BILLBOARD 200 Week ending March 18, 2017

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 ** 1 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic (121,000 (48,000 sales))

2 1 – 2 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic (64,000)

3 2 2 15 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG (58,000)

4 ** 1 The Breaker - Little Big Town - Capitol Nashville | UMGN (51,000 (44,000 sales))

5 10 7 23 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA (50,000 (35,000 sales))

6 5 4 5 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG (47,000)

7 4 5 14 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic (46,000)

8 16 14 15 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney (39,000 (21,000 sales))

9 6 3 4 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam (39,000)

10 ** 1 Vaquero - Aaron Watson - BIG Label | Thirty Tigers (39,000 (37,000 sales))

11 18 10 12 La La Land - Soundtrack - Summit/Interscope | IGA (37,000 (21,000 sales))

12 3 1 3 Fifty Shades Darker - Soundtrack - Universal Studios | Republic

13 ** 1 The Search For Everything: Wave Two (EP) - John Mayer - Columbia

14 37 35 15 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened

15 12 24 8 The Ultimate Collection - Garth Brooks - Pearl

16 13 11 12 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic

17 17 17 75 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

18 15 15 44 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

19 23 21 58 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

20 25 20 4 The RCA-List, Vol 4 - Various Artists - RCA

21 14 13 94 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

22 11 6 67 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

23 21 22 42 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

24 ** 1 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic

25 ** 1 FIVE - Prince Royce - Sony Music Latin

26 24 30 12 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation

27 20 8 19 Joanne - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Interscope | IGA

28 28 29 5 NOW 61 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy

29 9 – 2 Windy City - Alison Krauss - Capitol

30 27 31 26 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

31 31 23 43 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

32 35 41 77 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

33 26 36 29 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

34 29 27 17 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

35 30 25 5 The Devil Dont Sleep - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG

36 22 9 45 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

37 36 39 30 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

38 40 40 41 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

39 19 42 23 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

40 ** 1 The Shack: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture - Soundtrack - Atlantic | AG

41 53 66 27 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

42 39 34 5 SweetSexySavage - Kehlani - Tsunami Mob/Atlantic | AG

43 34 16 4 Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope - Reba McEntire - Rockin' R/Nash Icon | BMLG

44 ** 1 Epic Lit (Version 3) - Various Artists - Epic

45 41 48 32 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol

46 47 63 7 Act One - Marian Hill - Photo Finish | Republic

47 45 46 59 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

48 48 47 33 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

49 43 45 141 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

50 ** 1 Drunk - Thundercat - Brainfeeder

51 46 33 15 4Ever - Prince - NPG | Warner Bros.

52 42 38 79 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

53 56 58 75 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

54 8 – 2 Prisoner - Ryan Adams - PAX.AM | Blue Note

55 52 57 133 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

56 57 56 17 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia

57 7 – 2 In It To Win It - Charlie Wilson - P Music | RCA

58 58 62 75 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

59 54 54 47 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

60 66 79 123 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

61 55 18 3 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG

62 64 68 117 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

63 67 70 13 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote

64 62 67 7 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG

65 84 85 82 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

66 60 50 57 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

67 172 132 4 Dear Evan Hansen - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Autumn Smile Broadway Limited Liability/Atlantic | AG

68 63 51 68 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

69 44 – 2 Plata O Plomo - Fat Joe & Remy Ma - RNG | EMPIRE Recordings

70 38 – 2 The Chief - Jidenna - Wondaland | Epic

71 76 94 11 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA

72 71 84 309 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

73 86 95 35 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

74 77 91 227 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

75 70 76 65 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

76 61 52 315 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

77 68 93 85 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

78 65 53 209 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

79 82 55 25 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG

80 69 72 313 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG

81 74 77 11 The Return Of East Atlanta Santa - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

82 ** 1 Graveyard Whistling - Old 97's - ATO

83 73 82 57 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

84 72 64 68 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam

85 50 19 6 2017 Grammy Nominees - Various Artists - Grammy/Atlantic | AG

86 78 80 40 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

87 80 88 108 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

88 85 89 47 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

89 81 96 420 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

90 79 81 81 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

91 51 – 2 All Your Fault: Pt. 1 (EP) - Bebe Rexha - Warner Bros.

92 83 87 79 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

93 92 99 77 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

94 88 65 459 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

95 87 78 5 A Girl A Bottle A Boat - Train - Crush Music/Sunken Forest | Columbia

96 106 114 41 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

97 59 26 39 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

98 RE 34 Coming Home - Leon Bridges - LisaSawyer63 | Columbia

99 75 37 176 The Fame - Lady Gaga - Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA

100 103 71 450 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

101 RE 4 The Search For Everything : Wave One (EP) - John Mayer - Columbia

102 100 168 330 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

103 122 129 180 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

104 93 103 21 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG

105 104 106 28 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

106 98 109 38 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

107 99 105 176 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

108 107 – 69 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

109 143 149 13 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

110 ** 1 Point Of No Return - Dario - Dario

111 105 86 15 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN

112 120 131 71 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

113 96 107 30 Encore - DJ Snake - DJ Snake/Interscope | IGA

114 97 102 161 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

115 89 60 85 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River

116 110 174 265 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

117 118 124 187 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

118 114 108 142 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

119 116 75 6 Kidz Bop 34 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord

120 119 119 80 Immortalized - Disturbed - Reprise | Warner Bros.

121 113 121 74 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG

122 124 148 304 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

123 108 130 75 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic

124 ** 1 Freedom Highway - Rhiannon Giddens - Nonesuch | Warner Bros.

125 123 118 29 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

126 128 140 389 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

127 117 74 12 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic

128 125 104 288 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

129 144 152 119 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

130 115 92 95 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

131 RE 12 Platinum Hits - Jason Derulo - Beluga Heights | Warner Bros.

132 112 100 19 Big Baby D.R.A.M. - D.R.A.M. - #1EpicCheck | EMPIRE Recordings

133 102 73 13 Darkness And Light - John Legend - Columbia

134 ** 1 Colliding By Design - Acceptance - Rise

135 137 157 212 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino

136 121 128 201 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG

137 140 183 212 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

138 94 98 162 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

139 95 59 42 Lukas Graham - Lukas Graham - Warner Bros.

140 ** 1 Landmark - Hippo Campus - Grand Jury

141 132 146 108 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

142 127 155 52 EVOL - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

143 111 120 31 Major Key - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic

144 130 137 155 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

145 136 125 231 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

146 152 145 268 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

147 142 144 86 The Essential Billy Joel - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy

148 146 154 181 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

149 138 127 32 A / B - Kaleo - Elektra/Atlantic | AG

150 139 167 11 Lil Big Pac - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz

151 141 139 121 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

152 135 143 28 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) - PARTYNEXTDOOR - OVO Sound | Warner Bros.

153 174 – 41 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

154 145 134 144 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

155 RE 251 The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash - Columbia Nashville/Legacy/American/Island | UMe

156 133 142 99 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

157 159 160 164 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

158 157 172 110 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

159 150 151 262 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

160 148 159 55 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

161 156 163 98 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

162 173 189 11 This Is A Challenge - Various Artists - Atlantic | AG

163 ** 1 Suicide Silence - Suicide Silence - Nuclear Blast

164 126 170 111 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

165 170 185 113 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

166 RE 71 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino

167 176 – 119 Confessions - Usher - LaFace | Legacy

168 178 169 131 The Ultimate Hits - Garth Brooks - Pearl

169 158 158 205 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

170 ** 1 Flying Microtonal Banana - King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Flightless | ATO

171 147 147 10 White Friday (CM9) - Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik | Epic

172 134 – 351 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

173 149 117 22 A Seat At The Table - Solange - Saint | Columbia

174 RE 21 Fitz And The Tantrums - Fitz And The Tantrums - dangerbird/Elektra | AG

175 RE 215 Mothership - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino

176 180 199 99 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! - Panic! At The Disco - Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen | AG

177 129 176 52 I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It - The 1975 - Dirty Hit/Interscope | IGA

178 169 173 6 Fenix - Nicky Jam - La Industria | Sony Music Latin

179 ** 1 Able - NewSpring Worship - Dream Worship/Dream | Capitol CMG

180 168 175 19 JEFFERY - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG

181 ** 1 Heartless - Moneybagg Yo - Be Great | Cocaine Muzik

182 193 – 97 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia

183 RE 13 NOW 60 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe

184 175 187 42 Thank You - Meghan Trainor - Epic

185 164 123 71 Storyteller - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

186 RE 181 The Very Best Of The Eagles - Eagles - Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino

187 163 164 123 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

188 165 165 18 DC4 - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG

189 155 171 121 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote

190 167 184 115 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

191 186 194 133 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

192 RE 19 Unleashed - Skillet - Hear It Loud/Atlantic | AG

193 192 196 33 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 - Nickelback - Roadrunner | AG

194 181 180 135 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - Elton John - Rocket/UTV | UMe

195 184 – 117 V - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA

196 160 133 49 I'm Comin' Over - Chris Young - RCA Nashville | SMN

197 171 161 92 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

198 179 186 60 Late Nights: The Album - Jeremih - Mick Schultz | Def Jam

199 RE 5 Live & Inspired - Godsmack - Republic | Republic

200 166 135 97 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

Future Makes History With Back-to-Back No. 1 Debuts on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

3/5/2017 by Keith Caulfield

 

As expected, Future debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated March 18) with HNDRXX, his fifth chart topper. It replaces his own self-titled album, which bowed at No. 1 a week earlier.

 

Future is the first act in the nearly 61-year history of the chart to achieve back-to-back No. 1 debuts in successive weeks. The rapper is also the first artist to succeed himself at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 at all (counting not only debuts) since 1968. He's additionally the first soloist ever to claim the honor.

 

HNDRXX bows with 121,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 2, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 48,000 were in traditional album sales, 63,000 were in SEA and 11,000 were in TEA. (All units are rounded to the nearest thousand.) HNDRXX was released on Feb. 24 through A-1/Freebandz/Epic Records. It follows Future’s self-titled No. 1 debut, which was issued on the same imprints/label, on Feb. 17. The self-titled album slips from No. 1 to No. 2 on the latest chart with 64,000 units (down 54 percent).

 

With Future’s HNDRXX at No. 1 and his self-titled release at No. 2, the rapper is the first act in nearly one year to have both the Nos. 1 and 2 albums simultaneously. The last act to do so was Prince, following his death last year, when, on the May 7-dated chart, he re-entered the list at No. 1 with The Very Best of Prince and at No. 2 with the Purple Rain soundtrack. Before that, Nelly was the last act to manage the achievement, way back on Oct. 2, 2004, when he debuted at Nos. 1 and 2 with Suit and Sweat, respectively.

 

Only nine acts, including Future, have been Nos. 1 and 2 at the same time since 1963, when Billboard combined the Billboard 200 from previously separate mono and stereo album charts into one overall list.

 

It’s unusual that an artist would release two studio albums in such quick succession. In the past, acts have chosen to release two albums at the same time (for example, Guns N’ Roses' Use Your Illusion I and II and Nelly’s Sweat and Suit) or within less than a year of one another (Justin Timberlake’s chart topping albums The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2).

 

Future is the first act to replace himself at No. 1 since 1968, when Simon & Garfunkel did it (twice!) with Bookends and the soundtrack to The Graduate. (Neither album debuted at No. 1.) In total, since 1963, Future is just the sixth act -- and first soloist -- to supplant itself at No. 1, following Simon & Garfunkel, The Monkees, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, The Beatles and Peter, Paul & Mary.

 

HNDRXX is Future’s fifth No. 1 album. It follows his self-titled set, Evol (2016), What a Time to Be Alive (with Drake) and DS2 (both in 2015).

 

At No. 3 on the new Billboard 200 is Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic, slipping down one slot with 58,000 units (down 2 percent).

 

Country quartet Little Big Town lands its fourth top 10 album, as The Breaker bows at No. 4 with 51,000 units (44,000 from traditional album sales). The group previously visited the top 10 with Pain Killer (No. 7 in 2014), Tornado (No. 2, 2012) and The Reason Why (No. 5, 2010).

 

Little Big Town has the second-most top 10s among country duo/groups this decade, trailing only Lady Antebellum, which has five top 10s since 2010. (Lady Antebellum has a total of six top 10s, stretching back to its 2008 self-titled release.)

 

The Breaker was led by the Taylor Swift-written single “Better Man,” which spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart (the group’s third leader on the tally). Over on the Country Airplay chart, it has spent the last two weeks atop the list -- the act’s second No. 1, following 2012’s “Pontoon.”

 

At No. 5 on the Billboard 200, the Trolls soundtrack surges up five rungs with a 35 percent gain (rising to to 50,000 units). It sold 35,000 copies (up 41 percent) in the tracking week. The increases are likely owed to ABC TV’s broadcast of the Academy Awards (Feb. 28), which opened with a performance of the album’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” by Justin Timberlak​e (it was nominated for best original song).

 

The Oscars also shine on the Moana soundtrack, which climbs from No. 16 to No. 8 with 39,000 units (up 65 percent) and 21,000 in sales (up 77 percent). The show featured a performance of the album’s Oscar-nominated “How Far I’ll Go” by Auli'i Cravalho and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Outside the top 10, the La La Land soundtrack -- which houses the best original song winner, “City of Stars” -- rises 18-11 with 37,000 units (up 57 percent) and 24,000 in sales (up 51 percent).

 

Back in the top 10, Migos’ Culture dips a slot to No. 6 with 47,000 units (down 6 percent). The Weeknd’s Starboy falls 4-7 with 46,000 units (down 8 percent) and, below Moana, Big Sean’s I Decided. moves down three positions to No. 9 with a little more than 39,000 units (down 20 percent).

 

Closing out the top 10 is country singer Aaron Watson, who notches his first top 10 set with the arrival of Vaquero (39,000 units; 37,000 in traditional album sales). Watson made his national Billboard chart debut more than 10 years ago, when his San Angelo album debuted on the Top Country Albums chart dated April 22, 2006. He arrived on the Billboard 200 two years later, with Angels & Outlaws (April 19, 2008).

 

Vaquero is Watson’s fifth charting set on the Billboard 200, and each successive release has reached a higher peak. Angels & Outlaws reached No. 175 in 2008, The Road & The Rodeo hit No. 150 in 2010, Real Good Time topped out at No. 81 in 2012 and The Underdog hit No. 14 in 2015.