Beyoncé’s Latest Album Soars As Her Tour Kicks Off

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter surges on the Billboard 200, Top Country Albums, and Americana/Folk charts ... More after her tour kicks off. HOUSTON, TEXAS – OCTOBER 25: Beyoncé looks on during a campaign rally with Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, at Shell Energy Stadium on October 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Texas holding a rally supporting reproductive rights with recording artists Beyoncé and Willie Nelson. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Beyoncé kicked off her Cowboy Carter Tour on April 28 in Inglewood, just outside of Los Angeles, CA. The superstar is scheduled to perform to massive crowds across the United States, with a few stops in Europe, throughout the summer. In each location, she’s headlining more than one date — and in cities like New York, London, and Atlanta, she’s playing four or more nights as hundreds of thousands turn out for the concert trek As excitement around the Cowboy Carter Tour grows, the singer herself, as well as the Cowboy Carter album, are both gaining ground on the Billboard charts. Cowboy Carter Surges on Three Billboard Charts Cowboy Carter is present on three Billboard charts this week, and it is rising on each and every one of them. In some instances, the project moves up just a few spots, while in other cases, it leaps more than 100 spaces. The full-length returns to the top 10 on the Top Americana/Folk Albums chart, jumping from No. 15 to No. 8. It also nears that region on the Top Country Albums list, galloping from No. 35 to No. 14. Beyoncé’s latest studio effort enjoys its greatest gain on the Billboard 200, the all-encompassing ranking of the most-consumed albums in America. On that roster, Cowboy Carter rockets from No. 193 to No. 64. Sales and Streams of Cowboy Carter Grow Luminate reports that total consumption of Cowboy Carter is up dramatically from the prior frame, which makes sense, thanks to the beginning of the Cowboy Carter Tour. Last week, Beyoncé’s full-length shifted a little more than 8,300 equivalent units. During the most recent tracking stretch, it moved nearly 14,500 units between sales and streaming activity. That’s a 70-plus-percent gain from one frame to the next. Almost 1,000 of those 14,000-plus units were pure sales. Beyoncé’s Year-Plus on the Billboard Charts Cowboy Carter has now spent 57 weeks on both the Top Country Albums and Top Americana/Folk Albums charts. It hasn’t racked up quite as much time on the Billboard 200, which is a much more competitive ranking. This time around, the title celebrates its forty-fourth turn on that list. It has previously reigned on all three rankings, as Queen Bey almost always conquers a Billboard list when she has a new project to share. Beyoncé’s Renaissance Also Rises The Cowboy Carter tour setlist is, of course, centered largely around the album with which it shares its name. But Beyoncé also incorporates a number of songs from her last album, Renaissance . That project is also growing, although it only appears on one Billboard list. Renaissance steps up from No. 8 to No. 5 on the Top Dance Albums chart this frame. Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/05/11/beyoncs-latest-album-soars-as-her-tour-kicks-off/