Ken Carson lands his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the rapper’s latest project, More Chaos, enters atop the list dated April 26.

The set earned 59,500 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending April 18, according to Luminate — the artist’s best week ever. Of that sum, nearly 82% was driven by streaming activity. More Chaos is Carson’s first top 10 effort as well and follows two charted titles: A Great Chaos (No. 11 peak in 2023) and X (No. 115 in 2022).

More Chaos, released via Opium/Interscope Records, replaces Opium label founder Playboi Carti atop the Billboard 200, as the latter’s MUSIC moves to No. 7 after three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.

Carson is the third act in 2025 to land their first No. 1 this year, following Tate McRae (with So Close To What) and PARTYNEXTDOOR (with the Drake collaboration set $ome $exy $ongs 4 U). In all of 2024, there were five acts that got their first No. 1: Ty Dolla $ign (with the Ye collab Vultures 1), TWICE (With YOU-th), Sabrina Carpenter (Short n’ Sweet), Jelly Roll (Beautifully Broken) and Yeat (Lyfestyle).

With More Chaos earning 59,500 units in the latest tracking week, that marks the smallest weekly sum for a No. 1 album in nearly three years, since the May 2, 2022-dated chart, when Pusha T’s It’s Almost Dry opened at No. 1 with just under 55,000 units.

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 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new April 26, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 22. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of More Chaos’ 59,500 first-week equivalent album units, SEA units comprise 48,500 (equaling 67.3 million on-demand official streams of the songs on the streaming editions of the album; it debuts at No. 3 on the Top Streaming Albums chart), album sales comprise 11,000 (it debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

More Chaos was available in its first week as a standard 18-song album (on color vinyl and a widely available CD and in three deluxe boxed sets containing a T-shirt and CD) and in two widely available expanded digital/streaming editions that added three and four songs, respectively.

The rest of the top 10 on the Billboard 200 is fairly low-key, as Carson is the lone debut in the region. The Nos. 2-10 titles are also all former No. 1s. (The top 10 was last comprised entirely of No. 1s on the Dec. 9, 2023-dated list.) Kendrick Lamar’s GNX rises 5-2 with nearly 55,000 equivalent album units earned (up 3%), while SZA’s SOS climbs 4-3 with 53,000 (down 2%). The pair kicked off their co-headlining Grand National Tour on April 19 at Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium.

Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet is up two spots to No. 4 (52,000 equivalent album units; up 6%), $ome $exy $ongs 4 U falls 3-5 (nearly 52,000; down 8% — as the set climbs 2-1 on Top Streaming Albums for a fourth nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1); Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time ascends 7-6 (46,000; up 4%); Playboi Carti’s MUSIC falls 1-7 (45,500; down 29%); Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos is steady at No. 8 (nearly 42,000; down 2%); Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine falls 2-9 (40,000; down 29%); and Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM rises 12-10 (39,500; up 11%).

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.

Megan Thee Stallion‘s “Whenever” is arriving in less than a week. The rapper just announced the new song title, along with its scheduled release date of April 25.

The reveal came Saturday (April 19) on Meg’s social media accounts, where she posted movie poster-style art — featuring the promo “It’s whatever b—-, it’s whenever h–!” — to tease the upcoming release. The poster depicts her in a two-piece and a cowgirl hat, with a chessboard, a car and a pair of folks with fish heads in the background. The imagery will surely make more sense on Friday.

“PRE-SAVE NOW HOTTIES,” she wrote on her post. Fans can pre-save “Whenever” on various music streaming services here.

The announcement dropped in the midst of Coachella weekend two, for which Megan’s on the lineup Sunday night. Last weekend she surprised the Indio, California, festival crowd with guests including Queen Latifah, Victoria Monét and Ciara during her performance; the show went on even as her mic got cut as she appeared to go over her allotted set time.

Meg recently gave an update on her next album. “Act III is being made,” she revealed live on TikTok last month, confirming a single and music video were in the works. “I’m really just trying to figure out who do I want to do features with at this point in life. I only want to do features with people that … one, I haven’t done a feature with yet, and two, that I listen to on my own time — people that I actually, you know, f— with.” She didn’t spoil anything, but did agree that Doechii is “on my album wish list” when she saw her name suggested on the live.

Her next LP comes after Megan: Act II, which was released in October as the follow-up to Megan, which debuted just a few months prior, in July.

See the sneak peak of Megan Thee Stallion’s “Whenever” below.

Zak Starkey is officially back in The Who.

On Saturday (April 19), the band’s legendary guitarist Pete Townshend took to social media to announce that Starkey — Ringo Starr’s son and the iconic group’s drummer for nearly three decades — had been reinstated after what he described as “communication issues.”

“News Flash! Who Backs Zak! He’s not being asked to step down from The Who,” Townshend wrote on The Who’s Instagram account. “There have been some communication issues, personal and private on all sides, that needed to be dealt with, and these have been aired happily.”

The announcement comes just days after Starkey addressed rumors of his firing, reportedly sparked by singer Roger Daltrey’s dissatisfaction with Starkey’s performance during a Teenage Cancer Trust benefit show at London’s Royal Albert Hall in late March.

Townshend elaborated on the situation in his post, saying, “Roger and I would like Zak to tighten up his latest evolved drumming style to accommodate our non-orchestral line up and he has readily agreed. I take responsibility for some of the confusion. Our TCT shows at the Royal Albert Hall were a little tricky for me. I thought that four and a half weeks would be enough time to recover completely from having a complete knee replacement. (Why did I ever think I could land on my knees?) Wrong!”

He continued, “Maybe we didn’t put enough time into sound checks, giving us problems on stage. The sound in the centre of the stage is always the most difficult to work with. Roger did nothing wrong but fiddle with his in-ear monitors. Zak made a few mistakes and he has apologised. Albeit with a rubber duck drummer. We are a family, this blew up very quickly and got too much oxygen. It’s over. We move forward now with optimism and fire in our bellies.”

Townshend also addressed speculation that Daltrey’s solo drummer, Scott Devours, might replace Starkey in The Who.

“As for Roger, fans can enjoy his forthcoming solo shows with his fabulous drummer, Scott Devours, who it was rumoured might replace Zak in The Who and has always been supportive of the band,” Townshend wrote. “I owe Scott an apology for not crushing that rumour before it spread. He has been hurt by this. I promise to buy him a very long drink and give him a hug.”

Starkey later shared Townshend’s post on his own Instagram, adding, “V grateful to be a part of the who family Thanks Roger and Pete xx. Repost from @officialthewho.”

The Who’s Royal Albert Hall charity shows on March 18 and 20 became a flashpoint after Metro reported that Daltrey grew frustrated during the set and halted several songs, citing issues hearing the band over Starkey’s drumming.

In an April 16 statement to People, Starkey pushed back, expressing surprise that anyone would have a problem with his performance.

“After playing those songs with the band for so many decades, I’m surprised and saddened anyone would have an issue with my performance that night,” the drummer said. “But what can you do?” He also revealed that he had suffered a “serious medical emergency” in January, involving blood clots in his right calf. “This is now completely healed and does not affect my drumming or running,” Starkey noted.

Starkey has been a central figure in The Who’s live lineup since 1996, when he joined the band for their reunion tour, performing their 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia in its entirety.

From career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.

A Celia Cruz Tribute

Celia Cruz will be honored and celebrated at the 2025 Billboard Latin Women in Music Awards to air April 24 on Telemundo. The late Cuban star, who was born in 1925 and passed away in 2003, will be recognized with the Legend Award, and will also be honored with a centennial tribute performance by Puerto Rican powerhouses Ivy Queen, La India, and Olga Tañón. The latter of the three will receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. 

In addition to Cruz and Tañón, other 2025 honorees include Anitta (Vanguard Award), Belinda (Evolution Award), Chiquis (Impact Award), Ha*Ash (Unbreakable Award) and Natti Natasha (Unstoppable Award). Mexican star Ana Bárbara will host the two-hour ceremony. The third annual Billboard Latin Women in Music special will air live April 24 at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. Central exclusively on Telemundo, Universo, Peacock and the Telemundo app and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean onTelemundo Internacional.

Nacho’s New Era

Venezuelan singer-songwriter Nacho surprised fans with a new studio album called Sobre La Roca out via Bakno Music and Be Global Music. Home to 11 tracks, with titles such as “Gracias,” “Mi Testimonio,” and “Amén,” the ultra-personal album is charged with powerful and motivational lyrics about faith, hope and peace. The songs are backed by urban, tropical, and pop melodies — genres very familiar to Nacho’s commercial sound. “I hope the songs on this album help us strengthen our relationship with God,” the artist born Miguel Ignacio Mendoza Donatti and known for being part of the famed duo Chyno y Nacho, expressed on Instagram. Stream and listen to Sobre La Roca below: 

Periko & Jessi León Rebrand

After a trajectory that spans more than 10 years and includes a best new artist Latin Grammy nomination in 2014, Periko & Jessi León are making a comeback — and rebranding themselves. The Latin pop duo, composed by the Argentine and Peruvian artists and musicians, is returning from a five-year hiatus with a new project called PJ Kids, for which their 4-year-old son Milo is joining as their official drummer. “We had to pause our music, our songs, our dreams, because life called us to become parents,” the duo expressed on Instagram. “After many years, we return to the studio not only as artists, but as parents,” they noted, adding that their new songs are inspired by their son. “Dreams never die, they only transform.”

A Kelly Clarkson Show Debut

Three months after dropping their collaborative effort, “Querida Yo,” Yami Safdie and Camilo officially performed it on The Kelly Clarkson Show this week. “It’s gone viral in 20 different countries,” Clarkson said ahead of their heartwarming national TV performance. The soft pop ballad is a tribute to personal empowerment and the hope of releasing the vulnerabilities we face by choosing to become our greatest strength and version, conveying the true message of the meaning of faith. “What a dream being able to present this song alongside Camilo, thank you for having us,” the Argentine newcomer and former Billboard Latin Artist on the Radar, shared on Instagram.  

A Chicas del Can Film

Famed ’90s all-girl merengue group Las Chicas del Can is getting the film treatment through a documentary focused on its lead singer, Miriam Cruz. The announcement was shared on social media via a trailer of the forthcoming film called La Historia de una Diva directed by Giancarlo Beras-Goico. Based on Cruz’s career challenges and successes, and narrated in her own words, the documentary will “trace back to her beginnings in Las Chicas del Can, her solo career, and her current impact as a symbol of empowerment and perseverance in the music industry,” according to the caption on Instagram. Watch the trailer of La Historia de una Diva below.