Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Division hits an eleventh consecutive and complete week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated July 13) — tying 1989 and Fearless as her longest-leading No. 1 albums. The final album by a girl to spend 11 weeks at No. 1 was 1989, which notched 11 nonconsecutive weeks atop the record in 2014-15. If Poets reaches a twelfth week at No. 1, it will likely be the primary album by a girl with at the very least 12 weeks at No. 1 since Adele’s 21 rang up 24 nonconsecutive weeks on prime in 2011-12.
The Tortured Poets Division earned 114,000 equal album items within the U.S. within the week ending July 4 (down 1%), based on Luminate. The album debuted atop the chart dated Might 4 and has but to yield the No. 1 slot.
The Tortured Poets Division is the primary album by a girl to spend 11 weeks in a row at No. 1 for the reason that Whitney Houston-led soundtrack to The Bodyguard strung collectively 13 straight weeks at No. 1 (of its complete 20 nonconsecutive weeks atop the record) from December 1992 to March 1993.
Additionally within the prime 10 of the most recent Billboard 200 chart, Megan Thee Stallion collects her sixth prime 10 as Megan bows at No. 3, whereas Beyoncé’s chart-topping Cowboy Carter gallops 50-10 following the discharge of a deluxe vinyl version.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the preferred albums of the week within the U.S. based mostly on multi-metric consumption as measured in equal album items, compiled by Luminate. Items comprise album gross sales, observe equal albums (TEA) and streaming equal albums (SEA). Every unit equals one album sale, or 10 particular person tracks offered 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 brand new July 13, 2024-dated chart can be posted in full on Billboard‘s web site on July 9. For all chart information, comply with @billboard and @billboardcharts on each X, previously often known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Of The Tortured Poets Division’s 114,000 equal album items earned, SEA items comprise 78,000 (down 10% — it’s No. 1 on Prime Streaming Albums for an eleventh week; its SEA items equal 102.09 million on-demand official streams of the deluxe version’s 31 songs), album gross sales comprise 35,000 (up 27%; it’s No. 1 on Prime Album Gross sales for a fifth nonconsecutive week) and TEA items comprise lower than 1,000 (down 22%). The album’s gross sales grew 27% within the monitoring week thanks largely to 2 new CD variants of the set that shipped to clients. The 2 CDs, which have been offered completely in Swift’s webstore, have been briefly out there to pre-order in early June for $7.99 every. Each CDs include the usual album’s 16 songs and an acoustic bonus observe (one contains “Fortnight,” that includes Publish Malone, and one contains “Contemporary Out the Slammer”).
The Tortured Poets Division matches Whitney Houston’s 1987 album Whitney as the one two albums by girls to spend their first 11 weeks at No. 1. All 11 of the latter’s complete weeks at No. 1 have been from its debut atop the chart.
Simply two different albums have spent at the very least their first 11 weeks at No. 1: Morgan Wallen’s One Factor at a Time (first 12 weeks at No. 1, of its complete 19 weeks at No. 1 in 2023-24) and Stevie Surprise’s Songs within the Key of Life (first 13 weeks at No. 1, of its complete 14 weeks at No. 1 in 1976). (For context, as we speak it’s widespread for albums to debut at No. 1. Nevertheless, earlier than 1991, when the Billboard 200 started using Luminate’s electronically monitored monitoring data, solely six albums debuted at No. 1, together with Whitney and Songs within the Key of Life.)
Swift is simply the third act with three or extra albums to spend 11 or extra weeks at No. 1, following Whitney Houston (her self-titled album with 14 weeks in 1986, Whitney with 11 in 1987 and The Bodyguard soundtrack with 20 in 1992-93) and The Beatles (Meet the Beatles! with 11 in 1964, A Onerous Day’s Evening soundtrack with 14 in 1964, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band with 15 in 1967 and Abbey Highway with 11 in 1969-70).
Swift provides her eightieth profession week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending her document amongst soloists. (Elvis Presley has the second-most amongst soloists, with 67.) The entire encompasses her 14 No. 1 albums. (She’s tied with Jay-Z for probably the most No. 1s amongst soloists.)
At No. 2 on the most recent Billboard 200, Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Factor at a Time rises 3-2 with 74,000 equal album items (up 1%). It’s additionally the final album to spend at the very least 11 weeks at No. 1, previous to Poets. Wallen’s album logged 19 complete weeks at No. 1 in 2023-24 (spending its first 12 within the prime slot).
Megan Thee Stallion scores her sixth prime 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as Megan enters at No. 3 with 64,000 equal album items earned. That marks the most important debut, by items, for any rap album launched by a girl in 2024. It’s additionally the primary prime 10-charting rap set by a girl launched this yr.
Of the album’s 64,000 items earned in its first week, SEA items comprise 47,000 (equaling 62.67 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 18 songs), album gross sales comprise 16,000 and TEA items comprise 1,000. The album was introduced on June 2 and was preceded by a trio of charting songs on the Billboard Sizzling 100: “Cobra” (peaking at No. 32 final November), “Hiss” (No. 1, February) and “Boa” (No. 39, Might). The set’s gross sales have been aided by its availability throughout three CD variants (all with the identical audio content material, simply totally different covers; all completely offered within the artist’s webstore) and 5 digital obtain album variants (an ordinary broadly out there version; one unique to Amazon, with a bonus observe; two with alternate covers; and one with a printed digital signature on its cowl from Megan Thee Stallion. The latter three have been unique to the artist’s webstore.)
Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Onerous and Gentle is a non-mover at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 (63,000 equal album items earned; down 10%) and Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess reaches the highest 5 for the primary time, rising 6-5 (60,000; down 2%). With Swift, Megan Thee Stallion, Eilish and Chappell Roan at Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5, there are 4 albums by girls, or women-led acts, within the prime 5 for the primary time in over a yr. It final occurred on the March 25, 2023-dated record, when the all-women group TWICE was No. 2 with Able to Be, adopted by Miley Cyrus’ Limitless Summer season Trip (No. 3), SZA’s SOS (No. 4) and Karol G’s Mañana Será Bonito at No. 5. (Wallen’s One Factor at a Time was No. 1 that week.)
Wallen’s former chief Harmful: The Double Album rises 7-6 on the brand new Billboard 200 (44,000 equal album items; up 1%), Peso Pluma’s Éxodo falls 5-7 (simply over 40,000; down 37%), Shaboozey’s The place I’ve Been, Isn’t The place I’m Going climbs 10-8 (40,000; down 1%) and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season rises 11-9 (39,000; up lower than 1%).
Beyoncé’s former No. 1 Cowboy Carter costs again into the highest 10 (50-10) after a deluxe version of the album was launched on vinyl. The set surges with 39,000 equal album items earned (up 133%), with 24,000 of that sum in conventional album gross sales (up 1,673%). Vinyl gross sales comprise slightly over 23,000 of that determine (up 3,551%).
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