{"id":4474,"date":"2025-02-17T00:42:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T00:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4474"},"modified":"2025-02-17T00:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T00:42:19","slug":"kendrick-lamars-gnx-returns-to-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4474","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar\u2019s \u2018GNX\u2019 Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200\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<p>The set surges back to No. 1 after its physical release and Lamar&#8217;s Super Bowl halftime show. Plus, two more Lamar albums return to the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>GNX<\/em>\u00a0jumps back to No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0albums chart, for a second week atop the list (rising 4-1 on the survey dated Feb. 22), following his Super Bowl halftime show (Feb. 9) and the set\u2019s release on physical formats. (It was previously only available to stream, and to purchase as a digital download album.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, two more Lamar albums return to the top 10 in the wake of the halftime show: 2017\u2019s chart-topping\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0drives 29-9 and 2012\u2019s\u00a0<em>good kid, m.A.A.d city<\/em>\u00a0vaults 27-10. The latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard\/\">Billboard<\/a>\u00a0200 reflects activity generated in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;<em>GNX<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>DAMN.<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>good kid, m.A.A.d city<\/em>&nbsp;all in the top 10, Lamar is the first rap act with three albums in the top 10 of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;at the same time. The chart began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on 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 Feb. 22, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Feb. 19, one day later than usual, owed to the Presidents\u2019 Day holiday in the U.S. on Feb. 17. For all chart&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/news\/\">news<\/a>, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Luminate, of the 236,000 equivalent album units earned by&nbsp;<em>GNX<\/em>&nbsp;in the week ending Feb. 13 in the U.S., SEA units comprise 117,000 (up 86%; equaling 161.01 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it jumps 4-1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 116,000 (up 10,100%; it reenters at No. 1 on Top Album Sales for its first week at No. 1 on that chart) and TEA units comprise 3,000. The set\u2019s 236,000 units earned mark its largest week since it debuted at No. 1 on the Dec. 7, 2024-dated chart with 319,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;<em>GNX<\/em>&nbsp;selling 116,000, that marks Lamar\u2019s largest sales week for an album since&nbsp;<em>DAMN.<\/em>&nbsp;debuted with 353,000 sold in its first week (chart dated May 6, 2017). Of&nbsp;<em>GNX<\/em>\u2019s 116,000 sold, vinyl sales comprise 87,000 \u2014 Lamar\u2019s best week ever on vinyl.&nbsp;<em>GNX<\/em>&nbsp;was released on physical formats for the first time on Feb. 7, on CD, cassette and five vinyl variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Lamar has three albums concurrently in the top 10 on the Billboard 200, he\u2019s the first living male artist to achieve that feat since Herb Alpert on the Dec. 24, 1966-dated chart (when he, along with the Tijuana Brass, had three titles in the top 10). The most recent act, overall, with at least three albums in the top 10 was Taylor Swift on the Dec. 9, 2023, chart, when she had five in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before Lamar, the last male artist \u2014 or anyone aside from Swift \u2014 to have at least three albums in the top 10 at the same time was Prince, following his death, in 2016. That year, on the May 14 chart, he logged five titles in the region; and on the May 7 chart, he had three in the top 10. Prince died on April 21, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>GNX<\/em>&nbsp;is currently in its 12th consecutive week on the chart and has yet to depart the top five on the weekly tally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former No. 1&nbsp;<em>DAMN.<\/em>&nbsp;drives 29-9 on the Billboard 200 with 39,000 equivalent album units earned (up 93%) and&nbsp;<em>good kid, m.A.A.d<\/em>&nbsp;city jumps 27-10 with 37,000 units (up 71%).&nbsp;<em>DAMN.<\/em>&nbsp;spent four weeks atop the list in 2017, and it was last in the top 10 on the March 17, 2018-dated chart, when it ranked at No. 9. The&nbsp;<em>good kid<\/em>&nbsp;album peaked at No. 2 in 2012 and was last in the top 10 on the Nov. 24, 2012-dated chart, when it placed at No. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\">SZA<\/a>, who was a special guest performer during Lamar\u2019s halftime show, sees her former No. 1&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>&nbsp;climb 3-2 on the latest Billboard 200 with 109,000 equivalent album units earned (up 33%). The album was reissued on Feb. 9 with four additional tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-weeknd\/\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Hurry Up Tomorrow<\/em>&nbsp;falls 1-3 on the Billboard 200 in its second week (101,000 equivalent album units; down 79%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bad-bunny\/\">Bad Bunny<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping&nbsp;<em>Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos&nbsp;<\/em>descends 2-4 (78,000; down 17%) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/chappell-roan\/\">Chappell Roan<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess<\/em>&nbsp;climbs 6-5 (59,000; up 19%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/billie-eilish\/\">Billie Eilish<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Hit Me Hard and Soft<\/em>\u00a0falls 5-6 (56,000 equivalent album units earned; up 6%),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sabrina-carpenter\/\">Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>\u2019s former leader\u00a0<em>Short n\u2019 Sweet<\/em>\u00a0is steady at No. 7 (51,000; up 5%) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\/\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s chart-topping\u00a0<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>\u00a0is a non-mover at No. 8 (41,000; down 8%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4474\" data-postid=\"4474\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4474 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The set surges back to No. 1 after its physical release and Lamar&#8217;s Super Bowl halftime show. 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