4th May, 2018 - 10th May, 2018

Top albums of the week:

1) Post Malone - 'beerbongs & bentleys' (=)
2) Anne-Marie - 'Speak Your Mind' (=)
3) Post Malone - 'Stoney' (Debut)
4) Various Artists - 'Black Panther: The Album' (-1)
5) Kendrick Lamar - 'DAMN.' (Debut)

Post Malone, G-Eazy and YG all grab their 1st ever #1 on my charts as 'Same Bitches' advances 3-1 on its 2nd week on the chart, knocking 2 of Anne-Marie's tracks down in the process. Post Malone has previously reached a peak of #2 on my charts with 'rockstar' (which takes a 6 place climb to re-enter the Top 10 at #8 this week), while G-Eazy has previously reached #4 with 'Crash & Burn'. '2002' falls down 1 place to #2 after ruling the chart for a single week, and Post Malone is on the rise throughout the rest of the chart as well. '92 Explorer' takes a 6 place climb to #3, 'Blame It On Me' climbs 2 to #5, and 'Otherside' and 'Over Now' both take 12 place climbs (good for the week's highest climbers) to enter the Top 10 at #9 and #10, respectively, giving Post a total of 6 Top 10s, both this week and overall. All of his tracks climb lower in the chart as well, and his new debuts this week give him a total of 13 entries, letting him beat the record he set just last week for the most simultaneous entries from an album!

The only non-Post Malone new entry in the Top 10 this week is Kendrick Lamar's 'HUMBLE.'. Despite the track being released over a year ago, I spent most of that time disliking the track. It's one of a few cases where I've disliked a track for quite a long time, but then I finally come around to liking it after listening to it more! 'HUMBLE.' is definitely the most extreme case of this, though, as it manages a #4 debut, becoming Kendrick's 3rd Top 5 hit in the process. Just below the Top 10 Shawn Mendes grabs his 3rd debut from his upcoming self-titled album as 'Youth' starts at #11. 'Lost In Japan' and 'In My Blood' both managed Top 10 debuts upon their release, but quickly fell out of the chart altogether. Things are looking better for 'Youth', though, since it's predicted to climb into the Top 10 on its 2nd week instead of taking a big drop out of it like the other 2 tracks did.

Charlie Puth also grabs his 4th debut from 'Voicenotes', released today, as 'The Way I Am' enters at #20. 'How Long' and 'Done For Me' both managed to reach the Top 10, but it doesn't look like 'The Way I Am' will manage to match those heights, even with 'Voicenotes' being released today. Poo Bear's 'From Here' manages to climb a good 5 places to #35 this week after its #40 debut last week, and Anne-Marie brings her total amount of simultaneous entries from 'Speak Your Mind' up to 9 as 'Ciao Adios' re-enters at #40. 'Bloodstream' also celebrates its 52nd week on my chart, making it the only song to ever stay on my chart for an entire year! Making it even more impressive is the fact that it managed it all in consecutive weeks, not to mention the fact that I've only actually done 52 weekly charts, the 1st of which was almost 3 years after 'Bloodstream' was released!

Thanks for reading everyone! :D

Early predictions for next week's Top 10 (new entries to the Top 10 in bold):

Dropouts (notable dropouts in bold):