Sabrina Carpenter (‘Short n’ Sweet’) stays at #1 on Billboard 200 with one of the biggest 2nd weeks of the year
Sabrina Carpenter‘s “Short n’ Sweet” became her first album to top the Billboard 200, and now it’s her first album to spend two weeks on top. It held on to number-one for the tracking week that ended September 5 with 159,000 equivalent album units based on its combined record sales, individual track sales and online streams. That gave Carpenter one of the biggest second weeks of 2024, behind only Taylor Swift‘s “Tortured Poets Department,” which achieved 439,000 units in its second week. Read all about this week’s chart here at Billboard.com.
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Nobody new debuted in the top five this week, so “Short n’ Sweet” was followed by four holdovers. Post Malone‘s “F-1 Trillion” rose to number-two despite dipping 23% to 86,000 units. Chappell Roan‘s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” was also up a spot to number-three with 64,000 units. Morgan Wallen‘s “One Thing at a Time” was up to number-four with 55,000 units. And “Tortured Poets” rounded out the top five with 54,000 units.
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In our weekly Billboard 200 predictions contest, most game players correctly predicted “Short n’ Sweet” staying at number-one, though we underestimated how well it would do. The majority of players expected its tally to be south of 150,000 units. After that, just nine people anticipated “F-1 Trillion” back up in the number-two spot. But a more impressive 19 users picked “Midwest Princess” for number-three, while a baker’s dozen correctly placed “One Thing at a Time” in fourth place. Fifth position was the toughest to predict: just seven expected “Tortured Poets” there. But ultimately, one player was able to achieve a perfect score answering this week’s six predictions questions. How did you do? Find out here.
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