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Noah Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide’ Debuts at No. 1 With Record Rock Week

First‑week records across streaming plus vinyl signal a new peak in his mainstream reach.

Overview

  • Hitting the top of the Billboard 200 on Sunday, the album opened with 389,000 equivalent units in the U.S., including about 215 million streams, 175,000 sales, and 2,000 track‑equivalent units, according to Luminate.
  • The set posted 2026’s largest streaming week for any album, the biggest week for a rock release since Billboard adopted unit-based ranking in 2014, and a modern‑era rock vinyl record with 118,000 copies.
  • Every one of the album’s 21 tracks reached the Hot 100, with 12 in the top 40, as Kahan also rose to No. 1 on Billboard’s Artist 100 and his prior album Stick Season returned to the Billboard 200 top 10.
  • The rollout leaned on nine vinyl variants, multiple CD editions, and a surprise deluxe that added four songs, a now common tactic that lifts first‑week totals by giving fans more formats to buy and stream.
  • International debuts included No. 1 starts in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, while a sold‑out North American stadium tour begins June 11 in Orlando with roughly 1.5 million tickets already transacted.