Taylor Swift spends sixth week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 with 'The Tortured Poets Department'

By Taylor Swift Department of Tormented Poets spends its sixth consecutive and overall week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated June 8), as the title gained 175,000 equivalent US album units in the week ending May 30 (down 54%), according to Luminate .

Tormented Poets is the first album to spend its first six weeks at No.1 since Morgan Wallen One thing at a time led for the first 12 weeks a year ago (March 18-June 3, 2023 dated chart). Among Swift's No. 1 collection, Tormented Poets ties Folklore for the most weeks at No. 1 since its debut with six weeks each.

With 175,000 points earned Tormented PoetsIn its sixth week, the set marks the longest sixth week for any album by Adele 25 gained 363,000 points in his sixth frame (chart dated January 16, 2016).

Swift adds her 75th 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, Twenty One Pilots' Clancy debut at No. 3 with the longest week for any rock album in 2024 (in either equivalent units or traditional album sales), while RM's Right place, wrong person rockets to No. 5 with the biggest debut week (both in units and sales).

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 8, 2024 will be posted in full on Advertising signon the user's website on June 4. For all the new charts, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of Department of Tormented PoetsSixth week unit total of 175,000, SEA units consist of 133,000 (down 20% — is No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums; SEA units equal 173.65 million official on-demand streams of deluxe edition albums) , 31 song sales 41,000 (81% reduction) and TEA units consist of 1,000 (30% reduction).

By Billie Eilish Hit with hard and soft is at No. 2 in its second week on the chart, earning 145,000 equivalent album units (down 57%). It's the second-biggest week for any Eilish album, a week after she set her career-high weekly total with the set (339,000).

Twenty One Pilots' new studio album, Clancy, bows at No. 3 with 143,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that amount, album sales consist of 113,000 (making it the best-selling album of the week and #1 on top album sales), SEA units include 29,000 (equivalent to 38.64 million official streams of of on-demand set songs) and TEA units are a negligible amount. Clancy marks the biggest week, both by units and album sales, for any rock album in 2024. (Rock albums are defined as those that meet the criteria or have charted, Advertising signThe Top Rock Albums Chart.)

Clancy marks the fourth set of top 10 charts for Twenty One Pilots. The band had previously visited the area with Scaled and frozen (No. 3 in 2021), Trench (No. 2, 2018) and Blurry face (No. 1, 2016).

The new album spawned the single “Overcompensate,” which peaked at No. 2 on the Alternative Airplay chart in May, marking the act's 16th top 10 charting song. The track also peaked at No. 64 on the all-genre, multi-metric Billboard Hot 100 in March. The new album was announced on February 29 as the final chapter in the band's concept series that began with Blurry face.

ClancyFirst week sales were boosted by its availability on 11 vinyl variants, signed and unsigned zine/CD and CD digipak editions, deluxe CD box sets containing branded merchandise and a deluxe digital album with four bonus live tracks.

Morgan Wallen's top chart One thing at a time falls 3-4 on the Billboard 200 with 73,000 equivalent album units gained (down 3%).

RM collects his second top 10 solo album as Right place, wrong person debuted at No. 5 with 54,000 equivalent album units. Of that amount, album sales make up 43,000, SEA units make up 7,500 (equivalent to 10.16 million on-demand streams of the set's songs), and TEA units make up 3,500. The album gives the BTS member the best debut position on the Billboard 200, as well as the biggest opening week in both units and traditional album sales.

Right place, wrong person It was preceded by the single “Come Back to Me”, which reached the top 30 on both the US Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excluding charts. The album's first week sales were supported by its availability on 13 different CD variants, all featuring branded paper goods and other collectibles.

RM previously reached the top 10 with Indian (No. 3, December 2022).

Wallen's former leader Dangerous: The Double album is steady at No. 6 with 45,000 equivalent album units earned (down 1%). Future and Metro Boomin top the charts We Don't Trust You dips 5-7 (43,000, down 11%). of Guna One from Wun falls 4-8 (42,000, down 25%). By Noah Kahan Stick Season pushed down 7-9 despite a 4% gain (to 40,000). and Zach Bryan's former No. 1 namesake falls 8-10 (37,000, down 2%).

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