Billboard 200 - Lil Durk

[Gary]

Lil Durk Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘7220’
Plus: Ghost, Rex Orange County and for KING & COUNTRY debut in top 10.


www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lil-durk-7220-billboard-200-no-1-album-1235046345/


By Keith Caulfield

03/20/2022

Lil Durk scores his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart (dated March 26) as 7220 debuts in the top slot. The rapper previously topped the list with The Voice of the Heroes, a collaborative set with Lil Baby, for one week in 2021.

7220 launches with 120,500 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 17, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data – Lil Durk’s best week for a non-collaborative project. 7220 was released on March 11 via Alamo Records.

After eight weeks in a row at No. 1 – and nine weeks in total on top – the Encanto soundtrack is pushed down to No. 3 with 64,000 units (down 12%).

Also in the top 10, Ghost debuts at a career-high No. 2 with Impera – which launches with the largest sales week of any album in 2022 – while Rex Orange County collects his second top five effort with the debut of Who Cares? and for KING & COUNTRY lands its second top 10 with What Are We Waiting For?

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, compiled by Luminate. 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 March 26, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on March 22. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of 7220’s 120,500 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 117,500 (equaling 164.81 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 2,500 and TEA units comprise 500.

7220 is Lil Durk’s fifth top 10 album – and all of them have reached the top five. The set opens with Lil Durk’s largest week, by units, for a non-collaborative album. His previous solo best was logged when The Voice jumped 5-2 with 86,000 units on the Feb. 13, 2021 chart, after the album was reissued with 14 additional tracks.

7220 also lands the third-largest week for an album in the 2022 tracking year. Only the debut frames of Gunna’s DS4Ever (105,300; week ending Jan. 13) and The Weeknd’s Dawn FM (148,000; the same week) posted larger weeks in 2022.

7220 is the third No. 1 for Alamo Records, and first since Sony Music Entertainment acquired the company last June.

Ghost lands a career-high placing on the Billboard 200, as the rock band’s new album Impera debuts at No. 2. The set also earns the group its biggest week both in terms of equivalent album units earned (70,000) and traditional album sales (62,500). The set additionally logs the largest sales week of any album in 2022, bolstered by its availability across multiple vinyl LP variants, as well as CD, cassette and digital download. Impera was released on March 11 via Loma Vista/Concord.

Impera is the first new full-length studio album from Ghost since Prequelle, which debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the June 16, 2018 tally (the band’s previous chart high). All told, Impera marks the third top 10 album – and fifth top 40-charting set – for the act.

Of Impera’s 70,000 equivalent album units earned, album sales comprise 62,500; SEA units comprise 7,000 (equaling 9.11 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise 500. The band’s previous biggest week, both in units earned and album sales, was the opening frame of Prequelle (66,000 units, of which 61,500 were album sales).

Impera is the highest-charting rock album on the Billboard 200 in nearly eight months, since John Mayer’s Sob Rock debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the July 31, 2021-dated list. Impera is the highest-charting hard rock set in a year and four months, since AC/DC’s Power Up spent a week at No. 1, debuting atop the list dated Nov. 28, 2020. (Rock and hard rock albums are defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums chart, respectively.)

Impera also lands the largest week, by units, for a rock album since Sob Rock’s debut week (84,000) and the biggest for a hard rock set in over a year, since the opening week of Foo Fighters’ Medicine at Midnight (70,000; Feb. 20, 2021, chart).

Impera has the biggest week, by album sales, for any album in the 2022 tracking year so far, surpassing the 37,000 copies sold of The Weeknd’s Dawn FM after its CD was released (week ending Feb. 3). Further, Impera has the largest sales week for a rock or hard rock album since the debut of Medicine at Midnight (64,000).

The Encanto soundtrack falls from No. 1 to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 after eight straight weeks on top, and a total of nine nonconsecutive weeks in the lead. It earned 64,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week (down 12%).

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album falls 3-4 on the Billboard 200 with 46,000 equivalent album units (though up 1%).

Dangerous: The Double Album has now accumulated 61 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. It ties Celine Dion’s Falling Into You (1996-97) for the third-most weeks in the top 10 among all albums released since 1990. Ahead of them are only Adele’s 21, with 84 weeks in the top 10 (2011-16), and Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, with 72 weeks in the top 10 (1995-97).

Rex Orange County notches his second top five-charting album, as Who Cares? bows at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 20,000; SEA units comprise 15,000 (equaling 19.61 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The artist (born Alexander James O’Connor) previously visited the top 10 with Pony, which debuted and peaked at No. 3 (Nov. 9, 2019 chart).

The Weeknd’s compilation The Highlights is a non-mover at No. 6 with 34,000 equivalent album units (up 4%).

for KING & COUNTRY lands its second top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as the duo’s latest release, What Are We Waiting For?, bows at No. 7 with nearly 32,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 28,000; SEA units comprise 3,500 (equaling 5.08 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise 500. The act (brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone) previously visited the top 10 with 2018’s Burn the Ships, which debuted and peaked at No. 7 (Oct. 20, 2018, chart).

Gunna’s chart-topping DS4Ever falls 5-8 with 31,500 units (down 9%), Drake’s former leader Certified Lover Boy is steady at No. 9 with 31,000 equivalent album units (up less than 1%) and Doja Cat’s Planet Her is stationary at No. 10 with 30,000 units (up 1%).

Luminate, formerly MRC Data, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes an exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data, removing any suspicious or unverifiable activity using established criteria before final chart calculations are made and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to the final calculation.

[Gary]

1. Lil Durk 120,500 (sales 2500)
2. Ghost 70,000 (sales 62,500)
3. Encanto 64,000
4. Morgan Wallen 46,000
5. Rex Orange County 35,000 (sales 20,000)
6. The Weeknd 34,000
7. For King & Country 32,000 (sales 28,000)
8. Gunna 31,500
9. Drake 31,000
10. Doja Cat 30,000

[Gary]

Morgan Wallen watch


Weeks in the top 10 - 1956 - Present

(1959-1963 there were separate stereo and mono charts) - Pre 1963 charts for this list based on Mono - to avoid double counting


MY FAIR LADY, ORIGINAL CAST 110
The Sound Of Music, Soundtrack 109
West Side Story, Soundtrack 99
Thriller, Michael Jackson 78---*(plus 13 weeks in the 2003-2009 Comprehensive chart)
Peter Paul & Mary, Peter, Paul And Mary 84
Born In The U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen 84
21, Adele 84
Hysteria, Def Leppard 78
OKLAHOMA!, SOUNDTRACK 73
Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 72
Dr. ZhIVago, Soundtrack 71
THE KING AND I, SOUNDTRACK 67
Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul 64
THE SOUND OF MUSIC, ORIGINAL CAST 62
Whipped Cream & Other Delights, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 61
Falling Into You, Celine Dion 61
Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 61




Longest running albums in the top 5 (for pre 1963 - using "mono" charts rather than "stereo")


80 MY FAIR LADY, ORIGINAL CAST
73 West Side Story, Soundtrack
73 The Sound Of Music, Soundtrack
71 Thriller, Michael Jackson
68 21, Adele
66 Born In The U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
55 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
49 CALYPSO, HARRY BELAFONTE
47 Falling Into You, Celine Dion
47 Dr. ZhIVago, Soundtrack
46 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
45 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen

[Gary]

Of albums released since 1990


Dangerous: The Double Album has now accumulated 61 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. It ties Celine Dion’s Falling Into You (1996-97) for the third-most weeks in the top 10 among all albums released since 1990. Ahead of them are only Adele’s 21, with 84 weeks in the top 10 (2011-16), and Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, with 72 weeks in the top 10 (1995-97).

Adele’s 21, with 84 weeks
Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, with 72 weeks
Celine Dion’s Falling Into You 61 weeks each

Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album

[iHype.]

CLB crosses six months top 10. Another hit album.

Dec 30, 2021 9:30:06 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

CLB would be out of top ten even without Xmas albums, interesting

1 - 30, Adele
2 - Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift
3 - Live Life Fast, Roddy Ricch
4 - Sour, Olivia Rodrigo
5 - Fighting Demons, Juice WRLD
6 - Inside (The Songs), Bo Burnham
7 - Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen
8 - Man On The Moon III: The Chosen, Kid Cudi
9 - =, Ed Sheeran
10 - Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish
11 - Certified Lover Boy, Drake

Even when they tried to count it out early.  :kii:

The album ended up holding up more than my expectations. I thought it would be similar to 30’s chart run given there was essentially no era once the album dropped. 

[thegreatdivine]

iHype. I saw it spending 15 weeks in the top 10, max. It's incredible that it's done this well because there hasn't been a single that's gotten pushed since Way 2 Sexy back in September.

Crazy that it might surpass the number of weeks Views spent in the Billboard 200 top 10:
Views — 35 weeks
Scorpion — 33 weeks
Certified Lover Boy — 26 weeks

[NeRD]

There have been several singles pushed from CLB to Urban and Rhythmic since Way 2 Sexy, just not to Pop. These singles have had impressive legs in streaming which is to account for the album's stability.

This era is quite odd though since there hasn't been a "bonafide smash." However, judging by the album's performance, that isn't always needed.

[thegreatdivine]

Mar 21, 2022 7:53:50 GMT -5 NeRD said:

There have been several singles pushed from CLB to Urban and Rhythmic since Way 2 Sexy, just not to Pop. These singles have had impressive legs in streaming which is to account for the album's stability.

This era is quite odd though since there hasn't been a "bonafide smash." However, judging by the album's performance, that isn't always needed.

This is actually not correct. Way 2 Sexy & Girls Want Girls are the only songs off CLB to be pushed on radio to any format and both songs were serviced to radio in September. Other songs like Knife Talk/Fair Trade reached the top 50 on Urban/Rhythmic radio but they were never officially serviced to those formats.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

No YTD stats this week:

Ghost Scores First No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart With Biggest Sales Week of 2022

3/21/2022

By Keith Caulfield

Plus: The latest albums from for KING & COUNTRY, Rex Orange County, Benny the Butcher and Joell Ortiz & KXNG Crooked debut in top 10.

Ghost’s Impera blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated March 26) with 2022’s biggest sales week for an album – 62,500 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending March 17, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. It’s the first chart-topper for the rock band on Top Album Sales, and the act’s fourth top 10 overall.

Elsewhere in the top 10 of Top Album Sales, for KING & COUNTRY’s What Are We Waiting For? debuts at No. 2, Rex Orange County’s Who Cares? starts at No. 3, Benny the Butcher’s Tana Talk 4 enters at No. 8, and Joell Ortiz and KXNG Crooked’s Rise & Fall of Slaughterhouse bows at No. 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 sole measurement 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. The new March 26-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on March 22. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Impera has the biggest week, by album sales, for any album in the 2022 tracking year so far, surpassing the 37,000 copies sold of The Weeknd’s Dawn FM after its CD was released (week ending Feb. 3). Further, Impera has the largest sales week for a rock or hard rock album since the debut of Foo Fighters’ Medicine at Midnight (64,000; week ending Feb. 11, 2021). (Rock and hard rock albums are defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums chart, respectively.)

Notably, Impera logs Ghost’s best sales week ever, surpassing the 61,500 start of its last full-length studio album, 2018’s Prequelle. The latter’s first-week number was boosted by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer. Ticket/album bundles, like merchandise/album bundles, ceased to count towards chart sales as of Oct. 9, 2020.

Of Impera’s 62,500 copies sold in the week end March 17, physical sales comprise 51,000 (28,000 on vinyl; 21,000 on CD and 2,000 on cassette) and digital sales comprise nearly 12,000. The album’s sales were enhanced by its availability on a variety of vinyl LP and CD editions. Impera was released in numerous color vinyl variants, including color versions available exclusively via Target, Walmart, Newbury Comics, Zia Records, independent record stores in general, as well as the band’s official webstore.

In total, Impera’s 28,000 copies sold on vinyl LP marks the largest sales week for a rock album on vinyl in over a year, since Paul McCartney’s McCartney III sold 32,000 in its debut frame (Jan. 2, 2021-dated chart). Further, Impera logs the biggest sales week for a hard rock album on vinyl since 1994, when Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy sold 33,500 copies in its opening week (chart dated Dec. 10, 1994). Vitalogy was exclusively available on vinyl in its first two weeks of release, before it became available on CD.

Impera also debuts at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums, Independent Albums, Vinyl Albums, Tastemaker Albums and Top Current Album Sales.

Top Rock Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums rank the week’s most popular rock and hard rock releases, respectively, by equivalent album units. Independent Albums reflects the week’s most popular albums released by independent record labels. Tastemaker Albums ranks the best-selling albums at independent and small chain record stores. Vinyl Albums lists the top-selling vinyl albums of the week across all sellers. Top Current Album Sales ranks the week’s biggest-selling current albums (not including catalog – older – releases).

Brother duo for KING & COUNTRY bows at No. 2 on Top Album Sales with What Are We Waiting For?, selling 28,000 copies. It’s the third top 10 on the tally for the act. The new album’s sales were bolstered by its availability in a CD signed edition on the act’s official webstore. (In total for the week, CD sales comprise nearly 22,000 – both signed and unsigned across all sellers, while digital album sales comprise 6,000. The set is due out on vinyl LP on May 20.)

Rex Orange County’s Who Cares? debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales with 20,000 sold, marking the second top 10 for the artist. Of the set’s starting sum, vinyl LP sales accounted for nearly half of its sales – 9,600 copies. The album also got an assist from a pair of boxed sets sold through the artist’s webstore.

Dolly Parton’s Run, Rose, Run falls 2-4 in its second week on Top Album Sales with 8,000 sold (down 49%) and the No. 1 Encanto soundtrack dips 4-5 with 7,000 (down 14%). Nirvana’s Nevermind vaults 11-6 (nearly 7,000) as it basks in the buzz generated by its album cut “Something in the Way” being used in the film The Batman. Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour rises 8-7 with 6,500 sold (down 4%).

Benny the Butcher’s Tana Talk 4 starts at No. 8 with 6,000 sold; Adele’s chart-topping 30 is a non-mover at No. 9 with 5,500 (down 17%) and Joell Ortiz and KXNG Crooked’s Rise & Fall of Slaughterhouse debuts at No. 10 with a little over 5,000.

[Gary]

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 7220, Lil Durk 1
2 - - 1 Impera, Ghost 2
3 1 - 16 Encanto, Soundtrack 1
4 3 - 62 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
5 - - 1 Who Cares?, Rex Orange County 5
6 6 - 57 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
7 - - 1 What Are We Waiting For?, for KING & COUNTRY 7
8 5 - 10 DS4EVER, Gunna 1
9 8 - 28 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
10 9 - 38 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
11 7 - 43 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
12 4 - 3 Back For Everything, Kodak Black 2
13 17 - 567 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
14 2 - 2 What It Means To Be King, King Von 2
15 12 - 107 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
16 11 - 107 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
17 38 - 572 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
18 13 - 17 30, Adele 1
19 15 - 10 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 2
20 20 - 490 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
21 19 - 18 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
22 - - 1 Tana Talk 4, Benny The Butcher 22
23 22 - 52 Justice, Justin Bieber 1
24 24 - 86 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
25 16 - 20 =, Ed Sheeran 1
26 21 - 89 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
27 26 - 200 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
28 23 - 102 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
29 28 - 123 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
30 27 - 132 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
31 29 - 33 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
32 50 - 19 Still Over It, Summer Walker 1
33 25 - 40 Hall Of Fame, Polo G 1
34 31 - 68 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 1
35 33 - 14 Fighting Demons, Juice WRLD 2
36 39 - 88 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
37 40 - 250 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
38 36 - 468 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
39 35 - 26 Montero, Lil Nas X 2
40 41 - 482 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
41 18 - 100 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
42 30 - 29 Donda, Kanye West 1
43 37 - 51 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
44 32 - 8 Colors, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 2
45 44 - 181 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
46 42 - 127 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
47 46 - 338 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
48 47 - 227 Diamonds, Elton John 7
49 10 - 2 Better Than You, DaBaby & YoungBoy Never Broke Again 10
50 43 - 414 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
51 52 - 71 Dreamland, Glass Animals 7
52 45 - 8 Country Stuff: The Album, Walker Hayes 9
53 49 - 47 A Gangsta's Pain, Moneybagg Yo 1
54 51 - 86 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
55 55 - 257 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
56 54 - 158 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
57 60 - 472 Take Care, Drake 1
58 59 - 155 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
59 53 - 215 Graduation, Kanye West 1
60 62 - 340 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
61 57 - 70 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
62 58 - 194 Scorpion, Drake 1
63 48 - 4 2 Alive, Yeat 6
64 56 - 15 Who Is Nardo Wick?, Nardo Wick 19
65 61 - 238 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
66 69 - 581 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
67 67 - 218 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
68 70 - 171 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
69 - - 1 Candydrip, Lucky Daye 69
70 72 - 54 Currents, Tame Impala 4
71 71 - 118 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
72 64 - 106 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 1
73 65 - 41 The Voice Of The Heroes, Lil Baby & Lil Durk 1
74 63 - 173 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
75 75 - 10 Up 2 Me, Yeat 58
76 74 - 380 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
77 78 - 27 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
78 77 - 203 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
79 98 - 77 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 1
80 79 - 563 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
81 84 - 249 Ctrl, SZA 3
82 76 - 189 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
83 81 - 704 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
84 82 - 722 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
85 85 - 209 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
86 92 - 305 Views, Drake 1
87 83 - 96 The GOAT, Polo G 2
88 86 - 102 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
89 89 - 66 Thats What They All Say, Jack Harlow 5
90 73 - 25 Sincerely, Kentrell, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
91 66 - 18 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 2
92 90 - 128 Over It, Summer Walker 2
93 95 - 124 Hot Pink, Doja Cat 9
94 103 - 262 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
95 93 - 453 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
96 91 - 134 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
97 102 - 14 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 9
98 99 - 379 1989, Taylor Swift 1
99 96 - 386 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 31
100 97 - 271 Moana, Soundtrack 2
101 100 - 566 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
102 104 - 44 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
103 101 - 71 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
104 105 - 72 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
105 108 - 275 Stoney, Post Malone 4
106 88 - 174 The Life Of deleted, Kanye West 1
107 - - 2 Stranger Than Fiction, Kevin Gates 37
108 106 - 66 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
109 109 - 507 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
110 117 - 30 Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band, Green Day 39
111 107 - 58 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
112 111 - 78 Top, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
113 114 - 80 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
114 116 - 247 More Life, Drake 1
115 115 - 58 Shiesty Season, Pooh Shiesty 3
116 110 - 269 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
117 120 - 513 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
118 119 - 222 17, XXXTENTACION 2
119 118 - 263 American Teen, Khalid 4
120 121 - 413 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
121 126 - 38 Vice Versa, Rauw Alejandro 17
122 132 - 19 Human: The Double Album, Cody Johnson 19
123 125 - 120 Die Lit, Playboi Carti 3
124 133 - 184 DS2, Future 1
125 127 - 184 Swimming, Mac Miller 3
126 124 - 118 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
127 130 - 152 X 100PRE, Bad Bunny 11
128 131 - 221 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 14
129 139 - 54 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 115
130 154 - 83 Goldmine, Gabby Barrett 27
131 128 - 454 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
132 34 - 2 Run, Rose, Run, Dolly Parton 34
133 152 - 307 ANTI, Rihanna 1
134 135 - 147 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
135 137 - 89 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
136 159 - 533 21, Adele 1
137 155 - 173 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
138 144 - 303 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
139 142 - 165 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
140 143 - 418 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
141 136 - 269 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
142 147 - 111 Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem 1
143 129 - 12 Sing 2, Soundtrack 41
144 157 - 244 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
145 148 - 109 Ghetto Gospel, Rod Wave 10
146 158 - 32 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
147 145 - 53 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time, Giveon 5
148 161 - 243 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
149 146 - 209 25, Adele 1
150 - - 1 Flower Shops: The Album, ERNEST 150
151 151 - 651 Metallica, Metallica 1
152 - - 1 Rise & Fall Of Slaughterhouse, Joell Ortiz & KXNG Crooked 152
153 141 - 78 Ready To Die, The Notorious B.I.G. 15
154 156 - 512 1, The Beatles 1
155 149 - 21 The Lockdown Sessions, Elton John 10
156 140 - 65 The Voice, Lil Durk 2
157 112 - 12 Euphoria: Original Score From The HBO Series (Soundtrack), Labrinth 79
158 166 - 95 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
159 153 - 191 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
160 160 - 289 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
161 169 - 67 Good News, Megan Thee Stallion 2
162 180 - 161 Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande 1
163 170 - 213 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
164 168 - 36 Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith, Aerosmith 33
165 164 - 206 Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B 1
166 165 - 182 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
167 176 - 88 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 106
168 179 - 205 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
169 178 - 424 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
170 185 - 254 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
171 175 - 119 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch 1
172 163 - 114 AI YoungBoy 2, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
173 167 - 86 High Off Life, Future 1
174 173 - 41 Still Sleep?, Sleepy Hallow 16
175 194 - 273 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
176 184 - 268 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
177 181 - 100 Chilombo, Jhene Aiko 2
178 - - 189 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
179 177 - 176 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne 1
180 195 - 84 "Awaken, My Love!", Childish Gambino 5
181 162 - 44 Late Registration, Kanye West 1
182 123 - 8 Big Grim Reaper, Big Scarr 25
183 196 - 369 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
184 198 - 155 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
185 186 - 42 Free Dem Boyz, 42 Dugg 8
186 172 - 95 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2, Lil Durk 2
187 - - 1 Turning Red, Soundtrack 187
188 187 - 123 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
189 - - 1 The Joy Of Music, Ben Rector 189
190 182 - 31 KG0516, Karol G 20
191 193 - 180 24K Magic, Bruno Mars 2
192 188 - 278 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott 1
193 - - 375 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
194 189 - 137 Free Spirit, Khalid 1
195 190 - 20 Something For Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives, Megan Thee Stallion 5
196 94 - 3 Love Sux, Avril Lavigne 9
197 - - 114 The Search, NF 1
198 197 - 118 The Greatest Hits Collection, Brooks & Dunn 4
199 - - 18 Buy Dirt (EP), Jordan Davis 86
200 - - 335 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1

[Gary]

Current


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Impera, Ghost 1
2 - - 1 What Are We Waiting For?, for KING & COUNTRY 2
3 - - 1 Who Cares?, Rex Orange County 3
4 2 - 2 Run, Rose, Run, Dolly Parton 2
5 3 - 14 Encanto, Soundtrack 1
6 7 - 43 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
7 - - 1 Tana Talk 4, Benny The Butcher 7
8 8 - 17 30, Adele 1
9 - - 1 Rise & Fall Of Slaughterhouse, Joell Ortiz & KXNG Crooked 9
10 - - 4 Still Over It, Summer Walker 5
11 5 - 3 The Tipping Point, Tears For Fears 1
12 - - 1 The Joy Of Music, Ben Rector 12
13 17 - 18 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
14 13 - 85 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
15 - - 2 Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land, MARINA 15
16 16 - 33 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
17 - - 1 So Happy It Hurts, Bryan Adams 17
18 21 - 6 Laurel Hell, Mitski 1
19 10 - 3 Love Sux, Avril Lavigne 2
20 28 - 154 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
21 - - 1 Hygiene, Drug Church 21
22 18 - 4 Once Twice Melody, Beach House 1
23 29 - 343 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
24 33 - 118 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
25 - - 1 Hits To The Head, Franz Ferdinand 25
26 30 - 26 Sticker: The 3rd Album, NCT 127 1
27 - - 1 7220, Lil Durk 27
28 27 - 13 Sing 2, Soundtrack 8
29 6 - 2 Things Are Great, Band Of Horses 6
30 1 - 2 The Brave, Tom MacDonald X Adam Calhoun 1
31 - - 1 KISS Off The Soundboard: Live In Virgina Beach, July 25, 2004, KISS 31
32 41 - 66 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
33 24 - 4 Texas Moon (EP), Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 2
34 23 - 10 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 1
35 38 - 13 Universe: The 3rd Album, Neo Culture Technology (2021), NCT 4
36 44 - 20 =, Ed Sheeran 1
37 19 - 3 Rock Believer, Scorpions 4
38 55 - 3 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 12
39 43 - 8 Country Stuff: The Album, Walker Hayes 2
40 62 - 10 Dominion, Skillet 5
41 46 - 62 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
42 47 - 226 Diamonds, Elton John 6
43 49 - 70 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
44 37 - 5 Good Morning Gorgeous, Mary J. Blige 3
45 - - 1 Ley de Gravedad, Luis Fonsi 45
46 - - 1 Non-Parrishable, tobi lou 46
47 58 - 21 SEVENTEEN 9th Mini Album: Attacca (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
48 4 - 2 The War To End All Wars, Sabaton 4
49 54 - 9 Brightside, The Lumineers 1
50 39 - 18 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 3
51 - - 1 Gershwin Country, Michael Feinstein 51
52 50 - 7 NOW 81, Various Artists 8
53 36 - 5 Lucifer On The Sofa, Spoon 2
54 45 - 17 Raise The Roof, Robert Plant / Alison Krauss 3
55 48 - 14 West Side Story (2021), Soundtrack 25
56 40 - 5 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Big Thief 4
57 56 - 49 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
58 - - 1 Buckskin, Ned LeDoux 58
59 66 - 40 The Highlights, The Weeknd 4
60 22 - 3 The Batman, Soundtrack 22
61 53 - 7 NOW That's What I Call Music! 2000's Hip Hop, Various Artists 23
62 59 - 6 Requiem, Korn 2
63 - - 1 What It Means To Fall Apart, Mayday Parade 63
64 - - 1 Eulogies, Wolves At The Gate 64
65 52 - 5 4, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators 7
66 78 - 235 This One's For You, Luke Combs 2
67 72 - 69 BE, BTS 1
68 68 - 47 The Battle At Garden’s Gate, Greta Van Fleet 2
69 91 - 20 Inside (The Songs), Bo Burnham 3
70 70 - 34 Scaled And Icy, twenty one pilots 2
71 60 - 10 Donda, Kanye West 2
72 61 - 51 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 2
73 - - 1 Turning Red, Soundtrack 73
74 - - 1 Rebelator, Shaman's Harvest 74
75 84 - 42 The Chaos Chapter : FREEZE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
76 85 - 20 Blue Banisters, Lana Del Rey 2
77 87 - 37 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
78 34 - 2 From 2 To 3, Peach Pit 34
79 - - 1 Flower Shops: The Album, ERNEST 79
80 76 - 38 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 38
81 73 - 91 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
82 25 - 2 External Combustion, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs 25
83 93 - 22 Crazy In Love: The 1st Album, iTZY 1
84 26 - 2 Made in Timeland (EP), King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 26
85 94 - 92 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 4
86 80 - 9 Healer, Casting Crowns 9
87 42 - 2 Painless, Nilufer Yanya 42
88 - - 1 Elsewhere, Set It Off 88
89 - - 1 Sometimes Y, Yelawolf & Shooter Jennings 89
90 57 - 7 The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita, Sturgill Simpson 3
91 65 - 3 Black Radio III, Robert Glasper 16
92 - - 1 The Optimystic, Drake White 92
93 - - 1 Aftermath, Belmont 93
94 - - 1 See Through You, A Place To Bury Strangers 94
95 - - 7 Human: The Double Album, Cody Johnson 13
96 86 - 9 DIMENSION : ANSWER, ENHYPEN 2
97 63 - 5 Earthling, Eddie Vedder 1
98 - - 327 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
99 - - 1 Oxy Music, Alex Cameron 99
100 79 - 6 Ants From Up There, Black Country, New Road 10

[Gary]

TAS


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Impera, Ghost 1
2 - - 1 What Are We Waiting For?, for KING & COUNTRY 2
3 - - 1 Who Cares?, Rex Orange County 3
4 2 - 2 Run, Rose, Run, Dolly Parton 2
5 4 - 13 Encanto, Soundtrack 1
6 11 - 412 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
7 8 - 43 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
8 - - 1 Tana Talk 4, Benny The Butcher 8
9 9 - 17 30, Adele 1
10 - - 1 Rise & Fall Of Slaughterhouse, Joell Ortiz & KXNG Crooked 10
11 12 - 241 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
12 10 - 288 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 6
13 13 - 94 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
14 - - 3 Still Over It, Summer Walker 5
15 17 - 33 Currents, Tame Impala 5
16 6 - 3 The Tipping Point, Tears For Fears 1
17 - - 1 The Joy Of Music, Ben Rector 17
18 25 - 18 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
19 21 - 86 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
20 96 - 21 Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers 6
21 - - 2 Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land, MARINA 21
22 24 - 33 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
23 29 - 386 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
24 16 - 126 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
25 27 - 202 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 2
26 - - 1 So Happy It Hurts, Bryan Adams 26
27 34 - 55 "Awaken, My Love!", Childish Gambino 4
28 67 - 61 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
29 33 - 444 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
30 36 - 564 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
31 32 - 6 Laurel Hell, Mitski 1
32 38 - 234 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
33 18 - 3 Love Sux, Avril Lavigne 2
34 37 - 632 Metallica, Metallica 1
35 45 - 155 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
36 53 - 93 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
37 - - 1 Hygiene, Drug Church 37
38 26 - 4 Once Twice Melody, Beach House 1
39 47 - 335 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
40 - - 94 Love Yourself: Her, BTS 6
41 54 - 118 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
42 - - 1 Hits To The Head, Franz Ferdinand 42
43 48 - 26 Sticker: The 3rd Album, NCT 127 1
44 - - 1 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane 44
45 - - 1 7220, Lil Durk 45
46 51 - 291 Thriller, Michael Jackson 9
47 46 - 287 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
48 84 - 96 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
49 78 - 132 Map Of The Soul: PERSONA, BTS 1
50 52 - 24 Let It Be (Soundtrack), The Beatles 1
51 64 - 299 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
52 66 - 427 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
53 63 - 286 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
54 44 - 13 Sing 2, Soundtrack 11
55 7 - 2 Things Are Great, Band Of Horses 7
56 55 - 71 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
57 69 - 272 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
58 1 - 2 The Brave, Tom MacDonald X Adam Calhoun 1
59 - - 1 KISS Off The Soundboard: Live In Virgina Beach, July 25, 2004, KISS 59
60 72 - 66 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
61 41 - 4 Texas Moon (EP), Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 2
62 40 - 9 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 1
63 59 - 164 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 8
64 65 - 447 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
65 - - 81 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
66 89 - 384 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
67 62 - 13 Universe: The 3rd Album, Neo Culture Technology (2021), NCT 4
68 75 - 20 =, Ed Sheeran 1
69 58 - 137 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
70 28 - 3 Rock Believer, Scorpions 4
71 - - 2 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 14
72 74 - 8 Country Stuff: The Album, Walker Hayes 3
73 87 - 65 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
74 - - 5 Dominion, Skillet 5
75 77 - 41 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
76 - - 102 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
77 79 - 189 Diamonds, Elton John 6
78 83 - 68 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
79 80 - 402 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
80 61 - 5 Good Morning Gorgeous, Mary J. Blige 3
81 - - 224 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
82 - - 1 Ley de Gravedad, Luis Fonsi 82
83 - - 1 Non-Parrishable, tobi lou 83
84 81 - 354 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
85 100 - 219 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
86 - - 18 SEVENTEEN 9th Mini Album: Attacca (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
87 5 - 2 The War To End All Wars, Sabaton 5
88 97 - 9 Brightside, The Lumineers 1
89 70 - 18 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 3
90 - - 1 Gershwin Country, Michael Feinstein 90
91 86 - 7 NOW 81, Various Artists 11
92 60 - 5 Lucifer On The Sofa, Spoon 2
93 - - 23 Camp, Childish Gambino 11
94 76 - 15 Raise The Roof, Robert Plant / Alison Krauss 3
95 - - 9 The Slow Rush, Tame Impala 2
96 85 - 108 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 3
97 82 - 7 West Side Story (2021), Soundtrack 38
98 - - 81 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance 28
99 71 - 5 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Big Thief 4
100 99 - 200 Back In Black, AC/DC 20

[Gary]

Vinyl


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Impera, Ghost 1
2 - - 1 Who Cares?, Rex Orange County 2
3 9 - 55 Nevermind, Nirvana 3
4 5 - 174 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
5 2 - 30 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
6 - - 1 Still Over It, Summer Walker 6
7 6 - 25 Currents, Tame Impala 1
8 8 - 252 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
9 7 - 64 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 2
10 - - 1 Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land, MARINA 10
11 - - 5 Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers 2
12 14 - 56 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
13 12 - 247 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
14 20 - 213 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 2
15 18 - 32 "Awaken, My Love!", Childish Gambino 3
16 10 - 12 The College Dropout, Kanye West 6
17 - - 17 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
18 - - 15 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
19 - - 1 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 19
20 21 - 33 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
21 - - 1 The Joy Of Music, Ben Rector 21
22 23 - 460 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
23 - - 1 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane 23
24 - - 134 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
25 - - 1 Hygiene, Drug Church 25

[Gary]

Catalog


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 2 - 273 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
2 1 - 12 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 1
3 6 - 444 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
4 4 - 336 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
5 5 - 405 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
6 7 - 813 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
7 3 - 15 The College Dropout, Kanye West 1
8 8 - 28 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 8
9 9 - 337 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
10 11 - 88 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 6
11 12 - 303 Take Care, Drake 1
12 10 - 58 Graduation, Kanye West 10
13 17 - 1148 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
14 15 - 85 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 11
15 18 - 25 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 9
16 19 - 10 Currents, Tame Impala 12
17 14 - 27 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 8
18 13 - 52 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
19 20 - 249 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
20 21 - 364 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
21 25 - 164 Ctrl, SZA 1
22 22 - 1344 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
23 23 - 1509 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
24 26 - 62 ?, XXXTENTACION 5
25 30 - 154 Views, Drake 4
26 24 - 13 The GOAT, Polo G 10
27 27 - 14 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 18
28 29 - 12 Over It, Summer Walker 13
29 37 - 63 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 9
30 31 - 782 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
31 34 - 248 1989, Taylor Swift 1
32 32 - 427 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
33 33 - 106 Moana, Soundtrack 6
34 35 - 560 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
35 36 - 11 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 6
36 38 - 61 Stoney, Post Malone 7
37 28 - 54 The Life Of deleted, Kanye West 4
38 - - 1 Stranger Than Fiction, Kevin Gates 38
39 39 - 1112 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
40 44 - 11 Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band, Green Day 21
41 - - 1 Top, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 41
42 43 - 41 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 11
43 40 - 102 Blonde, Frank Ocean 2
44 46 - 546 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
45 45 - 60 American Teen, Khalid 10
46 47 - 153 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 9
47 49 - 30 Die Lit, Playboi Carti 18
48 - - 48 DS2, Future 8
49 50 - 56 Swimming, Mac Miller 14
50 48 - 79 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, Gary.

No mega droppers on the Billboard 200 this week (as always, excluding any that dropped off from a high position; last week's No. 1 on Album Sales drops off the 200 from No. 15), though the two biggest are still significant: Avril Lavigne's set drops 102 spots to 194, while Dolly Parton's falls 98 spots to 132.

[Gary]

Chart Rewind: In 1956, The Billboard 200 Began, With Harry Belafonte at No. 1
On March 24, 1956, the Billboard 200, the country's premier albums chart, arrived as a weekly Billboard fixture.


BY KEITH CAULFIELD

Harry Belafonte
American actor and singer Harry Belafonte poses circa 1956. Archive Photos/Getty Images
OOn March 24, 1956, the legendary Harry Belafonte crowned Billboard‘s first weekly albums chart – then billed Best Selling Pop Albums in Billboard magazine’s pages – with his smash set Belafonte.



Sixty-six years later, the ranking now known as the Billboard 200 remains the chart of record for America’s most-popular albums each week, fueled by consumption tracked by Luminate, formerly MRC Data. Lil Durk’s 7220 launches at No. 1 on the latest, March 26, 2022-dated list.

As for Belafonte, aka the King of Calypso, 1956 was a busy year. He was already a Tony Award winner for his work in the 1953 musical revue John Murray Anderson’s Almanac and, after topping the albums chart with Belafonte, he notched a second No. 1 in September 1956 with Calypso.

Kept afloat in large part by its hit single “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song),” Calypso spent a staggering 31 weeks at No. 1. It’s tied with the soundtrack to South Pacific and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours for the third-longest run on top in the chart’s history. The soundtrack to West Side Story is the all-time champ, with 54 weeks at the summit, and Michael Jackson’s career-defining Thriller is second with 37.

The Grammy and Emmy Award-winning Belafonte would continue to chart albums through 1970 and remain a cultural force, thanks, in part, to his social activism and philanthropy. Later generations would become familiar with Belafonte in striking ways: He helped organize (and sang on) the 1985 charity single “We Are the World,” a four-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1, while “Day-O” was memorably mimed by the cast in the 1988 film Beetlejuice. In 2011, “Day-O” became a hit yet again, sampled in Lil Wayne’s top 10 Hot 100 hit “6 Foot 7 Foot.”

Belafonte, now 95 years young, told BET in 2011 that he appreciates the continued success of the iconic “Day-O”: “I’m just glad to see that the younger generations have picked it up and are carrying the song forward in their own way, just like I picked it up in my time.”

[Gary]

The birth of the Billboard 200


Billboard Best Seling Pop Albums March 24, 1956


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist
1 BELAFONTE, HARRY BELAFONTE
2 OKLAHOMA!, SOUNDTRACK
3 CAROUSEL, SOUNDTRACK
4 THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY, SOUNDTRACK
5 JULIE IS HER NAME, JULIE LONDON
6 FOUR FRESHMEN AND FIVE TROMBONES, THE FOUR FRESHMEN
7 THE STUDENT PRINCE, MARIO LANZA
8 MUSIC TO CHANGE HER MIND, JACKIE GLEASON
9 LAWRENCE WELK AND HIS SPARKLING STRINGS, LAWRENCE WELK
10 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, SOUNDTRACK