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Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album debuts at No. 1

Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album debuts at No.

Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album debuts at No. 1

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Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album debuts at No. 1 this week on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, earning a clean sweep with the highest album sales, on-demand streams and digital song downloads. With over 21 million on-demand streams in one week, it sets the record for  by a Country artist in the time frame, surpassing the previous peak set October 2020 by Luke Combs’ What You See Is What You Get. It is Wallen’s first chart-topping album, surpassing the No. 21 peak reached in August 2020 of his 2018 release If I Know Me.


The No. 1 album for the last two weeks, Taylor Swift’s evermore, drops to 2nd place, Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon falls to 3, The Weeknd’s After Hours edges 5-4, switching positions with The Kid Laroi’s F*ck Love.

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The only other new release to debut in the top 100 belongs to Barry Gibb’s Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook Vol. 1, at 66. It is his highest appearance on the chart since the Bee Gees’ Number Ones reached No. 62 in May 2016.

– All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional detail provided by MRC’s Paul Tuch.

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Drake speaks onstage during his Til Death Do Us Part rap battle on Oct. 30, 2021, in Long Beach, Calif.
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Drake speaks onstage during his Til Death Do Us Part rap battle on Oct. 30, 2021, in Long Beach, Calif.

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Drake Reacts to Breaking This Michael Jackson Chart Record: ‘Carry On Carry On’

Drizzy occupies the top three slots on the Billboard 200 and nine of the top 10 on this week's Billboard Hot 100.

Drake knows a thing or two about trophies and breaking records. The 6 God celebrated surpassing Michael Jackson for the most No. 1s among male solo acts on Tuesday (May 26) after “Janice STFU” debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100.

“Neck broke from carrying the chain Back broke from carrying the game Records broken carry on my name Carry on carry on,” Drizzy captioned the IG post — which could double as lyrics — featuring an illustrated photo of Michael Jackson with Iceman blue braids in front of a snowy landscape.

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