Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide scores a third week atop the Billboard 200 (dated May 23), making it the first rock album with three weeks at No. 1 in more than a decade. The last rock set with as many weeks at No. 1 was Mumford & Sons’ Babel, with five, nonconsecutively, in 2012-13.

The last rock set by a soloist to spend at least three weeks at No. 1 was Jack Johnson’s Sleep Through the Static, with three total in 2008. Rock albums are defined as those that are eligible for, or have charted on, Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart.

The Great Divide earned 132,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending May 14 (down 19%), according to Luminate.

Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, CORTIS clocks its first top 10 as GREENGREEN debuts at No. 3, while Chris Brown lands his 13th top 10 as BROWN bows at No. 7.

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 May 23, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on May 19. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of The Great Divide’s 132,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 109,000 (down 20%, equaling 111.46 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it spends a third week at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 22,000 (down 85%; it holds at No. 2 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise the remainder (up 18%).

Ella Langley’s former leader Dandelion is a non-mover at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 100,000 equivalent album units earned (down 3%).

CORTIS earns its first top 10 with the No. 3 debut of GREENGREEN, starting with 87,000 equivalent album units, the group’s best week by units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 81,500 (the quintet’s best sales week; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 5,500 (equaling 5.91 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. First-week album sales were bolstered by the set’s availability across more than 20 physical variants on CD and vinyl, all containing collectible items such as photocards and stickers, with some items randomized.

GREENGREEN was preceded by the act’s first Pop Airplay hit, “REDRED,” which climbed 31-30 (a new peak) on the latest chart (dated May 23).

CORTIS charted one earlier album on the Billboard 200, COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES, which peaked at No. 15 last year.

Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping I’m the Problem is steady at No. 4 on the latest Billboard 200 with 85,000 equivalent album units earned (up 2%).

Michael Jackson has the Nos. 5 and 6 albums, as his former No. 1 Thriller is steady at No. 5 (66,000 equivalent album units, up 6%) and Number Ones is also stationary at No. 6 (just more than 65,000, up 6%). Both titles continue to bask in the glow of the success of the Michael biopic film.

Chris Brown’s new studio effort, BROWN, bows at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, earning the singer-songwriter his 13th top 10-charted project. The new set launches with 65,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 60,000 (equaling 60.31 million on-demand official streams of the sets tracks; it debuts at No. 4 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 5,000 (it debuts at No. 19 on Top Album Sales, and was only available to purchase as a digital download) and TEA units comprise the remainder.

The BROWN album was preceded by four hits on the Hot R&B Songs chart: “Holy Blindfold” (No. 8), “It Depends,” featuring Bryson Tiller (No. 3), “Obvious” (No. 5) and “Fallin’,” featuring Leon Thomas (No. 12). All four also reached the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.

Brown’s co-headlining stadium tour with Usher launches June 26 at Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High and continues through Dec. 12 at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium.

Rounding out the rest of the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200: BTS’s former leader ARIRANG (falling 7-8 with 44,000 equivalent album units, down 10%), Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time (holding at No. 9 with 41,000, up 3%) and Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving (8-10 with nearly 41,000, down 3%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

Will Ferrell’s much-anticipated monologue for his return as SNL host was hijacked by two music stars: Paul McCartney and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

First up: Chili Peppers’ Smith took the stage posing as Ferrell Saturday night (May 16), in a nod to the longtime consensus that Smith and Ferrell are celebrity lookalikes. (More than decade ago, the two faced their match in a funny drum-off put together by Jimmy Fallon.)

Saturday night, the actual drummer kicked off Ferrell’s monologue introduced to the crowd as Ferrell.

“I’m thrilled to be back here hosting Saturday Night Live. Thrilled!” Smith (as Ferrell) announced, bringing back the oft-joked about bit that he’s the comedian’s doppelgänger.

“I was a cast member here for seven years, and now I’m hosting for the sixth time. Amazing! It really feels like coming home,” he said before being intercepted by the actual host of SNL‘s Season 51 season finale, Will Ferrell himself: “Hey! Excuse me! What the hell do you think you’re doing?”

“Don’t clap for him. Don’t. He’s a bad guy. God. I’m sorry. That was weird, right?” Ferrell quipped of the musician, who’d appear again later in the episode supporting musical guest Paul McCartney on drums.

“You know what? Let’s just do a hard reset, all right?” Ferrell decided, commenting that things just didn’t feel right since “Chad Smith took the wind out of my sails.”

Opting to take questions from the audience at this point, Ferrell lands on none other than Paul McCartney — and the second half of his monologue is essentially stolen by the famed Beatle, who keeps the game going by insisting Will Ferrell is actually Chad Smith. McCartney takes the stage for the last couple minutes of the monologue time slot, glowing in the applause for the extensive list of hit songs he’s penned (reminding the night’s host he forgot to mention “Penny Lane”), and insisting Ferrell better get his butt behind the drum set.

Watch Ferrell’s May 16 SNL monologue, co-starring McCartney and Smith, below. Tune into McCartney’s trio of performance from the night here — those included “Days We Left Behind,” “Band on the Run” and “Coming Up.”

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This summer, Ariana Grande goes on the Eternal Sunshine Tour throughout the United States, with nearly 30 dates starting Saturday, June 6 at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. The U.S. portion of the tour ends at United Center in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 6. Afterwards, Miss Grande travels to the United Kingdom for an 10-day residency at the O2 Arena in London.

The tour is in support of her latest two albums, Eternal Sunshine from 2024 and Petal, which drops on Friday, July 31.

Tickets to the tour first went on sale through Live Nation and Ticketmaster, while the retailer’s Face Value Exchange program is an option for fans to resell tickets.

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SNL’s season finale celebrated Paul McCartney more than its cast of players, with the Beatles legend performing three songs (rather than the standard two), in addition to getting monologue and sketch screen time, on the Will Ferrell-hosted episode Saturday night (May 16).

Paul McCartney appeared as musical guest for a fifth time on Saturday to wrap Season 51. His return to the Saturday Night Live stage came more than 13 years after his last performance slot on the late-night comedy show. McCartney was previously booked as musical guest for episodes in 1980, 1993, 2010 and 2012.

Now an SNL musical guest five-timer, he brought “Days We Left Behind,” the poignant lead single from his upcoming album The Boys of Dungeon Lane (out May 29), to the stage first on Saturday.

The second performance of the night was a lively “Band on the Run,” the 1974 Paul McCartney and Wings classic that was a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.

The English music legend got extra time on camera Saturday night — in host Will Ferrell’s monologue, for which he took over a bit that had him confusing Ferrell with doppelgänger Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and in a sketch later in the episode that had him co-starring with Ferrell and Marcello Hernández as mechanics swindling clueless car owners.

At night’s end, viewers might’ve assumed they’d get one more quick glimpse of McCartney on the Studio 8H stage, saying goodnight with Ferrell and the SNL cast as the credits rolled — but the closing moments of the show were actually extended for a musical encore. McCartney kicked off the cast party early with a lively performance of his 1980 Hot 100 No. 1 “Coming Up,” with Saturday Night Live‘s performers dancing side-stage.

Watch McCartney’s May 16 SNL performances of “Days We Left Behind” and “Man on the Run” below. His show closer, “Coming Up,” wasn’t uploaded to Saturday Night Live‘s YouTube channel at press time.

Darwin’s Mindil Beach came alive on Saturday night (May 16) as BASSINTHEGRASS 2026 delivered another edition of the annual music festival, drawing close to 12,000 attendees to one of Australia’s most distinctive live music settings.

More than 20 international and Australian artists performed across the night, with US rapper Denzel Curry, Swedish electronic duo Galantis, the UK’s Venjent and Morty, US act AYYBO and South Korea’s Oktae joining Australian acts Peking Duk, The Teskey Brothers, The Living End, Ball Park Music and Mallrat for the all-ages event. Tourism and Events NT reported that one in five attendees were visitors to the Territory.

Galantis DJ Christian Karlsson was effusive about the experience. “It’s an absolutely mind-blowing experience,” he said. “I didn’t know anything, but I knew that Australia always, always deliver. I couldn’t even imagine how mind-blowing this would be. Hey, come to Darwin — Darwin is the number one spot.”

Playlunch lead singer Liam Bell was equally enthusiastic about the festival’s unique atmosphere. “It’s been amazing to be on the lineup with all these other amazing acts,” he said. “I’m not even sure we have stuff like this as good in Victoria. We’ve had some laksa, and it’s changed our lives — but also, obviously the people are amazing, the vibes are amazing.”

Tourism and Events NT CEO Suzana Bishop said the festival’s appeal went beyond the music. “Brilliant performances are just part of what makes BASSINTHEGRASS so memorable,” she said. “It’s the combination of world-class live music, Darwin’s natural beauty, warm dry season weather, location on Mindil Beach, incredible food and Top End experiences that makes it unlike any other.”

The festival capped off a massive weekend for Darwin, which also saw just over 11,900 locals and visitors attend the AFL clash between the Gold Coast Suns and Port Adelaide at TIO Stadium. Darwin hotel occupancy across the event weekend reached 70%, around 10 points higher than the previous year.