{"id":722,"date":"2017-08-02T11:45:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T18:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:49:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:49:30","slug":"lana-del-rey-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart-tyler-the-creator-and-meek-mill-bow-at-nos-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"Lana Del Rey Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Tyler, The Creator and Meek Mill Bow at Nos. 2 &#038; 3"},"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, Linkin Park&#8217;s &#8216;One\u00a0More Light&#8217; leaps 17-4 and &#8216;Hybrid Theory&#8217; bounds 27-8, and top 10 debuts for the &#8216;Descendants 2&#8217; soundtrack and Romeo Santos.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/306420\/lana-del-rey\/chart\">Lana Del Rey<\/a>\u00a0scores her second No. 1 album on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0chart, as\u00a0<em>Lust for Life<\/em>\u00a0bows atop the Aug. 12-dated tally. The set, which was released on July 21 through Polydor\/Interscope Records, earned 107,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 27, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 80,000 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\u00a0Aug. 12-dated chart (where Del Rey debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s websites later in the day on Aug. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Following closely behind Del Rey are Tyler, The Creator\u2019s\u00a0<em>Flower Boy<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/310352\/meek-mill\/chart\">Meek Mill<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Wins and Losses<\/em>, as they debut at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.\u00a0<em>Flower Boy<\/em>\u00a0earned 106,000 units (with 70,000 in album sales), while\u00a0<em>Wins and Losses<\/em>\u00a0tallied 102,000 units (with 37,000 in album sales). Industry forecasters\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/7881016\/meek-mill-tyler-the-creator-lana-del-rey-billboard-200\">expected a close race among the three albums<\/a>, with any of them potentially finishing on top. All three albums actually performed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/7881016\/meek-mill-tyler-the-creator-lana-del-rey-billboard-200\">better than expected<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0earlier reported, the release of\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0Aug. 12-dated charts were delayed.\u00a0A top-tier data provider encountered technical issues, initially preventing the delivery of its data to Nielsen Music\u00a0(which provides the sales, streaming and airplay information for\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s charts). However, the provider was ultimately able to resolve the issue, and deliver the missing information to Nielsen Music.\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s charts were then completed using the data.<\/p>\n<p>With the entire top three debuting titles, it\u2019s only the second time in 2017 that the top three are all new arrivals. It previously happened on the Feb. 18-dated chart, when\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/5650707\/migos\/chart\">Migos<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>Culture<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/297080\/brantley-gilbert\/chart\">Brantley Gilbert<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Devil Don\u2019t Sleep<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/6311648\/kehlani\/chart\">Kehlani<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>SweetSexySavage<\/em>\u00a0bowed at Nos. 1-3, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Further, this week marks the first time in 2017 where the top three albums are debuts that each earned more than 100,000 units. It last occurred on the Dec. 10, 2016-dated list, when\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/310639\/metallica\/chart\">Metallica<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Hardwired\u2026 To Self-Destruct<\/em>\u00a0debuted at No. 1 with 291,000 units, followed by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/298455\/bruno-mars\/chart\">Bruno Mars<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>24K Magic<\/em>\u00a0at No. 2 (231,000) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/311432\/miranda-lambert\/chart\">Miranda Lambert<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Weight of These Wings<\/em>\u00a0at No. 3 (133,000).<\/p>\n<p>Del Rey previously led the list with her second full-length studio album,\u00a0<em>Ultraviolence<\/em>, which premiered atop the chart in 2014. Overall,\u00a0<em>Lust for Life<\/em>\u00a0is Del Rey\u2019s fifth top 10-charting album &#8212; the singer\/songwriter also visited the region with her full-length debut,\u00a0<em>Born to Die<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2 in 2012), the\u00a0<em>Paradise<\/em>\u00a0EP (No. 10, 2012) and her previous studio set,\u00a0<em>Honeymoon<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2, 2015).\u00a0<em>Honeymoon<\/em>\u00a0launched with 116,000 units (of which 105,000 were in traditional album sales).<\/p>\n<p><em>Lust for Life<\/em>\u00a0is the second No. 1 for Interscope Records in 2017, following\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/305702\/kendrick-lamar\/chart\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>, which ruled for three weeks in May.<\/p>\n<p>As for Tyler, The Creator,\u00a0<em>Flower Boy<\/em>\u00a0is his highest charting album yet, and fourth top 10 set overall. It follows 2015\u2019s\u00a0<em>Cherry Bomb<\/em>\u00a0(which debuted and peaked at No. 4 with 58,000 units \u2013 of which 51,000 were album sales), 2013\u2019s\u00a0<em>Wolf<\/em>\u00a0(No. 3) and 2011\u2019s\u00a0<em>Goblin<\/em>\u00a0(No. 5).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Meek Mill\u2019s latest effort lands the rapper his fourth top 10 album. He first hit the top 10 with\u00a0<em>Dreams and Nightmares<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2 in 2012) and followed with the chart-topping\u00a0<em>Dreams Worth More Than Money<\/em>\u00a0(2015) and last year\u2019s\u00a0<em>DC4<\/em>\u00a0(No. 3 debut and peak). The latter set started with 87,000 units (of which 45,000 were in traditional album sales).<\/p>\n<p>Back on the new Billboard 200,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/307438\/linkin-park\/chart\">Linkin Park<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>One More Light<\/em>, which debuted at No. 1 on the June 10-dated list, surges from No. 17 to No. 4 with 50,000 units (up 122 percent). The album sold 32,000 copies (up 76 percent). It\u2019s the first of two Linkin Park albums in the top 10, as the band\u2019s debut effort\u00a0<em>Hybrid Theory<\/em>\u00a0climbs from No. 27 to No. 8 with 41,000 units (up 177 percent) and 19,000 copies sold (up 141 percent). Both albums rise following the first full tracking week of activity after the death of the group\u2019s singer Chester Bennington, on July 20.<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar\u2019s\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0falls out of the top three for the first time in its 15 weeks on the chart, as it slips from No. 2 to No. 5 with 48,000 units (down 13 percent).<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Descendants 2<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack starts at No. 6 with 46,000 units (35,000 in traditional album sales).\u00a0<em>Descendants 2<\/em>\u00a0is the companion album to the Disney Channel TV movie of the same name, which premiered on the network on July 21. The film and album follow the 2015 TV movie\u00a0<em>Descendants<\/em>\u00a0and its chart-topping soundtrack (42,000 units earned in its first week, of which 30,000 were in traditional album sales).<\/p>\n<p><em>Descendants 2<\/em>\u00a0is the 11th soundtrack to visit the top 10 in 2017 \u2013 including four titles that initially reached the region in 2016 or earlier (<em>Suicide Squad: The Album<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Trolls<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Moana<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Purple Rain<\/em>). Comparatively, in all of 2016, there were six soundtracks that were in the top 10.<\/p>\n<p><em>Descendants 2<\/em>\u00a0was released on Walt Disney Records, and is Disney Music Group\u2019s fourth top 10-charting soundtrack in 2017, following\u00a0<em>Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2\u00a0<\/em>(No. 4), the 2017 soundtrack to\u00a0<em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>\u00a0(No. 3) and\u00a0<em>Moana<\/em>\u00a0(No. 2).<\/p>\n<p>After two weeks atop the Billboard 200,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/304305\/jay-z\/chart\">JAY-Z<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>4:44<\/em>\u00a0falls from No. 1 to No. 7 in its third week on the list, with 45,000 units (down 48 percent).<\/p>\n<p>DJ Khaled\u2019s\u00a0<em>Grateful<\/em>, which spent two weeks atop the chart, falls 4-9 in its fifth week on the list, earning a little more than 36,000 units (down 15 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Closing out the top 10 is the fifth and final debut in the region:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/367968\/romeo-santos\/chart\">Romeo Santos<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>Golden<\/em>, which launches at No. 10 with 36,000 units (26,000 in album sales). It\u2019s the first album by a Latin artist to reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200 in more than three years.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/278142\/santana\/chart\">Santana<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Corazon<\/em>\u00a0was the last Latin album by an artist to visit the top 10, as it spent one week in the region, debuting and peaking at No. 9 on the May 24, 2014-dated tally.<\/p>\n<p><em>Golden<\/em>\u00a0is the third top 10 effort for Santos, after\u00a0<em>Formula: Vol. 2<\/em>, which hit No. 4 in March of 2014; and\u00a0<em>Formula: Vol. 1<\/em>, which reached No. 9 in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-722\" data-postid=\"722\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-722 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, Linkin Park&#8217;s &#8216;One\u00a0More Light&#8217; leaps 17-4 and &#8216;Hybrid Theory&#8217; bounds 27-8, and top 10 debuts for the &#8216;Descendants 2&#8217; soundtrack and Romeo Santos. 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