For the first time in over 12 years, five of the top 6 albums on the Billboard 200 are female

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For the first time in over 12 years, five of the top 6 albums on the Billboard 200 are female


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The Billboard 200 Album Leaders: SZA, Karol G, Taylor Swift, TWICE, Miley Cyrus

Photo Credit: Getty Images, Ser Baffo/Kevin Winter/Jamie McCarthy/Chung Sun Jung/NBC. All rights reserved.

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This week, five out of six album positions on the American Billboard chart feature works by women artists – it is the first time in over 12 years (last December 11, 2010) that the top 6 have all five women guided albums included, as reported by Billboard.

Top 6 female albums:

However, the top spot is headed by one man: Morgan Wallen is number 1 with ONE THING AT A TIME.

The female K-pop ensemble TWICE debuts at number 2 in the current charts with READY TO BE. Miley Cyrus’ new work ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION debuts at #3. Three former #1 hits follow at #4-6: SZA’s SOS, Karol G’s MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO and Taylor Swift’s MIDNIGHTS.

A record dated March 1, 1997. At that time, female artists even occupied eight places in the top ten:

  • LeAnn Rimes – UNCHAINED MELODY/THE EARLY YEARS
  • Erykah Badu – BADIUZM
  • No Doubt – TRAGIC KINGDOM (led by Gwen Stefani)
  • Jewel – PIECES OR YOU
  • Toni Braxton – SECRETS
  • Spice Girls—SPICE.
  • Celine Dion: FALLING INTO YOU
  • Madonna: EVITA

The current albums to listen to:

TWICE – READY TO BE (03/2023)

Miley Cyrus – ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION (03/2023)

SZA – SOS (12/2022)

Karol G – MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO (02/2023)

Taylor Swift – MIDNIGHTS (10/2022)

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