Tate McRae has achieved her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with her latest release, So Close to What. The album marks McRae’s third full-length project and makes a significant impact by becoming the highest debut for a female artist this year.
The 15-track album debuted at the top spot with 177,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate. McRae’s latest project was launched with three singles: “2 Hands,” “Sports Car,” and “It’s OK I’m OK,” with the latter making the highest mark on the Hot 100, peaking at No. 20.
The album had a record-breaking week, with McRae earning 137 million streams and 71,000 sales. This marks her biggest streaming week and highest sales week to date. With a total of 177,000 equivalent album units, So Close to What is the biggest debut by a woman this year, surpassing Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, which debuted with 362,000 units in September. On this week’s chart, Short n’ Sweet sits at No. 5.
McRae made a notable TV appearance on Saturday Night Live on March 1, where she performed “Dear God” and the viral hit “Sports Car” with a team of male dancers. She was introduced by comedian and host Shane Gillis.
So Close to What is the only new album on this week’s chart. Drake and PartyNextDoor’s album $ome $exy $ongs, which includes a reference to McRae in the song “Small Town Fame,” drops to No. 2 after debuting at No. 1 last week. The album earned 119,000 units in its second week.
Meanwhile, Kendrick Lamar’s GNX holds steady at No. 3, SZA’s SOS remains at No. 4, Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos is at No. 6, and The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow slips to No. 7. Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess sits at No. 8, Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time is at No. 9, and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft rounds out the top 10 at No. 10.
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