{"id":2410587,"date":"2026-05-10T20:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2410587"},"modified":"2026-05-10T20:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:48:18","slug":"kacey-musgraves-has-career-best-opening-week-with-middle-of-nowhere-as-michael-jackson-lands-two-albums-in-the-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kacey-musgraves-has-career-best-opening-week-with-middle-of-nowhere-as-michael-jackson-lands-two-albums-in-the-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Kacey Musgraves Has Career-Best Opening Week With \u2018Middle of Nowhere,\u2019 as Michael Jackson Lands Two Albums in the Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s anything but a dry spell commercially for Kacey Musgraves right now, as her \u201cMiddle of Nowhere\u201d album debuted with the best opening-week numbers of her career to date, 100,000 equivalent album units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/features\/kacey-musgraves-middle-of-nowhere-country-masturbation-1236732175\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Variety gover gal;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Variety gover gal&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Variety<\/em> gover gal <\/a>landed at a solid No. 3 with that figure. Musgraves\u2019 last album, 2024\u2019s \u201cDeeper Well,\u201d was close, debuting at No. 2 with 97,000 units. Previous bows include \u201cStar-Crossed\u201d with 77,000, \u201cGolden Hour\u201d with 49,000, \u201cPageant Material\u201d with 60,000 and her debut, \u201cSame Trailer Different Park,\u201d with 42,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But the top spot on the Billboard 200 is held for a second week by Noah Kahan\u2019s \u201cThe Great Divide,\u201d with an impressive 163,000 units, down 58% from its blockbuster opening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Also notable on the new chart, as revealed Sunday by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/noah-kahan-the-great-divide-second-week-atop-billboard-200-1236243954\/#recipient_hashed=bdf537abdbab61a0e4ea6291903e991a64e489878ab5d706afb0b410e509e1de&amp;recipient_salt=98b9d9ae45e76ce1e74a8e4d0733d38adb03e8e275afe03abfc3e43958a9436f&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=exacttarget&amp;utm_campaign=billboard_BreakingNews&amp;utm_content=681317_05-10-2026&amp;utm_term=2110670\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Billboard;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Billboard&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Billboard<\/a> via Lumenate: Michael Jackson now has two albums in the top 10 in the wake of huge box office for the \u201cMichael\u201d dramatic biopic. \u201cThriller\u201d climbs two spots to No. 5, with 62,000 units, followed by the ascent of \u201cNumber Ones,\u201d which also scored 62,000 units and rose seven spots to No. 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNumber Ones\u201d had never been in the top 10 before, so it officially becomes Jackson\u2019s 11th album to reach that mark. Prior to these two albums making their ascent, his last top 10 album had been the posthumous release \u201cXscape\u201d in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ella Langley is not losing any steam: Her \u201cDandelion\u201d album holds strong at No. 2 with 103,000 units, down just 8% from the prior week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The top 10 is rounded out by Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m the Problem\u201d at No. 4, BTS\u2019 \u201cArirang\u201d at No. 7, Olivia Dean\u2019s \u201cThe Art of Loving\u201d at No. 8, Wallen\u2019s \u201cOne Thing at a Time\u201d and Bad Bunny\u2019s \u201cDeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS\u201d at No. 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Country music has three of the top four slots, with Langley, Musgraves and Wallen lined up at Nos. 2-4, and four out of the top 10, including the additional album for Wallen\u2019s prior album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.variety.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Variety's Newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Variety's Newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Variety&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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The recent Variety gover gal landed at a solid No. 3 with that figure. Musgraves\u2019 last album, 2024\u2019s \u201cDeeper Well,\u201d was close, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2410588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[320899,37041,304696,24320],"class_list":["post-2410587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-equivalent-album-units","tag-kacey-musgraves","tag-michael-jackson","tag-morgan-wallen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kacey-Musgraves-Has-Career-Best-Opening-Week-With-\u2018Middle-of-Nowhere.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410589,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410587\/revisions\/2410589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}