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Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem had the biggest week of any album this year. John Shearer/Getty Images for Morgan Wallen hide caption

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Morgan Wallen storms the charts with 'I'm the Problem' — and 36 of its songs

May 28, 2025 • This week, the album at No. 1 on the charts is one everyone saw coming: With the biggest streaming numbers of 2025 and strong sales to boot, Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem is the chart-topper it had always seemed destined to become.

Sleep Token's album Even in Arcadia has scored the largest-ever streaming week for a hard-rock album. Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Redferns hide caption

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Sleep Token is the second hard-rock band to hit No. 1 in 3 weeks

May 21, 2025 • This week the lore-rich, genre-smashing, entirely anonymous hard-rock band Sleep Token lands its first-ever No. 1 album. Elsewhere, on the Hot 100 singles chart, Kendrick Lamar's "Luther (feat. SZA)" registers a 13th consecutive week at No. 1.