On the new chart, the TEA and SEA units for those songs contribute to The Highlights, as a song’s activity is assigned to the artist’s album with the most traditional album sales in a week. The best-of effort contains such hits as “Blinding Lights” and the resurgent “Die for You” (from The Weeknd’s studio albums After Hours and Starboy, respectively). The Weeknd’s The Highlights vaults 41-6 with 45,000 equivalent album units earned (up 207%). 1s trail SZA, as Swift’s Midnights rises 3-2 (62,000 equivalent album units down 9%), TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION falls 1-3 (48,000 down 70%), Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album climbs 6-4 (46,000 up 8%) and Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains dips 4-5 (nearly 46,000 down 3%). R&B/hip-hop and R&B albums are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top R&B Albums charts, respectively.įour former No.

1 for an R&B album by any act since Usher‘s Confessions ruled for nine nonconsecutive weeks in 2004. 1 for an R&B/hip-hop album by a woman, or an R&B album by a woman, since Mariah Carey’s Music Box spent eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. The last R&B/hip-hop album with at least eight weeks atop the list was Drake’s Views, with 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No.

SOS has yet to be released for sale on any configuration other than a digital download album. 9, SEA units comprise 99,000 (up less than 1%, equaling 135.4 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 500 (up 2%) and TEA units comprise 500 (up 8%). Of SOS’ 100,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. For all chart news, follow and on both Twitter and Instagram. 18, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Feb. 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. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S.

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