Billie Eilish’s sophomore album Happier Than Ever easily debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart last week, and it’s not leaving that spot anytime soon. Her latest studio effort returned to the top of the chart for the second week in a row, following its release on July 30th.
During its second week on the chart, Happier Than Ever earned 85,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. That’s significantly less than 238,000 units that it earned in the week following its release, but it was still enough to place it at the top of the Billboard 200 chart.
Happier Than Ever was closely followed by Olivia Rodrigo’s former no. 1 record Sour, which took the no. 2 spot with 61,000 equivalent album units earned. Nas came in third with King’s Disease II, his highest-charting effort since 2012 when he debuted atop the chart with Life Is Good.
Eilish didn’t have a huge competition on the chart this week, but that’s going to change as new highly-anticipated albums hit the shelves this Friday. Lorde will be her biggest threat, and many are predicting her third studio album Solar Power will soar to the top of Billboard 200, following its release on August 20th. Eilish will also be up against The Killers, Dan + Shay, and Iggy Azalea on next week’s chart.
