It’s the first K-pop album to top the chart.

Korean boy band BTS debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with its latest effort, Love Yourself: Tear. It’s the first No. 1 for the seven-member group, and the first K-pop album to lead the tally. The set, which was released through BitHit Entertainment on May 18, launches with 135,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 24, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 100,000 were in traditional album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 2-dated chart (where BTS bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Wednesday, May 30 (one day later than normal, owed to the May 29 Memorial Day holiday in the U.S.).

Love Yourself: Tear’s first-week sum is a bit bigger than expected. On May 21, some industry forecasters predicted the album would bow with over 100,000 units. By May 24, that forecast grew to over 120,000.

Of Love Yourself: Tear’s starting sum of 135,000 units, 100,000 were in traditional album sales, 26,000 were in SEA units (equaling 39.1 million on-demand audio streams for songs on the albums) and 9,000 TEA units.

As mentioned earlier, Love Yourself: Tear is the first K-pop album to lead the Billboard 200. It’s also only the second top 10 for the K-pop genre, following BTS’ own Love Yourself: Her, which debuted and peaked at No. 7 on the Oct. 7, 2017-dated list.

Love Yourself: Tear also logs the biggest week yet for K-pop (both in overall units and traditional album sales). The previous high-water mark was earned by BTS’ Love Yourself: Her (31,000 units in its opening frame, 18,000 in traditional album sales).

Notably, as Love Yourself: Tear is performed mostly in the Korean language, it’s the first primarily foreign-language No. 1 album in over 12 years. In 2006, classical crossover vocal quartet Il Divo topped the list with Ancora (on the chart dated Feb. 11, 2006), which blends songs performed in Spanish, Italian and French, along with a track sung partially in English.

Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, Post Malone’s former No. 1, beerbongs & bentleys, drops to No. 2 (123,000 units; down 17 percent) after three consecutive weeks atop the list. The album was the first by an artist to notch three weeks in a row at No. 1 since December, when Taylor Swift’s reputation linked together three frames (of its total four at No. 1).

Rapper Lil Baby bounces in at No. 3 with his debut studio album, and first top 10, Harder Than Ever. The set earned 71,000 units, powered largely by streams (65,000 SEA units), thanks in part to the popularity of the set’s track “Yes Indeed,” with Drake. The track debuted at No. 30 on the Streaming Songs chart dated May 26, and is expected to make a huge leap up the newest tally (dated June 2). Harder Than Ever also features guest turns from Young Thug, Moneybagg Yo, Lil Uzi Vert and Offset.

Lil Baby previously hit the Billboard 200 with the mixtape Too Hard, which peaked at No. 80 on Dec. 23, 2017.

Rock band Five Finger Death Punch notches its sixth top 10 album, as And Justice for None debuts at No. 4 with 71,000 units (60,000 in traditional album sales). The band previously hit the region with Got Your Six (No. 2, 2015), The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell: Volume 2 (No. 2, 2013), The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell: Volume 1 (No. 2, 2013), American Capitalist (No. 3, 2011) and War Is the Answer (No. 7, 2009). The group’s only studio album to miss the top 10 was its debut effort, The Way of the Fist, which topped out at No. 107 in 2008.

Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy climbs 7-5 on the new Billboard 200 with 48,000 units (down 9 percent), The Greatest Showman soundtrack moves 5-6 with 44,000 units (down 17 percent) and J. Cole’s KOD dips 6-7 with 41,000 units (down 22 percent).

Rapper NAV rounds out the debuts in the top 10, as his first studio album, Reckless, starts at No. 8 with 36,000 units (32,000 in SEA units). The set features his Hot 100 hit “Wanted You,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, as well as guest turns from Quavo, Travis Scott and Gunna.

Closing out the new top 10: Black Panther: The Album is steady at No. 9 with 28,000 units (down 15 percent), while Playboi Carti’s Die Lit falls 3-10 in its second week with 26,000 units (down 57 percent).

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Rap songs infuse the top four in consecutive weeks for the first time since 2003.

Childish Gambino‘s “This Is America” crowns the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a second week. Also for a second frame, the song heads up a top four consisting entirely of rap hits, a feat that, until the past two weeks, had not occurred in consecutive frames in 15 years.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated May 26), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 22).

“America,” released on mcDJ/Wolf + Rothstein/RCA (as Childish Gambino’s first RCA single) is the first Hot 100 leader for actor-director Donald Glover’s musical alter ego, who premiered the song as the musical guest on the May 5 episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live (as Glover hosted); the song and its socially-conscious videowere released simultaneously around midnight ET Sunday, May 6.

Following its first seven-day tracking period of streaming and sales, “America” tops the Streaming Songs chart for a second week, up 7 percent to 69.6 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 17, according to Nielsen Music. It also takes over atop the subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart, rising 3-1 with 26.7 million on-demand audio streams, up 27 percent, in the week ending May 17.

“America” leads the Digital Song Sales survey for a second frame, with a 36 percent decline to 50,000 downloads sold in the week ending May 17, while advancing below the Radio Songs chart, up 77 percent to 16.7 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending May 20.

“America” tops both Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a second week.

Drake‘s “Nice for What,” which ruled the Hot 100 for its first four weeks on the chart, dating to its No. 1 debut, spends a second week at No. 2. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (42 million, down 8 percent), rebounds 4-3 on Digital Song Sales (25,000, down 8 percent) and pushes 8-6 on Radio Songs (77.1 million, up 6 percent).

Drake also holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100 with “God’s Plan,” which launched at No. 1 and spent 11 weeks at the summit prior to “Nice.”

Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring  Ty Dolla $ign, is additionally steady on the Hot 100, at No. 4 after reaching No. 2, while earning the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award, as it rises 9-8 on Radio Songs (75.4 million, up 12 percent).

For a second week, the Hot 100’s top four consists entirely of rap hits (and mirrors the top four on both Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs). Is that especially notable?

You’re correct!

The last two weeks mark the first frames since Feb. 28, 2009, that the Hot 100’s top four have been a clean sweep for rap hits. Gambino’s “America,” Drake’s “Nice” and “Plan” and Post Malone’s “Psycho” the past two weeks have combined for the first such rap domination since, from No. 1 to No. 4 on that chart over nine years ago, Flo Rida’s “Right Round”; T.I.’s “Dead and Gone,” featuring Justin Timberlake; Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent’s “Crack a Bottle”; and Kanye West’s “Heartless.”

As for rap ruling the Hot 100’s top four in back-to-back weeks? The past two weeks mark the first such repeat in nearly 15 years. For four weeks in 2003, from May 31 through June 21, the top four exclusively housed in that span 50 Cent’s “21 Questions,” featuring Nate Dogg; Sean Paul’s “Get Busy”; Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey’s “I Know What You Want,” featuring The Flipmode Squad; Fabolous’ “Can’t Let You Go,” featuring Mike Shorey and Lil’ Mo; and Lil’ Kim’s “Magic Stick,” featuring 50 Cent (the lattermost of which replaced Fabolous’ hit in the region on the June 21-dated chart).

The current feat further reinforces R&B/hip-hop’s surge, as, in 2017, the genre ruled with 24.5 percent of all music consumption in the U.S., marking the first time that R&B/hip-hop led the category for a calendar year.

Capping the Hot 100’s top five, and standing as the highest-ranking non-rap hit, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s No. 2-peaking collab “Meant to Be” is stationary at No. 5. It leads the Hot Country Songs chart for a 25th week, passing FGL’s own “Cruise,” in 2012-13, for the longest command by a duo or group in the chart’s history and the second-longest overall; Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” reigned for a record 34 weeks in 2017.

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle” repeats at No. 6 on the Hot 100 after hitting a No. 5 high. It tops Radio Songs for a second week (118.2 million, down 1 percent) and the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 16th week.

Ariana Grande‘s “No Tears Left to Cry” climbs 10-7 on the Hot 100 after debuting three weeks ago at its No. 3 high; BlocBoy JB’s No. 5-peaking “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, drops 7-8; and Camila Cabello‘s “Never Be the Same” slips 8-9, down from its No. 6 peak.

Ed Sheeran‘s former six-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Perfect” rounds out the Hot 100’s top 10, descending 9-10. The song logs a 27th week in the top 10, becoming just the ninth title to have tallied at least that many weeks in the region. Sheeran holds the record for the longest such run: his “Shape of You” spent 33 weeks in the top 10 in 2017.

Below the Hot 100’s top 10, Ella Mai soars 17-11 with her breakthrough hit “Boo’d Up,” which becomes her first No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart; Kane Brown hits the top 15 for the first time with “Heaven” (20-15); Marshmello and Anne-Marie’s “Friends” flies 21-16, marking a new best rank for Marshmello, who previously reached No. 20 in December with “Wolves,” with Selena Gomez; and Shawn Mendes’ “In My Blood” ascends to the top 20 (27-20), passing its prior No. 22 high.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 22), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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‘Beerbongs’ scores longest streak at No. 1 since Taylor Swift’s ‘reputation’ last year.

For the third week in a row, Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys sits atop the Billboard 200 chart dated May 26, as the album earned 147,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 17 (down 24 percent), according to Nielsen Music.

The set is only the second album to notch three total weeks at No. 1 in 2018 (following Black Panther: The Album, which logged its three frames on top non-consecutively) and scores the longest streak at No. 1 since Taylor Swift’s reputation linked together three consecutive weeks at No. 1 (Dec. 2-16, 2017) of its four total nonconsecutive No. 1 frames.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new May 26-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, May 22.

Post Malone’s beerbongs is still largely powered by streams, as it collected 122,000 in SEA units (down 24 percent), while the remainder of its total for the week is comprised of 18,000 in traditional album sales (down 24 percent) and TEA units (down 16 percent).

At No. 2, P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma — as expected — comes roaring back up the Billboard 200 with an 83-2 vault (139,000 units; up 1,715 percent). The former No. 1 zooms up the list thanks to big sales (135,000; up 3,197 percent) mostly generated by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the next leg of her U.S. tour that went on sale May 11.

Thanks to Beautiful Trauma’s big leap, it logs the largest positional jump into the top two in over 20 years. Radiohead’s In Rainbows last posted a bigger vault into the top two, when it ran from No. 156 to No. 1 on the Jan. 19, 2008-dated list. (The set had a large gain on the list owed to a premature debut a week prior, spurred by eager retailers that began selling the set before its official street date.)

Rapper Playboi Carti earns his best week yet, as his surprise release Die Lit debuts at No. 3 with 61,000 units. The album starts with a smashing 55,000 SEA units, with only 5,000 in traditional album sales and a scant 1,000 in TEA units. Die Lit garners the artist his highest charting set yet — and first top 10 — surpassing the No. 12 debut and peak of his self-titled 2017 release.

Pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth nabs his highest charting album, as his second full-length studio effort Voicenotes launches at No. 4 with 58,000 units (mostly powered by traditional album sales: 39,000 copies sold). Voicenotes passes Puth’s previous peak on the list, when his debut full-length, 2016’s Nine Track Mind, topped out at No. 6 in its first week (65,000 units earned), Voicenotes is Puth’s third set to chart, as he also logged an entry with his introductory EP, Some Kind of Love, which reached No. 27 in 2015.

Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman climbs 7-5 (a little more than 53,000 units; up 3 percent), J. Cole’s KOD dips 2-6 (53,000; down 22 percent) and Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy slips 4-7 (just under 53,000; down 15 percent).

Arctic Monkeys arrive with their third top 10 album, as Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino debuts at No. 8 with 47,000 units (37,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the alt-rock group’s first album since 2013’s AM, which reached No. 6. The act also collected a top 10 with 2007’s Favourite Worst Nightmare, which peaked at No. 7. In total, Tranquility lands Arctic Monkeys their sixth consecutive top 40 effort (their entirety of charting titles) since the band arrived on list in 2006 with the No. 24-peaking Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.

Black Panther: The Album holds steady at No. 9 on the new Billboard 200 with 33,000 units (up 12 percent).

Closing out the top 10 is rapper Tee Grizzley’s debut studio album Activated, which arrives at No. 10 with 33,000 units (with 26,000 of that in SEA units). The set boasts a guest list that includes Lil Yachty, Chris Brown, Jeezy and Moneybagg Yo.

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The musical alter ego of Donald Glover earns his first leader, as the track launches as the most-streamed and top-selling song of the week.

Driven in large part by its buzzy, and socially-conscious video, Childish Gambino‘s new single “This Is America” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100chart, launching as the most-streamed and top-selling song of the week, as it also arrives atop the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts.

The track is the first Hot 100 leader for Donald Glover’s musical alter ego, who took the stage to unveil the song as the musical guest on the May 5 episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live (as Glover hosted); the song and its video were released simultaneously around midnight ET Sunday, May 6.

“America” dethrones Drake‘s “Nice for What,” which ruled the Hot 100 for its first four weeks on the chart, dating to its No. 1 debut. Drake’s reign halts at 15 weeks overall, as, prior to “What,” he led for 11 weeks with “God’s Plan,” which likewise launched at No. 1.

Meanwhile, Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle,” at No. 6 on the Hot 100, takes over as the most-heard song on radio, rising 2-1 on the Radio Songs chart.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated May 19), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 15).

“America,” released on mcDJ/Wolf + Rothstein/RCA (as Childish Gambino’s first RCA single) is the 1,073rd No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 59-year history. Here’s a look at the song’s start.

No. 1 bow in streaming & sales: “America” opens atop Streaming Songs with 65.3 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 10, according to Nielsen Music (covering its first five days of availability). Notably, with the song’s official video garnering much attention, video accounts for an extremely robust 68 percent of the song’s streaming total.

“America” also starts at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales with 78,000 downloads sold in the same tracking period, while drawing 9.4 million in all-genre radio airplay audience in the week ending May 13 (as it enters the Rap Airplay chart at No. 20 and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay at No. 30).

Childish Gambino’s first No. 1: “America” is Childish Gambino’s first Hot 100 No. 1, or even top 10. He hit a previous No. 12 Hot 100 high last August with his fourth and most recent entry on the chart, “Redbone.” His three prior charted titles, in 2013-16, peaked between Nos. 64 and 86.

He likewise earns his first No. 1s on Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales, passing his prior respective highs of Nos. 10 and 14 with “Redbone.”

“America” concurrently begins atop Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, also marking Childish Gambino’s first No. 1 on each chart (which, like the Hot 100, mixes streaming, airplay and sales data).

31st No. 1 debut: “America” arrives as the 31st No. 1-debuting hit in the Hot 100’s history. “America” and Drake’s “Nice” (which entered atop the April 21-dated chart) and “Plan” (Feb. 3) further make for the first trio of back-to-back-to-back No. 1 debuts since 1995, when Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy” (that Sept. 30), Whitney Houston’s “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” (Nov. 25) and Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” (Dec. 2) all opened atop the chart in succession.

Back then, a strong first week in physical sales (via cassette and CD, primarily) could help a song begin atop the Hot 100; now, a lofty first frame of streaming can similarly spark a No. 1 Hot 100 entrance. “Fantasy,” “Exhale” and “Sweet” launched with 229,000, 125,000 and 205,000 physical singles sold, respectively; Drake’s “Plan” and “Nice” entered with 82.4 million and 60.4 million U.S. streams, respectively.

Three No. 1 debuts in 2018: As noted by reader Jake Rivera‏ (@jjr4897), 2018 ties 1997 and 1998 as the years with the second-most No. 1 Hot 100 debuts (three each). 1995 leads, having supplied the chart’s first four No. 1 bows; before the three 1995 hits noted above, Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone” became the first single to start atop the Hot 100, that Sept. 2.

Acts who act: Meanwhile, fellow insightful chart watcher @rock_golf notes that, even with Drake’s departure from No. 1 on the Hot 100 after 15 weeks, the streak of an artist first known for acting as a student on a TV series extends to 16 weeks. Drake played Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation, while Glover portrayed Troy Barnes on Community.

Glover is also the first Emmy Award-winning actor to top the Hot 100 since Justin Timberlake, who most recently led with “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” in 2016. Glover won two Emmys in 2017, for outstanding lead actor and outstanding directing in a comedy series for FX’s Atlanta, which he created. (Timberlake has taken home four Emmys, all for his music and/or acting on Saturday Night Live.)

‘America’ at No. 1: The Hot 100’s new leader is technically the first with “America” in its title, although three prior hits reigned with “American” in their names, all in the early 1970s: The Guess Who’s “American Woman”/”No Sugar Tonight” (three weeks, 1970); Don McLean’s “American Pie (Parts I & II)” (four, 1972); and Grand Funk’s “We’re an American Band” (one, 1973). Also in that span, the band America topped the Hot 100 with “A Horse With No Name,” for three weeks in 1972 (while one act with “USA” in its name has led: USA for Africa, with “We Are the World,” for four weeks in 1985).

Childish Gambino’s “America” is additionally a rare socially-themed Hot 100 No. 1 (such as “We Are the World”) and perhaps the most pointed example since Lady Gaga’s equality anthem “Born This Way” in 2011.

Drake’s “Nice” ranks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 following its first four frames at No. 1, while his former 11-week “Plan” holds at No. 3. As Drake’s run of consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100 ends at 15, he claims the fourth-longest such run in the chart’s history. The Black Eyed Peas ruled for 26 straight weeks in 2009 with “Boom Boom Pow” (12) and “I Gotta Feeling” (14); Usher led for 19 frames in a row with “Yeah!” (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris; 12) and “Burn” (seven) in 2004; and, Justin Bieber linked 17 straight weeks at No. 1 as featured (with Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne) on DJ Khaled’s “I’m the One” (one) and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” (16) in 2017.

Despite its drop to No. 2 on the Hot 100, “Nice” is the chart’s top Airplay Gainer award-winner for a fourth week and enters the Radio Songs top 10 (11-8; 72 million, up 18 percent), becoming Drake’s 20th top on the airplay tally. He ties Lil Wayne for the most Radio Songs top 10s among solo males, dating to the chart’s December 1990 inception, with the hip-hop stars trailing only the totals of Rihanna (29) and Mariah Carey (23).

Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring  Ty Dolla $ign, drops to No. 4 from its No. 2 Hot 100 high, while, like “Nice,” hitting the Radio Songs top 10 (12-9; 67.7 million, up 13 percent). Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign each earn their second Radio Songs top 10.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s fellow No. 2-peaking collab “Meant to Be” dips 4-5. It leads the Hot Country Songs chart for a 24th week, tying FGL’s own “Cruise,” in 2012-13, for the longest command by a duo or group in the chart’s history and the second-longest overall; Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” ruled for a record 34 weeks in 2017.

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle” slips to No. 6 from its No. 5 Hot 100 peak but is the newly-minted most-heard song on U.S. radio: It lifts 2-1 on Radio Songs (119.1 million, down percent), becoming the first leader on the list for each act. The track tops the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 15th week.

BlocBoy JB’s No. 5-peaking “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, rebounds 9-7 on the Hot 100 and Camila Cabello‘s “Never Be the Same” descends to No. 8 from its No. 6 high reached last week.

Ed Sheeran‘s former six-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Perfect” returns to the top 10 (12-9). The song logs a 26th week in the top 10, becoming just the 10th title to have tallied at least a half-year in the region. Sheeran holds the record for the longest stay: his “Shape of You” spent 33 weeks in the top 10 in 2017.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Ariana Grande‘s “No Tears Left to Cry” spends a second week at No. 10 after debuting two weeks ago at No. 3.

Below the Hot 100’s top tier, Imagine Dragons’ “Whatever It Takes” leaps to a new peak (21-12), while crowning the Hot Rock Songs chart for a seventh week; Travis Scott’s “Watch,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West, clocks a No. 16 Hot 100 debut, as it opens at No. 7 on Streaming Songs (23.9 million); Ella Mai’s first Hot 100 hit, “Boo’d Up,” bounds 37-17; Nicki Minaj’s No. 10 hit “Chun-Li” rebounds 50-19 after the May 4 release of its official video, as it soars 43-13 on Streaming Songs (21.2 million, up 42 percent, good for the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer nod); and Kane Brown hits the Hot 100’s top 20 for the first time with “Heaven” (28-20).

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 15), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (May 18).

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Plus: Top 10 debuts from Leon Bridges, Shinedown, Rae Sremmurd and Lake Street Dive.

Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys lands a second straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set earned 193,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 10 (down 58 percent from its debut frame), according to Nielsen Music.

Malone is joined by four debuts in the top 10, as new efforts from Leon Bridges, Shinedown, Rae Sremmurd and Lake Street Dive all bow in the region.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new May 19-dated chart (where Malone holds at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, May 15.

Beerbongs is just the third title to rack up multiple weeks at No. 1 in 2018, and the first by an artist, following Black Panther: The Album (with three weeks at No. 1) and The Greatest Showman soundtrack (two weeks in the top slot). Beerbongs is also the first album by an artist to notch back-to-back weeks at No. 1 since Taylor Swift’s reputation spent its first three weeks atop the tally (Dec. 2-16, 2017). (Reputationclocked one further week at No. 1, on the Jan. 6, 2018 chart.)

Beerbongs’ second week on the list is powered by streaming activity, as it garnered 160,000 SEA units (down 44 percent). In terms of traditional album sales, it sold 24,000 copies (down 85 percent), while TEA units equaled just 9,000 (down 59 percent).

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, J. Cole’s former No. 1 KOD rises one rung with 68,000 units (down 35 percent).

Singer-songwriter Bridges debuts at No. 3 with his second album, Good Thing. The title earned 66,000 units, with the bulk of that figure driven by traditional album sales (59,000). Both sums represent high-water marks for the artist. Good Thing is the top-selling album of the week as well, and launches at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

Good Thing lands Bridges his highest-charting effort, as his debut set Coming Homedebuted and peaked at No. 6 in 2015, off a start of 42,000 units (38,000 in sales). Bridges’ sales launch, and the debuts of Shinedown and Lake Street Dive (more on them later), benefit greatly from concert ticket/album sale redemption offers with their latest tours.

Cardi B’s previous chart-topper, Invasion of Privacy, holds at No. 4 with 62,000 units (down 13 percent).

Rock band Shinedown scores its fourth top 10, as ATTENTION ATTENTION bows at No. 5 with 60,000 units (55,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the group’s fourth consecutive studio album to bow in the top 10, following Threat to Survival (No. 6 in 2015), Amaryllis (No. 4, 2012), and The Sound of Madness (No. 8, 2008). The group made its Billboard 200 debut nearly 15 years ago, when Leave a Whisper arrived on the Aug. 2, 3003-dated list at No. 159, on its way to a No. 53 peak in August of 2004.

The new album was led by the single “Devil,” which holds at its peak of No. 2 on the most recently-published Mainstream Rock Songs chart (dated May 12). The band holds a record 23 top five hits on the list, which is the entirety of the act’s charting efforts. Among those 23 entries are 11 No. 1s.

Rae Sremmurd’s three-part album, SR3MM, starts at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 with 57,000 units, giving the hip-hop duo (Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi) its third straight top 10. The 27-song set comprises three parts: SR3MM (Rae Sremmurd’s third studio set; the first nine songs of the project), Swaecation (the second nine songs, credited as a solo project from Swae Lee) and Jxmtro (the final nine songs, a solo offering from Slim Jxmmi).

The resilient soundtrack to The Greatest Showman spends a 20th consecutive week in the top 10, as the album shifts 5-7 in its 22nd week on the tally (52,000 units; down 10 percent). The album debuted at No. 71 on the Dec. 30, 2017-dated list, jumped to No. 63 the next week, and then vaulted to No. 5 the following frame and has been in the top 10 ever since. The album spent two weeks atop the tally (Jan. 13 and 20).

Rock band Lake Street Dive nabs its first Billboard 200 top 10 album and highest-charting effort yet, as its new set Free Yourself Up arrives at No. 8. The album also garners the group its biggest week yet in terms of units and traditional album sales, as it earned 32,000 units (of which 30,000 were in traditional album sales). Previously, the band’s high-water mark on the chart came with 2014’s Bad Self Portraits, which debuted and peaked at No. 18.

Rounding out the Billboard 200’s new top 10 are former No. 1s Black Panther: The Album (moving 13-9 with 30,000 units; up 4 percent) and Migos’ Culture II (climbing 12-10 with 29,000 units; down 5 percent).

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“Nice” leads for a fourth week, Post Malone boasts three songs in the top 10 & Cabello earns her third solo top 10.

Drake‘s “Nice for What” rules the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a fourth week, covering its entire run on the ranking, dating to its No. 1 debut.

Meanwhile, Post Malone sports three songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 simultaneously for the first time, led by “Psycho,” featuring  Ty Dolla $ign, which returns to its No. 2 high, as parent album beerbongs & bentleys debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200with the biggest streaming week ever for an album.

Plus, Camila Cabello collects her third top 10 as a soloist, as “Never Be the Same” surges from No. 13 to No. 6 and reigns as the week’s top-selling song, helped by its new remix with country artist Kane Brown.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated May 12), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 8).

As on the Hot 100, “Nice,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 9 percent to 48.5 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 3, according to Nielsen Music. It rebounds 4-3 on Digital Song Sales, although down 16 percent to 28,000 downloads sold in the week ending May 3, while jumping 17-11 on the Radio Songschart with 61.6 million in all-format airplay audience (up 22 percent) in the week ending May 6, good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a third consecutive week.

Drake has now spent 35 cumulative weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, dating to his first week on top as featured on Rihanna’s “What’s My Name?” (Nov. 20, 2010), the first of his five No. 1s. With his latest frame at the summit, he passes Elton John for the third-most weeks at No. 1 among solo males in the chart’s 59-year history. Usher leads with 47, followed by Michael Jackson (37). Among all artists, Drake passes John for a solo share of eighth place; Mariah Carey leads all acts with 79 weeks at No. 1.

“Nice” concurrently tops Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a fourth week each.

Post Malone’s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, rebounds 5-2 on the Hot 100, returning to its peak; it debuted at No. 2 on the chart dated March 10 and had spent the next eight weeks between Nos. 3 and 5. As Post Malone’s second album, beerbongs & bentleys blasts in atop the Billboard 200, the song surges 8-2 on Streaming Songs (47.8 million, up 40 percent, as it scores the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer nod).

Plus, the rapper/singer debuts at No. 7 on the Hot 100 with the set’s “Better Now,” while former eight-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage (also on the album), rebounds 32-8. The tracks rank at Nos. 4 (34 million) and 6 (32.1 million, up 77 percent) on Streaming Songs, respectively.

Post Malone is the 18th artist in the Hot 100’s history with at least three concurrent top 10s; he’s one of two such acts this week, as Drake earns the honor for a fifth straight week thanks to “Nice”; “God’s Plan,” down 2-3 after tallying its first 11 weeks at No. 1; and his featured turn on BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” which holds at No. 9 after reaching No. 5.

Below “Nice,” “Psycho” and “Plan,” Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” is steady at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It leads the Radio Songs chart for a fifth week (130 million, down 5 percent) and Hot Country Songsfor a 23rd frame.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle” rises from No. 7 back to its No. 5 high, as the collab leads the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 14th week.

Camila Cabello roars to the Hot 100’s top 10, as “Never Be the Same” vaults 13-6, aided by its new remix with Kane Brown, released April 27. The song soars 10-1 on Digital Song Sales (51,000, up 120 percent, as it wins the Hot 100’s sales-based top Digital Gainer honor), becoming Cabello’s second leader on the list; prior single “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, ruled for two weeks beginning Dec. 2. “Never” keeps at No. 4 on Radio Songs (105 million, up 5 percent) and re-enters Streaming Songs at No. 48 (14 million, up 19 percent).

Cabello earns her third Hot 100 top 10 as a soloist, following “Havana” (No. 1, one week) and “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly (No. 4, 2017).

Plus, in June 2016, Fifth Harmony hit No. 4 on the Hot 100 with “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign; Cabello was a member of the group from its 2012 inception through December 2016.

As previously reported, “Never” becomes Cabello’s third solo No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart.

(“Same” but different: One prior hit titled “Never Be the Same” fell just shy of the Hot 100’s top 10: Christopher Cross’ song reached No. 15 in 1980. Honorable mention to Spanky and Our Gang’s “Sunday Will Never Be the Same,” which rose to No. 9 in 1967.)

The aforementioned “Better,” “Rockstar” and “Look Alive” rank at Nos. 7, 8 and 9 on the Hot 100, respectively, while Ariana Grande drops to No. 10 with “No Tears Left to Cry,” which debuted a week ago at No. 3. It falls 1-5 on Digital Song Sales (26,000, down 74 percent) and 5-13 on Streaming Songs (25.3 million, down 31 percent), while flying 35-23 on Radio Songs (37.6 million, up 37 percent).

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 8), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Drake‘s “Nice for What” crowns the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a third week, encompassing its entire run on the ranking, dating to its No. 1 debut.

Meanwhile, four songs debut in the Hot 100’s top 10, marking a first in the chart’s 59-year history. Ariana Grande‘s “No Tears Left to Cry” launches at No. 3 and J. Colestarts at Nos. 6, 8 and 10 with “ATM,” “Kevin’s Heart” and “KOD,” respectively, as parent album KOD bows as his fifth No. 1 on the Billboard 200. On the Hot 100, Cole is the first artist ever to debut three titles in the top 10 in the same week.

Let’s run down an especially busy top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated May 5), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 1).

As on the Hot 100, “Nice,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, spends a third week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 10 percent to 53.6 million U.S. streams in the week ending April 26, according to Nielsen Music. It slips 2-4 on Digital Song Sales with 33,000 downloads sold (down 34 percent) in the week ending April 26, while jumping 27-17 on the Radio Songschart with 51 million in all-format airplay audience (up 27 percent) in the week ending April 29, good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a second straight week.

Drake has now spent 34 cumulative weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, dating to his first week on top as featured on Rihanna’s “What’s My Name?” (Nov. 20, 2010), the first of his five No. 1s. With his latest frame at the summit, he ties Elton John for the third-most weeks at No. 1 among solo males in the chart’s history. Usher leads with 47, followed by Michael Jackson (37). Among all artists, Drake and John share eighth place; Mariah Carey paces all acts with 79 weeks at No. 1.

“Nice” concurrently tops Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a third week each.

Drake logs the Nos. 1 and 2 songs on the Hot 100 for a third week, as “God’s Plan” posts a third frame at the runner-up spot after tallying its first 11 weeks at No. 1. The track holds at No. 3 on Radio Songs (116 million, up 2 percent) and falls 2-4 on Streaming Songs (40.8 million, down 8 percent) and 5-6 on Digital Song Sales (28,000, down 8 percent).

Ariana Grande bursts onto the Hot 100 at No. 3 with “No Tears Left to Cry.” Following its April 20 release, the track premieres at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (100,000 sold), where it’s Grande’s third leader; No. 5 on Streaming Songs (36.9 million); and No. 35 on Radio Songs (27 million).

Grande earns her ninth Hot 100 top 10 and sixth to debut in the region. She ties Lady Gaga and Rihanna for sixth place among all acts for the most top 10 debuts, after Taylor Swift (14), Drake (12), Eminem (eight), Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne (seven each).

Also notably, while “Tears” is, as of now, a stand-alone single, should it wind up serving as the lead single from Grande’s fourth proper LP, she’ll extend an unprecedented honor and become the only artist to have debuted the first single from each of her first four LPs in the Hot 100’s top 10. Her debut entry, “The Way,” featuring Mac Miller, opened at No. 10, ushering in her first album, Yours Truly, in 2013; “Problem,” featuring Iggy Azalea, launched at No. 3 (a career-best bow tied by “Tears”) as the first single from 2014’s My Everything; and, in 2016, “Dangerous Woman,” the title cut from her most recent full-length, began at No. 10, making her the first artist to debut the lead single from each of her first three proper albums in the Hot 100’s top 10.

As for its sales sum, “Tears” is the first song to sell at least 100,000 downloads in a week in three months, since Drake’s “God’s Plan” opened with 127,000 on Feb. 3. The 12-week gap between 100,000-selling downloads is the longest on the chart, which began in October 2004, since the list’s first 63 weeks of existence (through January 2006), as download sales continue to decline as streaming surges.

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” drops 3-4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It leads the Radio Songs chart for a fourth week (136 million, down 4 percent) and Hot Country Songs for a 22nd frame.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, descends 4-5, after debuting at its No. 2 peak.

J. Cole debuts an unprecedented three songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 simultaneously: “ATM” at No. 6 (a new personal best), “Kevin’s Heart” at No. 8 and “KOD” at No. 10. The songs start at Nos. 2 (42.6 million), 3 (39.7 million) and 6 (33.2 million) on Streaming Songs, while selling 10,000, 7,000 and 18,000 downloads, respectively.

Cole adds his second, third and fourth Hot 100 top 10s, all of which have debuted in the top 10; he first reached the region when “Deja Vu,” from his previous LP, 4 Your Eyez Only, debuted at its No. 7 peak in December 2016.

Cole becomes the first artist in the Hot 100’s archives to have debuted three songs in the top 10 simultaneously, surpassing two artists who doubled up with new entries in the same week. Ed Sheeran bowed with “Shape of You” (No. 1) and “Castle on the Hill” (No. 6) on Jan. 28, 2017, while Drake has scored such a twofer twice, with “Passionfruit” (No. 8) and “Portland” (featuring Quavo and Travis Scott, No. 9) on April 8, 2017, and “God’s Plan” (No. 1) and “Diplomatic Immunity” (No. 7) this Feb. 3.

Plus, with Grande’s “Tears” and Cole’s three tracks all beginning on the Hot 100 in the top 10, the chart welcomes four top 10 debuts simultaneously for the first time. Twice before, as many as three songs had started in the top 10 together: On March 3, 2012, Katy Perry’s “Part of Me,” Nicki Minaj’s “Starships” and Chris Brown’s “Turn Up the Music” soared in at Nos. 1, 9 and 10, respectively. On the chart dated Oct. 20 that year, One Direction’s “Live While We’re Young,” Swift’s “Red” and Adele’s “Skyfall” premiered at Nos. 3, 6 and 8, respectively.

In between Cole’s three new top 10s on the Hot 100, Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle” drops to No. 7 from its No. 5 high, as the collab leads the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 13th week, as well as the Adult Pop Songsairplay chart (where it’s each act’s first No. 1) for a first frame, and BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, falls 6-9 after hitting No. 5.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 1), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (May 4).

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Set logs biggest week of the year in overall units and third-largest streaming week ever.

J. Cole’s fifth studio album, KOD, roars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 2018’s biggest week for an album, as the set earned 397,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 26, according to Nielsen Music. It also notches the largest streaming week of the year, and the third-largest streaming week ever.

KOD is J. Cole’s fifth consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200, following his four previous studio sets: 4 Your Eyez Only (2016), 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014), Born Sinner (2013), and Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011). Four of his five No. 1s opened in the top slot. Only Born Sinner missed a No. 1 debut, as it bowed at No. 2 and then moved to No. 1 in its third week on the list.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new May 5-dated chart (where J. Cole bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, May 1.

Here are some fast facts about J. Cole’s debut at No. 1 with KOD:

— Biggest week of 2018 for an album: KOD launches with 397,000 equivalent album units earned. That surpasses 2018’s previous largest week, registered when Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods bowed at No. 1 with 293,000 units on the chart dated Feb. 17. KOD logs the biggest week for any album since Taylor Swift’s reputation started atop the tally dated Dec. 2, 2017 with 1.238 million units.

— Biggest week for a hip-hop album in nearly a year: KOD’s debut of 397,000 units is the biggest week for a hip-hop album since Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN.opened at No. 1 with 603,000 units on the chart dated May 6, 2017 (reflecting the tracking week ending April 20).

— Largest streaming week of 2018 for an album: Of KOD’s overall starting unit sum, 215,000 were in SEA units. That figure translates into 322.7 million on-demand audio streams of the album’s tracks in its opening week (each SEA units equals 1,500 on-demand audio streams). That’s by far the largest streaming week of 2018 for an album, surpassing the debut of Migos’ Culture II (149,000 SEA units; 224.6 million on-demand audio streams on the chart dated Feb. 10, reflecting the tracking week ending Feb. 1.)

— Third-largest streaming week ever for an album: KOD’s tally of 322.7 million first-week on-demand audio streams for its tracks is the third-biggest streaming week for an album. The only larger weeks were posted by the debut frames of Lamar’s DAMN. (340.6 million on-demand audio streams of its tracks in the week ending April 20, 2017) and Drake’s More Life (384.8 million, week ending March 30, 2017). (Also impressive: KOD achieved its streaming sum with only a 12-song track list. DAMN. and More Life have 14 and 22 tracks, respectively.)

— Second-largest sales week of 2018: With 174,000 in traditional album sales, KOD has the second-largest sales week of the year, trailing only the debut frame of Man of the Woods (242,000).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Cardi B’s former No. 1, Invasion of Privacy, moves up one spot in its third week on the list with 91,000 units (down 30 percent).

A Perfect Circle returns with its first studio album since 2004, and fourth top 10 set, as Eat the Elephant debuts at No. 3 with 68,000 units (of which 63,000 were in traditional album sales). The act was last on the list in 2013 with the hits compilation Three Sixty, which debuted and peaked at No. 38. Before that, the remix album Amotion hit No. 57 in late 2004.

A Perfect Circle’s last studio release, Emotive, opened and peaked at No. 2 in 2004 with 142,000 copies sold in its first week (the chart was purely sales-based in 2004). The rock act also hit the top 10 with its two earlier studio sets: Thirteenth Step (No. 2 in 2003) and Mer de Noms (No. 4 in 2000).

The Greatest Showman soundtrack continues to hold on strong in the top 10 for an 18^th consecutive week, as the album is a non-mover at No. 4 (68,000 units; down 12 percent).

Jason Aldean’s Rearview Town falls from No. 1 to No. 5 in its second week, earning 38,000 units (down 79 percent), XXXTENTACION’s ? moves up one position to No. 6 with 35,000 units (down 13 percent) and Migos’ Culture II climbs 8-7 with 33,000 units (down 8 percent). The Weeknd’s My Dear Melancholy dips 6-8 with nearly 33,000 units (down 26 percent) and Black Panther: The Album is steady at No. 9 with 32,000 units (down 7 percent).

Closing out the top 10 is rock group Lord Huron with its first top 10 effort, Vide Noir. The set, which is the act’s third studio set, bows at No. 10 with 31,000 units earned (of which 28,000 were in traditional album sales). The band previously visited the chart with its first two sets, Strange Trails (No. 23 in 2015) and Lonesome Dreams (No. 179 in 2012).

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“Nice” reigns for a second week & Minaj earns her 16th top 10, extending her record among female rappers.

Drake‘s “Nice for What” leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a second week, following its debut at No. 1 a week earlier.

Plus, Nicki Minaj soars to the top 10 with “Chun-Li,” which bounds from No. 92 to No. 10 following its first full week of tracking.

And, with Florida Georgia Line and Maren Morris ranking on hits at Nos. 3 and 5, respectively, two country acts place in the Hot 100’s top five simultaneously for the first time in over 18 years.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated April 28), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 24).

The set is the first country album to reach No. 1 in 2018.

Jason Aldean’s Rearview Town debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, securing the country star his fourth consecutive, chart-topping set and the first country No. 1 in 2018.

Rearview Town, released on April 13 via Macon/Broken Bow Records, launches with 183,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending April 19, according to Nielsen Music, of which 162,000 were in traditional album sales. The set starts with the biggest week in terms of overall units and album sales for any country title this year.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new April 28-dated chart (where Aldean bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, April 24.

Rearview Town marks Aldean’s fourth consecutive chart entry to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It follows his three previous studio albums: They Don’t Know (2016), Old Boots, New Dirt (2014) and Night Train (2012). Rearview is his seventh top 10 set overall, as he also collected top 10 efforts with My Kinda Party (No. 2 in 2010), Wide Open (No. 4, 2009) and Relentless (No. 4, 2007). Only his self-titled debut album missed the top 10, peaking at No. 27 in 2005. (Aldean has only charted with studio albums; he has yet to visit the list with any compilations, greatest hits, live packages, etc.)

Aldean is just the second country act to send four consecutive studio releases to the top. Rascal Flatt​s also claimed four No. 1 studio sets in a row between 2004 and 2009: Feels Like Today, Me and My Gang, Still Feels Good and Unstoppable. (Between Still and Unstoppable, the trio clocked a No. 6-peaking set with the best-of package Greatest Hits Volume 1.)

Rearview Town is the first country album to lead the Billboard 200 in 2018, and the first since Luke Bryan’s What Makes You Country topped the Dec. 30, 2017-dated tally.

Aldean’s new set also logs the largest week, both in terms of total units and traditional album sales, for a country title since Kenny Chesney’s live effort Live in No Shoes Nation launched at No. 1 with 219,000 units (of which 217,000 were in album sales) on the Nov. 18, 2017 chart. Like Chesney’s album, Aldean’s release was boosted by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with his upcoming tour, which starts on May 10.

Aldean also nets the largest week for a country studio album — in units and in sales — since Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 1, nearly a year ago, when it bowed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 219,000 units (of which 202,000 were in album sales).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy moves down to the runner-up slot after bowing at No. 1 a week earlier. The set earned 129,000 units in its second week, down 49 percent.

Rock band Breaking Benjamin earn its fourth top 10 effort with Ember, as it debuts at No. 3 with 88,000 units (of which 80,000 were in traditional album sales). The band’s last release, 2015’s Dark Before Dawn, opened at No. 1 with 141,000 units (135,000 in album sales), securing the group its first leader on the list. (Like Rearview Town, Ember benefits from a ticket/album sale redemption offer.)

The soundtrack to The Greatest Showman holds at No. 4 with 77,000 – but with a big 53 percent gain, as the album continues to benefit from the hit movie’s DVD and Blu-ray release on April 10. The former No. 1 album sold 54,000 copies in the latest tracking week – up 63 percent.

Singer-songwriter John Prine logs his highest-charting album ever, and first top 10, as The Tree of Forgiveness bows at No. 5 with 54,000 units (53,000 in traditional album sales). The album is his first release album of his own new songs since 2005’s Fair and Square. The new set got a big boost from sales driven by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer, which helps yield the two-time Grammy Award winner his best sales week since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991. (Prine has been charting on the Billboard 200 since 1972.)

Prine earned his previous best on the Billboard 200 with his last album, 2016’s For Better, Or Worse, which debuted and peaked at No. 30.

The Weeknd’s My Dear Melancholy dips 3-6 with 44,000 units (down 14 percent), XXXTENTACION’s ? slips 5-7 with 40,000 units (down 13 percent), Migos’ Culture II falls 6-8 with 36,000 units (down 3 percent) and Black Panther: The Album descends 7-9 with 34,000 units (down 7 percent).

Pentatonix rounds out the new top 10 with the arrival of its latest release, PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. 1. The covers set launches at No. 10 with 34,000 units (29,000 in traditional album sales), which garners the vocal group its eighth top 10 effort. Like Aldean, Breaking Benjamin and Prine, PTX’s sales were also goosed by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer.

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