{"id":2218,"date":"2021-04-04T12:24:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T19:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:36","slug":"rod-wave-earns-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-soulfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2218","title":{"rendered":"Rod Wave Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with &#8216;SoulFly&#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: NF, Carrie Underwood, Young Dolph &amp; Key Glock and AJR debut in top 10.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rod-wave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rod Wave<\/a>&nbsp;earns his first No. 1 album on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart, as&nbsp;<em>SoulFly<\/em>&nbsp;opens with 130,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 1, according to MRC Data. With the arrival,&nbsp;<em>SoulFly<\/em>&nbsp;also notches the biggest week for an R&amp;B\/hip-hop album in 2021 in terms of units earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also debuting in the top 10:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/nf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NF<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Clouds (The Mixtape)<\/em>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/carrie-underwood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carrie Underwood<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>My Savior<\/em>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/young-dolph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Young Dolph<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/key-glock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Key Glock<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Dum and Dummer 2<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ajr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AJR<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>OK Orchestra<\/em>.<\/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 comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid\/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new April 10, 2021-dated chart (where\u00a0<em>SoulFly<\/em>\u00a0bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s website on April 6. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>SoulFly<\/em>\u2019s 130,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending April 1, SEA units comprise 126,000 (equaling 189.2 million on-demand streams of the album\u2019s songs \u2014 the largest streaming week of 2021 for an R&amp;B\/hip-hop set), album sales comprise 4,000 and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.&nbsp;<em>SoulFly<\/em>&nbsp;logs the biggest week for an R&amp;B\/hip-hop set released in 2021 in terms of units earned, surpassing the 88,000-unit launch of The Weeknd\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;(Feb. 20-dated chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total,&nbsp;<em>SoulFly<\/em>&nbsp;is the rapper\u2019s third charting album, and all three have reached the top 10, each peaking higher than the last.&nbsp;<em>Ghetto Gospel<\/em>&nbsp;topped out at No. 10 (Nov. 23, 2019-dated chart) and&nbsp;<em>Pray 4 Love<\/em>&nbsp;debuted and peaked at No. 2 (April 18, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 19-track&nbsp;<em>SoulFly<\/em>&nbsp;album also handily outpaces the opening week of 14-track&nbsp;<em>Pray 4 Love<\/em>, which launched with 72,000 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>SoulFly<\/em>&nbsp;is just the second R&amp;B\/hip-hop album to hit No. 1 the last five months. The last R&amp;B\/hip-hop effort to lead the tally was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/playboi-carti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Playboi Carti<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Whole Lotta Red<\/em>, which spent one week at No. 1 on the Jan. 9 chart. Before that, the last R&amp;B\/hip-hop leader was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop-smoke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pop Smoke<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon<\/em>, which spent its second of two nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Oct. 24, 2020-dated chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>SoulFly<\/em>\u00a0was previewed by the tracks \u201cStreet Runner\u201d and \u201cTombstone,\u201d which both debuted in the top 40 of the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\" target=\"_blank\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart. The former also launched in the top 40 of the all-genre\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>\u00a0tally, giving Wave his third top 40-charting hit on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/justin-bieber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justin Bieber<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Justice<\/em>&nbsp;falls to No. 2 in its second week on the Billboard 200, earning 100,000 equivalent album units (down 35%).&nbsp;<em>Justice<\/em>\u2019s second-week decline was eased by the release of a deluxe edition of the album on March 26, dubbed the Triple Chucks Deluxe, which added six bonus tracks to the album\u2019s original 16 tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NF\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Clouds (The Mixtape)<\/em>&nbsp;starts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 86,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that figure, 58,000 comprise album sales, 27,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 40.51 million on-demand streams of the album\u2019s songs) and less than 1,000 comprise TEA units. It\u2019s the rapper\u2019s third top 10 effort and fifth charting album overall. He previously hit the list with&nbsp;<em>The Search<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 1 in 2019),&nbsp;<em>Perception<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 1, 2017),&nbsp;<em>Therapy Session<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 12, 2016) and&nbsp;<em>Mansion<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 62, 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carrie Underwood\u2019s&nbsp;<em>My Savior<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, marking her ninth consecutive top five-charting album \u2013 the entirety of her charting efforts. The set starts with 73,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 68,000 comprise album sales (making it the top-selling album of the week), 4,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 5.32 million on-demand streams of the album\u2019s songs) and 1,000 comprise TEA units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>My Savior<\/em>\u00a0features Underwood covering traditional hymns such as \u201cAmazing Grace,\u201d \u201cHow Great Thou Art\u201d and \u201cThe Old Rugged Cross.\u201d The set was ushered in with a performance by Underwood on NBC\u2019s\u00a0<em>Today<\/em>\u00a0on March 26.\u00a0<em>My Savior<\/em>\u2019s second-week on the chart will be supported by an Easter Sunday (April 4) virtual\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/9551055\/carrie-underwood-delivers-a-powerful-easter-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\">live concert performance<\/a>\u00a0by Underwood at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, streamed from the star\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/morgan-wallen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1,&nbsp;<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>, falls 3-5 with 63,000 equivalent album units earned (down 5%). The set spent its first 10 weeks at No. 1 before dropping to No. 3 a week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s hits compilation&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;moves 15-6 with 45,000 equivalent album units earned (up 89%).&nbsp;<em>Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;includes \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d and \u201cSave Your Tears\u201d \u2013 both of which are also on his last studio album, 2020\u2019s&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>. On the new chart, the TEA and SEA units for both songs contribute to&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>, as a song\u2019s activity is assigned to the artist\u2019s album with the most sales in a week. (<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;sold a little over 2,000 copies in the latest tracking week, while&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;sold under 2,000.) A week ago, the TEA and SEA for both songs were directed to&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;(which in that frame outsold&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop-smoke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pop Smoke<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon<\/em>&nbsp;dips 4-7 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (down 4%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teaming of rappers Young Dolph and Key Glock continues to be prosperous, as the pair score its second top 10 album together with the No. 8 arrival of&nbsp;<em>Dum and Dummer 2<\/em>. The twosome previously hit the top 10 with&nbsp;<em>Dum and Dummer<\/em>, debuting and peaking at No. 8 in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dum and Dummer<\/em>&nbsp;2 bows with nearly 36,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 31,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 42.73 million on-demand streams of the set\u2019s songs), 4,000 comprise album sales and less than 1,000 comprise TEA units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dum and Dummer 2<\/em>\u00a0is Young Dolph\u2019s third top 10, following\u00a0<em>Dum and Dummer<\/em>\u00a0and a solo project\u00a0<em>Rich Slave<\/em>\u00a0(No. 4 in 2020), and the second top 10 for Key Glock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/dua-lipa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dua Lipa<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Future Nostalgia&nbsp;<\/em>slips 5-9 on the Billboard 200 with 35,500 equivalent album units earned (down 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AJR closes out the top 10 as the trio\u2019s new album&nbsp;<em>OK Orchestra<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 10 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned. It\u2019s the second top 10 for the band, which previously hit the region with its last release, 2019\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Neotheater<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 9 on the May 11, 2019, chart). The new album was led by the group\u2019s first top 10 hit song on the Hot 100, \u201cBang!,\u201d which peaked at No. 8 in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of\u00a0<em>OK Orchestra<\/em>\u2019s launch of 32,000 units, 18,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 26.17 million on-demand streams of the album\u2019s songs), 13,000 comprise album sales and less than 1,000 comprise TEA units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2218\" data-postid=\"2218\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2218 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: NF, Carrie Underwood, Young Dolph &amp; Key Glock and AJR debut in top 10. 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