A month ago, country superstar Morgan Wallen was sidelined. She was ruled out of the arena and stadium tour due to a vocal cord injury, and handed the No. 1 spot to Taylor Swift and K-pop group Stray Kids after topping the Billboard album charts for 12 weeks.
But Wallen didn’t stay down for long.
He returned to the stage In late June, and “One Thing at a Time”, Wallen’s latest streaming blockbuster, returned to No. 1 after two weeks in second place, and remains at the top. This week, “One Thing” enters its 15th week at No. 1. be careful adeleWhose “21” was No. 1 in 2011 and 2012 for a total of 24 weeks.
In its latest week, “One Thing” had the equivalent of 110,500 sales in the United States, a slight increase from the previous week. The total includes 140 million streams and 4,500 copies sold as a complete package, according to tracking service Luminate. Since its release in March, Wallen’s album has racked up the equivalent of just under three million sales, and has been streamed 3.5 billion times.
The list of artists Wallen has blocked from No. 1 – including Metallica, Ed Sheeran, Niall Horan, Lana Del Rey and K-pop artists Ateez, Seventeen, August D and Jimin – now also includes Young Thug and Peso Pluma. Who released new albums last week.
Young Thug, the veteran Atlanta rapper, debuted at No. 2 with “Business Is Business”, which sold the equivalent of 89,000 including 106 million streams. (He is imprisoned in Georgia on fraud charges in the wider RICO case.)
Peso Pluma, a 24-year-old songwriter and artist from Mexico, debuts at number 3 with “Genesis”, which sold the equivalent of 73,000, and 101 million streams. According to Board“Genesis” reached the highest chart position ever for an album of regional Mexican music, following a recent winning spree online and on tour.
Also this week, Swift’s “Midnights” is at No. 4 and Gunna’s “A Gift and a Curse” drops two spots to No. 5. Kelly Clarkson’s latest, “Chemistry,” comes in at No. 6.
