By Beyoncé Cowboy Carter tops the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 20), after debuting at No. 1 a week ago, as the set earned 125,500 equivalent US album units in the week ending April 11 (down 69% ), according to Luminate.
With a second week in the lead, Cowboy Carter has the most weeks at No. 1 for any Beyoncé album after her self-titled set spent three weeks at No. 1 (the first three weeks on the chart) in December 2013 and January 2014.
Of Beyoncé's eight No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, three have spent two or more weeks at No. 1: Cowboy Carter (two, 2024), her self-titled effort (three, in 2013-14) and 4 (two, 2011). (Since her self-titled effort, she has topped the list three more times, with Lemonade [one week at No. 1, 2016], Renaissance [one week, 2022] and now Cowboy Carter.)
Elsewhere on the Billboard 200, and for the first time in 2024, three albums debut in the top 10 at the same time, as the latest releases from J. Cole, TOMORROW X TOGETHER and Benson Boone start at Nos. 2, 3 and 6. respectively. The last time the top 10 hosted three debuts was on the list dated November 25, 2023, when Stray Kids, Chris Stapleton and Chris Brown saw their newest albums bow out in the region.
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Of Cowboy CarterThe second week's unit total is 125,500, SEA units consist of 103,000 (down 54%, accounting for the set's 132.69 million official song streams on demand), traditional album sales include 20,500 (down 88%), and TEA units (2000). 70%).
While Cowboy CarterThe CD and vinyl versions were only available for purchase through Beyoncé's official store for the first two weeks of the set's release, these physical configurations became widely available at all retailers on April 12. widely, since its release on March 29.)
At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, J. Cole's surprise album release It may be deleted later arrives with 115,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that amount, SEA units are 105,000 (equivalent to 137.95 million official on-demand streams of the set's 12 songs), album sales are 9,000, and TEA units are 1,000. The album was only available for streaming or purchase as a digital download.
It may be deleted later was released on April 5 without warning and boasts collaborations with Gucci Mane, Cam'ron, Bas, Central Cee, Ari Lennox and Young Dro, among others.
It may be deleted later gained attention for his Kendrick Lamar diss track “7 Minute Drill,” which appears to find Cole responding to Lamar's apparent disses directed at Cole and Drake on Future and Metro Boomin's “Like That.” A few days after the release of “7 Minute Drill”, Cole publicly apologized for the track's release, saying it “didn't fit my spirit”. Eventually, “7 Minute Drill” was removed from the release's streaming tracklist It may be deleted later on April 12, one day after the last chart's tracking week ended. (As of April 14, the song was still available on the digital download version of the set.) “7 Minute Drill” was the most streamed song It may be deleted later during the album's launch week.
It may be deleted later is J. Cole's seventh album to reach the top two spots on the Billboard 200, following six prior No. 1s from 2011-21. He has recorded another entry on the list, with the Forest Hills Drive: Livewhich reached No. 71 in 2016.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER marks his fifth top 10 album on the Billboard 200, as Minisode 3: TOMORROW debuts at No. 3 with 107,500 equivalent album units. Of that amount, album sales make up 103,500 (making it the best-selling album of the week), SEA units make up 4,000 (equivalent to 5.54 million official streams of the set's songs on demand), and units TEA constitute a negligible amount. Sales of the album were supported by its availability on 17 CD collector's editions (including exclusive editions sold by Barnes & Noble, Target, and the act's webstore), all of which included random paper merchandise (but with the same track listing). .
With Nos. 1-3 on the Billboard 200 each earning at least 100,000 equivalent album units, it's the first time we've had 100,000 albums in a week since the list dated December 2, 2023. That week, Drake's For all dogs jumped 4-1 with 145,000, by Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor Edition) held at No. 2 with 137,000 and Dolly Parton's Rock star debuted at No. 3 with 128,000.
Future and Metro Boomin top the charts We Don't Trust You falls 2-4 in its third week on the chart, earning 99,000 equivalent album units (down 24%). The follow-up album to the set, We Still Don't Trust Youwas released on April 12th and will affect the following week's chart dated April 27th.
His former leader Morgan Wallen One thing at a time pushed down 3-5, despite a 4% gain, with 72,000 equivalent album units gained.
Benson Boone's first full-length studio album, Fireworks & Rollerblades, is at No. 6 with 58,000 equivalent album units. It's the first chart entry for the singer-songwriter. Of the set's original amount, SEA units are 52,000 (equivalent to 70.21 million official on-demand song streams of the set), album sales are 4,000 (largely from digital download, as the only physical availability of set was via limited release on CD) and TEA units include 2,000. The album spawned the single “Beautiful Things” (the most-streamed song on the set), which has spent the past nine weeks in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart (through the April 13-dated list). peaking at No. 2.
Ariana Grande's top spot Eternal sunshine falls 4-7 on the Billboard 200 with 48,000 equivalent album units gained (down 17%), by Noah Kahan Stick Season slips 7-8 (though 2%) with 45,000 points, former No. 1 Olivia Rodrigo Offal dips 6-9 with 43,000 (down 13%) and SZA's top warning sign falls 9-10, albeit with a 1% gain, to 40,000 units.
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