Noah Kahan's 'The Great Divide' Dominates Billboard 200 for Second Week

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<em>The Great Divide</em> is the first rock album to spend at least two weeks at No. 1 in nearly three years. **Zach Bryan**&rsquo;s self-titled set was the last rock set with two weeks at No. 1, in September 2023. (Rock albums are defined as those that are eligible for, or have charted on, <em>Billboard</em>&rsquo;s Top Rock Albums chart.)




Also in the top 10 of the latest <a data-tag="billboard-200" id="auto-tag_billboard-200" href="https://www.billboard.com/t/billboard-200/">Billboard 200</a>, **Kacey Musgraves** collects her sixth top 10 &mdash; all of which have debuted in the top five &mdash; as <em>Middle of Nowhere</em> starts at No. 3. Plus, the success of the **Michael Jackson** biopic <em>Michael</em> continues to shine on the chart, as **Jackson** has two albums in the top 10. His former No. 1 <em>Thriller</em> rises 7-5 and the hits collection <em>Number Ones</em> jumps 13-6.



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 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 16, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard</em>&lsquo;s website on May 12. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.




Of <em>The Great Divide</em>&rsquo;s 163,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 137,000 (down 35%, equaling 139.5 million on-demand official streams of the set&rsquo;s tracks; it spends a second week at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 26,000 (down 85%; it falls 1-2 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise the remainder (down 66%).



**Ella Langley**&rsquo;s former leader <em>Dandelion</em> holds at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 103,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8%).



**Kacey Musgraves**&rsquo; <em>Middle of Nowhere</em> debuts at No. 3 with 100,000 equivalent album units earned, her best week ever by units. It&rsquo;s the singer-songwriter&rsquo;s sixth top 10, all of which have debuted in the top five. Of the album&rsquo;s starting figure, album sales comprise 64,500 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 35,000 (equaling 35.54 million on-demand official streams of the set&rsquo;s songs, it debuts at No. 10 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 500.



<em>Middle of Nowhere</em> is **Musgrave**'s sixth studio album and was <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/country/kacey-musgraves-new-album-middle-of-nowhere-dry-spell-1236196605/">announced</a> in early March. The project &mdash; which features collaborations with **Gregory Alan Isakov**, **Miranda Lambert**, **Willie Nelson** and **Billy Strings** &mdash; was led by the single &ldquo;Dry Spell&rdquo; (peaking at No. 15 on Hot Country Songs in March) and released on May 1. **Musgraves**&rsquo; Middle of Nowhere arena tour launches on Aug. 21 in Chicago and continues through the end of October.



The new album&rsquo;s first-week sales were aided by its availability across 16 physical variants (including signed editions) and a deluxe download edition with two bonus tracks.



Chart-watchers take note: This is the second top 10-charted album with the exact title <em>Middle of Nowhere</em>. Brother trio **Hanson** reached No. 2 with their album of their same name in 1997.




**Morgan Wallen**&rsquo;s former No. 1 <em>I&rsquo;m the Problem</em> falls 3-4 on the latest Billboard 200 with 83,000 equivalent album units earned (up 3%).



**Michael Jackson** has a pair of albums in the top 10 as the buzz generated from the <em>Michael</em> biopic continues to resonate on the chart. His chart-topping <em>Thriller</em> climbs 7-5 (62,000 equivalent album units, up 36%) and best-of set <em>Number Ones</em>, released in 2003, reaches the top 10 for the first time, rising 13-6 (62,000 units, up 65%), becoming his 11th top 10.



With <em>Number Ones</em>&rsquo; ascent, **Jackson**, who died in 2009, has now claimed at least one new top 10 album in every decade from the 1970s onwards as a soloist. And, he&rsquo;s only the fifth act overall to do so, joining **Paul McCartney**, the **Rolling Stones**, **Bruce Springsteen** and **James Taylor**.