{"id":824,"date":"2017-10-16T13:44:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T20:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=824"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:49:27","slug":"nf-scores-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-with-perception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"NF Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With &#8216;Perception&#8217;"},"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: Lil Pump &amp; Marilyn Manson debut in top 10; Kane Brown bolts 56-5.<\/h2>\n<p>Rapper\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/nf\/chart\">NF<\/a>\u00a0notches his first No. 1 album on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0chart &#8212;\u00a0and first top 10 &#8212;\u00a0as his third full-length studio album,\u00a0<em>Perception<\/em>, debuts atop the list. The set was released on Oct. 6 through NF Real Music\/Capitol\/Caroline and starts with 55,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 12, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 38,000 were in traditional album sales &#8212; NF\u2019s best sales week yet.<\/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\u00a0Oct. 28-dated chart (where\u00a0<em>Perception<\/em>\u00a0debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard\u2019s websites on Tuesday, Oct. 17.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-six-year-old NF (real name Nate Feuerstein) tops the list following initial industry forecasts\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/7997497\/billboard-200-tom-petty-lil-pump-nf-vying-close-race\">suggesting<\/a>\u00a0he was vying for No. 1 with an estimated start of 50,000 alongside\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/tom-petty\/chart\">Tom Petty<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers\">\u00a0and The Heartbreakers<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>Greatest Hits<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-pump\/chart\">Lil Pump<\/a>\u2019s debut self-titled album. NF comes out on top by a sizable gap ahead of Petty at No. 2 (55,000 vs. 47,000) thanks to better-than-expected sales for\u00a0<em>Perception<\/em>, aided in part by direct-to-consumer offers via NF\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>Still,\u00a0<em>Perception\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0launch is the smallest for a No. 1-debuting album in 2017\u00a0and the fifth-smallest unit total for a No. 1 album overall since the chart began ranking titles by consumption units in late 2014. (More on that in just a moment\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>NF made his Billboard album chart debut in 2014 with his self-titled EP, charting on multiple tallies\u00a0including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-albums\">Rap Albums<\/a>\u00a0(No. 15) but not the Billboard 200. He arrived on the big chart with his 2015 release\u00a0<em>Mansion<\/em>\u00a0(reaching No. 62). He followed it up with 2016\u2019s No. 12-peaking\u00a0<em>Therapy Session<\/em>, which started with 29,000 units in its first week (25,000 were in album sales). The album has sold 122,000 copies, while\u00a0<em>Mansion<\/em>\u00a0has sold 136,000 and his self-titled EP has sold 33,000. In total, NF\u2019s catalog of music has generated more than a 500 million on-demand streams in the U.S. (audio and video streams combined).<\/p>\n<p>NF is also just the second act in 2017 to reach No. 1 without ever charting a song on the all-genre\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, following alternative rock band\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/brand-new\">Brand New<\/a>. The latter saw its\u00a0<em>Science Fiction<\/em>\u00a0launch atop the Billboard 200 dated Sept. 9 with 58,000 units.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s probably then not surprising that, given the limited mainstream exposure of both acts (as evidenced by their lack of Hot 100 hits), both\u00a0<em>Perception<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Science Fiction<\/em>\u00a0bowed with the two smallest openings &#8212;\u00a0by units earned &#8212; for a No. 1-debuting album in 2017. Both acts were able to debut at No. 1 &#8212; despite their small unit starts &#8212; thanks to dedicated fan bases\u00a0and little competition in the marketplace during their respective release weeks.<\/p>\n<p>NF\u2019s\u00a0<em>Perception<\/em>\u00a0opens at No. 1 following four straight frames where the top slot hosted a new album that bowed with more than 100,000 units earned (<em>Perception<\/em>was preceded by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/shania-twain\/chart\">Shania Twain<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Now<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-killers\/chart\">The Killers<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>Wonderful Wonderful<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/foo-fighters\/chart\">Foo Fighters<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>Concrete and Gold<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/thomas-rhett\/chart\">Thomas Rhett<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Life Changes<\/em>, respectively). Many big albums were issued in September in order to qualify for the upcoming Grammy Awards, as Sept. 30 was the deadline for new releases to be considered for the 2017 eligibility year.<\/p>\n<p>NF is also the 13th act to notch their first No. 1 album in 2017, following The Killers, Thomas Rhett,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lcd-soundsystem\/chart\">LCD Soundsystem<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-uzi-vert\/chart\">Lil Uzi Vert<\/a>\u00a0(with his first studio album),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/brand-new\/chart\">Brand New<\/a>, Lorde,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/halsey\/chart\">Halsey<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/bryson-tiller\/chart\">Bryson Tiller<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/harry-styles\/chart\">Harry Styles<\/a>\u00a0(with his debut effort),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/logic\/chart\">Logic<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-chainsmokers\/chart\">The Chainsmokers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/migos\/chart\">Migos<\/a>. (In all of 2016, there were 11 acts that scored their first No. 1.)<\/p>\n<p>As noted above, Petty and The Heartbreakers\u2019\u00a0<em>Greatest Hits<\/em>\u00a0holds at No. 2 for a second week, earning 47,000 units (down 44 percent) and selling 29,000 in traditional album sales (down 45 percent). The album re-entered the chart a week ago, at its new peak, following the death of Petty on Oct. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Rapper Lil Pump premieres at No. 3 with his self-titled debut effort, earning 46,000 units (just 6,000 in traditional album sales). The effort was powered largely by streams, as the title earned 38,000 SEA units (equating to 56.8 million on demand audio streams of the album\u2019s tracks). A further 2,000 were generated by TEA units. To put Lil Pump\u2019s streaming figure in perspective, the album would have still debuted in the top 10 without any traditional album sales or TEA units. Lil Pump\u2019s album was led by the hit single \u201cGucci Gang,\u201d which currently ranks at No. 12 on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart (dated Oct. 21).<\/p>\n<p>Post Malone\u2019s\u00a0<em>Stoney<\/em>\u00a0hits a new chart high &#8212;\u00a0and the top five for the first time &#8212;\u00a0after 44 weeks on the list, as the album rises 6-4 with 45,000 units (up 7 percent). The set debuted and initially peaked at No. 6 on Dec. 31, 2016-dated chart\u00a0and has never left the top 25. The album\u2019s top five ascent comes concurrent with the success non-album cut \u201cRockstar,\u201d featuring\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/21-savage\/chart\">21 Savage<\/a>,\u00a0as well as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/7990100\/post-malone-i-fall-apart-hot-100-stoney\">surprise viral hit of the\u00a0<em>Stoney<\/em>\u00a0track \u201cI Fall Apart.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Stoney<\/em>\u2019s slow rise to the top five is the longest climb to the top five for a\u00a0<em>continuously charting album<\/em>\u00a0in over nine years, since\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/amy-winehouse\/chart\">Amy Winehouse<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Back to Black<\/em>reached the top five in its 49th week. (<em>Back to Black<\/em>\u00a0debuted at No. 7 on the March 31, 2007-dated chart, and then lingered in the top 100 until almost a full year later, when it zoomed 24-2 on the March 1, 2008-dated chart after Winehouse won five Grammy Awards at the Feb. 10 ceremony, including best new artist, record of the year and song of the year.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/kane-brown\/chart\">Kane Brown<\/a>\u2019s self-titled album also hits a new peak on the new Billboard 200, following its deluxe reissue on Oct. 6. The set zooms 56-5 with 43,000 units (up 332 percent) and 26,000 in traditional album sales (up 1,163 percent). The LP\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0which initially debuted and peaked at No. 10 on the Dec. 24, 2016-dated list with 51,000 units &#8212;\u00a0was reissued on Oct. 6 with a handful of bonus tracks. On the Oct. 21-dated\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\">Hot Country Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart, the its \u201cWhat If\u2019s,\u201d featuring\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lauren-alaina\/chart\">Lauren Alaina<\/a>, become brown\u2019s first No. 1. (The song was on the original version of the album.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie\">A Boogie Wit\u00a0da Hoodie<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Bigger Artist<\/em>\u00a0slips 4-6 in its second week on the chart (39,000 units; down 42 percent), while\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-uzi-vert\">Lil Uzi Vert<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1,\u00a0<em>Luv Is Rage 2<\/em>, holds steady at No. 7 (37,000 units; down 9 percent).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/marilyn-manson\/chart\">Marilyn Manson<\/a>\u00a0debuts at No. 8 with\u00a0<em>Heaven Upside Down<\/em>\u00a0(35,000 units; 32,000 in traditional album sales), granting the rock act his ninth top 10 effort (and seventh in a row). Manson has been on a top 10 roll since 2003, when\u00a0<em>The Golden Age of Grotesque<\/em>\u00a0bowed at No. 1 (the act\u2019s second leader, following 1998\u2019s\u00a0<em>Mechanical Animals<\/em>). Following\u00a0<em>Golden<\/em>, he hit the top 10 successively with\u00a0<em>Lest We Forget: The Best Of<\/em>\u00a0(No. 9 in 2004),\u00a0<em>Eat Me, Drink Me<\/em>\u00a0(No. 8, 2007),\u00a0<em>The High End of Low<\/em>\u00a0(No. 4, 2009),\u00a0<em>Born Villain<\/em>\u00a0(No. 10, 2012),\u00a0<em>The Pale Emperor\u00a0<\/em>(No. 8, 2015) and now\u00a0<em>Heaven Upside Down<\/em>. Before\u00a0<em>Mechanical Animals<\/em>, Manson\u00a0notched one more top 10\u00a0with\u00a0<em>Antichrist Superstar<\/em>\u00a0(No. 3 in 1996).<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top 10,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/imagine-dragons\/chart\">Imagine Dragons<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>Evolve<\/em>\u00a0descends one rung to No. 9 with 34,000 units (down 11 percent) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ed-sheeran\/chart\">Ed Sheeran<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>\u00f7<\/em>\u00a0(<em>Divide<\/em>) is stationary at No. 10 with 32,000 units (up 3 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-824\" data-postid=\"824\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-824 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Lil Pump &amp; Marilyn Manson debut in top 10; Kane Brown bolts 56-5. Rapper\u00a0NF\u00a0notches his first No. 1 album on the\u00a0Billboard 200\u00a0chart &#8212;\u00a0and first top 10 &#8212;\u00a0as his third full-length studio album,\u00a0Perception, debuts atop the list. 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