Miley Cyrus’ “Bass Persuades” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, then falls sharply the following week, matching a record highlighted across multiple outlets. After debuting with 61,000 album-equivalent units, the album drops dramatically in its second week and is no longer in the chart’s upper tier.
Variety and Stereogum report that the project tumbles to No. 157 in its second week—described as the biggest-ever one-week decline from a No. 1 debut. Billboard’s top-10 list for that week excludes “Bass Persuades,” underscoring the scale of the fall. While Stereogum provides the specific position change and frames it as a Billboard history moment, outlets like Daily Mail and Mail Online emphasize the “devastating career blow” angle, focusing more on the impact on Cyrus’ chart performance than on additional metrics. Across coverage, the central shared point is the record-setting chart plunge immediately after a top debut.
