Future’s future is so bright that he has to wear the shades – his album ‘Mixtape Pluto’ is now his third Meanwhile, Katy Perry’s only number “1” at the moment is embedded in the album title, with “143” trailing behind her debut at No. 6.
The Future’s set hit 129,000 album-equivalent units, and Billboard broke the charts for the first time on Sunday. Streaming accounted for the bulk of his tally. This is the rapper’s third No. 1 album of the year (so far, let’s not underestimate him), but Mixtape Pluto is his third No. 1 album of the year. It was the first album released in name only. He previously peaked with two collaborative albums with Metro Boomin, We Don’t Trust You and the imaginatively titled We Still Don’t Trust You. Sales for the new one were minimal at 10,000 songs, but the song had very solid streaming numbers of 156.62 million times.
Billboard points out that the last popular artist and The Beatles were so prolific that they scored three new No. 1 albums in just six months from 1965 to 1966. (That’s if you don’t count the Glee Cast as one artist. In 2010, three “Glee” soundtrack albums rose to the top in two months.)
Perry’s 143 had a disappointing debut with sales of 48,000 units. Her tally weighted sales significantly more than streaming. Album sales account for a healthy 37,500 units of that, Billboard reports, with multiple vinyl and digital variations boosting sales. Thanks to the popularity of streaming, the song “143” has been played 13.11 million times on demand.
Perry’s first album release since 2020’s Smile comes after her highly-received performance at the MTV VMAs, which featured a mix of classic songs and excerpts from some new songs. However, creating a single from the album “Click” was difficult. Controversial (to say the least), “Woman’s World” peaked at No. 63 on the Hot 100 and quickly fell behind “Lifetimes,” but many fans thought this single was better from the get-go. However, the single failed to chart.
The only other new album to debut at the top of the chart was Lil Tecca’s “Plan A,” which debuted at No. 9 with 42,000 equivalent album units. This is his fourth album to crack the top 10, but it’s his biggest week since 2019.
The remaining seven slots in the top 10 were filled by returning titles, led by Chapel Lawn’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess, which moved it to second place. It has previously held this position twice in non-consecutive weeks. If not for Future’s big bow, Lorne might have had an easy path to finally reaching the top spot this week. That’s because a one-place move up doesn’t actually reflect the boost of a 64% increase in units. This is mainly due to the four special 1st anniversary vinyl releases released on this occasion. This time around, her equivalent album total was a staggering 129,000, with album sales in all formats accounting for 56,000, with vinyl in particular reaching up to 50,000. Both of these numbers were year-end highs on record.
Rounding out the top 10 is Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short and Sweet” at No. 3 (100,000 units), followed by Post Malone’s Country Album at No. 4 (53,000 units) and Morgan Wallen at No. 5. (also with 53,000 units), followed by Taylor. Swift came in 7th place (47,000 viewers), Billie Eilish came in 8th place (45,000 viewers), and Noah Kahan came in 10th place (38,000 viewers).
The final results for the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart will be announced on Monday.
