Thursday, July 16, 2026

SZA’s “SOS” Cuts Through the Charts at Number 1 Again But with Just 770 Albums Sold

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The pop chart week has concluded and SZA is still at number 1 with her album, “SOS.”

The funny part is that “SOS” sold only 770 copies in CDs, LPs, and paid downloads. But with streaming the numbers topped up to 123,000.

Number 2 is Taylor Swift’s “Midnights.” This past week came to 63,000 in physical copies. It had an equal amount in streaming, coming to around 113,000.

In terms of physical sales, Swift still comes out on top.

Very few physical albums sold the week, with the exception of Harry Styles, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” and Olivia Rodrigo. BTS singer RM sold a total 17,286 including 14,602 physical. BTS is not a bigger seller in the US but they do get a lot of hype.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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