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The mighty three-way see-saw battle for #1 between Japanese Breakfast, Tunde Adebimpe, and Bon Iver may have continued this week were it not for a fresh new competitor that came on the scene last week. Between the three of them, Adebimpe edged back in front of...

The battle for #1 over the past month or so has been one of the most interesting in NACC 200 history. We've seen two albums trade places for the #1 spot before, but lately, three albums have been battling it out. A player whose time we thought had come and gone turns...

The race for #1 was a wild one this week, with three horses in the race. After being ousted from #1 last week, Bon Iver made a valiant effort to retake the top spot back from Japanese Breakfast, and they did indeed climb over them. But in the end, neither took the...

Falling from #1 on the NACC 200 doesn't always mean an album's run at the top is over. Ten times previously, we've seen artists relinquish #1 only to reclaim it again. Most recently, Sufjan Stevens did it at the beginning of 2024. But Japanese Breakfast does get a...

Bon Iver enjoys a second week atop the NACC 200 with their fifth studio album, SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar), though it almost didn't happen. After taking over the top spot from Japanese Breakfast last week with a slim 23-point edge, the gap between the two bands shrinks...

Eau Claire, WI six-piece Bon Iver scored the highest debut of the year two weeks ago, opening at #11 on the NACC 200. That was a fairly good indication of where things were headed. This week, the band's fifth studio album, SABLE, fABLE (Jagjaguwar), completes its...

Philly four-piece Japanese Breakfast continues their run atop the NACC 200 this week, logging a fourth straight week at #1 with their fourth studio album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) out on Dead Oceans. They are now just one week shy of tying Father John...

Last week, Japanese Breakfast had a bonkers lead over everyone else on the NACC 200 with nearly twice as many points as their next closest competitor. That lead has shrunk substantially this week, though they still have a commanding one with about 30% more points than...

Philly-based quartet Japanese Breakfast continues to dominate the NACC Charts and does so even more forcefully than last week. Their fourth Dead Oceans release, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), not only spends a second week at #1 on the NACC 200, but increases...