It’s pretty rare to see the Billboard 200 results delayed, but that’s exactly what happened this week, with Carpenter and Scott going neck to neck until the last minute. Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet eventually debuted at No. 1 with 362,000 equivalent album units, just 1,000 units ahead of Scott’s Days Before Rodeo with a little over 361,000 equivalent album units.

Carpenter managed to score the third-largest week for an album in 2024, behind Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter. Short n’ Sweet is her first album to hit No. 1 in the U.S., in addition to topping the charts in the UK, Australia, and beyond.

Carpenter also hit No. 2, 3, and 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with “Taste”, “Espresso”, and “Please Please Please”, joining The Beatles as the only artist to chart her first three top five hits simultaneously. She previously made history as the first female artist to simultaneously score the No. 1 album and single in the UK, where “Taste” hit the top spot this week.

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With 115,000 equivalent album units earned during its latest week on the chart, Tortured Poets easily returned to No. 1. The lack of competition played a part in its continued chart domination, and Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us is the only new album to come even close to de-crowning it this week, with 89,000 equivalent album units earned.

Tortured Poets follows in the footsteps of 1989 and Fearless as Swift’s third album to spend at least ten weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart. She’s the first artist this century to achieve this feat and only the fifth to ever do so, joining Whitney Houston, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Kingston Trio.

The Tortured Poets Department originally came out on April 19, along with the second volume of songs known as The Anthology. Swift went on to release several variants featuring limited-edition bonus tracks in the weeks to come, which contributed to the album’s continued chart domination.

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Hit Me Hard and Soft took the backseat to Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and debuted at No. 2 with 339,000 equivalent album units earned. Album sales comprise 191,000, including 90,000 in vinyl sales, which marks Eilish’s largest sales week ever.

Hit Me Hard and Soft also helped her score her largest week in terms of equivalent album units, largely thanks to the album’s impressive streaming numbers. Despite only featuring ten songs, including the lead single “Lunch”, Eilish’s third studio album managed the earn 166,500 SEA units, equaling 193.93 million on-demand official streams.

Hit Me Hard and Soft might’ve failed to hit No. 1 in the US, but it did a pretty great job all around the world. It topped the charts in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, and Spain, in addition to scoring the biggest opening week of Eilish’s career on the UK Albums Chart with 67,100 album-equivalent units.

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Several Latin artists, including Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin, gave us no. 1 albums in the past, but none of them were Spanish-language records. Bad Bunny’s latest LP is actually only the fourth all-Spanish album to make it to the top five, after his own album YHLQMDLG, Mana’s Amar es Combatir and Shakira’s Fijación Oral: Vol. 1.

In addition to topping the Billboard 200 chart this week, with 116,000 equivalent album units earned, the album did pretty well on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Bad Bunny’s latest single “Dakiti” featuring Jhay Cortez hit no. 5, becoming his third single to make it to the top five in the U.S..

El Último Tour del Mundo was released on November 27th, and it already produced several more hit songs, including the Rosalía collaboration “La Noche de Anoche” and “Yo Visto Así”, which was promoted with a star-studded video, featuring Ricky Martin and Sofía Vergara.

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The successor to his 2012 mixtape Detroit came out on September 4th and sold 103,000 album-equivalent units during its first week on the chart. Its success was aided by collaborations with several famous rappers, including Eminem, Travis Scott, and the late Nipsey Hussle.

The Grammy-nominated artist celebrated the success of his latest album with an emotional Instagram post. He thanked his fans for supporting him and admitted he faced many dark moments that he poured into his music on Detroit 2.

“I sacrificed my privacy, I put so many emotions and lessons I learned the hard way into this music and gave an honest glimpse into my heart! Had to remember if I’m still here and so many aren’t, it’s for reason,” wrote Big Sean on Instagram.

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Rare, which was released January 10th via Interscope Records, came in at No. 1 on the chart this week, debuting to the tune of 112,000 equivalent album units earned in the US, according to Nielsen Music.

This is Gomez’s third album to top the albums chart and her sixth top 10 album on the Billboard 200.

Roddy Ricch’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, came in at a very close second with 110,000 equivalent album units earned. 

Next week looks to be a whole lot more competitive on the album charts front, with albums from Eminem, Mac Miller and Halsey set to drop and compete for the top spot.

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It’s pretty rare to see the Billboard 200 results delayed, but that’s exactly what happened this week, with Carpenter and Scott going neck to neck until the last minute. Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet eventually debuted at No. 1 with 362,000 equivalent album units, just 1,000 units ahead of Scott’s Days Before Rodeo with a little over 361,000 equivalent album units.

Carpenter managed to score the third-largest week for an album in 2024, behind Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter. Short n’ Sweet is her first album to hit No. 1 in the U.S., in addition to topping the charts in the UK, Australia, and beyond.

Carpenter also hit No. 2, 3, and 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with “Taste”, “Espresso”, and “Please Please Please”, joining The Beatles as the only artist to chart her first three top five hits simultaneously. She previously made history as the first female artist to simultaneously score the No. 1 album and single in the UK, where “Taste” hit the top spot this week.

The post Sabrina Carpenter Wins Tight Race for No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Chart appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

With 115,000 equivalent album units earned during its latest week on the chart, Tortured Poets easily returned to No. 1. The lack of competition played a part in its continued chart domination, and Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us is the only new album to come even close to de-crowning it this week, with 89,000 equivalent album units earned.

Tortured Poets follows in the footsteps of 1989 and Fearless as Swift’s third album to spend at least ten weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart. She’s the first artist this century to achieve this feat and only the fifth to ever do so, joining Whitney Houston, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Kingston Trio.

The Tortured Poets Department originally came out on April 19, along with the second volume of songs known as The Anthology. Swift went on to release several variants featuring limited-edition bonus tracks in the weeks to come, which contributed to the album’s continued chart domination.

The post Taylor Swift Makes History as “Tortured Poets” Spends Tenth Week at No. 1 appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

Hit Me Hard and Soft took the backseat to Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and debuted at No. 2 with 339,000 equivalent album units earned. Album sales comprise 191,000, including 90,000 in vinyl sales, which marks Eilish’s largest sales week ever.

Hit Me Hard and Soft also helped her score her largest week in terms of equivalent album units, largely thanks to the album’s impressive streaming numbers. Despite only featuring ten songs, including the lead single “Lunch”, Eilish’s third studio album managed the earn 166,500 SEA units, equaling 193.93 million on-demand official streams.

Hit Me Hard and Soft might’ve failed to hit No. 1 in the US, but it did a pretty great job all around the world. It topped the charts in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, and Spain, in addition to scoring the biggest opening week of Eilish’s career on the UK Albums Chart with 67,100 album-equivalent units.

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Several Latin artists, including Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin, gave us no. 1 albums in the past, but none of them were Spanish-language records. Bad Bunny’s latest LP is actually only the fourth all-Spanish album to make it to the top five, after his own album YHLQMDLG, Mana’s Amar es Combatir and Shakira’s Fijación Oral: Vol. 1.

In addition to topping the Billboard 200 chart this week, with 116,000 equivalent album units earned, the album did pretty well on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Bad Bunny’s latest single “Dakiti” featuring Jhay Cortez hit no. 5, becoming his third single to make it to the top five in the U.S..

El Último Tour del Mundo was released on November 27th, and it already produced several more hit songs, including the Rosalía collaboration “La Noche de Anoche” and “Yo Visto Así”, which was promoted with a star-studded video, featuring Ricky Martin and Sofía Vergara.

The post Bad Bunny Makes Billboard 200 History with His Latest Album appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

The successor to his 2012 mixtape Detroit came out on September 4th and sold 103,000 album-equivalent units during its first week on the chart. Its success was aided by collaborations with several famous rappers, including Eminem, Travis Scott, and the late Nipsey Hussle.

The Grammy-nominated artist celebrated the success of his latest album with an emotional Instagram post. He thanked his fans for supporting him and admitted he faced many dark moments that he poured into his music on Detroit 2.

“I sacrificed my privacy, I put so many emotions and lessons I learned the hard way into this music and gave an honest glimpse into my heart! Had to remember if I’m still here and so many aren’t, it’s for reason,” wrote Big Sean on Instagram.

The post Big Sean Hits No. 1 for the Third Time with “Detroit 2” appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

Rare, which was released January 10th via Interscope Records, came in at No. 1 on the chart this week, debuting to the tune of 112,000 equivalent album units earned in the US, according to Nielsen Music.

This is Gomez’s third album to top the albums chart and her sixth top 10 album on the Billboard 200.

Roddy Ricch’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, came in at a very close second with 110,000 equivalent album units earned. 

Next week looks to be a whole lot more competitive on the album charts front, with albums from Eminem, Mac Miller and Halsey set to drop and compete for the top spot.

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