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- Apr 24, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Noah Kahan Releases 'The Great Divide', the Biggest Rock Album Week Since 2014
- Noah Kahan announced his fourth album on 28 January 2026 for release on 24 April, following 2022's breakout Stick Season[1]
- He wrote it 'next to a piano in Nashville, next to a pond in Guilford Vermont, in a legendary studio in upstate New York, on a farm with a firetower in Only, Tennessee'[1]
- It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated 9 May with 389,000 units, his first No. 1, passing Dave Matthews Band's 292,000 (2018) as the biggest rock week since units began in 2014[3]
- Its 175,000 sales were the largest for a rock album since Tool's Fear Inoculum in 2019, and it posted 2026's largest streaming week, 215.37 million streams[3]
- Aaron Dessner, Kahan and Gabe Simon produced it; it also debuted at No. 1 in the UK[2]
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- [1]90%variety.com/2026/music/news/noah-kahan-announces-new-album-the-great-divide-1236643577variety.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Apr 24, 2026 ✓· 39% of score
Variety, 28 January 2026: 'Noah Kahan has announced that his fourth album, "The Great Divide," will be released on April 24'; Billboard's[3] chart report confirms its debut for the week ending April 30.
- [2]75%The Great Divide (Noah Kahan album)en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 39% of score
Gives the 24 April 2026 Mercury release, producers Aaron Dessner, Kahan and Gabe Simon, the 77:20 running time, No. 1 debuts in the US and UK, singles 'The Great Divide', 'Porch Light', 'Doors' and 'Orbiter', and the Great Divide Tour from June to December 2026.[1]
- [3]90%Noah Kahan's 'The Great Divide' Debuts Atop Billboard 200 Chartbillboard.com· Published May 3, 2026· 22% of score
Billboard's chart report: his first No. 1 album, on the chart dated May 9, with 389,000 units in the week ending April 30 (212,000 streaming units from 215.37 million streams, 175,000 sales), the largest week for a rock album since units began in December 2014 and 2026's biggest streaming week.
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