Future returns with another major week on Billboard’s charts (dated July 25), thanks to his album The Real Me.

Released July 10 via Sahluna/Freebandz/Epic Records, the set debuts atop the Billboard 200 with 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States through July 16, according to Luminate. Future earns his 12th No. 1, lifting him past Eminem, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and Ye for the fifth-most in the chart’s history. The Beatles lead with 19, followed by Drake, Taylor Swift (15 each) and Jay-Z (14).

On the Billboard Hot 100, 17 tracks from The Real Me’s 22-song setlist appear, led by “California Girls” at No. 23. Here’s a breakdown (with all debuts unless otherwise noted):

Rank, Title:
No. 23, “California Girls”
No. 28, “Fukk a Interview”
No. 29, “Konnichiwa”
No. 33, “One Two”
No. 37, “Tank Top Pluto”
No. 38, “Snow In Skyami”
No. 46, “Radio” (re-entry; new high)
No. 48, “Weight Up”
No. 52, “Trench Coat”
No. 54, “No Misery”
No. 58, “Build a Bitch”
No. 64, “Money Over Everything”
No. 76, “Off the Hinge”
No. 83, “2018”
No. 93, “If I Could”
No. 97, “Kick”
No. 98, “Eye to Eye”

Future also ranks at No. 61 as a featured artist on Drake’s “Ran to Atlanta,” also featuring Molly Santana. The track debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the May 30-dated chart, when Drake placed a single-week record 42 songs on the Hot 100 simultaneously.

With 16 debuts this week, Future ups his career total to 245 Hot 100 entries, the third-most in the chart’s history, after only Drake (402) and Swift (277). Of those, 83 have reached the top 40, 16 have hit the top 10 and three have hit No. 1: “Way 2 Sexy,” by Drake featuring Future and Young Thug; “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems; and “Like That,” with Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar.

Thanks to his six new top 40 hits this week, Future also increases his career sum to 83 such songs. He passes Elvis Presley and Ye for the fourth-most in Hot 100 history and trails only Drake (241), Swift (178) and Lil Wayne (91).

Notably, Future has charted at least one song on the Hot 100 in 16 consecutive calendar years — every year since his debut in 2011, when he arrived as a featured act on YC’s “Racks,” which peaked at No. 42.

Future also returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart for a sixth total week on top, and for the first time since May 2022.

Future achieves his 12th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his latest studio release, The Real Me, debuts atop the July 25-dated list. With a dozen leaders, Future now solely stands as the rap act with the third-most No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart.

Among all acts with the most No. 1s, Future pushes ahead of Eminem (with 11), while the only acts with more No. 1s are The Beatles (19), Drake, Taylor Swift (both with 15) and JAY-Z (14).

The Real Me launches with 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending July 16, according to Luminate, with the lion’s share of that sum driven by streaming activity.

The Real Me was announced on June 15, with its release date of July 9 shared 10 days later. It’s lead single, “Radio,” dropped on June 26 and has hit the top 25 on both Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The new set is the hip-hop star’s first project since his pair of No. 1 albums with Metro Boomin in 2024: We Don’t Trust You and We Still Don’t Trust You.

Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 chart, The Rolling Stones extend their record for the most top 10s as Foreign Tongues debuts at No. 7, while the Heated Rivalry soundtrack skates in at No. 9 after its release on CD and vinyl.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 25, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 21. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.

Of The Real Me’s 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week, SEA units comprise 118,000 (equaling 120.29 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 13,000 (it debuts at No. 9 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The Real Me was initially released as a standard widely available 11-track download edition, a 13-track vinyl (across four variants, including two signed editions), a 21-track CD (two editions, including a signed version) and a 22-track download and streaming edition.

Five former No. 1s follow Future on the Billboard 200. Olivia Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love is a non-mover at No. 2 (96,000 equivalent album units earned, down 7%); Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem is up one to No. 3 (73,000, down 2%); Ella Langley’s Dandelion is down a spot to No. 4 (nearly 73,000, down 4%); Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide steps 6-5 (67,000, up 8%); and Drake’s ICEMAN falls 5-6 (61,000, down 10%).

The Rolling Stones extend their record for the most top 10s on the Billboard 200 albums chart as the band’s latest studio project, Foreign Tongues, debuts at No. 7, marking the legendary act’s 39th top 10. It starts with 53,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 48,500 (it’s No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 4.48 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The set’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across more than a dozen vinyl variants, four CD editions, two download editions and one cassette.

Foreign Tongues follows the Stones’ last new studio set, Hackney Diamonds, which debuted and peaked at No. 3 in 2023. The new album was preceded the radio-promoted single “In the Stars,” which has reached No. 14 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart.

After the Stones, Barbra Streisand ranks second with 34 Billboard 200 top 10s, followed by Frank Sinatra with 33.

Michael Jackson’s chart-topping Thriller is a non-mover on the latest Billboard 200, holding at No. 8 with 41,000 equivalent album units (down 3%).

The soundtrack to the hit TV series Heated Rivalry debuts at No. 9 following the release of its CD and vinyl editions on July 9. It debuts with 41,000 equivalent album units earned (all in album sales; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales).

Heated Rivalry marks the first soundtrack from a TV series to debut in the Billboard 200 top 10 in more than a decade. The last was the season-one soundtrack to Fox’s Empire in 2015, which debuted at No. 1. Since Empire, the only other TV series soundtrack to reach the top 10 was the season-two soundtrack of Prime Video’s animated hit Hazbin Hotel, which peaked at No. 8, after debuting at No. 70 a week earlier, in 2025.

Heated Rivalry premiered on Canadian streamer Crave on Nov. 28, 2025, and debuted the same day in the United States on HBO Max. Its six-episode first season concluded on Dec. 26. The show has been renewed for a second season.

The soundtrack was issued physically on two vinyl variants and a two-CD set. The vinyl releases contain songs featured in the show (including t.A.T.u.’s “All the Things She Said,” Wolf Parade’s “I’ll Believe in Anything” and Feist’s “My Moon My Man”), along with highlights of Peter Peter’s original score for the series. The CD edition expands the tracklist to include Peter Peter’s full score alongside the songs.

Closing out the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 is Morgan Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time, rising 11-10 with 37,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%).

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Olivia Rodrigo returns to the crest of the ARIA Albums Chart, as You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (Geffen/Universal) enters a fourth non-consecutive week at No. 1.

Rodrigo rumbles with, and wins, her chart battle with the Rolling Stones, as the legendary British rock band drops in at No. 2 with Foreign Tongues (Polydor/Universal), their 25^th studio album. It’s the Stones’ sixth top five album since the ARIA Charts launched in 1983, and the followup to 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, which peaked at No. 3. 

Prior to the ARIA Charts era, Mick Jagger and Co. topped the leaderboard with Out Of Our Heads (from 1965), Sticky Fingers (1971), Exile On Main Street (1972), Goats Head Soup (1973), It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (1974), Black and Blue (1976), Some Girls (1978), Emotional Rescue (1980) and Tattoo You (1981).

Closing out the podium on the latest frame, published Friday, July 17, is the soundtrack to Canadian drama Heated Rivalry (Milan Records/Sony), new at No. 3.  The collection features Canadian musician Peter Peter and tracks from Wolf Parade, Wet Leg, t.A.T.u. and others, and was released in January of this year, but is boosted by its release on physical formats.
 
Also new to the chart is Bring Me The Horizon’s Count Your Blessings Repented (RCA/Sony), a re-recording of their debut album, issued to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Count Your Blessings Repented arrives at No. 5. The original didn’t impact the national Australian chart, but the Sheffield, England alternative rockers did go on to land four No. 1s. 
 
The Temper Trap complete their comeback with a top 10 debut for Sungazer (Mushroom Music), the Melbourne indie-rockers’ fourth studio album and first in a decade. It’s new at No. 9. Winners of four-ARIA Awards, TTT now has four consecutive top 10 appearances, including a No. 1 with their self-titled effort from 2012.

Jack White cracks the top 20 with Frozen Charlotte (Third Man Record), his seventh solo studio. It’s new at No. 17, for his best chart position since 2018’s Boarding House Reach went to No.  11. The former White Stripes frontman has a solo best chart position of No. 2, with 2012’s Blunderbuss. 
 
Further down the list is Future’s The Real Me (Epic/Sony) at No. 23; The Plot In You’s self-titled Concord/Universal release at No. 27; Australian rock band The Velvet Club’s Are You Falling In Love? (CMI), new at No. 29; Australian Idol’s 2024 champion Dylan Wright, whose fourth EP Crossroads (Sony) starts at No. 33; Adam Lambert’s Adam (Orchard) at No. 36; and Bella Kay’s My Reckless Abandon (Atlantic/Warner) at No. 38.

Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” (Sony Music) holds at No. 1 for the sixth non-consecutive week. Langley extends an impressive winning streak for female artists. Indeed, the last male artist to top the tally was Justin Bieber, whose “Daisies” went to No. 1 on the chart published July 25, 2025 – one week shy of a full year ago. No new titles impact the latest frame.

Sienna Spiro scores her first entry on any Billboard album chart, as her debut full-length studio set, Visitor, launches in the top 10 on three rankings (dated July 18). It bows in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 (No. 9), Vinyl Albums (No. 3) and Top Album Sales (No. 4). Visitor follows Spiro’s 2025 EP Sink Now, Swim Later.

Visitor was preceded by a trio of Billboard Hot 100-charting hits from the English singer-songwriter’s album: “The Visitor” (No. 43 peak in March), “You Stole the Show” (No. 55 in February) and “Die on This Hill” (No. 19 in February). The lattermost track is Spiro’s current promoted radio single, which has become a top 10 hit on the Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay charts.

Concurrently with Visitor’s album chart arrival, its new single “Great Expectation,” debuts at No. 91 on the Hot 100.

On the Top Album Sales chart, Visitor is one of four debuts in the top 10, where Madonna’s CONFESSIONS II starts atop the tally. Plus, THE 8 and Vernon’s V8 debuts at No. 7 while Deep Purple’s SPLAT! enters at No. 10. ATEEZ’s GOLDEN HOUR : PART.5 falls to No. 2 after debuting in the top slot a week ago, Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love slips 2-4 and Michael Jackson’s Thriller (up 6-5) rounds out the top five.

As for the rest of the holdovers in the top 10, CORTIS’ chart-topping GREENGREEN is up one spot to No. 6, BTS’ former leader ARIRANG is a non-mover at No. 8, Jackson’s Number Ones steps 11-9.

Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip. 
 
This week: Jay-Z’s triumphant homecoming at Yankee Stadium leads to big catalog gains, while a ’90s Britpop classic eyes some major chart moves, Sienna Spiro has another rapidly growing hit and more.

Jay-Z’s Historic Yankee Stadium Run Doubles ‘Reasonable Doubt’ and ‘Blueprint’ Streams 

Over the weekend (July 10-12), Jay-Z made history with a record-breaking run of shows at The Bronx’s Yankee Stadium, celebrating 30 years of his career and Reasonable Doubt debut album, as well as the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint. Featuring an eye-popping list of surprise guests, including Beyoncé, Blue Ivy Carter, Rihanna, Eminem, Jaz-O, Slick Rick, Usher, Jeezy and more, Jay-Z easily dominated social media timelines and news headlines. And the chatter has also turned into legitimate streaming increases. 

According to Luminate, streams for the Brooklyn legend’s debut LP jumped 94% to over 2.075 million official streams over the first four days of this tracking week (July 10-13), which accounts for all three sold-out nights of Jay’s Yankee Stadium stand. He dedicated the first night of his mini-residency to Reasonable Doubt, bringing out Beyoncé for a soulful rendition of “Can’t Knock the Hustle” and Nas for “Dead Presidents.” 

Night Two was dedicated to The Blueprint, with Jay playing the whole classic album — and bringing Slick Rick out for “The Ruler’s Back” and Eminem for “Renegade” — sans “Takeover.” Before Jay’s Yankee Stadium shows (July 3-6), the 2001 LP ligged 1.1 million official on-demand U.S. streams. By the following week (July 10-13), that figure vaulted 118% to over 2.4 million official streams. 

With more stadium shows set for Paris, London and Los Angeles, we’ll definitely be keeping an eye on Jiggaman’s streams in the weeks to come. — KYLE DENIS 

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Will ‘Wonderwall’ Never Cease? Oasis’ Unofficial England Football Anthem Threatens Hot 100 Return

Today was gonna be the day that England soccer fans saw their squad return to the World Cup finals for the first time in 60 years, with the team leading Argentina 1-0 in their semifinal matchup with under 10 minutes to go in regulation. But the country’s dreams of a triumphant country-wide singalong of Oasis‘ “Wonderwall” — the song which England has adopted as its unofficial World Cup anthem this year — were dashed by two late Lionel Messi-assisted Argentina goals to steal the match 2-1, ending England’s incredible, Gallagher Bros-soundtracked tournament run.

Even without a major bump today, the Britpop classic would already have a good chance of returning to the Billboard Hot 100 next week. Official on-demand U.S. streams for “Wonderwall” have been rising throughout the tournament, up from 3.8 million for the tracking week ending July 2 to 5.1 million the following week, a gain of 34%, according to Luminate. Those numbers have risen even higher this week, with the song racking up 4.6 million over the first four days of the tracking week (July 10-13) — up 67% from the same period the prior week — with particular spikes coming after England’s quarterfinal victory over Norway on Saturday (July 11). 

Now, all eyes turn to the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. On this side, the song could make its first Hot 100 appearance since 1996, when it peaked at No. 8 — highest-reaching of the band’s three career entries on the chart. On the U.K’s Official Charts, however, the song has already climbed all the way back to No. 11 (from No. 32 the week before) and could have a real chance at rising to the No. 1 spot next week — which would mark the British anthem’s first-ever visit to the chart’s apex, having originally peaked at No. 2 (under Robson and Jerome’s “I Believe”/”Up on the Roof” double A-side) in 1995. — ANDREW UNTERBERGER

Fat Papi Turns TikTok-Accelerated ‘Reasons to Get a Bob’ Trend Into Streaming Success 

Sometimes, you don’t even need a dance trend to get TikTok to latch onto your song — any viral video will do. On June 5, user @/ jocelynmeiere posted a clip listing “reasons to get a bob” while showing off her short-cut hairstyle. There aren’t any actual reasons listed in the video; instead, she shakes her bob to the beat of Fat Papi’s “Freaked Out” — which dropped on June 4 — building on the long-running Internet ecosystem of bob jokes. As her original clip surpassed 52 million views, user @/jocelynmeiere continued to push the trend, steadily building momentum to a fever pitch over the past two weeks. By July 7, Fat Papi posted a video to his official TikTok account, writing, “I can’t believe a girl with a bob is the reason my song is [at] 8 million streams.” 

During the week of June 26-July 2, “Freaked Out” collected 657,000 official on-demand U.S. streams, according to Luminate, with that figure leaping 241% to 2.24 million official streams the following week (July 3-9). “Freaked Out” also jumped 25% in streaming activity from the four-day period of July 3-6 to the four-day period of July 10-13, topping out at 1.85 million streams. The official “Freaked Out” sound plays in over 2.6 million posts on TikTok and over 55,000 Instagram Reels. 

With celebrities like RAYE starting to hop on the “reasons to get a bob” trend, expect “Freaked Out” — which is currently No. 3 on Shazam’s U.S. Top 200 — to continue its upward trajectory. — KD

A “Great” Start for Sienna Spiro With New Single

It’s been a major stateside breakthrough year for British singer-songwriter Sienna Spiro, who cracked the Hot 100’s top 20 this year with breakout hit “Die on This Hill,” and quickly visited the chart with twice more with additional hits “You Stole the Show” and “The Visitor.” Now, she’s also got a top 10-charting Billboard 200 album to her name with her official debut LP Visitor — which includes all three of those prior hits — as well as a fourth Hot 100 entry with the set’s new single, “Great Expectations.” 

The smoky ballad got off to a fine start on streaming in its release week, helped by a ‘60s-retro-heavy music video and a BBC Live Lounge performance, as well as extensive pre-release TikTok teasing of the song from Spiro. She has continued to promote “Expectation” heavily on the platform, with various fan edits of it with TV dramas like House of the Dragon and The Summer I Turned Pretty also helping to fan the viral flames, and propel the song to a No. 91 debut on the Hot 100. 

It should climb even higher next week, as the ballad’s official on-demand U.S. streams have already risen 45% over the first four days of this tracking week (July 10-13) from the same period the prior week, according to Luminate — and Spiro isn’t letting up on the promo at all, performing it on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon earlier this week. It becoming another major hit for Spiro seems an increasingly reasonable expectation at this point. — AU

W Sound, Myke Towers and Ovy on The Drums’ “5 Estrellas (W Sound 23)” crowns Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart after the song climbs from No. 4 to the top of the list dated July 18. The track, released Feb. 4 via Big Ligas/King OVY/Warner Latina, also holds for a second week atop Latin Rhythm Airplay.

The song is the latest release from W Sound, the collaborative project of Colombian streamer, songwriter and producer Luis Fernando Villa Álvarez, aka WestCOL, and producer Ovy on the Drums. After reaching No. 24 on Latin Airplay in August 2025 with “La Plena (W Sound 05),” with Beéle, the pair enlisted Myke Towers for “5 Estrellas,” which now gives the project its first Billboard chart-topper in the United States.

“We didn’t miss in the U.S. music market either, our first-ever No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay and Latin Rhythm Airplay charts,” WestCOL (Villa) shares with Billboard. “I’m incredibly grateful to the fans, and to Ovy and Myke for believing in this project. We’re just getting started.”

“5 Estrellas (W Sound 23)” reaches No. 1 on Latin Airplay one week after topping Latin Rhythm Airplay, boosted by a 15% gain in audience impressions, to 7 million, earned in the U.S. during the July 3-9 tracking week, according to Luminate.

“Seeing W Sound reach its first No. 1 on both Billboard’s Latin Airplay and Latin Rhythm Airplay charts is a huge milestone for all of us,” Ovy on The Drums adds. “From day one, the vision has been to create records that connect across borders and cultures. I’m grateful to WestCOL, Myke, our entire team, and most importantly the fans for making this possible. This is another step forward, and we’re excited for everything that’s still to come.”

With the new win, WestCOL lands his first Latin Airplay No. 1 under the W Sound banner, marking his breakthrough on U.S. Latin radio after first building his profile in streaming and digital spaces. The achievement arrives despite past controversy surrounding the Colombian personality over offensive public remarks that sparked backlash online.

Ovy on the Drums earns his second No. 1 as a billed artist, following “Enemigos,” with Ozuna and Beéle, which led for one week in April. As a producer, meanwhile, the Colombian scores his 14th Latin Airplay leader, dating to Karol G and Nicki Minaj’s “Tusa” in 2020. Myke Towers pops back to No. 1 for his 17th career chart-topper, after “Tengo Celos” reached the summit last November.

“It’s always special to see a song connect with people like this,” said Towers. “I’m thankful to W Sound, Ovy, everyone who was part of this record, and especially to the fans and radio stations that continue supporting my music. Every No. 1 means a lot, and it motivates me to keep raising the bar.”

Elsewhere, “5 Estrellas (W Sound 23)” reaches a new peak on the Hot Latin Songs chart, which mixes streams, radio airplay and digital sales. Thanks to its radio haul, the song advances 27-21.

Beyoncé pops back into the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for the first time in three years as “Morning Dew (Donk)” launches at No. 7 on the list dated July 18. The track, in its first official offering after various leaked demo versions in recent years, was announced as a surprise release on July 4.

Elsewhere, “Morning Dew” opens at No. 3 on Hot R&B Songs and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her 61st top 40 title. There, she ascends above Elton John and Travis Scott and ties Kendrick Lamar for the ninth-most top 40 hits in the chart’s nearly 68-year history.

For its chart arrivals, “Morning Dew” generated 8.5 million official streams, sold 4,000 downloads and registered 609,000 audience impressions in the tracking week of July 3-9 in the United States, according to Luminate. Beyoncé co-wrote and co-produced the song with Pharrell Williams, with additional writing credits from Darius Dixon, The Dream and Cheeky Blakk.

“Morning Dew” gives Beyoncé her best result on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since “Cuff It,” which reached No. 3 in February 2023. In all, the new track gives Beyoncé her 33rd solo top 10 on the ranking, a run that started via her featured turn on Jay-Z’s “’03 Bonnie & Clyde.” The first of many collaborations between the couple, it peaked at No. 5 in December 2002.

The chart debuts add a new notch to the “Morning Dew” saga, long the speculation of Beyhive lore. The song was reportedly originally recorded in 2013 around the Beyoncé album era; a snippet leaked in 2021 before a fuller version made its way online two years later, even sparking TikTok trends.

“Morning Dew” will appear on a 20th anniversary deluxe edition of Beyoncé’s sophomore album, B’Day. The set, released in September 2006, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sparked the smash “Irreplaceable,” the 2007 year-end Hot 100 No. 1 single. Additional hits included “Beautiful Liar,” with Shakira (No. 3), “Deja Vu,” feat. Jay-Z (No. 4) and “Ring the Alarm” (No. 11).

As Madonna’s new studio album, CONFESSIONS II, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated July 18), the Queen of Pop joins the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, in the top 10. Jackson’s former 1983-84 No. 1 Thriller falls 7-8 on the latest chart. Perhaps surprisingly, this is only the second time that the pair has appeared in the top 10 at the same time, and it last happened nearly 25 years ago. (All July 18-dated charts will refresh to Billboard’s website on Tuesday, July 14.)

Madonna and Jackson previously shared space in the top 10 on the Dec. 1, 2001-dated chart. That week, Jackson’s chart-topping Invincible fell 3-4 in its third week on the list, while Madonna’s compilation GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2 debuted at No. 7. The next week both albums dropped out of the top 10 – although they remained in the top 15 together.

The two icons almost met up in the top 10 in the 1980s — when they spent a combined 57 weeks at No. 1 — but missed one another by a single week. On the Sept. 19, 1987-dated chart, the Madonna-led Who’s That Girl film soundtrack spent its third and final week in the top 10, at No. 7. The following week Who’s That Girl fell to No. 11, while Michael Jackson’s Bad debuted at No. 1. Then, on the Oct. 3-dated chart, Who’s That Girl remained at No. 11, while Bad held at No. 1.

Who’s That Girl and Bad may have never shared time in the top 10, but they did both appear in the top 15 of the chart for four straight weeks (Sept. 26 – Oct. 17, 1987 charts).

Madonna and Jackson had another close encounter on the Jan. 23, 1988-dated Billboard 200, when they were both in the top 15. Madonna’s remix album You Can Dance climbed 17-14 (to its peak), while Bad held at No. 4.

Considering Madonna and Jackson’s potent chart histories, how is it that they have barely crossed paths in the top 10, especially in the ‘80s when they spent a combined 57 weeks at No. 1 (16 and 41, respectively)? Madonna hit the top 10 for the first time on the Oct. 6, 1984-dated chart, with her self-titled debut. By that point, Jackson’s mega-hit Thriller had already departed the top 10 (where it had been lodged from January 1983 through June 1984). 

Following Thriller, Jackson would chart four more top 10s before his death in 2009. After his passing, he notched another four top 10s. Meanwhile, Madonna was much more prolific in her output, as her self-titled set was her first of 24 top 10s, through CONFESSIONS II.

Also factoring into the pair missing each other through the years: their major new albums were often not released in close proximity to one another. Scrolling back in time, there were only four instances in which Madonna and Jackson released top 10-charting albums within six months of each other. It happened in 1987 with Who’s That Girl and Bad; in 1995 with Madonna’s ballads compilation Something To Remember and Jackson’s half-studio album/half-hits set HIStory; in 2001 with GHV2 and Invincible; and in 2009 with Madonna’s best-of Celebration and the posthumous Michael Jackson’s This Is It film soundtrack.

Madonna has done it again: the pop icon has claimed her 13th No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart with Confessions II.

The sequel to 2005’s Confessions on a Dancefloor storms to the top spot, marking Madonna’s first U.K. No. 1 LP since 2012’s MDNA and extending her reign as one of the most successful artists of all time on the chart.

Madonna joins a prestigious group of artists who have reached the Official U.K. Albums Chart summit 13 or more times, alongside Robbie Williams (16), The Beatles (15), Taylor Swift (14), The Rolling Stones (14) and Elvis Presley (13).

Sienna Spiro‘s The Visitor lands at No. 2 and is the biggest debut album of the year by a British act. “What Sienna has accomplished already is nothing short of remarkable,” said Tom March, Capitol Music Group chairman & CEO. These global achievements are just the beginning and speak not only to Sienna’s undeniable talent, but to her exceptional artistry and the genuine authenticity at the heart of everything she creates — qualities that have resonated deeply with fans around the world.”

Olivia Rodrigo‘s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love is at No. 3, followed by Michael Jackson‘s The Essential (No. 4) and Olivia Dean‘s The Art of Loving (No. 5).

Pitbull’s Greatest Hits, which comes after a Guinnes World Record-breaking triumph in London, lands at No. 18. Following their respective London shows, BTS‘ ARIRANG lifts 16 spots to No. 21, while My Chemical Romance‘s classic The Black Parade re-enters the top 40 for the first time since 2007, up to No. 27.