{"id":1502,"date":"2019-07-28T14:26:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:39","slug":"ed-sheerans-no-6-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart-beyonce-nas-bow-in-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1502","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran&#8217;s &#8216;No. 6&#8217; Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Beyonce &#038; Nas Bow in Top 10"},"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>After debuting at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;albums chart&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/8523132\/ed-sheeran-no-6-is-no-1-star-studded-collaborations-project-debuts-no-1-billboard-albums-chart\">a week ago<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ed-sheeran\">Ed&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ed-sheeran\">Sheeran<\/a>\u2019s star-studded&nbsp;<em>No. 6 Collaborations Project<\/em>&nbsp;rules the list for a second week, making it the first album to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 in four months. The last title to do so was Juice WRLD\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Death Race for Love<\/em>, which opened at No. 1 on the March 23-dated list, and held on for its second, and so-far final, frame on March 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No. 6<\/em>&nbsp;earned 78,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 25 in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. That\u2019s down 55% compared to its debut of 173,000 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\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. 3-dated chart (where\u00a0<em>No. 6\u00a0<\/em>holds at No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s websites on July 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>No. 6<\/em>\u2019s second-week total units, 16,000 were in album sales (down 77%), which keeps the set at No. 1 for a second week on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/top-album-sales\">Top Album Sales<\/a>&nbsp;chart. The remainder of&nbsp;<em>No. 6<\/em>\u2019s second-week unit total was comprised of 5,000 TEA units (down 52%) and 57,000 SEA units (down 39%). The latter sum equates to 74.7 million on-demand audio streams for the album\u2019s tunes during the tracking week \u2014 which makes it the most-streamed album of the week for the second week in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/beyonce\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>, who voices the character Nala in Disney\u2019s new\u00a0<em>The Lion King<\/em>film, sees her\u00a0<em>King<\/em>-inspired album\u00a0<em>The Lion King: The Gift<\/em>\u00a0debut at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 chart with 54,000 equivalent album units earned (with 11,000 of that sum in album sales). The album was released on July 19 via Parkwood\/Columbia Records. The set, which is billed to Beyonc\u00e9 &amp; Various Artists, boasts Queen Bey performing on 10 of the album\u2019s 14 songs. Those songs include \u201cSpirit,\u201d which is also heard in the film and included on its Walt Disney Records soundtrack, which zooms 31-13 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9 executive produced and curated&nbsp;<em>The Lion King: The Gift<\/em>, and also is a producer on each of the set\u2019s tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Lion King: The Gift<\/em>\u00a0marks Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s ninth top 10 effort on the Billboard 200 as a soloist, and second\u00a0<em>new<\/em>\u00a0top 10 of 2019, following\u00a0<em>Homecoming: The Live Album<\/em>\u00a0(a debut at No. 4, May 4). Notably, Beyonc\u00e9 is just the second act of 2019, and first woman, to achieve two new top 10s this year. She follows\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/future\">Future<\/a>, who notched two new top 10s with\u00a0<em>Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD<\/em>\u00a0(No. 1 on Feb. 2) and\u00a0<em>Save Me<\/em>(No. 5 on June 22). (Beyonc\u00e9 has actually seen\u00a0<em>three<\/em>\u00a0of her albums visit the top 10 in 2019 \u2014 the only act to achieve that feat this year. In addition to\u00a0<em>The Lion King: The Gift<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Homecoming<\/em>, her 2016 No. 1\u00a0<em>Lemonade<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/8509027\/beyonces-lemonade-album-returns-top-10-billboard-200\">returned<\/a>\u00a0to the top 10 on the May 4-dated chart.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At No. 3 on the new Billboard 200,&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 former leader&nbsp;<em>When<\/em>&nbsp;<em>We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go<\/em>? falls one slot with 51,000 equivalent album units (down 16%). Lil Nas X\u2019s&nbsp;<em>7<\/em>&nbsp;is steady at No. 4 with 43,000 units (down 13%), the multi-artist&nbsp;<em>Revenge of the Dreamers III<\/em>&nbsp;project dips 3-5 with 41,000 units (down 24%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chris-brown\">Chris Brown<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>Indigo<\/em>&nbsp;slides 5-6 with 37,000 units (down 13%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lizzo\">Lizzo<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Cuz I Love You<\/em>&nbsp;falls 6-7 with 33,000 units (down 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pair of former chart-toppers are next on the list, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/khalid\">Khalid<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Free Spirit<\/em>&nbsp;descends 7-8 with 32,000 units (though up 5%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\">Post Malone<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>beerbongs &amp; bentleys<\/em>&nbsp;falls 8-9 with 25,000 units (down 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing out the top 10 is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/nas\">Nas<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>The Lost Tapes 2<\/em>, which bows at No. 10 with 23,000 equivalent album units earned (with 12,000 of that sum in album sales). The archival compilation project, featuring unreleased tracks recorded for earlier Nas albums, marks the artist\u2019s 13th top 10 effort. Nas was last in the top 10 with 2018\u2019s\u00a0<em>Nasir<\/em>, which debuted and peaked at No. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1502\" data-postid=\"1502\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1502 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After debuting at No. 1 on the&nbsp;Billboard 200&nbsp;albums chart&nbsp;a week ago,&nbsp;Ed&nbsp;Sheeran\u2019s star-studded&nbsp;No. 6 Collaborations Project&nbsp;rules the list for a second week, making it the first album to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 in four months. 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