It's that time of year, as Christmas hurtles into history, the domestic Test cricket series is in the books and new music is largely absent.

Grammy-winner SZA's SOS is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart dated Saturday is Kendrick Lamar's GNX, followed by Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet at No.

Teddy Swims, a native of Conyers, had a smash hit with “Lose Control” in 2023. According to Luminate, “Lose Control” was the most-played song on the radio in the U.S. in 2024. Luminate published their annual year-end music report earlier this week.

This week, we get a fresh jolt of energy, as SZA and Lamar make way for two blockbuster debuts. Lil Baby enters the chart at No. 1 with WHAM — an acronym for "Who Hard As Me," not a tribute to the duo who spent last Christmas in the top 5 — which becomes the rapper's fourth consecutive chart-topper and seventh album to hit the top 10.

The global music industry reached 4.8 trillion streams in 2024, with Taylor Swift's album topping U.S. sales at 3.491 million. Shaboozey had the top song.

Now that most Christmas songs and albums have been packed away into the proverbial attic, the pop landscape of the new year is coming into focus.

Lil Baby’s “Wham” becomes his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with 140,000 units earned in its first full week, according to Luminate. Bad Bunny trails behind at No. 2 with “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,

Rosé and Bruno Mars' are making chart history with their duet "APT.," which continues its reign at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Charts for its ninth non-consecutive week. The track now holds the title of the longest-running No.

Taylor Swift rounds out the ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for a fourth year running, while Australian acts are hard to find once more.

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Record label market share stats for 2024 are out, with Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department leading REPUBLIC to an industry-leading share overall.

How much did Luminate's top 10 digital songs, such as Shaboozey’s "A Bar Song" and Post Malone's "I Had Some Help," earn in 2024?