Noah Kahan’s album, “The Great Divide,” has achieved a significant milestone, securing a third consecutive week atop the Billboard 200 chart (dated May 23). This makes it the first rock album in over a decade to spend three weeks at No. 1. The last rock set to achieve such a feat was Mumford & Sons’ “Babel,” which had five nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2012-13. For a solo artist, the last rock album to spend at least three weeks at No. 1 was Jack Johnson’s “Sleep Through the Static” in 2008. Rock albums are categorized as those eligible for, or charted on, Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart.

In the week ending May 14, “The Great Divide” garnered 132,000 equivalent album units in the United States, a 19% decrease from the previous week, as reported by Luminate. Of these units, Streaming Equivalent Albums (SEA) comprised 109,000 (down 20%, equating to 111.46 million on-demand official streams), leading it to a third week at No. 1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart. Album sales accounted for 22,000 units (down 85%), keeping it at No. 2 on Top Album Sales, with Track Equivalent Albums (TEA) making up the remainder (up 18%).

The latest Billboard 200 chart also saw other notable entries and movements. CORTIS made its debut in the top 10 with “GREENGREEN” landing at No. 3, marking the group’s best week by units with 87,000 equivalent album units. This sum included 81,500 album sales, their highest sales week, driven by the availability of over 20 physical variants on CD and vinyl, featuring collectible items. “GREENGREEN” also debuted at No. 1 on Top Album Sales. The album was preceded by the group’s first Pop Airplay hit, “REDRED.” CORTIS had previously charted “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES” at No. 15 last year. Chris Brown earned his 13th top 10 album as his new studio effort, “BROWN,” bowed at No. 7 with 65,000 equivalent album units. SEA units for “BROWN” comprised 60,000 (equaling 60.31 million on-demand streams), debuting at No. 4 on Top Streaming Albums. Album sales were 5,000, as it was only available as a digital download. The album featured four Hot R&B Songs chart hits, and Brown is set to embark on a co-headlining stadium tour with Usher.

Elsewhere in the top 10, Ella Langley’s former leader “Dandelion” remained steady at No. 2 with 100,000 equivalent album units (down 3%). Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” held at No. 4 with 85,000 units (up 2%). Michael Jackson’s albums continued their strong performance, with “Thriller” at No. 5 (66,000 units, up 6%) and “Number Ones” at No. 6 (just over 65,000 units, up 6%), both benefiting from the success of the Michael biopic film. Rounding out the top 10 were BTS’s former leader “ARIRANG” (falling 7-8 with 44,000 units, down 10%), Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” (holding at No. 9 with 41,000 units, up 3%), and Olivia Dean’s “The Art of Loving” (8-10 with nearly 41,000 units, down 3%).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, measured in equivalent album units compiled by Luminate. These units include album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). One equivalent album unit is equal to 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. Luminate, as the independent data provider, conducts thorough reviews and authentication of all data submissions, removing suspicious or unverifiable data before final chart calculations are published.