This week, Kendrick Lamar enjoys a resurgence: His very catchy Drake diss track, “Not Like Us,” has rebounded to the top spot on Billboard ’s Hot 100 singles chart for the first time since its release week back in May. Taylor Swift has outdone her own record on the Billboard 200 albums chart and a talented upstart named Bruce Springsteen has made a chart debut. (For real.
) TOP SONGS It was probably the release of the clever official video on the Fourth of July that did it: Kendrick Lamar's sneering Drake diss track "Not Like Us" is back at No. 1, nine weeks after it debuted in the top spot. Since then, it's been meandering between the second and sixth position.
By contrast, none of Drake's own diss tracks against K-Dot are currently anywhere in the Hot 100; his collaboration with rapper Sexyy Red, "U My Everything," is currently at No. 76. As far as sheer popularity goes, Kendrick is the clear winner in this round of beef .
Meanwhile: Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has dipped back down to No. 2 after one week in the top spot, followed by Post Malone's "I Had Some Help," featuring Morgan Wallen, at No. 3, Tommy Richman's "Million Dollar Baby" at No.
4 and Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" rounding out the top five (her follow-up, “Please Please Please,” is at No. 6). TOP ALBUMS Well, folks, she did it: With The Tortured Poets Department at No.
1 for a 12th consecutive week, Taylor Swift has set another chart milestone. Not only has Tortured Poets beat the 11-week reco.