Silk Sonic Debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200

Silk Sonic is blasting onto the Billboard 200.

The duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak enters at No. 2 on the albums chart with their collaborative debut, An Evening With Silk Sonic. The 9-track project opens with 104,000 equivalent album units earned, of which album sales comprise 42,000.

It marks the fourth top 10 for Bruno and the second top 10, and highest-charting album yet, for Anderson .Paak, who previously peaked at No. 4 with 2019’s Ventura.

An Evening With Silk Sonic has spawned a trio of hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including “Smokin Out the Window” (No. 5), “Skate” (No. 14), and “Leave the Door Open,” which hit No. 1 for two weeks in April.

Taylor Swift earns her 10th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Red (Taylor’s Version), which earned 605,000 equivalent album units. It becomes the second-largest week of the year, following the 613,000 opening week of Drake’s Certified Lover Boy in September.

Last week’s leader, Summer Walker’s Still Over It, falls 1-4 in its second week with 64,000 equivalent album units. Certified Lover Boy slides 3-5 (57,000), and Ed Sheeran’s = drops 4-7 (38,000).

Kanye West’s former No. 1 Donda rises 13-9 with 37,000 equivalent album units, thanks to its Nov. 13 deluxe reissue with additional tracks. Doja Cat’s Planet Her rounds out the top 10 with 35,000 units.

Billboard 200 Top 10

1. Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor’s Version) – 605,000
2. Silk Sonic – An Evening With Silk Sonic – 104,000
3. TWICE – Formula of Love: O+T= – 66,000
4. Summer Walker – Still Over It – 64,000
5. Drake – Certified Lover Boy – 57,000
6. Morgan Wallen – Dangerous: The Double Album – 45,000
7. Ed Sheeran – = – 38,000
8. Jason Aldean – Macon – 37,000
9. Kanye West – Donda – 37,000
10. Doja Cat – Planet Her – 35,000