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\n\tTaylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl spends its first month atop the Billboard 200<\/a> chart, as it racks up its fourth straight week at No. 1 (on the chart dated Nov. 8). It earned 146,000 equivalent album units (down 25%) in the United States in the week ending Oct. 30, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Life of a Showgirl is only the second album in 2025 to spend its first month at No. 1, following Morgan Wallen\u2019s I\u2019m the Problem (which spent its first eight weeks atop the list, of its total 12 at No. 1). Swift\u2019s own The Tortured Poets Department spent its first 12 weeks at No. 1 in 2024, of its total 17 weeks atop the list.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith The Life of a Showgirl spending a fourth week at No. 1, Swift adds her 90th career week at No. 1 on the chart, extending her record among soloists<\/a>. Elvis Presley has the second-most among soloists, with 67. The total encompasses her 15 No. 1 albums, the most among soloists. Only The Beatles have more weeks at No. 1 (132) and more No. 1 albums (19) among all artists.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, new releases from Daniel Caesar, Brandi Carlile and Demi Lovato all debut.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 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. The new, Nov. 8, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on\u00a0Billboard\u2018s website on Nov. 4. For all chart news<\/a>, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n

\n\tOf The Life of a Showgirl\u2019s 146,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 121,000 (down 22%, equaling 157.82 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks \u2014 it\u2019s No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for a fourth week), album sales comprise 22,000 (down 41%; it falls 1-3 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 3,000 (up 411%).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe chart-topping KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack is a non-mover at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 (84,000 equivalent album units earned, down 12%), while I\u2019m the Problem is also stationary at No. 3 (76,000, down 8%).<\/p>\n

\n\tDaniel Caesar collects his first top 10 album as Son of Spergy debuts at No. 4 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned \u2014 his best week by units ever. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 26,000 (equaling 34.11 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks, marking his best streaming week ever; it debuts at No. 10 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 17,000 (his best sales week ever; it debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n

\n\tSon of Spergy is Caesar\u2019s fourth charted effort on the Billboard 200 in total, and all of them have reached the top 40. Previously, he charted with Never Enough (No. 14 peak in 2023), Case Study 01 (No. 17 in 2019) and Freudian (No. 25 in 2017).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new album\u2019s first-week sales were aided by its availability across five vinyl variants (including one signed), two CD iterations (one of them signed), alongside a standard digital download album.<\/p>\n

\n\tSon of Spergy was preceded by three charting entries on Billboard\u2019s Hot R&B Songs chart: \u201cHave a Baby (With Me)\u201d (No. 17 peak in August), \u201cCall On Me\u201d (No. 17 in September) and \u201cMoon\u201d (featuring Bon Iver) (No. 16 in October).<\/p>\n

\n\tSabrina Carpenter\u2019s former leader Man\u2019s Best Friend holds at No. 5 on the latest Billboard 200 (42,000 equivalent album units earned, down 3%), while Olivia Dean\u2019s The Art of Loving rises 7-6 (39,000 units, up 5%).<\/p>\n

\n\tBrandi Carlile captures her fifth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Returning to Myself debuts at No. 7 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 32,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 3,000 (equaling 4.31 million on-demand official streams of the album\u2019s tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn total, Returning to Myself is Carlile\u2019s 10th charted effort on the Billboard 200. Of those, five have reached the top 10: Returning to Myself, Who Believes in Angels? (her collaborative album with Elton John; No. 9 in April); By the Way, I Forgive You (No. 5 in 2018), The Firewatcher\u2019s Daughter (No. 9 in 2015) and Bear Creek (No. 10 in 2012).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new album was preceded by its first radio-promoted single, its title track, which reached No. 12 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart in October.<\/p>\n

\n\tReturning to Myself\u2019s first-week sales were bolstered by the set\u2019s availability across five vinyl variants (including one signed edition), two CD iterations (including one signed), a commentary edition of the album at digital retail, and a standard digital download album.<\/p>\n

\n\tCardi B\u2019s former No. 1 AM I THE DRAMA? falls 6-8 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned (down 20%).<\/p>\n

\n\tDemi Lovato scores her 10th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as It\u2019s Not That Deep debuts at No. 9 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 24,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 7,000 (equaling 9.78 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe album was preceded by two of its tracks that reached Billboard\u2019s Hot Dance\/Pop Songs chart: \u201cFast\u201d (No. 8 in August) and \u201cHere All Night\u201d (No. 13 in September).<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s Not That Deep\u2019s first-week sales were enhanced by its availability across six vinyl variants (including one signed), two CDs (one signed), a cassette, an artist webstore-exclusive download album with three bonus tracks, an iTunes Store-exclusive edition with one bonus track, and a standard digital download album.<\/p>\n

\n\tClosing out the new top 10 on the latest Billboard 200 is SZA\u2019s former No. 1 SOS, which falls 8-10 with nearly 31,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%).<\/p>\n

\n\tLuminate, the independent data provider to the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with\u00a0Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.<\/p>\n


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