{"id":2266,"date":"2021-05-16T16:44:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T23:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:35","slug":"moneybagg-yos-a-gangstas-pain-returns-to-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2266","title":{"rendered":"Moneybagg Yo&#8217;s &#8216;A Gangsta\u2019s Pain&#8217; Returns to 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<p>It\u2019s a quiet week in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/moneybagg-yo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moneybagg Yo<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>A Gangsta\u2019s Pain<\/em>&nbsp;returns to No. 1 while no albums debut in the top 10 for the first time in two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Gangsta\u2019s Pain<\/em>&nbsp;rises 2-1 in its third week, after earning 61,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 12 (down 12%), according to MRC Data. The album&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/9566346\/moneybagg-yo-a-gangstas-pain-album-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debuted atop the chart<\/a>&nbsp;dated May 8 with 110,000 units.<\/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 May 22-dated chart (where\u00a0<em>A Gangsta\u2019s Pain\u00a0<\/em>returns to No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s website on May 18. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Gangsta\u2019s Pai<\/em>n\u2019s 61,000 units earned are nearly all from streaming activity, as SEA units comprise 60,000 of its total for the week. Further, the album\u2019s 61,000 units is the second-lowest total for a weekly No. 1 album in 2021. Only&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Evermore<\/em>&nbsp;has posted a smaller week at No. 1 this year, when it returned to the top for a third nonconsecutive week on the chart dated Jan. 16 with 56,000 units (earned in the week ending Jan. 7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zero albums debut in the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 &#8212; the first time that\u2019s happened since the March 13-dated chart.<\/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>&nbsp;rises 3-2 with 52,000 equivalent album units earned (down 3%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/dj-khaled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DJ Khaled<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Khaled Khaled<\/em>&nbsp;dips 1-3 in its second week with 46,000 units (down 51%), and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/justin-bieber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justin Bieber<\/a>\u2019s former leader&nbsp;<em>Justice<\/em>&nbsp;is steady at No. 4 with 38,000 units (down 10%).<\/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<\/em>&nbsp;is next, as it rises 7-5 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned. It\u2019s the only album in the top 10 that gains in units, and it remains the lone album by a woman in the top 10. (It\u2019s also the only album in the top 10 that\u2019s yet to be No. 1. It peaked at No. 3 in March.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rod-wave\" target=\"_blank\">Rod Wave<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>SoulFly<\/em>\u00a0is a non-mover at No. 6 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned (down 10%), the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/young-thug\" target=\"_blank\">Young Thug<\/a>-led\u00a0<em>Slime Language 2<\/em>\u00a0project falls 5-7 with just over 31,000 units (down 22%),\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop-smoke\" target=\"_blank\">Pop Smoke<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon<\/em>\u00a0is stationary at No. 8 with 31,000 units (down 3%),\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop-smoke\" target=\"_blank\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>After Hours<\/em>\u00a0is steady at No. 9 with 29,000 units (down 9%), and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/luke-combs\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Combs<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>What You See Is What You Get<\/em>\u00a0rises 11-10 with 27,000 units (down 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billoard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2266\" data-postid=\"2266\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2266 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a quiet week in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as&nbsp;Moneybagg Yo\u2019s&nbsp;A Gangsta\u2019s Pain&nbsp;returns to No. 1 while no albums debut in the top 10 for the first time in two months. 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