BILLBOARD 200 Week ending December 24, 2022

 

TW LW Wks Title ‒ Artist (Peak)

 

1 ** 1 SOS ‒ SZA ( 1 ) (318,000 (7,500 sales))

2 2 8 Midnights ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (139,000)

3 1 2 Heroes & Villains ‒ Metro Boomin ( 1 ) (102,000)

4 3 6 Her Loss ‒ Drake & 21 Savage ( 1 ) (67,000)

5 5 106 Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 1 ) (62,000)

6 ** 1 Me Vs. Myself ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 6 ) (53,000 (3,000 sales))

7 4 32 Un Verano Sin Ti ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 ) (51,000)

8 9 71 The Christmas Song ‒ Nat King Cole ( 6 ) (47,000)

9 12 105 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 6 ) (47,000)

10 7 101 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) (45,000)

11 10 114 Merry Christmas ‒ Mariah Carey ( 3 )

12 17 30 American Heartbreak ‒ Zach Bryan ( 5 )

13 8 96 The Highlights ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 )

14 13 29 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector ‒ Various Artists ( 10 )

15 11 9 It's Only Me ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )

16 6 30 Harry's House ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )

17 14 32 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 7 )

18 16 48 Christmas Classics ‒ Bing Crosby ( 14 )

19 19 26 The Andy Williams Christmas Album ‒ Andy Williams ( 14 )

20 18 36 Ultimate Christmas ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 12 )

21 21 54 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer ‒ Burl Ives ( 16 )

22 24 24 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings ‒ Brenda Lee ( 17 )

23 20 266 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 )

24 27 29 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics ‒ Gene Autry ( 21 )

25 33 17 The Best Of Bobby Helms ‒ Bobby Helms ( 25 )

26 29 61 Wrapped In Red ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 3 )

27 23 507 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 )

28 35 288 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 )

29 34 53 The Classic Christmas Album ‒ Elvis Presley ( 28 )

30 ** 1 LLNM2 ‒ Anuel AA ( 30 )

31 31 82 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )

32 40 52 White Christmas ‒ Bing Crosby ( 32 )

33 45 105 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

34 30 20 Renaissance ‒ Beyonce ( 1 )

35 26 125 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

36 47 23 Last Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ George Michael & Wham! ( 36 )

37 39 552 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 )

38 53 30 The Dean Martin Christmas Album ‒ Dean Martin ( 36 )

39 42 173 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

40 41 610 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

41 49 529 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 )

42 32 33 I Never Liked You ‒ Future ( 1 )

43 38 9 Leave The Light On ‒ Bailey Zimmerman ( 9 )

44 48 5 Greatest Christmas Songs ‒ Perry Como ( 44 )

45 43 57 Red (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

46 36 22 Gemini Rights ‒ Steve Lacy ( 7 )

47 55 521 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 )

48 44 18 Beautiful Mind ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )

49 51 59 = ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

50 46 67 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 )

51 50 239 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )

52 22 3 A Family Christmas ‒ Matteo, Andrea & Virginia Bocelli ( 22 )

53 52 146 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )

54 66 22 Special ‒ Lizzo ( 2 )

55 58 25 Growin' Up ‒ Luke Combs ( 2 )

56 73 15 The Jackson 5 Christmas Album ‒ Jackson 5 ( 53 )

57 28 21 Danado ‒ Ivan Cornejo ( 28 )

58 69 12 When Christmas Comes Around... ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 22 )

59 63 171 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

60 72 166 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

61 82 20 Feliz Navidad ‒ Jose Feliciano ( 54 )

62 68 31 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

63 70 56 30 ‒ Adele ( 1 )

64 67 289 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

65 61 19 Curtain Call 2 ‒ Eminem ( 6 )

66 65 77 Planet Her ‒ Doja Cat ( 2 )

67 74 157 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )

68 75 72 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

69 60 220 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 )

70 56 10 Only Built For Infinity Links ‒ Quavo & Takeoff ( 7 )

71 77 229 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 )

72 62 40 7220 ‒ Lil Durk ( 1 )

73 90 462 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 )

74 80 162 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 )

75 89 379 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 )

76 102 72 Christmas Eve And Other Stories ‒ Trans-Siberian Orchestra ( 48 )

77 93 620 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 )

78 71 418 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

79 76 127 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

80 85 296 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

81 95 194 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

82 87 511 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 )

83 83 128 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 )

84 116 75 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

85 101 5 Saturno ‒ Rauw Alejandro ( 25 )

86 79 49 Dawn FM ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 )

87 81 137 Indigo ‒ Chris Brown ( 1 )

88 107 605 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 )

89 78 66 The Melodic Blue ‒ Baby Keem ( 5 )

90 122 6 A Perry Como Christmas ‒ Perry Como ( 70 )

91 86 23 Wasteland ‒ Brent Faiyaz ( 2 )

92 91 14 Different Man ‒ Kane Brown ( 5 )

93 120 107 Noel ‒ Josh Groban ( 1 )

94 96 419 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

95 110 27 Proof ‒ BTS ( 1 )

96 149 483 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

97 121 63 Under The Mistletoe ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )

98 135 66 Call Me If You Get Lost ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

99 136 12 The Beach Boys' Christmas Album ‒ The Beach Boys ( 99 )

100 84 5 Anyways, Life’s Great... ‒ GloRilla ( 11 )

101 117 546 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 )

102 100 146 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 )

103 57 2 90 Days ‒ Finesse2Tymes ( 57 )

104 113 233 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 )

105 132 602 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 )

106 112 12 This Is What ____ Feels Like (Vol.1-4) ‒ JVKE ( 56 )

107 104 90 SoulFly ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )

108 114 453 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 )

109 109 80 Savage Mode II ‒ 21 Savage & Metro Boomin ( 1 )

110 106 197 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

111 142 92 Revolver ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

112 94 28 Twelve Carat Toothache ‒ Post Malone ( 2 )

113 105 254 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

114 98 54 Who Is Nardo Wick? ‒ Nardo Wick ( 16 )

115 137 25 My Gift ‒ Carrie Underwood ( 5 )

116 111 221 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

117 125 377 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 )

118 108 141 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 3 )

119 147 21 Everyday Is Christmas ‒ Sia ( 27 )

120 118 49 DS4EVER ‒ Gunna ( 1 )

121 134 761 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 )

122 59 13 Queen Radio: Volume 1 ‒ Nicki Minaj ( 10 )

123 99 6 Smithereens ‒ Joji ( 5 )

124 131 228 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

125 115 2 Live From The Royal Albert Hall (EP) ‒ Sam Smith ( 115 )

126 197 11 The Best Of Stevie Wonder: 20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection ‒ Stevie Wonder ( 85 )

127 128 8 Takin' It Back ‒ Meghan Trainor ( 16 )

128 133 109 Starting Over ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )

129 127 242 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

130 154 690 Metallica ‒ Metallica ( 1 )

131 88 4 Jupiter's Diary: 7 Day Theory ‒ Rod Wave ( 9 )

132 103 26 Honestly, Nevermind ‒ Drake ( 1 )

133 119 53 Fighting Demons ‒ Juice WRLD ( 2 )

134 145 252 Gold: Greatest Hits ‒ ABBA ( 25 )

135 92 6 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: Music From And Inspired By ‒ Soundtrack ( 12 )

136 144 208 Greatest Hits ‒ Foo Fighters ( 11 )

137 123 277 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )

138 183 9 How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ Boris Karloff / Thurl Ravenscroft ( 79 )

139 191 4 Bell Bottom Country ‒ Lainey Wilson ( 100 )

140 124 167 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 )

141 129 125 F*ck Love ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 1 )

142 189 48 A Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 1 )

143 RE 12 Berry Christmas (EP) ‒ Chuck Berry ( 60 )

144 37 2 Sr. Santos ‒ Arcangel ( 37 )

145 130 308 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 )

146 176 27 A Legendary Christmas ‒ John Legend ( 22 )

147 143 604 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 )

148 ** 1 Santa Baby ‒ Alicia Keys ( 148 )

149 141 247 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 )

150 182 10 A Drummer Boy Christmas ‒ for KING & COUNTRY ( 50 )

151 164 144 Harry Styles ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )

152 155 492 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 )

153 138 53 Mercury - Act 1 ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 9 )

154 97 222 Greatest Hits ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 14 )

155 150 344 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 )

156 140 127 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 98 )

157 139 19 The Last Slimeto ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 2 )

158 146 7 Encanto (Highlights) ‒ Soundtrack ( 19 )

159 148 79 Hall Of Fame ‒ Polo G ( 1 )

160 RE 4 Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas ‒ Ella Fitzgerald ( 118 )

161 181 3 The Essential Eartha Kitt ‒ Eartha Kitt ( 154 )

162 160 244 Hozier ‒ Hozier ( 2 )

163 152 9 Stick Season ‒ Noah Kahan ( 14 )

164 64 3 A Very Backstreet Christmas ‒ Backstreet Boys ( 17 )

165 169 2 Holidays Around The World ‒ Pentatonix ( 165 )

166 161 86 Currents ‒ Tame Impala ( 4 )

167 170 267 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

168 157 4 Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection ‒ Dolly Parton ( 27 )

169 168 293 The Fame ‒ Lady Gaga ( 2 )

170 25 2 Cheshire (EP) ‒ iTZY ( 25 )

171 166 346 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 )

172 167 314 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 )

173 171 117 Flower Boy ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 2 )

174 174 100 The Essential Elvis Presley ‒ Elvis Presley ( 42 )

175 162 141 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 )

176 RE 218 The Very Best Of The Eagles ‒ Eagles ( 3 )

177 173 135 The GOAT ‒ Polo G ( 2 )

178 165 97 Whole Lotta Red ‒ Playboi Carti ( 1 )

179 163 298 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 )

180 186 301 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

181 153 742 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 )

182 151 15 Cigarettes After Sex ‒ Cigarettes After Sex ( 151 )

183 158 56 An Evening With Silk Sonic ‒ Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) ( 2 )

184 RE 256 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day ‒ Kid Cudi ( 4 )

185 159 19 A Holly Dolly Christmas ‒ Dolly Parton ( 16 )

186 RE 5 A Donny Hathaway Collection ‒ Donny Hathaway ( 135 )

187 193 117 The Black Parade ‒ My Chemical Romance ( 2 )

188 ** 1 Snoop Cube 40 $hort ‒ MOUNT WESTMORE (Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 & Too $hort) ( 188 )

189 179 145 Eternal Atake ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )

190 RE 37 Home For Christmas ‒ 'N Sync ( 7 )

191 RE 12 A Winter Romance ‒ Dean Martin ( 61 )

192 180 260 17 ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 2 )

193 172 91 Justice ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )

194 RE 10 Gimme Some Truth. (2020) ‒ John Lennon ( 40 )

195 RE 63 Christmas Portrait ‒ Carpenters ( 56 )

196 185 20 Sing Me A Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation ‒ $uicideBoy$ ( 7 )

197 187 128 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston ‒ Whitney Houston ( 14 )

198 194 117 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 ‒ Nickelback ( 21 )

199 RE 57 Born This Way ‒ Lady Gaga ( 1 )

200 126 2 The 7" Singles Box ‒ Paul McCartney ( 126 )

SZA Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘SOS’

By Keith Caulfield | 12/19/2022

 

SZA earns her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Dec. 24) as SOS starts atop the list with one of the biggest debuts of 2022. The set launches with 318,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 15, according to Luminate – largely driven by streaming activity. That start marks the fifth-largest debut of the year and SZA’s biggest week ever.

 

SOS also garners the biggest streaming week ever for an R&B album, and the third-largest of 2022 among all albums.

 

Also in the top 10, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie captures his fourth top 10-charting effort, as Me vs. Myself debuts at No. 6.

 

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 SOS’ 318,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 309,500 (equaling 404.58 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 7,500 and TEA units comprise 1,000.

 

With a total start of 318,000 equivalent album units, SOS logs the fifth-biggest debut of 2022, following the opening weeks of Taylor Swift’s Midnights (1.578 million), Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (521,000), Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss (404,000) and Beyoncé’s Renaissance (332,000).

 

Further, as SOS generated 404.58 million official on-demand streams for its 23 songs, the set registers the biggest streaming week ever for an R&B album, the second-largest streaming week ever for an album by a female artist, and the third-largest streaming week of 2022 for any album. (R&B albums are defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart.)

 

Among all R&B sets, SOS passes the streaming debut of Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind (250.23 million) for the top weekly total ever. The only larger streaming week ever registered by a woman was notched by Swift’s Midnights (549.26 million). And, the only bigger streaming weeks overall in 2022 were tallied by the debuts of Midnights and Her Loss (513.56 million).

 

SOS is SZA’s second studio album and comes more than five years after the June 2017 release of her smash Ctrl project. It debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, has earned 3.9 million equivalent album units and has yet to leave the weekly Billboard 200 after 288 consecutive weeks (it climbs 35-28 on the new chart). Ctrl contains a trio of Billboard Hot 100-charting hits in “Love Galore,” “The Weekend” and “Broken Clocks.” Before SOS’ release, Ctrl had amassed 5.1 billion official on-demand streams for its songs in the U.S.

 

Though fans waited a long time between albums from SZA, she kept very busy releasing hit singles and collaborative tracks. Since Ctrl’s release (but before SOS’ bow) SZA charted 15 further songs on the Hot 100, including five top 10s: “What Lovers Do,” billed to Maroon 5 featuring SZA; “All the Stars,” a co-lead collaboration with Kendrick Lamar; “Good Days;” “Kiss Me More,” billed to Doja Cat featuring SZA; and “I Hate U.”

 

SOS, which contains 23 songs, includes three tracks that were released prior to the album’s arrival: “Good Days” (released in late 2020), “I Hate U” (released in late 2021) and “Shirt” (released in October of 2022). Those three tracks collectively garnered 980 million official on-demand streams in the U.S. before SOS’ release.

 

SOS was released on Dec. 9 via Top Dawg/RCA Records. It gives RCA its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Tool’s Fear Inoculum (released via Tool Dissectional/Volcano/RCA) debuted at No. 1 on the Sept. 14, 2019-dated chart. SOS is the seventh No. 1 for Top Dawg, following four leaders from Kendrick Lamar (Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers in 2022, DAMN. in 2017, untitled unmastered. in 2016 and To Pimp a Butterfly in 2015; all were released via Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope Records, except Mr. Morale (pgLang/Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope), Black Panther: The Album in 2018 (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope), and ScHoolboy Q’s Oxymoron in 2014 (Top Dawg/Interscope).

 

Four former No. 1s follow SOS on the latest Billboard 200, as Taylor Swift's Midnights is a non-mover at No. 2 (139,000 equivalent album units; down 3%), Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains falls 1-3 in its second week after debuting atop the list (102,000; down 45%), Drake & 21 Savage's Her Loss dips 3-4 (67,000; down 15%) and Michael Bublé’s Christmas is steady at No. 5 (62,000; up 14%).

 

A Boogie Wit da Hoodie captures his fourth top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200 as Me vs. Myself debuts at No. 6 with 53,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 50,000 (equaling 66.92 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 3,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible. The rapper previously visited the top 10 with Artist 2.0 (No. 2 in 2020), Hoodie SZN (No. 1, 2019) and The Bigger Artist (No. 4, 2017).

 

Bad Bunny’s former No. 1 Un Verano Sin Ti falls 4-7 on the Billboard 200 with 51,000 equivalent album units earned (down 7%), Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song climbs 9-8 with just over 47,000 (up 17%), Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack rises 12-9 nearly 47,000 (up 19%) and Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping Dangerous: The Double Album falls 7-10 with 45,000 (down 3%).

 

Dangerous: The Double Album has now accumulated 100 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. It continues to have the fifth-most weeks in the top 10 among all albums since the chart began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March of 1956 – and the most for an album by a single artist.. The all-time top 10 record-holder is the original cast recording of My Fair Lady, with 173 weeks in the top 10 between 1956-60. See list, beow.

 

Albums With Most Weeks in Top 10 on Billboard 200 Chart (March 24, 1956-onwards)

Weeks in Top 10, Artist, Title, Year First Reached Top 10'

173, Original Cast, My Fair Lady, 1956

109, Soundtrack, The Sound of Music, 1965

106, Soundtrack, West Side Story, 1962

105, Original Cast, The Sound of Music, 1960

100, Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album, 2021

90, Soundtrack, South Pacific, 1958

87, Original Cast, Camelot, 1961

87, Soundtrack, Oklahoma!, 1956

85, Peter, Paul and Mary, Peter Paul and Mary, 1962

84, Adele, 21, 2011

84, Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A., 1984

(through the Dec. 24, 2022-dated chart)