Top 10 Apple Music — Top Albums (US) — September 3, 2026

Trend Analysis

Hip-hop dominates the US albums chart on September 3, 2026, claiming six of the ten slots, with Drake alone controlling two positions through 'ICEMAN' and 'HABIBTI,' both from the same May 15 release. Emotional, confessional rap leads the way: Rod Wave's 'Don't Look Down' takes No. 1 in its first charting week, while Future's 'The Real Me' and Pooh Shiesty's 'All Eyes on Shiesty' show that street-rooted Atlanta rap still pulls heavy streaming weight. Pop is present but quieter than usual, with Olivia Rodrigo's 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' at No. 3 and Ariana Grande's 'petal' at No. 6 representing the genre's full reach. Country crossover arrives via Noah Kahan's folk-leaning 'The Great Divide: The Last Of The Bugs' at No. 7 and Morgan Wallen's enduring 'I'm The Problem' at No. 9, a reminder that country-adjacent storytelling holds a reliable audience on Apple Music. The most surprising detail is KAROL G's 'NO ME ARREPIENTO DE SENTIR TANTO' cracking the top five entirely in Spanish. Expect more Latin-language releases to follow that path into the upper chart in the coming months.