Cabello & Imagine Dragons score their first No. 1s on the Digital Song Sales & Radio Songs charts, respectively.

Post Malone‘s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, leads the Billboard Hot 100chart (dated Dec. 2) for a sixth week. The song fends off Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, which holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high and takes over at No. 1 on the Digital Song Saleschart.

Meanwhile, Lil Pump‘s “Gucci Gang” charges from No. 12 to No. 3 on the Hot 100 and Imagine Dragons notch their first Radio Songs chart No. 1 with “Thunder,” which lifts 5-4 on the Hot 100.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 21).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, tallies a seventh (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 49.2 million U.S. streams (up 13 percent), in the week ending Nov. 16, according to Nielsen Music. It holds at No. 5 on Digital Song Sales, which it led for a week, with 53,000 downloads sold (up 13 percent) in the week ending Nov. 16 and surges 10-5 on Radio Songs with 81 million in all-format audience (up 5 percent) in the week ending Nov. 19.

Weekly “Rock” chart update: With a sixth week atop the Hot 100, “Rockstar” ties LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock (six weeks, 2011), for the second-most weeks on top among No. 1s with “rock” in their titles. It’s now one week from matching Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock & Roll” (seven weeks, 1982).

“Rockstar” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a sixth week each.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and becomes each artist’s first No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart (4-1; 75,000, up 31 percent, boosted by a new remix with Daddy Yankee that accounted for 11 percent of the song’s sales in the tracking week). Cabello had previously peaked as high as No. 3 on Digital Song Sales with “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly, in February. As a member of Fifth Harmony (whom she departed nearly a year ago), she hit a No. 4 high on the sales list with the group’s “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, in 2016.

“Havana” vaults 9-3 on Radio Songs (87 million, up 17 percent) and rises 4-3 on Streaming Songs (33.4 million, up 1 percent), while winning the Hot 100’s top digital sales and airplay gainer awards (marking the second straight week that it’s earned the latter nod).

Lil Pump’s “Gucci Gang” blasts back to the Hot 100’s top 10 at a new high (12-3, besting its prior No. 7 peak), powered most heavily by its 3-2 gain on Streaming Songs (45 million, up 34 percent, good for the Hot 100’s top streaming gainer ribbon). Helping drive the increase: continued momentum of the song’s official video, which premiered Oct. 23, and the track’s usage in user-generated viral videos. The track also flies 40-18 on Digital Song Sales (18,000, up 45 percent).

Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” rolls from No. 5 to a new No. 4 Hot 100 high and concurrently crowns Radio Songs (2-1; 115 million, up 9 percent), where it’s the band’s first No. 1. The act previously peaked as high as No. 2 on Radio Songs with “Radioactive” in 2013. Also notably, “Thunder” succeeds Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” atop Radio Songs (after five weeks at No. 1), marking the first time that two rock songs have led the list consecutively in five years, since fun.’s “We Are Young,” featuring Janelle Monae, and then Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” each of which led for six weeks in 2012.

“Thunder,” which Imagine Dragons performed on the American Music Awards last night (Nov. 19) in a medley with Khalid’s “Young Dumb & Broke,” retreats 3-4 on Digital Song Sales (56,000, down 5 percent) and lifts 23-20 on Streaming Songs (17.1 million, up 3 percent). As previously reported, the track becomes Imagine Dragons’ second No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart, following “Demons” in 2013. On the Hot Rock Songs chart, “Thunder” leads for a third week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Cardi B’s former three-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” descends 3-5.

Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” dips to No. 6 from its No. 4 Hot 100 peak. Still, the ballad bumps 11-9 on Radio Songs (73 million, up 4 percent), where it’s Smith’s fourth top 10, following Disclosure’s “Latch,” on which he’s featured (No. 4, 2014), and his own “Stay With Me” (No. 1, six weeks, 2014) and “I’m Not the Only One” (No. 2, 2015).

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” pushes to a new Hot 100 high (8-7) and, like Smith’s current hit, reaches the Radio Songs top 10 (17-10; 73 million, up 16 percent). Sheeran scores his seventh Radio Songs top 10 and the third from his album ÷, following “Shape of You” (12 weeks at No. 1) and “Castle on the Hill” (No. 10).

Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, drops 6-8 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3; Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” slides 7-9, after hitting No. 4 (the band also performed the song on the AMAs last night); and J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyonce, keeps at No. 10, after rising to No. 3, while leading Hot Latin Songs for a seventh week.

Speaking of Beyonce, she debuts on the Hot 100 as featured on Eminem’s “Walk on Water,” the chart’s highest arrival this week at No. 14. The rap ballad opens on Digital Song Sales at No. 2 (64,000) and Streaming Songs at No. 15 (18.3 million). Coincidentally, the song is Eminem and Beyonce’s 57th Hot 100 entry each, tying them with Madonna and The Rolling Stones for 19th place among all acts for the most appearances since the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception.

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 (Nov. 21), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Post Malone‘s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, tallies a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 25).

Meanwhile, Sam Smith‘s “Too Good at Goodbyes” surges to a new peak, jumping from No. 10 to No. 4, as his sophomore album, The Thrill of It All, launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Plus, Maroon 5‘s “What Lovers Do,” featuring SZA, lifts 12-9 on the Hot 100 as the group’s new album, Red Pill Blues, starts just below Smith’s new set, at No. 2, on the Billboard 200.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 14).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, logs a sixth (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 43.6 million U.S. streams (down 5 percent), in the week ending Nov. 9, according to Nielsen Music. It slips 4-5 on Digital Song Sales, which it led for a week, with 47,000 downloads sold (up 2 percent) in the week ending Nov. 9.

“Rockstar” bounds 14-10 on Radio Songs with 74 million in all-format audience (up 17 percent) in the week ending Nov. 12, marking Post Malone’s first Radio Songs top 10. He previously reached the chart with “White Iverson” (No. 24, 2015) and “Congratulations,” featuring Quavo (No. 34, August). 21 Savage likewise achieves his first Radio Songs top 10.

And, “Rock” chart update: With a fifth week atop the Hot 100, “Rockstar” passes Michael Jackson’s 1980 No. 1 “Rock With You” as the hit with the third-most weeks on top among No. 1s with “rock” in their titles. Ahead are only Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock & Roll” (seven weeks, 1982) and LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock (six, 2011).

“Rockstar” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a fifth week each.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100. It gains by 22 percent to 57,000 downloads sold, despite a 3-4 retreat on Digital Song Sales (47,000, up 12 percent), and holds at No. 4 on Streaming Songs (31.9 million, down 1 percent).

On Radio Songs, “Havana” hurtles 17-9 (75 million, up 23 percent), good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100. Cabello earns her second solo Radio Songs top 10, following “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly (No. 3, February). As a member of Fifth Harmony (whom she departed nearly a year ago), she notched two Radio Songs top 10s: “Worth It,” featuring Kid Ink (No. 9, 2015), and “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (No. 4 2016).

Looking ahead to next week, the gap tightens this week between “Havana” and “Rockstar” on the Hot 100, as the former gains by 10 percent in overall chart points and the latter decreases by 1 percent. (Both songs are on sale for 69 cents in the iTunes Store.) Perhaps helping the momentum of “Havana”: a new remix with Daddy Yankee dropped yesterday (Nov. 12) and Cabello performed the song on the MTV Europe Music Awards the same night.

Cardi B’s former three-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” is steady at No. 3.

Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” roars 10-4 on the Hot 100, passing its prior No. 5 peak reached upon its debut eight weeks earlier. The ballad bounds 14-5 on Streaming Songs (27.2 million, up 40 percent) and keeps at No. 8 on Digital Song Sales (28,000, down 2 percent) and No. 11 on Radio Songs (70 million, up 2 percent). As previously reported, parent album The Thrill of It All bows as Smith’s first No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with 237,000 equivalent album units.

Smith’s first LP, In the Lonely Hour, reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2014 and spun off three Hot 100 top 10s: “Stay With Me” (No. 2), “I’m Not the Only One” (No. 5) and “Lay Me Down” (No. 8). (“Goodbyes” is Smith’s fifth Hot 100 top 10; he also reached No. 7 in 2014 as featured on Disclosure’s “Latch.”)

Closing out the Hot 100’s top five, Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” is stationary at its No. 5 high. It concurrently crowns the Hot Rock Songs chart for a second week.

Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, falls to No. 6 on the Hot 100 from No. 4, after reaching No. 3, and Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” slips 6-7 after hitting No. 4, while ruling Radio Songs for a fifth week (118 million, down 7 percent).

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” re-enters the Hot 100’s top 10 at a new No. 8 peak (from No. 11). Its official video arrived Nov. 9 (the last day of the streaming and sales tracking week for Nov. 25-dated charts, perhaps setting it up for streaming gains on next week’s rankings).

As its new set Red Pill Blues enters the Billboard 200 at No. 2 (122,000 units), marking the group’s sixth top 10, Maroon 5 jumps to the Hot 100’s top 10 with “What Lovers Do,” featuring SZA. The song charges 12-6 on Digital Song Sales (38,000, up 52 percent); 8-7 on Radio Songs (79 million, on par with the prior week); and 37-25 on Streaming Songs (16 million, up 21 percent).

Maroon 5 earns its lucky 13th Hot 100 top 10, extending its mark for the most among groups in the 2000s and 2010s (dating to its first top 10, “This Love,” in 2004). The Black Eyed Peas follow with 10 in that span; among all acts, Rihanna leads with 31 top 10s since the start of the 2000s, dating to her first in 2005.

“Lovers” featured R&B singer-songwriter SZA celebrates her first Hot 100 top 10.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top tier, J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyonce, drops 9-10, after rising to No. 3, and leads Hot Latin Songs for a sixth week. (Beyonce should debut on next week’s Hot 100, as featured on Eminem’s new single, “Walk on Water.”)

Below the Hot 100’s top 10, two songs enter the top 20 for the first time: G-Eazy’s “No Limit,” featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B (24-13), and Halsey’s “Bad at Love” (27-20).

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, all posting this week. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 14), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Plus: Maroon 5, Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini and Kid Rock debut in top 10.

Sam Smith scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as The Thrill of It All debuts atop the list.

The set earned 237,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 9, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 185,000 were in traditional album sales. The album is Smith’s second full-length studio effort, and was released on Nov. 3 through Capitol Records. It follows his debut studio set, In the Lonely Hour, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the July 5, 2014-dated chart.

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 Nov. 25-dated chart (where The Thrill of It All debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday (Nov. 14).

Smith claims his best sales week ever with the arrival of The Thrill of It All — 185,000 copies sold. That trumps his previous best week, when In the Lonely Hour debuted with 166,000. (In the Lonely Hour has sold a total of 2.4 million copies.)

The Thrill of It All’s starting unit sum of 237,000 is the seventh largest bow for an album in 2017, and the third biggest for a pop album. Among pop album debuts this year, it trails only Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (451,000 units on the March 25-dated chart) and P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma (408,000; Nov. 4). The largest debut of the year among all genres belongs to Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., with 603,000 units (May 6). Following Lamar: Drake’s More Life (505,000; April 8), Sheeran, P!nk, JAY-Z’s 4:44(262,000; July 29), Logic’s Everybody (247,000; May 27) and Smith.

Smith’s album was led by the single “Too Good at Goodbyes,” which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking his fifth top 10 song on the tally.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Maroon 5 collects its sixth top 10 album, as Red Pill Blues debuts at No. 2. The set earned 122,000 equivalent album units, of which 94,000 were in traditional album sales. The band’s last album launched at No. 1 in 2014, starting with 164,000 copies sold (before the chart transitioned to a units-ranked list later that year).

The debut sales frames of both Maroon 5’s album as well as Sam Smith’s The Thrill of It All were aided by concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotions in association with the acts’ respective upcoming tours.

Chris Brown’s Heartbreak on a Full Moon holds steady at No. 3, with 73,000 units (up 7 percent). The album debuted a week ago with 68,000 units, but with only three full tracking days of activity, following its release on Tuesday, Oct. 31. In its second chart week, the album’s sales and TEA units are down (20,000 sold; down 22 percent, and 3,000 TEA units; down 11 percent), but its SEA units gained (50,000; up 28 percent).

Blake Shelton arrives at No. 4 with his latest album, Texoma Shore, starting with 63,000 units (55,000 in traditional album sales). It’s Shelton’s 11^th top 10 album, stretching back to 2003’s The Dreamer, which debuted and peaked at No. 8.

This year marks Shelton’s eighth consecutive year where he’s debuted at least one new album on the chart. Before Texoma Shore, he hit the chart with If I’m Honest(No. 3, 2016), Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits (No. 5, 2015), Bringing Back the Sunshine (No. 1, 2014), Based on a True Story (No. 3, 2013), Cheers, It’s Christmas (No. 8, 2012), Red River Blue (No. 1, 2011) and a trio of titles in 2010: Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton(which peaked at No. 11 in 2011), All About Tonight (No. 6, 2010), and Hillbilly Bone(No. 3, 2010).

Back on the new Billboard 200, 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin’s Without Warning slips one rung to No. 5 in its second week (56,000 units; up 4 percent). Its gain is owed to streaming activity, and how the set only had three days of tracking on the previous week’s chart — as, like Brown’s Heartbreak album, Without Warningwas also released on Oct. 31. While Without Warning takes a dive in traditional album sales (4,000; down 64 percent) and TEA units (2,000; down 11 percent), it rallies in SEA units (50,000; up 25 percent).

Kenny Chesney’s Live in No Shoes Nation falls from No. 1 to No. 6 in its second week, earning 52,000 units (down 76 percent). It also falls 76 percent in traditional album sales (sliding to 51,000 sold).

Kelsea Ballerini gets her first top 10 album, as her second studio effort, Unapologetically, debuts at No. 7 (44,000 units, 35,000 in traditional album sales). It follows her first album, the appropriately titled The First Time, which debuted and peaked at No. 31 in 2015.

Ballerini is only the fourth female country act to reach the top 10 in 2017. She follows: Shania Twain (Now, No. 1, Oct. 21-dated chart), Alison Krauss (Windy City, No. 9, March 11) and Reba McEntire (Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope, No. 4, Feb. 25).

Kid Rock nabs his ninth top 10 album with the No. 8 debut of Sweet Southern Sugar(43,000 units; 41,000 in traditional album sales). It follows Kid Rock’s 2015 effort First Kiss, which launched with 146,000 units (137,000 in traditional album sales).

Rounding out the top 10: Post Malone’s Stoney (5-9 with 40,000 units; down 3 percent) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (8-10 with 36,000 units; up 14 percent).

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Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, notches a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 18), the longest stay atop the chart for a rap song this year.

Plus, Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, soars from No. 7 to No. 2 on the Hot 100, marking a new career best (counting both her solo songs and those with her former group, Fifth Harmony). Lil Pump also logs his first Hot 100 top 10, as “Gucci Gang” jumps 14-7. Both “Havana” and “Gucci Gang” surge following the first full week of tracking after the premiere of each song’s official video.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 7).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, now stands alone as the longest-reigning rap No. 1 on the Hot 100 this year (of songs that reached the top of the chart for the first time in 2017). Here’s a look at the five rap leaders this year and their rules:

4 weeks, “Rockstar,” Post Malone feat. 21 Savage, beginning Oct. 28
3 weeks, “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves),” Cardi B, Oct. 7
3 weeks, “Bad and Boujee,” Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert, Jan. 21
1 week, “I’m the One,” DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne, May 20
1 week, “Humble.,” Kendrick Lamar

“Rockstar” boasts the longest command for a rap No. 1 on the Hot 100 since Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles,” featuring Gucci Mane, led for seven weeks beginning Nov. 26, 2016 (and last ruled the chart dated Jan. 14). As previously reported, five rap tracks have ascended to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2017, tying 2006, 2004 and 2003 for the most in any year.

“Rockstar” racks a fifth (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 46 million U.S. streams (down 13 percent), in the week ending Nov. 2, according to Nielsen Music. It holds at No. 4 on Digital Song Sales, which it led for a week, with 46,000 downloads sold (down 12 percent) in the week ending Nov. 2, and pushes 19-14 on Radio Songs with 64 million in all-format audience (up 13 percent) in the week ending Nov. 5.

“Rockstar” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a fourth week each.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, charges 7-2 on the Hot 100 following the first full week of tracking after the Oct. 24 arrival of its official video (aka #HavanaTheMovie, which runs 6:42-long). The song jumps 5-3 on Digital Song Sales (47,000, up 12 percent); 7-4 on Streaming Songs top 10 (32.3 million, up 32 percent); and 26-17 on Radio Songs (61 million, up 28 percent).

Cabello achieves her highest rank on the Hot 100, counting both her solo work and songs with Fifth Harmony (whom she left nearly a year ago). She previously hit a No. 4 peak both as a soloist and with the group: her own “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly, hit No. 4 in February and, as a member of 5H, she reached No. 4 in June 2016 with “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign. “Work” remains the now-quartet’s top-peaking Hot 100 hit, so Cabello has bested the act’s highpoint, both with and without her.

“Havana” is the fourth Hot 100 top 10 this year whose title doubles as the name of a city and, with its ascent to No. 2, is the highest-charting such song in 11 years, since … well, want to guess? Answer at the end of this story.

Cardi B’s former three-week No. 1 “Bodak Yellow” drops 2-3 on the Hot 100 and Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, falls to No. 4 from its No. 3 high.

Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” keeps at its No. 5 Hot 100 high and rebounds 2-1 for a third (nonconsecutive) week atop Digital Song Sales (54,000, down 9 percent). It ascends 2-1 on Hot Rock Songs to become the band’s third No. 1, following “Radioactive” (which dominated for 23 weeks beginning April 6, 2013) and “Believer,” the single before “Thunder” (29 weeks, beginning March 25).

Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” slips to No. 6 from its No. 4 Hot 100 peak while crowning Radio Songs for a fourth week (127 million, down 1 percent).

Rap newcomer Lil Pump vaults 14-7 on the Hot 100 with “Gucci Gang,” his first entry on the chart. After its official video dropped Oct. 23, the track charges 3-2 on Streaming Songs (36 million, up 24 percent), while rising 49-38 on Digital Song Sales (11,000, up 17 percent).

The song is from Lil Pump’s self-titled debut album, which opened at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 dated Oct. 28.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Demi Lovato’s “Sorry Not Sorry” dips to No. 8 from her career-best No. 6; J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyonce, descends 6-9 after hitting No. 3, while spending a fifth week at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs; and Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” backtracks 9-10 after reaching No. 5.

Among notable action below the Hot 100’s top 10, “MotorSport” by Migos, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B debuts at No. 14, led by its No. 10 launch on Streaming Songs with 19.8 million first-week streams. As for Minaj, she tallies her 81st Hot 100 entry, extending her mark for the most among women; Aretha Franklin and Taylor Swift share second place with 73 each, with Swift having tied Franklin a week ago with the debut of “Gorgeous” (which this week falls 13-68).

Speaking of Swift, “…Ready for It?” rebounds 46-19 following the Oct. 27 premiere of its official video, up 106 percent to 16.2 million clicks; it debuted at No. 4 on the Sept. 23 Hot 100.

Plus, Selena Gomez and Marshmello’s “Wolves” vaults 88-35 in its second week on the Hot 100, and first full frame following its release, as it bullets at No. 9 on Digital Song Sales (28,000) and No. 26 on Streaming Songs (13 million).

Quiz answer! “Havana” is the highest-charting Hot 100 hit to name-check a city in its title since … Fergie’s “London Bridge,” which led the list for three weeks beginning Aug. 19, 2006. Both cities are country capitals, of Cuba (where Cabello was born) and England, respectively.

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, all posting this week. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 7), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (Nov. 10).

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Six albums debut in the top 10, including Kelly Clarkson’s “Meaning of Life” at No. 2.

Country king Kenny Chesney collects his eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200chart, as his new live effort, Live in No Shoes Nation, starts atop the list with 219,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 2, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 217,000 were in traditional album sales. The album was released on Oct. 27 through Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville.

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 Nov. 18-dated chart (where Live in No Shoes Nation bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Chesney continues to have the second-most No. 1s among all country acts, trailing only Garth Brooks, who has nine. All eight of Chesney’s No. 1s have debuted in the penthouse, making him the country act with the most debuts at No. 1. (Seven of Brooks’ nine leaders started at No. 1.)

Live in No Shoes Nation is also the first live album to lead the chart in more than seven years. The last to do so was the various artists charity set Hope for Haiti Now, which spent at week at No. 1 on the Feb. 6, 2010-dated list. Live in No Shoes Nationis the first No. 1 live set by a single act since 2009, when Sugarland’s LIVE on the Inside topped the list (dated Aug. 22, 2009).

Chesney’s set also garners the largest sales week for a live album since 2002, when Paul McCartney’s Back in the U.S. Live 2002 bowed with 224,000 copies sold at No. 8 (Dec. 14, 2002-dated chart).

Chesney’s new album was powered almost entirely by traditional album sales, whose sum was generated largely by a concert ticket/album sale redemption promotion with Chesney’s 2018 stadium tour. The cost of the CD of Chesney’s album was bundled into the price of each ticket sold online for his tour (which went on sale Sept. 22). After purchasing a ticket, customers received (via email) a redemption offer for the album, where they could choose to redeem the CD and have it mailed to them. The only sales that count towards the charts are those albums that are redeemed by customers. Many ticket buyers never redeem the offer.

Nielsen Music does not detail how much of any album’s sales are generated by concert ticket/album bundle offers. However, CD sales from ticket bundles are generally categorized as internet sales by the company, and Live in No Shoes Nation’s internet sales figure is 197,000. So, it’s likely most of that number is from the ticket bundle — minus a small amount (perhaps in the low five-figures) — for traditional sales from Amazon and other web retailers.

As there over a million tickets available for Chesney’s stadium tour, and he regularly sells out his shows, it’s not surprising to see a robust sales figure driven by the offer.

Chesney previously led the Billboard 200 with Life on a Rock (in 2013), Hemingway’s Whiskey (2010), Lucky Old Sun (2008), The Road and the Radio (2005), Be as You Are: Songs From an Old Blue Chair (2005), When the Sun Goes Down (2004) and No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (2002).

Live in No Shoes Nation is a 29-track album that collects live highlights from Chesney’s various tours, stretching back to 2007’s Flip Flop Summer Tour. Among the guests on the album: Taylor Swift, Dave Matthews, Grace Potter and Eric Church. Chesney’s last live album, 2006’s Live: Live Those Songs Again, peaked at No. 4 in its debut frame and sold 146,000 copies in its first week.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, pop diva Kelly Clarkson debuts with her new studio album, Meaning of Life. The set — her debut for Atlantic Records — earned 79,000 equivalent album units, of which 68,000 were in traditional album sales. Meaning of Life is Clarkson’s eighth top 10 album, and all of her top 10 efforts have reached the top three of the list. Her last album, Piece by Piece, debuted at No. 1 (marking her third leader) in 2015, earning 97,000 units (83,000 in traditional album sales).

Chris Brown’s Heartbreak on a Full Moon starts at No. 3 with 68,000 units (25,000 in traditional album sales), granting Brown his ninth total and consecutive top 10. The new 45-song double album was released in the middle of the chart’s tracking week, on Oct. 31, so it begins on the list with three full days of activity. (Most of the titles that debut on the new chart were released on Oct. 27, the first day of the tracking frame.)

At No. 4, 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin’s surprise collaborative album, Without Warning, debuts with 53,000 units (11,000 in traditional album sales). Like Brown’s album, it arrived on Oct. 31, and, true to its title, without (much) warning. The set was announced in the afternoon of Oct. 30. It’s the second top 10 for 21 Savage, following his debut studio set, Issa Album (No. 2), in July. Without Warning is the first top 10 for both Offset (as a soloist) and Metro Boomin. Offset is also a member of the rap trio Migos, which debuted at No. 1 in January with Culture.

Post Malone’s Stoney is the highest-ranking non-debut on the new Billboard 200, as it slips from its No. 4 peak to No. 5 with 41,000 units (down 7 percent).

Rapper Yo Gotti scores his third top 10 album, as I Still Am starts at No. 6 with 38,000 units (19,000 in traditional album sales). He previously hit the region with The Art of Hustle (No. 4 in 2016) and I Am (No. 7, 2013).

Big K.R.I.T. launches at No. 7 with his latest effort, 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time (33,000 units; 21,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the third top 10 set for the rapper, out of three charting titles. He previously reached the top 10 with Cadillactica (No. 5 in 2014) and Live From the Underground (No. 5, 2012).

Rounding out the new top 10: Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (7-8 with 32,000 units; down 9 percent), Future and Young Thug’s Super Slimey (2-9 with 31,000 units; down 58 percent) and Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2 (9-10 with 30,000 units; down 9 percent).

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“Rockstar” rules for a third week, while “Havana” & “Perfect” soar to the top tier.

Post Malone‘s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, tallies a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 11). Meanwhile, two songs surge to the top 10: Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, bounds 20-7 and Ed Sheeran‘s “Perfect” pounces 18-10.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 31).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, logs a fifth (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songschart with 53 million U.S. streams (down 2 percent), in the week ending Oct. 26, according to Nielsen Music. It dips 2-4 on Digital Song Sales (which it led for a week), down 4 percent to 52,000 downloads sold in the week ending Oct. 26, and jumps 26-19 on Radio Songs with 56 million in all-format audience (up 16 percent) in the week ending Oct. 29.

“Rockstar” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a third week each.

Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 for a third week following three weeks at No. 1. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (38.6 million, down 8 percent) and falls 5-8 on Digital Song Sales (33,000, down 11 percent) and 10-11 on Radio Songs (71 million, down 3 percent).

Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, is stationary at its No. 3 Hot 100 high. It holds at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (29.3 million, down 6 percent), while rising 6-4 on Radio Songs (88 million, up 5 percent).

Portugal. The Man‘s “Feel It Still” keeps at its No. 4 Hot 100 peak while crowning Radio Songs for a third week (128 million, up 11 percent). The track tops Hot Rock Songs for a fifth week and the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart for a third week and takes over atop the Pop Songs airplay list (2-1), where it’s the group’s first No. 1.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” repeats at its No. 5 Hot 100 high. It slips to No. 2 after two (nonconsecutive) weeks atop Digital Song Sales (60,000, down 10 percent) and becomes the band’s fourth top 10 on Radio Songs, where it charges 14-7 (81 million, up 16 percent).

Demi Lovato hits another new career high on the Hot 100, as “Sorry Not Sorry” rises 7-6. On Radio Songs, it pushes 7-4 (88 million, up 8 percent).

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, blasts 20-7 on the Hot 100. Following the Oct. 24 release of its official video (aka #HavanaTheMovie, clocking in at 6:42 long), the song lifts 6-4 on Digital Song Sales (42,000, up 20 percent); concurrently hits the Streaming Songs top 10 (18-8; 24.4 million, up 38 percent); and jumps 36-26 on Radio Songs (48 million, up 28 percent).

Cabello collects her second Hot 100 top 10 as a soloist and first as the sole lead artist; “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly, hit No. 4 in February. (As a member of Fifth Harmony, she reached the top 10 with last year’s No. 4-peaking “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign.)

Young Thug tallies his first Hot 100 top 10, among 21 entries dating to his first in 2014.

Cabello (born in Cojimar, Eastern Havana, Cuba) also charts the fourth Hot 100 top 10 this year whose title doubles as the name of a city. It follows prior trips to the top 10 for “Paris” by The Chainsmokers (No. 6 peak in March); “Portland” by Drake(No. 9, April); and “Malibu” by Miley Cyrus (No. 10, June).

J Balvin and Willy William‘s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyonce, descends 6-8 on the Hot 100 after hitting No. 3, while spending a fourth week at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs, and Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” slips 8-9 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 5 (upon its Sept. 30 debut).

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Ed Sheeran soars 18-10 with “Perfect.” The ballad gains in all metrics, holding at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (53,000, up 7 percent) and climbing 30-22 on Radio Songs (53 million, up 16 percent) and 35-27 on Streaming Songs (13.1 million, up 14 percent).

Sheeran scores his sixth Hot 100 top 10, with half logged this year from his alum ÷, following “Shape of You” (12 weeks at No. 1) and “Castle on the Hill” (No. 6). His three previous top 10s (all from his last album, X): “Don’t” (No. 9, 2014); “Thinking Out Loud” (No. 2, 2015); and “Photograph” (No. 10, 2015).

Notably, Sheeran earns his ninth Hot 100 top 10 as a writer, as, in addition to his own six, he co-penned Justin Bieber‘s “Love Yourself” (No. 1 for two weeks in 2016); Major Lazer’s “Cold Water,” featuring Bieber and MO (No. 2, 2016); and Liam Payne’s “Strip That Down,” featuring Quavo (No. 10, September). Meanwhile, Sheeran’s older brother, Matthew, co-wrote “Perfect” and achieves a top 10 in his first Hot 100 appearance as a writer.

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, all posting this week. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 24), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (Nov. 3).

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Plus: Gucci Mane, Beck and St. Vincent debut in top 10.

As expected, P!nk claims her second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with Beautiful Trauma, which starts atop the list with 2017’s largest week for an album by a woman and the fourth-biggest week among all acts. It launches with a larger-than-expected 408,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 19, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 384,000 were in traditional album sales — the best sales week of the year among all acts.

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 Nov. 4-dated chart (where Beautiful Trauma debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday (Oct. 24).

Beautiful Trauma is the pop singer-songwriter’s second No. 1 album, following 2012’s The Truth About Love (her last solo studio effort), which started atop the list with 280,000 copies sold (before the chart transitioned to a consumption-ranked list in late 2014). In total, Beautiful is P!nk’s seventh top 10 effort.

Among all albums in 2017, in terms of weekly units earned, Beautiful Trauma trails only the debuts of Kendrick Lamar‘s DAMN. (603,000; chart dated May 6), Drake‘s More Life (505,000; April 8) and Ed Sheeran‘s ÷ (Divide) (451,000; March 25). P!nk’s album has the biggest week by a woman since Beyoncé‘s Lemonade arrived at No. 1 with 652,000 units (May 14, 2016).

Further, Beautiful Trauma has the largest sales week among all albums since Drake’s Views debuted with 852,000 copies sold (May 21, 2016).

Of Beautiful Trauma‘s overall unit start, 10,000 were in TEA units, while 13,000 were in SEA units. The set was overwhelmingly powered by traditional album sales: 384,000. Of that sum, 101,000 were digital albums, while 283,000 were physical CDs. (It sold another 1,000 on vinyl LP.)

The album’s sales launch is the biggest sales week for an album in 2017, and the largest for any album since Drake’s Views debuted at No. 1 with 852,000 copies sold (chart dated May 21, 2016).

Like so many other albums, Beautiful Trauma’s debut frame was boosted by a concert ticket/album sale redemption promotion. The cost of the CD edition of the album was bundled into the purchase price of each ticket sold online to P!nk’s upcoming 40-date U.S. and Canada tour. After purchasing a ticket, customers received (via email) a redemption offer for the album, where they could choose to redeem the CD and have it mailed to them. The only sales that count towards the charts are those albums that are redeemed by customers. Many ticket buyers never redeem the offer.

Nielsen Music does not break out specifically how much of any album’s sales are generated by concert ticket/album bundle offers. However, CD sales from ticket bundles are categorized as Internet sales by the company, and Beautiful Trauma‘s Internet sales figure was 249,000. So, one can assume most of that number is from the ticket bundle — minus a smallish amount (perhaps in the low five-figures) for traditional sales from Amazon and other web-based retailers.

Artists and record labels have increasingly turned to offering ticket/album bundles as a way to sell music, as the traditional retail landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, and as album sales continue to shrink. Not only are a growing number of fans turning to streaming in order to consume albums (instead of buying them), but the brick-and-mortar retailers that remain in business have dramatically reduced the number of titles they sell in stores (as well as the physical floor space for those albums). In turn, artists have found new ways to sell their music — from selling them bundled with merchandise, to offering them with concert tickets.

Tickets for P!nk’s tour went on sale Oct. 10 for American Express card members, and then to the general public on Oct. 13 (the same day as the album’s release).

Because most ticket buyers usually take advantage of these ticket/album sale redemption offers in an album’s first week of release, albums offered with a bundle tend to have a large debut frame — but then fall hard in their second week when there are far fewer sales generated by the bundle. So far in 2017, the chart has seen a variety of No. 1-debuting albums enhanced by ticket bundle offers implode in their second frames. Shania Twain‘s Now tumbled from No. 1 to No. 29 in its second week, The Killers‘ Wonderful Wonderful fell 1-59, LCD Soundsystem‘s American Dream dropped 1-56, Arcade Fire‘s Everything Now collapsed 1-38, and so on.

P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma was ushered in by the single “What About Us,” which has so far peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 (the artist’s 23^rd top 40-charting effort), No. 3 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart, No. 13 on the Pop Songs airplay chart, and No. 10 on the all-genre Radio Songs chart.

To promote the album, P!nk was profiled on CBS’ Sunday Morning (Oct. 8), and performed on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Oct. 12), NBC’s Saturday Night Live (Oct. 14), and ABC’s Good Morning America (Oct. 16).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, rapper Gucci Mane debuts with Mr. Davis, launching with 70,000 units (21,000 from traditional album sales). The set was powered by streams, as it racked up 46,000 SEA units (equaling 68.7 million streams of the songs on the album during its debut frame). Mr. Davis ties 2016’s Everybody Looking as Gucci Mane’s highest-charting album. Everybody Lookingbowed with 68,000 units. Overall, Gucci Mane has logged 19 charting albums, with four of them reaching the top 10.

Alt-rock singer-songwriter Beck bows at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with his new album, Colors (46,000 units; 41,000 in traditional album sales). It’s his sixth top 10 album, and follows Morning Phase (No. 3 in 2014; 87,000 copies sold in its first week — before the chart became consumption-based), which won the Grammy Award for album of the year in 2015.

Post Malone‘s Stoney holds at its No. 4 high (45,000 units; up 1 percent), Lil Uzi Vert‘s Luv Is Rage 2 rises 7-5 (35,000 units; down 5 percent) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷(Divide) climbs 10-6 (33,000 units; up 1 percent). The latter album gets a boost from SEA and TEA units, as its latest single, “Perfect,” continues to find success.

Imagine Dragons‘ Evolve ascends 9-7 (nearly 33,000; down 5 percent), A Boogie Wit da Hoodie‘s The Bigger Artist falls 6-8 (31,000; down 21 percent) and Lil Pump‘s self-titled album drops 3-9 in its second week (30,000; down 34 percent).

Closing out the top 10 is an artist who earns her first Billboard 200 top 10: St. Vincent, with Masseduction debuting at No. 10 (29,000 units; 25,000 in traditional album sales). The singer-songwriter previously peaked at No. 12 with her last album, her 2014 self-titled effort, which bowed with 29,000 copies sold (again, before the chart began ranking titles by units).

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Plus, two rock bands place in the top five simultaneously for the first time in a decade & Demi Lovato hits another career-high rank.

Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 4). Meanwhile, two rock bands – Portugal. The Man and Imagine Dragons – appear in the top five simultaneously for the first time in over 10 years, while Demi Lovato lifts to another personal-best rank with “Sorry Not Sorry.”

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 24).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, logs a fourth (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 54.3 million U.S. streams (up 6 percent), in the week ending Oct. 19, according to Nielsen Music. It rises 3-2 on Digital Song Sales (which it led for a week), up 14 percent to 54,000 downloads sold in the week ending Oct. 19, and surges 38-26 on Radio Songs with 48 million in all-format audience (up 37 percent, good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award) in the week ending Oct. 22.

“Rockstar” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a second week each.

Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 after three weeks at No. 1. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (42.1 million, down 9 percent) and rebounds 6-5 on Digital Song Sales (37,000, down 7 percent) and 11-10 on Radio Songs (73 million, down 3 percent).

Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, is steady at its No. 3 Hot 100 peak. It holds at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (31.2 million, essentially even week-over-week), while jumping 8-6 on Radio Songs (84 million, up 10 percent).

Meanwhile, two rock bands rise in the Hot 100’s top five: Portugal. The Man and Imagine Dragons. The former pushes to a new high (5-4) with “Feel It Still,” which also crowns Radio Songs for a second week (115 million, up 5 percent). It lifts 5-4 on Digital Song Sales (38,000, down 9 percent) and 33-26 on Streaming Songs (15.1 million, up 7 percent). On Hot Rock Songs, “Feel” reigns for a fourth week.

Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” rumbles 8-5 on the Hot 100 (surpassing its prior No. 7 high). It returns to the top of Digital Song Sales for a second week at No. 1 (66,000, up 4 percent) and roars 20-14 on Radio Songs (70 million, up 18 percent) and 24-21 on Streaming Songs (15.9 million, up percent). The band earns its third top five Hot 100 hit, following previous single “Believer” (No. 4 in August) and “Radioactive” (No. 3, 2013).

With Portugal. The Man and Imagine Dragons at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively, two rock songs share space in the Hot 100’s top five for the first time in over a year, since the Sept. 10, 2016-dated chart, when twenty one pilots’ “Heathens” and “Ride” ranked at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively. However, the last time until this week that two different rock bands doubled up in the Hot 100’s top five? More than a decade ago, on the chart dated Feb. 17, 2007, when Fall Out Boy’s “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race” and Daughtry’s “It’s Not Over” charted at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively.

(In between, the last time rock songs by two rock acts, but not two groups, specifically, appeared in the top 10 together until this week? Over five years ago, on June 30, 2012, when soloist Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” featuring Kimbra, and trio fun.’s “We Are Young,” featuring Janelle Monae, ranked at Nos. 2 and 5, respectively.)

On the Alternative Songs airplay chart, “Thunder” becomes Imagine Dragons’ third No. 1 (3-1). It dethrones “Feel It Still” after 17 weeks at No. 1, two weeks shy of Muse’s record 19-week reign with “Madness” in 2012-13.

J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyonce, holds at No. 6 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 3 two weeks ago (following the first full week of tracking for its remix featuring Beyonce). It dips 5-6 on Streaming Songs (27.2 million, down 2 percent), while climbing 17-12 on Digital Song Sales (28,000 sold, up 4 percent, with the Beyonce remix accounting for two-thirds of the song’s sales for the week) and 22-16 on Radio Songs (61 million, up 10 percent). “Mi Gente” spends a third week at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs.

Demi Lovato lifts to a new career high on the Hot 100, as “Sorry Not Sorry” rebounds 9-7 (besting its previous No. 8 peak). It also bounds 13-7 on Radio Songs (81 million, up 18 percent), where it’s the singer-actress’s fourth top 10. She previously reached the Radio Songs top 10 with “Give Your Heart a Break” (No. 6, 2012), “Heart Attack” (No. 7, 2013) and “Cool for the Summer” (No. 7, 2015). As previously reported, “Sorry” becomes Lovato’s second No. 1 on the Pop Songsairplay chart, following “Give” in 2012.

Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” backtracks 7-8 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 5 (upon its Sept. 30 debut) and French Montana’s “Unforgettable,” featuring Swae Lee, reverses course (10-9), after reaching No. 3.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Taylor Swift’s former three-week No. 1 “Look What You Made Me Do” tumbles 4-10. As “Look” drops from No. 1 to No. 7 on Pop Songs, marking the steepest fall from the top in the chart’s 25-year history, it concurrently plunges from No. 5 (its peak) to No. 20 on Radio Songs, where it’s likewise the biggest fall from the top five since the chart began in 1990; it passes the 5-16 descent of Kanye West’s “Gold Digger,” featuring Jamie Foxx (Dec. 24, 2005).

(In more positive Swift chart news, her “…Ready for It?,” up 53-52 on the Hot 100 after debuting at No. 4 on the Sept. 23 chart, debuts on Radio Songs at No. 48 with 26 million in audience, up 10 percent; its official video arrives Thursday, Oct. 26. Plus, a third song from Swift’s new album Reputation, due Nov. 10, should bow on next week’s Hot 100: “Gorgeous,” following its first full week of tracking after its early Oct. 20 release.)

Just beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, four songs surge to the top 20: Gucci Mane’s “I Get the Bag,” featuring Migos (24-11); P!nk’s “What About Us,” from her new No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, Beautiful Trauma (23-13); Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” (22-18); and Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug (26-20, with its official video due to arrive tomorrow, Oct. 24).

Plus, two acts each earn their first top 40 Hot 100 hits: Dua Lipa, as “New Rules” rises 44-38, and Blackbear, whose “Do Re Mi” lifts 45-40.

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, all posting this week. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 24), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Plus: Lil Pump & Marilyn Manson debut in top 10; Kane Brown bolts 56-5.

Rapper NF notches his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart — and first top 10 — as his third full-length studio album, Perception, debuts atop the list. The set was released on Oct. 6 through NF Real Music/Capitol/Caroline and starts with 55,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 12, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 38,000 were in traditional album sales — NF’s best sales week yet.

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 Oct. 28-dated chart (where Perception debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

Twenty-six-year-old NF (real name Nate Feuerstein) tops the list following initial industry forecasts suggesting he was vying for No. 1 with an estimated start of 50,000 alongside Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ Greatest Hits and Lil Pump’s debut self-titled album. NF comes out on top by a sizable gap ahead of Petty at No. 2 (55,000 vs. 47,000) thanks to better-than-expected sales for Perception, aided in part by direct-to-consumer offers via NF’s official website.

Still, Perception’s launch is the smallest for a No. 1-debuting album in 2017 and the fifth-smallest unit total for a No. 1 album overall since the chart began ranking titles by consumption units in late 2014. (More on that in just a moment…)

NF made his Billboard album chart debut in 2014 with his self-titled EP, charting on multiple tallies including Rap Albums (No. 15) but not the Billboard 200. He arrived on the big chart with his 2015 release Mansion (reaching No. 62). He followed it up with 2016’s No. 12-peaking Therapy Session, which started with 29,000 units in its first week (25,000 were in album sales). The album has sold 122,000 copies, while Mansion has sold 136,000 and his self-titled EP has sold 33,000. In total, NF’s catalog of music has generated more than a 500 million on-demand streams in the U.S. (audio and video streams combined).

NF is also just the second act in 2017 to reach No. 1 without ever charting a song on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, following alternative rock band Brand New. The latter saw its Science Fiction launch atop the Billboard 200 dated Sept. 9 with 58,000 units.

It’s probably then not surprising that, given the limited mainstream exposure of both acts (as evidenced by their lack of Hot 100 hits), both Perception and Science Fiction bowed with the two smallest openings — by units earned — for a No. 1-debuting album in 2017. Both acts were able to debut at No. 1 — despite their small unit starts — thanks to dedicated fan bases and little competition in the marketplace during their respective release weeks.

NF’s Perception opens at No. 1 following four straight frames where the top slot hosted a new album that bowed with more than 100,000 units earned (Perceptionwas preceded by Shania Twain’s Now, The Killers’ Wonderful Wonderful, Foo Fighters’ Concrete and Gold and Thomas Rhett’s Life Changes, respectively). Many big albums were issued in September in order to qualify for the upcoming Grammy Awards, as Sept. 30 was the deadline for new releases to be considered for the 2017 eligibility year.

NF is also the 13th act to notch their first No. 1 album in 2017, following The Killers, Thomas Rhett, LCD Soundsystem, Lil Uzi Vert (with his first studio album), Brand New, Lorde, Halsey, Bryson Tiller, Harry Styles (with his debut effort), Logic, The Chainsmokers and Migos. (In all of 2016, there were 11 acts that scored their first No. 1.)

As noted above, Petty and The Heartbreakers’ Greatest Hits holds at No. 2 for a second week, earning 47,000 units (down 44 percent) and selling 29,000 in traditional album sales (down 45 percent). The album re-entered the chart a week ago, at its new peak, following the death of Petty on Oct. 2.

Rapper Lil Pump premieres at No. 3 with his self-titled debut effort, earning 46,000 units (just 6,000 in traditional album sales). The effort was powered largely by streams, as the title earned 38,000 SEA units (equating to 56.8 million on demand audio streams of the album’s tracks). A further 2,000 were generated by TEA units. To put Lil Pump’s streaming figure in perspective, the album would have still debuted in the top 10 without any traditional album sales or TEA units. Lil Pump’s album was led by the hit single “Gucci Gang,” which currently ranks at No. 12 on the Hot Rap Songs chart (dated Oct. 21).

Post Malone’s Stoney hits a new chart high — and the top five for the first time — after 44 weeks on the list, as the album rises 6-4 with 45,000 units (up 7 percent). The set debuted and initially peaked at No. 6 on Dec. 31, 2016-dated chart and has never left the top 25. The album’s top five ascent comes concurrent with the success non-album cut “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, as well as the surprise viral hit of the Stoney track “I Fall Apart.”

Stoney’s slow rise to the top five is the longest climb to the top five for a continuously charting album in over nine years, since Amy Winehouse’s Back to Blackreached the top five in its 49th week. (Back to Black debuted at No. 7 on the March 31, 2007-dated chart, and then lingered in the top 100 until almost a full year later, when it zoomed 24-2 on the March 1, 2008-dated chart after Winehouse won five Grammy Awards at the Feb. 10 ceremony, including best new artist, record of the year and song of the year.)

Kane Brown’s self-titled album also hits a new peak on the new Billboard 200, following its deluxe reissue on Oct. 6. The set zooms 56-5 with 43,000 units (up 332 percent) and 26,000 in traditional album sales (up 1,163 percent). The LP — which initially debuted and peaked at No. 10 on the Dec. 24, 2016-dated list with 51,000 units — was reissued on Oct. 6 with a handful of bonus tracks. On the Oct. 21-dated Hot Country Songs chart, the its “What If’s,” featuring Lauren Alaina, become brown’s first No. 1. (The song was on the original version of the album.)

A Boogie Wit da Hoodie’s The Bigger Artist slips 4-6 in its second week on the chart (39,000 units; down 42 percent), while Lil Uzi Vert’s former No. 1, Luv Is Rage 2, holds steady at No. 7 (37,000 units; down 9 percent).

Marilyn Manson debuts at No. 8 with Heaven Upside Down (35,000 units; 32,000 in traditional album sales), granting the rock act his ninth top 10 effort (and seventh in a row). Manson has been on a top 10 roll since 2003, when The Golden Age of Grotesque bowed at No. 1 (the act’s second leader, following 1998’s Mechanical Animals). Following Golden, he hit the top 10 successively with Lest We Forget: The Best Of (No. 9 in 2004), Eat Me, Drink Me (No. 8, 2007), The High End of Low (No. 4, 2009), Born Villain (No. 10, 2012), The Pale Emperor (No. 8, 2015) and now Heaven Upside Down. Before Mechanical Animals, Manson notched one more top 10 with Antichrist Superstar (No. 3 in 1996).

Rounding out the top 10, Imagine Dragons’ Evolve descends one rung to No. 9 with 34,000 units (down 11 percent) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) is stationary at No. 10 with 32,000 units (up 3 percent).

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The track is the fifth rap No. 1 of 2017, tying for the most in a single year. Plus, Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” is the top radio hit & Sam Smith returns to the top 10.

Congratulations are in order for Post Malone, whose “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, hits No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Oct. 28), marking the first leader for each artist. Plus, Portugal. The Man‘s “Feel It Still” reaches the Hot 100’s top five, and takes over atop the Radio Songs chart, while Sam Smith returns to the Hot 100’s top 10 with “Too Good at Goodbyes.”

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 17).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, becomes the 1,068th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 59-year history. Post Malone (born Austin Richard Post) had previously peaked at a No. 8 high with “Congratulations,” featuring Quavo, in July, while 21 Savage (Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) had hit a No. 12 best with “Bank Account.”

No. 1 in Streaming: After spending its first three weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 2, “Rockstar” reigns as it logs a third (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 51.3 million U.S. streams, up 3 percent, in the week ending Oct. 12, according to Nielsen Music (without the benefit so far of an official proper video, for that matter). It rises 5-3 on Digital Song Sales (which it led for a week), up 11 percent to 48,000 downloads sold in the week ending Oct. 12, and debuts at No. 38 on Radio Songs with 35 million in all-format audience, up 36 percent, in the week ending Oct. 15.

(Post-poned: As noticed by reader @Loago96, “Rockstar” is the third song to spend at least its first three weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 2 and then rise to No. 1. Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby” logged its first four weeks at No. 2 in April 1996, before topping the chart for two weeks that May, while Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie,” featuring Rihanna, waited patiently at No. 2 for its first three weeks in July 2010 before beginning a seven-week reign. Plus, per reader Pablo Nelson, 21 Savage hitting No. 1 on the Hot 100 is something that twenty one pilots have yet to do … although Savage Garden has.)

“Rockstar” also becomes the first No. 1 for both Post Malone and 21 Savage on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Rap-“rock”: Notably, five of the 10 songs to ascend to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2017 have been rap songs, tying for the most in any year. “Rockstar” dethrones Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” after three weeks atop the Hot 100. Previously, DJ Khaled’s “I’m the One,” featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne; Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble.”; and Migos’ “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, led this year.

Comparatively, in 2016, two of 10 Hot 100 No. 1s doubled up were rap (Desiigner’s “Panda” and Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles,” featuring Gucci Mane). They followed one such No. 1 in 2015 (Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again,” featuring Charlie Puth), two in 2014 and three in 2013.

Further, all five rap Hot 100 No. 1s this year mark the first chart champs for all five lead acts (Post Malone, Cardi B, DJ Khaled, Kendrick Lamar and Migos).

2017 marks the first year that as many as five rap hits have topped the Hot 100 since 2006, when D4L’s “Laffy Taffy”; Nelly’s “Grillz,” featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Gipp; Sean Paul’s “Temperature”; Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’,” featuring Krayzie Bone; and Ludacris’ “Money Maker,” featuring Pharrell, all reigned. Five rap hits also ruled the Hot 100 in 2004 and 2003.

“Rock” era: Meanwhile, the word “rock” appears in the title of a Hot 100 No. 1 for the 12th time (dating to the first, Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock,” in 1973). In another sign of hip-hop’s growth, the last two such leaders haven’t actually been rock songs: before “Rockstar,” LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” ruled in 2011 (and features Lauren Bennett and another rock-er: GoonRock).

(The song renowned for kicking off the rock era, Bill Haley and His Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock,” was originally a hit in 1955, three years before the Hot 100’s inception. It eventually hit No. 39 in 1974, sparked by its usage as the theme for both the movie American Graffiti and, via a rerecording, the hit TV show that the film helped inspire, Happy Days.

Cardi B‘s “Bodak Yellow” drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100. In ceding the summit, it remains tied for the longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1 by a female artist in 2017, matching the three-week rule of the song it supplanted at the top spot, Taylor Swift‘s “Look What You Made Me Do.” (No song by a lead female has led for more than three weeks since Sia’s “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul: four frames in August 2016.)

“Bodak” holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (46.1 million, down 3 percent). It drops 4-6 on Digital Song Sales with 40,000 downloads sold (down 13 percent) and 10-11 on Radio Songs (75 million, although up 4 percent).

Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, returns to its No. 3 Hot 100 peak, from No. 4. It’s steady at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (31.2 million, down 5 percent) and reaches the Radio Songs top 10 (12-8; 76 million, up 11 percent). Logic and Khalid each earn their first Radio Songs top 10, while Cara collects her fourth.

Swift’s “Look” rebounds 4-3 on the Hot 100 and, as previously reported, hits No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart.

New airplay No. 1: Portugal. The Man pushes 6-5 for its first top five Hot 100 hit, “Feel It Still,” which also crowns Radio Songs (2-1; 110 million, up 3 percent). Hip-hop isn’t ruling fully at rock’s expense, as “Feel” is the first rock hit (defined as a title that has appeared on the Hot Rock Songs chart) to top Radio Songs in nearly four years, since Lorde’s “Royals” ruled Radio Songs for six weeks in November-December 2013.

The last rock band to top Radio Songs before Portugal. The Man? fun., for six weeks in April-May 2012 with “We Are Young,” featuring Janelle Monae. (Maybe the key is to put a period in your name? fun. … Portugal. The Man … Before fun. no rock band had led Radio Songs since Lifehouse, with “Hanging by a Moment,” back in 2001.)

As on the Hot 100, “Feel” rises 6-5 on Digital Song Sales (42,000, up 1 percent), while lifting 37-33 on Streaming Songs (14.1 million, up 3 percent). It tops Hot Rock Songs for a third week. On the Alternative Songs airplay chart, “Feel” leads for a 17th week, the third-longest domination in the list’s history; Muse’s “Madness” leads with 19 weeks at No. 1 in 2012-13.

(Another “Post” man: in a week in which Post Malone posts a new No. 1 on the Hot 100, it’s worth repeating that “Feel” interpolates The Marvelettes’ “Please Mr. Postman,” which stamped itself at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 11, 1961.)

J Balvin and Willy William‘s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyonce, drops 3-6 on the Hot 100 after surging from No. 21 the week before, sparked last week by the first full week of tracking for its new remix featuring Beyonce. This week, it falls 1-17 on Digital Song Sales (26,000 sold, down 67 percent); holds at No. 5 on Streaming Songs (27.7 million, down 4 percent); and bounds 29-22 on Radio Songs (55 million, up 20 percent). “Mi Gente” spends a second week at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs.

Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” soars 13-7 on the Hot 100 after he performed the ballad on NBC’s Saturday Night Live Oct. 7. The song, which debuted at its No. 5 Hot 100 high (Sept. 30), charges 11-7 on Digital Song Sales (39,000, up 30 percent, good for the Hot 100’s top sales gain); 14-12 on Streaming Songs (20.6 million, up 7 percent); and 20-19 on Radio Songs (59 million, up 5 percent).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Imagine Dragons‘ “Thunder” slips to No. 8 from its No. 7 high, although with the Hot 100’s top gain in airplay (59 million, up 19 percent); Demi Lovato‘s “Sorry Not Sorry” descends to No. 9 from No. 8, her best career rank; and French Montana‘s “Unforgettable,” featuring Swae Lee, keeps at No. 10, after reaching No. 3.

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, all posting this week. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 17), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (Oct. 20).

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