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]]>With 407,000 equivalent album units earned during its debut week, Cowboy Carter climbed atop the Billboard 200 chart, with the largest week for an album this year. It’s Beyoncé’s eighth album to achieve this feat, which is the fourth-most among female soloists, behind Taylor Swift, Barbra Streisand, and Madonna.
Cowboy Carter scored the largest streaming week of Beyoncé’s career, with 300.41 million official streams. It also topped Billboard’s Album Sales charts with 168,000 in pure sales, including 62,000 vinyl copies, which marks Beyoncé’s largest week on vinyl.
Beyoncé’s decision to go full country on this album worked wonders for her and helped her climb atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. She’s the first Black female artist to achieve this feat, in addition to breaking the same record on the Hot Country Songs chart with “Texas Hold ‘Em”, released as one of the two promo singles when she first announced Cowboy Carter.
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]]>The post Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine” Finds Success on Billboard Charts appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>Eternal Sunshine hit No. 1 with 227,000 equivalent album units upon its release on March 8, including 77,000 in pure sales alone. It continued Grande’s almost-perfect Billboard 200 streak, becoming her sixth out of seven albums to top this chart.
Its release was accompanied by the second single “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”, which became Grande’s ninth single to top the Hot 100. It soared to No. 1 with 32.6 million streams, 4.6 million radio airplay audience impressions, and 9,000 in sales.
“We Can’t Be Friends” set several major milestones on its way to No. 1. It helped Grande become the female artist with the most No. 1 debuts on the Hot 100 chart, breaking the record previously held by Taylor Swift.
“We Can’t Be Friends” is the second single from Eternal Sunshine to debut at No. 1, following “Yes, And?” They mimic the success of “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings” from Thank U, Next, transforming Grande into the first female artist with multiple No. 1 debuts from two albums.
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]]>The post Taylor Swift Ends Her Record-Breaking Year Atop the Billboard 200 Chart appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>1989 (Taylor’s Version) returned to No. 1 for the fourth non-consecutive week with 136,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the re-recording of Swift’s seminal album 1989, and she promoted its release with a new single “Is It Over Now?”, which soared to No. 1 after fans gave it a major push.
1989 (Taylor’s Version) dethroned Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 to spend the last week of the year at No. 1. It’s not Swift’s only former No. 1 to make it to the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart this week, since it was joined by Midnights at No. 3 and Lover at No. 7.
This marks the 67th week Swift spent atop the Billboard 200 across all 13 of her chart-topping releases, and this number is quite historic. She’s just one week away from becoming a soloist with most weeks at No. 1, after equaling Elvis Presley. The all-time record will be much harder to achieve, and it’s held by The Beatles with 132 weeks atop the US Billboard 200 chart.
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]]>The post Drake’s “For All the Dogs” Knocks it Out Off the Park on Billboard Charts appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>With 402,000 album-equivalent units earned during its first week on the chart, For All the Dogs was a clear leader on the Billboard 200 chart this week. It’s Drake’s 13th album to hit No. 1 in the US, the third-most chart-leaders in the U.S. behind Jay-Z with 14 and The Beatless with 19.
For All the Dogs also made quite a splash on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with all of its 23 tracks making the cut. To make the whole thing even more impressive, seven of them made it to the top ten, including “First Person Shooter” ft. J. Cole, Drake’s 13th chart-topper in the US.
Drake is now tied with Michael Jackson for the most No. 1 songs among solo male artists, but he’s yet to surpass Rihanna (14), Mariah Carey (19), and The Beatles (20). He also became the first artist in history with over 300 Billboard Hot 100 entries with a total of 320.
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]]>The post Travis Scott Scores Third No. 1 Album & Makes Hot 100 History With “Utopia” appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>With 496,000 album-equivalent units earned following its release on July 28, Utopia easily debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart. Streaming numbers were largely responsible for its success, as this album managed to score the second-biggest streaming week of 2023 with 330.68 million on-demand official streams, equaling 243,000 SEA units.
When it comes to pure sales, Utopia moved an equally impressive 252,000 copies for the second-largest week in album sales this year. It sold 79,000 vinyl copies alone, becoming the best-selling R&B/hip-hop vinyl album since Luminate started tracking sales in 1991.
As if that wasn’t enough, Scott also made history on the Billboard Hot 100 chart thanks to the enormous success of Utopia. All 19 tracks from this album charted on the Billboard Hot 100, including “Meltdown” ft. Drake and “FE!N,” ft. Playboi Carti, which both debuted in the top five. Scott increased his total of Hot 100 hits from 93 to 111 songs, becoming only the 15th artist in the chart’s history with 100-plus career entries on the summit.
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]]>The post Olivia Rodrigo Crowned as the Biggest Winner at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>Despite her domination at the BBMAs, Rodrigo failed to pick up the biggest award of the night—the top artist. This honor went to Drake, who won five awards at this ceremony, bringing his career total to 34 and extending his record as the most-awarded artist in the history of the Billboard Music Awards.
Rodrigo might’ve missed the chance to win the top artist award, but that didn’t stop her from being crowned the top new artist and top female artist. She also won awards for the top Hot 100 artist, top streaming songs artist, top radio songs artist, top Billboard 200 Global artist, and top Billboard 200 album with Sour.
Rodrigo didn’t do so great in the songs categories, despite the enormous success of her song “Good 4 U”. “Stay” by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber defeated this smash hit in most categories it was running in including the top Hot 100 song, top streaming song, and top Billboard Global 200 song.
The 2022 Billboard Music Awards were hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs and they took place in Las Vegas on May 15.
ARTIST AWARDS
Top Artist: Drake
Top New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Top Male Artist: Drake
Top Female Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Top Duo/Group: BTS
Top Billboard 200 Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Top Streaming Songs Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Top Song Sales Artist: BTS
Top Radio Songs Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Top Billboard Global 200 Artist (NEW): Olivia Rodrigo
Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist (NEW): Ed Sheeran
Top Tour: The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)
Top R&B Artist: Doja Cat
Top R&B Male Artist: The Weeknd
Top R&B Female Artist: Doja Cat
Top R&B Tour: Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM)
Top Rap Artist: Drake
Top Rap Male Artist: Drake
Top Rap Female Artist: Megan Thee Stallion
Top Rap Tour: Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021)
Top Country Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Country Male Artist: Morgan Wallen
Top Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Country Duo/Group: Dan + Shay
Top Country Tour: Eric Church (Gather Again Tour)
Top Rock Artist: Glass Animals
Top Rock Tour: The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)
Top Latin Artist: Bad Bunny
Top Latin Male Artist: Bad Bunny
Top Latin Female Artist: Kali Uchis
Top Latin Duo/Group: Eslabon Armado
Top Latin Tour: Los Bukis (Una Historia Cantada Tour)
Top Dance/Electronic Artist: Lady Gaga
Top Christian Artist: Ye
Top Gospel Artist: Ye
ALBUM AWARDS
Top Billboard 200 Album: Olivia Rodrigo “SOUR”
Top Soundtrack: “Encanto”
Top R&B Album: Doja Cat “Planet Her”
Top Rap Album: Drake “Certified Lover Boy”
Top Country Album: Taylor Swift “Red (Taylor’s Version)”
Top Rock Album: twenty one pilots “Scaled And Icy”
Top Latin Album: KAROL G “KG0516”
Top Dance/Electronic Album: ILLENIUM “Fallen Embers”
Top Christian Album: Ye “Donda”
Top Gospel Album: Ye “Donda”
SONG AWARDS
Top Hot 100 Song: The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”
Top Streaming Song: The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”
Top Selling Song: BTS “Butter”
Top Radio Song: Dua Lipa “Levitating”
Top Collaboration: The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”
Top Billboard Global 200 Song (NEW): The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”
Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song (NEW): The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”
Top Viral Song (NEW): Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More”
Top R&B Song: Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open”
Top Rap Song: Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow “INDUSTRY BABY”
Top Country Song: Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”
Top Rock Song: Måneskin “Beggin’”
Top Latin Song: Kali Uchis “telepatía”
Top Dance/Electronic Song: Elton John & Dua Lipa “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix”
Top Christian Song: Ye “Hurricane”
Top Gospel Song: Ye “Hurricane”
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]]>The post Kanye West’s “Donda” Debuts at No. 1 with the Biggest Week of 2021 appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>Donda hit the shelves on August 29th and soared to the top of the Billboard 200 with 309,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. during its first week. This is currently the largest opening for an album released in 2021, surpassing the record previously held by Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour with 295,000 units earned during its debut week.
Donda is West’s tenth studio album to top the Billboard 200, and this milestone cements his status as one of the musical legends. Only six artists before West managed to release ten or more no. 1 albums—The Beatles (19), Jay-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen (11), Barbra Streisand (11), Eminem (10), and Elvis Presley (10).
When it comes to the rest of the Billboard 200 chart for this week, Halsey hit the no. 2 spot with her latest album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. Olivia Rodrigo’s former no. 1 album Sour is still going strong, and it fell from no. 1 to no. 3 this week.
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]]>The post Taylor Swift Tops the Charts and Sets Records with New Version of “Fearless” appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>Fearless (Taylor’s Version) easily soared to the top of the charts with 291,000 album-equivalent units earned in its first week. It repeated the success of Swift’s previous two albums Folklore and Evermore, transforming her into the first female artist to top the Billboard 200 with three different albums in less than a year.
To make the whole thing even more impressive, Swift managed to break her own record for the shortest gap between no. 1 albums atop the Billboard 200 released by a female artist. Fearless (Taylor’s Version) also had the biggest weekly streams for a country album by a woman.
This album is only the first in the long line of Swift’s re-recordings, after the dispute with her old label that left her fighting for the ownership of her old catalog. It hit the shelves on April 9th, and gave fans six new tracks “from the vault”, in addition to re-recordings of all tracks from the platinum edition of Fearless.
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]]>The post BTS Top the Billboard 200 for the Fifth Time with “Be” appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>BTS’ latest record hit no. 1 with 242,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. during its first week on the Billboard 200. To make the whole thing even more impressive, Be isn’t even their first album to top the chart in 2020—Map of the Soul: 7 did the same back in February.
Along with YoungBoy Never Broke Again, BTS is currently the only act with two albums atop the Billboard 200 this year. They’re also the fastest group to score five chart-topping albums since the Beatles.
The chart-topping success of Be comes only a few days after BTS made Grammys history by becoming the first K-pop act to score a nomination with their for best pop duo/group performance nod for “Dynamite”. They thanked the Recording Academy and their fans on Twitter, for listening to their music and sympathizing with it during such a difficult time.
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]]>The post The Weeknd Spends Third Week at No. 1 with “After Hours” appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>After Hours hit the shelves on March 20th, and quickly debuted at no. 1 in the US, with the biggest first-week sales of the year. That was just the beginning of the Weeknd’s triumph, since his album returned to the top of the charts for the next two weeks, as well.
This time around, After Hours earned 90,000 equivalent album units, and Billboard credited its continuous success to the sales of the Weeknd’s merchandise/album bundles. It also helps that the Canadian rapper didn’t have a tough competition last week, since there weren’t any new albums released by highly-popular mainstream artists.
American rapper Rod Wave came in second with his sophomore album Pray 4 Love, while the former no. 1 albums Eternal Atake by Lil Uzi Vert and My Turn by Lil Baby took the third and fourth spots, respectively.
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]]>The post Beyoncé Sets Several Billboard Charts Milestones With “Cowboy Carter” appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>With 407,000 equivalent album units earned during its debut week, Cowboy Carter climbed atop the Billboard 200 chart, with the largest week for an album this year. It’s Beyoncé’s eighth album to achieve this feat, which is the fourth-most among female soloists, behind Taylor Swift, Barbra Streisand, and Madonna.
Cowboy Carter scored the largest streaming week of Beyoncé’s career, with 300.41 million official streams. It also topped Billboard’s Album Sales charts with 168,000 in pure sales, including 62,000 vinyl copies, which marks Beyoncé’s largest week on vinyl.
Beyoncé’s decision to go full country on this album worked wonders for her and helped her climb atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. She’s the first Black female artist to achieve this feat, in addition to breaking the same record on the Hot Country Songs chart with “Texas Hold ‘Em”, released as one of the two promo singles when she first announced Cowboy Carter.
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]]>The post Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine” Finds Success on Billboard Charts appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>Eternal Sunshine hit No. 1 with 227,000 equivalent album units upon its release on March 8, including 77,000 in pure sales alone. It continued Grande’s almost-perfect Billboard 200 streak, becoming her sixth out of seven albums to top this chart.
Its release was accompanied by the second single “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”, which became Grande’s ninth single to top the Hot 100. It soared to No. 1 with 32.6 million streams, 4.6 million radio airplay audience impressions, and 9,000 in sales.
“We Can’t Be Friends” set several major milestones on its way to No. 1. It helped Grande become the female artist with the most No. 1 debuts on the Hot 100 chart, breaking the record previously held by Taylor Swift.
“We Can’t Be Friends” is the second single from Eternal Sunshine to debut at No. 1, following “Yes, And?” They mimic the success of “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings” from Thank U, Next, transforming Grande into the first female artist with multiple No. 1 debuts from two albums.
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]]>The post Taylor Swift Ends Her Record-Breaking Year Atop the Billboard 200 Chart appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>1989 (Taylor’s Version) returned to No. 1 for the fourth non-consecutive week with 136,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the re-recording of Swift’s seminal album 1989, and she promoted its release with a new single “Is It Over Now?”, which soared to No. 1 after fans gave it a major push.
1989 (Taylor’s Version) dethroned Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 to spend the last week of the year at No. 1. It’s not Swift’s only former No. 1 to make it to the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart this week, since it was joined by Midnights at No. 3 and Lover at No. 7.
This marks the 67th week Swift spent atop the Billboard 200 across all 13 of her chart-topping releases, and this number is quite historic. She’s just one week away from becoming a soloist with most weeks at No. 1, after equaling Elvis Presley. The all-time record will be much harder to achieve, and it’s held by The Beatles with 132 weeks atop the US Billboard 200 chart.
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]]>The post Drake’s “For All the Dogs” Knocks it Out Off the Park on Billboard Charts appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>With 402,000 album-equivalent units earned during its first week on the chart, For All the Dogs was a clear leader on the Billboard 200 chart this week. It’s Drake’s 13th album to hit No. 1 in the US, the third-most chart-leaders in the U.S. behind Jay-Z with 14 and The Beatless with 19.
For All the Dogs also made quite a splash on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with all of its 23 tracks making the cut. To make the whole thing even more impressive, seven of them made it to the top ten, including “First Person Shooter” ft. J. Cole, Drake’s 13th chart-topper in the US.
Drake is now tied with Michael Jackson for the most No. 1 songs among solo male artists, but he’s yet to surpass Rihanna (14), Mariah Carey (19), and The Beatles (20). He also became the first artist in history with over 300 Billboard Hot 100 entries with a total of 320.
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]]>The post Travis Scott Scores Third No. 1 Album & Makes Hot 100 History With “Utopia” appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>With 496,000 album-equivalent units earned following its release on July 28, Utopia easily debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart. Streaming numbers were largely responsible for its success, as this album managed to score the second-biggest streaming week of 2023 with 330.68 million on-demand official streams, equaling 243,000 SEA units.
When it comes to pure sales, Utopia moved an equally impressive 252,000 copies for the second-largest week in album sales this year. It sold 79,000 vinyl copies alone, becoming the best-selling R&B/hip-hop vinyl album since Luminate started tracking sales in 1991.
As if that wasn’t enough, Scott also made history on the Billboard Hot 100 chart thanks to the enormous success of Utopia. All 19 tracks from this album charted on the Billboard Hot 100, including “Meltdown” ft. Drake and “FE!N,” ft. Playboi Carti, which both debuted in the top five. Scott increased his total of Hot 100 hits from 93 to 111 songs, becoming only the 15th artist in the chart’s history with 100-plus career entries on the summit.
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]]>The post Olivia Rodrigo Crowned as the Biggest Winner at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>Despite her domination at the BBMAs, Rodrigo failed to pick up the biggest award of the night—the top artist. This honor went to Drake, who won five awards at this ceremony, bringing his career total to 34 and extending his record as the most-awarded artist in the history of the Billboard Music Awards.
Rodrigo might’ve missed the chance to win the top artist award, but that didn’t stop her from being crowned the top new artist and top female artist. She also won awards for the top Hot 100 artist, top streaming songs artist, top radio songs artist, top Billboard 200 Global artist, and top Billboard 200 album with Sour.
Rodrigo didn’t do so great in the songs categories, despite the enormous success of her song “Good 4 U”. “Stay” by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber defeated this smash hit in most categories it was running in including the top Hot 100 song, top streaming song, and top Billboard Global 200 song.
The 2022 Billboard Music Awards were hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs and they took place in Las Vegas on May 15.
ARTIST AWARDS
Top Artist: Drake
Top New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Top Male Artist: Drake
Top Female Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Top Duo/Group: BTS
Top Billboard 200 Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Top Streaming Songs Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Top Song Sales Artist: BTS
Top Radio Songs Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Top Billboard Global 200 Artist (NEW): Olivia Rodrigo
Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist (NEW): Ed Sheeran
Top Tour: The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)
Top R&B Artist: Doja Cat
Top R&B Male Artist: The Weeknd
Top R&B Female Artist: Doja Cat
Top R&B Tour: Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM)
Top Rap Artist: Drake
Top Rap Male Artist: Drake
Top Rap Female Artist: Megan Thee Stallion
Top Rap Tour: Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021)
Top Country Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Country Male Artist: Morgan Wallen
Top Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Country Duo/Group: Dan + Shay
Top Country Tour: Eric Church (Gather Again Tour)
Top Rock Artist: Glass Animals
Top Rock Tour: The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)
Top Latin Artist: Bad Bunny
Top Latin Male Artist: Bad Bunny
Top Latin Female Artist: Kali Uchis
Top Latin Duo/Group: Eslabon Armado
Top Latin Tour: Los Bukis (Una Historia Cantada Tour)
Top Dance/Electronic Artist: Lady Gaga
Top Christian Artist: Ye
Top Gospel Artist: Ye
ALBUM AWARDS
Top Billboard 200 Album: Olivia Rodrigo “SOUR”
Top Soundtrack: “Encanto”
Top R&B Album: Doja Cat “Planet Her”
Top Rap Album: Drake “Certified Lover Boy”
Top Country Album: Taylor Swift “Red (Taylor’s Version)”
Top Rock Album: twenty one pilots “Scaled And Icy”
Top Latin Album: KAROL G “KG0516”
Top Dance/Electronic Album: ILLENIUM “Fallen Embers”
Top Christian Album: Ye “Donda”
Top Gospel Album: Ye “Donda”
SONG AWARDS
Top Hot 100 Song: The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”
Top Streaming Song: The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”
Top Selling Song: BTS “Butter”
Top Radio Song: Dua Lipa “Levitating”
Top Collaboration: The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”
Top Billboard Global 200 Song (NEW): The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”
Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song (NEW): The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”
Top Viral Song (NEW): Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More”
Top R&B Song: Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open”
Top Rap Song: Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow “INDUSTRY BABY”
Top Country Song: Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”
Top Rock Song: Måneskin “Beggin’”
Top Latin Song: Kali Uchis “telepatía”
Top Dance/Electronic Song: Elton John & Dua Lipa “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix”
Top Christian Song: Ye “Hurricane”
Top Gospel Song: Ye “Hurricane”
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]]>The post Kanye West’s “Donda” Debuts at No. 1 with the Biggest Week of 2021 appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>Donda hit the shelves on August 29th and soared to the top of the Billboard 200 with 309,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. during its first week. This is currently the largest opening for an album released in 2021, surpassing the record previously held by Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour with 295,000 units earned during its debut week.
Donda is West’s tenth studio album to top the Billboard 200, and this milestone cements his status as one of the musical legends. Only six artists before West managed to release ten or more no. 1 albums—The Beatles (19), Jay-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen (11), Barbra Streisand (11), Eminem (10), and Elvis Presley (10).
When it comes to the rest of the Billboard 200 chart for this week, Halsey hit the no. 2 spot with her latest album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. Olivia Rodrigo’s former no. 1 album Sour is still going strong, and it fell from no. 1 to no. 3 this week.
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]]>The post Taylor Swift Tops the Charts and Sets Records with New Version of “Fearless” appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>Fearless (Taylor’s Version) easily soared to the top of the charts with 291,000 album-equivalent units earned in its first week. It repeated the success of Swift’s previous two albums Folklore and Evermore, transforming her into the first female artist to top the Billboard 200 with three different albums in less than a year.
To make the whole thing even more impressive, Swift managed to break her own record for the shortest gap between no. 1 albums atop the Billboard 200 released by a female artist. Fearless (Taylor’s Version) also had the biggest weekly streams for a country album by a woman.
This album is only the first in the long line of Swift’s re-recordings, after the dispute with her old label that left her fighting for the ownership of her old catalog. It hit the shelves on April 9th, and gave fans six new tracks “from the vault”, in addition to re-recordings of all tracks from the platinum edition of Fearless.
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]]>The post BTS Top the Billboard 200 for the Fifth Time with “Be” appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>BTS’ latest record hit no. 1 with 242,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. during its first week on the Billboard 200. To make the whole thing even more impressive, Be isn’t even their first album to top the chart in 2020—Map of the Soul: 7 did the same back in February.
Along with YoungBoy Never Broke Again, BTS is currently the only act with two albums atop the Billboard 200 this year. They’re also the fastest group to score five chart-topping albums since the Beatles.
The chart-topping success of Be comes only a few days after BTS made Grammys history by becoming the first K-pop act to score a nomination with their for best pop duo/group performance nod for “Dynamite”. They thanked the Recording Academy and their fans on Twitter, for listening to their music and sympathizing with it during such a difficult time.
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]]>The post The Weeknd Spends Third Week at No. 1 with “After Hours” appeared first on TheDailyDay.
]]>After Hours hit the shelves on March 20th, and quickly debuted at no. 1 in the US, with the biggest first-week sales of the year. That was just the beginning of the Weeknd’s triumph, since his album returned to the top of the charts for the next two weeks, as well.
This time around, After Hours earned 90,000 equivalent album units, and Billboard credited its continuous success to the sales of the Weeknd’s merchandise/album bundles. It also helps that the Canadian rapper didn’t have a tough competition last week, since there weren’t any new albums released by highly-popular mainstream artists.
American rapper Rod Wave came in second with his sophomore album Pray 4 Love, while the former no. 1 albums Eternal Atake by Lil Uzi Vert and My Turn by Lil Baby took the third and fourth spots, respectively.
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