“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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Drake earns his fifth No. 1 and second chart-topping debut, halting the reign of “Plan” after 11 weeks.

Drake‘s domination atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart continues, but with a different song this week, as new single “Nice for What” debuts at No. 1, stopping the command of his own “God’s Plan” after 11 weeks on top.

Meanwhile, Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin blast in with a No. 8 Hot 100 debut for “I Like It,” from Cardi B’s debut full-length Invasion of Privacy, which launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated April 21), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 17).

“Nice,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, arrives as Drake’s fifth No. 1, as well as the 1,072nd leader in the Hot 100’s history, which dates to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception.

Here are highlights of the song’s start.

First-week totals: “Nice,” which arrived late on April 6, soars in at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 60.4 million U.S. streams in the week ending April 12, according to Nielsen Music. It also opens at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales with 88,000 downloads sold in the week ending April 12. On the Radio Songs chart, “Nice” enters (as the week’s top debut) at No. 34, drawing 31 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending April 15.

Drake earns his fourth Streaming Songs No. 1, tying Justin Bieber for the top total since the chart began just over five years ago. Drake posts his ninth Digital Song Sales leader, matching Eminem for the most among solo males. Among all acts, only Taylor Swift (15), Rihanna (14) and Katy Perry (11) have notched more No. 1s on the paid downloads tally (which originated in 2004).

Drake’s fifth Hot 100 No. 1: Drake’s fifth Hot 100 No. 1 follows “God’s Plan” (11 weeks on top), “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla (10 weeks, 2016), and two by Rihanna on which he’s featured: “Work” (nine weeks, 2016) and “What’s My Name?” (one week, 2010).

Canadian kings: As previously pointed out by reader Pablo Nelson, Bieber rewrote the record for the most Hot 100 No. 1s among Canadian artists when Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” on which Bieber is featured, became his fifth No. 1, on May 27, 2017. With his fifth leader, the Toronto-born Drake ties London, Ontario, native Bieber for the honour. Bryan Adams and Celine Dion follow with four each.

30th No. 1 debut: “Nice” is the 30th single to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100, and the first since his own “God’s Plan” on Feb. 3. Now with two No. 1 debuts on the Hot 100, Drake joins just three other acts with multiple chart-topping starts: Mariah Carey, the leader with three, and Bieber and Britney Spears, each with two.

Back-to-back No. 1s: Drake becomes the 13th act to have replaced itself at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and the first since Bieber, as “Despacito” dethroned  DJ Khaled’s “I’m the One,” featuring Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne. Drake is additionally the first artist to have replaced himself at No. 1 as a lead artist since Bieber, whose “Love Yourself” supplanted “Sorry” on Feb. 13, 2016. (Before Bieber’s two such takeovers, The Weeknd had last managed the feat in 2015; thus, three Canadian solo males are the last three acts to have replaced themselves at No. 1.)

Republic, meanwhile, is the first label to directly succeed itself atop the Hot 100 since the label did so when Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” took over for “Despacito” (Sept. 16, 2017), ending the latter’s record-tying 16-week rule; Republic shared radio promotion credit on “Despacito” with Fonsi’s label, Universal Music Latin Entertainment (UMLE).

Back-to-back No. 1 debuts: With “Plan” having debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and “Nice” making the same start, Drake is the first artist to replace himself at No. 1 (of the 13 acts that have done so) with both songs having launched at the apex.

Notably (with an assist from reader Jake Rivera), consecutive Hot 100 No. 1s have entered at the top for just the second time, after three hits that premiered at the top reigned consecutively in 1995: Carey’s “Fantasy,” Whitney Houston’s “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” and Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day.”

25th top 10, equaling Elvis: Beyond being Drake’s fifth No. 1, “Nice” marks his 25th top 10, tying him with Elvis Presley for the fourth-most top 10s among solo males in the chart’s history (with the start of Presley’s run of hits predating the Hot 100’s origin by two years). Michael Jackson leads with 29 solo top 10s, followed by Stevie Wonder (28) and Elton John (27). (Madonna leads all artists with 38 top 10s. The Beatles place second with 34 and Rihanna ranks third with 31.)

162nd entry, extending solo record: Further, beyond its instant No. 1 and top 10 status, “Nice” marks Drake’s 162nd Hot 100 entry, extending his record for the most among soloists. Only the Glee Cast boasts more: 207 (tallied in 2009-13 during the show’s run, which ended in 2015). Lil Wayne ranks third among all acts with 137 appearances.

Hill climbs: “Nice” samples Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor,” which hit No. 7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and No. 21 on the Hot 100 in 1999. Hill has made one trip to the top of the Hot 100 as a credited artist, with her debut entry “Doo Wop (That Thing)” in 1998.

We’re not done with Drake, who makes more moves in the Hot 100’s top five.

Nos. 1 & 2: Drake’s “God’s Plan” dips to No. 2 after spending its first 11 weeks atop the Hot 100, marking his longest reign (by a week over “One Dance”) and one of just 24 hits to lead for at least that long. Drake is the 18th act to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously and the first since Bieber, who did so with “Despacito” and “I’m the One,” respectively, on July 22, 2017. The Beatles first doubled up at Nos. 1 and 2 at the same time, with “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves You,” respectively, on Feb. 22, 1964.

As it slips to No. 2 on the Hot 100, “Plan” does the same on Streaming Songs (47.5 million, down 9 percent), where it likewise logged its first 11 weeks at No. 1. The track drops to No. 3 after eight weeks atop Digital Song Sales (35,000, down 26 percent) and rebounds from No. 4 to its No. 3 high on Radio Songs (108 million, up 1 percent).

Three in top five: Drake makes it three songs in the Hot 100’s top five simultaneously, thanks to “Nice” at No. 1, “Plan” at No. 2 and BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, which holds at its No. 5 peak. Drake joins only The Beatles, 50 Cent and Bieber in charting at least three titles in the top five at the same time. Bieber last tripled up, with “Sorry” (No. 2), “Love Yourself” (No. 3) and “What Do You Mean?” (No. 5) on Jan. 16, 2016. The Beatles are the only act to monopolize the entire top five in a week, on April 4, 1964.

R&B/hip-hop/rap royalty: “Nice” concurrently opens at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts. Drake earns his 18th No. 1 on the former, breaking a tie with James Brown for the third-best total; Drake trails only Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, the co-leaders with 20 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs No. 1s apiece (dating to the chart’s 1958 launch).

On Hot Rap Songs (which began in 1989), Drake scores his record-extending 19th No. 1. Lil Wayne and Diddy share second place with 10 leaders each.

Back to the Hot 100, and as for the rest of the top 10 …

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” backtracks to No. 3 after three weeks at its No. 2 Hot 100 high. It tops the Radio Songs chart for a second week (136 million, up 4 percent) and rules Hot Country Songs for a 20th frame, while becoming each act’s first No. 1 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart.

Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, retreats 3-4 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high on the March 10-dated chart.

Below “Look Alive” at No. 5, Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle” holds at its No. 6 Hot 100 high, while leading Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for an 11th week, and Ed Sheeran‘s former six-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Perfect” is stationary at No. 7.

Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin debut at No. 8 on the Hot 100 with “I Like It.” The song starts at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales (47,000) and No. 9 on Streaming Songs (25.9 million).

Cardi B collects her fifth Hot 100 top 10, dating to her debut No. 1 “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves),” which reached the region last August and spent three weeks on top beginning Oct. 7.

Latin stars Bad Bunny and Balvin earn their first and second Hot 100 top 10s, respectively. In three prior visits, Bad Bunny had reached a No. 74 high in December as featured on Becky G’s “Mayores.” Balvin has posted a No. 3 best with “Mi Gente,” his collaboration with Willy William and featuring Beyoncé, in October.

“I Like It” reworks the venerable “I Like It Like That,” originally performed by Pete Rodriguez in 1967 and taken to No. 25 on the Hot 100 in 1997 (titled “I Like It”) by The Blackout Allstars; the latter act included Tito Nieves, who also recorded a notable solo version. (In between, the composition appeared in the 1994 film I Like It Like That and earned a synch in a 1996 Burger King commercial.)

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Dicky‘s No. 8-peaking “Freaky Friday,” featuring Chris Brown, is steady at No. 9, while hitting No. 1 for the first time on Hot R&B Songs, and Bruno Mars and Cardi B‘s No. 3-peaking “Finesse” drops 8-10 on the Hot 100.

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 (April 17), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (April 20).

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“Invasion” launches with second-largest week of 2018, and the biggest streaming week ever for an album by a woman.

Cardi B blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with her debut studio album, Invasion of Privacy.

The set, which was released on April 6 through The KSR Group/Atlantic Records, earned 255,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 12, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the second-biggest week of 2018, trailing only the arrival of Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods, which bowed with 293,000 units on the Feb. 17-dated chart.

Of Invasion’s total unit bow, 103,000 were in traditional album sales — the biggest sales week for an R&B or hip-hop album in 2018.

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 21-dated chart (where Cardi B debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, April 17.

Here are some of the stellar feats that Cardi B achieves with Invasion of Privacy’s debut at No. 1:

— Cardi B becomes the fifth female rapper to top the Billboard 200 albums chart. She follows Nicki Minaj (with Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded in 2012 and Pink Friday in 2011), Eve (Let There Be Eve… Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, 1999), Foxy Brown (Chyna Doll in 1999 and the collaborative album The Firm in 1997, with Nas, AZ and Nature) and Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998).

— Invasion of Privacy bows with the largest on-demand audio streaming week ever for an album by a woman. Invasion launches with 255,000 equivalent album units overall, and of that sum, 135,000 were in SEA units. That translates to 202.6 million streams of the tracks on the album during its debut frame. Invasion easily bests the previous record-holder, Beyoncé’s Lemonade, which launched with 77,000 SEA units (115.2 million streams) on the May 14, 2016-dated chart.

— Invasion logs the biggest streaming week for a debut studio album, trumping the arrival of Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2, which bowed with 100,000 SEA units (150.6 million streams) on the Sept 16, 2017-dated list.

— Second-biggest streaming week for an album in 2018: Invasion nabs the second-largest streaming week for an album this year, behind only the debut of Migos’ Culture II (149,000 SEA units; 224.6 million on-demand audio streams).

— Seventh-largest streaming week for an album ever: Invasion’s big streaming start marks the seventh-largest streaming week for an album, and the fifth biggest debut ever. Drake’s More Life continues to hold the record for the largest streaming frame overall, when it claimed 257,000 SEA units in its opening frame (chart dated April 8, 2017), equaling 384.8 million on-demand audio streams.

— Invasion’s start of 255,000 units is the second-biggest week overall for an album in 2018, trailing only the bow of Timberlake’s Man of the Woods (293,000 units). Further, Invasion notches the largest week for an R&B or hip-hop album since Eminem’s Revival started with 267,000 units in the tracking week ending Dec. 21, 2017; and the biggest week for an R&B or hip-hop album by a woman since Beyoncé’s Lemonade tallied 321,000 units in its second week on the list (May 21, 2016-dated chart).

Invasion’s solid album sales figure of 103,000 is notable, considering many hip-hop albums by newer artists tend to be largely driven by streams and have relatively little album sales. Invasion has the largest sales week for an R&B or hip-hop album since Eminem’s Revival bowed with 197,000 copies sold.

Further, Invasion was only available to purchase as a digital album. It’s the fifth album to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2018 that was initially only available as a digital download and via streaming services (following The Weeknd’s My Dear Melancholy, XXXTENTACION’s ?, Logic’s Bobby Tarantino II and Migos’ Culture II).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars scores its second top 10, and highest-charting album ever, as America debuts with 62,000 units. It surpasses the band’s previous high, logged when Love Lust Faith + Dreamsdebuted and peaked at No. 6 in 2013.

Of America’s starting unit total, 54,000 were in traditional album sales — the act’s second-largest sales week ever. Its only bigger week was logged by the 69,000 start of This Is War in 2009. (America’s sales bow was enhanced by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the band’s upcoming tour, which starts on June 6.)

The Weeknd’s My Dear Melancholy slips from No. 1 to No. 3 in its second week, earning 52,000 units (down 69 percent). The soundtrack to The Greatest Showmanclimbs one rung to No. 4 with 51,000 units (up 10 percent), following the film’s DVD and Blu-ray release on April 10. XXXTENTACION’s ? dips 3-5 with 46,000 units (down 20 percent), Migos’ Culture II is up a spot to No. 6 with 37,000 units (down 9 percent) and Black Panther: The Album falls a slot to No. 7 with nearly 37,000 units (down 15 percent).

Rich The Kid’s The World Is Yours tumbles 2-8 in its second week, earning 36,000 units (down 38 percent), while Post Malone’s Stoney shifts 8-9 with 29,000 units (down less than 1 percent).

Closing out the top 10 is rapper Lil Xan, as he bows at No. 10 with his debut album, Total Xanarchy. The set tallied 28,000 units in its opening frame, of which 14,000 were in traditional album sales. The album was preceded by the single “Betrayed,” which hit the top 30 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Rap Songs and the airplay-powered Rhythmic Songs chart.

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With 11 weeks on top, “Plan” passes Drake’s “One Dance,” which led for 10 weeks in 2016.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” rules the Billboard Hot 100 chart for an 11th week, marking his longest-leading No. 1 (of four). It passes the 10-week reign of his 2016 smash “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla.

Plus, The Weeknd blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 4 with “Call Out My Name,” and Migos hit the top 10 with “Walk It Talk It,” marking even more honors for featured artist Drake.

Meanwhile, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be,” at No. 2 on the Hot 100, takes over atop the Radio Songs chart, making FGL the first country act to lead the list in eight years.

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

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, posts its 11th week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 15 percent to 52.1 million U.S. streams in the week ending April 5, according to Nielsen Music. “Plan” logs an eighth week atop Digital Song Sales, up 14 percent to 48,000 downloads sold in the week ending April 5. On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” holds at No. 4, after reaching No. 3, up 2 percent to 109 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending April 8.

“Plan,” meanwhile, is just the 24th No. 1, of 1,071 total in the Hot 100’s 59-year history, to have led for at least 11 weeks. Having debuted atop the chart dated Feb. 3 and remained at the apex since, it’s only the fourth single to have spent at least its first 11 weeks on the chart at No. 1, and the first to do so in over 20 years:

Hits to Spend at Least Their First 11 Weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1
16 weeks, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, beginning Dec. 2, 1995
14 weeks, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
11 weeks, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 3, 2018
11 weeks, “I’ll Be Missing You,” Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112, June 14, 1997

“Plan” concurrently collects an 11th week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

(Read on for more Drake news …)

Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” spends a third week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high. On Radio Songs, it rises 2-1 (131 million, up 7 percent), marking the first leader on the list for each act. Thanks to FGL, the track is the first Radio Songs No. 1 for a country act since Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now,” which reigned for two weeks in 2010. Only one other title by a core country act has crowned Radio Songs, dating to the chart’s 1990 inception: Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me,” in 2009 (before her all-out segue to pop on her 2014 album 1989).

“Meant” leads Hot Country Songs for a 19th week, tying Leroy Van Dyke’s “Walk On By” in 1961-62 for the third-longest dominance in the chart’s history. Florida Georgia Line also boasts the second-longest Hot Country Songs command, 24 weeks for its debut hit, “Cruise,” in 2012-13, which trails only the all-time leader, Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” (34 weeks, 2017).

Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, pushes 4-3 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high on the March 10-dated chart.

The Weeknd’s “Call Out My Name” launches at No. 4 on the Hot 100, powered most heavily by its No. 2 entrance on Streaming Songs (40.5 million), as well as its No. 4 arrival on Digital Song Sales (36,000). It also opens atop On-Demand Streaming Songs (32.2 million on-demand U.S. clicks), where The Weeknd logs his third No. 1, following “Can’t Feel My Face” (seven weeks in 2015) and “Starboy” (three, 2016).

“Call” is from The Weeknd’s new album, My Dear Melancholy, which debuts at No. 1on the Billboard 200 with 169,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 5.

The Weeknd earns his eighth Hot 100 top 10 and highest debut. He notched his seventh top 10 in February, when “Pray for Me,” his Kendrick Lamar duet from the soundtrack Black Panther: The Album, debuted at its No. 7 peak (his prior highest start).

“Call” concurrently debuts atop Hot R&B Songs, where The Weeknd adds his fifth No. 1 and first since “Starboy,” which led for record-tying 20 weeks in 2016-17.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, returns to its peak (6-5). (There’s still more Drake ahead …)

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle” rebounds to its Hot 100 high (7-6), while leading Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 10th week. It wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a fourth frame (113 million, up 10 percent), as well as the top Digital Gainer nod (41,000 sold, up 47 percent).

Ed Sheeran‘s former six-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Perfect” descends 5-7; Bruno Marsand Cardi B‘s “Finesse” falls to No. 8 from its No. 3 peak; and  Lil Dicky‘s “Freaky Friday,” featuring Chris Brown, dips to No. 9 from its No. 8 high.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Migos’ “Walk It Talk It,” featuring Drake, surges 15-10, led by its 7-6 rise on Streaming Songs (30.4 million, up 12 percent); its official video premiered March 18.

Migos notch their fourth Hot 100 top 10, having added their third, the No. 8-peaking “Stir Fry,” in February.

Drake, meanwhile, adds his 24th Hot 100 top 10, breaking a tie with Whitney Houston, Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones (each with 23) for a solo share of 10th place among all acts for the most top 10s in the chart’s history; Madonna leads with 38. Michael Jackson ranks fourth and leads all male soloists with 29 Hot 100 top 10s, followed, among solo males, by Stevie Wonder (28), Elton John (27) and Elvis Presley (25, with his career having predated the Hot 100’s inception).

Plus, thanks to “Plan,” “Look Alive” and “Walk It Talk It,” at Nos. 1, 5 and 10, respectively, Drake sports three simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s for the first time. He’s the 16th artist ever to score such a hat trick and the first since Cardi B on Jan. 28.

Even more Drake: the superstar should make an extremely splashy debut on next week’s Hot 100 (dated April 21) with new track “Nice for What,” released April 6. Check Billboard.com this week to find out about the song’s first days of tracking and how high it could start on the Hot 100 next week.

Just beyond this week’s Hot 100’s top 10, Rich the Kid’s “Plug Walk” steps to a new peak (18-13), as his debut full-length The World Is Yours roars onto the Billboard 200 at No. 2; Camila Cabello’s “Never Be the Same” holds at its No. 14 high; and Cardi B’s “Be Careful” launches at No. 16, as the MC’s debut album Invasion of Privacylooks primed to debut at No. 1 on the April 21-dated Billboard 200.

(As previously noted, both Drake’s “Nice for What” and Cardi B’s “Be Careful” sample Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor,” which hit No. 7 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 21 on the Hot 100 in 1999.)

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 (April 10), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (April 13).

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Plus: Top 10 debuts from Rich The Kid and Kacey Musgraves.

The Weeknd logs his third No. 1 in a row on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as his latest project, My Dear Melancholy, debuts atop the list.

The surprise release, which arrived on March 30 via XO/Republic Records, earned 169,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 5, according to Nielsen Music — the biggest week for an R&B album in over a year, since his own last album. Of that sum, 68,000 were in traditional album sales.

The six-song album appeared with little warning, following a cryptic Instagram poston March 27, which led to a confirmation of an album two days later. My Dear Melancholy follows The Weeknd’s two previous No. 1s: 2016’s Starboy and 2015’s Beauty Behind the Madness.

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 14-dated chart (where The Weeknd debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, April 10.

Notably, My Dear Melancholy logs the largest week for an R&B album — by equivalent album units — in over a year. The last R&B set to post a bigger frame was Starboy, on the list dated Dec. 17, 2016, when it tallied 209,000 units in its debut week.

Further, My Dear Melancholy notches the highest sales week for an R&B album in nearly a year. The last R&B set to sell more was Mary J. Blige’s Strength of a Woman, which started with 72,000 copies sold on the chart dated May 20, 2017.

My Dear Melancholy is currently only available to purchase as a digital download, as its CD counterpart is slated for an April 13 release. (Most surprise albums don’t see their CD editions arrive until a couple weeks after their initial digital release due to the amount of time it takes to manufacture product.)

Though My Dear Melancholy’s sales were solid, the album’s debut saw more than half of its units driven by streams. The title bows with 94,000 SEA units, which equates to 140.8 million on-demand audio streams of the set’s songs (each SEA unit is equal to 1,500 streams). My Dear Melancholy’s streaming start of 94,000 SEA units is the third-biggest streaming week for an album in 2018, following the debut frames of Migos’ Culture II (150,000 SEA units) and XXXTentacion’s ? (106,000 SEA units). My Dear Melancholy’s streaming sum is even more impressive, considering it was achieved with only six songs. Comparably, Culture II had 24 tracks assisting its big streaming start, while ? had 18.

The biggest song on My Dear Melancholy appears to be its lead-off track, “Call Out My Name.” The tune is likely headed for a top 10 debut on the Billboard Hot 100 dated April 14.

Finally, My Dear Melancholy is the shortest album — by track count — to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in nearly eight years. In 2010, the Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals soundtrack, which also had just six tracks, bowed at No. 1 on the list dated June 26. For the last six-track (or shorter) No. 1 album by an artist, one has to scroll back to the Dec. 18, 2004 chart, when JAY-Z and Linkin Park teamed up for the six-track MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents: Collision Course. (The album was initially only available in a CD/DVD edition, where the DVD included the MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups: Linkin Park vs. JAY-Z TV special and other video footage.) Previous to Collision Course, the last six-track No. 1 set was George Benson’s Breezin’, way back on the July 31 and Aug. 7-dated charts in 1976.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 chart, rapper Rich The Kid sees his full-length debut studio album The World Is Yours arrive with 59,000 units earned. Of that sum, just 6,000 were in traditional album sales. The set’s SEA units were unsurprisingly large: 50,000. The album is currently enjoying a top 20 hit on the Hot 100 with “Plug Walk,” which is Rich The Kid’s highest-charting hit.

XXXTentacion’s former No. 1, ?, dips from No. 2 to No. 3 with 57,000 units (down 25 percent).

Singer Kacey Musgraves collects her third top 10 album, as her seventh studio album Golden Hour bows at No. 4 with 49,000 units (with 39,000 of that sum powered by traditional album sales). Musgraves previously visited the top 10 with Pageant Material (No. 3 in 2015) and Same Trailer Different Park (No. 2, 2013).

Golden Hour is the highest charting country album since Luke Bryan’s What Makes You Country launched at No. 1 on the Dec. 30, 2017-dated list.

The soundtrack to The Greatest Showman slips one spot to No. 5 with 46,000 units (down 3 percent).

As for the rest of the top 10: Black Panther: The Album falls 3-6 with 43,000 units (down 9 percent), Migos’ Culture II drops 5-7 with 41,000 units (down 8 percent), Post Malone’s Stoney descends 7-8 with 29,000 units (down 3 percent), Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) moves 8-9 with 28,000 units (down 4 percent) and Logic’s Bobby Tarantino II slides 6-10 with 27,000 units (down 20 percent).

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“Plan” joins “One Dance,” which led for 10 weeks in 2016.

Drake becomes the first male soloist to have tallied two 10-week No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in a lead role, as “God’s Plan” reigns for a 10th week (encompassing its entire run on the survey so far). The star’s “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, ruled for 10 weeks in 2016.

“God’s Plan,” meanwhile, is just the 36th No. 1, of 1,071 total in the Hot 100’s 59-year history, to have led for at least 10 weeks, and the fifth to have spent at least its first 10 weeks on top.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated April 7), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 3).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, posts its 10th week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 11 percent to 61.1 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 29, according to Nielsen Music. While the streaming sum is the lowest for “Plan” to date, the song now sports 10 of the top 23 streaming weeks all-time.

“Plan” rebounds 2-1 for a seventh total week atop Digital Song Sales, despite a 5 percent drop to 42,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 29. On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” holds at No. 4, after reaching No. 3, up 3 percent to 107 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending April 1.

“Plan,” which launched atop the Feb. 3-dated Hot 100, is just the fifth hit to spend at least its first 10 weeks on the list at No. 1. It’s the first by a solo male since Elton John and Puff Daddy each achieved the feat in 1997:

Hits to Spend at Least Their First 10 Weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1
16 weeks, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, beginning Dec. 2, 1995
14 weeks, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
11 weeks, “I’ll Be Missing You,” Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112, June 14, 1997
10 weeks, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 3, 2018
10 weeks, “Hello,” Adele, Nov. 14, 2015

As for acts with multiple Hot 100 No. 1s that have each reigned for double-digit weeks, Drake is the sixth act overall and the first male to earn the honor twice in a lead role. Boyz II Men lead with three such No. 1s (“One Sweet Day,” with Mariah Carey, 16 weeks at No. 1, 1995-96; “I’ll Make Love to You,” 14 weeks, 1994; and “End of the Road,” 13 weeks, 1992). Carey, The Black Eyed Peas, Santana and Pharrell Williams also boast two No. 1s apiece that each led for at least 10 weeks, with Williams having joined the elite club as featured (with T.I.) on Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” (12 weeks, 2013) and his own “Happy” (10 weeks, 2014).

“Plan” concurrently notches a 10th week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high. As noted last week, the track is the highest-charting for a country duo or group since Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now,” which peaked at No. 2 in 2010.

“Meant” likewise keeps at No. 2 on Radio Songs (122 million, up 10 percent) and tops Hot Country Songs for an 18th week, tying FGL’s own “H.O.L.Y.,” in 2016, for the fourth-longest command in the latter chart’s history. The duo also boasts the second-longest Hot Country Songs rule, 24 weeks for its debut hit, “Cruise,” in 2012-13, which trails only the all-time leader, Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” (34 weeks, 2017).

Still, while “Meant” challenges for the Hot 100’s top spot, “God’s Plan” remains comfortably in control, with a roughly 1.7-to-1 lead in chart points (although down from its 1.9-to-1 margin a week ago).

Bruno Mars and Cardi B‘s “Finesse” returns to its Hot 100 peak (4-3). It rules Radio Songs for a fourth week (131 million, down 6 percent) and surges 22-2 on Digital Song Sales, up 122 percent to 40,000 sold, good for the Hot 100’s top digital sales gain, aided by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store. The collab leads Hot R&B Songs for a 12th week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, rebounds 5-4, after debuting at its No. 2 high on the March 10-dated chart, and Ed Sheeran‘s former No. 1 “Perfect” descends 3-5, after leading for six weeks beginning Dec. 23.

BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, jumping 11-6, after reaching a No. 5 high on March 3. It climbs 6-4 on Streaming Songs (35.9 million, up 30 percent).

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle” dips to No. 7 after reaching No. 6 on the Hot 100, while leading Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a ninth week. It wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a third week, as it holds at No. 5 on Radio Songs (103 million, up 13 percent). As previously reported, the track takes over at No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart.

Two songs driven most heavily by streaming that each reached the Hot 100’s top 10 a week ago spend a second week in the region: Lil Dicky‘s “Freaky Friday,” featuring Chris Brown, lifts 9-8 (after debuting on the Hot 100 last week) and controversial rapper/singer XXXTentacion‘s “Sad!” drops 7-9. The former ranks at No. 5 on Streaming Songs, up 24 percent to 33 million clicks.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, slides 8-10, after topping the Jan. 27-dated chart.

Just beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, Bazzi bumps 15-11 with his debut hit, “Mine,” and Cabello’s “Never Be the Same” reaches the top 15 for the first time (19-14, while also ascending to the Radio Songs top 10, 13-10), as does Migos’ “Walk It, Talk It,” featuring Drake (20-15). Plus, Rich the Kid’s “Plug Walk” enters the top 20 (23-18) and Shawn Mendes’ “In My Blood,” released March 22, bounds 72-22 following its first full week of tracking.

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 (April 3), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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White’s third No. 1, following ‘Lazaretto’ and ‘Blunderbuss,’ starts with the biggest sales week for a rock album in 2018.

Jack White claims his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the rocker’s third solo studio effort, Boarding House Reach, opens atop the tally.

The set — which was released on March 23 via Third Man/Columbia Records — earned 124,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 29, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 121,000 were in traditional album sales — the largest sales week for a rock album in 2018.

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 7-dated chart (where Boarding House Reach debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, April 3.

White previously topped the Billboard 200 with his last two studio sets: 2014’s Lazaretto and 2012’s Blunderbuss. The former launched at No. 1 with 138,000 copies sold (before the chart transitioned to an equivalent album units-ranked list in late 2014), while the latter bowed also bowed with 138,000. (Both figures are rounded to the nearest thousand; in its debut week, Blunderbuss sold slightly less than Lazaretto’s opening frame).

Boarding House Reach’s launch of 121,000 copies sold marks the second-biggest sales week of 2018 for any album, trailing only the bow of Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods, with 242,000 sold in the week ending Feb. 8. Boarding nets the biggest sales frame for a rock album since U2’s Songs of Experience (180,000 in the week ending Dec. 7, 2017).

White’s debut, the only new arrival in the top 10, was boosted by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with White’s upcoming U.S. and Canada tour. The trek starts on April 19 in Detroit.

As for White’s history on the Billboard 200 as part of his former duo, The White Stripes, the act landed three top 10s in 2003-07, reaching a No. 2 high with 2007’s Icky Thump.

“Plan” rules for a ninth week, while “Meant” is the highest-charting hit for a country duo or group in eight years. Plus, XXXTentacion & Lil Dicky land their first top 10s.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a ninth week, encompassing the song’s entire run on the tally, dating to its debut at No. 1.

Meanwhile, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” pushes 4-2, becoming the highest-charting Hot 100 hit by a country duo or group in eight years.

Plus, two acts earn their first Hot 100 top 10s: XXXTentacion, whose “Sad!” surges 19-7 as parent album ? debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and comic rapper Lil Dicky, whose “Freaky Friday,” featuring Chris Brown, debuts at No. 9.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated March 31), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 27).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, logs its ninth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 6 percent to 68.5 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 22, according to Nielsen Music.

While the streaming sum is the lowest for “Plan” so far, the song now sports nine of the top 14 streaming weeks all-time. It reached a high of 101.7 million U.S. clicks on the chart dated March 3. Only Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” has drawn more streams in a week: 103.1 million (March 2, 2013; driven by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio).

“Plan” drops to No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart after six weeks at No. 1 (44,000 downloads sold, down 9 percent, in the week ending March 22). On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” holds at No. 4, after hitting No. 3, up 3 percent to 104 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending March 25.

“Plan,” which launched atop the Feb. 3-dated Hot 100, is just the fifth song in the chart’s 59-year history to spend at least its first nine weeks on the survey at No. 1. It passes the halfway point to the record of 16 weeks at No. 1 from the start of a song’s time on the chart, set by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” in 1995-96.

“Plan” posts a ninth week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” ascends 4-2 on the Hot 100. Rexha earns another new career-best rank, while FGL earns its top-charting hit. It bests the twosome’s debut smash “Cruise,” featuring Nelly, which reached No. 4 in 2013.

With the collab’s climb, Florida Georgia Line lands the highest-charting Hot 100 hit for a country duo or group since trio Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now,” which reached No. 2 in March 2010.

“Meant” lifts 3-2 on Radio Songs (111 million, up 8 percent) and 6-4 on Digital Song Sales (35,000, essentially even week-over-week), while slipping 11-12 on Streaming Songs (22.7 million, down 1 percent). It tops Hot Country Songs for a 17th week and hits the top five on both Country Airplay (7-4) and Pop Songs (6-5).

Ed Sheeran‘s former Hot 100 No. 1 “Perfect” descends 2-3. It led the list for six weeks beginning Dec. 23.

Bruno Mars and Cardi B‘s “Finesse” drops to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 peak, while crowning Radio Songs for a third week (140 million, up 3 percent). It leads Hot R&B Songs for an 11th frame. As previously reported, the track hits No. 1 on Pop Songs, where it’s Cardi B’s first leader and Mars’ ninth, pushing him past Justin Timberlake for the most among solo males.

Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, holds at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high on the March 10-dated chart.

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle” is likewise steady, at its No. 6 Hot 100 high, while claiming the chart’s top gain in airplay for a second straight week, as it leaps 9-5 on Radio Songs (91 million, up 17 percent). It leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for an eighth week.

XXXTentacion tallies his first Hot 100 top 10, as “Sad!” vaults 19-7. The singer/rapper’s debut LP ? arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 131,000 equivalent album units, and streaming accounts for the bulk of the song’s Hot 100 activity, as it pushes 5-2 on Streaming Songs (34.9 million, up 48 percent).

“Sad!” is one of seven songs that XXXTentacion places on the Hot 100, all from ?. His chart success, however, is concurrent with numerous legal issues. The 20-year-old, born Jahseh Onfroy, is currently awaiting trial for aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment and witness-tampering. He is also facing 15 further felony counts relating to the caseand was under house arrest from late December through March 21.

Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, descends 7-8 on the Hot 100, after topping the Jan. 27-dated chart.

Lil Dicky’s “Freaky Friday,” featuring Chris Brown, launches at No. 9 on the Hot 100, surging after the March 15 release of its official video. Its premise borrows from the body-switching movie Freaky Friday, first starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster in 1976, and remade with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in 2003.

This time, Lil Dicky self-deprecatingly celebrates the benefits of temporarily becoming Chris Brown, while Brown panics at the prospect of assuming Lil Dicky’s form. Lil Dicky also briefly turns into Ed Sheeran, DJ Khaled and Kendall Jenner, all of whom who make cameos near the end of the clip.

“Friday” enters Digital Song Sales at No. 3 (38,000) and Streaming Songs at No. 4 (26.5 million).

Lil Dicky scores his first Hot 100 top 10, after charting one prior entry; “$ave Dat Money,” featuring Fetty Wap and Rich Homie Quan, reached No. 71 in October 2015. Brown earns his 14th top 10 (and first since “Loyal” hit No. 9 in May 2014). He posts his 90th total Hot 100 entry, the seventh-best sum among all acts in the chart’s history.

“Friday” concurrently spends a second week at No. 1 on the Comedy Digital Track Sales chart. Since the list launched in 2010, it’s the first song to top the tally and reach the Hot 100’s top 10.

“Friday” fun fact: “Freaky Friday” arrives as the second-highest-charting hit with “Friday” in its title; Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” topped the tally in 2011.

And, from “Friday” to The Weeknd (naturally), rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar‘s “Pray for Me” slips 8-10 after debuting at its No. 7 peak.

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 (March 27), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (March 30).

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Plus: Scotty McCreery and The Decemberists bow in the top 10.

Singer/rapper XXXTentacion notches his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his second studio effort, ?, bows atop the list. The set, which was released on March 16 via his own Bad Vibes Forever label and distributed by Caroline, starts with 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 22, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 20,000 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 March 31-dated chart (where ? debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, March 27.

While ? garnered 20,000 in album sales, and 5,000 TEA units, streaming activity drove the album to No. 1. The title collected 106,000 SEA units, which equates to 159.4 million on-demand audio streams of tracks from the album during the set’s opening week (each SEA unit is equal to 1,500 on-demand audio streams). In fact, even without album sales or TEA units, ? would have still debuted at No. 1. The set logs the second-largest streaming week for an album in 2018, behind only the debut frame of Migos’ Culture II, with 150,000 SEA units (224.6 million on-demand audio streams).