{"id":3622,"date":"2023-01-30T01:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T01:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2023-01-30T01:09:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T01:09:42","slug":"szas-sos-spends-seventh-straight-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3622","title":{"rendered":"SZA\u2019s \u2018SOS\u2019 Spends Seventh Straight Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200\u00a0Chart"},"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<p>&#8216;SOS&#8217; is the first R&amp;B album to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1 since Whitney Houston&#8217;s &#8216;Whitney&#8217; in 1987.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\">SZA<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>SOS<\/em>\u00a0racks up a seventh consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Feb. 4) \u2013 the entirety of its chart run. The last album by a woman with seven weeks at No. 1 was Taylor Swift\u2019s\u00a0<em>Folklore<\/em>, more than two years ago, as it notched its eighth and final week atop the list on the chart dated Oct. 31, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>SOS<\/em>\u00a0earned 111,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 26 (down 7%), according to Luminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 chart:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/trippie-redd\/\">Trippie Redd<\/a>\u00a0logs his seventh top 10-charting effort with the No. 3 debut of\u00a0<em>Mansion Muzik<\/em>, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/hardy\/\">HARDY<\/a>\u00a0clocks his first top 10 with the No. 4 arrival of\u00a0<em>The Mockingbird &amp; The Crow<\/em>.<\/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 Feb. 4, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Jan. 31. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>\u2019 111,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Jan. 26, SEA units comprise 109,500 (down 7%, equaling 148.87 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks), album sales comprise 1,000 (up 37%) and TEA units comprise 500 units (down 8%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last year, only three albums have spent at least seven weeks at No. 1:&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>, Bad Bunny\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Un Verano Sin Ti<\/em>&nbsp;(13 nonconsecutive weeks) and the&nbsp;<em>Encanto<\/em>&nbsp;soundtrack (nine nonconsecutive weeks).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few statistics about&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>\u2019 seven-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard 200:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SZA Meets Whitney in Chart History:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>SOS<\/em>\u00a0is the first R&amp;B\/hip-hop album by a woman, or R&amp;B album by any act, to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1 since Whitney Houston\u2019s\u00a0<em>Whitney<\/em>\u00a0in 1987. The latter debuted at No. 1 on the June 27, 1987-dated list and spent its first 11 weeks at No. 1 (its total run at No. 1).\u00a0<em>Whitney<\/em>\u00a0was the first R&amp;B\/hip-hop album by a woman, or R&amp;B album by a woman, to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R&amp;B\/hip-hop and R&amp;B albums are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Top R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Albums and Top R&amp;B Albums charts, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drake\u2019s<em>&nbsp;Views<\/em>&nbsp;was the last R&amp;B\/hip-hop set to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1 \u2014 it spent its first nine weeks at No. 1 (May 21-July 16, 2016 charts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most Consecutive Weeks at No. 1 in Nearly a Year:<\/strong>&nbsp;The last album, regardless of genre classification, with seven weeks in a row at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was the&nbsp;<em>Encanto<\/em>&nbsp;soundtrack, with eight straight weeks atop the list (Jan. 29-March 19, 2022-dated charts). The&nbsp;<em>Encanto<\/em>&nbsp;soundtrack spent a total of nine weeks at No. 1, as it logged one earlier frame at No. 1 on the Jan. 15, 2022 chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last album by a woman with seven consecutive weeks at No. 1 was Adele\u2019s&nbsp;<em>25<\/em>, which spent its first seven weeks at No. 1 in late 2015 and early 2016 (Dec. 12, 2015-Jan. 23, 2016).&nbsp;<em>25<\/em>&nbsp;spent 10 total nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most Weeks at No. 1 for an Album by a Woman Since 2020:<\/strong>&nbsp;Taylor Swift\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Folklore<\/em>&nbsp;was the last album by a woman to score seven weeks atop the list. The album topped the list for its first six weeks (Aug. 8-Sept. 12, 2020) and then returned for two more nonconsecutive weeks (Oct. 3 and Oct. 31, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018SOS\u2019 Is the First Album by a Woman With its First Seven Weeks at No. 1 Since 2016:<\/strong>\u00a0Adele\u2019s\u00a0<em>25<\/em>\u00a0was the last album by a woman to spend its first seven weeks on the chart at No. 1. The\u00a0<em>25<\/em>\u00a0album ruled the list in its first seven weeks (Dec. 12, 2015-Jan. 23, 2016) and then logged three more later frames at No. 1, for a total of 10 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. (The last album with its first seven weeks at No. 1 was Morgan Wallen\u2019s\u00a0<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>, which spent it first 10 weeks at No. 1 [its total run at No. 1] from the Jan. 23-March 27, 2021-dated charts.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Only Three Women Have Had Albums With Seven Weeks at No. 1 in the Last 20 Years:<\/strong>&nbsp;In the last two decades \u2013 from February 2003 through the latest chart \u2013 only three women have spent at least seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Before SZA\u2019s&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>, there was Swift\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Folklore<\/em>&nbsp;(eight weeks, 2020), Adele\u2019s&nbsp;<em>25<\/em>&nbsp;(10, 2015-16), Swift\u2019s&nbsp;<em>1989<\/em>&nbsp;(11, 2014-15), Adele\u2019s&nbsp;<em>21<\/em>&nbsp;(24, 2011-12) and Swift\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Fearless<\/em>&nbsp;(11, 2008-09). Before&nbsp;<em>Fearless<\/em>, the last album by a woman with seven weeks at No. 1 was Alanis Morissette\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Jagged Little Pill<\/em>, with 12 weeks in 1995-96.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most Weeks at No. 1 for an R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Album Since Drake\u2019s \u2018Views\u2019 in 2016:<\/strong>&nbsp;The last R&amp;B\/hip-hop album with seven weeks atop the list was Drake\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Views<\/em>, which spent 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 (May 21-Oct. 8, 2016).&nbsp;<em>Views<\/em>&nbsp;was also the last R&amp;B\/hip-hop set to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1 (it spent its first nine weeks at No. 1: May 21-July 16, 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>SOS<\/em>&nbsp;has the most weeks at No. 1 for an R&amp;B\/hip-hop album by a woman, or an R&amp;B album by a woman, since Mariah Carey\u2019s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/music\/\">Music<\/a>&nbsp;Box<\/em>&nbsp;spent eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in late 1993 and early 1994.&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>&nbsp;has the most weeks at No. 1 for an R&amp;B album by any act since Usher\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Confessions<\/em>&nbsp;ruled for nine nonconsecutive weeks in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Swift<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>Midnights<\/em>&nbsp;is a non-mover with 67,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8%). It has spent the entirety of its 14 weeks on the chart inside the top two. The last album by a woman to spend its first 14 weeks at either Nos. 1 or 2 was Swift\u2019s own&nbsp;<em>1989<\/em>, with its first 15 weeks in the top two (Nov. 15, 2014-Feb. 21, 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trippie Redd notches his seventh top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as\u00a0<em>Mansion Muzik<\/em>\u00a0debuts at No. 3 with 56,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 50,000 (equaling 68.1 million official on-demand streams of the set\u2019s 25 tracks), album sales comprise 5,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000.\u00a0<em>Mansion Muzik<\/em>\u00a0is the hip-hop artist\u2019s seventh consecutive top five-charting effort, stretching back to 2018\u2019s\u00a0<em>Life\u2019s a Trip<\/em>, which debuted and peaked at No. 4 (Aug. 25, 2018-dated chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HARDY hits the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for the first time as his new double album&nbsp;<em>The Mockingbird &amp; The Crow<\/em>&nbsp;arrives at No. 4 with 55,000 equivalent album units earned \u2013 easily his best week ever in terms of units. Of the starting sum, SEA units comprise 34,000 (equaling 44.68 million official on-demand streams of the set\u2019s 17 tracks), album sales comprise 19,500 and TEA units comprise 1,500. The half-country\/half-rock project includes guest turns from Jeremy McKinnon (of A Day To Remember), Lainey Wilson and Morgan Wallen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Mockingbird &amp; The Crow<\/em>&nbsp;marks the highest-debuting rock album since Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2019&nbsp;<em>Return of the Dream Canteen<\/em>&nbsp;entered at No. 3 (Oct. 29, 2022) and highest-bowing country album since Luke Combs\u2019&nbsp;<em>Growin\u2019 Up<\/em>&nbsp;started at No. 2 (July 9, 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four former No. 1s are next on the Billboard 200, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/metro-boomin\/\">Metro Boomin<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Heroes &amp; Villains&nbsp;<\/em>falls 3-5 (53,000 equivalent album units; down 4%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/drake\/\">Drake<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/21-savage\/\">21 Savage<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Her Loss<\/em>&nbsp;dips 4-6 (46,000; down 4%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bad-bunny\/\">Bad Bunny<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Un Verano Sin Ti<\/em>&nbsp;falls 6-7 (41,000; down 4%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\/\">Wallen<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>&nbsp;descends 7-8 (nearly 41,000; down 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/zach-bryan\/\">Zach Bryan<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>American Heartbreak<\/em>\u00a0falls 8-9 with 32,000 equivalent album units (though up 2%) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/lil-baby\/\">Lil Baby<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>It\u2019s Only Me<\/em>\u00a0slips 9-10 with 28,000 (down 5%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3622\" data-postid=\"3622\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3622 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;SOS&#8217; is the first R&amp;B album to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1 since Whitney Houston&#8217;s &#8216;Whitney&#8217; in 1987. 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