BILLBOARD 200 Week ending April 8, 2017

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 ** 1 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic (505,000 (226,000 sales))

2 1 1 3 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG (119,000)

3 ** 1 Rather You Than Me - Rick Ross - Maybach | Epic (106,000 (70,000 sales))

4 3 – 2 Beauty And The Beast (2017) - Soundtrack - Walt Disney (99,000 (74,000 sales)))

5 ** 1 Spirit - Depeche Mode - Venusnote/Mute | Columbia (64,000 (62,000 sales))

6 4 3 18 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG (51,000)

7 5 8 18 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney (50,000)

8 6 4 5 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic (40,000)

9 7 7 17 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic (39,000)

10 8 6 8 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG (37,000)

11 ** 1 There Is A Cloud - Elevation Worship - Elevation Church | PLG

12 9 5 4 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

13 10 10 26 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA

14 11 11 7 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

15 12 12 15 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic

16 13 9 3 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA

17 ** 1 Hot Thoughts - Spoon - Matador

18 16 16 47 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

19 2 2 18 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened

20 14 14 78 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

21 17 17 7 The RCA-List, Vol 4 - Various Artists - RCA

22 19 18 61 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

23 21 20 97 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

24 15 13 6 Fifty Shades Darker - Soundtrack - Universal Studios | Republic

25 22 23 29 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

26 ** 1 So Good - Zara Larsson - Record Company TEN | Epic

27 23 22 70 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

28 24 24 45 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

29 ** 1 Climate Change - Pitbull - Mr. 305/Polo Grounds | RCA

30 35 31 46 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

31 28 30 20 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

32 30 34 44 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

33 ** 1 The Definitive Collection - Chuck Berry - Chess/Geffen/Chronicles | UMe

34 29 28 15 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation

35 26 21 144 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

36 27 29 32 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

37 55 59 15 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic

38 32 33 80 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

39 ** 1 Live From The Fox Oakland - Tedeschi Trucks Band - Fantasy | Concord

40 31 19 4 The Breaker - Little Big Town - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

41 33 43 62 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

42 42 41 30 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

43 25 15 15 La La Land - Soundtrack - Summit/Interscope | IGA

44 36 27 22 Joanne - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Interscope | IGA

45 34 26 8 NOW 61 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy

46 45 52 20 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia

47 37 37 33 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

48 41 36 26 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

49 38 39 4 Epic Lit (Version 3) - Various Artists - Epic

50 68 71 212 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

51 43 46 16 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote

52 46 48 82 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

53 40 40 8 SweetSexySavage - Kehlani - Tsunami Mob/Atlantic | AG

54 59 63 6 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG

55 44 45 36 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

56 50 38 8 The Devil Dont Sleep - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG

57 48 56 50 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

58 52 58 126 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

59 47 51 78 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

60 49 50 78 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

61 60 72 38 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

62 54 65 14 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA

63 53 54 136 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

64 ** 1 Blossom - Milky Chance - Lichtdicht | Republic

65 39 35 4 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic

66 79 81 111 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

67 71 67 85 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

68 51 44 48 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

69 57 62 120 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

70 56 53 10 Act One - Marian Hill - Photo Finish | Republic

71 61 64 10 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG

72 100 104 179 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

73 58 49 35 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol

74 63 68 71 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

75 18 – 2 Deep South - Josh Turner - MCA Nashville | UMGN

76 69 100 44 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

77 64 66 60 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

78 66 70 316 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG

79 70 76 43 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

80 ** 1 Live/ North America 2016 - Gary Clark Jr. - Hotwire | Warner Bros.

81 ** 1 Scatterbrain - KXM - Rat Pak

82 72 75 60 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

83 67 32 5 Windy City - Alison Krauss - Capitol

84 74 60 230 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

85 75 77 312 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

86 RE 79 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

87 76 84 462 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

88 62 47 7 Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope - Reba McEntire - Rockin' R/Nash Icon | BMLG

89 ** 1 The Flash: Music From The Special Episode: Duet (EP) - Soundtrack - DC | WaterTower

90 78 78 71 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam

91 ** 1 Yours Conditionally - Tennis - Mutually Detrimental | Thirty Tigers

92 82 82 88 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

93 83 74 28 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG

94 80 80 14 The Return Of East Atlanta Santa - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

95 77 79 50 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

96 87 85 68 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

97 85 86 84 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

98 90 89 82 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

99 86 83 318 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

100 ** 1 In Mind - Real Estate - Domino

101 92 69 18 4Ever - Prince - NPG | Warner Bros.

102 98 96 453 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

103 73 112 31 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

104 120 103 333 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

105 91 105 183 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

106 20 – 2 Heartworms - The Shins - Aural Apothecary | Columbia

107 101 107 74 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

108 97 108 24 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG

109 118 126 78 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic

110 81 57 204 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG

111 103 88 423 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

112 RE 121 ...And Justice For All - Metallica - Blackened

113 145 120 42 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

114 112 118 307 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

115 114 99 33 Encore - DJ Snake - DJ Snake/Interscope | IGA

116 143 123 98 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

117 105 98 164 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

118 94 106 8 A Girl A Bottle A Boat - Train - Crush Music/Sunken Forest | Columbia

119 ** 1 Score - 2Cellos/London Symphony Orchestra - Portrait | Sony Masterworks

120 110 113 32 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

121 116 117 145 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

122 RE 77 Beauty And The Beast - Soundtrack - Walt Disney | Walt Disney

123 ** 1 Rompiendo Fronteras - Alejandro Fernandez - Universal Music Latino | UMLE

124 88 131 215 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino

125 123 121 190 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

126 125 122 72 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

127 121 116 41 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

128 109 110 392 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

129 89 128 291 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

130 124 127 77 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG

131 135 146 184 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

132 127 137 111 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

133 131 169 44 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

134 162 153 215 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

135 84 42 4 The Shack - Soundtrack - Atlantic | AG

136 133 95 234 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

137 ** 1 Salutations - Conor Oberst - Nonesuch | Warner Bros.

138 RE 2 Human - Rag'n'Bone Man - Best Laid Plans | Columbia

139 141 124 88 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River

140 129 114 179 The Fame - Lady Gaga - Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA

141 122 90 16 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

142 153 152 265 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

143 130 133 22 Big Baby D.R.A.M. - D.R.A.M. - #1EpicCheck | EMPIRE Recordings

144 134 119 122 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

145 RE 58 Ride The Lightning - Metallica - Megaforce | Blackened

146 137 138 165 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

147 128 94 5 In It To Win It - Charlie Wilson - P Music | RCA

148 119 135 35 A / B - Kaleo - Elektra/Atlantic | AG

149 146 143 268 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

150 115 61 5 Plata O Plomo - Fat Joe & Remy Ma - Terror Squad/RNG | EMPIRE Recordings

151 152 154 124 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

152 95 187 90 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

153 132 140 158 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

154 139 129 18 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN

155 171 160 138 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - Elton John - Rocket/UTV | UMe

156 155 166 58 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

157 140 125 254 The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash - Columbia Nashville/Legacy/American/Island | UMe

158 136 170 113 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

159 167 164 208 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

160 106 – 266 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 - The Rolling Stones - ABKCO

161 161 158 101 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

162 159 144 83 Immortalized - Disturbed - Reprise | Warner Bros.

163 165 155 271 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

164 189 – 2 Step Brothers THREE - Starlito / Don Trip - Grind Hard | EMPIRE Recordings

165 163 165 147 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

166 154 172 102 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! - Panic! At The Disco - Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen | AG

167 172 167 116 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

168 151 162 31 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) - PARTYNEXTDOOR - OVO Sound | Warner Bros.

169 142 149 55 EVOL - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

170 157 141 34 Major Key - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic

171 147 173 354 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

172 164 163 167 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

173 179 – 73 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection - Bon Jovi - Island | UMe

174 108 97 5 All Your Fault: Pt. 1 (EP) - Bebe Rexha - Warner Bros.

175 148 151 14 Lil Big Pac - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz

176 ** 1 You're Not As ______ As You Think - Sorority Noise - Triple Crown

177 166 157 102 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

178 ** 1 The Answers - SoMo - Republic

179 99 101 103 Pure Heroine - Lorde - Lava | Republic

180 168 168 114 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

181 ** 1 This One's For You (EP) - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN

182 183 – 163 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros. | Warner Bros.

183 180 176 120 V - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA

184 ** 1 Obituary - Obituary - Gibtown | Relapse

185 182 181 14 This Is A Challenge - Various Artists - Atlantic | AG

186 178 161 13 White Friday (CM9) - Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik | Epic

187 194 193 63 Late Nights: The Album - Jeremih - Mick Schultz | Def Jam

188 169 180 100 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

189 188 192 95 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

190 138 115 5 The Chief - Jidenna - Wondaland | Epic

191 196 190 136 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

192 177 174 9 Fenix - Nicky Jam - La Industria | Sony Music Latin

193 149 136 9 Kidz Bop 34 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord

194 184 189 118 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

195 187 175 126 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

196 181 178 124 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote

197 191 102 184 The Very Best Of The Eagles - Eagles - Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino

198 198 183 122 Confessions - Usher - LaFace | Legacy

199 ** 1 The Great Collapse - Fit For An Autopsy - Good Fight | eOne

200 192 185 65 A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG

Drake's 'More Life' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 & Sets Streaming Record

3/26/2017 by Keith Caulfield

 

Drake scores his seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and sets a new streaming record, as his More Life set bows atop the tally dated April 8.

 

The effort, which was released on March 18, earned 505,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 23, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the biggest week for any album since Drake’s own Views launched with 1.04 million units on the list dated May 21, 2016.

 

Of More Life’s starting sum, a record 257,000 units were driven by streaming equivalent album units, equating to 384.8 million streams of songs from the 22-track album during the tracking frame (each unit equals 1,500 streams of songs from the album).

 

More Life’s streaming sum beats the previous record holder of Drake’s Views, which launched with 163,000 streaming equivalent units (245.1 million song streams).

 

With 257,000 units of More Life’s debut sum comprised of SEA, the remaining amount was comprised of 23,000 TEA units and 226,000 in traditional album sales (all from digital downloads of the album, as it is so far initially commercially available only through digital retailers). The latter sum is the second-largest sales week of 2017, behind only the arrival of Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide), which launched with 322,000 copies sold (it was available as both a digital and physical album). Drake’s last album release, Views, bowed with 852,000 copies sold (all from digital albums).

 

Drake’s More Life was released to all streaming and digital retail services on Saturday (March 18). Its streaming and commercial release was preceded that day by the project’s premiere on Drake’s OVO Sound radio program on Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio at 3:30 p.m. PT. It will be released on CD on March 31, with a vinyl LP release to follow in the coming weeks.

 

More Life is Drake’s seventh consecutive album to debut at No. 1. Only his debut EP, So Far Gone, has missed the top slot, as it debuted and peaked at No. 6 back in 2009.

 

Drake’s seven No. 1s ties him with Kanye West and Eminem for the second-most No. 1s among hip-hop acts, trailing only Jay Z, with 13 leaders.Last week’s No. 1, Ed Sheeran’s ÷, falls to No. 2 after two weeks leading the list. ÷ earned 119,000 units in the latest tracking frame -- down 34 percent.

 

Rick Ross nabs his ninth top 10 album, as his new Rather You Than Me starts at No. 3 with 106,000 units (70,000 in traditional album sales). Ross’ last album, 2015’s Black Market, debuted and peaked at No. 6 with 65,000 units earned in its first week (and 54,000 in sales). Rather You Than Me logs Ross’ largest sales sum since Mastermind debuted at No. 1 in 2014 with 179,000 copies sold. All nine of Ross’ studio albums have debuted in the top 10. His hot streak began with the No. 1 arrival of Port of Miami in 2006.

 

The Beauty and the Beast soundtrack is pushed down one spot to No. 4, despite a 74 percent gain in units. The set earned 99,000 units in the week (up from its debut of 57,000 units), as the album profits from publicity generated by its parent film’s blockbuster opening in theaters on March 17. (The latest album tracking week ran from March 17 through March 23.) Beauty and the Beast sold 74,000 copies last week -- up 52 percent. That’s the largest sales week for a soundtrack since the Suicide Squad album bowed with 128,000 copies sold on the chart dated Aug. 27, 2016.

 

Depeche Mode clocks the third and final debut in the new Billboard 200’s top 10, as the band’s Spirit starts at No. 5 with 64,000 units (62,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the act’s eighth top 10 album and follows the No. 6 debut and peak of 2013’s Delta Machine (52,000 sold in its first week). The alt/dance vets last ranked higher in 2009 with Sounds of the Universe (No. 3). All eight of the group’s studio efforts dating back to 1990’s Violator have reached the top 10.

 

Rounding out the rest of the top 10 on the new Billboard 200: Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic moves 4-6 with 51,000 units (down 6 percent), the soundtrack to Moana falls 5-7 with 50,000 units (down 4 percent), Future’s self-titled album dips 6-8 with 40,000 units (down 19 percent), The Weeknd’s Starboy descends 7-9 with 39,000 units (down 12 percent) and Migos’ Culture slides 8-10 with 37,000 units (down 12 percent).