The set makes history on the Billboard 200. Bob Dylan re-enters the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated July 4) at No. 1 to become the top musical act in the U.S.
for the first time, dating to the chart's launch in 2014. The legendary singer-songwriter reigns on the strength of his new LP Rough and Rowdy Ways, which arrives at No.
2 on the Billboard 200 with 53,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The set earns Dylan his 23rd career top 10, as he becomes the first act to have achieved at least one new top 40-charting album in every decade from the 1960s through the 2020s.
The LP also opens at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums and Americana/Folk Albums. On the latter list, Dylan adds his record-extending eighth leader,
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