{"id":1227,"date":"2019-01-06T14:30:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T22:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:44","slug":"21-savage-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart-with-i-am-i-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1227","title":{"rendered":"21 Savage Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With &#8216;I Am > I Was&#8217;"},"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\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/music\/21-savage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">21 Savage<\/a>&nbsp;spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart with&nbsp;<em>I Am &gt; I Was<\/em>, earning 65,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Jan. 3, according to Nielsen Music. The set slips by 51 percent in its second week on the tally&nbsp;after debuting at No. 1 with 131,000 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on&nbsp;multi-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&nbsp;Jan. 12, 2019-dated chart, where&nbsp;<em>I Am<\/em>&nbsp;holds at No. 1, will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s websites on&nbsp;Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart\u2019s new top 10 is full of movement, though devoid of debuts, as the tally adjusts back to normal business after the Christmas season. As such, holiday efforts that were in the top 10 a week ago &#8212; such as Michael Bubl\u00e9\u2019s\u00a0<em>Christmas<\/em>, Nat King Cole\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Christmas Song<\/em>\u00a0and Mariah Carey\u2019s\u00a0<em>Merry Christmas &#8212;<\/em>\u00a0bolt out of the top 10, while some familiar faces return to the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Boogie wit da Hoodie\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Hoodie SZN<\/em>&nbsp;holds at No. 2 for a second week (58,000 units; down 35 percent) while a pair of former No. 1s ascend: Meek Mill\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Championships<\/em>&nbsp;climbs 6-3 (a little more than 48,000 units; down 11 percent) and Post Malone\u2019s&nbsp;<em>beerbongs &amp; bentleys<\/em>&nbsp;hikes 11-4 (48,000 units; down 2 percent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse<\/em>&nbsp;soundtrack returns to its peak position, as it jumps 13-5 in its third week (46,000 units; up 1 percent). The album bowed at No. 5 three weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A quintet of former No. 1s rounds out the new top 10: Drake\u2019s\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0steps 14-6 (44,000 units; down 4 percent), Travis Scott\u2019s\u00a0<em>Astroworld<\/em>\u00a0moves 10-7 (nearly 44,000 units; down 11 percent),\u00a0<em>The Greatest Showman\u00a0<\/em>soundtrack dips 5-8 (43,000 units; down 22 percent), Kodak Black\u2019s\u00a0<em>Dying to Live<\/em>\u00a0is steady at No. 9 (40,000 units; down 20 percent) and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper\u2019s\u00a0<em>A Star Is Born<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack falls 4-10 (40,000 units; down 36 percent).<br><br>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1227\" data-postid=\"1227\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1227 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 Savage&nbsp;spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart with&nbsp;I Am &gt; I Was, earning 65,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Jan. 3, according to Nielsen Music. The set slips by 51 percent in its second week on the tally&nbsp;after debuting at No. 1 with 131,000 units. 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