Noah Kahan Earns First No. 1 With ‘The Great Divide,’ Biggest Streaming Week of Any Album in 2026

Noah Kahan has officially earned his first No. 1 album.

The 29-year-old singer-songwriter’s fourth studio album, The Great Divide, has landed atop the Billboard 200, the magazine announced Sunday. One of the most hotly anticipated albums of 2026, The Great Divide earned 389,000 equivalent album units in its first week, *Billboard *reports. That’s the third biggest week for an album this year.

The Great Divide had healthy physical sales, around 175,000; however, streaming led the Vermont native’s ascent to the top — streaming units comprised 212,000 of the total 389,000 first week equivalent album units. The album marks the biggest streaming week of any album in 2026, Kahan’s largest streaming week and the biggest week for a rock album since Billboard began measuring by units in 2014.