{"id":4202,"date":"2024-06-24T02:43:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T02:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2024-06-24T02:43:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T02:43:36","slug":"taylor-swift-notches-ninth-week-atop-billboard-200-with-the-tortured-poets-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4202","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Notches Ninth Week Atop Billboard 200 with \u2018The Tortured Poets Department\u2019"},"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: Don Toliver, $uicideboy$, Luke Combs and NAYEON debut in the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Tortured Poets Department<\/em>\u00a0notches its ninth consecutive and total week at No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0chart (dated June 29). It earned 126,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending June 20 (down 1%), according to Luminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of Swift\u2019s 14 No. 1s on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Poets<\/em>\u00a0now has the second-most weeks at No. 1; only\u00a0<em>1989<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Fearless<\/em>, each with 11, have more weeks at No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swift adds her 78th career week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/most-weeks-at-no-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-the-beatles\">record among soloists<\/a>. (Elvis Presley has the second-most among soloists, with 67.) The total encompasses her 14 leaders. (She\u2019s tied with Jay-Z for the most No. 1s among soloists.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/don-toliver\/\">Don Toliver<\/a>&nbsp;nets his fourth top 10 effort, and best week by units earned, with the No. 3 debut of&nbsp;<em>Hardstone Psycho<\/em>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/uicideboy\/\">$uicideboy$<\/a>&nbsp;score their highest-charting album ever, and best weekly units sum, as&nbsp;<em>New World Depression<\/em>&nbsp;launches at No. 5;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/luke-combs\/\">Luke Combs<\/a>&nbsp;nabs his sixth top 10 with the No. 6 bow of&nbsp;<em>Fathers &amp; Sons<\/em>; and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/nayeon\/\">NAYEON<\/a>&nbsp;achieves her second top 10 with&nbsp;<em>NA<\/em>\u2019s start at No. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With four debuts in the top 10, the region has the most new entries since a little over a year ago, when six albums debuted in the top 10 on the June 17, 2023-dated list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on\u00a0multi-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 June 29, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on June 25. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of\u00a0<em>The Tortured Poets Department<\/em>\u2019s 126,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 93,000 (down 11% \u2014 it\u2019s No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for a ninth week; its SEA units equal 121.32 million on-demand official streams of the deluxe edition\u2019s 31 songs), album sales comprise 33,000 (up 42%) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 (down 11%). The album\u2019s sales grew 42% in the tracking week thanks largely to two new CD variants of the set that shipped to customers. The two CDs, which were sold exclusively in Swift\u2019s webstore, were briefly available to pre-order in early June. Both CDs contain the standard album\u2019s 16 songs and an acoustic bonus track (one includes \u201cDown Bad\u201d and one includes \u201cGuilty as Sin?\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, as&nbsp;<em>The Tortured Poets Department<\/em>&nbsp;has spent its first nine weeks at No. 1, it joins just five other albums that have achieved that same feat: Morgan Wallen\u2019s&nbsp;<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>&nbsp;(first 12 weeks at No. 1, of its total 19 weeks at No. 1 in 2023-24); Wallen\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>&nbsp;(all 10 of its weeks at No. 1 were from its debut atop the chart, 2021); Drake\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Views<\/em>&nbsp;(first nine weeks at No. 1, of its total 13 weeks at No. 1 in 2016); Whitney Houston\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Whitney<\/em>&nbsp;(all 11 of its weeks at No. 1 were from its debut atop the chart, 1987); and Stevie Wonder\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Songs in the Key of Life<\/em>&nbsp;(first 13 weeks at No. 1, of its total 14 weeks at No. 1 in 1976). (For context, today, it\u2019s common for albums to debut at No. 1. However, before 1991, when the Billboard 200 began utilizing Luminate\u2019s electronically monitored tracking information, only six albums debuted at No. 1, including&nbsp;<em>Whitney<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Songs In the Key of Life<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/billie-eilish\/\">Billie Eilish<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Hit Me Hard and Soft<\/em>&nbsp;is a non-mover, with 84,000 equivalent album units earned (down 20%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don Toliver\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Hardstone Psycho<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 76,500 equivalent album units earned, his best week by units.&nbsp;<em>Hardstone<\/em>&nbsp;marks the hip-hop artist\u2019s fourth consecutive top 10, the entirety of his charting releases. Of the 76,500 earned by the album in its opening week, SEA units comprise 57,000 (equaling 75.98 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s 16 songs on its streaming edition; that marks his largest streaming week ever), album sales comprise 19,500 (his best sales week yet, all from digital download album purchases) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hardstone Psycho<\/em>\u00a0was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/don-toliver-hardstone-psycho-album-announcement-attitude-music-video-charlie-wilson-cash-cobain-1235690461\/\">announced<\/a>\u00a0on May 22 and features guest turns from Cash Cobain, Future, Kodak Black, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, Teezo Touchdown and Charlie Wilson. The set\u2019s release was preceded by a trio of songs, all of which reached the top 40 on the Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs chart: the Toliver-solo cuts \u201cBandit\u201d and \u201cDeep in the Water,\u201d and \u201cAttitude,\u201d featuring Wilson and Cash Cobain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album\u2019s first-week sales were bolstered by a mid-week release of a deluxe digital download album, sold exclusively through Toliver\u2019s webstore, for $5, containing four additional bonus tracks exclusive to this download version and features from Lil Uzi Vert and Yeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan Wallen\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>&nbsp;holds at No. 4 on the new Billboard 200 with 73,000 equivalent album units (up 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>$uicideboy$ clock their highest-charting album and biggest week by units earned as&nbsp;<em>New World Depression<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 5 with 66,000 equivalent album units earned. It\u2019s the fourth top 10-charting effort for the hip-hop duo (comprising cousins $crim and Ruby da Cherry) and first to reach the top five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the album\u2019s 66,000 units earned in its first week, SEA units comprise 46,000 (equaling 62.75 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s 13 songs, marking the act\u2019s biggest streaming week), album sales comprise 20,000 (with 16,000 of that sum on vinyl, bolstered by its availability across six variants \u2014 it\u2019s the top-selling vinyl album of the week and the act\u2019s best-ever sales week on vinyl) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The album was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4Y22IdpzC4\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;in early March and its release was preceded by the release of the song \u201cUs Vs. Them,\u201d which become the act\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/suicideboys-hot-100-debut-us-vs-them-1235669973\/\">first charting hit<\/a>&nbsp;on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke Combs collects his sixth top 10 on the Billboard 200 as his new&nbsp;<em>Fathers &amp; Sons<\/em>&nbsp;bows at No. 6 with 60,000 equivalent album units earned. The set was released on June 14 with little warning, as the country star announced the effort on June 6 alongside the release of its first cut, \u201cThe Man He Sees in Me.\u201d The track debuted at No. 14 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated June 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fathers &amp; Sons<\/em>\u00a0is a thematic album \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C8NXC5HRhtm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">about being a dad<\/a>\u201d and was issued June 14, two days before the Father\u2019s Day holiday. Combs has two sons, both under the age of 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 60,000 units earned in&nbsp;<em>Fathers &amp; Sons<\/em>\u2019 first week, SEA units comprise 45,000 (equaling 58.11 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s 12 songs), album sales comprise 14,000 (it was widely available as a digital download album; it had just one CD and one vinyl LP, both sold exclusively via Combs\u2019 webstore) and TEA units comprise 1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAYEON nets her second top 10-charting title on the Billboard 200 as the TWICE member\u2019s second solo album,&nbsp;<em>NA<\/em>, enters at No. 7 with 47,000 equivalent album units earned. The set was announced in May and not preceded by any pre-release songs. (The set\u2019s first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/top-kpop-songs-june-2024-nayeon-ateez-kim-jae-joong-everglow-ace-wayv-vote\/nayeon-abcd\/\">single<\/a>&nbsp;is \u201cABCD,\u201d released simultaneously with the album on June 14.) Of the album\u2019s 47,000 units earned, album sales comprise 43,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 5.41 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s seven songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The album\u2019s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 15 CD variants and two vinyl variants, all containing branded paper merchandise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/chappell-roan\/\">Chappell Roan<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess<\/em>\u00a0continues to climb the chart, as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/chappell-roan-hard-time-career-success-1235708960\/\">buzzy<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/charli-xcx-chappell-roan-five-burning-questions-1235712721\/\">artist<\/a>\u2019s album steps 10-8 (a new peak) with 46,000 equivalent album units earned (up 19%, the set\u2019s best week yet). With a gain of nearly 7,500 units in the tracking week, the album also scores the week\u2019s Greatest Gainer trophy, indicating the chart\u2019s biggest unit gain of the week. During the tracking week ending June 20, Roan played the Bonnaroo Music &amp; Artist Festival (June 16). Her interview and performance on NBC\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em>\u00a0(which aired early in the morning of June 21, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/pride\/chappell-roan-good-luck-babe-tonight-show-1235715118\/\">garnered<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/music\/news\/chappell-roan-sasha-colby-on-fallon-1236044284\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wide<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/chappell-roan-good-luck-babe-fallon-1235044185\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attention<\/a>\u00a0through its social media clips that day) will impact next week\u2019s chart (dated July 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the top 10 are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/charli-xcx\/\">Charli XCX<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Brat<\/em>\u00a0(falling 3-9 in its second week with 45,000 units earned; down 42%) and Wallen\u2019s chart-topping\u00a0<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>\u00a0(dipping 7-10 with 44,000; up less than 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4202\" data-postid=\"4202\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4202 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Don Toliver, $uicideboy$, Luke Combs and NAYEON debut in the top 10. 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