{"id":3695,"date":"2023-04-02T21:28:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T21:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2023-04-02T21:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T21:28:09","slug":"morgan-wallens-one-thing-at-a-time-spends-a-month-at-no-1-on-the-billboard-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3695","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u2018One Thing at a Time\u2019 Spends a Month at No. 1 on the 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<p>Plus: Jimin, Lana Del Rey, Luke Combs and Fall Out Boy debut in top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>&nbsp;logs a fourth straight and total week atop the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;albums chart (dated April 8). The title earned 197,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending March 30 (down 6%), according to Luminate.&nbsp;<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>&nbsp;debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated March 18 and has held the top spot ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across Wallen\u2019s two No. 1 albums on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard\/\">Billboard<\/a>\u00a0200 \u2014\u00a0<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 he has now spent a total of 14 weeks atop the chart. That ties\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bad-bunny\/\">Bad Bunny<\/a>\u00a0for the second-most weeks at No. 1 this decade, trailing only\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s 20 weeks (across five No. 1s). Bad Bunny\u2019s 14 total weeks at No. 1 has come from two chart-toppers:\u00a0<em>Un Verano Sin Ti<\/em>\u00a0(13 weeks) and\u00a0<em>El Ultimo Tour del Mundo<\/em>\u00a0(one week).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last album by a male act to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 was Wallen\u2019s own&nbsp;<em>Dangerous<\/em>, which spent 10 weeks in total atop the chart \u2014 all from its debut week (Jan. 23-March 27, 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 chart, BTS\u2019 Jimin bows at No. 2 with his debut solo album,&nbsp;<em>FACE<\/em>; Lana Del Rey notches her ninth top 10 with the No. 3 arrival of&nbsp;<em>Did You Know That There\u2019s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd<\/em>; Luke Combs claims his fifth top 10 set with the No. 4 debut of&nbsp;<em>Gettin\u2019 Old<\/em>; and Fall Out Boy achieves its seventh top 10 effort with the No. 6 launch of&nbsp;<em>So Much (for) Stardust<\/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 April 8, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on April 4. 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\u00a0<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>\u2019s 197,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 30, SEA units comprise 177,500 (down 8%, equaling 235.76 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s 36 songs), album sales comprise 17,000 (up 36%) and TEA units comprise 2,500 (down 14%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BTS\u2019 Jimin sees his first solo album,&nbsp;<em>FACE<\/em>, bow at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The last artist to enter as high with a first charting effort was Olivia Rodrigo, with&nbsp;<em>Sour<\/em>, which debuted at No. 1 on the June 5, 2021-dated chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>FACE<\/em>&nbsp;was led by Jimin\u2019s first top 40-charting song as a soloist on the Billboard Hot 100, \u201cSet Me Free, Pt. 2,\u201d which debuted at No. 30 on the April 1-dated chart.&nbsp;<em>FACE<\/em>, performed largely in the Korean language, includes six total cuts: \u201cFace-off,\u201d \u201cInterlude: Drive,\u201d \u201cLike Crazy,\u201d \u201cAlone,\u201d \u201cSet Me Free, Pt. 2\u201d and \u201cLike Crazy (English Version).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>FACE<\/em>&nbsp;starts with 164,000 equivalent album units earned \u2014 the second-largest debut week of 2023 after Wallen\u2019s&nbsp;<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>\u2019s launch of 501,000 units. Of&nbsp;<em>FACE<\/em>\u2019s opening-week sum, album sales comprise 124,000 \u2014 marking the third-biggest sales week of 2023 and the largest for a solo act this year). SEA units comprise 13,500 (equaling 19.51 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TEA units comprise 26,500, the largest TEA figure for any album in four months. Most of&nbsp;<em>FACE<\/em>\u2019s TEA units come from the album\u2019s current single, \u201cLike Crazy\u201d \u2014 which was available in five different versions (the album version \u2014 performed in the Korean language, an English-language version, two dance remixes and an instrumental) during the tracking week. All versions of the song are combined for tracking and charting purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time an album had a bigger TEA figure in a single week when Swift\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Midnights<\/em>&nbsp;tallied 34,000 TEA units on the Nov. 19, 2022 chart, after she released&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-anti-hero-tops-hot-100-drake-debuts-8-in-top-10-1235170811\/\">seven<\/a>&nbsp;new hot-selling remixes of \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d (joining its two previously released versions \u2014 an original version and an instrumental).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many K-pop releases, the CD edition of\u00a0<em>FACE<\/em>\u00a0was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/lana-del-rey-jimin-luke-combs-albums-top-billboard-200\/\">issued<\/a>\u00a0in five collectible CD packages (including exclusives for Target and the Weverse webstore) each containing a standard set of items and randomized elements (photo cards and postcards). It was also available as a standard digital download album, plus two late-in-the-week alternative cover digital download variants that were sold exclusively through his official webstore. 79% of\u00a0<em>FACE<\/em>\u2019s first-week sales were CDs, while the remaining 21% were digital album downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimin is the third member of seven-member South Korean pop group BTS to chart on the Billboard 200, following RM and J-Hope, who have each placed two albums on the chart. RM\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Indigo<\/em>&nbsp;peaked at No. 3 in December 2022 and&nbsp;<em>Mono.<\/em>&nbsp;hit No. 26 in 2018. J-Hope\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Jack in the Box<\/em>&nbsp;reached No. 17 in July 2022 and&nbsp;<em>Hope World<\/em>&nbsp;hit No. 38 in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BTS announced that it was taking a break last summer \u2014 and since then \u2014 three of its members have released solo albums (<em>FACE<\/em>, RM\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Indigo<\/em>&nbsp;and J-Hope\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Jack in the Box<\/em>).&nbsp;<em>FACE<\/em>&nbsp;is the first of the three to have CDs available the same day that the album was released to streaming services and as a digital download. J-Hope\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Jack in the Box<\/em>&nbsp;has not been issued on CD, while RM\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Indigo<\/em>&nbsp;got a CD release two weeks after its streaming and digital debut. (<em>Indigo<\/em>&nbsp;debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 15, fell off the chart the following week, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/sza-sos-tops-billboard-200-for-second-week-1235191372\/\">re-entered the next week<\/a>&nbsp;at its peak of No. 3 \u2014 powered by its CD sales).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>K-pop artists typically sell well with CD albums, bolstered by their collectability. In 2022, seven of the year\u2019s top 10-selling albums on CD in the U.S.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/2022-us-year-end-music-report-luminate-top-album-bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti-1235196736\/\">were K-pop releases<\/a>, including the year\u2019s No. 2-seller, BTS\u2019 retrospective compilation&nbsp;<em>Proof<\/em>. Further, BTS was the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/2022-us-year-end-music-report-luminate-top-album-bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti-1235196736\/\">No. 2-selling act on the CD album format in 2022<\/a>, with 917,000 copies sold of its albums on CD last year. (Swift was 2022\u2019s top-selling artist in terms of CD albums, with 923,000 sold. She also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/2022-us-year-end-music-report-luminate-top-album-bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti-1235196736\/\">profits<\/a>&nbsp;from the collectability of her CDs. Her most recent album, 2022\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Midnights<\/em>, was issued in a range of CD iterations \u2014 including autographed editions.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lana Del Rey collects her ninth top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200 as\u00a0<em>Did You Know That There\u2019s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd\u00a0<\/em>debuts at No. 3. The set earned 115,000 equivalent album units in its opening week. Of that sum, album sales comprise 87,000, SEA units comprise 28,000 (equaling 36.14 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs \u2014 Del Rey\u2019s biggest streaming week yet) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the set\u2019s first-week sales, vinyl LPs comprise 67% (58,500 \u2014 the largest sales week for a vinyl album in 2023 and Del Rey\u2019s best sales week on vinyl ever).&nbsp;<em>Did You Know<\/em>&nbsp;was issues in six vinyl variants: a standard black vinyl, a picture disc and four color vinyl editions (pink, green, red and white) all with different covers, exclusive to Amazon, independent retailers, Target and her webstore, respectively.&nbsp;<em>Did You Know<\/em>&nbsp;was also issued in nine CD iterations (a standard edition, four with alternative covers, and four deluxe boxed sets exclusive to her webstore containing either a T-shirt and a CD or a hoodie and a CD). Del Rey even dropped the album on cassette tape \u2014 in five different color variants (black, white, pink, green and red).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Did You Know<\/em>&nbsp;was previewed by three charting tracks on the Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs chart: the title track (peaking at No. 23 in December), \u201cA&amp;W\u201d (No. 10 in March) and \u201cThe Grants\u201d (No. 45 on the April 1 chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke Combs arrives at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with&nbsp;<em>Gettin\u2019 Old<\/em>. It follows his 2022 release&nbsp;<em>Growin\u2019 Up<\/em>, which debuted and peaked at No. 2. The new 18-song set is Combs\u2019 fifth top 10, all earned consecutively, on the chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gettin\u2019 Old<\/em>&nbsp;starts with 101,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week \u2014 surpassing the 74,000-unit bow of&nbsp;<em>Growin\u2019 Up<\/em>. Of the new set\u2019s first-week sum, SEA units comprise 66,000 (equaling 85.4 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s 18 songs \u2014 Combs\u2019 biggest streaming week ever and the third-biggest overall streaming debut of 2023), album sales comprise 32,500 and TEA units comprise 2,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gettin\u2019 Old<\/em>\u00a0was supported by eight physical variants of the album \u2014 two CDs (a standard version and a signed edition exclusive to his webstore), five vinyl LPs (standard black, a deluxe black edition containing a slipmat [either signed or unsigned, exclusive to his webstore], an opaque white-colored edition exclusive to Amazon and a blue-colored edition exclusive to Walmart), and a red-colored cassette tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gettin\u2019 Old<\/em>&nbsp;is the second country album of 2023 to score a 100,000-unit-plus week, following the opening frame of Wallen\u2019s&nbsp;<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>&nbsp;(501,000). No country albums in 2022 posted a 100,000-plus week. In 2021, Swift\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Red (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>&nbsp;and Wallen\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Dangerous<\/em>&nbsp;all landed multiple 100,000-plus weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gettin\u2019 Old<\/em>&nbsp;was led by four charting tracks on the Hot Country Songs chart: \u201cGrowin\u2019 Up and Gettin\u2019 Old\u201d (No. 20), \u201cLove You Anyway\u201d (No. 3), \u201cJoe\u201d (No. 22) and \u201c5 Leaf Clover\u201d (No. 15) \u2014 all through the most recently published list dated April 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the Nos. 1-4 albums all exceeding 100,000 units earned on the latest chart, it\u2019s the first time since the Aug. 8, 2020-dated list that four albums have cleared 100,000 units in a single week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SZA\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>&nbsp;falls 2-5 on the new Billboard 200, earning 70,000 equivalent album units (down 3%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fall Out Boy\u2019s&nbsp;<em>So Much (for) Stardust<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 with 64,000 equivalent album units earned, earning the band its seventh top 10-charting set. The new set is the group\u2019s first new studio album since 2018\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>MANIA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of\u00a0<em>Stardust<\/em>\u2019s first-week units, album sales comprise 49,000, SEA units comprise 14,500 (equaling 18.65 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs) and TEA units comprise 500.\u00a0<em>Stardust<\/em>\u00a0was supported by a hefty number of physical formats \u2014 one standard CD, two cassettes, nine stand-alone vinyl LPs in assorted colors, eight deluxe vinyl boxed sets (each containing a different color vinyl LP and branded merchandise) and 11 deluxe CD boxed sets (seven containing a CD edition of the album and branded merch \u2014 and four consisting of an autographed CD along with merch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February,&nbsp;<em>Stardust<\/em>\u2019s lead single \u201cLove From the Other Side\u201d became Fall Out Boy\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/fall-out-boy-alternative-airplay-record-first-number-one-1235260326\/\">first-ever No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;on the Alternative Airplay chart \u2014 nearly 18 years after the band\u2019s debut on the tally in 2005. The band had previously gone as high as No. 2 with \u201cDance, Dance\u201d in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 are four former No. 1s:\u00a0<em>Midnights<\/em>\u00a0falls 3-7 (59,000 equivalent album units; down 4%), Metro Boomin\u2019s\u00a0<em>Heroes &amp; Villains<\/em>\u00a0is a non-mover at No. 8 (45,000; up 14%), Wallen\u2019s\u00a0<em>Dangerous<\/em>\u00a0dips 7-9 (43,000; up 3%) and Karol G\u2019s\u00a0<em>Ma\u00f1ana Ser\u00e1 Bonito<\/em>\u00a0descends 6-10 (40,000; down 12%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3695\" data-postid=\"3695\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3695 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Jimin, Lana Del Rey, Luke Combs and Fall Out Boy debut in top 10. 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