How far did Miley Cyrus’ album ‘Bass Persuades’ fall on the Billboard 200 in its second week? Curiosity about this has grown in recent days, especially since Billboard announced its top 10 chart on Sunday, and Cyrus’ album was not there, after debuting at No. 1 the week before. Now there’s an answer to that question, as the full list has been revealed: “Bass Persuades” has dropped to #157.
And yes, it’s a record.
Disc specific “Bass Persuades” represents the most precipitous fall for an album that debuted at No. 1 in its first week to a considerably lower spot in week 2.
Some media outlets incorrectly reported that Cyrus’ album was in second place for the biggest drop from No. 1 during the second week of an album’s release, citing Bon Jovi’s “This House Is Not for Sale” as having seen an even bigger drop, from No. 1 to No. 169. authorized today.
“This House Is Not For Sale” was first released in 2016 and went straight to No. 1, then what was considered a pretty embarrassing drop to No. 43 in its second week, before gradually fading away. So how was he able to come back to reach the top spot again, briefly, in 2018? This was due to the practice of “bundling” albums with concert tickets to add additional album units, a tactic since banned by Billboard and Luminate. (As the New York Times reported at the time: “When fans buy tickets for Bon Jovi’s new tour, they receive codes that can be redeemed for a CD of ‘This House Is Not for Sale.’)
In the years since Bon Jovi’s second and biggest free fall with “This House Is Not for Sale,” another album came along, in fact, that had the biggest progeny of No. 1: Travis Scott’s “Days Before Rodeo.” It went from No. 1 to not charting at all on the Billboard 200. But, again, like Bon Jovi, this mixtape had already been out for years – it was celebrating its 10th anniversary – before reaching the top under strange circumstances. It had finally hit DSPs, and about a month into its first streaming release in 2024, it only climbed as high as No. 106 – before suddenly climbing to No. 1 when a fan-pre-ordered debut vinyl release finally shipped. After this unique deluge of vinyl in the mailboxes, “Days Before Rodeo” immediately plunged back into the Nowheresville charts.
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