Billboard 200 - Billie Eilish - 8/14/21

[Gary]

Billie Eilish Earns Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Happier Than Ever’
By Keith Caulfield
8/8/2021
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Plus: Prince’s 'Welcome 2 America' and Isaiah Rashad's 'The House Is Burning' debut in the top 10.
Billie Eilish earns her second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her latest release, Happier Than Ever, debuts atop the list with 238,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 5, according to MRC Data. Happier launches with the fifth-largest week of 2021 by equivalent album units earned. The year’s biggest week belongs to Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour, which charged in at No. 1 on the June 5 chart with 295,000 units.

Happier is Eilish’s first studio effort since 2019’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which also launched at No. 1 (April 13, 2019-dated chart), and spent a total of three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. The set finished 2019 as the year-end Top Billboard 200 Album and went on to win the Grammy Award for album of the year, and the 2020 Billboard Music Award for Top Billboard 200 Album. So far, the album has earned just over 5 million equivalent album units in the U.S., with 1.2 million of that in album sales.

All told, Happier is Eilish’s fifth charting effort on the Billboard 200, and third top 40-charting set, after When We All Fall Asleep and her debut chart entry Don't Smile at Me (No. 14 peak in 2019). She also hit the chart with Live at Third Man Records (No. 55 in 2020) and Prime Day Show x Billie Eilish (No. 87 earlier this year).

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 comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Aug. 14, 2021-dated chart (where Happier Than Ever bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's website on Aug. 10. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Happier Than Ever’s 238,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending Aug. 5, album sales comprise 153,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week as well), SEA units comprise 84,000 units (equaling 113.87 million on-demand streams of the album’s 16 songs) and TEA units comprise a little more than 1,000.

Happier was preceded by five top 40-charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “My Future,” “Therefore I Am,” “Your Power,” “Lost Cause” and “NDA.” Of those, “My Future” was first out of the gate, hitting the Hot 100 on the Aug. 15, 2020-dated chart.

Happier’s first week was supported by sturdy sales, with its 153,000 sold marking the third-biggest sales week of 2021, and the second-largest debut sales week of the year. Only Taylor Swift managed bigger sales weeks, when her 2020 album Evermore was released on vinyl in May, causing a huge surge in total sales (rising to 192,000 on the chart dated June 12) and when Fearless (Taylor’s Version) was released, selling 179,000 copies in its first week (April 24).

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Happier was available in a great number of physical album formats. They include eight different colored vinyl LPs (including retail-exclusives for Amazon, independent record stores, Target, Urban Outfitters and Walmart), 10 CD variants (including a signed CD for indie stores, a version with alternative packaging hand-painted by Eilish, three premium boxed sets and a Target-exclusive edition packaged with a poster) and even multiple cassette tape variants (including a deluxe boxed set).

All those different configurations added up. Of the 153,000 Happier sold across all its permutations, physical sales comprise 129,000 (with a whopping 73,000 on vinyl, 46,000 on CD and nearly 10,000 on cassette) and 24,000 via digital download.

Happier’s vinyl sales of 73,000 were so large, the album would have been No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week from just vinyl sales alone, as the No. 2 title, The Kid LAROI’s F*ck Love, earned 65,000 equivalent album units (down 23%). Happier’s vinyl sales start of 73,000 marks both the second-largest sales week, and debut week, for a vinyl album since MRC Data began tracking sales in 1991. The only larger week was registered by the arrival of Swift’s Evermore on vinyl earlier this year (102,000; chart dated June 12).

Evermore’s vinyl release on May 28 trailed the wide digital release of the album by five months, as the digital and streaming editions were released on Dec. 11, 2020. Evermore’s vinyl debut was aided by five months of banked pre-orders (the vinyl went up for sale in mid-December), while Eilish had three months of pre-orders (her pre-order went live at the end of April). And lastly, Evermore was initially available in three vinyl variants for its May 28 release, as compared to Eilish’s eight vinyl variants.


The 19-year-old Eilish replaces another teenager at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as Happier bumps F*ck Love, by the 17-year-old The Kid LAROI, down to No. 2 after one week in the lead. F*ck Love earned 65,000 equivalent album units (down 23%).

The top three of the Billboard 200 albums chart is ruled by teens, as 18-year-old Olivia Rodrigo is No. 3 with her former No. 1 Sour. It dips 2-3 in its 11th week on the list.

Prince’s archival studio album Welcome 2 America debuts at No. 4, marking the 20th top 10 for the legend and his highest charting new release since 2009. (Prince died in 2016.) Recorded in 2010, but not released until July 30 of this year, Welcome starts with 55,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise just over 50,000 (bolstered by an array of available configurations), SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 5.9 million on-demand streams of the set’s 12 songs) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Welcome 2 America is the late legend’s highest charting new album since 2009’s Lotus Flow3r/MPLSound/Elix3r (with Bria Valente) debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the April 18, 2009-dated chart. (Prince charted higher since then, but only with previously released titles following his death in 2016, including the No. 1 The Very Best of Prince.)

Doja Cat’s Planet Her falls 3-5 on the new Billboard 200 (55,000 equivalent album units earned; down 4%) and Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album dips 4-6 (44,000 units; up less than 1%).

Rapper Isaiah Rashad lands his first top 10 album and third charting effort as The House Is Burning debuts at No. 7 with 41,000 equivalent album units earned. The album is his first since 2016’s The Sun’s Tirade, which debuted and peaked at No. 17 (Sept. 24, 2016-dated chart). Of House’s starting sum of 41,000 units, SEA units comprise 36,000 (equaling 46.89 million on-demand streams of the album’s 16 tracks), album sales comprise 5,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200: Lil Baby and Lil Durk’s former No. 1 The Voice of the Heroes (6-8 with 30,000 equivalent album units earned; down 6%), Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia (10-9 with 29,000 units; up 2%) and Polo G’s former leader Hall of Fame (8-10 with 27,000 units; down 7%).

[Gary]

1. Eilish - 238,000 (153K sales -- 73K vinyl)
2. Kid Laroi 65,000
3. Olivia Rodrigo
4. Prince 55,000 (sales 50K)
5. Doja Cat 55,000
6. Morgan Wallen 44,000
7. Isiah Rashad 41,000 (sales 5K)
8. Lil Baby/Lil Durk 30,000
9. Dua Lipa 29,000
10. Polo G 27,000

[Gary]

Weeks in the top 10


top 10 ARTIST
30 MORGAN WALLEN
27 DUA LIPA
11 OLIVIA RODRIGO
9 LIL BABY & LIL DURK
8 POLO G
6 DOJA CAT
5 KID LAROI
1 BILLIE EILISH
1 PRINCE
1 ISIAH RASHAD

[renfield75]

Very happy that Prince got his 20th top ten album (although there was a mistake in the article; 'Lotusflow3r' peaked at number 2, not number 3. Billboard can never seem to get their own stats right).

There are only a small handful of artists who made the top ten in 1983, living or dead, who could still do it in 2021 with a 'new' studio album. Especially impressive considering the three artists above him were all born in the 2000s.

[HolidayGuy]

That be a good amount of physical variants for Billie Eillish's album. But, hey, it's all good for the industry and physical sales. And how 'bout 10,000 cassettes?

[fridayteenage]

Post-bundles, albums that debuted with 100k in sales and 100k in streaming points:
evermore
fearless (tv).

Let's see who joins.

[iHype.]

Pop Smoke already out the top 10 after like.. 3 weeks?

I was expecting this album to be a notable decline because the subsequent posthumous releases never come close to the initial one, but wow.

[phieaglesfan712]

Aug 8, 2021 19:28:48 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Pop Smoke already out the top 10 after like.. 3 weeks?

I was expecting this album to be a notable decline because the subsequent posthumous releases never come close to the initial one, but wow.

On the other hand, a great hold by Kid Laroi. I believe this is the first time an album has held above Sour for a 2nd straight week.

[Gary]

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
2 1 26 54 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
3 2 3 11 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
4 - - 1 Welcome 2 America, Prince 4
5 3 4 6 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
6 4 5 30 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
7 - - 1 The House Is Burning, Isaiah Rashad 7
8 6 6 9 The Voice Of The Heroes, Lil Baby & Lil Durk 1
9 10 8 70 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
10 8 7 8 Hall Of Fame, Polo G 1
11 14 9 57 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
12 5 1 3 Faith, Pop Smoke 1
13 11 12 91 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
14 16 13 68 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
15 13 11 15 A Gangsta's Pain, Moneybagg Yo 1
16 - - 1 Dave's Picks, Volume 39: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA - 4/26/83, Grateful Dead 16
17 21 19 75 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
18 22 20 100 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
19 18 15 20 Justice, Justin Bieber 1
20 15 10 9 Inside (The Songs), Bo Burnham 7
21 9 56 54 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
22 - - 1 Paper Route iLLUMINATi, Young Dolph 22
23 24 21 450 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
24 26 22 56 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
25 23 14 12 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
26 - - 1 Bobby Tarantino III, Logic 26
27 - - 1 Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night, Bleachers 27
28 7 65 3 Bigger Than Life Or Death, EST Gee 7
29 27 23 168 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
30 25 16 8 Culture III, Migos 2
31 29 25 218 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
32 31 28 19 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
33 33 29 436 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
34 28 18 6 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
35 30 31 40 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
36 32 30 86 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
37 35 37 149 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
38 45 50 123 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
39 34 24 45 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 1
40 37 34 535 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
41 39 45 157 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
42 12 - 2 Moon Boy, Yung Bleu 12
43 38 32 14 Khaled Khaled, DJ Khaled 1
44 36 41 34 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
45 41 35 306 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
46 42 40 64 The GOAT, Polo G 2
47 43 43 195 Diamonds, Elton John 7
48 44 44 75 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
49 40 36 26 Shiesty Season, Pooh Shiesty 3
50 46 52 540 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
51 47 42 21 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time, Giveon 5
52 65 82 10 Still Sleep?, Sleepy Hallow 38
53 48 53 171 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
54 - - 1 Heat Of The Moment, Tink 54
55 20 2 3 Sob Rock, John Mayer 2
56 - - 1 Into The Mystery, NEEDTOBREATHE 56
57 51 61 308 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
58 50 59 162 Scorpion, Drake 1
59 52 38 217 Ctrl, SZA 3
60 - - 1 Gold Chain Cowboy, Parker McCollum 60
61 55 54 36 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 1
62 67 70 475 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
63 66 64 680 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
64 64 63 126 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
65 62 66 26 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
66 58 57 102 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
67 59 80 348 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
68 57 60 37 Good News, Megan Thee Stallion 2
69 49 55 8 Jordi, Maroon 5 8
70 60 68 7 Country Stuff (EP), Walker Hayes 60
71 53 48 7 Back Of My Mind, H.E.R. 6
72 61 72 39 Dreamland, Glass Animals 7
73 69 67 92 Hot Pink, Doja Cat 9
74 54 51 6 Vice Versa, Rauw Alejandro 17
75 73 87 34 Thats What They All Say, Jack Harlow 5
76 68 62 458 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
77 70 71 38 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
78 63 58 690 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
79 17 - 2 Gold-Diggers Sound, Leon Bridges 17
80 71 69 33 The Voice, Lil Durk 2
81 83 88 70 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
82 94 100 41 Born Here Live Here Die Here, Luke Bryan 5
83 75 76 243 Stoney, Post Malone 4
84 80 83 382 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
85 74 77 25 Life Rolls On, Florida Georgia Line 21
86 79 79 96 Over It, Summer Walker 2
87 81 81 231 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
88 72 75 11 Free Dem Boyz, 42 Dugg 8
89 77 74 18 Destined 2 Win, Lil Tjay 5
90 84 86 74 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 1
91 - - 539 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
92 91 85 531 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
93 78 73 16 Young Stoner Life: Slime Language 2, Young Thug & Various Artists 1
94 82 78 421 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
95 - - 3 Thank You For Believing, Toosii 25
96 87 84 482 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
97 88 96 440 Take Care, Drake 1
98 90 89 47 Top, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
99 92 95 206 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
100 98 105 116 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
101 100 97 80 Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem 1
102 89 92 229 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
103 171 146 37 BE, BTS 1
104 76 39 5 25, G Herbo 5
105 129 126 189 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 14
106 85 123 145 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
107 95 93 316 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
108 - - 360 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 31
109 103 110 273 Views, Drake 1
110 115 116 387 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
111 96 98 87 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch 1
112 97 99 68 BLAME IT ON BABY, DaBaby 1
113 114 112 53 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
114 108 106 177 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
115 110 109 286 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
116 93 132 183 Graduation, Kanye West 1
117 99 90 152 Swimming, Mac Miller 3
118 113 114 243 Moana, Soundtrack 2
119 111 119 138 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
120 107 103 76 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
121 109 111 536 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
122 116 120 225 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
123 117 121 347 1989, Taylor Swift 1
124 105 113 422 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
125 112 115 231 American Teen, Khalid 4
126 121 181 9 The Chaos Chapter : FREEZE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER 5
127 - - 1 Private Space, Durand Jones & The Indications 127
128 122 125 264 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
129 - - 1 Goin' 50, ZZ Top 129
130 130 130 181 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
131 147 - 140 Hotel California, Eagles 1
132 - - 11 Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith, Aerosmith 33
133 125 127 65 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2, Lil Durk 2
134 118 129 186 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
135 126 135 27 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 120
136 124 137 122 Free Spirit, Khalid 1
137 - - 1 HOFFA, Dave East & Harry Fraud 137
138 128 136 59 Goldmine, Gabby Barrett 27
139 120 128 19 KG0516, Karol G 20
140 127 33 359 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
141 132 122 619 Metallica, Metallica 1
142 134 150 219 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
143 148 157 6 Made In Lagos, WizKid 80
144 102 101 484 1, The Beatles 1
145 135 148 286 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
146 133 131 98 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
147 - - 26 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
148 131 145 74 Chilombo, Jhene Aiko 2
149 140 154 221 More Life, Drake 1
150 142 153 215 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
151 137 139 17 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
152 138 142 174 Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B 1
153 119 108 5 Chosen, Maneskin 103
154 143 147 81 Manic, Halsey 2
155 152 91 248 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
156 144 152 38 Pluto x Baby Pluto, Future & Lil Uzi Vert 2
157 136 133 159 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
158 150 156 64 High Off Life, Future 1
159 145 138 78 Meet The Woo, V.2, Pop Smoke 7
160 155 - 3 Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits, Fall Out Boy 77
161 - - 10 Beam Me Up Scotty, Nicki Minaj 2
162 139 - 12 Country Again (Side A), Thomas Rhett 10
163 160 170 140 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
164 159 177 191 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
165 106 194 160 The Life Of deleted, Kanye West 1
166 - - 292 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 7
167 158 155 61 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 106
168 149 162 92 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance 28
169 123 - 31 Plastic Hearts, Miley Cyrus 2
170 166 167 130 Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande 1
171 156 164 253 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott 1
172 157 140 66 SOUTHSIDE, Sam Hunt 5
173 163 165 101 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith 2
174 161 163 159 DS2, Future 1
175 146 143 92 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
176 162 169 63 Wunna, Gunna 1
177 165 178 92 AI YoungBoy 2, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
178 177 171 200 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
179 164 172 112 Die A Legend, Polo G 6
180 154 - 81 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
181 172 190 66 Dark Lane Demo Tapes, Drake 2
182 168 175 280 ANTI, Rihanna 1
183 169 160 120 Cuz I Love You, Lizzo 4
184 167 159 19 OK Orchestra, AJR 10
185 175 195 37 Hey World, Lee Brice 45
186 197 193 214 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Blake Shelton 5
187 198 - 101 The Search, NF 1
188 200 198 183 Sublime, Sublime 13
189 176 184 386 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
190 101 102 184 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
191 181 180 136 X 100PRE, Bad Bunny 11
192 194 - 63 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
193 187 - 105 The Greatest Hits Collection, Brooks & Dunn 4
194 179 179 190 The Greatest Showman, Soundtrack 1
195 - - 48 Made In The A.M., One Direction 2
196 - - 1 Stand For Myself, Yola 196
197 - - 1 TV, Tai Verdes 197
198 189 192 108 Indigo, Chris Brown 1
199 - - 83 Ghetto Gospel, Rod Wave 10
200 182 187 151 reputation, Taylor Swift 1

[Gary]

Current

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
2 - - 1 Welcome 2 America, Prince 2
3 - - 1 Dave's Picks, Volume 39: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA - 4/26/83, Grateful Dead 3
4 - - 1 Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night, Bleachers 4
5 - - 1 Into The Mystery, NEEDTOBREATHE 5
6 3 - 2 Gold-Diggers Sound, Leon Bridges 3
7 6 6 11 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
8 - - 1 Private Space, Durand Jones & The Indications 8
9 2 31 54 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
10 7 14 10 The Chaos Chapter : FREEZE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
11 4 1 3 Sob Rock, John Mayer 1
12 - - 1 Native Sons, Los Lobos 12
13 - - 1 Stand For Myself, Yola 13
14 10 12 34 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
15 12 13 76 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
16 - - 1 The House Is Burning, Isaiah Rashad 16
17 18 29 122 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
18 14 16 86 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
19 - - 1 Leave A Scar, Dee Snider 19
20 8 27 19 My Savior, Carrie Underwood 1
21 - - 1 Wasteland: The Purgatory EP, Seether 21
22 21 26 37 BE, BTS 1
23 1 - 3 McCartney III Imagined, Paul McCartney 1
24 25 45 16 The Battle At Garden’s Gate, Greta Van Fleet 2
25 - - 1 Gold Chain Cowboy, Parker McCollum 25
26 - - 3 Ungodly Hour, Chloe X Halle 8
27 - - 1 Bobby Tarantino III, Logic 27
28 22 59 40 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
29 34 35 64 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 4
30 28 37 44 The Album, BLACKPINK 1
31 15 3 3 Sling, Clairo 3
32 - - 1 Paper Route iLLUMINATi, Young Dolph 32
33 5 - 2 Downhill From Everywhere, Jackson Browne 5
34 26 30 99 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
35 - - 1 Celestial Blues, King Woman 35
36 - - 1 Electro Melodier, Son Volt 36
37 - - 1 Aretha, Aretha Franklin 37
38 33 40 18 Justice, Justin Bieber 2
39 31 32 7 Your Choice: 8th Mini Album (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
40 36 46 311 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
41 39 50 38 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
42 29 21 44 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 2
43 32 15 6 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
44 35 41 7 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 14, Various Artists 16
45 - - 1 Texas To Tennessee, Clay Walker 45
46 41 49 97 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
47 20 - 22 Plastic Hearts, Miley Cyrus 5
48 52 66 11 Scaled And Icy, twenty one pilots 2
49 43 62 194 Diamonds, Elton John 6
50 40 67 30 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
51 - - 1 High School Musical: The Musical, The Series, Season 2, Soundtrack 51
52 51 72 8 Mammoth WVH, Mammoth WVH 2
53 - - 1 See Me, Leela James 53
54 13 - 2 For Free, David Crosby 13
55 50 78 17 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
56 98 - 5 The Golden Casket, Modest Mouse 9
57 - - 1 Gone Are The Good Days, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! 57
58 - - 1 Thirstier, Torres 58
59 - 73 2 Red Rocks 2020, Nathaniel Rateliff 59
60 42 22 3 Lately I Feel Everything, WILLOW 22
61 63 - 18 Chemtrails Over The Country Club, Lana Del Rey 1
62 46 69 18 40th Anniversary Celebration, Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers 33
63 - - 1 Traveler's Blues, Blues Traveler 63
64 72 - 42 Resonance, Pt. 1, NCT 2
65 58 90 36 Born Here Live Here Die Here, Luke Bryan 2
66 57 85 14 NOW 78, Various Artists 9
67 73 - 214 This One's For You, Luke Combs 2
68 37 4 3 Layla Revisited (Live At Lockn'), Tedeschi Trucks Band Featuring Trey Anastasio 4
69 47 39 9 In The Heights, Soundtrack 8
70 53 92 90 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
71 56 82 12 Where Have You Gone, Alan Jackson 3
72 79 - 11 Delta Kream, The Black Keys 2
73 - - 1 County Line (EP), Chase Matthew 73
74 - - 63 Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem 2
75 66 65 42 Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers 6
76 77 - 33 Triple Live Deluxe, Garth Brooks 16
77 - - 1 HOFFA, Dave East & Harry Fraud 77
78 - - 1 Heat Of The Moment, Tink 78
79 60 43 71 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
80 85 - 8 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time, Giveon 21
81 - - 1 This Is This, Grouplove 81
82 48 20 4 Dark Nights: Death Metal, Soundtrack 20
83 64 95 24 Medicine At Midnight, Foo Fighters 1
84 54 44 6 Angel Dream: Songs And Music From The Motion Picture "She's The One", Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
85 - - 4 Nowhere Generation, Rise Against 3
86 65 - 10 All I Know So Far: Setlist, P!nk 3
87 59 57 4 Exit Wounds, The Wallflowers 3
88 81 - 23 The Highlights, The Weeknd 4
89 87 - 5 NOW That's What I Call Country Classics 00s, Various Artists 71
90 90 - 10 The Dream Chapter: Eternity, TOMORROW X TOGETHER 18
91 89 98 6 Home Video, Lucy Dacus 11
92 94 - 32 The White Stripes Greatest Hits, The White Stripes 4
93 78 - 11 Guess Who (EP), iTZY 20
94 70 - 42 Super One: The 1st Album, SuperM 1
95 - - 3 Helloween, Helloween 35
96 - - 45 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
97 - - 9 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 5
98 - - 4 Promises, Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra 19
99 23 2 3 Hail Satin, Dee Gees / Foo Fighters 2
100 95 - 7 Jordi, Maroon 5 8

[Gary]

Album Sales


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
2 - - 1 Welcome 2 America, Prince 2
3 - - 1 Dave's Picks, Volume 39: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA - 4/26/83, Grateful Dead 3
4 - - 1 Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night, Bleachers 4
5 - - 1 Into The Mystery, NEEDTOBREATHE 5
6 3 - 2 Gold-Diggers Sound, Leon Bridges 3
7 6 7 11 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
8 - - 1 Private Space, Durand Jones & The Indications 8
9 2 65 54 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
10 7 19 9 The Chaos Chapter : FREEZE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
11 4 1 3 Sob Rock, John Mayer 1
12 - - 1 Native Sons, Los Lobos 12
13 - - 1 Stand For Myself, Yola 13
14 10 16 34 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
15 12 18 76 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
16 - - 1 The House Is Burning, Isaiah Rashad 16
17 14 22 352 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
18 13 21 263 Thriller, Michael Jackson 9
19 30 62 123 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
20 15 17 395 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
21 17 31 86 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
22 18 25 256 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 6
23 21 27 413 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
24 - - 1 Leave A Scar, Dee Snider 24
25 - - 22 Made In The A.M., One Direction 2
26 25 26 170 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 2
27 51 71 134 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 8
28 32 51 176 Back In Black, AC/DC 20
29 8 56 19 My Savior, Carrie Underwood 1
30 24 34 85 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
31 27 54 33 KIDS SEE GHOSTS, KIDS SEE GHOSTS 3
32 31 38 105 Map Of The Soul: PERSONA, BTS 1
33 23 30 70 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
34 33 24 51 Ctrl, SZA 5
35 28 93 116 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
36 26 53 202 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
37 49 50 354 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
38 - - 1 Wasteland: The Purgatory EP, Seether 38
39 38 45 37 BE, BTS 1
40 1 - 3 McCartney III Imagined, Paul McCartney 1
41 35 47 106 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
42 - - 70 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, Panic! At The Disco 13
43 46 100 12 The Battle At Garden’s Gate, Greta Van Fleet 2
44 - - 1 Gold Chain Cowboy, Parker McCollum 44
45 48 89 54 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
46 39 52 532 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
47 - - 3 Ungodly Hour, Chloe X Halle 9
48 - - 1 Bobby Tarantino III, Logic 48
49 42 46 600 Metallica, Metallica 1
50 41 - 29 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
51 64 75 41 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 4
52 53 77 267 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
53 54 78 43 The Album, BLACKPINK 1
54 20 3 3 Sling, Clairo 3
55 - - 1 Paper Route iLLUMINATi, Young Dolph 55
56 45 57 209 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
57 5 - 2 Downhill From Everywhere, Jackson Browne 5
58 60 - 99 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
59 - - 1 John Williams: The Empire Strikes Back, National Philharmonic Orchestra / Charles Gerhardt 59
60 47 63 89 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
61 34 48 52 Swimming, Mac Miller 2
62 - - 1 Celestial Blues, King Woman 62
63 - - 1 Electro Melodier, Son Volt 63
64 62 - 256 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
65 84 - 378 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
66 - - 1 Aretha, Aretha Franklin 66
67 58 84 260 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
68 61 85 13 Justice, Justin Bieber 2
69 57 68 7 Your Choice: 8th Mini Album (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
70 66 - 303 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
71 63 64 37 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
72 75 - 37 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
73 74 94 176 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 13
74 71 97 241 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
75 55 37 26 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 2
76 69 - 18 Are You Experienced, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 44
77 59 23 5 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
78 65 86 7 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 14, Various Artists 32
79 - - 1 Texas To Tennessee, Clay Walker 79
80 77 - 35 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
81 37 - 12 Plastic Hearts, Miley Cyrus 5
82 78 - 183 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Soundtrack 2
83 - - 9 Scaled And Icy, twenty one pilots 2
84 50 - 57 Ride The Lightning, Metallica 4
85 87 - 429 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 18
86 82 - 158 Diamonds, Elton John 6
87 76 - 28 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
88 73 - 388 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
89 - - 44 Celebrity, 'N Sync 1
90 83 90 33 Black Pumas, Black Pumas 8
91 72 99 33 Ones, Selena 7
92 - - 16 Skool Luv Affair, BTS 4
93 - - 1 High School Musical: The Musical, The Series, Season 2, Soundtrack 93
94 - - 13 Their Greatest Hits: Volumes 1 & 2, Eagles 45
95 - - 10 Hotel California, Eagles 21
96 98 - 151 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
97 - - 6 Mammoth WVH, Mammoth WVH 2
98 - - 1 See Me, Leela James 98
99 - - 2 Goin' 50, ZZ Top 66
100 16 - 2 For Free, David Crosby 16

[Gary]

Catalog

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 1 781 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
2 2 2 373 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
3 3 4 1116 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
4 4 6 412 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
5 5 5 133 Ctrl, SZA 1
6 9 10 1085 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
7 8 9 1320 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
8 6 13 217 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
9 10 8 304 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
10 7 7 1477 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
11 11 11 32 Stoney, Post Malone 7
12 12 15 309 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
13 13 14 34 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 9
14 - - 540 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
15 19 17 337 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
16 14 12 750 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
17 16 16 524 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
18 17 22 274 Take Care, Drake 1
19 18 20 80 Starboy, The Weeknd 3
20 45 43 7 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 20
21 15 41 13 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 15
22 21 21 177 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 5
23 - - 404 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
24 25 29 129 Views, Drake 4
25 36 35 922 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
26 - - 1 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch 26
27 35 31 17 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 11
28 29 26 33 ?, XXXTENTACION 5
29 31 28 232 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
30 20 47 33 Graduation, Kanye West 15
31 22 18 34 Swimming, Mac Miller 14
32 34 33 81 Moana, Soundtrack 6
33 32 37 282 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 2
34 30 30 242 Nevermind, Nirvana 2
35 37 38 56 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 13
36 38 39 221 1989, Taylor Swift 1
37 27 32 508 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
38 33 34 45 American Teen, Khalid 10
39 41 42 257 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 1
40 - - 1 Goin' 50, ZZ Top 40
41 46 45 483 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 1
42 - - 167 Hotel California, Eagles 7
43 - - 35 Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith, Aerosmith 16
44 39 44 59 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 16
45 43 49 9 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 39
46 42 50 41 Free Spirit, Khalid 16
47 44 3 86 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 2
48 47 40 939 Metallica, Metallica 1
49 49 - 67 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 1
50 24 23 702 1, The Beatles 1

[Gary]

Vinyl

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
2 - - 1 Welcome 2 America, Prince 2
3 - - 1 Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night, Bleachers 3
4 - - 1 Private Space, Durand Jones & The Indications 4
5 3 - 2 Gold-Diggers Sound, Leon Bridges 3
6 2 - 27 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
7 - - 1 Stand For Myself, Yola 7
8 25 - 111 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
9 7 18 237 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
10 - - 8 Made In The A.M., One Direction 1
11 9 17 215 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
12 10 - 84 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
13 11 - 19 KIDS SEE GHOSTS, KIDS SEE GHOSTS 3
14 - - 103 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 1
15 13 - 59 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 2
16 4 1 3 Sob Rock, John Mayer 1
17 21 15 28 Ctrl, SZA 5
18 12 - 34 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 6
19 19 - 286 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
20 18 - 9 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
21 - - 1 Ungodly Hour, Chloe X Halle 21
22 - - 4 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, Panic! At The Disco 3
23 17 - 31 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
24 22 - 131 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
25 15 24 158 Greatest Hits, Queen 1

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks for posting the charts, Gary.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Billie Eilish, Prince & Grateful Dead Lead Busy Top Album Sales Chart

By Keith Caulfield
8/11/2021

Billie Eilish’s latest studio album Happier Than Ever debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Aug. 14) with the third-largest sales week, and second-largest sales debut, of 2021. The set, which was released on July 30, launches with 153,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 5, according to MRC Data.

Only Taylor Swift managed bigger sales weeks this year, when her 2020 album Evermore was released on vinyl in May, causing a huge surge in total sales (rising to 192,000 on the chart dated June 12) and when Fearless (Taylor’s Version) was released, selling 179,000 copies in its first week (April 24).

Happier Than Ever crowns a busy chart, as new efforts from Prince, Grateful Dead, Bleachers, NEEDTOBREATHE and Durand Jones & The Indications also debut in the top 10.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now MRC Data. Pure album sales were the measurement solely utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Happier Than Ever’s sales of 153,000 in the week ending Aug. 5, physical album sales comprise 129,000 (with a whopping 73,000 on vinyl, 46,000 on CD and nearly 10,000 on cassette) and 24,000 via digital download.

Happier’s vinyl sales start of 73,000 marks both the second-largest sales week, and second-largest debut week, for a vinyl album since MRC Data began tracking sales in 1991. The only larger week was registered by the arrival of Swift’s Evermore on vinyl earlier this year (102,000; chart dated June 12).

Evermore’s vinyl release on May 28 trailed the wide digital release of the album by five months, as the digital and streaming editions were released on Dec. 11, 2020. Evermore’s vinyl debut was aided by five months of banked pre-orders (the vinyl went up for sale in mid-December), while Eilish had three months of pre-orders (her pre-order went live at the end of April). And lastly, Evermore was initially available in three vinyl variants for its May 28 release, as compared to Eilish’s eight vinyl variants.

Prince’s archival studio album Welcome 2 America debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales with 50,000 copies sold – the largest sales week for an R&B album in 2021 and Prince’s biggest debut sales week since 2014’s Art Official Age launched with 51,000.

Of Welcome’s starting sum, physical album sales comprise 43,000 (22,000 on vinyl LP and 21,000 on CD) and 7,000 comprise digital albums.

As Welcome 2 America starts with 50,000 sold, it marks only the third time in 2021 that two albums each sold at least 50,000 copies in the same week. It previously happened in the tracking weeks ending May 27 (when Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour and Twenty One Pilots’ Scaled and Icy debuted at Nos. 1 and 2 with 72,000 and 51,000, respectively) and April 1 (when Carrie Underwood’s My Savior and NF’s Clouds debuted at Nos. 1 and 2 with 68,000 and 58,000, respectively).

Grateful Dead’s latest archival live release, Dave’s Picks, Volume 39: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA – 4/26/83, bows at No. 3 on Top Album Sales with 22,000 sold (all from CD sales). That 22,000 sum is the largest sales week for a Grateful Dead album since the week ending Dec. 24, 1995, when Hundred Year Hall sold 25,000 copies.

Bleachers’ new studio album, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, enters at No. 4 with 15,000 sold. It’s the act’s first studio effort since 2017’s Gone Now. The new album was a sturdy seller on vinyl, moving 7,500 copies on the format, good enough for a debut at No. 3 on the Vinyl Albums chart, behind Eilish and Prince at Nos. 1 and 2.

NEEDTOBREATHE’s latest effort, Into the Mystery, debuts at No. 5 on Top Album Sales with 9,000 sold. It’s the fifth top 10 effort for the act on Top Album Sales.

Leon Bridges’ Gold-Diggers Sound slips 3-6 in its second week with 8,000 (down 45%). Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour falls 6-7 with 8,000 sold (up 6%).

Durand Jones & The Indications’ Private Space debuts at No. 8 on Top Album Sales with nearly 8,000 sold – with 6,500 sold on vinyl LP. It’s the first top 10 for the act, which got as high as No. 56 in 2019 with American Love Call.

A pair of former No. 1s wraps up the top 10, as Taylor Swift’s Folklore falls 2-9 with 7,500 (down 51%) and Tomorrow x Together’s The Chaos Chapter: Freeze falls 7-10 with 7,000 (up 1%).

[HolidayGuy]

No top 10s counts for Prince and Grateful Dead reported. Hmmph. It's Prince's 19th top 10, and Grateful Dead's 25th. Those Dave's Picks releases have sure been lucrative, in terms of Top Album Sales.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Prince Lands 20th Top 10 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Welcome 2 America’

By Keith Caulfield
8/13/2021

He's now one of a dozen artists with at least 20 top 10s in the chart's 65-year history.

Prince's new archival studio album Welcome 2 America arrives at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Aug. 14), garnering the late legend his 20th top 10 album. With the bow, he is now among a dozen artists to reach the milestone since the chart began in 1956.

Welcome 2 America was recorded in 2010 but not released until this July 30. It marks his first newly-released album to reach the Billboard 200's top 10 since his death on April 21, 2016, at age 57.

Here's an updated look at the artists with at least 20 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, from March 24, 1956, when the list began publishing on a regular, weekly basis, through Aug. 14, 2021.
Artist Mentioned

Prince

Most Billboard 200 Top 10s:

37, The Rolling Stones
34, Barbra Streisand
32, The Beatles
32, Frank Sinatra
27, Elvis Presley
23, Bob Dylan
22, Madonna
21, Paul McCartney/Wings
21, Bruce Springsteen
21, George Strait
20, Elton John
20, Prince

(Notably, The Kidz Bop Kids music brand has collected 24 top 10s, in 2005-16, with its series of kid-friendly covers of hit singles. The franchise's early albums were performed mostly by anonymous studio singers, although later releases focused on branding named talent.)

Prince first hit the Billboard 200's top 10 on the May 28, 1983-dated chart, when 1999, which was released in 1982, climbed from No. 13 to No. 9 (its original peak; following his death, the set re-entered the chart and hit a new No. 7 peak).

Welcome 2 America marks Prince's first debut in the Billboard 200's top 10 since 2014 and his highest entrance since 2009, when Lotus Flow3r/MPLSound/Elix3r debuted at its No. 2 peak. Here's a recap of Prince's 20 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, listed by peak date.

Prince's 20 Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

Peak position, Peak date, Title

No. 1 (24 weeks), beginning Aug. 4, 1984, Purple Rain (soundtrack) (Prince and The Revolution)
No. 1 (three weeks), beginning June 1, 1985, Around the World in a Day (Prince and The Revolution)
No. 3, May 3, 1986, Parade: Music From the Motion Picture Under the Cherry Moon (Prince and The Revolution)
No. 6, May 9, 1987, Sign 'O' the Times
No. 1 (six weeks), beginning July 22, 1989, Batman (soundtrack)
No. 6, Sept. 22, 1990, Graffiti Bridge (soundtrack)
No. 3, Nov. 9, 1991, Diamonds and Pearls (Prince and The New Power Generation)
No. 5, Oct. 31, 1992, Love Symbol Album (Prince and The New Power Generation)
No. 6, Oct. 14, 1995, The Gold Experience
No. 3, May 8, 2004, Musicology
No. 1 (one week), April 8, 2006, 3121
No. 3, Aug. 11, 2007, Planet Earth
No. 2, April 18, 2009, Lotus Flow3r/MPLSound/Elix3r (with Bria Valente)
No. 5, Oct. 18, 2014, Art Official Age
No. 8, Oct. 18, 2014, Plectrumelectrum (Prince & 3rdEyeGirl)
No. 1 (one week), May 7, 2016, The Very Best of Prince (debuted Aug. 18, 2001)
No. 4, May 14, 2016, The Hits/The B-Sides (debuted Oct. 2, 1993)
No. 6, May 14, 2016, Ultimate (debuted Sept. 9, 2006)
No. 7, May 14, 2016, 1999 (debuted Nov. 20, 1982)
No. 4, Aug. 14, 2021, Welcome 2 America

Also, with Welcome 2 America's debut, Prince now has top 10-charting albums in the 1980s, '90s, 2000s, '10s and '20s. He's just the sixth act to land top 10s in each of the last five decades, alongside Paul McCartney, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Springsteen and James Taylor.

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 comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.