{"id":3507,"date":"2022-11-07T19:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3507"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:56:08","slug":"taylor-swifts-midnights-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3507","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018Midnights\u2019 Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard\u00a0200"},"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\">Also in the top 10: Reissues spur returns for The Beatles&#8217;\u00a0<em>Revolver<\/em>\u00a0and Baby Keem&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Melodic Blue<\/em>, while Kodak Black&#8217;s latest debuts.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Midnights<\/em>&nbsp;easily tops the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart (dated Nov. 12) for a second week, following its blockbuster debut at No. 1 a week earlier. The set earned 342,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 3 (down 78%). A week ago, the album barged in at No. 1 with 1.578 million units, the largest weekly total since Adele\u2019s&nbsp;<em>25<\/em>&nbsp;debuted with 3.482 million units (Dec. 12, 2015 chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Midnights<\/em>\u00a0has the largest second-week total for any album since Adele\u2019s\u00a0<em>25<\/em>\u00a0tallied 1.162 million units in is second frame (Dec. 19, 2015, chart). Plus,\u00a0<em>Midnights<\/em>\u2019 second-week sum is the third-largest overall week of the year for any album. In 2022, the three largest weeks are\u00a0<em>Midnights<\/em>\u2019 debut (1.578 million), the debut of Harry Styles\u2019\u00a0<em>Harry\u2019s House<\/em>\u00a0(521,000) and\u00a0<em>Midnights<\/em>\u2019 second week (342,000). One more note about the size of\u00a0<em>Midnights<\/em>\u2019 second-week \u2013 it\u2019s so big, it\u2019s larger than the total units earned by the Nos. 2-7 albums on the latest chart combined. A week ago,\u00a0<em>Midnights<\/em>\u2019 first week was larger than the Nos. 2-88 albums\u2019 totals combined.<\/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 Luminate. 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. 12, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Nov. 8. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>Midnights<\/em>\u2018 342,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 224,000 (down 46%, equaling 294 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks), album sales comprise 114,000 (down 90%) and TEA units comprise 4,000 (down 79%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lil Baby\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>It\u2019s Only Me<\/em>&nbsp;is a non-mover at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (81,000 equivalent album units; down 26%), while Bad Bunny\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>Un Verano Sin Ti&nbsp;<\/em>is stationary at No. 3 (62,000; down 7%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-beatles\">The Beatles<\/a>\u2019 former No. 1 Billboard 200 album\u00a0<em>Revolver<\/em>\u00a0re-enters the chart at No. 4 following its deluxe special edition reissue on Oct. 28. The set earned 54,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 3 (up 1,963%). Of that sum, album sales comprise 46,000 (up 6,346%), SEA units comprise 7,000 (up 280%; equaling 8.78 million on-demand streams of the set\u2019s tracks) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (up 1,237%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Revolver<\/em>&nbsp;was first released in 1966 and spent six weeks atop the chart (Sept. 10 \u2013 Oct. 15, 1966-dated charts). For its special edition, the album was reintroduced in a variety of expanded formats and editions, including many with previously unreleased tracks. All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rerelease of&nbsp;<em>Revolver<\/em>&nbsp;is part of the ongoing series of expanded reissues of select studio albums by The Beatles. It follows reissues of&nbsp;<em>Let It Be<\/em>&nbsp;in 2021 (first released in 1970),&nbsp;<em>Abbey Road<\/em>&nbsp;in 2019 (first released in 1969),&nbsp;<em>The Beatles<\/em>&nbsp;in 2018 (often referred to as the White Album, first released in 1968) and&nbsp;<em>Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/em>&nbsp;in 2017 (first released in 1967). All five albums originally hit No. 1 shortly after their release, and returned to the top 10 after their expanded reissues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan Wallen\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>&nbsp;falls 4-5 on the Billboard 200 with 41,000 equivalent album units earned (down 6%), and The Weeknd\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;dips 5-6 with nearly 41,000 (up 3%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baby Keem\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Melodic Blue<\/em>&nbsp;returns to the top 10 after more than a year, vaulting 105-7, following the set\u2019s expanded reissue and debut on vinyl (both on Oct. 28). Ten additional tracks were added to the album (bringing its total to 26 tracks), while the set\u2019s original standard tracklist of 16 tracks bowed on vinyl LP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Melodic Blue<\/em>&nbsp;earned 37,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 3 (up 267%). Of that sum, SEA units comprise 26,000 (equaling 35.76 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s collected tracks), album sales comprise 11,000 (essentially all in vinyl sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Melodic Blue<\/em>\u00a0previously spent one week in the top 10, when it debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Sept. 25, 2021-dated chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kodak Black collects his fifth top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as&nbsp;<em>Kutthroat Bill: Vol. 1<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 8 with 37,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 34,000 (equaling 45.67 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks), album sales comprise 2,500 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 are two former No. 1s: Harry Styles\u2019\u00a0<em>Harry\u2019s House<\/em>, falling 8-9 with 31,000 equivalent album units (down 3%), and Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s\u00a0<em>Renaissance<\/em>, steady at No. 10 with 26,000 (down 12%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3507\" data-postid=\"3507\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3507 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also in the top 10: Reissues spur returns for The Beatles&#8217;\u00a0Revolver\u00a0and Baby Keem&#8217;s\u00a0The Melodic Blue, while Kodak Black&#8217;s latest debuts. Taylor Swift\u2019s&nbsp;Midnights&nbsp;easily tops the&nbsp;Billboard 200&nbsp;chart (dated Nov. 12) for a second week, following its blockbuster debut at No. 1 a week earlier. 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