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\n\tLE SSERAFIM<\/a> scores its second No. 1 on Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Top Album Sales<\/a> chart (dated March 29) as the ensemble\u2019s new HOT<\/em> debuts atop the tally. The set sold 38,500 copies in the U.S. in the week ending March 20, according to Luminate, marking the best sales week yet for the act. It\u2019s the fifth top 10 in total for the group, which previously reached No. 1 with its last chart entry, 2024\u2019s Crazy<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tAlso debuting in the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales chart: new releases from Playboi Carti, Coheed and Cambria, Steven Wilson, Charli xcx and Charley Crockett.<\/p>\n \n\tBillboard<\/em>\u2019s Top Album Sales<\/a> chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart\u2019s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard<\/em> began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200<\/a> albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album (TEA) units and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units.<\/p>\n \n\tThe first-week sales of LE SSERAFIM\u2019s Crazy<\/em> were bolstered by its availability across more than 20 CD variants (all containing collectible paper ephemera, some randomized). 98% of the album\u2019s first-week sales were from CD purchases. (The album was only available to buy as a CD and a digital download.)<\/p>\n \n\tLady Gaga\u2019s MAYHEM<\/em> falls to No. 2 with 24,000 sold (down 82%) after debuting at No. 1 a week ago.<\/p>\n \n\tPlayboi Carti\u2019s MUSIC<\/em> debuts at No. 3 with 14,500 copies sold \u2013 the rapper\u2019s best sales week. It was available to purchase only as a digital download in its opening week \u2013 a widely available standard 30-song set, as well as three variants exclusive to the artist\u2019s official webstore (the variants each have between one or two bonus tracks each).<\/p>\n \n\tKendrick Lamar\u2019s chart-topping GNX<\/em> climbs 6-4 with nearly 13,000 sold (though down 18%).<\/p>\n \n\tCoheed and Cambria clocks its 11th top 10-charting effort on Top Album Sales, as the rock outfit\u2019s latest album The Father of Make Believe<\/em> bows at No. 5 with 12,000 sold. Its first-week sales were aided by the album\u2019s availability across five vinyl variants, a CD, a widely available download edition and two cassette tapes.<\/p>\n \n\tSabrina Carpenter\u2019s former No. 1 Short n\u2019 Sweet<\/em> rises a rung to No. 6 with 10,000 sold (though down 13%).<\/p>\n \n\tSteven Wilson lands his first top 10-charting set on Top Album Sales as his new studio effort The Overview<\/em> enters at No. 7 with nearly 10,000 sold \u2013 his best sales week since 2015. The album was available in three vinyl variants, a standard CD, a deluxe boxed set, a blu-ray audio, a cassette tape and two download editions.<\/p>\n \n\tCharli xcx\u2019s remix album Brat and It\u2019s Completely Different<\/em> \u2013 comprising only remixes of material from her Brat<\/em> studio album \u2013 debuts at No. 8 with just over 8,000 sold, solely from vinyl sales.<\/p>\n \n\tChappell Roan\u2019s former leader The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess<\/em> dips 8-9 on Top Album Sales with 8,000 sold (down 8%).<\/p>\n \n\tCharley Crockett rounds out the top 10 with his new album, Lonesome Drifter<\/em>, debuting at No. 10 with nearly 8,000 sold \u2013 his best sales week ever. It\u2019s the first top 10 for the artist, and eighth charting set overall. The set was available across four vinyl variants (including a signed edition), a standard CD, download and a cassette tape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n