Of Dangerous265,000 equivalent album units earned in the follow-up week ending January 14, SEA units comprise 184,000 (equaling 240.18 million streams on demand for the album’s songs), album sales cover 74,000 and TEA units comprise 7,000. (Of Dangerous‘74,000 in album sales, digital download album sales comprise 50,000.)
Dangerous is Wallen’s second full album, after 2018 If I know myself, which reached number 13 on the August 29, 2020 chart. He spent more than 110 weeks counting and earned 1.7 million equivalent album units, while his songs accumulated 2.4 billion on-demand streams.
Before DangerousAfter the release, the singer-songwriter won 13 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart, including eight top 10 (two of which reached first place). On the Billboard Hot 100 chart of all genres, he placed 10 songs, including the new album “7 Summers”. The latter debuted in 6th position, marking at the time only the second debut in the Top 10 of the Hot 100 for a song by a solo man and without accompanying acts that also appeared in Hot Country Songs.
Let’s take a look at some of the remarkable achievements that Wallen achieves with Dangerous‘debut.
The biggest week of streaming for a country album: Like Dangerous collected 184,000 SEA units, equaling 240.18 million on-demand streams of the set’s 30 songs, it is the biggest week of streaming for a country album. It more than doubles the 102.26 million streams reached by Luke Combs’ What you see is what you get in the week ending October 29, 2020. That week, the then-year-old Combs album was re-released with bonus tracks, bringing its total track count to 23. After its deluxe reissue, the album returned to first place on the Billboard 200 for the second week in the lead. He recorded his first week in first place, when he debuted in first place (chart dated November 23, 2019).
Certainly, the fact that Dangerous has 30 colossal songs greatly increases your ability to accumulate a large total of streams – as the stream count is based on the total streams of all songs on the album.
However, even if the album was reduced to 18 any less-streamed tracks (in the week ending January 14), its sum of 105.08 million still beat the previous record for Combs.
Third biggest week of streaming for a non-R & B / Hip-Hop album: Dangerous is the third biggest week of streaming a non-R & B / hip-hop album, behind only Ariana Grande Thanks, next (307.07 million in its debut week) and Taylor Swift’s Folklore (289.85 million, opening week). In general, Dangerous has the 22nd biggest week of streaming an album.
The biggest week for a country album in over two years: The last country album to have a longer week, by equivalent album units, was Carrie Underwood’s Beautiful cry, which was launched with 266,000 units on the September 19, 2018 table. Dangerous, Beautiful cryThe first week of was driven by sales generated from a concert ticket / album redemption offer. (These offers no longer contribute to sales for Advertising panelgraphics.)
Dangerous also has the ninth longest week of any album, of any genre, by units, in the last 12 months.
Only the 12th country album reached number one on the Billboard 200 in the past five years: Wallen brings a rare insight to the top of the Billboard 200, as Dangerous it is only the 12th country defined to reach the first place since January 2016.
Surprisingly, of the 178 # 1 albums since the January 23, 2016 chart, only 12 were country titles (only 6.7%). These 12 # 1 countries: Jason Aldean’s They do not know (2016); Thomas Rhett’s Life changes, By Shania Twain Now, Kenny Chesney’s Live in No Shoes Nation, Luke Bryan’s What makes it country (2017); Aldean’s Rearview Town, Underwood’s Beautiful cry (2018), Rhett’s Center Point Road, Kane Brown’s To experiment, Luke Combs’ What you see is what you get (2018; the last one had a week as No. 1 in 2018 and 2019); Chesney’s Here and now (2020); and now Wallen’s Dangerous (2021).
Second in the new Billboard 200, Taylor Swift’s Ever drops a position after three non-consecutive weeks in the lead, with 55,000 equivalent album units won (down 1%). Ex-No. 1 of Pop Smoke Shoot the stars The moon is stable at No. 3 with 47,000 units (up to 5%). Both titles were released by Republic Records, as Dangerous. In turn, Republic holds the top three for the third time in less than three months, and remains the only record company to monopolize the top three since 2003, when Interscope accomplished the feat.
Jazmine Sullivan reaches a career record on the Billboard 200 as Heaux Tales leans to fourth position with 43,000 equivalent album units won. He breaks his previous record of 6, reached in the opening week of his debut set, and just another top 10, Fearless (Graph of October 11, 2008). Heaux Tales is the singer’s fourth effort in graphics, and the first since 2015 Reality show debuted and reached number 12 (January 31, 2015).
Lil Durk’s The voice drops from number 2 to number 5, with 42,000 equivalent album units won (down 12%).
Ex-Weeknd No. 1 After hours charges 14-6 with 35,000 units (up 34%). The latter benefits from the popularity of his most recent single and his new official video (released on January 5), “Save Your Tears”, as well as The Weeknd’s widely seen commercial promoting his performance at the Super Bowl break ( February. 7). Ex-nº 1 of Ariana Grande Positions falls 4-7 with 34,000 units (down 4%). Both After hours and Positions were released by Republic Records, giving the record company an impressive five of the top 10 albums – the first time that a group of record labels has achieved half of the top 10 in almost a year (since the February 1, 2020 stop when Interscope Geffen A&M reached distinction). Republic had half of the top 10 placed on the November 9, 2013 chart for the last time.
Closing the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 are Luke Combs’ What you see is what you get (7-8 with just over 31,000 units; down 3%), Juice WRLD’s Legends never die (staying in position 9 with 31,000 units; an increase of 4%) and Megan Thee Stallion’s Good news (6-10 with just under 31,000 units; down 5%).