pop charts

This week, we’ve finally received an infusion of fresh blood in the form of a brand-new album and a brand-new song — by two different artists, no less! — debuting at No. 1.

Netflix’s Stranger Things finale, which dropped Dec. 31, is shaking up the Billboard Hot 100.

The holidays are over, both on the calendar and on the pop charts, and that’s great news for an assortment of beneficiaries.

This was destined to be a Christmas-y week on the Billboard Hot 100.

With Carey’s enduring Christmas hit, we may be looking at a record that borders on the untouchable.

The song, which came out in 1994 and first hit the top 10 in 2017, has now led the chart for the last seven holiday seasons.

Even as sombr and Rosalía hit new career highs, there’s a major churn taking place just below the top 10, as a wave of Christmas songs begin their ascent.

As The Life of a Showgirl‘s numbers dwindle, some fresh voices liven up the song and album charts this week.

Billboard has revised its system of removing songs from the Hot 100 singles chart once they’ve gotten too old to qualify as contemporary hits.

Thanks to the inclusion of several gigantic hits like “WAP” and “Up” that had never appeared on an album, Cardi B’s Am I the Drama? was guaranteed platinum status before it was even released.