On the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated February 17), 44 albums posted gains thanks to airing during the February 4 telecast of the Grammy Awards on CBS. (Any artist who was a presenter, performer, on-air winner, or nominee mentioned during an on-air award presentation was considered in our survey.)
See the full list of Grammy winners below.
The highest-ranking Grammy winner on the chart is SZA's former No.1 warning sign, which climbs 6-3 with 53,000 equivalent U.S. album units gained in the week ended Feb. 8 (up 27%), according to Luminate. At the Grammy Awards, SZA won Best R&B Song for “Snooze” and performed a medley of “Snooze” and “Kill Bill.” The latter was also nominated for record of the year and song of the year. (SZA won additional Grammys for Best Progressive R&B Album [for SOS] and best pop duo/group performance for the set's “Ghost in the Machine,” with Phoebe Bridgers, but those awards were not presented during the telecast.)
SZA's previous album, 2017 Ctrlalso posted a gain, rising 38-30 with 20,000 units (up 12%).
Multiple nominee and two-time winner of the 2024 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift has 10 winning albums on the chart, with three in the top 10. Swift took home the awards for album of the year and best pop vocal album (both for Midnight). By winning album of the year, she became the first actress to claim the trophy four times. She was nominated for four more awards – record of the year, song of the year, pop solo performance (all for “Anti-Hero”) and best pop duo/group performance (“Karma,” featuring Ice Spice). Swift's highest charting title on the Billboard 200 is her former No. 1 Midnightwhich rises 9-5 with 51,000 units (up 35%).
Here's a recap of all artists posting gains on the Billboard 200 (as of February 17) following their Grammy Awards run. The show featured nine competing award categories (in chronological order): Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Urban Album, Best Country Album, Best R&B Song, Best Pop Vocal Album, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Album of the year. There are a total of 94 competitive categories in total. The vast majority of awards are not presented during the telecast.
Performer and winner SZA sizzles with warning sign (up 6-3 with 53,000, up 38%) and Ctrl (38-30 with 20,000, up 12%).
Noah Kahan, who was among the top contenders for new artists, sees his Stick Season posts increase, but pushes down on chart 7-4 (49,000, up 4%).
Swift has 10 chart titles, all of which are wins: Midnight (9-5 with 51,000, up 35%), 1989 (Taylor Edition) (5-8 with 48,000, up 7%), Lover (7-9 with 45,000, up 13%), Folklore (13-14 with 32,000, up 15%), Reputation (16-15 to 30,000, up 15%), Speak Now (Taylor Version) (26-25 to 23,000, up 10%), Forever (34-26 with 21,000, up 11%), Red (Taylor Edition) (33-28 with 21,000, up 8%), Fearless (Taylor Edition) (73-63 with 14,000; up 12%) and 1989 (67-65 with 14,000, up 7%).
Zach Bryan, whose self-titled album was among the nominees for best country album, scores a unit gain with this set (8-10 with 42,000, up 5%). Elizabeth (113-116 with 10,000; up 2%) and Summertime Blues (159-154 with 9,000, up 2%). The award for best country album went to Lainey Wilson's Bell Bottom Country. Bryan, however, won a Grammy this year (his first ever), but was not featured on the show. Won Best Country Duo/Group Performance for his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit. 1, “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves. (As for Wilson, Bell Bottom Country flies 118-95 with 11,000 points. up to 10%).
Travis Scott, who performed a medley of three of his own songs Utopia album (“My Eyes, “I Know?” and “Fe!n”) with Playboi Carti, see Utopia hold steady at No. 12, albeit up 10% (to 36,000). Utopia it was also nominated for Best Rap Album, which was won by Killer Mike's Michael. Scott also wins with his previous albums Astrocosm (69-68 with 14,000; up 5%) and Rodeo (195-187 with 8,000, up 3%).
Performer and multiple nominee Olivia Rodrigo steps up with a pair of albums: Offal (17-16 with 28,000, up 10%) and Get angry (32-31 with 20,000, up 5%). He played in the show Offal “Vampire” single. Rodrigo was nominated for six Grammys this year, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album (for Offal), Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance (for “Vampire”) and Best Rock Song (Offal“Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl”).
Performer Luke Combs, who sang his nominated cover of Tracy Chapman's “Fast Car” with Chapman herself on the show, sees gains for three of his albums on the chart. I'm getting old bumps 31-22 (24,000, up 25%), This is for you up 49-45 (17,000, up 8%) and What you see is what you get climbs 82-75 (13,000, up 7%). “Fast Car” was nominated for, but did not win, Best Country Solo Performance.
Meanwhile, Chapman re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 59 with her 1988 self-titled album (which contains her original version of “Fast Car”), gaining 15,000 units (up 658%). It is the album's first appearance on the chart since 1989. It is also Chapman's first visit to the chart with any album since the chart dated December 12, 2015, with Greatest Hits The album spent a week on the chart at No. 105.
The Barbie The soundtrack jumps 35-32 on the Billboard 200 with 20,000 units earned (up 8%). The album exudes the brilliance of a pair of show performances – Dua Lipa's show-opening medley (which included a short segment of the album's “Dance the Night”) and Billie Eilish's “What Was I Made For?” Both songs earned multiple nominations this year: “Dance” for Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media, “What Was I Made For” for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Song written for visual media and best music video. Mark Ronson, who presented the record of the year award on the show (with his mother-in-law, Meryl Streep), was nominated five times this year for his work on Barbie album. Out of five nominations, it took home the trophy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Barbie. (Streep herself is a seven-time Grammy nominee and won a nod this year for best audiobook, narration and storytelling for Big tree.)
Speaking of Lipa and Ailis, of Lipa Future Nostalgia rises 126-108 (10,000, up 9%), while Eilish's Happier than ever rises 136-132 (10,000, up 4%) and When we all fall asleep, where do we go? steps 124-112 (10,000, 6% increase).
Miley Cyrus, who performed on the show and won two awards, with a score of 139-37 Endless summer vacation (18,000, an increase of 101%). Cyrus won her first Grammys this year: best pop solo performance and record of the year for “Flowers,” which she performed.
21 Savage, who joined Burna Boy and Brandy for a medley, sees two of his albums post earnings: Her losswith Drake (48-49 with 17,000, up 1%) and Savage Mode II, featuring Metro Boomin (99-100 with 11,000, up 2%). 21 Savage also scored five nominations this year, though none of the categories he was competing in were featured during the show.
Lana Del Rey, who scored five nominations this year, including song of the year (“A&W”) and album of the year (Did you know there is a tunnel under Ocean Blvd.), has a trio of chart-topping albums. Born to die 65-51 bolts (16,000, up 18%), You knew that reenters at No. 97 (11,000, up 50%) and Extreme violence re-enters at No. 189 (8,000, up 21%). Del Rey was also brought up on stage by Swift when the latter won album of the year Midnight. (Del Rey appears on a song in Midnightand was also up for album of the year with You knew that.)
Karol G, who won her first Grammy Award during the broadcast, for best urbana music album for Mañana Será Bonitorecords a pair of chart-topping albums. Mañana moves 64-67 with 14,000 units (up 1%), while Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota season) rises 94-87 with 12,000 points (up 6%).
The chart winners round out: Best New Artist nominee Jelly Roll (Whitsitt Chapel, moving 60-58 with 15,000 units; up 6%), performer Billy Joel (The Essential Billy Joel up 171-107 with 10,000; up 23%), nominee Doja Cat (nominated twice this year, including best pop solo performance for “Paint the Town Red,” sees her 2021 album Her planet it gained 1% to 10,000, although it falls 117-124). nominee Ed Sheeran (nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album for Removebut wins me over divide, up 151-141 with 9,000 points. an increase of 4%). nominee Tyler Childers (five nominations, including best country album, for Rustin' in the Rain; although it wins with Purgatory, climbing 150-149 with 9,000; 1% increase). and winner Boygenius. The rock trio was nominated for six awards (including album of the year, for The Recordand record of the year) and won three non-televised trophies. The Record re-enters No. 191 with 8,000 units and a gain of 59%.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the US based on multimetric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units include album sales, track album equivalents (TEA) and streaming album equivalents (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 official paid/subscription audio and video streams generated from songs from an album. For all the new charts, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
