"But the two titles just below it are making the most noise: At No. 3, former YouTube star Conan Gray hits a new career peak with Wishbone. And at No. 2, KPop Demon Hunters pulls off something no soundtrack has ever accomplished: It's landed four top 10 singles simultaneously. Not even Saturday Night Fever or Waiting to Exhale ever pulled that off though, to be fair, the world of streaming services was still decades away."
"Last week, another wave of top 10 debuts washed up on shore, as the Billboard 200 albums chart welcomed new entries by Gunna, MGK, Jonas Brothers and Babymetal. This week, Gunna remains on a sunny patch of dry land — The Last Wun slips a single spot, to No. 4 — while the other three are sent hurtling back to the turbid seas whence they came."
"This week, however, the jettisoning really only benefits one debut: Conan Gray's Wishbone, which enters this week's chart at No. 3. Gray has visited the top 10 twice before, but Wishbone is the highest-charting album of his career. It's a nice moment for Gray, who's worked his way up from the YouTube content mines to become a pop star in his own right."
Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem remains No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Conan Gray's Wishbone debuts at No. 3, the highest-charting album of his career after emerging from YouTube. KPop Demon Hunters reaches No. 2 and becomes the first soundtrack to place four singles simultaneously in the top 10, surpassing past soundtrack achievements like Saturday Night Fever and Waiting to Exhale in the streaming era. Several recent top-10 debuts by Gunna, MGK, Jonas Brothers and Babymetal saw rapid declines, with The Last Wun by Gunna holding at No. 4 while others fell sharply.
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