Billboard 200 - 10/13/18 - Lil Wayne

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Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter V' Set For No. 1 On Billboard 200 Chart With Third-Largest Streaming Week Ever

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By Keith Caulfield | October 01, 2018 9:47 AM EDT
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Lil Wayne will return in a big way to the Billboard 200 albums chart next week, as his new release, Tha Carter V, is set for a splashy bow atop the chart. Industry forecasters suggest the set, which was released on Sept. 28 via Young Money/ Republic Records, will likely launch with over 450,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 4 in the U.S. — and has a shot at reaching a half-million units earned.

Furthermore, the album could generate over 400 million on-demand audio streams for its songs in its first week in the U.S. That sum would garner the set the third-largest streaming week ever for an album, trailing only the debut frames of Drake’s Scorpion (745.9 million, according to Nielsen Music) and Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys (431.3 million) earlier in 2018.

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 Oct. 13-dated Billboard 200 chart (where Tha Carter V should debut at No. 1) is scheduled to be revealed on Billboard’s websites on Sunday, Oct. 7.

Assuming Tha Carter V debuts at No. 1, it will become Lil Wayne’s fourth leader on the tally. He previously hit No. 1 with Tha Carter IV (2011), I Am Not a Human Being (2010) and Tha Carter III (2008).

Lil Wayne’s last release to chart was 2013’s I Am Not a Human Being II, which debuted and peaked at No. 2.

Other albums on course for high debuts on next week’s Billboard 200 include Cher’s Dancing Queen, Logic’s YSIV and Kevin Gates’ Luca Brasi 3. The three albums were released on Sept. 28, along with a bevy of other titles from notable names. The end of September always brings a rush of significant albums to market, as Sept. 30 marked the end of the eligibility year for the upcoming Grammy Awards.

Other albums aiming for noteworthy bows on next week’s Billboard 200, all drawn from the Sept. 28 release schedule, include alt-J’s Reduxer, Elevation Worship’s Hallelujah Here Below, Loretta Lynn’s Wouldn’t It Be Great, Rod Stewart’s Blood Red Roses, Tom Petty’s An American Treasure, Beartooth’s Disease and Cypress Hill’s Elephants on Acid.

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Cher, Logic & Kevin Gates All Aiming for Top 5 Debuts on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

10/2/2018 by Keith Caulfield 

New albums from Cher, Logic and Kevin Gates are all heading for debuts inside the top five of the Billboard 200 chart next week, according to industry forecasters.

As previously reported, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V is heading for a No. 1 debut next week, with perhaps over 450,000 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 Oct. 13-dated Billboard 200 chart (where Tha Carter V should debut at No. 1) is scheduled to be revealed on Billboard’s websites on Sunday, Oct. 7.

Logic’s YSIV could bow with over 160,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 4, according to prognosticators. If it starts as expected, it will garner the hip-hop artist his fifth top 10 effort. The new set, which was issued on Sept. 28 via Visionary/Def Jam Recordings, follows a pair of No. 1s from Logic: Bobby Tarantino II and Everybody, in 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Meanwhile, Cher’s Dancing Queen may debut with 160,000 equivalent album units. The all-ABBA covers album was released via Warner Bros. Records on Sept. 28 and would earn the diva her sixth top 10 album. It follows her previous studio set, Closer to the Truth, which debuted and peaked at No. 3 in 2013.

The new album was led by the single “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight),” which rises 15-8 on the Dance Club Songs chart (dated Oct. 6), notching Cher her 14th top 10 hit on the tally.

Gates’ Luca Brasi 3 is on track to launch with perhaps 70,000 units and would land the rapper his third top 10 set. He previously visited the region with By Any Means 2 (No. 4 on the Oct. 14, 2017-dated chart) and Islah (No. 2; Oct. 20, 2016). Luca Brasi 3 was released on Sept. 28 through Bread Winners’ Association/Atlantic Group.

Other new titles from the Sept. 28 release schedule heading for significant debuts on next week’s Billboard 200 include alt-J’s Reduxer, Elevation Worship’s Hallelujah Here Below, Loretta Lynn’s Wouldn’t It Be Great, Rod Stewart’s Blood Red Roses, Tom Petty’s An American Treasure, Beartooth’s Disease and Cypress Hill’s Elephants on Acid.

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[Gary]

Cher Ties Solo-Career-Best Rank on Billboard 200 as 'Dancing Queen' Debuts at No. 3

10/7/2018 by Keith Caulfield


The album launches with 2018’s biggest sales week for a pop album by a woman.

Cher’s new album Dancing Queen debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, tying for the diva’s highest-charting solo album ever. It also earns the biggest sales week of 2018 for a pop album by a woman, and Cher’s largest sales week since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking music sales in 1991.

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. 13-dated chart -- where Dancing Queen debuts at No. 3 -- will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

As previously reported, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V debuts at No. 1 on the latest Billboard 200 chart.

Cher also reached No. 3 with her previous studio set, 2013’s Closer to the Truth. (Cher was also one-half of Sonny & Cher, which peaked at No. 2 on the chart in 1965 with Look at Us.)


Dancing Queen -- comprised entirely of ABBA covers -- bows with 153,000 units, of which 150,000 are in album sales. The set generated about 1,000 in TEA units and 2,000 in SEA units. Dancing Queen’s sturdy bow was encouraged by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for her upcoming U.S. tour, as well as old-fashioned album sales through stores like Target, Walmart, iTunes, Amazon and the like.

Dancing Queen is also the top-selling album of the week with 150,000 copies sold. It marks Cher’s first No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart and her largest sales week for an album since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking sales in 1991. Cher’s previous biggest one-week sales sum came in 2003, when The Very Best of Cher started with 122,000 copies sold (April 14, 2003 chart).

Dancing Queen also tallies the biggest sales week for a pop album by a woman in 2018, and the second-largest sales frame for a pop set this year (trailing only the debut week of Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods, when it started with 242,000 copies sold on the Feb. 17-dated list). The last pop album by a woman to yield a larger sales week was Taylor Swift’s reputation, which sold 232,000 in its second stanza (chart dated Dec. 9, 2017).

[Gary]

Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter V' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Second-Largest Streaming Week Ever for an Album

10/7/2018 by Keith Caulfield


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Lil Wayne performs on Day 3 of the 2018 Firefly Music Festival at The Woodlands on June 16, 2018 in Dover, Del.
Plus, top 10 debuts for Logic, Cher, Kevin Gates and Tom Petty.

Lil Wayne lands his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Tha Carter V debuts atop the tally.

The set, which was released on Sept. 28 via Young Money/Republic Records, makes a splash with 480,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 4, according to Nielsen Music. That sum is the third-largest week for an album in 2018. Further, Tha Carter V also opens with the second-biggest streaming week ever for an album, with 433 million on-demand audio streams logged for its songs in its first week.

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. 13-dated chart -- where Tha Carter V debuts at No. 1 -- will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

Of Tha Carter V’s 480,000 units, most were driven by SEA units: 325,000. The rest of the title’s opening overall unit sum is comprised of album sales totaling 141,000 and TEA units equaling 14,000.


Lil Wayne’s Fourth No. 1: Tha Carter V is Lil Wayne’s fourth leader on the Billboard 200. He previously topped the tally with Tha Carter IV (two weeks at No. 1 in 2011), I Am Not a Human Being (one week at No. 1 in 2010) and Tha Carter III (three weeks at No. 1, 2008). In total, Tha Carter V is Lil Wayne’s 15th entry on the list and 11th top 10.

Third-Biggest Week for an Album in 2018: As Tha Carter V bows with 480,000 units earned, it registers the third-largest week for an album in 2018. The only bigger weeks were logged by Drake’s Scorpion (732,000 units when it debuted at No. 1 on the July 14-dated tally) and Travis Scott’s Astroworld (537,000 in its debut frame, Aug. 18).

Second-Largest Streaming Week Ever for an Album: Tha Carter V storms in with 325,000 SEA units, which translates to 433 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tracks in its debut frame. That’s the second-biggest streaming week ever posted by an album. The only larger single-week sum was earned by another album from the Young Money camp: Drake’s Scorpion, when it launched with 745.9 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks earlier this year.

Tha Carter V leads a busy top 10, which includes five debuts, with new arrivals filling out the top four spots. It’s the first time the top four have all been debuts in nearly a year. It last happened on the Nov. 14, 2017-dated tally, when Kenny Chesney’s Live in No Shoes Nation, Kelly Clarkson’s Meaning of Life, Chris Brown’s Heartbreak on a Full Moon and 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin’s Without Warning bowed at Nos. 1-4, respectively.

On the new Billboard 200, Logic’s YSIV enters at No. 2 with 167,000 units (122,000 from album sales). It’s the hip-hop artist’s second album to reach the top two in 2018, following his chart-topping Bobby Tarantino II on the March 24-dated list. In total, Logic has racked up five top 10s.

YSIV’s opening week was powered by album sales, driven by merchandise/album bundles sold through his official website. The album also generated 2,000 TEA units and 42,000 SEA units (equaling 57.9 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks).

At No. 3, Cher’s Dancing Queen debuts, tying for the diva’s highest-charting solo album ever. Cher also reached No. 3 with her previous studio set, 2013’s Closer to the Truth. (Cher was also one-half of Sonny & Cher, which peaked at No. 2 on the chart in 1965 with Look at Us.)

Dancing Queen -- comprised entirely of ABBA covers -- bows with 153,000 units, of which 150,000 are in album sales. The set generated about 1,000 in TEA units and 2,000 in SEA units. Dancing Queen’s sturdy bow was encouraged by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for her upcoming U.S. tour, as well as old-fashioned album sales through stores like Target, Walmart, iTunes, Amazon and the like.

Dancing Queen is also the top-selling album of the week, with 150,000 copies sold. It marks Cher’s first No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart and her largest sales week for an album since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking sales in 1991. Cher’s previous biggest one-week sales sum came in 2003, when The Very Best of Cher started with 122,000 copies sold (April 14, 2003 chart).

Dancing Queen also tallies the biggest sales week for a pop album by a woman in 2018, and the second-largest sales frame for a pop set this year (trailing only the debut week of Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods, when it started with 242,000 copies sold on the Feb. 17-dated list). The last pop album by a woman to yield a larger sales week was Taylor Swift’s reputation, which sold 232,000 in its second stanza (chart dated Dec. 9, 2017).


At No. 4 on the new Billboard 200, Kevin Gates’ Luca Brasi 3 bows with 78,000 units (with 18,000 of that sum in album sales). The set starts mostly on the strength of streaming activity, with 59,000 SEA units (translating to 76.1 million on-demand audio streams of the title’s tracks). Luca Brasi 3 is Gates’ third top 10 effort, following By Any Means 2 (No. 4; Oct. 14, 2017) and Islah (No. 2; Feb. 20, 2016).

A quartet of former No. 1s follows Gates on the new chart: Drake’s Scorpion falls 4-5 (56,000 units; down 11 percent), Eminem’s Kamikaze slips 3-6 (50,000 units; down 24 percent), Travis Scott’s Astroworld descends 5-7 (49,000 units; down 14 percent) and Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys moves 6-8 (42,000 units; down 6 percent).

Tom Petty’s archival release An American Treasure arrives at No. 9, giving the rocker his 13th top 10 effort. The retrospective set -- which includes many previously unreleased recordings -- debuts with 34,000 units (32,000 in album sales). An American Treasure is available in an array of configurations, including a 26-track edition and a 60-track deluxe version. The set is Petty’s first posthumous release, following his death on Oct. 2, 2017.

Rounding out the new top 10 is XXXTentacion’s former No. 1 ?, which climbs 14-10 with 32,000 units (up 5 percent).

[Gary]

The top 10

1. Lil Wayne 480,000
2. Logic 167,000
3. Cher 153,000
4. Kevin Gates 78,000
5. Drake 56,000
6. Eminem 50,000
7. Travis Scott 49,000
8. Post Malone 42,000
9. Tom Petty 34,000
10. XXXtentacion 32,000

[Gary]

Preliminary sales estimates

The top 10

1. Lil Wayne 141,000
2. Logic 122,000
3. Cher 150,000
4. Kevin Gates 18,000
5. Drake 3,000
6. Eminem 16,000
7. Travis Scott 1,000
8. Post Malone 3,000
9. Tom Petty 32,000
10. XXXtentacion 2,000

[Gary]

#1 album of the week on 'Top Album Sales' belongs to Cher

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Looks like everyone won in the end. Legend Tunechi made a triumphant return, Goddess Cher got her first-ever #1 selling album and that other rapper with cringy lyrics will now be able to tell his grand-kids that he was once sandwiched by talent.

[Gary]

Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks Tha Carter V , Lil Wayne 1
2 0 New 1 YSIV , Logic 2
3 0 New 1 Dancing Queen , Cher 3
4 0 New 1 Luca Brasi 3 , Kevin Gates 4
5 4 4 14 Scorpion , Drake 1
6 3 2 5 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
7 5 5 9 ASTROWORLD , Travis Scott 1
8 6 6 23 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
9 0 New 1 An American Treasure , Tom Petty 9
10 14 13 29 ? , XXXTENTACION 1
11 8 10 20 Goodbye & Good Riddance , Juice WRLD 4
12 10 7 7 Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1
13 13 9 8 Queen , Nicki Minaj 2
14 16 15 26 Invasion Of Privacy , Cardi B 1
15 9 16 4 Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 3
16 18 17 43 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
17 20 18 70 This One's For You , Luke Combs 4
18 7 1 3 Cry Pretty , Carrie Underwood 1
19 12 3 3 East Atlanta Love Letter , 6LACK 3
20 17 – 2 On The Rvn!! (EP) , Young Thug 17
21 23 20 83 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
22 28 21 20 Harder Than Ever , Lil Baby 3
23 29 23 95 Stoney , Post Malone 4
24 25 19 6 Love Yourself: Answer , BTS 1
25 0 New 1 Hallelujah Here Below , Elevation Worship 25
26 22 12 9 Swimming , Mac Miller 3
27 31 26 58 17, XXXTENTACION 2
28 2 – 2 Bridges , Josh Groban 2
29 32 24 6 Aura , Ozuna 7
30 38 29 47 reputation , Taylor Swift 1
31 34 32 158 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 3
32 35 28 67 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 2
33 37 31 36 Culture II , Migos 1
34 33 25 8 Life's A Trip , Trippie Redd 4
35 39 34 83 American Teen , Khalid 4
36 36 30 48 Red Pill Blues , Maroon 5 2
37 40 39 15 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
38 0 New 1 Reduxer , alt-J 38
39 15 – 2 Role Model , Young Dolph 15
40 0 New 1 Disease , Beartooth 40
41 42 40 26 Cosmic , Bazzi 14
42 30 46 16 Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
43 46 47 245 The Essential Michael Jackson , Michael Jackson 31
44 49 48 15 Dan + Shay , Dan + Shay 6
45 45 41 77 DAMN. , Kendrick Lamar 1
46 47 45 96 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 5
47 48 52 160 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
48 41 – 2 Decided , YoungBoy Never Broke Again 41
49 43 49 413 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem 1
50 84 77 19 PS Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
51 44 43 58 Luv Is Rage 2 , Lil Uzi Vert 1
52 50 38 15 Expectations , Bebe Rexha 13
53 58 55 41 Dont Smile At Me , Billie Eilish 38
54 59 54 308 Greatest Hits , Queen 11
55 21 14 3 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant , YoungBoy Never Broke Again 14
56 61 56 52 Perception , NF 1
57 53 51 24 KOD , J. Cole 1
58 54 50 23 Until Death Call My Name , YoungBoy Never Broke Again 7
59 52 44 9 Stay Dangerous , YG 5
60 64 22 25 Rearview Town , Jason Aldean 1
61 67 58 69 Ctrl , SZA 3
62 0 New 1 Blood Red Roses , Rod Stewart 62
63 71 62 50 H.E.R. , H.E.R. 47
64 65 61 127 Views , Drake 1
65 0 New 1 The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967-1970 , Aretha Franklin 65
66 69 53 38 Camila , Camila Cabello 1
67 57 57 12 Rolling Papers 2 , Wiz Khalifa 2
68 70 63 292 Take Care , Drake 1
69 66 59 39 Life Of A Dark Rose , Lil Skies 10
70 68 73 56 Life Changes , Thomas Rhett 1
71 62 42 4 YBN: The Mixtape , YBN Nahmir, YBN Almighty Jay & YBN Cordae 21
72 55 8 4 Egypt Station , Paul McCartney 1
73 89 78 18 ye , Kanye West 1
74 56 33 4 Zoo , Russ 4
75 74 68 81 More Life , Drake 1
76 76 65 98 Moana , Soundtrack 2
77 79 75 97 Starboy , The Weeknd 1
78 0 New 1 Wouldn't It Be Great , Loretta Lynn 78
79 82 76 47 Diamonds , Elton John 23
80 77 72 224 x , Ed Sheeran 1
81 75 67 34 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By , Soundtrack 1
82 193 70 16 GG The Mountain , Dierks Bentley 3
83 83 79 49 Heartbreak On A Full Moon , Chris Brown 3
84 85 80 314 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 2
85 101 89 35 Drip Season 3 , Gunna 55
86 87 86 532 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 10
87 80 74 98 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
88 1 – 2 iridescence , BrockHampton 1
89 0 New 1 Boom Boom Room: Side B , Palaye Royale 89
90 99 93 21 Voicenotes , Charlie Puth 4
91 111 97 287 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
92 91 81 542 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
93 90 84 58 Odisea , Ozuna 22
94 149 – 154 Tha Carter III , Lil Wayne 1
95 81 64 16 EVERYTHING IS LOVE , The Carters 2
96 92 87 290 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 1
97 96 85 242 Greatest Hits , 2Pac 3
98 98 90 59 Project Baby Two , Kodak Black 2
99 102 91 387 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 22
100 86 71 86 Brett Young , Brett Young 18
101 104 98 162 Beauty Behind The Madness , The Weeknd 1
102 161 – 64 Tha Carter IV , Lil Wayne 1
103 121 – 2 Greater Than , Gateway 103
104 11 – 2 Piano & A Microphone 1983 , Prince 11
105 63 163 7 Sick Boy , The Chainsmokers 53
106 103 – 114 The Essential Billy Joel , Billy Joel 15
107 0 New 1 Rick And Morty , Soundtrack 107
108 115 110 18 I met you when I was 18. (the playlist) , Lauv 50
109 109 102 177 Blurryface , twenty one pilots 1
110 105 99 20 13 Reasons Why, Season 2 , Soundtrack 26
111 24 – 2 BINGE , Machine Gun Kelly 24
112 110 101 56 Freudian , Daniel Caesar 25
113 94 37 3 7, David Guetta 37
114 108 96 200 2014 Forest Hills Drive , J. Cole 1
115 112 106 225 In The Lonely Hour , Sam Smith 2
116 107 100 109 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight , Travis Scott 1
117 114 105 141 ANTI , Rihanna 1
118 106 95 27 The World Is Yours , Rich The Kid 2
119 120 112 199 1989, Taylor Swift 1
120 0 New 1 Elephants On Acid , Cypress Hill 120
121 51 – 2 Greatest Hits: You Never Saw Coming , Kid Rock 51
122 117 109 42 The Beautiful & Damned , G-Eazy 3
123 72 11 3 Love Is Here To Stay , Tony Bennett & Diana Krall 11
124 118 108 23 Ready (EP) , Ella Mai 29
125 122 – 28 The Click , AJR 61
126 78 83 7 All Of It , Cole Swindell 7
127 123 117 310 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 2
128 136 114 245 Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
129 129 121 70 hopeless fountain kingdom , Halsey 1
130 130 115 66 Dua Lipa , Dua Lipa 27
131 137 131 45 Revenge , XXXTENTACION 28
132 100 82 7 Young Stoner Life: Slime Language , Various Artists 8
133 116 94 21 Die Lit , Playboi Carti 3
134 113 135 257 Nothing Was The Same , Drake 1
135 125 125 27 My Dear Melancholy, (EP) , The Weeknd 1
136 124 88 12 Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 3
137 135 120 245 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 , Eagles 1
138 174 – 2 Life After Fame , Quando Rondo 138
139 126 107 32 DAY69 , 6ix9ine 4
140 143 145 503 Metallica , Metallica 1
141 134 132 158 T R A P S O U L , Bryson Tiller 8
142 162 160 105 Illuminate , Shawn Mendes 1
143 133 127 184 Greatest Hits So Far... , Zac Brown Band 20
144 127 111 19 Testing , A$AP Rocky 4
145 132 134 106 Trolls , Soundtrack 3
146 139 146 148 Greatest Hits , The Notorious B.I.G. 1
147 141 137 42 Too Hard , Lil Baby 80
148 148 140 395 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars 3
149 128 119 118 California Sunrise , Jon Pardi 11
150 147 60 48 The Thrill Of It All , Sam Smith 1
151 145 128 446 Greatest Hits , Guns N' Roses 3
152 153 196 115 How Can It Be , Lauren Daigle 28
153 151 129 44 A Decade Of Destruction , Five Finger Death Punch 29
154 144 136 7 ONEPOINTFIVE , Amine 53
155 164 150 328 Back In Black , AC/DC 4
156 142 118 39 All Time Greatest Hits , Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
157 156 166 384 21, Adele 1
158 140 139 88 Culture , Migos 1
159 131 116 22 SR3MM , Rae Sremmurd, Swae Lee & Slim Jxmmi 6
160 158 149 74 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 2
161 150 138 206 Montevallo , Sam Hunt 3
162 146 124 29 Love, Simon , Soundtrack 37
163 177 151 337 1, The Beatles 1
164 168 162 150 25, Adele 1
165 165 157 187 Greatest Hits , Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
166 170 152 23 Speak Your Mind , Anne-Marie 31
167 167 155 142 Death Of A Bachelor , Panic! At The Disco 1
168 0 Re-Entry 19 Graffiti U , Keith Urban 2
169 119 92 5 Bloom , Troye Sivan 4
170 169 154 53 Tell Me You Love Me , Demi Lovato 3
171 180 165 271 Mothership , Led Zeppelin 7
172 157 141 74 There's Really A Wolf , Russ 7
173 154 143 49 Without Warning , 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin 4
174 152 122 317 Recovery , Eminem 1
175 181 177 127 The Life Of deleted , Kanye West 1
176 155 123 10 Songs For The Saints , Kenny Chesney 2
177 171 176 30 Bobby Tarantino II , Logic 1
178 159 133 43 What Makes You Country , Luke Bryan 1
179 163 148 10 Queen Naija (EP) , Queen Naija 26
180 182 172 284 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 , The Rolling Stones 4
181 173 168 103 Blonde , Frank Ocean 1
182 176 174 166 Hozier , Hozier 2
183 93 66 4 I Want To Die In New Orleans , $uicideBoy$ 9
184 192 179 131 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits , Blake Shelton 5
185 184 180 12 Real Hasta La Muerte , Anuel AA 42
186 172 158 109 Dig Your Roots , Florida Georgia Line 2
187 196 198 8 4275, Jacquees 35
188 185 175 152 Tangled Up , Thomas Rhett 6
189 183 171 117 Dangerous Woman , Ariana Grande 2
190 194 178 277 Abbey Road , The Beatles 1
191 0 New 1 Gangin II , SOB X RBE 191
192 195 187 187 I Am...Sasha Fierce , Beyonce 1
193 187 – 18 Vibras , J Balvin 15
194 175 104 20 And Justice For None , Five Finger Death Punch 4
195 179 156 54 Happy Endings , Old Dominion 7
196 0 Re-Entry 8 Dirty Computer , Janelle Monae 6
197 0 Re-Entry 13 KIDS SEE GHOSTS , KIDS SEE GHOSTS 2
198 178 161 22 Simi , BlocBoy JB 28
199 190 170 6 Florida Georgia Line (EP) , Florida Georgia Line 72
200 26 – 2 Redemption , Joe Bonamassa 26

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 1 298 #1 9 wks The Essential Michael Jackson , Michael Jackson 1
2 1 2 302 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem 1
3 3 3 639 Greatest Hits , Queen 1
4 4 4 133 Take Care , Drake 1
5 5 5 114 x , Ed Sheeran 1
6 6 6 145 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 1
7 7 9 1172 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 1
8 18 13 619 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
9 8 7 1329 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
10 35 – 86 GG Tha Carter III , Lil Wayne 4
11 9 10 229 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 1
12 10 8 179 Greatest Hits , 2Pac 2
13 12 11 968 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
14 14 14 49 Beauty Behind The Madness , The Weeknd 2
15 40 – 2 Tha Carter IV , Lil Wayne 15
16 13 – 53 The Essential Billy Joel , Billy Joel 1
17 17 16 9 Blurryface , twenty one pilots 7
18 16 12 73 2014 Forest Hills Drive , J. Cole 2
19 19 18 96 In The Lonely Hour , Sam Smith 1
20 15 15 14 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight , Travis Scott 12
21 21 17 44 ANTI , Rihanna 6
22 22 19 87 1989, Taylor Swift 1
23 23 21 164 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 1
24 28 20 825 Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
25 20 29 86 Nothing Was The Same , Drake 9
26 27 23 471 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 , Eagles 1
27 32 35 873 Metallica , Metallica 1
28 26 27 78 T R A P S O U L , Bryson Tiller 2
29 41 44 26 Illuminate , Shawn Mendes 5
30 25 25 81 Greatest Hits So Far... , Zac Brown Band 5
31 24 28 24 Trolls , Soundtrack 15
32 29 36 104 Greatest Hits , The Notorious B.I.G. 1
33 34 32 245 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars 1
34 33 26 447 Greatest Hits , Guns N' Roses 1
35 38 – 5 How Can It Be , Lauren Daigle 35
36 42 38 945 Back In Black , AC/DC 1
37 31 22 201 All Time Greatest Hits , Lynyrd Skynyrd 2
38 39 47 228 21, Adele 1
39 30 31 4 Culture , Migos 30
40 36 30 96 Montevallo , Sam Hunt 1
41 49 39 568 1, The Beatles 1
42 45 45 46 25, Adele 13
43 43 42 113 Greatest Hits , Red Hot Chili Peppers 2
44 44 41 62 Death Of A Bachelor , Panic! At The Disco 5
45 50 46 231 Mothership , Led Zeppelin 1
46 37 24 127 Recovery , Eminem 3
47 0 Re-Entry 37 The Life Of deleted , Kanye West 4
48 0 Re-Entry 42 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 , The Rolling Stones 2
49 47 48 18 Blonde , Frank Ocean 26
50 48 – 22 Hozier , Hozier 30

[Gary]

Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wks Rick And Morty , Soundtrack 1
2 0 New 1 Dirty Computer , Janelle Monae 2
3 0 New 1 Play (EP) (Soundtrack) , Dave Grohl 3
4 0 New 1 Live At Third Man Records , Father John Misty 4
5 0 New 1 Vicious , Halestorm 5
6 0 New 1 Total Retaliation , Terror 6
7 0 New 1 The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967-1970 , Aretha Franklin 7
8 0 New 1 Acoustic, Volume 2 , Bayside 8
9 0 New 1 Disease , Beartooth 9
10 0 New 1 A Foot In The Door: The Best Of Pink Floyd , Pink Floyd 10
11 12 13 99 Thriller , Michael Jackson 3
12 0 New 1 Mental Knife , Hail The Sun 12
13 9 10 297 Abbey Road , The Beatles 1
14 0 New 1 Wouldn't It Be Great , Loretta Lynn 14
15 2 – 2 Piano & A Microphone 1983 , Prince 2
16 0 New 1 Infinite Games , The Black Queen 16
17 11 17 98 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) , Prince And The Revolution 1
18 13 21 113 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 3
19 8 14 80 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd 2
20 0 New 1 The Outer Ones , Revocation 20
21 0 New 1 Voicenotes , Charlie Puth 21
22 19 25 175 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers , Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
23 14 19 148 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
24 0 New 1 Digital Garbage , Mudhoney 24
25 0 New 1 Evil Empire , Rage Against The Machine 25

[Gary]

Digital Albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks Tha Carter V , Lil Wayne 1
2 0 New 1 YSIV , Logic 2
3 0 New 1 Dancing Queen , Cher 3
4 0 New 1 Luca Brasi 3 , Kevin Gates 4
5 0 New 1 Hallelujah Here Below , Elevation Worship 5
6 4 2 5 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
7 2 8 4 Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 2
8 8 6 43 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
9 0 New 1 An American Treasure , Tom Petty 9
10 0 New 1 Disease , Beartooth 10
11 0 New 1 Home , John Butler Trio 11
12 0 New 1 Hollywood Africans , Jon Batiste 12
13 0 New 1 Elephants On Acid , Cypress Hill 13
14 0 New 1 Acoustic, Volume 2 , Bayside 14
15 0 New 1 Wouldn't It Be Great , Loretta Lynn 15
16 0 New 1 Blood Red Roses , Rod Stewart 16
17 13 1 3 Cry Pretty , Carrie Underwood 1
18 20 17 140 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 1
19 22 15 7 GG Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1
20 3 – 2 Bridges , Josh Groban 3
21 0 New 1 The Skeptic , Tilian 21
22 0 New 1 Mental Knife , Hail The Sun 22
23 17 – 2 The Big Bad Blues , Billy F Gibbons 17
24 21 18 19 This One's For You , Luke Combs 2
25 0 Re-Entry 3 Egypt Station , Paul McCartney 4

[Gary]

TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks Dancing Queen , Cher 1
2 0 New 1 Tha Carter V , Lil Wayne 2
3 0 New 1 YSIV , Logic 3
4 0 New 1 An American Treasure , Tom Petty 4
5 0 New 1 Luca Brasi 3 , Kevin Gates 5
6 5 2 5 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
7 1 – 2 Bridges , Josh Groban 1
8 4 1 3 Cry Pretty , Carrie Underwood 1
9 6 6 4 Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 2
10 0 New 1 Hallelujah Here Below , Elevation Worship 10
11 0 New 1 Reduxer , alt-J 11
12 10 8 43 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
13 0 New 1 Disease , Beartooth 13
14 0 New 1 Blood Red Roses , Rod Stewart 14
15 0 New 1 Wouldn't It Be Great , Loretta Lynn 15
16 11 4 4 Egypt Station , Paul McCartney 1
17 0 New 1 Boom Boom Room: Side B , Palaye Royale 17
18 20 – 2 Greater Than , Gateway 18
19 0 New 1 The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967-1970 , Aretha Franklin 19
20 3 – 2 Piano & A Microphone 1983 , Prince 3
21 16 12 6 Love Yourself: Answer , BTS 1
22 0 New 1 Rick And Morty , Soundtrack 22
23 13 3 3 Love Is Here To Stay , Tony Bennett & Diana Krall 3
24 53 15 16 GG The Mountain , Dierks Bentley 2
25 8 – 2 Redemption , Joe Bonamassa 8
26 0 New 1 Elephants On Acid , Cypress Hill 26
27 34 26 47 reputation , Taylor Swift 1
28 0 New 1 Acoustic, Volume 2 , Bayside 28
29 0 New 1 Home , John Butler Trio 29
30 25 19 70 This One's For You , Luke Combs 2
31 24 22 158 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 2
32 12 – 2 The Big Bad Blues , Billy F Gibbons 12
33 0 New 1 Hollywood Africans , Jon Batiste 33
34 27 16 7 Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1
35 14 – 2 Greatest Hits: You Never Saw Coming , Kid Rock 14
36 9 – 2 Living The Dream , Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators 9
37 0 New 1 The Skeptic , Tilian 37
38 17 9 3 My Way , Willie Nelson 9
39 0 New 1 Mental Knife , Hail The Sun 39
40 28 28 15 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
41 96 69 22 PS Graffiti U , Keith Urban 2
42 26 24 83 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
43 33 27 12 Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 1
44 30 29 9 NOW 67 , Various Artists 3
45 31 35 163 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
46 0 New 1 The Outer Ones , Revocation 46
47 0 Re-Entry 11 Dirty Computer , Janelle Monae 3
48 32 33 47 From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 13
49 35 30 67 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
50 0 New 1 Total Retaliation , Terror 50
51 37 32 20 Love Yourself: Tear , BTS 1
52 38 41 94 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 3
53 22 25 7 All Of It , Cole Swindell 2
54 42 39 14 Scorpion , Drake 1
55 43 40 23 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
56 0 New 1 Stranger To Me , The Black Lillies 56
57 0 New 1 Mi Movimiento , De La Ghetto 57
58 0 New 1 Almighty , Alla Xul Elu 58
59 55 44 8 Queen , Nicki Minaj 2
60 0 New 1 Mas Grande (En Vivo) , Gateway 60
61 39 36 5 Bloom , Troye Sivan 2
62 51 10 25 Rearview Town , Jason Aldean 1
63 0 Re-Entry 7 Vicious , Halestorm 2
64 0 New 1 Nylan , Marsha Ambrosius 64
65 52 64 44 From A Room: Volume 2 , Chris Stapleton 2
66 56 58 74 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 1
67 18 78 16 Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
68 49 46 10 Songs For The Saints , Kenny Chesney 1
69 48 17 9 Swimming , Mac Miller 2
70 58 42 20 And Justice For None , Five Finger Death Punch 2
71 83 72 19 Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
72 0 Re-Entry 2 Six Evolutions: Bach: Cello Suites , Yo-Yo Ma 29
73 0 New 1 Infinite Games , The Black Queen 73
74 63 65 76 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 , Soundtrack 2
75 75 67 31 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 6
76 7 – 2 Proper Dose , The Story So Far 7
77 0 New 1 Kid Gorgeous At Radio City , John Mulaney 77
78 0 New 1 Past Lives , Against The Current 78
79 59 59 14 The Now Now , Gorillaz 3
80 70 73 47 Diamonds , Elton John 11
81 0 Re-Entry 3 Play (EP) (Soundtrack) , Dave Grohl 14
82 84 75 17 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 11 , Various Artists 8
83 0 Re-Entry 14 ye , Kanye West 1
84 0 Re-Entry 17 ? , XXXTENTACION 5
85 100 – 39 Love Yourself: Her , BTS 5
86 41 31 4 Zoo , Russ 4
87 0 Re-Entry 18 Voicenotes , Charlie Puth 2
88 0 New 1 The Pain Collector , Vinnie Paz 88
89 0 Re-Entry 6 An Introduction To Gordon Lightfoot , Gordon Lightfoot 74
90 60 53 6 Rainier Fog , Alice In Chains 2
91 46 11 3 Hiding Place , Tori Kelly 11
92 0 New 1 The Road To Demaskus , Israel Houghton 92
93 0 New 1 Live At Third Man Records , Father John Misty 93
94 80 81 15 Dan + Shay , Dan + Shay 3
95 0 New 1 Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame , The Earls Of Leicester 95
96 71 92 7 Thank You For Today , Death Cab For Cutie 4
97 0 New 1 Holler , Amy Ray 97
98 77 83 44 A Decade Of Destruction , Five Finger Death Punch 16
99 0 New 1 ATW , All Them Witches 99
100 78 – 21 ATTENTION ATTENTION , Shinedown 2

[Enigma.]

1->88, how is that possible!

Also Rod Stewart flopping so hard, he was one of the biggest stars on album chart during the previous decade

[Gary]

Five Reasons Why Lil Wayne Had Such a Big First Week For 'Tha Carter V'
10/9/2018 by Andrew Unterberger


Prince Williams/WireImage
Lil Wayne performs at 2018 A3C festival at Georgia Freight Depot on Oct. 7, 2018 in Atlanta.

The official numbers are in for Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V in its first week of availability, and it's a triumph. The album earned 480,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Oct. 4, according to Nielsen Music, to launch at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, while debuting a record-tying 22 entries on the Billboard Hot 100.
The staggering numbers make complete one of the year's most successful comebacks, following a long period that the rapper born Dwayne Carter essentially spent in the recording wilderness. Feuding with former label head and mentor Bryan "Birdman" Williams held up the recording and release of Carter V for nearly a half decade, until Wayne finally made a clean split from Cash Money Records earlier this year.


In the meantime, the rapper released several mixtapes and the 2015 Tidal exclusive Free Weezy Album, but received only faint attention for the projects. It was part of a commercial (and arguably artistic) decline that had encompassed most of Weezy's 2010s, including his most recent official wide release, 2013's I Am Not a Human Being II, which sold respectably (217k first week) but underperformed compared to the MC's prior releases, and drew reviews that were middling at best.
So why was Tha Carter V such a resounding win? Here's five things the No. 1 album in the country had going for it.

1. Quick rollout. It was just four months ago that news broke that Wayne had settled his lawsuit with Cash Money, and not even a month ago that Wayne revealed (via his Billboard cover story) that Tha Carter V was now officially on its way. Its firm release date wasn't announced until the Wednesday before, when Weezy released a charming teaser video that divulged the album would be coming out on his birthday (Sept. 28). No songs were released ahead of time, and even the tracklist and cover remained largely a mystery in the hours leading up to its midnight drop.

And as we've seen time and again in recent years, the less press an album has in the months leading up to its release -- particularly in the hip-hop world -- the more furor it tends to generate when it unexpectedly arrives. Eminem learned this lesson recently, when last year's over-hyped and somewhat undercooked Revival received an underwhelming response after a months-long rollout, and then this year's vengeful Kamikaze posted much stronger numbers as a sneak release no one saw coming. After a half-decade of waiting for an album, it's tough to still make it seem like a pleasant surprise, but with Tha Carter V, Wayne somehow pulled it off.


2. Good timing. Released over a weekend (Sept. 28-30) that also had two other major hip-hop releases on the schedule, Logic's Young Sinatra IV and Kanye West's Yandhi, created a wave of excitement for rap fans that helped raise the public profile of (and excitement for) all three sets. Having both Wayne and Kanye in the mix allowed fans in their 20s to wax nostalgic about '00s release days spent lining up at stores on release day to buy physical CDs, while even older fans could flashback almost exactly 20 years to Sept. 29, 1998 -- often deemed the greatest release day in hip-hop history, due to simultaneous releases from OutKast, JAY-Z, A Tribe Called Quest and many others.
Of course in 2018, one of those much-anticipated albums ended up not dropping at all: Yandhi was first delayed until Saturday night, and then pushed back all the way to late November. Meanwhile, Kanye spent that Saturday night performing on SNL, controversially wearing a MAGA hat and making unaired (but later heavily circulated) comments about being "bullied" backstage for his pro-Trump wardrobe. This may have just served to further drive listeners to Tha Carter V, however -- at a time when supporting Kanye feels more fraught than ever for many fans, listening to new material from his only real challenger for late-'00s hip-hop supremacy was by contrast a refreshingly nostalgic and generally satisfying experience.


3. Strong branding. While Wayne has more noteworthy running album series than nearly any other figure in rap history -- including Dedication, Sorry 4 the Wait, I Am Not a Human Being and several other brand-name LPs and mixtapes with one or multiple sequels to their credit -- there's still something hallowed about his Tha Carter series. The first one launched him into the mainstream as a solo star, the second one solidified his cult and remains a Weezy fan favorite to this day, and the third one served as his commercial peak by selling over a million copies first week and winning a best rap album Grammy. Even Tha Carter IV, which received mixed reviews and a lesser fan reception than III, still sold nearly a million copies (964k) first week, and long stood as easily Wayne's most successful project of the last decade.
So while Wayne had released some more marginal works since The Carter IV's 2011 drop, titling his most recent album Tha Carter V essentially let listeners know that he meant business this time. As with JAY-Z and his three-album Blueprint series, or Eminem with his Marshall Mathers LP​s 1 & 2, it's a title that even casual music fans can understand the significance of, signaling to audiences that after a period of perhaps not giving his best effort on recent projects, Wayne was once again ready to give fans -- as he says in the set's trailer video - "all of me... more than me."

4. Embracing streaming. In truth, Tha Carter V only sold a small fraction of the copies moved by the last two entries in the series: just 141k in first-week sales, less than even I Am Not a Human Being 2 in its opening frame. But that doesn't really count as a loss for Wayne, because the album was so enormous on streaming services: The 433 million on-demand streams the album drew in its first week of availability ranked as the second-highest total in history, behind only protégé Drake's recent blockbuster Scorpion (745.9 million).


It's not a surprise the album was so well-streamed, because despite the rapper being a holdover from the days of physical CDs and iTunes downloads, Wayne fitted Tha Carter V to translate to the streaming era. It's 23 tracks long -- longest of any of the Carter sets so far -- which inevitably attracts more plays total across its many tracks. And the album also features high-profile appearances from more contemporary Spotify stars like Kendrick Lamar, the late XXXTentacion and Travis Scott-- all of whom appear on the album's first half, and whose presence have helped the tracks they appear on ("Mona Lisa," "Don't Cry" and "Let It Fly," respectively) become the album's three most-streamed tracks, in fact ending the tracking week as the top three songs on Billboard's Streaming Songs chart.
Taking it even further, Wayne also participated in an even-more-modern promotional tactic shortly following the release of Tha Carter V: He posted a Twitter video of his kids dancing to the set's "Uproar," helping spread the word of the #UproarChallenge -- a similar movement to the one that helped Drake's "In My Feelings" go supernova on the Billboard Hot 100 shortly after the release of Scorpion. Whether "Uproar" will explode in similar fashion remains to be seen, but the track does debut at No. 7 on the Hot 100 this week -- and No. 4 on the Streaming Songs chart -- demonstrating how Wayne's embrace of the viral allows him to continue posting superstar numbers in 2018, even with songs that sound like (and prominently feature both samples and artists from) the turn of the century.

5. It's Weezy F. Baby. All the talk of timing, branding, and streaming-friendless with Wayne shouldn't bury the primary takeaway from Tha Carter V's big week here: Lil Wayne is enjoying his comeback moment primarily because he made his strongest album in ages. It's Wayne revitalized, darker and more personal than ever, but still sounding joyful just because he sounds fully invested and involved in his music again. The people agree: check review aggregation website Metacritic and Tha Carter V has Wayne's highest rating -- both in critics' Metascore and even by average user grade -- since Tha Carter III a decade earlier.
It was clear from the Internet response to the news of his imminent return after so long adrift that people were ready to root for Lil Wayne again. But if he hadn't made an album that reminded people of why he was once widely considered (by himself above all) as the best rapper alive -- if he hadn't made an album that was worthy of the brand name its title reflected -- that good will would have evaporated pretty quickly. Tha Carter V was that album, and now Weezy has reassumed his place among hip-hop's ruling class.

[Gary]

Oct 9, 2018 10:50:03 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

1->88, how is that possible!

Also Rod Stewart flopping so hard, he was one of the biggest stars on album chart during the previous decade

Rod Stewart had some minor success with a series of albums with cover songs in the previous decade but his real success would come from the 70s and 80s

Brockhampton had a merchandise/album bundle promo which apparently ended

[Gary]

Oct 7, 2018 14:18:31 GMT -5 Gary said:

Preliminary sales estimates

The top 10

1. Lil Wayne 141,000
2. Logic 122,000
3. Cher 150,000
4. Kevin Gates 18,000
5. Drake 3,000
6. Eminem 16,000
7. Travis Scott 1,000
8. Post Malone 3,000
9. Tom Petty 32,000
10. XXXtentacion 2,000

1. Lil Wayne 140,879
2. Logic 121,633
3. Cher 150,010
4. Kevin Gates 17,871 
5. Drake 2,721
6. Eminem 17,555
7. Travis Scott 1,000

8. Post Malone 2,718 
9. Tom Petty 31,539
10. XXXtentacion 1,562

[Gary]

Albums to fall outside the top 50 from #1



97 Science Fiction, Brand New 1 The Billboard 200 2017-09-16

56 American Dream, Lcd Soundsystem 1 The Billboard 200 2017-09-30

59 Wonderful Wonderful, The Killers 1 The Billboard 200 2017-10-21

169 This House Is Not For Sale, Bon Jovi 1 The Billboard 200 2018-03-17

62  Boarding House Reach, Jack White 1 The Billboard 200 2018-04-14

88 iridescence, BrockHampton 1 The Billboard 200 2018-10-13



Brockhampton 3rd biggest drop

[Gary]

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: 'Rick and Morty' Soundtrack Arrives, Tops Comedy & Vinyl Albums Charts

NewsTV / Film

By Keith Caulfield | October 12, 2018 9:07 PM EDT

On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 13), Lil Wayne scored his fourth No. 1 with the chart-topping arrival of Tha Carter V. The set blew in with 480,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 4, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 141,000 were in album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular albums based on their overall consumption. That overall unit figure combines pure album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

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

— Soundtrack, Rick and Morty – No. 107 — The soundtrack to the Cartoon Network animated TV series Rick and Morty debuts at No. 4 on the Soundtracks chart, earning 7,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Oct. 4, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 6,000 were in traditional album sales, with 3,000 in vinyl LP sales alone (No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart). The set also launches at No. 1 on the Comedy Albums tally.

Rick and Morty follows another successful animated TV series soundtrack from Sub Pop Records: The Bob’s Burgers Music Album. The companion set to Fox TV’s Bob’s Burgers has sold 74,000 since its release on May 12, 2017. It peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200, No. 3 on Soundtracks, No. 1 on Comedy Albums and No. 2 on Vinyl Albums.

— Rod Stewart, Blood Red Roses – No. 62 — Stewart’s 43rd charting effort is his first album for Republic Records and bows with 10,000 units and also launches at No. 7 on Top Rock Albums. The set was led by the top 10 Adult Contemporary hit “Didn’t I.” The track -- his 23rd top 10 -- marked his first non-holiday and non-cover top 10 hit on the list since 1999, when “Faith of the Heart” peaked at No. 3.

— Aretha Franklin, The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967-1970 – No. 65 — The late diva’s new compilation debuts at No. 65, marking her 48th chart entry. The 34-track collection includes her nine Billboard Hot 100 top 10-charting hits between 1967-1970 (all of which were on Atlantic Records) including “Respect,” “Chain of Fools” and “Baby I Love You.” (Franklin charted an additional seven top 10 Hot 100 hits after 1970: five on Atlantic, and three with Arista Records.)

— Loretta Lynn, Wouldn’t It Be Great – No. 78 — The living legend collects her 17th charting album on the tally, as Wouldn’t It Be Great bows at No. 78. Lynn charted her first 13 entries between 1967 and 1975, and then did not revisit the list until 1993, when Honky Tonk Angels -- her collaborative album with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette -- reached No. 42. She then came back in 2004 with her Jack White-produced Van Lear Rose (No. 24), and then in 2016 and this year with Full Circle (No. 19) and Wouldn’t It Be Great, respectively.

— Kids See Ghosts, Kids See Ghosts – No. 197 — The album re-enters after its release on CD on Sept. 28. (The set was previously only available to purchase as a digital download.) The title earned 5,000 units (up 34 percent) with a little more than 1,000 of that sum in album sales (up 388 percent). The set hits vinyl LP on Nov. 2.

[josh]

With Cher, Rod, Aretha, and Loretta all charting it’s like 1979 all over again. Haha.

[Gary]

A Star is Reborn

'The Fame' reenters at #163