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SEVENTEEN, meanwhile, earns its fourth Top 10-charting effort with 'SEVENTEENTH Heaven: 11th Mini Album' that arrives at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

• Nov 6, 2023

AceShowbiz - Taylor Swift's "1989 (Taylor's Version)" easily tops the Billboard 200 albums chart. The singer's new album arrives at No. 1 on the chart after debuting with 1.653 million equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending on November 2, according to Luminate.

With that number, "1989 (Taylor's Version)" marks the largest week for any album and by units earned after almost a decade. The set, which is Taylor's 13th No. 1 album on the chart, is only behind Adele's "25" that was launched with 3.482 million units earned in November 2015.

Additionally, "1989 (Taylor's Version)" is another album of Taylor's to break 1 million sales in its first week, joining "Midnights", "Reputation", the original "1989", "Red" and "Speak Now". It's also 2023's biggest-selling album so far and breaks the modern-era single-week Vinyl sales record. Not stopping there, it's named the biggest sales week for a CD album since 2015 and the Grammy winner's biggest streaming week for a re-recorded album.

Of "1989 (Taylor's Version)" number, traditional album sales comprise 1.359 million. SEA units comprise 288,000, equaling 375.49 million on-demand official streams of the album's 21 tracks. Meanwhile, TEA units comprise 6,000.

Back on the new chart, SEVENTEEN earns its fourth Top 10-charting effort with "SEVENTEENTH Heaven: 11th Mini Album". The album bows at No. 2 on the tally with 100,000 equivalent album units earned. Almost entirely of the number is driven by CD sales, which comprises 98,000.

At No. 3 is Drake's "For All the Dogs" that dips from No. 2 to No. 3 with 95,000 equivalent album units earned. Bad Bunny's "Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Manana", meanwhile, is stationary at No. 4 after earning 73,000 equivalent album units. Morgan Wallen's "One Thing at a Time" is also a non-mover at No. 5 with 64,000 units.

Rod Wave's "Nostalgia" jumps from No. 9 to No. 6 after earning 46,000 units. Taylor's other albums, on the other hand, plummet. "Midnights" falls from No. 6 to No. 7 with 45,000 units, while "Lover" moves down from No. 7 to No. 8 with just over 44,000 units.

Occupying No. 9 is Zach Bryan's self-titled album, which descends from No. 8 to No. 9 after earning 44,000 equivalent album units. Rounding out the Top 10, SZA's "SOS" ascends from No. 11 to No. 10 with 42,000 earned.

Top Ten of Billboard 200:

1. "1989 (Taylor's Version)" - Taylor Swift (1,653,000 units)
2. "SEVENTEENTH Heaven: 11th Mini Album" - SEVENTEEN (100,000 units)
3. "For All the Dogs" - Drake (95,000 units)
4. "Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Manana" - Bad Bunny (73,000)
5. "One Thing at a Time" - Morgan Wallen (64,000)
6. "Nostalgia" - Rod Wave (46,000)
7. "Midnights" - Taylor Swift (45,000 units)
8. "Lover" - Taylor Swift (just over 44,000 units)
9. "Zach Bryan" - Zach Bryan (44,000 units)
10. "SOS" - SZA (42,000 units)