{"id":4372,"date":"2024-11-24T20:35:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T20:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2024-11-24T20:36:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T20:36:16","slug":"ateez-achieve-second-no-1-on-billboard-200-with-golden-hour-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4372","title":{"rendered":"ATEEZ Achieves Second No. 1 on Billboard 200 with \u2018GOLDEN HOUR:\u00a0Part.2\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: Linkin Park, Jin and Rauw Alejandro debut in the top 10, while ENHYPEN&#8217;s &#8216;ROMANCE: UNTOLD&#8217; re-enters the top 10 after its reissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ateez\">ATEEZ<\/a>\u00a0add their second No. 1 album on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0chart as\u00a0<em>GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2<\/em>\u00a0debuts atop the list (dated Nov. 30) with 184,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 21, according to Luminate. With an opening frame driven largely by album sales \u2014 179,000 copies sold \u2014 the set marks the best week yet for the pop ensemble by both units earned or traditional album sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The act previously topped the chart with\u00a0<em>THE WORLD\u00a0EP.FIN: WILL<\/em>\u00a0in 2023. In total,\u00a0<em>GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2<\/em>\u00a0is the sixth top 10-charting set for the group, all consecutive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10 of the latest&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/linkin-park\/\">Linkin Park<\/a>&nbsp;logs its 12th top 10-charting set with the No. 2 bow of&nbsp;<em>From Zero<\/em>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/jin-bts\/\">Jin<\/a>\u2019s debut album,&nbsp;<em>Happy<\/em>, enters at No. 3;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/rauw-alejandro\/\">Rauw Alejandro<\/a>&nbsp;achieves his first top 10 with the arrival of&nbsp;<em>Cosa Nuestra<\/em>&nbsp;at No. 6; and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/enhypen\/\">ENHYPEN<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>ROMANCE: UNTOLD<\/em>&nbsp;re-enters the list at No. 7 following its reissue on Nov. 15 (dubbed&nbsp;<em>ROMANCE: UNTOLD -daydream-<\/em>) with two bonus tracks. The set debuted and peaked at No. 2 in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/k-pop\/\">K-pop<\/a>&nbsp;acts ATEEZ, Jin and ENHYPEN at Nos. 1, 4 and 7, respectively, on the Billboard 200, there are three K-pop albums in the top 10 for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on 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. 30, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Tuesday (Nov. 26). 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>GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2<\/em>\u2019s 184,000 equivalent album units earned, album sales comprise 179,000 (it\u2019s the top-selling album of the week and debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales; it\u2019s also the sixth-largest sales debut week of 2024 for any title), SEA units comprise 5,000 (equaling 6.43 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The album\u2019s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 29 physical format variants (23 CDs and six vinyl editions; all containing collectible branded paper ephemera, some randomized) and three digital download variants (a standard edition and two versions containing voice notes from the acts as bonus tracks).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As\u00a0<em>GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2<\/em>\u00a0is mostly in the Korean language, it is the 26th mostly non-English-language album to hit No. 1, and the third of 2024. Two other mostly-Korean-language sets topped the chart earlier this year: on the Aug. 3-dated list, Stray Kids\u2019\u00a0<em>ATE<\/em>\u00a0become the group\u2019s fifth leader, and on the March 9 ranking, TWICE\u2019s\u00a0<em>With YOU-th<\/em>\u00a0garnered the act its first leader. Of the 26 mostly non-English-language albums to reach No. 1, 17 are\u00a0mostly Korean, five mostly (or all) Spanish, one\u00a0mostly Italian, one entirely French, and two mostly a blend of Spanish, Italian and French. Of the 26\u00a0mostly non-English-language albums to reach No. 1, 22 have\u00a0topped the chart since 2018 (the year\u00a0that\u00a0K-pop superstars BTS scored\u00a0their\u00a0first of six No. 1s, the chart\u2019s first Korean-language leaders).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linkin Park returns to the Billboard 200 with its first new studio album in seven years, as&nbsp;<em>From Zero<\/em>&nbsp;enters at No. 2 with 97,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 72,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 24,000 (equaling 32.18 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it bows at No. 17 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 1,000.&nbsp;<em>From Zero<\/em>&nbsp;is the band\u2019s 12th top 10-charting set and the first to feature new members Emily Armstrong (co-lead vocals) and Colin Brittain (drums). The album is the first without vocalist Chester Bennington (who died in 2017) and drummer Rob Bourdon (who departed the group in 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From Zero<\/em>\u2019s first-week sales were aided by its availability across 11 vinyl editions (multiple color variants, two picture discs and four alternative cover versions), four CD variants (including a deluxe boxed set containing branded merch and a CD, and a Zine\/CD package), two cassette editions and two digital download editions. All versions of the album contain the same 11 songs, except for one download album, which boasts three bonus live tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/linkin-park-singer-tour-album-cover-story-interview-1235766805\/\">new album was announced<\/a>&nbsp;on Sept. 5 during a livestream concert that also announced Armstrong and Brittain joining the band, along with the release of the set\u2019s first single \u201cThe Emptiness Machine.\u201d The track debuted and peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the highest charting cut from the band since 2009\u2019s \u201cNew Divide\u201d hit No. 6. \u201cEmptiness\u201d also led the Alternative Airplay chart for five weeks, marking the 13th leader for the band on the ranking. Three more songs previewing the album were released before&nbsp;<em>From Zero<\/em>&nbsp;dropped on Nov. 15: \u201cHeavy Is the Crown,\u201d \u201cOver Each Other\u201d and \u201cTwo Faced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/tyler-the-creator\/\">Tyler, The Creator<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>CHROMAKOPIA<\/em>&nbsp;falls 1-3 in its fourth week on the chart, after spending its first three weeks atop the list. It earned 81,000 equivalent album units in its fourth charting frame (down 22%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BTS\u2019 Jin sees his solo debut project,&nbsp;<em>Happy<\/em>, bow at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 77,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 66,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 8,000 (equaling 10.53 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs) and TEA units comprise 3,000.&nbsp;<em>Happy<\/em>\u2019s first-week sales were enhanced by its availability across 13 CD variants (containing branded paper ephemera, some editions include randomized items) and seven digital variants (a standard version, two with alternate cover art, and four with assorted bonus tracks ranging from a voice memo to remixes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Happy<\/em>&nbsp;is Jin\u2019s first charting album on the Billboard 200, and he becomes the seventh, and final, member of BTS to have achieved a top 10-charting effort. BTS itself has logged seven top 10s, including six No. 1s. BTS is the first K-pop act to see all of its members chart a solo top 10 title on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sabrina-carpenter\/\">Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>\u2019s former leader&nbsp;<em>Short n\u2019 Sweet<\/em>&nbsp;dips 3-5 with 72,000 units (up 6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rauw Alejandro lands his first top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as&nbsp;<em>Cosa Nuestra<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 6 with 67,000 equivalent album units earned \u2014 the artist\u2019s biggest week by units earned. The album\u2019s opening week was overwhelming driven by streaming activity, as SEA units comprise 66,000 of the album\u2019s first week (equaling 87.66 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums). Album sales comprise 1,000 (from just one digital download edition of the album) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.&nbsp;<em>Cosa Nuestra<\/em>&nbsp;boasts guests including Bad Bunny, Laura Pausini, Romeo Santos and Pharrell Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ENHYPEN\u2019s&nbsp;<em>ROMANCE: UNTOLD<\/em>&nbsp;re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 7 with 54,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week (up 960%), following it Nov. 15 repackage and reissue with two bonus tracks. The new iteration of the album is dubbed&nbsp;<em>ROMANCE: UNTOLD -daydream-<\/em>. All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes. The initial release of the project debuted and peaked at No. 2 in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the album\u2019s 54,000 units earned in the week ending Nov. 21, album sales comprise 51,000 (up 1,473%, it jumps 26-4 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 3,000 (equaling 4.45 million on-demand official streams of the album\u2019s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The set\u2019s album sales were bolstered by its availability across 12 new CD variants and three new download editions, joining its previously available 17 CD editions, two vinyl variants and a standard download album. All physical editions of the album contain branded paper ephemera, some randomized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200: Gracie Abrams\u2019&nbsp;<em>The Secret of U<\/em>s (4-8 with 50,000 equivalent album units; down 5%), Billie Eilish\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Hit Me Hard and Soft&nbsp;<\/em>(5-9 with 49,000; up 2%) and Chappell Roan\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess<\/em>&nbsp;(6-10 with 43,000; down 8%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4372\" data-postid=\"4372\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4372 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Linkin Park, Jin and Rauw Alejandro debut in the top 10, while ENHYPEN&#8217;s &#8216;ROMANCE: UNTOLD&#8217; re-enters the top 10 after its reissue. 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