Taylor Swift Kicked Morgan Wallen Off The Billboard 200 Summit With 'Midnights' Return

Taylor Swift is forcing Morgan Wallen to a full stop as she recently ended his 12 consecutive reigns at the Billboard 200 album charts summit. "Midnights" successfully trumped "One Thing At A Time" at the summit after "Midnights (Til Dawn Edition)" was released last year.

Swift makes a triumphant return to the top, securing its sixth nonconsecutive spot on the genre-blending chart.

Taylor Swift 'Midnights' vs Morgan Wallen 'One Thing At A Time'

According to a recent Billboard report, "Midnights" returned to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was revealed that the album racked up 282,000 album-equivalent units. This is so far the second biggest number that any album at the No. 1 spot this year has amassed next to "One Thing At A Time's" debut week of 501,000 album units.

Primarily, "Midnights" returning to the summit is driven by the release of the second deluxe edition of "Midnights (Til Dawn Edition)." However, the version wasn't released that widely. It was only made available through streaming services, digital retailers, and Swift's web stores.

"Midnights (Til Dawn Edition)" was composed of the original 13 tracks, selected seven bonus tracks from the "3am Edition," "Hits Different" from the Target exclusive album, and a longer version of "Snow on the Beach" with more Lana Del Rey vocals, and finally "Karma (Remix)" featuring Ice Spice.

Another iteration of "Midnights" was also released shortly after, "Midnights (The Late Night Edition)," which also comprised the said tracks, along with a "From The Vault" record, "You're Losing Me." The said album iteration was only made available to her merchandise store on her The Eras Tour stops and for a short time on her web store.

As of this writing, it is not yet known whether the album and the track can be streamed or released officially online. A version of the said song has been making rounds on social media but is not the official one.

Morgan Wallen 'One Thing At A Time' Billboard 200

Luminate further reported that the album sales for "Midnights' rocketed to 196,000, which is a 1529% increase in sales, making it the largest sales week for any album this year. Streaming racked up 80,000 units and track units with 6,000.

As for "One Thing At A Time," it was bumped to No. 2, officially ending its 12 consecutive week reign at the top. It dipped to 126,000 album equivalent units only this week, which is a 2% decline from last week.

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