A big week of vinyl sales made “Harry’s House,” the latest solo album from One Direction singer Harry Styles, the fastest-selling release of the year to date. A lack of new competition kept it at number 1 for a second week in a row.
Despite a nearly 70 percent drop in total activity, including sales and streaming, “Harry’s House” moved an additional 160,500 album equivalents in its second week of release, according to the tracking service Luminate, good enough to top the Billboard 200 again. album chart.
But unlike last week, when it totaled 521,500 units — 182,000 in physical vinyl LPs alone — “Harry’s House” was carried by streaming this time, earning another 134 million clicks. The album became the first release to reach number 1 back-to-back after debuting since Adele’s ’30’, which topped the charts for six consecutive weeks late last year.
The rest of the Top 5 is made up entirely of former No. 1s: Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” is at No. 2 with 141,500 units (just 9 percent less than the week before), while Kendrick Lamar’s “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” remains at No. 3 with 89,500 units, Future’s “I Never Like You” is No. 4 with 68,000 units, and Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” climbs back one spot to No. 5, nearly 18 months after its release. still a steady success.
In a quiet week for new music was the highest-hit debut of Def Leppard, whose 12th studio album and first in seven years, “Diamond Star Halos”, hits No. 10 with 32,000 sales and three million streams.