Lamar dropped GNX on November 22 with no prior notice, and a surprise factor helped him build a lot of hype for this record and top the Billboard 200 chart with 319,000 equivalent album units. This marks Lamar’s fifth album to hit No. 1 after Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022), DAMN. (2017), Untitled Unmastered (2016), and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015). 

Lamar also found huge success on the Billboard Hot 100, charting all 12 songs from GNX and occupying the top five with “Squabble Up”, “TV Off” ft. Lefty Gunplay, “Luther” ft. SZA, “Wacced Out Murals”, and “Hey Now” ft. Dody6. He’s the fourth artist to achieve this feat, joining the exclusive company of Taylor Swift, Drake, and The Beatles.

“Squabble Up” is Lamar’s third song to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart this year, after “Like That” ft. Future and Metro Boomin and “Not Like Us”. He’s the only artist with three No. 1 hits in 2024, and the third alongside Ariana Grande and BTS to achieve three No. 1 debuts in a single year.

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It’s pretty rare to see the Billboard 200 results delayed, but that’s exactly what happened this week, with Carpenter and Scott going neck to neck until the last minute. Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet eventually debuted at No. 1 with 362,000 equivalent album units, just 1,000 units ahead of Scott’s Days Before Rodeo with a little over 361,000 equivalent album units.

Carpenter managed to score the third-largest week for an album in 2024, behind Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter. Short n’ Sweet is her first album to hit No. 1 in the U.S., in addition to topping the charts in the UK, Australia, and beyond.

Carpenter also hit No. 2, 3, and 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with “Taste”, “Espresso”, and “Please Please Please”, joining The Beatles as the only artist to chart her first three top five hits simultaneously. She previously made history as the first female artist to simultaneously score the No. 1 album and single in the UK, where “Taste” hit the top spot this week.

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The Death of Slim Shady soared to the top with 281,000 units, the most for any rap album released this year. SEA units compromise 164,500 (equaling 220.08 million on-demand official streams), album sales comprise 114,000 (all from digital downloads), while TEA units compromise 2,500.

Eminem is the first artist to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart since Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department back in April. It spent 12 consecutive weeks atop the chart before slipping to No. 4 behind The Death of Slim Shady, ENHYPEN’s Romance: Untold, and Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene.

Following the success of The Death of Slim Shady, Eminem has 11 chart-topping albums under his belt, tying Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, and Kanye West, the fifth-most behind The Beatles, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, and Drake.

The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) hit the shelves on July 12, and it produced singles “Houdini”, “Tobey” ft. BabyTron and Big Sean, and “Somebody Save Me” ft. Jelly Roll.

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With 115,000 equivalent album units earned during its latest week on the chart, Tortured Poets easily returned to No. 1. The lack of competition played a part in its continued chart domination, and Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us is the only new album to come even close to de-crowning it this week, with 89,000 equivalent album units earned.

Tortured Poets follows in the footsteps of 1989 and Fearless as Swift’s third album to spend at least ten weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart. She’s the first artist this century to achieve this feat and only the fifth to ever do so, joining Whitney Houston, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Kingston Trio.

The Tortured Poets Department originally came out on April 19, along with the second volume of songs known as The Anthology. Swift went on to release several variants featuring limited-edition bonus tracks in the weeks to come, which contributed to the album’s continued chart domination.

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Hit Me Hard and Soft took the backseat to Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and debuted at No. 2 with 339,000 equivalent album units earned. Album sales comprise 191,000, including 90,000 in vinyl sales, which marks Eilish’s largest sales week ever.

Hit Me Hard and Soft also helped her score her largest week in terms of equivalent album units, largely thanks to the album’s impressive streaming numbers. Despite only featuring ten songs, including the lead single “Lunch”, Eilish’s third studio album managed the earn 166,500 SEA units, equaling 193.93 million on-demand official streams.

Hit Me Hard and Soft might’ve failed to hit No. 1 in the US, but it did a pretty great job all around the world. It topped the charts in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, and Spain, in addition to scoring the biggest opening week of Eilish’s career on the UK Albums Chart with 67,100 album-equivalent units.

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Cowboy Carter easily topped the Billboard 200 chart after earning 407,000 equivalent album units upon its debut, including 232,000 SEA units (equaling 300.41 million official streams), 7,000 TEA units, and 168,000 traditional album sales. Vinyl copies amounted to 62,000 of the pure album sales, helping Beyoncé score the largest vinyl week of her career.

Cowboy Carter also set a new record for the largest streaming week of Beyoncé’s career. This doesn’t come as a shocker since it previously became the most-streamed album in a single day this year on Spotify, with 76 million global streams, the highest number achieved by a Black woman in the platform’s history.

Beyoncé also made history on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with Cowboy Carter, becoming the first Black woman to top this chart. This is the latest country-related record she broke with this album, after becoming the first Black female artist to top the Hot Country Songs chart with its lead single “Texas Hold ‘Em”.

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Eternal Sunshine earned 227,000 equivalent album units following its debut on March 8, including 77,000 in album sales. This marks the largest week for an album in 2024, and it marks Grande’s sixth studio album to soar to the top of the Billboard 200 chart.

To make the whole thing even better, she also topped the Hot 100 chart with her latest single “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”. This song drew in pretty impressive numbers during its debut week, hitting No. 1 with 32.6 million streams, 4.6 million radio airplay audience impressions, and 9,000 in sales.

“We Can’t Be Friends” is Grande’s seventh song to debut atop the Hot 100 chart, helping her break a record for most No. 1 debuts among women, previously held by Taylor Swift. Grande also made history as the first female artist with multiple chart-topping Hot 100 debuts from two different albums, having previously topped the chart with “Yes, And?”

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Swift reached this milestone after her latest re-recording 1989 (Taylor’s Version) returned to No. 1 for its fifth non-consecutive week with 98,000 equivalent album units earned. Album sales amounted to 61,000 units, along with 36,000 SEA units (48.5 million official streams of the set’s songs), and 1,000 TEA units.

This marks the 68th week one of Swift’s 13 chart-topping albums spent at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, helping her make history along the way. Swift now has the most weeks at No. 1 among soloists, but it will take some time for her to catch up with all-time record holders The Beatles, who spent a total of 132 weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart.

The rest of the top ten for this week was largely dominated by the holiday albums. Michael Bublé’s former chart-topper Christmas hit No. 2 this week, followed by Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song at No. 4, A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector at No. 7, Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas at No. 8, and Pentatonix’s The Greatest Christmas Hits at No. 10.

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After several delays, Drake finally shared For All the Dogs with the world on October 6, and his fans couldn’t wait to hear it in full. It earned 402,000 album-equivalent units during its first week on the chart, becoming Drake’s 13th No. 1 album in the U.S. The only two acts with more chart-toppers are Jay-Z with 14 and The Beatless with 19.

As for his success on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, “First Person Shooter” ft. J. Cole became Drake’s 13th No. 1 hit in the United States. He tied Michael Jackson for the most chart-toppers among solo male artists, but Rihanna (14), Mariah Carey (19), and The Beatles (20) are still ahead.

Since all 23 tracks from For All the Dogs debuted on the Hot 100 chart, Drake brought his career total of Hot 100 entries to 320, becoming the first artist to cross the 300-song mark. He also extended the record for most No. 1 debuts (nine), top five hits (41), top 10 hits (76), top 20 hits (132), and top 40 hits (199).

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The race between the two albums was pretty close, but Gunna eventually prevailed and hit no. 1 with 150,300 equivalent album units earned. The Weekend was right behind with 148,000 units, and he’ll have a chance to recuperate and try to hit no. 1 in the upcoming weeks, as he doesn’t face tough competition on the charts.

Gunna’s DS4Ever is the latest album to confirm the power that hip-hop has over the Billboard 200 chart. Its triumph was powered by several A-list collaborators, including Future, Young Thug, 21 Savage, and Drake, and it’s Gunna’s second consecutive album to hit no. 1.

As for Dawn FM, it’s The Weeknd’s first studio album since his debut Kiss Land in 2013 to miss out on the top spot. He previously hit no. 1 with Beauty Behind the Madness, Starboy, After Hours, and his 2018 EP My Dear Melancholy.

The Weeknd and Gunna were joined by former chart-toppers—Encanto soundtrack, Adele’s 30, and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album—in the top five.

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Lamar dropped GNX on November 22 with no prior notice, and a surprise factor helped him build a lot of hype for this record and top the Billboard 200 chart with 319,000 equivalent album units. This marks Lamar’s fifth album to hit No. 1 after Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022), DAMN. (2017), Untitled Unmastered (2016), and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015). 

Lamar also found huge success on the Billboard Hot 100, charting all 12 songs from GNX and occupying the top five with “Squabble Up”, “TV Off” ft. Lefty Gunplay, “Luther” ft. SZA, “Wacced Out Murals”, and “Hey Now” ft. Dody6. He’s the fourth artist to achieve this feat, joining the exclusive company of Taylor Swift, Drake, and The Beatles.

“Squabble Up” is Lamar’s third song to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart this year, after “Like That” ft. Future and Metro Boomin and “Not Like Us”. He’s the only artist with three No. 1 hits in 2024, and the third alongside Ariana Grande and BTS to achieve three No. 1 debuts in a single year.

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It’s pretty rare to see the Billboard 200 results delayed, but that’s exactly what happened this week, with Carpenter and Scott going neck to neck until the last minute. Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet eventually debuted at No. 1 with 362,000 equivalent album units, just 1,000 units ahead of Scott’s Days Before Rodeo with a little over 361,000 equivalent album units.

Carpenter managed to score the third-largest week for an album in 2024, behind Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter. Short n’ Sweet is her first album to hit No. 1 in the U.S., in addition to topping the charts in the UK, Australia, and beyond.

Carpenter also hit No. 2, 3, and 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with “Taste”, “Espresso”, and “Please Please Please”, joining The Beatles as the only artist to chart her first three top five hits simultaneously. She previously made history as the first female artist to simultaneously score the No. 1 album and single in the UK, where “Taste” hit the top spot this week.

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The Death of Slim Shady soared to the top with 281,000 units, the most for any rap album released this year. SEA units compromise 164,500 (equaling 220.08 million on-demand official streams), album sales comprise 114,000 (all from digital downloads), while TEA units compromise 2,500.

Eminem is the first artist to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart since Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department back in April. It spent 12 consecutive weeks atop the chart before slipping to No. 4 behind The Death of Slim Shady, ENHYPEN’s Romance: Untold, and Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene.

Following the success of The Death of Slim Shady, Eminem has 11 chart-topping albums under his belt, tying Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, and Kanye West, the fifth-most behind The Beatles, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, and Drake.

The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) hit the shelves on July 12, and it produced singles “Houdini”, “Tobey” ft. BabyTron and Big Sean, and “Somebody Save Me” ft. Jelly Roll.

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With 115,000 equivalent album units earned during its latest week on the chart, Tortured Poets easily returned to No. 1. The lack of competition played a part in its continued chart domination, and Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us is the only new album to come even close to de-crowning it this week, with 89,000 equivalent album units earned.

Tortured Poets follows in the footsteps of 1989 and Fearless as Swift’s third album to spend at least ten weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart. She’s the first artist this century to achieve this feat and only the fifth to ever do so, joining Whitney Houston, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Kingston Trio.

The Tortured Poets Department originally came out on April 19, along with the second volume of songs known as The Anthology. Swift went on to release several variants featuring limited-edition bonus tracks in the weeks to come, which contributed to the album’s continued chart domination.

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Hit Me Hard and Soft took the backseat to Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and debuted at No. 2 with 339,000 equivalent album units earned. Album sales comprise 191,000, including 90,000 in vinyl sales, which marks Eilish’s largest sales week ever.

Hit Me Hard and Soft also helped her score her largest week in terms of equivalent album units, largely thanks to the album’s impressive streaming numbers. Despite only featuring ten songs, including the lead single “Lunch”, Eilish’s third studio album managed the earn 166,500 SEA units, equaling 193.93 million on-demand official streams.

Hit Me Hard and Soft might’ve failed to hit No. 1 in the US, but it did a pretty great job all around the world. It topped the charts in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, and Spain, in addition to scoring the biggest opening week of Eilish’s career on the UK Albums Chart with 67,100 album-equivalent units.

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Cowboy Carter easily topped the Billboard 200 chart after earning 407,000 equivalent album units upon its debut, including 232,000 SEA units (equaling 300.41 million official streams), 7,000 TEA units, and 168,000 traditional album sales. Vinyl copies amounted to 62,000 of the pure album sales, helping Beyoncé score the largest vinyl week of her career.

Cowboy Carter also set a new record for the largest streaming week of Beyoncé’s career. This doesn’t come as a shocker since it previously became the most-streamed album in a single day this year on Spotify, with 76 million global streams, the highest number achieved by a Black woman in the platform’s history.

Beyoncé also made history on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with Cowboy Carter, becoming the first Black woman to top this chart. This is the latest country-related record she broke with this album, after becoming the first Black female artist to top the Hot Country Songs chart with its lead single “Texas Hold ‘Em”.

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Eternal Sunshine earned 227,000 equivalent album units following its debut on March 8, including 77,000 in album sales. This marks the largest week for an album in 2024, and it marks Grande’s sixth studio album to soar to the top of the Billboard 200 chart.

To make the whole thing even better, she also topped the Hot 100 chart with her latest single “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”. This song drew in pretty impressive numbers during its debut week, hitting No. 1 with 32.6 million streams, 4.6 million radio airplay audience impressions, and 9,000 in sales.

“We Can’t Be Friends” is Grande’s seventh song to debut atop the Hot 100 chart, helping her break a record for most No. 1 debuts among women, previously held by Taylor Swift. Grande also made history as the first female artist with multiple chart-topping Hot 100 debuts from two different albums, having previously topped the chart with “Yes, And?”

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Swift reached this milestone after her latest re-recording 1989 (Taylor’s Version) returned to No. 1 for its fifth non-consecutive week with 98,000 equivalent album units earned. Album sales amounted to 61,000 units, along with 36,000 SEA units (48.5 million official streams of the set’s songs), and 1,000 TEA units.

This marks the 68th week one of Swift’s 13 chart-topping albums spent at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, helping her make history along the way. Swift now has the most weeks at No. 1 among soloists, but it will take some time for her to catch up with all-time record holders The Beatles, who spent a total of 132 weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart.

The rest of the top ten for this week was largely dominated by the holiday albums. Michael Bublé’s former chart-topper Christmas hit No. 2 this week, followed by Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song at No. 4, A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector at No. 7, Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas at No. 8, and Pentatonix’s The Greatest Christmas Hits at No. 10.

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After several delays, Drake finally shared For All the Dogs with the world on October 6, and his fans couldn’t wait to hear it in full. It earned 402,000 album-equivalent units during its first week on the chart, becoming Drake’s 13th No. 1 album in the U.S. The only two acts with more chart-toppers are Jay-Z with 14 and The Beatless with 19.

As for his success on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, “First Person Shooter” ft. J. Cole became Drake’s 13th No. 1 hit in the United States. He tied Michael Jackson for the most chart-toppers among solo male artists, but Rihanna (14), Mariah Carey (19), and The Beatles (20) are still ahead.

Since all 23 tracks from For All the Dogs debuted on the Hot 100 chart, Drake brought his career total of Hot 100 entries to 320, becoming the first artist to cross the 300-song mark. He also extended the record for most No. 1 debuts (nine), top five hits (41), top 10 hits (76), top 20 hits (132), and top 40 hits (199).

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The race between the two albums was pretty close, but Gunna eventually prevailed and hit no. 1 with 150,300 equivalent album units earned. The Weekend was right behind with 148,000 units, and he’ll have a chance to recuperate and try to hit no. 1 in the upcoming weeks, as he doesn’t face tough competition on the charts.

Gunna’s DS4Ever is the latest album to confirm the power that hip-hop has over the Billboard 200 chart. Its triumph was powered by several A-list collaborators, including Future, Young Thug, 21 Savage, and Drake, and it’s Gunna’s second consecutive album to hit no. 1.

As for Dawn FM, it’s The Weeknd’s first studio album since his debut Kiss Land in 2013 to miss out on the top spot. He previously hit no. 1 with Beauty Behind the Madness, Starboy, After Hours, and his 2018 EP My Dear Melancholy.

The Weeknd and Gunna were joined by former chart-toppers—Encanto soundtrack, Adele’s 30, and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album—in the top five.

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