Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department hits an 11th consecutive and total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated July 13) — tying 1989 and Fearless as her longest-major No. 1 albums. The final album by a lady to commit 11 weeks at No. 1 was 1989, which notched 11 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list in 2014-15. If Poets reaches a 12th week at No. 1, it will be the initially album by a lady with at least 12 weeks at No. 1 given that Adele’s 21 rang up 24 nonconsecutive weeks on top rated in 2011-12.

The Tortured Poets Department earned 114,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 4 (down 1%), according to Luminate. The album debuted atop the chart dated May 4 and has however to yield the No. 1 slot.

The Tortured Poets Department is the initially album by a lady to commit 11 weeks in a row at No. 1 given that the Whitney Houston-led soundtrack to The Bodyguard strung collectively 13 straight weeks at No. 1 (of its total 20 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list) from December 1992 to March 1993.

Also in the top rated 10 of the most current Billboard 200 chart, Megan Thee Stallion collects her sixth top rated 10 as Megan bows at No. 3, even though Beyoncé’s chart-topping Cowboy Carter gallops 50-10 following the release of a deluxe vinyl edition.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most common albums of the week in the U.S. primarily 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 particular album sale, or 10 person 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 July 13, 2024-dated chart will be posted in complete on Billboard‘s internet site on July 9. For all chart news, adhere to @billboard and @billboardcharts on each X, formerly recognized as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of The Tortured Poets Department’s 114,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 78,000 (down 10% — it is No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for an 11th week its SEA units equal 102.09 million on-demand official streams of the deluxe edition’s 31 songs), album sales comprise 35,000 (up 27% it is No. 1 on Top Album Sales for a fifth nonconsecutive week) and TEA units comprise much less than 1,000 (down 22%). The album’s sales grew 27% in the tracking week thanks largely to two new CD variants of the set that shipped to prospects. The two CDs, which had been sold exclusively in Swift’s webstore, had been briefly readily available to pre-order in early June for $7.99 each and every. Both CDs include the typical album’s 16 songs and an acoustic bonus track (one particular consists of “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone, and one particular consists of “Fresh Out the Slammer”).

The Tortured Poets Department matches Whitney Houston’s 1987 album Whitney as the only two albums by ladies to commit their initially 11 weeks at No. 1. All 11 of the latter’s total weeks at No. 1 had been from its debut atop the chart.

Just two other albums have spent at least their initially 11 weeks at No. 1: Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time (initially 12 weeks at No. 1, of its total 19 weeks at No. 1 in 2023-24) and Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life (initially 13 weeks at No. 1, of its total 14 weeks at No. 1 in 1976). (For context, currently it is prevalent for albums to debut at No. 1. However, prior to 1991, when the Billboard 200 started using Luminate’s electronically monitored tracking facts, only six albums debuted at No. 1, like Whitney and Songs in the Key of Life.)

Swift is only the third act with 3 or extra albums to commit 11 or extra weeks at No. 1, following Whitney Houston (her self-titled album with 14 weeks in 1986, Whitney with 11 in 1987 and The Bodyguard soundtrack with 20 in 1992-93) and The Beatles (Meet the Beatles! with 11 in 1964, A Hard Day’s Night soundtrack with 14 in 1964, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with 15 in 1967 and Abbey Road with 11 in 1969-70).

Swift adds her 80th profession week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending her record amongst soloists. (Elvis Presley has the second-most amongst soloists, with 67.) The total encompasses her 14 No. 1 albums. (She’s tied with Jay-Z for the most No. 1s amongst soloists.)

At No. 2 on the most current Billboard 200, Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time rises 3-2 with 74,000 equivalent album units (up 1%). It’s also the final album to commit at least 11 weeks at No. 1, prior to Poets. Wallen’s album logged 19 total weeks at No. 1 in 2023-24 (spending its initially 12 in the top rated slot).  

Megan Thee Stallion scores her sixth top rated 10-charting work on the Billboard 200 as Megan enters at No. 3 with 64,000 equivalent album units earned. That marks the largest debut, by units, for any rap album released by a lady in 2024. It’s also the initially top rated 10-charting rap set by a lady released this year.

Of the album’s 64,000 units earned in its initially week, SEA units comprise 47,000 (equaling 62.67 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 18 songs), album sales comprise 16,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000. The album was announced on June 2 and was preceded by a trio of charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100: “Cobra” (peaking at No. 32 final November), “Hiss” (No. 1, February) and “Boa” (No. 39, May). The set’s sales had been aided by its availability across 3 CD variants (all with the very same audio content material, just unique covers all exclusively sold in the artist’s webstore) and 5 digital download album variants (a typical extensively readily available edition one particular exclusive to Amazon, with a bonus track two with alternate covers and one particular with a printed digital signature on its cover from Megan Thee Stallion. The latter 3 had been exclusive to the artist’s webstore.)

Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft is a non-mover at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 (63,000 equivalent album units earned down 10%) and Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess reaches the top rated 5 for the initially time, increasing 6-5 (60,000 down 2%). With Swift, Megan Thee Stallion, Eilish and Chappell Roan at Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5, there are 4 albums by ladies, or ladies-led acts, in the top rated 5 for the initially time in more than a year. It final occurred on the March 25, 2023-dated list, when the all-ladies group TWICE was No. 2 with Ready to Be, followed by Miley Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation (No. 3), SZA’s SOS (No. 4) and Karol G’s Mañana Será Bonito at No. 5. (Wallen’s One Thing at a Time was No. 1 that week.)

Wallen’s former leader Dangerous: The Double Album rises 7-6 on the new Billboard 200 (44,000 equivalent album units up 1%), Peso Pluma’s Éxodo falls 5-7 (just more than 40,000 down 37%), Shaboozey’s Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going climbs 10-8 (40,000 down 1%) and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season rises 11-9 (39,000 up much less than 1%).

Beyoncé’s former No. 1 Cowboy Carter charges back into the top rated 10 (50-10) soon after a deluxe edition of the album was released on vinyl. The set surges with 39,000 equivalent album units earned (up 133%), with 24,000 of that sum in regular album sales (up 1,673%). Vinyl sales comprise a small more than 23,000 of that figure (up 3,551%).

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