Nearly midway via the 12 months, Morgan Wallen has spent most of it on high.
For the thirteenth time out of the 25 chart weeks to date in 2023, the nation singer’s blockbuster album “One Thing at a Time” sits at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, returning to the best perch after two weeks at No. 2. “One Thing at a Time” had spent the previous 12 consecutive weeks at No. 1 following its launch in March, earlier than being quickly topped by a new edition of Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” and a CD barrage from the K-pop group Stray Kids.
Wallen’s album totaled 112,000 equal models in its fifteenth week of launch, together with 141 million digital streams and 4,500 in album gross sales. Its 13 weeks at No. 1 matches dominant albums from the final decade by Bad Bunny (“Un Verano Sin Ti,” 2022), Drake (“Views,” 2016) and the soundtrack for “Frozen” (2014). Adele’s “21” was the final album with greater than 13 weeks at No. 1 in 2011 and 2012, Billboard reports.
In half due to Wallen’s dominance, this 12 months marks the first time since 1993 that no rap album or single has topped the Billboard charts by this level within the calendar. “A Gift and a Curse,” the brand new album by the Atlanta rapper Gunna — his first since being launched from jail after pleading out of the RICO case that additionally consists of his mentor, Young Thug — will debut on the album chart subsequent week.
Rounding out the Top 5 this week are albums by the previous One Direction singer Niall Horan, whose “The Show” begins at No. 2 with 81,000 models; a deluxe reissue of “Stick Season” by the pop singer-songwriter Noah Kahan, which totaled 71,000 models at No. 3; Swift’s “Midnights,” at No. 4 with 69,000 models; and the producer Metro Boomin’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” soundtrack, at No. 5 with 54,000 models. “5-Star” by Stray Kids, final week’s No. 1, falls to No. 6.
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