Justice has been made, she's #1 :)

 

Lana Del Rey Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Tyler, The Creator and Meek Mill Bow at Nos. 2 & 3

 

Plus, Linkin Park's 'One More Light' leaps 17-4 and 'Hybrid Theory' bounds 27-8, and top 10 debuts for the 'Descendants 2' soundtrack and Romeo Santos.

 

Lana Del Rey scores her second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Lust for Life bows atop the Aug. 12-dated tally. The set, which was released on July 21 through Polydor/Interscope Records, earned 107,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 27, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 80,000 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 Aug. 12-dated chart (where Del Rey debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites later in the day on Aug. 2.

 

Following closely behind Del Rey are Tyler, The Creator’s Flower Boy and Meek Mill’s Wins and Losses, as they debut at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. Flower Boy earned 106,000 units (with 70,000 in album sales), while Wins and Losses tallied 102,000 units (with 37,000 in album sales). Industry forecasters expected a close race among the three albums, with any of them potentially finishing on top. All three albums actually performed better than expected.

 

As earlier reported, the release of Billboard's Aug. 12-dated charts were delayed. A top-tier data provider encountered technical issues, initially preventing the delivery of its data to Nielsen Music (which provides the sales, streaming and airplay information for Billboard's charts). However, the provider was ultimately able to resolve the issue, and deliver the missing information to Nielsen Music. Billboard's charts were then completed using the data.

 

With the entire top three debuting titles, it’s only the second time in 2017 that the top three are all new arrivals. It previously happened on the Feb. 18-dated chart, when Migos’ Culture, Brantley Gilbert’s The Devil Don’t Sleep and Kehlani’s SweetSexySavage bowed at Nos. 1-3, respectively.

 

Further, this week marks the first time in 2017 where the top three albums are debuts that each earned more than 100,000 units. It last occurred on the Dec. 10, 2016-dated list, when Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct debuted at No. 1 with 291,000 units, followed by Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic at No. 2 (231,000) and Miranda Lambert’s The Weight of These Wings at No. 3 (133,000).

 

Del Rey previously led the list with her second full-length studio album, Ultraviolence, which premiered atop the chart in 2014. Overall, Lust for Life is Del Rey’s fifth top 10-charting album -- the singer/songwriter also visited the region with her full-length debut, Born to Die (No. 2 in 2012), the Paradise EP (No. 10, 2012) and her previous studio set, Honeymoon (No. 2, 2015). Honeymoon launched with 116,000 units (of which 105,000 were in traditional album sales).

 

Lust for Life is the second No. 1 for Interscope Records in 2017, following Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., which ruled for three weeks in May.

'Change' has crept up to be one my absolute favourites. That followed by 'Get Free' is perfection 😍

This is the dumbest thing I've ever read on this forum. :cry:

 

That seems unlikely. :P

 

ISTM better to sell in Adele-like quantities, even if critics hate it...

You've just made it even clearer that it's the dumbest thing to be said on here.

 

Let's all release shit music that sells well, save the music industry :cheer:

 

Back on track, pretty sure this is my favourite album of hers now.

Also, the album did sell well...It was #1 around the world. 3 weeks top 5 in the UK.

Tell him ladies. 👏🏻

This album is so important to me. Like, I can't even explain how much it means to me. It is definitely one of my favorite albums of all time. Even out doing some of my favorite work by Britney. Seriously flawless inside and out. To have such a fitting narrative in such a dark time it's just… It makes me speechless

Edited August 13, 20177 yr by Tyler

Not just for my own life, but for the sake of my country.

CRYING SHAKING SCREAMING SHE WAS PERFECT LIVE!!! :wub:

 

Have been waiting five years to see her and she didn't disappoint one bit ❤️❤️❤️

What did she play live? A lot of the new album or no?

Not really, it was very similar to the Brixton set but with Serial Killer/In My Feelings + Art Deco snippets dropped and she added Body Electric/Change/Music To Watch Boys To/Yayo <3

 

(So she's still only doing 4 songs from Lust For Life 😂)

In My Feelings was just 30 seconds because someone asked her and Art Deco is fake news, so you lost one song and gained 4. Your set was better :)

I was wary of going to see her because I wasn't sure what she'd end up playing. She has some real gems but some I like less.

I saw her at Way Out West and she was the sweetest

she only does 4 songs of LFL (Love, Cherry, White Mustang and Change) but not complaining cos they're actually my top 4. You can see they're new cos she does them very bare, almost no instruments, but it's good

then of course she does all the hits from BtD, Video Games, Blue Jeans, Summertime Sadness, Born to die, Off to the races...

 

Really liked all the new ones, probably the highlight of the night, Blue Jeans and Born to Die were a bit weird, probably the low point...

i'm gutted i missed the Liverpool show... it was just too much of a technical hitch to get me there... setlist wasn't too different from Brixton though would have loved to see 'yayo' live (poss my fave Lana song).

'Lust for Life' Remixes are coming from BloodPop and The Avener and a Clams Casino Remix of 'Summer Bummer'

Edited August 24, 20177 yr by lewistgreen

The remixes are incredible!

You've just made it even clearer that it's the dumbest thing to be said on here.

 

Let's all release shit music that sells well, save the music industry :cheer:

 

I would hardly describe Adele's music as 'shit' - besides the music music industry needs high-selling albums, whatever the source - they are what pays the bills.

21 is one of the best albums ever, 25 isn't. But what does this has to do with Lana lol