official chart Billboard Charts (Week of May 11, 2024)

[Renan90]

Taylor Swift Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'The Tortured Poets Department'

Plus: PARTYNEXTDOOR debuts in the top 10.

 

Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department holds steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated May 11) in its second week, earning 439,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 2 (down 83%), according to Luminate. It arrived atop the chart a week ago with a massive 2.61 million units.

 

Though the set declines by 83%, it still logs the biggest second-week, by units, for any album since Adele's 25 tallied 1.162 million units in its second week (Dec. 12, 2015-dated chart, down from its 3.482 million in its opening week).

 

Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, PARTYNEXTDOOR debuts at No. 10 with PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4).

 

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 11, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard's website on May 7. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

 

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-number-one-second-week-billboard-200-chart-1235674109/

 

 

Taylor Swift & Post Malone's 'Fortnight' Spends a Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Plus, three acts score their first top five hits: Tommy Richman, new at No. 2, Shaboozey (27-3) and Sabrina Carpenter (22-4).

 

Taylor Swift's "Fortnight," featuring Post Malone, notches a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart (fittingly given its title).

 

A week earlier, Swift made history by infusing the Hot 100's top 14 positions, all from her new Republic Records LP, The Tortured Poets Department, which concurrently adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Swift claims three Hot 100 top 10s in the set's second chart frame, with "Fortnight" joined by "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" at No. 9 and "Down Bad" at No. 10.

 

Plus, three acts soar to their first top five Hot 100 appearances: Tommy Richman's "Million Dollar Baby" debuts at No. 2; Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" bounds 27-3, after it began at No. 36 two weeks earlier; and Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" surges 22-4, two weeks after it entered the chart at No. 7, becoming her first top 10.

 

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated May 11, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 7. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

 

https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-post-malone-fortnight-number-one-hot-100-second-week/

[TedMiracle]

"down 83%"

 

Whew

[aotearoa]

biggest second-week in the last 8 years 

[Kern]

Though the set declines by 83%, it still logs the biggest second-week, by units, for any album since Adele's 25 tallied 1.162 million units in its second week 

 

[By the Water]

2 minutes ago, TedMiracle said:

"down 83%"

 

Whew

Yet still above the first week of every other album released this year. Really puts into perspective how far above she is of every one else 

[Starchild]

only the brain dead people of atrl would call this flopping

 

i still have a hard time understanding why the people of this forum rather seem stupid and ignore facts just for a DrAg

[Klein]

Absolutely massive 

[The Music Industry]

7 minutes ago, TedMiracle said:

"down 83%"

 

Whew

And still the biggest second week sales of her career, bigger than any MPG's second week sales ever bar 25. What is there to drag? 

[Feanor]

Pulling 2nd week numbers that would already be considered as massive first week numbers… there's truly no superstar like her.

[wastedpotential]

3x Platinum eligible in its second week 

 

I'd love to see anyone else pull that off in 2024 

[Squall]

Best second week in streams, the album is now twice in the top 10:

 

1. The Tortured Poets Department - 891 million
2. Scorpion - 745 million
3. Certified Lover Boy - 743 million
4. Midnights - 549 million
5. For All the Dogs - 514 million
6. Her Loss - 513 million
7. One Thing at a Time - 498 million
8. Tha Carter V - 433 million
9. Beerbongs & Bentleys - 431 million

10. The Tortured Poets Department - 428 million (second week)

 

[NEX]

9 minutes ago, The Music Industry said:

And still the biggest second week sales of her career, bigger than any MPG's second week sales ever bar 25. What is there to drag? 

Oops.. I Did It Again sold 612k in its second week (despite falling to #2) 

[fridayteenage]

4 minutes ago, Squall said:

Best second week in streams, the album is now twice in the top 10:

 

1. The Tortured Poets Department - 891 million
2. Scorpion - 745 million
3. Certified Lover Boy - 743 million
4. Midnights - 549 million
5. For All the Dogs - 514 million
6. Her Loss - 513 million
7. One Thing at a Time - 498 million
8. Tha Carter V - 433 million
9. Beerbongs & Bentleys - 431 million

10. The Tortured Poets Department - 428 million (second week)

 

"only the FANS are streaming the second week, it's over!"

 

meanwhile crushing almost everyone's first weeks. 

[Squall]

1 minute ago, NEX said:

Oops.. I Did It Again sold 612k in its second week (despite falling to #2) 

Maybe they meant modern era and not prehistoric times? 

[Taylena]

5 minutes ago, NEX said:

Oops.. I Did It Again sold 612k in its second week (despite falling to #2) 

TTPD outsold by that many sales its first week sales.

[brenda-walsh]

i think this just shows how insane it was for Adele to do her first 3 weeks at 1m sales each

[Renan90]

 

[Squall]

7 minutes ago, brenda-walsh said:

i think this just shows how insane it was for Adele to do her first 3 weeks at 1m sales each

Not thing being the only thing that comes to your mind, not only it was in 2015 in a market with healthier pure sales but also, it had the Thanksgiving boost  

[NEX]

20 minutes ago, Squall said:

Maybe they meant modern era and not prehistoric times? 

He said "ever". Why this reaction? 

 

 

17 minutes ago, Taylena said:

TTPD outsold by that many sales its first week sales.

What does this have to do with anything? I just stated a fact. Why the anger from both of you 

[Arrows]

Biggest second week of her career

[ALA]

That no one can do these #s in their first week

[dumbsparce]

A 2 million drop  Sth is just not adding up, I'm sorry.

[Squall]

Just now, dumbsparce said:

A 2 million drop  Sth is just not adding up, I'm sorry.

Maybe because her pure sales were insanely huge and variants aren't even available anymore?  

[anti-bitch]

22 minutes ago, Squall said:

Not thing being the only thing that comes to your mind, not only it was in 2015 in a market with healthier pure sales but also, it had the Thanksgiving boost  

Lol Thanksgiving was during its release week. And that does not explain how 25 did three weeks above 1M pure sales.

 

And the "sales climate" doesn't affect Taylor's first week sales because her fans buy anything she releases, but from the second week forward it hits her too. The general public just doesn't buy albums anymore, except for some of gen z.

[dumbsparce]

Just now, Squall said:

Maybe because her pure sales were insanely huge and variants aren't even available anymore?  

So she relies on variants to sell as much as she does? Is that what you're saying?