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Two Albums Surpass 300,000 Weekly Units for First Time in Eight Years, Thanks to Taylor Swift & Billie Eilish
For the first time in eight years, two albums surpass 300,000 weekly equivalent album units in the U.S., thanks to Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish.
On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated June 1), Taylor Swift ’s The Tortured Poets Department holds atop the list for a fifth straight and total week with 378,000 units earned in the week ending May 23 (up 45%) and Billie Eilish ’s new Hit Me Hard and Soft debuts at No. The last time two albums each cleared 300,000 units in a week was on the chart dated May 21, 2016, when Drake’s Views debuted at No. Here are the other three times at least two albums surpassed 300,000 units in a single week, with Swift also involved in the first such pairing:
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