The music of “Encanto” is casting an enchanting spell that’s hard to break. The soundtrack album is No 1 on the Billboard 200 for a seventh week, while the song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” has landed a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Those positions have remained safe because it’s such a slow season for major new releases. No songs debuted in the Hot 100’s top 10 this week, and fresh action is almost as scarce on the album chart. Only one fresh long-player, Yeat’s “2Alive,” bowed in the upper ranks of the Billboard 200, debuting at No. 6 with a modest 32,000 album-equivalent units.
That was just a fraction of the figure that kept the “Encanto” album on top. It endured with 90,000 album-equivalent units. The No. 2 album didn’t manage even half that amount. Gunna’s “DS4Ever” held onto the runner-up place with a mere 41,000…
