Kenny Chesney’s ‘Here And Now’ Lands At No. 1 On Billboard 200, Breaks Drake’s Streak

Gunna is set for his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, according to industry forecasters. Sources suggest his new effort, Wunna, may launch atop next week’s tally with perhaps over 100,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 28. Nearly all of the album’s first-week units will be driven by streaming activity. Wunna was released on May 22 via Young Stoner Life/300. The Bi

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Future flies in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with his seventh chart-topper, as High Off Life enters at No. 1. The album, which was released via Freebandz/Epic Records on May 15, earned 153,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 21, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data -- Future’s biggest week, in terms of units, for a solo album. Of

Plus: Polo G set to start at No. 2 with “The Goat” & Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit’s “Reunions” rushing towards top 15 after wide release.

By Chris Willman

Country music superstar Kenny Chesney has signed an exclusive global publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), the publishing giant announced today (May 19). Over his nearly 30-year career, Chesney has sold more than 30 million

NAV nabs his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Good Intentions starts atop the tally. The album was released on May 8 via XO/Republic

 is channeling her dark side in Starz's gritty new crime drama, as free-wheeling, drug-addicted, hard-partying investigator Jackie Quinones, whose journey to stay clean is riddled with sharp edges and numerous obstacles. Things take a dramatic turn when she discovers a body on a Provincetown beach, the latest victim of the opioid crisis. As the show unravels over eight episodes, Raymund's Jackie is forced to face her own personal demons — and, as one can imagine, it gets ugly fast.

NAV is on course for his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, according to industry forecasters.

Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Sheryl Crow, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kelsea Ballerini and many more country artists will appear on CMT’s virtual benefit concert May 20 for Feed the Front Line Live.

Brad Paisley, Kelsea Ballerini, Grace Potter, Jon Pardi, Brett Young, Rita Wilson and Billy Ray Cyrus are among those on board to help out Feed the Front Line May 20.

Kenny Chesney re-enters the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated May 16) at No. 1 to become the top musical act in the U.S.

Next week’s Billboard 200 albums chart could see as many as four new titles debut in the top 10, led by NAV’s latest effort, Good Intentions. Industry forecasters suggest the album will earn over 80,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 14.

Kenny Chesney's Here and Now enters both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums at No. 1 this week.

Kenny Chesney nets his 17th No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, as Here and Now blasts in atop the March 16-dated list.With the launch, Chesney ties Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson for the second-most leaders in the chart's 56-year history, after George Strait's record 27.Concurrently, Here and Now debuts at No.

By Chris Willman

Country superstar Kenny Chesney captures his ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his latest studio effort, Here and Now, bows atop the tally. Notably, he ties Garth Brooks for the most No. 1s among country acts in the chart’s history. The set earned 233,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 7, according to Nielsen

Kenny Chesney is reminding us all what crowded concerts are like in the brand-new music video for “We Do”.