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Variety Music·May 3, 2026·via Variety Music

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May 3, 2026 1:05pm PT

Noah Kahan Scores First No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘The Great Divide’

By Steven J. Horowitz

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Noah Kahan has scored his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with his fourth album “The Great Divide,” opening with 389,000 equivalent album units.

Kahan’s debut marks the biggest week for a rock album since the charts started measuring by units at the end of 2014. It also becomes the third-biggest week for an album in 2026 behind BTS’ “Arirang” (641,000 units) and Harry Styles’ “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” (430,000 units), and has the largest streaming week of any album this year.