Across Billboard‘s 200-plus charts this week (dated Aug. 9, 2025), there’s a fresh wave of artists who make their first-ever chart appearances. This week’s list includes a singer-songwriter behind several tracks on Gracie Abrams’ album The Secret of Us, the lead vocalist and guitarist for 5 Seconds of Summer, a rising dembow bélico star out of Mexico, and a yacht rock cover band that debuts with an original song.
Take a look at the eclectic bunch below.
Audrey Hobert
The singer-songwriter makes her Billboard chart debut this week with her first single, “Sue Me,” which enters the Pop Airplay chart at No. 39 with a 29% gain in plays in the July 25-31 tracking week, according to Luminate.
While the RCA Records single marks Hobert’s first chart hit as a recording artist, she previously charted as a songwriter on several songs from Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us. Hobert co-wrote seven songs on the album, which hit No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in July 2024. Three of those songs — “That’s So True” (No. 6 peak), “I Love You, I’m Sorry (No. 19) and “Risk” (No. 94) — charted on the Billboard Hot 100. “That’s So True” was a major milestone for Abrams and Hobert, also hitting No. 1 on Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay and reaching the top five on the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts.
Hobert has released two other solo songs so far — “Bowling Alley” (June 20) and “Wet Hair” (July 23) — but she’s been performing several other unreleased songs on her Wanna Hear a Bunch of Songs I Wrote? Tour. Her debut album, Who’s the Clown?, is due Aug. 15.
Notably, Hobert’s brother is fellow Billboard chart newcomer Malcolm Todd. He charted on the Hot 100 for the first time in April with his breakthrough single “Chest Pain (I Love)” (No. 68 peak).
Michael Clifford
Thanks to his solo debut album Sidequest, Michael Clifford becomes the fourth and final member of 5 Seconds of Summer to chart as a solo artist. Released July 25 via Hopeless Records, Sidequest opens at No. 15 on Top Album Sales with 5,000 copies sold in the United States in its opening week. Of that sum, 2,000 were in vinyl, landing it at No. 19 on the Vinyl Albums chart. He also debuts at No. 5 on Emerging Artists.
5SOS had an impressive run in the 2010s. The band charted seven albums on the Billboard 200, six of which reached the top five and three of which hit No. 1: 5 Seconds of Summer (2014), Sounds Good Feels Good (2015) and Youngblood (2018). The group has charted 15 hits on the Hot 100, including the 2018 top 10 “Youngblood.”
The band’s drummer, Ashton Irwin, was the first member to chart solo, when he reached No. 77 on Top Current Album Sales with Superbloom in 2020. Vocalist Luke Hemmings was next, as he’s charted two solo projects: his debut solo album When Facing the Things We Turn Away From reached No. 124 on the Billboard 200 in 2021, and his EP Boy peaked at No. 99 on the Billboard 200 in 2024. Bassist Calum Hood was the third, when his album ORDER chaos ORDER reached No. 179 on the Billboard 200 in June.
Victor Mendivil
The 19-year-old Mexican rapper earns his first U.S. Billboard chart entry this week with his new album Tutankamon, which he released July 24 on Oscar Maydon’s Rico o Muerto Music label. The set opens at No. 9 on the Latin Rhythm Albums chart and No. 19 on Top Latin Albums with 6,000 units, and features collaborations with other high-profile Mexican artists, including Natanael Cano, Luis R Conriquez and Gabito Ballesteros. Mendivil is among the fresh faces of dembow bélico music, a genre that blends fast-paced hip-hop-inspired beats with the traditional sounds of regional Mexican music.
While this is Mendivil’s U.S. debut, he’s already charted eight songs on the Mexico Songs chart, which is part of Billboard’s Hits of the World collection.
Yächtley Crëw
The nautical-themed yacht rock revivalists are now officially Billboard-charting artists thanks to their original song, “Pain of Losing You,” which was by written 16-time Academy Award nominee Diane Warren.
The track enters the Adult Contemporary airplay chart at No. 28 and is slated to appear on the band’s upcoming album Seas the Night, which largely includes covers of soft rock staples from the ‘70s and ‘80s, including Toto’s “Hold the Line,” Hall & Oates’ “You Make My Dreams” and Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ in the Years.”
Formed in 2017, Yächtley Crëw quickly built a cult following with high-energy covers of soft rock favorites from the yacht rock era. The band has maintained a residency at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas and was spotlighted in HBO’s Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, which was released last November and also featured Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross and Toto.