NACC 200 NOTABLES:
1] Last week, Mitski collected the most Top 10 adds any record had seen in nearly three and a half years and debuted at #4 on the NACC 200. So a hasty ascent to #1 seemed like a foregone conclusion and came to fruition this week. Her eighth studio album, Nothing’s About To Happen To Me, becomes her fourth #1 in a row on the NACC 200 and pads her already record-holding accumulated weeks at #1 with 17. She is also now one of four artists with 4+ chart-toppers. As the other three artists have done it with a combination of solo and band projects, Mitski becomes the first artist with four #1s all under her own name.
2] Two albums reach the NACC Top 10 this week and do so in grand fashion. Texas native and Big Thief member, Buck Meek, races up from 74-6 with his fourth solo album, The Mirror. It’s his second to reach the Top 10 here. He has also reached the Top 10 five times with Big Thief, making him one of the most frequent visitors to the NACC 200’s top tier.
3] Also reaching the Top 10 this week is another act that is no stranger to the chart’s upper reaches. Damon Albarn and his virtual group Gorillaz have been making music since 1998. In that time, nine LPs have been released, including the band’s latest, The Mountain. This album (in addition to its three regular members) features nearly 50 other musicians, including Bobby Womack, Omar Souleyman, Johnny Marr, Gruff Rhys, Anoushka Shankar, and Asha Puthli. The album zips from 39-3, giving Gorillaz their fifth Top 10 album. They’re seeking their fourth #1 with this release.
4] The NACC 200’s highest debut this week comes from a band called Nothing. The Philadelphia five-piece formed in 2010 and has released five studio albums since. Their latest, A Short History Of Decay, marks the longest time between albums at six years. Before this, Nothing fans had never gone two years without new music. The band’s previous LP, The Great Dismal, reached the NACC Top 10, and this new album certainly seems poised to do the same after debuting at #18 this week.
5] For just the second time ever, a Various Artists compilation is NACC’s most-added album of the week. It last happened in 2019. The War Child release HELP(2) collects 44 Top 10 adds this week (besting Endearments by a single Top 10 add) to take the crown. As Help did 30 years ago, this latest effort benefits humanitarian efforts, supporting Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, and Ukraine this time around. And it’s a dynamite collection of artists, including Arctic Monkeys (with their #1 NACC Single, “Opening Night”), Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C., beabadoobee, The Last Dinner Party, and many current NACC-charting artists like Arlo Parks, Damon Albarn, and Big Thief. The comp also scores the second-highest debut of the week on the NACC 200, opening at #25.
GENRE CHART HIGHLIGHTS:
1] With the HELP(2) compilation that the Arctic Monkeys single, “Opening Night,” can be found on coming out this past Friday (and therefore making the single ineligible to chart on NACC Singles), Arlo Parks rises back to the top spot with the most successful single NACC has seen so far in 2026. “2SIDED” rises back 2-1 for a fifth cumulative week on top (after also reaching the Top 5 of the NACC 200).
2] Making the biggest climb to #1 on any NACC Chart this week is Kurt Elling And The WDR Big Band conducted by Bob Mintzer. The project features modern big-band arrangements of classic pop and jazz songs. The album soars from 22-1 on NACC Jazz. Although a number of albums have debuted at #1 on this chart, this is the biggest climb to #1 on NACC Jazz since April of 2018.
3] Only two NACC Charts remain in 2026 where every #1 so far this year has spent multiple weeks on top. NACC Blues has only seen two #1s this year with four and six week runs on top inluding its current penthouse occupant, Tinsley Ellis. NACC Electronic has seen four #1s so far in 2026 and all have spent two or more weeks on top including the current chart-topper from Rochelle Jordan.
