Taylor Swift Marks Ninth Week On Billboard 200 With 'The Tortured Poets Department'

By Taylor Swift Department of Tormented Poets marks its ninth consecutive and overall week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated June 29). It earned 126,000 equivalent US album units in the week ending June 20 (down 1%), according to Luminate.

Of Swift's 14 No. 1s on the Billboard 200, Poets now has the second-most weeks at No. 1. only 1989 and Fearlesseach with 11, have more weeks at No. 1.

Swift adds her 78th career week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending her record among solo artists. (Elvis Presley has the second most among soloists, with 67.) The total includes her 14 leaders. (He's tied with Jay-Z for most No. 1s among solo artists.)

Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, Don Toliver scores his fourth top 10 effort and best week in units gained with his No. 3 debut Hardstone Psycho; $uicideboy$ score their highest charting album ever and best weekly unit total as New global depression shoots to No. 5. Luke Combs scores his sixth top 10 with his No. 6 bow Fathers & Sons; and NAYEON achieves her second top 10 with TOIt starts at No. 7.

With four top 10 debuts, the region has the most new entries since just over a year ago, when six albums debuted in the top 10 on the list dated June 17, 2023.

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 June 29, 2024 will be posted in full on Advertising signon the user's website on June 25. For all the new charts, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of Department of Tormented PoetsOf the 126,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 93,000 (down 11% — it's No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for a ninth week; SEA units equal 121.32 million official on-demand streams of deluxe albums 31 songs). Sales are 33,000 (up 42%) and TEA units are less than 1,000 (down 11%). Sales of the album increased by 42% in the tracking week, mainly thanks to two new CD variants of the set sent to customers. The two CDs, which were sold exclusively on Swift's online store, were soon available for pre-order in early June. Both CDs contain the 16 songs from the standard album and an audio bonus track (one featuring “Down Bad” and the other “Guilty as Sin?”).

Notably, as Department of Tormented Poets has spent its first nine weeks at No.1, joining just five other albums to achieve the same feat: Morgan Wallen's One thing at a time (First 12 weeks at No. 1, out of a total of 19 weeks at No. 1 in 2023-24). of Wallen Dangerous: The Double album (all 10 weeks at No. 1 were from his chart-topping debut, 2021). Drake's Views (First nine weeks at No. 1, out of a total of 13 weeks at No. 1 in 2016). Whitney Houston's Whitney (and his 11 weeks at No. 1 were from his chart-topping debut in 1987). and Stevie Wonder's Songs in the key of life (First 13 weeks at No. 1, out of a total of 14 weeks at No. 1 in 1976). (For context, today it's common for albums to debut at No. 1. However, before 1991, when the Billboard 200 began using Luminate's electronically tracked tracking information, only six albums debuted them at No. 1, incl Whitney and Songs in the key of life.)

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, by Billie Eilish Hit with hard and soft is a non-move, with 84,000 equivalent album units earned (down 20%).

by Don Tolliver Hardstone Psycho debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 76,500 equivalent album units earned, his best week by units. Hard rock marks the hip-hop artist's fourth consecutive top 10, his total for chart releases. Of the 76,500 earned by the album in its opening week, SEA units comprise 57,000 (equivalent to 75.98 million official on-demand streams of the set's 16 songs on its stream, marking its biggest streaming week ever) , album sales are 19,500 (its best sales week yet, all from digital album download purchases) and TEA units are a negligible amount.

Hardstone Psycho was announced on May 22 and features guest appearances from Cash Cobain, Future, Kodak Black, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, Teezo Touchdown and Charlie Wilson. The set's release was preceded by a trio of songs, all of which reached the top 40 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart: the Toliver-solo tracks “Bandit” and “Deep in the Water” and “Attitude,” featuring Wilson and Cash Cobain.

The album's first week sales were boosted by the mid-week release of a deluxe digital download album, sold exclusively through Toliver's online store, for $5, which contained four additional bonus tracks exclusive to this download edition and features by Lil Uzi Vert and Yeat.

Morgan Wallen's top chart One thing at a time is at No. 4 on the new Billboard 200 with 73,000 equivalent album units (up 2%).

$uicideboy$ count their highest charting album and longest week in units earned as New global depression debuts at No. 5 with 66,000 equivalent album units. It's the fourth top-10 chart effort for the hip-hop duo (which includes cousins ​​$crim and Ruby da Cherry) and first to reach the top five.

Of the 66,000 units the album earned in its first week, SEA units comprise 46,000 (equivalent to 62.75 million official on-demand streams of the set's 13 songs, marking the album's biggest streaming week). , boosted by its availability in six variations — it's the week's top-selling vinyl album and the best-selling week ever on vinyl) and TEA units are a negligible amount. The album was was announced in early March and its release was preceded by the release of the song 'Us Vs. Them', which became the actor's first chart success on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Luke Combs collects his sixth top 10 on the Billboard 200 as his new single Fathers & Sons bows at No. 6 with 60,000 equivalent album units earned. The set was released on June 14 without any warning, as the country star announced the effort on June 6 alongside the release of his first track, “The Man He Sees in Me.” The track debuted at No. 14 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated June 22.

Fathers & Sons it's a themed album“about being a dad” and was issued on June 14, two days before the Father's Day holiday. Combs has two sons, both under the age of 2.

Of the 60,000 points earned Fathers & SonsFirst week SEA units include 45,000 (equivalent to 58.11 million official on-demand streams of the set's 12 songs), album sales of 14,000 (it was widely available as a digital download album; it only had one CD and one LP vinyl, both sold exclusively through Combs' online store) and TEA units include 1,000.

NAYEON earns her second Billboard 200 top 10 chart title as the TWICE member's second solo album, TO, enters at No. 7 with 47,000 equivalent album units earned. The set was announced in May and was not preceded by any pre-release songs. (The set's first single is “ABCD,” which was released concurrently with the album on June 14.) Of the 47,000 units earned by the album, album sales total 43,000 (making it the week's best-selling album, debuted at No. 1 on Top Selling Albums), SEA units include 4,000 (equivalent to 5.41 million official on-demand streams of the set's seven songs), and TEA units are a negligible amount. The album's first week sales were boosted by its availability on 15 CD variants and two vinyl variants, all featuring branded paper merchandise.

By Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess continues to climb the chart, as the busy artist's album steps 10-8 (a new high) with 46,000 equivalent album units earned (up 19%, the set's best week yet). Gaining nearly 7,500 units in the tracking week, the album also earns the week's Greatest Gainer trophy, marking the chart's biggest unit gain of the week. During the follow-up week ending June 20, Roan performed at the Bonnaroo Music & Artist festival (June 16). Her NBC interview and performance The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (which aired early on the morning of June 21st and was picked up wide caution via social media clips that day) will affect next week's chart (dated July 6).

The top 10 is completed by Charli XCX Brat (down 3-9 in second week with 45,000 points earned, down 42%) and chart topper Wallen Dangerous: The Double album (down 7-10 with 44,000, up less than 1%).

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