Those positions have remained safe because it’s such a slow season for major new releases. No songs debuted in the Hot 100’s top 10 this week, and fresh action is almost as scarce on the album chart. Only one fresh long-player, Yeat’s “2Alive,” bowed in the upper ranks of the Billboard 200, debuting at No. 6 with a modest 32,000 album-equivalent units.
Thee may be nothing new about “Encanto” topping the chart again at this late date, but at least every week Billboard has a new stat to tout about the staying power of the Disney soundtrack. This week, it’s that the album now has enjoyed the most weeks at the top since Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” was lodged at No. 1 for 10 weeks in January, February and March of 2021.
Also holding court in the album chart’s top 10: the Weeknd’s greatest hits collection at No. 4, followed by Olivia Rodrigo at No. 5, and Drake, Doja Cat, Eminem and Adele at Nos. 7-10.