{"id":4620,"date":"2025-07-07T02:29:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2025-07-07T02:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:29:49","slug":"morgan-wallens-im-the-problem-no-1-for-seventh-week-on-billboard-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4620","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u2018I\u2019m the Problem\u2019 No. 1 for Seventh Week on 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: Lorde, KATSEYE and Russ debut in the top 10, while\u00a0<em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>\u00a0and Playboi Carti surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>I\u2019m the Problem<\/em>&nbsp;rules the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;albums chart (dated July 12) for a seventh consecutive, and total, week. The set earned 173,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending July 3 \u2014 down a scant 3% compared to the previous week. The album opened at No. 1 on the May 31 chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With 173,000 units earned,&nbsp;<em>Problem<\/em>&nbsp;lands the largest total for an album in its seventh week on the chart since Adele\u2019s&nbsp;<em>25<\/em>&nbsp;earned 194,000 in its seventh week nearly a decade ago (on the Jan. 23, 2016-dated chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10 of the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/lorde\/\">Lorde<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Virgin<\/em>\u00a0debuts at No. 2, the\u00a0<em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack surges 8-3,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/katseye\/\">KATSEYE<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>BEAUTIFUL CHAOS<\/em>\u00a0bows at No. 4,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/playboi-carti\/\">Playboi Carti<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping\u00a0<em>MUSIC<\/em>\u00a0vaults 28-8 after its vinyl release and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/russ\/\">Russ<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>W!LD<\/em>\u00a0starts 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 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 July 12, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on July 8. For all chart\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/news\/\">news<\/a>, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>I\u2019m the Problem<\/em>\u2019s 173,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 3, SEA units comprise 164,000 (down 3%, equaling 215 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs \u2014 it leads Top Streaming Albums for a seventh week), album sales comprise 7,500 (up 2% \u2014 it falls 7-11 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,500 (up 6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorde achieves her fourth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as her latest studio project,&nbsp;<em>Virgin<\/em>, debuts at No. 2. All four of her top 10s have also debuted inside the top five (as&nbsp;<em>Virgin<\/em>&nbsp;follows&nbsp;<em>Solar Power<\/em>, with a No. 5 debut and peak, 2021;&nbsp;<em>Melodrama<\/em>, No. 1, 2017, and&nbsp;<em>Pure Heroine<\/em>, No. 3, 2013).&nbsp;<em>Virgin<\/em>&nbsp;bows with 71,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 42,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 29,000 (equaling 37.07 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs \u2014 it debuts at No. 6 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Virgin<\/em>\u2019s first-week sales were aided by its availability across eight vinyl variants (including two signed editions), a standard CD and a digital download. All versions contained the same tracklist. Lorde\u2019s vinyl sales added up to 31,000 \u2014 her best week ever on vinyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/lordes-new-album-virgin-release-date-1235959013\/\">was announced<\/a>&nbsp;on April 30 and preceded by the Billboard Hot 100-charting track \u201cWhat Was That,\u201d which debuted and peaked at No. 36 on the May 10-dated chart (her highest charting song since 2017\u2019s \u201cGreen Light\u201d hit No. 19). Lorde\u2019s Ultrasound Tour of North America and Europe launches on Sept. 17 in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>&nbsp;soundtrack surges 8-3 on the Billboard 200 in its second week on the chart \u2014 earning 62,000 equivalent album units (up 97%). Of that sum, SEA units comprise 56,000 (up 108%, equaling 77.42 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs \u2014 it jumps 10-2 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 4,500 (up 31%, it\u2019s pushed down 18-22 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,500 (up 24%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The set\u2019s haul of 77.42 million streams for its songs is the largest streaming week for a soundtrack in&nbsp; nearly two years, since the&nbsp;<em>Barbie<\/em>&nbsp;soundtrack claimed 79.32 million on the Aug. 19, 2023-dated chart (its third week on the chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;<em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>\u2019 8-3 climb on the Billboard 200, it becomes the highest-charting soundtrack of 2025, and the highest-charting soundtrack to an animated film since&nbsp;<em>Encanto<\/em>&nbsp;spent nine weeks at No. 1 in 2022. (Previously among soundtracks in 2025,&nbsp;<em>Wicked<\/em>&nbsp;reached a No. 4 high in January, after debuting and peaking at No. 2 in December 2024.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>&nbsp;premiered on June 20 on Netflix alongside its soundtrack. In the tracking week ending June 29,&nbsp;<em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>&nbsp;jumped 6-2 in its second week on Netflix\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/top10\/united-states?week=2025-06-29\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top 10 Movies in United States chart<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KATSEYE claims its first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 with the No. 4 debut of its second project,&nbsp;<em>BEAUTIFUL CHAOS<\/em>. The pop group\u2019s five-song set opens with 44,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 30,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 14,000 (equaling 21.36 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it bows at No. 47 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album\u2019s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across nine CD variants and four vinyl variants (one signed), all with the same audio but with packaging variations. All contained collectible paper ephemera, some randomized. It was also issued as a standard digital download album for purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>BEAUTIFUL CHAOS<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/katseye-beautiful-chaos-release-date-1235964988\/\">was announced<\/a>&nbsp;on May 7 and the album\u2019s release was preceded by a pair of charting entries on the Hot 100: \u201cGnarly\u201d (No. 90) and \u201cGabriela\u201d (No. 94).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/karol-g\/\">Karol G<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Tropicoqueta<\/em>&nbsp;falls 3-5 on the Billboard 200 in its second week (40,000 equivalent album units earned; down 29%), Wallen\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>&nbsp;is pushed down 5-6 (nearly 40,000; up 7%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\">SZA<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>&nbsp;descends 4-7 (39,000; down 17%). Playboi Carti\u2019s former leader&nbsp;<em>MUSIC<\/em>&nbsp;jumps 28-8 with 35,000 (up 83%), following its release on vinyl (pressed on two variants). The album sold 16,500 copies in the tracking week (up 12,593%), largely from vinyl purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sabrina-carpenter\/\">Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>Short n\u2019 Sweet<\/em>&nbsp;slides 6-9 on the Billboard 200 with 33,000 equivalent album units earned (down 5%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russ closes out the top 10 with the No. 10 debut of his latest album,&nbsp;<em>W!LD<\/em>, entering at No. 10 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned. The set marks his fourth top 10-charted effort. Of the new album\u2019s 32,000 units, album sales comprise 25,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 7,000 (equaling 9.15 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>W!LD<\/em>&nbsp;was announced on March 18 and preceded by the radio-promoted track \u201cCrazy,\u201d which has reached the top 30 on the Rhythmic Airplay chart. The album\u2019s first-week sales were aided by its availability across three vinyl variants, three CD variants and three cassette variants (some signed), as well as a standard digital download. All contained the same tracklist, and all of the physical editions were exclusively sold via Russ\u2019 official webstore. There was also an expanded edition of the download album, sold via the webstore, that includes narration from the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4620\" data-postid=\"4620\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4620 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Lorde, KATSEYE and Russ debut in the top 10, while\u00a0KPop Demon Hunters\u00a0and Playboi Carti surge. Morgan Wallen\u2019s&nbsp;I\u2019m the Problem&nbsp;rules the&nbsp;Billboard 200&nbsp;albums chart (dated July 12) for a seventh consecutive, and total, week. 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