SZA's 'SOS' Is First R&B Album by a Woman To Spend Its First Four Straight Weeks at No. 1 Since 1993
Lil Baby, Drake and 21 Savage and Metro Boomin also appear in this week’s top 10
SZA is spending her fourth consecutive week at No. 1 with SOS.
Her fourth straight week atop the Billboard 200 officially gives the SOS a series of firsts, including being the first R&B album by a woman to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 since Janet Jackson’s janet. in 1993, the first R&B album by a woman to log four weeks at No. 1 since Alicia Keys’ As I Am in 2008, the first R&B album by a woman to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 in one year since Adele’s 30 from December 2021 to January 2022 and the first album by a woman to have four consecutive weeks at No. 1 since 30. SOS earned 125,000 equivalent album units this week, with 121,500 from streaming equivalent album units, 3,000 from album sales and 500 from track equivalent units.
A newcomer on this week’s chart include ATEEZ’s Spin Off: From the Witness at No. 7 with 41,500 equivalent album units.
Elsewhere on the Billboard 200, Taylor Swift remains at No. 2 followed by Metro Boomin, Drake and 21 Savage and Bad Bunny at Nos. 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Making up the bottom half of this week’s top 10 are Morgan Wallen at No. 6, Zach Bryan at No. 8, Lil Baby at No. 9 and Harry Styles at No. 10
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