Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing” Becomes Longest-Charting No. 1 Country Album in 30 Years

Morgan Wallen at Country Stampede Music Festival in 2019
Morgan Wallen at Country Stampede Music Festival in 2019. Photo by Rick Diamond/Shutterstock (10319638ah)

Almost three months after its release, Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time is still ruling the charts and breaking records. After returning to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for its 12th week in a row, One Thing officially spent most weeks at No. 1 for a country album in over 30 years.

One Thing earned 129,000 equivalent album units during its latest week on the Billboard Hot 200, scoring its 12th consecutive week at No. 1. This number may look quite modest when compared to its debut with 501,000 album-equivalent units, but it was enough to propel Wallen to No. 1 again and continue his reign atop the Billboard 200 chart.

One Thing is the first album to spend at least 12 weeks at no. 1 since Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti, which notched 13 nonconsecutive weeks atop back in 2022. It’s also the album with the most weeks at No. 1 in a row since Titanic soundtrack ruled the chart for 16 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1998.

Most significantly, One Thing is now the longest-reigning No. 1 country album in over three decades, since Billy Ray Cyrus’ Some Gave All notched 17 weeks, all consecutively, atop the Billboard 200. It surpassed Taylor Swift’s Fearless, with 11 weeks on top in 2008-09, to break this record.