Credit: SZA
The R&B diva SZA is still at the top of the Billboard 200 list after her sophomore album SOS earned 180,000 equivalent album units in the United States during the week ending December 22, according to Billboard.
In its first week, SOS sold 315,000 album equivalent units. In contrast, Ctrl, SZA’s debut album from 2017, launched and reached No. 3 with 60,000 units sold.
Since Beyoncé, SZA is the first Black female artist to have her album spend the first two weeks at the top of the Billboard 200. Bey achieved this achievement with her self-titled album from 2013.
Midnights, Taylor Swift’s most recent full-length album, maintained its No. 2 position thanks to 155,000 album equivalent units.
As the first member of BTS to place a solo album inside the Top 10, RM is a newcomer to this week’s Top 10. With Indigo, which re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 3 with 83,000 equivalent album units, RM achieves his first top-10 charting album. Dec. 16 saw the release of the album.
Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains, which debuted at No. 4 with 76,000 equivalent album units, and Michael Buble’s Christmas, which debuted at No. 5 with 72,000 equivalent album units, round out the remainder of the Top 5.
.@sza's 'SOS' becomes the first album by a black female artist to spend its first two weeks on the Billboard 200 at #1 since @Beyonce's 'Beyoncé'.
— chart data (@chartdata) December 26, 2022