{"id":665,"date":"2017-07-02T15:55:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T22:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=665"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:49:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:49:31","slug":"dj-khaleds-grateful-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=665","title":{"rendered":"DJ Khaled&#8217;s &#8216;Grateful&#8217; Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums 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<h2 class=\"article__deck\">Plus, Imagine Dragons&#8217; &#8216;Evolve&#8217; arrives at No. 2 and Prince and the Revolution&#8217;s reissued &#8216;Purple Rain&#8217; soundtrack returns at No. 4.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/299939\/dj-khaled\/chart\">DJ Khaled<\/a>\u00a0lands his second No. 1 album on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0chart as his latest release,\u00a0<em>Grateful<\/em>, bows atop the list. The set \u2014 which was released on June 23 through We the Best\/Epic Records \u2014 earned 149,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 29, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 50,000 were in traditional album sales.<\/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 July 15, 2017-dated chart (where DJ Khaled debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard\u2019s websites on Tuesday, July 4.<\/p>\n<p><em>Grateful<\/em>\u00a0follows DJ Khaled\u2019s first No. 1, earned a little less than a year ago, when\u00a0<em>Major Key<\/em>\u00a0launched in the penthouse (on the list dated Aug. 20, 2016) with 95,000 units. Of that starting-week sum, 59,000 were in traditional album sales. (Notably, during\u00a0<em>Major Key\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0first week of release, it was exclusively available to stream through Apple Music, and for sale as a download through the iTunes Store.\u00a0<em>Grateful<\/em>, however, was widely available at all streaming services and retailers.)<\/p>\n<p>In total,\u00a0<em>Grateful<\/em>\u00a0marks DJ Khaled\u2019s seventh top 10-charting effort, stretching back to 2007\u2019s\u00a0<em>We the Best<\/em>, which debuted and peaked at No. 8.<\/p>\n<p>The new album is powered by streams, as it logged a robust 81,000 SEA units \u2014 the largest SEA haul for an album since the May 27-dated list, when\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/305702\/kendrick-lamar\/chart\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0tallied 86,000 SEA units in its fourth week on the list. (<em>Grateful\u2019s<\/em>81,000 SEA units equates to 121.19 million on-demand audio streams for the collected tracks on the album during the tracking week.)<\/p>\n<p>The rest of\u00a0<em>Grateful\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0debut frame is comprised of TEA units (a little under 19,000).<\/p>\n<p><em>Grateful<\/em>\u00a0was ushered in by a pair of top five-charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, \u201cI\u2019m the One\u201d (his first No. 1 on the list), featuring\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/305459\/justin-bieber\/chart\">Justin Bieber<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/7740092\/quavo\/chart\">Quavo<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/4281953\/chance-the-rapper\/chart\">Chance the Rapper<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/307264\/lil-wayne\/chart\">Lil Wayne<\/a>, and \u201cWild Thoughts,\u201d featuring\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/365068\/rihanna\/chart\">Rihanna<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/6627423\/bryson-tiller\/chart\">Bryson Tiller<\/a>. DJ Khaled\u2019s star-packed\u00a0<em>Grateful<\/em>\u00a0album also boasts guests such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/281569\/beyonce\/chart\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/304305\/jay-z\/chart\">JAY-Z<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/1490118\/drake\/chart\">Drake<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/278600\/alicia-keys\/chart\">Alicia Keys<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/312259\/nicki-minaj\/chart\">Nicki Minaj<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/275856\/calvin-harris\/chart\">Calvin Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/303738\/imagine-dragons\/chart\">Imagine Dragons<\/a>\u2019 new\u00a0<em>Evolve<\/em>\u00a0arrives with 147,000 units and the biggest week of the year for a rock album. Its starting sum is the biggest frame for a rock effort since\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/310639\/metallica\/chart\">Metallica<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Hardwired\u2026 To Self-Destruct<\/em>launched at No. 1 with 282,000 units on the list dated Dec. 20, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Further,\u00a0<em>Evolve<\/em>\u00a0sold 109,000 in traditional album sales \u2014 earning the rock group the top-selling album of the week, as it launches at No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/top-album-sales\">Top Album Sales<\/a>chart. Evolve logs the third-largest sales week for a rock set this year, following the debuts of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/304974\/john-mayer\/chart\">John Mayer<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Search for Everything<\/em>\u00a0(120,000) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/303029\/gorillaz\/chart\">Gorillaz<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Humanz<\/em>(115,000).<\/p>\n<p>The new album\u2019s debut frame is comprised mostly of album sales, while its SEA and TEA units trail far behind comparatively (just under 23,000 and 15,000, respectively).<\/p>\n<p><em>Evolve<\/em>, Imagine Dragons\u2019 third full-length studio effort, is the quartet\u2019s third top 10 album on the Billboard 200, following\u00a0<em>Smoke + Mirrors<\/em>\u00a0(No. 1 in 2015) and\u00a0<em>Night Visions<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2 in 2012).\u00a0<em>Smoke<\/em>\u00a0started with 195,000 units (172,000 in album sales). The new album sports the hit single \u201cBeliever,\u201d which has racked up 16 weeks (and counting) at No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-songs\">Hot Rock Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart. The song also spent 13 weeks at No. 1 on the airplay-based\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/alternative-songs\">Alternative Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart \u2014\u00a0the longest run at No. 1 for any song since the band\u2019s own \u201cRadioactive\u201d spent 13 weeks atop the list in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>At No. 3 on the Billboard 200,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/305702\/kendrick-lamar\/chart\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0holds its position, earning 59,000 units (down 16 percent).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/351039\/prince\/chart\">Prince<\/a>\u00a0and the Revolution\u2019s\u00a0<em>Purple Rain<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack, first released in 1984, re-enters the list straight in at No. 4, following its deluxe remastered reissue on June 23. The album \u2014 combining all versions of\u00a0<em>Purple Rain<\/em>, past and present \u2014 earned 52,000 units in the tracking frame (of which 48,000 were in traditional album sales). The set collected a 3,633 percent gain in units for the week, and a 4,767 percent leap in album sales.<\/p>\n<p>The former No. 1 \u2014\u00a0which spent 24 weeks atop the list in 1984 \u2014 is Prince\u2019s first album to get get the remastered-and-deluxed treatment.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/6062423\/prince-deal-with-warner-bros-new-album-coming\">Its redux was announced in 2014<\/a>, when Prince signed a new deal with Warner Bros. Records. According to a press release from the label, the remaster of the original album was \u201coverseen and sanctioned\u201d by the late artist (who died in 2016).<\/p>\n<p><em>Purple Rain<\/em>\u00a0was reissued in a variety of formats, including a 20-track deluxe edition with unreleased bonus tracks\u00a0and a 35-track expanded edition with additional B-sides, rarities\u00a0and a live DVD of the Purple Rain Tour from 1985.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/431852\/2-chainz\/chart\">2 Chainz<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Pretty Girls Like Trap Music<\/em>\u00a0slides from No. 2 to No. 5 in its second week on the Billboard 200, earning 43,000 units (down 59 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Alternative rock band\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/431916\/311\/chart\">311<\/a>\u00a0claims its 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as\u00a0<em>MOSAIC<\/em>\u00a0debuts at No. 6 with 39,000 units (37,000 in traditional album sales). The group last hit the top 10 in 2014 with\u00a0<em>Stereolithic<\/em>, which also launched at No. 6 (with 41,000 in sales \u2014\u00a0before the chart transitioned to a consumption-ranked tally later that year).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/276089\/ed-sheeran\/chart\">Ed Sheeran<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>\u00f7<\/em>\u00a0(<em>Divide<\/em>) stays steady at No. 7 on the new Billboard 200 (36,000 units; down 5 percent), and Drake\u2019s\u00a0<em>More Life<\/em>\u00a0descends 6-8 (34,000 units; down 18 percent); the sets ruled for two and three weeks, respectively.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/298455\/bruno-mars\/chart\">Bruno Mars<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>24K Magic<\/em>\u00a0climbs 10-9 (32,000 units; up 5 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Closing out the top 10 is the soundtrack to\u00a0<em>Moana<\/em>, which rises 15-10 with 29,000 units (up 21 percent), of which 13,000 are in traditional album sales (up 15 percent). The album\u2019s rise is likely owed to its parent film\u2019s June 20 arrival to Netflix. The film was released in theaters last November, and then issued on home video in March.<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-665\" data-postid=\"665\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-665 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, Imagine Dragons&#8217; &#8216;Evolve&#8217; arrives at No. 2 and Prince and the Revolution&#8217;s reissued &#8216;Purple Rain&#8217; soundtrack returns at No. 4. DJ Khaled\u00a0lands his second No. 1 album on the\u00a0Billboard 200\u00a0chart as his latest release,\u00a0Grateful, bows atop the list. 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