It’s a very noteworthy New Music Friday this week as Lil Wayne launched Tha Carter VI, his first album in 5 years, whereas TikTok influencer turned rising pop star Addison Rae launched her much-anticipated debut album Addison, and Turnstile, the world’s hottest hardcore band, dropped their newest album By no means Sufficient as properly.
In the meantime, on the singles finish, Sabrina Carpenter might have simply launched the tune of the summer season with “Manchild,” and Mariah Carey dropped “Sort Harmful,” her first new single in years. All that music’s made for one of many most-stacked launch days of 2025 and brings with it plenty of chart intrigue as all the celebs are vying for the highest spots.
Within the album race, Morgan Wallen is the present champion as I’m The Drawback is without doubt one of the greatest information of the 12 months. It debuted atop Billboard’s albums chart with 493,000 items two weeks in the past, per Luminate, the largest debut of 2025 to this point. Numbers stayed sturdy this previous week because it remained atop the charts with 286,000 items. Wallen is a tough act to beat out as nation’s greatest famous person, however Lil Wayne is a robust contender as one of many greatest-selling hip-hop artists of all time.
His final album, Funeral, opened with 139,000 items again in 2020, and Tha Carter VI might carry out higher given how shut Tha Carter collection is to Wayne’s musical legacy. 2018’s Tha Carter V, the following most up-to-date in that collection, debuted with 480,000 items, per Billboard.
It’s onerous to anticipate Rae and Turnstile to match figures that prime, although each have garnered a major quantity of buzz heading into their releases this week, and will probably be fascinating to see how that interprets into streams and gross sales.
Concerning the Scorching 100, rising Atlantic act Alex Warren’s extraordinary lastly topped the Scorching 100 this week after spending a number of weeks with the crown simply out of attain, and Wallen, who held six of the highest 10 spots two weeks in the past, at present has spots two via 4. Spotify’s present U.S. 50 chart, which doesn’t but embody the latest releases, has Wallen’s “What I Need” with Tate McRae (The Scorching 100 Quantity One two weeks in the past) atop the record, whereas Odd is at two. (Wallen’s “I Received Higher” and “Simply In Case” are each within the Prime 10 as properly.)
As of Friday, the “Manchild” music video is the top-trending music video on YouTube within the U.S., and as of this story’s publication, it has over 1.8 million views. Carpenter had the controversial tune of the summer season final 12 months with “Espresso,” which went on to win the Grammy for greatest pop solo efficiency and at present has 2.2 billion Spotify streams. Carey, in the meantime, is at present second solely to the Beatles for many No. 1’s in Scorching 100 historical past with 19, and a primary with “Sort Harmful” would tie her with the Fab 4.
The chart image will turn out to be clearer all through subsequent week.
