{"id":2543,"date":"2022-01-17T17:46:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T01:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:26","slug":"gunna-scores-second-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-ds4ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2543","title":{"rendered":"Gunna Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with \u2018DS4Ever\u2019"},"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: The Weeknd&#8217;s &#8216;Dawn FM&#8217; arrives at No. 2. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/gunna\">Gunna<\/a>\u00a0scores his second No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0albums chart as\u00a0<em>DS4Ever<\/em>\u00a0debuts atop the tally (dated Jan. 22). The rapper previously led the list with his last release,\u00a0<em>Wunna<\/em>, which bowed at No. 1 on the June 6, 2020-dated chart. In total,\u00a0<em>DS4Ever<\/em>\u00a0is his fifth charting album and fourth top 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The star-studded, 19-track\u00a0<em>DS4Ever<\/em>\u00a0album was released on Jan. 7 and boasts collaborations with and\/or featured turns from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/21-savage\">21 Savage<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chris-brown\">Chris Brown<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/future\">Future<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-baby\">Lil Baby<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/roddy-ricch\">Roddy Ricch<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/young-thug\">Young Thug<\/a>, among others. The album and its release date were announced on Jan. 1, after months of speculation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>DS4Ever<\/em>&nbsp;launches with 150,300 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 13, according to MRC Data, nearly all from streaming activity. The launch marks his best week yet in terms of units earned. His previous largest week, by units, was the opening frame of&nbsp;<em>Drip Harder<\/em>, a joint album with Lil Baby, and its 130,000 units in 2018.<\/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 Jan 22, 2022-dated chart (where<em>&nbsp;DS4Ever<\/em>&nbsp;bows No. 1) will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Jan. 19 \u2013 one day later than usual, owed to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on Jan. 17 in the U.S. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>DS4Ever<\/em>\u2019s 150,300 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 144,600 (equaling 193.5 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs in its first week, making it the most-streamed album of the week), album sales comprise 4,700 and TEA units comprise 1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>DS4Ever<\/em>\u00a0dropped on Jan. 7 as a 19-track standard album via streaming services and digital retail. On Jan. 11, a deluxe edition with four bonus tracks was briefly released to streamers and digital retail, but was pulled down that same day. A 20-track edition of the album, which added \u201cP Power\u201d featuring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/drake\">Drake<\/a>, was released late in the day on Jan. 13, the final day of the tracking week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>DS4Ever<\/em>&nbsp;sold for as low as $7.99 in the iTunes Store during its first week, while Gunna\u2019s official webstore sold the digital album for $4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A CD edition of&nbsp;<em>DS4Ever<\/em>&nbsp;will not become widely available until late February or early March. However, a standard edition of the album garnered a limited release during street week, including its availability at Rough Trade in New York in conjunction with Gunna\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYorHIoPy0N\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in-store appearance at the location on Jan. 13<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>DS4Ever<\/em>&nbsp;is the fourth release in Gunna\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Drip Season<\/em>&nbsp;mixtape series. The first to chart from the series was&nbsp;<em>Drip Season 3<\/em>, which debuted and peaked at No. 55 in 2018. Gunna then followed it up with&nbsp;<em>Drip Harder<\/em>, a collaborative album with Lil Baby, which hit No. 4 later that year. In 2019, he released&nbsp;<em>Drip or Drown 2<\/em>, which peaked at No. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-weeknd\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s album&nbsp;<em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;arrives at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, securing the superstar his eighth top 10 album \u2013 the entirety of his charting releases. The 16-track&nbsp;<em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;was released on Jan. 7 and includes featured guest turns from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/tyler-the-creator\">Tyler, the Creator<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-wayne\">Lil Wayne<\/a>, and guest appearances by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/quincy-jones\">Quincy Jones<\/a>&nbsp;and Jim Carrey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;tunes in with 148,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 13, according to MRC Data. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 131,300 (equaling 173.04 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs), album sales comprise 14,800 and TEA units comprise 1,900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;is the follow-up to The Weeknd\u2019s No. 1 2020 release&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>, which launched a trio of No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: \u201cHeartless,\u201d \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d and \u201cSave Your Tears\u201d (with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ariana-grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;was led by the single \u201cTake My Breath,\u201d which debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100 dated Aug. 21, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album\u2019s title and its release date were formally announced on Jan. 3 by The Weeknd after months of build-up. The set was initially teased in mid-2021, and the artist even\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBMAs\/status\/1396652807118151680\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a>\u00a0on the May 23 Billboard Music Awards that \u201cthe\u00a0<em>After Hours<\/em>\u00a0are done and the dawn is coming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;was only available via streamers and digital download during its release week. Its CD edition is slated to be released on Jan. 28, while its vinyl LP and cassette editions are scheduled to bow on April 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;garnered a 19-track deluxe edition release in the midst of its first week, as on Jan. 12 an expanded version of the album, dubbed&nbsp;<em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;(Alternate World), hit streaming services and digital retailers. The deluxe set included three new tracks: the previously released stand-alone single \u201cMoth to a Flame,\u201d with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/swedish-house-mafia\">Swedish House Mafia<\/a>, and a pair of remixes (for the album\u2019s lead single \u201cTake My Breath\u201d and the new cut \u201cSacrifice\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Jan. 13, the final day of the tracking week, The Weeknd released three \u201ccollector\u2019s\u201d digital album variants for the standard 16-track&nbsp;<em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;album via his webstore (each with alternative cover art, priced at $3.49), as well as a \u201cdigitally signed\u201d&nbsp;<em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;(Alternate World) digital album (priced at $5). In addition, The Weeknd\u2019s webstore sold the standard digital version of&nbsp;<em>Dawn FM<\/em>&nbsp;for as low as $3.49 during release week, while the iTunes Store sold the standard edition for $7.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At No. 3 on the new Billboard 200, the&nbsp;<em>Encanto<\/em>&nbsp;film soundtrack is pushed down from No. 1 to No. 3 \u2013 though with a 32% gain in equivalent album units earned, as the album continues to grow in popularity. The set tallied 95,700 units for the week \u2013 its highest single-week sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/adele\">Adele<\/a>\u2019s former leader&nbsp;<em>30<\/em>&nbsp;falls 2-4 with 48,300 equivalent album units earned (down 15%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/morgan-wallen\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>&nbsp;dips 3-5 with 42,800 units (up 2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Weeknd\u2019s hits compilation\u00a0<em>The Highlights<\/em>\u00a0climbs 8-6 with 36,300 equivalent album units (up 8%),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/olivia-rodrigo\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>Sour<\/em>\u00a0falls 4-7 with 35,600 units (down 14%), Drake\u2019s chart-topping\u00a0<em>Certified Lover Boy<\/em>\u00a0slips 6-8 with 35,100 units (down 4%) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/doja-cat\">Doja Cat<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Planet Her<\/em>\u00a0dips 7-9 with 33,600 units (down 2%). Rounding out the top 10 is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s former leader\u00a0<em>Red (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>\u00a0descends 5-10 with 33,200 units (down 12%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2543\" data-postid=\"2543\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2543 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: The Weeknd&#8217;s &#8216;Dawn FM&#8217; arrives at No. 2. Gunna\u00a0scores his second No. 1 on the\u00a0Billboard 200\u00a0albums chart as\u00a0DS4Ever\u00a0debuts atop the tally (dated Jan. 22). The rapper previously led the list with his last release,\u00a0Wunna, which bowed at No. 1 on the June 6, 2020-dated chart. In total,\u00a0DS4Ever\u00a0is his fifth charting album and fourth top [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-now","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","no-post-comment","no-post-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Gunna-Courtesy-of-Jif-press-2021-billboard-1548-16291498941.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2700,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions\/2700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}