It wasn't even close here, Shawn Mendes easily gets his second #1 album. He improves on the first-week success of his first album too-- 121K sales and 145K overall for Illuminate, compared to 106K sales and 119K overall for Handwritten. Luke Bryan misses the top 3 for the first time since his fourth Spring Break EP in 2012, and Bruce Springsteen falls short too despite a handful of #1s this decade. Luke and Bruce are #2 and #3 respectively on the sales chart. Ty Dolla $ign and Idina Menzel both do worse than you might expect, and Passenger is new at #70...his previous album peaks were #26 for All The Little Lights and #12 for Whispers.

 

TW LW 2W Wks

1 ** 1 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island (145,000 (121,000 | 24,000 SEA/TEA))

2 1 2 22 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic (50,000)

3 3 3 8 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG (42,000)

4 ** 1 Farm Tour: Here's To The Farmer (EP) - Luke Bryan - Row Crop/Capitol Nashville | UMGN (34,000 (32,000 | 2,000 SEA/TEA))

5 ** 1 Chapter And Verse - Bruce Springsteen - Columbia (29,000 (27,000 | 2,000 SEA/TEA))

6 7 6 4 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic (27,000)

7 8 12 72 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG (26,000)

8 6 1 3 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG (24,000)

9 12 14 36 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation (23,000)

10 11 9 19 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic (23,000)

11 10 10 5 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

12 ** 1 American Prodigal - Crowder - sixsteps/Sparrow | Capitol CMG

13 17 19 53 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

14 143 198 83 The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance - Reprise | Warner Bros.

15 13 17 45 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

16 15 15 23 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

17 14 13 6 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

18 18 22 26 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

19 RE 9 blackSUMMERS'night - Maxwell - Columbia

20 5 – 2 Hard II Love - Usher - RCA

21 19 16 35 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

22 24 30 35 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

23 ** 1 Low Teens - Every Time I Die - Epitaph

24 119 145 15 The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

25 22 24 8 Encore - DJ Snake - DJ Snake/Interscope | IGA

26 23 26 55 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

27 20 21 9 Major Key - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic

28 ** 1 Campaign - Ty Dolla $ign - Atlantic | AG

29 ** 1 idina. - Idina Menzel - Warner Bros.

30 2 – 2 Divine Feminine - Mac Miller - Warner Bros.

31 25 31 20 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

32 27 36 7 The RCA-List - Various Artists - RCA

33 ** 1 Trolls - Soundtrack - DreamWorks | RCA

34 28 29 53 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

35 40 46 57 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

36 ** 1 The Art Of Elegance - Kristin Chenoweth - Concord

37 29 34 35 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

38 30 32 6 I Told You - Tory Lanez - Mad Love/Interscope | IGA

39 32 33 4 Epic Lit - Various Artists - Epic

40 35 38 21 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

41 ** 1 The Prelude Implicit - Kansas - InsideOut | Century Media

42 38 42 111 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

43 4 – 2 Sinner - Aaron Lewis - Dot | BMLG

44 39 39 46 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

45 26 25 43 A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG

46 48 49 26 Lukas Graham - Lukas Graham - Warner Bros.

47 53 60 7 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Eardrummer/Interscope | IGA

48 ** 1 Live At The Greek Theatre - Joe Bonamassa - J & R Adventures

49 51 63 59 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

50 41 54 25 Low Kii Savage (EP) - Kiiara - Atlantic | AG

51 49 53 9 Google Play: Live At The Milk Jamroom (EP) - D.R.A.M. - W.A.V.E. Recordings/Atlantic | AG

52 70 81 37 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

53 33 18 5 Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway - Barbra Streisand - Columbia

54 46 67 24 us (EP) - gnash - :): | AG

55 45 47 57 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

56 9 – 2 The Very Next Thing - Casting Crowns - Beach Street/Reunion | PLG

57 44 50 20 Thank You - Meghan Trainor - Epic

58 52 57 66 VHS - X Ambassadors - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

59 54 62 95 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

60 47 52 43 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

61 102 105 18 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

62 ** 1 Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars... - Dwight Yoakam - Via/Sugar Hill | Concord

63 58 64 46 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam

64 ** 1 WOW Hits 2017 - Various Artists - PLG/Word-Curb/Sparrow | Capitol CMG

65 55 55 101 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

66 57 59 63 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

67 64 73 25 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

68 61 65 86 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

69 73 79 60 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

70 ** 1 Young As The Morning Old As The Sea - Passenger - Black Crow | Nettwerk

71 50 43 18 Skin - Flume - Future Classic | Mom + Pop

72 69 82 11 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

73 67 71 187 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

74 56 51 8 NOW 59 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy

75 94 94 13 California - Blink-182 - Viking Wizard Eyes | BMG

76 60 61 18 7/27 - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic

77 ** 1 Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown - Warp

78 65 69 54 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic

79 82 96 7 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

80 85 86 7 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) - PARTYNEXTDOOR - OVO Sound | Warner Bros.

81 78 77 287 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

82 74 76 53 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG

83 RE 105 The Sickness - Disturbed - Giant/Reprise | Warner Bros.

84 172 – 337 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

85 71 70 53 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

86 59 91 119 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

87 79 78 34 EVOL - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

88 86 88 155 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

89 77 83 10 Everybody Looking - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

90 72 68 19 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

91 76 84 293 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

92 43 4 3 Wild World - Bastille - Virgin | Capitol

93 75 58 5 JEFFERY - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG

94 99 109 77 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

95 89 98 205 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

96 120 119 16 A / B - Kaleo - Elektra/Atlantic | AG

97 68 74 12 Blank Face LP - ScHoolboy Q - Top Dawg/Interscope | IGA

98 87 95 142 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

99 37 7 3 Live At The Hollywood Bowl - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

100 96 101 398 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

101 90 104 49 Storyteller - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

102 95 89 21 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

103 66 37 5 Glory - Britney Spears - RCA

104 88 56 18 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

105 93 106 57 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

106 110 116 49 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

107 101 85 58 Immortalized - Disturbed - Reprise | Warner Bros.

108 97 90 13 Bobby Tarantino - Logic - Def Jam

109 RE 10 Los Duo - Juan Gabriel - Fonovisa | UMLE

110 ** 1 The Healing Component - Mick Jenkins - Free Nation | Cinematic

111 107 112 120 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

112 106 108 6 Pure & Simple - Dolly Parton - Dolly/RCA Nashville | SMN

113 152 175 135 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

114 91 72 63 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River

115 105 100 51 Revival - Selena Gomez - Interscope | IGA

116 114 121 428 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

117 113 115 116 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

118 RE 11 The Hits - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy

119 112 156 244 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

120 116 122 437 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

121 21 – 2 The Complete BBC Sessions - Led Zeppelin - BBC/Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino

122 128 132 47 Meat And Candy - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN

123 122 114 73 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

124 115 120 101 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

125 100 92 161 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

126 117 103 8 Unleashed - Skillet - Hear It Loud/Atlantic | AG

127 133 137 125 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - Elton John - Rocket/UTV | UMe

128 103 102 309 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

129 ** 1 Heads Up - Warpaint - Rough Trade

130 123 126 48 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

131 126 125 43 Late Nights: The Album - Jeremih - Mick Schultz | Def Jam

132 160 188 103 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

133 ** 1 Better Ash Than Dust (EP) - Stick To Your Guns - Pure Noise

134 98 134 372 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

135 134 135 196 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

136 92 28 4 Bad Vibrations - A Day To Remember - ADTR

137 130 140 104 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

138 63 5 3 Signs Of Light - The Head And The Heart - Warner Bros.

139 127 128 94 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

140 136 153 80 Chaos And The Calm - James Bay - Republic

141 ** 1 I Had A Dream That You Were Mine - Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - Glassnote

142 16 – 2 Popestar (EP) - Ghost - Rise Above/Loma Vista/Seven Four/The Bicycle Music Company | Concord

143 111 107 9 Love Remains - Hillary Scott & The Scott Family - HST/EMI Nashville | UMGN

144 118 131 47 Bouquet (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

145 142 144 148 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

146 156 190 11 Lil' Boat - Lil Yachty - Lil Boat Sailing Team/Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

147 132 136 90 Title - Meghan Trainor - Epic

148 162 158 81 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

149 81 11 3 Schmilco - Wilco - dBpm/Anti- | Epitaph

150 125 142 92 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

151 83 87 47 Daya (EP) - Daya - Artbeatz

152 158 154 164 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

153 141 139 17 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

154 RE 160 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros. | Warner Bros.

155 ** 1 Call Me Old-Fashioned - Bradley Walker - Farmhouse/Gaither | Capitol CMG

156 RE 173 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

157 165 97 6 Brave Enough - Lindsey Stirling - Lindseystomp

158 139 146 95 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

159 62 8 3 Acoustic Recordings: 1998-2016 - Jack White - Third Man | Columbia

160 131 127 15 Still Brazy - YG - Pushaz Ink/CTE | Def Jam

161 161 149 99 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

162 146 152 244 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

163 137 130 13 New English - Desiigner - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

164 155 148 29 Hymns - Joey + Rory - Farmhouse/Gaither | Capitol CMG

165 185 – 10 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol

166 124 99 5 Mis Numero 1... 40 Aniversario - Juan Gabriel - Sony Music Latin

167 181 161 9 Platinum Hits - Jason Derulo - Beluga Heights | Warner Bros.

168 154 147 213 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

169 ** 1 Good Will Prevail - GRiZ - All Good

170 147 138 51 Channel Orange - Frank Ocean - Def Jam

171 159 157 77 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

172 170 165 91 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Eardrummer/Interscope | IGA

173 157 163 252 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

174 145 129 11 Kidz Bop 32 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord

175 171 169 84 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

176 182 133 16 Last Year Was Complicated - Nick Jonas - Safehouse | Island

177 ** 1 Getty Kids Hymnal: In Christ Alone - Keith & Kristyn Getty Kids - Gettymusic | Capitol CMG

178 RE 42 Greatest Hits - Bruce Springsteen - Columbia | Columbia

179 167 167 8 Groovy People (EP) - Marc E. Bassy - Republic

180 140 150 288 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

181 174 160 129 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

182 151 123 7 Kinda Don't Care - Justin Moore - Valory | BMLG

183 184 179 83 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia

184 RE 13 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

185 164 159 31 I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It - The 1975 - Dirty Hit/Interscope | IGA

186 42 – 2 We're All Gonna Die - Dawes - HUB

187 192 164 112 1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

188 175 162 43 Blue Neighbourhood - Troye Sivan - Capitol

189 ** 1 Songs Of The People: Live - Prestonwood Worship - Integrity

190 188 177 45 Under Pressure - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

191 ** 1 Sunset Motel - Reckless Kelly - No Big Deal | Thirty Tigers

192 ** 1 Who Can I Be Now? [1974 To 1976] - David Bowie - Jones/Tintoretto/Parlophone | Rhino

193 104 45 3 One Way - Tamela Mann - TillyMann

194 183 182 109 V - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA

195 RE 9 Fitz And The Tantrums - Fitz And The Tantrums - dangerbird/Elektra | AG

196 189 – 2 Brett Young EP - Brett Young - BMLG

197 193 – 42 Greatest Hits - Blink-182 - Geffen/Interscope | UMe

198 179 166 41 Royalty - Chris Brown - RCA

199 191 180 109 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote

200 RE 119 The Lumineers - The Lumineers - Dualtone

Shawn Mendes Earns Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With 'Illuminate'

10/2/2016 by Keith Caulfield

 

Pop singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes notches his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with the arrival of Illuminate. The set, which was released on Sept. 23 through Island Records, earned 145,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Sept. 29, according to Nielsen Music. It also launches with 121,000 in traditional album sales – Mendes’ best sales week yet.

 

Illuminate is Mendes’ second full-length album, following Handwritten, which debuted at No. 1 in 2015.

 

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 Oct. 15-dated chart (where Illuminate bows at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

 

As Illuminate arrives atop the Oct. 15-dated list, that gives Mendes two No. 1 albums at just 18 years of age. More precisely, based on the new chart’s date, Mendes achieves his second No. 1 at only 18 years, two months and seven days old. He was born on Aug. 8, 1998.

 

Only five artists scored their first two No. 1 albums at such a young age: Justin Bieber claimed his second leader, Never Say Never: The Remixes, at 17 years and four days old in 2011. Miley Cyrus was just 14 years, seven months and 21 days old when Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus debuted at No. 1 in 2007. Hilary Duff was 17 years, 11 months and six days old when Most Wanted launched at No. 1 in 2005. And, LeAnn Rimes was a sprightly 15 years and 30 days old when You Light Up My Life – Inspirational Songs hit No. 1 in 1997.

 

In addition, Mendes is the first artist to have their first two full-length studio albums hit No. 1 since nearly a year ago, when 5 Seconds of Summer bowed at No. 1 with Sounds Good Feels Good. (It followed the band’s self-titled debut the previous year.)

 

Mendes is the first male artist to claim the distinction since 2015, when A$AP Rocky bowed atop the list with At.Long.Last.A$AP, following 2013’s Long.Live.A$AP.

 

Meanwhile, Drake’s Views slips from No. 1 to No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 with 50,000 units (down 5 percent) and the Suicide Squad soundtrack holds at No. 3 with 42,000 units (down 9 percent).

 

The second debut in the new top 10 is Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour… Here’s to the Farmer EP, which bows at No. 4 with 34,000 units (32,000 in traditional album sales). The digital-exclusive set marks Bryan’s ninth top 10 album, and eighth top 10 in a row.

 

All eight of Bryan’s charting albums from 2011’s Tailgates & Tanlines to 2016’s Here’s to the Farmer have debuted in the top 10. He charted one additional top 10, 2009’s Doin’ My Thing (which peaked at No. 6).

 

Bruce Springsteen’s new Chapter and Verse is the third and final debut in the new top 10, as it launches at No. 5 with 29,000 units (27,000 in traditional album sales). It is Springsteen’s 19th top 10 album. The compilation effort is a companion piece to Springsteen’s new memoir, Born to Run. The 18-track album features five previously unreleased songs, along with familiar hits like “The River,” “Born to Run” and “Born in the U.S.A.”

 

Travis Scott’s former No. 1, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight rises one rung to No. 6 with 27,000 units (down 15 percent), while Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface is also up one position to No. 7 with 26,000 units (down 6 percent). Jason Aldean’s They Don’t Know falls two spots to No. 8 with 24,000 units (down 36 percent), Rihanna’s Anti jumps 12-9 with 23,000 units (down 4 percent) and Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman ascends a slot to No. 10 with almost 23,000 units (down 7 percent).