Country Superstar Morgan Wallen's new album 'One Thing At A Time' is back #1 on the United World Chart, scoring another 232,000 equivalent sales units and a total of 1,050 Million in its 3rd week on the list! The Album debuted with huge sales of 536,000 equivalent album units! Last week it dipped 1-2, earning another 282,000 units. 'One Thing at a Time' is Wallen's 3rd studio album released on March 3, 2023, through Big Loud Records. It features 36 tracks, including the singles "You Proof", "Thought You Should Know", "Last Night", the title track and the promotional single "Don't Think Jesus", and collaborations with Eric Church, Hardy and Ernest. The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 with 501,000 album-equivalent units, including 111,500 pure album sales! It's Wallen's 2nd consecutive US #1 album and marks the biggest week of 2023 for album units earned, and overall biggest week for a country album since Red (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift in November 2021. In the week of the album's release, all 36 tracks entered the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the record set by Drake for most songs charting simultaneously, as well as the record for most debuts on the chart, with 27. Wallen also occupied five of the top 10 singles and achieved his first number-one song with "Last Night”!
'Songs Of Surrender', an album of re-recorded tunes by Irish rock legend U2, lands at #2, the highest new entry of the week with 142,000 equivalent sales sold! It comprises new versions of 40 songs from the group's back catalogue, many in stripped-down and acoustic arrangements. In the United States, 'Songs of Surrender' debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 with 46,500 album-equivalent units earned, including 42,000 pure sales, 4,000 streaming equivalent albums and 500 track equivalent albums. It was the band's 13th album to chart in the top 10 in the US. U2 became just the fifth group with a newly-charting title in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s, joining AC/DC, Def Leppard, and Metallica. The album also debuted at #1 on six Billboard charts: Top Album Sales, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums, Vinyl Albums, and Top Current Album Sales. The album's first-week sales of 19,500 vinyl copies in the US was U2's highest-selling week on vinyl since Luminate began electronically tracking sales figures in 1991! In the United Kingdom, 'Songs of Surrender' debuted at #1 on the UK Official Albums Chart with first-week sales of 20,569 units. It was the band's first #1 album in the UK since 'No Line on the Horizon' in 2009, and was their 11th number-one album in the UK, tying with David Bowie on the all-time list. The same week, the album also topped the country's Official Vinyl Albums Chart, while the group's 2006 compilation U218 Singles re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number 38. In Ireland, 'Songs of Surrender' became the group's 10th number-one album in their native country Ireland!
'Ready To Be', the 12th extended play by Korean girl group TWICE dips 1-3, scoring another 139,000 equivalent sales in its 2nd week on the chart and a total of 1,022,000 after landing at #1 with 883,000 sales!
Korean Superstar KAI from the Iconic Group EXO lands at #4 on the United World chart with his dope album 'ROVER' scoring the 2nd highest new entry and 109,000 equivalent units in its 1st week on the chart. The Album debuted at #1 on the Circle Album chart!
Japanese Boy Band NEWS lands at #5 on the United World chart with their new album 'Music 2nd Movement', scoring the 3rd highest new entry and 108,000 equivalent units in its first week!
SZA's record-breaking album and former #1, 'SOS', dips 5-6 on the United World Chart, selling another 97,000 sales in its 15th week on the chart and 2.302.000 total units since its release!
Miley Cyrus' new amazing 'Endless Summer Vacation' slips 3-7 in its 2nd week on the chart earning another 97,000 equivalent album units and 294,000 so far!
Taylor Swift's record-breaking 'Midnights' dips 7-8 on the United World Chart, selling another 94,000 sales and 7.1M so far!
Metro Boomin's 'Heroes & Villains' holds at 9 on the United World Chart, selling another 66,000 units and a total of 1,466.000 so far!
KaRoL G's new album 'Manaña Será Bonito' slips 8-10 in its 4th week on the chart after debuting at #5, and scores another 56,000 equivalent units and 309,000 so far!
