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Plus: Twenty One Pilots and 42 Dugg debut in top 10.

Olivia Rodrigo captures the biggest week of 2021 for an album, as her debut release, Sour, opens at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 295,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 27, according to MRC Data.

Sour also launches with the second-largest streaming week ever for a non-R&B/hip-hop album, and second-biggest for an album of any genre by a female artist.

Sour is the singer-songwriter and actress’ debut album, and was preceded by a trio of top 10 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier in 2021, including two No. 1s: “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U.” Before “Drivers License” debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in January, Rodrigo broke through with roles on Disney Channel’s Bizaardvark in 2016 and Disney+’s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series in 2019 – along with contributions to those shows’ soundtrack albums.

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 comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new June 5, 2021-dated chart (where Sour debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Wednesday, June 2 (one day later than usual due to the May 31 Memorial Day holiday in the U.S.). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Sour’s 295,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending May 27, SEA units comprise 218,000 units (equaling 300.73 million on-demand streams of the album’s 11 tracks), album sales comprise 72,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week) and TEA units comprise 4,000.

Sour was released on May 21 via Geffen Records/Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA). It’s the second No. 1 for Geffen this year, following Rod Wave’s SoulFly (Alamo/Geffen/IGA, April 10-dated chart).

Biggest Week of 2021 for an Album: With 295,000 units, Sour surpasses 2021’s previous biggest-week, tallied by Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) when it bowed 291,000 units (April 24-dated chart). (Swift herself has a writing credit on Sour, as the track “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back” samples the Swift-penned “New Year’s Day,” from Swift’s 2017 Reputation album.)

Dominant Debut: Sour captures the largest week, by units, for an act’s debut charting effort since the Billboard 200 transitioned from an album-sales only ranking to an equivalent album units-based chart on the Dec. 13, 2014 survey. It beats Cardi B’s debut studio set, and first Billboard 200 entry, Invasion of Privacy, which opened at No. 1 on the April 21, 2018 chart with 255,000 units. Rodrigo is also the first woman to see her debut charting album open at No. 1 since Invasion of Privacy.

Second-Largest Streaming Week for a Non-R&B/Hip-Hop Album: Sour starts with 218,000 SEA units – totaling 300.73 million on-demand streams of the album’s 11 tracks. That marks the second-largest streaming week for both a non-R&B/hip-hop album and second-biggest for an album by a woman of any genre. Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next continues to hold the record for the largest streaming week for a non-R&B/hip-hop set, and any album by a woman, with 307.07 million streams for its 12 tracks in its first week (chart dated Feb. 23, 2019).

Sour’s Short and Sweet Arrival: With just 11 tracks in total on Sour, the album is the shortest No. 1, by track count, since BTS’ eight-track Be debuted at No. 1 on the Dec. 5, 2020-dated chart. It’s fairly unusual for such a short album to crown the Billboard 200. Of the 27 No. 1 albums in the past 12 months (from June 6, 2020-onwards), 20 of them had at least 15 tracks in their opening week, and 11 of those had at least 20. (Some albums will garner a reissue in their first week of release, adding further tracks beyond their standard core tracklist. And many albums typically get reissued weeks and months later, with additional tracks. So far, Sour only has 11 tracks across all retailers and streamers.)

One last note on Sour’s debut: It brings just the second person named Olivia to No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Before Olivia Rodrigo, the only Olivia to top the chart was Olivia Newton-John, with two No. 1 albums in 1974 and 1975 (If You Love Me Let Me Know and Have You Never Been Mellow).

J. Cole’s The Off-Season falls 1-2 in its second week on the Billboard 200 with 92,000 equivalent album units earned (down 67%).

Twenty One Pilots score their third top five-charting Billboard 200 entry, as the rock act’s latest studio album, Scaled and Icy, bows at No. 3 with 75,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 51,000, SEA units comprise 24,000 (equaling 33 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album is a non-mover at No. 4 with 55,000 equivalent album units (up 4%), while Moneybagg Yo’s previous chart-topper A Gangsta’s Pain falls 3-5 with 49,000 units (down 12%). Pooh Shiesty’s Shiesty Season returns to the top 10, vaulting 32-6 with 35,000 units (up 97%) after the album was reissued on May 21 with four additional tracks. The album was initially released on Feb. 5 with 17 tracks and peaked at No. 3 on the March 20-dated chart.

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia slips 5-7 on the Billboard 200 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned (down 16%).

42 Dugg scores his first Billboard 200 top 10, and second charting album, as Free Dem Boyz bows at No. 8 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 31,000 (equaling 43.56 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 1,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible total. The album features his recent Hot 100 hit “4 Da Gang,” with Roddy Ricch.

Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 are Justin Bieber’s former leader Justice (7-9 with 31,000 equivalent album units; down 10%) and Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (holding at No. 10 with 30,000 units; down 1%).

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Plus, J. Cole debuts four songs in the top 10, led by “my.life” at No. 2.

Olivia Rodrigo notches her second No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, as “Good 4 U” soars in at the summit. It follows her smash “Drivers License,” which reigned for eight weeks beginning upon its debut in January.

Both songs, as well as “Deja Vu,” which opened at its No. 8 Hot 100 high in April, are from Rodrigo’s debut album Sour, released Friday (May 21) and due on next week’s Billboard 200 chart. Notably, the set is the first debut album with two No. 1 Hot 100 debuts.

Plus, J. Cole‘s “my.life,” with 21 Savage and Morray, launches at No. 2 on the Hot 100, marking J. Cole’s highest career rank, as he posts a record-tying four simultaneous top 10 debuts. All four tracks are from his album The Off-Season, which bounds in at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard 200.

Notably, the five songs debuting in the Hot 100’s top 10 mark a new weekly high in the chart’s history, besting the mark of four in a single frame previously accomplished three times.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated May 29) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 25). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“Good 4 U,” released on Geffen/Interscope Records, is the 1,124th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 62-year archives, and the 53rd to enter on top. Here’s a deeper dive into its dominant debut.

Streams, sales & airplay: Following its May 14 release, “Good 4 U” drew 43.2 million U.S. streams and sold 12,000 downloads in the week ending May 20, according to MRC Data. It also attracted 3.8 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending May 23.

The track debuts atop the Streaming Songs chart, where it’s Rodrigo’s second leader, after “Drivers License” ruled for four weeks, and starts at No. 5 on Digital Song Sales. While it falls shy so far of the all-genre Radio Songs chart, the track opens at No. 33 on the Pop Airplay survey, which measures plays on mainstream top 40 radio, where the song is being actively promoted (along with “Deja Vu”; “Drivers License” led Pop Airplay for five weeks, while “Deja Vu” this week hits a new No. 16 high).

Two No. 1s from a debut album: Both “Good 4 U” and “Drivers License” are from Rodrigo’s debut album Sour, released May 21. It’s the first debut studio set to spin off a pair of Hot 100 No. 1s since Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ 2012 LP The Heist yielded “Thrift Shop,” featuring Wanz, and “Can’t Hold Us,” featuring Ray Dalton, in 2013.

Among women, Sour is the first debut album to generate two Hot 100 No. 1s since Lady Gaga (Rodrigo’s Interscope labelmate) arrived with 2008’s The Fame, which produced the leaders “Just Dance,” featuring Colby O’Donis, and “Poker Face” (as well as the top 10s “LoveGame” and “Paparazzi”).

As Sour has yet to debut on the Billboard 200, where it will enter on next week’s, June 5-dated chart, it’s the first album with two Hot 100 No. 1s before its Billboard 200 debut since Drake’s Scorpion, which bowed atop the July 14, 2018, chart after its tracks “God’s Plan” and “Nice for What” had already led the Hot 100. (Scorpion‘s third No. 1, “In My Feelings,” topped the Hot 100 beginning the week after the set started on the Billboard 200.)

Meanwhile, in the digital era (since the advent of downloads and streaming), in which multiple songs are regularly released before their parent albums, Sour is the first debut album by any act to generate two Hot 100 No. 1s before the set’s Billboard 200 entrance.

Albums with two songs to debut at No. 1: Billboard awards editor and Chart Beat founder Paul Grein notes that Rodrigo’s Sour makes history as the first debut album to include two songs that have entered the Hot 100 at No. 1, thanks to “Drivers License” and now “Good 4 U.” The only previous albums to house two tracks that each premiered on top were by then-well-established stars: Mariah Carey’s Daydream (“Fantasy” and “One Sweet Day,” with Boyz II Men, in 1995-96); Drake’s Scorpion (“God’s Plan” and “Nice for What,” 2018); and Grande’s Thank U, Next (“Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings,” 2018-19). Those were, in each case, those artists’ fifth proper LPs.

J. Cole’s “my.life,” with 21 Savage and Morray, vaults in at No. 2 on the Hot 100, with 41.1 million streams, 1.3 million in airplay audience and 2,800 sold.

J. Cole achieves his highest Hot 100 rank, besting the No. 4 peak of “Middle Child” in February 2019. He ups his count to 10 career top 10s, as he also debuts with “amari” at No. 5, led by its 37.8 million streams; “pride.is.the.devil,” with Lil Baby, at No. 7 (35.1 million); and “95.south” at No. 8 (34 million). J. Cole’s four new Hot 100 top 10s are all from his new Billboard 200 No. 1 The Off-Season. The set joins the ranks of albums with at least five Hot 100 top 10s each as, a week earlier, the release’s “Interlude” debuted at No. 8.

J. Cole is the fourth artist to tally a record-tying four simultaneous top 10 debuts, following Drake (July 14, 2018), Lil Wayne (Oct. 13, 2018) and Juice WRLD (July 25, 2020).

Meanwhile, with “my.life,” 21 Savage scores his fourth Hot 100 top 10 and Morray earns his first. Thanks to “pride.is.the.devil,” Lil Baby logs his seventh top 10.

“my.life” opens at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs, both of which use the same methodology as the Hot 100. It’s the first No. 1 on each genre chart for J. Cole and Morray and the second on each list for 21 Savage, following his featured turn on Post Malone’s “Rockstar” in 2017-18.

Back on the Hot 100, Rodrigo’s No. 1 debut with “Good 4 U” and J. Cole’s quartet of new top 10s make for a new weekly-record five concurrent top 10 debuts. Previously, as many as four songs entered in the top 10 together three times, in the frames noted above by Drake, Lil Wayne and Juice WRLD.

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, dips to No. 3 from its No. 2 high and “Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, falls to No. 4 a week after adding its second week at No. 1. The latter logs a sixth week atop Radio Songs (89.9 million, up 3%), while ruling Hot R&B Songs for a ninth week.

Justin Bieber’s former Hot 100 leader “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, slides 3-6; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears” drops 4-9 after two weeks at No. 1; and Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, backtracks to No. 10 from its No. 5 high.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated May 29), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 25).

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Plus: Nicki Minaj, The Black Keys and Alan Jackson debut in top 10.

J. Cole’s The Off-Season barges in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 2021’s biggest week for a hip-hop release, as the set launches with 282,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 20, according to MRC Data. The Off-Season was released via Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope on May 14 and also scores the year’s largest streaming week for any album.

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 comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 29, 2021-dated chart (where The Off-Season debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on May 25. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of The Off-Season’s 282,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending May 20, SEA units comprise 243,000 (equaling 325.05 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 37,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week) and TEA units comprise 2,000.

In terms of total units earned, The Off-Season has the largest week of 2021 for a hip-hop album, and the second-biggest overall to only the debut frame of Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) with 291,000 units (April 24-dated chart).

The Off-Season starts with 243,000 SEA units, totaling 325.05 million on-demand streams of the album’s 12 tracks — that sum marks the biggest streaming week for an album in 2021. It surpasses the previous high-water mark for the year, when Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album debuted with 240.18 million streams for its 30 songs in its first week (chart dated Jan. 23). The Off-Season keeps up J. Cole’s hot streak on the chart, as all six of his studio albums have reached No. 1.

The Off-Season follows the chart-topping KOD (2018), 4 Your Eyez Only (2016), 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014), Born Sinner (2013) and Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011). (All but Born Sinner also debuted at No. 1. Born bowed at No. 2, and then rose to No. 1 a week later.) J. Cole’s only chart entry to miss the top slot was a live album, 2016’s Forest Hills Drive: Live, which reached No. 71.

Nick Minaj’s Beam Me Up Scotty mixtape debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 80,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 63,000 (equaling 85.57 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 11,000 and TEA units comprise 6,000.

Beam Me Up Scotty is Minaj’s fifth album to reach the top two on the Billboard 200 – the entirety of her charting efforts. Beam Me Up Scotty was initially released for free in 2009, but was not commercially issued or distributed to streaming services until May 14, 2021. The new version of the album houses most of the tracks from the 2009 release and adds three new cuts: “Seeing Green,” with Drake and Lil Wayne, “Fractions” and “Crocodile Teeth” (remix) with Skillibeng.

Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain falls 1-3 in its fourth week on the chart, earning 55,000 equivalent album units (down 10%), and Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album dips 2-4 with 53,000 units (up 2%).

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia is a non-mover at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, but posts a 14% gain in equivalent album units earned to 41,000. Its surge is owed mostly to vinyl LP sales, as of its nearly 7,000 total albums sold for the week (up 261%), vinyl LPs represent 5,000 of that sum (up 841%). (The album’s expanded deluxe edition, dubbed The Moonlight Edition, was issued on vinyl on May 14.)

The Black Keys nab their fifth top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200 as the duo’s new blues covers project Delta Kream bows at No. 6 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 30,000, SEA units comprise 5,000 (equaling 6.22 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible number.

Justin Bieber’s former No. 1 Justice falls 4-7 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned (down 9%), while DJ Khaled’s previous leader Khaled Khaled descends 4-8 with 32,000 units (down 30%).

Alan Jackson captures his 15th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as his new studio effort Where Have You Gone debuts at No. 9. The set earned just under 32,000 equivalent album units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 27,000, SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 6.04 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs) and TEA units comprise 1,000.

Rounding out the new top 10 is Pop Smoke’s former No. 1 Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, falling 8-10 with 30,000 equivalent album units earned (down 4%).

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Plus, Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” hits a new No. 2 high & J. Cole’s “Interlude” debuts at No. 8.

“Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, rebounds from No. 2 to No. 1 for its second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Plus, Dua Lipa‘s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, rises from No. 4 to No. 2 on the Hot 100, a new high for the song and tying Lipa’s best career Hot 100 rank, and J. Cole‘s “Interlude” debuts at No. 8, launching as the week’s most streamed song.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“Door,” released on Aftermath/Atlantic Records, first reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated April 17 (five weeks ago). It returns to the top as it drew 17.8 million U.S. streams (down 4%) and sold 14,200 (up 38%, helped by its placement in the iTunes Store’s 69¢ Pop Hits sale) in the week ending May 13, according to MRC Data. It also attracted 87 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 8%) in the week ending May 16.

The track adds a fifth week atop the Radio Songs chart, pushes 3-2 on Digital Song Sales and keeps at No. 10 on Streaming Songs.

Notably, the four-week absence from No. 1 on the Hot 100 for “Door” is the longest for a song since Post Malone’s “Circles” waited four frames between its second and third weeks on top on the charts dated Dec. 7, 2019, and Jan. 11, 2020. The two tracks’ breaks between weeks at No. 1 mark the longest since Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” reigned for two weeks and then spent eight frames at No. 2 (below Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass”) before returning for two more weeks on top in September-November 2014.

“Door” concurrently leads Hot R&B Songs for an eighth week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a fourth frame; the latter two charts use the same methodology as the Hot 100.

Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, elevates from No. 4 to No. 2 on the Hot 100, a new best rank for the song and matching Lipa’s best career placement on the chart. She previously reached a No. 2 high with “Don’t Start Now” in March 2020.

“Levitating” landed 21.9 million U.S. streams (up less than 1%) and sold 19,900 (up 83%) in the week ending May 13, the latter total good for the Hot 100’s top Sales Gainer nod. It also attracted 59.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 18%) in the week ending May 16. All three sums mark the highest weekly totals yet for the song.

The track climbs from No. 2 to No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, where it becomes the first leader for both Lipa and DaBaby. It holds at its No. 4 high on Radio Songs and lifts 6-5 for its first week in the top five on Streaming Songs.

Multiple gains in the latest tracking week, following those in recent weeks, helped “Levitating” ascend again, including a half-dozen versions of the song all being discounted to 69 cents in the iTunes Store (with the DaBaby version included in the 69¢ Pop Hits special). The song was originally released, in solo form, on Lipa’s second LP, Future Nostalgia, in March 2020; its DaBaby remix arrived in October. (All versions of the song are combined for the Hot 100.)

Lipa and DaBaby performed “Levitating” during the Grammy Awards March 14, as part of a medley with “Don’t Start Now,” and the song has also surged as a soundtrack to numerous TikTok clips over the last month.

Meanwhile, “Levitating” has experienced an atypical resurgence at radio. It hit a prior weekly high of 55.5 million in audience as reflected on the Radio Songs chart dated Feb. 13 and then steadily descended to 31.2 million (April 3). This week, with its new high of 59.7 million, the song boasts its seventh consecutive week since with an audience gain. Leading the way at radio, it returns to its No. 4 high on the mainstream top 40-based Pop Airplay chart, which it had previously reached in January, with Greatest Gainer honors.

Justin Bieber’s fellow former Hot 100 leader “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, keeps at No. 3. The song receives the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a seventh consecutive week (up 14% to 80.6 million), tying Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” (January-March) for the longest streak since Pharrell’s “Happy” claimed the honor for eight straight weeks in February-March 2014. “Peaches” also becomes Bieber’s eighth No. 1 on Pop Airplay, and the first each for Caesar and Giveon.

The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears” falls to No. 4 on the Hot 100 after two weeks at No. 1; Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, holds at its No. 5 high; Masked Wolf’s “Astronaut in the Ocean” rises 7-6 for a new best, as it notches its first week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart; and Polo G’s “Rapstar” descends 6-7 on the Hot 100 after arriving and spending its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1.

J. Cole’s “Interlude” bounds onto the Hot 100 at No. 8, fueled by its No. 1 entrance on Streaming Songs with 26.6 million streams, following its May 7 release. The song marks his sixth Hot 100 top 10 and fifth to debut in the region, as well as his first Streaming Songs leader.

“Interlude” is from J. Cole’s sixth studio album The Off-Season, released Friday (May 14) and due on next week’s Billboard charts (dated May 29).

The Kid LAROI and Miley Cyrus’ “Without You” slips to No. 9 from its No. 8 Hot 100 high, as it tallies a second week each atop the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Nas X’s former No. 1 “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” dips 9-10.

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It’s a quiet week in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain returns to No. 1 while no albums debut in the top 10 for the first time in two months.

A Gangsta’s Pain rises 2-1 in its third week, after earning 61,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 12 (down 12%), according to MRC Data. The album debuted atop the chart dated May 8 with 110,000 units.

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 comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 22-dated chart (where A Gangsta’s Pain returns to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on May 18. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

A Gangsta’s Pain’s 61,000 units earned are nearly all from streaming activity, as SEA units comprise 60,000 of its total for the week. Further, the album’s 61,000 units is the second-lowest total for a weekly No. 1 album in 2021. Only Taylor Swift’s Evermore has posted a smaller week at No. 1 this year, when it returned to the top for a third nonconsecutive week on the chart dated Jan. 16 with 56,000 units (earned in the week ending Jan. 7).

Zero albums debut in the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 — the first time that’s happened since the March 13-dated chart.

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album rises 3-2 with 52,000 equivalent album units earned (down 3%), DJ Khaled’s Khaled Khaled dips 1-3 in its second week with 46,000 units (down 51%), and Justin Bieber’s former leader Justice is steady at No. 4 with 38,000 units (down 10%).

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia is next, as it rises 7-5 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the only album in the top 10 that gains in units, and it remains the lone album by a woman in the top 10. (It’s also the only album in the top 10 that’s yet to be No. 1. It peaked at No. 3 in March.)

Rod Wave’s SoulFly is a non-mover at No. 6 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned (down 10%), the Young Thug-led Slime Language 2 project falls 5-7 with just over 31,000 units (down 22%), Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon is stationary at No. 8 with 31,000 units (down 3%), The Weeknd’s After Hours is steady at No. 9 with 29,000 units (down 9%), and Luke Combs’ What You See Is What You Get rises 11-10 with 27,000 units (down 2%).

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Billboard’s two worldwide tallies rank songs based on streaming and sales data from more than 200 territories.

Lil Nas X‘s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” is the biggest song in the world, as it rebounds from No. 2 to No. 1 for its fourth week atop the Billboard Global 200 chart and scores its second week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey.

Plus, Billie Eilish‘s “Your Power” debuts in the top 10 of both global charts; The Kid LAROI and Miley Cyrus’ “Without You” zooms 30-10 on the Global 200 following the release of its remix with Cyrus; and Sebastián Yatra and Myke Towers’ “Pareja del Año” reaches the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, bounding 17-9.

Billboard‘s two global charts (the latest of which are dated May 15) began last September and rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by MRC Data. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart rankings are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

‘Montero’ Back to No. 1 on Global 200

Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” lifts 2-1 for its fourth total week atop the Billboard Global 200 with 84.2 million streams (down 14%) and 5,900 sold (down 29%) worldwide in the April 30-May 6 tracking week.

Justin Bieber’s “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, rises 3-2 on the Global 200 following its two-week reign; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears” drops to No. 3 after topping the chart a week earlier, following the April 23 release of its remix with Grande; Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, holds at its No. 4 high; and Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, repeats at its No. 5 best.

Elsewhere in the Global 200’s top 10, Billie Eilish’s “Your Power” debuts on the chart at No. 6 with 64.2 million streams and 8,200 sold worldwide in the April 30-May 6 tracking week, following its April 29 release. Eilish adds her second top 10 since the list launched, after “Therefore I Am” debuted and peaked at No. 2 in November. Both songs are from her album Happier Than Ever, due July 30.

Plus, The Kid LAROI and Miley Cyrus’ “Without You” blasts 30-10 on the Global 200. Following the April 30 release of its remix with Cyrus, the song surges with 36.9 million streams (up 85%) and 11,900 sold (up 155%) globally in the week ending May 6. The Kid LAROI, from Australia, and Cyrus (credited on the chart on “Without You” for the first time, as the remix accounted for the majority of the title’s overall activity in the tracking week) each make their first appearance in the top 10.

‘Montero’ Also No. 1 Outside U.S.

Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” adds its second week at No. 1 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 62.2 million streams (down 13%) and 3,000 sold (down 9%) in territories outside the U.S. in the April 30-May 6 tracking week.

Justin Bieber’s “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, rebounds 3-2 after five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears” slips to No. 3 from its No. 2 high; and Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, lifts 5-4 after reaching No. 3.

Billie Eilish’s “Your Power” debuts at No. 5 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart with 42.7 million streams and 4,000 sold outside the U.S. As on the Global 200, she scores her second Global Excl. U.S. top 10, after “Therefore I Am” reached No. 2 in November.

Additionally in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Sebastián Yatra and Myke Towers’ “Pareja del Año” reaches the region, jumping 17-9 (42.7 million streams, up 27%). The former, from Colombia, achieves his first Global Excl. U.S. top 10, while the latter, from Puerto Rico, adds his third, following “Caramelo,” with Ozuna and Karol G (No. 10, September), and “Bandido,” with Juhn (No. 6, February).

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated May 15) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 11). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

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Plus: Thomas Rhett’s “Country Again (Side A)” debuts in the top 10.

DJ Khaled nets his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Khaled Khaled debuts atop the list.

The 14-track album was released on April 30 via We the Best/Epic Records and features a galaxy of guest stars, ranging from Drake and Jay-Z to Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber. Khaled Khaled starts with 93,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 6, according to MRC Data.Khaled Khaled follows DJ Khaled’s previous leaders, Grateful (in 2017) and Major Key (2016), both of which also boasted a bevy of A-list collaborators.

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 comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 15-dated chart (where Khaled Khaled debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on May 11. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Khaled Khaled’s 93,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending May 6, SEA units comprise 76,000 (equaling 106.87 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 14,000 and TEA units comprise 3,000. Khaled Khaled was preceded by a pair of top 10-charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, both featuring Drake: “Popstar” and “Greece,” which reached Nos. 3 and 8, respectively, on the Aug. 1, 2020-dated chart.

The next five albums on the Billboard 200 are all former No. 1s. Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain slips 1-2 in its second week (70,000 equivalent album units earned; down 37%), Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album is a non-mover at No. 3 (53,000; down 2%), Justin Bieber’s Justice rises 5-4 (42,000; down 12%), the Slime Language 2 project led by Young Thug falls 2-5 (40,000; down 34%) and Rod Wave’s SoulFly is steady at No. 6 (a little more than 35,000; down 11%).

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia rises 8-7 for its 12th straight week in the top 10, earning nearly 35,000 units (down less than 1%). The album debuted at No. 4 on the April 11, 2020-dated chart, then spent two more weeks in the top 10 (April 18-25) before falling out of the region until the Feb. 27, 2021-dated chart, when it began its current top 10 streak.

Future Nostalgia is the only album by a woman in the top 10 this week. It’s just the second time in 2021 where the top 10 has held just one album by a woman. On the Feb. 20-dated list, Ariana Grande’s Positions was the only set by a leading lady in the top 10. (The last time the top 10 did not have an album credited to a woman was the Nov. 7, 2020 chart. It’s worth noting that week’s top 10 did feature the multi-artist original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical, which boasted a number of female performers.)

Pop Smoke’s former No. 1 Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon rises 10-8 on the new Billboard 200 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%). The Weeknd’s previous leader After Hours dips 7-9 with nearly 32,000 units (down 18%).

Thomas Rhett rounds out the new top 10 with the No. 10 debut of his latest studio album Country Again (Side A). Of that sum, SEA units comprise 15,000 (equaling 19.34 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 14,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000. The album was led by the single “What’s Your Country Song?” which marked his 16th No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart (dated March 27) and his second leader on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Country Again (Side A) is the fifth top 10 album for Rhett, all consecutive, from his debut full-length project It Goes Like This in 2013 (which peaked at No. 6).

The 11-track Country Again (Side A) project is the first of a two-part project from Rhett, with Country Again (Side B) set to arrive later this year.

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The song leads following the release of its remix with Grande.

The Weeknd and Ariana Grande‘s “Save Your Tears” bounds from No. 6 to No. 1 for its first week atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The track, originally released solely by The Weeknd on his 2020 album After Hours, reigns following the first week of tracking for its remix with Grande.

The song marks the sixth Hot 100 No. 1 each for The Weeknd and Grande (the latter of whom is credited on the track on the chart for the first time, as the new version drew the majority of the title’s overall activity in the tracking week).

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated May 8) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 4). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“Save Your Tears,” released on XO/Republic Records, is the 1,123rd No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 62-year history.

Streams, sales & airplay: Following the April 23 release of its remix with Grande, “Save Your Tears,” all versions combined, drew 30.4 million U.S. streams (up 111%) and sold 18,000 downloads (up 265%) in the week ending April 29, according to MRC Data, as it wins the Hot 100’s top Streaming and Sales Gainer awards. It also attracted 67.3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 5%) in the week ending May 2.

The track blasts 19-1 on the Digital Song Sales chart and 17-2 on Streaming Songs and holds at No. 2 on Radio Songs. Grande adds her eighth Digital Song Sales No. 1 and The Weeknd scores his sixth.

The Weeknd’s sixth Hot 100 No. 1: Here’s a recap of The Weeknd’s six Hot 100 No. 1s.

“Can’t Feel My Face,” three weeks at No. 1, beginning Aug. 22, 2015
“The Hills,” six weeks, Oct. 3, 2015
“Starboy,” feat. Daft Punk, one week, Jan. 7, 2017
“Heartless,” one week, Dec. 14, 2019
“Blinding Lights,” four weeks, April 4, 2020
“Save Your Tears,” with Ariana Grande, one week (to-date), May 8, 2021

Albums with three No. 1s: With “Heartless,” “Blinding Lights” and “Save Your Tears” all originally released on The Weeknd’s album After Hours, the set is the first to spin off three Hot 100 No. 1s since Drake’s Scorpion, which yielded the leaders “God’s Plan,” “Nice for What” and “In My Feelings” in 2018.

Released in March 2020, After Hours is the first album released in the ’20s to generate a trio of Hot 100 leaders. Six albums released in the ’10s each produced at least three, including Scorpion. Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, from 2010, became the first, reeling off a record-tying five in 2010-11: “California Gurls,” featuring Snoop Dogg; the title track; “Firework”; “E.T.,” featuring Kanye West; and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”

The other sets released in the ’10s with three Hot 100 No. 1s each: Rihanna’s Loud (“What’s My Name?,” featuring Drake, “Only Girl (In the World)” and “S&M,” featuring Britney Spears, 2010-11); Adele’s 21 (“Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You” and “Set Fire to the Rain,” 2011-12); Taylor Swift’s 1989 (“Shake It Off,” “Blank Space” and “Bad Blood,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, 2014-15); and Justin Bieber’s Purpose (“What Do You Mean?,” “Sorry” and “Love Yourself,” 2015-16).

Of the seven albums above, After Hours is the fourth with three or more Hot 100 No. 1s thanks to a remix of a single adding another artist, joining Teenage Dream (“E.T.”), Loud (“S&M”) and 1989 (“Bad Blood”). 21, Purpose and Scorpion each generated three No. 1s credited only to Adele, Bieber and Drake, respectively.

Albums with three No. 1s … in 3 distinct years: Much rarer, After Hours‘ three Hot 100 No. 1s have led in three distinct years: “Heartless” in 2019, “Blinding Lights” in 2020 and now “Save Your Tears” in 2021.

Only one other album has achieved the honor: Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814. When “Love Will Never Do (Without You),” the seventh single from Jackson’s 1989 set, hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Jan. 19, 1991, Paul Grein noted its historic nature in that issue’s Chart Beat column: “It makes Rhythm Nation the first album to spawn No. 1 hits in three calendar years. ‘Miss You Much’ topped the chart in 1989 (and) ‘Escapade’ and ‘Black Cat’ scored in 1990.”

Most No. 1s by Canadians: As The Weeknd adds his sixth Hot 100 No. 1, he moves closer to the record for the most among Canadians, whose leaderboard has been overhauled in recent years.

Here is an updated rundown of Canadian artists with the most Hot 100 No. 1s:

8, Drake
7, Justin Bieber
6, The Weeknd
4, Bryan Adams
4, Celine Dion
3, Nelly Furtado
2, Paul Anka

Drake, from Toronto, achieved his first Hot 100 No. 1 in 2010, while Bieber (London, Ontario) and The Weeknd (Toronto), whom Drake, of course, helped introduce, each led for the first time in 2015.

Ariana Grande’s sixth Hot 100 No. 1: Like The Weeknd, Grande notches her sixth Hot 100 leader. Here’s a recap.

“Thank U Next,” seven weeks at No. 1, beginning Nov. 17, 2018
“7 Rings,” eight weeks, Feb. 2, 2019
“Stuck With U,” with Justin Bieber, one week, May 23, 2020
“Rain on Me,” with Lady Gaga, one week, June 6, 2020
“Positions,” one week, Nov. 7, 2020
“Save Your Tears,” with The Weeknd, one week (to-date), May 8, 2021

(Notably, “Save Your Tears” is Grande’s first Hot 100 No. 1 that didn’t debut in the top spot. She is the only artist with as many as five No. 1 debuts on the chart, as well as the only act whose first five leaders entered at the summit, a streak that, thus, ends this week.)

Just duet: Grande’s latest Hot 100 leader makes her own history, as she becomes the first woman with three No. 1 duets (counting songs by two soloists, both in lead roles, not known for regularly recording together). “Save Your Tears,” with The Weeknd, follows “Rain on Me,” with Lady Gaga, and “Stuck With U,” with Justin Bieber.

Overall, Grande joins the elite company of a Beatle, as only one other act has led the Hot 100 with three co-billed duets with other soloists: Paul McCartney, with “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey,” with Linda McCartney (1971); “Ebony and Ivory,” with Stevie Wonder (1982); and “Say Say Say,” with Michael Jackson (1983-84).

Plus, with Grande’s three No. 1 duets reigning within a year’s span (May 23, 2020-May 8, 2021), she rewrites the mark for the fastest accumulation of three such leaders.

Max-imum exposure: Max Martin co-wrote and co-produced “Save Your Tears” and the Swedish pop titan earns his 24th Hot 100 No. 1 as a writer and 22nd as a producer. Only McCartney (32) and John Lennon (26) have written more Hot 100 No. 1s, while Martin moves to within one of George Martin (23) for the most among producers.

Before “Tears,” Max Martin last topped the Hot 100 as a writer and producer via The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.” He first led in both roles thanks to Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” on the chart dated Jan. 30, 1999.

20 weeks to No. 1: “Save Your Tears” tops the Hot 100 in its 20th total week on the chart. It wraps the longest ascent to the summit since Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” also hit No. 1 in its 20th frame last August.

“Tears” debuted at No. 41 on the Hot 100 dated April 4, 2020, the week that parent album After Hours opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. After a second week on the Hot 100 the following week, it didn’t return until the list dated Jan. 9, 2021; its original version’s official video premiered Jan. 5.

“Save” “your” “tears”: Saving one more angle for last, “Save Your Tears” is the fourth Hot 100 No. 1 with the word “save” in its title, after The Drifters’ “Save the Last Dance for Me” (1960), Jackson 5’s “The Love You Save” (1970) and Vanessa Williams’ “Save the Best for Last” (1992).

Three other No. 1s also include “tears” in their titles: ? (Question Mark) & the Mysterians’ “96 Tears” (1966), Smokey Robinson & the Miracles’ “The Tears of a Clown” (1970) and Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer’s “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)” (1979). (Honorary “shout”-out to Tears for Fears, who notched two No. 1s in 1985: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” and “Shout.” Meanwhile, Grande has a new highest-charting hit with “tears” in its title: her “No More Tears Left to Cry” reached No. 3 in 2018.)

As for Hot 100 No. 1s with “your” in their titles, “Save Your Tears” is the hefty 30th (counting two with “yourself”). The Platters’ “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” became the first in 1959, while last month Lil Nas X led with “Montero (Call Me by Your Name).”

“Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, three weeks after reaching No. 1. It logs a third week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (77 million, up 8%), while leading Hot R&B Songs for a sixth week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a second frame; both charts use the same methodology as the Hot 100.

Justin Bieber’s “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100, five weeks after it debuted at No. 1. The song claims the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer nod for a fifth consecutive week (up 21% to 61.5 million).

Polo G’s “Rapstar” drops to No. 4 on the Hot 100 after arriving and spending its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1. It rules Streaming Songs (34.5 million, down 14%) and the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs ranking for a third week each.

Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, holds at its No. 5 Hot 100 high; Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, reaches a new best rank, rising 8-6; and Lil Nas X’s “Montero” slides 4-7, four weeks after it launched at No. 1.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Masked Wolf’s “Astronaut in the Ocean” slips to No. 8 from its No. 7 best; Cardi B’s “Up” repeats at No. 9, five weeks after reaching No. 1; and Olivia Rodrigo’s former eight-week No. 1 “Drivers License” idles at No. 10.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated May 8), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 4).

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Plus: Eric Church’s “Soul” debuts in top five.

After notching four earlier top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, rapper Moneybagg Yo earns his first No. 1 as his latest effort, A Gangsta’s Pain, debuts atop the tally.

The 22-track set was released on April 23 via CMG/N-Less/Interscope and earned 110,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April 29, according to MRC Data. Nearly all of that total is 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 comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 8, 2021-dated chart (where A Gangsta’s Pain debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on May 4. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of A Gangsta’s Pain’s 110,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending April 29, SEA units comprise 106,000 (equaling 147.4 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 4,000 and TEA units comprise less than 1,000. The set was previewed by the top 20-charting Hot Rap Songs hits “Time Today” and “Hard for the Next,” the latter with Future.

Moneybagg Yo first hit the Billboard 200 in 2017 with Heartless, which peaked at No. 177. He’s been prolific on the chart since, as A Gangsta’s Pain is his 11th charting effort, and ninth album to reach the top 25. Pain is his fifth top 10 album overall, and fourth consecutive top 10, following Code Red (No. 6 in 2020, with Blac Youngsta), Time Served (No. 3, 2020) and 43VA Heartless (No. 4, 2019). He got his first top 10 with 2017’s Federal 3X (No. 5).

The Slime Language 2 compilation from Young Thug and his Young Stoner Life Records family of artists falls from No. 1 to No. 2 in its second week with 62,000 equivalent album units earned (down 46%). Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album is a non-mover at No. 3 with 54,000 units (down 3%).

Eric Church’s Soul debuts at No. 4 with 53,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 42,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 10,000 (equaling 13.3 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 1,000. Soul follows Church’s top 10 debut with Heart a week ago (at No. 5), making Church the first act with back-to-back top 10 debuts in successive weeks since 2017, when Future debuted at No. 1 on the March 11, 2017-dated chart with his self-titled album and followed it a week later with another No. 1 debut, HNDRXX (March 18).

Heart was released on April 16 as the first of three new albums from Church, collectively referred to as Heart & Soul. The & album was released on April 20 exclusive to members of Church’s Church Choir fan club, while the Soul album was released on April 23. (The & album debuts at No. 83 on the new Billboard 200 with 11,000 units — all from album sales. Heart falls 5-68 with 12,000 units — down 76%.)

Three former No. 1s are next on the Billboard 200. Justin Bieber’s Justice falls 4-5 with 47,000 equivalent album units (down 12%), while Rod Wave’s SoulFly is steady at No. 6 with 40,000 units (down 13%).

The Weeknd’s After Hours re-enters at No. 7 with 39,000 units (up 711%). Meanwhile, his best-of compilation The Highlights falls 8-22 with 20,000 units (down 49%). The two albums share a pair of songs, “Blinding Lights” and “Save Your Tears.” On the latest chart, the TEA and SEA units for both songs contribute to After Hours, as a song’s activity is assigned to the artist’s album with the most sales in a week. (After Hours sold 1,500 copies in the latest tracking week, while The Highlights sold 1,000.) A week ago, the TEA and SEA for both songs was directed to The Highlights (which in that frame outsold After Hours). In turn, with the songs’ activity reverting back to After Hours, the album rises re-enters at No. 7.

Rounding out the new top 10 are Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia, rising 9-8 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned (down 1%), Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Fearless (Taylor’s Version), dropping 2-9 with 33,000 units (down 42%), and Pop Smoke’s former leader Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, a non-mover at No. 10 with nearly 33,000 units (down 3%).

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