The Billboard 200 welcomes a wave of new music this week, as five albums enter the chart’s top 10 — led by Doja Cat, Young Thug, Mariah Carey, and Olivia Dean. Meanwhile, The K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack returns to No. 1 for a second week, earning 102,000 equivalent album units.
Doja Cat lands her fourth top 10 album with Vie, debuting at No. 4 with 57,000 units earned. Of that total, 31,000 came from streaming (40 million on-demand plays) and 26,000 from album sales, marking her best-ever sales week.
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Young Thug secures his ninth top 10 album, with UY SCUTI opening at No. 6 with 52,000 units. The legendary Mariah Carey claims her 19th Billboard 200 top 10 album as Here for It All debuts at No. 7 with 47,000 units. Nearly 39,000 of those came from pure album sales — enough to secure No. 1 on Top Album Sales this week. Carey now stands alone as the woman with the third-most top 10 albums, trailing only Barbra Streisand and Madonna.
British singer-songwriter Olivia Dean makes a striking U.S. debut as The Art of Loving opens at No. 8 with 43,000 units. The album’s success is driven by Dean’s breakout track “Man I Need,” which is surging on streaming platforms.
Rounding out the top debuts, K-pop group P1Harmony scores their first-ever Billboard 200 top 10 as EX enters at No. 9 with 40,000 units.
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