Billboard 200 11/17/2018: Metro Boomin #1, Takeoff top 10

[Gary]

Sales

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 3 5 #1 3 wks A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Walls , Barbra Streisand 2
3 0 New 1 Interstate Gospel , Pistol Annies 3
4 17 11 3 Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack) , Queen 4
5 0 New 1 More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14 , Bob Dylan 5
6 0 New 1 EXO 5: Don't Mess Up My Tempo , EXO 6
7 40 49 9 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection , Queen 7
8 22 – 2 Holy Roar , Chris Tomlin 8
9 6 8 9 Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 2
10 1 – 2 Si , Andrea Bocelli 1
11 37 41 252 Greatest Hits , Queen 11
12 0 Re-Entry 79 ...And Justice For All , Metallica 12
13 13 13 48 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
14 10 – 2 Christmas Is Here! , Pentatonix 10
15 4 2 3 Evolution , Disturbed 2
16 14 6 5 Trench , twenty one pilots 2
17 12 – 2 NOW 68 , Various Artists 12
18 9 1 3 Anthem Of The Peaceful Army , Greta Van Fleet 1
19 11 – 2 I Serve A Savior , Josh Turner 11
20 0 New 1 When The End Began , Silent Planet 20
21 0 New 1 Post-Apocalypto (Soundtrack) , Tenacious D 21
22 21 20 8 Cry Pretty , Carrie Underwood 1
23 19 21 10 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
24 0 New 1 She Remembers Everything , Rosanne Cash 24
25 0 New 1 Not All Heroes Wear Capes , Metro Boomin 25
26 0 Re-Entry 18 Behold: A Christmas Collection , Lauren Daigle 20
27 5 – 2 A Legendary Christmas , John Legend 5
28 25 24 5 Burn The Ships , for KING & COUNTRY 5
29 0 New 1 Winter In The Air , David Archuleta 29
30 42 38 12 Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1
31 0 New 1 Antares , Kris Wu 31
32 23 18 5 Desperate Man , Eric Church 3
33 8 32 6 Dancing Queen , Cher 1
34 0 New 1 RESET , Moneybagg Yo 34
35 0 New 1 The Last Rocket , TakeOff 35
36 24 17 5 Traces , Steve Perry 4
37 0 New 1 ...And Justice For All (Deluxe Box Set) , Metallica 37
38 0 Re-Entry 10 All Of It , Cole Swindell 2
39 0 Re-Entry 16 The Mountain , Dierks Bentley 2
40 32 22 6 Tha Carter V , Lil Wayne 2
41 36 31 162 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 2
42 0 New 1 One Shot , Straight No Chaser 42
43 0 New 1 The Throne , Adam Calhoun 43
44 38 27 4 The Elements , tobyMac 3
45 41 – 2 NOW That's What I Call Music! 20th Anniversary , Various Artists 41
46 0 Re-Entry 83 Noel , Josh Groban 1
47 0 New 1 FM! , Vince Staples 47
48 50 36 20 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
49 35 25 7 Bridges , Josh Groban 1
50 0 New 1 Poison , Swizz Beatz 50
51 30 26 17 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 1
52 49 40 165 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
53 33 4 3 NAMANANA: 03 , LAY 4
54 44 34 66 This One's For You , Luke Combs 3
55 48 39 88 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
56 46 28 4 Ella Mai , Ella Mai 4
57 0 Re-Entry 23 A Pentatonix Christmas , Pentatonix 1
58 43 29 11 Love Yourself: Answer , BTS 1
59 47 33 5 WOW Hits 2019 , Various Artists 32
60 0 New 1 Garden Of The Titans: Opeth Live At Red Rocks Amphitheatre , Opeth 60
61 53 42 53 Precious Memories Collection , Alan Jackson 9
62 0 Re-Entry 4 KIDS SEE GHOSTS , KIDS SEE GHOSTS 3
63 0 Re-Entry 64 Christmas , Michael Buble 1
64 0 New 1 Dionysus , Dead Can Dance 64
65 0 New 1 I Used To Know Her: Part 2 (EP) , H.E.R. 65
66 60 43 72 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
67 0 Re-Entry 29 The Classic Christmas Album , Elvis Presley 51
68 0 Re-Entry 4 Book Of Bad Decisions , Clutch 6
69 0 Re-Entry 3 Happy Xmas , Eric Clapton 25
70 58 54 257 Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
71 69 57 209 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
72 61 55 477 Metallica , Metallica 1
73 0 New 1 No Tourists , The Prodigy 73
74 45 52 28 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
75 0 New 1 The Music Of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child: Parts One And Two , Imogen Heap 75
76 62 14 13 Warmer In The Winter , Lindsey Stirling 7
77 80 12 3 Halloween (2018) , Soundtrack 12
78 71 53 8 Love Is Here To Stay , Tony Bennett & Diana Krall 3
79 0 New 1 Dime Bag , Styles P 79
80 94 66 49 From A Room: Volume 2 , Chris Stapleton 2
81 99 64 93 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 4
82 83 81 389 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
83 77 76 115 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 11
84 64 93 34 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 6
85 0 Re-Entry 11 Christmas Together , Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 6
86 67 37 6 An American Treasure , Tom Petty 4
87 79 95 14 Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd & Second Helping: Live From The Florida... , Lynyrd Skynyrd 27
88 65 60 111 How Can It Be , Lauren Daigle 16
89 66 91 146 Thriller , Michael Jackson 41
90 0 Re-Entry 21 Graffiti U , Keith Urban 2
91 84 96 23 Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
92 0 Re-Entry 217 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd 10
93 0 Re-Entry 78 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 1
94 0 Re-Entry 67 These Are Special Times , Celine Dion 2
95 81 62 44 Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks , Stevie Nicks 21
96 73 74 159 Gold -- Greatest Hits , ABBA 6
97 0 Re-Entry 34 Love Yourself: Her , BTS 6
98 16 – 2 Suspiria: Music For The Luca Guadagnino Film (Soundtrack) , Thom Yorke 16
99 0 Re-Entry 16 The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection , Bing Crosby 89
100 0 Re-Entry 2 75 Christmas Favorites , Various Artists 82

[Gary]

Artist 100

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 16 17 28 #1 1 wks Queen , Hollywood 1
2 10 13 196 Ariana Grande , Republic 1
3 2 2 88 Lady Gaga , Interscope | IGA 1
4 17 4 109 BTS , BigHit Entertainment 1
5 6 10 196 Imagine Dragons , KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA 1
6 3 6 228 Drake , Young Money/Cash Money | Republic 1
7 4 5 124 Post Malone , Republic 1
8 5 11 69 Cardi B , The KSR Group/Atlantic | AG 1
9 44 64 23 EXO , SM 9
10 9 15 152 Halsey , Astralwerks 1
11 22 26 112 Panic! At The Disco , DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG 1
12 7 9 6 Bradley Cooper , Interscope | IGA 3
13 12 12 131 Travis Scott , Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle | Epic 1
14 0 Re-Entry 11 Metro Boomin , Boominati | Republic 14
15 11 16 65 XXXTENTACION , Bad Vibes Forever 1
16 0 Re-Entry 20 Barbra Streisand , Columbia 2
17 8 8 25 Juice WRLD , Grade A/Interscope | IGA 8
18 14 7 88 Khalid , Right Hand | RCA 7
19 18 27 36 Lauren Daigle , Centricity | Capitol CMG 3
20 15 14 228 Eminem , Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA 1
21 19 18 222 Ed Sheeran , Atlantic | AG 1
22 21 22 88 Luke Combs , River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN 5
23 0 New 1 Pistol Annies , RCA Nashville | SMN 23
24 20 21 228 Maroon 5 , 222/Interscope | IGA 1
25 24 19 29 Ella Mai , 10 Summers/Interscope | IGA 6
26 25 31 85 5 Seconds Of Summer , One Mode | Capitol 1
27 89 77 177 Metallica , Blackened 2
28 26 25 26 Lil Baby , Quality Control/Motown | Capitol 12
29 28 32 196 Shawn Mendes , Island 1
30 32 36 50 Dan + Shay , Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN 11
31 30 24 186 twenty one pilots , Fueled By Ramen | AG 1
32 34 23 73 Kane Brown , Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN 5
33 33 34 56 Marshmello , Joytime Collective 25
34 29 20 25 Lil Wayne , Young Money | Republic 1
35 35 35 216 Bruno Mars , Atlantic | AG 1
36 36 33 100 Camila Cabello , SYCO | Epic 1
37 0 Re-Entry 7 Bob Dylan , Columbia 17
38 40 40 159 Chris Stapleton , Mercury Nashville | UMGN 1
39 37 37 72 Kodak Black , Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG 6
40 45 52 11 Billie Eilish , Darkroom/Interscope | IGA 40
41 38 38 224 Taylor Swift , Big Machine | BMLG 1
42 1 – 8 Andrea Bocelli , Sugar/Verve | VLG 1
43 47 43 90 Bebe Rexha , Warner Bros. 23
44 0 Re-Entry 19 Chris Tomlin , Rivermusic/Sparrow | Capitol CMG 17
45 49 61 7 Sheck Wes , Cactus Jack/G.O.O.D./Interscope | IGA 43
46 46 – 52 Pentatonix , RCA 1
47 0 New 1 TakeOff , Quality Control/Motown | Capitol 47
48 50 42 34 Bad Bunny , Hear This Music | Rimas 23
49 23 3 50 Disturbed , Reprise | Warner Bros. 3
50 57 55 57 NF , NF Real Music/Capitol | Caroline 8
51 62 56 34 Bastille , Virgin | Capitol 15
52 64 53 197 Thomas Rhett , Valory | BMLG 1
53 59 50 41 Bazzi , ZZZ/iamcosmic/Atlantic | AG 34
54 66 57 5 Gunna , Young Stoner Life/300 | AG 22
55 52 70 33 Tyga , Last Kings | EMPIRE 27
56 56 47 228 Florida Georgia Line , BMLG 1
57 54 62 217 Nicki Minaj , Young Money/Cash Money | Republic 2
58 27 48 193 Michael Jackson , MJJ | Epic 20
59 65 54 199 Kendrick Lamar , Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA 1
60 48 39 63 Dua Lipa , Warner Bros. 10
61 63 59 14 lovelytheband , RED 54
62 61 29 206 Jason Aldean , Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG 1
63 76 73 101 Brett Young , BMLG 26
64 53 45 43 6ix9ine , ScumGang | TenThousand Projects 13
65 58 46 197 Selena Gomez , Interscope | IGA 2
66 68 63 104 DJ Snake , DJ Snake/Geffen | IGA 16
67 74 79 4 Jimmie Allen , Stoney Creek/BMG | BBMG 67
68 41 1 5 Greta Van Fleet , Lava | Republic 1
69 42 66 131 P!nk , RCA 1
70 72 69 154 The Chainsmokers , Disruptor | Columbia 1
71 70 60 165 Carrie Underwood , Capitol Nashville | UMGN 1
72 73 71 28 Lauv , Lauv | AWAL-Kobalt 43
73 77 67 3 Swae Lee , Eardrumma/Interscope | IGA 67
74 0 Re-Entry 3 H.E.R. , RCA 29
75 0 Re-Entry 110 Dierks Bentley , Capitol Nashville | UMGN 3
76 69 51 162 Eric Church , EMI Nashville | UMGN 4
77 84 78 96 Maren Morris , Columbia Nashville | SMN 15
78 91 100 212 The Weeknd , XO | Republic 1
79 82 – 217 Rihanna , Westbury Road | Roc Nation 2
80 95 91 227 Luke Bryan , Capitol Nashville | UMGN 1
81 60 – 11 Josh Turner , MCA Nashville | UMGN 21
82 96 89 3 Mitchell Tenpenny , Riser House/Columbia Nashville | SMN 82
83 85 90 88 Zedd , Interscope | IGA 17
84 0 Re-Entry 28 Alan Jackson , ACR/EMI Nashville | UMGN 20
85 87 84 38 Lynyrd Skynyrd , Blackbird Production Partners | Loud & Proud 40
86 31 – 104 John Legend , Columbia 15
87 0 Re-Entry 60 21 Savage , Slaughter Gang | Epic 8
88 80 83 45 YoungBoy Never Broke Again , Never Broke Again/Atlantic | AG 26
89 0 Re-Entry 211 Blake Shelton , Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN 1
90 92 82 61 J Balvin , Capitol Latin | UMLE 16
91 93 74 16 Normani , SYCO | Epic 65
92 0 Re-Entry 179 Charlie Puth , OTTO/Atlantic | AG 6
93 75 44 46 Quavo , Quality Control/Motown | Capitol 11
94 90 80 109 Migos , Quality Control/300 | AG 1
95 98 96 14 Offset , Quality Control/Motown | Capitol 75
96 88 92 196 Adele , XL | Columbia 1
97 0 Re-Entry 5 for KING & COUNTRY , Curb-Word | Curb 13
98 97 81 52 Ozuna , VP Entertainment/DimeloVi | Sony Music Latin 17
99 0 Re-Entry 150 Cole Swindell , Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN 8
100 0 Re-Entry 76 Gucci Mane , Guwop/Atlantic | AG 5

[kingofpain]

Nov 13, 2018 4:05:45 GMT -5 Anticonformity said:

As a non Barbra fan (no shade just not a fan couldn't name a song outside of Don't Lie To Me ) I'm actually shocked, like I'm not even a fan but I always thought she could release an album of nothing lol and get #1
Anyone no what happened? Just curious tbh

The album is actually not half bad, it’s just that she made the album political and probably turned off buyers. Even right leaning people can enjoy her music if she leaves the politics out of it, but she was a bit on the nose with this one.

[owenlovesmusic]

All the Migos are on the Artist 100 solo and as the Migos

[renfield75]

Nov 13, 2018 10:05:00 GMT -5 kingofpain said:

Nov 13, 2018 4:05:45 GMT -5 Anticonformity said:

As a non Barbra fan (no shade just not a fan couldn't name a song outside of Don't Lie To Me ) I'm actually shocked, like I'm not even a fan but I always thought she could release an album of nothing lol and get #1
Anyone no what happened? Just curious tbh

The album is actually not half bad, it’s just that she made the album political and probably turned off buyers. Even right leaning people can enjoy her music if she leaves the politics out of it, but she was a bit on the nose with this one.

Streaming is the major factor I'd imagine. She's still #2 in sales, which is her bread and butter. We've seen a lot of veteran artists lately who had top ten (and even number one) albums in recent years struggle to make the top ten now. Streaming favors younger acts.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Doo-Wops & Hooligans reached the 400 weeks charted in the Billboard 200 milestone this week becoming the 9th album to do so. Next up CCR's Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits is at 392 weeks and 21 at 389. That is, unless Nirvana's Nevermind manages to get the week it needs to get to 400 before those two.

[tanooki]

Divide at 29 on the BB200


wtf

[ccchui]

Did anyone notice last week #1 Si by Andrea Bocelli drops from #1 to #36 in Billboard 200....is that one of the largest drop of a #1 album???? I wonder will Metro Boomin will do the same thing next week???

[tanooki]

Nov 13, 2018 17:51:49 GMT -5 ccchui said:

Did anyone notice last week #1 Si by Andrea Bocelli drops from #1 to #36 in Billboard 200....is that one of the largest drop of a #1 album???? I wonder will Metro Boomin will do the same thing next week???

Biggest drop was the Bon Jovi album This House is Not For Sale dropping from 1 to 169

[ccchui]

Nov 13, 2018 17:54:08 GMT -5 tanooki said:

Nov 13, 2018 17:51:49 GMT -5 ccchui said:

Did anyone notice last week #1 Si by Andrea Bocelli drops from #1 to #36 in Billboard 200....is that one of the largest drop of a #1 album???? I wonder will Metro Boomin will do the same thing next week???

Biggest drop was the Bon Jovi album This House is Not For Sale dropping from 1 to 169

Oh Just see that in Wiki about this. Yes it is Bon Jovi taking the cake on this one! From #1 to #169.....that is not so good.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200#Biggest_drops_from_number-one

[tanooki]

Nov 13, 2018 17:59:38 GMT -5 ccchui said:

Nov 13, 2018 17:54:08 GMT -5 tanooki said:

Biggest drop was the Bon Jovi album This House is Not For Sale dropping from 1 to 169

Oh Just see that in Wiki about this. Yes it is Bon Jovi taking the cake on this one! From #1 to #169.....that is not so good.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200#Biggest_drops_from_number-one

I think they re-released the album with some stupid bundle and that is what happened

[kcdawg13]

^ Bingo, album went #1 in 2016 and had a steep drop, then they released some stupid tour bundle, jumped from like 198 to 1 and dropped back into the lower 100’s.

[tanooki]

The only way rock bands can get #1s anymore lol

[renfield75]

Nov 13, 2018 17:54:08 GMT -5 tanooki said:

Nov 13, 2018 17:51:49 GMT -5 ccchui said:

Did anyone notice last week #1 Si by Andrea Bocelli drops from #1 to #36 in Billboard 200....is that one of the largest drop of a #1 album???? I wonder will Metro Boomin will do the same thing next week???

Biggest drop was the Bon Jovi album This House is Not For Sale dropping from 1 to 169

The really weird thing is that that Bon Jovi album held the "biggest drop from #1 record" TWICE. When it was initially released it fell 1-43, setting the record. A couple of other albums had bigger falls after that, then the tour bundle kicked in and the Bon Jovi album re-entered at #1, falling to #169 and setting the record AGAIN for biggest fall from #1. So the same album set the record two different times for the biggest drop from #1...that's an amazing chart coincidence that will likely never be duplicated.

[Enigma.]

Khalid already down to #30, awful for him.. he needs to rebrand himself (and yes the album is short but none of the songs are actually hits right now, only Better is charting on Hot 100 and dropping there)

[areyoureadytojump]

Album sales are down 17% in 2018. The way people talk here, you'd think they were down 60%.

Album Sales: 111,394,000 (-16.9%)

Breakdown:

CD Sales: 54,422,000 (-19.3%)
Vinyl Sales: 11,902,000 (+13.3%)
Digital Sales: 44,740,000 (-19.8%)
Other Sales: 330,000 (+3.8%)

[Gary]

Kris Wu's 'Antares' Album Debuts on Billboard 200 Chart After Sales Audit

News

By Colin Stutz | November 13, 2018 9:45 PM EST


The Chinese super star's first album with Universal Music Group lands at No. 100 after some sales were deemed "unverified."

Chinese pop star Kris Wu's new album Antares debuted at No. 100 on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated Nov. 17, after some of its sales last week could not be adequately verified.

Antares arrived with 8,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 8, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 5,000 were in album sales.

"Billboard and Nielsen Music have been working to validate the accuracy and legitimacy of the sales volumes that were reported for Kris Wu last week," a Nielsen rep said in a statement, speaking as Billboard's data provider. "As with all instances when providers are unable to validate sales, Nielsen decides on a case by case basis whether streaming or sales activity is chart-eligible. In this case, we did not receive the required validation of certain Kris Wu sales for last week and have decided to remove all unverified activity for the week ending November 8."

Wu's sales came under scrutiny following the album's Nov. 2 release, when his tracks quickly began dominating the U.S. iTunes sales chart, occupying the top seven song rankings. When Ariana Grande's new single, "thank u, next," dropped the next day, Wu managed to block her from the No. 1 slot and maintained seven out off the top eight spots on the chart.

Wu may be a household name in China with a rising global profile, but this kind of success on a U.S. chart for an act who just signed a global deal with Universal Music Group in April seemed to some too good to be true. Soon, some began speculating Wu gamed the system to manipulate his U.S. sales.

The prevailing story -- which was shared by Grande's manager, Scooter Braun, after speaking with Wu and his team -- is that the Chinese star held his release back in his homeland to coincide with his birthday on Nov. 6. That led to Chinese fans hacking into the U.S. iTunes store to purchase the album, hence driving it up the sales chart. Apple has not responded to requests for comment.

Meanwhile, Wu's label Universal Music Group says it's "thrilled" with the global success of Antares, his first album from Interscope, Island Records U.K. and Universal Music China. And while there may be disappointment over the sales that did not count towards the U.S. charts, the label is taking the long view, looking forward to building his star power internationally.

"In its first week, the album has already been certified seven-times Platinum in China, where it’s currently the top album on the country’s four biggest streaming services," said a UMG spokesperson. "With Antares, Kris Wu becomes the first Chinese recording artist to concurrently land in major industry and genre charts across the U.S., U.K., Australia and other parts of the world."

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

[pnobelysk]

Nov 14, 2018 8:29:23 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Album sales are down 17% in 2018. The way people talk here, you'd think they were down 60%.

Album Sales: 111,394,000 (-16.9%)

Breakdown:

CD Sales: 54,422,000 (-19.3%)
Vinyl Sales: 11,902,000 (+13.3%)
Digital Sales: 44,740,000 (-19.8%)
Other Sales: 330,000 (+3.8%)

I think it’s dramatic because of the lack of albums that have reached certain milestones this year. For example, only one album has sold 500k this year and it’s a 2017 release

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Nov 14, 2018 10:29:42 GMT -5 Gary said:

Kris Wu's 'Antares' Album Debuts on Billboard 200 Chart After Sales Audit

I think it is a good thing that they audited the data to more accurately reflect the truth. If that was the cause for the delay of the Billboard 200 article coming out from its original date, it was worth it.

[Gary]

Drake's 'Take Care' Passes J. Cole's '2014 Forest Hills Drive' for Second-Most Weeks on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

News

By Trevor Anderson | November 15, 2018 2:54 PM EST


The set’s 169 weeks trails only Kenny’s G’s "Breathless."

As Drake’s Take Care slips 40-41 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart (dated Nov. 17), the 2011 set logs its 169th week on the ranking and secures the second-longest stay in the chart’s history, dating to its 1965 inception.

Care surpasses the 168-week sum of J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive and now trails only Kenny G’s Breathless, which holds the record with 185 frames. As both albums re-enter the chart regularly -- Drive has recorded 27 weeks on the survey in 2018, while Care has made the ranking every week this year -- they could contend for the all-time mark in the first half of 2019.

As Drake snags the silver medal, here’s a recap at the current leaderboard for most weeks on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums:

Weeks, Album, Artist
185, Breathless, Kenny G
169, Take Care, Drake
168, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole
152, Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem
146, good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar
146, Greatest Hits, 2Pac
145, Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd
140, The Eminem Show, Eminem
140, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Wu-Tang Clan
132, Views, Drake

Notably, several of those albums, including Drive and Care, have benefited from a 2017 switch in the chart’s tabulation. Prior to the chart dated Feb. 11, 2017, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums was strictly a sales-based ranking. Since then, the chart has ranked albums based on multi-metric consumption through album sales, track-equivalent albums and streaming-equivalent albums and has allowed older catalog titles to qualify for re-entry. Consistent streams for both Drive and Care have helped the albums return to the chart after extended absences.

Breathless, however, also profited in one key way: During its run, a consecutive stretch of 183 weeks between December 1992 and June 1996, with three additional weeks later in 1996 and 1997, the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart encompassed 100 positions. It was then reduced to 75 slots in 2010 and its current length of 50 positions in 2013.

[Gary]

Looking at the R&B/Hip Hop albums longevity list I get really confused by the album at the top

Kenny G is R&B/Hip-Hop?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^According to his Kenny G's chart history, Breathless peaked at #2, while Miracles peaked at #1. Not to mention 17 albums have charted there.

[Gary]

I meant the style of music.

Kenny G is a sax player. Seems weird to me to call that R&B/Hip Hop these days

[tanooki]

I guess technically it falls under R&B?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

I understand it is confusing. I guess it is part of Billboard's weird definition of musical genres.

[areyoureadytojump]

Kenny G had 7 Top 40 hits on the R&B chart:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_G_discography#Singles

[Gary]

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Bob Dylan Notches 48th Top 40 Album With 'More Blood, More Tracks'
11/17/2018 by Keith Caulfield

Christopher Polk/Getty Images for VH1
Bob Dylan onstage during the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards held at The Hollywood Palladium on Jan. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Nov. 17), producer Metro Boomin notched his first No. 1 with the arrival of Not All Heroes Wear Capes. The surprise set starts with 99,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 8, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, just 5,000 were in album sales — the bulk of the rest were driven by streaming activity.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular albums based on their overall consumption. That overall unit figure combines pure album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the rest of the Billboard 200:
— Ariana Grande, Sweetener – No. 11 — Thanks to the buzz generated by Grande’s new single “Thank U, Next,” her two previous albums surge on the list. Sweetener climbs 20-11 with 35,000 units (up 45 percent) while Dangerous Woman vaults 192-108 with 8,000 units (up 58 percent).

— Bob Dylan, More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14 – No. 25 — The legend collects his 48th top 40-charting album with his latest archival release, More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14 (21,000 units; 20,000 in album sales). The effort compiles the studio recordings Dylan made in 1974 that would turn into his 1975 album Blood on the Tracks. The new compilation was issued in a number of configurations, including a single disc edition, a double-LP vinyl set and a deluxe box.
Blood on the Tracks reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated March 1, 1975, and spent two weeks atop the list. It was Dylan’s second of five No. 1s.

— Metallica, …And Justice for All – No. 49 — Metallica’s first top 10-charting album, …And Justice for All, returns to the list for the first time in more than a year, thanks to a new 30th anniversary deluxe reissue of the album. The set was remastered and reissued on Nov. 2 and is available in an array of deluxe editions, many with a robust number of bonus tracks. And Justice for All was released in 1988 and peaked at No. 6 on the chart dated Oct. 8, 1988. The album would later launch the band’s first Billboard Hot 100 hit single, “One,” which reached No. 35 on April 8, 1989. The track also marked the group’s first entry on the Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart, topping out at No. 46 on March 18, 1989. So far, Metallica has racked up 16 entries on the Hot 100 and 36 hits on the Mainstream Rock Songs tally.

— Michael Bublé, Christmas – No. 92 — The former No. 1 album makes its annual return to the tally, as it jumps back onto the list at No. 92 with 9,000 units (up 139 percent). The album spent five weeks at No. 1 in December of 2011 and January of 2012. Since then, it has revisited the top 10 in every Christmas season. In 2017, it notched three weeks in the top 10: Dec. 16-30.

— Kids See Ghosts, Kids See Ghosts – No. 166 — The album’s belated release on vinyl LP on Nov. 2 spurs the set’s re-entry at No. 166 (6,000 units; up 71 percent). The album sold 3,000 copies in the latest tracking week (up 536 percent), and vinyl LP sales represented 87 percent of that sum. Kids See Ghosts was initially released on June 8 to streaming services and digital retailers. It then was issued on CD on Sept. 28.

— David Archuleta, Winter in the Air – No. 191 — After five years away from the Billboard 200, David Archuleta is back on the list with his new holiday effort, Winter in the Air. The album arrives with 5,000 units earned (nearly all from album sales). The singer was last on the tally in the spring of 2013 with No Matter How Far, which debuted and peaked at No. 110 on April 13, 2013.
Winter in the Air also debuts at No. 6 on the Holiday Albums chart, notching Archuleta his second top 10 on the tally (following 2009’s No. 2-peaking Christmas From the Heart).

[kanfad]

Also, will Metro at #1, this is like the 5th/6th #1 album that features a Drake song this year