{"id":3398,"date":"2022-08-21T22:11:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T22:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3398"},"modified":"2022-08-21T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T22:11:12","slug":"rod-waves-beautiful-mind-bows-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3398","title":{"rendered":"Rod Wave\u2019s \u2018Beautiful Mind\u2019 Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums\u00a0Chart"},"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: Megan Thee Stallion&#8217;s scores her fifth consecutive top 10 with &#8220;Traumazine.&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/rod-wave\">Rod Wave<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Beautiful Mind<\/em>\u00a0bows atop the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0chart (dated Aug. 27), scoring the rapper his second No. 1 album. The set enters with 115,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 18, according to Luminate. He previously topped the list with his last release,\u00a0<em>SoulFly<\/em>, which opened at No. 1 on the chart dated April 10, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the new top 10 of the Billboard 200,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/megan-thee-stallion\">Megan Thee Stallion<\/a>\u00a0scores her fifth top 10, all earned consecutively, as\u00a0<em>Traumazine<\/em>\u00a0starts at No. 4.<\/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, compiled by Luminate. 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 Aug. 27, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Tuesday (Aug. 23). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>Beautiful Mind<\/em>\u2019s 115,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 113,000 (equaling 157.73 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s 24 tracks), album sales comprise 2,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All told,&nbsp;<em>Beautiful Mind<\/em>&nbsp;is Wave\u2019s fourth straight top 10 effort on the Billboard 200 \u2014 the entirety of his charting releases. Aside from the chart-topping&nbsp;<em>SoulFly<\/em>, for a week in 2021, he also logged a top 10 each in 2020 (<em>Pray 4 Love<\/em>, No. 2) and 2019 (<em>Ghetto Gospel<\/em>, No. 10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Beautiful Mind<\/em>&nbsp;was led by the single \u201cCold December,\u201d which premiered in January and marked the artist\u2019s sixth top 40-charting hit on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;in February (peaking at No. 38). At the top of May, the album was announced for a June 3 release, but was eventually pushed back until Aug. 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bad-bunny\">Bad Bunny<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Un Verano Sin Ti<\/em>&nbsp;falls 1-2 on the latest Billboard 200, after eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, with 108,000 equivalent album units earned (down less than 1%).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/beyonce\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>Renaissance<\/em>&nbsp;is a non-mover at No. 3 with 64,000 units (down 29%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/megan-thee-stallion\">Megan Thee Stallion<\/a>\u00a0notches her fifth top 10 album on the Billboard 200, all earned in a row, as\u00a0<em>Traumazine<\/em>\u00a0debuts at No. 4 with 63,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 54,000 (equaling 85.72 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s 18 tracks), album sales comprise 8,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Traumazine<\/em>&nbsp;is the rapper\u2019s sixth charting effort on the Billboard 200. She first dented in the tally in 2019 with&nbsp;<em>Tina Snow<\/em>&nbsp;(peaking at No. 166) and has followed it with five straight top 10 efforts:&nbsp;<em>Fever<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 10, 2019),&nbsp;<em>Sugar<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 7, 2020),&nbsp;<em>Good News<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 2, 2020),&nbsp;<em>Something for Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 5, 2021) and&nbsp;<em>Traumazine<\/em>&nbsp;(No. 4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Traumazine<\/em>&nbsp;album was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/megan-thee-stallion-announces-new-album-traumazine-tracklist-1235125344\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;just one day before its release on Aug. 12. The set was preceded by a trio of Hot 100-charting hits: \u201cSweetest Pie,\u201d with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/dua-lipa\">Dua Lipa<\/a>&nbsp;(No. 15 peak), \u201cPlan B\u201d (No. 29) and \u201cPressurelicious,\u201d featuring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/future\">Future<\/a>&nbsp;(No. 55). The set also boasts collaborations with Key Glock, Latto, Pooh Shiesty, Rico Nasty, Jhen\u00e9 Aiko, Lucky Daye, Sauce Walka, Big Pokey and Lil\u2019 Keke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/youngboy-never-broke-again\">YoungBoy Never Broke Again<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Last Slimeto<\/em>&nbsp;slips 2-5 in its second week with 50,000 equivalent album units earned (down 54%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s former leader&nbsp;<em>Dangerous: The Double Album<\/em>&nbsp;dips 4-6 with 48,000 (down less than 1%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/harry-styles\">Harry Styles<\/a>\u2019 chart-topping&nbsp;<em>Harry\u2019s House<\/em>&nbsp;falls 5-7 with 43,000 units (down 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-weeknd\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s compilation album&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;returns to the top 10, rising 36-8 with just over 28,000 equivalent album units earned (up 76%). The set contains such hits as \u201cBlinding Lights,\u201d \u201cSave Your Tears\u201d (both from The Weeknd\u2019s studio album&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>). On the new chart, the TEA and SEA units for those songs contribute to&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>, as a song\u2019s activity is assigned to the artist\u2019s album with the most traditional album sales in a week. (<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;sold 1,000 copies in the latest tracking week, while&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;sold under 1,000.) A week ago, the TEA and SEA for the songs were directed to&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>, as it outsold&nbsp;<em>The Highlights<\/em>&nbsp;that week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing out the new top 10 are two former No. 1s: Future\u2019s\u00a0<em>I Never Liked You<\/em>, falling 7-9 with nearly 28,000 equivalent album units earned (down 4%) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/olivia-rodrigo\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Sour<\/em>, which slides 9-10 with 25,000 units (down 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3398\" data-postid=\"3398\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3398 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Megan Thee Stallion&#8217;s scores her fifth consecutive top 10 with &#8220;Traumazine.&#8221; Rod Wave\u2019s\u00a0Beautiful Mind\u00a0bows atop the\u00a0Billboard 200\u00a0chart (dated Aug. 27), scoring the rapper his second No. 1 album. The set enters with 115,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 18, according to Luminate. 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