Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is No. 1 for a third week on the Billboard 200, while Dua Lipa and SEVENTEEN debut in the top five.
chart , marking her first title to spend its first three weeks atop the chart since 2020’sFans Choose Peso Pluma, Junior H & Eslabon Armado's 'La Durango' as This Week's Favorite New Music…earned 282,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 9 , according to Luminate. That marks the largest third-week for any album since Swift’s ownThe Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S.
The album’s sales were bolstered by its availability across 20 physical variants, all with the same 11 songs. There were 11 vinyl editions in assorted colors and two cassette tapes. In terms of CDs, there was a widely available standard CD with a lenticular cover, and then multiple CD iterations sold exclusively in Lipa’s webstore .
In addition, the album was issued as a widely available standard 11-song digital download and a deluxe digital album with two live bonus tracks sold exclusively in Lipa’s webstore.The new 11-song album was announced on March 13 following two previously-released singles “Houdini” and “Training Season.” The former dropped last November and peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 that month, while the latter topped out at No. 27 in March. A third single, “Illusion,” bowed at No.
On the promotional front, Lipa opened both the Brit Awards and the Grammy Awards . On the former, she performed “Training Season,” while on the latter she presented a medley of “Training Season,” the Grammy-nominatedsoundtrack hit “Dance the Night” and “Houdini.
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