SZA has been ruling the Billboard 200 chart ever since she dropped her second studio album SOS and she’s showing no signs of stopping. It’s been a month since this album hit the shelves, and it just scored its fourth consecutive week at No. 1.
SOS initially debuted atop the Billboard 200 following its release on December 9, with 318,000 equivalent album units sold during its first week. It had a much weaker showing during its fourth week on the chart, with 125,000 equivalent album units earned, but that was quite enough to soar to the top of the chart.
Following its release, SOS set the record for the largest streaming week for an R&B album in the US, and it’s still breaking new ground. It’s the first R&B album by a female artist in almost 15 years to spend four weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart, since the release of Alicia Keys’ As I Am in 2008.
As holiday hits vacated the Billboard Hot 100, SZA also found success on this chart, hitting no. 3 with “Kill Bill”. Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” returned to No. 1 for the seventh total week on top, and it’s followed by Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” at No. 2.
