Taylor Swift extends her lead as the solo artist with the most total weeks at #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart in history. The singer spends a record 75 in total Asher latest album, The Tortured Poets Department secures the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 chart for a sixth consecutive week, earning 175,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. for the week ending May 30, despite a 54% drop in numbers. This achievement ties the record for the longest initial run at No. 1 since Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time Billboard reports.
Among her many No. 1 albums, The Tortured Poets Department matches Folklore for the most weeks at the top from debut. This week’s total is also the highest sixth-week performance since Adele’s 25 in 2016. Swift now boasts 75 career weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the most for any solo artist.
In other chart news, Gunna’s ‘One of Wun’ is at No.8 selling 42,000 combined units this week (189,000 units since release). The album previously peaked at No. 2.
“Right Place, Wrong Person” by RM of BTS debuts at No. 5 after selling 54,000 units. Of that amount 10.16 million in on-demand streams and 43,000 pure sales. It is his second Top 5 album on Billboard 200, joining “Indigo.”
Twenty One Pilots’ Clancy debuted at No. 3, marking the largest week for a rock album in 2024, while RM’s Right Place, Wrong Person entered at No. 5, achieving his best debut week. Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft remains steady at No. 2, Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time drops to No. 4, and several other albums shift positions within the top 10.
The Billboard 200 chart, compiled by Luminate, measures album popularity based on a combination of album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit represents one album sale, ten tracks sold, or a set number of streams. The latest chart will be fully available on June 4 on Billboard’s website.
Elsewhere in the UK, Tyla’s “Jump” featuring Gunna and Skillibeng spends 10 weeks on the Official Afrobeats Singles Chart. The song spends a third week at No. 2 as Tem’s “Love Me JeJe” holds on to the top spot for as many weeks.
