BLACKPINK’s ‘DEADLINE’ Makes Top 10 Debut on Album Sales Chart

BLACKPINK’s first new album in more than three years, DEADLINE, makes a top 10 debut on three Billboard charts (dated March 14), including a No. 2 arrival on Top Album Sales. It also takes a bow at No. 3 on Independent Albums and No. 8 on the overall Billboard 200.

The quartet’s new five-song project earned 52,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending March 5, according to Luminate, with pure album sales accounting for 41,000 of that sum.

BLACKPINK’s last release was BORN PINK, which debuted at No. 1 on the Oct. 1, 2022-dated chart. Since then, the four members (Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé) have all released solo album projects, all of which have charted in the top 15 on Top Album Sales.

DEADLINE is one of five debuts in the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales ranking, which is led by the arrival of Bruno Mars’ The Romantic, marking his second leader and fifth top 10. Gorillaz’s The Mountain moves in at No. 3 (the animated band’s eighth top 10), Mitski’s Nothing’s About To Happen to Me debuts at No. 4 (the act’s third top 10) and Rob Zombie’s The Great Satan starts at No. 6 (his eighth top 10 as a soloist).

As for the rest of the top 10, Bad Bunny’s former No. 1 DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS is a non-mover at No. 5, while the chart-topping sets fromATEEZ’s GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4 and ENHYPEN’S THE SIN : VANISH each fall one rung (down to Nos. 7 and 8, respectively).

Panic! at the Disco’s A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out reenters the chart at No. 9 (its first week in the top 10) following its 20th anniversary reissue. Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving rounds out the top 10, falling 8-10.