Taylor Swift Continues to Dominate Albums Chart; Twenty One Pilots Debuts at a Strong No. 3
03.06.2024 - 18:59
/ variety.com
Thania Garcia Taylor Swift‘s “The Tortured Poets Department” holds the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s album chart for a sixth consecutive week. The 31-song record blocks Billie Eilish from achieving the top status for a second week while also shutting out competition from Twenty One Pilots and RM, who land at No.s 3 and 5 in their debut week, respectively.
Since the debut of “The Tortured Poets Department” last month, Swift has put out over 20 album variants and new physical versions of the LP, but the album dominates this week with its strongest showing in streaming (133,000 units or 173.65 million streams, per Luminate via Billboard). Touting 175,000 units earned, “Tortured Poets’” is the first set to spend its first six weeks at No. 1 since Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” led for its first 12 weeks a year ago last March (through June).
The top-selling album of the week (113,00 units) is Twenty One Pilots’ “Clancy,” also the final act in the duo’s multi-album series that started with 2015’s “Blurryface.” The LP enters at No. 3 with 143,000 equivalent album units earned. “Clancy” was available for purchase in a variety of formats, including two limited-edition deluxe box sets, four additional retailer-exclusive vinyl variants, a package consisting of a CD, journal book and cassette, and more.
Meanwhile, “Clancy” — co-produced by Joseph and Trench producer Paul Meany — is the first rock album to achieve Top Five status this year. Elsewhere, RM’s “Right Place, Wrong Person” shoots to No. 5 as the BTS leader’s second solo top 10-charting album with 54,000 equivalent album units and 43,000 sales, his largest opening week by both units and traditional album sales.
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