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23 Jun 2019 Music Now!

Madonna Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Madame X’

Plus: Bruce Springsteen and Bastille debut in top 10.

X marks the No. 1 spot.

Madonna lands her ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Madame X enters atop the tally. The set, released via Interscope Records on June 14, launches with 95,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 20, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 90,000 were in album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 29-dated chart, where Madame X bows at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on June 25.

Overall, Madame X’s debut sum of 95,000 equivalent album units is comprised of 90,000 in album sales, 1,000 in TEA units and 4,000 in SEA units.

Madame X grants Madonna her ninth leader on the Billboard 200. She last led the list in 2012, with MDNA. Here’s a look at all of Madonna’s No. 1 albums: Madame X, MDNA, Hard Candy (2008), Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005), American Life (2003), Music (2000), Like a Prayer (1989), True Blue (1986) and Like a Virgin (1985).

Madonna continues to have the second-most No. 1 albums among female artists, trailing only Barbra Streisand, who has 11. Among all acts, The Beatles have the most No. 1s, with 19. They are followed by Jay-Z (14), Streisand and Bruce Springsteen (both with 11), Elvis Presley (10), Eminem, Garth Brooks, Madonna and The Rolling Stones (all with nine).

Madonna is a frequent visitor to the top 10 of the Billboard 200, having notched at least four top 10 albums in each of the last four decades (‘80s, ‘90s, ‘00s and ‘10s). Madame X marks her 22nd top 10, and fourth of the ‘10s. Earlier in the decade, she reached the region with her last studio effort, Rebel Heart (No. 2 in 2015), MDNA (No. 1, 2012) and the live album Sticky & Sweet Tour (No. 10, 2010).

Madonna’s first top 10 came nearly 35 years ago, when her self-titled debut album climbed 12-10 on the Oct. 6, 1984-dated chart. It eventually peaked at No. 8 two weeks later (Oct. 20). The diva would place five top 10s in the ‘80s, seven in the ‘90s, six in the ‘00s and now four in the ‘10s.

The Rolling Stones have the most top 10s in the history of the Billboard 200, with 37. They are followed by Streisand (34), The Beatles (32), Frank Sinatra (32), Presley (27), Bob Dylan (22), Madonna (22), George Strait (21), Elton John (20), Paul McCartney/Wings (20) and Springsteen (20).

Madame X’s debut week was comprised of 90,000 in album sales, which is the fourth-largest sales week for an album in 2019 by a woman. The album’s sales were bolstered by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the Queen of Pop’s upcoming theater tour (starting on Sept. 12 in New York at Brooklyn’s Howard Gilman Opera House), as well as an array of merchandise/album bundles sold via her official website.

Madame X was led by the track “Medellín,” with Maluma, which climbs 2-1 on the Dance Club Songs chart dated June 29, marking Madonna’s 47th leader on the tally. (The chart, like the Billboard 200, will refresh on Billboard’s website on Tuesday, June 25.) “Medellín” also reached the top 20 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

Before Madame X dropped, four more preview cuts were issued: “I Rise,” “Future,” with Quavo, “Crave,” with Swae Lee, and “Dark Ballet.” “Crave” recently debuted on the Adult Contemporary airplay chart, and holds at No. 15 on the most recently published list (dated June 22). 

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Springsteen’s Western Stars debuts, marking his 20th top 10 effort. The set begins with 66,000 equivalent album units (of which 62,000 were in album sales). Springsteen first hit the top 10 back in 1975, when Born to Run sprinted 84-8 in its second week on the list (dated Sept. 20, 1975). The Boss last hit the top 10 in 2016 with the retrospective compilation release Chapter and Verse (debuting and peaking at No. 5).

Western Stars was led by the radio-promoted single “Hello Sunshine,” which has peaked at No. 23 on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart.

Fun fact for chart watchers: With Madonna and Springsteen at Nos. 1 and 2 on the new Billboard 200, it’s the first time the Queen of Pop and The Boss have been in the top two together since 1985. The last time they were buddies in the top two (and the only time before this week) was for four weeks in January and February that year. On the charts dated Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 1985, Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. and Madonna’s Like a Virgin were Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. Then, the titles flipped ranks on Feb. 9 and Feb. 16. (Born spent a total of seven weeks at No. 1 and Virgin ruled for three weeks.)

Back on the new Billboard 200, a pair of former No. 1s are at Nos. 3 and 4, as Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? dips 2-3 (58,000 units; down 1%) and Jonas Brothers’ Happiness Begins falls 1-4 in its second week (52,000 units; down 87%).

Alt-rock band Bastille collects its second top 10 album, as the group’s new studio effort, Doom Days, bows at No. 5 with 41,000 equivalent album units earned (34,000 in album sales). Like Madame X, Bastille’s first week was also encouraged by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for its upcoming tour (starting in September). Bastille clocked its first top 10 effort with its last studio effort, 2016’s Wild World, which debuted and peaked at No. 4.

Khalid’s former No. 1 Free Spirit climbs one spot to No. 6 with 37,000 equivalent album units (up 2%), Polo G’s Die a Legend slips 6-7 with 29,000 units (down 25%) and DaBaby’s Baby On Baby steps 9-8 with a 28,000 units (down 3%).

Rounding out the top 10 are Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You (rising 14-9 with a little more than 27,000 units; up 3%) and Ariana Grande’s former No. 1 Thank U, Next (12-10 with 27,000 units; down 2%).

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17 Jun 2019 Music Now!

Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Tops Billboard Hot 100 for 11th Week, Chris Brown & Drake’s ‘No Guidance’ Debuts at No. 9

Drake ties The Beatles for the second-most top 10s all-time.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, rules the Billboard Hot 100 for an 11th week. The song boasts the chart’s longest reign since Drakespent 11 weeks at No. 1 with “God’s Plan” last February through April.

Plus, Khalid‘s “Talk,” which keeps at its No. 3 Hot 100 high, takes over atop the Radio Songs chart and Chris Brown‘s “No Guidance,” featuring Drake, debuts at No. 9 on the Hot 100, marking Brown’s 15th top 10 and Drake’s 34th. Drake ties The Beatles for the second-most top 10s in the Hot 100’s 60-year history, with only Madonna having banked more (38).

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated June 22), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 18).

As on the Hot 100, “Old Town Road” (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for an 11th week, with 99.9 million U.S. streams, down 14%, in the week ending June 13, according to Nielsen Music. “Road” set the record for the top streaming week ever (143 million) following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus and claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

“Road” logs an eighth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 71,000 downloads sold, down 18%, in the week ending June 13. On Radio Songs, “Road” dips from its No. 2 high to No. 3, with 99.1 million audience impressions, up nearly 1%, in the week ending June 16.

“Road” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for an 11th week each and the Songs of the Summer survey for a third frame, following its annual return two weeks ago.

Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy” holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, while Khalid’s “Talk” keeps at its No. 3 best, with top Airplay Gainer honors for a third week (up 9% to 106 million). The track becomes Khalid’s first Radio Songs No. 1 (3-1), after he reached No. 3 with three other hits: as featured, with Alessia Cara, on Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” (November 2017) and with “Love Lies,” with Normani (September 2018), and “Eastside,” with Benny Blanco and Halsey (this March).

Notably, “Talk” is the first R&B/hip-hop hit to crown Radio Songs since Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It” on July 21 and 28, 2018, ending a streak of 46 consecutive weeks in which pop, rock and dance/electronic songs dominated. (“Talk” is the first R&B song, not rap, to top Radio Songs since Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse,” which led for four weeks in March and April 2018.)

“Talk” concurrently tops the Hot R&B Songs chart for an eighth week.

Jonas Brothers‘ former one-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Sucker” lifts 5-4 and Ed Sheeranand Justin Bieber‘s “I Don’t Care” slips 4-5, after debuting at its No. 2 peak four weeks earlier.

Post Malone‘s “Wow.,” the new No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart, is steady at No. 6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2; his and Swae Lee‘s one-week No. 1 “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” holds at No. 7; and DaBaby‘s first top 10, “Suge,” is stationary at its No. 8 peak to date.

Chris Brown’s “No Guidance,” featuring Drake, launches at No. 9 on the Hot 100. The collab begins at No. 4 on Streaming Songs with 28 million streams and No. 9 on Digital Song Sales with 15,000 sold.

Brown ties his best Hot 100 start, having begun at No. 9 with “Forever” in 2008 and as featured on Lil Dicky’s “Freaky Friday” in March 2018.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Sam Smith and Normani‘s “Dancing With a Stranger” dips 9-10, after hitting No. 7.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (June 18), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

Source: billboard.com

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17 Jun 2019 Music Now!

Jonas Brothers’ ‘Happiness Begins’ Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart with Biggest Week of 2019

It’s the pop trio’s third No. 1 album. Plus: Santana, Luke Combs, Future & Polo G debut in top 10.

Jonas Brothers celebrate their third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as Happiness Begins bows atop the chart. The set earned 414,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending June 13, of which 357,000 were in album sales. Both figures represent the largest week of the year for any album in terms of units and album sales.

Happiness Begins was released June 7 via Republic Records and is the pop trio’s first studio album since 2009’s chart-topping Lines, Vines and Trying Times.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 22-dated chart (where Happinessdebuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on June 18.

In total, Happiness Begins’ starting sum of 414,000 equivalent album units are comprised of 357,000 in album sales, 52,000 in SEA units and 5,000 in TEA units.

Let’s take a look at some of the notable achievements the Jonas Brothers claim with the bow of Happiness Begins:

Biggest Week of 2019 for an Album: Happiness Begins launches with 414,000 equivalent album units, the biggest week of 2019 for any album. The last album to post a larger week was Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V (also released via Republic Records), which started at No. 1 on the Oct. 13, 2018-dated chart with 480,000 units earned. (Happiness surpasses 2019’s previous high-water mark for an album, when Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next — another Republic title — bowed at No. 1 with 360,000 units on the Feb. 23 chart.)

Largest Sales Week for an Album in More Than a Year: Of Happiness’ debut-week units, album sales comprise 357,000 of that sum. That’s the largest sales week for an album since Taylor Swift’s reputation blew in with 1.22 million sold on the Dec. 2, 2017, chart. Happiness’ first-week sales were largely powered by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with more than 60 dates of the group’s upcoming U.S. arena tour.

Jonas Brothers’ Biggest Sales Week in More Than a Decade: The last Jonas Brothers album to log a larger sales week than Happiness was A Little Bit Longer, which bowed with 525,000 sold on the Aug. 30, 2008-dated list (at No. 1).

Biggest Week for a Pop Album Since 2017: The last pop album to tally a larger week in total units was Swift’s reputation, when it bowed with 1.24 million equivalent album units earned (Dec. 2, 2017 chart).

Largest Week for an Album by a Group in More Than 3 Years: One has to scroll all the way back to the debut frame of One Direction’s Made in the A.M. to find a larger week racked up by an album from a group; the set started at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 dated Dec. 5, 2015, with 459,000 units. (Happiness also has the biggest sales week for an album by a group since Made in the A.M., as it bowed with 402,000 copies sold.)

Biggest Streaming Album of the Week: Happiness debuts with 52,000 in SEA units, which translates to 68.09 million on-demand audio streams for its songs in its first week. That makes it the album with the most streams for the week.

Happiness Begins was led by the single “Sucker,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart March 16 and marked the act’s first No. 1 on the tally. The track has also ruled the all-format Radio Songs chart for six weeks, as of the most recently published chart (dated June 15). A second radio-promoted single, “Cool,” has also reached the top 40 of both lists.

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Billie Eilish’s former No. 1 When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? holds in the runner-up slot with 59,000 equivalent album units (down 6%). The album has yet to depart the top four rungs of the chart since its debut 11 weeks ago at No. 1.

Santana collects its 15th top 10 album, as Africa Speaks debuts at No. 3 on the new Billboard 200 chart with 57,000 equivalent album units earned (nearly all from album sales). The rock band, led by Carlos Santana, first visited the top 10 nearly 50 years ago, when the act’s self-titled album climbed 13-10 on the Oct. 25, 1969-dated list. The album would later peak at No. 4 (Nov. 15, 1969).

Like Jonas Brothers’ Happiness Begins, the debut sales frame for Africa Speaks was also driven by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer.

Next up, Luke Combs’ The Prequel EP drives in at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 48,000 equivalent album units — with 22,000 of that sum in album sales. The Prequel is Combs’ second top 10 effort and matches the peak position of his other top 10 set, the full-length effort This One’s for You, which topped out at No. 4 (June 16, 2018).

The new five-song EP contains Combs’ current hit single “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” which has so far peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and at No. 10 on the Country Airplay list (as of the most recently published lists, dated June 15).

Future nets his 12th top album, as his new EP Save Me starts at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 42,000 equivalent album units (with 5,000 of that sum in album sales). The seven-track set follows his last full-length project, the chart-topping Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD, which started at No. 1 on the list dated Feb. 2.

The fifth and final debut in the Billboard 200’s new top 10 belongs to Polo G’s debut album Die a Legend. The effort — led by the top 10 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs hit “Pop Out,” featuring Lil Tjay — enters at No. 6 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (of which a little under 1,000 were in album sales). The set’s start was powered almost entirely by streaming activity, as the album generated nearly 37,000 SEA units (with the rest – 1,000 units, spread across both album sales and TEA units).

Rounding out the rest of the new top 10 on the Billboard 200: Khalid’s Free Spiritdips 4-7 (36,000 units; down 5%), DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd slips 3-8 (31,000 units; down 22%), DaBaby’s Baby On Baby falls 8-9 (29,000 units; down 6%) and Elton John’s Diamonds descends 7-10 (nearly 29,000 units; down 10%).

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10 Jun 2019 Music Now!

Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Rules Billboard Hot 100 for 10th Week, the Longest Reign Since Drake’s ‘In My Feelings’

Just outside the top 10, Katy Perry & Cardi B debut with new singles.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, dominates the Billboard Hot 100 for a 10th week. The song boasts the chart’s longest reign since Drake spent 10 weeks on top with “In My Feelings” last July through September.

Plus, just beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, Katy Perry‘s “Never Really Over” and Cardi B‘s “Press” debut at Nos. 15 and 16, respectively.

Let’s run down the top 10, and more, of the newest Hot 100 (dated June 15), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 11).

“Road” is the 38th hit to lead the Hot 100 for at least 10 weeks. (Before Drake’s “Feelings,” he had the prior such No. 1, too: “God’s Plan,” for 11 weeks, beginning in February 2018.) As “Road” is Lil Nas X’s debut Hot 100 hit, it’s the first introductory No. 1 to reign for double-digit weeks since Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars (14 weeks, 2015). Before that among Hot 100 rookies, Flo Rida arrived with the 10-week No. 1 “Low,” featuring T-Pain (10 weeks, 2008).

Notably, among the elite 38 Hot 100 No. 1s to rule for 10 weeks or more, 36 have led since 1992, after the chart (which began in 1958) adopted electronically tracked Nielsen Music data in late 1991, which has resulted in longer average commands since. The only such No. 1s before then: Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life,” for 10 weeks in 1977, and Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical,” for 10 frames in 1981-82. (The first member of the club fueled by the methodology change? Another “road”: Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road,” for 13 weeks beginning Aug. 15, 1992; that week, Cyrus ranked at No. 9 with his debut hit, “Achy Breaky Heart,” which had reached No. 4 that July.)

As on the Hot 100, “Old Town Road” (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a 10th week, with 115.6 million U.S. streams, up less than 1%, in the week ending June 6, according to Nielsen Music. “Road” set the record for the top streaming week ever (143 million clicks) following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus and now claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

“Road” logs a sixth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 87,000 downloads sold, up 7%, in the week ending June 6, good for the Hot 100’s top Sales Gainer award for a third consecutive week. On the Radio Songs chart, “Road” rises 3-2, with 98.3 million audience impressions, up 3%, in the week ending June 9.

“Road” concurrently commands the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a 10th week each and the Songs of the Summer survey for a second week, following its annual return last week.

Nos. 2 through 5 remain static on the Hot 100. Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy” holds at its No. 2 high, led by its No. 2 rank on Streaming Songs (39.9 million, up 3%), along with its No. 5 placement on Digital Song Sales (23,000, up 16%) and 22-14 charge on Radio Songs (44.1 million, up 15%), and Khalid‘s “Talk” keeps at its No. 3 Hot 100 best, while adding top Airplay Gainer honors (up 10% to 97.1 million as it repeats at No. 3 on Radio Songs) for a second week and leading the Hot R&B Songs chart for a seventh frame.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber‘s “I Don’t Care” stays at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 peak three weeks earlier, and Jonas Brothers‘ former one-week “Sucker” is steady at No. 5, as it leads Radio Songs for a sixth week (104.6 million, down 1%).

Post Malone‘s “Wow.” rebounds 7-6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2, trading places with his and Swae Lee‘s one-week No. 1 “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” (6-7).

DaBaby‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Suge,” rises 9-8 for a new peak, as it ascends 4-3 on Streaming Songs (32.5 million, down 8%); Sam Smith and Normani‘s “Dancing With a Stranger” slips 8-9 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 7; and Ava Max’s first top 10 “Sweet but Psycho” is steady at its No. 10 high.

Just below the Hot 100’s top 10, Katy Perry’s “Never Really Over” blasts onto the chart at No. 15, marking her fifth-highest start among 32 total entries. She makes her best entrance since “Chained to the Rhythm,” featuring Skip Marley, began at its No. 4 peak in March 2017, becoming her 14th and most recent top 10.

“Over” opens at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales with 31,000 sold (as well as at No. 1 on Pop Digital Song Sales, where Perry notches her 11th leader), No. 20 on Streaming Songs (15.8 million U.S. streams) and No. 42 on Radio Songs (27 million).

Plus, Cardi’s “Press” makes news with its No. 16 Hot 100 bow. The track debuts at No. 7 on Digital Song Sales (20,000) and No. 10 on Streaming Songs (22.2 million), while drawing 7.1 million in radio airplay audience.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (June 11), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (June 14).

Source: billboard.com

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9 Jun 2019 Music Now!

Thomas Rhett Scores Second No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With ‘Center Point Road’

Plus: Miley Cyrus’ “She Is Coming” bows in top 10.

Thomas Rhett notches his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Center Point Road debuts atop the tally. The album earned 76,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 6, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 45,000 were in album sales. Both sums represent the biggest weeks of 2019 for any country album.

Center Point Road was released on May 31 via Valory Records, and marks the first country album to hit No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart in 2019.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 15-dated chart, where Rhett debuts at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on June 11.

Center Point Road is the first country album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2019, and the first since Kane Brown’s Experiment opened atop the list dated Nov. 24, 2018. It also logs the biggest week in both total units and album sales for a country album since Experiment (126,000 units earned in its first week, with 107,000 of that sum in album sales).

Further, Center Point Road launches with 33.59 million on-demand audio streams earned for its songs in its debut week. That marks the biggest streaming debut week ever for a country album.

Center Point Road follows Rhett’s last album, and first Billboard 200 topper, Life Changes. It started atop the list dated Sept. 30, 2017 with 123,000 units, of which 94,000 were in album sales.

Center Point Road was led by the single “Look What God Gave Her,” which has so far peaked at No. 4 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and at No. 6 on the Country Airplay tally (as of the most recently published lists, dated June 8).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Billie Eilish’s former leader When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? slips down a notch, earning 63,000 equivalent album units (but up 1%). DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd slips 2-3 with 39,000 units (down 31%) and Khalid’s former No. 1 Free Spirit moves up 5-4 with 38,000 units (up less than 1%).

Miley Cyrus’ new She Is Coming is the second and final debut in the top 10, as it arrives at No. 5 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned (of which 12,000 were in album sales). The six-song EP is the first of three EPs that will lead into a larger project named She Is: Miley Cyrus. Previous artists that have released a series of EPs that built into a longer album include John Mayer (with his The Search for Everythingalbum) and Jason Mraz (We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.).

She Is Coming is Cyrus’ 12th top 10 effort, including those albums credited under her Hannah Montana alias.

Tyler, the Creator’s previous chart-topper, Igor, dips 3-6 in its third week on the list, with 32,000 equivalent album units (down 36%).

Elton John collects his 20th top 10 album, as his greatest hits package Diamondsvaults from No. 23 to No. 7. The album is basking in the glow of the recent release of Rocketman, a fantastical musical film based on John’s life, and earned nearly 32,000 equivalent album units (up 83%). Rocketman was released in U.S. movie theaters on May 31, and features star Taron Egerton performing a bevy of familiar John classic tracks, like “Bennie and the Jets,” “I’m Still Standing” and “Crocodile Rock.” While the soundtrack album to Rocketman consists largely of Egerton’s covers, the original John hits are found on Diamonds.

Closing out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 are DaBaby’s Baby On Baby(holding at No. 8 with 31,000 units; down 3%), the 2019 Aladdin soundtrack (6-9 with 30,000 units; down 21%) and Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (9-10 with nearly 30,000 units; down 6%).

Source: billboard.com

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2 Jun 2019 Music Now!

Billie Eilish Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Plus: Moneybagg Yo, the ‘Aladdin’ soundtrack and YG debut in top 10.

Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? claims a third nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as it set rises 3-1 in its ninth week on the list.

The set earned 62,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 30, according to Nielsen Music (down 1% compared to the previous week).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 8-dated chart, where Eilish returns to No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on June 4.

When debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated April 13, then slipped to No. 2 for the next two frames. It jumped back to No. 1 for a week on May 4, then ranked at Nos. 4-2-2-3 for the next four weeks before returning to No. 1 for a third frame on the new chart.

When is the first album to spend three separate spells at No. 1 since Drake’s Viewshad three different visits to the top of the list in 2016. Views debuted at No. 1 on the May 21, 2016-dated chart, and spent its first nine weeks in the penthouse. It then departed No. 1 for one week, only to return for another three straight weeks between July 30 and Aug. 13. After that, it moved away from No. 1, this time for seven weeks before jumping back to lead the list for one more week on Oct. 8, 2016. In total, Views spent 13 weeks at No. 1.

DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd holds at No. 2 for a second week, with 58,000 units (down 58%), while Tyler, the Creator’s Igor dips from No. 1 to No. 3 in its second week with 51,000 units (down 69%).

Moneybagg Yo logs his highest charting album on the Billboard 200, as 43VA Heartless debuts at No. 4. The set begins with 40,000 equivalent album units, 5,000 of which were in album sales. The rapper previously notched one top 10 set, with 2017’s Federal 3x, debuting and peaking at No. 4 on the Sept. 2, 2017-dated tally.

Khalid’s former No. 1 Free Spirit lingers in the top five for an eighth straight week, as the album moves 4-5 with 38,000 units (down 6%).

The soundtrack to the new live-action Aladdin film debuts at No. 6 with nearly 38,000 units, of which 19,000 were in album sales. The new album equals the peak of the soundtrack to its inspiration, the 1992 animated Aladdin. Its companion album bowed at No. 180 on the Nov. 28, 1992 chart, but peaked at No. 6 on the Feb. 27, 1993-dated list.

YG’s 4Real 4Real opens at No. 7 on the new Billboard 200, starting with 37,000 equivalent album units, with just 4,000 of that sum in album sales. 4Real is the fourth top 10 effort for the rapper, who previously visited the top 10 with Stay Dangerous (No. 5 in 2018), Still Brazy (No. 6 in 2016) and My Krazy Life (No. 2 in 2014).

Rounding out the new top 10 are DaBaby’s Baby On Baby (7-8 with a little more than 32,000 units; up 7%), Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (6-9 with 32,000 units; down 6%) and Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You (13-10 with 31,000 units; up 21%). The latter’s rise is concurrent with the continuing ascent of its hit single “Truth Hurts,” which climbed 20-16 on the most recently published Streaming Songs chart (dated June 1) and entered the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40 (42-38).

Source: billboard.com

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30 May 2019 Music Now!

Tyler, the Creator’s ‘Igor’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Plus: DJ Khaled, The National, Rammstein & Megan Thee Stallion debut in top 10.

Tyler, the Creator nabs his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Igordebuts atop the list dated June 1. The set starts with just under 165,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending May 23, according to Nielsen Music — the second-biggest week of 2019 for a hip-hop album. Of that sum, 74,000 were in album sales. Igor is Tyler, the Creator’s fifth studio effort and was released via Columbia Records on May 17.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). 

In a fun chart footnote, Tyler, the Creator had previously debuted and peaked at Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 with each of his four earlier studio albums. And now finally, he lands his first No. 1. His first solo project, Goblin, topped out at No. 5 in 2011. He then followed with Wolf (No. 3 in 2013), Cherry Bomb (No. 4 in 2015) and Flower Boy(No. 2 in 2017).

Igor logs the second-largest week in total units for a hip-hop album in 2019 – trailing only the arrival of Juice WRLD’s Death Race for Love, which opened at No. 1 on the March 23-dated chart with a little more than 165,000 units.

Of Igor’s total starting unit sum, 74,000 were in album sales, 1,000 in TEA units and 90,000 in SEA units. The lattermost figure translates to 122.9 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s songs in its debut week.

Igor is the third No. 1 album for Columbia Records in 2019, following Vampire Weekend’s Father of the Bride and Hozier’s Wasteland Baby! A year ago at this point, the label had notched one No. 1: Jack White’s Boarding House Reach. (Boarding was the lone chart-topper for Columbia in 2018.)

DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd debuts at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 chart, scoring the artist his eighth top 10 effort. The star-filled set launches with 137,000 equivalent album units, of which 35,000 were in album sales, 7,000 in TEA units and 95,000 in SEA units. The latter sum equates to 123.2 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tunes in its first week – which also makes the set the most-streamed album of the week.

Billie Eilish’s former No. 1 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? slips from No. 2 to No. 3 in its eighth week, earning 63,000 equivalent album units (down 8%). Another former No. 1, Khalid’s Free Spirit, slides 3-4 in its seventh week, tallying a little more than 40,000 units (down 11%).

The National achieves its fourth top 10 album, as I Am Easy to Find arrives at No. 5 with 40,000 equivalent album units. (All four of the rock band’s top 10 albums have also debuted in the top five.) The new set’s first week was led by album sales (33,000), with a significant chunk of that figure derived from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for the act’s tour that started in April.

Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next, slides from No. 5 to No. 6 with 34,000 equivalent album units (down 7%). The former No. 1 has yet to depart the top 10 since it arrived atop the tally 15 weeks ago.

DaBaby’s Baby on Baby hits a new high, as the album climbs 8-7 with 30,000 equivalent album units (up 8%), while Logic’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind falls from No. 1 to No. 8 in its second week, with 29,000 units (down 64%).

Rammstein logs its first top 10 album ever, as its new self-titled set starts at No. 9. The album earned 28,000 equivalent album units, of which 25,000 were in album sales. The effort is the rock band’s first studio album in nearly 10 years, since Liebe ist für alle da bowed in October of 2009, and debuted and peaked at No. 13 on the Nov. 7, 2009-dated list. That album previously was the highest-charting set for the group.

Closing out the new top 10 is Megan Thee Stallion, who debuts at No. 10 with Fever. The buzzed-about Houston rapper’s album bows with 28,000 equivalent album units earned, mostly driven by streams of the set – it tallied 24,000 in SEA units. That figure translates to 30.6 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s songs in its first week.

Megan Thee Stallion previously hit the Billboard 200 with the Tina Snow project, powered by the single “Big Ol’ Freak.” The album dips from its No. 166 high to No. 167 on the latest chart.

Source: billboard.com

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28 May 2019 Music Now!

Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Eighth Week, Ava Max’s ‘Sweet but Psycho’ Hits Top 10

After the premiere of its official video, “Road” boasts the second-biggest streaming week ever – and ties for the longest reign of 2019.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for an eighth week, sporting the second-biggest streaming ever following the May 17 premiere of its official video.

Plus, with its eighth week atop the Hot 100, “Road” matches the chart’s longest reign this year: Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” ruled for eight weeks beginning with its debut at No. 1 on the list dated Feb. 2.

Meanwhile, Billie Eilish reaches a new personal-best No. 3 rank on the Hot 100 with “Bad Guy;” Khalid earns his first top five hit as a lead artist with “Talk,” at No. 5; and Ava Max ascends to her first top 10, as her debut hit “Sweet but Psycho” rises from No. 12 to No. 10.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated June 1), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 29), one day later than usual due to the Monday (May 27) Memorial Day holiday in the U.S.

As on the Hot 100, “Road” (on Columbia Records) rules the Streaming Songs chart for an eighth week, with 130.7 million U.S. streams, up 27%, in the week ending May 23, according to Nielsen Music, with the tracking week encompassing the first seven days of availability for the song’s official video. “Road” tallies the second-biggest streaming week to date, bested only by its total following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus, and now claims seven of the nine biggest streaming weeks ever, including the top three:

Total weekly U.S. streams, Title, Artist, Chart date
143 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 20, 2019
130.7 million, “Old Town Road,” June 1, 2019
125.2 million, “Old Town Road,” April 27, 2019
116.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Drake, July 28, 2018
114.4 million, “Old Town Road,” May 4, 2019
106.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Aug. 4, 2018
104.1 million, “Old Town Road,” May 18, 2019
104 million, “Old Town Road,” May 11, 2019
103.1 million, “Old Town Road,” May 25, 2019

“Road” rebounds 2-1 for a fifth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 76,000 downloads sold, up 9%, in the week ending May 23, as it wins the Hot 100’s top Streaming and Sales Gainer awards.

On the Radio Songs chart, “Road” holds at its No. 3 high, with 87.4 million audience impressions, up 4%, in the week ending May 26.

“Road” concurrently commands the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for an eighth week each.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber‘s “I Don’t Care” remains at No. 2 on the Hot 100, holding in place from its debut a week ago. Like “Road,” the official video for “Care” premiered May 17.

“Care” drops to No. 3 on Digital Song Sales after debuting at No. 1 (29,000, down 62%) and 3-5 on Streaming Songs (30.5 million, down 10%), while surging 13-10 on Radio Songs (58.2 million, up 19%) in its third week on the chart, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100.

Bieber adds his 12th Radio Songs top 10 and Sheeran scores his eighth. Sheeran completes his quickest climb to the region, besting the four-week ascent of “Shape of You” in 2017, while Bieber ties his fastest flight; DJ Khaled’s “I’m the One,” featuring Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne, also needed only three weeks in 2017.

Eilish’s “Bad Guy” bumps 4-3 on the Hot 100, one-upping her best career placement. The track stays at its No. 2 high on Streaming Songs (38.5 million, down 4%); slips 8-9 on Digital Song Sales but with a 16% gain to 18,000; and advances 43-35 on Radio Songs (29.8 million, up 24%).

Jonas Brothers‘ former one-week Hot 100 leader “Sucker” slips 3-4, while returning for a fourth week atop Radio Songs (105.7 million, down less than 1%).

Khalid’s “Talk” charges 9-5 on the Hot 100, likewise reaching the top five on Radio Songs (6-5; 75.7 million, up 8%). It rises 9-8 on Streaming Songs (24 million, up 5%) and backtracks 14-17 on Digital Song Sales, but with a 19% surge to 14,000 sold.

Khalid collects his second top five Hot 100 hit (among five top 10s) and first as a lead artist; Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Khalid and Alessia Cara, reached No. 3 in September 2017.

“Talk” concurrently tops the Hot R&B Songs chart for a fifth week.

Post Malone‘s “Wow.” descends 5-6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2, and his and Swae Lee‘s one-week No. 1 “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” drops 6-7.

Sam Smith and Normani‘s “Dancing With a Stranger” slides to No. 8 from its No. 7 Hot 100 high and Taylor Swift‘s “Me!,” featuring Brendon Urie, falls 8-9, after arriving at its No. 2 peak.

Ava Max achieves her first Hot 100 top 10, as “Sweet but Psycho” rises 12-10 in its 23rd week on the chart, led by its No. 4 status on Radio Songs (82.5 million, up 2%).

The song, which previously ruled multiple European charts, including the Official UK Singles survey for four weeks in January, completes the steadiest climb to the Hot 100’s top 10 for a female soloist’s first entry (unaccompanied by another artist) since Anna Kendrick’s “Cups (Pitch Perfect‘s When I’m Gone)” needed 28 weeks, on its way to a No. 6 peak, in 2013.

Pop singer-songwriter Max, born Amanda Ava Koci to Albanian parents, including her opera singer mother, began honing her voice in elementary school . “I would sing Mariah Carey’s ‘Vision of Love’ over and over for a year straight,” she told Billboard earlier this year. “After that, I just started singing more.” Her family subsequently moved from Virginia to Los Angeles, where she met Cirkut, who produced and co-wrote her debut hit.

Psycho-logy: “Sweet but Psycho” marks the third Hot 100 top 10 with “psycho” in its title, following one last year and one over a half-century ago: Post Malone’s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (No. 1 for a week last June), and Count Five’s “Psychotic Reaction” (No. 5, 1966).

Max also marks the first solo female to take a debut Hot 100 hit on Atlantic Records to the top 10 since Cardi B, whose “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” reigned for three weeks in October 2017.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 29), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (May 31).

Source: billboard.com

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20 May 2019 Music Now!

Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Seventh Week, Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber’s ‘I Don’t Care’ Debuts at No. 2

Plus, Billie Eilish earns her first top five hit with “Bad Guy.”

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a seventh week.

The song fends off Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber‘s “I Don’t Care,” which blasts in at No. 2. Plus, Billie Eilishachieves her first top five Hot 100 hit, as “Bad Guy” bounds from No. 9 to No. 4.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated May 25), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 21).

As on the Hot 100, “Road” rules the Streaming Songs chart for a seventh week, with 103.1 million U.S. streams (down 1%) in the week ending May 16, according to Nielsen Music. The song set the weekly streaming record following the April 5 arrival of its remix with Cyrus, and now claims six of the eight biggest streaming weeks ever:

Total weekly U.S. streams, Title, Artist, Chart date
143 million, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 20, 2019
125.2 million, “Old Town Road,” April 27, 2019
116.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Drake, July 28, 2018
114.4 million, “Old Town Road,” May 4, 2019
106.2 million, “In My Feelings,” Aug. 4, 2018
104.1 million, “Old Town Road,” May 18, 2019
104 million, “Old Town Road,” May 11, 2019
103.1 million, “Old Town Road,” May 25, 2019

Volume for “Road” should surge on next week’s charts (dated June 1) following the Friday (May 17) premiere of its official video.

The track dips to No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart, after four weeks at No. 1, with 69,000 downloads sold (down 12%) in the week ending May 16.

On the Radio Songs chart, “Road” pushes 4-3, with 83.8 million audience impressions, up 8%, in the week ending May 19. It also takes over atop both the Rhythmic Songs (2-1) and Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop (7-1) format airplay charts, marking Lil Nas X’s first No. 1s on any Billboard radio rankings. Cyrus, meanwhile, scores his first No. 1 on an airplay tally since his breakthrough smash “Achy Breaky Heart” dominated Country Airplay for five weeks in May and June 1992.

“Road” concurrently crowns the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a seventh week each.

Sheeran and Bieber’s “I Don’t Care,” released at midnight ET Friday, May 10, soars onto the Hot 100 at No. 2, as it opens at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (77,000) and No. 3 on Streaming Songs (34.1 million) and charges 33-13 on Radio Songs (49.1 million). Like “Road,” the official video for “Care” premiered Friday (May 17).

Top 10 totals: Bieber banks his 15th Hot 100 top 10 and Sheeran adds his seventh. While “Care” marks their first song co-billed as artists, Sheeran co-wrote two Bieber top 10s: “Love Yourself” (No. 1 for two weeks in February 2016) and Major Lazer‘s “Cold Water,” featuring Bieber and MO (No. 2, August 2016).

Bieber and Sheeran also contributed vocals to Lil Dicky‘s recent No. 17 Hot 100 hit“Earth,” in the roles of, respectively, a baboon (who’s like a man, just less advanced, and … they have other differences …) and a koala bear (that sleeps all the time; so what? It’s cute).

No. 1 in sales: Bieber adds his ninth Digital Song Sales No. 1 and 30th top 10. Sheeran scores his fourth No. 1 and 10th top 10. Taylor Swift leads all artists with 16 No. 1s and 45 top 10s on the tally.

Most No. 2 debuts:  Bieber extends his mark for the most No. 2 entrances on the Hot 100 to four. He previously opened at the runner-up spot with “Boyfriend” (April 14, 2012), “Sorry” (Nov. 14, 2015) and “Cold Water” (Aug. 13, 2016). Of those songs, “Sorry” went on to hit No. 1 (for three weeks).

“Care” is the 28th single to debut at No. 2 on the Hot 100. Mariah Carey made the first such arrival with “Always Be My Baby” (April 6, 1996), which subsequently reigned for two weeks.

More Max Martin: Sheeran and Bieber co-wrote “Care” with Max Martin, among the song’s six authors. Martin boasts 22 Hot 100 No. 1s and nine hits that have hit No. 2 (including “Care”). He last reached such heights as a writer via Ariana Grande’s “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored,” which debuted at its No. 2 peak in February.

Jonas Brothers‘ former one-week Hot 100 leader “Sucker” rises 4-3 and becomes the trio’s first No. 1 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart. It spends a fifth week atop Pop Songs, where it’s also the act’s first No. 1.

Billie Eilish notches her first top five Hot 100 hit as “Bad Guy” roars 9-4, besting its prior No. 7 peak. The track returns to its No. 2 high on Streaming Songs (from No. 3), up 4% to 39.9 million U.S. streams; rises 11-8 on Digital Song Sales (15,000, up 15%); and debuts at No. 43 on Radio Songs (24.1 million, up 42%).

Post Malone‘s “Wow.” rebounds 6-5 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2, and his and Swae Lee‘s one-week No. 1 “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” rises 7-6.

Sam Smith and Normani‘s “Dancing With a Stranger” revisits the Hot 100’s top 10 and its No. 7 high (from No. 11), as it rules Radio Songs for a second week (106.6 million, up 4%).

Taylor Swift‘s “Me!,” featuring Brendon Urie, drops 3-8 on the Hot 100, after arriving at No. 2 two weeks ago, and Khalid re-enters the top 10 (12-9) with his No. 8-peaking “Talk,” which becomes his fourth Radio Songs top 10 (12-6; 70.2 million, up 21%, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100). “Talk” tops the Hot R&B Songs chart for a fourth week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Halsey‘s two-week No. 1 “Without Me” backtracks 8-10, as it ties for the eighth-most weeks spent in the top 10 in the chart’s 60-year history:

Most weeks in Hot 100’s top 10
33, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, 2018-19
33, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, 2017
32, “Sicko Mode,” Travis Scott, 2018-19
32, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 2016-17
32, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98
31, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 2014-15
30, “Smooth,” Santana feat, Rob Thomas, 1999-2000
29, “Without Me,” Halsey, 2018-19
29, “Party Rock Anthem,” LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, 2011-12

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 21), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (May 24).

Source: billboard.com

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19 May 2019 Music Now!

Logic Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind’

Plus: Sammy Hagar and Mac DeMarco debut in top 10.

Logic notches his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Confessions of a Dangerous Mind debuts atop the tally.

The set starts with 80,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending May 16, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 24,000 were in album sales. Confessions were released on May 10 via Visionary/Def Jam Recordings.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new May 25-dated chart, where Confessions bows at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on May 21.

Logic previously led the list with Bobby Tarantino II (in 2018) and Everybody (2017). Logic made his Billboard 200 debut in 2014 with Under Pressure, which peaked at No. 4 — his first of six top 10 albums (including Confessions).

Confessions’ debut frame was largely powered by streaming activity, as the set racked up 54,000 SEA units (of its total 80,000 overall units). That 54,000 SEA number equates to 73.93 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks in the album’s debut frame, which also made it the most streamed album of the week.

Billie Eilish’s When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is steady at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 with 68,000 units (down 3%), while Khalid’s Free Spirit is also a non-mover, holding at No. 3 with 46,000 units (down 8%).

Sammy Hagar & The Circle’s Space Between debuts at No. 4, granting Hagar his first top 10 album ever. The set opens with 40,000 equivalent albums units earned. The sizable sales week was mostly powered by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for the rocker’s tour that started in April. The sales start also marks Hagar’s third-largest sales week since Nielsen Music began tracking data in 1991.

While Space Between marks Hagar’s first visit to the top 10 as a solo act, he’s been heard on seven previous top 10s with his former band Van Halen (six between 1986-1996, and then one more in 2004), and two with the supergroup Chickenfoot(2009-20110). Notably, Hagar’s band on Space, The Circle, boasts former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, alongside guitarist Vic Johnson and drummer Jason Bonham. Hagar previously topped out on the chart at No. 14 in 1987 with I Never Said Goodbye.

Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next, is stationary at No. 5 on the new Billboard 200 (36,000 units; down 11 percent), while Queen’s Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection vaults 29-6 with 32,000 units (up 92%) thanks to sale pricing in the iTunes Store. The 51-track collection was deeply discounted to just $6.99 during the tracking week, thus stirring its 53% sales hike (rising to 9,000 sold) and 391% digital sales increase (jumping to 6,000 sold).

Luke Combs’ This One’s For You jumps 12-7, revisiting the top 10 for the first time in nearly a year. The album, which was released in 2017, was last in the top 10 (at No. 10) on the July 28, 2018-dated chart, and peaked at No. 4 on June 16 of that same year (following a deluxe reissue of the set).

In the latest tracking week, This One’s For You earned 28,000 equivalent album units (up an overall 5%) and gained in album sales (up 12%), TEA units (up 8%) and SEA units (up 3%). The rise in activity is likely owed to promotion and excitement generated by Combs’ new single “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” which was released on May 8, and which Combs preformed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonon May 9. (The track is not on This One’s For You, but is from a forthcoming new album.)

DaBaby’s Baby On Baby hits a new high and reaches the top 10 for the first time, as the album rises 14-8 with nearly 28,000 equivalent album units (up 9%). The set debuted at No. 25 on the chart dated March 16, and has never left the top 40. The album has increased in units in six of the last eight weeks, mostly derived from streaming activity (led by the set’s song “Suge”).

Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is steady at No. 9 on the new Billboard 200, with 27,000 units earned (down 5%).

Closing out the new top 10 is Mac DeMarco, who logs his first top 10 album with Here Comes the Cowboy bowing at No. 10. The set earned nearly 27,000 equivalent album units, with 20,000 of that sum generated by album sales. The latter figure was enhanced by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with DeMarco’s tour, which began earlier in May.

Here Comes the Cowboy is DeMarco’s fourth chart entry and fourth top 40-charting effort. He previously visited the chart with This Old Dog (No. 29 in 2017), Another One (No. 25; 2015) and Salad Days (No. 30; 2014).

Source: billboard.com

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