Chappell Roan ’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess has a banner week on the Billboard charts (dated Oct. 5), reaching No. 1 on Top Album Sales for the first time (rising 6-1), returning to the top of Vinyl Albums (up 4-1), as well as rising 3-2 on the Billboard 200 for a third nonconsecutive week at its peak position.
She also leads the Billboard Artist 100 chart for the first time, ascending 3-1. The tally ranks the most popular artists of the week. See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The new Oct.
5-dated charts will be posted in full on Billboard ‘s website on Tuesday, Oct. 1. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess earned 105,000 equivalent album units in the U.
S. in the week ending Sept. 26 (up 64%) according to Luminate, marking its biggest week yet by units earned.
* Traditional album sales comprise a career weekly-best 56,000 (up 328%). Vinyl sales were red-hot for the set, with 50,000 sold (up 548%), easily Roan’s best week on vinyl and the sixth-largest week for any vinyl album in 2024. The week-over-week growth is owed to the release of four new vinyl variants and a cassette tape in celebration of the album’s first anniversary on Sept.
22. The set also returns to No. 1 on the Indie Store Album Sales chart (up one spot), for a seventh nonconsecutive frame, continuing as the title with the most weeks atop the ranking in 2024.
The album sold 15,500 copies at independent record stores – the second-biggest week for any alb.
