Billboard 200: Taylor Swift's "folklore" stays at #1 for the 6th wk, Katy Perry's Smile debuts at #5
Taylor Swift's "Folklore" leads for a sixth week on the Billboard 200 https://t.co/iHrJxSr0ht
- billboard (@billboard) September 6, 2020
Taylor Swift's "folklore" stays at #1 for the 6th straight week with 90k units sold (51k album sales). She has now tied Whitney Houston as the female artist with most week spent at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 46 week. Taylor's reign at #1 should end next week with 6ix9ine (ew) and Big Sean's new albums looking to sell 100k+ units each.
Metallica's live album "S&M2" deubuted at #4 with 56k units (53k album sales).
Katy Perry's "Smile" debuted at #5 with 50k units (35k album sales). Her previous album Witness (2017) debuted at #1 and sold 180k units first week, but that one had tour bundle.
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