{"id":744,"date":"2017-08-13T12:28:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T19:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:49:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:49:29","slug":"kendrick-lamars-damn-returns-to-no-1-on-billboard-200-brett-eldredge-debuts-at-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s &#8216;DAMN.&#8217; Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200, Brett Eldredge Debuts at No. 2"},"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\/305702\/kendrick-lamar\/chart\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0returns to No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0chart, notching its fourth total week atop the tally. Meanwhile,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/297124\/brett-eldredge\/chart\">Brett Eldredge<\/a>\u00a0scores the week\u2019s top debut, as his new self-titled album bows at a career-high No. 2.<\/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. 26-dated chart (where\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0returns to No. 1) will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s websites on Tuesday, Aug. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Lamar\u2019s\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0climbs 2-1 on the latest Billboard 200, clocking a fourth nonconsecutive week at No. 1, and its first since the May 20-dated tally. The set earned just under 47,000 equivalent album units (down less than 1 percent) in the week ending Aug. 10, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 11,000 were in traditional album sales. The bulk of\u00a0<em>DAMN.\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0figure comes from SEA units &#8212; 31,000. (The album is the week\u2019s most-streamed title on the Billboard 200, with 46.2 million on-demand audio streams generated by its songs.)<\/p>\n<p><em>DAMN.<\/em>\u2019s four weeks at No. 1 is the most by an album since\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/419413\/weeknd\/chart\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Starboy<\/em>claimed its fifth nonconsecutive frame on the Feb. 11-dated chart.<\/p>\n<p><em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0was last No. 1 on the May 20 chart. The album\u2019s 13-week break from No. 1 is the longest gap between weeks at the top in more than four years. The last album to step away from No. 1 for a longer amount of time was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/311935\/mumford-sons\/chart\">Mumford &amp; Sons<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>Babel<\/em>, which returned to No. 1 &#8212; after 17 weeks &#8212; on March 2, 2013. (<em>Babel<\/em>\u00a0rebounded to No. 1 that week after the set won the Grammy Award for album of the year.)<\/p>\n<p>Notably,\u00a0<em>DAMN.\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0sum at No. 1 &#8212; a little under 47,000 units &#8212; is the second lowest weekly total for a No. 1 album since the chart began raking by consumption units in late 2014.\u00a0The\u00a0only time the No. 1 album clocked a smaller total was on the Aug. 22, 2015-dated list, when the\u00a0<em>Descendants<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack bowed at No. 1 with 42,000 units.<\/p>\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 is Brett Eldredge\u2019s self-titled album, which bows in the runner-up slot with 45,000 units (36,000 in traditional album sales). It\u2019s the highest charting album yet for the country singer, surpassing the No. 3 peak of his\u00a0<em>Illinois<\/em>\u00a0album in 2015. In total, his new album is his fourth charting effort; he also visited the list with the 2016 Christmas album\u00a0<em>Glow<\/em>\u00a0(peaking at No. 29) and his debut album\u00a0<em>Bring You Back<\/em>\u00a0(No. 11 in 2013).<\/p>\n<p><em>Brett Eldredge<\/em>\u00a0is the fourth country album to debut at No. 2 in 2017, following\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/431745\/zac-brown-band\/chart\">Zac Brown Band<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Welcome Home<\/em>\u00a0(June 3),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/1487121\/chris-stapleton\/chart\">Chris Stapleton<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>From A Room: Volume 1<\/em>(May 27) and Brantley Gilbert\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Devil Don\u2019t Sleep<\/em>\u00a0(Feb. 18). So far, however, no country albums have hit No. 1 in 2017 (all those No. 2-debuting sets peaked in the runner-up slot). The last country album to be No. 1 was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/304236\/jason-aldean\/chart\">Jason Aldean<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>They Don\u2019t Know,<\/em>\u00a0when it bowed at No. 1 on the Oct. 1, 2016 chart. (It spent one week at No. 1.)<\/p>\n<p>With 36,000 copies sold, Eldredge\u2019s new album is also the top selling album of the week, and debuts at No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/top-album-sales\">Top Album Sales<\/a>\u00a0chart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/299939\/dj-khaled\/chart\">DJ Khaled<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>Grateful<\/em>\u00a0rises 4-3 (a little more than 31,000 units; down 8 percent) while\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/310352\/meek-mill\/chart\">Meek Mill<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Wins and Losses<\/em>\u00a0notches its third week in the top 10, falling 3-4 with 31,000 units (down 16 percent).<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Now 63<\/em>\u00a0compilation album bows at No. 5 with 31,000 units (all from traditional album sales), bringing the long running\u00a0<em>Now<\/em>\u00a0series back to the top 10. Its previous set in the main, numbered series,\u00a0<em>Now 62<\/em>, was its first to miss the top 10, as it debuted and peaked at No. 11 on the May 27-dated list (with a start of 35,000 units).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/7447109\/21-savage\/chart\">21 Savage<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Issa Album<\/em>\u00a0holds steady at No. 6 on the new Billboard 200 (a little more than 29,000 units; down 5 percent), while\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/276089\/ed-sheeran\/chart\">Ed Sheeran<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>\u00f7<\/em>\u00a0(<em>Divide<\/em>) rises 8-7 (29,000 units; down 4 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Imagine Dragons\u2019\u00a0<em>Evolve<\/em>\u00a0moves 7-8 with 28,000 units (down 9 percent) while\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/6055739\/sza\/chart\">SZA<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Ctrl<\/em>\u00a0returns to the top 10, climbing 13-9 with 27,000 units (up 5 percent). The latter album is driven by its streams, as SEA units comprise 22,000 of its total for the week (up 8 percent). The album\u2019s return to the top 10 (its first week in the region since its debut at No. 3 on July 1) comes one week after SZA\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/7898072\/hot-100-chart-moves-cardi-b-bodak-yellow-money-moves\">earned her first top 40-charting hit<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>\u00a0with the album\u2019s \u201cLove Galore,\u201d featuring\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/6693456\/travis-scott\/chart\">Travis Scott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/7414979\/khalid\/chart\">Khalid<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>American Teen<\/em>, which also comes back to the top 10, stepping 11-10 (27,000 units; up 1 percent). Like\u00a0<em>Ctrl<\/em>, Khalid\u2019s album is powered by SEA units (22,000; up 6 percent) thanks to the continued popularity of the set\u2019s songs like \u201cLocation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-744\" data-postid=\"744\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-744 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kendrick Lamar\u2019s\u00a0DAMN.\u00a0returns to No. 1 on the\u00a0Billboard 200\u00a0chart, notching its fourth total week atop the tally. Meanwhile,\u00a0Brett Eldredge\u00a0scores the week\u2019s top debut, as his new self-titled album bows at a career-high No. 2. 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