Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' Still Leads Billboard 200 as Holiday Albums Start Returning to Top 10

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As Christmas is around the corner, more holiday albums, including Nat King Cole's 'The Christmas Song' and Guaraldi Trio's 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Soundtrack, return to the Top 10 of the chart.

Dec 5, 2022

AceShowbiz - Taylor Swift's new album "Midnights" continues to reign Billboard 200 albums chart for a fifth week. The album stays at No. 1 after earning 151,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week ending on December 1 in the U.S., according to Luminate.

Of the number, SEA units comprise 89,000 which is equaling 117.93 million on-demand official streams of the set's tracks. Album sales comprise 60,000, while SEA units are 2,000. The last Taylor album with more weeks at No. 1 is "Folklore", which logged eight nonconsecutive weeks atop the list in 2020.

Back to the new chart, No. 2 to No. 6 are filled with five former leaders. Drake and 21 Savage's joint album "Her Loss" is stationary at No. 2 with 93,000 equivalent album units earned. Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti" stays steady at No. 3 with 52,000 equivalent alum units earned, while Michael Buble's "Christmas" climbing up from No. 10 to No. 4 with 47,000 units.

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Following it up is Lil Baby's "It's Only Me" that dips from No. 4 to No. 5 after earning 43,000 equivalent album units. At No. 6 is Morgan Wallen's "Dangerous: The Double Album" that falls one rang with 40,000 units earned. The Weeknd's "The Highlights" also dips from No. 6 to No. 7 with 40,000 units.

As Christmas is around the corner, more holiday albums return to the Top 10. Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" soars from No. 18 to No. 8 with 36,000 equivalent album units. Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Soundtrack ascends from No. 17 to No. 10 with 33,000 units. As for Harry Styles' "Harry's House", it occupies No. 9 spot with 35,000 units.

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