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The nine-woman Okay-pop group Twice leads the Billboard album chart for the primary time this week with its newest mini-LP, because of collectible CD and vinyl gross sales, whereas Morgan Wallen marks a full 12 months of blockbuster streaming numbers.
Twice’s “With You-th,” a six-song EP, opens at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with the equal of 95,000 gross sales within the United States. The overwhelming majority of its consumption — 90,000 copies — was by means of purchases of bodily copies, which included 14 collectible variations on CD and three vinyl LP variations, in line with the monitoring service Luminate.
“With You-th” additionally garnered 6.3 million streams, the bottom streaming complete for a No. 1 album in virtually 5 years, since Celine Dion’s “Courage” opened with 3.9 million in 2019 — a interval when gross sales “bundles” helped albums high the charts by together with the music with purchases of live performance tickets or merchandise. (After an trade uproar, Billboard tweaked its guidelines to rein within the follow.)
Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” rises one spot to No. 2 in its 52nd week on the chart, with the equal of 67,000 gross sales. Since it got here out a 12 months in the past, Wallen’s album has remained remarkably fashionable, holding at No. 1 for a complete of 18 weeks and by no means dipping under No. 6 on the all-genre album chart — and even then, solely hitting that low level two occasions.
Week after week, “One Thing” has been a streaming champion, logging a complete of 8.3 billion streams because it got here out. Even after a full 12 months, every of the album’s 36 tracks is clicked a mean of greater than two million occasions on streaming providers weekly — by comparability, the six songs on the brand-new Twice album had a mean of just a little over a million streams apiece.
Also this week, “Vultures 1,” by Ye (previously often known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla Sign falls to No. 3 after two weeks on the high, whereas Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” is No. 4 and SZA’s “SOS” is in fifth place.
