Ella Langley's Dandelion Tops Billboard 200

0:00It's April 19th. Music news today starts now, AI powered and always on bead. Ella Langley's sophomore album, Dandelion, just claimed the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart dated April 25th. It racked up 169,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. for the week ending April 16th. That's the biggest opening week for a country album by a woman in two years and the largest so far this year for any female artist. This win rides the wave of her crossover smash. Choose in Texas, which held number one on hot country songs for 20 weeks, top the hot 100. For six weeks and lead country airplay for three, Dandelion follows Megan Moroni's Cloud 9, which debuted at number one back on the March 7th chart. For the first time in over a decade, two different solo women in country music have hit number one on the Billboard 200 in the same calendar. Under last scene in 2012, with Taylor Swift's red and carry underwoods blown away, both Langley

1:01and Moroni score their first-ever chart toppers, a feat not match for women in country since Riva McIntyre and Underwood in two. 2007 Breaking down the numbers, Dandelion pulled in 128,000 streaming equivalent units from over 130 million, streams, plus 39,000 pure sales. Morgan Wallins, I'm the problem, stay steady at number two. Making it the second time this year, country albums lock down the top two spots. Coachella Buzz boosted others too. Justin Bieber's swag leaped from 55 to 7 after his headlining sets, while Sabrina Carpenter's man's best. Fring climb back into the top 10. He's owning the charts right now, setting the stage for more heat ahead.