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post 22nd February 2024, 09:09 AM
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BILLBOARD 200 Week ending February 24, 2024

TW LW Wks Title ‒ Artist (Peak)

1 ** 1 Vultures 1 ‒ ¥$: Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign ( 1 ) (148,000 (18,000 sales))
2 ** 1 Coming Home ‒ Usher ( 2 ) (91,000 (53,000 sales))
3 7 64 Stick Season ‒ Noah Kahan ( 3 ) (85,000 (7,000 sales))
4 2 50 One Thing At A Time ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) (64,000)
5 3 62 SOS ‒ SZA ( 1 ) (51,000)
6 8 16 1989 (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (50,000 (15,000 sales))
7 9 234 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (48,000 (12,000 sales))
8 5 69 Midnights ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (46,000 (11,000 sales))
9 1 137 35 Biggest Hits ‒ Toby Keith ( 1 ) (46,000 (7,000 sales))
10 6 19 For All The Dogs ‒ Drake ( 1 ) (45,000)
11 4 5 American Dream ‒ 21 Savage ( 1 )
12 10 25 Zach Bryan ‒ Zach Bryan ( 1 )
13 11 162 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 )
14 56 152 The Highlights ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 )
15 92 194 Confessions ‒ Usher ( 1 )
16 14 186 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
17 12 29 Utopia ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )
18 13 2 Hazbin Hotel, Season One ‒ Soundtrack ( 13 )
19 RE 13 The Diamond Collection ‒ Post Malone ( 16 )
20 15 282 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
21 16 23 Guts ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )
22 17 91 American Heartbreak ‒ Zach Bryan ( 5 )
23 19 34 Genesis ‒ Peso Pluma ( 3 )
24 18 10 Pink Friday 2 ‒ Nicki Minaj ( 1 )
25 21 17 Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada ‒ Fuerza Regida ( 14 )
26 25 32 Speak Now (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
27 22 47 Gettin' Old ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )
28 20 10 Think Later ‒ Tate McRae ( 4 )
29 38 822 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 )
30 23 572 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 )
31 24 18 Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )
32 26 166 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
33 28 118 Red (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
34 30 349 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 )
35 31 143 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )
36 29 93 Un Verano Sin Ti ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )
37 27 22 Nostalgia ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )
38 34 63 Heroes & Villains ‒ Metro Boomin ( 1 )
39 ** 1 Killin' It ‒ P1Harmony ( 39 )
40 33 207 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )
41 36 671 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 )
42 40 327 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 )
43 41 328 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )
44 32 30 Barbie: The Album ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 )
45 50 582 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 )
46 39 568 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 )
47 42 40 Religiously. The Album. ‒ Bailey Zimmerman ( 7 )
48 47 681 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 )
49 45 350 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )
50 54 357 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )
51 35 5 Orquideas ‒ Kali Uchis ( 2 )
52 51 523 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 )
53 46 128 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 )
54 60 315 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )
55 44 21 Scarlet ‒ Doja Cat ( 4 )
56 63 136 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
57 55 590 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 )
58 48 19 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part I) ‒ Teddy Swims ( 43 )
59 53 294 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 )
60 49 67 Her Loss ‒ Drake & 21 Savage ( 1 )
61 37 49 Endless Summer Vacation ‒ Miley Cyrus ( 3 )
62 ** 1 Born To Be ‒ iTZY ( 62 )
63 65 479 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )
64 67 51 Manana Sera Bonito ‒ Karol G ( 1 )
65 73 407 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 )
66 61 405 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 )
67 58 37 Whitsitt Chapel ‒ Jelly Roll ( 3 )
68 RE 52 Raymond V Raymond ‒ Usher ( 1 )
69 ** 1 Dolido Pero No Arrepentido (EP) ‒ Fuerza Regida ( 69 )
70 57 369 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 )
71 64 281 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 )
72 68 289 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )
73 66 792 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 )
74 70 480 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )
75 74 440 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 )
76 69 300 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )
77 72 128 After Hours ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )
78 62 14 Higher ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )
79 75 223 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 )
80 43 2 Greatest Hits: The Show Dog Years ‒ Toby Keith ( 43 )
81 81 20 20 Number Ones ‒ Thomas Rhett ( 22 )
82 76 305 Hozier ‒ Hozier ( 2 )
83 78 94 I Never Liked You ‒ Future ( 1 )
84 77 175 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 ‒ Nickelback ( 21 )
85 83 165 Channel Orange ‒ Frank Ocean ( 2 )
86 90 657 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 )
87 80 358 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 )
88 98 228 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 )
89 84 438 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 )
90 87 27 Manana Sera Bonito (Bichota Season) ‒ Karol G ( 3 )
91 93 663 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 )
92 89 28 El Comienzo ‒ Grupo Frontera ( 34 )
93 86 56 The Mockingbird & The Crow ‒ HARDY ( 4 )
94 79 13 Pretty Little Poison ‒ Warren Zeiders ( 59 )
95 96 170 Starting Over ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )
96 88 344 More Life ‒ Drake ( 1 )
97 103 189 The Beatles 1962-1966 ‒ The Beatles ( 3 )
98 85 91 Harry's House ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )
99 114 21 Emails I Can't Send ‒ Sabrina Carpenter ( 23 )
100 139 81 Renaissance ‒ Beyonce ( 1 )
101 82 13 Trolls: Band Together ‒ Soundtrack ( 43 )
102 102 461 The Essential Michael Jackson ‒ Michael Jackson ( 31 )
103 110 509 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 )
104 91 19 TEC ‒ Lil Tecca ( 11 )
105 123 613 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 )
106 99 19 $ad Boyz 4 Life II ‒ Junior H ( 14 )
107 118 353 The Fame ‒ Lady Gaga ( 2 )
108 104 254 DS2 ‒ Future ( 1 )
109 113 258 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )
110 95 65 Bell Bottom Country ‒ Lainey Wilson ( 51 )
111 111 290 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 )
112 106 13 Leather ‒ Cody Johnson ( 18 )
113 117 144 Greatest Hits ‒ Pitbull ( 102 )
114 97 38 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 3 )
115 105 84 Wasteland ‒ Brent Faiyaz ( 2 )
116 108 200 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 3 )
117 100 141 Savage Mode II ‒ 21 Savage & Metro Boomin ( 1 )
118 121 360 Teenage Dream ‒ Katy Perry ( 1 )
119 112 255 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )
120 125 663 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 )
121 120 16 Larger Than Life ‒ Brent Faiyaz ( 11 )
122 RE 62 8701 ‒ Usher ( 4 )
123 166 197 The Life Of Pablo ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )
124 124 138 Planet Her ‒ Doja Cat ( 2 )
125 126 227 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )
126 115 553 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 )
127 116 36 Elisabeth ‒ Zach Bryan ( 83 )
128 130 47 Bluebird Days ‒ Jordan Davis ( 19 )
129 131 313 Gold: Greatest Hits ‒ ABBA ( 25 )
130 137 151 SoulFly ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )
131 122 246 Greatest Hits ‒ Foo Fighters ( 11 )
132 109 271 50 Number Ones ‒ George Strait ( 1 )
133 127 27 Amar ‒ BigXthaPlug ( 99 )
134 119 35 A Gift & A Curse ‒ Gunna ( 3 )
135 146 25 Greatest Hits ‒ Aerosmith ( 36 )
136 132 133 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )
137 71 15 Golden ‒ Jung Kook ( 2 )
138 133 70 It's Only Me ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )
139 129 230 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates ‒ Daryl Hall John Oates ( 34 )
140 107 317 The Essential Billy Joel ‒ Billy Joel ( 15 )
141 141 356 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )
142 138 330 [Hybrid Theory] ‒ Linkin Park ( 2 )
143 150 247 All Time Greatest Hits ‒ Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 56 )
144 175 130 Good Girl Gone Bad ‒ Rihanna ( 2 )
145 142 34 I Am Music ‒ Lil Wayne ( 25 )
146 171 182 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston ‒ Whitney Houston ( 14 )
147 163 147 Currents ‒ Tame Impala ( 4 )
148 143 188 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )
149 144 32 Hood Hottest Princess ‒ Sexyy Red ( 62 )
150 170 359 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 )
151 145 98 7220 ‒ Lil Durk ( 1 )
152 174 206 Get Rich Or Die Tryin' ‒ 50 Cent ( 1 )
153 140 338 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )
154 172 232 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent ‒ Lewis Capaldi ( 20 )
155 159 196 The Beatles 1967-1970 ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )
156 180 93 Greatest Hits ‒ Creed ( 15 )
157 149 187 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 71 )
158 136 10 For Her ‒ Hunxho ( 84 )
159 RE 152 Ultimate Sinatra ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 32 )
160 153 351 Greatest Hits ‒ The Notorious B.I.G. ( 1 )
161 187 54 Rodeo ‒ Travis Scott ( 3 )
162 169 184 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 )
163 165 182 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits ‒ Elvis Presley ( 1 )
164 178 142 Whole Lotta Red ‒ Playboi Carti ( 1 )
165 173 109 Freudian ‒ Daniel Caesar ( 25 )
166 RE 143 The College Dropout ‒ Kanye West ( 2 )
167 185 236 Tha Carter III ‒ Lil Wayne ( 1 )
168 162 258 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )
169 152 508 Greatest Hits ‒ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 )
170 155 14 11:11 ‒ Chris Brown ( 9 )
171 151 439 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ‒ Eagles ( 1 )
172 177 599 21 ‒ Adele ( 1 )
173 168 500 Nothing Was The Same ‒ Drake ( 1 )
174 167 331 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection ‒ Bon Jovi ( 5 )
175 157 38 Almost Healed ‒ Lil Durk ( 3 )
176 148 22 The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We ‒ Mitski ( 12 )
177 158 231 Unorthodox Jukebox ‒ Bruno Mars ( 1 )
178 179 119 Greatest Hits ‒ blink-182 ( 6 )
179 186 213 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )
180 154 48 Summertime Blues ‒ Zach Bryan ( 34 )
181 59 63 Tracy Chapman ‒ Tracy Chapman ( 1 )
182 161 20 Alone At Prom ‒ Tory Lanez ( 28 )
183 198 183 Indigo ‒ Chris Brown ( 1 )
184 181 8 THE BIGGEST (EP) ‒ BigXthaPlug ( 135 )
185 188 254 Number One Hits ‒ Tim McGraw ( 27 )
186 176 47 Cigarettes After Sex ‒ Cigarettes After Sex ( 146 )
187 RE 26 Austin ‒ Post Malone ( 2 )
188 192 304 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 )
189 197 278 Greatest Hits ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 14 )
190 RE 79 Unapologetic ‒ Rihanna ( 1 )
191 190 178 Flower Boy ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 2 )
192 193 195 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 )
193 RE 742 Metallica ‒ Metallica ( 1 )
194 RE 117 Justice ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )
195 94 3 The Ceremony ‒ Kevin Gates ( 24 )
196 183 22 Cottonwood 2 ‒ NLE Choppa ( 21 )
197 RE 80 My Way ‒ Usher ( 4 )
198 182 14 ROCK-STAR ‒ Stray Kids ( 1 )
199 RE 3 Ferxxocalipsis ‒ Feid ( 123 )
200 200 194 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 )
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post 22nd February 2024, 09:12 AM
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Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign’s ‘Vultures 1’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | 02/18/2024

Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign’s joint project Vultures 1 debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Feb. 24), giving Ye his 11th leader and Ty his first. The set earned 148,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 15, according to Luminate, following its release on Feb. 10.

Plus, Usher scores his highest charting album on the Billboard 200 in over a decade, as his latest studio release Coming Home bows at No. 2 with 91,000 units earned.

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.

Of Vultures 1’s 148,000 units earned in the tracking week ending Feb. 15, SEA units comprise 129,000 (equaling 167.78 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 18,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000.

Vultures 1 was only initially available via streaming services and as a digital download album for purchase. The original 16-track set was available through all major streamers, and sold through leading digital retailers, as well as Ye’s own official webstore. Physical versions of the album on CD and vinyl are expected to be released at a later date, and Ye’s store is accepting pre-orders for both presently. The set’s first-week sales were boosted by aggressive sale pricing.

The album boasts appearances from collaborators Travis Scott, Playboi Carti and Chris Brown, though none are given billed artist credit on the tracklist. Ye’s 10-year-old daughter North also contributes vocals to the set’s “Talking.”

Vultures 1 is the first studio album for both Ye and Ty released outside of the major label system, and arrived on Feb. 10 via Ye’s own label YZY after a number of delays (it was originally slated for release last October). Vultures 1 is Ye’s first album since his string of hate speech and antisemitic remarks, which resulted in companies like Adidas and Def Jam Recordings distancing themselves from Ye. (Def Jam released all of Ye’s previous studio albums, including his last widely released album, 2021’s Donda.)

Vultures 1 was issued on Feb. 10 and had a bumpy first-week in the marketplace. Its initial independent distributor, FUGA, took down the project on Feb. 15. The set then found a home with another indie, Label Engine (part of Create Music Group), that same day.

Meanwhile, one of tracks initially included on the Vultures 1 — “Good (Don’t Die)” — was removed from the streaming edition of the album on Feb. 14 on Spotify, and then other streamers and digital retailers on Feb. 15. The song appears to interpolate elements of Donna Summer’s 1977 single “I Feel Love,” which Summer’s estate claimed West used without permission and alleged “copyright infringement.” On Feb. 15, with “Good” removed from the album’s tracklist, the album was no longer purchasable in digital retailers like the iTunes Store and Amazon. (It was, however, still available to buy, with “Good” intact, through Ye’s official webstore.)

Ye ties Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand with 11 No. 1s each. Ahead of them are only The Beatles (a record 19 No. 1s), Jay-Z (14), Drake and Taylor Swift (each with 13). Vultures 1 is Ye’s 11th consecutive charting album to debut at No. 1, the most of any artist. (Overall, Jay-Z has the most debuts at No. 1, with 14, but they were not consecutive.)

For Ty, Vultures 1 brings him his first leader and second top 10-charting effort. He’s logged a total of eight entries on the list, going as high as No. 4 in 2020 with Featuring Ty Dolla $ign.

Vultures 1 was preceded by the single “Vultures,” featuring Bump J, which reached No. 38 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in December.

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Usher achieves his highest-charting album in over a decade, as his new studio set Coming Home starts in the runner-up slot. The album was released on Feb. 9 and earned 91,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 15. Of that sum, album sales comprise 53,000, SEA units comprise 34,500 (equaling 45.82 million official on-demand streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise 3,500.

Coming Home’s release date was announced last September, hot on the heels of news that Usher would headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 11.

The 2024 Super Bowlitself was the most-watched broadcast in American TV history, with 123.4 million viewers across CBS and the game’s simulcasts across Nickelodeon, Univision, Paramount+ and other digital platforms. Usher didn’t perform any material from the new album during the halftime show, focusing instead on familiar favorites from the past, such as “My Boo” (with Alicia Keys), “U Got It Bad” (with H.E.R.) “OMG” (with will.i.am) and the show-closing “Yeah!” (with Lil Jon and Ludacris).

Coming Home marks Usher’s ninth top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200 and his highest-ranking set since Looking 4 Myself debuted at No. 1 in June of 2012. He then charted with Hard II Love (No. 5 in 2016) and the collaborative set A with Zaytoven (No. 31 in 2018).

Coming Home is Usher’s first independently distributed album after a career with majors BMG and Sony (through the labels LaFace, Arista and RCA). The new project was released via mega (Usher’s own company in partnership with L.A. Reid) and Gamma (helmed by Larry Jackson), and distributed by Vydia (part of the Gamma organization).

Coming Home was available to purchase in its first week as a standard digital download, a standard CD, five different vinyl variants, two deluxe boxed sets and a deluxe digital album with a bonus track and alternative cover art. The latter was promoted as a SKIMS exclusive (alongside Usher’s new starring role in a SKIMS campaign) and sold for a limited time via SKIMS’ official store and Usher’s own webstore. Like Vultures 1, the Coming Home digital album was deeply discounted during its first week.

Coming Home was preceded by the single “Good Good,” with Summer Walker and 21 Savage. The track peaked at No. 25 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 in November, marking Usher’s first top 40 since 2017, and highest-charting track since 2015, when “I Don’t Mind,” featuring Juicy J, reached No. 11.

Noah Kahan’s Stick Season climbs 5-3 on the Billboard 200, matching its peak rank, spurred by the release of its new deluxe edition. Stick Season surges with 85,000 equivalent album units earned (up 74% — its best week yet by units earned), following the bow of a deluxe edition of the album on Feb. 9 with nine additional tracks. That deluxe iteration is dubbed Stick Season (Forever) and added collaborations with Post Malone, Kacey Musgraves and others. The original Stick Season album debuted in 2022 with 14 tracks, was deluxed last June with an additional seven tracks (which prompted its jump from No. 100 to No. 3), and then deluxed again on Feb. 9 with nine more tracks. All versions of the album are combined for tracking and charting purposes.

The rest of the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 is comprised of former No. 1s: Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time falls 2-4 (64,000 equivalent album units earned; down 1%), SZA’s SOS dips 3-5 (51,000; down 4%), Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) rises 8-6 (50,000; up 3%), Taylor Swift’s Lover moves 9-7 (48,000; up 7%), Taylor Swift’s Midnights falls 5-8 (46,000; down 9%), Toby Keith’s 35 Biggest Hits tumbles 1-9 (46,000; down 31%) and Drake’s For All the Dogs descends 6-10 (45,000; down 8%).

Usher’s ‘Coming Home’ Debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart
By Keith Caulfield | 02/19/2024

Usher lands his fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Feb. 24) as his new studio album, Coming Home, arrives atop the list. The set sold 53,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 15, according to Luminate. Usher previously topped the list with Looking 4 Myself (in 2012), Raymond V Raymond (2010), Here I Stand (2008) and Confessions (2004).

Elsewhere in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, the latest albums from P1Harmony, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign, and iTZY arrive.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units.

Of Coming Home’s 53,000 copies sold, digital sales comprise 47,500 and physical sales comprise 5,500 (4,000 on CD and 1,500 on vinyl). Its start marks the largest sales week for an R&B album in more than four years, since Lionel Richie’s live set Hello From Las Vegas sold 65,000 copies in its first week (on the list dated Aug. 31, 2019). Richie’s first-week sales were boosted by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer. Ticket/album bundles ceased to count toward chart sales as of Oct. 9, 2020. (R&B albums are defined as those that have charted on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart.)

Coming Home was available to purchase in its first week as a standard digital download, a standard CD, five different vinyl variants, two deluxe boxed sets and a deluxe digital album with a bonus track and alternative cover art. The latter was promoted as a SKIMS exclusive (alongside Usher’s new starring role in a SKIMS campaign) and sold for a limited time via SKIMS’ official store and Usher’s own webstore. Both versions of the digital album were deeply discounted during the set’s opening week.

Coming Home was released on Feb. 9, two days before Usher took the stage as the 2024 Super Bowl halftime headliner. The 2024 Super Bowl was the most-watched broadcast in American TV history, with 123.4 million viewers across CBS and the game’s simulcasts across Nickelodeon, Univision, Paramount+ and other digital platforms. Usher didn’t perform any material from the new album during the halftime show, focusing instead on familiar favorites from the past, such as “My Boo” (with Alicia Keys), “U Got It Bad” (with H.E.R.) “OMG” (with Will.i.am) and the show-closing “Yeah!” (with Lil Jon and Ludacris).

P1Harmony’s Killin’ It debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales with 18,000 copies sold – nearly all from CD sales. Like many K-pop projects, the set was issued in collectible CD packages, 16 in total, each containing branded merchandise and randomized elements. It’s the best sales week for P1Harmony, its highest-charting effort, and second top 10.

Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign’s collaborative album Vultures 1 starts at No. 3 with 18,000 sold – all from digital downloads.

Vultures 1, released on Feb. 10, was initially only available to purchase as a digital download. The original 16-track set sold through leading digital retailers, as well as Ye’s own official webstore. Physical versions of the album on CD and vinyl are expected to be released at a later date, and Ye’s store is accepting pre-orders for both presently. The set’s first-week sales were boosted by aggressive sale pricing. Vultures 1 is the 12th top 10 for Ye and first for Ty.

Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) falls 1-4 with 15,000 copies sold (though up 28%).

iTZY’s Born to Be bows at No. 5 with 14,000 copies sold, largely from CD sales. It’s the fifth top 10-charting effort for the Korean pop act. As is customary for many K-pop project, the album was available in multiple collectible CD editions – 10 in total – all containing branded merchandise with randomized elements.

Swift has three more albums in the top 10, as Lover falls 3-6 (12,000; up 13%), Midnights dips 2-7 (11,000; down less than 1%) and Folklore rises 10-8 (9,000; up 57%). Toby Keith’s 35 Biggest Hits drops 4-9 with 7,000 sold (down 35%) and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season climbs 14-10 with nearly 7,000 (up 48%) following its deluxe reissue on Feb. 9 with additional tracks.

In the week ending Feb. 15, there were 1.258 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 7.8% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 906,000 (up 9.3%) and digital albums comprised 353,000 (up 4%).

There were 435,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Feb. 15 (up 11.3% week-over-week) and 467,000 vinyl albums sold (up 7.7%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 2.933 million (down 31.5% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 3.314 million (down 46.7%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 8.341 million (down 35.5% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 6.279 million (down 40.5%) and digital album sales total 2.062 million (down 12.7%).
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