BILLBOARD 200 Week ending September 29, 2018

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 ** 1 Cry Pretty - Carrie Underwood - Capitol Nashville | UMGN (266,000 (251,000 sales))

2 2 1 3 Kamikaze - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA (103,000)

3 ** 1 East Atlanta Love Letter - 6LACK - LVRN/Interscope | IGA (77,000 (20,000 sales))

4 5 3 12 Scorpion - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic (68,000)

5 7 2 7 ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott - Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle | Epic (62,000)

6 8 6 21 beerbongs & bentleys - Post Malone - Republic (47,000)

7 10 5 5 Sweetener - Ariana Grande - Republic (38,000)

8 1 – 2 Egypt Station - Paul McCartney - MPL | Capitol (37,000)

9 11 7 6 Queen - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic (36,000)

10 12 10 18 Goodbye & Good Riddance - Juice WRLD - Grade A/Interscope | IGA (36,000)

11 ** 1 Love Is Here To Stay - Tony Bennett & Diana Krall - RPM/Verve | Columbia/VLG

12 6 71 7 Swimming - Mac Miller - Warner Bros.

13 13 11 27 ? - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever

14 ** 1 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant - YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Never Broke Again | AG

15 14 12 24 Invasion Of Privacy - Cardi B - The KSR Group/Atlantic | AG

16 3 – 2 Look Up Child - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

17 17 15 41 The Greatest Showman - Soundtrack - Fox/20th Century Fox/Atlantic | AG

18 18 14 68 This One's For You - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN

19 15 8 4 Love Yourself: Answer - BTS - BigHit Entertainment

20 19 17 81 ÷ (Divide) - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

21 22 18 18 Harder Than Ever - Lil Baby - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

22 53 31 23 Rearview Town - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow/BMG | BBMG

23 25 20 93 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic

24 23 13 4 Aura - Ozuna - VP Entertainment/DimeloVi | Sony Music Latin

25 24 16 6 Life's A Trip - Trippie Redd - TenThousand Projects

26 20 19 56 17 - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings

27 ** 1 Palms - Thrice - Epitaph

28 28 22 65 Evolve - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

29 31 26 45 reputation - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

30 27 21 46 Red Pill Blues - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA

31 29 23 34 Culture II - Migos - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

32 30 24 156 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

33 4 – 2 Zoo - Russ - Diemon/Russ My Way | Columbia

34 34 29 81 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA

35 ** 1 Hiding Place - Tori Kelly - SchoolBoy | Capitol

36 ** 1 My Way - Willie Nelson - Legacy

37 ** 1 7 - David Guetta - What A Music/Parlophone/Atlantic | AG

38 57 43 13 Expectations - Bebe Rexha - Warner Bros.

39 33 25 13 Pray For The Wicked - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

40 37 34 24 Cosmic - Bazzi - ZZZ/iamcosmic | AG

41 35 33 75 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

42 21 – 2 YBN: The Mixtape - YBN Nahmir, YBN Almighty Jay & YBN Cordae - YBN | AG

43 47 42 56 Luv Is Rage 2 - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

44 39 27 7 Stay Dangerous - YG - 4Hunnid/CTE | Def Jam

45 40 37 94 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

46 42 30 14 Youngblood - 5 Seconds Of Summer - One Mode | Capitol

47 41 70 243 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

48 46 36 13 Dan + Shay - Dan + Shay - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

49 55 35 411 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

50 38 32 21 Until Death Call My Name - YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Never Broke Again | AG

51 36 39 22 KOD - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope | IGA

52 48 41 158 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

53 62 47 36 Camila - Camila Cabello - SYCO | Epic

54 52 45 306 Greatest Hits - Queen - Hollywood

55 54 46 39 Dont Smile At Me - Billie Eilish - Darkroom/Interscope | IGA

56 58 53 50 Perception - NF - NF Real Music/Capitol | Caroline

57 51 40 10 Rolling Papers 2 - Wiz Khalifa - Taylor Gang/Atlantic | AG

58 61 52 67 Ctrl - SZA - Top Dawg | RCA

59 64 57 37 Life Of A Dark Rose - Lil Skies - All We Got | AG

60 118 102 46 The Thrill Of It All - Sam Smith - Capitol

61 63 54 125 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

62 65 65 48 H.E.R. - H.E.R. - RCA

63 74 69 290 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

64 69 48 14 EVERYTHING IS LOVE - The Carters - Parkwood | Roc Nation

65 73 60 96 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

66 9 – 2 I Want To Die In New Orleans - $uicideBoy$ - G59

67 66 66 32 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By - Soundtrack - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

68 75 67 79 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

69 ** 1 Dark Skies - Fit For A King - Solid State

70 RE 14 The Mountain - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

71 78 56 84 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG

72 82 78 222 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

73 77 59 54 Life Changes - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

74 83 72 96 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

75 81 73 95 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

76 86 81 45 Diamonds - Elton John - Rocket/Island | UMe

77 45 64 17 Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes - Island

78 72 58 16 ye - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

79 84 76 47 Heartbreak On A Full Moon - Chris Brown - RCA

80 89 77 312 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

81 85 62 540 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

82 68 38 5 Young Stoner Life: Slime Language - Various Artists - Young Stoner Life/300 | AG

83 90 61 5 All Of It - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

84 87 83 56 Odisea - Ozuna - DimeloVi/VP Entertainment | Sony Music Latin

85 98 96 240 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

86 91 74 530 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

87 92 75 288 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino

88 67 44 10 Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again - Soundtrack - Littlestar Services | Capitol

89 93 84 33 Drip Season 3 - Gunna - YSL

90 100 103 57 Project Baby Two - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG

91 101 79 385 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty - Fantasy | Concord

92 44 4 3 Bloom - Troye Sivan - Capitol

93 94 85 19 Voicenotes - Charlie Puth - OTTO/Atlantic | AG

94 104 98 19 Die Lit - Playboi Carti - AWGE/Interscope | IGA

95 99 89 25 The World Is Yours - Rich The Kid - Rich Forever/300/Interscope | IGA

96 95 116 198 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

97 113 90 285 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA/Geffen | UMe

98 110 105 160 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

99 102 95 18 13 Reasons Why, Season 2 - Soundtrack - Netflix/Interscope | IGA

100 107 101 107 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

101 117 118 54 Freudian - Daniel Caesar - Golden Child

102 111 97 175 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

103 ** 1 Free Lunch (EP) - Wale - Every Blue Moon | Warner Bros.

104 176 138 18 And Justice For None - Five Finger Death Punch - Prospect Park

105 123 122 139 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

106 108 104 223 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

107 103 82 30 DAY69 - 6ix9ine - ScumGang | TenThousand Projects

108 109 94 21 Ready (EP) - Ella Mai - 10 Summers/Interscope | IGA

109 116 108 40 The Beautiful & Damned - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

110 112 92 16 I met you when I was 18. (the playlist) - Lauv - Lauv | AWAL-Kobalt

111 115 110 17 Testing - A$AP Rocky - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA

112 125 113 197 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

113 ** 1 Collapse (EP) - Aphex Twin - Warp

114 131 106 243 Greatest Hits - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Hideout/Capitol | UMe

115 120 119 64 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa - Warner Bros.

116 124 111 20 SR3MM - Rae Sremmurd, Swae Lee & Slim Jxmmi - Eardrumma/Interscope | IGA

117 130 129 308 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

118 136 88 37 All Time Greatest Hits - Lynyrd Skynyrd - MCA/Geffen | UMe

119 126 114 116 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

120 114 109 243 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles - Asylum/Elektra | Rhino

121 129 124 68 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey - Astralwerks

122 155 145 315 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

123 119 80 8 Songs For The Saints - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair/Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

124 128 126 27 Love, Simon - Soundtrack - Fox | RCA

125 122 127 25 My Dear Melancholy, (EP) - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

126 121 99 11 BEASTMODE 2 - Future - Freebandz | Epic

127 140 107 182 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

128 149 123 444 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

129 141 128 42 A Decade Of Destruction - Five Finger Death Punch - Prospect Park

130 79 9 3 8 Letters - Why Don't We - Signature Entertainment | AG

131 138 139 43 Revenge - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings

132 152 166 156 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

133 134 112 41 What Makes You Country - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

134 135 121 104 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA

135 139 142 255 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

136 157 193 5 ONEPOINTFIVE - Amine - Republic

137 159 158 40 Too Hard - Lil Baby - Quality Control

138 142 120 204 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

139 144 140 86 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG

140 146 146 393 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG

141 132 148 72 There's Really A Wolf - Russ - Diemon/Russ My Way | Columbia

142 32 – 18 GO:OD AM - Mac Miller - Warner Bros.

143 150 152 47 Without Warning - 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin - Boominati/Quality Control/Motown/Slaughter Gang | Republic/Capitol/Epic

144 RE 194 The Very Best Of The Eagles - Eagles - Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino

145 137 117 501 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Rhino

146 148 132 146 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino

147 26 – 2 Best Day Ever - Mac Miller - Rostrum

148 143 133 8 Queen Naija (EP) - Queen Naija - Queen Naija | Capitol

149 153 137 72 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

150 160 136 326 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy

151 161 155 335 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

152 96 91 21 Speak Your Mind - Anne-Marie - Major Tom's/Asylum | Warner Bros.

153 192 189 143 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

154 151 149 51 Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato - Hollywood/Safehouse | Island

155 165 143 140 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

156 168 144 52 Happy Endings - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN

157 164 147 185 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

158 174 141 107 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

159 154 135 14 Redemption - Jay Rock - Top Dawg/Interscope | IGA

160 162 157 103 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

161 172 151 20 Simi - BlocBoy JB - Bloc Nation

162 171 164 148 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

163 RE 5 Sick Boy (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

164 ** 1 Generation Rx - Good Charlotte - BMG

165 RE 269 Mothership - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino

166 178 173 382 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

167 158 86 31 Revival - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

168 166 160 101 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

169 147 131 148 Gold -- Greatest Hits - ABBA - Polar/Polydor | UMe

170 163 125 4 Florida Georgia Line (EP) - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

171 156 169 115 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

172 179 174 282 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 - The Rolling Stones - ABKCO

173 50 – 11 The Divine Feminine - Mac Miller - Warner Bros.

174 133 186 164 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

175 181 162 150 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

176 169 170 28 Bobby Tarantino II - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

177 182 191 125 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

178 177 163 275 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

179 187 167 129 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

180 175 153 10 Real Hasta La Muerte - Anuel AA - Real Hasta La Muerte | GLAD Empire

181 RE 73 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVRN/Interscope | IGA

182 RE 356 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

183 105 – 3 The Very Best Of Aretha Franklin, The '60s - Aretha Franklin - Atlantic | Rhino

184 186 172 18 Reckless - NAV - XO | Republic

185 188 177 56 Ultimate Sinatra - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe

186 189 190 52 Trip - Jhene Aiko - ARTclub/ARTium | Def Jam

187 200 185 185 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

188 198 187 76 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

189 RE 314 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

190 199 195 187 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

191 190 175 39 From The Fires - Greta Van Fleet - Lava | Republic

192 RE 147 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

193 185 178 226 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros.

194 197 182 111 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection - Bon Jovi - Island | UMe

195 191 197 123 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

196 170 – 113 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

197 RE 189 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

198 183 – 6 4275 - Jacquees - Cash Money | Republic

199 16 – 2 Book Of Bad Decisions - Clutch - Weathermaker

200 184 184 57 Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator - Odd Future | Columbia

Carrie Underwood Makes Country History on the Billboard 200 Chart As 'Cry Pretty' Debuts at No. 1

by Keith Caulfield on 9/23/2018

 

Carrie Underwood lands her fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Cry Pretty starts atop the list. The set, which was released on Sept. 14 via Capitol Nashville, bows with 266,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 20 according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 251,000 were in traditional album sales.

 

With the arrival at No. 1, Underwood makes country history: she's the first woman to bring four country albums to the top of the all-genre Billboard 200 chart.

 

Of Cry Pretty’s 266,000 units, most were in album sales: 251,000, as noted above. The remainder was comprised of SEA units (11,000) and TEA units (4,000).

 

First Woman to Take Four Country Albums to No. 1 on Billboard 200: Underwood is the first woman to hit the top of the Billboard 200 chart with four country albums: Cry Pretty, Blown Away (2012), Play On (2009) and Carnival Ride (2007). Previously, she was tied with Faith Hill, Linda Ronstadt and Taylor Swift with three leaders each. (Swift has had five No. 1s on the Billboard 200, but only three of them also charted on the Top Country Albums chart, as her two most recent leaders -- reputation and 1989 -- were pop efforts.) Among all acts, Garth Brooks has brought the most country albums to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with nine leaders in his career.

 

Biggest Week for a Country Album in More Than Three Years: Cry Pretty’s launch of 266,000 units is the biggest for any country album since Aug. 29, 2015, when Luke Bryan’s Kill the Lights bowed at No. 1 with 345,000 units earned. Cry Pretty logs the biggest overall week for a country album by a woman since the charts began ranking albums by equivalent album units in late 2014.

 

2018’s Largest Week for a Woman: Cry Pretty’s debut frame of 266,000 units is the biggest week for any album by a woman in 2018, surpassing the previous high-water mark, set by Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy, which launched at No. 1 with 255,000 units (April 21 chart). The last larger stanza for an album by a woman was racked up on the Dec. 2, 2017-dated list, when Taylor Swift’s reputation entered at No. 1 with 1.238 million units.

 

2018’s Biggest Sales Week for a Woman & Country Album: Cry Pretty clocks the largest sales frame for an album by a woman since Swift’s reputation bowed last year (1.216 million sold in its first week, Dec. 2, 2017). Further, Cry Pretty snags the biggest for a country album in more than three years, since Bryan’s Kill the Lights debuted with 320,000 copies sold.

 

Further, Cry Pretty nabs the largest sales week for a country album by a female artist since the Jan. 5, 2013-dated list, when Taylor Swift's Red sold 276,000 copies in its ninth week on the list.

 

Underwood supported the album’s first-week with interviews and performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Sept. 13) and The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Sept. 19) as well as an interview on CBS’ Sunday Morning (Sept. 16).

 

Cry Pretty’s sizable first-week was supported by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer, as well as sturdy sales via sellers like Target, Walmart, the iTunes Store and so forth.

 

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Eminem’s former No. 1 Kamikaze is steady with 103,000 units (down 24 percent).

 

6LACK arrives at No. 3 with his second album, East Atlanta Love Letter. It notches the singer-rapper his first top 10 effort and highest charting set yet and bows with 77,000 units (20,000 in traditional album sales). The streaming-powered set (which garnered 56,000 SEA units, equaling 72.7 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks). 6LACK’s first release, FREE 6LACK, debuted at No. 68 on the Dec. 10, 2016-dated chart with 10,000 units, and eventually peaked at No. 34 on the May 13, 2017-dated list (14,000 units -- the set’s largest week).

 

Drake’s Scorpion steps 5-4 with 68,000 units (down 5 percent), Travis Scott’s Astroworld climbs 7-5 with 62,000 units (down 6 percent) and Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys ascends 8-6 with 47,000 units (down 2 percent).

 

Ariana Grande’s Sweetener rebounds 10-7 with 38,000 units (down 13 percent), Paul McCartney’s Egypt Station slides 1-8 in its second week with 37,000 units (down 76 percent) and Nicki Minaj’s Queen rises 11-9 with 36,000 units (down 12 percent).

 

Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance closes out the new top 10, stepping 12-10 with just over 36,000 units (down 3 percent).

Why did Tori Kelly squander all the potential she had on this?

Damn I'd no idea Carrie could still pull in such numbers. What did her last album debut with?

this had a concert ticket bundle, so don't take many conclusions

this had a concert ticket bundle, so don't take many conclusions

Yeah I was thinking that. Great to see such healthy numbers. Just a shame it comes through bundles like this, so second week drop is probably going to be horrific.

Damn I'd no idea Carrie could still pull in such numbers. What did her last album debut with?

177,000 total units, 164,000 in pure sales. Not the best comparison due to Cry Pretty having the concert ticket bundle deal, like others have said, but I'm still impressed considering her lead single underperformed as a single and the next one's only just starting to take off.

Even with the ticket bundle - which so many acts are using now, this is still impressive. Also, she set a few records -)

 

First Woman to Take Four Country Albums to No. 1 on Billboard 200: Underwood is the first woman to hit the top of the Billboard 200 chart with four country albums: Cry Pretty, Blown Away (2012), Play On (2009) and Carnival Ride (2007). Previously, she was tied with Faith Hill, Linda Ronstadt and Taylor Swift with three leaders each. (Swift has had five No. 1s on the Billboard 200, but only three of them also charted on the Top Country Albums chart, as her two most recent leaders -- reputation and 1989 -- were pop efforts.) Among all acts, Garth Brooks has brought the most country albums to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with nine leaders in his career.

 

Biggest Week for a Country Album in More Than Three Years: Cry Pretty’s launch of 266,000 units is the biggest for any country album since Aug. 29, 2015, when Luke Bryan’s Kill the Lights bowed at No. 1 with 345,000 units earned. Cry Pretty logs the biggest overall week for a country album by a woman since the charts began ranking albums by equivalent album units in late 2014.

 

2018’s Largest Week for a Woman: Cry Pretty’s debut frame of 266,000 units is the biggest week for any album by a woman in 2018, surpassing the previous high-water mark, set by Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy, which launched at No. 1 with 255,000 units (April 21 chart). The last larger stanza for an album by a woman was racked up on the Dec. 2, 2017-dated list, when Taylor Swift’s reputation entered at No. 1 with 1.238 million units.

 

 

2018’s Biggest Sales Week for a Woman & Country Album: Cry Pretty clocks the largest sales frame for an album by a woman since Swift’s reputation bowed last year (1.216 million sold in its first week, Dec. 2, 2017). Further, Cry Pretty snags the biggest for a country album in more than three years, since Bryan’s Kill the Lights debuted with 320,000 copies sold.

 

Further, Cry Pretty nabs the largest sales week for a country album by a female artist since the Jan. 5, 2013-dated list, when Taylor Swift's Red sold 276,000 copies in its ninth week on the list.

a 90% drop predicted in week 2