Tate McRae's So Close to What debuts at #1 on BB200 with 177k

[TaylorSwift 161,526]

Tate McRae scores her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as her third full-length studio set, So Close to What, debuts atop the list dated March 8. It arrives with 177,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 27, according to Luminate — marking the biggest debut week, by units, for a studio album by a woman in five months.

Of So Close to What’s 177,000 first-week equivalent album units, streams units comprise 105,000 (equaling 137.30 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; McRae’s biggest streaming week ever, and it debuts at No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 71,000 (her best sales week ever, it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000.
 

So Close to What was released across an array of permutations and variants. It was issued as a standard 11-song digital download album, a 13-song physical set (on CD, cassette and vinyl), a 15-song digital download and streaming edition, a 16-song digital download and streaming set, and an 18-song digital download sold exclusively in McRae’s webstore. Each variation of the album beyond the 11-song set contained the core 11 songs found on the standard edition, as well as additional tracks (which varied depending on the version).

The album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across four download variants (three widely available, and one exclusive to the artist’s webstore), three CD variants (including one signed), seven vinyl variants (including two signed editions) and a cassette.

[ALGAYDO 34,882]

Good for her. Been listening to Sports Car on repeat lately 

[HIM820 1,874]

My mom liked the snl sports car performance so I showed her the video. I've definitely said something about the Britney comparisons before but after it ends she looks at me and goes "you know who she reminds me of?" 

Gaga!

She explained it mostly as they look alike (to her), the setting of the video and it being a little grimy but at the same time artistic. Something about their commitment to performance being similar too, but it was mostly visual comparisons. 

[Noctelus 2,930]

I love Signs and Not In Love 💕

[Noctelus 2,930]

Dear God is also a bop

[tlittlemonster 2,501]

3-4 different download variants with extra tracks etc.

Gaga should do the same

Also the cassette! Such a shame she's not releasing it this time around

Chromatica bundles included vynil + CD + cassette which helped sales massively outside the US

[NoPaperGangsta 230]

Let me check her because I haven't since "i used to think i could fly", which I LOVED

[River 126,531]

1 hour ago, ALGAYDO said:

Good for her. Been listening to Sports Car on repeat lately 

traitor

[southpaw773 4,356]

I was wondering if she was going to fall into the chairs on SNL like Mary Katherine Gallagher 

[ThisGuyTony 34,496]

I’m impressed with her rise and work ethic and talent. 

[juicyjuicy 2,005]

This is her best album - been on repeat for me!

Beyond the singles, I love Signs and No I'm not in love the most.

[juicyjuicy 2,005]

2 hours ago, Noctelus said:

I love Signs and Not In Love 💕

wait literally exact saaame

[lastpopicon 37,264]

I'm super impressed with her  She's doing mpg numbers and she's here to stay. 

[Adrenaliner 3,809]

Revolving Door is THAT b1tch and should be her first grammy

The video is also amazing

That nasty split while stadning in the beginning 

gathered me

 

[elegidadedios 4,768]

Happy for her!!!

Are we know expecting +300k for Mayhem? Lol 

But seriously