Taylor Swift’s album called “The Tortured Poets Department” continues its reign at the top of the Billboard 200 chart for the sixth consecutive week. The album managed to secure the number one spot by earning 175,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending May 30th, even though this number represents a decrease of 54% from the previous week, as reported by Luminate.
The latest album by Tortured Poets has topped the charts for six consecutive weeks, matching the record set by Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time last year. Among Taylor Swift’s number one albums, Tortured Poets is now tied with Folklore for the most weeks at the top spot with six weeks each. In its sixth week, Tortured Poets earned an impressive 175,000 units, making it the album with the largest sixth-week performance since Adele’s 25 back in 2016.
Swift continues to dominate the Billboard 200 chart with her 75th week at No. 1, solidifying her position as the solo artist with the most chart-topping weeks. This achievement surpasses Elvis Presley’s 67 weeks at No. 1. Among her 14 chart-topping albums, she shares the record for the most No. 1s among solo artists with Jay-Z. Additionally, Twenty One Pilots’ album “Clancy” makes an impressive debut at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, marking the biggest week for a rock album in 2024 in terms of equivalent album units or traditional album sales. RM’s “Right Place, Wrong Person” also enters the chart at No. 5, achieving his best debut week in both units and sales. The Billboard 200 ranks the top albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, including album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit represents an album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or a specific number of ad-supported and subscription-based on-demand audio and video streams. The latest chart dated June 8, 2024, will be available on Billboard’s website on June 4. For more chart updates, follow Billboard and Billboard Charts on social media platforms like X and Instagram.
In the sixth week of The Tortured Poets Department’s unit tally, a total of 175,000 units were counted. SEA units made up 133,000 of that number, showing a 20% decrease. This album, which holds the top spot on Top Streaming Albums, received an impressive 173.65 million on-demand official streams for the deluxe edition’s 31 songs. Album sales contributed 41,000 units, down 81%, while TEA units added 1,000, down 30%. Billie Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft” remains steady at No. 2 in its second week, with 145,000 equivalent album units earned, a 57% decrease from the previous week. This marks the biggest second week for any of Eilish’s albums, coming right after her highest weekly total with the set at 339,000. At No. 3 on the list is Twenty One Pilots’ latest album, “Clancy,” which earned 143,000 equivalent album units. Album sales accounted for 113,000 units, making it the top-selling album of the week and landing it at No. 1 on Top Album Sales. SEA units amounted to 29,000, with 38.64 million on-demand official streams of the songs, while TEA units were minimal. “Clancy” had the most significant week in terms of units and album sales for any rock album in 2024. This marks the fourth time Twenty One Pilots has entered the top 10 with an album, following “Scaled and Icy” (No. 3 in 2021), “Trench” (No. 2, 2018), and “Blurryface” (No. 1, 2016). The band announced “Clancy” as the final chapter of their conceptual series, which began with “Blurryface.” Sales for “Clancy” were boosted by various versions of vinyl, zine/CD journal editions, deluxe CD boxed sets with branded merch, and a deluxe digital album featuring four bonus live tracks. Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” drops to No. 4 on the Billboard 200, earning 73,000 equivalent album units, a 3% decrease.
RM achieves another top 10-charting album with the release of his solo project “Right Place, Wrong Person,” debuting impressively at No. 5 with 54,000 equivalent album units. The album’s sales breakdown includes 43,000 album sales, 7,500 SEA units (equivalent to over 10 million on-demand streams), and 3,500 TEA units. This marks RM’s highest debut position on the Billboard 200, along with his biggest opening week in terms of units and traditional album sales. “Right Place, Wrong Person” was introduced with the single “Come Back to Me,” which reached the top 30 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excluding U.S. charts. The album’s strong first-week sales were boosted by its availability in 13 different CD variants, each featuring exclusive paper merch and other collectibles. Prior to this, RM reached the top 10 with his album “Indigo” (No. 3, December 2022). In other rankings, Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” maintains its position at No. 6 with 45,000 equivalent album units earned, Future and Metro Boomin’s “We Don’t Trust You” slips to No. 7, Gunna’s “One of Wun” falls to No. 8, Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” moves down to No. 9 despite a small increase, and Zach Bryan’s self-titled album drops to No. 10.
