Just one day after hosting and performing on “Saturday Night Live,” Harry Styles has debuted atop the albums chart with his latest “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.”

Styles’ latest album becomes his fourth to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The record earned 430,000 equivalent album units, the highest debut since Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” bowed atop the chart with 4.002 million units five months ago. It’s also the biggest bow for a solo male artist since Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” started at No. 1 with 493,000 units in May 2025.

It was a relatively short runway for Styles’ fourth solo album, which he announced in January. The return was hardly unexpected as a 2026 release was rumored for months and a series of billboards and advertisements appeared in cities across the world touting lyrics from what would be the lead single “Aperture.” A week after the album’s announcement, he released “Aperture” as the first taste of the 12-track project.

Days later, he announced the dates for his hotly anticipated upcoming “Together Together” tour. The trek will be a series of residencies in seven cities across the globe from May through December, including Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, Melbourne, Sydney, and a whopping 30 dates in New York City.

After presenting album of the year at the Grammy Awards in February and “Aperture” debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Styles gave his first-ever performance of the single at the BRIT Awards last month. To celebrate the album’s release, he staged a one-night-only concert in Manchester that he streamed on Netflix two days later.

Variety praised the album by saying that Styles “defied expectations” with a “slow-burning but satisfying” record. “It’s an album that reveals itself gradually, and there’s plenty for fans to grab onto,” wrote executive music editor Jem Aswad. “Initially, fans may greet this album with confusion or hesitant enthusiasm, because it may not be what they were dreaming of or expecting. But do we really want the same birthday present every year?”

Elsewhere on the albums chart, Bruno Mars’ “The Romantic” slides to No. 2, followed by Wallen’s “I’m the Problem,” Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” and Don Toliver’s “Octane.” Olivia Dean’s “The Art of Loving” slips to No. 6, ahead of Megan Moroney’s “Cloud 9,” “The Life of a Showgirl,” Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” and SZA’s “SOS.”