{"id":1614,"date":"2019-11-17T12:38:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T20:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:38","slug":"luke-combs-lands-first-no-1-album-with-record-setting-week-on-billboard-200-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1614","title":{"rendered":"Luke Combs Lands First No. 1 Album with Record-Setting Week on Billboard 200 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\">Combs\u2019 &#8216;What You See Is What You Get&#8217; breaks record for biggest streaming week for a country album.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/luke-combs\">Luke Combs<\/a>&nbsp;blasts in at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;albums chart with his new release,&nbsp;<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>. The country album, which was released on Nov. 8 via River House\/Columbia Nashville, launches with 172,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 14, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 109,000 were in album sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>\u00a0marks Combs\u2019 first No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, it logs the largest week for a country album in over a year, and it&#8217;s the biggest streaming week ever for a country album.<\/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 Nov. 23-dated chart (where\u00a0<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>\u00a0debuts to No. 1) will be posted in full Nov. 19 on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>\u2019s overall unit start of 172,000, album sales comprise 109,000, TEA units equal 6,000 and SEA units total 58,000. The latter sum translates to 74 million on-demand audio streams for the album\u2019s 17 tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>&nbsp;is Combs\u2019 second full-length studio album, following 2017&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>This One\u2019s for You<\/em>. The latter peaked at No. 4 and has been in the top 40 every week since June 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some notable achievements for Combs with the bow of&nbsp;<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biggest Week for a Country Album in Over a Year<\/strong>: With 172,000 equivalent album units earned,\u00a0<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>\u00a0tallies the largest week for a country album in over a year. The last larger week earned by a country set came when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/carrie-underwood\">Carrie Underwood<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Cry Pretty<\/em>\u00a0bowed at No. 1 with 266,000 units on the Sept. 29, 2018-dated chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Second No. 1 Country Album in 2019<\/strong>:&nbsp;<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>&nbsp;is just the second country album to top the Billboard 200 in 2019, of a total of 35 No. 1 albums. Earlier in the year,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/thomas-rhett\">Thomas Rhett<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Center Point Road<\/em>&nbsp;logged country\u2019s first No. 1 of 2019, when it debuted atop the list dated June 15 and spent one week in the penthouse. In all of 2018, there were 40 total No. 1s, with three country leaders:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/jason-aldean\">Jason Aldean<\/a>\u200b\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Rearview Town<\/em>&nbsp;(one week, April 28), Underwood\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Cry Pretty<\/em>&nbsp;(Sept. 29) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/kane-brown\">Kane Brown<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Experiment<\/em>&nbsp;(one week, Nov. 24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Combs\u2019 Biggest Week in Units &amp; Album Sales<\/strong>:&nbsp;<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>&nbsp;logs Combs his largest week in both total units earned, and in album sales. His previous high in units came when&nbsp;<em>This One\u2019s for You<\/em>&nbsp;garnered 55,000 units (June 16, 2018-dated chart) after it was reissued with bonus tracks a year after its initial release. Combs\u2019 previous high in album sales was registered in the debut week of&nbsp;<em>This One\u2019s for You<\/em>, with 35,000 sold (June 24, 2017 chart).&nbsp;<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>\u2019s debut week was bolstered by a concert ticket\/album sale redemption offer with Combs\u2019 upcoming tour, in addition to some merchandise\/album bundles sold via Combs\u2019 official website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Record Streaming Week for a Country Album<\/strong>:&nbsp;<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>&nbsp;logged 58,000 in SEA units, which translates to 74 million on-demand audio streams for the album\u2019s 17 tracks during the tracking week ending Nov. 14. That easily smashes the previous one-week streaming record for a country album. Previously, Gene&nbsp;Autry\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Other Christmas Classics<\/em>&nbsp;held the record for the biggest streaming week for a country album, when it earned 43.71 million streams for its tracks on the Jan. 5-dated list &#8212; thanks heavily to Christmastime plays of the album\u2019s holiday favorites \u201cHere Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)\u201d and \u201cRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\">Post Malone<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding<\/em>\u00a0falls one rung, earning 72,000 equivalent album units (down 7%). The album has spent five nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/youngboy-never-broke-again\">YoungBoy Never Broke Again<\/a>\u2019s former leader&nbsp;<em>AI YoungBoy 2<\/em>&nbsp;is a non-mover at No. 3 with 50,000 equivalent album units (down 18%), Summer Walker\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Over It<\/em>&nbsp;climbs 5-4 with 48,000 units (though down 9%); and Taylor Swift\u2019s former topper&nbsp;<em>Lover<\/em>&nbsp;rises 8-5 with just over 38,000 units (up 12%). The latter gains partly due to consumption generated by the new version of the set\u2019s title track, now boasting Shawn Mendes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/kanye-west\">Kanye West<\/a>\u2019s previous No. 1\u00a0<em>Jesus Is King<\/em>\u00a0falls 2-6 with 38,000 equivalent album units (down 47%),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/dababy\">DaBaby<\/a>\u200b\u2019s former leader\u00a0<em>Kirk<\/em>\u00a0slips 6-7 with 32,000 units (down 11%), and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/billie-eilish\">Billie Eilish<\/a>\u200b\u2019s earlier No. 1\u00a0<em>When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?\u00a0<\/em>rises one spot to No. 8 with 31,000 units (down 2%). Rounding out the top 10:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/young-thug\">Young Thug<\/a>\u2019s previous No. 1\u00a0<em>So Much Fun<\/em>\u00a0slips 7-9 with 30,000 units (down 15%) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/\">Rod Wave<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Ghetto Gospel<\/em>\u00a0ascends 14-10 in its second chart week, with 27,000 units (up 24%). The latter gains thanks to the streaming popularity of the album\u2019s \u201cHeart On Ice\u201d remix featuring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-durk\">Lil Durk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1614\" data-postid=\"1614\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1614 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combs\u2019 &#8216;What You See Is What You Get&#8217; breaks record for biggest streaming week for a country album. Luke Combs&nbsp;blasts in at No. 1 on the&nbsp;Billboard 200&nbsp;albums chart with his new release,&nbsp;What You See Is What You Get. 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