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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We've wrangled the great (like Chappell Roan), the middling and the truly misbegotten musical guests from SNL's regular season into one digestible list. Will Heath/NBC/Episodic hide caption
Fuerza Regida's 111XPANTIA, which just hit No. 2 on the Billboard chart, now holds the highest chart position in the history of regional Mexican music Randy Holmes/Disney/Getty Images hide caption
Left: Playboi Carti's supersized blockbuster MUSIC holds at No. 1 on the album chart in its second week of release, but Morgan Wallen (right) breaks a record for songs. Scott Dudelson/Getty Images; John Shearer/Getty Images for Morgan Wallen's One Night At A Time 2024 hide caption
The pop star Tate McRae, who first caught the public's attention as a finalist on the 13th season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2016, has been bubbling up ever since. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for iHeartRadio hide caption
In a slow week for new albums, pop singer Tate McRae reigns supreme
Benson Boone does a flip off the piano while performing his hit "Beautiful Things" at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. Boone was one of several rising artists who made their Grammy debuts this year with far more adeptness than most rookies. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Chappell Roan, performing during the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11, 2024, is up for six Grammy Awards, which will be handed out Feb. 2 in Los Angeles. Roan, along with Sabrina Carpenter, is nominated for album, song and record of the year, as well as best new artist. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption
Kendrick Lamar released his sixth album, GNX, without warning on Nov. 22. On this week's Billboard pop charts, its songs landed him the Top 5 spots on the Hot 100 and the No. 1 album. Courtesy of pgLang hide caption
When Kendrick Lamar claimed the top-5 spots, it sent Shaboozey down to No. 6
Members of the group ATEEZ pose in Los Angeles in April. In a little over two years, the K-pop group has released six new EPs that have reached the top 10 of Billboard's album chart. The group's latest, GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2, debuted at No. 1 this week. Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images hide caption
Bailey Zimmerman performs during the 58th annual CMA Awards on Nov. 20, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption
Gracie Abrams performs in Los Angeles earlier this month. Abrams, who released her album The Secret of Us in June, has been opening for Taylor Swift on the most recent leg of Swift's Eras Tour. "That's So True," a single included on the deluxe version of The Secret of Us last month, becomes her first Top 10 hit this week. John Sciulli/Getty Images hide caption
Shaboozey, seen here performing in Las Vegas on Sept. 20, now holds the record for the longest-running No. 1 song on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in the 2020s. His "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has held the top spot on the singles chart for 17 weeks this year. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
Christmas albums are already hitting the Billboard charts
Sabrina Carpenter, seen here at Coachella earlier this year, is nominated in each of The Big Four categories at the 2025 Grammy Awards: album, song and record of the year, plus best new artist. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North America hide caption
The 2025 Grammy nominations are out. Here are the big takeaways
Tyler, The Creator, performing during the Coachella Festival in Indio, Calif., on April 13, announced his eighth album, Chromakopia, just a little more than a week before releasing it on Monday, Oct. 28. Valerie Macon/Getty Images hide caption
Shaboozey performs during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on September 20. Since July, his song "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has held onto the top spot on Billboard's singles chart, but this week it falls to brand new song. Bryan Steffy/Getty Images hide caption
After nearly 4 months, Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' drops from No. 1
Jelly Roll, seen here performing in Central Park in New York on Sept. 28, collects his first No. 1 album with his new Beautifully Broken. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption
4 albums debut in the Top 10. Jelly Roll leads the pack with his first No. 1
Sabrina Carpenter, shown here performing during the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11, 2024, in Elmont, N.Y., has three hits in the Top 10 of the singles chart this week. Her album Short n' Sweet spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the albums chart. Mike Coppola/Getty Images hide caption
Future (seen here in 2022) has released three mixtapes since April of this year that have all debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's album chart. Only two other acts have put as many albums at the top of the chart in a six month span before. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images hide caption
Travis Scott's 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo leaps from No. 106 all the way to No. 1, thanks to a massive flood of vinyl sales. Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images hide caption
Shaboozey, seen here at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York, has spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the pop chart with his first hit, the smash "A Bar Song (Tipsy)." Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption