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Wednesday

Kendrick Lamar is now the first hip-hop artist ever to land three top 10 albums in the same week. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images hide caption

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Three of Kendrick Lamar's albums are getting a Super Bowl bump

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Wednesday

Travis Scott, seen here performing in the Netherlands in 2024, scored his fifth No. 1 pop hit this week with "4X4." Of those five hits, four topped Billboard's Hot 100 in their first week after being released. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images hide caption

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Travis Scott's latest song joins the hottest new club in popular music

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Wednesday

Imogen Heap, seen here performing during the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles, scored her first song on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart this month, 30 years into her career. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption

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Imogen Heap's song 'Headlock' hits Billboard charts 20 years after it was released

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Thursday

Bad Bunny on stage in Miami in May 2024. The Puerto Rican singer's latest album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, topped Billboard's album chart this week. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images hide caption

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Bad Bunny blessed with Billboard’s biggest boosts (and Bruno bolsters his bona fides)

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Tuesday

Lil Baby and his team pulled out all the stops to make sure the artist's WHAM rap would make it to the edge of heaven on this week's Billboard charts. Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage hide caption

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Lil Baby and Bad Bunny have fantastic chart debuts

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Wednesday

The duet by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars spent four weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in November before being swept out of the top 10 by the annual rush of holiday songs. This week, it finally rises to the top of the chart. John Esparza/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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With the holidays over, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and more stars flood the pop charts

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Wednesday

SZA accepts a Grammy Award for best R&B song for "Snooze" on Feb. 4, 2024. At that point, the album on which "Snooze" appears, SOS, was already 14 months old. This week, nearly 11 months after the Grammys, SOS has returned to the top of the Billboard album chart thanks to the release of a deluxe version. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption

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SZA STILL SIZZLES

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Wednesday

Mariah Carey (shown performing in New York City in 2014) released "All I Want For Christmas Is You" in 1994, but it took 25 years for the song to reach the top of Billboard's Hot 100 pop chart. Since 2019, it has topped the chart each December for a total of 16 weeks at No. 1 — so far. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images hide caption

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The season of Christmas songs is here. Will the classics make room for anything new?

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Tuesday

A single Black Friday title — Taylor Swift's Target-exclusive physical editions of The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology — has sent TTPD soaring back to the top of the Billboard 200. Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management hide caption

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pop charts Dec 11

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Wednesday

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

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When Kendrick Lamar claimed the top-5 spots, it sent Shaboozey down to No. 6

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Wednesday

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

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Wednesday

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

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The rise of Gracie Abrams

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Wednesday

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

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Christmas albums are already hitting the Billboard charts

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Wednesday

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

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TYLER, THE CREATOR'S LATE ENTRY

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Wednesday

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

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After nearly 4 months, Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' drops from No. 1

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