{"id":2242,"date":"2021-04-25T17:21:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T00:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2242"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:36","slug":"slime-language-2-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2242","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Slime Language 2\u2019 Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums 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: Eric Church and Greta Van Fleet bow in the top 10.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The star-studded&nbsp;<em>Slime Language 2<\/em>&nbsp;project from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/young-thug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Young Thug<\/a>\u2019s Young Stoner Life Records debuts at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;albums chart, earning 113,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April 22, according to MRC Data. The vast majority of that sum was driven by streaming activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Slime Language 2<\/em>&nbsp;was released on April 16 via Young Stoner Life\/300. It\u2019s the third No. 1 for the Young Stoner Life label, following&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/gunna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gunna<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Wunna<\/em>&nbsp;in 2020 and label chief Young Thug\u2019s&nbsp;<em>So Much Fun<\/em>&nbsp;in 2019.<\/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). 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 May 1, 2021-dated chart (where&nbsp;<em>Slime Language 2<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s website on April 27. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.ARTISTS MENTIONED<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of\u00a0<em>Slime Language 2<\/em>\u2019s 113,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending April 22, SEA units comprise 106,000 (equaling 142.68 million on-demand streams of the album\u2019s tracks), album sales comprise 6,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 23-track&nbsp;<em>Slime Language 2<\/em>&nbsp;project showcases Young Stoner Life\u2019s family of artists such as Gunna, Yak Gotti, Lil Duke, T-Shyne and Lil Keed, as well as acts from outside the Young Stoner Life camp, including Drake, Lil Uzi Vert, Big Sean, NAV and Future. Young Thug himself performs on more than half of the album (13 of the 23 tracks), and, in turn, the set is billed on the chart to Young Thug &amp; Various Artists.&nbsp;<em>Slime Language 2<\/em>&nbsp;marks Young Thug\u2019s second No. 1 album, following&nbsp;<em>So Much Fun<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Slime Language 2<\/em>&nbsp;is the second R&amp;B\/hip-hop album released in 2021 to lead the Billboard 200, following&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rod-wave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rod Wave<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>SoulFly<\/em>&nbsp;(April 10-dated chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>&nbsp;falls 1-2 in its second week on the Billboard 200 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned (down 80%). The album debuted with 2021\u2019s biggest week yet, 291,000 units earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/morgan-wallen\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>\u00a0rises one spot to No. 3 with 56,000 equivalent album units earned (down 4%), and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/justin-bieber\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Bieber<\/a>\u2019s previous leader\u00a0<em>Justice<\/em>\u00a0dips 3-4 in its fifth week with 54,000 units (down 10%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/eric-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eric Church<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Heart<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 5 with 49,000 equivalent album units earned, marking his sixth top 10 (and sixth top five). Of<em>&nbsp;Heart<\/em>\u2019s starting sum, 40,000 comprise album sales (making it the top-selling album of the week), 8,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 10.54 million on-demand streams of the album\u2019s songs) and 1,000 comprise TEA units.<em>Heart<\/em>&nbsp;was released on April 16 and is one of three new albums from Church, collectively referred to as&nbsp;<em>Heart &amp; Soul<\/em>. The&nbsp;<em>&amp;<\/em>&nbsp;album is available only to members of the artist\u2019s Church Choir fan club, and&nbsp;<em>Soul<\/em>&nbsp;was released on April 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;<em>Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Heart<\/em>&nbsp;at Nos. 2, 3 and 5, it\u2019s the first time three country albums are in the top five together in over five years. It last&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/6762538\/chris-stapleton-tops-billboard-200-second-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">happened<\/a>&nbsp;on the Nov. 28, 2015-dated chart, when&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chris-stapleton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Stapleton<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Traveller<\/em>&nbsp;was at No. 1, followed by Church\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Mr. Misunderstood<\/em>&nbsp;at No. 2 and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/tim-mcgraw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tim McGraw<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Damn Country<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Music<\/em>&nbsp;at No. 5. That week, the chart was still basking in the glow of that year&#8217;s Country Music Association Awards (held on Nov. 4), where Stapleton and Church both performed. (Country albums are defined as those that have charted on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-albums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top Country Albums<\/a>&nbsp;chart.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rod Wave\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>SoulFly<\/em>\u00a0falls 5-6 on the new Billboard 200 with 46,000 equivalent album units earned (down 16%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rock band&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/greta-van-fleet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greta Van Fleet<\/a>&nbsp;scores its second Billboard 200 top 10, as&nbsp;<em>The Battle at Garden\u2019s Gate<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 7 with 44,000 equivalent album units earned. Of<em>&nbsp;Battle<\/em>\u2019s starting sum, 39,000 comprise album sales, 5,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 6.28 million on-demand streams of the album\u2019s songs) and less than 1,000 comprise TEA units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new album was preceded by the single \u201cMy Way, Soon,\u201d which marked the group\u2019s fifth No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mainstream Rock Airplay<\/a>&nbsp;chart (dated Jan. 30). A second track, \u201cHeat Above,\u201d climbed 15-14 (a new peak) on the most recently published chart (dated April 24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Highlights<\/em>\u00a0falls 7-8 on the Billboard 200 with 40,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%),\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/dua-lipa\" target=\"_blank\">Dua Lipa<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Future Nostalgia<\/em>\u00a0rises 10-9 with 35,000 units (up 6%) and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop-smoke\" target=\"_blank\">Pop Smoke<\/a>\u2019s former leader\u00a0<em>Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon<\/em>\u00a0dips 9-10 with 34,000 units (down 5%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2242\" data-postid=\"2242\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2242 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Eric Church and Greta Van Fleet bow in the top 10. 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