Selena Gomez’s ‘Rare’ reached number one on the Billboard 200 Chart, with 112,000 albums sold in its first week.
Billboard reports the singer-songwriter’s third album Rare debuted at No. 1 with 112,000 equivalent album units earned. Roddy’s Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial project, which has placed on the chart for five weeks, was bumped down to No. 2, racking an additional 110,000 equivalent album units.
Gomez took to Instagram to celebrate the news, noting in her caption: “I was a bit embarrassed asking so often for you to stream or buy my album. It felt inauthentic.” This feels like a not so subtle reference to a certain ex-boyfriend’s desperate plea to fans to get his song to number one earlier this month, but that’s neither here nor there. In the words of Gomez herself, “enjoy the music and spread the love.”
The chart success came shortly after the 27-year-old singer and actress reached the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with her album track Lose You To Love Me.
The Billboard chart position is calculated based on a combination of album sales, along with equivalent track sales and streaming equivalent units.
Gomez is no stranger to the Billboard charts; her albums ‘Revival’ and ‘Stars Dance’ both earned number one spots in 2015 and 2013, respectively.
Here’s the list of top 10 artists making to the Billboard 200
- “Rare” – Selena Gomez (112,000 units)
- “Excuse me for being antisocial” – Roddy ricch (110,000 units)
- “Time served” – MoneyBagg Yo (66,000 units)
- “Bleeding from Hollywood” – Post Malone (60,000 units)
- “Kirk” – Dababy (43,000 units)
- “Thin line” – Harry Styles (41,000 units)
- “Jackboys” – Jackboys (38,000 units)
- “Frozen II“Soundtrack album – Various artists (35,000 units)
- “When we all fall asleep, where are we going” – Billie eilish (35,000 units)
- “Very funny” – Young thug (32,000 units)