BILLBOARD 200 Week ending December 21, 2024

 

TW LW Wks Title ‒ Artist (Peak)

 

1 1 34 The Tortured Poets Department ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (240,000 (201,000 sales))

2 2 3 GNX ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 ) (125,000)

3 ** 1 Rosie ‒ ROSE ( 3 ) (102,000 (70,000 sales))

4 ** 1 Strategy: 14th Mini Album (EP) ‒ TWICE ( 4 ) (88,000 (81,000 sales))

5 5 16 Short n' Sweet ‒ Sabrina Carpenter ( 1 ) (75,000)

6 3 3 Wicked: The Soundtrack ‒ Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande & Various Artists ( 2 ) (74,000)

7 7 123 Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 1 ) (62,000)

8 9 6 Ultimate Christmas ‒ Bing Crosby ( 8 ) (56,000)

9 6 30 Hit Me Hard And Soft ‒ Billie Eilish ( 2 ) (56,000)

10 RE 3 Fruitcake (EP) ‒ Sabrina Carpenter ( 10 ) (54,000 (39,000 sales))

11 8 38 The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess ‒ Chappell Roan ( 2 )

12 10 7 CHROMAKOPIA ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

13 14 86 The Christmas Song ‒ Nat King Cole ( 4 )

14 12 130 Merry Christmas ‒ Mariah Carey ( 3 )

15 11 25 The Secret Of Us ‒ Gracie Abrams ( 2 )

16 138 523 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

17 13 105 SOS ‒ SZA ( 1 )

18 17 121 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 6 )

19 15 93 One Thing At A Time ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 )

20 4 2 The Party Never Ends ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )

21 16 107 Stick Season ‒ Noah Kahan ( 2 )

22 19 43 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector ‒ Various Artists ( 7 )

23 18 50 Ultimate Christmas ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 12 )

24 21 4 Cosa Nuestra ‒ Rauw Alejandro ( 6 )

25 28 41 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 7 )

26 30 40 The Andy Williams Christmas Album ‒ Andy Williams ( 14 )

27 36 36 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings ‒ Brenda Lee ( 16 )

28 24 3 Arcane League Of Legends: Season Two ‒ Soundtrack ( 24 )

29 29 9 Last Lap ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 )

30 34 205 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 )

31 25 27 Brat ‒ Charli xcx ( 3 )

32 35 16 Incomodo ‒ Tito Double P ( 11 )

33 39 33 Last Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ George Michael & Wham! ( 23 )

34 45 65 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer ‒ Burl Ives ( 15 )

35 RE 23 Unreal Unearth ‒ Hozier ( 3 )

36 37 370 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 )

37 32 17 F-1 Trillion ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

38 31 9 Beautifully Broken ‒ Jelly Roll ( 1 )

39 47 4 A Bobby Helms Christmas (EP) ‒ Bobby Helms ( 39 )

40 26 229 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

41 33 9 Glorious ‒ GloRilla ( 5 )

42 27 112 Midnights ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

43 20 277 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

44 22 59 1989 (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

45 51 41 The Dean Martin Christmas Album ‒ Dean Martin ( 27 )

46 46 9 Take Care ‒ BigXthaPlug ( 8 )

47 52 38 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics ‒ Gene Autry ( 21 )

48 41 68 Zach Bryan ‒ Zach Bryan ( 1 )

49 38 24 The Great American Bar Scene ‒ Zach Bryan ( 2 )

50 66 72 Wrapped In Red ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 3 )

51 43 611 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 )

52 42 62 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part I) ‒ Teddy Swims ( 17 )

53 54 134 American Heartbreak ‒ Zach Bryan ( 5 )

54 65 63 The Classic Christmas Album ‒ Elvis Presley ( 26 )

55 53 28 Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going ‒ Shaboozey ( 5 )

56 23 66 Guts ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )

57 50 270 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

58 56 412 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 )

59 44 343 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )

60 57 633 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 )

61 55 40 Eternal Sunshine ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

62 58 36 Fireworks & Rollerblades ‒ Benson Boone ( 6 )

63 64 392 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 )

64 61 400 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

65 75 16 Greatest Christmas Songs ‒ Perry Como ( 32 )

66 60 186 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )

67 48 209 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

68 67 714 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

69 71 25 Exodo ‒ Peso Pluma ( 5 )

70 76 38 We Don't Trust You ‒ Future & Metro Boomin ( 1 )

71 70 72 Utopia ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

72 72 615 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 )

73 83 325 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

74 49 161 Red (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

75 87 62 For All The Dogs ‒ Drake ( 1 )

76 86 31 One Of Wun ‒ Gunna ( 2 )

77 RE 55 The Diamond Collection ‒ Post Malone ( 11 )

78 59 75 Speak Now (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

79 80 17 Cold Beer & Country Music ‒ Zach Top ( 56 )

80 108 24 The Jackson 5 Christmas Album ‒ Jackson 5 ( 36 )

81 124 21 When Christmas Comes Around... ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 22 )

82 RE 2 Alligator Bites Never Heal ‒ Doechii ( 82 )

83 73 216 Flower Boy ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 2 )

84 94 136 Un Verano Sin Ti ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )

85 85 724 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 )

86 81 348 Hozier ‒ Hozier ( 2 )

87 69 9 +-=÷x (Tour Collection) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 28 )

88 191 6 Restless Mind ‒ Sam Barber ( 58 )

89 68 4 From Zero ‒ Linkin Park ( 2 )

90 88 393 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

91 79 625 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 )

92 96 77 Genesis ‒ Peso Pluma ( 3 )

93 91 26 Hardstone Psycho ‒ Don Toliver ( 3 )

94 84 175 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

95 90 13 Submarine ‒ The Marias ( 17 )

96 89 298 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

97 123 30 Everyday Is Christmas ‒ Sia ( 27 )

98 92 333 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 )

99 101 208 Channel Orange ‒ Frank Ocean ( 2 )

100 104 358 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

101 82 566 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 )

102 93 22 The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

103 97 12 Mixtape Pluto ‒ Future ( 1 )

104 111 250 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )

105 105 332 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

106 115 123 Greatest Hits ‒ Creed ( 15 )

107 95 48 Leather ‒ Cody Johnson ( 18 )

108 132 2 A Very Laufey Holiday: The Santa Baby Edition (EP) ‒ Laufey ( 108 )

109 106 371 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

110 120 481 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 )

111 127 62 $ad Boyz 4 Life II ‒ Junior H ( 14 )

112 98 483 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 )

113 122 218 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 ‒ Nickelback ( 21 )

114 135 29 Feliz Navidad ‒ Jose Feliciano ( 38 )

115 121 137 I Never Liked You ‒ Future ( 1 )

116 99 656 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 )

117 74 64 Emails I Can't Send ‒ Sabrina Carpenter ( 23 )

118 130 53 Think Later ‒ Tate McRae ( 4 )

119 113 352 [Hybrid Theory] ‒ Linkin Park ( 2 )

120 126 700 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 )

121 133 106 Heroes & Villains ‒ Metro Boomin ( 1 )

122 100 21 Twisters: The Album ‒ Soundtrack ( 7 )

123 134 171 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 )

124 128 401 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 )

125 119 448 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 )

126 117 234 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

127 118 835 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 )

128 114 21 Muse ‒ Jimin ( 2 )

129 125 865 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 )

130 129 83 Religiously. The Album. ‒ Bailey Zimmerman ( 7 )

131 136 41 A Great Chaos ‒ Ken Carson ( 11 )

132 149 72 Under The Mistletoe ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )

133 153 2 It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album ‒ Dan + Shay ( 133 )

134 110 22 Megan ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 3 )

135 102 42 Bewitched ‒ Laufey ( 18 )

136 155 10 The Greatest Christmas Hits ‒ Pentatonix ( 10 )

137 171 12 Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas ‒ Ella Fitzgerald ( 88 )

138 140 60 Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada ‒ Fuerza Regida ( 14 )

139 78 173 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

140 142 552 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 )

141 151 19 Berry Christmas (EP) ‒ Chuck Berry ( 60 )

142 112 217 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

143 145 22 Am I Okay? ‒ Megan Moroney ( 9 )

144 137 131 Freudian ‒ Daniel Caesar ( 25 )

145 RE 171 Thank U, Next ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

146 141 706 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 )

147 131 275 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

148 169 5 Icon: Dino's Christmas ‒ Dean Martin ( 89 )

149 148 450 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 )

150 150 170 After Hours ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

151 144 90 Gettin' Old ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

152 173 21 The Beach Boys' Christmas Album ‒ The Beach Boys ( 66 )

153 143 173 Meteora ‒ Linkin Park ( 1 )

154 146 399 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 )

155 161 65 Nostalgia ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )

156 139 132 Call Me If You Get Lost ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

157 168 33 PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4) ‒ PARTYNEXTDOOR ( 10 )

158 152 28 The First Time ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 24 )

159 ** 1 I Just Got A Lot On Shoulders ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 159 )

160 77 118 Wicked ‒ Original Broadway Cast Recording ( 33 )

161 116 12 Hungover ‒ Ella Langley ( 49 )

162 166 337 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 )

163 RE 329 Beauty Behind The Madness ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

164 175 271 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 )

165 RE 17 A Drummer Boy Christmas ‒ for KING & COUNTRY ( 50 )

166 158 324 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 )

167 190 61 Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )

168 107 2 Moana 2 ‒ Soundtrack ( 107 )

169 RE 11 A Very Trainor Christmas ‒ Meghan Trainor ( 89 )

170 172 347 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 )

171 170 57 Higher ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )

172 RE 5 You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1) ‒ Alex Warren ( 62 )

173 63 16 Romance : Untold ‒ ENHYPEN ( 2 )

174 RE 120 = ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

175 ** 1 Awe (EP) ‒ XG ( 175 )

176 RE 2 Platinum & Gold Collection ‒ Eartha Kitt ( 127 )

177 180 8 Don't Mind If I Do ‒ Riley Green ( 25 )

178 200 5 Home Alone ‒ Soundtrack ( 173 )

179 163 493 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

180 178 596 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 )

181 165 156 To Pimp A Butterfly ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

182 174 70 Cigarettes After Sex ‒ Cigarettes After Sex ( 112 )

183 RE 90 My Everything ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

184 185 141 7220 ‒ Lil Durk ( 1 )

185 RE 46 American Dream ‒ 21 Savage ( 1 )

186 189 320 Greatest Hits ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 14 )

187 159 122 The Black Parade ‒ My Chemical Romance ( 2 )

188 183 395 The Fame ‒ Lady Gaga ( 2 )

189 192 123 Toxicity ‒ System Of A Down ( 1 )

190 RE 155 Dangerous Woman ‒ Ariana Grande ( 2 )

191 RE 31 You Make It Feel Like Christmas ‒ Gwen Stefani ( 16 )

192 186 314 50 Number Ones ‒ George Strait ( 1 )

193 197 260 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 )

194 195 31 Cowboy Carter ‒ Beyonce ( 1 )

195 184 187 Greatest Hits ‒ Pitbull ( 77 )

196 RE 80 Christmas Eve And Other Stories ‒ Trans-Siberian Orchestra ( 48 )

197 ** 1 Bad Ass F*cking Kid ‒ Nettspend ( 197 )

198 179 213 Starting Over ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )

199 176 266 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 )

200 RE 402 Teenage Dream ‒ Katy Perry ( 1 )

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Logs 17th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200

By Keith Caulfield | 12/15/2024

 

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department notches a 17th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Dec. 21), as the set holds atop the list after rushing back to No. 1 a week ago after its deluxe Anthology edition was released on CD and vinyl exclusively at Target. In the tracking week ending Dec. 12, the album earned 240,000 equivalent album units (down 41%) in the U.S., according to Luminate, with over 80% of that sum driven by physical album sales.

 

Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 chart, ROSÉ’s debut solo album rosie bows at No. 3, TWICE’s Strategy enters at No. 4 and Sabrina Carpenter’s holiday set Fruitcake reenters the chart at No. 10 for its first week in the top 10, after its wide physical release.

 

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 The Tortured Poets Department’s 240,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 12, traditional album sales comprise 201,000 (down 45%, it holds at No. 1 on Top Album Sales for a 10th nonconsecutive week), SEA units comprise 39,000 (up 6%; equaling 51.04 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it falls 9-10 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum (up 27%).

 

TTPD was initially released on April 19 as a standard 16-song digital download album, as well as in an array of 17-song physical configurations. Two hours after the album dropped, Swift issued an expanded 31-song edition of the album, dubbed The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, which added 15 additional songs. However, the Anthology edition was only available as a digital download and streaming set until Nov. 29, when its CD and vinyl editions became available for purchase exclusively through Target. The Target CD and vinyl additionally boast four bonus acoustic tracks (which were previously released in other alternative versions of the album).

 

Since the Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956, Poets is only the 18th album to have spent at least 17 weeks at No. 1, of more than 1,200 leaders. The last album to spend at least 17 weeks at No. 1 was Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time, which logged 19 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 between March 2023 and this March. The last album by a woman to spend at least 17 weeks at No. 1 prior to Poets was Adele’s 21, which earned 24 nonconsecutive weeks on top in 2011-12.

 

Kendrick Lamar’s former leader GNX is a non-mover at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 with 125,000 equivalent album units earned (down 24%). It remains at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for a third straight week.

 

ROSÉ’s solo debut album, rosie, launches at No. 3 with 102,000 equivalent album units earned. Pop group BLACKPINK, of which she is a member, has logged a pair of top 10s, including the chart-topping BORN PINK in 2022.

 

Of the 102,000 equivalent album units earned by rosie in its opening week, album sales comprise 70,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 31,000 (equaling 43.85 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 17 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 1,000. The set’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across more than 15 physical variants of the album across CD and vinyl editions, many including collectible ephemera (some randomized).

 

The album was led by the single “APT.” with Bruno Mars, which debuted and peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. It debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Streaming Songs chart, and has reached the top 30 on Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and the all-format Radio Songs charts.

 

TWICE captures its sixth total and consecutive top 10-charting set on the Billboard 200 as STRATEGY debuts at No. 4 with 88,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the second top 10 for the group in 2024, following their first chart-topper, With YOU-th (March 9-dated chart). Of the new set’s first-week units, album sales comprise 81,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 6,500 (equaling 8.86 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise less than 500 units. The album’s first-week sales were aided by its availability across more than 15 CD and vinyl editions, all inclusive of collectible paper ephemera (some randomized).

 

Sabrina Carpenter’s chart-topping Short n’ Sweet is steady at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 (75,000 equivalent album units earned; up 10%); the Wicked film soundtrack falls 3-6 (74,000; down 31%); Michael Bublé’s former leader Christmas is a non-mover at No. 7 (62,000; up 10%); Bing Crosby’s Ultimate Christmas hits a new peak, rising 9-8 (56,000; up 13%); and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft slips 6-9 (56,000; down 6%).

 

Sabrina Carpenter captures a second album in the top 10, and the second top 10 of her career, as her holiday effort Fruitcake re-enters the chart at No. 10 (a new peak) following its wide physical release on CD, vinyl and cassette on Dec. 6. In the tracking week ending Dec. 12, Fruitcake earned 54,000 equivalent album units (up 1,040%), with album sales comprising 39,000 (up 27,326%; it debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales) and SEA units comprising 15,000 (up 210%, equaling 19.65 million on-demand official streams of set’s songs).

 

Fruitcake was initially released in November 2023 as a digital download album for purchase and through streaming services. It had a limited vinyl release, exclusively through Carpenter’s official webstore in December 2023. On Dec. 6, the album became widely available on CD, cassette and three vinyl variants (including one exclusive to Target).

 

Carpenter is the sixth artist in 2024 to have at least two albums in the top 10 at the same time. Previously this year, Zach Bryan, Future, Metro Boomin, Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen all notched multiple projects in the top 10 concurrently.