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Top 10 Apple Music — Top Albums (US) — April 25, 2026

On April 25, 2026, Noah Kahan's "The Great Divide" snatches the US Apple Music top spot on its release day, proving that folk-pop storytelling still grabs attention in a year dominated by K-pop and hip-hop. This chart, drawn from Apple Music's daily album streams and sales across the US, cuts through the noise to show what people actually hit play on — not what critics hype. Kahan's debut at #1 signals a strong appetite for intimate, narrative-driven music, while Kehlani's self-titled project lands at #2 just a day after its drop, reinforcing that R&B loyalists stream fast. Meanwhile, BTS's "ARIRANG" sits at #7 with its March release still holding power, showing K-pop's endurance beyond initial blast. This isn't a curated playlist; it's a raw, unfiltered snapshot of US listening behavior on a single spring day, aggregated by Apple's proprietary algorithms from millions of user actions.

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Country and folk dominate the top 10 with three entries: Noah Kahan at #1, Ella Langley at #3, and Morgan Wallen at #5, while Jason Aldean's "Songs About Us" sits at #9. That's a clear signal that narrative-driven, guitar-based music is the US's comfort food in early 2026. Hip-hop and pop are present but scattered — Don Toliver's "OCTANE" at #4, Justin Bieber's "SWAG II" at #6, and Kanye West's "BULLY" at #10 — no rap entry cracks the top three. The most surprising entry is the "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack at #8, a Netflix film tie-in that suggests soundtrack albums can still break through when attached to buzzy visual content. BTS's "ARIRANG" at #7 proves their fanbase streams catalog material aggressively long after release. The absence of any non-English or Latin music in the top 10 is glaring. Expect more cross-genre collisions as summer festival season reshuffles the chart.

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