


The best-of effort contains such hits as “Blinding Lights” and the resurgent “Die for You” (from The Weeknd’s studio albums After Hours and Starboy, respectively). The Weeknd’s compilation album The Highlights jumps back to the top 10, climbing 36-5 with 44,000 equivalent album units earned (up 185%). 2 (73,000 equivalent album units down 10%), followed by Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains (56,000 down 2%) and Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss (47,000 down 7%). 1s and are non-movers as compared to their ranks a week ago. 1, and seven of them are by Adele and Swift. Since I Dreamed a Dream, eight albums by women have spent at least six weeks at No. 1 was Susan Boyle, who saw her debut effort I Dreamed a Dream top the list for six total weeks (Dec. The last album by a woman not named Adele, Swift or SZA to spend at least six weeks at No. 1 have been those by Adele, Taylor Swift and SZA. Incredibly, in the last decade-plus, the only albums by women with six or more weeks at No. (R&B/hip-hop and R&B albums are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top R&B Albums charts, respectively.)

Further, SOS is the first R&B album, from any act, to spend its first six weeks at No. 1 was Janet Jackson’s janet., which led the list for its first six weeks (June 5-July 10, 1993). 1 in late 1995 and early 1996.Īnd, the last R&B/hip-hop or R&B album by a woman to spend its first six weeks at No. 1 among R&B/hip-hop or R&B albums by women since Mariah Carey’s Daydream, which notched six nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 for an R&B album since Usher’s Confessions was tops for nine nonconsecutive weeks in 2004. 1 on the Billboard 200 among R&B/hip-hop albums since Drake’s Views notched 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 19, SEA units comprise 118,000 (down 3%, equaling 160.1 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise a little over 500 (down 77%) and TEA units comprise 500 units (up 18%). Of SOS’ 119,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Jan.
