With her third studio album “Finally Over It” debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 this week, Summer Walker not only secured the biggest R&B debut by a woman in 2025, but also chalked up her fourth Top 10 entry on the chart. The 18-song record debuts with 77, 000 equivalent album units earned, according to Luminate. With features from Chris Brown, Anderson . Paak, Bryson Tiller and Mariah the Scientist, among others, “Finally Over It” collected an estimated 92 million streams and 8, 000 album sales. “Finally Over It” serves as the third and final installment in Walker’s hit album series, following “Over It” (2019), which debuted at No. 2, and “Still Over It” (2021), which arrived at No. 1. The new release rolled out in multiple formats, followed by two deluxe versions and new songs such as “Session 34 (Mona Lisa)” and a new version of “Session 32,” both of which were exclusive to iTunes. Walker wasn’t the only artist with a debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Christian rapper NF’s latest release, “Fear,” debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with nearly 76, 000 equivalent album units. It marks his fifth consecutive top 10 entry. Of the total, about 48, 000 came from album sales and he collected 37 million streams. 5 Seconds of Summer lands its seventh top 10 album as “Everyone’s a Star!” debuts at No. 6 with 51, 000 equivalent album units. That total includes 41, 000 in album sales and 11. 33 million on-demand streams. The list is led by Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” for a seventh week in a row. The set earned 93, 000 equivalent album units and just over 98 million streams.
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