Zach Bryan’s new No. 1 album With Heaven on Top is the first to push Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem from the highest space on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart since its debut. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 09: Zach Bryan performs at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on February 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mindy Small/Getty Images)
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For a few more hours, Zach Bryan claims the biggest album in America. His latest full-length, With Heaven On Top, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, though in short order, the chart company will refresh its rankings and hip-hop superstar A$AP Rocky will launch his new set, Don’t Be Dumb, atop the tally, according to the magazine.
With Heaven On Top rules almost every Billboard-published roster on which it appears, including several that focus on one specific style or another. As Bryan conquers the Top Country Albums chart, he earns another champion and bests the biggest star in country music at the moment.
Zach Bryan’s New Country No. 1
With Heaven On Top is the new No. 1 title on the Top Country Albums chart. The Billboard tally ranks the most-consumed country projects, be they EPs or full-lengths, based on total listening, and both sales and streaming activity are factored into where a project lands.
Zach Bryan at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards from Ford Center at The Star on May 11, 2023 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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This time around, nobody beats Bryan. As With Heaven On Top debuts at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums ranking, Bryan becomes the first artist to push Morgan Wallen’s I’m The Problem from the summit since its debut. That blockbuster has ruled the country ranking for 34 consecutive frames, and in its thirty-fifth turn on the 50-spot ranking, Wallen’s latest full-length finally steps aside.
Morgan Wallen’s Multi-Album Slide
I’m The Problem doesn’t drift far, though. Wallen drops to No. 2 as I’m The Problem vacates the penthouse on the Top Country Albums chart for the first time.
The singer-songwriter manages to claim three of the top five biggest country releases in the nation. I’m The Problem, One Thing At A Time, and Dangerous The Double Album all step back one space from where they sat last time around, landing at Nos. 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
Morgan Wallen and Zach Bryan Both Fill Four Spaces
Morgan Wallen performs the song “’98 Braves” at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. The show airs on November 19, 2023 on BBMAs.watch. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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Interestingly, both Wallen and Bryan occupy four spaces on the Top Country Albums chart. In addition to his three top fives, Wallen’s debut full-length, If I Know Me, slips slightly to No. 19, and in just two weeks, it’ll celebrate 400 frames on the genre-specific tally.
As With Heaven On Top rules, three other bestsellers by Bryan manage to take up space on the Top Country Albums list. American Heartbreak helps him bookend the top 10 as it dips to No. 10. At the same time, his self-titled effort slides backward to No. 13, while The Great American Bar Scene declines by a pair of slots to No. 23.
Morgan Wallen and Zach Bryan Claim Four No. 1s Apiece
Bryan and Wallen share something else in common when it comes to the Top Country Albums chart: the total number of rulers they’ve accumulated. American Heartbreak brings Bryan back to the highest space for the fourth time, as his self-titled 2023 project, as well as both American Heartbreak and The Great American Bar Scene, have taken turns running the show.
When it comes to Wallen, If I Know Me, Dangerous, One Thing At A Time, and I’m The Problem have all ruled. Some have even managed to command the roster for years.
With Heaven On Top Leads Nearly Every Billboard Chart
With Heaven On Top debuts on seven different Billboard charts this week. That’s a large number, and it manages to reach so many rankings as the chart company classifies it under several different genre labels. Bryan’s latest is present on not only the country-focused tally, but also those that look solely at Americana and folk, as well as rock and alternative.
Here is a rundown of all of the charts where Bryan debuts With Heaven On Top at No. 1:
- Billboard 200
- Top Streaming Albums
- Top Country Albums
- Americana/Folk Albums
- Top Rock & Alternative Albums
- Top Rock Albums
Zach Bryan Fails to Rule the Top Album Sales Chart
Of the seven rosters published by Billboard where With Heaven On Top finds space this week, it only fails to sit in first place on one. Bryan’s latest opens at No. 7 on the Top Album Sales chart, a tally he has yet to dominate. Bryan collects his fourth top 10 as his latest debuts with a little more than 6,300 copies sold.
Luminate, the organization that feeds sales and streaming data to Billboard which is then used to compile the weekly charts, reports that With Heaven On Top shifted 134,300 equivalent album units during its first tracking frame. The vast majority coming from platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music.