{"id":2594,"date":"2022-03-06T13:05:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:25","slug":"encanto-enchants-billboard-200-albums-chart-with-eighth-week-at-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2594","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Encanto\u2019 Enchants Billboard 200 Albums Chart with Eighth Week at No. 1"},"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: Kodak Black, Tears for Fears and Avril Lavigne debut in top 10. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/encanto\/\">Encanto<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;soundtrack enchants in the No. 1 slot on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart (dated March 12) for an eighth nonconsecutive week. The set earned 80,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 3 (down 11%), according to MRC Data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last five years, only three albums have spent at least eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200:\u00a0<em>Encanto<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/morgan-wallen\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Dangerous: The Double Album\u00a0<\/em>(10 weeks), and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Folklore<\/em>\u00a0(eight weeks).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10, new albums from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/kodak-black\">Kodak Black<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/tears-for-fears\">Tears for Fears<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/avril-lavigne\">Avril Lavigne<\/a>\u00a0all debut in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on&nbsp;multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by MRC Data. 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 March 12, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on March 8. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>Encanto<\/em>\u2019s 80,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 68,000 (down 11%, equaling 101.16 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs), album sales comprise 10,000 (down 16%) and TEA units comprise 2,000 (down 10%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kodak Black collects his fourth top five-charting album on the Billboard 200, as his latest release,&nbsp;<em>Back for Everything<\/em>, bows at No. 2 with 60,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 57,000 (equaling 84 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks), album sales comprise 3,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new album was preceded by the hit single \u201cSuper Gremlin,\u201d which has reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Jan. 29) \u2014 the rapper\u2019s highest charting song unaccompanied by another act. (He\u2019s charted higher only with \u201cZEZE,\u201d featuring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/travis-scott\">Travis Scott<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/offset\">Offset<\/a>, which peaked at No. 2 in 2018.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kodak Black notched his first Billboard 200 No. 1 with his prior top 10,&nbsp;<em>Dying to Live<\/em>, in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/morgan-wallen\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>\u00a0is stationary at No. 3, with 42,000 equivalent album units (up 3%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>&nbsp;has now accumulated 59 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 \u2014 surpassing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Fearless<\/em>&nbsp;for the most weeks in the top 10 among country albums in the chart\u2019s history.&nbsp;<em>Fearless<\/em>&nbsp;clocked 58 weeks in the region in 2008-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among all albums released since 2000,&nbsp;<em>Dangerous<\/em>&nbsp;ties Swift\u2019s&nbsp;<em>1989<\/em>&nbsp;for the second-most weeks in the top 10, trailing only&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/adele\">Adele<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>21<\/em>, which captured 84 weeks in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/gunna\">Gunna<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>DS4Ever<\/em>&nbsp;falls from No. 2 to No. 4 with 38,000 equivalent album units (down 9%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-weeknd\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s compilation&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;dips 4-5 with 34,000 units (though up 3%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/drake\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>Certified Lover Boy<\/em>&nbsp;rises 7-6 with 32,000 units (down less than 1%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/olivia-rodrigo\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s former leader&nbsp;<em>Sour<\/em>&nbsp;falls 5-7 with just over 31,000 units (down 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tears for Fears hit the top 10 for the first time in more than 30 years, as the act\u2019s new album,&nbsp;<em>The Tipping Point<\/em>, debuts at No. 8 \u2014 the duo\u2019s highest debut ever. The set is Tears for Fears\u2019 first new studio album since 2004\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Everybody Loves a Happy Ending<\/em>, and first top 10 since 1989\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Seeds of Love<\/em>&nbsp;peaked at No. 8. In total,&nbsp;<em>The Tipping Point<\/em>&nbsp;is the third top 10 album on the Billboard 200 for the duo (Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith) \u2014 the act also spent five weeks at No. 1 in 1985 with&nbsp;<em>Songs From the Big Chair<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new album\u2019s title track peaked at No. 17 on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/triple-a\/\">Adult Alternative Airplay<\/a>&nbsp;chart in January.&nbsp;<em>The Tipping Point<\/em>&nbsp;was ushered in with performances by Tears for Fears on ABC\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Good Morning America&nbsp;<\/em>(Feb. 22), CBS\u2019&nbsp;<em>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em>&nbsp;(Feb. 24) and a feature on CBS\u2019&nbsp;<em>Sunday Morning<\/em>&nbsp;(Feb. 20).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Tipping Point<\/em>\u00a0launches with 31,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 29,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week); SEA units comprise 1,500 (equaling 2.04 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks) and TEA units comprise about 500 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avril Lavigne is back in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 for the first time since 2013, as her new album,&nbsp;<em>Love Sux<\/em>, bows at No. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Love Sux<\/em>&nbsp;is Lavigne\u2019s sixth top 10 effort overall on the Billboard 200, and all seven of her chart entries have reached the top 15. 2022 marks Lavigne\u2019s 20th anniversary on the chart, as well \u2014 her debut effort,&nbsp;<em>Let Go<\/em>, entered the list dated June 22, 2002, at No. 8, and peaked at No. 2 on the Sept. 28, 2002, chart. She boasts two No. 1s:&nbsp;<em>Under the Skin<\/em>&nbsp;(2004) and&nbsp;<em>The Best Damn Thing<\/em>&nbsp;(2007). She had last appeared in the top 10 with her No. 5-peaking eponymous set in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Love Sux<\/em>&nbsp;starts with 30,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 19,000; SEA units comprise nearly 10,000 (equaling 12.61 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks) and TEA units comprise 1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the top 10 on the Billboard 200 is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/doja-cat\">Doja Cat<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Planet Her<\/em>, which falls 8-10 with 29,000 equivalent album units earned (up less than 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2594\" data-postid=\"2594\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2594 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Kodak Black, Tears for Fears and Avril Lavigne debut in top 10. 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