{"id":1518,"date":"2019-08-11T15:43:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T22:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:39","slug":"drake-achieves-ninth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-care-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1518","title":{"rendered":"Drake Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With &#8216;Care Package&#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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plus: Lil Durk &amp; \u201cDescendants 3\u201d soundtrack bow in top 10, Tool\u2019s \u201c\u00c6nima\u201d re-enters region after digital and streaming release.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/drake\">Drake<\/a>&nbsp;achieves his ninth No. 1 album on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart, as his new archival compilation album,&nbsp;<em>Care Package<\/em>, premieres in the top slot. The set, which was released on Aug. 2 via OVO Sound\/Republic Records, launches with 109,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 8, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 16,000 were in album sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Care Package<\/em>\u00a0collects 17 of Drake\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/hip-hop\/8525819\/drake-care-package-project-stream-now\">stray tracks<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 many of which were never officially released and only available via Soundcloud or YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Drake extends his own record for the most No. 1 albums this decade, as all nine of his leaders have arrived since 2010.\u00a0<em>Care Package<\/em>\u00a0is also the first No. 1 album for OVO Sound, the label co-founded by Drake. All of Drake\u2019s previous albums were released via Young Money\/Cash Money\/Republic.<\/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;Aug. 17-dated chart (where&nbsp;<em>Care Package&nbsp;<\/em>bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s websites on Aug. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Drake notching his ninth No. 1, he continues his remarkable run on the Billboard 200. He\u2019s charted 11 entries on the list, and just two of them have missed the top slot. This March, his&nbsp;<em>So Far Gone<\/em>&nbsp;mixtape, which was originally released for free in early 2009 but never commercially issued or distributed to streaming services until earlier this year,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/8499727\/drake-scores-10th-top-10-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-so-far-gone-mixtape\">peaked at No. 5 following its official release<\/a>. Then, back in 2009, the&nbsp;<em>So Far Gone<\/em>&nbsp;EP \u2014 a distillation of the original&nbsp;<em>So Far Gone<\/em>&nbsp;mixtape \u2014 marked Drake\u2019s first commercial album release and peaked at No. 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among artists with the most No. 1s on the Billboard 200, Drake is in legendary company. He\u2019s tied with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/garth-brooks\">Garth Brooks<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/eminem\">Eminem<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/madonna\">Madonna<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-rolling-stones\">The Rolling Stones<\/a>with nine each. Ahead of them:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-beatles\">The Beatles<\/a>\u00a0(19),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/jay-z\">Jay-Z<\/a>\u00a0(14),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/bruce-springstee\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/barbra-streisand\">Barbra Streisand<\/a>\u00a0(11), and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/elvis-presley\">Elvis Presley<\/a>\u00a0(10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Care Package<\/em>\u2019s first-week units totaled 109,000. Of that sum, 90,000 were via SEA units, equating to 115.5 million on-demand audio streams for its songs during the tracking week. The remainder of the album\u2019s starting unit sum came from TEA units (3,000) and album sales (16,000). Notably, the latter figure comprised only sales via digital retailers like the Apple iTunes Store.&nbsp;<em>Care Package<\/em>&nbsp;did not have any merchandise\/album bundles or a concert ticket\/album sale redemption offer in play \u2014 as has become the norm for many No. 1 albums. (<em>Care Package<\/em>&nbsp;is only available commercially as a digital download. No physical release for the set, on CD or otherwise, has been announced.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200,&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 former leader,&nbsp;<em>No.6 Collaborations Project<\/em>, rises one spot with 49,000 equivalent album units (down 16%).&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 previous chart-topper,&nbsp;<em>When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?<\/em>, also climbs one rung (4-3) with 47,000 units (up less than 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-durk\">Lil Durk<\/a>&nbsp;scores his first top 10 album, as&nbsp;<em>Love Songs 4 the Streets 2<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 4 with 44,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 4,000 were in album sales. The set\u2019s entry was driven largely by streaming activity, with the album garnering 39,000 SEA units in its premiere frame (equaling 52.7 million on-demand audio streams for the set\u2019s songs). The rapper has tallied five previous entries on the Billboard 200, going as high as No. 14 in 2015 with&nbsp;<em>Remember My Name<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chris-brown\">Chris Brown<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>Indigo<\/em>\u00a0holds steady at No. 5 with 37,000 equivalent album units earned (down 9%), while NF\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Search<\/em>\u00a0dips from No. 1 to No. 6 in its second week, with 36,000 units (down 72%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Descendants 3<\/em>&nbsp;soundtrack takes a bow at No. 7 with just under 36,000 equivalent album units earned (with 23,000 of that sum in album sales). The soundtrack to&nbsp;<em>Descendants 3<\/em>&nbsp;was released on Aug. 2, the same day its parent film premiered on Disney Channel (which was also the first day of the chart\u2019s tracking week).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All three of the&nbsp;<em>Descendants<\/em>&nbsp;soundtracks have reached the top 10: the first debuted at No. 1 on the Aug. 22, 2015-dated list, while&nbsp;<em>Descendants 2<\/em>&nbsp;debuted and peaked at No. 6 on Aug. 12, 2017. Two other franchises that started on Disney Channel that also nabbed at least three top 10-charting soundtracks:&nbsp;<em>Hannah Montana<\/em>&nbsp;(three TV soundtracks, plus a theatrical film soundtrack) and&nbsp;<em>High School Musical<\/em>&nbsp;(two TV soundtracks, one theatrical film soundtrack). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lizzo\">Lizzo<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Cuz I Love You<\/em>&nbsp;dips 7-8 on the new Billboard 200 (34,000 units; down 8%) while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chance-the-rapper\">Chance the Rapper<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Big Day<\/em>&nbsp;falls 2-9 in its second week (33,000 units; down 70%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing out the top 10 is a re-entry for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/tool\">Tool<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>\u00c6nima<\/em>\u00a0at No. 10. The set \u2013 which debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 1996 \u2013 was released via digital retailers and streaming services for the first time on Aug. 2, along with most of the rock band\u2019s catalog. The album bounds back onto the list with 33,000 equivalent album units earned (up 5,900%), of which 18,000 were in album sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1518\" data-postid=\"1518\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1518 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Lil Durk &amp; \u201cDescendants 3\u201d soundtrack bow in top 10, Tool\u2019s \u201c\u00c6nima\u201d re-enters region after digital and streaming release. Drake&nbsp;achieves his ninth No. 1 album on the&nbsp;Billboard 200&nbsp;chart, as his new archival compilation album,&nbsp;Care Package, premieres in the top slot. 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