Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m the Problem’ Spends Sixth Week in a Row at No. 1 on Billboard 200
Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem spends a sixth week in a row at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 5), earning 177,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending June 26 (down 5%), according to Luminate. The album debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated May 31 and has yet to cede the top slot.
With 177,000 units earned, Problem nets the largest total for an album in its sixth week on the chart since Adele’s 25 earned 363,000 in its sixth week (Jan. 16, 2016-dated chart).
Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Benson Boone lands his highest-charting album and biggest week by units earned as his new album American Heart debuts at No. 2 with 61,000 equivalent album units earned. Karol G notches her third top 10-charting album with the No. 3 arrival of Tropicoqueta, and the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack enters at No. 8. The latter marks the first soundtrack released in 2025 to reach the top 10, and the highest-debuting soundtrack of the year.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 5, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 1. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Of I’m the Problem’s 177,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June 19, SEA units comprise 168,500 (down 4%, equaling 220.51 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — it leads Top Streaming Albums for a sixth week), album sales comprise 7,500 (down 19% — it holds at No. 7 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (up 3%).
Benson Boone bounds in at No. 2 with his sophomore full-length studio album, American Heart, earning 61,000 equivalent album units in its first week. It’s the singer-songwriter’s second top 10, highest-charting set and biggest week ever by units earned. His previous biggest week, in both metrics, came when his last album, Fireworks & Rollerblades, skated in at No. 6 with 58,000 units earned (April 20, 2024-dated chart).
Of the 61,000 equivalent album units earned by American Heart, SEA units comprise just over 30,000 (equaling 40.29 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — it debuts at No. 5 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise nearly 30,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales; it’s Boone’s largest sales week) and TEA units comprise 1,000.
American Heart was released as a 10-song standard album and was available via streaming services and to purchase as a widely available digital download, CD, deluxe CD boxed set with a T-shirt (sold via Boone’s webstore), two cassette variants and seven vinyl variants.
The new album was preceded by a pair of top 30-charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart: “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else” and “Mystical Magical.” The cuts had climbed to new peaks on the most recently published Hot 100 (dated June 28), bumping 31-27 and 30-28, respectively. Meanwhile, Boone’s breakout hit “Beautiful Things,” from Fireworks & Rollerblades, continues to chart highly — it ranked at No. 10 on the June 28 Hot 100. Aside from one week during the holidays, the track, which peaked at No. 2 in March 2024, has not left the weekly top 40 since it debuted more than a year ago, on the Feb. 3, 2024-dated chart.
In the lead-up to the release of American Heart, Boone was a guest on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (June 4), performed on CBS’ American Music Awards (May 26) and made his debut on NBC’s Saturday Night Live (May 3). Boone’s American Heart North American arena tour kicks off on Aug. 22. Before that, he’ll play a series of festival dates in America and beyond during July.
Karol G notches her third top 10-charting set on the Billboard 200 as Tropicoqueta debuts at No. 3 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned. It follows her two top 10s achieved in 2023: MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO (BICHOTA SEASON) (No. 3 that August) and MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO (No. 1 for one week, March).
Of the new release’s 57,000 units earned, SEA units comprise 54,500 (equaling 74.64 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 20 songs — it debuts at No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 2,000 and TEA units comprise about 500.
The album was announced on June 9 and arrived via streaming services and as a digital download for purchase on June 20. The set was preceded by the Hot Latin Songs-charting hits “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” (No. 1 for 14 weeks in 2024 — Karol G’s longest run at No. 1) and “Latina Foreva” (No. 3 debut and peak on the June 7, 2025, chart). They reached Nos. 32 and 74, respectively, on the all-genre Hot 100.
Four former No. 1s are next up on the latest Billboard 200, as SZA’s SOS holds at No. 4 (47,000 equivalent album units earned; down 1%), Wallen’s One Thing at a Time is steady at No. 5 (37,000; down 7%), Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet is a non-mover at No. 6 (35,000; down 12%) and Kendrick Lamar’s GNX rises 8-7 (31,000; down 8%).
The soundtrack to the Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters debuts at No. 8 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the highest-debuting soundtrack of 2025 and the first to bow in the top 10 this year. Of the set’s starting sum, SEA units comprise 27,000 (equaling 37.48 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — it debuts at No. 10 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 3,000 (it debuts at No. 18 on Top Album Sales; it was only available to purchase as a standard download album) and TEA units comprise 1,000.
The last soundtrack to debut in the top 10 was the Wicked film soundtrack on the Dec. 7, 2024-dated chart, at No. 2. The Wicked soundtrack went on to spend eight weeks in the top 10, with four of those on 2025-dated charts (in January). Until this week, Wicked was the only soundtrack to spend time in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 in 2025.
KPop Demon Hunters premiered on June 20 on Netflix alongside its soundtrack. In the tracking week ending June 22, KPop Demon Hunters debuted at No. 6 on Netflix’s Top 10 Movies in United States chart.
Closing out the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Wallen’s chart-topping Dangerous: The Double Album is steady at No. 9 (30,000 equivalent album units earned; down 5%) and PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s former leader $ome $exy $ongs 4 U is stationary at No. 10 (29,000; down 6%).
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Keith Caulfield
Billboard