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Olivia Rodrigo Makes Billboard History, Joins Beyoncé With Third Consecutive No. 1 Album
Pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo has joined an exclusive club previously occupied only by Beyoncé after achieving a rare Billboard chart feat with her latest album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.
Rodrigo’s new album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with a career-best 485,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week in the United States, further cementing her status as one of the biggest stars of her generation.
The achievement also means Rodrigo has now begun her recording career with three consecutive studio albums that each topped the Billboard 200 while producing at least one No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
The milestone was secured after the album’s lead single, Drop Dead, debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 earlier this year, becoming the first of four top-10 hits from the project.
Rodrigo’s chart run now includes:
Sour (2021), which produced the No. 1 hits Drivers License and Good 4 U.
Guts (2023), which yielded the chart-topping single Vampire.
you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (2026), led by No. 1 single Drop Dead.
Since the Billboard 200 became a weekly chart in 1956 and the Hot 100 launched in 1958, only Beyoncé had previously accomplished the feat.
The music icon achieved the milestone with her first three solo studio albums: Dangerously in Love, B’Day and I Am… Sasha Fierce, which produced multiple chart-topping hits including Crazy in Love, Baby Boy, Irreplaceable and Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).
Several legendary artists came close to matching the record, including Mariah Carey and The Beatles, but neither managed to pair three consecutive career-opening No. 1 albums with Hot 100 chart-toppers.
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