SZA’s ‘SOS’ Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on R&B Albums Chart – Billboard

SZA’s SOS provides one other file to its ever-growing listing of achievements on Billboard’s charts, because the blockbuster album collects an unprecedented forty first week at No. 1 on the Top R&B Albums chart, essentially the most by any undertaking because the listing launched in 2013.

SOS achieves its file week on the listing dated Sept. 30, the place it earned 53,000 equal album models within the monitoring week of Sept. 15 – 21, in line with Luminate. The album gained 17% in models in contrast with the prior week, ending Sept. 14, helped by the arrival of a remix with Justin Bieber for the album’s single “Snooze.”

With a forty first week at the summit, SOS takes the title for the longest-running No. 1 from The Weeknd’s After Hours, which clocked 40 weeks in cost from April 2020 – June 2021. Here’s a glance at the up to date standings for the listing’s 11-year historical past:

Weeks at No. 1, Album Title, Artist, Year(s) at No. 1

The new coronation continues the album’s colossal chart 12 months that started with its No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200, which ranks all albums no matter style, and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts final December. While it racked up 10 weeks atop the previous, it rolled to 21 weeks at No. 1 on the latter, breaking the file for the longest keep for an album by a lady within the chart’s historical past and managing the longest run of any LP since 1990. Plus, SOS’ “Kill Bill” single racked up its personal 21-week run at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, essentially the most of any music because the chart launched in 1958.

On this week’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs listing, SZA lands her third No. 1 by a featured spot on Drake’s “Slime You Out.” The new champ, which premieres within the prime slot, follows her prior leaders “I Hate U” and “Kill Bill.”