SZA Tops Albums and Songs Charts as ‘SOS’ Leaps Back to No. 1

SZA leads with double the power on both the albums and songs charts as her “SOS” LP returns to the top of the album chart for a 13th nonconsecutive week. Her’s and Kendrick Lamar’s “Luther” also tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a milestone 10th total and consecutive week.

“SOS” leads with 52,000 units earned in the United States in the week ending April 24, according to Luminate. Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” totaled 68 million radio airplay audience impressions and 22 million official streams to lead the songs chart. “Luther” appears as a part of Lamar’s “GNX” album, which holds steady at No. 2 with nearly 51,000 equivalent album units earned.

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SZA and Lamar lead both lists as the pair continue marching through their co-headlining “Grand National” stadium tour. The North American leg launched on April 19 in Minneapolis at U.S. Bank Stadium. The pair are also set to visit 13 stadiums across Europe and the United Kingdom this summer.

Originally released on Dec. 9, 2022, SZA’s “SOS” spent 10 weeks leading the Billboard 200 in late 2022 and early 2023. It then returned to No. 1 for two more weeks, following its deluxe reissue and bonus track release.

While there are no debuts in the top 10 on the latest albums chart, Doechii’s “Alligator Bites Never Heal” enters the region for the first time as the 2024 LP became available for purchase on vinyl, as well as its first release on CD.

Elsewhere, Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” is at No. 3; Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” is at No. 4; PartyNextDoor and Drake’s “$ome $exy $ongs 4 U” is a non-mover at No. 5; Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” is at No. 6; Playboi Carti’s “Music” is at No. 7; Lady Gaga’s “Mayhem” is up to No. 8; and Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” is at No. 9.

On the Billboard Hot 100, Wallen and Post Malone’s “I Ain’t Coming Back” makes its debuts at No. 8 on the Hot 100, becoming their 15th and 14th top 10, respectively. It’s the sixth top 10 from Wallen’s album “I’m the Problem” — set to arrive on May 16.

Atlantic Records artist Alex Warren continues his climb up the Hot 100 top 10 with “Ordinary” lifting to No. 3 (from its previous No. 5 position). Warren sang his breakout single with Ed Sheeran at the latter’s Coachella performance on April 20, and at Stagecoach, alongside Jelly Roll.

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