The album’s widespread gains came during the same follow-up week in which TMZ published a video showing Wallen using racial slander. As previously reported, TMZ posted a video on February 2 of Wallen, who was positioned to be the country’s next global star, shouting bad words, including the word N. He subsequently issued an apology, while his record label, Big Loud Records, suspended his recording contract indefinitely. The news broke with two full days left of the chart’s tracking week (which ended on February 4).
On February 6, Advertising panel reported that Wallen’s airplay dropped to a nominal value until February 5, after several radio groups abandoned their music. At the same time, their music has been removed from more than 30 influential playlists on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Pandora (although their music remains available on all services). In addition, although Big Loud has indefinitely suspended Wallen’s recording contract, his music has not been removed from any digital retailer (such as iTunes) and remains available in physical stores.
With Dangerous having spent your first four weeks in the first place, is the first country album to do this since January 2003.
The last album to record its first four weeks at No. 1, which also appeared on the Top Country Albums chart, was Shania Twain Above! He spent his first five (and total) weeks as number 1 (December 7, 2002 to January 4, 2003). The last album by a male artist to spend the first four weeks in first place, which also appeared on Top Country Albums, was Garth Brooks. Double Live in late 1998 and early 1999, which spent its first five (and in total) weeks in the first place (December 5, 1998 – January 2, 1999).
The last country album to spend at least four total weeks in the first place was Taylor Swift Red, with seven non-consecutive weeks in the lead in late 2012 and early 2013. Red spent your first three weeks in the first place (10 to 24 November 2012), then moved away from the first place for three weeks and then returned for another four consecutive weeks (December 22, 2012 – January 12, 2013). The last country album by a male artist to spend at least four total first weeks was Alan Jackson’s To drive, who achieved four non-consecutive weeks in leadership (2 to 16 February and 2 March 2002).
Back to the new Billboard 200, Lil Durk’s The voice jumps 5-2, equaling its peak reached four weeks ago, after its luxury reissue on January 29 with 14 additional tracks. The set, originally released on December 24, won 86,000 equivalent album units (over 167%) in the week ending February 4. All versions of the album, new and old, are combined for tracking purposes.
The next eight albums on the chart are all ex-No. 1s. Pop Smoke’s Shoot the stars aim the moon dives 2-3 (43,000 equivalent album units won; 4% drop), The Weeknd’s After hours is a non-moving No. 4 (34,000; down 1%) and Juice WRLD’s Legends never die increases 6-5 (just over 30,000; down 3%).
Luke Combs’ What you see is what you get pushes 8-6 (30,000 equivalent album units won; 2% drop), Taylor Swift’s Ever drops 3-7 (29,500; down 15%), Lil Baby My turn rises 9-8 (29,000; down 3%) and Ariana Grande Positions dives from 7 to 9 (28,000; down 9%).
Closing the top level of the Billboard 200, Megan Thee Stallion at 2nd peak Good news back to the top 10 (12-10) with 26,000 equivalent album units won (down 5%).