Travis Scott’s 'Utopia’ Tops Billboard 200 For Third Straight Week Atop Billboard

Christina Nagel

It’s Travis Scott Fantasy The Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Aug. 26) marks the third highest total and consecutive week as the album earned 185,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. (up 26%) for the week ending Aug. 18, according to Luminate. A total of three weeks no. 1 (which debuted at number one on the set), Fantasy After Drake, a rap album has spent the most weeks at No. 1 in nearly two years Certified Lover Boy I spent five consecutive weeks at No. 1 (Sept. 18-Nov. 6, 2021, charts). Also, Scott tied his longest Billboard 200 reign with three No. 1s; Astroworld Leading up to three weeks in 2018.

In the top 10 of the Billboard 200, Carole G recorded the second top five-ranked set of 2023 (and her career). Tomorrow will be beautiful (pichota season). No. Starting at 3. The new initiative follows a similar theme Tomorrow will be better, which topped the chart dated March 11. (Although they have almost the same title, the albums’ tracklists are different.)

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the United States based on the multi-metric consumption measured in equivalent album units compiled by Luminate. Units include album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit is equivalent to one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad support, or 1,250 paid/subscription-based official audio and video streams generated by an album’s songs. New chart dated August 26, 2023 will be released in full advertisement board’s website August 22. For all Charts news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Off FantasyThe week ended August 17th earned 185,000 equivalent album units, album sales 99,000 (up 169%), SEA units 86,000 (down 22%, 124.13 million on-demand streaming songs and 124.13 million official streaming songs) TEA units accounted for the lowest amount ( 38% decrease).

FantasyAlbum sales increased during the third week of the set due to a promotional offer on Scott’s official web store. Fantasy Vinyl LPs from $50 to $5 for a limited time. Off Fantasy99,000 sales for the week, 93,000 on vinyl. That amount marks FantasyStill the best week on vinyl, the seventh biggest sales week on vinyl for any album since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991, and the biggest week for an R&B/hip-hop or rap album on vinyl during the same period.

Morgan Wallen’s top ranking One thing at a time Uncharted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, earning 94,000 equivalent album units (up 2%).

Carol G collected her second top five charting album of 2023 Tomorrow will be beautiful (pichota season). It debuted at No. 3, earning 67,000 equivalent album units. That amount includes SEA units of 49,000 (equivalent to 68.26 million on-demand official streams of the streaming set’s 10 tracks), album sales of 17,000 (which was available as a digital download album, CD and vinyl LP) and TEA units of 1,000.

The Barbie The soundtrack falls 3-4 on the Billboard 200, earning 65,000 equivalent album units (down 12%).

Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Speak Now (Taylor’s Edition) fell 4-5 with 61,000 equivalent album units earned (up 1%). It was the first of four Swift albums in the top 10. Former leaders have also joined it midnights (5-6 with 58,000; up 3%) boyfriend (6-7 with 54,000; up 6%) and 1989 (13-9 with 45,000; up 13%). The latter album debuted at No. 1 in 2014 and returned to the top 10 for the first time in early 2016. It rose on the list due to the hype and consumption generated by Swift’s announcement on August 9. 1989 His next re-recorded album will be released on October 27. Swift has four albums in the top 10 for the fourth time, and last month she became the first living artist to accomplish the feat in 60 years.

A new top 10 hit on the Billboard 200, Peso Plumas Genesis Stable at No. 8 (46,000 units; down 1%), while Wallen’s chart-topping Dangerous: The Double Album 10th (nearly 44,000 units; up 2%).

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