BILLBOARD 200 Week ending February 18, 2017

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 ** 1 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG (131,000 (44,000 sales))

2 ** 1 The Devil Dont Sleep - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG (77,000 (66,000 sales))

3 ** 1 SweetSexySavage - Kehlani - Tsunami Mob/Atlantic | AG (58,000 (32,000 sales))

4 1 1 10 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic (51,000)

5 ** 1 NOW 61 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy (37,000 (37,000 sales))

6 3 3 8 La La Land - Soundtrack - Summit/Interscope | IGA (36,000 (25,000 sales))

7 4 5 11 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG (31,000)

8 ** 1 A Girl A Bottle A Boat - Train - Crush Music | Columbia (30,000 (23,000 sales))

9 7 9 8 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic (27,000)

10 6 4 11 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney (27,000)

11 ** 1 The RCA-List, Vol. 3 - Various Artists - RCA

12 8 6 71 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

13 9 8 40 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

14 12 10 19 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA

15 10 7 8 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation

16 14 14 90 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

17 13 12 54 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

18 ** 1 Three Stripes - Bell Biv Devoe - The Triangle | eOne

19 17 11 13 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

20 15 18 22 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

21 ** 1 After All These Years - Brian & Jenn Johnson - Bethel

22 19 15 25 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

23 22 21 63 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

24 23 17 26 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

25 21 16 73 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

26 ** 1 Dave's Picks, Volume 21: Boston Garden, Boston, MA 4/2/73 - Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead | Rhino

27 24 31 55 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

28 ** 1 The Continuous Evilution Of Life's ?'s - Twiztid - Majik Ninja

29 27 24 28 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol

30 26 23 29 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

31 ** 1 Road Less Traveled - Lauren Alaina - 19/Interscope/Mercury Nashville | UMGN

32 44 46 43 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

33 RE 32 The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

34 25 19 37 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

35 29 25 19 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

36 33 29 11 Epic Lit (Version 2) - Various Artists - Epic

37 ** 1 All The Number Ones - New Edition - Hip-O | UMe

38 35 33 38 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

39 31 27 53 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

40 34 26 75 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

41 16 – 2 2017 Grammy Nominees - Various Artists - Grammy/Atlantic | AG

42 45 87 3 Act One - Marian Hill - Photo Finish | Republic

43 18 – 2 Kidz Bop 34 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord

44 37 34 39 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

45 49 37 137 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

46 40 38 43 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

47 39 39 71 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

48 36 28 3 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG

49 48 43 41 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

50 38 30 9 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote

51 50 45 113 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

52 51 47 129 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

53 54 44 71 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

54 41 35 7 The Return Of East Atlanta Santa - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

55 52 54 13 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia

56 43 41 36 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

57 47 36 11 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened

58 42 40 64 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam

59 56 50 23 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

60 57 53 61 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

61 53 42 77 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

62 55 48 64 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

63 2 – 2 The Search For Everything : Wave One (EP) - John Mayer - Columbia

64 62 60 205 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

65 86 111 91 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

66 59 58 15 Joanne - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Interscope | IGA

67 76 75 119 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

68 58 55 104 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

69 64 52 75 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

70 63 56 53 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

71 30 2 3 I See You - The xx - Young Turks

72 61 51 26 Encore - DJ Snake - DJ Snake/Interscope | IGA

73 46 22 8 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic

74 66 63 305 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

75 77 74 223 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

76 ** 1 Near To The Wild Heart Of Life - Japandroids - Anti- | Epitaph

77 70 114 28 A / B - Kaleo - Elektra/Atlantic | AG

78 69 68 21 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG

79 RE 4 The Ultimate Collection - Garth Brooks - Pearl

80 67 61 15 Big Baby D.R.A.M. - D.R.A.M. - #1EpicCheck | EMPIRE Recordings

81 71 72 81 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

82 78 89 31 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

83 68 57 9 Darkness And Light - John Legend - Columbia

84 74 70 17 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG

85 195 – 52 Heart Break - New Edition - MCA/Geffen | UMe

86 87 88 78 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

87 81 82 24 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

88 72 78 73 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

89 83 101 7 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA

90 80 84 172 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

91 65 64 93 Faith - George Michael - Columbia | Legacy

92 94 81 11 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN

93 79 79 25 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

94 RE 10 Walls - Kings Of Leon - RCA

95 92 119 326 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

96 116 150 76 Immortalized - Disturbed - Reprise | Warner Bros.

97 89 92 311 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

98 93 110 66 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

99 75 85 37 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

100 122 107 158 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

101 109 108 455 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

102 60 13 6 Run The Jewels 3 - Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels

103 106 122 446 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

104 96 86 309 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG

105 91 95 138 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

106 ** 1 Red Sea Road - Ellie Holcomb - Full Heart

107 28 – 2 Fenix - Nicky Jam - La Industria | Sony Music Latin

108 97 98 34 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

109 95 96 70 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG

110 108 113 416 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

111 90 91 71 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic

112 103 115 176 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

113 117 118 38 Lukas Graham - Lukas Graham - Warner Bros.

114 130 131 35 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

115 88 93 84 Make It Big - Wham! - Columbia | Legacy

116 84 67 6 White Friday (CM9) - Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik | Epic

117 85 66 7 Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' - Kid Cudi - Wicked Awesome | Republic

118 ** 1 Gods Of Violence - Kreator - Nuclear Blast

119 102 71 9 Blue & Lonesome - The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones/Promotone B.V./Polydor/Interscope | IGA

120 99 99 27 Major Key - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic

121 123 65 183 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

122 98 102 18 A Seat At The Table - Solange - Saint | Columbia

123 143 144 227 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

124 110 105 82 The Essential Billy Joel - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy

125 120 112 9 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

126 144 163 126 The Lumineers - The Lumineers - Dualtone

127 104 117 151 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

128 111 127 24 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) - PARTYNEXTDOOR - OVO Sound | Warner Bros.

129 142 171 81 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River

130 107 77 9 The Hamilton Mixtape - Various Artists - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

131 118 133 67 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

132 105 100 14 DC4 - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG

133 RE 15 Revolution Radio - Green Day - Reprise | Warner Bros.

134 157 137 83 VHS - X Ambassadors - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

135 113 123 94 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

136 135 142 261 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

137 124 116 67 Storyteller - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

138 129 139 385 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

139 127 134 117 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

140 114 120 51 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

141 151 170 48 I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It - The 1975 - Dirty Hit/Interscope | IGA

142 177 177 348 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

143 ** 1 Ty Segall - Ty Segall - Drag City

144 119 153 95 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

145 126 130 107 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

146 100 97 36 7/27 - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic

147 128 121 7 This Is A Challenge - Various Artists - Atlantic | AG

148 125 136 48 EVOL - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

149 ** 1 WOW Gospel 2017 - Various Artists - Motown Gospel/Word-Curb/RCA Inspiration | PLG

150 132 138 106 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

151 169 162 19 Fitz And The Tantrums - Fitz And The Tantrums - dangerbird/Elektra | AG

152 145 125 31 Skin - Flume - Future Classic | Mom + Pop

153 101 104 38 Thank You - Meghan Trainor - Epic

154 ** 1 NOW That's What I Call 90's Pop - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy

155 152 196 15 JEFFERY - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG

156 158 158 264 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

157 153 147 258 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

158 149 161 104 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

159 139 124 197 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG

160 154 149 300 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

161 146 126 119 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

162 150 151 160 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

163 134 141 7 Lil Big Pac - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz

164 133 143 9 TBA (EP) - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG

165 165 145 61 A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG

166 171 178 140 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

167 121 109 15 Sit Still, Look Pretty - Daya - Artbeatz

168 138 129 157 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

169 180 184 93 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

170 148 146 117 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote

171 155 157 129 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

172 RE 30 This Is Not A Test - tobyMac - ForeFront | Capitol CMG

173 184 – 284 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

174 115 90 12 We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest - Epic

175 156 152 201 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

176 163 156 88 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

177 161 166 94 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia

178 131 128 95 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! - Panic! At The Disco - Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen | AG

179 172 175 131 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - Elton John - Rocket/UTV | UMe

180 162 165 56 Late Nights: The Album - Jeremih - Mick Schultz | Def Jam

181 176 186 38 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

182 179 135 4 NOW That's What I Call A Workout 2017 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe

183 193 187 93 American Beauty / American Psycho - Fall Out Boy - DCD2 | Island

184 178 181 208 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

185 174 164 115 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

186 170 169 111 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

187 167 176 109 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

188 185 189 177 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

189 166 167 66 Revival - Selena Gomez - Interscope | IGA

190 164 148 11 4Ever - Prince - NPG | Warner Bros.

191 168 168 20 I Told You - Tory Lanez - Mad Love/Interscope | IGA

192 RE 8 Legacy - David Bowie - ISO/Columbia | Legacy

193 ** 1 Chain Breaker - Zach Williams - Essential | PLG

194 183 173 14 Cosmic Hallelujah - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN

195 RE 86 Chaos And The Calm - James Bay - Republic

196 196 – 46 I'm Comin' Over - Chris Young - RCA Nashville | SMN

197 141 132 127 The Ultimate Hits - Garth Brooks - Pearl

198 189 – 4 Lifelines - I Prevail - Fearless | Concord

199 RE 3 Let There Be Light - Hillsong Worship - Hillsong/Sparrow | Capitol CMG

200 175 172 101 Title - Meghan Trainor - Epic

Migos Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Culture'

 

Hip-hop trio Migos scores its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the arrival of Culture. The set — which was led by the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert — launches atop the list with 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Nielsen Music. Culture, Migos’ second album, was released on Jan. 27 through Quality Control/300 Entertainment.

 

The act had previously peaked as high as No. 17 on the Billboard 200 with its debut set, Yung Rich Nation, in August 2015.

 

Culture’s debut was driven by streams of its songs, as streaming equivalent album units accounted for 59 percent of the set’s first-week total (77,000 of 131,000). The album sold 44,000 in traditional album sales and earned 10,000 in track equivalent album units. It also arrives as Migos' first No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts.

 

Migos leads a busy top 10, as five albums debut in the region. That’s the most new arrivals in the top 10 since the Dec. 24, 2016-dated list, when five titles also bowed in the top 10.

 

Brantley Gilbert’s The Devil Don’t Sleep debuts at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, with 77,000 units earned in its first week (66,000 from traditional album sales — it’s also the top selling album of the week). It’s the third top five-charting effort for the country singer, following Just as I Am (No. 2 in 2014) and Halfway to Heaven (No. 4 in 2011).

 

The Devil Don’t Sleep is the highest-charting country title on the Billboard 200 since the Nov. 19, 2016-dated tally, when Kenny Chesney’s Cosmic Hallelujah debuted and peaked at No. 2. Gilbert’s new album also starts at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, securing the artist his second leader on that list, after Just as I Am.

 

Back on the Billboard 200 chart, singer/songwriter Kehlani bows at No. 3 with her debut studio effort ,SweetSexySavage, earning 58,000 units (32,000 in traditional album sales). It follows her No. 36-peaking mixtape You Should Be Here, which was released in 2015 and earned a Grammy Award nomination for best urban contemporary album.

 

SweetSexySavage scored a top 40-charting single on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart last November, with “CRZY,” which peaked at No. 34.

 

The Weeknd’s Starboy slips from No. 1 to No. 4 on the new Billboard 200 with 51,000 units (down 10 percent).

 

The Now 61 compilation album starts at No. 5 with 37,000 units (all from traditional album sales). The long-running series has seen all 61 of its main (numbered) albums reach the top 10.

 

The soundtrack to La La Land is pushed down three slots to No. 6, though it boasts a 15 percent gain, rising to 36,000 units earned in the week. The album scored a 27 percent increase in sales (climbing to 25,000 copies sold), thanks in part to a surge in vinyl LP sales for the set (5,000; up 453 percent). The title became widely available on black vinyl on Jan. 27 after a limited release on blue vinyl.

 

Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic falls 4-7 with 31,000 units earned (though it’s up two percent).

 

Train rolls in at No. 8 with its sixth top 10-charting album, A Girl a Bottle a Boat, starting with 30,000 units earned (23,000 in traditional album sales). The band recently notched its 14th top 10 hit on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart with the album’s “Play That Song.”

 

Train previously hit the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with Bulletproof Picasso (No. 5 in 2014), California 37 (No. 4, 2012), For Me, It’s You (No. 10, 2006), My Private Nation (No. 6, 2003) and Drops of Jupiter (No. 6, 2001).

 

Rounding out the new top 10 are Post Malone’s Stoney (7-9 with a little more than 27,000 units; up five percent) and the soundtrack to Moana (6-10 with 27,000 units; down less than one percent).

New Edition's Back in the Top 40 After More Than a Decade

2/10/2017 by Keith Caulfield

 

On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Feb. 18), Migos’ Culture arrived atop the chart, scoring the first No. 1 for the hip-hop trio. The set earned 131,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 44,000 were in traditional album sales.

 

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular albums based on their overall consumption. That overall unit figure combines pure album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

 

Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the latest Billboard 200 chart:

 

— New Edition, All the Number Ones - No. 37 — Following New Edition’s well-received BET biographical mini-series (Jan. 24-26) The New Edition Story, the group returns to the top 40 of the Billboard 200 for the first time in more than 10 years.

 

The vocal group’s hits compilation All the Number Ones, released in 2000, debuts at No. 37 on the tally, earning 12,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Nielsen Music. The set boasts not just New Edition hits, but also solo smashes from the group’s individual members and spin-off trio Bell Biv DeVoe.

 

New Edition was last in the top 40 back in 2004 with One Love (debuting and peaking at No. 12). The act also rises 195-85 with its 1988 album Heartbreak (7,000 units; up 79 percent).

 

According to BET, the three-part movie collected 29 million total viewers through Jan. 30, counting premiere telecasts and encores, across BET and Centric.

 

Those viewers translated into big music gains, as New Edition sold 20,000 albums in the two weeks ending Feb. 2 — up 1,345 percent compared to the two weeks ending Jan. 19 (a little more than 1,000). Further, the act sold 87,000 song downloads in the Jan. 20-Feb. 2 span (up 1,460 percent) and generated 34.95 million on-demand streams (up 652 percent).

 

In related New Edition news, Bell Biv DeVoe also capitalizes on the mini-series: the trio’s first album in 15 years, Three Stripes, bows at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 after its release on Jan. 27. They last debuted on the tally with 1993’s Hootie Mack (No. 19).

— Various Artists, Now 61 & Now That’s What I Call 90’s Pop - Nos. 5 & 154 — The Now That’s What I Call Music brand continues to find success on the Billboard 200, as the series notches its 125th and 126th charting titles with the arrivals of Now 61 (No. 5) and Now That’s What I Call 90’s Pop (No. 154).

 

The former title starts with 37,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 2 (all from traditional album sales), according to Nielsen Music. The 90’s Pop title launches with 5,000 units (again, all from sales).

 

All 61 of the main, numbered Now albums have reached the top 10, and volumes 2-61 have all debuted in the region.

 

Remarkably, since the first Now album debuted on the list dated Nov. 14, 1998, Now-branded albums account for 11.2 percent of all various artists titles that have reached the list (1,127 in all). Also something for Now to crow about: since the first Now compilation hit the top 10 (on Jan. 23, 1999), the franchise totals 54 percent of the various artist titles that have visited the top 10.

 

Back in the golden days of the Now series, in the 2000s, the line was regularly topping the chart with titles selling in excess of 200,000 copies in a single week. While Now albums don’t sell anything near that amount in 2017, they are one of the few bright spots on the compilation landscape. In the past year, the only titles to move more than 20,000 in a week have been Now titles (Now 57-61), The Hamilton Mixtape, and the 2016 Grammy Nominees effort.

 

— Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Getaway - No. 33 — The band’s latest album release re-enters the chart at No. 33 with a 251 percent gain in units (and a 427 percent jump in sales) thanks to a concert ticket/album sale promotion.

 

— Beyoncé, Beyoncé - No. 100 — News of Beyoncé’s pregnancy (on Feb. 1 she announced, via Instagram, that she’s expecting twins with husband Jay Z) perhaps urges gains for some of her albums on the chart: Beyoncé was up 20 percent in units (climbing 122-100) and I Am…Sasha Fierce gains 6 percent (moving 171-166).