Karol G’s Mañana Será Bonito makes an unprecedented splash on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated March 11), because the set debuts atop the tally. It’s each the primary No. 1 for the artist and the chart’s first No. 1 all-Spanish-language album by a feminine artist.
Beforehand, solely two all-Spanish albums led the checklist, each by Unhealthy Bunny (Un Verano Sin Ti in 2022 and El Ultimo Tour del Mundo in 2020).
(Mañana is successfully an all-Spanish-language effort, save for a handful of English lyrics by visitor artist Sean Paul on one observe.)
Mañana earned 94,000 equal album items within the U.S. within the week ending March 2, in response to Luminate. Its beginning sum was largely powered by streaming exercise.
Additionally within the high 10 of the brand new Billboard 200, Gorillaz accumulate their sixth high 10-charting set with the No. 3 debut of Cracker Island, Yeat achieves his third high 10 with the No. 4 bow of AfterLyfe and Don Toliver nabs his third high 10, as nicely, with the No. 8 arrival of Love Sick. Plus, The Weeknd’s former No. 1 Starboy returns to the highest 10 for the primary time since 2017 (climbing 14-9), following the discharge of a brand new remix for the set’s resurgent “Die for You.”
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the preferred albums of the week within the U.S. primarily based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equal album items, compiled by Luminate. Items comprise album gross sales, observe equal albums (TEA) and streaming equal albums (SEA). Every unit equals one album sale, or 10 particular person tracks offered from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The brand new March 11, 2023-dated chart will likely be posted in full on Billboard‘s web site on March 7. For all chart information, observe @billboard and @billboardcharts on each Twitter and Instagram.
Of Mañana’s 94,000 equal album items earned, SEA items comprise 83,000 (equaling 118.73 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 17 tracks), album gross sales comprise 10,000 and TEA items comprise 1,000. The album’s gross sales had been largely powered by its digital obtain album (8,500), although there was a CD accessible in restricted portions, promoting about 1,500 copies. The digital album was additionally supplied in two various cowl variants on Karol G’s official webstore.
Mañana logs the biggest week, by equal album items earned, for a Latin album by a lady for the reason that chart started measuring by items in December of 2014. (Latin albums are outlined as those who have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s High Latin Albums chart.) Additional, as Mañana generated 118.73 million official on-demand streams for its songs, the set registers the most important streaming week ever for a Latin album by a lady.
Mañana can be the primary Latin album by a lady to succeed in No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since 1995, when Selena’s posthumously-released, mostly-Spanish effort Dreaming of You topped the checklist for one week. (The 13-song Dreaming album has six tracks in Spanish, 5 in English and two duets that mix English and Spanish.)
Solely three mostly-non-English-language albums by girls have reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 – the all-Spanish Mañana, Dreaming of You and The Singing Nun’s all-French-language self-titled album in 1963.
Karol G made her Billboard chart debut in 2016 and has been a power on Billboard’s Latin style charts ever since, notching 17 high 10 hits on the Sizzling Latin Songs chart – together with 5 No. 1s (by essentially the most lately revealed chart, dated March 4). On the High Latin Albums checklist, she’s beforehand logged a trio of high two-charting units, together with one No. 1, her earlier launch, KG0516, in 2021.
Mañana is the fourth charting album for Karol G on the all-genre Billboard 200, however first to succeed in the highest 10. She beforehand visited the checklist with KG0516 (No. 20 in 2021), Ocean (No. 54 in 2019) and Unstoppable (No. 192 in 2017). Previous the discharge of the brand new album, Karol had logged 5 high 40-charting hit songs on the all-genre Billboard Sizzling 100, however with three of them coming in 2022: “Mamiii,” with Becky G (No. 15), “Provenza” (No. 25) and “Gatubela,” with Maldy (No. 37). Each “Mamiii” and “Provenza” grew to become Karol’s first high 10-charting hits on the all-genre Streaming Songs chart, reaching Nos. 5 and 10, respectively. (Each “Provenza” and “Gatubela” are included on Mañana.)
SZA’s SOS falls to No. 2 after 10 nonconsecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200, incomes almost 87,000 equal album items (down lower than 1%).
With Karol G’s Mañana changing SZA’s SOS at No. 1, it’s the primary time a lady has changed one other girl atop the checklist in over a 12 months. It final occurred when a trio of main girls traded off the highest spot from Nov. 20, 2021-Dec. 4, 2021. Summer season Walker’s Nonetheless Over It debuted at No. 1 on the on Nov. 20 chart, Taylor Swift’s Crimson (Taylor’s Model) then opened atop the checklist on Nov. 27, and Adele’s 30 bowed at No. 1 on the Dec. 4 chart.
Gorillaz rating their sixth high 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as Cracker Island arrives at No. 3 with 64,500 equal album items earned. Of that sum, album gross sales comprise 48,500 (the top-selling album of the week, debuting at No. 1 on High Album Gross sales), SEA items comprise 15,500 (equaling 20.39 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA items comprise 500. The star-studded Cracker Island options visitor turns from Unhealthy Bunny, Beck, Bootie Brown, Stevie Nicks, Tame Impala and Thundercat, amongst others. The album was initially launched on Feb. 24 as a 10-track normal version throughout bodily and streaming codecs, together with an 11-track digital retail and streaming version. On Feb. 27, a 15-track digital and streaming deluxe model was launched, together with bonus tunes with De La Soul and Del the Funky Homosapien.
Cracker Island was preceded by a pair of high 20-charting hits on the Different Airplay chart – the title observe, that includes Thundercat (No. 2), and “New Gold,” that includes Tame Impala and Bootie Brown (with the latter rising to a brand new excessive of No. 16 on essentially the most lately revealed chart, dated March 11).
Rapper Yeat logs his third high 10 on the Billboard 200 as AfterLyfe debuts at No. 4 with almost 55,000 equal album items earned. Of that sum, SEA items comprise the overwhelming majority – about 54,500 (equaling 78.42 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks).
Swift’s former No. 1 Midnights falls 3-5 with simply over 48,000 equal album items (down 10%), Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping Harmful: The Double Album dips 5-6 with almost 46,000 items (up 5%) and Metro Boomin’s former chief Heroes & Villains falls 4-7 with 42,000 items (down 10%).
Don Toliver notches his third high 10 on the Billboard 200 as Love Sick begins at No. 8 with 40,500 equal album items earned. Of that sum, SEA items comprise 39,500 (equaling 51.23 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album gross sales comprise almost 1,000 and TEA items comprise a negligible sum. The album was initially launched as a 16-track normal set on Feb. 24. On Feb. 28, a deluxe version of the album with 4 extra tracks (together with one that includes Travis Scott) was launched.
The Weeknd’s former No. 1 Starboy climbs again to the highest 10 for the primary time since 2017 (its launch 12 months), because the set steps 14-9 with simply over 40,000 equal album items earned (up 73%). The album’s rise comes following the Feb. 24 launch of a brand new Ariana Grande-assisted remix of the set’s revived hit single “Die for You.”
Unhealthy Bunny’s chart-topping Un Verano Sin Ti rounds out the brand new high 10, falling 6-10 with 38,000 equal album items earned (down 5%).
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