{"id":2418,"date":"2021-09-19T18:11:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T01:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2418"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:33","slug":"drakes-certified-lover-boy-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2418","title":{"rendered":"Drake&#8217;s &#8216;Certified Lover Boy&#8217; Spends Second Week 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: Kacey Musgraves and Baby Keem debut in the top five, while Metallica\u2019s self-titled album returns to the top 10 after its 30th anniversary reissue.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/drake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Certified Lover Boy<\/em>&nbsp;spends a second week atop the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;albums chart, as the set earned 236,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 16 (down 61%), according to MRC Data. The set opened at No. 1 a week ago with the year\u2019s biggest week for an album, 613,000 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/kacey-musgraves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kacey Musgraves<\/a>\u2019&nbsp;<em>Star-Crossed<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 3,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/baby-keem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baby Keem<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Melodic Blue<\/em>&nbsp;bows at No. 5 and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/metallica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metallica<\/a>\u2019s 1991 self-titled album (often referred to as The Black Album) jumps from No. 158 to No. 9 following its 30th anniversary reissue.<\/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 Sept. 25, 2021-dated chart (where\u00a0<em>Certified Lover Boy<\/em>\u00a0holds at No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s website on Sept. 21. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>Certified Lover Boy<\/em>\u2019s 236,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 16, SEA units comprise 227,000 units (down 60%, equaling 305.43 million on-demand streams of the album\u2019s 21 tracks), album sales comprise 6,500 (down 86%) and TEA units comprise 2,500 units (down 45%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of Drake\u2019s 10 No. 1 albums,&nbsp;<em>Certified<\/em>&nbsp;is his fourth to spend more than a week atop the list. His other multiple-week chart-toppers are&nbsp;<em>Scorpion<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 1 for five weeks in 2018),&nbsp;<em>More Life<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 1 for three weeks in 2017) and&nbsp;<em>Views<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 1 for 13 weeks in 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/kanye-west\" target=\"_blank\">Kanye West<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>Donda<\/em>\u00a0is a non-mover at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, with 79,000 equivalent album units earned (down 44%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kacey Musgraves\u2019 new studio album&nbsp;<em>Star-Crossed<\/em>&nbsp;debuts at No. 3 with 77,000 equivalent album units earned, scoring the singer-songwriter her fourth top five-charting effort. Plus, the album\u2019s 77,000 units marks Musgraves\u2019 largest week, by units earned, since the Billboard 200 began measuring by units in December of 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>Star-Crossed<\/em>\u2019s 77,000 units, album sales comprise 47,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 30,000 (equaling 38.23 million on-demand streams of the album\u2019s tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 units.&nbsp;<em>Star-Crossed<\/em>\u2019s sales of 47,000 mark Musgraves\u2019 second-largest sales week, trailing only the debut of&nbsp;<em>Pageant Material<\/em>, which bowed with 55,000 sold (July 11, 2015-dated chart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Star-Crossed<\/em>&nbsp;also logs the second-largest debut streaming week for a country album by a woman, in terms of on-demand streams (38.23 million). Only Taylor Swift\u2019s re-recorded&nbsp;<em>Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>&nbsp;had a larger debut frame, when it launched with 142.98 million clicks on the April 24, 2021-dated chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Star-Crossed<\/em>\u00a0follows Musgraves\u2019 2018 album\u00a0<em>Golden Hour<\/em>, which debuted and peaked at No. 4 on the April 14, 2018 chart. The set would later win two Grammy Awards, for best country album and for album of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/olivia-rodrigo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>Sour<\/em>&nbsp;is stationary at No. 4 with 54,000 equivalent album units earned (down 11%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baby Keem\u2019s debut album&nbsp;<em>The Melodic Blue<\/em>&nbsp;bows at No. 5 with 53,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 52,000 (equaling 70.13 million on-demand streams of the set\u2019s tracks), album sales comprise 1,000 and TEA units comprise less than 1,000. The set features two collaborations with Baby Keem\u2019s cousin Kendrick Lamar as well as a joint effort with Travis Scott and a track featuring Don Toliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/doja-cat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doja Cat<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Planet Her<\/em>&nbsp;falls from No. 5 to No. 6 with 50,000 equivalent album units earned \u2013 though it\u2019s up 1% for the week. During the tracking frame, she pulled double-duty on the Sept. 12 MTV Video Music Awards, as the show\u2019s host and a performer. She also took home the award for best collaboration, for the album\u2019s \u201cKiss Me More\u201d featuring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/sza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SZA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-kid-laroi\" target=\"_blank\">The Kid LAROI<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>F*ck Love<\/em>\u00a0rises 8-7 with 39,000 equivalent album units (down less than 1%) and Morgan Wallen\u2019s\u00a0<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>\u00a0dips 6-8 with just under 39,000 units (down 3%). Both albums previously hit No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metallica\u2019s 1991 self-titled No. 1 album (often referred to as The Black Album, due to its stark black cover) surges from No. 158 to No. 9 in the wake of its 30th anniversary reissue on Sept. 10 in a variety of formats. The set earned 37,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Sept. 16 (up 397%). Of that sum, album sales comprise 29,000 (up 1,365%), SEA units comprise nearly 7,000 (up 34%, equaling 9.17 million on-demand streams of the set\u2019s tracks) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (up 101%). All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Metallica<\/em>&nbsp;returns to the top 10, and its highest rank, for the first time in 29 years. It was last in the top 10 on the Aug. 22, 1992, chart (at No. 10) and was last higher on the April 11, 1992, tally (No. 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The self-titled set became the band\u2019s first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (of six to-date), and it debuted atop the list dated Aug. 31, 1991 and spent four straight and total weeks at No. 1.&nbsp;<em>Metallica<\/em>&nbsp;remains the top-selling album in the U.S. since MRC Data began electronically tracking music sales in 1991, with 17.3 million copies sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Billboard 200\u2019s latest top 10 is\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/billie-eilish\" target=\"_blank\">Billie Eilish<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>Happier Than Ever<\/em>, falling 7-10 with 34,000 equivalent album units (down 14%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2418\" data-postid=\"2418\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2418 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Kacey Musgraves and Baby Keem debut in the top five, while Metallica\u2019s self-titled album returns to the top 10 after its 30th anniversary reissue. 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