Beyoncé lands eighth No. 1 album on Billboard 200 with 'Cowboy Carter'

Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter gallops to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 13), debuting with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 4, according to Luminate. It is the superstar's eighth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 across all genres.

With 407,000 points earned, Cowboy Carter claims the biggest week of 2024 and the biggest since Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor Edition) bowed with 1.653 million units on the list dated November 11, 2023. Cowboy CarterBeyoncé's launch is also Beyoncé's biggest week, by units, since then Lemonade The album debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units (mostly from traditional album sales) on the chart dated May 14, 2016. The new effort also gives Beyoncé her biggest streaming week ever.

Cowboy Carter also rockets to No. 1 on Advertising signTop Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Selling Albums. She is the first black woman to top the Top Country Albums chart since January 1964. Cowboy Carter also claims the biggest week for a country album, by units earned, since last July, when Taylor Swift Speak Now (Taylor Edition)opened at No. 1 on the chart on July 22, 2023 with 716,000 units.

Cowboy Carter was introduced by the singles “Texas Hold'Em” and “16 Carriages,” which were released during the Super Bowl festivities on February 11. The tracks debuted and peaked (via charts dated April 6) at Nos. 1 and 9, respectively, on Advertising signHot Country Songs chart, marking Beyoncé's first entries on the chart. They also reached No. 1, for two weeks, and No. 38 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 Songs.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the US based on multimetric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units include album sales, track album equivalents (TEA) and streaming album equivalents (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale or 10 individual tracks sold from an album or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 official paid/subscription audio and video streams generated from songs from an album. The new chart dated April 13, 2024 will be posted in full on Advertising signon the user's website on April 9. For all the new charts, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of Cowboy CarterFirst week unit totals stand at 407,000, SEA units include 232,000 (equivalent to the set's 300.41 million official song streams on demand), traditional album sales stand at 168,000, and TEA units include 7,000. With 300.41 million official on-demand streams, Cowboy Carter giving Beyoncé her biggest streaming week ever and the fourth biggest for a country album.

Cowboy Carter marks Beyoncé's eighth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. She previously topped the list with Renaissance (in 2022), Lemonade (2016), her self-titled album (2013), 4 (2011), I am… Sasha Fierce (2008), B'Day (2006) and Dangerously in love (2003). Beyoncé breaks into a tie with Janet Jackson for fourth female No. 1. Swift has the most with 13, followed by Barbra Streisand (11), Madonna (nine), Beyoncé (eight) and Jackson (seven).

Cowboy CarterSales of the album were supported by the availability of the album in various formats, which was released on March 29. Released as a 19-track standard edition on vinyl (in four variations, each pressed on a different color vinyl [black, red, white and blue] with alternate cover art), a CD with one extra song (“Flamenco”) and a digital download and streaming version (both in clear and crisp versions, with three bonus songs “Flamenco”, “Spaghetti” and “Ya Ya”, plus two in between). The CD version was released in four variants (each with a different cover). Two of the variants were sold as stand-alone items, while two of the CDs were only available within two deluxe box sets (each with a different T-shirt containing a branded box). All physical formats of the album were sold exclusively through Beyoncé's official online store, while digital download and streaming versions were widely available.

The vinyl version of Cowboy Carter sold 62,000 copies (across all four variations combined), marking Beyoncé's biggest week on vinyl and the biggest week for any vinyl album in 2024.

Cowboy Carter features an eclectic lineup of guest artists including Tanner Adell, Beyoncé's daughter, Rumi Carter, Miley Cyrus, Willie Jones, Tiera Kennedy, Linda Martell, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Post Malone, Reyna Roberts, Shaboozey and Brittney Spencer. Among the album's many extras: 070 Shake, Jon Batiste, Ryan Beatty, Gary Clark Jr., The-Dream, Rhiannon Giddens, Paul McCartney, Pharrell, Robert Randolph, Nile Rodgers, Raphael Saadiq, Sara Watkins and Stevie Wonder.

Future and Metro Boomin's We Don't Trust You drops to No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 after debuting atop the chart a week ago. The set earned 131,000 equivalent album units in its second week (down 48%). His former leader Morgan Wallen One thing at a time rises 4-3 with 69,000 (up 2%) and tops Ariana Grande Eternal sunshine dips 3-4 with 58,000 (down 19%).

J-Hope's Hope On The Street, Vol. 1 debut at No. 5 with 50,000 equivalent album units earned. It's J-Hope's second top 10 charting effort and chart-topping set, which follows Jack in the boxwhich reached No. 6 on the list dated September 2, 2023. His Hope on the wayThe 50,000 units earned, album sales total 44,000, SEA units comprise 4,000 (equivalent to 5.7 million official on-demand streams of the set's songs), and TEA units comprise 2,000. Sales of the album were supported by eight CD collector's editions (including exclusive variants for Target, Walmart and the Weverse store), all featuring branded paper goods.

Olivia Rodrigo's former No1 Offal falls 2-6 on the new Billboard 200, with 49,000 equivalent album units gained (down 32%), by Noah Kahan Stick Season drops 5-7 with 44,000 (down 2%) and Taylor Swift's top Lover falls 7-8 with 40,000 units (down 1%). The top 10 is completed by two former leaders: SZA warning sign (6-9 with 39,000, down 3%) and Zach Bryan's self-titled album (8-10 with nearly 39,000, down 1%).

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