Eminem’s latest single “Houdini” has made a significant impact by debuting at No. 2 on the charts, marking the rapper’s highest-charting single in over a decade. Despite its strong performance, “Houdini” was unable to claim the top spot, blocked by Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s hit “I Had Some Help.”
“Houdini” serves as a lead-up to Eminem’s forthcoming 12th album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce),” which is expected to be released this summer. The single’s debut follows a surprise four-song performance by Eminem at “Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central,” an event that also featured artists like Diana Ross, Big Sean, and Jack White.
The official music video for “Houdini,” which features guest appearances from 50 Cent, Pete Davidson, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Alchemist, includes references to Eminem’s 2002 hit, “Without Me.” The video sees Eminem stepping into a time-traveling portal, hinting at the album’s nostalgia-induced themes.
Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s “I Had Some Help” continues its reign at No. 1, now in its fourth week at the top. The song, which is the second No. 1 country hit this year following Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” has garnered 59.3 million airplay impressions and 45.6 million official streams, according to Luminate.
Eminem’s “Houdini,” released on May 31, achieved nearly 49 million streams and 4 million radio impressions in its first week. The single is currently No. 8 on Spotify’s US Top 50 chart and No 4 on the streaming service’s Top 50 global songs chart. Internationally, “Houdini” has found success, debuting at No 1 on the UK songs chart.
In the singles chart, there are no other new entries in the Top 10, with most positions held by repeat titles from previous weeks. On the Billboard 200 albums chart, Shaboozey’s latest LP, “Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going,” debuts at No 5. The album’s lead single, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” remains in the Top Five of the Hot 100. ATEEZ secures its fifth top 10-charting effort with “Golden Hour: Part.1” debuting at No 2, while Taylor Swift continues to lead the list for a seventh consecutive week.
Eminem is back in full force in the lead-up to his upcoming 12th album “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).” The record, which is currently without a release date (but slated for sometime this summer), was preceded by “Houdini,” which debuts at No. 2 as his highest-charting single since “The Monster,” featuring Rihanna, topped the list at No. 1 in 2013 and 2014.
Eminem debuted “Houdini” as part of a surprise four-song performance at “Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central,” a hometown event featuring Diana Ross, Big Sean, Jack White and more. It was also released with an official music video that referenced his 2002 hit, “Without Me.” With featured guest appearances from 50 Cent, Pete Davidson, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Alchemist, the “Houdini” video sees Eminem stepping into a time-traveling portal, hinting at the album’s nostalgia-induced themes.
Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s “I Had Some Help” blocked “Houdini” from hitting No. 1 in its first week. The country song — the second No. 1 country hit this year behind Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” — adds a fourth week at No. 1 with much of its impact coming from radio reach: the song currently boasts 59.3 million airplay impressions and 45.6 million official streams, according to data provided by Luminate.
Meanwhile, Eminem’s “Houdini” (a May 31 release), opens with nearly 49 million streams and 4 million radio impressions. It’s No. 8 on Spotify’s U.S. Top 50 chart and No. 4 on the streaming service’s Top 50 global songs chart. The single has also been performing well overseas, where “Houdini” debuts at No. 1 on the U.K. songs chart.
Outside of Eminem, there are no new releases in the Top 10 of the singles chart with much of the remaining titles being repeats from previous weeks. On the Billboard 200 albums chart, Shaboozey’s latest LP, “Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going,” debuts at No. 5 (the album’s lead single, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” remains in the Top Five of the Hot 100) while ATEEZ achieves its fifth top 10-charting effort with “Golden Hour: Part.1” at No. 2. Taylor Swift continues to lead the list for a seventh consecutive week.
All three songs from the new Drake EP, “Scary Hours 2,” punched in at the top of this week’s Rolling Stone songs chart, followed by the new single from Bruno Mars’ and Anderson .Paak’s supergroup, Silk Sonic in the fourth spot. All that action coming from newly released song helped make up for the lack of it on the album chart, where new entries are fewer and country star Morgan Wallen‘s smash double-album rules the roots for a ninth consecutive week.
Among songs, Drake’s “What’s New” entered at No. 1 with 358,000 song units. The tune amassed 42.5 million on-demand audio streams for the week. The other two songs from the EP were close behind. “Wants and Needs,” on which Drake is joined by Lil Baby as a featured artist, came in at No. 2 with 315,000 song units. Following at No. 3 is “Lemon Pepper Freestyle: by Drake featuring Rick Ross, with 243,500 song units. Streaming figures for those two tracks were 37.7 million and 28.5 million, respectively.
The track “Leave the Door Open,” billed as the debut track by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & SIlk Sonic, came in fourth with a song units figure of 172,800 and song streams of 18.2 million.
Justin Bieber’s latest, “Hold On,” also entered the songs chart just outside the top 10 this week, bowing at No. 11. It had 96,100 song units and an audio streaming tally of 10.4 million. Last week’s top song, Cardi B’s “Up,” got pushed down to No. 5 by the new entries, followed by Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” in the sixth spot.
On the Rolling Stone album chart, Morgan Wallen spends his 10th straight week at No. 1 with “Dangerous: The Double Album.” The collection clocked 73,000 album units, based on 85 million streams for the week, 4,000 album sales and 11,000 track sales. The highest album debut, at No. 8, was “Only the Family — Lil Durk Presents: Loyal Bros.” The set bowed with 28,000 album units, including minimal album or track sales but 33 million streams. Chevelle’s “Niratias” barely cracked the top 10, with 27,000 album units. Kings of Leon‘s “When You See Yourself” debuted outside the top 10 at No. 13, picking up 26,000 album units. Full album sales for the week stood at 18,200, with song streams of 7.1 million.
