Tate McRae Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200

Tate McRae Lands Her First No. 1 Album With ‘So Close to What’
Will Tate McRae Score Her First No. 1 Album on the Billboard 200 Next Week?
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Tate McRae is ‘So Close’ to pop stardom—or is she already there?
McRae never fails to showcase her ability to produce hit after hit, actively filling the spot of past pop princesses like Britney Spears (minus the scandals). Spears, during the beginning of her whirlwind career,
Tate McRae Isn’t Trying to Be Anyone But Herself
Humor turns out to be one of McRae’s greatest strengths, whether she’s telling a man to cut the sentimentality and simply touch her on “2 Hands,” or she’s pulling out gasp-inducing couplets like: “I’m losin’ my mind ’cause giving you head’s / The only time you think I got depth” in “Purple Lace Bra,” a song she considers a personal favorite.
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In a slow week for new albums, pop singer Tate McRae reigns supreme
Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer Tate McRae debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her album So Close to What, knocking Drake from the top spot.
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Tate McRae’s Sisyphean Climb To Superstardom
The summer/fall 2025 issue of Gen V, an offshoot of high-fashion V Magazine, commissioned a glossy, splashy, Nicola Formichetti-styled cover story celebrating the “inauguration into pop royalty” of Canadian artist Tate McRae. Here is the lead of that story: “In the beginning, God created heaven, earth, and Britney Spears.”
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Tate McRae Is ARIA Chart Queen, as Rum Jungle and Ziggy Alberts Land Top 20 Debuts
The Canadian singer and songwriter’s third studio album starts at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, for her first leader on either main chart
Tate McRae Lands First ARIA No. 1 Album With ‘So Close To What'
Tate McRae has officially hit a new career high in Australia. The Canadian singer-songwriter has secured her first No. 1 album on the ARIA Albums Chart with So Close To What, marking her third top 10 placement Down Under.