Halsey missed out on the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with her latest studio album, but she managed to top another major Billboard chart. If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power soared to the top of the Top Album Sales chart, becoming her third studio album to do so.
What makes this chart different from the Billboard 200 is that it’s based only on traditional album sales, and doesn’t take streaming equivalent album units into account. Halsey’s latest LP couldn’t beat Kanye West’s Donda on the Billboard 200 because this album was a much bigger streaming hit, but it managed to beat it when it came down to pure album sales.
Out of 98,000 equivalent album units earned, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power sold 70,500 copies, becoming the top-selling album of the week. It’s currently Halsey’s third album to top Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, following Manic and Hopeless Fountain Kingdom.
If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power was met with positive acclaim since its release on August 27th, and it produced singles “I Am Not a Woman, I’m a God” and “You Asked for This”. Halsey described it as “a concept album about the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth.”
