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Sunday, October 1, 2023

SZA's 'SOS' Earns Record 41st Week At No. 1 On Billboard's Top R&B Albums Chart

SZA's SOS has broken the record for most weeks atop Billboard's Top R&B Albums Chart.

When the blockbuster album was ranked at No. 1 for the 41st week on the chart dated September 30, SOS broke the 40 weeks tie with The Weeknd's After Hours.

After Hours reigned the R&B Albums Chart for 40 weeks during April 2020 - June 2021.

SOS earned 53,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week ending September 21, according to Luminate.

SOS' other achievements on Billboard's charts include No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, "Kill Bill", a single from the album dominating the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 21-weeks.

SOS is the second studio album by the singer-songwriter, which was released on December 9, 2022. i I features guest appearances from Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard.

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Doja Cat's 'Paint The Town Red' Tops U.K. Singles Chart For Third Straight Week

Doja Cat's "Paint The Town Red" has topped the U.K.'s Official Singles Chart for the third straight week.

"Paint The Town Red," a song from Doja's just-released fourth album Scarlet, racked up 6.2 million U.K. streams in the latest charting week, according to U.K. Official Charts.

Earlier this month, "Paint The Town Red" became Doja Cat's first-ever U.K. No. 1 single, and it continued the dominance on the chart in the following two weeks despite strong competition from Olivia Rodrigo.

"Vampire," from Rodrigo's No. 1 album GUTS, follow "Paint The Town Red" at No. 2.

South Africa-born, Southampton-raised singer-songwriter and producer Kenya Grace's "Strangers" went nine steps up the chart to secure the third spot.

The Official Singles chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on sales of downloads, CDs, vinyl, audio streams and video streams.

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Rod Wave's 'Nostalgia' Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200

Rod Wave's Nostalgia has debuted atop the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart, earning the rapper his third No. 1.

Nostalgia bowed with 137,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending September 21, according to Luminate.

Wave has previously topped the Billboard 200 with his last two full-length projects, Beautiful Mind (2022) and SoulFly (2021). He's only the second artist, following Taylor Swift, to have notched a new No. 1 album in each of the last three years.

Of Nostalgia's 137,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 135,000, equaling 187.51 million on-demand official streams of the set's 18 songs, album sales comprise 1,500 and TEA units comprise 500.

Meanwhile, Olivia Rodrigo's Guts dropped to No. 2 after debuting atop the tally, as the set earned 134,000 equivalent album units in its second week, down 56%.

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