Taylor Swift ’s The Tortured Poets Department spends a sixth straight and total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated June 8), as the title earned 175,000 equivalent album units in the U.S.
in the week ending May 30 (down 54%), according to Luminate. See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Tortured Poets is the first album 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 (March 18-June 3, 2023-dated charts ).
Among Swift’s collection of No. 1s, Tortured Poets ties Folklore for the most weeks at No. 1 from its debut with six weeks each.
With 175,000 units earned in Tortured Poets ’ sixth week, the set scores the largest sixth-week for any album since Adele’s 25 earned 363,000 units in its sixth frame (chart dated Jan. 16, 2016). Swift adds her 75th career week at No.
1 on the Billboard 200 , extending her record among soloists . (Elvis Presley has the second-most among soloists, with 67.) The total encompasses her 14 leaders.
(She’s tied with Jay-Z for the most No. 1s among soloists.) Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, Twenty One Pilots ’ Clancy debuts at No.
3 with the biggest week for any rock album in 2024 (in either equivalent album units or traditional album sales), while RM ’s Right Place, Wrong Person launches at No. 5 with his biggest debut week (in both units and sales). The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of t.
