Posted November 23, 20168 yr Even with the SNL promo, I never would've predicted this many sales for A Tribe Called Quest! It's their first album in 18 years and only their second #1, the first being 20 years ago. Leonard Cohen gets a new peak, You Want It Darker debuted at #10 three weeks ago. Sting gets his third #9 album, he's also had three #2 albums but no #1s. And Emeli Sande falls one place short of the top 40, plus falling short of the #28 peak of her debut album. 01 NE 01 A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (135,000 (112,000 | 23,000 SEA/TEA)) 02 04 04 Pentatonix, A Pentatonix Christmas (56,000 (50,000 | 6,000 SEA/TEA)) 03 03 08 Soundtrack, Trolls (48,000) 04 05 14 Rae Sremmurd, Sremmlife 2 (43,000) 05 08 29 Drake, Views (32,000) 06 09 60 Original Broadway Cast, Hamilton: An American Musical (30,000) 07 48 04 Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker (30,000 (28,000 | 2,000 SEA/TEA)) 08 06 02 The Chainsmokers, Collage (EP) (29,000 (17,000 SEA)) 09 NE 01 Sting, 57th & 9th (28,000 (27,000 | 1,000 SEA/TEA)) 10 12 15 Soundtrack, Suicide Squad: The Album (24,000) 11 NE 01 Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood, Christmas Together (21,000) 12 07 02 Various Artists, NOW 60 13 NE 01 Leonard Cohen, The Essential Leonard Cohen (20,000 (11,000 | 9,000 SEA/TEA)) 14 17 26 Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman 15 15 79 twenty one pilots, Blurryface 16 16 62 Chris Stapleton, Traveller 17 NE 01 Joe, #MYNAMEISJOETHOMAS 18 36 27 Pentatonix, That's Christmas To Me 19 18 11 Travis Scott, Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight 20 02 02 Alicia Keys, HERE 21 11 04 Lady Gaga, Joanne 22 22 43 Rihanna, ANTI 23 NE 01 Various Artists, Cities 97: Sampler Vol 28, Live From Studio C 24 21 42 Sia, This Is Acting 25 23 02 Various Artists, The RCA-List, Vol. 2 26 20 28 Keith Urban, Ripcord 27 13 03 Meek Mill, DC4 28 26 52 Adele, 25 29 28 18 21 Savage & Metro Boomin, Savage Mode 30 10 03 Kenny Chesney, Cosmic Hallelujah 31 NE 01 Leslie Odom, Jr., Simply Christmas 32 45 50 Michael Bublé, Christmas 33 NE 01 Ronnie Dunn, Tattooed Heart 34 29 08 Shawn Mendes, Illuminate 35 27 12 Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots 36 NE 01 Home Free, Full Of (Even More) Cheer 37 33 33 Kanye West, The Life Of Pablo 38 14 03 Jeezy, Trap Or Die 3 39 NE 01 Grateful Dead, Dave's Picks, Vol. 20: CU Events Center, Univ. Of CO, Boulder, CO 12/9/81 40 35 27 Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book 41 NE 01 Emeli Sandé, Long Live The Angels 42 39 15 DJ Snake, Encore 43 01 02 Bon Jovi, This House Is Not For Sale 44 40 04 D.R.A.M., Big Baby D.R.A.M. 45 43 64 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness 46 44 11 Various Artists, Epic Lit 47 42 60 Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L 48 38 60 Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up 49 46 25 Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World 50 61 80 Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be 51 54 17 Jon Bellion, The Human Condition 52 51 53 Alessia Cara, Know-It-All 53 19 03 Avenged Sevenfold, The Stage 54 32 30 Beyoncé, Lemonade 55 47 42 Kevin Gates, Islah 56 NE 01 Animals As Leaders, The Madness Of Many 57 34 04 Michael Bublé, Nobody But Me 58 24 03 A$AP Mob, Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends 59 49 10 Jason Aldean, They Don't Know 60 NE 01 In Flames, Battles 61 55 53 Justin Bieber, Purpose 62 73 04 Amy Grant, Tennessee Christmas 63 69 04 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve 64 37 07 Solange, A Seat At The Table 65 58 118 twenty one pilots, Vessel 66 53 44 Panic! At The Disco, Death Of A Bachelor 67 52 16 DJ Khaled, Major Key 68 59 13 Frank Ocean, Blonde 69 66 194 Drake, Take Care 70 65 102 J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive 71 31 22 Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Getaway 72 68 05 Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 33 73 97 11 Chris Tomlin, Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship 74 63 64 Halsey, Badlands 75 71 66 Melanie Martinez, Cry Baby 76 56 56 Carrie Underwood, Storyteller 77 60 14 Lil Uzi Vert, The Perfect LUV Tape 78 NE 01 David Bowie, Legacy 79 67 93 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late 80 110 09 Usher, Hard II Love 81 50 116 Garth Brooks, The Ultimate Hits 82 102 14 PARTYNEXTDOOR, PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) 83 72 50 G-Eazy, When It's Dark Out 84 78 13 Tory Lanez, I Told You 85 74 32 The Lumineers, Cleopatra 86 75 70 Future, DS2 87 41 24 Maren Morris, Hero 88 84 73 X Ambassadors, VHS 89 100 42 Charlie Puth, Nine Track Mind 90 88 50 Coldplay, A Head Full Of Dreams 91 62 31 gnash, us (EP) 92 91 212 Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city 93 92 162 Drake, Nothing Was The Same 94 101 98 Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife 95 82 108 Sam Hunt, Montevallo 96 86 61 Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive 97 96 294 Eminem, The Eminem Show 98 94 300 Adele, 21 99 105 405 Metallica, Metallica 100 103 06 A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Artist 101 104 126 Ed Sheeran, x 102 85 67 Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights 103 NE 01 Pink Floyd, The Early Years: 1967-1972: Cre/ation 104 99 60 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 105 117 08 Various Artists, WOW Hits 2017 106 109 03 Straight No Chaser, I'll Have Another...Christmas Album 107 106 18 Lil Yachty, Lil' Boat 108 NE 01 blackbear, Cashmere Noose (EP) 109 79 06 Green Day, Revolution Radio 110 76 02 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Country #1's 111 70 55 Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood 112 NE 01 Jordan Smith, 'Tis The Season 113 83 06 Daya, Sit Still, Look Pretty 114 112 06 Norah Jones, Day Breaks 115 81 03 Brett Eldredge, Glow 116 173 56 Céline Dion, These Are Special Times 117 167 03 Lauren Daigle, Behold: A Christmas Collection 118 154 50 Jeremih, Late Nights: The Album 119 108 149 Beyoncé, Beyoncé 120 115 03 A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, TBA (EP) 121 118 127 Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour 122 NE 01 Enigma, The Fall Of A Rebel Angel 123 111 41 Future, EVOL 124 95 70 Kelsea Ballerini, The First Time 125 139 444 Bob Marley And The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of... 126 87 05 Kings Of Leon, Walls 127 25 02 Common, Black America Again 128 126 64 Queen, Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection 129 125 65 Disturbed, Immortalized 130 114 26 Blake Shelton, If I'm Honest 131 137 03 James Arthur, Back From The Edge 132 107 54 Old Dominion, Meat And Candy 133 64 03 Tove Lo, Lady Wood 134 122 28 Cole Swindell, You Should Be Here 135 121 25 Fifth Harmony, 7/27 136 127 316 Eminem, Curtain Call: The Hits 137 119 27 Meghan Trainor, Thank You 138 152 02 George Strait, Strait For The Holidays 139 123 06 OneRepublic, Oh My My 140 124 435 Journey, Journey's Greatest Hits 141 132 168 2Pac, Greatest Hits 142 RE 53 Elvis Presley, It's Christmas Time 143 129 56 Blake Shelton, Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits 144 RE 60 Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas 145 140 04 Chris Young, It Must Be Christmas 146 153 111 Hozier, Hozier 147 146 20 Jon Pardi, California Sunrise 148 135 142 The Weeknd, Trilogy 149 RE 02 Rascal Flatts, The Greatest Gift Of All 150 113 04 Chris Tomlin, Never Lose Sight 151 142 09 Casting Crowns, The Very Next Thing 152 80 45 Tim McGraw, Damn Country Music 153 145 38 The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It 154 RE 157 Amy Winehouse, Back To Black 155 93 32 Kiiara, Low Kii Savage (EP) 156 NE 01 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Merry Christmas 157 90 04 Korn, The Serenity Of Suffering 158 199 111 Childish Gambino, Because The Internet 159 138 108 Taylor Swift, 1989 160 151 123 G-Eazy, These Things Happen 161 131 25 Dierks Bentley, Black 162 143 102 Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits: Decade #1 163 158 84 Shawn Mendes, Handwritten 164 148 23 Kaleo, A / B 165 144 09 Mac Miller, The Divine Feminine 166 RE 68 Josh Groban, Noel 167 149 03 Jimmy Buffett, 'Tis The Season 168 165 298 Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans 169 130 07 Bon Iver, 22, A Million 170 RE 175 Michael Jackson, The Essential Michael Jackson 171 156 12 Young Thug, JEFFERY 172 161 101 Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint 173 136 08 Aaron Lewis, Sinner 174 168 58 Selena Gomez, Revival 175 159 20 Logic, Bobby Tarantino 176 186 250 The Beatles, 1 177 134 25 Flume, Skin 178 164 155 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 179 RE 191 The Beatles, Abbey Road 180 174 32 Lukas Graham, Lukas Graham 181 163 220 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions 182 RE 11 Juan Gabriel, Mis Numero 1... 40 Aniversario 183 RE 26 Frank Sinatra, Christmas Songs By Sinatra 184 147 19 ScHoolboy Q, Blank Face LP 185 177 242 Johnny Cash, The Legend Of Johnny Cash 186 178 251 Lana Del Rey, Born To Die 187 NE 01 Sleigh Bells, Jessica Rabbit 188 181 03 Neil Diamond, Acoustic Christmas 189 193 15 Fitz And The Tantrums, Fitz And The Tantrums 190 141 05 Phil Collins, The Singles 191 182 98 Zac Brown Band, Greatest Hits So Far... 192 RE 19 Blink-182, California 193 184 203 Florida Georgia Line, Here's To The Good Times 194 176 259 Eminem, Recovery 195 175 88 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly 196 RE 06 A Tribe Called Quest, The Anthology 197 RE 52 Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) 198 172 171 Luke Bryan, Crash My Party 199 200 109 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greatest Hits 200 169 106 Kanye West, Graduation
November 23, 20168 yr Author A Tribe Called Quest Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart After 20-Year Wait 11/20/2016 by Keith Caulfield Hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest tops the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time in more than 20 years, as the act’s new album, We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service, debuts at No. 1. The set, which was released on Nov. 11 through Epic Records, earned 135,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 17, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 112,000 were 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 Dec. 3-dated chart (where A Tribe Called Quest starts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 22. We Got It From Here is A Tribe Called Quest’s second No. 1, following Beats, Rhymes and Life, which topped the list for one week on the chart dated Aug. 17, 1996 — 20 years and three months ago. That gap between No. 1s is the longest for a hip-hop act in the chart’s history. Previously, Jeezy —just two weeks ago — held the longest wait between No. 1s among hip-hop acts, with eight years and two months between The Recession in September of 2008 and Trap or Die 3 this month. The last act — among all genres of music — to wait longer between No. 1s was Lionel Richie in 2012. That year, he reached No. 1 with Tuskegee, 25 years and six months after he last topped the chart with 1986’s Dancing on the Ceiling. (The longest wait overall between No. 1s — among living acts — belongs to Bob Dylan, who went 30 years and six months between Desire in 1976 and Modern Times in 2006. The longest wait among all acts, living or dead, is owned by Ray Charles. There was a 42-year and four-month gap between Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music in 1962 and Genius Loves Company in 2005.) It’s worth noting that the first rap/hip-hop album to lead the Billboard 200 was Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill, which reached No. 1 almost 30 years ago, on March 7, 1987. Beastie Boys also clocked the 10th No. 1 rap album, Ill Communication, in 1994. A Tribe Called Quest’s previous No. 1, Beats, Rhymes and Life, was the 20th hip-hop album to top the Billboard 200. We Got It From Here is billed as A Tribe Called Quest’s final album. It is the group’s first studio release since 1998’s The Love Movement and the first since the death of the act’s Phife Dawg in March. Leonard Cohen Remembered on Billboard 200, Sting Debuts in Top 10 11/21/2016 by Keith Caulfield As A Tribe Called Quest bows at No. 1 on the new Billboard 200 albums chart with We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service — marking the act’s first No. 1 in over 20 years — the rest of the top 10 gets shaken up by holiday tunes, a late legend, and a returning rock icon. 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 Dec. 3-dated chart (where A Tribe Called Quest starts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 22. At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Penatonix’s A Pentatonix Christmas hits a new high, rising from No. 4 to No. 2. The set earned 56,000 units in the week ending Nov. 20, according to Nielsen Music (up 21 percent) and moved 50,000 in traditional album sales (up 21 percent). The vocal group has now tallied three top two-charting albums: the new set, their self-titled chart-topper from 2015, and then That’s Christmas to Me, which peaked in the runner-up slot in 2014. The Trolls soundtrack holds at No. 3 with 48,000 units (up 2 percent), while Rae Sremmurd’s Sremmlife 2 climbs one notch to No. 4 — a new high — with 43,000 units (up 9 percent). The album is now the duo’s highest charting set, surpassing the No. 5 peak of their debut effort, 2015’s Sremmlife. Drake’s Views rises three spots to No. 5, with 32,000 units (though it’s down 2 percent). The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton jumps 9-6 with 30,000 units (down less than 1 percent). Any impact that the album may receive from the news of vice president-elect Mike Pence’s visit to the show on Nov. 18 will not be felt until next week’s chart (reflecting the tracking week of Nov. 18-25). The late Leonard Cohen is remembered on the chart, as his most recent studio album, You Want It Darker, flies from No. 48 to No. 7 with 30,000 units (up 197 percent) and 28,000 in traditional album sales (up 188 percent). Cohen died on Nov. 7, but his death was not announced until Nov. 10. You Want It Darker debuted at No. 10 on the Nov. 12-dated list. It marked his second top 10 effort, following 2012’s Old Ideas, which reached No. 3. Just outside the top 10, Cohen’s greatest hits album The Essential Leonard Cohen, debuts at No. 13 with 20,000 units (up 686 percent) and with 11,000 albums sold (up 588 percent). The Chainsmokers’ Collage descends two spots to No. 8 with 29,000 units (down 25 percent). The bulk of its units were generated by streaming equivalent album units: 17,000 – thanks to the five-song EP’s multiple previously released hits (including “Closer” and “Don’t Let Me Down”). Sting notches his 11th solo top 10 album, as his new studio effort, 57th & 9th, bows at No. 9 with 28,000 units (27,000 in traditional album sales). He last visited the top 10 with 2010’s Symphonicities, which debuted and peaked at No. 6. Sting claimed his first solo top 10 with his debut effort, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, which spent six weeks lodged at No. 2 (its peak) in 1985. Of course, Sting also racked up a string of hit albums with his band The Police: the group scored four top 10s, including the blockbuster No. 1 set Synchronicity (which ruled for 17 weeks in 1983). Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 is the Suicide Squad soundtrack, which ascends 12-10 with 24,000 units (down 3 percent). Just outside the top 10 is Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood’s new holiday collaboration album, Christmas Together, which debuts at No. 11 with 21,000 units (essentially all from traditional album sales). The set also launches at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, giving the Brooks his 15th No. 1 on the tally, and Yearwood her fourth. The album came out on the same day (Nov. 11) as Brooks’ new 10-CD box set, which was exclusively available through Target for $29.99. The set is ineligible to chart on Nielsen and Billboard’s charts, as its price falls below the minimum required price to chart ($3.49 for a single disc, or $3.49 times the amount of discs in a multi-disc box set, in the title’s first four weeks of release).
November 23, 20168 yr Makes me so happy to see A Tribe Called Quest get the #1. It's a perfect swansong for an iconic group.
November 27, 20168 yr I'm surprised there's no mention of Bon Jovi's comical fall from number 1. 42 places must be a new record surely? That's outrageous. That drop in sales must be in the high 90%.
November 27, 20168 yr Author I'm surprised there's no mention of Bon Jovi's comical fall from number 1. 42 places must be a new record surely? That's outrageous. That drop in sales must be in the high 90%.Oops! It plummeted so far that I didn't even notice it :lol: :lol: Yes, that's a new record - beating Incubus' 'Light Grenades' which dropped 1-37 in December 2006. Is Emeli that irrelevant in the US to miss the top 40?! :oYup, she had two top 40 hits in 2013 (Next To Me and Beneath Your Beautiful) and nothing else. Still unknown by the general public.
November 28, 20168 yr Yeah, I hadn't realised she's 'only' sold 280k copies of 'Our Version Of Events', so that opening for a hit-less follow-up isn't surprising. I'd thought she'd made a bigger dent stateside, I guess mainly due to how inescapable she was over here for such a sustained period.
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