{"id":3640,"date":"2023-02-12T21:01:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T21:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2023-02-12T21:01:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T21:01:54","slug":"szas-sos-jumps-back-to-no-1-for-eighth-week-atop-billboard-200-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3640","title":{"rendered":"SZA\u2019s \u2018SOS\u2019 Jumps Back to No. 1 for Eighth Week Atop 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>Plus: Shania Twain&#8217;s &#8220;Queen of Me&#8221; debuts in top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\">SZA<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>&nbsp;jumps back to No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;albums chart (dated Feb. 18), collecting an eighth nonconsecutive week atop the list. It earned 100,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 9 (up less than 1%), according to Luminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last album by a woman with eight weeks at No. 1 was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\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>Also in the top 10 on the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard\/\">Billboard<\/a>\u00a0200,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/shania-twain\/\">Shania Twain<\/a>\u00a0captures her sixth top 10-charting album, as her latest studio effort,\u00a0<em>Queen of Me<\/em>, debuts at No. 10.<\/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. 18, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Tuesday (Feb. 14). For all chart&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/news\/\">news<\/a>, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>\u2019 100,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 9, SEA units comprise 99,000 (up less than 1%, equaling 135.4 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks), album sales comprise 500 (up 2%) and TEA units comprise 500 (up 8%).&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>&nbsp;has yet to be released for sale on any configuration other than a digital download album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last R&amp;B\/hip-hop album with at least eight weeks atop the list was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/drake\/\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Views<\/em>, which 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 (May 21-Oct. 8, 2016).&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/mariah-carey\/\">Mariah Carey<\/a>\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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/usher\/\">Usher<\/a>\u2018s&nbsp;<em>Confessions<\/em>&nbsp;ruled for nine nonconsecutive weeks in 2004.<\/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\u00a0<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>Four former No. 1s trail&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/sza\/\">SZA<\/a>, as Swift\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Midnights<\/em>&nbsp;rises 3-2 (62,000 equivalent album units; down 9%), TOMORROW X TOGETHER\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION&nbsp;<\/em>falls 1-3 (48,000; down 70%), Morgan Wallen\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>&nbsp;climbs 6-4 (46,000; up 8%) and Metro Boomin\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Heroes &amp; Villains<\/em>&nbsp;dips 4-5 (nearly 46,000; down 3%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Weeknd\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;vaults 41-6 with 45,000 equivalent album units earned (up 207%). The best-of effort contains such hits as \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d and the resurgent \u201cDie for You\u201d (from The Weeknd\u2019s studio albums&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Starboy<\/em>, respectively). On the new chart, the TEA and SEA units for those songs contribute to&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>, as a song\u2019s activity is assigned to the artist\u2019s album with the most traditional album sales in a week. (<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;sold nearly 1,000 copies in the latest tracking week, while&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Starboy<\/em>&nbsp;each sold under 1,000.) A week ago, the TEA and SEA for the songs were directed to&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Starboy<\/em>, respectively, as they outsold&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;that week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bad Bunny\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>Un Verano Sin Ti<\/em>&nbsp;rises 8-7 with 45,000 equivalent album units earned (up 16%), while Drake and 21 Savage\u2019s former leader&nbsp;<em>Her Loss<\/em>&nbsp;falls 5-8 with 43,000 (down 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry Styles\u2019 former No. 1&nbsp;<em>Harry\u2019s House<\/em>&nbsp;returns to the top 10, climbing 13-9 (38,000; up 51%), following its win for album of the year at the Grammy Awards (Feb. 5). The set also took home the trophy for best pop vocal album, while Styles additionally performed on the show, singing the set\u2019s single \u201cAs It Was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twain closes out the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, as her latest studio album,\u00a0<em>Queen of Me<\/em>, debuts at No. 10 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 34,000; SEA units comprise 3,500 (equaling 4.92 million official on-demand streams of the set\u2019s tracks) and TEA units comprise 500. Twain previously visited the top 10 with\u00a0<em>Now<\/em>\u00a0(No. 1 in 2017),\u00a0<em>Greatest Hits<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2; 2004),\u00a0<em>Up!<\/em>\u00a0(No. 1, 2002),\u00a0<em>Come On Over<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2, 1997) and\u00a0<em>The Woman In Me<\/em>\u00a0(No. 5, 1996).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3640\" data-postid=\"3640\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3640 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Shania Twain&#8217;s &#8220;Queen of Me&#8221; debuts in top 10. SZA\u2019s&nbsp;SOS&nbsp;jumps back to No. 1 on the&nbsp;Billboard 200&nbsp;albums chart (dated Feb. 18), collecting an eighth nonconsecutive week atop the list. It earned 100,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 9 (up less than 1%), according to Luminate. 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