This week, for the upcoming Billboard 200 albums chart dated Jan. 18, 2025, we look at whether new releases from Lil Baby or Bad Bunny can unseat a reigning blockbuster that dates back to 2022.

As with Bad Bunny on the albums chart, "Smile" came out part-way through last week's window of eligibility; it dropped Dec. 31, while the chart covered the period stretching from Dec. 27 to Jan. 2. So ...

Two debuts claim the top two spots on Billboard's main album's chart: Lil Baby and Bad Bunny. Lil Baby and Bad Bunny have fantastic chart debuts Early January is usually a slow stretch when it ...

Two debuts claim the top two spots on Billboard's main album's chart: Lil Baby and Bad Bunny. Last year, Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" posted a record-tying 19 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.

As with Bad Bunny on the albums chart, "Smile" came out part-way through last week's window of eligibility; it dropped Dec. 31, while the chart covered the period stretching from Dec. 27 to Jan. 2.