Despite the concert cancelations he had in the past few weeks, Morgan Wallen is still making career strides as he notched his tenth week at the top of the Billboard 200 charts with his album, "One Thing at A Time."
He becomes the first male soloist to reach 10 weeks for a back-to-back album on the albums chart ever since the publication started publishing in 1956.
Morgan Wallen Billboard 200 Milestone Explained
According to Billboard, Morgan Wallen's "One Thing at A Time" tied its preceding album, "Dangerous: The Double Album" on its stay at the genre-blending albums chart.
"Dangerous" spent its first 10 weeks at the top, meanwhile, "One Thing" spent 10 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 already.
Luminate crunched the numbers and reported that "One Thing" racked up 141,000 album-equivalent units this week, bigger than Ed Sheeran's latest album "Subtract (-)," which launched at No. 2 with 112,000.
Artists With Back to Back Albums Staying For 10 Weeks or More At #1
Wallen joins an elite group of artists who notched 10 weeks in a back-to-back album release at the charts - Whitney Houston, Adele, The Monkees, and The Kingston Trio.
Male Artists With Albums Staying For 10 Weeks or More At #1
If we were talking about a male-only league, Wallen becomes the third solo artist to have at least two albums in the chart and spend 10 or more weeks at the summit. Composer Henry Mancini and rock icon Elvis Presley were the first two people who accomplished this achievement. He is also the first country artist to do this.
Artists With Albums Staying For 10 Weeks or More At #1
Because of this momentous feat, the country music superstar also joined the likes of The Beatles, Taylor Swift, Adele, Whitney Houston, The Kingston Trio, and The Monkees with two or more albums staying atop for ten weeks or more.
Listen to his album below:
Billboard 200 Charts Ranking
With Wallen and Sheeran at the first two spots, Taylor Swift's "Midnights" remained unfazed at No. 3, "SZA" at No. 4, and Wallen's "Dangerous" at No. 5.
LE SSERAFIM's "Unforgiven debuts at No. 6 with 45,000 album-equivalent units. Swift's "Lover" surged at No. 7, while Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti" climbed to No. 8, Luke Comb's "Gettin' Old" dips to No. 9, as Metro Boomin's "Heroes and Villains" rounds the Top 10.
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