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1 2 12 KPop Demon Hunters - Soundtrack ( 1 ) Visva/Republic (128,000 (23,000 sales))

2 1 2 Man's Best Friend - Sabrina Carpenter ( 1 ) Island/Republic (119,000)

3 3 17 I'm The Problem - Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) Big Loud/Mercury/Republic (98,000)

4 17 9 Swag - Justin Bieber ( 2 ) JRC/ILH/Def Jam/Republic (80,000)

5 5 42 You'll Be Alright, Kid - Alex Warren ( 5 ) Atlantic/AG (38,000)

6 9 144 SOS - SZA ( 1 ) Top Dawg/RCA (33,000)

7 6 132 One Thing At A Time - Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) Big Loud/Mercury/Republic (33,000)

8 4 3 Karma: The 4th Album - Stray Kids ( 1 ) JYP/Imperial/Republic (32,000)

9 8 5 The Last Wun - Gunna ( 3 ) Gunna/Young Stoner Life/300/AG (31,000)

10 12 3 I Barely Know Her - sombr ( 10 ) SMB/Warner (29,000)

11 7 55 Short n' Sweet - Sabrina Carpenter ( 1 ) Island/Republic

12 ** 1 Rich Man: The 6th Mini Album - Aespa ( 12 ) SM/Capitol/ICLG

13 26 30 $ome $exy $ongs 4 U - PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake ( 1 ) OVO Sound/Republic/Santa Anna

14 33 520 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast ( 2 ) Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic/AG

15 13 244 Dangerous: The Double Album - Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) Big Loud/Republic

16 14 36 Debi Tirar Mas Fotos - Bad Bunny ( 1 ) Rimas

17 42 27 MAYHEM - Lady Gaga ( 1 ) Streamline/Interscope/ICLG

18 27 29 So Close To What - Tate McRae ( 1 ) RCA

19 10 3 I Hope You're Happy - BigXthaPlug ( 7 ) BigXthaPlug/UnitedMasters

20 18 69 Hit Me Hard And Soft - Billie Eilish ( 2 ) Darkroom/Interscope/ICLG

21 19 146 Stick Season - Noah Kahan ( 2 ) Mercury/Republic

22 16 73 The Tortured Poets Department - Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

23 ** 1 Never Say Never - ZEROBASEONE ( 23 ) WAKEONE

24 20 67 Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going - Shaboozey ( 5 ) American Dogwood/EMPIRE

25 55 7 MASA - YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 6 ) Never Broke Again/Motown/ICLG

26 22 77 The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan ( 2 ) KRA/Amusement/Island/Republic

27 21 650 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac ( 1 ) Warner/Rhino

28 30 654 Take Care - Drake ( 1 ) Young Money/Cash Money/Republic/UMe

29 41 79 Eternal Sunshine - Ariana Grande ( 1 ) Republic

30 25 268 Folklore - Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

31 ** 1 The X - Monsta X ( 31 ) Starship Entertainment

32 28 11 Beautiful Chaos (EP) - KATSEYE ( 4 ) HYBE/Geffen/ICLG

33 44 17 Child Of God II - Forrest Frank ( 12 ) river house records/10K Projects

34 24 3 Hearts Sold Separately - Mariah the Scientist ( 11 ) Buckles Laboratories/Epic

35 32 42 GNX - Kendrick Lamar ( 1 ) pgLang/Interscope/ICLG

36 52 52 Submarine - The Marias ( 17 ) Nice Life/Atlantic/AG

37 57 101 $ad Boyz 4 Life II - Junior H ( 14 ) Rancho Humilde/Warner Latina

38 15 3 A Matter Of Time - Laufey ( 4 ) Vingolf/AWAL

39 38 19 111XPANTIA - Fuerza Regida ( 2 ) Street Mob/Rancho Humilde/Sony Music Latin

40 39 48 +-=÷x (Tour Collection) - Ed Sheeran ( 17 ) Gingerbread Man/Asylum/Atlantic/AG

41 29 45 Don't Mind If I Do - Riley Green ( 25 ) Nashville Harbor/BMLG

42 47 75 Fireworks & Rollerblades - Benson Boone ( 6 ) Night Street/Warner

43 35 316 Lover - Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

44 48 173 American Heartbreak - Zach Bryan ( 5 ) Belting Bronco/Warner

45 61 100 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part I) - Teddy Swims ( 17 ) SWIMS Int./Warner

46 45 175 Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny ( 1 ) Rimas

47 37 32 Hurry Up Tomorrow - The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO/Republic

48 51 753 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem ( 1 ) Shady/Aftermath/Interscope/UMe

49 49 64 The Secret Of Us - Gracie Abrams ( 2 ) Interscope/ICLG

50 23 3 Private Music - Deftones ( 5 ) Reprise/Warner

51 54 409 Diamonds - Elton John ( 7 ) Rocket/Island/UMe

52 50 8 Don't Tap The Glass - Tyler, the Creator ( 1 ) Columbia

53 34 3 Kiari - Offset ( 16 ) Motown/ICLG

54 58 56 F-1 Trillion - Post Malone ( 1 ) Mercury/Republic

55 60 26 MUSIC - Playboi Carti ( 1 ) AWGE/Interscope/ICLG

56 53 151 Midnights - Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

57 64 105 Guts - Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 ) Geffen/ICLG

58 66 8 Sex Hysteria - jessie murph ( 8 ) Columbia

59 43 364 reputation - Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Taylor Swift

60 59 73 Greatest Hits, Vol. I & II - Billy Joel ( 6 ) Columbia/Legacy

61 RE 78 Slipknot - Slipknot ( 51 ) I AM/Roadrunner/Rhino

62 74 101 For All The Dogs - Drake ( 1 ) OVO Sound/Republic

63 69 672 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar ( 2 ) Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope/UMe

64 62 763 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 ) Fantasy/Craft/Concord

65 67 257 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 - Nickelback ( 21 ) Roadrunner/Rhino

66 63 12 American Heart - Benson Boone ( 2 ) Night Street/Warner

67 65 107 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan ( 1 ) Belting Bronco/Warner

68 70 48 Take Care - BigXthaPlug ( 8 ) BigXthaPlug/UnitedMasters

69 73 664 Greatest Hits - Queen ( 8 ) Hollywood

70 71 225 Sour - Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 ) Geffen/ICLG

71 11 2 Ain't In It For My Health - Zach Top ( 11 ) Leo33

72 72 487 Views - Drake ( 1 ) Young Money/Cash Money/Republic/UMe

73 78 210 Certified Lover Boy - Drake ( 1 ) OVO Sound/Republic

74 76 387 Hozier - Hozier ( 2 ) Rubyworks/Columbia/Legacy

75 79 431 Ctrl - SZA ( 3 ) Top Dawg/RCA/Legacy

76 82 451 Blonde - Frank Ocean ( 1 ) Boys Don't Cry

77 75 4 Own Worst Enemy - Gavin Adcock ( 14 ) Thrivin Here/Warner Music Nashville/WMN

78 83 432 This One's For You - Luke Combs ( 4 ) River House/Columbia Nashville/SMN

79 36 8 Glockaveli - Key Glock ( 8 ) Paper Route Empire/Imperial/Republic

80 RE 246 Hollywood's Bleeding - Post Malone ( 1 ) Republic/UMe

81 89 379 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park ( 2 ) Warner

82 87 4 The Collection - OneRepublic ( 46 ) Mosley/Interscope/UMe

83 84 739 Nevermind - Nirvana ( 1 ) Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen/UMe

84 91 29 Mi Vida Mi Muerte - Neton Vega ( 19 ) Josa

85 88 11 F1: The Album - Soundtrack ( 13 ) Apple/Atlantic/AG

86 90 12 Tropicoqueta - Karol G ( 3 ) Bichota/Interscope/ICLG

87 95 433 The Fame - Lady Gaga ( 2 ) Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope/UMe

88 80 874 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey ( 10 ) Columbia/Legacy

89 81 6 Thy Kingdom Come - $uicideboy$ ( 4 ) G*59

90 92 410 Starboy - The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO/Republic/UMe

91 94 63 The Great American Bar Scene - Zach Bryan ( 2 ) Belting Bronco/Warner

92 68 5 Different Night Same Rodeo - Bailey Zimmerman ( 12 ) Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville/AG/WMN

93 77 56 Cold Beer & Country Music - Zach Top ( 31 ) Leo33

94 103 352 Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac ( 14 ) Warner/Rhino

95 127 91 Think Later - Tate McRae ( 4 ) RCA

96 93 522 Traveller - Chris Stapleton ( 1 ) Mercury Nashville/MCA

97 113 289 My Turn - Lil Baby ( 1 ) Quality Control/Motown/ICLG

98 117 7 Texas Forever - Hudson Westbrook ( 59 ) River House/Warner Music Nashville/WMN

99 110 212 Meteora - Linkin Park ( 1 ) Machine Shop/Warner

100 100 362 If I Know Me - Morgan Wallen ( 10 ) Big Loud

101 104 206 After Hours - The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO/Republic/UMe

102 56 362 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO/Republic/UMe

103 98 224 Greatest Hits - Pitbull ( 65 ) Mr. 305/Polo Grounds/RCA

104 107 200 Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna ( 2 ) SRP/Def Jam/UMe

105 97 695 Thriller - Michael Jackson ( 1 ) Epic/Legacy

106 115 50 Hungover - Ella Langley ( 49 ) SAWGOD/Columbia

107 86 98 1989 (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

108 111 372 AM - Arctic Monkeys ( 6 ) Domino

109 124 247 Channel Orange - Frank Ocean ( 2 ) Def Jam/UMe

110 109 439 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar ( 1 ) Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope/UMe

111 114 376 Scorpion - Drake ( 1 ) Young Money/Cash Money/Republic/UMe

112 101 635 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 ) MCA Records/Geffen/UMe

113 105 53 Child Of God - Forrest Frank ( 28 ) river house records/10K Projects

114 119 351 50 Number Ones - George Strait ( 1 ) MCA Nashville/MCA

115 116 162 Greatest Hits - Creed ( 15 ) The Bicycle Music Company/Craft/Concord

116 121 440 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller ( 8 ) TrapSoul/RCA

117 108 162 Toxicity - System of a Down ( 1 ) American/Columbia/Legacy

118 120 20 What Not To - Tucker Wetmore ( 15 ) Tucker Wetmore/Back Blocks/EMI Nashville/Mercury/MCA/Republic

119 99 216 35 Biggest Hits - Toby Keith ( 1 ) Show Dog-Universal/UMe

120 102 200 Red (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

121 ** 1 Double Infinity - Big Thief ( 121 ) 4AD

122 123 250 Starting Over - Chris Stapleton ( 3 ) Mercury Nashville/MCA

123 129 176 I Never Liked You - Future ( 1 ) Freebandz/Epic

124 125 48 Beautifully Broken - Jelly Roll ( 1 ) Bailee & Buddy/Stoney Creek/BMG/Republic

125 131 4 Wishbone - Conan Gray ( 3 ) Republic

126 106 904 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers - Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 ) Tuff Gong/Island/UMe

127 96 9 This Is For - Twice ( 6 ) JYP/Imperial/Republic

128 122 308 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates - Daryl Hall John Oates ( 34 ) RCA/Legacy

129 133 117 Religiously. The Album. - Bailey Zimmerman ( 7 ) Elektra/Warner Music Nashville/3EE/WMN

130 137 397 Graduation - Kanye West ( 1 ) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/UMe

131 159 27 Mutt - Leon Thomas ( 35 ) EZMNY/Motown/ICLG

132 140 605 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey ( 2 ) Polydor/Interscope/UMe

133 ** 1 All Night Days - Rob Thomas ( 133 ) Universal/Republic

134 128 323 All Time Greatest Hits - Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 45 ) MCA Records/Geffen/UMe

135 130 129 Gettin' Old - Luke Combs ( 4 ) River House/Columbia Nashville/SMN

136 136 66 Brat - Charli xcx ( 3 ) Atlantic/AG

137 132 741 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses ( 3 ) Geffen/UMe

138 149 140 Thank Me Later - Drake ( 1 ) Young Money/Cash Money/Republic/UMe

139 141 46 CHROMAKOPIA - Tyler, the Creator ( 1 ) Columbia

140 138 745 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars ( 3 ) Elektra/3EE

141 143 591 Greatest Hits - 2Pac ( 3 ) Amaru/Death Row/Interscope/UMe

142 147 17 BORONDO - Beele ( 56 ) Hear This Music/5020

143 150 73 OK Computer - Radiohead ( 21 ) XL

144 126 534 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Taylor Swift

145 135 134 The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance ( 2 ) Reprise/Warner

146 152 64 Exodo - Peso Pluma ( 5 ) Double P

147 142 533 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson ( 31 ) Epic/Legacy

148 156 382 Goodbye & Good Riddance - Juice WRLD ( 4 ) Grade A/Interscope/UMe

149 158 135 The Best Of Sade - Sade ( 9 ) Epic/Legacy

150 139 75 Demon Days - Gorillaz ( 6 ) Parlophone/Warner

151 112 15 Whirlwind - Lainey Wilson ( 8 ) Broken Bow/BMG/BBMG

152 163 116 Genesis - Peso Pluma ( 3 ) Double P

153 134 394 Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA ( 25 ) Polar/Polydor/UMe

154 154 28 House Of Balloons - The Weeknd ( 113 ) XO/Republic/UMe

155 160 111 Utopia - Travis Scott ( 1 ) Cactus Jack/Epic

156 162 77 We Don't Trust You - Future & Metro Boomin ( 1 ) Boominati/Freebandz/Republic/Epic

157 145 45 Restless Mind - Sam Barber ( 48 ) Lockeland Springs/Atlantic/AG

158 144 439 Teenage Dream - Katy Perry ( 1 ) Capitol/UMe

159 146 584 Greatest Hits - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 ) Hideout/Capitol/UMe

160 168 164 Freudian - Daniel Caesar ( 25 ) Golden Child

161 164 371 ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott ( 1 ) Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle/Epic

162 155 89 Parachutes - Coldplay ( 51 ) Parlophone/Atlantic/AG

163 153 229 Evermore - Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

164 148 9 JACKBOYS 2 - JACKBOYS & Travis Scott ( 1 ) Cactus Jack/Epic

165 161 96 Higher - Chris Stapleton ( 3 ) Sound/Mercury Nashville/MCA

166 173 87 Leather - Cody Johnson ( 18 ) CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN

167 175 489 ANTI - Rihanna ( 1 ) Westbury Road/Roc Nation

168 RE 214 Currents - Tame Impala ( 4 ) Modular/Interscope/UMe

169 180 307 Over It - Summer Walker ( 2 ) LVRN/Interscope/UMe

170 31 90 Emails I Can't Send - Sabrina Carpenter ( 23 ) Island/Republic

171 171 18 Even In Arcadia - Sleep Token ( 1 ) Sleep Token/RCA

172 ** 1 Who Is The Sky? - David Byrne ( 172 ) Matador

173 172 397 More Life - Drake ( 1 ) Young Money/Cash Money/Republic/UMe

174 166 45 Last Lap - Rod Wave ( 2 ) Alamo

175 198 31 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) - Teddy Swims ( 4 ) SWIMS Int./Warner

176 185 134 One - X - Three Days Grace ( 5 ) Jive/RCA/Legacy

177 151 309 IGOR - Tyler, the Creator ( 1 ) Columbia

178 165 103 Greatest Hits - Aerosmith ( 36 ) Aerodisc/Capitol/UMe

179 169 55 Incomodo - Tito Double P ( 11 ) Double P

180 181 562 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole ( 1 ) Cole World/Dreamville/Interscope/UMe

181 170 18 No Vacancy - Treaty Oak Revival ( 164 ) TOR

182 194 41 Cosa Nuestra - Rauw Alejandro ( 6 ) Duars/Sony Music Latin

183 191 32 The Select - Ty Myers ( 66 ) RECORDS/Columbia

184 174 310 Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne ( 1 ) Cash Money/Republic/UMe

185 40 91 The Diamond Collection - Post Malone ( 11 ) Mercury/Republic

186 RE 12 King Of Hearts - Brandon Lake ( 7 ) Brandon Lake/Essential/PLG

187 157 501 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles ( 1 ) Asylum/Elektra/Rhino

188 190 142 Heroes & Villains - Metro Boomin ( 1 ) Boominati/Republic

189 RE 15 Charm - Clairo ( 8 ) Clairo/Good Buddy

190 RE 125 AI YoungBoy 2 - YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 ) Never Broke Again/Atlantic/AG

191 192 11 Grace - Jeff Buckley ( 149 ) Columbia/Legacy

192 193 61 Am I Okay? - Megan Moroney ( 9 ) Megan Moroney/Columbia Nashville/SMN/Columbia

193 187 213 The Highlights - The Weeknd ( 2 ) XO/Republic

194 195 805 Metallica - Metallica ( 1 ) Blackened

195 176 97 20 Number Ones - Thomas Rhett ( 22 ) Valory/BMLG

196 178 4 Learn The Hard Way - Jordan Davis ( 32 ) MCA Nashville/MCA

197 199 12 Redencion - Dareyes de La Sierra ( 133 ) Double P

198 RE 121 Top - YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 ) Never Broke Again/Artist Partner Group/Atlantic/AG

199 RE 78 Tha Carter IV - Lil Wayne ( 1 ) Young Money/Cash Money/Republic

200 186 9 Beloved - Giveon ( 8 ) Not So Fast/Epic

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Soundtrack Hits No. 1 on the Billboard 200

By Keith Caulfield | 9/14/2025

The soundtrack to Netflix’s animated film KPop Demon Hunters hits No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time, rising 2-1 on the chart dated Sept. 20, after seven nonconsecutive weeks in the runner-up slot. The set earned 128,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Sept. 11 (up 7%), according to Luminate, marking the album’s best week yet. The surge to No. 1 follows the album’s deluxe reissue on Sept. 5 with additional tracks, plus the wide release of its CD that day.

KPop Demon Hunters’ rise to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was preceded by four top 10-charted hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart — the most from a soundtrack in nearly 30 years, with the soundtrack the first ever with four simultaneous top 10s. Among those is the No. 1 “Golden” by HUNTR/X — the trio of EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI (the singing voices of the film’s characters Rumi, Mira and Zoey).

KPop Demon Hunters is the Billboard 200’s first No. 1 soundtrack in three-and-a-half years, since another animated film, Encanto, saw its companion album spend nine nonconsecutive weeks on top (Jan. 15-March 19, 2022).

Notably, as KPop Demon Hunters climbs to No. 1 in its 12th week on the chart, it completes the longest wait to reach No. 1 since Toby Keith’s 2008 release 35 Biggest Hits re-entered the chart at No. 1 on the Feb. 17, 2024-dated list, following his death that Feb. 5. The last album with a longer continuous climb to No. 1 than KPop Demon Hunters was The Kid LAROI’s F*ck Love, which jumped 26-1 in its 53rd consecutive chart week, on the Aug. 7, 2021, list. The latter vaulted to No. 1 following two reissues during that tracking week.

Meawhile, the last soundtrack to take a longer journey to No. 1 was O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which rose 2-1 in its 63rd continuous week on the chart, on the March 23, 2002-dated list. Its ascent to the top was aided by its Grammy Award win for album of the year at the 44th annual ceremony that Feb. 27.

Plus, KPop Demon Hunters spent seven nonconsecutive weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 before reaching No. 1. That’s the longest wait an album endured in the runner-up spot before leading the Billboard 200 in nearly a half-century: In October-November 1977, Linda Ronstadt’s Simple Dreams logged nine weeks at No. 2 before topping the chart at last. (Stray Cats’ Built for Speed holds the record for the most weeks peaking at No. 2: 15 in 1982-83.)

Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200: Justin Bieber’s SWAG vaults 17-4 following its deluxe expansion with 23 additional tracks, and sombr’s I Barely Know Her reaches the top 10 for the first time, rising 12-10 in its third week, following the artist’s performance on the MTV Video Music Awards (Sept. 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, 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 KPop Demon Hunters’ 128,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 103,000 (up less than 1%, equaling 141.08 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — it rises 2-1 on Top Streaming Albums for its first week on top), album sales comprise 23,000 (up 56%; it’s pushed down 3-4 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 2,000 (down 7%).

In the tracking week, the soundtrack got a boost from its deluxe reissue as a digital download and streaming album on Sept. 5 with 23 additional tracks. The additional cuts are mostly sing-along, instrumental and a cappella versions of the album’s hit songs. The album’s sales gain was aided by the wide release of its standard 12-track CD to brick-and-mortar retailers. It is available in five CD variants, each containing a poster and randomized photocard. A vinyl release for the project is expected Oct. 17.

KPop Demon Hunters premiered on June 20 in a limited theatrical release in the U.S. (in three movie theaters), and on Netflix, alongside its soundtrack. The film returned to theaters, this time nationwide, for a limited engagement on Aug. 23-24 as a sing-along version. The same sing-along version hit Netflix on Aug. 25.

In the tracking week ending Sept. 7, the animated film was No. 2 in its 12th week on Netflix’s Top 10 Movies in United States chart, with four of those weeks at No. 1. The movie now stands as the most popular original Netflix film to date.

KPop Demon Hunters is the seventh animated film soundtrack to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200, since the list began publishing on a regular weekly basis in March 1956. It follows Encanto (nine weeks at No. 1, 2022), Frozen II (one week, 2019), Frozen (13, 2014), Jack Johnson’s Curious George (one, 2006), Pocahontas (one, 1995) and The Lion King (10, 1994-95).

KPop Demon Hunters ends a dry spell for soundtracks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It’s been three years and six months since Encanto spent its ninth and final week atop the list (dated March 19, 2022). That’s the longest the chart has gone without a soundtrack at No. 1 since the three-year and nearly eight-month gap between the second and final week at No. 1 for Armageddon (July 25, 1998) and the first of two weeks at No. 1 for O Brother, Where Art Thou? (March 23, 2002).

Back on the latest Billboard 200, Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend falls to No. 2 with 119,000 equivalent album units earned (down 68%) after debuting at No. 1 a week ago. Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping I’m the Problem is a non-mover at No. 3 with 98,000 (down 6%).

Justin Bieber’s SWAG surges 17-4 with 80,000 equivalent album units (up 223%) after it was surprise reissued in a deluxe edition as a digital download and streaming album on Sept. 5 with 23 additional tracks. The deluxe edition is dubbed SWAG II and contains the original SWAG album’s 21 tracks, along with an additional 23 bonus tracks. The original SWAG album was also a surprise affair, arriving on July 11 with little notice; it debuted at its No. 2 best. All versions of SWAG are combined for tracking and charting purposes.

SWAG also gets an assist from the release of the standard 21-track album’s release on CD and via two deluxe CD boxed sets (each containing a branded T-shirt and a copy of the standard SWAG album).

Alex Warren’s You’ll Be Alright, Kid is a non-mover at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (up less than 1%). SZA’s chart-topping SOS climbs 9-6 (just over 33,000, down 2%), Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time dips 6-7 (33,000, down 6%), Stray Kids’ chart-topping KARMA falls 4-8 (32,000, down 49%), and Gunna’s The Last Wun falls 8-9 (31,000, down 10%).

Closing out the top 10 is sombr’s debut studio album I Barely Know Her, which rises 12-10 in its third week on the chart — and its first week in the top 10. The set earned 29,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week (up 5%). The rise comes after sombr performed a medley of the album’s “Back to Friends” and “12 to 12” on the MTV Video Music Awards broadcast on CBS on Sept. 7. Prior to the album’s ascent to the top 10, its singles “Back to Friends” and “Undressed” both hit the top 30 of the Hot 100 and the top 20 of the all-genre Streaming Songs chart.

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