{"id":799901,"date":"2026-08-02T20:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T20:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799901\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T20:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T20:36:11","slug":"morgan-wallens-im-the-problem-returns-to-no-1-on-billboard-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/799901\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m the Problem’ Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMorgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s I\u2019m the Problem returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200<\/a> chart for a 14th nonconsecutive week on top, as the album steps 3-1 on the list dated Aug. 8. The album \u2014 which debuted more than a year ago and has never left the top 10 \u2014 earned 80,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the tracking week ending July 30 (up 7%), according to Luminate.<\/p>\n

\n\tWallen is likely benefiting from publicity and promotion around a newly released song \u2014 which is not on the album \u2014 titled \u201cBeen by Now.\u201d The track arrived on July 24, the first day of the new chart\u2019s tracking week. (Since the song is not on any of Wallen\u2019s albums, and is a stand-alone track, it does not contribute any chart activity to an album.) Wallen performed the cut for the first time live<\/a> on July 18 at the Baltimore stop of his Still the Problem Tour. The stadium trek, which launched in April, wrapped on Aug. 1 in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s been nearly seven months since I\u2019m the Problem was last No. 1, on the Jan. 17-dated chart, for its 13th No. 1 frame. Before that, it tallied 12 nonconsecutive weeks from its No. 1 debut on May 31, 2025, through Aug. 30.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith I\u2019m the Problem back at No. 1, it\u2019s the second time this year that an album has returned to the top after more than seven months. On the Feb. 28-dated chart, Bad Bunny\u2019s DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS hopped 2-1, for a fifth nonconsecutive week on the list, and for its first week at No. 1 in nearly eight months. Before that, it was last No. 1 on the May 17, 2025, chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200<\/a> chart, Charli xcx\u2019s new studio album Music, Fashion, Film debuts at No. 3 with 78,000 equivalent album units earned. It\u2019s the fourth top 10-charted set for the singer-songwriter (and second this year), and marks her largest debut week by equivalent album units.<\/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 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid\/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Aug. 8, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on\u00a0Billboard\u2018s website on Aug. 4. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.<\/p>\n

\n\tOf I\u2019m the Problem\u2019s 80,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 78,000 (up 6%, equaling 80.88 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s tracks; it spends a 24th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 1,500 (up 31%) and TEA units comprise about 500 (up 8%).<\/p>\n

\n\tOlivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1 you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love is a non-mover at No. 2, with just under 80,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8%).<\/p>\n

\n\tCharli xcx<\/a> collects her fourth top 10 on the Billboard 200 as Music, Fashion, Film starts at No. 3 with 78,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 57,000 (her best sales week; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales \u2014 her first leader there), SEA units comprise 21,000 (equaling 21.74 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it debuts at No. 23 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe set was released for sale in its first week across 15 vinyl variants (including threes signed editions), four CD variants (including two signed editions), four digital download editions (including one with three additional B-sides) and one cassette.<\/p>\n

\n\tMusic, Fashion, Film was announced<\/a> on June 1. Its release on July 24 was preceded by the Billboard Hot 100-charting hit \u201cRock Music.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new album is Charli xcx\u2019s second top 10 on the Billboard 200 in 2026, following her Wuthering Heights soundtrack, which debuted and peaked at No. 8 on the Feb. 28 chart. She\u2019s the only woman, and third act overall, to have at least two debuts in the top 10 in 2026. Drake logged three simultaneous debuts on the May 30-dated chart with ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR and ATEEZ notched two debuts in the top 10 in February and July with GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4 and GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe next five titles on the latest Billboard 200 are all former No. 1s. Ella Langley\u2019s Dandelion is steady at No. 4 (74,000 equivalent album units earned, up 3%); Noah Kahan\u2019s The Great Divide is a non-mover at No. 5 (62,000, down 1%); Drake\u2019s ICEMAN is stationary at No. 6 (53,000, down 5%); Wallen\u2019s One Thing at a Time rises 10-7 (40,000, up 4%); and Michael Jackson\u2019s Thriller holds at No. 8 (39,000, down 3%).<\/p>\n

\n\tRounding out the top 10: Olivia Dean\u2019s The Art of Loving (up 11-9 with 37,000 equivalent album units earned, up 1%) and Kahan\u2019s Stick Season (12-10 with 35,000, down 1%).<\/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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