Billboard 200 - DaBaby week 1

[josephmorgan]

www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8532280/dababy-earns-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-kirk

[Gary]

DaBaby Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Kirk'

10/6/2019 by Keith Caulfield

Plus: The Beatles’ former No. 1 "Abbey Road" returns to the top three, Kevin Gates and Whiskey Myers debut in top 10.

DaBaby scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Kirk opens in the top slot.

The set, which is the hip-hop artist’s second studio effort, starts with 145,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 3, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, just 8,000 were in album sales, as the set was powered largely by streaming activity. Kirk was released on Sept. 27 via SouthCoast/Interscope Records.

Elsewhere in the top 10, The Beatles’ former No. 1 Abbey Road returns to the top five after its 50th anniversary reissue, Kevin Gates’ I’m Him debuts and Whiskey Myers lands its first top 10.

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. 12-dated chart (where Kirk debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Oct. 8.

Kirk, which is DaBaby’s actual last name (real name: Jonathan Kirk), follows his first studio release, Baby on Baby, which peaked at No. 7 on the June 1-dated list. The latter boasts DaBaby’s breakthrough single “Suge,” which marked his first top 10 hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 songs chart (reaching No. 7 on July 6). Through the week ending Oct. 2, Baby on Baby has earned 719,000 equivalent album units, and collected over 1 billion on-demand audio streams for its songs.

As noted above, Kirk starts with 145,000 equivalent album units, of which 8,000 were in album sales, 2,000 in TEA units and 136,000 in SEA units. The latter sum equates to 181.7 million on-demand audio streams for the set’s 13 songs during its first week -- the fifth-largest debut streaming week for an album in 2019.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding shifts down one slot after spending its first three weeks at No. 1. The album tallied 124,000 equivalent album units in the new tracking week, down 17%.

The Beatles’ former No. 1 album Abbey Road zooms back into the top 10 for the first time since 1970, as the set vaults from No. 71 to No. 3 after the album was reissued on Sept. 27 to commemorate its 50th anniversary. It earned 81,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Oct. 3 (up 803%) with 70,000 of that sum in album sales (up 3,091%).

Abbey Road was released on Sept. 26, 1969, and spent 11 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in late 1969 and early 1970. It first reached the top of the list dated Nov. 1, 1969, and it spent its final week at No. 1 on Jan. 24, 1970.

The album continued to chart consistently through May of 1971, returned for a spell in 1976, and then racked up numerous weeks on the chart between 1981 and 1988. Then, from 1991 through 2009, catalog (older) albums like Abbey Road were generally ineligible to chart on the list, so Abbey Road was absent from the chart during that time. But in late 2009, after the catalog restriction was lifted, Abbey Road returned to the chart and has racked up 200 weeks on the tally since.

With Abbey Road’s rise to No. 3 on the new chart, the album nets its first week in the top 10 since April 25, 1970 (when it ranked at No. 9) and its highest placing since March 14, 1970 (No. 3).

Abbey Road boasts familiar favorite songs like “Come Together,” “Something” (which together topped the Hot 100 chart as a double-sided single), “Octopus’s Garden,” “Here Comes the Sun,” “Carry That Weight” and “The End.”

The album was freshly mixed and reissued on Sept. 27 in a variety of formats, many coming with an array of previously unreleased recordings and demo tracks.

Abbey Road is the latest in a series of 50th anniversary reissues from The Beatles, following the act’s self-titled set (often referred to as The White Album) in 2018 and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 2017. The White Album re-entered at No. 6 on the Nov. 24, 2018, chart following its reissue, and Sgt. Pepper’s re-entered the chart at No. 3 on the June 17, 2017-dated list after its re-release.

Back on the new Billboard 200, Kevin Gates collects his fourth top 10 album, as I’m Him bows at No. 4 with 70,000 equivalent album units earned (with 10,000 of that sum in album sales). He previously visited the top 10 with Luca Brasi 3 (No. 4 in 2018), By Any Means 2 (No. 4, 2017) and Islah (No. 2, 2016).

Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Lover falls one rung to No. 5 with 57,000 equivalent album units (down 13%).

Country-rock band Whiskey Myers captures its first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as the group’s self-titled effort starts at No. 6 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (of which 39,000 were in album sales). Sales of the new album were boosted by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the band’s tour in 2019.

The debut of the new album follows the Texas act’s first big national attention back in 2018, when it was seen performing the song “Stone” in an episode of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner. During the release week of the new album, Whiskey Myers landed its first live performance on national television, performing “Rolling Stone” on NBC’s Today on Oct. 1.

Whiskey Myers also scored its first chart hit on a Billboard airplay chart recently, as the new album’s “Gasoline” premiered at No. 37 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart dated Oct. 5.

The band previously visited the chart with its last three albums: Mud (No. 80 in 2016), Early Morning Shakes (No. 54, 2014) and Firewater (No. 198, 2011).

On the new Billboard 200, Billie Eilish’s former No. 1 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? climbs 8-7 with 39,000 equivalent album units (up 20%). The set gains in the wake of Eilish’s performances on NBC’s Saturday Night Live on Sept. 29.

Rounding out the rest of the new top 10: Young Thug’s former leader So Much Fun dips 5-8 with nearly 39,000 equivalent album units earned (down 13%), Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You is steady at No. 9 with 37,000 units (though up 13%) and Lil Tecca’s We Love You Tecca falls 6-10 with 35,000 units (down 10%).

[Gary]

The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' Returns to Top 3 on Billboard 200 Chart After Nearly 50 Years

10/6/2019 by Keith Caulfield


The former No. 1 album vaults 71-3 on the chart following its 50th anniversary reissue.

The Beatles’ former No. 1 album Abbey Road zooms back into the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart for the first time since 1970, as the set vaults from No. 71 to No. 3 after the album was reissued on Sept. 27 to commemorate its 50th anniversary. It earned 81,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 3 (up 803%) with 70,000 of that sum in album sales (up 3,091%).

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. 12-dated chart (where Abbey Road jumps to No. 3) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Oct. 8.

Abbey Road was released on Sept. 26, 1969 and spent 11 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in late 1969 and early 1970. It first reached the top of the list dated Nov. 1, 1969, and it spent its final week at No. 1 on Jan. 24, 1970.

The album continued to chart consistently through May of 1971, and then returned for a spell in 1976, and then racked up numerous weeks on the chart between 1981 and 1988. Then, from 1991 through 2009, catalog (older) albums like Abbey Road were generally ineligible to chart on the list, so Abbey Road was absent from the chart during that time. But in late 2009, after the catalog restriction was lifted, Abbey Road returned to the chart and has racked up 200 weeks on the tally since.

With Abbey Road’s rise to No. 3 on the new chart, the album nets its first week in the top 10 since April 25, 1970 (when it ranked at No. 9) and its highest placing since March 14, 1970 (No. 3).

Abbey Road boasts familiar favorite songs like “Come Together,” “Something” (which together topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart as a double-sided single), “Octopus’s Garden,” “Here Comes the Sun,” “Carry That Weight” and “The End.”

Abbey Road has proven to be an incredibly enduring album in the Beatles’ catalog, having spent a total of 329 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart (including the new chart week), which marks the most weeks on the chart for any studio album by the band. Only the group’s greatest hits set 1, released in 2000, has spent more time on the chart, with 388 weeks. Abbey Road is also the band’s largest-selling studio album in the history of Nielsen Music, as it has sold 5.6 million copies in the U.S. since the firm began electronically tracking sales in 1991. (The Beatles’ only bigger selling album since 1991 is 1, with 13 million.)

For its 50th anniversary reissue, Abbey Road was freshly mixed and in a variety of formats, many coming with an array of previously unreleased recordings and demo tracks.

Abbey Road is the latest in a series of 50th anniversary reissues from the Beatles, following the act’s self-titled set (often referred to as the White Album) in 2018 and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 2017. The White Album re-entered at No. 6 on the Nov. 24, 2018, chart following its reissue, and Sgt. Pepper’s re-entered the chart at No. 3 on the June 17, 2017-dated list after its re-release. Both albums hit No. 1 after their initial release in 1968 and 1967, respectively.

The Beatles continue to hold the record as the act with the most No. 1s in the history of the Billboard 200 chart, with 19 leaders.

[areyoureadytojump]

^ www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8532282/the-beatles-abbey-road-returns-billboard-200-chart-top-3

[kierz7]

What are the top 5 best selling “Beatles” albums overall in the U.S?

•Pure sales, not certifications•

If “Abbey Road” and “1” have sold 5.5M & 13M respectively since 1991, then I wonder what their albums pre-soundscan sales are as a whole.

Does anyone have any idea?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^I've asked olbloke @ UKMix for you. I'll let you know when he answers your question.

[85la]

Oct 6, 2019 20:42:16 GMT -5 kierz7 said:

What are the top 5 best selling “Beatles” albums overall in the U.S?

•Pure sales, not certifications•

If “Abbey Road” and “1” have sold 5.5M & 13M respectively since 1991, then I wonder what their albums pre-soundscan sales are as a whole.

Does anyone have any idea?

In short there's no real way to know, because there was no official body pre-Soundscan that tabulated pure sales rather than certifications. Occasionally secondary media sources or record labels (not just for the Beatles, but all artists) would quote various figures, so we can use these, but they are unofficial and not very reliable at best.

The best we can do is add the RIAA certifications pre-1991 to the Soundscan numbers.

[Enigma.]

Amazing holds for Billie Eilish and Lizzo.

[areyoureadytojump]

I think Shania Twain and Brooks & Dunn should be switched.

roughstock.com/news/2019/10/43989-top-country-catalog-album-sales-october-9-2019

Top Country Catalog Album Sales: October 9, 2019
Posted By Matt Bjorke on Wednesday October 09, 2019

1 Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour 1,700 263,400
2 Willie Nelson Super Hits 1,500 2,736,500
3 Johnny Cash Essential Johnny Cash 1,500 1,845,400
4 Waylon Jennings Ultimate Waylon Jennings 1,400 754,000
5 Merle Haggard 20 Greatest Hits 1,400 332,300
6 Johnny Cash Legend Of Johnny Cash 1,300 3,866,300
7 Patsy Cline Icon 1,300 427,900
8 ALABAMA Amercian Farewell Tour 1,200 650,800
9 O Brother Where ARt Thou Soundtrack 1,200 8,175,800
10 Conway Twitty Icon 1,200 285,100
11 Willie Nelson Stardust 1,200 478,000
12 Toby Keith Vol 2: Greatest Hits 1,100 4,067,900
13 Willie Nelson Red Headed Stranger 1,100 336,900
14 George Strait Best Of/20th Century Masters 1,100 1,836,000
15 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken 1,100 301,600
16 Loretta Lynn Icon 1,100 180,200
17 Keith Whitley Greatest Hits 1,100 991,900
18 George Strait Strait Out of the Box 1,000 1,525,100
19 Dolly Parton Playlist: Very Best Of... 1,000 210,400
20 The Eagles Hotel California 1,000 2,402,200

-- Linda Ronstadt Greatest Hits 900 808,100
-- Johnny Cash Greatest: The Number Ones 900 1,538,000
-- Shania Twain Greatest Hits 900 318,700
-- Brooks & Dunn Playlist: Very Best Of... 900 4,528,400
-- Willie Nelson Playlist: Very Best Of... 900 125,900
-- Jimmy Buffett Songs You Know By heart 900 5,646,300
-- Dwight Yoakam The Very Best of... 900 1,124,300
-- Tyler Childers Purgatory 900 82,900
-- Alan Jackson Playlist: Very Best Of... 900 266,100
-- Roy Orbison Super Hits 900 1,429,900
-- Alan Jackson Precious Memories II 800 453,200
-- Chris Stapleton From A Room: Vol 2. 800 541,200
-- Alan Jackson Precious Memories Collection 800 390,000
-- The Highwaymen Playlist: Very Best Of... 800 48,900
-- Chris Stapleton From A Room: Vol 1. 800 942,000
-- Willie Nelson Essential Willie Nelson 700 944,700
-- Josh Turner Icon 700 506,100
-- Carrie Underwood Blown Away 700 1,853,200
-- Patsy Cline The Definitive Collection 700 180,300
-- Nelson/Jennings/Colter/G... Wanted! The Outlaws 700 343,600
-- George Jones 16 Biggest Hits 600 1,430,300
-- Patsy Cline Greatest Hits 600 3,140,600
-- Garth Brooks Ultimate Hits 600 2,884,600

[areyoureadytojump]

Who is Matt Bjorke on here at Pulse?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Oct 6, 2019 20:42:16 GMT -5 kierz7 said:

What are the top 5 best selling “Beatles” albums overall in the U.S?

•Pure sales, not certifications•

If “Abbey Road” and “1” have sold 5.5M & 13M respectively since 1991, then I wonder what their albums pre-soundscan sales are as a whole.

Does anyone have any idea?

kierz7, so oldbloke said Abbey Road would have an estimated 14.5-15 MM, Sgt. Pepper 13-13.5 MM, 1 is nearing 13 MM according to Soundscan, The Beatles (White Album) 11-11.5 MM and 1967-1970 around 9 MM. Those would be the five best selling The Beatles albums.