Ateez Lands First No. 1 on Billboard 200 With ‘The World EP.Fin: Will’
variety.comThania Garcia South Korean boy band Ateez has the No. 1 album in the United States this week, landing its first No. 1 record with their sophomore set “The World EP.Fin: Will.” The 12-song set had the equivalent of 152,000 sales, according to data provided by Luminate, and serves as the follow-up to the eight-member group’s June EP “The World EP.2: Outlaw.” Preceded by the streaming hit “Crazy Form,” which boasts elements of Afro dancehall, “The World EP.2: Outlaw” was released via Sony Music Korea/RCA Records and is the fifth K-pop record to lead the Billboard 200 this year behind releases from Tomorrow X Together, NewJeans and Stray Kids.
Out of “The World EP’s” 152,000 units sold, physical sales tallied 146,000 units of that sum. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” retreats to No.
2 while Drake’s “For All the Dogs” is No. 3 and Morgan Wallen’s”One Thing at a Time” is No. 4. And after teasing the arrival of her album’s deluxe issue, SZA’s “SOS” keeps at No.
7 with 51,000 units. Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” re-enters the top 10, lifting from its previous No. 13 slot to No. 8 with 48,000 units sold following Kahan’s performances on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Swift appears once more at No.
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