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 an enormous month for mask-clad rockers, as Sleep Token scores its first-ever No. 1 album with Even in Arcadia. On the Scorching 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 document, it is time to tally all the brand new songs he is landed within the Scorching 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, fully 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 high vendor and its most-streamed album, and sturdy streaming numbers (and the algorithms they feed) are what are likely to preserve albums from fading rapidly.
Based on Billboard, Even in Arcadia has scored the largest-ever streaming week for a hard-rock album. All 10 of its songs at present reside on the Billboard Scorching 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), however 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 obtainable through Dangerous Bunny’s web site for a restricted time), he is nonetheless not often removed from the highest of the charts.
Dangerous Bunny is joined within the high 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 because of 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 high 10 is a return to Billboard‘s high 10.
TOP SONGS
It appears inevitable that Alex Warren’s “Abnormal” will someday knock Kendrick Lamar’s “Luther (feat. SZA)” out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Scorching 100, however that day must 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 Scorching 100, which dates again to 1958.
In fact, 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 document 45 weeks and counting within the high 5.)
Many of the motion within the high 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 occurring. 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 document: With 91 weeks on the Scorching 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 document all to itself.
WORTH NOTING
For upwards of a yr, it has been understood that Morgan Wallen’s I am the Downside shall be certainly one of 2025’s largest albums — and, until Taylor Swift has one thing beneath her hat, almost certainly the largest 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 data.
What sort of data, you ask?
Effectively, previous to I am the Downside, the document for many high 10 singles banked previous to an album’s launch was 4 — a document held by Taylor Swift (with 2012’s Purple) and Submit Malone (with 2019’s Hollywood’s Bleeding). However Swift and Submit 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 document outright when “Simply in Case” debuted at No. 4. Then, a couple of weeks later, he broke it once more, this time with the Submit 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 price 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 at present 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 endlessly.
- Wallen launched eight songs from I am the Downside previous to its launch — don’t fret, there are 29 extra tracks the place that got here from — and 7 of them are nonetheless on the Scorching 100. The title monitor climbs from No. 10 to No. 6, whereas “Simply in Case” (No. 11), “Superman” (new at No. 16), “Love Any person” (No. 18), “I Ain’t Coming Again (feat. Submit 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 high 10 songs previous to an album’s launch is, as famous above, an all-time document. However let’s not overlook that, with “Superman” hitting No. 16 and “I am a Little Loopy” hitting No. 17, he is notched eight high 20 singles — all previous to I am the Downside‘s launch.
- Let’s not overlook that Wallen’s different duet with Submit Malone from the latter’s F-1 Trillion album, “I Had Some Assist” — which, if you happen to’ll recall, topped Billboard‘s 2024 Songs of the Summer season chart for final yr — remains to be hanging round at No. 13 this week.
In case you want one other knowledge level for the groundbreaking thesis that I am the Downside goes to be a big hit, contemplate this: Based on Billboard, it is already damaged streaming data for a rustic album. Buckle up.