Billboard 200--- 8/5/23: NewJeans or Barbie

[Gary]

Will It Be a ‘Barbie’ World or a NewJeans Day on the Billboard 200?
In this week's The Contenders, the Barbie soundtrack challenges NewJeans' new EP for the chart's top spot.

www.billboard.com/pro/newjeans-barbie-soundtrack-number-one-album-billboard-200/
BY ANDREW UNTERBERGER


TThe Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week (for the upcoming charts dated August 5), the hottest new K-pop breakout of 2023 takes on the hottest new film soundtrack of 2023 for Billboard 200 supremacy.

NewJeans, New Jeans’ 2nd EP (‘Get Up’) (ADOR/Geffen/Interscope): After breaking through earlier this year with the singles “OMG” and “Ditto,” Korean girl group NewJeans established itself as one of the most exciting new acts in global pop with a massive online following. The quintet looks to build on that rising success with a new EP released Friday (July 21) that’s officially titled New Jeans’ 2nd EP (’Get Up’) and features Powerpuff Girls-esque cover art representing the five members.

As is often the case with major K-pop releases, the set is expected to sell very well, thanks largely to the wide variety of variants available for release. There are three main CD versions of the album, but with 14 total iterations, with different covers and packaging individualized to the different members, and all with a set of branded merchandise inside, including photo books, lyric books and photo cards.

However, NewJeans are exceptional among most 2023 K-pop acts in that they also stream very well in the U.S. On the most recent Spotify Daily Top Songs USA chart, every track from the new EP is still on the top 200 ranking, led by the Billboard Hot 100 hit “Super Shy” (No. 64 for the chart dated July 29). Given that it’s an EP with only six tracks total, that puts it at something of a disadvantage on the Billboard 200. But its combination of sales and streams should still make for a formidable debut on next week’s charts.

Various Artists, Barbie the Album (Atlantic): Hey, did you know there’s a new Barbie movie out? Most likely after years of promo and a $155 million opening weekend, you’ve heard tell of the pop culture phenomenon – which also includes a star-studded soundtrack, executive produced by Mark Ronson and featuring new songs by A-listers like Billie Eilish, Karol G, Sam Smith, Lizzo, Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice, and even film star Ryan Gosling, among many more.

Barbie the Album is in stores now via a half-dozen vinyl LPs (including retailer exclusives), three cassette editions and multiple CD iterations — as well as in a deluxe Best Weekend Ever Edition, which features a Gosling cover of Matchbox Twenty’s “Push” and married couple Brandi and Catherine Carlile’s version of Indigo Girls’ “Closer to Fine.” (Both originals are featured in the film, but not on the soundtrack.) The set has also been steadily growing on streaming since its Friday release – led by Minaj’s and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World,” featuring original “Barbie Girl” hitmakers Aqua, and Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” — as Barbie-mania continues to seep into the few remaining untouched corners of national consciousness.

IN THE MIX

Greta Van Fleet, Starcatcher (Republic): Classic rock revivalists Greta Van Fleet have gone top 10 with both of their first two albums, 2018’s Anthem of the Peaceful Army and 2021’s The Battle at Garden’s Gate, and look to make it three in a row next week with their new Starcatcher. The album is available in five different vinyl variants, and features the lead single “Meet the Master,” a top five hit on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.

Ice Spice, Like..? EP (10k Projects/Capitol/Dolo): For many older listeners, the phrase “deluxe EP” may feel slightly oxymoronic, but that’s what always-rising rap star Ice Spice released on Friday, with the expanded version of her breakthrough Like..? EP. The six-track January set — which was expanded to seven with the April addition of the Nicki Minaj-co-starring remix to “Princess Diana” — is now at a whopping 11 tracks, including the new “Deli,” which has made a strong debut on streaming.

Nas, Magic 2 (Mass Appeal): The latest in a late-career explosion of productivity for legendary MC Nas – recently ranked as Billboard’s third-greatest rapper of all time – Magic 2 marks the sequel to his 2021 set, and his fifth album in three years. The 11-track album only includes two guests, but both big-name: fellow Queens native 50 Cent on “Office Hours” and Atlanta star 21 Savage on the previously released bonus cut “One Mic, One Gun.”

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[HolidayGuy]

So info for both the Hot 100 and this chart are delayed. Hmmm...

[renfield75]

Jul 31, 2023 14:32:52 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

So info for both the Hot 100 and this chart are delayed. Hmmm...

I was wondering if today was some obscure holiday I had forgotten about. "Due To The observance of National Avocado Day the Billboard charts will be posted one day later than usual..."

(and yes, today is National Avocado Day...in addition to National Mutt Day, Lifeguard Appreciation Day, and Harry Potter's Birthday apparently)

[HolidayGuy]

Ha Indeed. One never knows. Or maybe it's actually really close on the albums front, and on the Hot 100 front, Billboard is trying every possible charts formula/change to avoid having a certain track be No. 1.

[renfield75]

Jul 31, 2023 15:06:32 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Ha Indeed. One never knows. Or maybe it's actually really close on the albums front, and on the Hot 100 front, Billboard is trying every possible charts formula/change to avoid having a certain track be No. 1.

As much as I would prefer that song not be number one it would be embarrassing for Billboard if it wasn't. Its point lead was projected to be miles beyond anything else, and if there was an upset it would look like obvious manipulation.

[kanimal]

Jul 31, 2023 15:06:32 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Ha Indeed. One never knows. Or maybe it's actually really close on the albums front, and on the Hot 100 front, Billboard is trying every possible charts formula/change to avoid having a certain track be No. 1.

Honestly, the Billboard 200 issue makes me more anxious at this point. "Barbie" would certainly seem like the industry favorite to get #1 (it's the hottest thing in pop culture, and there are a LOT of big names on that album), but the margin of victory Hits reported for NewJeans would seem insurmountable without a significant and thus suspicious recalculation of the data.

[jdanton2]

Jul 31, 2023 15:22:35 GMT -5 kanimal said:

Jul 31, 2023 15:06:32 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Ha Indeed. One never knows. Or maybe it's actually really close on the albums front, and on the Hot 100 front, Billboard is trying every possible charts formula/change to avoid having a certain track be No. 1.

Honestly, the Billboard 200 issue makes me more anxious at this point. "Barbie" would certainly seem like the industry favorite to get #1 (it's the hottest thing in pop culture, and there are a LOT of big names on that album), but the margin of victory Hits reported for NewJeans would seem insurmountable without a significant and thus suspicious recalculation of the data.

i would like to see NewJeans get it but has there not been suspicious numbers with other K Pop artists that caused delays?

[kanimal]

Jul 31, 2023 15:45:37 GMT -5 jdanton2 said:

Jul 31, 2023 15:22:35 GMT -5 kanimal said:

Honestly, the Billboard 200 issue makes me more anxious at this point. "Barbie" would certainly seem like the industry favorite to get #1 (it's the hottest thing in pop culture, and there are a LOT of big names on that album), but the margin of victory Hits reported for NewJeans would seem insurmountable without a significant and thus suspicious recalculation of the data.

i would like to see NewJeans get it but has there not been suspicious numbers with other K Pop artists that caused delays?

There may have been issues in the past, but as far as I recall, the last few K-pop albums that earned #1 on Hits also earned #1 on Billboard (with similar numbers). In the case of Stray Kids, the last such act to hit #1, Billboard actually reported slightly higher numbers than Hits did.

NewJeans has also had more specific/organic interest in their songs than other K-pop groups, which makes it seem especially unlikely that their numbers would have been manipulated to a meaningful extent.

[Gary]

Probably just data validation/maintenance issues - could be about anything - not just #1

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[greggpo]

I hope not, given that been so long for Billboard is taking to come out with the final numbers for the top 200 Albums.

I was wondering if at the last minute deciding to change the formula to calculate the top 200 Albums to include radio airplay. Radio Airplay is where The Barbie soundtrack would have a very strong advantage.

[kanimal]

Aug 1, 2023 12:47:06 GMT -5 greggpo said:

I hope not, given that been so long for Billboard is taking to come out with the final numbers for the top 200 Albums.

I was wondering if at the last minute deciding to change the formula to calculate the top 200 Albums to include radio airplay. Radio Airplay is where The Barbie soundtrack would have a very strong advantage.

I don't see a scenario in which they could change the methodology mid-week. But at this point, it's pretty hard not to assume this has something to do with Barbie vs. NewJeans.

Since they already reported Hot 100 positions, that would mean it's probably not about track sales or streams and thus purely about traditional album sales. That could either mean a reduction to the presumed NewJeans total or an increase to the presumed Barbie total, and you'd assume the latter since NewJeans was tracking well there all week (thus making it unlikely some fraud suddenly came to light).

[Ryan]

NewJeans Score First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘2nd EP ‘Get Up”
Plus, the Barbie soundtrack makes a splash at No. 2, while Greta Van Fleet nabs its third top 10 with Starcatcher.

www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/newjeans-get-up-number-one-billboard-200-1235383894/

#1 NewJeans 126,500
#2 Barbie The Album 126,000

I guess it was a very close call, which caused the delay.

[Gary]

NewJeans Score First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘2nd EP ‘Get Up”
Plus, the Barbie soundtrack makes a splash at No. 2, while Greta Van Fleet nabs its third top 10 with Starcatcher.


By Keith Caulfield

08/2/2023


NewJeans land both their first No. 1 and first entry on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Aug. 5) as their 2nd EP ‘Get Up’ debuts atop the list. The set earned 126,500 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 27, according to Luminate, mostly driven by CD sales of the album.



The Korean quintet brings a second all-female group to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in less than a year, following BLACKPINK’s Born Pink last September. They are the only two albums by all-female groups to reach No. 1 in the last 15 years. (Before BLACKPINK, the last all-female group to lead the tally was Danity Kane with Welcome to the Dollhouse in April of 2008.)


Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, the all-star Barbie soundtrack bows at No. 2 – with the biggest week, by units earned, for a theatrical film soundtrack in over four years. Plus, Greta Van Fleet claims its third top 10-charting effort as Starcatcher starts at No. 8.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold 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 new Aug. 5, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Aug. 2. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Get Up’s 126,500 equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 27, album sales comprise 101,500 (with 99% of that sum driven by CD sales and 1% via digital download), SEA units comprise 24,500 (equaling 34.39 million on-demand official streams of the set’s six tracks) and TEA units comprise 500.

Like many K-pop releases, the CD edition of Get Up was issued in collectible CD packages (three main versions, available in 14 different iterations, with different covers and packaging individualized to the different group members, and all with a set of randomized branded merchandise inside, including photo books, lyric books and photo cards). Most of the permutations of the CD edition of the album saw their contents housed in a branded bag, which was then contained inside a box. The set was only available for purchase as a CD or a digital download album.

Get Up is mostly in the Korean language, but includes some English lyrics. It is the 20th mostly non-English language album to hit No. 1, and the fourth of 2023, following Stray Kids’ 5-STAR (one week at No. 1, June 17 chart), Karol G’s Mañana Será Bonito (one week, March 11) and TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s The Name Chapter: Temptation (one week, Feb. 11).

Though Get Up is NewJeans’ first album to chart on the Billboard 200, the group logged three entries before the album’s release on the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, including the Get Up track “Super Shy,” which climbs to a new peak of No. 48 on the Aug. 5-dated chart.

Notably, the six-track Get Up is the second No. 1 album of 2023 to have fewer than 10 tracks, after another K-pop project, TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s five-song The Name Chapter: Temptation.

The all-star Barbie film soundtrack bounds in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 126,000 equivalent album units earned — the biggest week for a full-length theatrical film soundtrack, by units, in more than four years. The last soundtrack to score a bigger week was Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born, which registered 129,000 on the March 9, 2019, chart (at No. 1), following its exposure on that year’s Academy Awards (Feb. 24).

Barbie marks the highest charting soundtrack in more than a year, since Encanto led the list for nine nonconsecutive weeks (January-March 2022). Barbie is also the highest debut for a full-length theatrical film soundtrack since the Beyoncé-led The Lion King: The Gift also opened at No. 2 three years ago (Aug. 3, 2019, chart).

The Barbie album features new music from Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice and Sam Smith (among many others), and even a pair of tracks from the film’s co-star Ryan Gosling.

Of Barbie’s starting unit sum of 126,000, SEA units comprise 70,000 (equaling 93.81 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 19 songs), album sales comprise 53,000, and TEA units comprise 3,000.

Meanwhile, Barbie boasts the largest sales week on vinyl for a theatrical film soundtrack (33,000) since Luminate began electronically tracking music sales in 1991. (The set’s vinyl sales were enhanced by its availability across at least six color variants.) Further, Barbie scores the largest first-week streams (93.81 million) for a soundtrack in over five years, since Black Panther started with 138.95 million (Feb. 24, 2018, chart).

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 One Thing at a Time dips 2-3 on the Billboard 200 with 103,000 equivalent album units (down 2%). The set has earned in excess of 100,000 equivalent album units in all 21 of its chart weeks, extending its own record as the album with the most weeks of 100,000-plus units since the Billboard 200 began ranking titles by units in December of 2014.

Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) falls to No. 4 in its third week (79,000 equivalent album units; down 35%) after spending its first two weeks at No. 1. Peso Pluma’s Génesis drops 3-5 (53,000; down 4%), Swift’s chart-topping Midnights descends 4-6 (49,000; down 4%) and Wallen’s former leader Dangerous: The Double Album falls 5-7 (47,000; down 1%).

Greta Van Fleet notches its third top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200 as Starcatcher starts at No. 8. The set launches with 45,500 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 41,000, SEA units comprise 4,500 (equaling 5.83 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 10 songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

Rounding out the top 10 is a pair of former No. 1s: SZA’s SOS (7-9 with just over 42,000; down 2%) and Swift’s Lover (6-10 with 42,000; down 3%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

[jdanton2]

Aug 2, 2023 14:54:27 GMT -5 Ryan said:

NewJeans Score First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘2nd EP ‘Get Up”
Plus, the Barbie soundtrack makes a splash at No. 2, while Greta Van Fleet nabs its third top 10 with Starcatcher.

www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/newjeans-get-up-number-one-billboard-200-1235383894/

#1 NewJeans 126,500
#2 Barbie The Album 126,000

I guess it was a very close call, which caused the delay.

that is very close . happy NewJeans got it but Barbie would also be much better than some other recent #1's.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

It looks like NewJeans probably could have gotten around 14k pure sales filtered out based on HITS' final prediction. Barbie OST had about 4.5k more SEAs and 1.5k more pure sales than HITS predicted.

[HolidayGuy]

Will all the charts be posted, today, then? The article says Aug. 2. :)

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^I checked and the Billboard 200 and Global 200 I can see by changing the charts' date. The Hot 100 hasn't been correctly refreshed ...

[Gary]

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 2nd EP 'Get Up', NewJeans 1
2 - - 1 Barbie: The Album, Soundtrack 2
3 2 - 21 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
4 1 - 3 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
5 3 - 5 Genesis, Peso Pluma 3
6 4 - 40 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
7 5 - 133 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
8 - - 1 Starcatcher, Greta Van Fleet 8
9 7 - 33 SOS, SZA 1
10 6 - 205 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
11 9 - 6 A Gift & A Curse, Gunna 3
12 10 - 157 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
13 12 - 62 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 5
14 13 - 35 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 3
15 11 - 18 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
16 8 - 4 Pink Tape, Lil Uzi Vert 1
17 15 - 4 Been One, Rylo Rodriguez 10
18 16 - 64 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 1
19 19 - 11 Religiously. The Album., Bailey Zimmerman 7
20 17 - 450 1989, Taylor Swift 1
21 18 - 253 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
22 20 - 9 Almost Healed, Lil Durk 3
23 22 - 89 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
24 21 - 34 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 1
25 23 - 38 Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage 1
26 - - 26 Like..? (EP), Ice Spice 15
27 25 - 22 Manana Sera Bonito, Karol G 1
28 27 - 321 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
29 29 - 8 Whitsitt Chapel, Jelly Roll 3
30 33 - 52 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
31 32 - 252 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
32 30 - 203 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
33 26 - 8 5-Star: The 3rd Album, Stray Kids 1
34 40 - 137 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
35 28 - 107 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
36 34 - 298 Diamonds, Elton John 7
37 31 - 114 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
38 37 - 99 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
39 38 - 62 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
40 36 - 539 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
41 39 - 299 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
42 41 - 553 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
43 42 - 178 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
44 43 - 543 Take Care, Drake 1
45 46 - 194 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
46 69 - 642 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
47 44 - 652 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
48 45 - 494 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
49 35 - 8 Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse: Metro Boomin Presents (Soundtrack), Metro Boomin 5
50 55 - 27 The Mockingbird & The Crow, HARDY 4
51 50 - 8 I Am Music, Lil Wayne 25
52 - - 1 Magic 2, Nas 52
53 54 - 265 Scorpion, Drake 1
54 47 - 561 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
55 56 - 40 Queen Radio: Volume 1, Nicki Minaj 10
56 57 - 320 Ctrl, SZA 3
57 51 - 8 Hard To Love, Moneybagg Yo 10
58 61 - 328 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
59 52 - 13 Desvelado, Eslabon Armado 6
60 62 - 376 Views, Drake 1
61 60 - 271 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
62 58 - 65 I Never Liked You, Future 1
63 74 - 260 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
64 64 - 793 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
65 63 - 41 It's Only Me, Lil Baby 1
66 65 - 23 Bluebird Days, Jordan Davis 19
67 66 - 286 Graduation, Kanye West 1
68 68 - 411 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
69 48 - 5 Business Is Business, Young Thug 2
70 71 - 451 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
71 67 - 105 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
72 70 - 127 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
73 82 - 173 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
74 73 - 46 Different Man, Kane Brown 5
75 72 - 20 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 3
76 77 - 524 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
77 78 - 36 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 51
78 59 - 4 Data, Tainy 11
79 76 - 274 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
80 87 - 57 Growin' Up, Luke Combs 2
81 84 - 485 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
82 81 - 772 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
83 95 - 141 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
84 80 - 198 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
85 90 - 315 More Life, Drake 1
86 86 - 55 Wasteland, Brent Faiyaz 2
87 14 - 2 Grandson, King Von 14
88 91 - 159 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 86
89 83 - 4 Nata Montana, Natanael Cano 35
90 92 - 109 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
91 93 - 378 ANTI, Rihanna 1
92 - - 1 Summer's Mine, Babyface Ray 92
93 94 - 112 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1
94 - - 1 The Ballad Of Darren, Blur 94
95 100 - 635 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
96 85 - 8 Naujour, Toosii 19
97 97 - 72 7220, Lil Durk 1
98 101 - 324 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
99 102 - 149 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
100 98 - 346 Stoney, Post Malone 4
101 109 - 229 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
102 99 - 91 =, Ed Sheeran 1
103 106 - 373 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
104 103 - 340 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
105 108 - 189 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
106 118 - 247 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
107 24 - 2 222, Lil Tjay 24
108 104 - 276 Hozier, Hozier 2
109 112 - 584 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
110 105 - 409 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
111 117 - 120 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 107
112 111 - 332 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
113 115 - 284 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
114 114 - 628 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
115 126 - 122 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
116 116 - 334 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
117 96 - 17 Portals, Melanie Martinez 2
118 88 - 160 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
119 119 - 309 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
120 120 - 439 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 31
121 125 - 329 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
122 121 - 634 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
123 135 - 104 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
124 107 - 95 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
125 129 - 483 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
126 124 - 261 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
127 134 - 118 Currents, Tame Impala 4
128 - - 222 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
129 127 - 159 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
130 158 - 18 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 3
131 131 - 58 Honestly, Nevermind, Drake 1
132 148 - 11 Elisabeth, Zach Bryan 132
133 155 - 19 Summertime Blues, Zach Bryan 34
134 178 - 4 Hood Hottest Princess, Sexyy Red 134
135 89 - 3 Playa Saturno, Rauw Alejandro 29
136 128 - 29 Rave & Roses, Rema 81
137 136 - 205 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
138 145 - 159 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
139 139 - 226 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
140 137 - 98 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
141 152 - 205 California Sunrise, Jon Pardi 11
142 149 - 136 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
143 143 - 417 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
144 130 - 8 Dark Blood (EP), ENHYPEN 4
145 132 - 30 Pa Que Hablen.: I., Fuerza Regida 60
146 142 - 229 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
147 147 - 236 Swimming, Mac Miller 3
148 146 - 183 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
149 141 - 325 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
150 166 - 50 Beautiful Mind, Rod Wave 1
151 150 - 478 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
152 79 - 3 Sunburn, Dominic Fike 30
153 144 - 309 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
154 153 - 60 Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone 2
155 133 - 16 Hope, NF 2
156 138 - 63 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 1
157 164 - 332 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
158 162 - 300 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
159 163 - 47 Stereotype, Cole Swindell 48
160 154 - 337 Moana, Soundtrack 2
161 49 - 2 Mirror, Lauren Spencer Smith 49
162 169 - 13 Nate Smith, Nate Smith 30
163 160 - 199 Over It, Summer Walker 2
164 157 - 135 Meteora, Linkin Park 1
165 165 - 169 Indigo, Chris Brown 1
166 174 - 246 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
167 175 - 12 Lucky, Megan Moroney 38
168 168 - 178 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
169 173 - 305 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
170 - - 108 Rearview Town, Jason Aldean 1
171 172 - 24 Tyler Hubbard, Tyler Hubbard 40
172 140 - 304 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
173 185 - 578 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
174 - - 1 The Classics, Tony Bennett 174
175 194 - 172 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
176 - - 96 Thank Me Later, Drake 1
177 180 - 157 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
178 159 - 280 Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift 5
179 161 - 12 -, Ed Sheeran 2
180 190 - 418 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
181 182 - 205 Sublime, Sublime 13
182 184 - 164 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
183 186 - 130 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith 2
184 188 - 722 Metallica, Metallica 1
185 176 - 254 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
186 192 - 279 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
187 - - 282 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott 1
188 179 - 210 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
189 198 - 81 DS4EVER, Gunna 1
190 183 - 177 Confessions, Usher 1
191 196 - 288 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
192 167 - 11 Richest Opp, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 4
193 195 - 229 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
194 151 - 190 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
195 197 - 574 21, Adele 1
196 177 - 21 Red Moon In Venus, Kali Uchis 4
197 187 - 3 La Vida Es Una, Myke Towers 173
198 - - 163 The GOAT, Polo G 2
199 - - 232 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
200 199 - 124 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1

[Gary]

Current

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 2nd EP 'Get Up', NewJeans 1
2 - - 1 Barbie: The Album, Soundtrack 2
3 - - 1 Starcatcher, Greta Van Fleet 3
4 1 - 3 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
5 2 - 8 5-Star: The 3rd Album, Stray Kids 1
6 4 - 40 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
7 5 - 156 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
8 - - 1 The Ballad Of Darren, Blur 8
9 9 - 8 Dark Blood (EP), ENHYPEN 2
10 6 - 4 My World: The 3rd Mini Album (EP), aespa 1
11 11 - 88 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
12 16 - 18 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 2
13 10 - 6 The World EP.2 : Outlaw, ATEEZ 1
14 12 - 14 SOS, SZA 3
15 15 - 13 SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
16 13 - 20 Ready To Be: 12th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
17 - - 1 Magic 2, Nas 17
18 19 - 21 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
19 26 - 8 Whitsitt Chapel, Jelly Roll 3
20 18 - 17 Portals, Melanie Martinez 1
21 23 - 17 The Record, boygenius 2
22 17 - 26 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
23 22 - 12 Unforgiven, LE SSERAFIM 2
24 20 - 13 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol.3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack 3
25 29 - 4 NewJeans: NWJNS (EP), NewJeans 24
26 28 - 8 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 4
27 66 - 4 Petrodragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night:..., King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 7
28 - - 2 The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Soundtrack 28
29 31 - 5 Chemistry, Kelly Clarkson 1
30 7 - 2 Evenings At The Village Gate, John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy 7
31 32 - 113 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
32 50 - 38 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 3
33 - - 1 City Of Gold, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway 33
34 8 - 2 Little Songs, Colter Wall 8
35 3 - 22 Indigo, RM 2
36 33 - 14 D-Day, Agust D 1
37 35 - 18 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
38 36 - 62 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
39 40 - 15 72 Seasons, Metallica 1
40 51 - 2 Farewell: The Very Best Of Foreigner, Foreigner 40
41 39 - 12 -, Ed Sheeran 1
42 - - 1 Journey To The Moon And Beyond, Mort Garson 42
43 - - 1 You've Got To Learn, Nina Simone 43
44 42 - 37 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 14
45 - - 1 Fullmetal Kaiju, Kill Bill: The Rapper 45
46 37 - 8 But Here We Are, Foo Fighters 4
47 45 - 18 FACE (EP), Jimin 1
48 - - 1 Infinite Psychic Depths, Outer Heaven 48
49 47 - 42 Maxident, Stray Kids 1
50 48 - 414 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
51 30 - 7 The Show, Niall Horan 1
52 54 - 7 Weathervanes, Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit 3
53 52 - 7 The Age Of Pleasure, Janelle Monae 6
54 55 - 52 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
55 - - 1 Datalysium, The Zenith Passage 55
56 62 - 4 Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart, Lucinda Williams 8
57 53 - 6 In Times New Roman..., Queens Of The Stone Age 2
58 24 - 2 Sticks And Stones, Lukas Nelson + POTR 24
59 44 - 3 I Inside The Old Year Dying, PJ Harvey 12
60 75 - 26 The Mockingbird & The Crow, HARDY 1
61 - - 1 Wednesday, Soundtrack 61
62 - - 1 Oppenheimer, Soundtrack 62
63 79 - 18 So Much (For) Stardust, Fall Out Boy 3
64 46 - 10 I Feel (EP), (G)I-DLE 7
65 - - 10 Rich White Honky Blues, Hank Williams Jr. 9
66 34 - 2 Morbid Visions, Cavalera 34
67 58 - 10 The Little Mermaid (2023), Soundtrack 6
68 65 - 296 Diamonds, Elton John 6
69 - - 1 Cut Worms, Cut Worms 69
70 60 - 20 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 2
71 27 - 9 Where The Light Goes, matchbox twenty 2
72 38 - 2 Bestial Devastation (EP), Cavalera 38
73 72 - 22 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 14
74 64 - 129 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
75 83 - 9 Good Riddance, Gracie Abrams 6
76 - - 1 After The Magic, Parannoul 76
77 - - 1 The Same Kind Of Different, MeatSpady 77
78 78 - 23 Trustfall, P!nk 1
79 85 - 10 Take Me Back To Eden, Sleep Token 6
80 77 - 10 Walk Around The Moon, Dave Matthews Band 1
81 59 - 10 Phantomime (EP), Ghost 2
82 - - 1 Agriculture (EP), Agriculture 82
83 25 - 2 The Feeling Of Falling Upwards: Live From The Royal Albert Hall, 5 Seconds Of Summer 25
84 57 - 23 This Is Why, Paramore 1
85 81 - 61 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 2
86 41 - 2 Spark Of Light, Michael Bolton 41
87 87 - 8 Life Is But A Dream..., Avenged Sevenfold 5
88 - - 1 1988, Lori McKenna 88
89 69 - 7 Harmony : All In, 6th Mini Album (EP), P1Harmony 8
90 - - 1 Childhood Eyes, Yellowcard 90
91 94 - 16 The Dark Side Of The Moon: Live At Wembley, London, 1974, Pink Floyd 8
92 - - 1 Still Searching, Jonny Craig 92
93 - - 2 Like..? (EP), Ice Spice 56
94 95 - 19 Aurora (Soundtrack), Daisy Jones & The Six 9
95 89 - 36 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 6
96 73 - 11 Lauren Daigle, Lauren Daigle 2
97 - - 1 Shot In The Dark, Ashley Cooke 97
98 - - 1 Mountains, Nils Lofgren 98
99 91 - 85 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 35
100 - - 9 Georgia, Jason Aldean 2

[Gary]

Vinyl

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Barbie: The Album, Soundtrack 1
2 - - 1 Starcatcher, Greta Van Fleet 2
3 1 - 3 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
4 3 - 116 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
5 4 - 40 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
6 7 - 51 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
7 - - 1 The Ballad Of Darren, Blur 7
8 9 - 10 SOS, SZA 1
9 13 - 129 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 2
10 12 - 4 Minecraft: Volume Alpha (Soundtrack), C418 10
11 11 - 32 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
12 14 - 241 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
13 15 - 18 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 1
14 19 - 67 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
15 20 - 16 The Record, boygenius 1
16 - - 2 Rift, Phish 5
17 16 - 42 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
18 - - 2 Petrodragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night:..., King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 3
19 23 - 40 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 3
20 18 - 10 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
21 17 - 15 Portals, Melanie Martinez 2
22 21 - 321 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
23 - - 47 Ctrl, SZA 5
24 - - 1 The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Soundtrack 24
25 - - 284 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1

[Gary]

Catalog

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 9 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
2 2 - 318 1989, Taylor Swift 1
3 3 - 89 reputation, Taylor Swift 2
4 5 - 9 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 4
5 8 - 49 Evermore, Taylor Swift 4
6 4 - 29 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 4
7 6 - 476 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
8 7 - 139 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
9 9 - 884 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
10 10 - 372 Take Care, Drake 1
11 20 - 513 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
12 11 - 1219 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
13 12 - 164 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
14 14 - 14 Scorpion, Drake 1
15 13 - 407 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
16 15 - 235 Ctrl, SZA 1
17 16 - 159 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 2
18 17 - 219 Views, Drake 4
19 23 - 9 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 19
20 18 - 1571 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
21 19 - 126 Graduation, Kanye West 7
22 22 - 318 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
23 21 - 6 The Highlights, The Weeknd 3
24 28 - 9 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 24
25 25 - 847 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
26 24 - 9 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 24
27 29 - 405 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
28 27 - 1409 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
29 35 - 9 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 29
30 26 - 99 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 6
31 31 - 7 More Life, Drake 31
32 32 - 51 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 17
33 33 - 163 ANTI, Rihanna 1
34 34 - 36 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 15
35 38 - 624 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
36 39 - 267 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
37 40 - 27 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 15
38 36 - 113 Stoney, Post Malone 7
39 47 - 334 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 2
40 37 - 8 =, Ed Sheeran 34
41 44 - 205 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 5
42 41 - 151 Blonde, Frank Ocean 2
43 46 - 7 Fine Line, Harry Styles 43
44 - - 158 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
45 42 - 42 Hozier, Hozier 30
46 49 - 608 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
47 43 - 32 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording 20
48 - - 47 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 34
49 48 - 117 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 9
50 - - 548 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 1

[Gary]

Sales

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 2nd EP 'Get Up', NewJeans 1
2 - - 1 Barbie: The Album, Soundtrack 2
3 - - 1 Starcatcher, Greta Van Fleet 3
4 1 - 3 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
5 2 - 8 5-Star: The 3rd Album, Stray Kids 1
6 4 - 40 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
7 5 - 157 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
8 - - 1 The Ballad Of Darren, Blur 8
9 6 - 173 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
10 10 - 8 Dark Blood (EP), ENHYPEN 2
11 7 - 4 My World: The 3rd Mini Album (EP), aespa 1
12 14 - 87 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
13 15 - 89 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
14 17 - 132 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
15 23 - 18 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 2
16 12 - 6 The World EP.2 : Outlaw, ATEEZ 1
17 16 - 13 SOS, SZA 3
18 20 - 13 SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
19 18 - 20 Ready To Be: 12th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
20 22 - 165 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
21 - - 1 Magic 2, Nas 21
22 21 - 339 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
23 26 - 21 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
24 36 - 8 Whitsitt Chapel, Jelly Roll 3
25 28 - 359 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 2
26 25 - 17 Portals, Melanie Martinez 1
27 30 - 5 Minecraft: Volume Alpha (Soundtrack), C418 27
28 33 - 17 The Record, boygenius 2
29 24 - 26 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
30 32 - 12 Unforgiven, LE SSERAFIM 2
31 27 - 12 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol.3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack 3
32 31 - 65 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
33 38 - 85 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
34 45 - 4 NewJeans: NWJNS (EP), NewJeans 32
35 37 - 497 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
36 - - 6 Rift, Phish 36
37 40 - 8 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 4
38 42 - 361 Thriller, Michael Jackson 2
39 - - 2 Petrodragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night:..., King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 8
40 41 - 633 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
41 46 - 99 Ctrl, SZA 5
42 - - 2 The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Soundtrack 42
43 43 - 312 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
44 44 - 451 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
45 52 - 5 Chemistry, Kelly Clarkson 1
46 57 - 83 Currents, Tame Impala 5
47 49 - 514 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
48 58 - 369 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
49 55 - 702 Metallica, Metallica 1
50 48 - 453 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
51 8 - 2 Evenings At The Village Gate, John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy 8
52 53 - 106 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
53 66 - 83 Swimming, Mac Miller 2
54 91 - 28 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 4
55 59 - 60 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
56 62 - 197 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 7
57 - - 1 City Of Gold, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway 57
58 47 - 81 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 5
59 9 - 2 Little Songs, Colter Wall 9
60 3 - 17 Indigo, RM 2
61 54 - 14 D-Day, Agust D 1
62 50 - 138 1989, Taylor Swift 1
63 60 - 18 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
64 61 - 207 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
65 63 - 62 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
66 72 - 15 72 Seasons, Metallica 1
67 96 - 2 Farewell: The Very Best Of Foreigner, Foreigner 67
68 - - 20 Love For Sale, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 2
69 68 - 12 -, Ed Sheeran 1
70 76 - 118 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
71 - - 1 The Classics, Tony Bennett 71
72 - - 1 Journey To The Moon And Beyond, Mort Garson 72
73 77 - 105 Ride The Lightning, Metallica 4
74 - - 1 You've Got To Learn, Nina Simone 74
75 99 - 96 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, The Smashing Pumpkins 1
76 67 - 263 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Soundtrack 2
77 78 - 20 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 15
78 - - 2 Minecraft: Volume Beta (Soundtrack), C418 78
79 71 - 15 MM..Food, MF Doom 11
80 86 - 264 Back In Black, AC/DC 20
81 74 - 51 Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers 6
82 94 - 86 Demon Days, Gorillaz 6
83 97 - 117 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 5
84 - - 430 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
85 - - 1 Fullmetal Kaiju, Kill Bill: The Rapper 85
86 70 - 282 Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift 5
87 64 - 8 But Here We Are, Foo Fighters 4
88 - - 16 Kill 'Em All, Metallica 8
89 92 - 467 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
90 - - 8 Last Of The Street Survivors Farewell Tour Lyve!, Lynyrd Skynyrd 17
91 - - 124 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
92 79 - 21 K-12 (Soundtrack), Melanie Martinez 3
93 84 - 296 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
94 - - 58 In Rainbows, Radiohead 1
95 - - 90 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
96 82 - 18 FACE (EP), Jimin 1
97 - - 122 Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Wu-Tang Clan 41
98 - - 1 Infinite Psychic Depths, Outer Heaven 98
99 11 - 15 Deftones, Deftones 2
100 85 - 35 Maxident, Stray Kids 1

[Gary]

Canada

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Barbie: The Album, Soundtrack 1
2 1 - 21 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
3 2 - 3 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
4 - - 1 2nd EP 'Get Up', NewJeans 4
5 4 - 133 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
6 3 - 40 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
7 6 - 205 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
8 5 - 18 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 2
9 8 - 15 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 2
10 7 - 6 A Gift & A Curse, Gunna 4
11 10 - 33 SOS, SZA 1
12 11 - 62 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 4
13 9 - 34 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 1
14 12 - 280 Diamonds, Elton John 5
15 17 - 157 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
16 67 - 128 The Highlights, The Weeknd 1
17 16 - 314 This One's For You, Luke Combs 10
18 18 - 277 1989, Taylor Swift 1
19 - - 1 Starcatcher, Greta Van Fleet 19
20 19 - 11 Religiously. The Album., Bailey Zimmerman 8
21 21 - 280 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 17
22 13 - 154 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 13
23 27 - 194 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
24 23 - 199 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
25 14 - 4 Pink Tape, Lil Uzi Vert 2
26 26 - 108 Greatest Hits, Queen 14
27 24 - 38 Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage 1
28 25 - 399 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
29 28 - 62 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
30 32 - 137 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
31 29 - 230 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 5
32 37 - 89 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
33 35 - 99 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
34 36 - 8 Split Decision (EP), Dave & Central Cee 13
35 38 - 215 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 21
36 30 - 20 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 2
37 41 - 330 Yer Favorites, The Tragically Hip 1
38 22 - 8 Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse: Metro Boomin Presents (Soundtrack), Metro Boomin 2
39 44 - 111 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
40 33 - 9 Almost Healed, Lil Durk 3
41 46 - 191 Gold -- Greatest Hits, ABBA 15
42 42 - 14 Drive, Tiesto 12
43 40 - 47 Rave & Roses, Rema 15
44 43 - 91 =, Ed Sheeran 1
45 39 - 114 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
46 48 - 51 Curtain Call 2, Eminem 3
47 34 - 52 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
48 49 - 98 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 16
49 52 - 173 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 2
50 51 - 57 Growin' Up, Luke Combs 2
51 53 - 35 Greatest Hits, Florida Georgia Line 44
52 47 - 47 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
53 57 - 115 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
54 54 - 264 Scorpion, Drake 1
55 65 - 311 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 2
56 55 - 160 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
57 - - 64 Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band, Green Day 37
58 - - 7 The Diamond Collection, Post Malone 11
59 - - 10 Like..? (EP), Ice Spice 42
60 56 - 334 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
61 50 - 50 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
62 61 - 23 Bluebird Days, Jordan Davis 18
63 63 - 99 Graduation, Kanye West 1
64 76 - 254 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
65 62 - 173 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
66 15 - 2 222, Lil Tjay 15
67 64 - 311 Views, Drake 1
68 66 - 218 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 5
69 72 - 46 Queen Radio: Volume 1, Nicki Minaj 8
70 69 - 107 Greatest Hits, Shania Twain 1
71 73 - 221 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 24
72 60 - 12 -, Ed Sheeran 2
73 71 - 261 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 4
74 81 - 91 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
75 68 - 96 Take Care, Drake 1
76 58 - 2 L'Amerique Pleure (Soundtrack), Les Cowboys Fringants 58
77 78 - 154 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
78 59 - 4 Saroor, Arjan Dhillon 7
79 88 - 100 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
80 74 - 183 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
81 86 - 162 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 1
82 - - 25 The Essential Britney Spears, Britney Spears 37
83 75 - 258 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
84 84 - 8 Whitsitt Chapel, Jelly Roll 22
85 94 - 189 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
86 77 - 55 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 6
87 93 - 187 More Life, Drake 1
88 91 - 64 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 4
89 83 - 84 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 4
90 89 - 176 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 3
91 85 - 58 Honestly, Nevermind, Drake 1
92 90 - 101 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
93 95 - 225 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
94 - - 224 1, The Beatles 1
95 45 - 2 Mirror, Lauren Spencer Smith 45
96 97 - 77 Hozier, Hozier 2
97 - - 63 AM, Arctic Monkeys 3
98 - - 174 The Fame, Lady Gaga 1
99 - - 16 The Mockingbird & The Crow, HARDY 6
100 98 - 271 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 5

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks for posting the charts, Gary.

No Aquarium return to charts? The shame of it all.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

How Did New Jeans’ ‘2nd EP Get Up’ and the ‘Barbie’ Soundtrack End Up in the Year’s Closest Race for the No. 1 Album?

8/3/2023

By Rania Aniftos, Kyle Denis, Lyndsey Havens, Jason Lipshutz, Andrew Unterberger 

In this week's Five Burning Questions, we look at NewJeans' first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, which edged the 'Barbie' soundtrack by a mere 500 units.

The final results of the year’s closest race for No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart were announced on Wednesday (August 2) — with K-pop quintet NewJeans securing the top spot for their 2nd EP ‘Get Up’, with 126,500 units in its debut week (on the chart dated August 5).
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That was just 500 more units than the soundtrack to the blockbuster film Barbie, which posted 126,000 units — the best single-week tally for a soundtrack since Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born set in 2019. Both top-two finishers this week also have a major Billboard Hot 100 presence: NewJeans claims three songs on the Hot 100 (led by advance single “Super Shy” at No. 48) while the Barbie soundtrack accounts for five entries (led by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s Aqua-featuring “Barbie World” at No. 7).

How did NewJeans land such a stellar first-week performance with a six-song EP? And why has the Barbie soundtrack proven such an instant success? Billboard staffers discuss these questions and more below.

1. NewJeans just squeaked out the victory this week over the blockbuster Barbie soundtrack with their 2nd EP, with 126,500 units in its debut week. What do you think the biggest reason is that NewJeans has achieved such success so quickly on the Billboard charts?

Rania Aniftos: They’re so cool. Simple as that. I’m (half) kidding, but I think with so many boy bands in the K-pop space breaking through into the global mainstream, we’ve been really craving some girl power. NewJeans do such a good job at reaching a global audience because their songs are not only catchy, but also appealing to fans of all ages. I’ve seen TikToks of kids dancing around to “Super Shy” and loving it just as much as their parents do, which is pretty unique when it comes to music.

Kyle Denis: I think NewJeans has arrived at precisely the right time. From the Stateside breakthroughs of BTS and BLACKPINK a few years back to the recent Billboard 200 triumphs of STRAY KIDS and TWICE, the U.S. market is very receptive to K-Pop across the board right now. Sonically, their new EP drips with the sounds that have been dominating America’s mainstream: U.K. garage and Jersey club. Couple that with their flourishes of Y2K aesthetics, sleek melodies and irresistible hooks, and you’re left with an EP that is very in tune with where American music and culture are at in 2023 while still feeling fresh.

Lyndsey Havens: I think the biggest reason is the pacing of its releases — while NewJeans didn’t overwhelm the market, the act released just enough at just consistent enough of a rate that they always stayed sort of top of mind, without ever becoming oversaturated. Its first two EPs arrived just about one year apart, and the time between was filled with one-offs like “Ditto” “OMG” and “Zero” — plus collaborations and remixes with Jon Batiste and J.I.D. And not only have they been consistent with timing, but with quality as well, which is arguably even more important.

Jason Lipshutz: NewJeans’ rapid ascent — first with songs like “OMG” and “Ditto,” and now with this chart-topping EP — is due to their combination of their K-pop fan appeal and their smart, natural deviation from traditional K-pop production. The group has been able to tap into a massive listenership while offering them something new, and reaching non-K-pop fans in the process: the video for “Super Shy,” for instance, contains the group choreography and individual personality showcases typically affiliated with a K-pop visual, but the song’s rhythmic base and shuffling hooks are just as likely to beguile R&B and hyperpop fans. NewJeans offer a new, broadly enjoyable flavor of popular music, and it’s connecting.

Andrew Unterberger: NewJeans are clearly on pop’s cutting edge for 2023 — their sound plays in any language, for any audience — and they have the songwriting, hooks and personality to back up the production. It’s a recipe for success — which, unlike with many of their peers, can already be seen in streaming hit singles as well as in robust album sales. 

2. While several K-pop outfits have topped the Billboard 200 already this year, NewJeans has separated itself from the pack of rising stars by scoring a trio of Hot 100 entries already — led by Get Up’s “Super Shy,” at No. 48 this week in its third week on the listing. Do you think it will grow into an even bigger pop hit, or is this the best showing it will likely have?

Rania Aniftos: It’s probably just the beginning. Now that the album has topped the Billboard 200, even more potential fans will get introduced to the group and check out their music. “Super Shy” is such a fun song, so I can’t imagine that NewJeans fans won’t continue to boost its success.

Kyle Denis: I think “Super Shy” can definitely grow into a bigger pop hit. Obviously, with TikTok anything is possible, and we just saw FIFTY FIFTY make history on pop radio for South Korean all-female groups with “Cupid.” Given the heavy Jersey club influence of “Super Shy,” the song wouldn’t sound out of place next to PinkPantheress and Ice Spice’s “Boy’s A Liar, Pt. 2” or Bad Bunny’s “Where She Goes,” so the potential for growth is certainly there.

Lyndsey Havens: I think it’s both — and that’s sort of the genius of it all. The soundtrack was so perfectly tailor-made for the film — and yet, it also stands strong on its own as original songs by Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish would sound just as at home on projects of their own. (The real test will be if Eilish live debuts “What Was I Made For” during her headlining set at Lollapalooza this weekend). Plus, having physical formats available on release date allowed people to buy in right then and there, and helped the soundtrack to exist as a separate, tangible entity.

Jason Lipshutz: I’m not sure exactly how high it will climb, but “Super Shy” is one of the most immediately enchanting pop singles of the year — catchy, bubbly, carrying a sense of space and a feeling of intimacy. The recent success of FIFTY FIFTY’s “Cupid” makes me feel even more bullish that K-pop singles can cross over to U.S. top 40 radio — a platform that has generally shrugged off tracks by non-stadium headliners — and I think “Super Shy” will make some inroads at pop stations in order to enter the top 40 of the Hot 100.

Andrew Unterberger: They’ll get one soon enough. “Super Shy” seems like a good bet to be that official crossover breakthrough, but if it’s not this one it’ll probably be another within a year’s time.

3. Meanwhile, Barbie posts the best single-week number for a soundtrack since 2019. Is that mostly just a function of how big the accompanying movie has already become, or do you think the soundtrack establishes a character of its own as a full listen?

Rania Aniftos: Both! In my experience, I listened to the soundtrack because I was so excited about living the Barbie fantasy, but then realized that there are some really good songs on there that stand perfectly on their own without the movie’s context. I find myself listening to some of the soundtrack’s hits on repeat even though the Barbie hype is starting to subside, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels that way.

Kyle Denis: As a complete package, I’m not crazy about the Barbie soundtrack. Nonetheless, there are enough songs on the album that double as memorable and pivotal moments in the film for the soundtrack to stick. Obviously, the record-breaking success of the film helped these first-week numbers, but with four tracks — “Barbie World,” “Dance the Night,” “Speed Drive” and “What Was I Made For?” — growing into legitimate streaming and radio hits, I anticipate some impressive stability for the soundtrack’s consumption numbers in the weeks to come.

Lyndsey Havens: I think it will continue to grow, especially following the EPs impressive debut week. And while NewJeans has already explored the remix format, “Super Shy” seems like an ideal follow-up — and I would imagine the list of artists willing to hop on is quite long by now.

Jason Lipshutz: My wife and I were driving around the other day, listening to the Today’s Top Hits playlist on Spotify, and “Barbie World” played back-to-back with “Dance the Night” — a pretty good sign for a big-budget soundtrack! The success of the Barbie film, which has practically become a cultural phenomenon, obviously boosted the debut sales week of its accompanying album, but the main reason why the soundtrack has done so well is because it has hits that can stand on their own. Some function within the context of the Barbie film more than others, but when you have big artists delivering their A-games and scoring real chart achievements, your soundtrack is going to do big numbers.

Andrew Unterberger: The soundtrack is a very fun and fairly coherent listen front to back — not every song is a gem, but every song keeps the momentum up, and a handful of tracks do feel like real hits. As someone who still hasn’t seen the Barbie movie (I know, I know, I’ll get to it soon enough), if I was at a party or in a car ride and someone threw on the soundtrack, I’d still be able to enjoy myself pretty thoroughly — a rarity for OSTs in 2023, to be sure.

4. Barbie also claims six songs on the Hot 100 this week: Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s Aqua-featuring “Barbie World” (No. 8), Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” (No. 12), Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” (No. 18), Charli XCX’s “Speed Drive” (No. 73) and Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” (No. 87). Which of the bunch, if any, do you think makes for the best listening when removed from the larger Barbie context?

Rania Aniftos: I’m torn between “Dance the Night” and “What Was I Made For.” As we’ve seen with “Levitating,” Dua knows how to keep a disco-pop track on the charts, on the radio, in the clubs and basically anywhere you can listen to music. “Dance the Night” is very similar to me, so I’m guessing it will have a similar impact. Meanwhile, I’ve already been seeing “What Was I Made For” striking a chord with listeners on TikTok, as this new generation of music listeners seem to be more existential. They’re connecting the songs with their own experiences of feeling used or unseen for who they truly are, and I think the song is going to stick around for a while.

Kyle Denis: “Barbie World” is such a fun flip of the Aqua sample that you can’t help but bop along, but, for me, the real star of the soundtrack is Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” It’s an absolutely devastating ballad that boasts the best placement in the film, but the lyrics and production of the song are just as effective when removed from the context of Barbie. Sure, it’s a bit of a heavy song for the summertime, but you can’t deny its greatness. Then again, if you’ve truly tapped into the Kenergy within you, Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” is always a great listen.

Lyndsey Havens: Personally, I have not been able to stop listening to “I’m Just Ken” — like really, it’s becoming an issue. But that song is arguably the most tied to the film… as is “Barbie World.” Which is why, I think, “Dance the Night” and “Made For” have been the most affecting for me; Both sound like they could have been left on the cutting room floor of Future Nostalgia and Happier Than Ever, respectively. But in the context of the film, they also sound like they were only made with Barbie in mind. That kind of duality — to resonate with something so specific and so universal all at once — is why I think those two songs will keep climbing.

Jason Lipshutz: “Dance the Night,” for sure. Maybe the Barbie single isn’t Dua Lipa’s strongest glittery disco-pop single to date, but I’ll be damned if we weren’t starving for a new glittery disco-pop Dua Lipa single, now nearly three and a half years removed from the release of Future Nostalgia. The song has grown on me, sounds great on pop radio, possesses one of the best bridges of any hit single this year, and will keep performing well whenever the Barbie hype starts to dissipate.

Andrew Unterberger: It’s almost comical to me how good “What Was I Made For?” is — Billie and Finneas could’ve very easily phoned in their Barbie ballad, but instead reached so deep inside with this one that it sounds like a particularly emotionally wrought therapy session. Given how relatively uncommercial the song is and how much listeners are still responding to it, you can tell that it’s resonating far beyond the Barbieverse.

5. It hasn’t always been the most exciting year for new pop blood on the charts, but the combo of NewJeans and the Barbie hits is one of the better infusions we’ve had in a bit. What other pop artist, currently scheduled (strictly or loosely) for an upcoming 2023 release, are you most excited to hear a new album from this year?

Rania Aniftos: Olivia Rodrigo, of course. She’s coming to save 2023 pop. Trust me.

Kyle Denis: I’m very excited for the upcoming records from Reneé Rapp (Snow Angel) and Holly Humberstone (Paint My Bedroom Black).

Lyndsey Havens: Well, we already got a new album from Posty, so even if we call it here and now I’m ending the year on a high. That said, I’ve been listening to a lot of Selena Gomez lately and would be excited about a new album from her… And then, of course, there’s Ariana. Perhaps with production paused for Wicked she’ll venture back into the studio… There’s certainly a lot of inspiration for another hit (or several) these days.

Jason Lipshutz: “Rush” has me buzzing with anticipation for the new Troye Sivan album, which is due out in October. Could he finally cross over as a hitmaker? How many songs will approach the sky-high quality of that lead single? I’m amped to see what Sivan has in store, and what he can accomplish commercially.

Andrew Unterberger: It’s been a long road to Chappell Roan’s debut album, and you just hope that it gets the attention it’s sure to deserve as one of the year’s most fun and funniest pop sets.