{"id":4048,"date":"2024-01-21T21:53:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T21:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2024-01-21T21:53:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T21:53:49","slug":"21-savage-scores-fourth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-american-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4048","title":{"rendered":"21 Savage Scores Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with \u2018American\u00a0Dream\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<p>Plus: Kali Uchis notches her highest charting album ever with the arrival of\u00a0<em>Orquideas<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/21-savage\">21 Savage<\/a>\u00a0scores his fourth No. 1 album on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0chart as\u00a0<em>American Dream<\/em>\u00a0debuts atop the tally (dated Jan. 27). The set bows with 133,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 18, according to Luminate, nearly completely powered by streaming activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All four of the rapper\u2019s leaders have come consecutively, starting with\u00a0<em>I Am > I Was<\/em>\u00a0in 2019, and followed by\u00a0<em>Savage Mode II<\/em>\u00a0(with Metro Boomin in 2020),\u00a0<em>Her Loss<\/em>\u00a0(with Drake in 2022) and\u00a0<em>American Dream<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>American Dream<\/em>\u00a0launches with 21 Savage\u2019s best week, by units earned, for any of his non-collaborative projects (surpassing his previous high of 131,000 in the debut frame of\u00a0<em>I Am > I Was<\/em>). The set also boasts his biggest streaming week for any of his non-collaborative sets, as its collected songs generated 169.53 million on-demand official streams in its first week (again, beating the opening stanza of\u00a0<em>I Am > I Was<\/em>, with 151.87 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>American Dream<\/em>&nbsp;was released with little warning, as the set was announced on Jan. 9 and premiered on Jan. 12. The 15-song album boasts guest turns from the likes of Metro Boomin, Doja Cat, Lil Durk, Travis Scott, Young Thug and Summer Walker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kali-uchis\/\">Kali Uchis<\/a>&nbsp;logs her highest-charting album ever, as her second Spanish-language full-length set,&nbsp;<em>Orquideas<\/em>, starts at No. 2 \u2014 and with her biggest week ever by units earned (69,000).<\/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, 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 Jan. 27, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Jan. 23. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of\u00a0<em>American Dream<\/em>\u2019s 133,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Jan. 18, SEA units comprise 128,500 (equaling 169.53 million on-demand official streams of the 15 songs on the album), album sales comprise 4,000 and TEA units comprise 500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kali Uchis achieves her highest-charting album ever on the Billboard 200, as&nbsp;<em>Orquideas<\/em>&nbsp;starts at No. 2 with 69,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum \u2014 her best week ever \u2014 SEA units comprise 38,000 (equaling 51.01 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s 14 songs; her biggest streaming week ever for an album), album sales comprise 31,000 (her largest sales week, and the top-selling album of the week) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Orquideas<\/em>\u00a0is Uchis\u2019 second top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200, following the mostly-English-language\u00a0<em>Red Moon in Venus<\/em>, which debuted and peaked at No. 4 in March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\/\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>&nbsp;falls 1-3 on the Billboard 200 with 61,000 equivalent album units earned (down 1%).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/drake\/chart-history\/hsi\/\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>For All the Dogs<\/em>&nbsp;dips 2-4 (52,000; down 10%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s former leader&nbsp;<em>1989 (Taylor\u2019s Version)&nbsp;<\/em>descends 3-5 (50,000; down 11%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/noah-kahan\/\">Noah Kahan<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Stick Season<\/em>\u00a0slips 5-6 with 45,000 equivalent album units (down 1%), while the rest of the top 10 comprises former No. 1s:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/nicki-minaj\/\">Nicki Minaj<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Pink Friday 2<\/em>\u00a0falls 4-7 (44,000; down 16%), Swift\u2019s\u00a0<em>Folklore<\/em>\u00a0rises 10-8 (43,000; up 24%),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\">SZA<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>SOS<\/em>\u00a0drops 6-9 (41,000; down 6%) and Swift\u2019s\u00a0<em>Lover<\/em>\u00a0falls 8-10 (38,000; down 8%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4048\" data-postid=\"4048\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4048 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Kali Uchis notches her highest charting album ever with the arrival of\u00a0Orquideas. 21 Savage\u00a0scores his fourth No. 1 album on the\u00a0Billboard 200\u00a0chart as\u00a0American Dream\u00a0debuts atop the tally (dated Jan. 27). 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