Plus: Rick Ross and Trippie Redd debut at Nos. 2 and 3.

Slipknot scores its third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as the rock band’s We Are Not Your Kind bows in the top slot. The album earned 118,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 15, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 102,000 were in album sales.

We Are Not Your Kind was released on Aug. 9 via Roadrunner Records, and is the group’s first studio album since 2014’s .5: The Gray Chapter.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Aug. 24-dated chart, where We Are Not Your Kind enters at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Aug. 20.

We Are Not Your Kind is the first hard rock album to lead the Billboard 200 since Foo Fighters’ Concrete and Gold entered at No. 1 with 127,000 units on the list dated Oct. 7, 2017. We Are Not Your Kind also tallies the largest week for a hard rock album, in terms of units earned, since Concrete.

We Are Not Your Kind’s big week was boosted by sales of the album generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with Slipknot’s tour, which started on July 26.

In total, We Are Not Your Kind is the band’s fifth top 10 effort on the Billboard 200. The act previously visited the region with .5: The Gray Chapter (No. 1, 2014), All Hope Is Gone (No. 1, 2008), Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (No. 2, 2004) and Iowa (No. 3, 2001).

The new album was led by the single “Unsainted,” which became the act’s seventh top 10 hit on the Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart (July 6-dated list). Back in June, the single peaked at No. 4 on the Hot Rock Songs chart, which blends airplay, streams and sales data to rank the week’s most popular rock tracks.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Rick Ross logs his tenth top 10 album, as Port of Miami 2 sails in with 80,000 equivalent album units earned (with 25,000 of that sum in album sales). Port of Miami 2 is Ross’ highest-charting album in more than five years, since 2014’s Mastermind debuted at No. 1.

The bulk of Port of Miami 2’s first-week units were from streaming activity, as the set earned 53,000 SEA units (the most of any album on the chart). That figure translates into 67.5 million on-demand audio streams for the set’s tracks during the tracking week, making it the most-streamed album of the week.

Port of Miami 2 was released via Maybach/Epic Records.

Ross has been remarkably consistent on the Billboard 200 chart, as all 10 of his charting major label releases have reached the top 10 (with five of those hitting No. 1). His only charting album to miss the top 10 was the Rise to Power compilation, which was issued in 2007 on the indie Suave House II label and reached No. 62. The set contained earlier recordings from before Ross hit it big with his major label debut, 2006’s No. 1-charting Port of Miami, released via Slip-N-Slide and Def Jam Records.

Back on the new Billboard 200, the third and final debut in the top 10 is rapper Trippie Redd with !. The set, released via TenThousand Projects, starts with 51,000 equivalent album units earned (with 7,000 of that sum in album sales). The simply titled ! is the third top 10 effort for Trippie Redd, following A Love Letter To You 3(No. 3, 2018) and Life’s a Trip (No. 4, 2018).

Billie Eilish’s former No. 1 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? dips 3-4 on the new Billboard 200, earning 44,000 equivalent album units (down 6%). It is followed by two more previous leaders: Ed Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations Project (falling 2-5 with 43,000 units; down 11%) and Chris Brown’s Indigo (5-6 with 36,000 units; down 3%).

Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You climbs 8-7 with 33,000 equivalent album units (despite a 4% decline), while Drake’s Care Package falls 1-8 in its second week with 31,000 units (down 71%).

Rounding out the top 10: Khalid’s former No. 1 Free Spirit rises 13-9 (30,000 equivalent album units; down 5%) while Lil Nas X’s 7 ascends 11-10 (29,000 units; down 10%).

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Grande earns her 14th top 10 and 10th to debut in the region.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, extends its record domination atop the Billboard Hot 100, topping the chart for a 19th week.

Two weeks ago, “Road” rewrote the mark for the most time atop the tally, as, with a 17th frame at No. 1, it bested “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, featuring Justin Bieber, and “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, which ruled for 16 weeks each, in 2017 and 1995-96, respectively.

Elsewhere in the latest Hot 100’s top 10, Ariana Grande and Social House launch at No. 8 on the chart with “Boyfriend.”

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated Aug. 17), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 13).

With a 19th week atop the Hot 100 for “Old Town Road,” here’s a look at the 10 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart’s 61-year archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
19, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix),” Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

As on the Hot 100, “Road” (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a record-padding 19th week, with 58.8 million U.S. streams, down 13%, in the week ending Aug. 8, according to Nielsen Music. “Road” set the record for the top streaming week (143 million) following the April 5 arrival of its remix solely with Cyrus (who has been billed on 18 of the song’s 19 weeks atop the Hot 100) and claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

“Road” concurrently spends a 15th week atop the Digital Song Sales chart, with 34,000 downloads sold, down 28%, in the week ending Aug. 8. The track boasts the second-most weeks logged atop the list, trailing only “Despacito,” which ruled for 17 weeks. On Radio Songs, where it reached No. 2, “Road” falls 17-21, down 11% to 38.5 million audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 11.

Meanwhile, “Road” leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a record-breaking 19th week each, breaking out of a tie for the longest command in the history of each ranking. On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, the track bests the 18-week domination of Drake’s “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, in 2016. On Hot Rap Songs, “Road” passes the 18-week rules of Drake’s “Hotline Bling” (2015-16); Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,” featuring Charli XCX (2014); and Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott’s “Hot Boyz,” featuring NAS, EVE and Q-Tip (1999-2000). (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs began as an all-encompassing genre chart in October 1958 and Hot Rap Songs launched in March 1989.)

“Road” additionally tops the Songs of the Summer chart for an 11th frame, having led the list each week since its annual return after Memorial Day.

Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” notches a ninth total week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, as it rises 4-3 on Radio Songs (94.7 million, up 4%) and dips 2-4 on Streaming Songs (35.6 million, down 22%) and 5-7 on Digital Song Sales (18,000, down 11%).

Below “Road” the entire time that it has ranked at No. 2 on the Hot 100, “Bad Guy” is (as of now) just the fifth non-No. 1 in the chart’s history to peak at the runner-up spot for at least nine weeks, and is a week from potentially tying for the most time peaking at No. 2. Here’s a recap of the No. 2 hits to spend the most time at their highpoints:

Weeks Peaking at No. 2, Title, Artist, Peak Date
10, “Work It,” Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, Nov. 16, 2002
10, “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” Foreigner, Nov. 28, 1981
9, “Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish, June 8, 2019
9, “You’re Still the One,” Shania Twain, May 2, 1998
9, “I Love You Always Forever,” Donna Lewis, Aug. 4, 1996

As for the continued Hot 100 rule of “Road,” it and “Bad Guy” decline by 15% and 12%, respectively, in overall metrics, as the former sports a nearly 1.2-to-1 points difference over the latter, essentially maintaining its margin of victory from last week.

Elsewhere, “Bad Guy” becomes Eilish’s first No. 1 on the mainstream top 40-based Pop Songs airplay chart, as it spends a second week atop Alternative Songs.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Senorita” stays at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high on the chart dated July 6; Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” is steady at its No. 4 best; and Khalid’s No. 3-peaking “Talk” keeps at No. 5, while leading Radio Songs for a ninth week (127.2 million, down 2%) and Hot R&B Songs for a 16th week.

Chris Brown’s “No Guidance,” featuring Drake, repeats at its No. 6 Hot 100 peak and Ed Sheeran and Bieber’s No. 2-peaking “I Don’t Care” is stationary at No. 7.

Ariana Grande and Social House soar onto the Hot 100 at No. 8 on the chart with “Boyfriend.” The collab begins at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales (31,000 sold, also good for a No. 1 bow, marking Grande’s sixth leader, on Pop Digital Song Sales); No. 7 on Streaming Songs (25.9 million U.S. streams); and No. 40 on Radio Songs (24.6 million in audience).

Grande achieves her 14th Hot 100 top 10, having nearly doubled her total in just over a year; “No Tears Left to Cry” debuted at its No. 3 peak on May 5, 2018, and “Boyfriend” marks her sixth top 10 since (a sum tied with Post Malone for second-best in that span, after Drake’s 13). She notched her first eight top 10s in 2013-16.

“Boyfriend” is additionally Grande’s 10th top 10 Hot 100 debut, making her the fifth artist to reach the milestone, after Drake (20), Taylor Swift (15), Eminem (12) and Lil Wayne (11).

Social House, the duo of Charles Anderson and Michael Foster, makes its first Hot 100 visit.

Meanwhile, the title “Boyfriend” hits the Hot 100’s top 10 for a second time. Bieber’s same-named song (but different composition) reached No. 2 in 2012.

Post Malone’s “Goodbyes,” featuring Young Thug, descends 8-9 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 3 peak, while becoming Post Malone’s sixth Radio Songs top 10 and Young Thug’s second (13-10; 52 million, up 9%). Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Tecca’s “Ran$om” spends a second week at its No. 10 high.

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 on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 13), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Plus: Lil Durk & “Descendants 3” soundtrack bow in top 10, Tool’s “Ænima” re-enters region after digital and streaming release.

Drake achieves his ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his new archival compilation album, Care Package, premieres in the top slot. The set, which was released on Aug. 2 via OVO Sound/Republic Records, launches with 109,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 8, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 16,000 were in album sales.

Care Package collects 17 of Drake’s stray tracks — many of which were never officially released and only available via Soundcloud or YouTube.

Drake extends his own record for the most No. 1 albums this decade, as all nine of his leaders have arrived since 2010. Care Package is also the first No. 1 album for OVO Sound, the label co-founded by Drake. All of Drake’s previous albums were released via Young Money/Cash Money/Republic.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Aug. 17-dated chart (where Care Package bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Aug. 13.

With Drake notching his ninth No. 1, he continues his remarkable run on the Billboard 200. He’s charted 11 entries on the list, and just two of them have missed the top slot. This March, his So Far Gone mixtape, which was originally released for free in early 2009 but never commercially issued or distributed to streaming services until earlier this year, peaked at No. 5 following its official release. Then, back in 2009, the So Far Gone EP — a distillation of the original So Far Gone mixtape — marked Drake’s first commercial album release and peaked at No. 6.

Among artists with the most No. 1s on the Billboard 200, Drake is in legendary company. He’s tied with Garth Brooks, Eminem, Madonna and The Rolling Stoneswith nine each. Ahead of them: The Beatles (19), Jay-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand (11), and Elvis Presley (10).

Care Package’s first-week units totaled 109,000. Of that sum, 90,000 were via SEA units, equating to 115.5 million on-demand audio streams for its songs during the tracking week. The remainder of the album’s starting unit sum came from TEA units (3,000) and album sales (16,000). Notably, the latter figure comprised only sales via digital retailers like the Apple iTunes Store. Care Package did not have any merchandise/album bundles or a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer in play — as has become the norm for many No. 1 albums. (Care Package is only available commercially as a digital download. No physical release for the set, on CD or otherwise, has been announced.)

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Ed Sheeran’s former leader, No.6 Collaborations Project, rises one spot with 49,000 equivalent album units (down 16%). Billie Eilish’s previous chart-topper, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, also climbs one rung (4-3) with 47,000 units (up less than 1%).

Lil Durk scores his first top 10 album, as Love Songs 4 the Streets 2 debuts at No. 4 with 44,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 4,000 were in album sales. The set’s entry was driven largely by streaming activity, with the album garnering 39,000 SEA units in its premiere frame (equaling 52.7 million on-demand audio streams for the set’s songs). The rapper has tallied five previous entries on the Billboard 200, going as high as No. 14 in 2015 with Remember My Name.

Chris Brown’s former No. 1 Indigo holds steady at No. 5 with 37,000 equivalent album units earned (down 9%), while NF’s The Search dips from No. 1 to No. 6 in its second week, with 36,000 units (down 72%).

The Descendants 3 soundtrack takes a bow at No. 7 with just under 36,000 equivalent album units earned (with 23,000 of that sum in album sales). The soundtrack to Descendants 3 was released on Aug. 2, the same day its parent film premiered on Disney Channel (which was also the first day of the chart’s tracking week).

All three of the Descendants soundtracks have reached the top 10: the first debuted at No. 1 on the Aug. 22, 2015-dated list, while Descendants 2 debuted and peaked at No. 6 on Aug. 12, 2017. Two other franchises that started on Disney Channel that also nabbed at least three top 10-charting soundtracks: Hannah Montana (three TV soundtracks, plus a theatrical film soundtrack) and High School Musical (two TV soundtracks, one theatrical film soundtrack).  

Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You dips 7-8 on the new Billboard 200 (34,000 units; down 8%) while Chance the Rapper’s The Big Day falls 2-9 in its second week (33,000 units; down 70%).

Closing out the top 10 is a re-entry for Tool’s Ænima at No. 10. The set – which debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 1996 – was released via digital retailers and streaming services for the first time on Aug. 2, along with most of the rock band’s catalog. The album bounds back onto the list with 33,000 equivalent album units earned (up 5,900%), of which 18,000 were in album sales.

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“Road” extends its record reign on the Hot 100 and ties for the longest command on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, extends its record run atop the Billboard Hot 100, leading the list for an 18th week.

A week ago, “Road” rewrote the mark for the most time atop the chart, as, with a 17th frame at No. 1, it bested “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, featuring Justin Bieber, and “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, which ruled for 16 weeks each, in 2017 and 1995-96, respectively.

Elsewhere in the latest Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Tecca makes his first visit to the region, as “Ran$om” surges from No. 19 to No. 10.

Let’s run down the top 10 of this history-making week on Hot 100 (dated Aug. 10), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 6).

With an 18th week atop the Hot 100 for “Old Town Road,” here’s a look at the 10 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart’s 61-year archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
18, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix),” Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

As on the Hot 100, “Road” (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a record-padding 18th week, with 67.4 million U.S. streams, down 7%, in the week ending Aug. 1, according to Nielsen Music. “Road” set the record for the top streaming week (143 million) following the April 5 arrival of its remix solely with Cyrus (who has been billed on 17 of the song’s 18 weeks atop the Hot 100) and claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

“Road” concurrently spends a 14th week atop the Digital Song Sales chart, up 3% to 47,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 1. The track breaks out of a four-way tie for the second-most weeks spent atop the tally, trailing only “Despacito,” which ruled for 17 weeks. (The Chainsmokers’ ” Closer,” featuring Halsey, in 2016; Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars, in 2015; and Flo Rida’s “Low,” featuring T-Pain, in 2007-08, led for 13 weeks each.)

Aiding its profile, a new remix of “Road” featuring RM of BTS, dubbed “Old Town Road (Seoul Town Road Remix),” was released July 24 and, thus, its first full streaming and sales tracking week (July 26-Aug. 1) is reflected on the latest, Aug. 10-dated Hot 100. The RM remix is the fourth official reworking of “Road,” following releases with Cyrus; Diplo; and Young Thug and Mason Ramsey.

On Radio Songs, where it reached No. 2, “Road” retreats 14-17, with 43.8 million audience impressions, down 6%, in the week ending Aug. 4.

Meanwhile, “Road” leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for an 18th week each, tying for the longest command in the history of each tally. On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, the track matches the 18-week domination of Drake’s “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, in 2016. On Hot Rap Songs, “Road” equals the 18-week rules of Drake’s “Hotline Bling” (2015-16); Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,” featuring Charli XCX (2014); and Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott’s “Hot Boyz,” featuring NAS, EVE and Q-Tip (1999-2000). (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs began as an all-encompassing genre chart in October 1958 and Hot Rap Songs launched in March 1989.)

“Road” additionally tops the Songs of the Summer chart for a 10th frame, having led the list each week since its annual return after Memorial Day.

Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” notches an eighth total week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, as it holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (45.9 million, down 10%), No. 4 on Radio Songs (93.3 million, up 4%) and No. 5 on Digital Song Sales (20,000, down 10%).

Looking up at “Road” the entire time that it has ranked at No. 2 on the Hot 100, “Bad Guy” is (as of now) the 10th non-No. 1 in the chart’s history to peak at the runner-up spot for at least eight weeks. Here’s a recap of the No. 2-peaking songs to spend the most time in second place:

Weeks Peaking at No. 2, Title, Artist, Peak Date
10, “Work It,” Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, Nov. 16, 2002
10, “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” Foreigner, Nov. 28, 1981
9, “You’re Still the One,” Shania Twain, May 2, 1998
9, “I Love You Always Forever,” Donna Lewis, Aug. 4, 1996
8, “Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish, June 8, 2019
8, “Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran, Jan. 31, 2015
8, “I Don’t Wanna Know,” Mario Winans feat. Enya & P. Diddy, April 24, 2004
8, “Back at One,” Brian McKnight, Nov. 20, 1999
8, “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here,” Deborah Cox, Dec. 5, 1998
8, “If I Ever Fall in Love,” Shai, Nov. 21, 1992

As for the continued Hot 100 rule of “Road,” both it and “Bad Guy” dip by 6% in overall metrics, as the former sports a 1.2-to-1 points difference over the latter for a second consecutive week.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Senorita” keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high on the chart dated July 6. The duet claims the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a second week, up 22% to 81.4 million in radio reach.

Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” rises 5-4 for a new best Hot 100 rank, swapping spots with Khalid’s No. 3-peaking “Talk” (4-5), which leads Radio Songs for an eighth week (133 million, down 1%) and Hot R&B Songs for a 15th week.

Chris Brown’s “No Guidance,” featuring Drake, blasts 11-6 for a new Hot 100 peak, after debuting at its prior No. 9 highpoint in June. Following the premiere of the song’s nine-minute official video on July 26, the track charges with dual top Streaming and Sales Gainer honors on the Hot 100, as it jumps 10-3 on Streaming Songs (39.8 million, up 64%) and 36-10 on Digital Song Sales (13,000, up 120%).

On Radio Songs, “No Guidance” ascends 13-10 (51 million, up 10%), marking Brown’s 16th top 10, and first since “Don’t Wake Me Up” in 2012. Drake scores his 22nd Radio Songs top 10, extending his record for the most among males dating to the chart’s December 1990 inception; overall, only Rihanna (29) and Mariah Carey (23) have earned more.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s No. 2-peaking “I Don’t Care” slips 6-7 on the Hot 100; Post Malone’s “Goodbyes,” featuring Young Thug, drops 7-8, after debuting at its No. 3 peak three weeks earlier; and Jonas Brothers’ former one-week No. 1 “Sucker” descends 8-9.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Tecca makes his first trip to the tier, as “Ran$om” roars 19-10. With its official video directed by Cole Bennett, the first Hot 100 entry for the 16-year-old Queens, New York-based rapper (real name: Tyler Sharpe) continues its sprint up Streaming Songs, climbing 7-4 (38.5 million, up 36%). It also gains by 59% to 6.1 million airplay audience and 50% to 4,000 sold.

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 on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 6), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Plus: Chance the Rapper, Key Glock & Young Dolph, and Of Monsters & Men debut in top 10.

NF scores his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as the rapper’s latest studio effort, The Search, enters atop the tally.

The set, which was released on July 26 via NF Real Music/Caroline, starts with 130,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 1 according to Nielsen Music — the fourth-largest week for a rap album released in 2019. Of that sum, 84,000 were in album sales, which made it the biggest sales week for a rap set this year.

The Search’s first-week more than doubles the debut frame of NF’s last album, Perception, which opened at No. 1 with 55,000 units earned (of which 38,000 were in album sales) on the chart dated Oct. 28, 2017.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Aug. 10-dated chart, where The Search starts at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Aug. 6.

The Search starts with a larger-than-forecast number, as some industry prognosticators thought the album would bow with around 95,000 units. The Search benefited from sturdy sales sold through traditional means like the iTunes Store, a range of merchandise/album bundles sold via NF’s official webstore — including a few late-in-the-week new offers of signed merch bundled with an album — and a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer.  

Also helping The Search’s first-week: a much larger streaming number as compared to the debut frame of NF’s last album, Perception. The Search garnered 43,000 SEA units, which translates to 58.4 million on-demand audio streams for the set’s songs. Comparatively, Perception bowed with 14,000 SEA units, equaling 21.1 million on-demand audio streams.

So, what’s happened since Perception bowed at No. 1 in 2017?

When Perception launched at No. 1, NF had never charted a single on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart, though he had been steadily building a dedicated fan base (enough of which to launch Perception at No. 1 on the Billboard 200).

But then, things changed in a very big way, as Perception went on to log a pair of hit singles on the Hot 100 with “Let You Down” (peaking at No. 12) and “Lie” (No. 48). The two tracks were significant radio hits as well, topping out at Nos. 9 and 18, respectively, on the all-genre Radio Songs chart, in addition to Nos. 1 and 8 on the Pop Songs chart (which ranks the week’s most played songs on top 40-formatted radio stations).

Perception has gone on to earn a total of 1.1 million equivalent album units, with 160,000 of that sum in album sales. The album’s tracks have collectively sold 1 million downloads, and generated over 1.2 billion on-demand audio streams.

The Search’s current radio-promoted single, “Time,” debuted at No. 38 on the most recently published Rhythmic Songs airplay chart (dated Aug. 3) and was bubbling under the threshold of the Pop Songs tally.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Chance the Rapper’s The Big Day debuts with 108,000 equivalent album units earned (with 27,000 of that figure in album sales). The Big Day marks Chance’s highest-charting album yet, and third top 10 overall.

Of The Big Day’s unit start, 80,000 of that sum was driven by SEA units, which translates to 104 million on-demand audio streams for the set’s songs during the week, making The Big Day the most-streamed album of the week.

The Big Day is Chance’s first studio album, after previously releasing three solo mixtapes:10 Day in 2012; Acid Rap, 2013, and Coloring Book, 2016. The Big Day is also Chance’s first album to be released simultaneously on streaming services and for sale via retailers.

His first two mixtapes were issued as free downloads and not available on streamers. Then, in 2016, he issued Coloring Book initially exclusively via Apple Music’s streaming platform before making it available widely to all streamers. He made chart history with Coloring Book, as it bowed at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 (dated June 4, 2016), becoming the first streaming-exclusive album to ever chart on the list.

Earlier in 2019, Chance gave 10 Day and Acid Rap their streaming and retail debuts while also granting Coloring Book its first retail release. In turn, on the Billboard 200 dated July 13, Acid Rap bowed at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, 10 Day debuted at No. 73, and Coloring Book re-entered at No. 46.

On the new Billboard 200 chart, Chance has two more titles on the tally: Coloring Book re-enters at No. 147, while Acid Rap rises 194-157.

Like NF’s The Search, Chance’s The Big Day was supported by an array of merchandise/album bundles Chance sold via his official website. In addition, Chance offered an album bundled with an access code to the pre-sale for his upcoming concert tour.

Ed Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations Project falls from No. 1 to No. 3 after a pair of weeks in the penthouse. The set logged 58,000 units earned in its third frame (down 25%).

Two former No. 1s are next on the Billboard 200, as Billie Eilish’s When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? dips 3-4 (47,000 units; down 8%) and Chris Brown’s Indigoclimbs 6-5 (40,000 units; up 9%). Lil Nas X’s 7 falls 4-6 with 39,000 units (down 9%).

Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You is steady at No. 7, but with a 15% gain in units, as it earned 37,000 units for the week.

At No. 8, rappers Key Glock and Young Dolph’s team-up on the collaborative set Dum and Dummer arrives with 36,000 equivalent album units (with just 2,000 of that sum in album sales). The set’s debut is powered almost entirely by streaming activity, as it garnered 33,000 SEA units (equating 43.7 million on-demand audio streams for the set’s songs). Dum and Dummer is the first top 10 for either act: Key Glock notched two earlier entries, while Young Dolph placed seven albums on the list.

Of Monsters and Men score its third top 10 effort on the Billboard 200 as the band’s Fever Dream debuts at No. 9. The set starts with 34,000 equivalent album units earned, with 30,000 of that sum in album sales. The album’s first-week sales were aided by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the group’s upcoming tour. Of Monsters and Men previously visited the top 10 with Beneath the Skin (No. 3 in 2015) and My Head Is An Animal (No. 6, 2012).

Closing out the new top 10 is the multi-artist Revenge of the Dreamers III project as it falls 5-10. The former No. 1 earned 33,000 units in the latest tracking week, down 21%.

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The song passes the reigns of “One Sweet Day” & “Despacito.”

Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, claims one of the most prized records in the Billboard Hot 100‘s 60-year history as it spends an unprecedented 17th week at No. 1.

“Road” bests the previous record of 16 weeks first achieved by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men‘s “One Sweet Day,” in 1995-96, and later matched by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee‘s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber in 2017.

Let’s run down the top 10 of this history-making week on Hot 100 (dated Aug. 3), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 30).

With a 17th week atop the Hot 100 for “Old Town Road,” here’s an updated leaderboard of the 10 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart’s archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
17, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix),” Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

“Road” takes its place in Hot 100 history alongside notable record-setters. Among the most distinguished achievements, The Beatles boast the most No. 1s (20), Carey has spent the most time at No. 1 (79 weeks) while, upon the chart’s 60th anniversary last August, Chubby Checker‘s classic “The Twist” claimed the top spot on the Hot 100’s Greatest of All Time retrospective chart.

As on the Hot 100, “Road” (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a 17th week, another record-breaking mark, topping the 16-week run of “Despacito.” “Road” rules Streaming Songs with 72.5 million U.S. streams, down 16%, in the week ending July 25, according to Nielsen Music. “Road” set the record for the top streaming week (143 million) following the April 5 arrival of its remix solely with Cyrus (who has been billed on 16 of the song’s 17 weeks atop the Hot 100) and claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

Helping its total this week, a meta-named “Week 17 Version” video of “Road” premiered on July 19. The clip truncates the song’s official music video, released May 17, by removing various skits that feature guest cameos from Chris Rock and others.

To help his week 18 chances, Lil Nas X unleashed yet another remix of “Road,” this time alongside RM of BTS, at the tail end of the latest tracking week, which closed July 25. That version, “Old Town Road (Seoul Town Road Remix)” will see its full impact on the following week’s Hot 100. The “Seoul” remix is, per Lil Nas X’s tweetshortly before its release, the “last one i PROMISSEE.” The RM collaboration marks the fourth official reworking of the viral smash, following turns by Cyrus; Diplo; and Young Thug and Mason Ramsey.

Back to this week: “Road” spends a 13th frame atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 46,000 downloads sold (up 1%) in the week ending July 25. On Radio Songs, where it reached No. 2, “Road” backtracks 10-14, with 47 million audience impressions, down 12%, in the week ending July 28.

“Road” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a 17th week each and the Songs of the Summer chart for a ninth frame, having led the list each week since its annual return after Memorial Day.

Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy” notches a seventh total week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, as it holds in the runner-up slot on Streaming Songs (50.9 million, down 9%) slides 2-5 on Digital Song Sales (22,000, down 34%) an climbs 5-4 on Radio Songs (89.3 million, up 5%). The song gained in all metrics the previous week, boosted by a remix with Justin Bieber, released July 11, just ahead of the July 12-18 streaming and sales tracking week that fed last week’s July 27-dated charts.

On this week’s Aug. 3-dated Hot 100, “Road” dips by 13% in overall metrics and “Guy” lowers by 9% as “Road” sports a 1.2-to-1 points difference over “Guy” (after leading by 1.3-to-1 last week).

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Senorita” returns to the Hot 100’s top three with a 4-3 bump after having debuted at No. 2 on the chart dated July 6. The song ascends into the top 10 on Radio Songs (11-9) as it surges to 66.9 million in audience, up 27%, and seizes the Hot 100’s Airplay Gainer award. The bump secures Mendes’ seventh Radio Songs top 10, while Cabello snags her fourth as a soloist.

Khalid’s “Talk,” likewise rises one rung on the Hot 100 (5-4) after having reached No. 3. It leads the all-genre Radio Songs for a seventh week (134.5 million, up 1%) and wins a 14th term atop the streaming-, airplay- and sales-fueled Hot R&B Songschart.

The Hot 100 welcomes a new member to the top five as Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” rises 6-5. The singer-songwriter-flautist’s mainstream breakthrough reaches new highs on both Streaming Songs (7-5) and Radio Songs (8-7), improving 8% to 28.5 million clicks on the former survey and 20% to 77.8 million in audience on the latter.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s “I Don’t Care” backtracks 3-6 on the Hot 100 as it spends a second week atop the Pop Songs airplay chart. Meanwhile, the track’s parent album, Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations Project, logs a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Nos. 7-9 remain steady on the Hot 100, with Post Malone’s “Goodbyes,” featuring Young Thug, holding at No. 7. The Jonas Brothers’ former No. 1, “Sucker,” ranks directly below; the song debuted in the top slot in March. Post Malone also ranks at No. 9 thanks to “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse),” with Swae Lee. As “Sunflower” banks its 32nd week in the Hot 100’s top 10, it moves within one week of tying the all-time mark – 33 weeks – shared by Sheeran’s “Shape of You” and Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, achieved in 2017 and 2018-19, respectively.

Speaking of “you,” Shawn Mendes rounds out the Hot 100’s top 10 as “If I Can’t Have You” jumps 13-10 and returns to the Hot 100’s upper reaches for the first time since its No. 2 debut in May. With “Senorita” and “You,” Mendes claims concurrent top 10 hits on the Hot 100 for the first time in his career. He becomes the sixth act to double up in the top 10 in 2019, joining Drake, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Post Malone and Travis Scott.

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 on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (July 30), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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After debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart a week ago, Ed Sheeran’s star-studded No. 6 Collaborations Project rules the list for a second week, making it the first album to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 in four months. The last title to do so was Juice WRLD’s Death Race for Love, which opened at No. 1 on the March 23-dated list, and held on for its second, and so-far final, frame on March 30.

No. 6 earned 78,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 25 in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. That’s down 55% compared to its debut of 173,000 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 are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Aug. 3-dated chart (where No. 6 holds at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on July 30.

Of No. 6’s second-week total units, 16,000 were in album sales (down 77%), which keeps the set at No. 1 for a second week on the Top Album Sales chart. The remainder of No. 6’s second-week unit total was comprised of 5,000 TEA units (down 52%) and 57,000 SEA units (down 39%). The latter sum equates to 74.7 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tunes during the tracking week — which makes it the most-streamed album of the week for the second week in a row.

Meanwhile, Beyoncé, who voices the character Nala in Disney’s new The Lion Kingfilm, sees her King-inspired album The Lion King: The Gift debut at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 chart with 54,000 equivalent album units earned (with 11,000 of that sum in album sales). The album was released on July 19 via Parkwood/Columbia Records. The set, which is billed to Beyoncé & Various Artists, boasts Queen Bey performing on 10 of the album’s 14 songs. Those songs include “Spirit,” which is also heard in the film and included on its Walt Disney Records soundtrack, which zooms 31-13 on the Billboard 200.

Beyoncé executive produced and curated The Lion King: The Gift, and also is a producer on each of the set’s tracks.

The Lion King: The Gift marks Beyoncé’s ninth top 10 effort on the Billboard 200 as a soloist, and second new top 10 of 2019, following Homecoming: The Live Album (a debut at No. 4, May 4). Notably, Beyoncé is just the second act of 2019, and first woman, to achieve two new top 10s this year. She follows Future, who notched two new top 10s with Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD (No. 1 on Feb. 2) and Save Me(No. 5 on June 22). (Beyoncé has actually seen three of her albums visit the top 10 in 2019 — the only act to achieve that feat this year. In addition to The Lion King: The Gift and Homecoming, her 2016 No. 1 Lemonade returned to the top 10 on the May 4-dated chart.)

At No. 3 on the new Billboard 200, Billie Eilish’s former leader When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? falls one slot with 51,000 equivalent album units (down 16%). Lil Nas X’s 7 is steady at No. 4 with 43,000 units (down 13%), the multi-artist Revenge of the Dreamers III project dips 3-5 with 41,000 units (down 24%), Chris Brown’s former No. 1 Indigo slides 5-6 with 37,000 units (down 13%) and Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You falls 6-7 with 33,000 units (down 1%).

A pair of former chart-toppers are next on the list, as Khalid’s Free Spirit descends 7-8 with 32,000 units (though up 5%) and Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys falls 8-9 with 25,000 units (down 1%).

Closing out the top 10 is Nas’ The Lost Tapes 2, which bows at No. 10 with 23,000 equivalent album units earned (with 12,000 of that sum in album sales). The archival compilation project, featuring unreleased tracks recorded for earlier Nas albums, marks the artist’s 13th top 10 effort. Nas was last in the top 10 with 2018’s Nasir, which debuted and peaked at No. 5.

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The song matches the reigns of “Despacito” & “One Sweet Day.”

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, rules the Billboard Hot 100 for a 16th week, tying the record for the most time tallied at No. 1 in the chart’s six-decade history.

“Road” matches Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, and Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day,” which spent a record 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2017 and 1995-96, respectively.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated July 27), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 23).

With a 16th week atop the Hot 100 for “Old Town Road,” here’s a look at the 10 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart’s archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
16, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, beginning April 13, 2019
16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix),” Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

As on the Hot 100, “Road” (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a 16th week, a likewise record-tying mark, equaling the run of “Despacito.” “Road” rules Streaming Songs with 86.2 million U.S. streams, up 22%, in the week ending July 18, according to Nielsen Music. Helping power the surge, a new remix of “Road,” with Young Thug and Mason Ramsey, was released July 12 (and accounts for less than a quarter of the song’s overall streams in the tracking week).

“Road” set the record for the top streaming week (143 million) following the April 5 arrival of its remix solely with Cyrus (who has been billed on 15 of the song’s 16 weeks atop the Hot 100) and claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

“Road” spends a 12th week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 45,000 downloads sold (up 4%; under 15% from the Young Thug and Ramsey remix), in the week ending July 18. On Radio Songs, where it reached No. 2, “Road” retreats 8-10, with 53.5 million audience impressions, down 18%, in the week ending July 21.

“Road” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a 16th week each and the Songs of the Summer chart for an eighth frame, having topped the tally each week since its annual return after Memorial Day.

Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy” notches a sixth total week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, as it pushes 4-2 on Streaming Songs (55.7 million, up 39%), as it wins the top Streaming Gainer award on the Hot 100, and 7-2 on Digital Song Sales (33,000, up 64%) and keeps at No. 5 on Radio Songs (85 million, up 7%).

Just as a new remix of “Road” helped boost the song in the latest tracking week, a remix of “Bad Guy” with Justin Bieber was released Thursday (July 11) afternoon, just ahead of the July 12-18 streaming and sales tracking week that fed this week’s July 27-dated charts. (The Bieber remix accounts for around a third of streams and less than half of sales for “Bad Guy” in the tracking week.)

With each song helped by respective new remixes, “Road” increases by 13% in overall metrics on the July 27 Hot 100 and “Bad Guy” bounds by 32%. Despite the latter’s greater growth, “Road” sports a 1.3-to-1 points difference over “Bad Guy,” after leading by 1.5-to-1 last week (and 1.9-to-1 two weeks ago).

Looking ahead to next week, does “Old Town Road” appear likely to notch a record-breaking 17th week atop the Hot 100, besting “Despacito” and “Day”? Notably, “Despacito” in its 16th week at No. 1 also held a 1.3-to-1 points lead over its runner-up, DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts,” featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller. And, “Day” in its 16th No. 1 frame led Brandy’s “Sittin’ Up in My Room” by a 1.2-to-1 margin. Still, neither challenger went on to dethrone the song above it: Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” vaulted 77-1 following its first full tracking week to unseat “Despacito,” while Celine Dion’s “Because You Loved Me” soared 5-1 to supplant “Day.”

With no songs appearing likely to blast to the top, as Swift’s “Look” or Dion’s “Because” did, or to debut at No. 1, and with “Bad Guy” possibly regressing significantly in the second tracking week for its Bieber remix (moreso than “Road,” given the greater gains for the former on this week’s charts), the stage could be set for “Road” to rewrite history with a 17th week at No. 1 on next week’s Hot 100, dated Aug. 3 and whose top 10 is scheduled to be revealed next Monday, July 29.

Beyond the Hot 100’s top two contenders, Ed Sheeran and Bieber’s No. 2-peaking “I Don’t Care” ascends 6-3. As previously reported, the duet hits No. 1 on the Pop Songs radio airplay chart, while parent album No.6 Collaborations Project launches as Sheeran’s third No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello‘s “Señorita” climbs 5-4, after debuting at its No. 2 high, and Khalid‘s “Talk” backtracks 4-5, after reaching No. 3, as it leads Radio Songs for a sixth week (133.3 million, essentially even week-over-week), as well as the streaming-, airplay- and sales-fueled Hot R&B Songs chart for a 13th frame.

Lizzo‘s “Truth Hurts” rebounds to its Hot 100 peak so far (7-6), scoring top Airplay Gainer kudos (65 million, up 24%), and Post Malone‘s “Goodbyes,” featuring Young Thug, falls 3-7 in its second week.

Jonas Brothers‘ “Sucker” is steady at No. 8 on the Hot 100, after spending a week at No. 1 upon its debut in March, and Post Malone and Swae Lee‘s “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” holds at No. 9, after logging a week at No. 1 in January. “Sunflower” spends a 31st week in the top 10, becoming just the seventh single ever to reach the longevity milestone; Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, and Sheeran’s “Shape of You” share the record with 33 weeks each totaled in the top 10.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Chris Brown‘s “No Guidance,” featuring Drake, returns to the tier (12-10), after debuting at its No. 9 high five weeks ago.

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 (July 23), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (July 26).

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Set launches with biggest week of 2019 for a pop album by a male artist.

Ed Sheeran scores his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his star-studded No. 6 Collaborations Projectalbum enters atop the tally.

The set, which was released on July 12 via Atlantic Records, bows with 173,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 18, according to Nielsen Music. It marks the largest week of the year for a pop album by a male artist. Of that starting sum, 70,000 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 July 27-dated chart (where No. 6 bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on July 23.

Sheeran previously led the Billboard 200 with ÷ (Divide) in 2017 and x (Multiply) in 2014.

No. 6 Collaborations Project, true to its title, features Sheeran on each track, partnering up with a galaxy of stars from across many genres of music, including Camila Cabello, Bruno Mars, Travis Scott and Chris Stapleton.

Notably, one of the tracks on the album, “Remember the Name” — which features Eminem and 50 Cent — includes a lyric that references topping the Billboard charts. Eminem, who has nine No. 1 Billboard 200 albums to his name, raps on the track: “I climbed the Billboard charts to the top…”

No. 6 tallies the biggest week in total units (173,000) for a pop album by a male soloist in over a year, since Shawn Mendes’ self-titled album started at No. 1 on the June 8, 2018-dated list with 182,000 units.

Overall in 2019, No. 6 nets the seventh-largest week among all albums in total units. It trails the debut frames of: Jonas Brothers’ Happiness Begins (414,000), Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (360,000), Billie Eilish’s When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (313,000), Backstreet Boys’ DNA (234,000), BTS’ Map of the Soul: Persona(230,000) and Khalid’s Free Spirit (202,000).

No. 6’s starting sum of 173,000 units is comprised of 70,000 in album sales, 10,000 in TEA units, and 93,000 in SEA units. The latter SEA units sum translates to 121.17 million on-demand audio streams for the set’s songs during the tracking week. That’s the biggest streaming week for a pop album by a male artist since the debut of Sheeran’s last album, ÷ (Divide), when it racked up 134.58 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks (March 25, 2017-dated chart).

Notably, No. 6’s healthy sales start of 70,000 was achieved without the employment of a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer, nor the selling of countless merchandise/album bundles — as has become familiar to many a No. 1 album. (Though, Sheeran did offer a few basic merch bundles via his official website with a No. 6-branded T-shirt, sweatshirt and hat.) No. 6’s sales were driven mostly by old-fashioned album sales through sellers like Target, Walmart, Amazon and iTunes.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Eilish’s former No. 1 When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is a non-mover with 60,000 equivalent album units earned (up 20%). The gain is likely spurred by interest driven courtesy of a new remix of the set’s “Bad Guy,” with Justin Bieber.

The Revenge of the Dreamers III set slips from No. 1 to No. 3 in its second week, with 55,000 units (down 53%), while Lil Nas X’s 7 is steady at No. 4 with 50,000 units (up 3%). Chris Brown’s former leader Indigo dips from No. 3 to No. 5 with 42,000 units (down 14%), while Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You is stationary at No. 6 with 33,000 units (up 2%).

A trio of former No. 1s are next: Khalid’s Free Spirit holds at No. 7 with 31,000 units (down 3%), Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys stands still at No. 8 with 25,000 units (up less than 1%) and Jonas Brothers’ Happiness Begins climbs 10-9 with 23,000 units (down 5%).

Closing out the top 10 is DaBaby’s Baby On Baby, as it rises 14-10 with 23,000 units (down 2%).

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“Road” is now a week from tying the record for the most time on top in the chart’s history.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, rules the Billboard Hot 100 for a 15th week, moving to within a week of the record for the most time spent at No. 1 in the chart’s six-decade history.

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, and Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” each spent a record 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2017 and 1995-96, respectively.

Meanwhile, Post Malone launches at No. 3 on the Hot 100 with his new single “Goodbyes,” featuring Young Thug.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated July 20), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 16).

With a 15th week atop the Hot 100 for “Old Town Road,” here’s a look at the 10 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart’s archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
15, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
14, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix),” Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

As on the Hot 100, “Road” (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a 15th week, with 70.5 million U.S. streams, down 21%, in the week ending July 11, according to Nielsen Music. “Road” set the record for the top streaming week (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” is also a week from potentially matching “Despacito” for the most frames spent at No. 1 on Streaming Songs.)

“Road” spends an 11th week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 43,000 downloads sold, down 24%, in the week ending July 11. On Radio Songs, where it reached No. 2, “Road” slides 6-8, with 65.2 million audience impressions, down 14%, in the week ending July 14.

“Road” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a 15th week each and the Songs of the Summer chart for a seventh week, having topped the summery summary each week since its annual return after Memorial Day.

Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy” notches a fifth total week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, as it dips 3-4 on Streaming Songs (40.1 million, down 2%) and rises 7-5 on Radio Songs (79.6 million, up 5%) and 8-7 on Digital Song Sales (20,000, up 4%). Contributing to its totals, a remix with Bieber was released Thursday (July 11) afternoon, just before the end of the July 5-11 streaming and sales tracking week.

Thus, consumption of the first full week of the Bieber remix (which rolls into the song’s singular Hot 100 listing) will be reflected on next week’s Hot 100 (dated July 27), when “Road” will be going for its record-tying 16th week at No. 1. Meanwhile, a new remix of “Road,” with Young Thug and Mason Ramsey, released Friday (July 12), will also contribute to next week’s charts. (Lil Nas X is further stoking buzz by tweeting Carey an invite to join for a remix of “Road,” to which she playfully replied.)

This week, “Road” tumbles by 20% in overall Hot 100 metrics and “Bad Guy” increases by 1%. “Road” sports a still-commanding 1.5-to-1 points difference over “Bad Guy,” after leading by 1.9-to-1 last week.

Post Malone’s “Goodbyes,” featuring Young Thug, enters the Hot 100 at No. 3, becoming the former’s seventh top 10 (and fifth to debut in the region) and the latter’s second, following his featured turn on Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” which topped the Jan. 27, 2018, chart.

“Goodbyes” begins at No. 2 on both Streaming Songs (40.8 million) and Digital Song Sales (41,000) and at No. 49 on Radio Songs (22.9 million).

Khalid‘s “Talk” backtracks to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 peak, as it leads Radio Songs for a fifth week (133.2 million, up 5%), as well as the streaming-, airplay- and sales-fueled Hot R&B Songs chart for a 12th frame.

Shawn Mendes and Cabello’s “Señorita” is stationary at No. 5 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it arrived at its No. 2 best rank, and Ed Sheeran and Bieber’s “I Don’t Care” drops 4-5, after likewise debuting at its No. 2 highpoint.

Lizzo‘s “Truth Hurts” retreats 6-7 on the Hot 100. Still, a week after becoming her first top 10 on the tally, it does the same on Radio Songs, where it surges 14-10 (52.3 million, up 18%), good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100.

Jonas Brothers‘ “Sucker” regresses 7-8 on the Hot 100, after spending a week at No. 1 upon its debut in March, and Post Malone and Swae Lee‘s “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” descends 8-9, after logging a week on top in January. “Sunflower” posts a 30th week in the top 10, becoming just the eighth single ever to reach the longevity milestone; Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, and Sheeran’s “Shape of You” share the record with 33 weeks each totaled in the top 10.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, DaBaby‘s “Suge” is steady at No. 10, after reaching 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 (July 16), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (July 19).

Source: billboard.com