Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Debuts at No. 1 in Albums Chart Sales

Beyonce has landed another No. 1 album. Cowboy Carter.

His country music album Bowed at No. 1. on the Billboard 200 albums chart, according to Billboard and light. cowboy carter, which dropped on March 29, debuted with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the week ending April 4.

This is Beyoncé’s eighth No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200. It’s also the biggest week for an album of 2024 and the biggest week since Taylor Swift. 1989 (Taylor’s Version) which debuted in November with 1.653 million units.

It’s also Beyoncé’s biggest week since. Lemonade It debuted at No. 1 in May 2016 with 653,000 units.

In addition, the album debuted on several other. Billboard charts, including Top Country Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales.

Beyoncé also set another record, becoming the first black woman to top the Top Country Albums chart in 1964. Cowboy Carter Also the biggest week for a country album since July 2023, when Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)debuted at No. 1 with 716,000 units.

Beyoncé dropped the 27-track album on March 29, but she made history in February with the release of the single “Texas Hold’Em,” which debuted at No. 1 on March 29. BillboardHot Country Songs Chart. Accordingly, she became the first black woman to accomplish such a feat. Billboard.

Another single, “16 Carriages,” climbed to No. 9. BillboardHot Country Songs Chart.

Cowboy Carter Featuring numerous collaborators, including Jon Bates, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martel, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry, Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Rhiannon Giddens, Neil Rogers, Robert Randolph, Gary Clark Jr., Willie Jones, Britney Spencer. , includes Shabuze. , Rena Roberts, Tanner Adele and Terra Kennedy.

“I think people are going to be surprised because I don’t think this music is what everybody expects,” Beyoncé said in a statement regarding the album’s release. “But it’s the best music I’ve ever heard. made.”

Besides that cowboy carter, Beyonce has topped the Billboard 200 albums chart seven more times. Dangerous limits in love (2003), B day (2006), I am… Sasha Ferris (2008), 4 (2011), Beyonce (2013), Lemonade (2016) and The renaissance (2022).