Billboard 200 - 7/28/18--- Drake week 3

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Drake's 'Scorpion' Heading for Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Wiz Khalifa Set for No. 2 Debut
News
By Keith Caulfield | July 18, 2018 9:55 PM EDT


Drake’s Scorpion should easily hold on to the top slot of the Billboard 200 albums chart for a third week, according to industry forecasters. Those in the know suggest his album could earn around 270,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 19.

Scorpion debuted atop the list with 732,000 units earned in its first week, according to Nielsen Music. It held steady for a second frame at No. 1, with 335,000 units.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The top 10 of the July 28-dated Billboard 200 chart (where Drake will likely stand steady at No. 1 for a third week) is scheduled to be revealed on Billboard’s websites on Sunday, July 22.

Meanwhile, the highest debut on the new chart should come from Wiz Khalifa’s Rolling Papers 2, which could bow at No. 2 with over 80,000 units. If the album arrives as expected, it will garner the artist his fifth top 10 effort, following Khalifa (No. 6 in 2016), Blacc Hollywood (No. 1, 2014), O.N.I.F.C. (No. 2, 2012) and Rolling Papers (No. 2, 2011).

Rolling Papers 2 will likely be the only debut in the top 10. Outside the region, watch for new arrivals like Between the Buried and Me’s Automata II, Slightly Stoopid’s Everyday Life, Everyday People and Kidz Bop Kids’ Kidz Bop 38.

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Do we really need five billboard 200 threads a week, can't everything just be put into one thread?

[Gary]

This one is for albums, Another is for songs, another is for prediction games

All different topic

[Gary]

Drake's 'Scorpion' Spends Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Wiz Khalifa Bows at No. 2

7/22/2018 by Keith Caulfield


For a third straight week, Drake’s Scorpion holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The set earned 260,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 19, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 29,000 were in traditional album sales.

Wiz Khalifa’s Rolling Papers 2 is the only debut in the top 10, as it starts at No. 2 with 80,000 units.

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). The new July 28-dated chart (where Scorpion spends a third week at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday, July 24.

A Third Week at No. 1: With a third week at No. 1, Scorpion ties for the most weeks atop the Billboard 200 in 2018 with Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys and Black Panther: The Album. The latter notched three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 (Feb. 24, March 3 and then on March 17), while the former strung three straight weeks together (May 12-26). The last album to claim more weeks at No. 1 was Taylor Swift’s reputation, which collected four nonconsecutive weeks in the penthouse (three in a row from Dec. 2-16, 2017, and then one more on Jan. 6, 2018).

Biggest First Three Weeks for an Album Since 2015: With Scorpion earning 260,000 equivalent album units in its third week, it’s the first album since Adele’s 25 to see its first three weeks all earn more than 260,000 units apiece. 25 launched with a weekly-record 3.48 million units (Dec. 12, 2015-dated chart), and then racked up 1.16 million and 728,000 in its second and third weeks, respectively (Dec. 19 and 26).

Streaming continues to power Scorpion, as 82 percent of its total units for the week came from SEA units (213,000 of 260,000). Traditional album sales totaled 29,000, while TEA units equaled 18,000.

‘Scorpion’ Has Three of the Top 10 Biggest Streaming Weeks: Scorpion continues to be a powerhouse on streaming services. The set's 25 tracks collected 290.4 million on-demand audio streams in the latest tracking week, making it the seventh-biggest streaming week for an album. Scorpion’s opening sum of 745.9 million is the biggest streaming week ever, while the album’s second week total of 391 million is the third-largest.

Drake Owns Six of the Top 10 Largest Streaming Weeks for an Album: Drake’s Scorpion has the first, third and seventh-biggest streaming weeks for an album. In addition, his 2017 set More Life has the fourth-largest (384.8 million in its opening frame) and eighth-largest (253.5 million for its second week), while the debut week of his 2016 LP Views is No. 9 (245.1 million).

Second-Smallest Sum for the Week’s Top-Selling Album: Conversely, reflecting the continued decline of album sales, as Scorpion stays steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, it's also stationary at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart for a third frame. The latter list ranks albums based on traditional album sales. Scorpion sold 29,000 copies in the latest tracking week (up less than 1 percent) and tallies the second-smallest sum for the week’s top-selling album since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991.

The smallest sales total ever for the week’s No. 1-selling album was actually notched by Scorpion a week ago, when it sold a handful of copies less than this week's total. Scorpion was able to squeak out a small gain in the week ending July 19, as its CD was released on July 13. The set was previously only available to purchase as a digital album. The CD debuts with 13,000 copies sold in the week ending July 19, while the digital album sold 16,000 (down 44 percent).


Only One Debut in the Top 10: With just one debut in the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 (Wiz Khalifa’s Rolling Papers 2, at No. 2), the top 10 has the fewest debuts since the April 7-dated tally, when Jack White’s No. 1-debuting Boarding House Reach was the lone bow in the top 10.

Speaking of Khalifa, Rolling Papers 2 grants the rapper his ninth overall chart entry, and his fifth top 10. He previously visited the top 10 with Khalifa (No. 6 in 2016), Blacc Hollywood (No. 1, 2014), O.N.I.F.C. (No. 2, 2012) and Rolling Papers (No. 2, 2011).

As for the rest of the new top five, Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is down one position to No. 3 with 68,000 units (down 4 percent), XXXTentacion’s ? is a non-mover at No. 4 with 45,000 units (down 12 percent) and Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy is steady at No. 5 with 44,000 units (down 2 percent).

Juice WLRD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance is stationary at No. 6 with 41,000 units (up 1 percent), The Greatest Showman soundtrack holds at No. 7 with 31,000 units (up 1 percent) and Lil Baby’s Harder Than Ever is up two slots to No. 8 with 26,000 units (down 1 percent).

Maroon 5’s Red Pill Blues returns to the top 10 for the first time in 2018, as the set climbs 12-9 with a little more than 25,000 units (up 1 percent). The album continues to profit from the popularity of its track “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B. The set was last in the top 10 during its third chart week, back on Dec. 9, 2017, when it placed at No. 7.

Closing out the new top 10 is Luke Combs’ This One’s for You, as it steps 13-10 with 25,000 units (up 2 percent).

[Gary]

13,000 CDs sold
16,000 Digital


Second smallest sales total ever, second only to last week for a #1

[Gary]

1. Drake 260,000
2. Wiz Khalifa 80,000
3. Post Malone 68,0000
4. XXXTentacion 45,000
5. Cardi B 44,000
6. Juice WRLD 41,000
7. Greatest Showman 31,000
8. Lil Baby 26,000
9. Maroon 5 25,000
10. Luke Combs 25,000

[Gary]

Other stats -

While Scorpion holds the bottom 2 for sales for a #1, Scorpion holds the 1st, 3rd and 7th biggest streaming weeks
Biggest first three weeks for an album since Adele 25 in 2015


Streaming weeks (millions)
1.  Scorpion 746
2.  Beerbongs & Bentleys 431
3.  Scorpion 391
4.  More Life 384.8
5.  Damn 341
6  KOD 323
7.  Scorpion 290
8.  More Life 254
9  Views 245

[Gary]

Approx sales of the top 10

1. Drake 29,000
2. Wiz Khalifa 13,000
3. Post Malone 6,0000
4. XXXTentacion 3,000
5. Cardi B 2,000
6. Juice WRLD 1,000
7. Greatest Showman 17,000
8. Lil Baby 300
9. Maroon 5 2,000
10. Luke Combs 5,000

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CD sales of Scorpion prevented a new record low for #1

[Gary]

Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 3 #1 3 wks Scorpion , Drake 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Rolling Papers 2 , Wiz Khalifa 2
3 2 3 12 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
4 4 5 18 ? , XXXTENTACION 1
5 5 6 15 Invasion Of Privacy , Cardi B 1
6 6 7 9 Goodbye & Good Riddance , Juice WRLD 6
7 7 11 32 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
8 10 12 9 Harder Than Ever , Lil Baby 3
9 12 15 37 Red Pill Blues , Maroon 5 2
10 13 14 59 This One's For You , Luke Combs 4
11 3 – 2 BEASTMODE 2 , Future 3
12 8 8 5 EVERYTHING IS LOVE , The Carters 2
13 11 9 4 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
14 15 30 36 reputation , Taylor Swift 1
15 17 16 56 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 2
16 16 18 84 Stoney , Post Malone 4
17 18 19 72 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
18 14 13 47 17, XXXTENTACION 2
19 19 24 25 Culture II , Migos 1
20 0 New 1 Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 20
21 22 23 14 Rearview Town , Jason Aldean 1
22 21 22 7 ye , Kanye West 1
23 20 20 4 Dan + Shay , Dan + Shay 6
24 24 28 8 Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
25 23 26 13 KOD , J. Cole 1
26 25 25 5 Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
27 27 29 147 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 3
28 26 27 12 Until Death Call My Name , YoungBoy Never Broke Again 7
29 28 33 72 American Teen , Khalid 4
30 32 34 66 DAMN. , Kendrick Lamar 1
31 31 32 85 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 5
32 30 31 4 Expectations , Bebe Rexha 13
33 37 38 234 The Essential Michael Jackson , Michael Jackson 33
34 42 37 149 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
35 40 46 27 Camila , Camila Cabello 1
36 29 39 12 Ready (EP) , Ella Mai 29
37 38 42 45 Life Changes , Thomas Rhett 1
38 55 65 30 Dont Smile At Me , Billie Eilish 38
39 43 53 47 Luv Is Rage 2 , Lil Uzi Vert 1
40 36 40 9 13 Reasons Why, Season 2 , Soundtrack 26
41 9 – 2 Legends Of The Summer (EP) , Meek Mill 9
42 45 51 75 Brett Young , Brett Young 18
43 41 41 23 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By , Soundtrack 1
44 39 43 15 Cosmic , Bazzi 14
45 57 54 297 Greatest Hits , Queen 11
46 46 45 116 Views , Drake 1
47 0 New 1 Kidz Bop 38 , Kidz Bop Kids 47
48 47 50 16 The World Is Yours , Rich The Kid 2
49 48 47 9 Love Yourself: Tear , BTS 1
50 52 61 58 Ctrl , SZA 3
51 0 New 1 Real Hasta La Muerte , Anuel AA 51
52 51 62 41 Perception , NF 1
53 54 60 38 Heartbreak On A Full Moon , Chris Brown 3
54 49 55 47 Odisea , Ozuna 22
55 44 36 5 Redemption , Jay Rock 13
56 53 49 87 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
57 59 64 28 Life Of A Dark Rose , Lil Skies 10
58 58 48 531 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
59 50 52 70 More Life , Drake 1
60 0 New 1 Everyday Life, Everyday People , Slightly Stoopid 60
61 56 58 11 SR3MM , Rae Sremmurd, Swae Lee & Slim Jxmmi 6
62 34 10 190 Appetite For Destruction , Guns N' Roses 1
63 60 56 8 Testing , A$AP Rocky 4
64 76 102 166 Blurryface , twenty one pilots 1
65 0 New 1 Automata II , Between The Buried And Me 65
66 61 81 59 hopeless fountain kingdom , Halsey 1
67 64 68 87 Moana , Soundtrack 2
68 63 67 39 H.E.R. , H.E.R. 56
69 66 73 402 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem 1
70 71 72 303 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 2
71 70 77 281 Take Care , Drake 1
72 68 69 521 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 10
73 72 78 10 Voicenotes , Charlie Puth 4
74 62 44 6 KIDS SEE GHOSTS , KIDS SEE GHOSTS 2
75 65 63 55 Dua Lipa , Dua Lipa 27
76 69 59 376 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 22
77 33 4 3 The Now Now , Gorillaz 4
78 67 71 10 Die Lit , Playboi Carti 3
79 35 2 3 High As Hope , Florence + The Machine 2
80 73 82 86 Starboy , The Weeknd 1
81 77 70 276 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
82 74 80 36 Diamonds , Elton John 23
83 0 New 1 Laps Around The Sun , Chris Lane 83
84 78 79 11 Simi , BlocBoy JB 28
85 79 86 16 My Dear Melancholy, (EP) , The Weeknd 1
86 141 170 139 GG Gold -- Greatest Hits , ABBA 36
87 83 76 173 Greatest Hits So Far... , Zac Brown Band 20
88 90 89 213 x , Ed Sheeran 1
89 0 Re-Entry 65 Mamma Mia! , Soundtrack 1
90 87 96 188 1989, Taylor Swift 1
91 80 85 21 DAY69 , 6ix9ine 4
92 82 92 279 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 1
93 0 Re-Entry 235 Greatest Hits , 2Pac 3
94 88 91 48 Project Baby Two , Kodak Black 2
95 92 84 32 What Makes You Country , Luke Bryan 1
96 93 101 7 I met you when I was 18. (the playlist) , Lauv 50
97 97 100 12 Speak Your Mind , Anne-Marie 31
98 89 106 31 The Beautiful & Damned , G-Eazy 3
99 86 87 42 Tell Me You Love Me , Demi Lovato 3
100 100 110 151 Beauty Behind The Madness , The Weeknd 1
101 94 88 195 Montevallo , Sam Hunt 3
102 95 95 98 Dig Your Roots , Florida Georgia Line 2
103 106 90 9 And Justice For None , Five Finger Death Punch 4
104 101 66 37 The Thrill Of It All , Sam Smith 1
105 96 93 19 Bobby Tarantino II , Logic 1
106 114 127 98 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight , Travis Scott 1
107 103 111 95 Trolls , Soundtrack 3
108 102 105 8 Vibras , J Balvin 15
109 108 119 214 In The Lonely Hour , Sam Smith 2
110 104 107 24 Drip Season 3 , Gunna 55
111 0 New 1 Ordinary Corrupt Human Love , Deafheaven 111
112 105 128 18 Love, Simon , Soundtrack 37
113 118 98 234 Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
114 98 83 34 Revenge , XXXTENTACION 28
115 128 123 131 Death Of A Bachelor , Panic! At The Disco 1
116 91 57 4 K.T.S.E. , Teyana Taylor 17
117 113 120 43 Happy Endings , Old Dominion 7
118 111 125 299 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 2
119 107 118 130 ANTI , Rihanna 1
120 99 103 9 Reckless , NAV 8
121 127 114 6 The Mountain , Dierks Bentley 3
122 117 116 38 Without Warning , 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin 4
123 116 117 77 Culture , Migos 1
124 125 133 189 2014 Forest Hills Drive , J. Cole 1
125 115 112 107 California Sunrise , Jon Pardi 11
126 129 122 317 Back In Black , AC/DC 4
127 122 104 234 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 , Eagles 1
128 109 115 141 Tangled Up , Thomas Rhett 6
129 85 35 6 Come Tomorrow , Dave Matthews Band 1
130 121 126 94 Illuminate , Shawn Mendes 1
131 120 121 120 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits , Blake Shelton 5
132 112 113 142 Sounds Of Summer:The Very Best Of The Beach Boys , The Beach Boys 16
133 124 129 246 Nothing Was The Same , Drake 1
134 150 156 217 PS [Hybrid Theory] , Linkin Park 2
135 130 140 45 Freudian , Daniel Caesar 25
136 137 149 384 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars 3
137 134 143 492 Metallica , Metallica 1
138 131 130 33 A Decade Of Destruction , Five Finger Death Punch 29
139 81 75 326 1, The Beatles 1
140 132 134 137 Greatest Hits , The Notorious B.I.G. 1
141 84 109 12 Graffiti U , Keith Urban 2
142 133 142 178 Greatest Hits , Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
143 0 Re-Entry 18 Anthem Of The Sun , Grateful Dead 87
144 126 124 254 Here's To The Good Times , Florida Georgia Line 4
145 119 99 20 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 23
146 168 178 106 Dangerous Woman , Ariana Grande 2
147 142 146 261 Mothership , Led Zeppelin 7
148 110 21 3 Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album , John Coltrane 21
149 139 150 63 There's Really A Wolf , Russ 7
150 138 190 140 Greatest Hits , Foo Fighters 11
151 0 Re-Entry 76 The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac , Fleetwood Mac 12
152 140 138 15 Dex Meets Dexter , Famous Dex 12
153 136 132 102 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection , Bon Jovi 5
154 143 153 9 Light Of Mine , KYLE 29
155 0 Re-Entry 266 Abbey Road , The Beatles 1
156 155 144 11 Their Greatest Hits: Volumes 1 & 2 , Eagles 86
157 153 145 63 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 2
158 135 137 10 Activated , Tee Grizzley 10
159 145 – 2 The Essential Alan Jackson , Alan Jackson 145
160 159 158 39 Love Yourself: Her , BTS 7
161 154 167 139 25, Adele 1
162 144 135 12 If I Know Me , Morgan Wallen 72
163 147 155 21 Beach House 3 , Ty Dolla $ign 11
164 166 194 114 Coloring Book , Chance The Rapper 8
165 184 – 18 Lil Boat 2 , Lil Yachty 2
166 0 New 1 Composure , Real Friends 166
167 151 154 67 Memories...Do Not Open , The Chainsmokers 1
168 171 165 19 The Hits , Billy Joel 34
169 157 182 147 T R A P S O U L , Bryson Tiller 8
170 149 176 139 Purpose , Justin Bieber 1
171 0 New 1 Eternal Nightmare , Chelsea Grin 171
172 158 166 178 If You're Reading This It's Too Late , Drake 1
173 190 197 16 Golden Hour , Kacey Musgraves 4
174 156 157 227 Crash My Party , Luke Bryan 1
175 176 183 111 Smoke + Mirrors , Imagine Dragons 1
176 160 159 119 Number One Hits , Tim McGraw 27
177 169 151 35 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates , Daryl Hall John Oates 34
178 163 191 117 The Life Of deleted , Kanye West 1
179 161 184 43 Trip , Jhene Aiko 5
180 173 180 31 Too Hard , Lil Baby 80
181 183 – 92 Blonde , Frank Ocean 1
182 146 97 6 Superfly (Soundtrack) , Future 25
183 148 139 273 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 , The Rolling Stones 4
184 0 Re-Entry 33 From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 36
185 164 160 57 Woodstock , Portugal. The Man 32
186 182 – 140 Badlands , Halsey 2
187 170 177 56 Grateful , DJ Khaled 1
188 0 Re-Entry 168 Vessel , twenty one pilots 21
189 177 179 63 Collage (EP) , The Chainsmokers 6
190 174 188 33 War & Leisure , Miguel 9
191 181 181 134 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 , Carrie Underwood 4
192 188 193 110 Ripcord , Keith Urban 4
193 191 – 107 Cleopatra , The Lumineers 1
194 152 171 40 Beautiful Trauma , P!nk 1
195 189 161 168 Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits , Simon & Garfunkel 5
196 178 – 72 FUTURE , Future 1
197 195 – 176 I Am...Sasha Fierce , Beyonce 1
198 180 199 42 The Bigger Artist , A Boogie Wit da Hoodie 4
199 186 195 6 Sacred Hearts Club , Foster The People 47
200 185 – 137 DS2 , Future 1

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Top Album Sales

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 3 #1 3 wks Scorpion , Drake 1
2 2 7 32 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
3 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 3
4 0 New 1 Rolling Papers 2 , Wiz Khalifa 4
5 0 New 1 Kidz Bop 38 , Kidz Bop Kids 5
6 3 8 4 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
7 0 New 1 Automata II , Between The Buried And Me 7
8 6 28 36 reputation , Taylor Swift 1
9 0 New 1 Everyday Life, Everyday People , Slightly Stoopid 9
10 7 10 14 Rearview Town , Jason Aldean 1
11 0 New 1 Ordinary Corrupt Human Love , Deafheaven 11
12 14 18 9 Love Yourself: Tear , BTS 1
13 4 3 3 The Now Now , Gorillaz 3
14 0 New 1 Anthem Of The Sun , Grateful Dead 14
15 15 14 56 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
16 5 2 3 High As Hope , Florence + The Machine 2
17 9 15 12 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
18 10 5 3 Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album , John Coltrane 5
19 17 16 50 This One's For You , Luke Combs 3
20 11 13 5 EVERYTHING IS LOVE , The Carters 2
21 8 4 35 Appetite For Destruction , Guns N' Roses 4
22 13 9 6 Come Tomorrow , Dave Matthews Band 1
23 0 New 1 Eternal Nightmare , Chelsea Grin 23
24 19 20 146 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 2
25 0 New 1 Composure , Real Friends 25
26 22 19 6 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 11 , Various Artists 8
27 39 54 143 Gold -- Greatest Hits , ABBA 27
28 69 – 66 Mamma Mia! , Soundtrack 1
29 21 25 8 Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
30 0 New 1 Noble Ape , Jim Gaffigan 30
31 28 27 72 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
32 24 34 193 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
33 16 12 5 Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
34 0 New 1 Side Roads And Abandoned Motel , The Jayhawks 34
35 30 23 9 And Justice For None , Five Finger Death Punch 2
36 26 29 11 NOW 66 , Various Artists 6
37 33 30 241 Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
38 38 35 149 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
39 42 39 6 The Mountain , Dierks Bentley 2
40 37 41 25 Love Yourself: Her , BTS 6
41 0 New 1 Real Hasta La Muerte , Anuel AA 41
42 36 43 461 Metallica , Metallica 1
43 0 New 1 Chaly & The Filth Factory , G-Mo Skee 43
44 35 32 77 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 4
45 43 36 36 From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 13
46 41 37 374 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
47 25 24 20 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 6
48 0 New 1 Laps Around The Sun , Chris Lane 48
49 0 New 1 Arbiter , Hopesfall 49
50 68 78 192 [Hybrid Theory] , Linkin Park 2
51 0 New 1 Forever On Your Side (EP) , NEEDTOBREATHE 51
52 29 21 4 Dan + Shay , Dan + Shay 3
53 23 42 8 ? , XXXTENTACION 5
54 20 31 12 Graffiti U , Keith Urban 2
55 40 44 65 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 , Soundtrack 2
56 50 49 63 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 1
57 53 63 171 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 2
58 55 60 248 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
59 54 48 33 From A Room: Volume 2 , Chris Stapleton 2
60 67 52 56 Icon: Lynyrd Skynyrd , Lynyrd Skynyrd 47
61 0 New 1 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel , 2018 Broadway Cast Recording 61
62 74 98 13 The Best Of ABBA: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection , ABBA 62
63 51 92 129 Sounds Of Summer:The Very Best Of The Beach Boys , The Beach Boys 16
64 48 65 41 Precious Memories Collection , Alan Jackson 9
65 59 68 28 Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks , Stevie Nicks 21
66 56 74 56 All-Time Greatest Hits , Neil Diamond 15
67 0 New 1 All That Reckoning , Cowboy Junkies 67
68 61 75 342 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 18
69 60 53 12 When Legends Rise , Godsmack 5
70 49 45 15 Invasion Of Privacy , Cardi B 1
71 58 84 100 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 11
72 72 72 66 DAMN. , Kendrick Lamar 1
73 63 76 24 Red Pill Blues , Maroon 5 2
74 70 59 32 What Makes You Country , Luke Bryan 1
75 44 58 40 Beautiful Trauma , P!nk 1
76 46 66 3 Indigo Girls Live With The University Of Colorado Symphony , Indigo Girls With The University Of Colorado Symphony 46
77 66 55 265 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 22
78 62 50 6 Bigger , Sugarland 4
79 32 11 32 Live In No Shoes Nation , Kenny Chesney 1
80 84 93 82 Death Of A Bachelor , Panic! At The Disco 1
81 0 New 1 Lamp Lit Prose , Dirty Projectors 81
82 0 New 1 Love Monster , Amy Shark 82
83 77 97 340 Greatest Hits , Guns N' Roses 3
84 64 80 86 Moana , Soundtrack 1
85 65 – 4 Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd & Second Helping: Live From The Florida Theat , Lynyrd Skynyrd 27
86 73 96 128 Master Of Puppets , Metallica 13
87 83 – 236 Greatest Hits , Queen 11
88 71 79 203 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd 10
89 0 Re-Entry 115 O Brother, Where Art Thou? , Soundtrack 1
90 85 81 54 Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits , Simon & Garfunkel 36
91 86 82 11 ATTENTION ATTENTION , Shinedown 2
92 80 69 31 Icon: Eric Clapton , Eric Clapton 66
93 0 New 1 Diluvium , Obscura 93
94 0 Re-Entry 10 Ember , Breaking Benjamin 2
95 45 47 5 Liberation , Christina Aguilera 3
96 52 40 7 Prequelle , Ghost 2
97 47 99 4 Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus , Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 47
98 76 71 86 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
99 0 Re-Entry 8 Good Thing , Leon Bridges 1
100 0 Re-Entry 130 Blurryface , twenty one pilots 1

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Vinyl


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wks Ordinary Corrupt Human Love , Deafheaven 1
2 2 2 3 Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album , John Coltrane 2
3 1 1 3 The Now Now , Gorillaz 1
4 3 9 4 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
5 0 New 1 Anthem Of The Sun , Grateful Dead 5
6 0 New 1 Arbiter , Hopesfall 6
7 0 New 1 Lamp Lit Prose , Dirty Projectors 7
8 0 New 1 Foreign Affairs , Tom Waits 8
9 0 Re-Entry 4 [Hybrid Theory] , Linkin Park 6
10 0 Re-Entry 29 Boys & Girls , Alabama Shakes 1
11 0 New 1 Composure , Real Friends 11
12 0 New 1 ? , XXXTENTACION 12
13 6 18 137 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
14 16 – 17 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
15 11 17 88 Thriller , Michael Jackson 3
16 7 14 286 Abbey Road , The Beatles 1
17 8 13 69 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd 2
18 5 4 3 Appetite For Destruction , Guns N' Roses 4
19 14 20 164 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers , Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
20 9 22 102 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 3
21 10 21 13 Greatest Hits , Queen 9
22 12 15 87 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) , Prince And The Revolution 1
23 18 24 169 Back To Black , Amy Winehouse 1
24 17 – 4 Demon Days , Gorillaz 5
25 0 New 1 When My Heart Felt Volcanic , The Aces 25

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Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 2 287 #1 1 wks The Essential Michael Jackson , Michael Jackson 1
2 3 4 628 Greatest Hits , Queen 1
3 4 3 1318 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
4 1 1 474 Appetite For Destruction , Guns N' Roses 1
5 5 9 291 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem 1
6 9 8 134 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 1
7 8 12 123 Take Care , Drake 1
8 6 6 1161 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 1
9 7 5 957 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
10 10 7 608 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
11 42 – 462 GG Gold -- Greatest Hits , ABBA 1
12 13 11 70 Greatest Hits So Far... , Zac Brown Band 5
13 15 14 103 x , Ed Sheeran 1
14 0 Re-Entry 5 Mamma Mia! , Soundtrack 14
15 14 17 76 1989, Taylor Swift 1
16 12 15 218 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 1
17 0 Re-Entry 172 Greatest Hits , 2Pac 2
18 18 21 38 Beauty Behind The Madness , The Weeknd 2
19 16 13 85 Montevallo , Sam Hunt 1
20 17 16 21 Dig Your Roots , Florida Georgia Line 13
21 25 33 3 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight , Travis Scott 21
22 19 22 13 Trolls , Soundtrack 15
23 21 26 85 In The Lonely Hour , Sam Smith 1
24 26 18 814 Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
25 34 29 52 Death Of A Bachelor , Panic! At The Disco 5
26 23 31 153 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 1
27 20 25 33 ANTI , Rihanna 6
28 32 36 62 2014 Forest Hills Drive , J. Cole 2
29 35 28 934 Back In Black , AC/DC 1
30 29 19 460 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 , Eagles 1
31 22 24 31 Tangled Up , Thomas Rhett 22
32 28 32 15 Illuminate , Shawn Mendes 5
33 27 27 38 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits , Blake Shelton 27
34 24 23 179 Sounds Of Summer:The Very Best Of The Beach Boys , The Beach Boys 1
35 31 34 75 Nothing Was The Same , Drake 9
36 47 46 383 [Hybrid Theory] , Linkin Park 1
37 40 44 234 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars 1
38 38 40 862 Metallica , Metallica 1
39 11 10 557 1, The Beatles 1
40 36 37 93 Greatest Hits , The Notorious B.I.G. 1
41 37 39 104 Greatest Hits , Red Hot Chili Peppers 2
42 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Anthem Of The Sun , Grateful Dead 42
43 33 30 85 Here's To The Good Times , Florida Georgia Line 5
44 0 Re-Entry 19 Dangerous Woman , Ariana Grande 34
45 43 41 221 Mothership , Led Zeppelin 1
46 41 – 99 Greatest Hits , Foo Fighters 2
47 0 Re-Entry 36 The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac , Fleetwood Mac 3
48 39 35 46 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection , Bon Jovi 1
49 0 Re-Entry 363 Abbey Road , The Beatles 1
50 44 – 2 The Essential Alan Jackson , Alan Jackson 44

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Digital Albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 – 2 #1 2 wks Scorpion , Drake 1
2 4 4 31 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
3 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Legends Of The Summer (EP) , Meek Mill 3
4 7 1 3 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
5 10 14 11 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
6 6 2 4 EVERYTHING IS LOVE , The Carters 1
7 0 New 1 Palo Santo , Years & Years 7
8 17 13 7 GG ? , XXXTENTACION 1
9 12 15 55 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
10 2 – 2 High As Hope , Florence + The Machine 2
11 15 20 128 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 1
12 22 – 19 reputation , Taylor Swift 1
13 11 8 5 Come Tomorrow , Dave Matthews Band 2
14 14 21 14 Invasion Of Privacy , Cardi B 1
15 0 New 1 Indigo Girls Live With The University Of Colorado Symphony , Indigo Girls With The University Of Colorado Symphony 15
16 0 New 1 Outlaws 'Til The End, Vol. 1 , DevilDriver 16
17 3 – 2 The Now Now , Gorillaz 3
18 23 – 8 This One's For You , Luke Combs 2
19 0 Re-Entry 15 Mamma Mia! , Soundtrack 1
20 0 New 1 Goodbye & Good Riddance , Juice WRLD 20
21 21 3 3 Dan + Shay , Dan + Shay 3
22 0 Re-Entry 4 Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
23 0 Re-Entry 57 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
24 0 New 1 Six , WE the Kings 24
25 0 Re-Entry 7 Gold -- Greatest Hits , ABBA 10

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Current

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 3 #1 3 wks Scorpion , Drake 1
2 2 6 32 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
3 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 3
4 0 New 1 Rolling Papers 2 , Wiz Khalifa 4
5 0 New 1 Kidz Bop 38 , Kidz Bop Kids 5
6 3 7 4 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
7 0 New 1 Automata II , Between The Buried And Me 7
8 6 27 36 reputation , Taylor Swift 1
9 0 New 1 Everyday Life, Everyday People , Slightly Stoopid 9
10 7 9 14 Rearview Town , Jason Aldean 1
11 0 New 1 Ordinary Corrupt Human Love , Deafheaven 11
12 13 17 9 Love Yourself: Tear , BTS 1
13 4 3 3 The Now Now , Gorillaz 3
14 14 13 56 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
15 5 2 3 High As Hope , Florence + The Machine 2
16 8 14 12 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
17 9 4 3 Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album , John Coltrane 4
18 16 15 59 This One's For You , Luke Combs 2
19 10 12 5 EVERYTHING IS LOVE , The Carters 2
20 12 8 6 Come Tomorrow , Dave Matthews Band 1
21 0 New 1 Eternal Nightmare , Chelsea Grin 21
22 18 19 147 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 2
23 0 New 1 Composure , Real Friends 23
24 21 18 6 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 11 , Various Artists 8
25 20 24 8 Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
26 0 New 1 Noble Ape , Jim Gaffigan 26
27 26 26 72 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
28 15 11 5 Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
29 0 New 1 Side Roads And Abandoned Motel , The Jayhawks 29
30 28 22 9 And Justice For None , Five Finger Death Punch 2
31 24 28 11 NOW 66 , Various Artists 6
32 34 32 152 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
33 36 35 6 GG The Mountain , Dierks Bentley 2
34 33 37 30 Love Yourself: Her , BTS 5
35 0 New 1 Real Hasta La Muerte , Anuel AA 35
36 0 New 1 Chaly & The Filth Factory , G-Mo Skee 36
37 32 30 83 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 3
38 37 33 36 From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 13
39 23 23 20 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 6
40 0 New 1 Laps Around The Sun , Chris Lane 40
41 0 New 1 Arbiter , Hopesfall 41
42 0 New 1 Forever On Your Side (EP) , NEEDTOBREATHE 42
43 27 20 4 Dan + Shay , Dan + Shay 3
44 22 38 8 ? , XXXTENTACION 5
45 19 29 12 Graffiti U , Keith Urban 2
46 35 39 65 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 , Soundtrack 2
47 44 44 63 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 1
48 46 43 33 From A Room: Volume 2 , Chris Stapleton 2
49 0 Re-Entry 2 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel , 2018 Broadway Cast Recording 49
50 42 55 47 Precious Memories Collection , Alan Jackson 9
51 0 New 1 All That Reckoning , Cowboy Junkies 51
52 48 47 12 When Legends Rise , Godsmack 5
53 43 40 15 Invasion Of Privacy , Cardi B 1
54 53 60 66 DAMN. , Kendrick Lamar 1
55 50 62 32 Red Pill Blues , Maroon 5 2
56 52 51 32 What Makes You Country , Luke Bryan 1
57 38 50 40 Beautiful Trauma , P!nk 1
58 40 56 3 Indigo Girls Live With The University Of Colorado Symphony , Indigo Girls With The University Of Colorado Symphony 40
59 49 45 6 Bigger , Sugarland 4
60 30 10 35 Live In No Shoes Nation , Kenny Chesney 1
61 0 New 1 Lamp Lit Prose , Dirty Projectors 61
62 0 New 1 Love Monster , Amy Shark 62
63 51 63 87 Moana , Soundtrack 1
64 59 64 11 ATTENTION ATTENTION , Shinedown 2
65 0 New 1 Diluvium , Obscura 65
66 73 86 14 Ember , Breaking Benjamin 2
67 39 42 5 Liberation , Christina Aguilera 3
68 45 36 7 Prequelle , Ghost 2
69 41 75 7 Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus , Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 41
70 55 59 87 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
71 78 79 11 PS Good Thing , Leon Bridges 1
72 75 – 152 Blurryface , twenty one pilots 1
73 69 81 16 Golden Hour , Kacey Musgraves 2
74 54 77 36 Diamonds , Elton John 11
75 64 73 33 A Decade Of Destruction , Five Finger Death Punch 16
76 68 87 10 Voicenotes , Charlie Puth 2
77 47 21 4 Bad Witch (EP) , Nine Inch Nails 2
78 29 5 3 Gravity , Bullet For My Valentine 5
79 65 85 26 Kidz Bop 37 , Kidz Bop Kids 3
80 62 41 4 Expectations , Bebe Rexha 8
81 67 93 44 Life Changes , Thomas Rhett 1
82 60 61 13 KOD , J. Cole 1
83 66 74 5 The Blues Is Alive And Well , Buddy Guy 12
84 77 100 13 Port Saint Joe , Brothers Osborne 6
85 95 83 4 Bare Feet , Caroline Jones 77
86 0 New 1 mau5ville: Level 1 , deadmau5 86
87 70 – 60 Brett Young , Brett Young 12
88 79 – 2 An Introduction To Gordon Lightfoot , Gordon Lightfoot 79
89 88 – 8 Disobey , Bad Wolves 8
90 0 Re-Entry 2 Sunnyland , Mayday Parade 31
91 76 – 3 Petaluma , This Wild Life 32
92 81 94 24 NOW 65 , Various Artists 3
93 61 78 14 The Tree Of Forgiveness , John Prine 4
94 90 31 34 The Thrill Of It All , Sam Smith 1
95 0 New 1 Liquor , Lydia 95
96 83 99 66 Stoney , Post Malone 17
97 85 95 12 Last Man Standing , Willie Nelson 6
98 0 Re-Entry 5 Their Greatest Hits: Volumes 1 & 2 , Eagles 76
99 74 – 7 Free Yourself Up , Lake Street Dive 4
100 0 New 1 5th Mini Album: You Make My Day (EP) , SEVENTEEN 100

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ABBA Music Sales Up 57% as 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' Soundtrack Makes Chart Debut

7/24/2018 by Keith Caulfield


Thanks to the excitement generated by the ABBA-inspired film Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, all things ABBA are on the rise on Billboard’s charts.

The soundtrack to Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which features the cast of the movie covering ABBA hits like “Waterloo” and “Fernando,” debuts at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated July 28. The album earned 19,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 19, in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 17,000 were in traditional album sales. Notably, as the movie opened on July 20 — the day after the tracking week ended — we could see further gains for the album next week. (All sales and streaming sums in this story are rounded to the nearest thousand.)

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).

Elsewhere on the Billboard 200, the first Mamma Mia! movie soundtrack re-enters the list at No. 89 with 8,000 units (up 79 percent), of which 5,000 were in album sales (up 123 percent). The album spent one week at No. 1 on the Aug. 23, 2008-dated chart, and has sold 2.1 million copies.

Meanwhile, ABBA’s best-of collection, Gold — Greatest Hits, zooms from No. 141 to No. 86 with 8,000 units (up 41 percent), and 5,000 in album sales (up 50 percent).

In total, ABBA’s catalog of albums earned 12,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 19 -- up 37 percent. The pop quartet’s music sales (albums and digital song downloads) combined rose 57 percent to 19,000 -- up from 12,000 the week previous. (Album sales climbed 41 percent to 8,000; while digital song download sales vaulted 71 percent to 12,000.)

Further, the act’s on-demand streams (audio and video combined) climbed 20 percent to 7.6 million.

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Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Billie Eilish's 'Don't Smile at Me' Hits Top 40 for the First Time
By Keith Caulfield
July 26, 2018

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

— Billie Eilish, Don’t Smile at Me – No. 38 — The singer’s debut effort reaches the top 40 for the first time, climbing 55-38 with 12,000 units (up 10 percent). Streaming activity is driving the bulk of the units for the title, with 10,000 SEA units earned in the week. This is the album’s eighth consecutive week of unit gains, and its top 40 breakthrough comes nearly a year after the set’s release on Aug. 11, 2017. The nine-track collection has earned 361 million on-demand audio streams for its songs, led by “Ocean Eyes” with 118 million clicks.

— Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 38 – No. 47 — The Kidz Bop series tallies its 53rd chart entry, as Kidz Bop 38 arrives at No. 47 with 12,000 units earned (10,000 in traditional album sales). The new album features the Kidz Bop Kids putting their kid-friendly spin on covers of recent pop smashes like Ariana Grande’s “No Tears Left to Cry,” Shawn Mendes’ “In My Blood” and Bruno Mars’ “Finesse.”

On the Kid Albums chart, which ranks the top-selling children’s albums of the week, Kidz Bop 38 starts at No. 1. It’s the 40th No. 1 for the Kidz Bop series on the Kid Albums chart, dating back to the first Kidz Bop album in 2001.

— ABBA, Gold — Greatest Hits – No. 86 — The best-of collection from the pop quartet reaches its highest rank since 2013, as Gold — Greatest Hits climbs 141-86 (8,000 units; up 41 percent). The album is benefitting from promotion associated with the new ABBA-inspired film Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which opened in theaters on July 20.

Gold was last higher on the list on the Jan. 12, 2013-dated chart, when it re-entered at No. 36 with 28,000 copies sold (back when the chart was purely ranking based on album sales, not equivalent album units). Gold jumped back onto the list at No. 36 back in 2013 following deep discounting by the Amazon MP3 store, where the retailer sold the album for just $1.99.

Three steps below Gold — Greatest Hits on the current Billboard 200 is the first Mamma Mia! soundtrack, which re-enters at No. 89 (8,000 units; up 79 percent).

Both Gold and the first Mamma Mia! album will likely post further increases on next week’s Billboard 200 chart (dated Aug. 4), in the wake of Here We Go Again’s release in theaters. Meanwhile, the soundtrack to Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is aiming to jump straight into the top 10, from its No. 20 debut on the current tally.

— Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory – No. 134 — The album earns 7,000 units and nets the chart’s largest percentage gain for the week (up 18 percent) thanks largely to a discount promotion in the Amazon store. The vinyl edition of the set was available for $4.99 in association with a limited time promotion during the tracking week. In turn, the set re-enters the Vinyl Albums chart at No. 9 with a 1,000 copies sold (up 358 percent).

— Grateful Dead, Anthem of the Sun – No. 143 — The album returns to the chart after its 50th anniversary reissue on July 13. The set reached No. 87 on Oct. 26, 1968 and was Grateful Dead’s second charting album, following its self-titled debut peaked at No. 73 in 1967. The reissue editions (which include a deluxe CD with bonus tracks and a new vinyl release) are combined with the original album for sales tracking and charting purposes. Anthem of the Sun was last on the Billboard 200 chart on Dec. 21, 1968.