Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” and its lead single “Last Night,” have now spent 11 weeks concurrently topping the albums and songs chart. The 36-song set has logged a complete of 15 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 whereas the buzzy “Last Night” spends a thirteenth on the peak, surpassing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” because the third-ever album to have dominated over Billboard 200 for at the least 11 weeks whereas one among its songs leads on the Hot 100.
“One Thing at a Time’s” 110,500 album items managed to keep at bay Young Thug’s shock debut of “Business Is Business,” which entered the chart at No. 2 with 89,000 items and 106 million streams. In the previous few months, Wallen has additionally been challenged by Okay-pop champions (Twice, Jimin, Agust D, Seventeen) and stars starting from Ed Sheeran to Melanie Martinez, Niall Horan and others. To today, Wallen’s 2021 album “Dangerous: The Double Album” additionally stays within the high 10 of the chart (this week it’s at No. 7).
All of those wins mixed with Luke Combs’ latest chart entries — singles “Gettin’ Old,” and his newest “Fast Car,” which sits at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 — are giving nation music an enormous look in 2023. The style’s consumption has steadily advanced within the final two years due to the streaming habits of Gen Z and millennials, who in response to a latest research performed by Luminate, make up 50% of the common listenership for Wallen, Combs and Zach Bryan.
One might argue how large of internet nation music has managed to solid these previous few years by additionally observing the latest success of regional Mexican music — additionally generally acknowledged as Mexican people music or conventional música Mexicana. Peso Pluma’s “Génesis” clocks in at No. 3 on the albums chart this week — marking the very best charting album ever for the regional Mexican style — with 73,000 equal album items earned and 101 streams. As reported by Billboard, the set is barely the third regional Mexican effort to hit the highest 10 following two units from Eslabon Armado, each of which had been launched prior to now 14 months.
The solely different new launch occupying the highest 10 of the Billboard 200 is Kelly Clarkson’s confessional “Chemistry,” which debuts at No. 6 with 53,000 equal album items earned and 43,000 gross sales as an entire package deal. Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” continues at No. 4 whereas Gunna’s “A Gift & A Curse” is at No. 5 and SZA’s “SOS” is at No. 8. Swift additionally reappears within the No. 9 slot for “Lover” and ATEEZ’s “The World EP.2: Outlaw” falls from its No. 2 debut to No. 10 in its second week.
On the Hot 100, the “Barbie” film soundtrack nabs a high 10 entry with Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World,” with Aqua, debuting at No. 7. The soundtrack, which has but to be absolutely launched, additionally options friends like Charlie XCX, Karol G, Dua Lipa and extra. Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” stays at No. 3; Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” is at No. 4; Lil Durk’s “All My Life,” that includes J. Cole, is at No. 5 and Toosii’s “Favorite Song” is at No. 6.
