{"id":4816,"date":"2026-03-03T05:15:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4816"},"modified":"2026-03-03T05:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:15:37","slug":"megan-moroney-earns-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-cloud-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4816","title":{"rendered":"Megan Moroney Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with \u2018Cloud\u00a09\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, Hilary Duff, Baby Keem and Mumford &amp; Sons debut in the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/megan-moroney\">Megan Moroney<\/a>\u00a0earns her first No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0albums chart, as\u00a0<em>Cloud 9<\/em>\u00a0debuts atop the list dated March 7. The set is the singer-songwriter\u2019s third studio effort and starts with 147,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending Feb. 26, according to Luminate. That marks the biggest week for a country album by a woman in nearly two years.<\/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>, Hilary Duff\u2019s first album in more than a decade,\u00a0<em>luck\u2026 or something<\/em>, starts at No. 3; Baby Keem notches his highest-charting album yet with the No. 4 arrival of\u00a0<em>Ca$ino<\/em>; and Mumford &amp; Sons score their sixth top 10 with the No. 10 bow of\u00a0<em>Prizefighter<\/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 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 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid\/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new March 7, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on March 3. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>Cloud 9<\/em>\u2019s 147,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, album sales comprise 78,000 (Moroney\u2019s best sales week; it debuts as her first No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 69,000 (equaling 71.54 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks, her best streaming week; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cloud 9<\/em>&nbsp;is the second top 10, and third chart entry, for Moroney. She previously hit the chart with&nbsp;<em>Am I Okay?<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 9 in 2024) and&nbsp;<em>Lucky<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 38 in 2023).&nbsp;<em>Cloud 9<\/em>&nbsp;also marks the first country album by a woman to be No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Beyonc\u00e9 spent two weeks atop the list with her first country effort,&nbsp;<em>Cowboy Carter<\/em>, on the charts dated April 13 and 20, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among country albums by women,&nbsp;<em>Cowboy Carter<\/em>&nbsp;tallied the last larger week by units (407,000 in its debut week; April 13, 2024, chart) and streams (90.08 million in its third week; April 27, 2024, chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Few country albums by women have reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in the past 10 years (dating to March 2016): just seven albums by five women. They are:&nbsp;<em>Cloud 9<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Cowboy Carter<\/em>, Taylor Swift\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>&nbsp;in 2023,&nbsp;<em>Red (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>&nbsp;in 2021 and&nbsp;<em>Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>&nbsp;in 2021, Carrie Underwood\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Cry Pretty<\/em>&nbsp;in 2018 and Shania Twain\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Now<\/em>&nbsp;in 2017. In the same 10-year span, 17 country albums by 11 different men have hit No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cloud 9<\/em>\u2019s first-week sales got a boost from its availability across five vinyl variants (including a signed edition and a Target-exclusive version with two bonus tracks), three CD variants (including a signed edition, and a Target-exclusive version with two bonus tracks) and four deluxe boxed sets containing a piece of branded clothing and a copy of the CD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album was preceded by four charting tracks on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s charts, all of which reached the top 40 on the Hot Country Songs chart (\u201c6 Months Later,\u201d \u201cBeautiful Things,\u201d \u201cWish I Didn\u2019t\u201d and the title track). \u201c6 Months Later\u201d also scored Moroney her highest-charting hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 when it reached No. 29 in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bad Bunny\u2019s&nbsp;<em>DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS&nbsp;<\/em>falls to No. 2 on the Billboard 200, with 85,000 equivalent album units earned (down 37%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After more than a decade, Hilary Duff returns to the Billboard 200 chart with&nbsp;<em>luck\u2026 or something<\/em>&nbsp;debuting at No. 3. The set, her first studio album since 2015\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Breathe In. Breathe Out.<\/em>, arrives with 84,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 73,000 (her best sales week since 2007;&nbsp; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 11,000 (equaling 11.51 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total,&nbsp;<em>luck\u2026 or something&nbsp;<\/em>gives the singer-actor her sixth top 10, following&nbsp;<em>Breathe In. Breathe Out.&nbsp;<\/em>(No. 5 peak in 2015),&nbsp;<em>Dignity<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 3, 2007),&nbsp;<em>Most Wanted<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 1, 2005), her self-titled effort (No. 2, 2004) and&nbsp;<em>Metamorphosis<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 1, 2003).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new album\u2019s first-week sales were aided by its availability across seven vinyl variants (including a signed edition), three CD variants (including a signed edition, and a Walmart-exclusive edition with seven bonus tracks), a deluxe boxed set containing a branded shirt and a signed CD, and a deluxe digital download edition with 11 bonus tracks (including the seven bonus Walmart tracks, plus four additional cuts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new album was preceded by the chart hit \u201cRoommates,\u201d which has reached the top 20 of the Adult Pop Airplay chart and the top 30 of Pop Airplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baby Keem clocks his second top 10 \u2014 and highest-charting album yet \u2014 as&nbsp;<em>Ca$ino<\/em>&nbsp;cashes in with a No. 4 debut. The set earned 72,000 equivalent album units in its first week. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 55,500 (equaling 56.67 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it debuts at No. 5 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 16,500 (his best sales week, it debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ca$ino<\/em>&nbsp;is the rapper\u2019s third chart entry, following&nbsp;<em>The Melodic Blue<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 5 peak in 2021) and&nbsp;<em>Die for My Bitch<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 162, 2020). The new album\u2019s first-week sales benefited from its availability on vinyl, CD and two deluxe boxed sets (each containing branded merch and a copy of the CD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan Wallen\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>I\u2019m the Problem<\/em>&nbsp;moves 4-5 on the latest Billboard 200 (nearly 71,000 equivalent album units earned, down 8%) and Don Toliver\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>OCTANE<\/em>&nbsp;falls 3-6 (68,000 units, down 13%). Olivia Dean\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Art of Loving<\/em>&nbsp;dips 5-7 (61,000 units, down 15%) while two former No. 1s follow, as J. Cole\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Fall-Off<\/em>&nbsp;slides 2-8 (53,000 units, down 34%) and Swift\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>&nbsp;is a non-mover at No. 9 (44,000 units, down 13%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the top 10 is Mumford &amp; Sons\u2019&nbsp;<em>Prizefighter<\/em>, punching in at No. 10 with nearly 44,000 equivalent album units earned. It\u2019s the sixth top 10-charted effort for the band, and comes less than a year after its previous studio release,&nbsp;<em>Rushmere<\/em>. Of the new album\u2019s first-week units, album sales comprise 25,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 18,500 (equaling 18.69 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs, it debuts at No. 32 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album was preceded by the radio-promoted single \u201cRubber Band Man\u201d (featuring Hozier), which notched 10 nonconsecutive weeks atop the Adult Alternative Airplay chart from November through February. It also peaked at No. 2 on Alternative Airplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Prizefigher<\/em>\u2019s first-week sales got a lift from its availability across seven vinyl variants (including a signed edition) and four CD variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4816\" data-postid=\"4816\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4816 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, Hilary Duff, Baby Keem and Mumford &amp; Sons debut in the top 10. Megan Moroney\u00a0earns her first No. 1 on the\u00a0Billboard 200\u00a0albums chart, as\u00a0Cloud 9\u00a0debuts atop the list dated March 7. 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