pop charts

The Houston rapper’s newest hit is the 83rd song in chart history to debut at the very top of Billboard‘s Hot 100. More than half of the songs to achieve the feat have done so in the last five years.

Two debuts claim the top two spots on Billboard’s main album’s chart: Lil Baby and Bad Bunny.

Now that most Christmas songs and albums have been packed away into the proverbial attic, the pop landscape of the new year is coming into focus.

No album in the history of the Billboard album chart has ever had a longer gap between stints at No. 1. Elsewhere, Christmas music dominates for one last week.

‘Tis the season for a handful of familiar Christmas songs to monopolize the top spots on the Billboard pop chart. But a few newer songs are making a play to join the annual holiday jukebox.

The pop charts this week are full of milestones, from a trio of K-pop acts crashing the top of the album chart to the year’s biggest hit matching the longest-ever run atop the singles chart.

In recent months, the list of the nation’s top songs has been remarkably unchanging — Shaboozey has had the No. 1 song for 18 weeks — but this week, a brand new name makes a splash in the top 10.

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” added another week atop the chart, making it the longest-running No. 1 of the decade. In two more weeks, it could tie the all-time record, but a seasonal juggernaut approaches.

The rapper’s eighth album scored his best-selling debut week ever, but the raw numbers don’t tell the whole story of its success. Meanwhile, Shaboozey returns to the top of the songs chart.

For 15 weeks this summer, Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” had the No. 1 song in the country, but a new song breaks its streak this week. Plus, pop fans mourn Liam Payne.