Taylor Swift “folklore” debuted at #1 on Billboard 200.
After doing the biggest Spotify debut this year, Taylor Swift’s new album “folklore” debuted at #1 on Billboard 200 with the biggest first-week sales this year. Taylor Swift’s album moved over 842k units in the first week in the US, beating late Juice WRLD’s posthumous album “Legends Never Die” which debuted with 497k last month.
The number third, fourth, and fifth belongs to The Weeknd, BTS, and Lil Uzi Vert respectively. Eminem’s album “Music To Be Murdered By” which did 279k in the first week is out of Top 5. Check out the Top 10 below.
Biggest US debuts of 2020
#1 folklore @taylorswift 846K
#2 Legends Never Die 497K
#3 After Hours @theweeknd 444K
#4 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 @BTS_twt 422K
#5 Eternal Atake 288K
#6 Music to Be Murdered By 279K
#7 Chromatica 274K
#8 Pop Smoke 251K
#9 MANIC 239K
#10 Here and Now 233K— chart data (@chartdata) August 2, 2020