Morgan Wallen's 'One Thing at a Time' Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200 for a Country Album

Morgan Wallen's One thing at a time returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated March 16), climbing 2-1 and notching a 19th consecutive week atop the chart, breaking the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a country album. He beats Garth Brooks Ropin the Wind, who held the record for 18 weeks, won back-to-back during her run at the top of the list in 1991-92. (Country albums are defined as those that have appeared Advertising signThe Chart of Top Country Albums. The list began in 1964.)

One thing at a time earned 68,000 equivalent US album units in the week ending March 7 (up less than 1%), according to Luminate.

One thing at a time continues to have the most weeks at No. 1 of any album since Adele 21 recorded 24 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the tally in 2011-12. One thing at a time it debuted at the top of the chart dated March 18, 2023 and spent the first 12 weeks at No. 1 until early June. He revisited the summit for three straight weeks last June and July, then posted one-week runs at No. 1 in October, January and February. In the album's 53 weeks on the chart, it never fell below No. 6. One thing at a time finished 2023 as the Billboard 200's year-end No. 1 album and Luminate's top year-end album.

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 March 16, 2024 will be posted in full on Advertising signon the user's website on March 12. For all new charts, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of One thing at a timeOf the 68,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 7, SEA units consist of 65,000 (down 1%, representing 89.63 million official on-demand streams of the set's songs), album sales of 2,000 (15% increase) and TEA units consist of 1,000 (24% increase).

Since the Billboard 200 began publication on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956, only 12 albums have spent at least 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Here's a recap.

Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200:
Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Year(s)
54, West Side Storysoundtrack, 1962-63)
37, Impressive workMichael Jackson, 1983-84
31, RumorsFleetwood Mac, 1977
31, south pacificsoundtrack, 1958-59
31, West India's type of danceHarry Belafonte, 1956-57
24, 21Adele, 2011-12
24, Purple rainsoundtrack, Prince and The Revolution, 1984-85
24, Saturday night feversoundtrack, 1978
21Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'EmMC Hammer, 1990
20, The BodyguardWhitney Houston/soundtrack, 1992-93
20, Blue HawaiiElvis Presley/soundtrack, 1961-62
19, One thing at a timeMorgan Wallen, 2023-24

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, by Noah Kahan Stick Season hits a new high, rising 4-2 with 53,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8%). The album previously peaked at No. 3 on the chart dated June 24, 2023, and returned to that ranking on February 24, 2024.

The rest of the top 10 is made up of former No. 1. Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign's Vultures 1 is a non-mover at No. 3 with nearly 53,000 equivalent album units earned (down 18%), SZA's warning sign up 5-4 (50,000 points, down 1%) and Drake's For all dogs rounds out the top five, climbing 6-5 (42,000, down 4%).

By Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor Edition) steps 7-6 (39,000 equivalent album units earned, down 5%), by Swift Lover rises 9-7 (38,000, down 3%) and Zach Bryan's self-titled rally set 12-8 (38,000, up 3%). of Wallen Dangerous: The Double album rises 11-9 with nearly 38,000 units (up 1%), for its 138th nonconsecutive week in the top 10. Extends its record for most weeks in the top 10 among albums by a single artist. The only album with more weeks in the top 10 is the original cast recording My beautiful ladywith 173 weeks in the region, beginning in 1956.

Closing out the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 is Travis Scott Utopiawhich jumps 17-10 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned (up 12%).

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