Melinda Newman

4 weeks ago | billboard.com | Melinda Newman

The Morgan Wallen juggernaut soared even higher this week as his new album, I’m the Problem, only proved problematic for its chart competitors. The Big Loud/Mercury set debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 493,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate, making it the biggest week for any release this year. Additionally, Wallen broke his own record with 37 songs on The Hot 100, taking up more than a third of the chart with his titles alone and claiming the Nos.

4 weeks ago | billboard.com | Melinda Newman |Alexis Cook

The executiveS leading the genre nowGrowing up in rural Minnesota, Stacy Vee didn’t have particularly lofty ambitions. While attending St. Cloud State University, she says, “my dream job was maybe I could be a special events planner at this hotel on the freeway one day and do weddings and conferences.”Vee did end up planning events — just on a far larger scale than that highway-adjacent hotel.

4 weeks ago | billboard.com | Melinda Newman

Growing up in rural Minnesota, Stacy Vee didn’t have particularly lofty ambitions. While attending St. Cloud State University, she says, “my dream job was maybe I could be a special events planner at this hotel on the freeway one day and do weddings and conferences.” Vee did end up planning events — just on a far larger scale than that highway-adjacent hotel.

4 weeks ago | billboard.com | Melinda Newman

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1 month ago | billboard.com | Elias Leight |Jason Lipshutz |Melinda Newman |Jessica Nicholson

Another new album, another historic week on the charts for Morgan Wallen. On this week’s Billboard 200 (dated May 31), Wallen’s new album I’m the Problem follows his previous releases Dangerous: The Double Album and One Thing at a Time to a No. 1 debut — this time with a 2025-best 493,000 units moved, according to Luminate, falling just 8,000 short of the 501,000 posted by One Thing upon its 2023 bow.