Sleep Token’s album Even in Arcadia has scored the largest-ever streaming week for a hard-rock album.
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It has been a giant month for mask-clad rockers, as Sleep Token scores its first-ever No. 1 album with Even in Arcadia. On the Sizzling 100 singles chart, Kendrick Lamar‘s “Luther (feat. SZA)” registers a thirteenth consecutive week at No. 1, holding off the seemingly inevitable ascent of Alex Warren‘s “Abnormal.” And, as we await the chart domination of Morgan Wallen‘s new report, it is time to tally all the brand new songs he is landed within the Sizzling 100 within the run-up to I am the Downside‘s launch.
TOP ALBUMS
Two weeks in the past, the masked Swedish hard-rock band Ghost crashed the Billboard 200 with its first-ever No. 1 album, Skeletá, earlier than being changed atop the charts by the resurgence of Dangerous Bunny‘s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. This week, one other masked hard-rock band has duplicated Ghost’s feat: Sleep Token, a lore-rich, genre-smashing, solely nameless English prog-rock band, has landed its first-ever No. 1 album, as Even in Arcadia bows atop the Billboard 200.
Even in Arcadia‘s smashing first-week success follows an increase that positioned Sleep Token’s earlier album (2023’s Take Me Again to Eden) as excessive as No. 16. And, whereas Ghost’s album has slid fairly a bit since its chart-topping debut — Skeletá falls from No. 58 to No. 154 in its third week on the chart — Even in Arcadia appears to be like positioned to stay round within the Billboard 200’s higher reaches for some time. The album was this week’s prime vendor and its most-streamed album, and sturdy streaming numbers (and the algorithms they feed) are what are inclined to preserve albums from fading shortly.
In accordance with Billboard, Even in Arcadia has scored the largest-ever streaming week for a hard-rock album. All 10 of its songs presently reside on the Billboard Sizzling 100, which is the kind of chart penetration reserved for legit streaming blockbusters. It isn’t going to remain at No. 1 for lengthy (see: Wallen, Morgan), nevertheless it’s not plunging into oblivion any time quickly, both.
Talking of legit streaming blockbusters, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — which leapt to No. 7 to No. 1 final week after an enormous load of vinyl copies shipped — falls again to No. 10 this time round. Even with out its one-week gross sales surge (copies had been accessible by way of Dangerous Bunny’s web site for a restricted time), he is nonetheless hardly ever removed from the highest of the charts.
Dangerous Bunny is joined within the prime 10 by two different Latin-music juggernauts: Kali Uchis debuts at No. 2 with Sincerely, which ties the singer’s all-time chart peak, whereas the band Fuerza Regida slips from No. 2 to No. 6 with 111XPANTIA.
Oh, and one different blockbuster re-enters the highest 10 this week: The Weeknd‘s Hurry Up Tomorrow climbs from No. 27 to No. 9 due to new vinyl and CD editions. That did not assist the box-office efficiency of the album’s cinematic counterpart — the Hurry Up Tomorrow movie, which stars The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, simply debuted with simply $3.3 million on greater than 2,000 screens — however a return to Billboard‘s prime 10 is a return to Billboard‘s prime 10.
TOP SONGS
It appears inevitable that Alex Warren’s “Abnormal” will in the future knock Kendrick Lamar’s “Luther (feat. SZA)” out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Sizzling 100, however that day should wait. For the thirteenth consecutive week, “Luther” tops the chart — and it is certainly one of solely 15 songs to submit a streak that lengthy within the historical past of the Sizzling 100, which dates again to 1958.
After all, such streaks have grown extra frequent within the streaming period; simply final yr, Shaboozey‘s “A Bar Music (Tipsy)” rang up a record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1. (That tune, which holds at No. 4 this week, has spent a report 45 weeks and counting within the prime 5.)
A lot of the motion within the prime 10 is a variation on the theme of “This tune has been on the charts for so many weeks!” — which is to say there’s not a complete lot happening. However Teddy Swims‘ “Lose Management,” which holds at No. 7 after peaking at No. 1 all the way in which again in March 2024, has now tied a significant all-time report: With 91 weeks on the Sizzling 100, it joins Glass Animals‘ excruciating 2020 single “Warmth Waves” in posting the longest chart runs of all time. Spoiler forward: In a single week, “Lose Management” goes to have that report all to itself.
WORTH NOTING
For upwards of a yr, it has been understood that Morgan Wallen’s I am the Downside might be certainly one of 2025’s greatest albums — and, except Taylor Swift has one thing beneath her hat, more than likely the greatest by the point all of the yr’s chart numbers have been tallied. Wallen is within the midst of a string of blockbusters, and the run-up to I am the Downside‘s launch final Friday has set information.
What sort of information, you ask?
Nicely, previous to I am the Downside, the report for many prime 10 singles banked previous to an album’s launch was 4 — a report held by Taylor Swift (with 2012’s Pink) and Put up Malone (with 2019’s Hollywood’s Bleeding). However Swift and Put up Malone each went four-for-four, with no misses, whereas Wallen went for norm-busting amount within the run-up to his new album. In early April, Wallen broke the report outright when “Simply in Case” debuted at No. 4. Then, a number of weeks later, he broke it once more, this time with the Put up Malone duet “I Ain’t Coming Again,” which debuted at No. 8.
Since that is the ultimate chart week previous to I am the Downside‘s official debut — one other single, the Tate McRae duet “What I Need,” was despatched to radio stations concurrently with the album’s launch — it is value pausing to take a tally of the place issues stand.
- All three of Wallen’s pre-I am the Downside albums have been staples of the Billboard 200. One Factor at a Time, from 2023, has been on the chart for greater than two years, and presently sits at No. 4. Harmful: The Double Album, from 2021, has been on the chart for greater than 4 years, and slips from No. 9 to No. 11. And his debut, 2018’s If I Know Me, climbs from No. 61 to No. 56 in its 345th week on the chart. tl;dr: I am the Downside goes to sit down on the Billboard 200 without end.
- Wallen launched eight songs from I am the Downside previous to its launch — don’t be concerned, there are 29 extra tracks the place that got here from — and 7 of them are nonetheless on the Sizzling 100. The title observe climbs from No. 10 to No. 6, whereas “Simply in Case” (No. 11), “Superman” (new at No. 16), “Love Someone” (No. 18), “I Ain’t Coming Again (feat. Put up Malone)” (No. 25), “I am a Little Loopy” (No. 52) and “Smile” (No. 68) all lie in wait. (“Lies Lies Lies” peaked at No. 7 final July and has since dropped off the chart.)
- Six prime 10 songs previous to an album’s launch is, as famous above, an all-time report. However let’s not overlook that, with “Superman” hitting No. 16 and “I am a Little Loopy” hitting No. 17, he is notched eight prime 20 singles — all previous to I am the Downside‘s launch.
- Let’s not overlook that Wallen’s different duet with Put up Malone from the latter’s F-1 Trillion album, “I Had Some Assist” — which, when you’ll recall, topped Billboard‘s 2024 Songs of the Summer season chart for final yr — continues to be hanging round at No. 13 this week.
In case you want one other information level for the groundbreaking thesis that I am the Downside goes to be a big hit, take into account this: In accordance with Billboard, it is already damaged streaming information for a rustic album. Buckle up.