Gracie Abrams‘ 2024 album The Secret of Us established her as a rising star, spawning a trio of top 50 Hot 100 hits (and a fourth with the top 10-peaking “That’s So True” off its deluxe reissue) and peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. This week, the singer-songwriter does that album one better with its successor, the now-chart-topping Daughter From Hell.
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Daughter enters atop the Billboard 200 (dated Aug. 1) with 124,000 units moved in its first week, the majority of that coming from direct album sales. Meanwhile, the album charts four songs on the Billboard Hot 100, led by the advance single “Hit the Wall,” which reaches a new peak of No. 25.
Do these first-week returns confirm Abrams as a top-flight superstar? And does that “Daughter From Hell” title really fit the album we got? Billboard staffers answer these questions and more below.
