Rod Wave Achieves Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘Don’t Look Down’
Rod Wave earns his fourth No.
1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Don’t Look Down debuts atop the list dated Sept.
12.
The set earned 99,000 equivalent album units in the United States in its first week, ending Sept.
3, according to Luminate, largely driven by streaming activity.
He previously led the list with Nostalgia (in 2023), Beautiful Mind (2022) and SoulFly (2021).
Also in the top 10, Alex Warren notches his second top 10 and highest-charted set yet as WILDCHILD opens at No.
2.
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 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.
The new Sept.
12, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard ‘s website on Sept.
9 (a day later than usual due to the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. on Sept 7).
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