Chappell Roan ‘s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” continues its run as one of the pop phenomena of the year, reaching a new high of No. 2 on the Billboard 200 , in results released Sunday. The album chart continues to be dominated, however, by Taylor Swift ‘s “The Tortured Poets Department,” which hit the No.
1 spot for the 15th non-consecutive week. Swift’s album stayed on top with 85,000 equivalent album units, a 40% decline from the previous week, in Luminate data first reported by Billboard . Roan’s very hot freshman album rose a spot to second place, with 72,000 units, a 13% increase, and her best weekly tally to date.
As has been her custom, Swift did release a digital variant of “Tortured Poets” during the week, which contained as a bonus track a live medley of “The Prophecy” and “Long Story Short” recorded at a Lyon show, available for just a few hours on Sunday. However, Billboard pointed out that Swift’s album would have stayed at No. 1 even if she hadn’t released that extra edition, as her total digital album sales for the week only amounted to about 10,000, meaning the new variant wasn’t a critical factor this time in her ongoing charttopping status.
Although Roan fans are eager to see if she can finally claim the No. 1 spot with her album (which was released all the way back in September 2023), it’s not likely to happen next week. Nor is Swift any kind of sure bet to top the chart next week, either.
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