Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” collected 126,000 equivalent-album units in the United States during the week ended Aug. 14, securing an 11th non-consecutive week at the top of the Billboard 200, according to Luminate. The country star’s third full-length has now spent eight of its 12 charting weeks at No. 1, cementing Wallen’s position as the year’s dominant album seller and streamer. The soundtrack to Netflix’s animated hit “KPop Demon Hunters” posted its strongest U.S. frame yet with 104,000 units, holding steady at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 for a fourth straight week. Overseas, the project set a new benchmark in the United Kingdom, amassing 18,631 streaming-equivalent sales to claim the highest one-week total ever recorded by a soundtrack, surpassing 2023’s “Barbie.” Lead single “Golden” also returned to No. 1 on the U.K. Official Singles Chart, becoming the first K-pop song to spend more than one week at the summit. Hip-hop and rock arrivals reshaped the rest of the U.S. top five. Gunna’s “The Last Wun” opened at No. 3 with 80,000 units, followed by Machine Gun Kelly’s “lost americana” at No. 4 on 63,000 units, driven largely by physical sales. Social-media personality Alex Warren’s “You’ll Be Alright, Kid” edged up one slot to No. 5 with 42,000 units. Additional debuts included Jonas Brothers’ “Greetings From Your Hometown” at No. 6 on 39,000 units, while Japanese metal act BABYMETAL landed its first Billboard 200 top-ten entry as “METAL FORTH” premiered at No. 9 with 36,000 units. SZA’s long-running “SOS” rounded out the top ten and logged its 100th week in the region, the first album by a woman to achieve the milestone.
Billboard 200: #10(-2) @sza, SOS 35,000 (7,935,000 units since release). *peak: #1 for 13 weeks*
Billboard 200: #9(new) BABYMETAL (@BABYMETAL_JAPAN), METAL FORTH 36,000 [3.28 million on-demand streams | 33,500 pure sales].
Billboard 200: #8(-1) @MorganWallen, One Thing At A Time 38,000 (9,503,000 units since release). *peak: #1 for 19 weeks*