{"id":1494,"date":"2019-07-21T16:19:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T23:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:40","slug":"ed-sheerans-no-6-collaborations-project-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1494","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran&#8217;s &#8216;No. 6 Collaborations Project&#8217; Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart"},"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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set launches with biggest week of 2019 for a pop album by a male artist.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ed-sheeran\">Ed Sheeran<\/a>&nbsp;scores his third No. 1 album on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart, as his star-studded&nbsp;<em>No. 6 Collaborations Project<\/em>album enters atop the tally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The set, which was released on July 12 via Atlantic Records, bows with 173,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 18, according to Nielsen Music. It marks the largest week of the year for a pop album by a male artist. Of that starting sum, 70,000 were in album sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\u00a0July 27-dated chart (where\u00a0<em>No. 6\u00a0<\/em>bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s websites on July 23. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheeran previously led the Billboard 200 with&nbsp;<em>\u00f7<\/em>&nbsp;(<em>Divide<\/em>) in 2017 and&nbsp;<em>x<\/em>&nbsp;(<em>Multiply<\/em>) in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No. 6 Collaborations Project<\/em>, true to its title, features Sheeran on each track, partnering up with a galaxy of stars from across many genres of music, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/camila-cabello\">Camila Cabello<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/bruno-mars\">Bruno Mars<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/travis-scott\">Travis Scott<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chris-stapleton\">Chris Stapleton<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, one of the tracks on the album, \u201cRemember the Name\u201d &#8212; which features&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/eminem\">Eminem<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/50-cent\">50 Cent<\/a>&nbsp;&#8212; includes a lyric that references topping the Billboard charts. Eminem, who has nine No. 1 Billboard 200 albums to his name, raps on the track: \u201cI climbed the Billboard charts to the top\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No. 6<\/em>\u00a0tallies the biggest week in total units (173,000) for a pop album by a male soloist in over a year, since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/shawn-mendes\">Shawn Mendes<\/a>\u2019 self-titled album started at No. 1 on the June 8, 2018-dated list with 182,000 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall in 2019,&nbsp;<em>No. 6<\/em>&nbsp;nets the seventh-largest week among all albums in total units. It trails the debut frames of:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/jonas-brothers\">Jonas Brothers<\/a>\u2019&nbsp;<em>Happiness Begins<\/em>&nbsp;(414,000),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ariana-grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Thank U, Next<\/em>&nbsp;(360,000),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/billie-eilish\">Billie&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/billie-eilish\">Eilish<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?<\/em>&nbsp;(313,000),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/backstreet-boys\">Backstreet Boys<\/a>\u2019&nbsp;<em>DNA<\/em>&nbsp;(234,000),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/bts\">BTS<\/a>\u2019&nbsp;<em>Map of the Soul: Persona<\/em>(230,000) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/khalid\">Khalid<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Free Spirit<\/em>&nbsp;(202,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No. 6<\/em>\u2019s starting sum of 173,000 units is comprised of 70,000 in album sales, 10,000 in TEA units, and 93,000 in SEA units. The latter SEA units sum translates to 121.17 million on-demand audio streams for the set\u2019s songs during the tracking week. That\u2019s the biggest streaming week for a pop album by a male artist since the debut of Sheeran\u2019s last album,&nbsp;<em>\u00f7<\/em>&nbsp;(<em>Divide<\/em>), when it racked up 134.58 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks (March 25, 2017-dated chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably,\u00a0<em>No. 6<\/em>\u2019s healthy sales start of 70,000 was achieved without the employment of a concert ticket\/album sale redemption offer, nor the selling of countless merchandise\/album bundles &#8212; as has become familiar to many a No. 1 album. (Though, Sheeran did offer a few basic merch bundles via his official website with a\u00a0<em>No. 6<\/em>-branded T-shirt, sweatshirt and hat.)\u00a0<em>No. 6<\/em>\u2019s sales were driven mostly by old-fashioned album sales through sellers like Target, Walmart, Amazon and iTunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Eilish\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?&nbsp;<\/em>is a non-mover with 60,000 equivalent album units earned (up 20%). The gain is likely spurred by interest driven courtesy of a new remix of the set\u2019s \u201cBad Guy,\u201d with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/justin-bieber\">Justin Bieber<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Revenge of the Dreamers III<\/em>&nbsp;set slips from No. 1 to No. 3 in its second week, with 55,000 units (down 53%), while Lil Nas X\u2019s 7 is steady at No. 4 with 50,000 units (up 3%).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chris-brown\">Chris Brown<\/a>\u2019s former leader Indigo dips from No. 3 to No. 5 with 42,000 units (down 14%), while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lizzo\">Lizzo<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Cuz I Love You<\/em>&nbsp;is stationary at No. 6 with 33,000 units (up 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A trio of former No. 1s are next: Khalid\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Free Spirit<\/em>&nbsp;holds at No. 7 with 31,000 units (down 3%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\">Post Malone<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>beerbongs &amp; bentleys<\/em>&nbsp;stands still at No. 8 with 25,000 units (up less than 1%) and Jonas Brothers\u2019&nbsp;<em>Happiness Begins<\/em>&nbsp;climbs 10-9 with 23,000 units (down 5%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing out the top 10 is DaBaby\u2019s\u00a0<em>Baby On Baby<\/em>, as it rises 14-10 with 23,000 units (down 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1494\" data-postid=\"1494\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1494 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set launches with biggest week of 2019 for a pop album by a male artist. 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