Morgan Wallen's latest single, ’Smile’, has surged to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The evocative new song debuted at No. 27 last week, despite only having three days of tracking. After its first full tracking period,

Morgan Wallen has had quite a ride in his music career! Despite some of the setbacks he has experienced on a personal level, his professional success has continued to rise. In fact, he has the No. 1 album of the 21st century, according to Billboard.

DJ Louis XIV in Variety magazine was equally impressed. “Billie has remade the look of pop success,” he concluded, “ironic, self-aware, intimate, DIY, and paying little mind to dated standards for teen-pop idol-dom.”

As far as newer artists go, Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs are Top 40 finishers. Country newcomer Post Malone lands in the Top 5, but he had some help from his non-country career to propel him to No. 4 on the list.

This week, we get a fresh jolt of energy, as SZA and Lamar make way for two blockbuster debuts. Lil Baby enters the chart at No. 1 with WHAM — an acronym for "Who Hard As Me," not a tribute to the duo who spent last Christmas in the top 5 — which becomes the rapper's fourth consecutive chart-topper and seventh album to hit the top 10.

Teddy Swims, a native of Conyers, had a smash hit with “Lose Control” in 2023. According to Luminate, “Lose Control” was the most-played song on the radio in the U.S. in 2024. Luminate published their annual year-end music report earlier this week.

Bad Bunny's ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ beats Taylor Swift's 'Lover: Live From Paris' vinyl and digital download reissue by just 1,000 units.

Rapper Lil Baby's Wham is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Bad Bunny's Debi Tirar Mas Fotos, followed by SZA's SOS at No.

Smile” gives Morgan Wallen his lucky thirteenth No. 1 hit on Billboard's Country Streaming Songs chart as it shoots to the summit on multiple rankings in the U.S.

Billie Eilish helps inaugurate Billboard's new Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart with her first top 10 on the tally, "Guess" with Charli XCX, which launches at No. 4.

The global music industry reached 4.8 trillion streams in 2024, with Taylor Swift's album topping U.S. sales at 3.491 million. Shaboozey had the top song.

Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? returns to a pair of Billboard's sales charts this week.