Billboard 200: 4/13/24: Beyonce #1 407k.

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How Big a First Week Will Beyoncé Lasso With ‘Cowboy Carter’?
By Andrew Unterberger
04/3/2024

Bey's latest universally acclaimed opus is poised to set a new mark for the best first-week performance of 2024

The 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 Billboard 200 dated April 13), it’s pretty much all Cowboy Carter, as Beyoncé’s eighth official studio LP sets its six-shooter’s sights on the top of the charts.

Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter (Parkwood/Columbia): Even in a first quarter that’s seen full-length releases from some pretty massive artists — including Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign, Ariana Grande and Future & Metro Boomin — Beyoncé albums remain a next-level event in the pop sphere. Cowboy Carter rode onto the scene last Friday (March 29) with more buzz and anticipation than any other LP of 2024 thus far, and the results have not disappointed: The album currently boasts a 92 score on review-aggregating website Metacritic, making it the second-best-reviewed set from any artist this year, and has also started receiving some serious Grammy buzz as the set to finally earn her long-overdue first album of the year trophy.


Unsurprisingly, the release is expected to make an eye-popping debut — helped by a number of physical versions of Cowboy Carter that Beyoncé is currently selling exclusively via her webstore. (Vinyl and CD are scheduled to go wide to all retail on April 12, which should give it a nice sales bump in its third chart week.) The set’s vinyl release includes four different-colored variants, each with a different back cover image of Beyoncé. The CD version includes an extra song, “Flamenco,” and is available in four variants (each also with a different Beyoncé back cover), while two of the CDs are exclusively available inside the boxed sets she’s selling — three versions of which are currently for sale, each with a T-shirt and a copy of the album on CD inside a branded box. And of course, there is a digital version for sale and streaming, which includes five tracks not featured on the physical release (“Flamenco,” “Spaghettii,” “The Linda Martell Show,” “Ya Ya” and “Oh Louisiana”).


All of this should add up to a lofty sales total for Beyoncé, who has become a reliable performer in terms of physical sales, moving 190,000 such copies of Cowboy Carter’s 2022 predecessor Renaissance in its U.S. debut frame, according to Luminate. The new album is also streaming very well — at 27 tracks, it’s the longest album of Bey’s career to date, which will certainly help boost those totals — and Spotify even confirmed that it was the service’s most-streamed album in a single day of 2024 so far upon its release last Friday. That said, outside of previously-released lead single (and former Billboard Hot 100 No. 1) “Texas Hold ‘Em,” the album has no breakout hit yet on streaming akin to Grande’s “We Can’t Be Friends” or Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” — as of Tuesday (April 2), the only new song from the set in Spotify’s Daily US Top Songs chart was the Miley Cyrus duet “II Most Wanted,” at No. 10. (Both “II Most Wanted” and Bey’s redo of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” were top 10 on Apple Music, at Nos. 10 and 8, respectively.)


Nonetheless, the high-volume combination of sales and streams should still result in a massive first week for Cowboy Carter — likely setting a new high-water mark for 2024 by passing Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You, which entered with 251,000 units on this week’s chart. It may also be in line to pass the 332,000 units Renaissance moved in its debut frame two years ago, becoming Beyoncé’s best-debuting album since her universally-beloved Lemonade bowed with 653,000 units back in 2016.

IN THE MIX

J-Hope, Hope on the Street, Vol. 1 (BigHit Music/Geffen/ICLG): J-Hope‘s latest is the musical accompaniment to his new Amazon Prime docuseries of the same name, in which the BTS alum hits the streets to meet dancers around the world and reconnect with his dancing roots. The six-track set features guest appearances from his bandmate Jung Kook as well as club legend Nile Rodgers, and is available in eight collectible CD editions, including exclusives for Target, Walmart and the Weverse store, all boasting branded paper merchandise (like posters, photo cards and stickers).

mgk & Trippie Redd, Genre : Sadboy (10K Projects/EST 19XX/Interscope/ICLG): The artist formerly known as Machine Gun Kelly’s first full-length release since officially rebranding as mgk is a 10-track team-up with longtime collaborator Trippie Redd. The resulting set is closer to the former’s hip-hop roots than his last few pop-punk-oriented albums, one of which (2020’s Tickets to My Downfall) debuted atop the Billboard 200. Genre : Sadboy is not yet available for vinyl purchase, but can be bought on CD via mgk’s official website.

Aaron Lewis, The Hill (Valory/BMLG): Longtime Staind frontman Aaron Lewis has found success in the country world since making a career pivot over a decade ago, particularly with conservative-courting right-wing anthems like 2021’s surprise top 20 Hot 100 hit “Am I the Only One.” His latest country-leaning effort The Hill is a 10-track acoustic affair, and is available on both CD and clear vinyl.

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Beyoncé Achieves Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘Cowboy Carter’
By Keith Caulfield
04/7/2024

The set also starts at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, making Beyoncé the first Black woman ever to have led the list.

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter gallops in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 13), debuting with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 4, according to Luminate. It’s the superstar’s eighth No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

With 407,000 units earned, Cowboy Carter claims the biggest week of 2024 and the largest since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) bowed with 1.653 million units on the Nov. 11, 2023-dated list. Cowboy Carter’s launch is also Beyoncé’s biggest week, by units, since her Lemonade album debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units (mostly from traditional album sales) on the May 14, 2016, chart. The new effort also lands Beyoncé her biggest streaming week ever.

Cowboy Carter also launches at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts. She’s the first Black woman ever to have led the Top Country Albums list, dating to its January 1964 inception. Cowboy Carter also claims the biggest week for a country album, by units earned, since last July, when Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), opened at No. 1 on the July 22, 2023 chart with 716,000 units.


Cowboy Carter was introduced by the singles “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” which were released during the Super Bowl festivities on Feb. 11. The tracks debuted and have peaked (through the charts dated April 6) at Nos. 1 and 9, respectively, on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, marking Beyoncé’s first entries on the tally. They have also reached Nos. 1, for two weeks, and 38 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

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 April 13, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 9.

Of Cowboy Carter’s first-week unit sum of 407,000, SEA units comprise 232,000 (equaling 300.41 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), traditional album sales comprise 168,000 and TEA units comprise 7,000. With 300.41 million on-demand official streams, Cowboy Carter earns Beyoncé her biggest streaming week ever and the fourth-largest for a country album.

Cowboy Carter marks Beyoncé’s eighth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. She previously led the list with Renaissance (in 2022), Lemonade (2016), her self-titled album (2013), 4 (2011), I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008), B’Day (2006) and Dangerously In Love (2003). Beyoncé breaks out of a tie with Janet Jackson for the fourth-most No. 1s among women. Swift has the most, with 13, followed by Barbra Streisand (11), Madonna (nine), Beyoncé (eight) and Jackson (seven).

Cowboy Carter’s sales were supported by the album’s availability across a number of configurations, released on March 29. It was issued as standard 19-track edition on vinyl (across four variants, each pressed on different color vinyl [black, red, white and blue] with alternate back cover artwork), a CD with an additional song (“Flamenco”) and a digital download and streaming edition (both in clean and explicit versions, with three bonus songs “Flamenco,” “Spaghetti” and “Ya Ya,” plus two interludes). The CD edition was issued in four variants (each with different back cover art). Two of the variants were sold as stand-alone items, while two of the CDs were only available inside two deluxe boxed sets (each with a different branded T-shirt contained inside a branded box). All physical configurations of the album were sold exclusively through Beyoncé’s official webstore, while the digital download and streaming editions were widely available.

The vinyl edition of Cowboy Carter sold 62,000 copies (across its four variants combined), marking Beyoncé’s biggest week on vinyl and the largest week for any vinyl album in 2024.

Cowboy Carter boasts an eclectic lineup of billed guest artists, including Tanner Adell, Beyoncé’s daughter Rumi Carter, Miley Cyrus, Willie Jones, Tiera Kennedy, Linda Martell, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Post Malone, Reyna Roberts, Shaboozey, and Brittney Spencer. Among the many additional players on the album: 070 Shake, Jon Batiste, Ryan Beatty, Gary Clark Jr., The-Dream, Rhiannon Giddens, Paul McCartney, Pharrell, Robert Randolph, Nile Rodgers, Raphael Saadiq, Sara Watkins and Stevie Wonder.

Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You falls to No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 after debuting atop the list a week ago. The set earned 131,000 equivalent album units in its second week (down 48%).

Morgan Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time rises 4-3 with 69,000 (up 2%) and

Ariana Grande’s chart-topping Eternal Sunshine dips 3-4 with 58,000 (down 19%).

J-Hope’s Hope On the Street, Vol. 1 debuts at No. 5 with 50,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s J-Hope’s second top 10-charting effort, and highest-charting set, following Jack In the Box, which peaked at No. 6 on the Sept. 2, 2023-dated list. Of Hope On the Street’s 50,000 units earned, album sales comprise 44,000, SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 5.7 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise 2,000. The album’s sales were supported by eight collectible CD editions (including exclusive variants for Target, Walmart and the Weverse store), all containing branded paper merchandise.

Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Guts falls 2-6 on the new Billboard 200, with 49,000 equivalent album units earned (down 32%),

Noah Kahan’s Stick Season descends 5-7 with 44,000 units (down 2%) and

Taylor Swift’s chart-topping Lover falls 7-8 with 40,000 units (down 1%).

Rounding out the top 10 are two former leaders:

SZA’s SOS (6-9 with 39,000; down 3%) and

Zach Bryan’s self-titled album (8-10 with nearly 39,000; down 1%).

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.

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Music acts with at least 8 number one albums:

The Beatles (19)
Jay-Z (14)
Taylor Swift (13)
Drake (13)
Kanye West (11)
Barbra Streisand (11)
Bruce Springsteen (11)
Eminem (10)
Elvis Presley (10)
Madonna (9)
Garth Brooks (9)
The Rolling Stones (9)
Beyonce (8)
Future (8)
Paul McCartney (8)

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Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Cowboy Carter, Beyonce 1
2 1 - 2 We Don't Trust You, Future & Metro Boomin 1
3 4 - 57 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
4 3 - 4 Eternal Sunshine, Ariana Grande 1
5 - - 1 Hope On The Street, Vol.1 (EP), j-hope 5
6 2 - 30 Guts, Olivia Rodrigo 1
7 5 - 71 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 2
8 7 - 241 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
9 6 - 69 SOS, SZA 1
10 8 - 32 Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan 1
11 11 - 169 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
12 9 - 23 1989 (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
13 12 - 26 For All The Dogs, Drake 1
14 14 - 76 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
15 15 - 36 Utopia, Travis Scott 1
16 10 - 2 Unheard (EP), Hozier 10
17 17 - 98 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 5
18 18 - 193 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
19 19 - 20 The Diamond Collection, Post Malone 15
20 16 - 8 Vultures 1, ¥$: Ye & Ty Dolla $ign 1
21 22 - 12 American Dream, 21 Savage 1
22 23 - 41 \\ 3
23 25 - 289 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
24 28 - 54 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
25 26 - 150 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
26 32 - 3 Mr. Beat The Road, BossMan Dlow 20
27 31 - 100 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 1
28 29 - 24 Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada, Fuerza Regida 14
29 30 - 26 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part I), Teddy Swims 25
30 - - 1 Genre : Sadboy (EP), mgk & Trippie Redd 30
31 33 - 829 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
32 48 - 357 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
33 35 - 25 Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana, Bad Bunny 1
34 34 - 125 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
35 50 - 575 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
36 44 - 688 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
37 38 - 39 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
38 37 - 579 Take Care, Drake 1
39 39 - 173 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
40 47 - 334 Diamonds, Elton John 7
41 43 - 214 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
42 41 - 356 Ctrl, SZA 3
43 49 - 678 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
44 51 - 364 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
45 52 - 47 Religiously. The Album., Bailey Zimmerman 7
46 46 - 17 Think Later, Tate McRae 4
47 24 - 2 Tyla, Tyla 24
48 45 - 70 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 1
49 53 - 589 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
50 13 - 2 Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, Shakira 13
51 54 - 17 Pink Friday 2, Nicki Minaj 1
52 57 - 597 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
53 59 - 376 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
54 58 - 335 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
55 56 - 29 Nostalgia, Rod Wave 1
56 21 - 3 Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves 2
57 55 - 9 Hazbin Hotel, Season One, Soundtrack 13
58 61 - 288 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
59 65 - 144 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith 1
60 - - 2 Livin' My Best Life, Dylan Scott 60
61 60 - 322 Graduation, Kanye West 1
62 67 - 44 Whitsitt Chapel, Jelly Roll 3
63 63 - 312 Hozier, Hozier 2
64 62 - 301 Scorpion, Drake 1
65 68 - 135 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
66 69 - 296 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
67 72 - 230 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
68 70 - 27 20 Number Ones, Thomas Rhett 22
69 64 - 37 Barbie: The Album, Soundtrack 2
70 78 - 182 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
71 76 - 799 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
72 73 - 445 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
73 83 - 447 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
74 71 - 143 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
75 77 - 307 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
76 79 - 530 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
77 66 - 6 Decide, Djo 56
78 74 - 74 Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage 1
79 80 - 412 Views, Drake 1
80 75 - 365 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
81 84 - 172 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
82 81 - 487 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
83 93 - 237 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
84 40 - 3 Everything I Thought It Was, Justin Timberlake 4
85 85 - 135 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
86 90 - 72 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 51
87 82 - 28 Scarlet, Doja Cat 4
88 87 - 7 2093, Yeat 2
89 27 - 159 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
90 104 - 278 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
91 89 - 414 ANTI, Rihanna 1
92 95 - 39 Hood Hottest Princess, Sexyy Red 62
93 96 - 151 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 91
94 105 - 468 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 31
95 103 - 196 The Beatles 1962-1966, The Beatles 3
96 170 - 88 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
97 88 - 58 Manana Sera Bonito, Karol G 1
98 112 - 177 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
99 92 - 486 1989, Taylor Swift 1
100 111 - 43 Elisabeth, Zach Bryan 83
101 101 - 21 Higher, Chris Stapleton 3
102 97 - 34 Amar, BigXthaPlug 97
103 107 - 516 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
104 94 - 8 Dolido Pero No Arrepentido (EP), Fuerza Regida 69
105 116 - 560 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
106 98 - 63 The Mockingbird & The Crow, HARDY 4
107 108 - 664 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
108 - - 1 Heaven :X: Hell, Sum 41 108
109 86 - 3 Fine Ho, Stay, Flo Milli 54
110 - - 299 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
111 122 - 253 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
112 100 - 101 I Never Liked You, Future 1
113 118 - 670 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
114 113 - 98 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
115 134 - 254 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
116 102 - 148 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1
117 99 - 54 Bluebird Days, Jordan Davis 19
118 110 - 28 Emails I Can't Send, Sabrina Carpenter 23
119 119 - 15 THE BIGGEST (EP), BigXthaPlug 119
120 117 - 35 El Comienzo, Grupo Frontera 34
121 115 - 234 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
122 109 - 201 Confessions, Usher 1
123 20 - 2 Born, Kenny Chesney 20
124 133 - 320 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
125 114 - 261 DS2, Future 1
126 130 - 26 $ad Boyz 4 Life II, Junior H 14
127 123 - 367 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
128 141 - 55 Summertime Blues, Zach Bryan 34
129 126 - 351 More Life, Drake 1
130 139 - 670 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
131 42 - 2 Not Now I'm Busy, Joyner Lucas 42
132 135 - 620 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
133 125 - 360 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
134 124 - 235 Over It, Summer Walker 2
135 132 - 297 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
136 149 - 515 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
137 143 - 337 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
138 144 - 56 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 3
139 121 - 145 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
140 138 - 207 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
141 127 - 2 The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, Chappell Roan 127
142 142 - 324 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
143 175 - 191 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
144 145 - 366 Moana, Soundtrack 2
145 147 - 262 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
146 152 - 358 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
147 151 - 158 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
148 140 - 265 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
149 137 - 34 Manana Sera Bonito (Bichota Season), Karol G 3
150 156 - 446 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
151 129 - 41 I Am Music, Lil Wayne 25
152 161 - 32 Greatest Hits, Aerosmith 36
153 153 - 154 Currents, Tame Impala 4
154 131 - 22 Golden, Jung Kook 2
155 164 - 203 The Beatles 1967-1970, The Beatles 1
156 167 - 338 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
157 169 - 261 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
158 154 - 195 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
159 159 - 363 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
160 173 - 20 Pretty Little Poison, Warren Zeiders 59
161 155 - 91 Wasteland, Brent Faiyaz 2
162 158 - 20 Trolls: Band Together, Soundtrack 43
163 150 - 600 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
164 168 - 213 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
165 163 - 189 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
166 - - 107 Thank Me Later, Drake 1
167 182 - 189 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
168 160 - 126 Greatest Hits, blink-182 6
169 172 - 137 Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna 2
170 176 - 20 Leather, Cody Johnson 18
171 171 - 105 7220, Lil Durk 1
172 174 - 243 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne 1
173 165 - 23 Larger Than Life, Brent Faiyaz 11
174 178 - 239 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
175 - - 1 The Hill, Aaron Lewis 175
176 186 - 47 Greatest Hits Vol. I, Korn 4
177 179 - 77 It's Only Me, Lil Baby 1
178 199 - 285 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
179 - - 2 2 Slippery, BossMan Dlow 179
180 - - 427 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
181 184 - 265 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
182 177 - 54 Cigarettes After Sex, Cigarettes After Sex 144
183 190 - 204 The Life Of deleted, Kanye West 1
184 - - 210 Sublime, Sublime 13
185 189 - 345 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
186 191 - 219 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
187 148 - 5 Texas Technician, That Mexican OT 64
188 195 - 311 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
189 188 - 201 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
190 187 - 150 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
191 185 - 140 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
192 198 - 22 Unreal Unearth, Hozier 3
193 197 - 42 A Gift & A Curse, Gunna 3
194 - - 184 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
195 - - 28 Austin, Post Malone 2
196 - - 11 Boys Of Faith (EP), Zach Bryan 8
197 194 - 191 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
198 - - 97 Toxicity, System Of A Down 1
199 - - 746 Metallica, Metallica 1
200 - - 605 21, Adele 1

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Current Sales

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Cowboy Carter, Beyonce 1
2 - - 1 Hope On The Street, Vol.1 (EP), j-hope 2
3 5 - 23 1989 (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
4 - - 1 Heaven :X: Hell, Sum 41 4
5 - - 1 The Hill, Aaron Lewis 5
6 - - 1 Genre : Sadboy (EP), mgk & Trippie Redd 6
7 11 - 192 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
8 8 - 4 Eternal Sunshine, Ariana Grande 1
9 10 - 6 With YOU-th (EP), TWICE 1
10 13 - 76 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
11 1 - 2 Born, Kenny Chesney 1
12 12 - 30 Guts, Olivia Rodrigo 1
13 15 - 31 Utopia, Travis Scott 1
14 18 - 124 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
15 21 - 39 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
16 2 - 2 Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, Shakira 2
17 17 - 6 Easy (EP), LE SSERAFIM 2
18 - - 1 Crazy(er) Life, Home Free 18
19 22 - 20 Orange Blood, ENHYPEN 2
20 - - 1 Evolution, Sheryl Crow 20
21 4 - 3 Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves 1
22 25 - 21 ROCK-STAR, Stray Kids 1
23 26 - 149 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
24 28 - 30 Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan 2
25 27 - 40 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 4
26 7 - 2 Trail Of Flowers, Sierra Ferrell 7
27 16 - 3 Everything I Thought It Was, Justin Timberlake 2
28 31 - 5 2, (G)I-DLE 4
29 19 - 2 JPEG RAW, Gary Clark Jr. 19
30 36 - 22 Golden, Jung Kook 1
31 49 - 50 SOS, SZA 3
32 39 - 43 Whitsitt Chapel, Jelly Roll 3
33 14 - 2 Tigers Blood, Waxahatchee 14
34 - - 45 Portals, Melanie Martinez 1
35 33 - 4 Invincible Shield, Judas Priest 2
36 48 - 18 Snow Angel, Renee Rapp 9
37 41 - 21 Higher, Chris Stapleton 3
38 37 - 3 Happiness Bastards, The Black Crowes 5
39 - - 1 Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape, Various Artists 39
40 42 - 18 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part I), Teddy Swims 12
41 38 - 37 2nd EP 'Get Up', NewJeans 1
42 - - 1 Hymnal Of A Troubled Man's Mind, Oliver Anthony Music 42
43 45 - 57 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
44 46 - 54 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 2
45 3 - 2 In Search Of The Antidote, FLETCHER 3
46 - - 20 The Name Chapter: Freefall, TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
47 - - 22 SEVENTEENTH Heaven: 11th Mini Album (EP), SEVENTEEN 2
48 - - 10 Saviors, Green Day 1
49 - - 1 Heavy, SiR 49
50 - - 1 Interplay, Ride 50

[Gary]

Sales

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Cowboy Carter, Beyonce 1
2 - - 1 Hope On The Street, Vol.1 (EP), j-hope 2
3 7 - 209 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
4 5 - 23 1989 (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
5 - - 1 Heaven :X: Hell, Sum 41 5
6 - - 1 The Hill, Aaron Lewis 6
7 - - 1 Genre : Sadboy (EP), mgk & Trippie Redd 7
8 13 - 193 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
9 10 - 4 Eternal Sunshine, Ariana Grande 1
10 12 - 6 With YOU-th (EP), TWICE 1
11 15 - 76 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
12 1 - 2 Born, Kenny Chesney 1
13 14 - 30 Guts, Olivia Rodrigo 1
14 17 - 168 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
15 18 - 26 Utopia, Travis Scott 1
16 21 - 125 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
17 23 - 661 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
18 25 - 39 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
19 2 - 2 Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, Shakira 2
20 20 - 6 Easy (EP), LE SSERAFIM 2
21 - - 1 Crazy(er) Life, Home Free 21
22 - - 1 Daylight (EP), Aesop Rock 22
23 26 - 20 Orange Blood, ENHYPEN 2
24 - - 1 Evolution, Sheryl Crow 24
25 30 - 395 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 2
26 4 - 3 Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves 1
27 29 - 21 ROCK-STAR, Stray Kids 1
28 31 - 140 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
29 33 - 26 Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan 3
30 34 - 123 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
31 32 - 32 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 4
32 37 - 485 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 7
33 40 - 531 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
34 9 - 2 Trail Of Flowers, Sierra Ferrell 9
35 41 - 374 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
36 6 - 61 Jar Of Flies (EP), Alice In Chains 1
37 - - 1 Transnational Speedway League, Clutch 37
38 48 - 86 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith 2
39 19 - 3 Everything I Thought It Was, Justin Timberlake 2
40 38 - 5 2, (G)I-DLE 4
41 22 - 2 JPEG RAW, Gary Clark Jr. 22
42 50 - 445 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 12
43 44 - 124 Take Care, Drake 1
44 - - 540 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
45 49 - 22 Golden, Jung Kook 1
46 - - 44 SOS, SZA 3
47 - - 394 Thriller, Michael Jackson 2
48 43 - 279 Back In Black, AC/DC 19
49 - - 124 Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Wu-Tang Clan 40
50 - - 476 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1

[Gary]

Vinyl

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Cowboy Carter, Beyonce 1
2 11 - 151 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
3 9 - 87 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
4 7 - 18 Utopia, Travis Scott 1
5 10 - 23 1989 (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
6 - - 1 Heaven :X: Hell, Sum 41 6
7 8 - 4 Eternal Sunshine, Ariana Grande 1
8 12 - 30 Guts, Olivia Rodrigo 1
9 - - 1 Daylight (EP), Aesop Rock 9
10 14 - 97 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
11 13 - 76 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
12 16 - 336 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
13 17 - 12 Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan 1
14 20 - 93 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
15 22 - 71 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
16 23 - 354 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
17 - - 1 Transnational Speedway League, Clutch 17
18 1 - 2 Jar Of Flies (EP), Alice In Chains 1
19 24 - 275 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
20 25 - 14 Take Care, Drake 11
21 21 - 15 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 2
22 - - 38 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
23 5 - 2 Trail Of Flowers, Sierra Ferrell 5
24 - - 214 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
25 - - 346 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 2

[Gary]

Canada

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Cowboy Carter, Beyonce 1
2 2 - 51 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 1
3 1 - 2 We Don't Trust You, Future & Metro Boomin 1
4 5 - 57 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
5 4 - 4 Eternal Sunshine, Ariana Grande 1
6 3 - 30 Guts, Olivia Rodrigo 1
7 6 - 164 The Highlights, The Weeknd 1
8 7 - 32 Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan 1
9 9 - 241 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
10 12 - 169 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
11 10 - 76 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
12 15 - 36 Utopia, Travis Scott 1
13 8 - 2 Unheard (EP), Hozier 8
14 13 - 23 1989 (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
15 17 - 98 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 4
16 16 - 69 SOS, SZA 1
17 11 - 8 Vultures 1, ¥$: Ye & Ty Dolla $ign 1
18 18 - 26 For All The Dogs, Drake 1
19 20 - 54 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 2
20 19 - 193 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
21 21 - 17 Think Later, Tate McRae 3
22 14 - 34 The Diamond Collection, Post Malone 11
23 22 - 435 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
24 24 - 316 Diamonds, Elton John 5
25 25 - 150 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
26 29 - 316 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 17
27 23 - 15 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part I), Teddy Swims 23
28 28 - 173 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
29 27 - 12 American Dream, 21 Savage 1
30 31 - 350 This One's For You, Luke Combs 10
31 32 - 116 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 16
32 33 - 189 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 13
33 26 - 2 Tyla, Tyla 26
34 36 - 144 Greatest Hits, Queen 14
35 35 - 47 Religiously. The Album., Bailey Zimmerman 8
36 39 - 262 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 5
37 - - 1 Heaven :X: Hell, Sum 41 37
38 34 - 125 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
39 - - 1 Livin' My Best Life, Dylan Scott 39
40 30 - 70 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 1
41 44 - 21 The Beatles 1967-1970, The Beatles 13
42 37 - 6 Decide, Djo 35
43 40 - 151 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
44 38 - 37 Barbie: The Album, Soundtrack 1
45 43 - 113 Hozier, Hozier 2
46 46 - 227 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 15
47 65 - 83 Curtain Call 2, Eminem 3
48 49 - 229 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
49 42 - 9 Hazbin Hotel, Season One, Soundtrack 14
50 50 - 290 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
51 45 - 135 Graduation, Kanye West 1
52 47 - 236 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 21
53 - - 139 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
54 48 - 39 Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
55 51 - 95 Blonde, Frank Ocean 2
56 53 - 250 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 21
57 52 - 28 Elisabeth, Zach Bryan 49
58 63 - 22 20 Number Ones, Thomas Rhett 31
59 55 - 135 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
60 58 - 260 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
61 57 - 252 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 5
62 56 - 56 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 2
63 60 - 370 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
64 61 - 186 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
65 62 - 299 Scorpion, Drake 1
66 59 - 312 1989, Taylor Swift 1
67 64 - 346 Views, Drake 1
68 75 - 3 What Happens Now?, Dasha 68
69 71 - 207 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 2
70 - - 324 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 2
71 72 - 82 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
72 41 - 3 Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves 7
73 - - 1 Complicated, Josh Ross 73
74 67 - 131 Take Care, Drake 1
75 82 - 21 Higher, Chris Stapleton 2
76 69 - 219 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
77 99 - 88 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
78 81 - 98 AM, Arctic Monkeys 3
79 77 - 203 The Fame, Lady Gaga 1
80 74 - 192 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
81 97 - 291 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 4
82 - - 3 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 82
83 76 - 7 2093, Yeat 5
84 88 - 4 American Romance, Michael Marcagi 84
85 66 - 31 99 Nights, Charlotte Cardin 3
86 85 - 97 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
87 - - 25 The Mockingbird & The Crow, HARDY 6
88 78 - 17 Pink Friday 2, Nicki Minaj 2
89 - - 118 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
90 - - 118 Greatest Hits, Shania Twain 1
91 80 - 28 Scarlet, Doja Cat 4
92 83 - 74 Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage 1
93 93 - 127 =, Ed Sheeran 1
94 100 - 70 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 6
95 91 - 26 Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna 10
96 84 - 88 Ctrl, SZA 11
97 92 - 127 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
98 - - 1 Genre : Sadboy (EP), mgk & Trippie Redd 98
99 89 - 19 Emails I Can't Send, Sabrina Carpenter 55
100 94 - 9 Summertime Blues, Zach Bryan 82

[Gary]

Streaming

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Cowboy Carter, Beyonce 1
2 1 - 2 We Don't Trust You, Future & Metro Boomin 1
3 2 - 25 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
4 4 - 4 Eternal Sunshine, Ariana Grande 1
5 3 - 25 Guts, Olivia Rodrigo 3
6 5 - 25 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 2
7 7 - 25 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 6
8 6 - 25 SOS, SZA 3
9 8 - 25 Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan 5
10 9 - 25 For All The Dogs, Drake 1
11 12 - 25 Lover, Taylor Swift 7
12 14 - 25 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 12
13 10 - 2 Unheard (EP), Hozier 10
14 15 - 19 The Diamond Collection, Post Malone 11
15 13 - 23 1989 (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
16 16 - 25 Midnights, Taylor Swift 6
17 11 - 8 Vultures 1, ¥$: Ye & Ty Dolla $ign 1
18 17 - 25 Utopia, Travis Scott 9
19 18 - 12 American Dream, 21 Savage 1
20 19 - 25 Genesis, Peso Pluma 9
21 20 - 25 Folklore, Taylor Swift 16
22 26 - 20 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 21
23 22 - 25 reputation, Taylor Swift 14
24 27 - 3 Mr. Beat The Road, BossMan Dlow 17
25 25 - 25 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 21
26 24 - 24 Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada, Fuerza Regida 9
27 34 - 20 This One's For You, Luke Combs 27
28 29 - 25 Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana, Bad Bunny 1
29 28 - 19 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 26
30 31 - 25 My Turn, Lil Baby 25
31 32 - 8 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part I), Teddy Swims 31
32 36 - 25 Diamonds, Elton John 29
33 38 - 20 Religiously. The Album., Bailey Zimmerman 24
34 33 - 25 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 25
35 37 - 24 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 28
36 35 - 17 Think Later, Tate McRae 4
37 23 - 2 Tyla, Tyla 23
38 46 - 9 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 38
39 41 - 12 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 39
40 39 - 21 Take Care, Drake 24
41 40 - 19 Ctrl, SZA 31
42 48 - 10 Blonde, Frank Ocean 42
43 43 - 25 Nostalgia, Rod Wave 4
44 49 - 8 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 23
45 45 - 17 Pink Friday 2, Nicki Minaj 1
46 - - 6 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 46
47 50 - 19 Graduation, Kanye West 39
48 - - 18 Starboy, The Weeknd 32
49 44 - 9 Hazbin Hotel, Season One, Soundtrack 13
50 - - 3 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 48

[Gary]

Catalog

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 45 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
2 2 - 125 reputation, Taylor Swift 2
3 4 - 1593 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
4 10 - 512 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
5 8 - 1255 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
6 5 - 408 Take Care, Drake 1
7 6 - 85 Evermore, Taylor Swift 2
8 7 - 271 Ctrl, SZA 1
9 9 - 549 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
10 11 - 195 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 2
11 12 - 920 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
12 13 - 443 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
13 15 - 185 Blonde, Frank Ocean 2
14 14 - 175 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
15 17 - 40 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 4
16 20 - 22 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith 1
17 16 - 161 Graduation, Kanye West 7
18 19 - 77 Hozier, Hozier 18
19 18 - 50 Scorpion, Drake 1
20 21 - 44 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 15
21 23 - 2 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 21
22 27 - 115 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 11
23 26 - 1435 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
24 24 - 59 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording 20
25 31 - 2 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 25
26 22 - 65 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 4
27 28 - 200 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
28 29 - 251 Views, Drake 4
29 25 - 163 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 2
30 32 - 41 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 6
31 30 - 353 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
32 37 - 60 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 1
33 33 - 23 After Hours, The Weeknd 18
34 3 - 37 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
35 42 - 167 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
36 34 - 195 ANTI, Rihanna 1
37 38 - 57 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 34
38 43 - 483 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
39 41 - 92 The Beatles 1962-1966, The Beatles 2
40 - - 3 Renaissance, Beyonce 40
41 48 - 40 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 27
42 36 - 354 1989, Taylor Swift 1
43 47 - 17 Elisabeth, Zach Bryan 31
44 44 - 433 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
45 - - 870 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
46 45 - 344 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
47 - - 175 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 2
48 - - 130 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 1
49 39 - 15 I Never Liked You, Future 24
50 - - 639 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

J-Hope’s ‘Hope On the Street, Vol. 1’ Bows at No. 2 on Top Album Sales Chart

4/10/2024

By Keith Caulfield

Plus: Beyoncé, Sum 41, Aaron Lewis and mgk & Trippie Redd debut in the top 10.

J-Hope notches his second top 10-charting effort on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated April 13), as Hope On the Street, Vol. 1 bows at No. 2. He previously visited the region with Jack in the Box in 2023, which debuted and peaked at No. 2.

Hope On the Street, Vol. 1 is one of five debuting titles in the top 10 on the latest chart, as it’s joined by Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter (No. 1), Sum 41’s Heaven :X: Hell (No. 5), Aaron Lewis’ The Hill (No. 5) and mgk and Trippie Redd’s collaborative set Genre: Sadboy (No. 7).

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Cowboy Carter gallops onto the chart with 168,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending April 4, according to Luminate. Of that sum, physical sales comprise 125,500 (63,500 on CD and 62,000 on vinyl) and digital download sales comprise 42,500.

Cowboy Carter’s sales were supported by the album’s availability across a number of configurations, released on March 29. It was issued as standard 19-track edition on vinyl (across four variants, each pressed on different color vinyl [black, red, white and blue] with alternate back cover artwork), a CD with an additional song (“Flamenco”) and a digital download and streaming edition (both in clean and explicit versions, with three bonus songs “Flamenco,” “Spaghetti” and “Ya Ya,” plus two interludes). The CD edition was issued in four variants (each with different back cover art). Two of the variants were sold as stand-alone items, while two of the CDs were only available inside two deluxe boxed sets (each with a different branded T-shirt contained inside a branded box). All physical configurations of the album were sold exclusively through Beyoncé’s official webstore, while the digital download and streaming editions were widely available.

The vinyl edition of Cowboy Carter sold 62,000 copies (across its four variants combined), marking Beyoncé’s biggest week on vinyl and the largest week for any vinyl album in 2024.

J-Hope’s Hope On the Street, Vol. 1 debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales, scoring the second top 10-charting effort for the singer. The set bows with a little over 44,000 copies sold in the tracking week. Of that sum, a little more than 38,000 were driven by CD sales. The album’s sales were supported by eight collectible CD editions (including exclusive variants for Target, Walmart and the Weverse store), all containing branded paper merchandise.

A pair of former No. 1s from Taylor Swift follow J-Hope, as Lover rises 7-3 (10,000; up 8%) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) bumps 5-4 (9,000; down 6%).

Sum 41’s Heaven :X: Hell starts at No. 5 with a little over 7,000 sold, marking the fifth top 10-charting set and highest-charting effort ever for the act. The set’s sales were bolstered by its availability across eight vinyl variants, which combined to sell nearly 4,000 copies – the act’s best sales week on vinyl.

Aaron Lewis’ The Hill debuts at No. 6 with just under 7,000 sold – mostly from sales of its digital download album (about 4,000). It was also available as a standard CD and in two vinyl variants. The Hill is the fifth top 10-charting set for Lewis.

The first collaborative album from mgk and Trippie Redd, Genre: Sadboy, starts at No. 7 with nearly 7,000 sold (largely from its digital download). It’s the seventh top 10 for mgk and sixth for Trippie Redd.

Closing out the top 10 on Top Album Sales are three former chart-toppers: Swift’s Folklore (13-8 with nearly 6,500; down less than 1%), Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine (10-9 with just over 6,000; down 19%) and TWICE’s With YOU-th (12-10 with 6,000; down 15%).

In the week ending April 4, there were 1.343 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 11.9% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 997,000 (up 11.8%) and digital albums comprised 346,000 (up 12.1%).

There were 518,000 CD albums sold in the week ending April 4 (up 21.4% week-over-week) and 475,000 vinyl albums sold (up 2.9%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 6.173 million (down 32% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 6.425 million (down 48.9%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 16.883 million (down 36.9% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 12.661 million (down 41.9%) and digital album sales total 4.221 million (down 15.1%).

[radio2009]

Damn, Sheryl Crow's album missed the main chart, a first for her.