{"id":2481,"date":"2021-11-14T20:11:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T04:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:27","slug":"summer-walker-earns-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-still-over-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2481","title":{"rendered":"Summer Walker Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with &#8216;Still Over It&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plus: ABBA and Key Glock debut in the top 10.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/summer-walker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Summer Walker<\/a>&nbsp;earns her first No. 1 album on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart, as the singer\u2019s second studio LP,&nbsp;<em>Still Over It<\/em>, arrives atop the list. The 20-track set was released on Nov. 5 and launches with 166,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 11, according to MRC Data. Over 90% of the album\u2019s first-week units were driven by streaming activity.&nbsp;<em>Still Over It<\/em>&nbsp;marks both the first R&amp;B album by a woman to top the Billboard 200 in more than five years and the largest streaming week ever for an R&amp;B album by a woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/abba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABBA<\/a>&nbsp;returns with the group\u2019s highest-charting album ever \u2013 and first top 10 \u2013 as its new studio album,&nbsp;<em>Voyage<\/em>, bows at No. 2. Plus, rapper&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/key-glock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Key Glock<\/a>&nbsp;lands his highest-charting set, as&nbsp;<em>Yellow Tape 2&nbsp;<\/em>begins at No. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on\u00a0multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid\/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Nov. 20, 2021-dated chart (where<em>\u00a0Still Over It<\/em>\u00a0debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s website on Nov. 16. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.\u00a0Of\u00a0<em>Still Over It<\/em>\u2019s 166,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 11, SEA units comprise 153,000 (equaling 201.1 million on-demand streams of the set\u2019s tracks), album sales comprise 12,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Still Over It<\/em>&nbsp;is Walker\u2019s third top 10 on the Billboard 200. It follows her 2020 EP,&nbsp;<em>Life on Earth<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 8), and her debut full-length studio album,&nbsp;<em>Over It<\/em>, in 2019 (No. 2).&nbsp;<em>Over It<\/em>&nbsp;has spent more than 100 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and finished 2020 as the No. 2 title on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/year-end\/2020\/r-and-b-albums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">year-end Top R&amp;B Albums recap<\/a>. The set has earned over 2.5 million equivalent album units in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new album was announced on Oct. 4 and led by the single \u201cEx for a Reason,\u201d with JT (of City Girls). The track debuted at No. 6 on the Hot R&amp;B Songs chart and in the top 20 of Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs (both dated Oct. 30).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at some of the feats that Walker achieves with the debut of<em>&nbsp;Still Over It<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First No. 1 R&amp;B Album by a Woman in Over Five Years:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Still Over It<\/em>&nbsp;is the first R&amp;B album by a woman to top the Billboard 200 since Solange\u2019s&nbsp;<em>A Seat at the Table<\/em>&nbsp;ruled for one week on Oct. 22, 2016-dated chart. The last R&amp;B album by&nbsp;any&nbsp;artist to be No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>, more than a year ago; it logged its fourth and final week at No. 1 on the April 25, 2020 chart. (R&amp;B albums are defined as those that have hit&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Top R&amp;B Albums chart.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Still Over It<\/em>\u00a0also logs the biggest week, by units earned, for an R&amp;B album by a woman since\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/beyonce\" target=\"_blank\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Lemonade<\/em>\u00a0earned 202,000 units in its third week (May 28, 2016 chart). (<em>Lemonade<\/em>\u00a0bowed with 653,000 units and then earned 321,000 units in its second week.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biggest Week for an R&amp;B Album in 2021:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Still Over It<\/em>&nbsp;scores the biggest week, by units, for an R&amp;B album in 2021. The last R&amp;B set to tally a larger week was The Weeknd\u2019s&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;(444,000 in its debut week; April 4, 2020 chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Largest Streaming Week Ever for an R&amp;B Album by a Woman:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Still Over It<\/em>&nbsp;bows with 153,000 SEA units \u2013 totaling 201.1 million on-demand streams of the album\u2019s tracks. It earns the largest streaming week ever for an R&amp;B album by a woman, surpassing Walker\u2019s own&nbsp;<em>Over It<\/em>&nbsp;(154.7 million in its debut week).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Still Over It<\/em>&nbsp;also captures the second-biggest streaming week ever for&nbsp;any&nbsp;R&amp;B album, trailing only the debut frame of The Weeknd\u2019s&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;(220.7 million; chart dated April 4, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fourth-Biggest Debut by a Woman in 2021:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Still Over It\u00a0<\/em>notches the fourth-largest debut week of 2021 by a woman. The only larger debuts in 2021 registered by women were the opening weeks of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>\u00a0(with 291,000 units; April 24 chart),\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/olivia-rodrigo\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Sour<\/em>\u00a0(295,000; June 5) and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/billie-eilish\" target=\"_blank\">Billie Eilish<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Happier Than Ever<\/em>\u00a0(238,000; Aug. 14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pop legends ABBA earn their highest charting album ever, and first top 10, as&nbsp;<em>Voyage<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The set was released on Nov. 5 and is the quartet\u2019s first new studio album since 1982\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Visitors<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until this week, ABBA\u2019s highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 was 1978\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Album<\/em>, which peaked at No. 14 on the July 22, 1978-dated chart. (<em>The Album<\/em>&nbsp;contains the hit single \u201cTake a Chance on Me,\u201d which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart.&nbsp;<em>The Album<\/em>&nbsp;was the follow-up to&nbsp;<em>Arrival<\/em>, which peaked at No. 20 and includes the act\u2019s lone No. 1 Hot 100 hit, among four top 10s, \u201cDancing Queen.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total,\u00a0<em>Voyage<\/em>\u00a0marks ABBA\u2019s 14th charting album on the Billboard 200 and seventh to reach the top 40. (Not counted among those are the two\u00a0<em>Mamma Mia!<\/em>\u00a0film soundtracks, which consist of covers of ABBA tunes by their respective film\u2019s actors. Both albums found great success, with the first\u00a0<em>Mamma Mia!<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack hitting No. 1 in 2008 and the sequel film&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack reaching No. 3 in 2018.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Voyage<\/em>&nbsp;starts with 82,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 11. Of that sum, album sales comprise 78,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week and the largest sales week for an album by a group in 2021); SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 4.9 million on-demand streams of the set\u2019s songs), and TEA units comprise a negligible number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/drake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>Certified Lover Boy<\/em>&nbsp;falls 2-3 on the new Billboard 200 with 62,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8%), while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ed-sheeran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ed Sheeran<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>=<\/em>&nbsp;descends 1-4 in its second week with 51,000 units (down 57%).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/morgan-wallen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>&nbsp;dips 3-5 with 43,000 units (though up 4%) and Doja Cat\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Planet Her<\/em>&nbsp;drops 4-6 with 37,000 units (down 6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rapper Key Glock lands his highest-charting album with the No. 7 debut of&nbsp;<em>Yellow Tape 2<\/em>. The set, which marks his third top 10-charting effort, bows with 36,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 26,500 units (equaling 35.8 million on-demand streams of the set\u2019s tracks), album sales comprise 9,500 and TEA units comprise a negligible figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 are Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>Sour<\/em>\u00a0(6-8 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned; down 2%),\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/youngboy-never-broke-again\" target=\"_blank\">YoungBoy Never Broke Again<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping<em>\u00a0Sincerely, Kentrell\u00a0<\/em>(7-9 with 31,000 units; down 11%) and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-nas-x\" target=\"_blank\">Lil Nas X<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Montero<\/em>\u00a0(8-10 with 27,000 units; down 9%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2481\" data-postid=\"2481\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2481 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: ABBA and Key Glock debut in the top 10. Summer Walker&nbsp;earns her first No. 1 album on the&nbsp;Billboard 200&nbsp;chart, as the singer\u2019s second studio LP,&nbsp;Still Over It, arrives atop the list. The 20-track set was released on Nov. 5 and launches with 166,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-now","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","no-post-comment","no-post-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/feature-cover-rbhh-summer-walker-02-gizelle-hernandez-1548-1605099933-compressed1.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2716,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions\/2716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}