BILLBOARD 200 Week ending May 20, 2017

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 1 1 3 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA (173,000 (57,000 sales))

2 ** 1 Humanz - Gorillaz - Parlophone | Warner Bros. (140,000 (115,000 sales))

3 ** 1 Strength Of A Woman - Mary J. Blige - Capitol (78,000 (72,000 sales))

4 2 3 7 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic (68,000)

5 3 4 9 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG (50,000)

6 ** 1 EPIC AF (Yellow/Pink) - Various Artists - Epic (48,000 (~0 sales))

7 5 7 24 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG (41,000)

8 8 – 2 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood (40,000)

9 6 5 4 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia (36,000)

10 ** 1 God's Problem Child - Willie Nelson - Legacy (36,000 (34,000 sales))

11 ** 1 Sad Clowns & Hillbillies - John Mellencamp Featuring Carlene Carter - Republic

12 7 6 24 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

13 11 11 14 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG

14 15 25 5 Dance Latin #1 Hits 2.0: Los Exitos del Momento - Various Artists - Universal Music Latino | UMLE

15 9 8 11 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

16 ** 1 SHINE - Wale - Maybach/Atlantic | AG

17 10 14 23 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

18 17 15 21 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic

19 18 16 9 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA

20 16 13 5 Painting Pictures - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG

21 21 18 84 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

22 20 12 3 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti - AWGE/Interscope | IGA

23 19 10 3 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

24 27 20 53 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

25 26 17 32 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA

26 29 24 35 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

27 30 – 2 The RCA-List, Vol 5 - Various Artists - RCA

28 ** 1 Places - Lea Michele - Columbia

29 28 21 10 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

30 24 19 13 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

31 31 26 52 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

32 ** 1 What Now - Sylvan Esso - Loma Vista | Concord

33 25 9 8 Beauty And The Beast (2017) - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

34 ** 1 Dave's Picks Volume 22: Felt Forum, New York, NY, 12/7/71 - Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead | Rhino

35 36 33 86 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

36 32 29 67 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

37 37 28 21 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation

38 33 23 103 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

39 14 – 2 digital druglord - blackbear - Beartrap

40 ** 1 Makes Me Sick - New Found Glory - Hopeless

41 38 34 51 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

42 13 – 2 Love And War - Brad Paisley - Arista Nashville | SMN

43 23 2 3 The Search For Everything - John Mayer - Columbia

44 35 27 236 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

45 45 42 12 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG

46 40 31 7 Rather You Than Me - Rick Ross - Maybach | Epic

47 42 36 36 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

48 34 71 20 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA

49 52 49 21 La La Land - Soundtrack - Summit/Interscope | IGA

50 ** 1 Madness - All That Remains - Razor & Tie | Concord

51 74 76 12 Fifty Shades Darker - Soundtrack - Universal Studios | Republic

52 46 38 38 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

53 47 41 26 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia

54 48 40 76 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

55 39 32 21 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic

56 50 37 26 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

57 75 43 24 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened

58 49 46 22 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote

59 102 108 189 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

60 55 48 132 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

61 60 134 93 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

62 51 45 39 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

63 58 58 88 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

64 67 82 10 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic

65 56 39 6 Tremaine The Album - Trey Songz - Atlantic | AG

66 111 106 459 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

67 59 35 68 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

68 65 56 150 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

69 43 22 4 All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ - Joey Bada$$ - Pro Era | Cinematic

70 64 60 10 Epic Lit (Version 3) - Various Artists - Epic

71 57 63 49 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

72 118 62 196 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

73 62 59 126 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

74 61 47 50 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

75 66 66 84 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

76 72 70 56 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

77 76 78 218 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

78 44 54 32 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

79 70 52 84 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

80 63 51 7 So Good - Zara Larsson - Record Company TEN | Epic

81 77 67 468 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

82 81 75 318 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

83 82 72 77 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

84 193 – 71 Demon Days - Gorillaz - Parlophone | Warner Bros.

85 85 89 429 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

86 152 123 10 The Breaker - Little Big Town - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

87 89 81 4 My Moment - Tee Grizzley - 300 | AG

88 71 73 54 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

89 69 53 24 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN

90 87 86 16 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG

91 ** 1 Pleasure - Feist - Interscope | IGA

92 86 65 44 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

93 53 30 4 PTX Vol. IV: Classics (EP) - Pentatonix - RCA

94 99 79 5 Lifer - MercyMe - Fair Trade | PLG

95 ** 1 How To Be Human - The Classic Crime - BC Music

96 84 77 34 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG

97 92 92 66 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

98 83 69 14 The Devil Dont Sleep - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG

99 90 83 42 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

100 140 155 360 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

101 100 93 322 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG

102 113 116 38 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

103 93 101 117 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

104 91 64 142 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

105 98 105 94 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

106 88 80 14 SweetSexySavage - Kehlani - Tsunami Mob/Atlantic | AG

107 138 141 240 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

108 95 74 88 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

109 101 99 185 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

110 80 55 28 Joanne - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Interscope | IGA

111 105 94 20 The Return Of East Atlanta Santa - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

112 109 103 269 Greatest Hits - Queen - Hollywood

113 97 68 91 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

114 73 50 106 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

115 ** 1 50 Years Of Blonde On Blonde - Old Crow Medicine Show - Columbia Nashville | SMN

116 117 115 56 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

117 54 112 24 4Ever - Prince - NPG | Warner Bros.

118 96 113 6 Strange Trails - Lord Huron - IAMSOUND

119 ** 1 9 - Cashmere Cat - Mad Love/Interscope | IGA

120 106 85 5 Long Live Nut - YFN Lucci - Lucci | Think It's A Game

121 108 44 14 NOW 61 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy

122 112 156 221 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino

123 127 121 117 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

124 107 98 66 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

125 103 124 37 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

126 120 104 77 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam

127 4 – 2 8 - Incubus - Island

128 114 117 313 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

129 123 142 274 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

130 115 91 41 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol

131 139 109 104 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

132 137 135 151 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

133 126 111 47 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

134 RE 27 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates - Daryl Hall John Oates - RCA | Legacy

135 147 118 94 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River

136 122 119 30 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG

137 125 100 90 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

138 110 107 339 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

139 121 126 22 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

140 128 61 50 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

141 124 122 74 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

142 132 110 48 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

143 160 – 14 Fenix - Nicky Jam - La Industria | Sony Music Latin

144 129 95 19 This Is A Challenge - Various Artists - Atlantic | AG

145 136 136 324 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

146 RE 397 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

147 143 145 170 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

148 ** 1 Parking Lot Symphony - Trombone Shorty - Blue Note

149 RE 43 Gorillaz - Gorillaz - Parlophone | Warner Bros.

150 22 – 2 Be Myself - Sheryl Crow - Wylie Songs | Warner Bros.

151 41 – 2 Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits - Bee Gees - Capitol | UMe

152 142 128 50 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

153 151 152 128 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

154 RE 95 American Beauty / American Psycho - Fall Out Boy - DCD2 | Island

155 156 158 271 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

156 145 157 84 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic

157 RE 5 Human - Rag'n'Bone Man - Best Laid Plans | Columbia

158 159 146 78 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

159 171 183 8 Dear Evan Hansen - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Autumn Smile Broadway Limited Liability/Atlantic | AG

160 155 143 221 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

161 173 161 79 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino

162 154 147 83 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG

163 119 96 185 The Fame - Lady Gaga - Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA

164 187 132 108 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! - Panic! At The Disco - Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen | AG

165 161 181 164 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

166 ** 1 Herstory (EP) - Young M.A - M.A Music | 3D

167 157 151 7 This One's For You (EP) - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN

168 148 144 286 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy

169 153 166 214 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

170 ** 1 Few - He Is Legend - Spinefarm

171 167 150 190 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

172 RE 58 Under Pressure - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

173 166 174 171 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

174 135 88 16 Act One - Marian Hill - Photo Finish | Republic

175 170 – 150 Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - Simon & Garfunkel - Columbia | Legacy

176 RE 38 Major Key - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic

177 162 90 259 The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash - Columbia Nashville/Legacy/American/Island | UMe

178 78 114 221 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA | UMe

179 104 – 75 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection - Bon Jovi - Island | UMe

180 163 178 64 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

181 174 176 277 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

182 RE 65 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

183 164 154 6 Ransom 2 - Mike WiLL Made-It - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

184 168 170 130 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

185 172 168 107 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

186 RE 140 American Idiot - Green Day - Reprise | Warner Bros.

187 198 162 14 A Girl A Bottle A Boat - Train - Crush Music/Sunken Forest | Columbia

188 183 188 153 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

189 186 169 122 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

190 158 133 8 Deep South - Josh Turner - MCA Nashville | UMGN

191 178 175 39 Encore - DJ Snake - DJ Snake/Interscope | IGA

192 190 186 120 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

193 184 185 173 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

194 134 120 80 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

195 RE 212 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles - Asylum/Elektra | Rhino

196 RE 73 Rocket Man: Number Ones - Elton John - Chronicles/Rocket/Island/Mercury | UMe

197 182 177 210 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG

198 197 192 190 The Very Best Of The Eagles - Eagles - Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino

199 188 187 61 EVOL - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

200 RE 46 The Incredible True Story - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' No. 1 for Third Week on Billboard 200, Gorillaz Bow at No. 2

5/8/2017 by Keith Caulfield

 

Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. holds steady atop the Billboard 200 albums chart for a third week, as the set earned 173,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 4 (down 28 percent), according to Nielsen Music.

 

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 May 20-dated chart (where DAMN. is No. 1 for a third week) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, May 9.

 

Of DAMN.’s units for the week, 57,000 were in traditional album sales (down 37 percent). The rest were in TEA (12,000; down 16 percent) and SEA (105,000; down 23 percent).

 

DAMN. has spent more weeks at No. 1 than any of Lamar’s previous leaders. He spent one week at the top with Untitled Unmastered in 2016, and two weeks at No. 1 with To Pimp a Butterfly in 2015.

 

At a career-best-tying No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Gorillaz debut with Humanz, starting with 140,000 units (115,000 in traditional album sales). That’s the best sales week yet for the animated band, which had previously seen a one-week sales high of 112,000 when Plastic Beach launched at No. 2 in 2010. Humanz is Gorillaz’s third top 10 effort, following Plastic Beach and the No. 6-peaking Demon Days in 2005.

 

Mary J. Blige returns to the Billboard 200 with Strength of a Woman, which debuts at No. 3 with 78,000 units (72,000 in traditional album sales). The set gives the queen of hip-hop/soul her highest charting album in more than seven years – since Stronger With Each Tear debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Jan. 9, 2010-dated list. The new album also grants Blige her best sales week since 2011, when My Life II… The Journey Continues (Act 1) bowed with 156,000 sold in its first week.

 

All told, Blige has now accumulated 20 entries on the Billboard 200 chart, stretching back to her debut effort nearly 25 years ago, What’s the 411?, which bowed on the Aug. 15, 1992-dated tally at No. 59. It would later peak at No. 6 – her first of 14 top 10 albums.

 

Drake’s More Life slips from No. 2 to No. 4 on the new Billboard 200, with 68,000 units (down 11 percent) while Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) dips from No. 3 to No. 5 with 50,000 units (down 10 percent). The sets led the Billboard 200 for three and two weeks, respectively.

 

The latest edition of the various artists compilation series Epic AF starts at No. 6 with 48,000 units, powered by SEA (29,000 units) and TEA (20,000). The album is available for purchase through digital retailers, but sold a negligible figure during the tracking week. The set’s 11-song tracklist is led by DJ Khaled’s red-hot single “I’m the One,” featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne. As Epic AF is the only album currently available with “I’m the One,” the set earns the song’s TEA and SEA generated during the tracking week. The newest permutation of Epic AF is the second in the series to reach the top 10, following the No. 5 peaking first edition (also named Epic AF) on the Aug. 13, 2016-dated list.

 

Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic falls 5-7 with 41,000 units (down 2 percent) while the Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 soundtrack is steady at No. 8 with 40,000 units (up 15 percent). The latter album was released on CD on April 28, following its digital-only debut a week earlier. The album could see a significant jump up the tally on next week’s chart (dated May 27, reflecting the tracking week ending May 11), following the film’s North American theatrical premiere on May 5.

 

The Chainsmokers’ Memories…Do Not Open slips 6-9 with 36,000 units (down 12 percent).

 

Rounding out the top 10 is Willie Nelson, who bows at No. 10 with God’s Problem Child (36,000 units; 34,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the music legend’s sixth top 10 effort – four of which have occurred since 2013. He has visited the top 10 previously with Django and Jimmie (No. 7 in 2015, with Merle Haggard), Band of Brothers (No. 5; 2014), To All the Girls… (No. 9; 2013), Always On My Mind (No. 2; 1982) and Wanted! The Outlaws (No. 10 in 1976, with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser).