Carrie Underwood is sitting “pretty” at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as her newest studio effort, Cry Pretty, arrives atop the checklist. In doing so, she makes nation historical past atop the tally, as she turns into the one girl to take 4 nation albums to No. 1 on the all-genre albums chart.
“This album is so special to me for so many reasons and I couldn’t be more proud that people have embraced it the way they have,” Underwood tells Billboard.
“I feel so blessed to be able to do what I do, and I am incredibly grateful for the support of fans around the world that make it all possible.”
Cry Pretty begins at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Sept. 29) with 266,000 equal album items earned within the week ending Sept. 20, in accordance with Nielsen Music. That’s the biggest week of 2018 for any album by a lady, and the most important for a rustic set in additional than three years.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the preferred albums of the week within the U.S. primarily based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equal album items. Units are comprised of conventional album gross sales, monitor equal albums (TEA) and streaming equal albums (SEA). The new Sept. 29-dated chart might be posted in full on Billboard‘s web sites on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
