Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide stays at No. 1

Noah Kahan stayed atop the Billboard 200 for a third straight week as *The Great Divide* held No. 1 on the chart dated May 23, Billboard reported Monday. The album earned 132,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the tracking week ending May 18, according to Billboard, which cited Luminate data. The run gives Kahan his third consecutive week at the top after the album debuted at No. 1 on the May 9 chart and remained there on May 16. Billboard said the release is the first rock album to spend three weeks at No. 1 in more than a decade. ### How big was the album’s third week? Billboard said *The Great Divide* posted 132,000 equivalent album units in the latest frame. That total was down from 163,000 units in its second week and 389,000 units in its debut week, based on Billboard’s earlier chart reports. Luminate’s equivalent album unit formula combines streaming, track sales and album sales into one weekly number. (billboard.com) Billboard uses those figures to compile the Billboard 200, its weekly ranking of the most popular albums in the United States. ### Why is Billboard calling this a rare rock-chart run? (billboard.com) Billboard said Kahan’s album is the first rock set with three weeks at No. 1 in more than 10 years. The publication identified Mumford & Sons’ *Babel* as the last rock album to spend at least three weeks atop the chart, with five nonconsecutive weeks in 2012 and 2013. (billboard.com) The May 23 chart extends a commercial run that began with a historically large opening week for a rock release. Billboard reported on May 3 that *The Great Divide* opened with 389,000 equivalent album units, the biggest week for a rock album by units since the chart began measuring by units at the end of 2014. (billboard.com) ### Where does this fit in Kahan’s chart history? Billboard reported that *The Great Divide* gave Kahan his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 when it debuted atop the May 9 chart. The album is Kahan’s fourth full-length studio project, Billboard said, and his fifth charting effort on the Billboard 200. (billboard.com) Kahan’s previous peak on the chart was No. 2 with *Stick Season* in 2024, according to Billboard. That earlier album also returned to the top 10 during *The Great Divide*’s debut week, rising to No. 10 in its 179th week on the chart, Billboard said at the time. ### What else is happening around the album? (billboard.com) Billboard previously reported that the title track “The Great Divide” reached No. 1 on its Adult Alternative Airplay chart in February. The publication said the song completed the fastest climb to the top of that chart in a decade, reaching No. 1 in its third week. (billboard.com) Billboard also reported after the album’s debut that Kahan marked his first U.S. No. 1 with posts on social media. In one Instagram Story cited by the publication, he joked that he was about to buy in-flight Wi-Fi to celebrate. ### What comes next on the chart calendar? Billboard’s current ranking reflects U.S. consumption data for the week ending May 18, as compiled by Luminate. (billboard.com) The next Billboard 200 update will follow the close of the next tracking week, which runs through May 25, and will show whether Kahan extends his run to a fourth week. (billboard.com 1) (billboard.com 2)