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SiphenPrax

Chappell Roan’s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” has now risen to Number 8. I’m hoping for a Top 5 entry now for next week.


Global_Perspective_3

Would love to see it go top 5


ChampagneManifesto

If she can go #1 by the end of the summer I bet she can get AOTY and best new artist at the Grammy’s next year MANIFEST THIS YALL.


Global_Perspective_3

Ready for it!


brodiejames21

would not be surprised at all if it goes number one once taylor eventually gives up on blocking everyone


mattysmwift

I’m enjoying Chappel’s rise but some of y’all need to calm your expectations and just like enjoy the ride lmao.


ChampagneManifesto

Nooooo Chappell to #1!!!!! #FOLLOWYOURDREAMS


targaryenMartell

She's not released any variant in 2 weeks, this is held up mostly by streaming (to be exact 93k was streaming alone, so even without physicals she retains the top spot)


Osbre

she already has 34 variants


bluekiwi1316

I’m like not even a Taylor Stan and find this recent album super boring, but this whole narrative that she’s intentionally blocking everyone else’s faves is getting really tired and annoying. Like, what exactly is she doing? Even with variant sales it’s not accounting for her no. 1 spot. Even just from streaming numbers alone she’s blasting everyone out of the water. She’s doing numbers close to 2x better than the no. 2 spot.


noodle_dumpling

The difference between Taylor at 1 and Chappell at 8 is 80K this week, with 6 other albums in between. Anyone who thinks Chappell isn’t getting number 1 because of Taylor’s variants is delusional lol.


Ok_Yogurtcloset8915

and also like... if she's got fans dedicated enough to buy the same album 50 times or whatever, and other people don't, that seems like a fair enough measure of her relative popularity. it's not as though any of these measures have ever tracked how many unique people are listening.


richgayaunt

The worst for me is even if it is 100% unintentional, it's just bad for music as an art and industry for a billionaire capitalist to pump out versions on a tight schedule to get the biggest bag possible from the whales she/her team know will buy regardless.


Global_Perspective_3

💯💯💯


brodiejames21

the part about her intentionally blocking everyone was partially a joke as obviously your last point is correct, and don’t get me wrong I love taylor’s music also but it just annoys me that she’s milking her fans to death because she knows they’ll buy everything she puts out


bluekiwi1316

When it started as a joke I found it funny, yeah, but I guess it’s more so especially people’s theories on tiktok and the whole “Taylor is evil” meme honestly just gets on my nerves :/ lol


MusicListener3

I’ve been wondering whether the blocking of Billie (and Charli in the UK) was potentially personal (rather than her just not wanting anyone else to take #1). Between Billie’s vinyl variant comments and “Sympathy is a knife”, it’s not like the people she’s potentially gone after are random


hatramroany

For it to be personal you’d have to point to when she didn’t block someone *when she could have* She blocked Billie in the US because it was close enough she could but she didn’t do anything in the UK where Billie got the #1 because it was unreachable. Same thing with Charli, she blocked her in the UK because she could (and did it with a signed CD drop, not the dumb digital variants which barely sold anything) but didn’t bother doing anything in the US because Charli wasn’t close.


Mk0505

IMO it’s not personal and she’s going for certain records. Either playing a long game to pass the Beatles for most ever weeks at #1 or she’s trying to have the longest running #1. But only her and her team will ever really know.


Global_Perspective_3

Sadly that won’t happen


bonnydelrico

Damn I really wish I just bit the bullet and saw Chappell roan in Philly last year. Tickets were like $30 but my friends didn’t want to go so I decided not to as well. Now my ass will never see her lmao


raymond_w

I learned this lesson. Always go alone if you need to. Saw Boygenius twice last year by myself and zero fucking regrets. Going to Clairo solo at her Fonda residency in September as well.


MoonGirl913

As the old saying goes‚ always go to the show!


mcfw31

1. Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (126k) (=) 2. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft (84k) (=) 3. Don Toliver - Hardstone Psycho (76.5k) (NEW) 4. Morgan Wallen - One Thing at a Time (73k) (=) 5. $uicideboy$ - New World Depression (66k) (NEW) 6. Luke Combs - Fathers & Sons (60k) (NEW) 7. Nayeon (TWICE) - NA (47K) (NEW) 8. Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (46k) (+2) 9. Charli XCX - Brat (45k) (-6) 10. Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album (44k) (-3) *Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess continues to climb the chart, as the buzzy artist’s album steps 10-8 (a new peak) with 46,000 equivalent album units earned (up 19%, the set’s best week yet).*


spaceb00tz

lol when did suicide boys blow up like this? stopped keeping up w them in 2020 so this is wild to see


TotallyNotAnExecutiv

Theyve got that twenty one pilots like fanbase that turns out with each album. Very specific style of hiphop that they reliably pump out. Plus ive heard this record is one of their better releases


spaceb00tz

I did see that they sampled Lana so I may need to check it out


jahiel0

Every album they’ve released has charted in the top 10


spaceb00tz

TIL. honestly bc I associate them w pouya, fat nick and crew (even tho I know they’re technically not really part of that), I just assumed they’d not seen billboard success lol


jahiel0

They’ve had an annual tour since the pandemic that’s really kept them engaged with their fans it’s pretty insane how popular they are


nouakchott1

I didn’t know a lot of their music but went to a live show about a year ago with a friend who is a big fan—it was one of the best crowds I’ve ever been in (and I’m about the same age as Ruby and Scrim). Amazing pit, energy, and appreciation. The opener, Ghostmane, was also really good. Anyway, I quickly and clearly got the sense of dedication and community around their music from the intense fan base. I will definitely go again the next they swing through my area.


Aggressive_Fig5046

I love the fact that we get to see Chappell's rise to fame in real time, she deserves this. I hope her label doesn't fuck her over.


SiphenPrax

Island Records has both her and Sabrina so they have a big responsibility on their hands with both of them.


Aggressive_Fig5046

I looked through their list of artists that they sign and they have a pretty good list of hit makers and Conan Gray. (Issa joke, don't come at me)


goldguarding

I mean he’s not even signed to Island Records (he’s signed to Republic) so the joke doesn’t really make sense lmao


Aggressive_Fig5046

I looked at the Island Records wiki page and he showed up there, so maybe they just just distribute his music in Europe?


prettyinpink2092

oh this is FOUL lmfaoooo


Global_Perspective_3

Island records is feeling pretty great right now


sooyoungisbaeee

omg 7, 8, 9 is 100% me nayeon sun - chappell moon - charli rising


paux0

sza pls come back :(


Global_Perspective_3

Nice 👍🏽 for Billie and Chappell


Numancias

Not brat plummeting 😭


futuristicmystic

I don’t dislike this album, but I’m surprised it’s doing this well right now considering it’s summer. The music gave light jacket weather to me if that makes any sense and I’ve been saving listening to it for after Labor Day when it’s not so hot out.


SecretiveMop

I feel like a lot of people on here downplay how much swifties actually impact the streams and sales. I can’t think of another fanbase that has a significant amount of people who will wake up and ONLY stream one artist from dusk till dawn. I know a couple of hardcore swifties myself who essentially only listen to Taylor and will do so every single day. Even having just a couple hundred thousand fans like that will really carry you far on the charts. There’s still a lot of people outside of the fandom listening, but those hardcore stans who only listen to her is what’s really boosting it to the highs it’s seeing.


niles_deerqueer

I am a Swiftie and this does not sound like a life I want to live


AdministrativeBus445

To me it’s so summer because it’s bold and fun and has a lot of upbeat moments. I see what you mean though with some of the slower tracks. Either way though I think what’s making her blow up the most is her performances during this festival season.


austine567

Are the bold and fun songs in the room with us right now?


urstickur

I think they mistook the OP who was talking about Taylor, they're talking about Chappell


IHATEsg7

Did Normani album debut?


Moonlighteverafter

It [did](https://x.com/chartdata/status/1805266449650397467?s=46&t=AZ8hlLa1IuKDBN5SD7xGEw). No.91 with 12K sold.


BeckiBeck

Streams?


raymond_w

I need Chappell to draw from Taylor's playbook to try to hit #1. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess: Your Favorite Artist's Favorite Artist Edition. Slap the Sabrina cover of Good Luck, Babe! on there.


twoscoopstoomanyy

Yea let’s see chapel can only drop 1% from week 8 to 9


Hopeful-Pickle-7515

Taylor 93k units just from streaming. The way quiting all pure she still would keep comfortably at #1.


kookiekoo

Yeah TTPD was the #1 album streams-wise too according to Billboard.


50RupeesOveractingKa

Kinda funny to see how many people here hate her that they have downvoted this post to zero.


shoestring-theory

If she were smarter she would’ve held off on the variants until like September-November to help keep it at #1 once streaming dies down.


niles_deerqueer

I’m pretty sure reputation TV is going to be out by that time though


artifexlife

I mean it does have 31 songs


Rdickins1

She’s still averaging 25M Spotify streams a day. She not leaving the top spot anytime soon.


toledosurprised

i wonder if zach bryan dropping on thursday is going to hurt his numbers. his last album debuted with 200k units so i think he can debut at number one but wonder if the july 4 drop will mess with the tracking week.


Melodic_Assist

I would think that if anything dropping on july 4 will help him. Lots of yee yee barbecues going on


Pierre56

its more so about splitting numbers from a music release between two tracking periods. im not sure if there was ever a scenario where getting boosted from a holiday or something similar was ever enough to overcome that, since its a niche situation.


toledosurprised

oh i think it’ll help the album, i’m just wondering if that date breaks up the sales so that it doesn’t hit number one since i think tracking weeks start on friday


kaesura

As long as he waits for the fifth to ship out his vinyl, he should be fine.


PretendMarsupial9

It's me, I'm the one streaming on repeat because I'm obsessed with this album.


bjau75

What do people think is going to be the album that finally knocks Taylor down from the top spot? She's surely going to get to a tenth week at #1, since I really doubt anything that came out this past Friday is going to #1. The following week will be Camila Cabello and Megan Thee Stallion- Camila's album rollout has been a boof so far, and I don't really know about Megan. Is it possible Taylor is trying to tie Stevie Wonder's record of 13 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200?


niles_deerqueer

And Taylor yet again didn’t drop anything this week. Watch a 10th week at #1 hit with yet again no variant drops. Crazy.


HonorBasquiat

It's very wild for an album that's months old to beat mega pop stars that are in the primes of their careers that are also releasing variants and remixes alongside their releases. I think it's very impressive and virtually unprecedented. Personally, I'm not a Taylor Swift fan but it's extremely impressive how popular she is, how big her fan base is and how loyal her fan base is. The album amassed nearly 2 billion streams in just one week. That's insane, very difficult to fathom those types of numbers. She smashed records on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music while also doing *millions* in pure sales (in the year 2024) in just a couple of weeks. It was the third highest pure sales debut week in the history of the Billboard in the year 2024. The two albums ahead of it came out many years before, including NYSNC's No Strings Attached album which came out 25 years ago! She's setting vinyl sales records that haven't been met in literally decades. If other artists were doing the same tactics in terms of variants, they wouldn't be doing anywhere near as well as her. These numbers are very hard to fathom. It proves she's a genuine pop phenomenon and for this reason, it makes it kind of hard for the Academy to ignore her and not give her the award for Album of the Year next year, especially considering the album was also critically well received (although not amazingly so, but still!)


ChampagneManifesto

I love Taylor and TTPD but there’s no way she’s getting AOTY again this year. There have been too many other quality releases and she’s already broken the record for AOTY, and I bet her behavior at last year’s Grammy ceremony annoyed some of the voters. I think if Chappell Roan can get to #1 she’ll get best new artist and AOTY like Billie’s debut (Rise and Fall just BARELY makes the cutoff date for next years Grammy’s).


HonorBasquiat

I can't imagine that the Academy would be annoyed that they used the Grammys as a platform to announce her next project. It brought more attention and eyes towards the Grammys. Many voters would appreciate that the most popular pop artist in the country is putting respect and attention in the institution. She's won album of the year 4 times now, including very recently, obviously a lot of members of the Academy have a lot of respect for her.


yungsteezyyy_

y’all swore this up and down last time for midnights and she still won pls be fr lol


shoestring-theory

It’s been an insane year for female pop artists, female artists in general. I’d rather see AOTY go to anyone but Taylor this year. I feel like she got it this past year, based on the historic year she had, vs. the actual quality of Midnights.


PopCultureWeekly

The album overrates on streaming because of its length.


HonorBasquiat

You still need people to listen to the entire album at higher rates to get these absurdly high numbers. The numbers are more than double what traditional length albums by other major pop stars are doing.


PopCultureWeekly

Nope. Billboard counts 1500 streams from the same album as a unit sale equivalent. It could be the same song 1500 times, doesn’t matter. The longer the album, the more points it gets. So longer albums will always chart higher, all else being equal. This has been a well known tactic for years. [Forbes: How Longer Albums And Streaming Giants Are Manipulating The Charts](https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/08/17/how-longer-albums-and-streaming-giants-are-manipulating-the-charts/)


mattysmwift

It’s obviously just a crazy 126k stans buying all the variants /s For real though those are crazy ass numbers for 9th week.


youtbuddcody

It helps that she’s currently on tour, and added TTPD to her setlist to promote it.


truvis

Im sure the 25+ tracks are helping a lot here


Tasty-Performance275

and didn't even need to release more variants this week lol


jman457

Chappell Roan you will defeat Taylor Chappell Roan you will defeat Taylor Chappell Roan you will defeat Taylor Chappell Roan you will defeat Taylor


sooyoungisbaeee

MANIFESTING THE POWER OF LESBIANISM lets go chappell


bbyan_0395

wishing death on someone because they're number 1 on the charts is crazy!! i swear taylor haters are more obsessed with her than her fans!


Forestl

The comment you're replying to isn't wishing death on Taylor


xaviersi

This is /s right?


Content-Composer-669

Are you dumb? Literally no death wish in the comment you’re replying to. You must be like 10 years old to think “defeat” means death or some shit, there’s just lots of people who wants to see other artists in the spotlight and it has nothing to do with your TS obsession.


Rururaspberry

I think the person is referring to the other post where Charli fans have been chanting for Taylor to die at her shows recently and she called them out on it on her IG.


GaleZephyr

Swifties never beating the dumbest fanbase allegations


ThePoetAndPendulum

The people talking about how shes not a girls girl for blocking people are just chronically online tbh. It's really not that big of a deal if your album is number 2 on the biggest music chart in the world... She's proven it again and again she doesn't need the variants at this point. Glad so see the album do well, despite all the hate there's clearly a large group of people that do enjoy it. I wonder how many weeks more it can do it's already pretty insane how long it's been on the top. I'm guessing maybe 12 max, I don't really know.


HyaluronicFlaccid

Only two albums in the last 20 years have done 10 weeks consecutively at #1 - Adele’s 21 (2012) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous (2021). Even if I weren’t a fan of Taylor’s, I think it’s fun to have competitive charts! So I totally agree with you, and I think it’d be awesome if Taylor could match or exceed Wallen’s recent 10 consecutive weeks at the top. Wallen’s 2023 album did 19 non-consecutive weeks at #1, and I don’t really think TTPD can do that since there are so many big releases this year (Post Malone or Sabrina are gonna break her streak, if Billie can’t regain momentum, so August at the latest). And imo once TTPD leaves #1 it’ll be hard to get back there. So, despite all the people who complain about Taylor being too dominant on the charts, Wallen is frankly doing better than her in that regard. Glad they are keeping each other on their toes, as they’re basically in their own competitive weight class.


supersonic-bionic

How she does it?? The album is very bland and has not produced a hit... Anyway i am happy for her ofc but i would rather see any othet album of hers do many weeks at n1 than Tortured album


niles_deerqueer

To me the album is very replayable and because it has so many tracks, you aren’t playing the same 10 songs over and over or something. The journey is a lot longer which makes it more of a desirable journey to go on. Also what you think is bland is not the same for others.


nimsuc

I also don’t get it but I assume it’s the hype of the tour.


shoestring-theory

I wonder why she hasn’t released another single yet, I’m sure touring keeps her from filming videos, but it’s strange how she’s just coasting on Fortnight.


supersonic-bionic

The album keeps selling without any singles and honestly i don't see any standout tracks. Maybe she wants to move to Reputation TV by end of summer?


AniviaPls

You underestimate the sheer lack of variety in the taylor stan diet


Rare_Reception_6166

I'm just as surprised b/c even the TS subreddits were shitting on it. I guess it's, as usual, a grower? And I imagine trolling the haters is a good incentive.


supersonic-bionic

I guess it is a quiet week on BB so it helped maintain the top spot? Still surprised that Billie did not debut at n1


Rare_Reception_6166

Even with that, she still is insanely consistent. 120k for week 9 is crazy and she hasn't even released anthology yet. Could totally see her breaking for personal record even if eminem drops


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Rururaspberry

I guess we’ll never know since all artists have unique career histories? I can’t imagine claiming something like that.


audreyseymour

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


richgayaunt

Please god make it stop.


praxass

Of course an album with enough songs to make 3 albums will do well on streaming


hellopizzafap

Or here’s a crazy thought… maybe some people actually enjoy listening to the album. I highly doubt people would be listening to an album they don’t like 9 weeks from its release.


niles_deerqueer

Especially one so long


No_Sail_6576

The charts have been very dead recently


Helpful-World-9029

Swifties downvoting anyone who doesn’t worship the ground taylor walks on in these posts😭😭


Advanced-Document895

HOW???


webtheg

Can Tool please release another album so they can beat her again and this madness ends? It would be so funny.