Very very close this week! Bon Iver would've had their first #1 on sales alone, but Solange has stronger streaming and takes the #1 by roughly 1000 copies. Solange's previous best was a #9 peak for Sol-Angel in 2008; Bon Iver matches the #2 peak of their previous album, which was blocked by Jill Scott, another R&B singer. Shawn Mendes drops to #6, MUCH better than his previous album which plummeted from #1 to #17. Further down, Banks doesn't manage to beat the #12 peak of her debut album.

 

TW LW 2W Wks

1 NE 1 A Seat At The Table - Solange - Saint | Columbia (72,000 units | 46,000 sales)

2 NE 1 22, A Million - Bon Iver - Jagjaguwar (71,000 units | 58,000 sales)

3 2 1 23 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

4 3 3 9 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

5 24 119 16 The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

6 1 – 2 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

7 10 11 20 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

8 7 8 73 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

9 NE 1 Keep Me Singing - Van Morrison - Exile | Caroline

10 6 7 5 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

11 RE 16 A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead - XL

12 9 12 37 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

13 13 17 54 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

14 NE 1 Blue Mountain - Bob Weir - Trip/ROAR/Columbia | Legacy

15 11 10 6 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

16 21 19 36 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

17 NE 1 The Altar - Banks - Harvest

18 18 18 27 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

19 8 6 4 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG

20 15 13 46 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

21 5 – 2 Chapter And Verse - Bruce Springsteen - Columbia

22 16 15 24 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

23 NE 1 Remember Us To Life - Regina Spektor - Sire | Warner Bros.

24 NE 1 Sorceress - Opeth - Nuclear Blast

25 75 94 14 California - Blink-182 - Viking Wizard Eyes | BMG

26 NE 1 American Band - Drive-By Truckers - ATO

27 26 23 56 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

28 NE 1 Yellowcard - Yellowcard - Hopeless

29 17 14 7 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

30 NE 1 For Better, Or Worse - John Prine - Oh Boy

31 NE 1 The RCA-List (Revised) - Various Artists - RCA

32 74 56 9 NOW 59 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy

33 27 20 10 Major Key - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic

34 25 22 9 Encore - DJ Snake - DJ Snake/Interscope | IGA

35 31 25 21 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

36 22 24 36 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

37 35 40 58 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

38 NE 1 Kairi Chanel - Dave East - Mass Appeal

39 34 28 54 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

40 20 5 3 Hard II Love - Usher - RCA

41 52 70 38 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

42 40 35 22 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

43 39 32 5 Epic Lit - Various Artists - Epic

44 37 29 36 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

45 45 26 44 A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG

46 51 49 10 Google Play: Live At The Milk Jamroom (EP) - D.R.A.M. - W.A.V.E. Recordings/Atlantic | AG

47 NE 1 Live In San Diego - Eric Clapton With Special Guest JJ Cale - Bushbranch/Reprise | Warner Bros.

48 42 38 112 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

49 38 30 7 I Told You - Tory Lanez - Mad Love/Interscope | IGA

50 44 39 47 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

51 47 53 8 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Eardrummer/Interscope | IGA

52 54 46 25 us (EP) - gnash - :): | AG

53 50 41 26 Low Kii Savage (EP) - Kiiara - Atlantic | AG

54 NE 1 Beautiful Surrender - Jonathan David & Melissa Helser - Bethel | PLG

55 49 51 60 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

56 55 45 58 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

57 30 2 3 The Divine Feminine - Mac Miller - Warner Bros.

58 63 58 47 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam

59 59 54 96 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

60 61 102 19 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

61 67 64 26 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

62 57 44 21 Thank You - Meghan Trainor - Epic

63 60 47 44 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

64 46 48 27 Lukas Graham - Lukas Graham - Warner Bros.

65 NE 1 Vinyl - William Michael Morgan - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

66 NE 1 Machine Gun: The Fillmore East: First Show 12/31/1969 - Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix | Legacy

67 72 69 12 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

68 68 61 87 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

69 66 57 64 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

70 71 50 19 Skin - Flume - Future Classic | Mom + Pop

71 33 – 2 Trolls - Soundtrack - DreamWorks | RCA

72 NE 1 Head Carrier - Pixies - Pixies | PIAS

73 58 52 67 VHS - X Ambassadors - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

74 73 67 188 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

75 65 55 102 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

76 86 59 120 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

77 77 – 2 Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown - Warp

78 NE 1 Epoch - Tycho - Ghostly International

79 81 78 288 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

80 123 122 74 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

81 56 9 3 The Very Next Thing - Casting Crowns - Beach Street/Reunion | PLG

82 78 65 55 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic

83 76 60 19 7/27 - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic

84 80 85 8 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) - PARTYNEXTDOOR - OVO Sound | Warner Bros.

85 79 82 8 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

86 166 124 6 Mis Numero 1... 40 Aniversario - Juan Gabriel - Sony Music Latin

87 69 73 61 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

88 100 96 399 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

89 120 116 438 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

90 82 74 54 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG

91 28 – 2 Campaign - Ty Dolla $ign - Atlantic | AG

92 85 71 54 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

93 64 – 2 WOW Hits 2017 - Various Artists - PLG/Word-Curb/Sparrow | Capitol CMG

94 87 79 35 EVOL - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

95 53 33 6 Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway - Barbra Streisand - Columbia

96 88 86 156 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

97 89 77 11 Everybody Looking - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

98 95 89 206 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

99 90 72 20 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

100 14 143 84 The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance - Reprise | Warner Bros.

101 43 4 3 Sinner - Aaron Lewis - Dot | BMLG

102 RE 48 Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog - A&M | UMe

103 98 87 143 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

104 91 76 294 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

105 NE 1 Hometown Life - Sully Erna - BMG

106 101 90 50 Storyteller - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

107 93 75 6 JEFFERY - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG

108 NE 1 RR7349 - S U R V I V E - Relapse

109 102 95 22 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

110 97 68 13 Blank Face LP - ScHoolboy Q - Top Dawg/Interscope | IGA

111 106 110 50 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

112 112 106 7 Pure & Simple - Dolly Parton - Dolly/RCA Nashville | SMN

113 NE 1 Worship Journal: Live - Fred Hammond - F Hammond/RCA Inspiration | RCA

114 113 152 136 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

115 92 43 4 Wild World - Bastille - Virgin | Capitol

116 111 107 121 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

117 94 99 78 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

118 107 101 59 Immortalized - Disturbed - Reprise | Warner Bros.

119 12 – 2 American Prodigal - Crowder - sixsteps/Sparrow | Capitol CMG

120 119 112 245 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

121 108 97 14 Bobby Tarantino - Logic - Def Jam

122 105 93 58 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

123 140 136 81 Chaos And The Calm - James Bay - Republic

124 115 105 52 Revival - Selena Gomez - Interscope | IGA

125 144 118 48 Bouquet (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

126 134 98 373 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

127 117 113 117 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

128 151 83 48 Daya (EP) - Daya - Artbeatz

129 116 114 429 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

130 125 100 162 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

131 128 103 310 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

132 104 88 19 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

133 96 120 17 A / B - Kaleo - Elektra/Atlantic | AG

134 124 115 102 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

135 114 91 64 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River

136 99 37 4 Live At The Hollywood Bowl - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

137 122 128 48 Meat And Candy - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN

138 103 66 6 Glory - Britney Spears - RCA

139 NE 1 The Holographic Principle - Epica - Nuclear Blast

140 131 126 44 Late Nights: The Album - Jeremih - Mick Schultz | Def Jam

141 130 123 49 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

142 137 130 105 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

143 146 156 12 Lil' Boat - Lil Yachty - Lil Boat Sailing Team/Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

144 165 185 11 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol

145 139 127 95 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

146 126 117 9 Unleashed - Skillet - Hear It Loud/Atlantic | AG

147 135 134 197 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

148 161 161 100 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

149 176 182 17 Last Year Was Complicated - Nick Jonas - Safehouse | Island

150 138 63 4 Signs Of Light - The Head And The Heart - Warner Bros.

151 168 154 214 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

152 148 162 82 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

153 171 159 78 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

154 RE 101 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day - Kid Cudi - Dream On/G.O.O.D. | Republic

155 NE 1 Motivan2 - Zion & Lennox - Warner Latina

156 145 142 149 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

157 147 132 91 Title - Meghan Trainor - Epic

158 36 – 2 The Art Of Elegance - Kristin Chenoweth - Concord

159 160 131 16 Still Brazy - YG - Pushaz Ink/CTE | Def Jam

160 84 172 338 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

161 200 – 120 The Lumineers - The Lumineers - Dualtone

162 172 170 92 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Eardrummer/Interscope | IGA

163 163 137 14 New English - Desiigner - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

164 180 140 289 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

165 187 192 113 1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

166 153 141 18 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

167 162 146 245 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

168 132 160 104 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

169 RE 275 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

170 173 157 253 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

171 158 139 96 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

172 185 164 32 I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It - The 1975 - Dirty Hit/Interscope | IGA

173 152 158 165 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

174 127 133 126 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - Elton John - Rocket/UTV | UMe

175 NE 1 Us Or Else (EP) - T.I. - Grand Hustle | Roc Nation

176 RE 87 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! - Panic! At The Disco - Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen | AG

177 150 125 93 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

178 29 – 2 idina. - Idina Menzel - Warner Bros.

179 195 – 10 Fitz And The Tantrums - Fitz And The Tantrums - dangerbird/Elektra | AG

180 157 165 7 Brave Enough - Lindsey Stirling - Lindseystomp

181 170 147 52 Channel Orange - Frank Ocean - Def Jam

182 143 111 10 Love Remains - Hillary Scott & The Scott Family - HST/EMI Nashville | UMGN

183 NE 1 As Seen On TV - Alex & Sierra - The A&S Partnership

184 83 – 106 The Sickness - Disturbed - Giant/Reprise | Warner Bros.

185 109 – 11 Los Duo - Juan Gabriel - Fonovisa | UMLE

186 NE 1 Notte Magica: A Tribute To Three Tenors - Il Volo With Placido Domingo - Masterworks | Sony Masterworks

187 NE 1 Rich Man - Doyle Bramhall II - Rich Man | Concord

188 175 171 85 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

189 194 183 110 V - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA

190 183 184 84 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia

191 154 – 161 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros. | Warner Bros.

192 NE 1 World Gone Mad - Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal

193 184 – 14 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

194 RE 75 The Essential Billy Joel - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy

195 174 145 12 Kidz Bop 32 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord

196 181 174 130 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

197 190 188 46 Under Pressure - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

198 167 181 10 Platinum Hits - Jason Derulo - Beluga Heights | Warner Bros.

199 RE 37 Illinois - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN

200 RE 279 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy

Solange Scores Her First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'A Seat at the Table'

10/9/2016 by Keith Caulfield

 

Solange earns her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her latest release, A Seat at the Table, arrives atop the tally. It beats out Bon Iver’s 22, A Million, for No. 1 -- an album that was initially forecast to bow in the penthouse. It debuts at No. 2.

 

A Seat at the Table launches with 72,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 6, according to Nielsen Music -- a stronger-than-expected start. Of that sum, 46,000 were in traditional album sales. Bon Iver’s 22, A Million, bows at No. 2 with 71,000 units (58,000 in traditional album sales).

 

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. 22-dated chart (where A Seat at the Table bows at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

 

On Oct. 4, industry prognosticators suggested that A Seat at the Table would earn around 60,000 units in its first week -- perhaps 5,000 behind 22, A Million. Solange’s set continued to build steam as the tracking week came to a close, surpassing its first-week forecast.

 

As previously noted, traditional album sales comprised 46,000 of A Seat at the Table’s total equivalent album units earned in its first week. In addition, it brought in another 3,000 in track equivalent album units, and 24,000 in streaming equivalent album units. That latter sum translates to 35.7 million on-demand streams for the album’s songs on streaming services. (It was the second-most streamed album of the week on the chart, beaten only by Drake’s streaming powerhouse Views, with 51.9 million streams for its songs.)

 

As for Bon Iver’s 22, A Million, it debuts with 71,000 units (comprised of 58,000 in pure album sales, 1,000 in track equivalent album units and 12,000 in streaming equivalent album units). Its 12,000 streaming equivalent units figure represents 17.5 million streams of the album’s songs for the week.

 

22, A Million is the top selling album of the week, and starts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. The list ranks the week’s best-selling albums by pure album sales.

 

The set was released on Sept. 30 through Jagjaguwar Records on CD, vinyl LP, digital download, cassette; and through streaming services. It follows Bon Iver’s self-titled release in 2011, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 off a start of 104,000 copies sold. The set won the 2011 Grammy Award for best alternative album, the same year the band took home the best new artist trophy.

 

As for A Seat at the Table, its release was only announced on Sept. 27, and it reached digital retailers and streaming services three days later on Sept. 30. It was released by Saint Records (Solange’s own label) through Columbia Records. A physical CD release of the album is scheduled for Nov. 18.

 

Solange made her Billboard 200 chart debut on the Feb. 8, 2003-dated list, with Solo Star, which debuted and peaked at No. 49 that same week. Five years later, she notched her first top 10 album, with Sol-Angel & The Hadley St. Dreams, which bowed and peaked at No. 9 on the Sept. 13, 2008 list. A little more than four years after that, her True album debuted and peaked at No. 157 on the Dec. 15, 2012.

 

As Solange and her sister Beyonce have now both earned No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, they are among the few pairs of solo siblings to have scored No. 1s. Previously, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson managed the feat, as did Master P and his brother Silkk the Shocker.

 

Beyonce has logged six previous No. 1s, most recently with 2016’s Lemonade. Michael Jackson tallied six No. 1s (from Thriller in 1983 to the This Is It soundtrack in 2009). Janet Jackson has seven No. 1s (from 1986’s Control through 2015’s Unbreakable).

 

Master P topped the list in 1997 with Ghetto D, and followed it up in 1998 with MP Da Last Don. Silkk the Shocker led the list once, in 1999, with Made Man.

 

Notably, Solange and Beyonce both earned No. 1s in the same calendar year, just as Michael and Janet did in 2001 (with Invincible and All For You, respectively).

 

Drake’s former No. 1, Views, slips one rung to No. 3 with 47,000 units (down 7 percent) while the Suicide Squad soundtrack dips one position to No. 4 with 38,000 units (down 9 percent).

 

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ The Getaway zooms back into the top 10, rising from No. 24 to No. 5 with 33,000 units (up 112 percent), courtesy of sales of the album bundled with tickets to the band’s upcoming concert tour. The album sold 31,000 copies during the tracking week -- up 133 percent. The group promoted the ticket/album bundle offer through its social networks and via email blasts to fans, thus prompting the robust sales surge.

 

Shawn Mendes’ Illuminate falls from No. 1 to No. 6 in its second week, earning 29,000 units (down 80 percent). Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman rises 10-7 with 27,000 units (up 17 percent) and Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface falls 7-8 with a little more than 25,000 units (down 3 percent).

 

Van Morrison claims his third top 10 album -- and highest charting album ever -- with the arrival of Keep Me Singing at No. 9 with 25,000 units (nearly 25,000 in traditional album sales). It is the singer/songwriter’s 36th studio album, and follows his previous top 10s Born to Sing: No Plan B (No. 10 peak in 2012) and Keep It Simple (No. 10 in 2008). Keep Me Singing is also Morrison’s 20th top 40-charting effort. His first came in 1970 with the No. 29-peaking Moondance.

 

Travis Scott’s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight rounds out the top 10, descending 6-10 with 24,000 units (down 12 percent).

The Knowles reign. :lol: