NEW YORK – Nine-woman K-pop group Twice lead the Billboard album chart for the first time with their latest album, thanks to collectible CD and vinyl sales, reported the music publication on March 3.

Twice’s With You-th, a six-song EP, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the equivalent of 95,000 sales in the United States in the week ending Feb 29.

The vast majority of its consumption – 90,000 copies – was through purchases of physical copies, which included 14 collectible variations on CD and three vinyl LP versions, according to tracking service Luminate.

Released on Feb 23, With You-th also garnered 6.3 million streams, the lowest streaming total for a No. 1 album in almost five years since Canadian singer Celine Dion’s Courage opened with 3.9 million in 2019 – a period when sales “bundles” helped albums top the charts by including the music with purchases of concert tickets or merchandise.

American country music singer-songwriter Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At A Time rose one spot to No. 2 in its 52nd week on the chart, with the equivalent of 67,000 sales.

Since its release in 2023, Wallen’s album has remained remarkably popular, holding at No. 1 for 18 weeks and never dipping below No. 6 on the all-genre album chart – and even then, hitting that low point only two times.

One Thing At A Time is a streaming champion, logging a total of 8.3 billion streams since it came out.

Even after a full year, each of the album’s 36 tracks is clicked an average of more than two million times a week on streaming services. In comparison, the six songs on the new Twice EP had an average of a little over one million streams apiece.

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