{"id":1064,"date":"2018-07-22T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T21:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:50","slug":"drakes-scorpion-spends-third-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart-wiz-khalifa-bows-at-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1064","title":{"rendered":"Drake&#8217;s &#8216;Scorpion&#8217; Spends Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Wiz Khalifa Bows at No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t<p>For a third straight week,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/drake\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The set earned 260,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 19, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 29,000 were in traditional album sales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/wiz-khalifa\">Wiz Khalifa<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Rolling Papers 2<\/em>\u00a0is the only debut in the top 10, as it starts at No. 2 with 80,000 units.<\/p>\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on\u00a0multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_531731504\">July 28<\/span>-dated chart (where\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0spends a third week at No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s websites on\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_531731505\">Tuesday, July 24<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Third Week at No. 1:<\/strong>\u00a0With a third week at No. 1,\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0ties for the most weeks atop the Billboard 200 in 2018 with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\">Post Malone<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>beerbongs &amp; bentleys<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Black Panther: The Album<\/em>.\u00a0The latter notched three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 (Feb. 24,\u00a0March 3\u00a0and then on\u00a0March 17),\u00a0while the former strung three straight weeks together (May 12-26). The last album to claim more weeks at No. 1 was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>reputation<\/em>, which collected four nonconsecutive weeks in the penthouse (three in a row from Dec. 2-16, 2017, and then one more on Jan. 6, 2018).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest First Three Weeks for an Album Since 2015:<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0<em>Scorpion\u00a0<\/em>earning 260,000 equivalent album units in its third week, it\u2019s the first album since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/adele\">Adele<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>25<\/em>\u00a0to see its first three weeks all earn more than 260,000 units\u00a0apiece.\u00a0<em>25<\/em>\u00a0launched with\u00a0a weekly-record\u00a03.48 million units (Dec. 12, 2015-dated chart), and then racked up 1.16 million and 728,000 in its second and third weeks, respectively (Dec. 19 and 26).<\/p>\n<p>Streaming continues to power\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>, as 82 percent of its total units for the week came from SEA units (213,000 of 260,000). Traditional album sales totaled 29,000, while TEA units equaled 18,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Scorpion\u2019 Has Three of the Top 10 Biggest Streaming Weeks:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0continues to be a powerhouse on streaming services. The set&#8217;s 25 tracks collected 290.4 million on-demand audio streams in the latest tracking week, making it the seventh-biggest streaming week for an album.\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u2019s opening sum of 745.9 million is the biggest streaming week ever, while the album\u2019s second week total of 391 million is the third-largest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drake Owns Six of the Top 10 Largest Streaming Weeks for an Album<\/strong>: Drake\u2019s\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0has the first, third and seventh-biggest streaming weeks for an album. In addition, his\u00a02017 set\u00a0<em>More Life<\/em>\u00a0has\u00a0the fourth-largest (384.8 million in its opening frame) and eighth-largest (253.5 million for its second week), while the debut week of his\u00a02016 LP\u00a0<em>Views\u00a0<\/em>is No. 9 (245.1 million).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second-Smallest Sum for the Week\u2019s Top-<\/strong><strong>Selling Album:<\/strong>\u00a0Conversely, reflecting the continued decline of album sales,\u00a0as\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0stays steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, it&#8217;s also\u00a0stationary at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart for a third frame. The latter list ranks albums based on traditional album sales.\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0sold 29,000 copies in the latest tracking week (up less than 1 percent) and tallies the second-smallest sum for the week\u2019s top-selling album since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>The smallest sales total ever for the week\u2019s No. 1-selling album was actually\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/8466413\/a-new-sales-low-for-the-weeks-top-selling-album-in-the-us-billboard-charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/8466413\/a-new-sales-low-for-the-weeks-top-selling-album-in-the-us-billboard-charts&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1532375847291000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHeuCNiP7qU555J8a5VbqrF4xtojA\">notched by\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0a week ago<\/a>, when it sold a handful of copies less\u00a0than this week&#8217;s total.\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0was able to squeak out a small gain in the week ending July 19, as its CD was released on July 13. The set was previously only available to purchase as a digital album. The CD debuts with 13,000 copies sold in the week ending July 19, while the digital album sold 16,000 (down 44 percent).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only One Debut in the Top 10:<\/strong>\u00a0With just one debut in the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 (Wiz Khalifa\u2019s\u00a0<em>Rolling Papers 2<\/em>, at No. 2), the top 10 has the fewest debuts since the\u00a0April 7-dated tally, when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/jack-white\">Jack White<\/a>\u2019s No. 1-debuting\u00a0<em>Boarding House Reach\u00a0<\/em>was the lone bow in the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Khalifa,\u00a0<em>Rolling Papers 2<\/em>\u00a0grants the rapper his ninth overall chart entry, and his fifth top 10. He previously visited the top 10 with\u00a0<em>Khalifa<\/em>\u00a0(No.\u00a06\u00a0in 2016),\u00a0<em>Blacc Hollywood<\/em>\u00a0(No. 1, 2014),\u00a0<em>O.N.I.F.C.<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2, 2012) and\u00a0<em>Rolling Papers<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2, 2011).<\/p>\n<p>As for the rest of the new top five, Post Malone\u2019s\u00a0<em>beerbongs &amp; bentleys<\/em>\u00a0is down one position to No. 3 with 68,000 units (down 4 percent),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/xxxtentacion\">XXXTentacion<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>?<\/em>\u00a0is a non-mover at No. 4 with 45,000 units (down 12 percent) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/cardi-b\">Cardi B<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Invasion of Privacy<\/em>\u00a0is steady at No. 5 with 44,000 units (down 2 percent).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/juice-wrld\">Juice WLRD<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Goodbye &amp; Good Riddance<\/em>\u00a0is stationary at No. 6 with 41,000 units (up 1 percent),\u00a0<em>The Greatest Showman<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack holds at No. 7 with 31,000 units (up 1 percent) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/lil-baby\">Lil Baby<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Harder Than Ever\u00a0<\/em>is up two slots to No. 8 with 26,000 units (down 1 percent).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/maroon-5\">Maroon 5<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Red Pill Blues<\/em>\u00a0returns to the top 10 for the first time in 2018, as the set climbs 12-9 with a little more than 25,000 units (up 1 percent). The album continues to profit from the popularity of its track \u201cGirls Like You,\u201d featuring Cardi B. The set was last in the top 10 during its third chart week, back on Dec. 9, 2017, when it placed at No. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Closing out the new top 10 is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.billboard.com\/music\/luke-combs\">Luke Combs<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>This One\u2019s for You<\/em>, as it steps 13-10 with 25,000 units (up 2 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1064\" data-postid=\"1064\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1064 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a third straight week,\u00a0Drake\u2019s\u00a0Scorpion\u00a0holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The set earned 260,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 19, according to Nielsen Music. 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