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Olivia Rodrigo's album returns to No. 1 for a fifth week

Kiran MachadoPublished 11m ago2 min readBased on 1 source
Olivia Rodrigo's album returns to No. 1 for a fifth week
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Olivia Rodrigo's you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love will spend a fifth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the main U.S. album chart, in the chart dated Nov. 21. "Nonconsecutive" means the album's weeks at the top are not all in a row.

The album earned 62,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the tracking week ending Nov. 12, up 9%, according to Luminate, the company that counts U.S. music sales and streams. Equivalent album units are the chart's common measure. They convert album sales, track sales and streams into one figure, so an album can be compared with others on the same scale.

Billboard reports that the run gives the album the most weeks at No. 1 in 2026 for any album released this year. It passes Drake's four weeks with ICEMAN. The album also ties Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl, released in 2025, for the most weeks at No. 1 in 2026 across all albums. Among Rodrigo's three albums that have led the chart, it ties SOUR for the most weeks at the top.

Behind the leader, the top five has plenty of movement. Lil Baby's FRESH debuts at No. 2 with 59,000 equivalent album units. It is his eighth album to chart in the top 10, and all eight have debuted in the top five.

Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem holds at No. 3 with 50,000 units, up 2% from the previous week. P1Harmony's BLOW UP debuts at No. 4 with 45,000 units, which equals the group's highest rank on the chart. It is the group's third top 10 album.

BLOW UP also debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales with 43,500 album sales. That chart ranks albums by sales alone and leaves out streams. It is the first No. 1 on that chart for P1Harmony.

Billboard will post the full Nov. 21 chart on its website on Nov. 17, which will show the placings below the top five.

Each of these figures is a count of people choosing to buy or play an album. A chart week is a tally of many small decisions, from a single purchase at a shop counter to a single stream on a commute.