Morgan Wallen Returns to No. 1, Charli xcx Earns Top Three Debut on Albums Chart
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- Morgan Wallen's 'I'm the Problem' returned to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a 14th non-consecutive week with 80,000 equivalent album units, having originally debuted atop the chart in May 2025 — more than a year ago.
- Charli xcx debuted at No. 3 with her eighth album 'Music, Fashion, Film' at 78,000 equivalent album units, marking her fourth top 10 entry and her biggest debut by that metric.
- Charli xcx becomes the only woman and third act overall to post at least two top-10 debuts this year, following her 'Wuthering Heights' soundtrack at No. 8; Drake previously had three concurrent top-10 debuts and Ateez had two.
- Olivia Rodrigo held at No. 2 with 'You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,' while Ella Langley's 'Dandelion' and Noah Kahan's 'The Great Divide' maintained at Nos. 4 and 5.
- Rounding out the top 10 were Drake's 'Iceman,' Wallen's 'One Thing at a Time,' Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' Olivia Dean's 'The Art of Loving' and Kahan's 'Stick Season.'
- Wallen released standalone single 'Been By Now' — excluded from his album's chart tally — while on his 'Still the Problem' stadium tour.
Why it matters: An album released more than 13 months ago pulling 80,000 units to reclaim No. 1 shows Wallen's unusual staying power on the Billboard 200, and Charli xcx's 78,000-unit debut — just 2,000 short of Wallen — illustrates how close new releases are coming to toppling legacy catalog acts that anchor the chart's top tier.
