BILLBOARD 200 Week ending March 25, 2017

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 ** 1 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG (451,000 (322,000 sales))

2 14 37 16 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened (81,000 (79,000 sales))

3 3 2 16 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG (65,000)

4 2 1 3 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic (52,000)

5 1 – 2 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic (49,000)

6 6 5 6 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG (44,000)

7 7 4 15 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic (42,000)

8 8 16 16 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney (39,000)

9 ** 1 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA (37,000 (12,000 sales))

10 5 10 24 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA (36,000)

11 9 6 5 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

12 16 13 13 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic

13 12 3 4 Fifty Shades Darker - Soundtrack - Universal Studios | Republic

14 17 17 76 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

15 11 18 13 La La Land - Soundtrack - Summit/Interscope | IGA

16 18 15 45 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

17 20 25 5 The RCA-List, Vol 4 - Various Artists - RCA

18 19 23 59 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

19 4 – 2 The Breaker - Little Big Town - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

20 21 14 95 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

21 49 43 142 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

22 22 11 68 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

23 30 27 27 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

24 23 21 43 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

25 15 12 9 The Ultimate Collection - Garth Brooks - Pearl

26 28 28 6 NOW 61 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy

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

28 26 24 13 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation

29 33 26 30 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

30 34 29 18 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

31 31 31 44 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

32 29 9 3 Windy City - Alison Krauss - Capitol

33 32 35 78 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

34 38 40 42 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

35 24 – 2 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic

36 39 19 24 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

37 37 36 31 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

38 35 30 6 The Devil Dont Sleep - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG

39 44 – 2 Epic Lit (Version 3) - Various Artists - Epic

40 42 39 6 SweetSexySavage - Kehlani - Tsunami Mob/Atlantic | AG

41 41 53 28 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

42 40 – 2 The Shack - Soundtrack - Atlantic | AG

43 47 45 60 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

44 36 22 46 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

45 48 48 34 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

46 63 67 14 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote

47 43 34 5 Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope - Reba McEntire - Rockin' R/Nash Icon | BMLG

48 52 42 80 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

49 45 41 33 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol

50 53 56 76 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

51 58 58 76 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

52 56 57 18 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia

53 46 47 8 Act One - Marian Hill - Photo Finish | Republic

54 55 52 134 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

55 10 – 2 Vaquero - Aaron Watson - BIG Label | Thirty Tigers

56 59 54 48 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

57 136 121 202 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG

58 60 66 124 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

59 127 117 13 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic

60 74 77 228 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

61 69 44 3 Plata O Plomo - Fat Joe & Remy Ma - RNG | EMPIRE Recordings

62 62 64 118 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

63 61 55 4 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG

64 64 62 8 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG

65 71 76 12 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA

66 66 60 58 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

67 65 84 83 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

68 68 63 69 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

69 51 46 16 4Ever - Prince - NPG | Warner Bros.

70 80 69 314 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG

71 78 65 210 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

72 73 86 36 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

73 ** 1 Look At Yourself - Emmure - SharpTone

74 79 82 26 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG

75 83 73 58 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

76 86 78 41 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

77 72 71 310 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

78 84 72 69 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam

79 88 85 48 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

80 81 74 12 The Return Of East Atlanta Santa - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

81 87 80 109 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

82 77 68 86 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

83 76 61 316 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

84 94 88 460 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

85 75 70 66 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

86 90 79 82 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

87 93 92 78 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

88 89 81 421 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

89 92 83 80 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

90 109 143 14 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

91 ** 1 Sounds Of Revival, Part Two - William McDowell - Delivery Room | eOne

92 166 – 72 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino

93 110 – 2 Point Of No Return - Dario - Dario

94 57 7 3 In It To Win It - Charlie Wilson - P Music | RCA

95 145 136 232 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

96 100 103 451 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

97 91 51 3 All Your Fault: Pt. 1 (EP) - Bebe Rexha - Warner Bros.

98 114 97 162 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

99 113 96 31 Encore - DJ Snake - DJ Snake/Interscope | IGA

100 96 106 42 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

101 RE 101 Pure Heroine - Lorde - Lava | Republic

102 186 – 182 The Very Best Of The Eagles - Eagles - Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino

103 102 100 331 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

104 107 99 177 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

105 103 122 181 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

106 95 87 6 A Girl A Bottle A Boat - Train - Crush Music/Sunken Forest | Columbia

107 112 120 72 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

108 104 93 22 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG

109 ** 1 VOIDS - Minus The Bear - Secretly Canadian

110 126 128 390 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

111 ** 1 Baptized In Bourbon - Moonshine Bandits - BackRoad | Average Joes

112 105 104 29 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

113 125 123 30 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

114 99 75 177 The Fame - Lady Gaga - Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA

115 70 38 3 The Chief - Jidenna - Wondaland | Epic

116 106 98 39 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

117 118 114 143 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

118 122 124 305 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

119 129 144 120 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

120 97 59 40 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

121 117 118 188 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

122 108 107 70 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

123 130 115 96 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

124 115 89 86 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River

125 155 – 252 The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash - Columbia Nashville/Legacy/American/Island | UMe

126 123 108 76 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic

127 121 113 75 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG

128 128 125 289 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

129 111 105 16 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN

130 85 50 7 2017 Grammy Nominees - Various Artists - Grammy/Atlantic | AG

131 135 137 213 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino

132 54 8 3 Prisoner - Ryan Adams - PAX.AM | Blue Note

133 132 112 20 Big Baby D.R.A.M. - D.R.A.M. - #1EpicCheck | EMPIRE Recordings

134 25 – 2 FIVE - Prince Royce - Sony Music Latin

135 149 138 33 A / B - Kaleo - Elektra/Atlantic | AG

136 119 116 7 Kidz Bop 34 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord

137 141 132 109 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

138 138 94 163 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

139 133 102 14 Darkness And Light - John Legend - Columbia

140 144 130 156 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

141 143 111 32 Major Key - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic

142 98 – 35 Coming Home - Leon Bridges - LisaSawyer63 | Columbia

143 116 110 266 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

144 120 119 81 Immortalized - Disturbed - Reprise | Warner Bros.

145 ** 1 Def Jam Presents: Direct Deposit, Vol. 2 - Various Artists - Def Jam

146 148 146 182 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

147 147 142 87 The Essential Billy Joel - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy

148 13 – 2 The Search For Everything: Wave Two (EP) - John Mayer - Columbia

149 142 127 53 EVOL - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

150 ** 1 Last Place - Grandaddy - 30th Century | Columbia

151 150 139 12 Lil Big Pac - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz

152 159 150 263 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

153 137 140 213 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

154 151 141 122 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

155 146 152 269 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

156 175 – 216 Mothership - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino

157 156 133 100 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

158 161 156 99 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

159 67 172 5 Dear Evan Hansen - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Autumn Smile Broadway Limited Liability/Atlantic | AG

160 194 181 136 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - Elton John - Rocket/UTV | UMe

161 171 147 11 White Friday (CM9) - Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik | Epic

162 152 135 29 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) - PARTYNEXTDOOR - OVO Sound | Warner Bros.

163 157 159 165 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

164 169 158 206 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

165 154 145 145 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

166 160 148 56 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

167 165 170 114 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

168 164 126 112 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

169 153 174 42 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

170 158 157 111 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

171 ** 1 In Your Absence (EP) - Senses Fail - Pure Noise

172 176 180 100 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! - Panic! At The Disco - Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen | AG

173 172 134 352 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

174 178 169 7 Fenix - Nicky Jam - La Industria | Sony Music Latin

175 187 163 124 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

176 195 184 118 V - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA

177 181 – 2 Heartless - Moneybagg Yo - Be Great | Cocaine Muzik

178 189 155 122 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote

179 139 95 43 Lukas Graham - Lukas Graham - Warner Bros.

180 200 166 98 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

181 162 173 12 This Is A Challenge - Various Artists - Atlantic | AG

182 173 149 23 A Seat At The Table - Solange - Saint | Columbia

183 167 176 120 Confessions - Usher - LaFace | Legacy

184 182 193 98 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia

185 RE 63 A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG

186 184 175 43 Thank You - Meghan Trainor - Epic

187 RE 88 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

188 180 168 20 JEFFERY - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG

189 190 167 116 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

190 191 186 134 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

191 ** 1 Halfway Human - Within The Ruins - Good Fight | eOne

192 197 171 93 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

193 198 179 61 Late Nights: The Album - Jeremih - Mick Schultz | Def Jam

194 188 165 19 DC4 - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG

195 RE 40 7/27 - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic

196 50 – 2 Drunk - Thundercat - Brainfeeder

197 RE 23 I Told You - Tory Lanez - Mad Love/Interscope | IGA

198 RE 103 Title - Meghan Trainor - Epic

199 196 160 50 I'm Comin' Over - Chris Young - RCA Nashville | SMN

200 RE 35 Skin - Flume - Future Classic | Mom + Pop

Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With 2017's Biggest Debut

3/12/2017 by Keith Caulfield

 

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, earning a whopping 451,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 9, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the largest week for an album in 2017, and the biggest since J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only launched at No. 1 with 492,000 on the Dec. 31, 2016-dated list.

 

Further, ÷ starts with 322,000 in traditional album sales -- again, the largest sales frame for an album since 4 Your Eyez Only debuted with 363,000 copies sold.

 

This is Sheeran’s second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, following the chart-topping bow of his previous studio effort, x (Multiply), in 2014. That set launched with 209,000 in traditional album sales (before the Billboard 200 transitioned to a ranking based on equivalent album units).

 

Additionally, ÷ logs the biggest streaming week for an album since 4 Your Eyez Only’s debut frame. ÷ earned 90,000 streaming equivalent album units (which equates to 134.6 million streams of songs from the album in the tracking week). 4 Your Eyez Only arrived with 118,000 streaming equivalent album units (176.9 million streams of the album’s songs).

 

Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct jumps from No. 14 to No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 with 81,000 units (up 191 percent) and 79,000 in album sales (up 209 percent). The gain is owed mostly to a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with the band’s stadium tour that went on sale on Feb. 17. The trek launches on May 10 in Baltimore, Md., at M&T Bank Stadium. Redemptions of albums included with the purchase of a concert ticket register as a sale in the week the customer redeems/receives the album.

 

Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic holds at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 65,000 units (up 12 percent), Future’s self-titled album dips 2-4 with 52,000 units (down 18 percent), while last week’s leader, Future’s HNDRXX, falls to No. 5 with 49,000 units in its second week (down 59 percent).

 

Migos’ Culture is steady at No. 6 with 44,000 units (down 6 percent), The Weeknd’s Starboy is stationary at No. 7 with 42,000 units (down 8 percent), and the Moana soundtrack is also a non-mover at No. 8 with 39,000 units (up less than 1 percent).

 

The second and final debut in the top 10 belongs to Khalid, whose American Teen arrives at No. 9 with 37,000 units (12,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the 19-year-old R&B singer’s debut effort, and was led by the single “Location,” which has reached the top 20 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

 

Rounding out the Billboard 200's top 10 at No. 10 is the Trolls soundtrack, falling five slots with 36,000 units (down 28 percent).