SZA’s ‘SOS’ is back at #1; The Weeknd’s viral hit returns album to top 10
Written by ABC Audio. All rights reserved. on February 13, 2023
SZA‘s album SOS has returned to the top of the Billboard album chart for an eighth total week at #1.
As Billboard notes, the last album by a woman that spent that long on top was Taylor Swift‘s folklore, back in 2020. The last R&B/hip-hop album to do so was Drake‘s Views in 2016. And the last R&B/hip-hop album by a woman or R&B album by a woman to do so was Mariah Carey‘s Music Box in 1994.
And in terms of R&B albums, SOS has now spent more weeks at #1 than any album since Usher‘s Confessions in 2004.
Elsewhere on the chart, The Weeknd‘s best-of compilation album, The Highlights, jumps from #41 to #6, thanks to the popularity of “Die for You,” which has gained a new life on TikTok and on radio after first being released on his 2016 album, Starboy. The song is currently #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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