{"id":943,"date":"2018-03-11T14:10:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T21:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=943"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:52","slug":"black-panther-the-album-earns-third-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=943","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Black Panther: The Album&#8217; Earns Third Week at No. 1 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<h2 class=\"article__deck\">The set\u00a0logs the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since \u201cFrozen\u201d in 2014. Plus, Tory Lanez launches at No. 3.<\/h2>\n<p><em>Black Panther: The Album<\/em>\u00a0collects a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, as the set climbs 2-1 on the list dated\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_394879179\">March 17<\/span>. The\u00a0album\u00a0earned 76,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 8 (down 23 percent), according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 15,000 were in traditional album sales.<\/p>\n<p>With a third week atop the list,\u00a0<em>Black Panther: The Album<\/em>\u00a0has now logged the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em>\u00a0topped the chart for 13 nonconsecutive weeks in 2014. Between\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Black Panther<\/em>, there were eight soundtracks that reached No. 1, all spending either one or two weeks in the penthouse. Further, in the last 15 years, while 29 soundtracks have hit No. 1, only four have spent at least three weeks at No. 1:\u00a0<em>Black Panther<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em>,\u00a0<em>High School Musical 2<\/em>\u00a0(four weeks, 2007) and\u00a0<em>Bad Boys II<\/em>\u00a0(four weeks, 2003).<\/p>\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/6320099\/billboard-200-makeover-streams-digital-tracks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/6320099\/billboard-200-makeover-streams-digital-tracks&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520884592320000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFKncydCnukiGbMBGIBLOcP7MG1yg\">multi-metric consumption<\/a>, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_394879180\">March 17<\/span>-dated chart will be posted in full on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s websites on\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_394879181\">Tuesday, March 13<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Black Panther: The Album<\/em>\u00a0debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 24, and spent its first two weeks atop the list. It slipped to No. 2 on the March 10 chart.<\/p>\n<p>At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200,\u00a0<em>The Greatest Showman<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack steps 5-2 with 60,000 units (up 14 percent). The album benefits from exposure on ABC TV\u2019s broadcast of the Academy Awards on March 4, where the soundtrack\u2019s \u201cThis Is Me\u201d was nominated for best original song and was performed on the show by the movie\u2019s Keala Settle. While the tune didn\u2019t take home the Oscar, the show-stopping performance clearly motivated music consumers. The album\u2019s sales grew 19 percent to 39,000 for the week. The set also gains thanks to its vinyl LP release on March 2, as\u00a0<em>The Greatest Showman<\/em>\u00a0also debuts at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart with 5,000 copies sold.<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0<em>Black Panther: The Album<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Greatest Showman<\/em>\u00a0at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Billboard 200, soundtracks rule the top two on the chart for the first time in nearly eight years. It last happened on the June 26, 2010-dated list with the TV soundtrack\u00a0<em>Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals<\/em>\u00a0at No. 1, and the theatrical movie soundtrack\u00a0<em>The Twilight Saga: Eclipse<\/em>\u00a0at No. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, it\u2019s been nearly 20 years since two theatrical film soundtracks have monopolized the top two. One has to scroll all the way back to July 25, 1998, when\u00a0<em>Armageddon \u2014 The Album<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>City of Angels<\/em>\u00a0were at Nos. 1 and 2.<\/p>\n<p>Back on the new Billboard 200 chart,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/tory-lanez\">Tory Lanez<\/a>\u00a0notches his highest charting album yet, as his second full-length studio effort\u00a0<em>Memories Don\u2019t Die<\/em>\u00a0debuts at No. 3. The set earned 54,000 units, of which 15,000 were in traditional album sales. The album\u2019s bow is driven mostly by streaming activity, as it tallied 36,000 SEA units (equaling 54 million on-demand audio streams for the set\u2019s tracks in its opening week).<\/p>\n<p><em>Memories Don\u2019t Die<\/em>\u00a0follows Lanez\u2019s debut effort,\u00a0<em>I Told You<\/em>, which bowed and peaked at No. 4 on the Sept. 10, 2016, list with 52,000 units earned in its first week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/migos\">Migos<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>Culture\u00a0II<\/em>\u00a0slips 3-4 on the latest Billboard 200, with 52,000 units (down 13 percent), while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ed-sheeran\">Ed Sheeran<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>\u00f7<\/em>\u00a0(<em>Divide<\/em>) climbs 6-5 with 36,000 units (down 9 percent).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\">Post Malone<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Stoney<\/em>\u00a0is up one slot to No. 6 with 35,000 units (down 11 percent),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/imagine-dragons\">Imagine Dragons<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<em>Evolve<\/em>\u00a0rises 8-7 with 29,000 units (down 4 percent) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/camila-cabello\">Camila Cabello<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Camila<\/em>\u00a0jumps back into the top 10 with a 12-8 ascent, tallying 27,000 units (up 3 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top 10:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/kendrick-lamar\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>DAMN.<\/em>\u00a0is steady at No. 9 with 26,000 units (down 9 percent) while 6ix9ine\u2019s\u00a0<em>DAY69<\/em>\u00a0falls 4-10 in its second week with 24,000 units (down 55 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-943\" data-postid=\"943\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-943 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The set\u00a0logs the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since \u201cFrozen\u201d in 2014. Plus, Tory Lanez launches at No. 3. Black Panther: The Album\u00a0collects a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, as the set climbs 2-1 on the list dated\u00a0March 17. 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