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Meanwhile, Paramore's new album 'This Is Why' debuts at No. 2 with 64,000 equivalent album units, marking the group's highest-charting album in nearly a decade.

• Feb 20, 2023

AceShowbiz - SZA's "SOS" scores its ninth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album earns 93,000 equivalent album units in the week ending on February 16, according to Luminate.

Of the number, SEA units comprise 92,000 units which equals to 126.73 million on-demand official streams of the set's tracks. Album sales comprise 500, while TEA units comprise 500 units. The last album by a female artist to spend at least nine weeks at the top position was Adele's "25", which reigned the chart for 10 nonconsecutive weeks between December 12, 2015 and March 12, 2016.

Back to the new chart, Paramore's "This Is Why" bows at No. 2 with 64,000 equivalent album units. It marks the group's highest-charting album in nearly a decade as well as the highest-charting alternative album in almost a year. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift's "Midnights" drops from No. 2 to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 60,000 equivalent album units earned.

Morgan Wallen's "Dangerous: The Double Album" is a non-mover at No. 4 after earning 44,000 equivalent units. The chart-topping album has now accumulated 107 nonconsecutive weeks in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200.

Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti", meanwhile, ascends from No. 7 to No. 5 with nearly 44,000 equivalent album units earned. Metro Boomin's former leader "Heroes & Villains" falls from No. 5 to No. 6 with 43,000 units. As for Drake and 21 Savage's joint album "Her Loss", it climbs from No. 8 to No. 7 after earning 40,000 units.

In the meantime, Rihanna's "Anti" soars back into the Top 10 for the first time after being released back in 2016. The set was jumping from No. 50 to No. 8 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned following Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show performance on February 12.

Harry Styles' "Harry's House" is stationary at No. 9 with 33,000 equivalent album units earned. Concluding the Top 10 is TXT's (TOMORROW X TOGETHER) "The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION" as it dips from No. 3 to No. 10 after earning 32,000 units.

Top Ten of Billboard 200:

1. "SOS" - SZA (93,000 units)
2. "This Is Why" - Paramore (64,000 units)
3. "Midnights" - Taylor Swift (60,000 units)
4. "Dangerous: The Double Album" - Morgan Wallen (44,000 units)
5. "Un Verano Sin Ti" - Bad Bunny (nearly 44,000 units)
6. "Heroes & Villains" - Metro Boomin (43,000 units)
7. "Her Loss" - Drake & 21 Savage (40,000 units)
8. "Anti" - Rihanna (36,000 units)
9. "Harry's House" - Harry Styles (33,000 units)
10. "The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION" - TXT (TOMORROW X TOGETHER) (32,000 units)