Kanye West re-enters the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated June 16) at No. 1 to become the top musical act in the U.S. for the first time. Powering his return, his new album Ye debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as his eighth No. 1, with 205,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music.

The Artist 100, which launched in July 2014, measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media fan interaction to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.

West previously peaked at No. 3 on the Artist 100 in 2016, when his last album, The Life of Pablo, topped the Billboard 200.