Biggest album debuts by female artists on the Billboard 200 chart in the 2020s:
#1. The Life of a Showgirl - 4.002M
#2. The Tortured Poets Department - 2.61M
#3. 1989 (Taylor's Version) - 1.653M
#4. Midnights - 1.57M
#5. folklore - 846k
#6. 30 - 839k
#7. Speak Now (Taylor's Version) - 716k
#8. Red (Taylor's Version) - 605k
#9. you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love - 485K
Halsey responds to Anthony Fantano saying that people cared more about his review of her last album ‘The Great Impersonator’ than the album itself:
“I’m certain my least memorable song will be remembered more fondly and for more time than anything you ever do with your life will be. Everything you say is more “whiny” and “edgy” than I was at any point on that album. But at least I had the excuse of going through chemo.”
‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ by Olivia Rodrigo surpasses ‘ICEMAN’ by Drake to become the biggest debut by a solo act of 2026 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Olivia Rodrigo is the youngest international artist to sell over 100k albums in a debut week in the UK since Britney Spears in 2004 with ‘Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.’