This weeks chart broke tons of records.
On the Artist Chart, Janet Jackson extends her record as the artist with the 3rd most weeks at #1. While Nicki Minaj re-enters the top 2 for the first time this year due to "Regret In Your Tears" and "Right Thru Me". Doja Cat re-enters the chart after 3 weeks, at #3 due to "Kiss Me More" which debuted #1. Olivia Rodrigo falls down to #4 and Whitney Houston re-enters the top 5, spending her 45th week thus extending her record as the longest running top 5 artist and if she can stay stable for the next 7 weeks, she'll become the only artist to spend an entire year in the top 5 and the first artist to spend their first year in the top 6.
"janet." returns to the throne for the 3rd time in its chart run on the Albums Chart extending its record as Janet's longest running #1 album, and tying "Mariah Carey" for the 4th most weeks at #1 on the albums chart with both topping the charts for 3 weeks. "Kiss Me More" becomes the 3rd largest debut on the albums chart and becomes the 2nd largest debut for a Single, while becoming the highest debut for a collaboration single as it enters at #1. "The Velvet Rope" has slid down to #3 with Olivia Rodrigo's "Sour" dropping to #4 and Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation 1814" spending a 2nd consecutive week at #5.
With "Kiss Me More" debuting at #1 Doja Cat and SZA have both earned their first #1 singles. The song has been a huge hit in its debut week becoming the 2nd largest debut for a single in chart history behind Olivia Rodrigo's "deja vu" which broke the record for the largest debut last week. The single has already been certified platinum and is in the top 40 best selling songs of the year already. "Together Again" by Janet Jackson re-peaks at #2 this week, and Olivia Rodrigo's "deja vu" falls to #3 from #1. Nicki Minaj's new hit "Regret In Your Tears" has broke the record for biggest jump in chart history gaining over 46 places to its new peak of #4. Nicki's single "Right Thru Me" sees a large jump as well as it rises 27 places to re-peak at #5.
