{"id":1083,"date":"2018-08-12T13:05:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T20:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:49","slug":"travis-scotts-astroworld-bows-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart-with-second-largest-debut-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1083","title":{"rendered":"Travis Scott&#8217;s &#8216;Astroworld&#8217; Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Second-Largest Debut of 2018"},"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<h2 class=\"article__deck\">Plus: Mac Miller, YG and Moneybagg Yo debut in the top 10.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/travis-scott\">Travis Scott<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Astroworld<\/em>\u00a0bows atop the Billboard 200 chart with 2018\u2019s second-largest week for an album, earning the rapper his second No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The set &#8212; which was released Aug. 3 via Cactus Jack\/Grand Hustle\/Epic Records &#8212; earned 537,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 9, according to Nielsen Music. Of that total, 270,000 were driven by traditional album sales &#8212; the biggest sales week of 2018.<\/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\u00a0Aug. 18-dated chart (where\u00a0<em>Astroworld<\/em>\u00a0launches at No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s websites on\u00a0Tuesday, Aug. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Of\u00a0<em>Astroworld<\/em>\u2019s total units, 261,000 are SEA units, 6,000 are TEA units, and 270,000 are traditional album sales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second-Largest Overall Week of 2018:\u00a0<\/strong>Scott&#8217;s amusement park-themed album charges in with 537,000 units earned &#8212; the second-largest week of 2018 for an album. The only set to post a larger frame was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/drake\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>, which started with 732,000 units.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest Sales Week of 2018:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Astroworld<\/em>\u00a0blows in with 270,000 copies sold &#8212; the largest sales week of the year for an album. The set\u2019s sales were supported by an array of\u00a0<em>Astroworld<\/em>-inspired merchandise\/album bundles sold via Scott\u2019s official website. The last album to notch a bigger sales week was Taylor Swift\u2019s\u00a0<em>reputation<\/em>, which started with 1.2 million copies sold on the Dec. 2, 2017-dated tally. (<em>Astroworld<\/em>\u00a0also easily gives Scott his biggest sales week, well beyond his previous high, when 2015\u2019s\u00a0<em>Rodeo<\/em>\u00a0bowed with 70,000 sold.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fifth-Largest Streaming Week Ever:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Astroworld<\/em>\u00a0enters with 261,000 SEA units, which translates to 349.43 million on-demand audio streams earned for its 17 songs during its debut tracking frame. That streaming figure is the fifth-biggest weekly streaming haul for an album. The only larger weeks were posted by the arrivals of Drake\u2019s\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0(745.92 million) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\">Post Malone<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>beerbongs &amp; bentleys<\/em>(431.3 million), the second week of\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0(390.98 million) and the debut frame of Drake\u2019s\u00a0<em>More Life<\/em>\u00a0in 2017 (384.84 million).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott\u2019s Second No. 1:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Astroworld<\/em>\u00a0grants Scott his second No. 1 on the Billboard 200, following his previous release, 2016\u2019s\u00a0<em>Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight<\/em>. The latter started with 88,000 units (of which 53,000 were in traditional album sales).\u00a0<em>Astroworld<\/em>\u00a0is Scott\u2019s third chart entry &#8212; he also notched a No. 3-peaking album with his debut studio effort,\u00a0<em>Rodeo<\/em>, in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Drake\u2019s\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0falls one slot, after spending five straight weeks atop the list.\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0earned 117,000 equivalent album units (down 19 percent).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/mac-miller\">Mac Miller<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Swimming<\/em>\u00a0arrives at No. 3 with 66,000 units (of which 30,000 were in traditional album sales), garnering the hip-hop artist his fifth consecutive top five-charting release. His last album,\u00a0<em>The Divine Feminine<\/em>, debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 2016 with 48,000 units earned (32,000 of what sum were album sales).<\/p>\n<p>Malone\u2019s\u00a0<em>beerbongs &amp; bentleys<\/em>\u00a0falls one rung to No. 4 with 58,000 units (down 7 percent). The album has yet to depart the top four in its 15 weeks on the list.<\/p>\n<p>At No. 5,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/yg\">YG<\/a>\u00a0notches his third top 10 effort, as\u00a0<em>Stay Dangerous<\/em>\u00a0bows with 56,000 units (11,000 in traditional album sales). He previously visited the top 10 with 2016\u2019s\u00a0<em>Still Brazy<\/em>\u00a0(No. 6) and 2014\u2019s\u00a0<em>My Krazy Life<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/juice-wrld\">Juice WRLD<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Goodbye &amp; Good Riddance<\/em>\u00a0falls 4-6 with 38,000 units (down 3 percent),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/cardi-b\">Cardi B<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Invasion of Privacy<\/em>\u00a0descends 5-7 with 35,000 units (down 8 percent) and XXXTentacion\u2019s\u00a0<em>?<\/em>\u00a0moves 6-8 with 33,000 units (down 13 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Hip-hop dominates the top 10, as, for the first time, the entire top eight titles are all hip-hop sets. That beats the previous hot streak, when the top six were locked down by hip-hop on the July 21-dated tally (which was then replicated on the July 28 and Aug. 11-dated lists).<\/p>\n<p>Closing out the Billboard 200\u2019s new top 10 are the highest ranking non-hip-hop sets on the tally: the soundtracks to\u00a0<em>Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again<\/em>\u00a0(moving 7-9 with 28,000 units; down 27 percent) and\u00a0<em>The Greatest Showman<\/em>\u00a0(9-10 with 25,000 units; down 9 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1083\" data-postid=\"1083\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1083 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Mac Miller, YG and Moneybagg Yo debut in the top 10. Travis Scott\u2019s\u00a0Astroworld\u00a0bows atop the Billboard 200 chart with 2018\u2019s second-largest week for an album, earning the rapper his second No. 1. The set &#8212; which was released Aug. 3 via Cactus Jack\/Grand Hustle\/Epic Records &#8212; earned 537,000 equivalent album units in the week [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-now","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","no-post-comment","no-post-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Travis-Scott-press-photo-by-Dave-LaChapelle-2018-billboard-15482.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3027,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions\/3027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}