Bad Bunny beats Taylor Swift in tight race to take over No. 1 spot

bad bunny‘S “View more photosAfter this it reached number 1 First full tracking weekIt became the reggaeton star’s fourth album to reach the peak. It was a tight race to reach the summit as the 17-song set climbed to No. 1 with only 1,000 units sold. Taylor Swift‘S “Lovers (Live From Paris)The vinyl reissue, which the singer put on sale on her webstore on January 7.

In the tracking week ending January 16, “Debbie Tirar Mass Photos” earned 203,500 units, as Swift’s “Lover: Live from Paris” followed with 202,500 units (all from album sales) after being re-released on vinyl. Re-entered the list (161,000 sold for the week), and released as a digital download for the first time. Went.

Bad Bunny debuted at No. 2 with only five days of activity this past week, as Billboard (and its data partner Luminate) only counted units from Friday through Thursday, while “Debbie” was released on Sunday (January 5). Had happened. The main reason “Debbie” climbed to the top was its first full week of streaming activity, which included 264 million streams. The Spanish-language album was only available as a standard LP and as a digital download for purchase. Traditional album sales were recorded at just under 8,000 compared to album activity during the week.

It’s a completely opposite story for Swift whose album was exclusively only available for purchase as a vinyl LP or download. Swift’s vinyl copies sold out almost immediately, allowing “Lover (Live from Paris)” to easily surpass its previous peak of number 58. billboard 200 chart. After an initial – and very limited – drop in February 2023, the “Live from Paris” edition sold for over $1,000 at second-hand retail outlets and webstores.

It is the best-selling album of the week and the highest-charting live album on the Billboard 200 in five years (also the single biggest sales week for a live album on vinyl since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991). . Since Lionel Richie’s 2019 release, “Hello from Las Vegas”, no live album has charted as high.

Aside from Swift and Bad Bunny, there are no new releases in the top 10 this week: SZA’s “SOS” at No. 3, followed by Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX” at No. 4, Lil Baby’s “Wham” at No. Has slipped. 5 at number 1 after one week and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short N’ Sweet” at number 6. Billie Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft” remains at number 7; Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” is at number 9; And Gracie Abrams’ “The Secret of Us” is at the top spot at No. 10.

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