Billboard 200 - 10/6/18 - Brockhampton

[Gary]

Brockhampton's 'Iridescence' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

9/30/2018 by Keith Caulfield



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On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 20.

Hip-hop collective Brockhampton bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with its fourth studio album, Iridescence. The set, which was released on Sept. 21 via Question Everything/RCA Records, launches with 101,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 27, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 79,000 were in album sales.

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 Oct. 6-dated chart (where Iridescence debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday, Oct. 2.

Of Iridescence’s 101,000 units, most were in album sales: 79,000, as noted above. The remainder was comprised of SEA units (22,000) and TEA units (a negligible figure).

Iridescence is Brockhampton’s first release for RCA after issuing three earlier albums via EMPIRE Recordings. The buzzed-about 14-member group, which has described itself as a “boy band,” signed a $15 million deal with RCA in March. The act has yet to land a song on any of Billboard’s charts (through the Sept. 26-dated lists), though its Saturation II and Saturation III albums both reached the Billboard 200 (peaking at Nos. 57 and 15, respectively, in September 2017 and January 2018). The first Saturation album missed the Billboard 200, but peaked at No. 38 on the sales-ranked Independent Albums list in July of 2017.

Through Sept. 20, the act’s catalog of tunes had generated 540 million on-demand streams in the U.S., of which 486.8 million were in on-demand audio clicks, while 53.6 million were in on-demand video streams. Radio has so far not picked up on Brockhampton, as the act’s songs have only tallied about 1,500 plays across all monitored formats of radio.

Iridescence’s first-week sales were supported heavily by an array of merchandise/album bundles sold via Brockhampton’s official website. Streaming also aided the set, as its 22,000 SEA units translated to 28.8 million on-demand audio streams of the album’s songs during release week. That makes the set the 13th most-streamed album of the week on the current Billboard 200 chart. Drake’s Scorpion is the week’s most-streamed album, with 81 million streams for its songs in its 13th week of release.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Josh Groban arrives with his new studio album, Bridges. It starts with 96,000 units, of which 94,000 are in traditional album sales. Bridges is the top-selling album of the week. Bridges garnered just 1,000 SEA units (equaling 1.5 million on-demand audio streams for its songs) and a little more than 1,000 TEA units.

Bridges’ entry is supported by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for Groban’s upcoming tour, as well as old-fashioned album sales via Target, Walmart, the iTunes Store, Amazon and the like.

In total, Bridges is Groban’s ninth top 10 album. It follows his last studio effort, 2015’s Stages, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 180,000 units in its first week (176,000 in album sales).



Eminem’s former No. 1, Kamikaze, dips 2-3 in its fourth week on the Billboard 200, earning 65,000 units (down 27 percent). Drake’s Scorpion is steady at No. 4 with 63,000 units (down 6 percent), Travis Scott’s Astroworld is a non-mover at No. 5 with 57,000 units (down 8 percent) and Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is also stationary at No. 6 with 45,000 units (down 5 percent).

Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty tumbles 1-7 in its second week with 36,000 units (down 86 percent), while Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance climbs 10-8 with 35,000 units (down 4 percent).

Lauren Daigle’s Look Up Child jumps 16-9 with 34,000 units (up 18 percent), of which 21,000 are in traditional album sales (up 11 percent). The set debuted at No. 3 two weeks earlier. Daigle benefits in part from some support by Selena Gomez, who shared her love of Daigle’s music via an Instagram story during the tracking week.

Closing out the new top 10 is Ariana Grande’s Sweetener, which falls 7-10 with 34,000 units (down 11 percent).

[owenlovesmusic]

Brockhampton currently has a #1 album but no charting songs on the Hot 100.

[Gary]

The top 10

1. Brockhampton - 101,000
2. Josh Groban 96,000
3. Eminem 65,000
4. Drake 63,000
5. Travis Scott 57,000
6. Post Malone 45,000
7. Carrie Underwood 36,000
8. Juice WRLD 35,000
9. Lauren Daigle 34,000
10. Ariana Grande 34,000

[areyoureadytojump]

Prince missed the Top 10!

Carrie Underwood in the Top 10 at #7.

[Glove Slap]

Daigle looks like she'll do well through the holidays.

[Gary]

The top 10 - preliminary sales estimates

1. Brockhampton - 79,000
2. Josh Groban 94,000 --- #1 sales (A little help from a ticket bundle)
3. Eminem 21,000
4. Drake 3,000
5. Travis Scott 1,000
6. Post Malone 3,000
7. Carrie Underwood 28,000
8. Juice WRLD <1,000
9. Lauren Daigle 21,000
10. Ariana Grande 4,000

[jenglisbe]

[Gary]

Prince at #11

[renfield75]

Oct 1, 2018 18:56:57 GMT -5 Gary said:

Prince at #11

Boo. It's his third #11 album, after 1988's Lovesexy and 1996's Emancipation.

[Gary]

Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks iridescence , BrockHampton 1
2 0 New 1 Bridges , Josh Groban 2
3 2 2 4 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
4 4 5 13 Scorpion , Drake 1
5 5 7 8 ASTROWORLD , Travis Scott 1
6 6 8 22 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
7 1 – 2 Cry Pretty , Carrie Underwood 1
8 10 12 19 Goodbye & Good Riddance , Juice WRLD 4
9 16 3 3 Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 3
10 7 10 6 Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1
11 0 New 1 Piano & A Microphone 1983 , Prince 11
12 3 – 2 East Atlanta Love Letter , 6LACK 3
13 9 11 7 Queen , Nicki Minaj 2
14 13 13 28 ? , XXXTENTACION 1
15 0 New 1 Role Model , Young Dolph 15
16 15 14 25 Invasion Of Privacy , Cardi B 1
17 0 New 1 On The Rvn!! (EP) , Young Thug 17
18 17 17 42 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
19 0 New 1 Proper Dose , The Story So Far 19
20 18 18 69 This One's For You , Luke Combs 4
21 14 – 2 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant , YoungBoy Never Broke Again 14
22 12 6 8 Swimming , Mac Miller 3
23 20 19 82 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
24 0 New 1 BINGE , Machine Gun Kelly 24
25 19 15 5 Love Yourself: Answer , BTS 1
26 0 New 1 Redemption , Joe Bonamassa 26
27 0 New 1 Living The Dream , Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators 27
28 21 22 19 Harder Than Ever , Lil Baby 3
29 23 25 94 Stoney , Post Malone 4
30 46 42 15 GG Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
31 26 20 57 17, XXXTENTACION 2
32 24 23 5 Aura , Ozuna 7
33 25 24 7 Life's A Trip , Trippie Redd 4
34 32 30 157 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 3
35 28 28 66 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 2
36 30 27 47 Red Pill Blues , Maroon 5 2
37 31 29 35 Culture II , Migos 1
38 29 31 46 reputation , Taylor Swift 1
39 34 34 82 American Teen , Khalid 4
40 39 33 14 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
41 0 New 1 Decided , YoungBoy Never Broke Again 41
42 40 37 25 Cosmic , Bazzi 14
43 49 55 412 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem 1
44 43 47 57 Luv Is Rage 2 , Lil Uzi Vert 1
45 41 35 76 DAMN. , Kendrick Lamar 1
46 47 41 244 The Essential Michael Jackson , Michael Jackson 31
47 45 40 95 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 5
48 52 48 159 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
49 48 46 14 Dan + Shay , Dan + Shay 6
50 38 57 14 Expectations , Bebe Rexha 13
51 0 New 1 Greatest Hits: You Never Saw Coming , Kid Rock 51
52 44 39 8 Stay Dangerous , YG 5
53 51 36 23 KOD , J. Cole 1
54 50 38 22 Until Death Call My Name , YoungBoy Never Broke Again 7
55 8 1 3 Egypt Station , Paul McCartney 1
56 33 4 3 Zoo , Russ 4
57 57 51 11 Rolling Papers 2 , Wiz Khalifa 2
58 55 54 40 Dont Smile At Me , Billie Eilish 38
59 54 52 307 Greatest Hits , Queen 11
60 0 New 1 Drogas Wave , Lupe Fiasco 60
61 56 58 51 Perception , NF 1
62 42 21 3 YBN: The Mixtape , YBN Nahmir, YBN Almighty Jay & YBN Cordae 21
63 163 – 6 PS Sick Boy (EP) , The Chainsmokers 53
64 22 53 24 Rearview Town , Jason Aldean 1
65 61 63 126 Views , Drake 1
66 59 64 38 Life Of A Dark Rose , Lil Skies 10
67 58 61 68 Ctrl , SZA 3
68 73 77 55 Life Changes , Thomas Rhett 1
69 53 62 37 Camila , Camila Cabello 1
70 63 74 291 Take Care , Drake 1
71 62 65 49 H.E.R. , H.E.R. 47
72 11 – 2 Love Is Here To Stay , Tony Bennett & Diana Krall 11
73 0 New 1 The Big Bad Blues , Billy F Gibbons 73
74 68 75 80 More Life , Drake 1
75 67 66 33 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By , Soundtrack 1
76 65 73 97 Moana , Soundtrack 2
77 72 82 223 x , Ed Sheeran 1
78 83 90 6 All Of It , Cole Swindell 7
79 75 81 96 Starboy , The Weeknd 1
80 74 83 97 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
81 64 69 15 EVERYTHING IS LOVE , The Carters 2
82 76 86 46 Diamonds , Elton John 23
83 79 84 48 Heartbreak On A Full Moon , Chris Brown 3
84 77 45 18 Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
85 80 89 313 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 2
86 71 78 85 Brett Young , Brett Young 18
87 86 91 531 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 10
88 36 – 2 My Way , Willie Nelson 36
89 78 72 17 ye , Kanye West 1
90 84 87 57 Odisea , Ozuna 22
91 81 85 541 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
92 87 92 289 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 1
93 66 9 3 I Want To Die In New Orleans , $uicideBoy$ 9
94 37 – 2 7, David Guetta 37
95 0 New 1 Art Of Doubt , Metric 95
96 85 98 241 Greatest Hits , 2Pac 3
97 0 Re-Entry 20 Greatest Hits , Earth, Wind & Fire 40
98 90 100 58 Project Baby Two , Kodak Black 2
99 93 94 20 Voicenotes , Charlie Puth 4
100 82 68 6 Young Stoner Life: Slime Language , Various Artists 8
101 89 93 34 Drip Season 3 , Gunna 55
102 91 101 386 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 22
103 0 Re-Entry 113 The Essential Billy Joel , Billy Joel 15
104 98 110 161 Beauty Behind The Madness , The Weeknd 1
105 99 102 19 13 Reasons Why, Season 2 , Soundtrack 26
106 95 99 26 The World Is Yours , Rich The Kid 2
107 100 107 108 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight , Travis Scott 1
108 96 95 199 2014 Forest Hills Drive , J. Cole 1
109 102 111 176 Blurryface , twenty one pilots 1
110 101 117 55 Freudian , Daniel Caesar 25
111 97 113 286 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
112 106 108 224 In The Lonely Hour , Sam Smith 2
113 135 139 256 Nothing Was The Same , Drake 1
114 105 123 140 ANTI , Rihanna 1
115 110 112 17 I met you when I was 18. (the playlist) , Lauv 50
116 94 104 20 Die Lit , Playboi Carti 3
117 109 116 41 The Beautiful & Damned , G-Eazy 3
118 108 109 22 Ready (EP) , Ella Mai 29
119 92 44 4 Bloom , Troye Sivan 4
120 112 125 198 1989, Taylor Swift 1
121 0 New 1 Greater Than , Gateway 121
122 0 Re-Entry 27 The Click , AJR 61
123 117 130 309 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 2
124 88 67 11 Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 3
125 125 122 26 My Dear Melancholy, (EP) , The Weeknd 1
126 107 103 31 DAY69 , 6ix9ine 4
127 111 115 18 Testing , A$AP Rocky 4
128 119 126 117 California Sunrise , Jon Pardi 11
129 121 129 69 hopeless fountain kingdom , Halsey 1
130 115 120 65 Dua Lipa , Dua Lipa 27
131 116 124 21 SR3MM , Rae Sremmurd, Swae Lee & Slim Jxmmi 6
132 134 135 105 Trolls , Soundtrack 3
133 127 140 183 Greatest Hits So Far... , Zac Brown Band 20
134 132 152 157 T R A P S O U L , Bryson Tiller 8
135 120 114 244 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 , Eagles 1
136 114 131 244 Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
137 131 138 44 Revenge , XXXTENTACION 28
138 0 Re-Entry 4 TA13OO , Denzel Curry 28
139 146 148 147 Greatest Hits , The Notorious B.I.G. 1
140 139 144 87 Culture , Migos 1
141 137 159 41 Too Hard , Lil Baby 80
142 118 136 38 All Time Greatest Hits , Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
143 145 137 502 Metallica , Metallica 1
144 136 157 6 ONEPOINTFIVE , Amine 53
145 128 149 445 Greatest Hits , Guns N' Roses 3
146 124 128 28 Love, Simon , Soundtrack 37
147 60 118 47 The Thrill Of It All , Sam Smith 1
148 140 146 394 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars 3
149 0 Re-Entry 153 Tha Carter III , Lil Wayne 1
150 138 142 205 Montevallo , Sam Hunt 3
151 129 141 43 A Decade Of Destruction , Five Finger Death Punch 29
152 122 155 316 Recovery , Eminem 1
153 196 170 114 How Can It Be , Lauren Daigle 28
154 143 150 48 Without Warning , 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin 4
155 123 119 9 Songs For The Saints , Kenny Chesney 2
156 166 178 383 21, Adele 1
157 141 132 73 There's Really A Wolf , Russ 7
158 149 153 73 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 2
159 133 134 42 What Makes You Country , Luke Bryan 1
160 0 New 1 'Til I'm Gone , Frank Foster 160
161 0 Re-Entry 63 Tha Carter IV , Lil Wayne 1
162 160 162 104 Illuminate , Shawn Mendes 1
163 148 143 9 Queen Naija (EP) , Queen Naija 26
164 150 160 327 Back In Black , AC/DC 4
165 157 164 186 Greatest Hits , Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
166 126 121 12 BEASTMODE 2 , Future 3
167 155 165 141 Death Of A Bachelor , Panic! At The Disco 1
168 162 171 149 25, Adele 1
169 154 151 52 Tell Me You Love Me , Demi Lovato 3
170 152 96 22 Speak Your Mind , Anne-Marie 31
171 176 169 29 Bobby Tarantino II , Logic 1
172 158 174 108 Dig Your Roots , Florida Georgia Line 2
173 168 166 102 Blonde , Frank Ocean 1
174 0 New 1 Life After Fame , Quando Rondo 174
175 104 176 19 And Justice For None , Five Finger Death Punch 4
176 174 133 165 Hozier , Hozier 2
177 151 161 336 1, The Beatles 1
178 161 172 21 Simi , BlocBoy JB 28
179 156 168 53 Happy Endings , Old Dominion 7
180 165 – 270 Mothership , Led Zeppelin 7
181 177 182 126 The Life Of deleted , Kanye West 1
182 172 179 283 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 , The Rolling Stones 4
183 171 156 116 Dangerous Woman , Ariana Grande 2
184 180 175 11 Real Hasta La Muerte , Anuel AA 42
185 175 181 151 Tangled Up , Thomas Rhett 6
186 159 154 15 Redemption , Jay Rock 13
187 0 Re-Entry 17 Vibras , J Balvin 15
188 153 192 144 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 , Carrie Underwood 4
189 191 190 40 From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 36
190 170 163 5 Florida Georgia Line (EP) , Florida Georgia Line 72
191 186 189 53 Trip , Jhene Aiko 5
192 179 187 130 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits , Blake Shelton 5
193 70 – 15 The Mountain , Dierks Bentley 3
194 178 177 276 Abbey Road , The Beatles 1
195 187 200 186 I Am...Sasha Fierce , Beyonce 1
196 198 183 7 4275, Jacquees 35
197 130 79 4 8 Letters , Why Don't We 9
198 190 199 188 If You're Reading This It's Too Late , Drake 1
199 0 Re-Entry 23 Come Over When You're Sober (EP) , Lil Peep 38
200 188 198 77 Memories...Do Not Open , The Chainsmokers 1

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 7 301 #1 5 wks Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem 1
2 1 3 297 The Essential Michael Jackson , Michael Jackson 1
3 3 6 638 Greatest Hits , Queen 1
4 4 9 132 Take Care , Drake 1
5 5 11 113 x , Ed Sheeran 1
6 6 13 144 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 1
7 9 14 1171 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 1
8 7 12 1328 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
9 10 15 228 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 1
10 8 17 178 Greatest Hits , 2Pac 2
11 0 Re-Entry 25 Greatest Hits , Earth, Wind & Fire 3
12 11 18 967 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
13 0 Re-Entry 52 The Essential Billy Joel , Billy Joel 1
14 14 23 48 Beauty Behind The Madness , The Weeknd 2
15 15 21 13 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight , Travis Scott 12
16 12 16 72 2014 Forest Hills Drive , J. Cole 2
17 16 24 8 Blurryface , twenty one pilots 7
18 13 25 618 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
19 18 22 95 In The Lonely Hour , Sam Smith 1
20 29 36 85 GG Nothing Was The Same , Drake 9
21 17 27 43 ANTI , Rihanna 6
22 19 28 86 1989, Taylor Swift 1
23 21 30 163 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 1
24 28 33 23 Trolls , Soundtrack 15
25 25 37 80 Greatest Hits So Far... , Zac Brown Band 5
26 27 44 77 T R A P S O U L , Bryson Tiller 2
27 23 26 470 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 , Eagles 1
28 20 31 824 Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
29 36 42 103 Greatest Hits , The Notorious B.I.G. 1
30 31 39 3 Culture , Migos 30
31 22 34 200 All Time Greatest Hits , Lynyrd Skynyrd 2
32 35 35 872 Metallica , Metallica 1
33 26 43 446 Greatest Hits , Guns N' Roses 1
34 32 40 244 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars 1
35 0 Re-Entry 85 Tha Carter III , Lil Wayne 4
36 30 38 95 Montevallo , Sam Hunt 1
37 24 45 126 Recovery , Eminem 3
38 0 Re-Entry 4 How Can It Be , Lauren Daigle 38
39 47 – 227 21, Adele 1
40 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Tha Carter IV , Lil Wayne 40
41 44 49 25 Illuminate , Shawn Mendes 5
42 38 47 944 Back In Black , AC/DC 1
43 42 50 112 Greatest Hits , Red Hot Chili Peppers 2
44 41 – 61 Death Of A Bachelor , Panic! At The Disco 5
45 45 – 45 25, Adele 13
46 43 – 30 Dig Your Roots , Florida Georgia Line 13
47 48 – 17 Blonde , Frank Ocean 26
48 0 Re-Entry 21 Hozier , Hozier 30
49 39 48 567 1, The Beatles 1
50 46 – 230 Mothership , Led Zeppelin 1

[Gary]

Digital Albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks iridescence , BrockHampton 1
2 8 2 3 GG Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 2
3 0 New 1 Bridges , Josh Groban 3
4 2 1 4 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
5 0 New 1 Piano & A Microphone 1983 , Prince 5
6 0 New 1 Living The Dream , Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators 6
7 0 New 1 BINGE , Machine Gun Kelly 7
8 6 7 42 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
9 0 New 1 Redemption , Joe Bonamassa 9
10 0 New 1 Proper Dose , The Story So Far 10
11 0 New 1 Drogas Wave , Lupe Fiasco 11
12 0 New 1 Art Of Doubt , Metric 12
13 1 – 2 Cry Pretty , Carrie Underwood 1
14 0 New 1 Role Model , Young Dolph 14
15 0 New 1 II: The Sword (EP) , Andy Mineo 15
16 0 New 1 'Til I'm Gone , Frank Foster 16
17 0 New 1 The Big Bad Blues , Billy F Gibbons 17
18 0 New 1 On The Rvn!! (EP) , Young Thug 18
19 0 New 1 Greatest Hits: You Never Saw Coming , Kid Rock 19
20 17 15 139 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 1
21 18 17 18 This One's For You , Luke Combs 2
22 15 13 6 Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1
23 0 New 1 Black Reign (EP) , Avenged Sevenfold 23
24 21 19 60 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
25 0 New 1 Kids , The Midnight 25

[Gary]

Current

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks Bridges , Josh Groban 1
2 0 New 1 iridescence , BrockHampton 2
3 0 New 1 Piano & A Microphone 1983 , Prince 3
4 1 – 2 Cry Pretty , Carrie Underwood 1
5 2 3 4 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
6 6 2 3 Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 2
7 0 New 1 Proper Dose , The Story So Far 7
8 0 New 1 Redemption , Joe Bonamassa 8
9 0 New 1 Living The Dream , Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators 9
10 8 8 42 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
11 4 1 3 Egypt Station , Paul McCartney 1
12 0 New 1 The Big Bad Blues , Billy F Gibbons 12
13 3 – 2 Love Is Here To Stay , Tony Bennett & Diana Krall 3
14 0 New 1 Greatest Hits: You Never Saw Coming , Kid Rock 14
15 0 New 1 BINGE , Machine Gun Kelly 15
16 12 9 5 Love Yourself: Answer , BTS 1
17 9 – 2 My Way , Willie Nelson 9
18 78 77 15 GG Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
19 0 New 1 Art Of Doubt , Metric 19
20 0 New 1 Greater Than , Gateway 20
21 0 New 1 'Til I'm Gone , Frank Foster 21
22 25 33 6 All Of It , Cole Swindell 2
23 0 New 1 Drogas Wave , Lupe Fiasco 23
24 22 21 157 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 2
25 19 22 69 This One's For You , Luke Combs 2
26 24 30 82 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
27 16 15 6 Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1
28 28 28 14 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
29 0 New 1 Role Model , Young Dolph 29
30 29 26 8 NOW 67 , Various Artists 3
31 35 39 162 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
32 33 36 46 From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 13
33 27 18 11 Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 1
34 26 37 46 reputation , Taylor Swift 1
35 30 35 66 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
36 0 Re-Entry 2 TA13OO , Denzel Curry 27
37 32 41 19 Love Yourself: Tear , BTS 1
38 41 43 93 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 3
39 36 16 4 Bloom , Troye Sivan 2
40 0 New 1 II: The Sword (EP) , Andy Mineo 40
41 31 4 3 Zoo , Russ 4
42 39 34 13 Scorpion , Drake 1
43 40 38 22 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
44 0 New 1 The Singer And The Song: The Best Of Joey + Rory , Joey + Rory 44
45 60 55 13 High As Hope , Florence + The Machine 2
46 11 – 2 Hiding Place , Tori Kelly 11
47 0 New 1 On The Rvn!! (EP) , Young Thug 47
48 17 7 8 Swimming , Mac Miller 2
49 46 44 9 Songs For The Saints , Kenny Chesney 1
50 0 New 1 Chris , Christine And The Queens 50
51 10 45 24 Rearview Town , Jason Aldean 1
52 64 60 43 From A Room: Volume 2 , Chris Stapleton 2
53 15 – 15 The Mountain , Dierks Bentley 2
54 0 Re-Entry 2 I Want To Die In New Orleans , $uicideBoy$ 5
55 44 31 7 Queen , Nicki Minaj 2
56 58 52 73 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 1
57 21 6 3 Book Of Bad Decisions , Clutch 6
58 42 49 19 And Justice For None , Five Finger Death Punch 2
59 59 78 13 The Now Now , Gorillaz 3
60 53 25 5 Rainier Fog , Alice In Chains 2
61 37 12 3 In The Blue Light , Paul Simon 12
62 0 New 1 Kids , The Midnight 62
63 65 53 75 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 , Soundtrack 2
64 88 – 2 PS Overtures Of Blasphemy , Deicide 64
65 0 New 1 Black Reign (EP) , Avenged Sevenfold 65
66 7 – 2 Palms , Thrice 7
67 0 New 1 TerrorVision , Aborted 67
68 0 New 1 Sing: Creation Songs , Ellie Holcomb 68
69 0 Re-Entry 4 Hot August Night III: Recorded Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles , Neil Diamond 13
70 73 73 46 Diamonds , Elton John 11
71 92 74 6 Thank You For Today , Death Cab For Cutie 4
72 94 88 97 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
73 56 10 3 Raise Vibration , Lenny Kravitz 10
74 5 – 2 East Atlanta Love Letter , 6LACK 5
75 67 48 30 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 6
76 74 79 42 What Makes You Country , Luke Bryan 1
77 83 80 43 A Decade Of Destruction , Five Finger Death Punch 16
78 0 Re-Entry 20 ATTENTION ATTENTION , Shinedown 2
79 55 23 4 8 Letters , Why Don't We 3
80 81 71 14 Dan + Shay , Dan + Shay 3
81 98 76 11 Kidz Bop 38 , Kidz Bop Kids 5
82 85 64 7 Where No One Stands Alone , Elvis Presley 4
83 72 20 18 Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
84 75 57 16 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 11 , Various Artists 8
85 0 Re-Entry 2 Sick Boy (EP) , The Chainsmokers 85
86 61 – 10 Expectations , Bebe Rexha 8
87 79 75 97 Moana , Soundtrack 1
88 0 New 1 Million Dollars To Kill Me , Joyce Manor 88
89 95 81 15 EVERYTHING IS LOVE , The Carters 2
90 48 58 29 Sweet Southern Sugar , Kid Rock 5
91 52 – 10 Bare Feet , Caroline Jones 52
92 0 Re-Entry 7 Cage To Rattle , Daughtry 3
93 0 New 1 Town Burned Down , Adam's House Cat 93
94 0 Re-Entry 6 Gravity , Bullet For My Valentine 5
95 0 Re-Entry 21 When Legends Rise , Godsmack 5
96 69 – 21 Graffiti U , Keith Urban 2
97 0 New 1 The Wake , Voivod 97
98 0 Re-Entry 13 Their Greatest Hits: Volumes 1 & 2 , Eagles 38
99 14 – 2 Collapse (EP) , Aphex Twin 14
100 0 Re-Entry 38 Love Yourself: Her , BTS 5

[Gary]

Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wks Proper Dose , The Story So Far 1
2 0 New 1 Piano & A Microphone 1983 , Prince 2
3 0 New 1 TA13OO , Denzel Curry 3
4 0 New 1 The Big Bad Blues , Billy F Gibbons 4
5 2 1 3 Egypt Station , Paul McCartney 1
6 0 New 1 Art Of Doubt , Metric 6
7 0 New 1 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, The Complete Recordings , Soundtrack 7
8 14 13 79 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd 2
9 10 8 296 Abbey Road , The Beatles 1
10 0 New 1 Year Of The Snitch , Death Grips 10
11 17 19 97 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) , Prince And The Revolution 1
12 13 11 98 Thriller , Michael Jackson 3
13 21 17 112 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 3
14 19 16 147 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
15 18 21 179 Back To Black , Amy Winehouse 1
16 0 New 1 Redemption , Joe Bonamassa 16
17 0 New 1 How Do I Talk To My Brother? , Ben Pirani 17
18 3 – 2 Collapse (EP) , Aphex Twin 3
19 25 22 174 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers , Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
20 23 23 23 Greatest Hits , Queen 9
21 0 New 1 Days Of Thunder , The Midnight 21
22 0 Re-Entry 23 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
23 8 – 2 Love Is Here To Stay , Tony Bennett & Diana Krall 8
24 0 Re-Entry 67 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 3
25 0 New 1 Town Burned Down , Adam's House Cat 25

[Gary]

Sales

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks Bridges , Josh Groban 1
2 0 New 1 iridescence , BrockHampton 2
3 0 New 1 Piano & A Microphone 1983 , Prince 3
4 1 – 2 Cry Pretty , Carrie Underwood 1
5 2 3 4 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
6 6 2 3 Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 2
7 0 New 1 Proper Dose , The Story So Far 7
8 0 New 1 Redemption , Joe Bonamassa 8
9 0 New 1 Living The Dream , Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators 9
10 8 8 42 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
11 4 1 3 Egypt Station , Paul McCartney 1
12 0 New 1 The Big Bad Blues , Billy F Gibbons 12
13 3 – 2 Love Is Here To Stay , Tony Bennett & Diana Krall 3
14 0 New 1 Greatest Hits: You Never Saw Coming , Kid Rock 14
15 0 New 1 BINGE , Machine Gun Kelly 15
16 12 9 5 Love Yourself: Answer , BTS 1
17 9 – 2 My Way , Willie Nelson 9
18 0 Re-Entry 13 Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
19 0 New 1 Art Of Doubt , Metric 19
20 0 New 1 Greater Than , Gateway 20
21 0 New 1 'Til I'm Gone , Frank Foster 21
22 25 37 6 All Of It , Cole Swindell 2
23 0 New 1 Drogas Wave , Lupe Fiasco 23
24 22 22 156 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 2
25 19 23 60 This One's For You , Luke Combs 3
26 24 32 82 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
27 16 16 6 Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1
28 28 30 14 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
29 0 New 1 Role Model , Young Dolph 29
30 29 28 8 NOW 67 , Various Artists 3
31 36 43 159 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
32 34 40 46 From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 13
33 27 19 11 Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 1
34 26 41 46 reputation , Taylor Swift 1
35 30 39 66 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
36 0 Re-Entry 2 TA13OO , Denzel Curry 29
37 33 46 19 Love Yourself: Tear , BTS 1
38 32 45 251 Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
39 44 50 471 Metallica , Metallica 1
40 42 49 87 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 4
41 37 17 4 Bloom , Troye Sivan 2
42 0 New 1 II: The Sword (EP) , Andy Mineo 42
43 31 4 3 Zoo , Russ 4
44 40 38 13 Scorpion , Drake 1
45 41 42 22 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
46 0 New 1 The Singer And The Song: The Best Of Joey + Rory , Joey + Rory 46
47 54 61 203 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
48 69 72 13 High As Hope , Florence + The Machine 2
49 80 71 66 All-Time Greatest Hits , Neil Diamond 15
50 46 48 153 Gold -- Greatest Hits , ABBA 6
51 11 – 2 Hiding Place , Tori Kelly 11
52 0 New 1 On The Rvn!! (EP) , Young Thug 52
53 17 7 7 Swimming , Mac Miller 2
54 50 51 9 Songs For The Saints , Kenny Chesney 1
55 0 New 1 Chris , Christine And The Queens 55
56 10 53 24 Rearview Town , Jason Aldean 1
57 60 59 384 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
58 0 Re-Entry 105 How Can It Be , Lauren Daigle 16
59 74 82 43 From A Room: Volume 2 , Chris Stapleton 2
60 48 34 4 Gospel Greats , Aretha Franklin 34
61 15 – 14 The Mountain , Dierks Bentley 2
62 0 Re-Entry 2 I Want To Die In New Orleans , $uicideBoy$ 5
63 47 33 7 Queen , Nicki Minaj 2
64 67 66 73 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 1
65 21 6 3 Book Of Bad Decisions , Clutch 6
66 43 62 19 And Justice For None , Five Finger Death Punch 2
67 68 – 12 The Now Now , Gorillaz 3
68 62 65 66 Icon: Lynyrd Skynyrd , Lynyrd Skynyrd 47
69 59 27 5 Rainier Fog , Alice In Chains 2
70 71 81 181 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 2
71 38 12 3 In The Blue Light , Paul Simon 12
72 85 73 110 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 11
73 0 New 1 Kids , The Midnight 73
74 86 86 213 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd 10
75 83 80 38 Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks , Stevie Nicks 21
76 75 67 75 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 , Soundtrack 2
77 78 69 23 The Best Of ABBA: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection , ABBA 40
78 0 Re-Entry 49 Precious Memories Collection , Alan Jackson 9
79 0 New 1 Overtures Of Blasphemy , Deicide 79
80 0 New 1 Black Reign (EP) , Avenged Sevenfold 80
81 7 – 2 Palms , Thrice 7
82 88 100 246 Greatest Hits , Queen 11
83 94 90 64 Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits , Simon & Garfunkel 36
84 0 New 1 TerrorVision , Aborted 84
85 0 New 1 Sing: Creation Songs , Ellie Holcomb 85
86 0 Re-Entry 3 Hot August Night III: Recorded Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles , Neil Diamond 14
87 92 – 36 Diamonds , Elton John 12
88 82 88 258 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
89 0 Re-Entry 4 Thank You For Today , Death Cab For Cutie 4
90 63 35 5 The Very Best Of Aretha Franklin, The '60s , Aretha Franklin 35
91 87 – 40 Icon: Eric Clapton , Eric Clapton 66
92 0 Re-Entry 12 Greatest Hits 1974-78 , The Steve Miller Band 63
93 0 Re-Entry 201 [Hybrid Theory] , Linkin Park 2
94 0 Re-Entry 136 Master Of Puppets , Metallica 13
95 98 – 348 Greatest Hits , Guns N' Roses 3
96 0 Re-Entry 349 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 18
97 0 Re-Entry 138 Sounds Of Summer:The Very Best Of The Beach Boys , The Beach Boys 16
98 0 Re-Entry 89 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
99 65 10 3 Raise Vibration , Lenny Kravitz 10
100 0 New 1 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, The Complete Recordings , Soundtrack 100

[Gary]

Billboard 200 250+ weeks


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
91 81 85 541 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
87 86 91 531 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 10
143 145 137 502 Metallica , Metallica 1
145 128 149 445 Greatest Hits , Guns N' Roses 3
43 49 55 412 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem 1
148 140 146 394 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars 3
102 91 101 386 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 22
156 166 178 383 21, Adele 1
177 151 161 336 1, The Beatles 1
164 150 160 327 Back In Black , AC/DC 4
152 122 155 316 Recovery , Eminem 1
85 80 89 313 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 2
123 117 130 309 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 2
59 54 52 307 Greatest Hits , Queen 11
70 63 74 291 Take Care , Drake 1
92 87 92 289 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 1
111 97 113 286 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
182 172 179 283 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 , The Rolling Stones 4
194 178 177 276 Abbey Road , The Beatles 1
180 165 – 270 Mothership , Led Zeppelin 7
113 135 139 256 Nothing Was The Same , Drake 1

[Gary]

Sept 30, 2018 14:24:20 GMT -5 Gary said:

The top 10 - preliminary sales estimates

1. Brockhampton - 79,000
2. Josh Groban 94,000 --- #1 sales (A little help from a ticket bundle)
3. Eminem 21,000
4. Drake 3,000
5. Travis Scott 1,000
6. Post Malone 3,000
7. Carrie Underwood 28,000
8. Juice WRLD <1,000
9. Lauren Daigle 21,000
10. Ariana Grande 4,000

Final sales - where noted still an estimate

1. Brockhampton - 79,335
2. Josh Groban 93,531 --- #1 sales (A little help from a ticket bundle)
3. Eminem 22,087
4. Drake 2,792
5. Travis Scott <972
6. Post Malone 2,659
7. Carrie Underwood 28,382
8. Juice WRLD <972
9. Lauren Daigle 21,367
10. Ariana Grande 4,176

[Gary]

Two top 10 albums moved less than 972 copies this week (The # sold of the 200th best selling album of the week)

[iHype.]

Oct 2, 2018 12:31:10 GMT -5 Gary said:

Sept 30, 2018 14:24:20 GMT -5 Gary said:

The top 10 - preliminary sales estimates

1. Brockhampton - 79,000
2. Josh Groban 94,000 --- #1 sales (A little help from a ticket bundle)
3. Eminem 21,000
4. Drake 3,000
5. Travis Scott 1,000
6. Post Malone 3,000
7. Carrie Underwood 28,000
8. Juice WRLD <1,000
9. Lauren Daigle 21,000
10. Ariana Grande 4,000

Final sales - where noted still an estimate

1. Brockhampton - 79,335
2. Josh Groban 93,531 --- #1 sales (A little help from a ticket bundle)
3. Eminem 22,087
4. Drake 2,792
5. Travis Scott <972
6. Post Malone 2,659
7. Carrie Underwood 28,382
8. Juice WRLD <972
9. Lauren Daigle 21,367
10. Ariana Grande 4,176

966 for Travis Scott, and 501 for Juice WRLD. 

[Gary]

OK thanks

[Gary]

Brockhampton's 'Iridescence' No. 1 Debut is a Victory for the LGBTQ Community

10/2/2018 by Stephen Daw


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Kevin Abstract of Brockhampton performs during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 14, 2018 in Indio, Calif.

This has been dubbed the year of queer artistry. Ever since Hayley Kiyoko coined the phrase "20GayTeen," fans have seen their favorite LGBTQ acts making their way into the forefront of pop culture, with artists like Kiyoko, Troye Sivan and more making regular appearances on late night talk shows, magazines covers and embarking on massive tours. The only place they couldn't be found this year is on the top of the charts.

That is, at least, until Brockhampton came along. The Texas-based hip-hop collective and self-proclaimed boy band hasn't found it's way into the same kind of mainstream recognition as some of the Kiyokos and Sivans of the world. And yet, this week the group managed to accomplish a feat that the new wave of queer artists have yet to achieve — their fourth studio album Iridescence debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

For many, the group’s achievement is a question mark -- how did a relatively obscure hip-hop boy band with no charting songs and at least one openly gay member manage to break through the mainstream and earn a No. 1 album?

Sivan's Bloom serves as a perfect example for this confusion. The Australian pop star's sophomore effort was one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, and received critical acclaim upon its release in late August. But, when it came to the charts, Bloom debuted at No. 4, with 72,000 equivalent album units. Comparatively, Brockhampton's new record was significantly less-buzzed about, but earned 29,000 more units than Sivan's for a whopping 101,000 equivalent album units.

In fact, in a year where multiple LGBTQ artists have penned and released seminal works exploring the complexity of modern queerness, Brockhampton's Iridescence is the only one to achieve this career-making feat. Kiyoko’s Expectations peaked at No. 12, despite significant critical buzz; Janelle Monaé’s Dirty Computer made it to No. 6; Years & Years’ Palo Santo reached a mere No. 75 (it's important to note that Panic! at the Disco's Pray for the Wicked did debut at No. 1, but frontman Brendon Urie didn't publicly come out as pansexual until after this feat).

Even when squaring off against an album sales juggernaut like opera-pop star Josh Groban, Brockhampton still managed to emerge the victor — they earned 5,000 more equivalent album units, even as Groban earned 15,000 more in traditional album sales.

What makes Brockhampton's No. 1 debut even more unprecedented is not simply the fact of having an openly gay member, but that they were able to openly talk about modern queerness on a hip-hop record. In a genre that has a history of homophobia, the fact that a group rapping and singing about coming out, gay sex and same-sex attraction earned the highly-coveted spot atop the Billboard 200 means more than just success for Brockhampton.

Take, for instance, the Iridescence song "Weight." While other male artists in the industry regularly rap about sexual encounters with women, Brockhampton's de-facto frontman Kevin Abstract turns that idea on its head. In the song, Abstract raps about how he was trapped in the closet in high school, dating a woman that he didn't love and couldn't satisfy. “And she was mad cause I never wanna show her off/ And every time she took her bra off my dick would get soft,” he says.

This is a regular occurrence in the group's music and message; they never back away from the stereotypes or negative messaging that surrounds their sexuality, race or appearance. In fact, during their performance at this year's Coachella, Abstract stormed the stage wearing a police vest with the gay slur "f----t" written across it.

Homophobia in hip-hop is still not a thing of the past. Most recently, Eminem released his surprise album Kamikaze, where on the song "Fall," he levels the f-word at fellow hip-hop star Tyler, the Creator. "Tyler create nothin', I see why you called yourself a f----t, bitch," he raps on the track. But despite the massive controversy the song inspired, Kamikaze still achieved a No. 1 debut (on the same weekend as Sivan's Bloom was released, no less).

Em is not the only artist to court controversy from the LGBTQ community this year. Travis Scott, whose album Astroworld made its No. 1 debut a month ago, was criticized for removing transgender club icon Amanda Lepore from his album art. Cardi B, who saw her first album Invasion of Privacy debut at No. 1 back in April, was recently accosted for a transphobic meme that appeared on her official Facebook page (Cardi denies posting it, and said the post was made by a former team member).

All of these artists saw their controversies come and go without affecting their star status. For LGBTQ listeners, it was hard to see that even when an artist made directly offensive comments toward the queer community, they were still rewarded for their work. So to see a hip-hop group that is celebrating what it means to be LGBTQ have their album debut at No. 1 shows that all hope is not lost.


There is some explanation for Brockhampton’s major victory — each of the group’s 14 members have an extremely active presence on social media, taking time to talk to and communicate directly with their fans. Much of their album sales came from bundle packages, where fans would purchase tickets to their upcoming tour and receive a copy of the album and merch along with the tickets.

But even with a winning album-sales strategy and an intimate fan-artist relationship, the group still managed to overcome odds that were stacked against them. The stars of Brockhampton have only had one major late night television performance, have never been featured on the cover of a major magazine, and before this year were considered to be an lesser-known group working its way toward more success.

To see a band that takes responsibility of their image, openly discusses LGBTQ themes and blends genres and expectations to make innovative new music achieve a No. 1 debut is likely more meaningful than even Brockhampton realizes. It is specific, clear evidence that with support from passionate fans who embrace a clear message of inclusivity and diversity, music created by queer people doesn’t have to be relegated to a lower position of cultural importance. While others may be heralded as the archetype of LGBTQ music, Brockhampton is the group that is finally proving their point.