Louis Tomlinson’s third studio album, How Did I Get Here?, makes a top 10 debut on five Billboard album charts (dated Feb. 7), including a No. 2 bow on Top Album Sales – his third top five-charting set on the tally. The set also launches in the top 10 on Vinyl Albums (No. 2), Top Current Album Sales (No. 2), Indie Store Album Sales (No. 3) and Independent Albums (No. 3).
How Did I Get Here? additionally starts at No. 16 on the overall Billboard 200, marking the singer-songwriter’s third top 20-charting effort. The album earned 26,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Jan. 29, with 21,000 of that sum in pure album sales.
How Did I Get Here? is one of five debuts in the top 10 of the Top Album Sales chart, where Megadeth’s self-titled set bows at No. 1 with 69,000 copies sold (the band’s best sales week since 1999). The latter marks the biggest sales week for any hard rock album since Sleep Token’s Even in Arcadia debuted at No. 1 on the May 24, 2025-dated chart with 73,000 copies sold in its first week.
ENHYPEN’s THE SIN : VANISH falls 1-3 in its second week with 19,000 sold (down 84%) whileStray Kids’ chart-topping DO IT rises 5-4 (11,000, down 34%).
Rounding out the debuts in the top 10 are XG’s THE CORE at No. 5 (8,000; the act’s first top 10 and best sales week ever), Poppy’s Empty Hands at No. 6 (nearly 8,000; the act’s second top 10 and best sales week) and The Format’s Boycott Heaven at No. 7 (7,000; marking the act’s first top 10).
Closing out the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales chart: KATSEYE’s SIS (Soft is Strong) (18-9 with 6,000, up 39%) and Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving (8-10 with 5,000, down 19%).
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