Coldplay‘s new collaboration with BTS, “My Universe,” launched at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, dethroning Drake‘s “Way 2 Sexy.” This marks both Coldplay and BTS’ first Number One on the chart, and BTS make history as the first Korean act to top the RS 100. …
Read More »'Certified Lover Boy' Out-Streamed 'Donda' in Just Three Days
In late August, much ado was being made about the potential charts battle brewing between Kanye West and Drake, who had, for years, maintained a relatively benign on-again, off-again beef, but never actually duked it out on the charts. But Donda, Kanye’s 10th studio album, dropped five days before Certified …
Read More »Aaliyah's 'One in a Million' Launches Into Top 10 of RS 200
On the 20th anniversary of her tragic death at age 22, Aaliyah makes a return to the charts as her catalog of smooth, timeless, massively influential R&B finally hits streaming. One in a Million, which last Friday became the first of several albums to be released for streaming and digital …
Read More »Billie Eilish Scores First RS 200 Number One With 'Happier Than Ever'
Billie Eilish scores her first Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart with her long-awaited sophomore album, Happier Than Ever. In its first week, Happier Than Ever saw over 271,000 album-equivalent units — the fourth biggest debut of the year so far. Fourteen of the album’s 16 …
Read More »'Fearless' vs. 'Fearless (Taylor's Version)': Which One Are People Streaming?
When Taylor Swift announced that she was rerecording her first six albums after her label Big Machine sold her masters to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings — putting her legacy “in the hands,” as Swift said, “of someone who tried to dismantle it” — the move was heralded by many as …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo's 'Good 4 U' Spends Second Week at Number One
Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Good 4 U,” the third single off her debut album Sour, held onto Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs Chart. In its second straight week at Number One, “Good 4 U” pulled in an impressive 362,000 units. Only four other songs have seen over 300,000 …
Read More »Masked Wolf, Coi Leray Lead Breakthrough 25 Chart
Masked Wolf, the Australian rapper behind the TikTok sensation “Astronaut in the Ocean,” leads this month’s Breakthrough 25 Chart, which ranks the fastest-rising up-and-coming artists on streaming. It’s rare that an artist rises from obscurity to the Top 10 of the RS 100 in a matter of months. But the …
Read More »RS Charts: Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous' Number One Again Despite Racial Slur
Morgan Wallen‘s Dangerous: The Double Album spent its fifth consecutive week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. Wallen has prevailed the last two weeks even after a video of him using a racial slur emerged on TMZ, causing radio stations to pull his music out …
Read More »'Van Halen,' '1984' Return to the Charts as Van Halen Sales Soar 7,600%
Fans have been mourning the death of Eddie Van Halen by streaming and buying his band’s music en masse — so much so that two of their albums have already returned to the charts. Van Halen‘s self-titled debut, which ranks 27th on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 100 Best Debut …
Read More »RS Charts: Drake Stays Number One on Artists 500 as Big Sean Surges
Drake secured yet another week at the top of the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, pulling in 118.1 million song streams for the week of September 4th through 10th. Once again, the rapper’s latest single, “Laugh Now Cry Later,” featuring Lil Durk, anchored his always reliable streaming numbers. The track …
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