TWICE achieves its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as “With YOU-th” debuts atop the tally (dated March 9) with 95,000 identical album units made in the U.S. in the week ending February 29, according to Luminate, largely from traditional album sales. It’s the fifth top 10 for the Korean pop ensemble in total, all earned consecutively.
LE SSERAFIM Joins Top 10 with “Easy” Debut:
Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, fellow all-female Korean pop group LE SSERAFIM debuts at No. 8 with “Easy,” marking the act’s second top 10-charting effort.
Chart Metrics and Methodology:
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).
Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.
Sales Breakdown and Variants:
Of “With YOU-th’s” 95,000 units earned in the tracking week ending February 29, album sales comprise 90,000 (it’s the top-selling album of the week, as it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales; it’s also the largest sales week for an album in 2024), SEA units comprise 4,500 (equaling 6.33 million official on-demand streams of the set’s six songs) and TEA units comprise 500.
Sales of “With YOU-th” were bolstered by its availability across 14 CD variants (including exclusives for Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart, and the act’s website, all with branded paper merchandise inside the packages as well as some randomized elements) and three vinyl variants (all picture discs, including one Target-exclusive version).
Language and Achievement:
As “With YOU-th” is mostly in Korean, it is the 24th most non-English language album to hit No. 1 and the first of 2024.
Top 10 Recap:
Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping “One Thing at a Time” climbs 3-2 with 67,000 equivalent album units earned (up 5%), while Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ ign’s “Vultures 1” falls 1-3 in its third week with 64,000 (down 14%). Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” is a non-mover at No. 4 with 57,000 units (down 4%), SZA’s former leader “SOS” is also stationary, at No. 5, with 47,000 (up 1%), Drake’s chart-topping “For All the Dogs” rises 8-6 with 43,000 (up 1%), and Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” dips 6-7 with 41,000 (down 7%).
LE SSERAFIM’s “Easy” starts at No. 8 with 41,000 equivalent album units earned, marking the second top 10-charting effort for the pop group. The act previously hit the top 10 with last year’s “Unforgiven,” debuting and peaking at No. 6. Of “Easy’s” 41,000 first-week units, album sales comprise 34,000, SEA units comprise 7,000 (equaling 9.86 million official on-demand streams of the set’s five songs) and TEA units equal a negligible sum. Sales of “Easy” were aided by its availability across 14 CD variants (including exclusives for Barnes & Noble, Target, and Walmart, all with branded paper merchandise inside their packages, including some randomized).
