Miley Cyrus Just Made Billboard History — The Kind Nobody Wants — After Her No. 1 Album Plunged To No. 157

Stop scrolling, because this chart story is a ROLLERCOASTER. Miley Cyrus' new album went from No. 1 to No. 157 in a single week — and it's now officially the biggest drop from the top spot by a woman in Billboard history.

Yes, really.

The Tea ☕

• "Bass Persuades" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on Sept. 28 with roughly 61,000 total album units, Page Six reports, citing Billboard.
• In week two it fell to No. 157 — the steepest No. 1 plunge ever by a female artist.
• Taylor Swift swooped back in at No. 1 with the deluxe "Encore" edition of "The Life of a Showgirl."

The Record Nobody Asked For

According to Page Six, the previous women's record belonged to Madonna's "Madame X," which dropped from No. 1 to No. 77 in 2019. Celine Dion's "Courage" then took it by falling to No. 111 a few months later.

Miley just blew past both of them.

For the overall record, Bon Jovi still holds the crown: "This House Is Not for Sale" tumbled from No. 1 to No. 169 in 2018. So Miley is close, but not quite at the very bottom of the leaderboard.

How It Got To No. 1 In The First Place

Here's where it gets interesting. This is Miley's first album since leaving Columbia Records earlier this year and her first for Atlantic. Per Page Six, Atlantic offered the album at a discounted digital price and released 16 vinyl variants, nine CD versions, six download variants and a cassette.

That multi-format blitz helped "Bass Persuades" edge out Ella Langley's "Dandelion" by roughly 70 units. Seventy. We have seen group chats with more people in them.

It's Miley's first No. 1 album since 2013's "Bangerz," and she celebrated big. Atlantic reportedly sent a floral wreath shaped like a No. 1 to her home, and Miley posted on Instagram that the No. 1 "transcends a win," thanking her team and fans.

For context, her previous album, 2025's "Something Beautiful," debuted at No. 4 with about 44,000 units.

Wait, So Is This Actually Bad?

Hot take time (our opinion, not a Billboard finding): big second-week drops are common when a debut leans heavily on physical variants and a one-week sales push. Fans buy the vinyl and CD up front, and then streaming has to carry the album from there. We're not saying that's what happened here — only that the pattern is a familiar one on the charts.

What we CAN say from the reporting is that the debut was powered by a huge range of formats and a razor-thin margin at the top.

The Plot Twist: Her Live Demand Is Wild

Before anyone writes a Miley obituary, hold on. She's set to play two shows at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 16 and Oct. 18, and per The Hollywood Reporter (as cited by Page Six), nearly 1.5 million fans joined the online presale queue for roughly 18,000 tickets.

Miley also hasn't done a full tour since 2014's Bangerz run, though she's teased a possible residency. As she told Apple Music's Zane Lowe last month, she picked the Bowl partly because her bed is a 10-minute drive away, and the queue proved her theory right: "people will come to me." Her verdict? "Proven. That was a test. I win."

Honestly? The confidence is IMMACULATE.

So... Win Or Chart Disaster?

A No. 1 is a No. 1, and no chart drop erases that. But a record plunge is also the kind of stat that follows an album around.

Is this a "who cares, the Hollywood Bowl is sold out in spirit" situation, or does the chart crash change how you see the Atlantic era? Team "No. 1 is No. 1" or Team "that drop is brutal"? Sound off below.

Sources: Page Six, with figures originally reported by Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter as cited therein.