Plus: Brent Faiyaz and Aespa debut in the top five.

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti holds steady atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 23) for a fifth nonconsecutive week. The set earned 105,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 14 (down 5%), according to Luminate.

Also in the top 10, Brent Faiyaz’s Wasteland and Aespa’s Girls: The 2nd Mini Album arrive at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 23, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday, July 19. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Un Verano Sin Ti’s 105,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 104,000 (down 5%; equaling 146.83 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and album sales and TEA units comprise the remainder of the week’s total.

Un Verano Sin Ti has earned over 100,000 units in each of its first 10 weeks on the chart. The last album to do so was six years ago, when Drake’s Views saw its first 10 weeks all exceed 100,000 units (May 21-July 23, 2016 charts).

Additionally, Un Verano Sin Ti has spent its first 10 weeks on the chart in the top two. The last album to start off as strong was Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which spent its first 10 weeks at No. 1 (Jan. 23-March 27, 2021-dated charts).

Un Verano Sin Ti debuted at No. 1 on the May 21-dated chart, then stepped away from the top slot for three weeks. It returned to No. 1 on June 18, and then moved aside for two more weeks, until coming back to No. 1 for the last three consecutive weeks.

Since the start of 2021, six albums have spent at least five weeks at No. 1, including Un Verano Sin Ti. Earlier in 2022, the Encanto soundtrack notched nine weeks atop the list, while Adele’s 30 wrapped a six-week run at No. 1. In 2021, Drake’s Certified Lover Boy and Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour both clocked five weeks at No. 1, while Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous ruled for 10 weeks.

Brent Faiyaz’s sophomore album Wasteland debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, launching with 88,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 81,000 (equaling 107.48 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 6,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. It’s the first top 10 for the R&B singer, who previously reached the chart with his debut effort, F— the World, debuting and peaking at No. 20 in 2020 and at No. 2 on the Top R&B Albums chart. That 10-track set has earned 684,000 units in the U.S. release-to-date (with on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks totaling 935.81 million).

Since the release of F— the World, Faiyaz has issued collaborative tracks with Tyler, the Creator (“Gravity” and “Sweet/I Thought You Wanted to Dance”) and Drake (“Wasting Time”). Both “Gravity” and “Wasting Time” are included on the new album, alongside a new collaboration with Alicia Keys (“Ghetto Gatsby”).

Aespa’s Girls: The 2nd Mini Album bows at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, giving the South Korean female quartet its first top 10 effort. The set starts with 56,000 equivalent album units earned, of which album sales comprise 53,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 3,000 (equaling 4.34 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Like many K-pop releases, the CD configuration of Girls was issued in collectible deluxe packages (12 total, including an exclusive edition for Target), each with a standard set of items and randomized elements (such as photocards, stickers and a poster); 98% of the album’s first-week sales were on CD. The other 2% were digital album sales. (The set was not released in any other format, such as vinyl or cassette.)

A quintet of former No. 1s are next up on the Billboard 200 at Nos. 4-8. Harry Styles’ Harry’s House falls 2-4 (53,000 equivalent album units; down 3%), Wallen’s Dangerous dips 4-5 (49,000; down 2%), Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind drops 3-6 (42,000; down 19%), Future’s I Never Liked You is a non-mover at No. 7 (37,000; down 8%) and Lil Durk’s 7220 falls 6-8 (35,000; down 16%).

The Weeknd’s compilation The Highlights is stationary at No. 9 with nearly 35,000 equivalent album units earned (up 3%), while Chris Brown’s Breezy falls 8-10 with 33,000 units (down 6%).

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Styles’ “As It Was” tops the Hot 100 for a ninth week, while Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” rises to No. 2 and becomes her third leader on the Radio Songs chart.

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” continues atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, logging a ninth total week at the summit.

Meanwhile, Lizzo‘s “About Damn Time” pushes from No. 3 to a new No. 2 Hot 100 high and takes over as the most-heard song on U.S. radio, as it becomes her third leader on the Radio Songs chart.

Plus, Kate Bush‘s 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” returns to its No. 4 Hot 100 best, from No. 6, helped by its sync in the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, after the concluding episodes of the season, which further spotlight the song, premiered July 1.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 16, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 12). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“As It Was,” released on Erskine/Columbia Records and which debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated April 16, tallied 73.4 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 1%), 18 million streams (down 3%) and 5,000 downloads sold (down 10%) in the July 1-7 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The track keeps at No. 3 after four weeks atop Radio Songs, beginning in May; rises 7-6 on Streaming Songs, after two weeks at the summit starting upon its entrance in April; and dips 8-11 on Digital Song Sales, following a week in charge in May.

“As It Was” concurrently crowns the Songs of the Summer chart for a sixth week, as it has ruled the seasonal tally, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, each week since the 2022 edition began.

The song is from Styles’ third album, Harry’s House, which led the Billboard 200 albums chart for two weeks beginning with its debut in June. (A second song from the set, “Late Night Talking,” jumps to the Radio Songs top 10 [16-10; 36.6 million, up 26%], becoming his fourth top 10 on the ranking – notably, twice as many as One Direction, the group in which he broke through, earned, in 2012-14, as well as the most of any member of the boy band, which is currently on hiatus. “Talking” rises 18-15 on the Hot 100, after it opened at its No. 4 peak concurrent with the chart start of Harry’s House.)

Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” ascends 3-2 for a new Hot 100 high, with 83.2 million in radio audience (up 7%), 12.5 million streams (down 2%) and 8,000 sold (down 10%). Lizzo lands her third leader on Radio Songs, where the track advances 2-1, following “Good as Hell” (four weeks at No. 1 beginning in November 2019) and “Truth Hurts” (six, starting that September). Dating to the first week at No. 1 for “Truth Hurts” (Sept. 28, 2019), Lizzo solely boasts the most Radio Songs No. 1s of any act, passing two each for Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo in that span.

“Time” also scores its first week atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, which uses the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100. Lizzo achieves her fourth No. 1 on the genre ranking, following “Rumors,” featuring Cardi B (one week on top, upon its debut in August 2021); “Good as Hell” (four weeks, beginning in September 2019); and “Truth Hurts” (11, beginning that August). “Time” concurrently adds its eighth week atop the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart.

“Time” is from Lizzo’s fourth album, Special, due Friday (July 15).

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” falls 2-3 on the Hot 100, after three weeks at No. 1 starting in its debut week in April. It claims an 11th week atop the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart.

Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” soars back to its No. 4 Hot 100 high, from No. 6, helped by its sync in the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, after the conclusion of the season premiered July 1. The song, originally released in 1985 (when it reached No. 30), drew 24.6 million in radio reach (up 30%) and 22.3 million streams (up 20%) and sold 17,000 (up 45%) in the week ending July 7. It returns for a second week atop Streaming Songs (6-1) and a third frame atop Digital Song Sales (3-1), as it wins the Hot 100’s top Streaming and Sales Gainer awards.

Among the song’s latest radio highlights, it bounds 13-9 as the Greatest Gainer on Alternative Airplay, becoming Bush’s first top 10 on the tally since 1993-94 (when “Rubberband Girl” hit No. 7).

“Hill” also posts a fifth week each atop the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts.

Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, slips 4-5 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1 beginning in its debut week in May, and Drake’s own “Jimmy Cooks” retreats 5-6, two weeks after it launched in the top spot.

Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” returns to its No. 7 Hot 100 best, from No. 8, as it leads the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart for an eighth week.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” lifts 9-8 on the Hot 100, following five weeks at No. 1 starting in March. It adds its 77th week on the chart, tying for the fourth-longest run in the list’s history, which dates to August 1958 (and is the only one of those hits to have ranked in the top 10 as late as a 77th frame).

Most Weeks Totaled on the Billboard Hot 100:
90, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (for four weeks), beginning April 4, 2020
87, “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons, No. 3, July 6, 2013
79, “Sail,” AWOLNATION, No. 17, Oct. 12, 2013
77, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, No. 1 (five weeks), beginning March 12, 2022
77, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa, No. 2, May 22, 2021
76, “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2008

Plus, “Heat Waves” spends a 34th week in the Hot 100’s top 10, passing Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, for the most among groups. Overall, “Heat Waves” has now solely logged the fourth-most top 10 weeks, after The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (57), The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” (44) and Lipa’s “Levitating” (41).

Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” backtracks to No. 9 from its No. 7 Hot 100 best. In its second full week of tracking, it garnered 34.2 million in airplay audience (up 54%) – as it blasts 28-12 on Radio Songs and takes the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer trophy – and drew 11.5 million streams (down 26%) and sold 7,000 (down 36%).

A week earlier, the song – the lead single from Beyoncé’s album Renaissance, due July 29 – became her 20th solo Hot 100 top 10; as Destiny’s Child notched 10 top 10s with her as a member, she became just the third artist, and the first woman, with at least 20 top 10s as a soloist and 10 or more with a group.

The track adds a second week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Latto’s “Big Energy” returns to the region (11-10), after it reached No. 3 in April.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 16), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 12).

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Plus: Shinedown scores fifth top 10 with debut of “Planet Zero.”

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti captures a fourth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 16). The set holds at No. 1, notching its first set of back-to-back weeks in the lead. The effort earned 111,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 7 (down 4%), according to Luminate.

Also in the top 10, Shinedown’s Planet Zero is the chart’s top debut, as the rock band’s latest studio album opens at No. 5. It’s the group’s fifth top 10-charting effort.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 16, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (July 12). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Un Verano Sin Ti’s 111,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 109,000 (down 4%; equaling 154.12 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and album sales and TEA units comprise the remainder of the week’s total.

Un Verano Sin Ti has earned over 100,000 in each of its first nine weeks on the chart. The last album to do so was nearly six years ago, when Drake’s Views saw its first 10 weeks all exceed 100,000 units (May 21-July 23, 2016, charts).

Additionally, Un Verano Sin Ti has spent its first nine weeks on the chart in the top two. The last album to start off so strong was Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, which also spent its first nine weeks in the top two (Sept. 18-Nov. 13, 2021-dated charts).

Un Verano Sin Ti debuted at No. 1 on the May 21-dated chart, then stepped away from the top slot for three weeks. It returned to No. 1 on June 18, and then moved aside for two more weeks, until coming back to No. 1 for the last two consecutive weeks.

A trio of former No. 1s are Nos. 2-4 on the new Billboard 200, as Harry Styles’ Harry’s House rises 6-2 (54,000 equivalent album units; down 14%), Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind is steady at No. 3 (52,000; down 29%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album climbs 8-4 (50,000; down less than 1%).

Shinedown’s Planet Zero bows at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 49,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the fifth top 10-charting album for the rock band, which claimed its first in 2008 with the No. 8-peaking The Sound of Madness. Of Planet Zero’s starting unit total, album sales comprise 43,000, SEA units comprise 6,000 (equaling 7.67 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 units.

Planet Zero has yielded two top 10-charting hits on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart — the title track and “Daylight.” Since the group debuted on the airplay list in 2003 with the No. 5-peaking “Fly From the Inside,” it has maintained an unbroken streak of 29 consecutive top 10 hits. The act is tied with Foo Fighters for the most total top 10s in the chart’s 41-year history.

Lil Durk’s chart-topping 7220 falls 5-6 on the new Billboard 200 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (down 38%), Future’s former leader I Never Liked You rises 10-7 with 40,000 units (down 7%) and Chris Brown’s Breezy dips 4-8 in its second week with 35,000 units (down 52%).

The Weeknd’s compilation album The Highlights returns to the top 10, zipping 52-9 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned (up 144%). The set contains such hits as “Blinding Lights” and “Save Your Tears” (both from The Weeknd’s After Hours studio album) and “Starboy” and “I Feel It Coming” (both from his Starboy album). On the new chart, the TEA and SEA units for all four songs contribute to The Highlights, as a song’s activity is assigned to the artist’s album with the most traditional album sales in a week. (The Highlights sold nearly 2,000 copies in the latest tracking week, while After Hours and Starboy both sold under 1,000.) A week ago, the TEA and SEA for the songs were directed to their original studio albums, as each outsold The Highlights that week.

Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache returns to the top 10, rising 12-10 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned (down 13%).

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Beyoncé scores her milestone 20th solo Hot 100 top 10.

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” rebounds from No. 2 for an eighth total week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Meanwhile, Beyoncé‘s “Break My Soul” surges from No. 15 to No. 7 on the Hot 100, following its first full week of tracking, marking her milestone 20th top 10 as a soloist.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 9, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 6, a day later than usual due to the July 4 holiday in the U.S. yesterday). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“As It Was,” released on Erskine/Columbia Records, tallied 77.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 1%), 18.6 million streams (down 10%) and 5,000 downloads sold (down 14%) in the June 24-30 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The track dips 2-3 after four weeks atop the Radio Songs chart; rises 9-7 on Streaming Songs after two weeks at the summit; and drops 7-8 on Digital Song Sales, following a week in charge.

Notably, “As it Was” scores its record-tying fourth distinct stay atop the Hot 100, after it debuted at No. 1 on the April 16 chart; led again on April 30 and May 7; and added four more weeks on top on the charts dated June 4, 11, 18 and 25, ahead of its return to No. 1 on the new, July 9, ranking. (The songs that have interrupted its reign: Jack Harlow’s “First Class,” April 23 and May 21 and 28; Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, May 14; and Drake’s “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, July 2.) “As It Was” is the fourth to log as many as four separate No. 1 stints, after Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (2019-22), 24kGoldn’s “Mood,” featuring Iann Dior (2020-21), and Drake’s “Nice for What” (2018).

“As It Was” concurrently crowns the Songs of the Summer chart for a fifth week, as it has led the summery summary, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, each week since the 2022 edition began.

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” lifts 3-2 on the Hot 100, after, as noted above, three weeks at No. 1, as it notches a fourth week atop Radio Songs (85.5 million, up 4%). It adds a 10th week atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.

Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” jumps 5-3 for a new Hot 100 high, as it rules the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a seventh week. It also ascends to No. 1 on the Pop Airplay chart, where Lizzo achieves her third leader, after “Good as Hell” (four weeks at No. 1 beginning in November 2019) and “Truth Hurts” (four, starting that September).

Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, keeps at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1, and Drake’s own “Jimmy Cooks” falls to No. 5 a week after it launched at No. 1, becoming his 11th leader. Still, the latter claims a second week atop Streaming Songs, although with a 42% decline to 24.7 million streams. It plunges 9-47 on Digital Song Sales (2,000, down 68%) and is down 13% to 2.6 million in radio reach.

Kate Bush’s 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” rebounds 9-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4, fueled by its sync in Netflix’s Stranger Things, as it logs a fourth week each atop the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts.

Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” bursts 15-7 on the Hot 100, following its first full week of tracking (June 24-30, after its arrival on Tidal at 9 p.m. ET June 20 and its wide release three hours later). It soars 17-8 on Streaming Songs (16.6 million, after logging 14 million June 20-23) and enters Radio Songs at No. 28 (23 million, following 10.7 million in its first three-plus days), while falling to No. 4 on Digital Song Sales after it opened at No. 1 (11,000, down from 22,000).

Beyoncé banks her landmark 20th solo Hot 100 top 10 and first since Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” on which she’s featured, became her seventh No. 1 in May 2020. Beyoncé notches her first top 10 in a lead role since “Formation” debuted and peaked at No. 10 in May 2016.

Here’s an updated rundown of the elite 23 artists with 20 or more Hot 100 top 10s, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception:

Most Billboard Hot 100 Top 10s:

• 58, Drake
• 38, Madonna
• 34, The Beatles
• 31, Rihanna
• 30, Michael Jackson
• 30, Taylor Swift
• 28, Elton John
• 28, Mariah Carey
• 28, Stevie Wonder
• 27, Janet Jackson
• 26, Justin Bieber
• 25, Elvis Presley (with his career having predated the Hot 100’s start)
• 25, Lil Wayne
• 23, Whitney Houston
• 23, Paul McCartney
• 23, The Rolling Stones
• 22, Eminem
• 22, Jay-Z
• 20, Beyoncé
• 20, Chicago
• 20, Nicki Minaj
• 20, The Supremes
• 20, Ye

Beyoncé first appeared in the Hot 100’s top 10 as a soloist when Jay-Z’s “’03 Bonnie & Clyde,” on which she’s featured, rose 11-8 on the Dec. 7, 2002, tally.

Meanwhile, Beyoncé now has twice as many top 10s as Destiny’s Child, the group in which she broke through: the act notched 10 top 10s (including four No. 1s) in 1998-2005.

Also impressively, Beyoncé joins select company among artists with at least 20 solo top 10s and 10 as a member of a group. The exclusive club, of which she’s the first female member: Paul McCartney, with 23 solo top 10s (including his work with Wings), in addition to 34 with The Beatles; Michael Jackson, with 30 solo top 10s along with 11 as a member of the Jackson 5/Jacksons; and, now, Beyoncé (20 solo, 10 with Destiny’s Child).

“Break My Soul” concurrently becomes Beyoncé’s first No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (which began in 2013).

Further, “Break My Soul,” the lead single from Beyoncé’s album Renaissance, due July 29, contains elements of Robin S.’s house classic “Show Me Love,” co-written and -produced by Allen George and Fred McFarlane. The latter two talents receive songwriting credit on Beyoncé’s latest and rank in the Hot 100’s top 10 as writers for the first time since “Show Me Love” hit No. 5 in June 1993.

Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” pushes 11-8 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 7, as it tops the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart for a seventh week.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” rises 10-9 on the Hot 100, following five weeks at No. 1. It adds its 76th week on the chart, tying for the fifth-longest run in the list’s history (and is the only one of those hits to have ranked in the top 10 at the time of its 76th frame).

Most Weeks Totaled on the Billboard Hot 100:

• 90, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (for four weeks), beginning April 4, 2020
• 87, “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons, No. 3, July 6, 2013
• 79, “Sail,” AWOLNATION, No. 17, Oct. 12, 2013
• 77, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa, No. 2, May 22, 2021
• 76, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, No. 1 (five weeks), beginning March 12, 2022
• 76, “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2008

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Joji’s “Glimpse of Us” backtracks to No. 10 from its No. 8 high. Still, the ballad flies by 208% to 1.8 million in radio airplay audience (and enters Pop Airplay at No. 33).

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 9), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 6).

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Plus: Luke Combs, Chris Brown, NAYEON and Conan Gray debut in the top 10.

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti bounces back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 9) for a third nonconsecutive week on top, as the set climbs 2-1 in its eighth week. The album earned 115,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending June 30 (down 5%), according to Luminate.

With a third week at No. 1, Un Verano Sin Ti has the second-most weeks at No. 1 in 2022, following the Encanto soundtrack, with nine.

Un Verano Sin Ti’s third week at No. 1 also marks its third total visit to the top, as the album debuted at No. 1 on the May 21-dated chart, then stepped away from the top slot for three weeks. It then returned to No. 1 on June 18, and then moved aside for two more weeks, until coming back to No. 1 on the new chart. Un Verano Sin Ti is the first album with three separate visits to No. 1 since Drake’s Certified Lover Boy also had three distinct stays at No. 1 in 2021, for a total of five weeks atop the list (three weeks: Sept. 18-Oct. 2, then Oct. 23 and Nov. 6, 2021). The all-Spanish-language Un Verano Sin Ti is also the second mostly-or-all-non-English-language album to spend more than a single week at No. 1. The first was The Singing Nun’s self-titled all-French-language album — it concluded its 10-week run at No. 1 in February of 1964. (They are two of the 15 total mostly-or-all-non-English albums to reach No. 1.)

Un Verano Sin Ti has earned over 100,000 in each of its first eight weeks on the chart. The last title to do so was nearly six years ago, when Drake’s Views saw its first 10 weeks all exceed 100,000 units (May 21-July 23, 2016 charts).

Un Verano Sin Ti has yet to fall below No. 2 in its eight weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. The last album to spend its first eight weeks on the chart in the top two was Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, which spent its first nine weeks in the top two (Sept. 18-Nov. 13, 2021-dated charts).

On the new Billboard 200 chart, Bad Bunny leads a busy top 10, as the latest releases from Luke Combs, Chris Brown, NAYEON and Conan Gray arrive, while Lil Durk’s chart-topping 7220 jumps back into the region following its deluxe reissue with bonus tracks.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 9, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Wednesday, July 6 (a day later than usual due to the July 4 holiday in the U.S.). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Un Verano Sin Ti’s 115,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 114,000 (down 5%; equaling 160.18 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), and album sales and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 units each.

Luke Combs scores both the highest debut of the week and the highest debut for a country album in 2022 as his new studio effort Growin’ Up launches at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The set enters with 74,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 44,000 (equaling 56.33 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 12 tracks), album sales comprise 28,000 and TEA units comprise 2,000.

Growin’ Up is Combs’ fourth album to reach the top five on the Billboard 200, following What You See Is What You Get (No. 1 in 2019), The Prequel (No. 4, 2019) and This One’s for You (No. 4, 2018).

Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind falls 1-3 in its second week on the Billboard 200 with 73,000 equivalent album units earned (down 64%).

Chris Brown logs his 12th top 10 album on the Billboard 200, as his latest release Breezy bows at No. 4 with 72,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 66,000 (equaling 87.36 million on-demand official streams of the album’s 24 tracks), album sales comprise 5,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000.

Lil Durk’s chart-topping 7220 jumps back into the top 10, climbing 18-5 with 68,000 equivalent album units earned (up 217%) after the album was reissued on June 24 with 13 additional tracks. (The album’s total track count now stands at 31.) Harry Styles’ former leader Harry’s House falls 3-6 with 63,000 units (down 21%).

NAYEON’s debut solo effort IM NAYEON: The 1st Mini Album debuts at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 52,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week); SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 6.56 million on-demand official streams of the set’s seven tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000. NAYEON is a member of the vocal group TWICE, which has visited the top 10 two times (Taste of Love: The 10th Mini Album, peaking at No. 6, and Formula of Love: O+T=<3, The 3rd Full Album, No. 3, both in 2021).

Like many K-pop releases, the CD configuration of IM NAYEON was issued in collectible deluxe packages (17 total, including exclusive editions for Target and Barnes & Noble), each with a standard set of items and randomized elements (such as photocards, postcards and a poster). 98% of the album’s first-week sales were on CD. The other 2% were digital album sales. (The set was not released in any other format, such as vinyl or cassette.)

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album falls 5-8 with 51,000 equivalent album units earned (down 3%).

Conan Gray lands his second top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as his sophomore full-length effort Superache starts at No. 9 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 27,000; SEA units comprise 16,000 (equaling 22.47 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 12 tracks), and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Rounding out the new top 10 is Future’s former No. 1 I Never Liked You, which falls 6-10 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned (down 12%).

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Drake adds his 11th Hot 100 No. 1, as his new album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ likewise debuts atop the Billboard 200.

Drake‘s “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The collaboration marks Drake’s 11th Hot 100 No. 1 and 21 Savage’s second.

Drake also debuts two other songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 from his new album, Honestly, Nevermind – which likewise launches as his 11th No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart – as “Sticky” starts at No. 6 and “Falling Back” begins at No. 7.

Notably, Drake becomes the first solo male to simultaneously debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 twice, as Honestly, Nevermind and “Jimmy Cooks” join his Certified Lover Boy and “Way 2 Sexy,” which roared in atop the respective tallies dated Sept. 18, 2021.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 2, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 28). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“Jimmy Cooks,” released on OVO/Republic Records, tallied 42.2 million streams, 3 million radio airplay audience impressions and 6,000 downloads sold in its first week (June 17-23), according to Luminate, following the June 17 arrival of parent album Honestly, Nevermind, announced only hours before its release.

The track (seemingly an ode to the character of Jimmy Brooks that Drake portrayed on the CTV drama Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2001-08) arrives as the 1,138th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 63-year history, and the 62nd to enter on top.

Drake’s 11th Hot 100 No. 1

Drake adds his 11th Hot 100 No. 1. He ties Whitney Houston for the seventh-most leaders among all acts and passes Stevie Wonder to claim the second-most among male soloists.

Most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s:

• 20, The Beatles
• 19, Mariah Carey
• 14, Rihanna
• 13, Michael Jackson
• 12, Madonna
• 12, The Supremes
• 11, Drake
• 11, Whitney Houston
• 10, Janet Jackson
• 10, Stevie Wonder

Meanwhile, here’s a recap of Drake’s 11 Hot 100 No. 1s:

• “What’s My Name?,” Rihanna feat. Drake (one week at No. 1, beginning Nov. 20, 2010)
• “Work,” Rihanna feat. Drake (nine weeks, beginning March 5, 2016)
• “One Dance,” Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla (10 weeks, beginning May 21, 2016)
• “God’s Plan” (11 weeks, beginning Feb. 3, 2018)
• “Nice for What” (eight weeks, beginning April 21, 2018)
• “In My Feelings” (10 weeks, beginning July 21, 2018)
• “Toosie Slide” (one week, April 18, 2020)
• “What’s Next” (one week, March 20, 2021)
• “Way 2 Sexy,” Drake feat. Future and Young Thug (one week, Sept. 18, 2021)
• “Wait for U,” Future feat. Drake & Tems (one week, May 14, 2022)
• “Jimmy Cooks,” Drake feat. 21 Savage (one week to-date, July 2, 2022)

Plus, “Jimmy Cooks” is Drake’s record-extending seventh song to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100, following “God’s Plan,” “Nice for What,” “Toosie Slide,” “What’s Next,” “Way 2 Sexy” and “Wait for U.”

Further, Drake ties The Beatles for the most top five Hot 100 hits: 29 each. Madonna (28) and Mariah Carey (27) follow.

21 Savage previously topped the Hot 100 as featured on Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” which reigned for eight weeks beginning in October 2017.

Drake debuts atop Billboard 200 & Hot 100

As Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind opens atop the Billboard 200 concurrent with the Hot 100-topping entrance of “Jimmy Cooks,” he makes the eighth-such double debut – and becomes the first male soloist to score the honor twice. Taylor Swift first achieved the feat in August 2020 and has made a record three such starts.

Simultaneous Artist Debuts Atop the Billboard 200 & Hot 100

• Drake: Honestly, Nevermind & “Jimmy Cooks,” feat. 21 Savage, July 2, 2022
• Future: I Never Liked You & “Wait for U,” feat. Drake & Tems, May 14, 2022
• Taylor Swift: Red (Taylor’s Version) & “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Nov. 27, 2021
• Drake: Certified Lover Boy & “Way 2 Sexy,” feat. Future & Young Thug, Sept. 18, 2021
• Justin Bieber: Justice & “Peaches,” feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon, April 3, 2021
• Taylor Swift: Evermore & “Willow,” Dec. 26, 2020
• BTS: BE & “Life Goes On,” Dec. 5, 2020
• Taylor Swift: Folkore & “Cardigan,” Aug. 8, 2020

Drake’s lucky 13th Streaming Songs No. 1

“Jimmy Cooks” is Drake’s record-extending 13th No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart. He now has more than double the amount of runner-up Justin Bieber, with six.

No. 1 R&B/hip-hop, rap

“Jimmy Cooks” also premieres atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100. Drake notches his record-extending 25th leader on each list, while 21 Savage adds this third.

Drake up to 58 Hot 100 top 10s

As “Sticky” debuts at No. 6 and “Falling Back” bows at No. 7 on the Hot 100, with 28.8 million and 27.8 million streams, respectively, Drake, thanks to those tracks and “Jimmy Cooks,” pads his record career count to 58 top 10s.

Most Billboard Hot 100 Top 10s:

• 58, Drake
• 38, Madonna
• 34, The Beatles
• 31, Rihanna
• 30, Michael Jackson
• 30, Taylor Swift
• 28, Mariah Carey
• 28, Elton John
• 28, Stevie Wonder
• 27, Janet Jackson

Rest of the top 10

Harry Styles’ “As It Was” drops to No. 2 after seven weeks atop the Hot 100. The track concurrently crowns the Songs of the Summer chart for a fourth week, after the seasonal survey, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, returned three weeks ago.

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” slips 2-3 on the Hot 100, after three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, as it notches a third week atop the Radio Songs chart (84.3 million, up 3%).

Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, falls 3-4 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1, and Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” retreats to No. 5 from its No. 4 Hot 100 high, as it leads the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a sixth week.

Below Drake’s “Sticky” at No. 6 and “Falling Back” at No. 7 on the Hot 100, Joji’s “Glimpse of Us” rises 10-8 in its second week on the chart, led by its 40% increase to 25.6 million streams.

Kate Bush’s 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” descends 5-9 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4, fueled by its sync in Netflix’s Stranger Things, as it adds a third week each atop the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” backtracks 6-10, after five weeks at No. 1.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 2), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 28).

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He’s one of only five acts with more than 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart.

Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind debuts atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 2), giving the superstar his 11th No. 1 on the chart. The surprise release was announced on June 16, and the album dropped at midnight on June 17. The set is a sonic left-turn from the hip-hop giant, as it is “almost entirely composed of moody electronic atmospherics and body-moving dancefloor heat” and “leans on the house music scene” with collaborations from “seven house music producers with varying degrees of mainstream fame.”

Drake becomes the fifth act with more than 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 since the chart began regularly publishing on a weekly basis in 1956. He joins The Beatles (who lead with a record 19 No. 1s), Jay-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand (each with 11).

Honestly, Nevermind launches with 204,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 23, according to Luminate. Streaming activity powered 94% of the album’s first week sum.

Also in the new top 10, Kevin Gates collects his fifth top 10 on the Billboard 200, as Khaza arrives at No. 8.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 2, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on June 28. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Honestly, Nevermind’s 204,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 191,000 (equaling 250.23 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 11,000 and TEA units comprise 2,000.

The 14-track Honestly, Nevermind bows with the fourth-largest streaming week for an album in 2022, by on-demand official streams: 250.23 million. Notably, the three larger weeks this year were all scored by albums with a longer tracklist (all in their debuts weeks): Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti (356.55 million from 23 tracks), Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (343.02 million; 18 tracks) and Future’s I Never Liked You (283.75 million; 22 tracks).

In fact, the last time an album as short (or shorter) as Honestly, Nevermind had a larger streaming week was over a year ago, when Olivia Rodrigo’s 11-track Sour bowed with 300.73 million on-demand official streams (chart dated June 5, 2021).

The most-streamed cut on Honestly, Nevermind, by on-demand official streams, is its closing track “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, with 39.59 million. The second-and-third-most streamed tracks are the album’s opening song “Falling Back” (27.05 million) and “Sticky” (26.16 million). “Falling” is the only song from the album with an official music video, and 3.03 million of its streams came from video plays. (Looking only at on-demand official audio streams, the two most-streamed tracks on the set are “Jimmy Cooks,” with 37.93 million and “Sticky,” with 25.37 million.)

“Jimmy Cooks” and “Sticky” are the most rap-forward cuts on the album. Combined, the two songs accounted for 26% of the album’s first-week on-demand official streams (65.75 million of 250.23 million).

In total, Honestly, Nevermind is Drake’s 14th top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200. From 2009, when he first charted, onwards, he’s logged at least one new top 10 in every year except for 2012 and 2014. Honestly gives Drake an eighth consecutive year with a new top 10 album (stretching back to 2015’s What a Time to Be Alive, with Future, and If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – both No. 1s). No other act has notched a new top 10 in every year since 2015.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Bad Bunny’s chart-topping Un Verano Sin Ti is a non-mover with 121,000 equivalent album units (down 8%). Un Verano Sin Ti has tallied over 100,000 in each of its first seven weeks on the chart. The last title to do so was Drake’s Scorpion, which saw its first seven weeks all exceed 100,000 units (July 28-Aug 25. 2018, charts).

Harry Styles’ former leader Harry’s House is stationary at No. 3 with 79,000 equivalent album units (down 13%), BTS’ Proof falls 1-4 in its second week with 75,000 units (down 76%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album rises 6-5 with 52,000 units (up less than 1%). Future’s former No. 1 I Never Liked You dips 5-6 with 49,000 units (down 11%), and Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache descends 4-7 with 44,000 units (down 26%).

Kevin Gates nabs his fifth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Khaza arrives at No. 8 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 34,000 (equaling 47.05 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 3,000 and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Closing out the new top 10 are two former No. 1s: Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (7-9 with 36,000 equivalent album units; down 14%) and Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (8-10 with 32,000 units; up 1%).

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Joji soars in with his first Hot 100 top 10.

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” logs a seventh week atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Meanwhile, Joji‘s “Glimpse of Us” launches at No. 10 on the Hot 100, marking the singer-songwriter’s first visit to the region.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated June 25, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 21). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“As It Was,” released on Erskine/Columbia Records, tallied 77 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 3%), 22.4 million streams (down 10%) and 6,000 downloads sold (down 13%) in the June 10-16 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The track keeps at No. 2 after four weeks atop the Radio Songs chart and No. 3 after two weeks atop Streaming Songs and falls 4-10 on Digital Song Sales, following a week on top. Notably, the song debuts at No. 37 on Alternative Airplay, marking Styles’ first appearance on the ranking, led by support on KYSR Los Angeles (62 plays in the tracking week), KUCD Honolulu (58) and SiriusXM’s Alt Nation (38). The song tops Pop Airplay for a sixth week and Adult Pop Airplay for a fifth frame, rises 8-7 on Adult Contemporary and holds at No. 16 on Adult Alternative Airplay (where it reached No. 15).

“As It Was” concurrently crowns the Songs of the Summer chart for a third week, after the seasonal survey, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, returned two weeks ago.

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” is steady at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, as it notches a second week atop Radio Songs (82.1 million, up 4%). The single rules the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100, for a ninth week each.

Future’s “Wait For U,” featuring Drake and Tems, is likewise stationary at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1, as it rebounds for a fourth frame atop Streaming Songs (28.5 million, down 6%).

Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” rebounds 5-4 to its Hot 100 high, as it wins the chart’s top Airplay Gainer award for a third consecutive week (64.9 million in audience, up 30%). It leads the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a fifth week.

Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” slips to No. 5 from its No. 4 Hot 100 best, two weeks after it re-entered the chart at No. 8 – far outperforming its prior No. 30 high, reached in 1985 when it was first released – fueled by its sync in Netflix’s Stranger Things. The fourth season of the ’80s-set show, which premiered May 27, incorporates the song in multiple episodes, serving as a recurring theme for the character of Max Mayfield, played by Sadie Sink. (Bush is a fan of the series and approved the song’s usage in it.)

“Hill” retreats to 23.2 million streams (down 20%) and 16,000 downloads sold (down 26%), as it falls to No. 2 on both Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales from the top of each tally. Conversely, it boasts a 159% gain to 6.3 million airplay impressions among Radio Songs reporters, as it jumps 26-17 on the Alternative Airplay chart and debuts on Adult Contemporary (No. 22), Adult Pop Airplay (No. 27) and Pop Airplay (No. 36). Meanwhile, it claims a second week each atop the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” repeats at No. 6 on the Hot 100, after five weeks at No. 1; Latto’s “Big Energy” holds at No. 7, after reaching No. 3; Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” is steady at No. 8 after hitting No. 7, as it rules the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart for a fifth week; and Bad Bunny’s own “Tití Me Preguntó” rises 10-9 on the Hot 100, after it debuted at its No. 5 high.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Joji’s “Glimpse of Us” soars onto the chart at No. 10, driven most heavily by its No. 6 start on Streaming Songs with 18.3 million streams in its first week.

With the ballad, Joji’s first release since his second album, 2020’s Nectar, the Japanese-born singer-songwriter – who originally broke through as a comedian/personality on YouTube (helping spark buzz for Baauer’s eventual 2013 five-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Harlem Shake”) – achieves his first top 10, following three prior entries: “Sanctuary” (No. 80, June 2019), “Slow Dancing in the Dark” (No. 69, November 2019) and “Run” (No. 68, February 2020).

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated June 25), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 21).

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Plus: Carrie Underwood scores her 10th consecutive top 10 on the Billboard 200 with ‘Denim & Rhinestones.’

BTS’ new compilation album Proof debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated June 25), garnering the pop group its sixth chart-topper. The retrospective – consisting mostly of previously released material – bows with 314,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 16, according to Luminate. The overwhelmingly majority of that unit figure was driven by CD album sales.

The anthology was released on June 10, four days before the group announced an indefinite “hiatus” to focus on solo ventures. The seven-member South Korean act was formed in 2010 and made its U.S. Billboard chart debut in 2013. BTS has tallied 15 entries on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Also in the new top 10, Carrie Underwood notches her 10th consecutive top 10 album on the Billboard 200 – the entirety of her charting efforts – as her new studio release Denim & Rhinestones launches in the region.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new June 25, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on June 21. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Proof’s 314,000 equivalent album units earned, album sales comprise 266,000; SEA units comprise 36,000 (equaling 52.84 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 12,000.

Proof registers the year’s biggest week for an album by a group, both in units earned and in album sales. The only larger week overall in 2022 was the debut frame of Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, with 521,000 units, of which 330,000 were in album sales.

Proof was released as a 35-track digital download and streaming album, and an expanded 48-track album on CD. The latter edition has 13 exclusive tracks – mostly demo recordings – not available on the digital or streaming album. Proof was not issued on any other format, such as vinyl LP or cassette.

All versions of the album contain eight of BTS’ 13 top 40-charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100 (through the most recently published chart, dated June 18), including three of the act’s six No. 1s (“Dynamite,” “Life Goes On” and “Butter”). Proof also features three all-new tracks, including the set’s lead single, “Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment).”

As is typical with many K-pop releases, the CD edition of the album was issued in elaborate collectible packages. There are two CD variants available in total: a $24 version and a $70 version (specific retailers may have sale priced them for less). Both have the same tracklist, just different packaging and internal paper goods (such as booklets and posters). Each also contains randomized elements (photocards and postcards). (Pricey CD albums are not new for BTS. The act’s last new studio album, 2020’s eight-track Be, was initially available in only two retail formats: a $9 digital album and a $50 CD.)

Proof sold nearly 266,000 in traditional album sales – of which digital albums comprise 6,500. The remaining sum of a little over 259,000 were all in CD sales. That marks the largest sales week for an album on CD in the U.S. since Adele’s 30 sold 378,000 CDs in its first week (ending Nov 25, 2021; chart dated Dec. 4, 2021). Comparably, Adele’s 30 CD was issued in three variants, a 12-track standard edition (which carried a list price of $11.98), a Target-exclusive pressing with three bonus tracks ($13.98) and a deluxe boxed set ($40) containing the standard CD, a T-shirt and a photo print. The vast majority of the CD sales for 30 came from the $11.98 and $13.98 editions.

Proof – recorded mostly in the Korean language – is the 15th mostly non-English language album to hit No. 1 and the third in 2022. This year also saw non-English No. 1s from Bad Bunny (the all-Spanish Un Verano Sin Ti) and Stray Kids (the mostly-Korean Oddinary). Of the 15 leaders that were recorded mostly in a language other than English, six have been by BTS.

Speaking of Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti falls a spot to No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 with 129,000 equivalent album units earned (down 6%). Un Verano Sin Ti is the first album in nearly four years to exceed 100,000 equivalent album units earned in each of its first six weeks. The last title to do so was Drake’s Scorpion, which saw its first seven weeks all exceed 100,000 units (July 28-Aug. 25, 2018 charts).

Harry Styles’ chart-topping Harry’s House is a non-mover on the Billboard 200 at No. 3 with 91,000 equivalent album units (down 20%). Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache falls 2-4 in its second week with 59,000 (down 51%). Rounding out the top five is Future’s former No. 1 I Never Liked You, which dips 4-5 with 55,000 (down 10%). A trio of former leaders are next on the chart, as Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album is stationary at No. 6 (52,000; down less than 1%), Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers descends 5-7 (42,000; down 23%) and Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour is steady at No. 8 (32,000; down 14%).

SZA’s Ctrl vaults from No. 35 to No. 9 following a fifth anniversary deluxe reissue on June 10 which added seven previously unreleased tracks. The album, which debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the July 1, 2017-dated chart, rallies with 32,000 equivalent album units earned (up 109%).

Closing out the new Billboard 200 top 10 is Carrie Underwood’s new studio album Denim & Rhinestones, which debuts at No. 10 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 22,000; SEA units comprise nearly 9,000 (equaling 11.19 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Denim & Rhinestones is Underwood’s 10th consecutive top 10 album – the entirety of her charting efforts. And all 10 have debuted in the top 10, stretching back to her first release, Some Hearts, which was released in 2005.

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Bush’s 1985 classic tops the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts, sparked by its “Stranger Things” sync.

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” adds a sixth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. It launched at No. 1 in April.

Concurrently, Kate Bush‘s 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” surges to No. 4 on the Hot 100, a week after it re-entered at No. 8 – far surpassing its prior No. 30 peak and becoming Bush’s first top 10 on the chart – sparked by its sync in the new fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things. The song is the top-selling and most-streamed title in the U.S., as it tops the Digital Song Sales chart for a second week and rises to No. 1 on Streaming Songs.

“Hill” also completes the longest run to the Hot 100’s top five in terms of years from a debut to the top five – 36 years, nine months and two weeks – for a non-holiday hit in the chart’s 63-year history.

Elsewhere, Jack Harlow‘s “First Class,” at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after three weeks at the summit, takes over as the most-heard song on radio, rising to the top of the Radio Songs chart, and Post Malone‘s “I Like You (A Happier Song),” featuring Doja Cat, debuts at No. 9 on the Hot 100.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated June 18, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 14). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“As It Was,” released on Erskine/Columbia Records, tallied 75.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2%), 25 million streams (down 9%) and 6,900 downloads sold (up 6%) in the June 3-9 tracking week.

The track dips to No. 2 after four weeks atop the Radio Songs chart; slips 2-3 after two weeks atop Streaming Songs; and lifts 6-4 on Digital Song Sales, following a week in the top spot.

“As It Was” concurrently crowns the Songs of the Summer chart for a second week, after the seasonal ranking, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, returned a week ago.

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” keeps at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. It rises 2-1 on Radio Songs (79.3 million, up 8%), becoming the rapper’s first leader on the list. (The song that it interpolates, Fergie’s “Glamorous,” featuring Ludacris, spent two weeks atop the Hot 100 and reached No. 3 on Radio Songs in 2007.)

“First Class” concurrently cruises at No. 1 for an eighth on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.

Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, is likewise steady at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1.

Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” bounds to No. 4 on the Hot 100, a week after it re-entered at No. 8 – blasting past its prior No. 30 high, reached in 1985 when it was first released – fueled by its sync in Netflix’s Stranger Things. The fourth season of the ’80s-set show, which premiered May 27, incorporates the song in multiple episodes, serving as a recurring theme for the character of Max Mayfield, played by Sadie Sink. (Bush is a fan of the series, and, in a rare move for her music, approved the song’s usage in it.)

“Hill” drew 29 million streams (up 65%) and 2.4 million airplay impressions among Radio Songs reporters (up 519%) and sold 22,200 downloads (up 21%) in the June 3-9 tracking week. It spends a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales and rises to No. 1 on Streaming Songs, marking Bush’s first leader on each list, while winning top Sales and Streaming Gainer honors on the Hot 100.

Notably, “Hill” wraps the longest run to the Hot 100’s top five in terms of years from a debut on the chart to the top five – 36 years, nine months and two weeks – for a non-holiday hit in the list’s 63-year history, and the third-longest such rise overall.

Longest Climbs to the Hot 100’s Top Five (from debut date):
61 years, two weeks: “Jingle Bell Rock,” Bobby Helms, Dec. 22, 1958-Jan. 4, 2020
59 years, one week: “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Brenda Lee, Dec. 12, 1960-Dec. 21, 2019
36 years, nine months, two weeks: “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush, Sept. 7, 1985-June 18, 2022
19 years: “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey, Jan. 8, 2000-Jan. 5, 2019
16 years, three months, two weeks: “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Queen, Jan. 3, 1976-April 18, 1992

Three of the songs above are holiday tracks, spurred in recent years by the growth of streaming, while Queen’s classic, like Bush’s, benefited from its own sync, in the 1992 box office hit Wayne’s World.

“Hill” is Bush’s first top five Hot 100 hit – having outperformed her prior No. 30 career high during the song’s original run. It was first released on her 1985 album Hounds of Love, which soars 28-12 as the Greatest Gainer on the Billboard 200 albums chart (27,000 equivalent album units, up 59%), likewise granting Bush a new personal best on the survey.

Meanwhile, as Bush solely wrote, produced and performs “Hill,” the song is the first top five Hot 100 hit by a solo singer, writer and producer and no accompanying credited talents since Hozier’s “Take Me to Church,” which hit No. 2 in December 2014. Before that, Pharrell Williams’ self-performed, -penned and -produced “Happy” dominated for 10 weeks beginning in March 2014. “Hill” is the first such top five hit by a female artist in nearly 18 years, since Alicia Keys’ “If I Ain’t Got You,” which reached No. 4 in July 2004.

“Hill” concurrently climbs to No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts, becoming Bush’s first leader on each ranking.

Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” backtracks to No. 5 from its No. 4 Hot 100 high, as it claims the chart’s top Airplay Gainer trophy for a second week (50.4 million in audience, up 22%). It tops the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a fourth week.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” falls 5-6 on the Hot 100, after five weeks at No. 1; Latto’s “Big Energy” slides 6-7, after reaching No. 3; and Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” drops to No. 8 from its No. 7 best, as it rules the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart for a fourth week.

Post Malone’s “I Like You (A Happier Song),” featuring Doja Cat, debuts at No. 9 on the Hot 100. The song – from the former’s new album Twelve Carat Toothache, which opens at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 – starts at No. 6 on Streaming Songs (18.9 million streams) and No. 10 on Digital Song Sales (4,100 sold); it also drew 5.6 million in radio reach in the tracking week.

Post Malone adds his 11th Hot 100 top 10, as well as his 22nd on Streaming Songs and his 14th on Digital Song Sales. Doja Cat ups her totals to five, seven and seven top 10s on the respective charts.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Bad Bunny’s “Tití Me Preguntó” rebounds 11-10, after it debuted at its No. 5 high four weeks earlier; the track, and “Me Porto Bonito,” at No. 8, are from his LP Un Verano Sin Ti, which returns for a second week atop the Billboard 200, becoming the first all-Spanish-language album ever to have reigned for multiple weeks.

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Source: billboard.com