Billboard 200 7/29/17

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JAY-Z Scores 14th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With '4:44'



The superstar extends his own record for the most No. 1s among soloists.

JAY-Z collects his 14th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his latest release, 4:44, debuts atop the tally. According to Nielsen Music, in the week ending July 13, the set earned 262,000 equivalent album units -- a larger-than-initially-expected sum, and the fourth-largest week of 2017 for any album. Of its total, 174,000 units were in traditional album sales.

4:44’s No. 1 arrival extends JAY-Z’s record as the solo artist with the most No. 1 albums in the 61-year history of the Billboard 200 chart. He distances himself farther ahead of the two acts with the second-most leaders among soloists: Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand, who each have 11 chart-toppers. Among all acts, JAY-Z has the second-most leaders, behind only The Beatles, which have 19 No. 1s.

JAY-Z also furthers his own record as the artist with the most debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as all 14 of his albums have bowed in the top slot. (Springsteen has the second-most No. 1 debuts, with eight.)

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

The new July 29-dated chart (where JAY-Z starts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, July 18.

4:44 was initially issued on June 30 (via S. Carter Enterprises/Roc Nation) for one week of streaming exclusivity through Tidal. However, Tidal did not report data for the album to Nielsen Music for the week ending July 6, so the album did not debut on the July 22-dated chart. (In addition, by July 2, the album was also offered as a free download -- sponsored by Sprint -- via the web site 444.tidal.com. The free downloads were ineligible to chart, per Billboard’s current pricing policy.)


Then, on July 7, the album became widely available to most streaming services (but not Spotify, as JAY-Z pulled his catalog from the service in April) and to retailers as both a download and CD (with three bonus tracks).

Overall, 4:44’s launch of 262,000 units grants the album the fourth-largest week of 2017, behind the debuts of Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. (603,000 units), Drake’s More Life (505,000) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (451,000).

Of 4:44’s 174,000 sales in the week ending July 13, the set sold 131,000 as a download and 43,000 on CD.

Despite 4:44’s absence from Spotify, the album still generated the fourth-biggest streaming debut of 2017. Of its total 262,000-unit start, 7,000 were in TEA units, while SEA units represented 82,000 units. The latter sum equals 122.4 million streams of the album’s songs. In terms of streaming debuts in 2017, it trails only Drake’s More Life (257,000 SEA units; 384.8 million song streams), Lamar’s DAMN. (227,000 SEA units; 340.6 million song streams) and Sheeran’s ÷ (90,000 SEA units; 134.6 million song streams).

JAY-Z’s previous album, Magna Carta…Holy Grail, debuted at No. 1 in 2013 with 528,000 copies sold in its first week (before the chart transitioned to a consumption-ranked tally in 2014). Like 4:44, Magna Carta was issued in a unique fashion: it was first released (on July 4, 2013) as a free download to certain Samsung phone and tablet users who had downloaded a JAY-Z-centric app. (One million copies were available for free to fans through the app.) It then became widely available to retailers on July 9.


Every one of JAY-Z’s solo studio albums have reached No. 1 since 1998’s Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life (which was also his first No. 1). His 14 chart-toppers also include three collaborative efforts: one each with R. Kelly (Unfinished Business), Linkin Park (MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents: Collision Course) and Kanye West (Watch the Throne).


The rest of the new top 10 on the July 29-dated Billboard 200 chart will be revealed in a separate story posting later today (July 16).

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21 Savage & Haim Debut in Top 10 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart


Rapper 21 Savage and rock band Haim debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 albums chart, as their newest albums bow at Nos. 2 and 7, respectively. Meanwhile, as reported earlier, JAY-Z clocks his 14th No. 1 on the tally, as 4:44 bows atop the list.

JAY-Z’s latest starts with 262,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 13, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 174,000 units were in traditional album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new July 29-dated chart (where JAY-Z starts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, July 18.

In the runner-up slot behind JAY-Z on the new Billboard 200 chart is 21 Savage’s Issa Album, which launches with 77,000 units (22,000 in traditional album sales). The set was powered largely by streams, as it generated 51,000 SEA units (equaling 77 million streams for the songs on the album). The remainder of the album’s total start was logged by 7,000 TEA units.

Issa Album is 21 Savage’s debut solo studio effort, and grants the rapper his first top 10 and second chart entry overall. He previously logged a No. 23-peaking set with his Metro Boomin collaboration, Savage Mode, in in February.
Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. is steady at No. 3 on the new Billboard 200 with 54,000 units (down 3 percent), while DJ Khaled’s Grateful falls from No. 1 to No. 4 in its third chart week with 50,000 units (down 28 percent).


Rap albums occupy the top four slots on the Billboard 200 for the first time in more than two years. The chart last housed an all-rap top four on the April 18, 2015-dated list, when Wale’s The Album About Nothing bowed at No. 1, followed by the then-surging Furious 7 soundtrack (rising 17-2), the debut of Ludacris’ Ludaversal at No. 3 and Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly (falling 1-4).

At No. 5 on the new Billboard 200, Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) is a non-mover with 36,000 units (down 3 percent), while Imagine Dragons’ Evolve slips from No. 4 to No. 6 with 35,000 units (down 21 percent).

Rock band Haim nabs its second top 10 album with the arrival of its second effort, Something to Tell You, at No. 7. It launches with 32,000 units (26,000 in traditional album sales). The sibling trio’s debut effort, Days Are Gone, debuted and peaked at No. 6 in 2013 with 26,000 sold in its first week (before the chart transitioned to a consumption-based ranking in 2014).

Rounding out the new top 10 are Calvin Harris’ Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 (falling 2-8 with 30,000 units in its second week; down 55 percent), the Moana soundtrack (10-9 with a little more than 29,000 units; down 4 percent) and Drake’s More Life (9-10 with 29,000 units; down 10 percent).

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1. Jay-Z 262,000
2. 21 Savage 77,000
3. Kendrick Lamar 54,000
4. DJ Khaled 50,000
5. Ed Sheeran 36,000
6. Imagine Dragons 35,000
7. Haim 32,000
8. Calvin Harris 30,000
9. Moana 29,000
10. Drake 29,000

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Links to the articles:

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Bruno Mars out of the top 10 for the first time since its debut

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7/29 Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC Title Artist Imprint | label

1 New 1 4:44 - JAY-Z - S. Carter Enterprises | Roc Nation
2 New 1 Issa Album - 21 Savage - Slaughter Gang | Epic
3 3 3 13 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
4 1 1 3 Grateful - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic
5 5 7 19 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
6 4 2 3 Evolve - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
7 New 1 Something To Tell You - HAIM - Columbia
8 2 – 2 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 - Calvin Harris - Fly Eye | Columbia
9 10 10 34 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
10 9 8 17 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
11 7 9 34 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG
12 6 5 4 Pretty Girls Like Trap Music - 2 Chainz - The Real University | Def Jam
13 11 14 19 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA
14 12 11 31 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic
15 13 12 5 Ctrl - SZA - Top Dawg | RCA
16 14 15 24 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG
17 15 28 42 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island
18 16 21 94 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG
19 17 18 42 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA
20 30 34 5 Witness - Katy Perry - Capitol
21 20 19 33 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
22 18 17 6 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey - Astralwerks
23 Re-Entry 2 OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997 2017 - Radiohead - XL
24 19 20 21 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
25 23 25 13 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti - AWGE/Interscope | IGA
26 24 24 14 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia
27 21 13 4 Melodrama - Lorde - Lava | Republic
28 28 30 45 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic
29 26 29 63 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
30 22 22 10 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
31 43 39 10 There's Really A Wolf - Russ - Diemon/Russ My Way | Columbia
32 34 35 32 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote
33 29 38 96 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
34 31 23 4 BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG
35 45 44 10 Everybody - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam
36 37 42 113 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
37 35 27 9 Harry Styles - Harry Styles - Erskine | Columbia
38 41 41 6 This One's For You - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN
39 39 43 62 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN
40 42 37 15 Painting Pictures - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG
41 36 26 7 True To Self - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA
42 49 50 142 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN
43 50 52 61 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper
44 46 46 46 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG
45 53 47 199 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe
46 47 48 23 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
47 40 33 5 Heart Break - Lady Antebellum - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
48 44 32 12 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
49 48 54 22 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG
50 52 51 77 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

51 27 141 3 Baby Driver: Music From The Motion Picture - Soundtrack - 30th Century | Columbia
52 58 61 13 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
53 62 55 36 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia
54 60 70 160 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
55 94 93 349 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
56 71 66 31 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation
57 74 98 103 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
58 51 45 201 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
59 108 123 34 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened
60 76 62 328 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
61 59 59 135 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
62 55 56 10 NOW 62 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
63 65 – 82 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood
64 57 58 478 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
65 56 73 54 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
66 54 57 5 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 10 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
67 68 71 86 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia
68 64 67 246 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
69 72 60 98 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
70 67 63 14 My Moment - Tee Grizzley - 300 | AG
71 25 4 119 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) - Prince And The Revolution - NPG/Warner Bros. | Rhino
72 63 53 18 Beauty And The Beast (2017) - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
73 92 85 136 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia
74 8 – 2 Hydrograd - Stone Sour - Roadrunner | AG
75 82 76 228 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
76 69 89 127 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG
77 87 90 78 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG
78 70 65 20 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
79 79 75 36 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia
80 89 77 60 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic
81 78 97 469 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
82 95 105 32 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN
83 83 82 94 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG
84 93 80 94 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA
85 88 72 250 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
86 98 91 30 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA
87 90 94 87 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam
88 96 84 59 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
89 99 102 66 The Life Of deleted - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
90 86 86 332 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
91 85 111 323 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord
92 New 1 Girl Disrupted - Sevyn Streeter - Atlantic | AG
93 81 68 7 Droptopwop - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG
94 97 83 48 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA
95 61 40 4 Feed The Machine - Nickelback - Nickelback II | BMG
96 New 1 Hug Of Thunder - Broken Social Scene - Arts & Crafts
97 111 101 12 digital druglord - blackbear - Beartrap/Alamo/Interscope | IGA
98 80 69 9 Welcome Home - Zac Brown Band - Southern Ground/Elektra | AG
99 100 92 9 Revenge - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings
100 102 96 49 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

101 101 109 152 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
102 107 126 230 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino
103 109 104 98 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks
104 106 95 7 El Dorado - Shakira - Sony Music Latin
105 112 121 439 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
106 84 178 64 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
107 125 103 4 Woodstock - Portugal. The Man - Atlantic | AG
108 103 151 58 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN
109 110 113 66 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone
110 143 137 52 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang
111 73 31 4 The Nashville Sound - Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - Southeastern | Thirty Tigers
112 113 114 15 Long Live Nut - YFN Lucci - Think It's A Game | Warner Bros.
113 127 169 284 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
114 124 122 26 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG
115 126 108 9 bloom - Machine Gun Kelly - EST19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope | IGA
116 114 119 407 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe
117 132 117 127 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
118 128 115 20 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic
119 120 112 104 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
120 131 125 48 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
121 118 110 101 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
122 140 124 5 The Click - AJR - AJR | BMG
123 136 120 195 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
124 121 127 44 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG
125 Re-Entry 88 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
126 119 100 7 Teenage Emotions - Lil Yachty - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol
127 122 88 18 Dear Evan Hansen - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Autumn Smile Broadway Limited Liability/Atlantic | AG
128 138 128 76 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG
129 116 176 73 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
130 123 150 60 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
131 Re-Entry 222 Mothership - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino
132 134 135 34 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN
133 129 132 231 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG
134 149 146 281 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
135 105 136 19 Pawn Shop - Brothers Osborne - EMI Nashville | UMGN
136 New 1 Boo Boo - Toro y Moi - Carpark
137 104 74 89 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino
138 159 145 76 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA
139 168 159 287 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
140 170 167 47 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry
141 91 158 60 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
142 165 143 17 So Good - Zara Larsson - Record Company TEN | Epic
143 141 144 180 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG
144 144 142 31 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic
145 154 171 228 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA | UMe
146 Re-Entry 129 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote
147 Re-Entry 159 Dr. Dre -- 2001 - Dr. Dre - Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
148 148 147 224 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
149 152 118 75 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
150 187 182 113 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

151 150 130 11 Humanz - Gorillaz - Parlophone | Warner Bros.
152 156 134 9 After Laughter - Paramore - Fueled By Ramen | AG
153 66 16 3 Big Fish Theory - Vince Staples - Blacksmith/ARTium | Def Jam
154 Re-Entry 22 35 Biggest Hits - Tim McGraw - Curb
155 153 149 138 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.
156 151 152 334 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia
157 164 157 100 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG
158 158 129 16 Tremaine The Album - Trey Songz - Atlantic | AG
159 163 154 161 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol
160 115 155 200 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
161 171 148 87 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam
162 Re-Entry 2 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa - Warner Bros.
163 186 195 195 The Fame - Lady Gaga - Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA
164 155 156 297 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
165 Re-Entry 67 The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac - Reprise/Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino
166 167 – 193 The Very Best Of The Eagles - Eagles - Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino
167 Re-Entry 176 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
168 194 – 369 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe
169 198 – 215 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG
170 183 174 40 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG
171 189 173 84 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA
172 166 139 22 Fifty Shades Darker - Soundtrack - Universal Studios | Republic
173 157 185 219 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles - Asylum/Elektra | Rhino
174 182 164 116 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
175 188 198 23 Fenix - Nicky Jam - La Industria | Sony Music Latin
176 117 163 88 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN
177 197 172 57 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
178 200 190 24 The Devil Dont Sleep - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG
179 176 193 296 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy
180 193 184 13 The Search For Everything - John Mayer - Columbia
181 147 162 269 The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash - Columbia Nashville/Legacy/American/Island | UMe
182 172 175 17 Rather You Than Me - Rick Ross - Maybach | Epic
183 Re-Entry 132 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia
184 185 186 81 Rocket Man: Number Ones - Elton John - Chronicles/Rocket/Island/Mercury | UMe
185 Re-Entry 4 Best Of 50 Cent - 50 Cent - Shady/Interscope/Aftermath | UMe
186 Re-Entry 173 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
187 Re-Entry 7 Summer Forever - Billy Currington - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
188 Re-Entry 135 The Ultimate Hits - Garth Brooks - Pearl
189 184 – 148 Sublime - Sublime - Gasoline Alley/MCA/Geffen | UMe
190 133 81 119 The Joshua Tree - U2 - Island/Interscope | UMe
191 192 183 51 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol
192 Re-Entry 92 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG
193 162 153 160 Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - Simon & Garfunkel - Columbia | Legacy
194 Re-Entry 64 Meat And Candy - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN
195 Re-Entry 93 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic
196 Re-Entry 132 Sounds Of Summer:The Very Best Of The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys - Capitol | UMe
197 160 – 178 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
198 Re-Entry 23 SweetSexySavage - Kehlani - Tsunami Mob/Atlantic | AG
199 Re-Entry 13 The Hits - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy
200 Re-Entry 156 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

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Retailer Report: Top 200 Albums
Region: Total U.S. Week Ending: 07/13/17

JAY-Z|4:44 ( 1) 173.7k
HAIM|SOMETHING TO TELL YOU ( 2) 25.5k
21 SAVAGE|ISSA ALBUM ( 3) 21.8k
RADIOHEAD|OK COMPUTER OKNOTOK ( 4) 15.6k
IMAGINE DRAGONS|EVOLVE ( 5) 13.2k
VARIOUS ARTISTS|MOANA / O.S.T.( 6) 13.1k
SHEERAN*ED|DIVIDE ( 7) 13.0k
LAMAR*KENDRICK|DAMN. ( 8) 12.5k
PERRY*KATY|WITNESS ( 9) 12.2k
MARS*BRUNO|24K MAGIC ( 10) 10.8k

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Chart Watch: Jay-Z Closes in on the Beatles
by Paul Grein
Yahoo Music, July 17, 2017

Jay-Z lands his 14th No. 1 album as 4:44 enters the Billboard 200 in the top spot. Only one other artist in chart history has amassed as many as 14 No. 1 albums. The Beatles have tallied 19. But Jay-Z ties the Beatles in one key respect — most albums of new material that have reached No. 1. All 14 of Jay-Z’s No. 1 albums are collections of new material. The Beatles’ tally of 19 No. 1 albums includes five compilations of vintage recordings — The Beatles/ 1967-1970, Anthology 1, 2, and 3, and the single-disc compilation 1.

4:44 is Jay-Z’s 11th consecutive solo studio album to reach No. 1. (His other three No. 1 albums are an EP with Linkin Park and full-length collabos with R. Kelly and Kanye West.) That’s the longest string of consecutive No. 1 studio albums in chart history (discounting collaborations with other artists).

Jay-Z’s last solo studio album to miss the No. 1 spot was his sophomore release, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, which debuted and peaked at No. 3 in November 1997. It’s extraordinary for an artist to maintain this level of heat for 20 years.


It goes without saying that Jay-Z has amassed more No. 1 albums than any other African-American artist in history. Wanna know who’s in second place? If you combine solo and group recordings, it’s his wife, Beyoncé, who has reached No. 1 eight times — with all six of her solo studio albums plus two albums with Destiny’s Child.

Wanna know who’s in third place? It’s a tie involving Drake (he’s Canadian, but close enough), Janet Jackson, and Kanye West, all of whom have had seven No. 1 albums. I’ve got to mention Michael Jackson, who would have had seven No. 1 albums if Billboard had allowed catalog albums, like his compilation Number Ones, to appear on the Billboard 200 in the summer of 2009. (They do now.)

4:44 moved 262K in equivalent units this week. That includes 174K in traditional album sales.

Technically, 4:44 is in its second week of release. The album was released on June 30 for one week of exclusivity through Tidal. However, Tidal chose not to report data for the album to Nielsen Music for the week ending July 6, so the album didn’t debut on last week’s chart. It was released to most streaming services and retailers on July 7 through Roc Nation.

Jay-Z’s “The Story of O.J.” is the week’s top new entry on the Hot 100 at No. 23. The title song from his new album debuts at No. 35. The rapper first cracked the top 40 as a lead artist in November 1998 with “Can I Get A…” (featuring Amil and Ja Rule).

Top Albums

Hip-hop albums occupy the top four positions on the Billboard 200 this week. You already know about Jay-Z. 21 Savage’s first full-length album, Issa Album, debuts at No. 2. Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. holds at No. 3 in its 13th week. DJ Khaled’s Grateful drops from No. 1 to No. 4 in its third week.

This is the first time in more than two years that rap albums have occupied the top four slots. This last happened in April 2015, when the top four were Wale’s The Album About Nothing, the Furious 7 soundtrack, Ludacris’s Ludaversal, and Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly.


Ed Sheeran’s ÷ holds at No. 5 in its 19th week. It spent its first two weeks at No. 1. Sheeran’s album logs its 14th week at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. That’s the longest run for an album by a male solo artist since Elvis Presley’s Blue Hawaii soundtrack had 18 weeks on top in 1962.

Imagine Dragons’ Evolve drops from No. 4 to No. 6 in its third week. The album debuted and peaked at No. 2.

HAIM lands its second top 10 album as Something to Tell You debuts at No. 7. The album enters the Official U.K. Albums Chart at No. 2. The trio received a Grammy nom for Best New Artist of 2014, but lost to Sam Smith.

Calvin Harris’ s Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 drops from its No. 2 peak to No. 8 in its second week.

The Moana soundtrack inches up from No. 10 to No. 9 in its 34th week. The album peaked at No. 2. Moana logs its 14th week at No. 1 on Top Soundtracks. That’s the longest run by any soundtrack since Frozen logged 44 weeks on top in 2013-14. Both albums, of course, are from animated Disney movies. Frozen was the 53rd animated feature film from Disney. Moana was the 56th.

Drake’s More Life dips from No. 9 to No. 10 in its 17th week. It spent its first three weeks on top.

Bruno Mars’s 24K Magic drops from No. 9 to No. 11, ending (for now at least) a 33-week run in the top 10. Two other albums drop out of the top 10 this week. 2 Chainz’s Pretty Girls Like Trap Music drops from No. 6 to No. 12. Stone Sour’s Hydrograd plunges from No. 8 to No. 74.

Radiohead’s OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997 2017 reenters the chart at No. 23. This nearly matches the original album’s original peak position (No. 21) in 1997. The album hits No. 1 on Top Catalog Albums, displacing Prince and the Revolution’s Purple Rain soundtrack.

Chris Stapleton’s From a Room: Volume 1 drops from No. 22 to No. 30 in its 10th week. The album debuted and peaked at No. 2. The album logs its sixth week at No. 1 on Top Country Albums.

As of this week, the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has sold 5 million copies (in traditional album sales) since Nielsen began tracking U.S. music sales in 1991. Of course, the 1967 classic sold millions more in its first 24 years of release. Sgt. Pepper’s is close behind the Beatles’ 1969 album, Abbey Road, which has sold 5,374,000 copies since 1991. Sgt. Pepper’s is a more legendary album, but more than a few fans prefer Abbey Road.
Coming Attractions: Look for French Montana’s Jungle Rules to be next week’s top new entry, right around No. 3.

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roughstock.com/news/2017/07/42043-top-10-country-albums-sales-chart-july-17-2017

Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: July 17, 2017
Posted By Matt Bjorke

The chart's movement was mostly downward this past week as digital sales ended and not too many new releases hit the charts.

Place Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Chris Stapleton From A Room: Volume 1 10,600 442,400
2 Various Artists Now Country 10 8,000 57,100
3 Lady Antebellum Heart Break 7,300 90,300
4 Chris Stapleton Traveller 6,300 2,008,800
5 Jason Isbell/400 Unit The Nashville Sound 5,000 76,900
6 Luke Combs This One's For You 4,800 65,900
7 Keith Urban Ripcord 43,000 623,500
8 Zac Brown Band Welcome Home 4,300 228,100
9 Brett Young Brett Young 3,300 104,500
10 R.Vincent/D.Singletary American Grandstand 3,100 3,100
11 Kane Brown Kane Brown 23,000 168,600
12 Grant Maloy Smith Dustbowl - American Stories 2,300 6,300
13 Maren Morris Hero 2,100 236,800
14 Miranda Lambert The Weight Of These Wings 2,000 370,500
15 Parker McCollom Probably Wrong: Session 1 EP 2,000 2,000

-- Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop 2,000 138,300
-- Florida Georgia Line Dig Your Roots 1,900 408,000
-- Jon Pardi California Sunrise 1,800 164,000
-- Joey+Rory Hymns 1,700 572,400
-- Willie Nelson God's Problem Child 1,700 76,600
-- Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 1,700 1,161,500
-- Rascal Flatts Back To Us 1,600 49,000
-- Jason Aldean They Don't Know 1,400 39,400
-- Brantley Gilbert The Devil Don't Sleep 1,400 181,900
-- Cole Swindell You Should Be Here 1,400 285,300
-- Steve Earle/Dukes So You Wanna Be An Outlaw 1,300 12,800
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 1,200 292,700
-- Garth Brooks Gunslinger 1,200 110,700
-- Joey Martin Feek If Not For You 1,200 45,700
-- Eli Young Band Fingerprints 900 9,000
-- Aaron Lewis Sinner 800 125,700
-- Hillary Scott/Family Love Remains 800 154,000
-- Josh Turner Deep South 700 51,200
-- Toby Keith Icon 700 1,600
-- Midland Midland EP 700 15,100
-- Dylan Scott Dylan Scott 600 34,800
-- Colt Ford Love Hope Faith 500 19,700
-- Raelynn Wildhorse 500 34,800
-- Rodney Crowell Close Ties 500 11,600
-- Lauren Alaina Lauren Alaina 400 28,200
-- The Dustbowl Revival The Dusbowl Revival 400 1,800
-- William Michael Morgan Vinyl 300 23,100
-- The Mavericks Brand New Day 300 13,000
-- Charley Pride Music In My Heart 300 300

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Metal album sales:

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-719-decapitated-get-ahead-in-sales

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Jul 21, 2017 12:41:26 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

4 Chris Stapleton Traveller 6,300 2,008,800

Happy to see this officially pass 2 million sold!

Lauren Alaina Lauren Alaina 400 28,200

Only 28k sold despite a #1 country radio song? Wow.

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www.billboard.com/biz/articles/7874022/billboard-200-chart-moves-ed-sheerans-divide-tracks-surpass-1-billion-us

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Tracks Surpass 1 Billion U.S. Streams
By Keith Caulfield | July 21, 2017

Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the latest Billboard 200 chart:

— Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide) - No. 5 — The tracks on Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) have now collectively earned more than 1 billion on-demand audio streams in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. In total, the songs on his album have racked up 1.02 billion streams through the week ending July 13. The latest tracking frame pushed the album over the 1 billion threshold, as it earned another 24 million streams during the week. ÷ (Divide) follows Sheeran’s previous album, x (Multiply), which has tallied 1.51 billion streams for its tracks since its release in 2014. Both albums debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

— Radiohead, OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997-2017 – No. 23 — Thanks to the July 7 release of this deluxe reissue in a lavish boxed set and on vinyl, the album returns to the chart at No. 23 with 17,000 units earned in the week (up 472 percent). Of that sum, 16,000 were in traditional album sales (up 957 percent). And, of that sales figure, 8,000 were on vinyl and 7,000 were on CD. (The album bows at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart.)

The reissue was initially released on June 23 as a download and standard CD reissue, and it launched at No. 36 on the Billboard 200 dated July 15 with 13,000 units (of that sum, 10,000 were in album sales -- mostly from downloads). Then, the album fell off the chart for a week, only to return a week later (at a new high of No. 23), thanks to its boxed set and vinyl release on July 7.

The original OK Computer album peaked at No. 21 in 1997, and was the second of 10 top 40-charting albums for the band.

— Katy Perry, Witness - No. 20 — The former No. 1 album zips from No. 30 to No. 20 with 18,000 units (up 27 percent) and 12,000 copies sold (up 63 percent). The set continues to benefit from a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion in association with Perry’s upcoming Witness: The Tour.

— Imagine Dragons, Night Visions – No. 85 — The band’s debut studio album clocks its 250th week on the chart as the album rises 88-85. The set debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Sept. 22, 2012-dated list and has sold 2.74 million copies in the U.S.

— Toro y Moi, Boo Boo – No. 136 — The singer/songwriter/producer earns his fourth charting effort on the list, as Boo Boo bows at No. 136 with 5,000 units (3,000 in traditional album sales). The set also launches at No. 5 on Independent Albums, No. 18 on Alternative Albums and No. 29 on Top Rock Albums.