{"id":490,"date":"2017-02-26T12:20:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T20:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=490"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:49:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:49:34","slug":"future-earns-fourth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=490","title":{"rendered":"Future Earns Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 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<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/302577\/future\/chart\">Future<\/a> scores his fourth No. 1 album on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a> chart as his new self-titled effort starts atop the list, earning 140,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 23, according to Nielsen Music.<\/p>\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/6320099\/billboard-200-makeover-streams-digital-tracks\">multi-metric consumption<\/a>, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 11, 2017-dated chart (where <em>Future <\/em>debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s websites on Tuesday, Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Future\u2019s latest No. 1 is also his fourth leader in a row, following <em>Evol<\/em> (2016), <em>What a Time to Be Alive<\/em> (with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/1490118\/drake\/chart\">Drake<\/a>) and <em>DS2<\/em> (both in 2015). It\u2019s likely that Future will notch another No. 1 in short order &#8212; as he released another album on Feb. 24: <em>HNDRXX<\/em>. Industry forecasters suggest the new set could also open atop the tally, bumping <em>Future<\/em> from the top slot, and giving the artist an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/7701397\/future-back-to-back-number-one-debuts-billboard-200\">unprecedented feat: back-to-back No. 1 debuts in successive weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for Future\u2019s current No. 1, more than half of its units were powered by streaming activity: 73,000 units (equaling 109 million streams of the album\u2019s songs during the tracking frame). The rest of its units were comprised of traditional album sales (60,000) and track equivalent album units (7,000).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/298455\/bruno-mars\/chart\">Bruno Mars<\/a>\u2019 <em>24K Magic<\/em> rests at its peak, No. 2, for a fourth nonconsecutive week (59,000 units; down 10 percent). The last album to spend as many weeks at No. 2, without reaching No. 1, was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/279059\/andrea-bocelli\/chart\">Andrea Bocelli<\/a>\u2019s <em>My Christmas<\/em>, which racked up five straight weeks in the runner-up slot in November and December of 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Fifty Shades Darker<\/em> soundtrack drops two slots to No. 3 in its second week, with 53,000 units (down 57 percent). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/419413\/weeknd\/chart\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s <em>Starboy<\/em> climbs one rung to No. 4 with a little more than 50,000 units (down 7 percent). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/5650707\/migos\/chart\">Migos<\/a>\u2019 <em>Culture<\/em> slips a position to No. 5 with 50,000 units (down 15 percent). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/281681\/big-sean\/chart\">Big Sean<\/a>\u2019s <em>I Decided.<\/em> descends 3-6 with 49,000 units (down 21 percent).<\/p>\n<p>The second-highest new entry on the chart belongs to R&amp;B veteran <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/299001\/charlie-wilson\/chart\">Charlie Wilson<\/a>, who nabs his fourth top 10 effort with <em>In It to Win It<\/em>, which debuts at No. 7 with 48,000 units (47,000 from traditional album sales). It\u2019s the singer\u2019s best sales week since 2010, when <em>Just Charlie<\/em> bowed at No. 19 with 57,000 copies sold. The new album was led by the single \u201cI\u2019m Blessed,\u201d featuring T.I., which has become Wilson\u2019s 10th top 10-charting tune on the Adult R&amp;B Songs airplay chart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/369337\/ryan-adams\/chart\">Ryan Adams<\/a> claims his fifth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 with the bow of <em>Prisoner<\/em> at No. 8 (45,000 units; 42,000 in traditional album sales). Adams last <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/6708141\/taylor-swift-ryan-adams-1989-albums-top-10\">visited<\/a> the top 10 in 2015, with his interpretation of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/371422\/taylor-swift\/chart\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s <em>1989<\/em> album, also called <em>1989<\/em>. Adams\u2019 version debuted and peaked at No. 7.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prisoner<\/em>\u2019s lead single, \u201cDo You Still Love Me,\u201d gave the singer\/songwriter his ninth top 10 single on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart in January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/278621\/alison-krauss\/chart\">Alison Krauss<\/a>\u2019 new <em>Windy City<\/em> &#8212; her first solo album of new material since 1999\u2019s <em>Forget About It<\/em> &#8212; debuts at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 38,000 units (36,000 in traditional album sales). In total, <em>Windy City<\/em> marks the country and bluegrass artist\u2019s 10th charting effort: she\u2019s charted four solo titles, a collaborative set with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/366086\/robert-plant\/chart\">Robert Plant<\/a>, and five with her band Union Station. Though Krauss has been releasing albums since 1985, she did not reach the all-genre Billboard 200 chart until 10 years later, when the retrospective <em>Now That I\u2019ve Found You: A Collection<\/em>, entered the chart dated Feb. 25, 1995. (Her first album to visit the Top Country Albums chart was 1991\u2019s <em>I\u2019ve Got That Old Feeling<\/em>, which reached No. 61.)<\/p>\n<p>On the\u00a0Billboard 200, Krauss has now reached the top 10 four times &#8212; with <em>Windy City<\/em>, <em>Paper Airplane<\/em>, with Union Station (No. 3 in 2011), <em>Raising Sand<\/em>, with Robert Plant (No. 2; 2007) and the solo best-of package, <em>A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection<\/em> (No. 10; 2007).<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the new Billboard 200\u2019s top 10 is the soundtrack to <em>Trolls<\/em>, which falls from No. 7 to No. 10 with 37,000 units (down 16 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-490\" data-postid=\"490\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-490 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future scores his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his new self-titled effort starts atop the list, earning 140,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 23, according to Nielsen Music. 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