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BILLBOARD 200 Week ending November 20, 2021

TW LW 2W Wks Title ‒ Artist (Peak)

1 ** 1 Still Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 1 ) (166,000 (12,000 sales))
2 ** 1 Voyage ‒ ABBA ( 2 ) (82,000 (78,000 sales))
3 2 1 10 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 ) (62,000)
4 1 -- 2 = ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) (51,000)
5 3 2 44 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) (43,000)
6 4 3 20 Planet Her ‒ Doja Cat ( 2 ) (37,000)
7 ** 1 Yellow Tape 2 ‒ Key Glock ( 7 ) (36,000 (9,500 sales))
8 6 5 25 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 ) (35,000)
9 7 4 7 Sincerely, Kentrell ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 ) (31,000)
10 8 9 8 Montero ‒ Lil Nas X ( 2 ) (27,000)
11 9 11 68 F*ck Love ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 1 )
12 ** 1 Kid A Mnesia ‒ Radiohead ( 12 )
13 11 12 11 Donda ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )
14 12 14 15 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )
15 14 17 105 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 )
16 10 6 29 A Gangsta's Pain ‒ Moneybagg Yo ( 1 )
17 16 16 33 SoulFly ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )
18 18 20 71 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 )
19 19 21 89 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )
20 21 19 34 Justice ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )
21 101 114 184 Red ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
22 26 29 114 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )
23 27 38 464 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 )
24 31 34 68 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
25 17 15 6 Expensive Pain ‒ Meek Mill ( 3 )
26 29 35 100 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )
27 24 26 84 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 3 )
28 28 30 70 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )
29 23 -- 79 After Hours ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )
30 15 7 4 Punk ‒ Young Thug ( 1 )
31 34 37 9 The Melodic Blue ‒ Baby Keem ( 5 )
32 192 106 8 Sticker: The 3rd Album ‒ NCT 127 ( 3 )
33 54 51 52 Starting Over ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )
34 95 -- 93 Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 1 )
35 32 33 182 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )
36 46 59 110 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 )
37 5 -- 2 Something For Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 5 )
38 30 18 191 25 ‒ Adele ( 1 )
39 50 56 171 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )
40 44 46 48 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
41 33 32 23 The Voice Of The Heroes ‒ Lil Baby & Lil Durk ( 1 )
42 37 40 232 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )
43 55 54 450 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 )
44 42 43 320 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 )
45 40 39 53 Dreamland ‒ Glass Animals ( 7 )
46 58 66 322 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 )
47 39 48 472 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 )
48 61 60 116 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
49 38 41 22 Hall Of Fame ‒ Polo G ( 1 )
50 35 58 54 Positions ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )
51 77 81 30 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
52 56 50 209 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 )
53 51 47 554 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 )
54 197 -- 141 Speak Now ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
55 52 44 163 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 )
56 65 82 40 Whole Lotta Red ‒ Playboi Carti ( 1 )
57 49 36 515 21 ‒ Adele ( 1 )
58 57 57 78 The GOAT ‒ Polo G ( 2 )
59 45 55 137 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )
60 64 79 88 Eternal Atake ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )
61 ** 1 Valentine ‒ Snail Mail ( 61 )
62 62 68 140 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )
63 159 -- 92 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 10 )
64 59 62 362 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )
65 67 70 185 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )
66 60 53 26 The Off-Season ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )
67 69 74 245 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )
68 66 71 89 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 )
69 RE -- 101 Merry Christmas ‒ Mariah Carey ( 3 )
70 48 61 549 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 )
71 41 10 3 The Lockdown Sessions ‒ Elton John ( 10 )
72 47 31 5 Life Of A DON ‒ Don Toliver ( 2 )
73 68 77 220 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )
74 90 95 231 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 )
75 63 64 59 Tickets To My Downfall ‒ Machine Gun Kelly ( 1 )
76 71 25 40 The Highlights ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 )
77 86 90 361 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
78 75 76 176 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 )
79 70 69 12 Trip At Knight ‒ Trippie Redd ( 2 )
80 ** 1 The Season ‒ Steve Perry ( 80 )
81 85 86 257 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 )
82 105 156 195 Gold: Greatest Hits ‒ ABBA ( 25 )
83 103 110 61 Top ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 )
84 87 92 191 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 )
85 73 67 24 Still Sleep? ‒ Sleepy Hallow ( 16 )
86 74 72 48 Thats What They All Say ‒ Jack Harlow ( 5 )
87 RE -- 20 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 7 )
88 81 80 106 Hot Pink ‒ Doja Cat ( 9 )
89 89 88 84 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 )
90 53 23 4 Music Of The Spheres ‒ Coldplay ( 4 )
91 88 84 290 Beauty Behind The Madness ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )
92 83 63 21 Country Stuff (EP) ‒ Walker Hayes ( 32 )
93 80 75 25 Free Dem Boyz ‒ 42 Dugg ( 8 )
94 82 87 40 Shiesty Season ‒ Pooh Shiesty ( 3 )
95 91 89 454 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 )
96 117 118 200 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day ‒ Kid Cudi ( 4 )
97 93 93 50 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )
98 ** 1 TwoPointFive ‒ Amine ( 98 )
99 102 101 396 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 )
100 98 98 704 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 )
101 92 85 47 The Voice ‒ Lil Durk ( 2 )
102 116 132 105 Harry Styles ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )
103 94 83 35 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time ‒ Giveon ( 5 )
104 113 107 545 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 )
105 194 188 17 Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits ‒ Fall Out Boy ( 77 )
106 99 96 130 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent ‒ Lewis Capaldi ( 20 )
107 97 99 633 Metallica ‒ Metallica ( 1 )
108 96 104 435 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 )
109 78 91 489 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 )
110 112 122 102 Die Lit ‒ Playboi Carti ( 3 )
111 107 105 239 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )
112 ** 1 Show Me ‒ Sena Kana ( 112 )
113 RE -- 185 50 Number Ones ‒ George Strait ( 1 )
114 129 130 436 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )
115 114 116 548 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 )
116 84 42 65 Let It Be (Soundtrack) ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )
117 25 65 496 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 )
118 108 100 6 La 167 ‒ Farruko ( 26 )
119 RE -- 64 9 ‒ Jason Aldean ( 2 )
120 124 128 197 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )
121 187 189 188 Invasion Of Privacy ‒ Cardi B ( 1 )
122 110 111 287 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 )
123 131 131 203 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 )
124 134 129 257 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 )
125 137 126 549 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 )
126 165 169 165 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
127 142 164 267 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )
128 140 121 245 American Teen ‒ Khalid ( 4 )
129 118 113 20 Vice Versa ‒ Rauw Alejandro ( 17 )
130 72 27 4 Faces ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 )
131 125 123 101 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 1 )
132 132 124 67 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 ‒ Nickelback ( 21 )
133 122 146 252 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 )
134 121 103 9 The Anxiety ‒ THE ANXIETY: WILLOW & Tyler Cole ( 103 )
135 148 145 144 Thank U, Next ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )
136 115 109 5 Human: The Double Album ‒ Cody Johnson ( 19 )
137 144 125 166 Swimming ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 )
138 127 117 341 In The Lonely Hour ‒ Sam Smith ( 2 )
139 120 119 51 Good News ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 2 )
140 138 133 79 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2 ‒ Lil Durk ( 2 )
141 79 97 374 The Essential Michael Jackson ‒ Michael Jackson ( 31 )
142 123 112 21 Back Of My Mind ‒ H.E.R. ( 6 )
143 111 190 76 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston ‒ Whitney Houston ( 14 )
144 149 161 14 Buy Dirt (EP) ‒ Jordan Davis ( 86 )
145 145 142 94 Music To Be Murdered By ‒ Eminem ( 1 )
146 181 195 173 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 )
147 141 140 152 All Time Greatest Hits ‒ Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 56 )
148 139 137 13 Good Things ‒ Dan + Shay ( 6 )
149 RE -- 70 Goldmine ‒ Gabby Barrett ( 27 )
150 146 147 253 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 )
151 126 115 20 Made In Lagos ‒ Wizkid ( 28 )
152 130 157 109 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )
153 ** 1 Bullet For My Valentine ‒ Bullet For My Valentine ( 153 )
154 133 141 41 Greatest Hits ‒ Pitbull ( 115 )
155 147 143 32 Destined 2 Win ‒ Lil Tjay ( 5 )
156 152 151 400 Nothing Was The Same ‒ Drake ( 1 )
157 160 177 207 17 ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 2 )
158 106 8 3 Blue Banisters ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 8 )
159 RE -- 58 The Christmas Song ‒ Nat King Cole ( 6 )
160 158 159 401 Greatest Hits ‒ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 )
161 128 153 318 Blurryface ‒ twenty one pilots ( 1 )
162 190 168 498 1 ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )
163 157 155 294 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 )
164 164 152 154 Hotel California ‒ Eagles ( 1 )
165 ** 1 The Future ‒ Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats ( 165 )
166 167 138 7 CKay The First ‒ CKay ( 115 )
167 RE -- 15 My Gift ‒ Carrie Underwood ( 5 )
168 161 158 88 Chilombo ‒ Jhene Aiko ( 2 )
169 150 144 28 Khaled Khaled ‒ DJ Khaled ( 1 )
170 RE -- 36 Christmas Classics ‒ Bing Crosby ( 19 )
171 175 183 92 Ghetto Gospel ‒ Rod Wave ( 10 )
172 163 160 235 More Life ‒ Drake ( 1 )
173 172 174 92 Meet The Woo, V.2 ‒ Pop Smoke ( 7 )
174 156 127 4 Pelago ‒ Ryan Hurd ( 71 )
175 RE -- 2 When Christmas Comes Around... ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 63 )
176 185 199 138 Cry Baby ‒ Melanie Martinez ( 6 )
177 RE 108 3 Dimension : Dilemma ‒ ENHYPEN ( 11 )
178 171 193 256 Teenage Dream ‒ Katy Perry ( 1 )
179 173 165 13 Long Term Effects Of Suffering ‒ $uicideBoy$ ( 7 )
180 170 175 229 Evolve ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 2 )
181 180 172 233 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection ‒ Bon Jovi ( 5 )
182 RE 179 224 Hozier ‒ Hozier ( 2 )
183 193 182 261 The Essential Billy Joel ‒ Billy Joel ( 15 )
184 178 166 9 Corta Venas ‒ Eslabon Armado ( 56 )
185 177 176 173 DS2 ‒ Future ( 1 )
186 162 150 22 Culture III ‒ Migos ( 2 )
187 183 167 116 The Greatest Hits Collection ‒ Brooks & Dunn ( 4 )
188 RE -- 4 4 Respect (EP) ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 19 )
189 166 178 95 Manic ‒ Halsey ( 2 )
190 RE 162 370 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 ‒ The Rolling Stones ( 4 )
191 189 171 20 Call Me If You Get Lost ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )
192 188 196 78 High Off Life ‒ Future ( 1 )
193 195 187 25 Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith ‒ Aerosmith ( 33 )
194 186 180 54 Savage Mode II ‒ 21 Savage & Metro Boomin ( 1 )
195 168 134 9 Jose ‒ J Balvin ( 12 )
196 154 139 11 We Love You Tecca 2 ‒ Lil Tecca ( 10 )
197 RE -- 70 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 106 )
198 184 197 159 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )
199 198 149 51 Hey World ‒ Lee Brice ( 45 )
200 191 181 124 Die A Legend ‒ Polo G ( 6 )
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Summer Walker Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Still Over It'

Summer Walker earns her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the singer’s second studio LP, Still Over It, arrives atop the list. The 20-track set was released on Nov. 5 and launches with 166,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 11, according to MRC Data. Over 90% of the album’s first-week units were driven by streaming activity. Still Over It marks both the first R&B album by a woman to top the Billboard 200 in more than five years and the largest streaming week ever for an R&B album by a woman.

Also in the top 10, ABBA returns with the group’s highest-charting album ever – and first top 10 – as its new studio album, Voyage, bows at No. 2. Plus, rapper Key Glock lands his highest-charting set, as Yellow Tape 2 begins at No. 7.

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. 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.

Of Still Over It’s 166,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 11, SEA units comprise 153,000 (equaling 201.1 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 12,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000 units.

Still Over It is Walker’s third top 10 on the Billboard 200. It follows her 2020 EP, Life on Earth (No. 8), and her debut full-length studio album, Over It, in 2019 (No. 2). Over It has spent more than 100 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and finished 2020 as the No. 2 title on Billboard’s year-end Top R&B Albums recap. The set has earned over 2.5 million equivalent album units in the U.S.

The new album was announced on Oct. 4 and led by the single “Ex for a Reason,” with JT (of City Girls). The track debuted at No. 6 on the Hot R&B Songs chart and in the top 20 of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (both dated Oct. 30).

Let’s take a look at some of the feats that Walker achieves with the debut of Still Over It:

First No. 1 R&B Album by a Woman in Over Five Years: Still Over It is the first R&B album by a woman to top the Billboard 200 since Solange’s A Seat at the Table ruled for one week on Oct. 22, 2016-dated chart. The last R&B album by any artist to be No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was The Weeknd’s After Hours, more than a year ago; it logged its fourth and final week at No. 1 on the April 25, 2020 chart. (R&B albums are defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart.)

Still Over It also logs the biggest week, by units earned, for an R&B album by a woman since Beyoncé’s Lemonade earned 202,000 units in its third week (May 28, 2016 chart). (Lemonade bowed with 653,000 units and then earned 321,000 units in its second week.)

Biggest Week for an R&B Album in 2021: Still Over It scores the biggest week, by units, for an R&B album in 2021. The last R&B set to tally a larger week was The Weeknd’s After Hours (444,000 in its debut week; April 4, 2020 chart).

Largest Streaming Week Ever for an R&B Album by a Woman: Still Over It bows with 153,000 SEA units – totaling 201.1 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks. It earns the largest streaming week ever for an R&B album by a woman, surpassing Walker’s own Over It (154.7 million in its debut week).

Still Over It also captures the second-biggest streaming week ever for any R&B album, trailing only the debut frame of The Weeknd’s After Hours (220.7 million; chart dated April 4, 2020).

Fourth-Biggest Debut by a Woman in 2021: Still Over It notches the fourth-largest debut week of 2021 by a woman. The only larger debuts in 2021 registered by women were the opening weeks of Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (with 291,000 units; April 24 chart), Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (295,000; June 5) and Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever (238,000; Aug. 14).

Pop legends ABBA earn their highest charting album ever, and first top 10, as Voyage debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The set was released on Nov. 5 and is the quartet’s first new studio album since 1982’s The Visitors.

Until this week, ABBA’s highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 was 1978’s The Album, which peaked at No. 14 on the July 22, 1978-dated chart. (The Album contains the hit single “Take a Chance on Me,” which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart. The Album was the follow-up to Arrival, which peaked at No. 20 and includes the act’s lone No. 1 Hot 100 hit, among four top 10s, “Dancing Queen.”)

In total, Voyage marks ABBA’s 14th charting album on the Billboard 200 and seventh to reach the top 40. (Not counted among those are the two Mamma Mia! film soundtracks, which consist of covers of ABBA tunes by their respective film’s actors. Both albums found great success, with the first Mamma Mia! soundtrack hitting No. 1 in 2008 and the sequel film's Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! soundtrack reaching No. 3 in 2018.)

Voyage starts with 82,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 11. Of that sum, album sales comprise 78,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week and the largest sales week for an album by a group in 2021); SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 4.9 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), and TEA units comprise a negligible number.

Drake’s former No. 1 Certified Lover Boy falls 2-3 on the new Billboard 200 with 62,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8%), while Ed Sheeran’s = descends 1-4 in its second week with 51,000 units (down 57%). Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping Dangerous: The Double Album dips 3-5 with 43,000 units (though up 4%) and Doja Cat’s Planet Her drops 4-6 with 37,000 units (down 6%).

Rapper Key Glock lands his highest-charting album with the No. 7 debut of Yellow Tape 2. The set, which marks his third top 10-charting effort, bows with 36,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 26,500 units (equaling 35.8 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 9,500 and TEA units comprise a negligible figure.

Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 are Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour (6-8 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned; down 2%), YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s chart-topping Sincerely, Kentrell (7-9 with 31,000 units; down 11%) and Lil Nas X’s Montero (8-10 with 27,000 units; down 9%).

ABBA Achieves Highest-Charting Album Ever on Billboard 200 With Debut of 'Voyage'

Pop legends ABBA earn their highest charting album ever on the Billboard 200, and first top 10, as Voyage debuts at No. 2 on the chart dated Nov. 20. The set was released on Nov. 5 and is the quartet’s first new studio album since 1982’s The Visitors.

Until this week, ABBA’s highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 was 1978’s The Album, which peaked at No. 14 on the July 22, 1978-dated chart. The Album contains the hit single “Take a Chance on Me,” which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart. The Album was the follow-up to Arrival, which peaked at No. 20 and includes the act’s lone No. 1 Hot 100 hit, “Dancing Queen.”

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. 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 Nov. 20, 2021-dated chart (where Summer Walker’s Still Over It debuts at No. 1 and ABBA’s Voyage starts at No. 2) will be posted in full on Billboard's website on Nov. 16. For all chart news, follow Billboard and Billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

In total, Voyage marks ABBA’s 14th charting album on the Billboard 200 and seventh to reach the top 40. (Not counted among those are the two Mamma Mia! film soundtracks, which consist of covers of ABBA tunes by their respective film’s actors. Both albums found great success, with the first Mamma Mia! soundtrack hitting No. 1 in 2008 and the sequel film’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! soundtrack reaching No. 3 in 2018.)

Voyage starts with 82,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 11, according to MRC Data. Of that sum, album sales comprise 78,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week and the largest sales week for an album by a group in 2021); SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 4.9 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), and TEA units comprise a negligible number.

Voyage also sets sail at No. 1 on both Billboard’s Top Album Sales and Vinyl Albums charts. The album’s sales were bolstered by not just nearly 40 years of anticipation, but also the availability of a range of variants of the album. While the audio contents across the editions are identical (all contain the album’s standard 10 tracks), there were eight vinyl LPs (a standard black LP, two picture discs and five additional color variants), six cassettes (a standard edition, plus five with alternative cover art) and multiple CD variants (a standard edition, two boxed sets and a number of editions with alternative cover art).

Of the album’s total sales of 78,000 for the week, physical sales comprise 60,500 (with 42,000 on CD, 17,500 on vinyl LP and 1,000 on cassette), and digital album sales comprise 17,500.

Voyage was announced on Sept. 2 and reunites all four of its members for the all-new album: Benny Anderson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Björn Kristian Ulvaeus. In a press release, the band stated, “We took a break in the spring of 1982 and now we’ve decided it’s time to end it … To tell the truth, the main inspiration to record again comes from our involvement in creating the strangest and most spectacular concert you could ever dream of.”

The show, titled ABBA Voyage, will open on May 27 at the ABBA Arena in London – a 3,000-seat arena built specifically for the show. ABBA will star in the concert as digital versions of themselves circa 1979, created by Industrial Light & Magic. The digital representations of ABBA were realized after, according to a press release, “weeks and months of motion-capture and performance techniques with the four band members.” Onstage, the digital versions of ABBA will be backed by a live 10-piece band.

“We’re going to be able to sit back in an audience and watch our digital selves perform our songs on a stage in a custom-built arena in London next spring,” ABBA stated. “Weird and wonderful!”
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What a shame ABBA missed out on #1!
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I'm completely ohmy.gif at ABBA never having achieved a top 10 album before now.
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