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The Great Divide already had its weeks
Noah Kahan's The Great Divide is his first No. 1 album. It spent three weeks on top of the Billboard 200.
The House · 2026-09-18
Raph_PH, Glastonbury 2025. CC BY 4.0.
The Great Divide is the record that finally put Noah Kahan at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It held the spot for three weeks. Stick Season is the album people already knew him by. This one is the chart fact.
That run sat in the same stretch of the year as Drake's ICEMAN and the albums that came after it. Three weeks is not a dynasty. For a songwriter who built a crowd without ever topping that list, it is the week that changed the sentence people use.
The picture is from Glastonbury in 2025, before this album's run. He is on a stage, which is the job. The house does not have the songs.
This one is not on the shelf.