to reign for double-digit weeks since Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars (14 weeks, 2015). Before that among Hot 100 rookies, Flo Rida arrived with the 10-week No. 1 “Low,” featuring T-Pain (10 weeks, 2008).

Notably, among the elite 38 Hot 100 No. 1s to rule for 10 weeks or more, 36 have led since 1992, after the chart (which began in 1958) adopted electronically tracked Nielsen Music data in late 1991, which has resulted in longer average commands since. The only such No. 1s before then: Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life,” for 10 weeks in 1977, and Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical,” for 10 frames in 1981-82. (The first member of the club fueled by the methodology change? Another “road”: Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road,” for 13 weeks beginning Aug. 15, 1992; that week, Cyrus ranked at No. 9 with his debut hit, “Achy Breaky Heart,” which had reached No. 4 that July.)

As on the Hot 100, “Old Town Road” (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a 10th week, with 115.6 million U.S. streams, up less than 1%, in the week ending June 6, according to Nielsen Music. “Road” set the record for the top streaming week ever (143 million clicks) following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus and now claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

“Road” logs a sixth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 87,000 downloads sold, up 7%, in the week ending June 6, good for the Hot 100’s top Sales Gainer award for a third consecutive week. On the Radio Songs chart, “Road” rises 3-2, with 98.3 million audience impressions, up 3%, in the week ending June 9.

“Road” concurrently commands the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a 10th week each and the Songs of the Summer survey for a second week, following its annual return last week.

Nos. 2 through 5 remain static on the Hot 100. Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy” holds at its No. 2 high, led by its No. 2 rank on Streaming Songs (39.9 million, up 3%), along with its No. 5 placement on Digital Song Sales (23,000, up 16%) and 22-14 charge on Radio Songs (44.1 million, up 15%), and Khalid‘s “Talk” keeps at its No. 3 Hot 100 best, while adding top Airplay Gainer honors (up 10% to 97.1 million as it repeats at No. 3 on Radio Songs) for a second week and leading the Hot R&B Songs chart for a seventh frame.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber‘s “I Don’t Care” stays at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 peak three weeks earlier, and Jonas Brothers‘ former one-week “Sucker” is steady at No. 5, as it leads Radio Songs for a sixth week (104.6 million, down 1%).

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

DaBaby‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Suge,” rises 9-8 for a new peak, as it ascends 4-3 on Streaming Songs (32.5 million, down 8%); Sam Smith and Normani‘s “Dancing With a Stranger” slips 8-9 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 7; and Ava Max’s first top 10 “Sweet but Psycho” is steady at its No. 10 high.

Just below the Hot 100’s top 10, Katy Perry’s “Never Really Over” blasts onto the chart at No. 15, marking her fifth-highest start among 32 total entries. She makes her best entrance since “Chained to the Rhythm,” featuring Skip Marley, began at its No. 4 peak in March 2017, becoming her 14th and most recent top 10.

“Over” opens at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales with 31,000 sold (as well as at No. 1 on Pop Digital Song Sales, where Perry notches her 11th leader), No. 20 on Streaming Songs (15.8 million U.S. streams) and No. 42 on Radio Songs (27 million).

Plus, Cardi’s “Press” makes news with its No. 16 Hot 100 bow. The track debuts at No. 7 on Digital Song Sales (20,000) and No. 10 on Streaming Songs (22.2 million), while drawing 7.1 million in radio airplay audience.

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 (June 11), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (June 14).

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Plus: Miley Cyrus’ “She Is Coming” bows in top 10.

Thomas Rhett notches his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Center Point Road debuts atop the tally. The album earned 76,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 6, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 45,000 were in album sales. Both sums represent the biggest weeks of 2019 for any country album.

Center Point Road was released on May 31 via Valory Records, and marks the first country album to hit No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart in 2019.

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 June 15-dated chart, where Rhett debuts at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on June 11.

Center Point Road is the first country album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2019, and the first since Kane Brown’s Experiment opened atop the list dated Nov. 24, 2018. It also logs the biggest week in both total units and album sales for a country album since Experiment (126,000 units earned in its first week, with 107,000 of that sum in album sales).

Further, Center Point Road launches with 33.59 million on-demand audio streams earned for its songs in its debut week. That marks the biggest streaming debut week ever for a country album.

Center Point Road follows Rhett’s last album, and first Billboard 200 topper, Life Changes. It started atop the list dated Sept. 30, 2017 with 123,000 units, of which 94,000 were in album sales.

Center Point Road was led by the single “Look What God Gave Her,” which has so far peaked at No. 4 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and at No. 6 on the Country Airplay tally (as of the most recently published lists, dated June 8).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Billie Eilish’s former leader When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? slips down a notch, earning 63,000 equivalent album units (but up 1%). DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd slips 2-3 with 39,000 units (down 31%) and Khalid’s former No. 1 Free Spirit moves up 5-4 with 38,000 units (up less than 1%).

Miley Cyrus’ new She Is Coming is the second and final debut in the top 10, as it arrives at No. 5 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned (of which 12,000 were in album sales). The six-song EP is the first of three EPs that will lead into a larger project named She Is: Miley Cyrus. Previous artists that have released a series of EPs that built into a longer album include John Mayer (with his The Search for Everythingalbum) and Jason Mraz (We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.).

She Is Coming is Cyrus’ 12th top 10 effort, including those albums credited under her Hannah Montana alias.

Tyler, the Creator’s previous chart-topper, Igor, dips 3-6 in its third week on the list, with 32,000 equivalent album units (down 36%).

Elton John collects his 20th top 10 album, as his greatest hits package Diamondsvaults from No. 23 to No. 7. The album is basking in the glow of the recent release of Rocketman, a fantastical musical film based on John’s life, and earned nearly 32,000 equivalent album units (up 83%). Rocketman was released in U.S. movie theaters on May 31, and features star Taron Egerton performing a bevy of familiar John classic tracks, like “Bennie and the Jets,” “I’m Still Standing” and “Crocodile Rock.” While the soundtrack album to Rocketman consists largely of Egerton’s covers, the original John hits are found on Diamonds.

Closing out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 are DaBaby’s Baby On Baby(holding at No. 8 with 31,000 units; down 3%), the 2019 Aladdin soundtrack (6-9 with 30,000 units; down 21%) and Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (9-10 with nearly 30,000 units; down 6%).

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Plus: Moneybagg Yo, the ‘Aladdin’ soundtrack and YG debut in top 10.

Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? claims a third nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as it set rises 3-1 in its ninth week on the list.

The set earned 62,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 30, according to Nielsen Music (down 1% compared to the previous week).

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 June 8-dated chart, where Eilish returns to No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on June 4.

When debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated April 13, then slipped to No. 2 for the next two frames. It jumped back to No. 1 for a week on May 4, then ranked at Nos. 4-2-2-3 for the next four weeks before returning to No. 1 for a third frame on the new chart.

When is the first album to spend three separate spells at No. 1 since Drake’s Viewshad three different visits to the top of the list in 2016. Views debuted at No. 1 on the May 21, 2016-dated chart, and spent its first nine weeks in the penthouse. It then departed No. 1 for one week, only to return for another three straight weeks between July 30 and Aug. 13. After that, it moved away from No. 1, this time for seven weeks before jumping back to lead the list for one more week on Oct. 8, 2016. In total, Views spent 13 weeks at No. 1.

DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd holds at No. 2 for a second week, with 58,000 units (down 58%), while Tyler, the Creator’s Igor dips from No. 1 to No. 3 in its second week with 51,000 units (down 69%).

Moneybagg Yo logs his highest charting album on the Billboard 200, as 43VA Heartless debuts at No. 4. The set begins with 40,000 equivalent album units, 5,000 of which were in album sales. The rapper previously notched one top 10 set, with 2017’s Federal 3x, debuting and peaking at No. 4 on the Sept. 2, 2017-dated tally.

Khalid’s former No. 1 Free Spirit lingers in the top five for an eighth straight week, as the album moves 4-5 with 38,000 units (down 6%).

The soundtrack to the new live-action Aladdin film debuts at No. 6 with nearly 38,000 units, of which 19,000 were in album sales. The new album equals the peak of the soundtrack to its inspiration, the 1992 animated Aladdin. Its companion album bowed at No. 180 on the Nov. 28, 1992 chart, but peaked at No. 6 on the Feb. 27, 1993-dated list.

YG’s 4Real 4Real opens at No. 7 on the new Billboard 200, starting with 37,000 equivalent album units, with just 4,000 of that sum in album sales. 4Real is the fourth top 10 effort for the rapper, who previously visited the top 10 with Stay Dangerous (No. 5 in 2018), Still Brazy (No. 6 in 2016) and My Krazy Life (No. 2 in 2014).

Rounding out the new top 10 are DaBaby’s Baby On Baby (7-8 with a little more than 32,000 units; up 7%), Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (6-9 with 32,000 units; down 6%) and Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You (13-10 with 31,000 units; up 21%). The latter’s rise is concurrent with the continuing ascent of its hit single “Truth Hurts,” which climbed 20-16 on the most recently published Streaming Songs chart (dated June 1) and entered the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40 (42-38).

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