Beyoncé’s Newest Album Is Her Latest To Reach An Important Milestone
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Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter celebrates 52 weeks on the Billboard 200, becoming her eighth solo studio album to chart for at least a year.
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Hollywood & EntertainmentBeyoncé’s Newest Album Is Her To Reach An Important MilestoneByHugh McIntyre, Senior Contributor
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Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts
AuthorJul 03, 2025, 10:00am EDTBeyoncé’s Cowboy Carter celebrates 52 weeks on the Billboard 200, becoming her eighth solo studio
More album to chart for at least a year
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: Beyoncé accepts the Best Country Album award for "COWBOY CARTER" onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto
Com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy For most artists, seeing an album hit a full year on the Billboard 200 is a career milestone
For Beyoncé, it's a common sight
The superstar is used to her jects becoming not just No. 1s, but long-standing wins on Billboard's ranking of the most consumed albums and EPs in the United States
More often than not, her releases reach that milestone — just as Cowboy Carter, her full-length, has during this period
Cowboy Carter’s First Year on the Billboard 200 Cowboy Carter reaches 52 weeks on the Billboard 200, as it rises from No
Luminate reports that Beyoncé's first country full-length moved just over 10,000 equivalent units in America, with fewer than 1,000 of those being actual sales
Beyoncé’s Albums Have All Reached the Same Milestone All of Beyoncé’s traditional studio albums released under her own name have spent at least a year on the Billboard 200 now that Cowboy Carter has reached that milestone
Seven other titles from the singer have managed to do so, led by I Am
Sasha Fierce, which racked up 193 stays somewhere on the ranking
Both her self-titled ject and Dangerously in Love also pushed past triple-digit frames, with 186 and 102 weeks on the roster, respectively
Also included in her roundup of year-long charters are Renaissance, Lemonade, 4, and B’Day
Beyoncé’s Albums and Collaborations Haven’t Hit the Mark Several Beyoncé releases that landed on the Billboard 200 failed to hold on for a year, but none of them are credited as completely solo efforts or traditional studio LPs
A handful of collections such as coming and at Wembley missed that mark, as did The Lion King: The Gift, a soundtrack that accompanied the -action remake of The Lion King, which is credited to Beyoncé and various artists
MORE FOR YOU Cowboy Carter Rises on Several Billboard Lists Cowboy Carter rises on all three Billboard tallies it currently inhabits
In addition to the Billboard 200, the set also pushes forward on the Top Country Albums and Top Americana/Folk Albums rosters
Beyoncé’s Grammy-winning effort passed a year on those rankings months ago
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