Miley made chart history this week, just not the kind anyone puts on a victory lap.“Bass Persuades”entered the Billboard 200 at Number One with 61,000 equivalent album units, her first US chart-topper since 2013’s“Bangerz”and her first release under just“Miley.”One week later, it plummeted 156 spots to Number 157, the largest second-week drop ever for an album following a Number One debut.
The album explores her relationship with fiancé Maxx Morando, and NME’s three-star review described it as leaner and more dancefloor-focused than 2025’s“Something Beautiful.”Even her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, embraced the rebrand, telling reporters,“I always called my little girl Miley. Just… Miley.”So the personal story was there. The streaming staying power, apparently, was not.
The top of the chart now belongs to Taylor Swift again, whose“The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore”returned to Number One. There was one more bright spot: Tinashe’s“Popstar”debuted at Number Six, marking her first-ever US Top 10 album. So, one artist is celebrating a career first while another holds a record nobody’s lining up for. Are you still listening to“Bass Persuades,”or did it fall off your playlist too?
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