Monthly Archives: February 2018

The smash joins Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” as the only songs to break the barrier of 100 million weekly streams. Drake also enters the top five as featured on BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive.”

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a fifth week (dating to its debut at No. 1), logging a massive 101.7 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music. The song is just the second ever to top the 100-million-streams milestone in a week, joining Baauer’s 2013 viral smash “Harlem Shake.” “Plan” surges following the Feb. 16 arrival of its official video.

Drake also enters the Hot 100’s top five as featured on BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” which rises from No. 6 to No. 5.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated March 3), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 27).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, logs its fifth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, up 35 percent to 101.7 million U.S. streams in the week ending Feb. 22. The sum is the second-highest ever, trailing only Baauer’s “Shake,” which drew 103.1 million on the chart dated March 2, 2013, driven largely by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio. “Shake” also boasts the third-highest streaming week: 97.6 million, on March 9, 2013.

The first five frames of “Plan” place among the eight top weekly totals overall, and the song has yet to draw fewer than 75.5 million U.S. streams (which it tallied in the week ending Feb. 15).

“Plan” posts a fourth week at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, up 45 percent to 81,000 downloads sold in the week ending Feb. 22.

On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” blasts 13-8, up 21 percent to 76 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending Feb. 25, becoming Drake’s 19th top 10. The track ascends to the top of two more airplay charts, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Rhythmic Songs, granting Drake his record-extending 23rd and 20th No. 1 on each list, respectively. It leads Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap Airplay for a second week each (where it’s Drake’s record-extending 30th and 27th No. 1 on each respective ranking).

“Plan” makes the Hot 100’s top gain in airplay for a third week, while also claiming the top gains in streaming and sales. It’s the first No. 1 hit to sweep the chart’s top increases in all three metrics since The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” featuring Halsey, on Sept. 3, 2016 (its first of 12 weeks at No. 1). No incumbent No. 1 had earned such a triple since another smash involving Drake: Rihanna’s “Work,” featuring Drake, on March 12, 2016 (its second of nine weeks on top); like “Plan” this week, “Work” that frame surged after the release of its official video. Further, no song had scored such a hat trick in its fifth week at No. 1 or more, as “Plan” does this week, since Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” featuring Pharrell and T.I., which did so in its ninth week on top (Aug. 17, 2013), the same frame that the song’s parent album of the same name launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Meanwhile, another tie-in for “Plan” with Baauer’s “Shake”: “Plan” is the first song by a solo male since “Shake” to spend its first five weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 (with “Shake” having led for five total frames). Among all acts, “Plan” has spent the most weeks at No. 1 from its debut since Adele’s “Hello,” which led for its first 10 weeks in 2015-16.

“Plan” concurrently notches a fifth week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after six weeks at No. 1, and rules Radio Songs for an eighth week (138 million, down 2 percent).

Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse” keeps at its No. 3 Hot 100 high and leads Hot R&B Songs for a seventh week.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, is likewise steady, at No. 4, after topping the Jan. 27-dated Hot 100. As previously reported, the track reaches No. 1 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart, becoming the first hit by a woman to have led Adult Pop Songs, Pop Songs and Rhythmic Songs since Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s megahit “One Sweet Day” in 1996.

BlocBoy JB’s first Hot 100 hit, “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, rises 6-5 in its second week. Powered most heavily by streams, the track gains by 12 percent to 37.9 million U.S. streams, as it holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs. For Drake, the song is his 10th top five Hot 100 hit. (He’s the second artist to notch two concurrent top five hits in 2018, following Cardi B on the Jan. 20-dated chart.)

Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, drops 5-6 on the Hot 100 after spending its first 22 weeks in the top five. As the song debuted at No. 2 (and earned eight weeks at No. 1), only one title has logged more time in the top five from its debut: Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” 27 weeks last year. That sum marked the entirety of the top-five run for “Shape,” tying The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” for the most weeks in the top five in the Hot 100’s 59-year history. At 22 weeks, “Rockstar” ranks in eighth place for the most time in the region.

As Black Panther: The Album posts a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, two songs from the soundtrack rank in the Hot 100’s top 10: Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “All the Stars” rises 9-7, and The Weeknd and Lamar’s “Pray for Me” lifts 11-9, after debuting at No. 7 two weeks ago.

In between those two tracks, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” slips to No. 8 from its No. 7 Hot 100 high. It tops Hot Country Songs for a 13th week, extending Rexha’s record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s history for a song by a solo female. It also matches Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” (13 weeks, 2015) for the most weeks atop Hot Country Songs for a song featuring lead female vocals.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Migos’ “Stir Fry” is stationary at No. 10 after cooking up a No. 8 peak.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 27), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (March 2).

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Black Panther: The Album spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, as the set earned 131,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 22 (down 15 percent), according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 40,000 were in traditional album sales (down 23 percent). A week ago, the album debuted at No. 1 with 154,000 units (52,000 in album sales).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 3-dated chart (where Black Panther: The Album spends a second frame at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Feb. 27.

Black Panther: The Album — which features music from and inspired by the Marvel Studios film Black Panther — is the second soundtrack to notch two weeks at No. 1 in 2018. It follows The Greatest Showman, which logged two weeks atop the lists dated Jan. 13 and 20. In addition, 2018 is the first year since 2014 where the chart has housed two soundtracks with more than a week at No. 1 each. It last happened with Frozen (14 weeks at No. 1) and Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (two weeks at No. 1).

Also, with Black Panther: The Album’s modest decline in its second week — down 15 percent to 131,000 units — it earns the biggest second week for a soundtrack since 2015. That year, on the chart dated March 7, the Fifty Shades of Grey album tallied 165,000 units in its second week, after debuting with 258,000 units a week earlier. (Black Panther: The Album’s small second-week decline is owed in part to the film’s premiere in theaters on Feb. 16 — the first day of the chart’s latest tracking week.)

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Migos’ former leader Culture II rises 4-2 with 64,000 units (down 5 percent), while The Greatest Showman is steady at No. 3 with 61,000 units (down 15 percent).

Rapper Nipsey Hussle debuts at No. 4 with his first studio album, Victory Lap, earning 53,000 units. The set — which also garners him his first ink on the Billboard 200 — is mostly powered by traditional album sales (30,000), but also drew a solid streaming figure (21,000 SEA units). It earned an additional 2,000 in TEA units. Hussle made his Billboard chart debut in 2010 with the song “The Life,” which reached No. 16 on the Rap Digital Song Sales chart. He’s landed a pair of mixtapes on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart: Crenshaw (No. 61 peak in 2013) and Mailbox Money (No. 18 in 2015).

Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile notches her highest charting album ever on the Billboard 200, as By the Way, I Forgive You debuts at No. 5 with 43,000 units (of which 41,000 are in traditional album sales). The set surpasses her previous high-water mark, logged when The Firewatcher’s Daughter debuted and peaked at No. 9 off a start of 43,000 units in 2015. The new album is the artist’s seventh entry on the tally, dating back to The Story, which reached No. 41 in 2007.

Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods descends 2-6 with 38,000 units (down 50 percent), Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) slips 6-7 with 37,000 units (down 11 percent) and Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. rises 9-8 with just under 33,000 units (up 7 percent).

Rounding out the top 10: Post Malone’s Stoney falls 8-9 with 32,000 units (up less than 1 percent) and the Fifty Shades Freed album falls 5-10 in its second week with 28,000 units (down 52 percent).

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“God’s Plan” logs a record-extending fourth week of over 75 million U.S. streams. Plus, Kendrick Lamar & SZA soar to the top 10.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” rules the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a fourth week, logging a record-extending fourth frame of over 75 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music.

Plus, Drake adds his 23rd Hot 100 top 10, padding his mark for the most among rappers, as he debuts as featured on BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive” at No. 6. The track is BlocBoy JB’s first Hot 100 entry, making him the first artist to debut in the top 10 with an initial Hot 100 hit since Harry Styles last year.

Also new to the Hot 100’s top 10 is Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “All the Stars,” which soars from No. 31 to No. 9 as parent soundtrack Black Panther: The Album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated Feb. 24), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 21).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, posts its fourth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 75.5 million U.S. streams (down 5 percent) in the week ending Feb. 15. The song is the first to tally four weeks of over 75 million U.S. streams, following its prior sums of (in order) 82.4 million, 83.3 million and 79.6 million.

Its four weeks mark the fourth- through seventh-best streaming frames ever, trailing only Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” (103.1 million and 97.6 million in its first and second weeks, March 2 and 9, 2013, respectively, driven largely by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio) and Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (84.5 million; Sept. 16, 2017).

Following the Feb. 16 premiere of its official video, “God’s Plan” could surge on next week’s charts.

“Plan” posts a third week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, up 1 percent to 56,000 downloads sold in the week ending Feb. 15. It jumps 17-13 on the Radio Songschart, gaining 31 percent to 62 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending Feb. 18, good for the Hot 100’s top gain in airplay for a second week. “Plan” ascends to the top of two airplay charts: Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap Airplay, becoming Drake’s record-extending 30th and 27th No. 1 on each respective ranking.

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after six weeks at No. 1, and rules Radio Songs for a seventh week (140 million, down 4 percent). The ballad becomes Sheeran’s third No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, rising 2-1. Sheeran previously topped AC with “Thinking Out Loud,” for 19 weeks in 2015, and “Shape of You” (24 weeks, 2017).

Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse” holds at its No. 3 Hot 100 high and leads Hot R&B Songs for a sixth week. The Hot 100’s entire top five is stationary for a second week, as two former No. 1s keep at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively: Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, and Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage.

Rising Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB (born James Baker) blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 6 with his first entry on the chart, “Look Alive,” featuring Drake. The track, whose official video arrived Feb. 8, opens at No. 2 on Streaming Songs with 34 million U.S. streams and No. 6 on Digital Song Sales with 32,000 sold.

BlocBoy JB is the first to debut a first Hot 100 entry in the top 10 as a lead act since Harry Styles, whose first solo hit apart from One Direction, “Sign of the Times,” started at its No. 4 peak on April 29, 2017. Directly before Styles, another 1D member earned the honor: Zayn’s “Pillowtalk” debuted at No. 1 on Feb. 20, 2016. The last act, like BlocBoy JB, to debut in the Hot 100’s top 10 as a lead with a first entry without having been in a group that had charted titles? Soko, whose “We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow” opened at its No. 9 Hot 100 peak on March 29, 2014.

Meanwhile, “Look Alive” featured artist Drake adds his 23rd Hot 100 top 10, extending his record for the most top 10s among rappers. JAY-Z ranks second with 21, followed by Lil Wayne with 20.

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” rises to a new high on the Hot 100 (9-7). It tops Hot Country Songs for a 12th week, extending Rexha’s record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s history for a song by a solo female.

Dua Lipa’s “New Rules” drops to No. 8 from its No. 6 Hot 100 peak.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA surge 31-9 on the Hot 100 with “All the Stars.” The song is from Black Panther: The Album, new atop the Billboard 200. After its official video arrived Feb. 6, the track bounds 21-8 on Streaming Songs (25.7 million, up 69 percent) and 37-28 on Digital Song Sales (15,000, up 24 percent), marking the Hot 100’s greatest gains in streaming and sales, and debuts at No. 48 on Radio Songs (23 million, up 14 percent).

Lamar lands his seventh Hot 100 top 10 and second from Black Panther; “Pray for Me,” with The Weeknd, debuted at No. 7 last week (and dips to No. 11 this week). SZA scores her second Hot 100 top 10 and first as a lead artist; she reached No. 9 in November as featured on Maroon 5’s “What Lovers Do.”

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Migos’ “Stir Fry” slips to No. 10 from its No. 8 peak.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 21), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Drake’s leader is the first song to post three weeks of at least 75 million U.S. streams. Plus, new top 10s for The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar; Migos; and Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a third week, as it becomes the first song ever to post three weeks of more than 75 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music.

Plus, three songs enter the Hot 100’s top 10: The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar‘s “Pray for Me,” the chart’s top debut at No. 7; Migos‘ “Stir Fry,” which jumps 12-8; and Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be,” up 11-9.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated Feb. 17), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 13).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, posts its third week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 79.6 million U.S. streams (down 4 percent) in the week ending Feb. 8. The song is the first to log three weeks of more than 75 million U.S. streams, following its second-week sum of 83.3 million and debut-week total of 82.4 million.

Those three figures mark the sixth-, fourth- and fifth-best streaming weeks ever, respectively. They trail only Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” (103.1 million and 97.6 million in its first and second weeks, March 2 and 9, 2013, respectively, driven largely by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio) and Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (84.5 million; Sept. 16, 2017).

“Plan” rebounds from No. 4 to a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, despite a 15 percent drop to 55,000 downloads sold in the week ending Feb. 8. It surges 30-17 on the Radio Songs chart, up 35 percent to 48 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending Feb. 11, good for the Hot 100’s top gain in airplay.

“Plan” concurrently notches a third week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” keeps at No. 2 on the Hot 100 after six weeks at No. 1. It rules Radio Songs for a sixth frame (146 million, down 3 percent).

Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse” holds at its No. 3 Hot 100 high, while zooming 5-1 to top the Rhythmic Songs airplay chart, where it’s Mars’ ninth No. 1 and Cardi B’s third. The collab crowns Hot R&B Songs for a fifth week.

The Hot 100’s entire top five is stationary, as two former No. 1s round out the region: Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, holds at No. 4 after leading the Jan. 27-dated chart, and Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, repeats at No. 5 after spending eight weeks at No. 1.

Dua Lipa’s “New Rules” rises 7-6 for a new peak on the Hot 100. It bullets for a third week at its No. 3 Radio Songs high (107 million, up 1 percent) and leads the Pop Songs airplay chart for a third frame.

The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar soar onto the Hot 100 at No. 7 with “Pray for Me.” The track starts on Digital Song Sales at No. 2 (53,000) and Streaming Songs at No. 16 (17.2 million) and rises 47-35 on Radio Songs (32 million, up 35 percent).

The Weeknd notches his seventh Hot 100 top 10 and first since “I Feel It Coming” (featuring Daft Punk), which reached No. 4 last April; “Pray” is his first song to debut in the top 10. Lamar logs his sixth Hot 100 top 10 and third top 10 debut; last April, his “Humble.” arrived at No. 2, before leading the chart dated May 6, the week that “DNA.” debuted at its No. 4 peak.

“Pray” is from the soundtrack Black Panther The Album, Music From and Inspired By, released last Friday (Feb. 9). Superhero film Black Panther premieres in U.S. theaters this coming Friday (Feb. 16).

Following the first full week of tracking for its official video, released Jan. 28, Migos’ “Stir Fry” cooks up a 12-8 Hot 100 ascent, led by its 6-5 climb on Streaming Songs (27.3 million, up 7 percent).

Migos earn their third Hot 100 top 10 and second from their album Culture II, which debuted at No. 1 on the Feb. 10-dated Billboard 200 albums chart and ranks at No. 2 in its second week. The set’s “MotorSport,” with Minaj and Cardi B, reached No. 6 on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 30; “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert (and from prior LP Culture), spent three weeks at No.  1 beginning Jan. 21, 2017.

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” rounds out the trio of new Hot 100 top 10s, rising 11-9. It pushes 8-7 on Digital Song Sales (34,000, although down 7 percent; it’s on sale for 69 cents in the iTunes Store); 19-15 on Radio Songs (54 million, up 15 percent); and 20-17 on Streaming Songs (18.7 million, up 4 percent).

The track is being dually promoted to pop and country radio, as it lifts 17-13 on Pop Songs, 16-14 on Adult Pop Songs and 22-20 on Country Airplay.

Rexha earns her third Hot 100 top 10; David Guetta’s “Hey Mama,” featuring Nicki Minaj, Rexha and Afrojack, reached No. 8 in June 2015 and G-Eazy and Rexha’s “Me, Myself & I” hit No. 7 in March 2016. Florida Georgia Line logs its second Hot 100 top 10, following its debut hit “Cruise” (featuring Nelly), which rose to No. 4 in July 2013.

“Meant” concurrently tops the Hot Country Songs chart for an 11th week, granting Rexha a record: it becomes the longest-leading No. 1 in the chart’s history for a song by a lead female, passing the 10-week reign of Taylor Swift’s fellow country/pop crossover hit “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” in 2012-13; Swift’s hit retains the record for the most weeks at No. 1 for a female unaccompanied by another act. (Hot Country Songs began as an all-encompassing genre songs chart in 1958 and adopted the Hot 100’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based methodology on Oct. 20, 2012, the first week at No. 1 for Swift’s “Never.”)

“Meant” is the second Hot Country Songs No. 1 to reach the Hot 100’s top 10 within the last year. Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” logged a record 34 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs (beginning Feb. 25, 2017) and reached No. 6 on the Hot 100 (April 22).

Meanwhile, “Meant” marks the latest milestone in Florida Georgia Line’s expansion beyond country. The twosome (Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley) also ranks at No. 46 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 40, as featured, with Watt, on Hailee Steinfeld and Alesso’s “Let Me Go.” Last July, FGL led Country Airplay with “God, Your Mama, And Me,” featuring Backstreet Boys, and, in April 2017, the duo reached No. 16 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs as featured on The Chainsmokers’ “Last Day Alive.”

Halsey’s “Bad at Love” closes out the Hot 100’s top 10, descending 6-10 after peaking at No. 5.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 13), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (Feb. 16).

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Justin Timberlake notches his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Man of the Woods debuts atop the tally. The set, which was released on Feb. 2 through RCA Records, earned 293,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 8, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 242,000 were in traditional album sales.

Timberlake scores the largest week for an album — both in terms of units and pure album sales — since Taylor Swift’s Reputation flew in at No. 1 on the Dec. 2, 2017-dated chart with 1.24 million units and 1.22 million in album sales. Timberlake claims the biggest week for an album by a man since Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. debuted at No. 1 on the May 6, 2017 list with 603,000 units and 353,000 in traditional album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Feb. 17-dated chart (where Man of the Woods starts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday (Feb. 13).

Of Man of the Woods’ launch of 293,000 units, 242,000 were in traditional album sales, 14,000 were in TEA units, and 37,000 were in SEA units. Of its pure album sales, 139,000 were in digital albums, 89,000 were in CD sales and 15,000 were in vinyl LP sales.

Notably, Man of the Woods also claims the biggest-selling week for a vinyl album since LCD Soundsystem’s American Dream sold 16,000 in its first week, on the chart dated Sept. 23, 2017. (Target carried an exclusive orange-colored edition of Man of the Woods on vinyl, while all other retailers had the standard black vinyl version.)

Overall, Timberlake has the second-biggest sales week for a vinyl LP among solo male artists since Nielsen Music began tracking data in 1991. Only the debut frame of Jack White‘s Lazaretto was larger: 40,000 in 2014. (Among all soloists in the Nielsen era, only one other artist has sold as many vinyl LPs in a week as Timberlake and White: Adele, who did it in five separate weeks with her 25 album in late 2015.

Timberlake’s last album, The 20/20 Experience (2 of 2), debuted at No. 1 on the Oct. 19, 2013-dated chart with 350,000 in traditional album sales. (The chart did not transition to a units-based ranking until the end of 2014.) Timberlake has also topped the list with his first installment of The 20/20 Experience (earlier in 2013; 968,000 copies sold in its first week) and FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006; 684,000). His only album to miss the top was his first solo set, Justified, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 2002 (bowing with 439,000 sold).

Timberlake, of course, is a member of the group *NSYNC, which tallied two Billboard 200 No. 1s: No Strings Attached, in 2000, and Celebrity, in 2001.

Man of the Woods’ lead single, “Filthy,” debuted and peaked at No. 9 on the Jan. 20-dated Billboard Hot 100 chart. He followed it with a teaser track, “Supplies,” which hit No. 71 (Feb. 3). The album’s second single, “Say Something,” featuring Chris Stapleton, debuted at No. 9 on the most recently compiled Hot 100 (dated Feb. 3).

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Migos’ Culture II falls a spot in its second week, earning 88,000 units (down 56 percent). The soundtrack to The Greatest Showmanslips 2-3 with 81,000 units (down 15 percent), Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) rises 5-4 with 40,000 units (down 17 percent) and Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic descends 4-5 with 35,000 units (28 percent).

Post Malone’s Stoney rises 8-6 with 33,000 units (down 3 percent), Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. descends 6-7 with 32,000 units (down 17 percent), Camila Cabello’s Camilafalls 7-8 with 31,000 units (down 15 percent) and Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2 climbs 12-9 with 25,000 units (down 1 percent).

Rounding out the top 10 is the chart’s second-highest debut, the Now 65compilation, which bows at No. 10. The set — featuring recent Hot 100 hits like Demi Lovato’s “Sorry Not Sorry” and Camila Cabello’s “Havana” — launches with 25,000 units — all from traditional album sales. Now 65 is the 69^th Now That’s What I Call Music compilation to reach the top 10 (63 of the main, numbered series; and six genre-specific spin-off titles, like Now That’s What I Call Christmas!). The U.S. Nowseries will celebrate its 20^th anniversary later this year, as the first Now album debuted on the chart dated Nov. 14, 1998. (The original Now series launched in the U.K. in 1983.)

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In its second week, Drake’s leader gains & posts the fourth-biggest streaming week ever. Plus, Timberlake tallies his 19th top 10 & Stapleton earns his first.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100chart (dated Feb. 10), gaining slightly to post the fourth-biggest week ever in U.S. streams.

Meanwhile, Justin Timberlake blasts in at No. 9 on the Hot 100 with “Say Something,” featuring Chris Stapleton, marking the second top 10 from Timberlake’s new album, Man of the Woods — released Friday (Feb. 2), ahead of his halftime show performance at Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis last night (Feb. 4).

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 6).

Set scores biggest streaming week for an album since April 2017.

Rap trio Migos scores its second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Culture II opens atop the tally. The set — which was released on Jan. 26 through Quality Control/Motown/Capitol Records — earned 199,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Nielsen Music.

Migos’ last album, Culture, launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Feb. 18, 2017.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Feb. 10-dated chart (where Culture II starts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday (Feb. 6).

With Culture II’s arrival at No. 1, Migos is now just the fifth rap group with more than one No. 1 album. The act follows Beastie Boys (four No. 1s between 1987 and 2004), A Tribe Called Quest (two, in 1996 and 2016), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (two, in 1995 and 1997) and D12 (two, in 2001 and 2004).

Culture II launches with 199,000 equivalent album units — mostly driven by streams. Of its debut unit sum, 38,000 were in traditional album sales, 11,000 were TEA units, and a whopping 150,000 were in SEA units (equating to 225.6 million on-demand audio streams of the album’s songs during the tracking week). Enhanced by a sizable 24-song tracklist, Culture II captures the largest streaming week for an album since Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated May 6 with 227,000 SEA units (of its total 603,000 equivalent album units) earned in the week ending April 20, 2017. (DAMN.’s 227,000 SEA units equaled 340.6 million streams.)

Comparably, Migos’ prior album, Culture, launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 131,000 units. Of the 13-song album’s starting sum, 44,000 were in traditional album sales; 10,000 were in TEA units and 77,000 were in SEA units. The latter figure translated into 115.6 million on-demand audio streams of the album’s songs in its first week.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman holds in the runner-up slot for a third straight week (95,000 units; down 13 percent). The set previously logged two weeks at No. 1. With a fifth total week in the top two of the chart, The Greatest Showman has spent more time in the top two than any other soundtrack since Frozen logged 21 nonconsecutive weeks in the region in 2014 (including 13 weeks at No. 1).

British dance trio Above & Beyond debuts at a career-high No. 3 with Common Ground, the act’s fourth studio album. The set — which is the act’s first top 10 effort — starts with 64,000 units (another career best), largely driven by traditional album sales (62,000; their largest sales week ever). The album’s sales were powered by a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion in association with the act’s 2017-2018 U.S. tour. The trek launched on Dec. 29, but tickets went on sale last September.

Common Ground is the highest-charting dance/electronic album since the Sept. 30, 2017-dated list, when ODESZA’s A Moment Apart debuted and peaked at No. 3 (63,000 units in its opening frame; of which 52,000 were in traditional album sales). Common Ground also logs the biggest week for a dance/electronic set, both in terms of overall units and album sales, since The Chainsmokers debuted at No. 1 with Memories… Do Not Open on the April 29, 2017-dated tally (221,000 units; 166,000 in album sales).

Like Common Ground, both A Moment Apart and Memories… Do Not Open saw their debut frames bolstered by sales generated from ticket/album bundle redemption offers.

Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic album climbs 10-4 on the new Billboard 200, earning 49,000 units (up 89 percent) in the wake of Mars’ six Grammy Award wins on Jan. 28, including album of the year. Mars performed on the live CBS-TV broadcast and accepted three of his six awards during the show (album, record and song of the year). His other three wins were announced before the televised ceremony.

24K Magic gains in traditional album sales (22,000; up 306 percent), TEA units (9,000; up 77 percent) and SEA units (18,000; up 18 percent).

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) slips 3-5 with 48,000 units (though it gains 3 percent) and Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. is steady at No. 6 with 38,000 units (up 31 percent). Sheeran won two Grammy Awards (including the televised best pop solo performance category, for “Shape of You”) but was not present at the ceremony. Lamar won five Grammy Awards, two of which were televised: best rap/sung performance and best rap album. He also opened the show with a medley performance that included DAMN. tracks “XXX.” and “DNA.”

Camila Cabello’s Camila drops 4-7 with 37,000 units (down 15 percent), while Post Malone’s Stoney falls 5-8 with 34,000 units (down 1 percent).

Khalid, who performed on the Grammy Awards and was nominated for five trophies (but did not win), rises 15-9 with American Teen (27,000 units; up 12 percent). Imagine Dragons’ Evolve closes out the top 10, stepping 13-10 with 26,000 units (up 7 percent).

Source: billboard.com