As James Taylor’s American Standard debuts in the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 albums chart, he becomes the first act to earn a top 10 album in each of the last six decades.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 14-dated chart (where American Standard debuts, and Lil Baby’s My Turn starts at No. 1, as earlier reported) will be posted in full on Billboard's website on March 10.
American Standard enters at No. 4 with 82,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending March 5, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Of that sum, 81,000 is in album sales (boosted by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer), making it the top selling album of the week. The set was released via Fantasy Records/Concord, and also enters at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales, Top Rock Albums and Top Americana/Folk Albums charts.