of SZA SOS Topped the Billboard 200 album chart (as of January 21) for 5 consecutive weeks. According to Luminate, he earned 125,000 worth of album units in the US in the week ending Jan. 12 (a decrease of less than 1%).
Only four albums have held the number one spot for more than five weeks into 2022. From newest to oldest SOSTaylor Swift midnight (5), Bad Bunnies summer without you (13) and charm Soundtrack (9).
SOS is the first album to spend its first five weeks at number one since Adele’s album. 30 It dominated the list for the first six weeks from December 4, 2021 to January 2021 (#1 overall). August 8, 2022.
The last R&B album to have a solo female at number one for five consecutive weeks was Mariah Carey’s. Fantasywas not recorded for six consecutive weeks from October 21, 1995 to January 13, 1996 (although the last R&B album by an all-female artist remained at number one for five consecutive weeks). fan letter By the trio TLC who was in charge for 5 weeks non-consecutively in 1999 [March 13-May 8]).
And the last R&B album by a woman to spend its first five weeks at No. 1 was Janet Jackson’s. Janet., topped the list for the first 6 frames (June 5 – July 10, 1993). (R&B albums are defined as hit or targeted. billboard‘s Top R&B Albums chart. )
Also in the new Billboard 200 Top 10, YoungBoy Never Broke Again entered the Top 10 chart for the 13th time, its first release from Motown. i rest my casedebuted at 9th place.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums in the United States based on multimetric consumption measured in equivalent album units compiled by Luminate. Units consist of Album Sales, Track Equivalent Albums (TEA), and Streaming Equivalent Albums (SEA). Each unit equals 1 album sale, or 10 tracks sold from 1 album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription-on-demand official audio and video streams, and tracks from the album. Generated by The new chart as of January 21, 2023 is billboard.
Five former No. 1s ranked from No. 2 to No. 6 on the new Billboard 200.Taylor Swift’s midnight Second place (81,000 worth of album units, down 31%), followed by Metro Boomin hero and villain (57,000, up 1%), Drake, 21 Savage loss of her (51,000; down 3%), Bad Bunny’s summer without you (45,000; 10% down) and Morgan Warren’s Dangerous: The Double Album (43,000; up 2%).
Zach Bryan american heartbreak Lil Baby tops the charts with 33,000 worth of Album Units earned (less than 1% decrease), rising to 8-7 It’s Only Me 9-8 up at 31,000 (down 1%).
YoungBoy Never Broke Again reached the 13th Top 10 chart on the Billboard 200. i rest my case It started in 9th place and earned 29,000 worth of album units. Of that total, SEA units make up his 27,000 (equivalent to his 39.59 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 19 tracks), while album sales and his TEA units make up 1,000 each.
i rest my case is the rapper’s first release on Motown after a prolific stint with Atlantic that included top 10 hits in the top 10 (five of them in 2022). in total, i rest my case is the artist’s 28th chart title on the Billboard 200 since debuting on the list in August 2017.
Rounding out the new Top 10 is Harry Styles’ former No. 1 harry’s housewhich held steady at number 10 and earned 26,000 worth of album units (down 10%).
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