{"id":1819,"date":"2020-05-24T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T23:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:44","slug":"future-flies-high-with-seventh-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1819","title":{"rendered":"Future Flies \u2018High\u2019 with Seventh No. 1 Album 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\">Plus: Polo G\u2019s \u201cThe Goat\u201d debuts at No. 2, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit\u2019s \u201cReunions\u201d surges into top 10 after wide release.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Future<\/a>&nbsp;flies in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with his seventh chart-topper, as&nbsp;<em>High Off Life<\/em>&nbsp;enters at No. 1. The album, which was released via Freebandz\/Epic Records on May 15, earned 153,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 21, according to Nielsen Music\/MRC Data &#8212; Future\u2019s biggest week, in terms of units, for a solo album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>High Off Life<\/em>\u2019s first-week units, 16,000 are in album sales, while nearly all of the remaining units are from streaming activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the new top 10:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/polo-g\" target=\"_blank\">Polo G<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Goat<\/em>\u00a0bows at No. 2 with 99,000 units, and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/jason-isbell\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Isbell<\/a>\u00a0and The 400 Unit\u2019s\u00a0<em>Reunions<\/em>\u00a0jumps from No. 149 to No. 9 after its first week of wide release.<\/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 comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new May 30-dated chart (where&nbsp;<em>High Off Life<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s website on May 27 (one day later than usual, owed to the Memorial Day holiday on May 25 in the U.S.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>High Off Life<\/em>\u2019s starting sum of 153,000 equivalent album units, SEA units comprise 134,000 (equating to 186.3 million on-demand streams of the set\u2019s 21 tracks in the week ending May 21), album sales total 16,000 and TEA units equal a little more than 2,000. Most of the album\u2019s 16,000 in sales are from 17 merchandise\/album bundles and two signed physical format\/digital album configurations sold through Future\u2019s official webstore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>High Off Life<\/em>\u2019s overall start of 153,000 units also marks the rapper\u2019s biggest week in terms of units earned, for a solo album, surpassing the 151,000-unit launch of\u00a0<em>DS2<\/em>\u00a0in August 2015 at No. 1. (Future has logged one larger week, by way of his joint album with\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/drake\" target=\"_blank\">Drake<\/a>,\u00a0<em>What a Time to Be Alive<\/em>, which bowed at No. 1 with 376,000 in October of 2015.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the latest Billboard 200, Future hit No. 1 with&nbsp;<em>Future HNDRXX Presents: The WIZRD<\/em>&nbsp;(in 2019),&nbsp;<em>HNDRXX<\/em>, a self-titled album (both in 2017),&nbsp;<em>Evol<\/em>&nbsp;(2016),&nbsp;<em>What a Time to Be Alive<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>DS2<\/em>&nbsp;(both in 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Polo G logs his highest charting album and best week in terms of units earned, as&nbsp;<em>The Goat&nbsp;<\/em>debuts with 99,000 equivalent album units earned.&nbsp;<em>The Goat<\/em>&nbsp;beats Polo G\u2019s previous high, when his only other charting effort,&nbsp;<em>Die a Legend<\/em>, debuted and peaked at No. 6 in June 2019 with 38,000 units earned in its first week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Goat<\/em>\u2019s start of 99,000 units is driven by 85,000 SEA units (totaling 129.4 million in on-demand streams of the set\u2019s songs), 14,000 in album sales, and less than 1,000 in TEA units. Like Future\u2019s new album,\u00a0<em>The Goat<\/em>\u00a0also sees most of its 14,000 in album sales derived from merchandise\/album bundles (22 in total) and two signed physical format\/digital album configurations available via Polo G\u2019s official webstore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-baby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lil Baby<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>My Turn<\/em>&nbsp;climbs one spot to No. 3 on the new Billboard 200, with 65,000 equivalent album units earned (down 11%), Drake\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Dark Lane Demo Tapes<\/em>&nbsp;dips from No. 3 to No. 4 with 58,000 units (down 27%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/dababy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DaBaby<\/a>\u2019s former chart-topper&nbsp;<em>Blame It On Baby<\/em>&nbsp;rises 6-5 with 44,000 units (down 3%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three former leaders are up next on the chart, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-uzi-vert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lil Uzi Vert<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Eternal Atake<\/em>&nbsp;ascends 8-6 with 39,000 units (down 6%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;lifts 9-7 with 38,000 units (down 6%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Post Malone<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding<\/em>&nbsp;rises 10-9 with 37,000 units (up 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit\u2019s\u00a0<em>Reunions<\/em>\u00a0rushes to the top 10, as the album vaults from No. 149 to No. 9 in its second chart week &#8212; and after its first week of wide availability. The set earned 35,000 equivalent album units &#8212; up 388%. A week ago, the album arrived on the list with 7,000 units, all from CD and vinyl album sales, after the album was released a week early on May 8 to independent music stores. The set jumps into the top 10 after going wide to all retailers, and reaching streaming services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reunions<\/em>&nbsp;is the third top 10 for singer-songwriter Isbell, who previously visited the region with&nbsp;<em>The Nashville Sound<\/em>&nbsp;(with The 400 Unit, No. 4 in 2017) and&nbsp;<em>Something More Than Free<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 6 in 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing out the new top 10 is\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/nav\" target=\"_blank\">NAV<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Good Intentions<\/em>, which falls from No. 1 to No. 10 in its second week, with just under 35,000 equivalent album units (down 74%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1819\" data-postid=\"1819\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1819 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Polo G\u2019s \u201cThe Goat\u201d debuts at No. 2, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit\u2019s \u201cReunions\u201d surges into top 10 after wide release. 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