Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Division returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Aug. 10), accumulating a thirteenth nonconsecutive week atop the checklist. The album spent its first 12 weeks on the chart at No. 1, fell to No. 4 for 2 weeks, and now rebounds to No. 1 for a thirteenth body. (13 can be famously Swift’s fortunate quantity.)
Tortured Poets earned 71,000 equal album items within the U.S. within the week ending Aug. 1 (down 3%), in response to Luminate. That marks the smallest weekly sum for a No. 1 album since March 16-dated chart, when Morgan Wallen’s One Factor at a Time was tops with 68,000 items.
The final album to spend not less than 13 weeks at No. 1 was One Factor at a Time, which logged 19 whole nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 between March 2023 and this March. The final album by a lady to spend not less than 13 whole weeks at No. 1 was Adele’s 21, which earned 24 nonconsecutive weeks on high in 2011-12.
With Poets — Swift’s longest-leading album — she provides her 82nd profession week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending her report amongst soloists. (Elvis Presley has the second-most amongst soloists, with 67.) The whole encompasses her 14 No. 1 albums. (She’s tied with Jay-Z for probably the most No. 1s amongst soloists.)
Additionally on the newest Billboard 200, the sleepy high 10, the place no albums debut within the area, sees Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess hit a brand new peak, because it climbs 8-4, surpassing its earlier excessive of No. 5.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the preferred albums of the week within the U.S. based mostly on multi-metric consumption as measured in equal album items, compiled by Luminate. Items comprise album gross sales, observe equal albums (TEA) and streaming equal albums (SEA). Every unit equals one album sale, or 10 particular person tracks bought from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The brand new Aug. 10, 2024-dated chart will probably be posted in full on Billboard‘s web site on Aug. 6. For all chart information, comply with @billboard and @billboardcharts on each X, previously generally known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Of The Tortured Poets Division’s 71,000 items earned within the week ending Aug. 1, SEA items comprise 59,000 (down 8%, equaling 77.73 million on-demand official streams of the deluxe album’s 31 songs), album gross sales comprise 12,000 (up 34%, aided by a inventory replenishment of a deluxe CD version of the album in Swift’s webstore) and TEA items comprise a negligible sum (down 23%).
Wallen’s One Factor at a Time rises 6-2 with 64,000 equal album items earned (down 1%, additionally returning to No. 1 on Prime Streaming Albums for the primary time since March) and Zach Bryan’s The Nice American Bar Scene climbs 5-3 with 61,000 (down 14%).
Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess reaches a brand new peak, leaping 8-4 with 53,000 equal album items (although down 1%). The set beforehand topped out at No. 5 on the July 13-dated checklist. Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Onerous and Mushy ascends 9-5 with practically 53,000 items (down 2%) and Stray Youngsters’ ATE falls 1-6 in its second week with 52,000 items (down 78%; it’s additionally No. 1 on Prime Album Gross sales for a second week).
Eminem’s chart-topping The Dying of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) dips 3-7 with 49,000 equal album items earned (down 37%), Twisters: The Album falls 7-8 with 44,000 items (down 23%), Charli XCX’s Brat returns to the highest 10, rising 14-9 with 40,000 items (up 10%), and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season is regular at No. 10 with 39,000 items (down 10%).
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