Morgan Wallen Enters Adele Territory With 14th Week at No. 1

The nation star Morgan Wallen is again on the highway after six weeks of relaxation, and again as soon as once more at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, notching his 14th nonconsecutive week on prime for the reason that launch of his newest album, “One Thing at a Time,” in March.

With 14 weeks at No. 1, “One Thing at a Time” separates itself from Drake’s “Views,” which totaled 13 chart-topping week in 2016, and provides Wallen essentially the most weeks at No. 1 in additional than a decade, since Adele’s “21” ended up with 24 nonconsecutive weeks in 2011 and 2012.

This week, “One Thing at a Time” totaled 110,000 album equal items, together with 139 million in streams and 4,500 in gross sales, dropping simply 1 % in listener exercise since final week, when it returned to No. 1 after two weeks at No. 2. In the 16 weeks it has been out, Wallen’s album has not fallen below 100,000 in equal items, tying Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” for many weeks totaling six figures within the fashionable counting period, according to Billboard.

Wallen’s world tour in assist of “One Thing at a Time” resumed last week in Chicago, following six weeks of postponement that the singer stated was recommended by doctors for vocal rest. In April, Wallen had abruptly canceled a live performance in Mississippi simply earlier than he was set to take the stage, angering some fans. Wallen’s tour continues via a lot of the 12 months, with some rescheduled dates stretching into 2024.

In what has change into a chart fixture this 12 months, a Ok-pop group promoting collectible CDs additionally discovered success this week: Ateez’s “The World EP.2: Outlaw” is No. 2 with 106,000 items, together with 101,000 in album gross sales. Billboard stories that of the ten albums this 12 months to promote greater than 100,000 copies as an entire album, seven have been by Ok-pop acts providing numerous CD variations.

The remainder of the Top 5 consists of Gunna’s first album since being launched from jail, “A Gift & a Curse,” which totaled 85,000 items at No. 3; Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” at No. 4 with 60,000 items; and SZA’s “SOS,” as much as No. 5 from No. 8 with 48,000 items. Wallen’s earlier album, “Dangerous: The Double Album,” which spent 10 weeks at No. 1 in 2021, is No. 6.