Second week at #1 for Suicide Squad, the longest running #1 for a soundtrack since Guardians Of The Galaxy two years ago. PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 fittingly debuts at #3, his first top 10 album, followed by Justin Moore whose fourth album fittingly debuts at #4. All four are top-ten albums, the highest being his last release, a #2 album in 2013. Rae Sremmurd have had surprisingly minimal hype and airplay for their album considering how well they did with the last one. SremmLife was a #5 debut with 34K sales and 49K total units, on a January release week last year, whereas Sremmlife 2 only gets 14K sales and 29K total units and a #7 debut. Young The Giant also had a January release with their last album in 2014; that one peaked at #7 and their new one debuts at #12. I'm guessing 'The RCA-List' at #44 may be a fake album like 'Epic AF' which was top 10 last month.

 

01 01 02 Soundtrack, Suicide Squad: The Album (93,000 (50,000 | 43,000 SEA/TEA))

02 02 16 Drake, Views (71,000 (46,000 SEA))

03 NE 01 PARTYNEXTDOOR, PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) (50,000 (28,000 | 22,000 SEA/TEA))

04 NE 01 Justin Moore, Kinda Don't Care (42,000 (37,000 | 5,000 SEA/TEA))

05 06 66 twenty one pilots, Blurryface (41,000)

06 07 03 DJ Khaled, Major Key (34,000)

07 NE 01 Rae Sremmurd, Sremmlife 2 (29,000 (14,000 | 15,000 SEA/TEA))

08 10 39 Adele, 25 (28,000)

09 09 30 Rihanna, ANTI (28,000)

10 05 02 Various Artists, NOW 59 (28,000)

11 12 47 Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical

12 NE 01 Young The Giant, Home Of The Strange

13 04 13 Blake Shelton, If I'm Honest

14 13 13 Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman

15 15 17 Beyoncé, Lemonade

16 14 14 Meghan Trainor, Thank You

17 16 49 Chris Stapleton, Traveller

18 08 02 DJ Snake, Encore

19 18 47 Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L

20 20 29 Sia, This Is Acting

21 21 29 Kevin Gates, Islah

22 NE 01 Atmosphere, Fishing Blues

23 17 52 Disturbed, Immortalized

24 NE 01 Soundtrack, Stranger Things, Volume One: A Netflix Original Series

25 03 02 Skillet, Unleashed

26 NE 01 The Amity Affliction, This Could Be Heartbreak

27 23 40 Justin Bieber, Purpose

28 26 20 Kanye West, The Life Of Pablo

29 22 37 G-Eazy, When It's Dark Out

30 29 51 Halsey, Badlands

31 19 04 Gucci Mane, Everybody Looking

32 25 12 Fifth Harmony, 7/27

33 30 105 twenty one pilots, Vessel

34 35 29 Charlie Puth, Nine Track Mind

35 36 14 Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book

36 38 12 Flume, Skin

37 81 42 Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood

38 33 95 Sam Hunt, Montevallo

39 NE 01 Cody Jinks, I'm Not The Devil

40 32 37 Coldplay, A Head Full Of Dreams

41 24 31 Panic! At The Disco, Death Of A Bachelor

42 61 15 Keith Urban, Ripcord

43 27 51 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness

44 NE 01 Various Artists, The RCA-List

45 37 47 Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up

46 NE 01 Dylan Scott, Dylan Scott

47 59 20 Lukas Graham, Lukas Graham

48 44 12 Dierks Bentley, Black

49 48 19 Kiiara, Low Kii Savage (EP)

50 39 06 ScHoolboy Q, Blank Face LP

51 40 07 Blink-182, California

52 46 53 Melanie Martinez, Cry Baby

53 56 03 D.R.A.M., Google Play: Live At The Milk Jamroom (EP)

54 47 281 Eminem, The Eminem Show

55 52 89 J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive

56 45 45 Selena Gomez, Revival

57 53 57 Future, DS2

58 42 54 Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights

59 28 03 Hillary Scott & The Scott Family, Love Remains

60 41 05 Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 32

61 43 07 Logic, Bobby Tarantino

62 54 48 Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive

63 58 80 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late

64 49 09 Various Artists, Epic AF

65 51 28 Future, EVOL

66 57 47 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap

67 105 41 Daya, Daya (EP)

68 NE 01 Lil Uzi Vert, The Perfect LUV Tape

69 64 181 Drake, Take Care

70 68 18 gnash, us

71 69 287 Adele, 21

72 62 19 The Lumineers, Cleopatra

73 92 422 Journey, Journey's Greatest Hits

74 67 60 X Ambassadors, VHS

75 70 113 Ed Sheeran, x

76 73 149 Drake, Nothing Was The Same

77 63 303 Eminem, Curtain Call: The Hits

78 74 57 Kelsea Ballerini, The First Time

79 NE 01 Blind Pilot, And Then Like Lions

80 75 15 Cole Swindell, You Should Be Here

81 76 40 Alessia Cara, Know-It-All

82 196 204 Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975

83 99 09 Jon Pardi, California Sunrise

84 86 71 Shawn Mendes, Handwritten

85 93 392 Metallica, Metallica

86 85 199 Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city

87 78 95 Taylor Swift, 1989

88 82 51 Queen, Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection

89 71 09 Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Getaway

90 98 41 Old Dominion, Meat And Candy

91 60 36 DNCE, Swaay (EP)

92 94 430 Bob Marley And The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers

93 97 05 21 Savage & Metro Boomin, Savage Mode

94 84 366 Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits

95 87 07 Desiigner, New English

96 77 11 Maren Morris, Hero

97 96 136 Beyoncé, Beyoncé

98 80 43 Blake Shelton, Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits

99 88 84 Meghan Trainor, Title

100 90 12 Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World

101 83 43 Carrie Underwood, Storyteller

102 100 37 Jeremih, Late Nights: The Album

103 91 67 Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be

104 101 10 Nick Jonas, Last Year Was Complicated

105 102 110 G-Eazy, These Things Happen

106 NE 01 Housefires, Housefires III

107 108 114 Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour

108 122 09 YG, Still Brazy

109 119 207 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions

110 66 03 Fantasia, The Definition Of...

111 132 11 Dan + Shay, Obsessed

112 50 03 Jake Owen, American Love

113 173 238 The Beatles, 1

114 115 86 Zac Brown Band, Greatest Hits So Far...

115 RE 169 Michael Jackson, The Essential Michael Jackson

116 120 69 Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde

117 111 142 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2

118 116 155 2Pac, Greatest Hits

119 109 15 Mike Posner, At Night, Alone.

120 146 57 Prince, The Very Best Of Prince

121 112 37 Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood

122 106 190 Florida Georgia Line, Here's To The Good Times

123 113 74 James Bay, Chaos And The Calm

124 124 88 Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint

125 187 64 The Notorious B.I.G., Greatest Hits

126 152 85 Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife

127 127 238 Lana Del Rey, Born To Die

128 RE 132 Fleetwood Mac, Greatest Hits

129 130 158 Luke Bryan, Crash My Party

130 118 40 One Direction, Made In The A.M.

131 126 21 Zayn, Mind Of Mine

132 134 25 The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

133 141 98 Hozier, Hozier

134 114 04 Grace, FMA

135 110 63 Major Lazer, Peace Is The Mission

136 123 246 Eminem, Recovery

137 150 10 Kaleo, A/B

138 128 05 NEEDTOBREATHE, HARD LOVE

139 137 75 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly

140 138 37 Blink-182, Greatest Hits

141 125 155 Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre -- 2001

142 89 45 Frank Ocean, Channel Orange

143 129 33 Rachel Platten, Wildfire

144 139 282 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits

145 163 41 The Chainsmokers, Bouquet (EP)

146 135 89 Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits: Decade #1

147 136 72 Flo Rida, My House (EP)

148 107 14 Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool

149 142 97 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greatest Hits

150 157 78 Big Sean, Dark Sky Paradise

151 147 37 Tim McGraw, Damn Country Music

152 159 142 Simon & Garfunkel, Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

153 133 03 Jason Derulo, Platinum Hits

154 158 35 Chris Brown, Royalty

155 65 02 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems 3

156 RE 74 Billy Joel, The Essential Billy Joel

157 162 83 Fall Out Boy, American Beauty / American Psycho

158 156 42 Lil Dicky, Professional Rapper

159 154 93 Kanye West, Graduation

160 176 236 Johnny Cash, The Legend Of Johnny Cash

161 164 129 The Weeknd, Trilogy

162 144 97 Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes

163 155 106 Sia, 1000 Forms Of Fear

164 RE 04 The Monkees, Good Times!

165 171 77 J. Cole, Born Sinner

166 161 11 twenty one pilots, twenty one pilots

167 103 07 Maxwell, blackSUMMERS'night

168 117 110 N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton

169 160 40 Logic, The Incredible True Story

170 151 10 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 9

171 166 39 Logic, Under Pressure

172 170 123 Beyoncé, I Am...Sasha Fierce

173 140 40 Chris Young, I'm Comin' Over

174 193 332 Nirvana, Nevermind

175 191 71 Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

176 148 02 Marc E. Bassy, Groovy People (EP)

177 165 103 Maroon 5, V

178 178 276 AC/DC, Back In Black

179 180 63 A$AP Rocky, AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP

180 174 85 Panic! At The Disco, Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!

181 RE 02 Dixie Chicks, The Essential Dixie Chicks

182 34 02 The Cadillac Three, Bury Me In My Boots

183 RE 46 Lynyrd Skynyrd, Family

184 186 55 David Bowie, Best Of Bowie

185 183 45 Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six

186 NE 01 Soundtrack, The Get Down: The Netflix Original Series

187 RE 58 Aerosmith, Aerosmith's Greatest Hits

188 55 02 Chris Lane, Girl Problems

189 RE 98 Kid Cudi, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

190 145 04 Keith Sweat, Dress To Impress

191 188 121 Elton John, Greatest Hits 1970-2002

192 11 02 Cody Johnson, Gotta Be Me

193 RE 143 OneRepublic, Native

194 182 289 Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans

195 192 232 Katy Perry, Teenage Dream

196 195 05 Lil Yachty, Lil' Boat

197 RE 78 A$AP Rocky, Long.Live.A$AP

198 167 35 Brett Eldredge, Illinois

199 RE 109 Elvis Presley, Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits

200 RE 217 Adele, 19

'Suicide Squad' Soundtrack Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

8/21/2016 by Keith Caulfield

 

The Suicide Squad soundtrack holds at No. 1 for a second week on the Billboard 200 chart, and becomes the first soundtrack to spend more than week at No. 1 since Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014.

 

Suicide Squad earned 93,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 18, according to Nielsen Music (down 49 percent), with 50,000 of that sum comprised of traditional album sales (down 61 percent).

 

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Sept. 3-dated chart (where Suicide Squad leads for a second week) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Aug. 23.

 

Notably, Guardians of the Galaxy spent two weeks at No. 1, but did not debut at No. 1. The last soundtrack to spend its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1 was actually Fox TV’s Glee: The Music, Volume 3: Showstoppers in 2010. Further, the last theatrical film soundtrack to manage the feat was way back in 2003, when Bad Boys II spent its first four weeks at No. 1.

 

Following Bad Boys II, only four theatrical film soundtracks spent more than a week at No. 1, including Suicide Squad. The others are Dreamgirls in 2007 (it debuted at No. 20 and eventually climbed to the top, spending two weeks at No. 1), Frozen in 2014 (it debuted at No. 18 and then rose to rule for 13 weeks) and Guardians of the Galaxy (it debuted at No. 3, and then later spent two weeks at No. 1).

 

Back on the new Billboard 200, Drake’s Views holds at No. 2 with 71,000 units (down 4 percent). The album is still driven mostly by its popularity on streaming services, as its SEA total for the week was 46,000 units (down 6 percent).

 

One step below Drake is his OVO Sound artist PARTYNEXTDOOR, which debuts at No. 3 with PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3). (Drake is co-founder of the OVO Sound label.) The PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 set earned 50,000 units, of which 28,000 were in traditional album sales – the act’s best sales week. It’s also the first top 10 for the artist, which previously visited the chart with the No. 15-peaking PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO in 2014.

 

Country singer Justin Moore notches his fourth top 10 album with the debut of Kinda Don’t Care at No. 4 (42,000 units; 37,000 in pure album sales). It follows his earlier top 10s Off the Beaten Path (No. 2 in 2013), Outlaws Like Me (No. 5 in 2011) and his self-titled set (No. 10 in 2009).

 

Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface climbs one rung to No. 5 (41,000 units; down 12 percent) while DJ Khaled’s Major Key rises 7-6 (34,000; down 23 percent).

 

Hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd starts at No. 7 with its second top 10 album, Sremmlife 2 (29,000 units; 14,000 in pure album sales). The act’s last album, 2015’s Sremmlife, debuted and peaked at No. 5 with 49,000 units its first week (34,000 in album sales).

 

Rounding out the new top 10 are Adele’s 25 (10-8 with 28,000 units; up 3 percent), Rihanna’s Anti (holding at No. 9 with nearly 28,000 units; down 4 percent) and the Now 59 compilation (5-10 with 28,000 units; down 43 percent).