13 Things to Know About the Billboard Charts This Week: Chris Stapleton Scores First Top 10 Hit & More
Chris Stapleton, Troye Sivan and more make chart history for themselves in this week's Billboard charts recap.
It’s been a big week for Chris Stapleton, who already won an ACM Award even though the show isn’t until next Sunday night (April 3) and also reached a million copies sold of his breakthrough album, Traveller, according to Nielsen Music.
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But that’s not all Stapleton accomplished: Here are 13 things you need to know about the Billboard charts this week.
1. Chris Stapleton claims his first top 10 on the Country Airplay chart with “Nobody to Blame” hitting No. 10 (dated April 2). The country singer recently picked up his first award from the Academy of Country Music for new male artist of the year. Read the full story here.
2. YouTube star Troye Sivan earns his first top 40 hit on the Hot 100 chart as “Youth” hits No. 23. The song also hit No. 11 on the Digital Songs chart, selling 56,000 downloads in the week ending March 17. Read the full story here.
3. Madonna holds her title as the highest-grossing solo touring artist in Billboard Boxscore history with $1.31 billion in overall concert grosses dating back to 1990. The “Like a Virgin” singer just wrapped up her Rebel Heart Tour on March 20 in Sydney, which brought in $169.8 million from 1,045,479 tickets sold at 82 performances. Read the full story here.
4. Justin Bieber reclaims his No. 1 spot on the Billboard Artist 100 chart for his ninth cumulative week atop the chart, beating out The Weeknd for the most weeks at No. 1 on the chart among male artists. Read the full story here.
5. Zac Brown Band earns its 13th No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart with “Beautiful Drug,” passing Rascal Flatts for the most No. 1s among groups of three or more members. Read the full story here.
6. Rihanna‘s “Work” continues its reign with a fifth week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart. Rihanna’s album Anti also rebounded back to No. 1 for a second week atop the Billboard 200 chart, making this the second week that Rihanna has held both No. 1 positions at the same time. Read the full story here.
7. Lukas Graham‘s “7 Years” rises to No. 3 on the Hot 100 chart. The band’s single also held its No. 1 spot on the Digital Songs chart with 125,000 sold. Read the full story here.
8. G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha‘s “Me, Myself & I” holds its No. 7 spot on the Hot 100 chart. The song continues to lead the Hot Rap Songs chart for a seventh week. Read the full story here.
9. Ariana Grande‘s “Dangerous Woman” debuts at No. 10 on the Hot 100 chart. The song is Grande’s seventh to hit the top 10 on the Hot 100 and fifth to debut in the top 10. Read the full story here.
10. Mike Posner earns his second top 40 album on the Billboard 200 as The Truth earns the No. 39 spot. The album’s hit single “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” has also rocketed into the top 10 on the Hot 100 (March 26). Read the full story here.
11. 3 Doors Down debuts at No. 1 on the Alternative Albums chart with Us and the Night. This is the band’s first album since 2011 and third leader on the chart. Read the full story here.
12. Bethel Music earns the No. 2 spot on the Top Christian Albums chart with Have It All: Live at Bethel Church. The album sold 25,000 copies in its opening week. Read the full story here.
13. Flatbush Zombies take the No. 2 spot on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Rap Albums charts with their debut studio album 3001: A Laced Odyssey. The album sold 24,000 copies in the tracking week. Read the full story here.
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