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Megan Moroney’s ‘Cloud 9’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 147,000 Units

The third album marks a rare country No. 1 by a woman, underscoring how few female country releases have topped the chart in the past decade.

Overview

  • Cloud 9 starts with 147,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., including 78,000 in album sales and 69,000 SEA units equal to about 71.54 million streams, with TEA negligible.
  • It is Moroney’s first chart-topping album and her third studio release, following Am I Okay? (No. 9 in 2024) and Lucky (No. 38 in 2023).
  • The set is the first country album by a woman to lead the Billboard 200 since Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter in April 2024, part of just seven such No. 1s by five women over the past decade.
  • First-week sales were lifted by multiple physical formats: five vinyl variants, three CD versions and four deluxe boxed sets, including signed editions and Target-exclusive bonus tracks.
  • The same chart frame features Hilary Duff debuting at No. 3, Baby Keem at No. 4 and Mumford & Sons at No. 10, while Ella Langley tops the Hot 100 with “Choosin’ Texas,” marking the first simultaneous album–song No. 1s by two women who primarily record country.