Billboard 200 8/5/17

[Gary]

JAY-Z's '4:44' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart, French Montana Debuts at No. 3

As expected, JAY-Z’s 4:44 notches a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The set, which bowed atop the tally a week ago, earned 87,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 20, according to Nielsen Music. That sum is down 67 percent compared to its bow of 262,000.

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 Aug. 5-dated chart (where JAY-Z holds at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, July 25.

4:44 sold 61,000 in traditional album sales in its second week (down 65 percent from 173,000). The album was also down in streaming and track equivalencies, falling 72 percent in SEA units (22,000 -- down from 82,000) and 52 percent in TEA units (3,000 -- down from 7,000).

JAY-Z now has a cumulative total of 25 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Of his 14 No. 1 albums, seven have spent a single week at No. 1, while five have racked up two weeks at No. 1 (including 4:44). Two of his chart-toppers clocked three or more weeks at No. 1: 1998’s Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life (five weeks at No. 1) and 2001’s The Blueprint (three weeks at No. 1).

The only rap act with more weeks at No. 1 in the 61-year history of the chart is Eminem, with 31 total weeks atop the list.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 is Kendrick Lamar’s former No. 1, DAMN., which rises one spot in its 14th week on the list (56,000 units, up 3 percent). The album has yet to depart the top three since its debut at No. 1 on the May 6-dated chart.



French Montana earns the only debut in the top 10, as his second studio album, Jungle Rules, bows at No. 3 with 52,000 units (16,000 in traditional album sales). The new set surpasses the peak of his only other charting effort, his debut studio set, Excuse My French, which peaked at No. 4 in its opening frame (June 8, 2013). Excuse My French launched with 56,000 copies sold (before the chart transitioned to a consumption-based tally in late 2014).

Back on the new Billboard 200, DJ Khaled’s former leader Grateful holds at No. 4 with 43,000 units (down 14 percent), 21 Savage’s Issa Album slips 2-5 in its second week with 40,000 units (down 48 percent) and Ed Sheeran’s former No. 1 ÷ (Divide) descends 5-6 with 34,000 units (down 5 percent).

Imagine Dragons’ Evolve moves 6-7 with 33,000 units (down 6 percent) while the Moana soundtrack climbs a rung to No. 8 with a little more than 28,000 units (down 3 percent).


Khalid’s American Teen returns to the top 10 (and its peak rank) after four months, as the set rises 13-9 with 28,000 units (up 6 percent). The album debuted at No. 9 on the March 25-dated list, and then departed the top 10, falling as low as No. 21 on the May 27 chart. American Teen is up in album sales (4,000; up 15 percent), TEA units (4,000; up 8 percent) and SEA units (20,000; up 4 percent). The rise of the album is concurrent with the continued popularity of its single “Location,” which has spent more than four months lodged in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart (having reached No. 16).

Closing out the new Billboard 200’s top 10 is Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic, which ascends 11-10 with just under 28,000 units (down 2 percent).

[Gary]

1. Jay-Z 87,000
2. Kendrick Lamar 56,000
3. French Montana 52,000
4. DJ Khaled 43,000
5. 21 Savage 40,000
6. Ed Sheeran 34,000
7. Imagine Dragons 33,000
8. Moana 28,000
9. Khalid 28,000
10. Brno Mars 28,000

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

HDD's predictions were spot on in terms of album positions in the top 10.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Four Linkin Park Albums Return to Billboard 200 Chart

7/23/2017 by Keith Caulfield

On the new Billboard 200 albums chart dated Aug. 5, four of Linkin Park’s albums return to the ranking as fans remember the group’s late frontman, Chester Bennington, who died on July 20.

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 Aug. 5-dated chart — which reflects tracking activity in the week ending July 20 — will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, July 25.

Linkin Park’s most recent studio effort, the former No. 1 One More Light, re-enters at No. 17 with 23,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 20 (up 461 percent). The album sold 18,000 in traditional album sales (up 730 percent). One More Light bowed at No. 1 on the June 10-dated chart, marking the act’s sixth leader.

The band’s debut effort, 2000’s No. 2-peaking Hybrid Theory, climbs back onto the tally at No. 27 with 15,000 units (up 279 percent) and 8,000 copies sold (up 312 percent).

The group’s second studio album (and first No. 1), 2003’s Meteora, returns to the list at No. 41 with 11,000 units (up 347 percent). The set sold 5,000 copies (up 533 percent).

Lastly, the band’s 2007 No. 1 album Minutes to Midnight re-enters at No. 115 with 6,000 units earned (up 310 percent) and 2,000 copies sold (up 624 percent).

Over on the Top Rock Albums chart, the four titles re-enter at Nos. 3, 5, 6 and 27, respectively.

It’s likely the albums will rise on the lists dated Aug. 12, which will reflect the first full tracking week following Bennington’s passing on July 20.

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Link: www.billboard.com/biz/articles/7874085/jay-zs-444-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart-french-montana

[Enigma.]

LP albums will climb further next week, HT top ten perhaps?

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Retailer Report: Top 200 Albums
Region: Total U.S. Week Ending: 07/20/17

7 JAY-Z|4:44 ( 1) 60.7k
LINKIN PARK|ONE MORE LIGHT ( 2) 17.9k
LAMAR*KENDRICK|damn. ( 3) 17.8k
FRENCH MONTANA|JUNGLE RULES ( 4) 16.0k
RADIOHEAD|OK COMPUTER OKNOTOK ( 5) 14.6k
COLDPLAY|KALEIDOSCOPE EP ( 6) 13.9k
BROWN*ZAC BAND|WELCOME HOME ( 7) 13.4k
KIDZ BOP KIDS|KIDZ BOP 35 ( 8) 13.0k
VARIOUS ARTISTS|MOANA / O.S.T.( 9) 12.8k
STAPLETON*CHRIS|FROM A ROOM: V( 10) 12.4k

[Enigma.]

Drake out of top ten btw, that was fast!

[iHype.]

Jul 24, 2017 10:27:11 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Drake out of top ten btw, that was fast!

Four months is fast?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Faster than for Views.

[Glove Slap]

Lol people are trying it. Views is the only Drake album that spent longer in the top 10, and that was with jumbo hits. 17 weeks in the top 10 is not "fast." Lorde, Katy Perry, and Logic plummeting out from the top spot is falling fast.

[Enigma.]

I was kidding...

...A bit, because tbh Views spent 10+ weeks at #1

Streaming era clearly favors Drake so the fact that none of the songs from More Life are in top 40 on Hot 100 and the album is not in top ten is a bit so-so in his standards.

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www.yahoo.com/music/chart-watch-first-time-ever-hip-hop-top-five-205125886.html

Chart Watch: For the First Time Ever, an All-Hip-Hop Top Five
by Paul Grein
Yahoo Music
July 24, 2017

For the first time in chart history, hip-hop albums make a clean sweep of the top five spots on the Billboard 200 this week.

Jay-Z‘s 4:44 is No. 1 for the second straight week; Kendrick Lamar‘s DAMN. inches up from No. 3 to No. 2 in its 14th week; French Montana’s Jungle Rules debuts at No. 3; DJ Khaled‘s Grateful holds at No. 4 in its fourth week; and 21 Savage‘s Issa Album drops from its No. 2 peak to No. 5 in its second week.


Before this week, hip-hop albums occupied the top four positions on three occasions. Jay-Z was also on top the first time it happened, the week of Oct. 17, 1998. That was the week he landed his first No. 1 album, Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life. The rest of the top four were Outkast’s Aquemini, A Tribe Called Quest’s The Love Movement, and Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

Hip-hop albums next occupied the top four positions the week of April 18, 2015. The top four were Wale’s The Album About Nothing, the Furious 7 soundtrack, Ludacris’s Ludaversal, and Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly.

It happened for a third time last week.

Why is this happening more often than it used to? A change in methodology for the Billboard 200 in December 2014 boosted the fortunes of hip-hop albums. Before that date, the chart was based strictly on traditional album sales. With the changeover, streaming and digital track sales are also factored in. Billboard and Nielsen still compile an Album Sales chart, but it doesn’t get one-10th of the attention of the Billboard 200. (On the Album Sales chart this week, there are just three hip-hop albums in the top five — 4:44, DAMN., and Jungle Rules.)

Here are some individual notes on this week’s top three albums.

4:44 is Jay-Z’s fourth consecutive studio album to spend two weeks at No. 1. The streak began with 2009’s The Blueprint 3 and continued with 2011’s Watch the Throne (a collabo with Kanye West) and 2013’s Magna Carta…Holy Grail. In all, seven of Jay’s 14 albums have spent multiple weeks on top.

DAMN. has spent its entire 14-week run inside the top three positions.

Jungle Rules is French Montana’s second top five album in a row. His 2013 debut, Excuse My French, reached No. 4. The lead single, “Unforgettable” (featuring Swae Lee), leaps into the top five on this week’s Hot 100.

Top Albums

Four Linkin Park albums return to the chart in the wake of frontman Chester Bennington’s tragic suicide last week. The band’s current album, One More Light, re-enters the chart at No. 17. The album opened at No. 1 eight weeks ago, but dropped off the chart last week. The band’s 2000 debut album, Hybrid Theory, re-enters at No. 27. The album peaked at No. 2 in January 2002. Hybrid Theory has sold 10,489,000 copies in the U.S. in traditional album sales.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ dips from No. 5 to No. 6 in its 20th week. It spent its first two weeks at No. 1.

Imagine Dragons’ Evolve dips from No. 6 to No. 7 in its fourth week. The album debuted and peaked at No. 2.

The Moana soundtrack inches up from No. 9 to No. 8 in its 35th week. The album peaked at No. 2. Moana logs its 15th 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.

Khalid’s American Teen rebounds from No. 13 to No. 9 in its 20th week. This equals the album’s highest ranking to date.

Bruno Mars’s 24K Magic rebounds from No. 11 to No. 10 in its 35th week. This is its 34th week in the top 10. The album tops the 1 million mark in traditional album sales this week. It still has a ways to go to match Mars’s two previous studio albums. His debut, Doo-Wops and Hooligans, has sold 2,626,000 copies since its release in October 2010. His sophomore album, Unorthodox Jukebox, has sold 2,574,000 copies since its release in December 2012. All these figures are traditional album sales in the U.S.

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. HAIM’s Something to Tell You plunges from No. 7 to No. 69. Calvin Harris’s Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 drops from No. 8 to No. 12. Drake’s More Life dips from No. 10 to No. 11.

Coldplay’s Kaleidoscope debuts at No. 15. It’s the group’s second EP to crack the top 20. Prospekt’s March reached No. 15 in 2008.

Chris Stapleton’s From a Room: Volume 1 rebounds from No. 30 to No. 23 in its 11th week. The album debuted and peaked at No. 2. The album logs its seventh week at No. 1 on Top Country Albums.

Radiohead’s OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997 2017 dips from No. 23 to No. 24 in its third week. It’s No. 1 on Top Catalog Albums for the second week.

Coming attractions: Look for Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life and Meek Mill’s Wins & Losses to battle for No. 1 next week.

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

I knew Bruno would be the victor in the Ed/Weeknd/Bruno showdown.

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8/5 Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC Title Artist Imprint | label

1 1 – 2 4:44 - JAY-Z - S. Carter Enterprises | Roc Nation
2 3 3 14 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
3 New 1 Jungle Rules - French Montana - Coke Boys/Bad Boy | Epic
4 4 1 4 Grateful - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic
5 2 – 2 Issa Album - 21 Savage - Slaughter Gang | Epic
6 5 5 20 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
7 6 4 4 Evolve - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
8 9 10 35 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
9 13 11 20 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA
10 11 7 35 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG
11 10 9 18 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
12 8 2 3 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 - Calvin Harris - Fly Eye | Columbia
13 12 6 5 Pretty Girls Like Trap Music - 2 Chainz - The Real University | Def Jam
14 14 12 32 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic
15 New 1 Kaleidoscope EP - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG
16 15 13 6 Ctrl - SZA - Top Dawg | RCA
17 Re-Entry 8 One More Light - Linkin Park - Machine Shop | Warner Bros.
18 16 14 25 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG
19 17 15 43 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island
20 18 16 95 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG
21 21 20 34 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
22 19 17 43 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA
23 30 22 11 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
24 23 – 3 OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997 2017 - Radiohead - XL
25 98 80 10 Welcome Home - Zac Brown Band - Southern Ground/Elektra | AG
26 22 18 7 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey - Astralwerks
27 Re-Entry 170 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros. | Warner Bros.
28 26 24 15 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia
29 25 23 14 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti - AWGE/Interscope | IGA
30 33 29 97 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
31 28 28 46 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic
32 New 1 Kidz Bop 35 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord
33 29 26 64 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
34 24 19 22 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
35 32 34 33 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote
36 38 41 7 This One's For You - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN
37 35 45 11 Everybody - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam
38 27 21 5 Melodrama - Lorde - Lava | Republic
39 31 43 11 There's Really A Wolf - Russ - Diemon/Russ My Way | Columbia
40 37 35 10 Harry Styles - Harry Styles - Erskine | Columbia
41 39 39 63 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN
42 Re-Entry 111 Meteora - Linkin Park - Warner Bros.
43 47 40 6 Heart Break - Lady Antebellum - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
44 34 31 5 BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG
45 36 37 114 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
46 New 1 Dead Reflection - Silverstein - Rise
47 43 50 62 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper
48 42 49 143 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN
49 41 36 8 True To Self - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA
50 40 42 16 Painting Pictures - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG

51 52 58 14 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
52 49 48 23 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG
53 50 52 78 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation
54 46 47 24 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
55 45 53 200 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe
56 44 46 47 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG
57 48 44 13 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
58 20 30 6 Witness - Katy Perry - Capitol
59 60 76 329 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
60 68 64 247 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
61 54 60 161 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
62 56 71 32 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation
63 63 65 83 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood
64 75 82 229 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
65 61 59 136 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
66 59 108 35 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened
67 55 94 350 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
68 64 57 479 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
69 65 56 55 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
70 7 – 2 Something To Tell You - HAIM - Columbia
71 69 72 99 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
72 53 62 37 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia
73 58 51 202 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
74 73 92 137 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia
75 82 95 33 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN
76 New 1 Ultralife - Oh Wonder - Island | Republic
77 67 68 87 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia
78 76 69 128 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG
79 New 1 Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 7 - Various Artists - Fearless | Concord
80 70 67 15 My Moment - Tee Grizzley - 300 | AG
81 62 55 11 NOW 62 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
82 57 74 104 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
83 72 63 19 Beauty And The Beast (2017) - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
84 66 54 6 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 10 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
85 71 25 120 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) - Prince And The Revolution - NPG/Warner Bros. | Rhino
86 81 78 470 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
87 New 1 The War: The 4th Album - EXO - S.M.
88 79 79 37 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia
89 84 93 95 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA
90 80 89 61 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic
91 83 83 95 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG
92 51 27 4 Baby Driver: Music From The Motion Picture - Soundtrack - 30th Century | Columbia
93 87 90 88 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam
94 77 87 79 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG
95 90 86 333 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
96 91 85 324 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord
97 86 98 31 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA
98 89 99 67 The Life Of deleted - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
99 78 70 21 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
100 85 88 251 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

101 88 96 60 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
102 97 111 13 digital druglord - blackbear - Beartrap/Alamo/Interscope | IGA
103 100 102 50 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG
104 94 97 49 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA
105 107 125 5 Woodstock - Portugal. The Man - Atlantic | AG
106 102 107 231 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino
107 New 1 Sounds From The Other Side - WizKid - Starboy | RCA
108 118 128 21 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic
109 93 81 8 Droptopwop - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG
110 113 127 285 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
111 116 114 408 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe
112 103 109 99 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks
113 99 100 10 Revenge - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings
114 112 113 16 Long Live Nut - YFN Lucci - Think It's A Game | Warner Bros.
115 Re-Entry 95 Minutes To Midnight - Linkin Park - Machine Shop | Warner Bros.
116 101 101 153 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
117 121 118 102 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
118 105 112 440 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
119 119 120 105 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
120 117 132 128 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
121 123 136 196 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
122 115 126 10 bloom - Machine Gun Kelly - EST19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope | IGA
123 95 61 5 Feed The Machine - Nickelback - Nickelback II | BMG
124 109 110 67 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone
125 106 84 65 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
126 124 121 45 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG
127 188 – 136 The Ultimate Hits - Garth Brooks - Pearl
128 104 106 8 El Dorado - Shakira - Sony Music Latin
129 114 124 27 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG
130 148 148 225 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
131 120 131 49 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
132 162 – 3 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa - Warner Bros.
133 131 – 223 Mothership - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino
134 137 104 90 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino
135 110 143 53 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang
136 128 138 77 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG
137 126 119 8 Teenage Emotions - Lil Yachty - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol
138 156 151 335 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia
139 142 165 18 So Good - Zara Larsson - Record Company TEN | Epic
140 147 – 160 Dr. Dre -- 2001 - Dr. Dre - Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
141 108 103 59 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN
142 135 105 20 Pawn Shop - Brothers Osborne - EMI Nashville | UMGN
143 133 129 232 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG
144 130 123 61 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
145 129 116 74 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
146 140 170 48 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry
147 150 187 114 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island
148 Re-Entry 204 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
149 74 8 3 Hydrograd - Stone Sour - Roadrunner | AG
150 Re-Entry 2 40: Forty Hits From Forty Years - 1977-2017 - Foreigner - Atlantic | Rhino

151 122 140 6 The Click - AJR - AJR | BMG
152 164 155 298 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
153 134 149 282 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
154 145 154 229 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA | UMe
155 143 141 181 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG
156 139 168 288 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
157 159 163 162 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol
158 127 122 19 Dear Evan Hansen - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Autumn Smile Broadway Limited Liability/Atlantic | AG
159 160 115 201 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
160 132 134 35 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN
161 141 91 61 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
162 197 160 179 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
163 138 159 77 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA
164 155 153 139 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.
165 151 150 12 Humanz - Gorillaz - Parlophone | Warner Bros.
166 154 – 23 35 Biggest Hits - Tim McGraw - Curb
167 144 144 32 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic
168 163 186 196 The Fame - Lady Gaga - Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA
169 173 157 220 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles - Asylum/Elektra | Rhino
170 157 164 101 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG
171 111 73 5 The Nashville Sound - Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - Southeastern | Thirty Tigers
172 158 158 17 Tremaine The Album - Trey Songz - Atlantic | AG
173 180 193 14 The Search For Everything - John Mayer - Columbia
174 149 152 76 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
175 168 194 370 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe
176 146 – 130 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote
177 174 182 117 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
178 167 – 177 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
179 New 1 Revelations The Red (EP) - William Control - Control
180 New 1 Their Greatest Hits: Volumes 1 & 2 - Eagles - Asylum/Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino
181 New 1 L O V E (EP) - kirstin - RCA
182 170 183 41 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG
183 161 171 88 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam
184 171 189 85 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA
185 Re-Entry 2 Dylan Scott - Dylan Scott - Curb
186 179 176 297 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy
187 169 198 216 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG
188 Re-Entry 931 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd | Legacy
189 177 197 58 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
190 172 166 23 Fifty Shades Darker - Soundtrack - Universal Studios | Republic
191 184 185 82 Rocket Man: Number Ones - Elton John - Chronicles/Rocket/Island/Mercury | UMe
192 New 1 Mura Masa - Mura Masa - Anchor Point/Polydor/Downtown/Geffen | IGA
193 176 117 89 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN
194 186 – 174 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
195 Re-Entry 137 Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros.
196 192 – 93 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG
197 Re-Entry 130 The Lumineers - The Lumineers - Dualtone
198 183 – 133 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia
199 175 188 24 Fenix - Nicky Jam - La Industria | Sony Music Latin
200 195 – 94 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

24k Magic broke More Life's consecutive top 10 weeks streak this week as More Life broke 24k Magic's streak the week before.

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Damage control

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/7881874/clearing-up-free-streams-on-the-charts

Clearing Up 'Free Streams' on the Charts
By Billboard Staff | July 27, 2017 4:30 PM EDT

We’re getting questions around whether Billboard is suddenly counting free streams for this coming week’s Billboard 200, seemingly due to some misinformation posted online. We’d like to take a moment to clear up any confusion that misinformation may have caused.

Free streams -- with “free” defined as streams a listener has accessed without having a paid subscription or as part of a trial period subscription -- have counted towards the Billboard 200 since it changed to a consumption model in 2014 where the ranking is determined by blending album sales, track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units.

Nothing in our process has changed for this week.

Billboard has always been transparent about the methodology behind the Billboard 200 chart, and you can read about our transforming to a consumption model here.

Billboard does not currently have in place any rule or rules dictating how an approved streaming chart contributor can present or promote content on their services. Nor have we placed certain considerations or restrictions on how we would count those resulting streams on our charts. By the methodology now in place, which was arrived at in partnership with our industry constituents (record labels, distribution companies, etc.), on-demand audio streams from approved contributors, whether in front or behind a pay-wall, or via a free, discounted or paid trial, all count equally, provided the streams are consumer-initiated “on demand.”

All of the above streaming variations are then put through an intense vetting process by Nielsen Music, which works closely with each streaming service to assure there are safeguards in place to guard against automated streams and/or excessive streaming from singular IP addresses.

When Billboard adjusted the Billboard 200 to a consumption-based ranking, we knew as an industry that we were moving into uncharted territory and would be facing new and unique scenarios as streaming continued to grow in influence. We have continuously adapted to that evolving marketplace and retail landscape to create new parameters and rules.

The debate in treating free streams differently than paid/subscription streams is a valid one, as is examining how each streaming provider allows access to its service. Again, no changes were enacted this week, but when and if any adjustments are made on either front in the future, they will be communicated in advance to the industry to allow for proper preparation time.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Yeah and they don't allow free albums (i.e. paid by a third-party albums) to count. It CERTAINLY (this is intended to sound ironic) all makes sense now ...

[areyoureadytojump]

I put this in the wrong thread. F***!

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^I guess you mean to put on the discussion dated 8/12/2017. Such things can happen to anybody ...

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/7881917/billboard-200-chart-moves-bruno-mars-24k-magic-album-hits-1-million-sold-in-us

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Bruno Mars' '24K Magic' Album Hits 1 Million Sold in U.S.
By Keith Caulfield | July 27, 2017 9:14 PM EDT

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

— Bruno Mars, 24K Magic - No. 10 — Bruno Mars scores his third million-selling album, as 24K Magic motored past the million sales mark in the week ending July 20, according to Nielsen Music.

The set, which was released last November, sold another 11,000 copies in the latest tracking frame, bringing its to-date sales sum to 1.008 million.

24K Magic follows Mars’ two earlier full-length studio efforts: his 2013 sophomore set, Unorthodox Jukebox (2.57 million sold), and his 2010 debut, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2.63 million). (Earlier in 2010, Mars issued the introductory digital EP It’s Better If You Don’t Understand, which has sold 27,000.)

24K Magic reached 1 million sold after 34 weeks, while Unorthodox took 13 and Doo-Wops did it in 32 frames.

The new album continues to find success with its singles, as “Versace on the Floor” climbs 57-47 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Aug. 5. It if hits the top 40, which seems likely, it will grant Mars his third top 40 hit from 24K Magic and his 18th overall. He previously claimed a pair of top 40 hits from the album with its eponymous lead single (peaking at No. 4) and “That’s What I Like” (No. 1).

— Kendrick Lamar, DAMN. – No. 2 — The former No. 1 DAMN. rises a spot, thanks in part to its vinyl release on July 14 -- three months after the set was first released (as both a CD and digital download). In its first week on vinyl, it sold 5,000 copies and helps the title’s overall sales rise 42 percent for the week (to 18,000 sold).

— Radiohead, OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997-2017 – No. 23 — Radiohead’s reissue of OK Computer (dubbed OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997 2017) continues to profit from its well-received vinyl release on July 7 (a few weeks after its CD and digital debut on June 23).

While the album descends one spot on the Billboard 200 (falling 23-24 with 16,000 units; down 6 percent), its vinyl sales surge 55 percent to a little more than 12,000 copies sold during the week. That’s the largest week for a vinyl album since October 2016. The last bigger sales week was registered in the frame ending Oct. 6, 2016, when Radiohead’s last studio album, A Moon Shaped Pool, sold 19,000 and Bon Iver’s 22, A Million shifted a little more than 12,000.

The vinyl edition of the OK Computer reissue is available as a standard $40 triple-LP, as well as a $175 box set with the triple-LP, artwork, a sketchbook and even a cassette tape with demo recordings. (The various versions of the vinyl set are combined for sales and chart tracking purposes.)

On the Vinyl Albums chart, OK Computer: OKNOTOK 1997 2017 spends a second week at No. 1.

— Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 35 - No. 32 — Kidz Bop 35 launches at No. 32, granting the long-running series its 34th top 40 set. Every title in the main, numbered Kidz Bop series from Kidz Bop 2 through Kidz Bop 35 have reached the top 40. Kidz Bop Kids’ total album sales -- counting the main series as well as its various genre-specific spin-off titles -- stand at 17.3 million.

— Zac Brown Band, Welcome Home – No. 25 — The title rises 98-25 with 16,000 units earned (up 139 percent) and 13,000 copies sold (up 212 percent), thanks to continued gains tallied by a concert ticket/album-bundle sale redemption promotion.

— WizKid, Sounds From the Other Side — No. 107 — The Nigerian singer-songwriter (who co-wrote and was featured on Drake’s “One Dance”) arrives with his RCA debut (6,000 units; 3,000 sold). The Afrobeats-influenced set also starts at No. 2 on the World Albums chart.