BILLBOARD 200 Week ending September 2, 2017

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 ** 1 Rainbow - Kesha - Kemosabe | RCA (116,000 (89,000 sales))

2 1 2 18 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA (43,000)

3 3 4 8 Grateful - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic (34,000)

4 10 11 24 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA (32,000 (6,000 sales))

5 ** 1 Federal 3X - Moneybagg Yo - N-Less/Interscope | IGA (30,000 (14,000 sales))

6 7 8 24 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG (28,000)

7 9 13 10 Ctrl - SZA - Top Dawg | RCA (27,000)

8 6 6 6 Issa Album - 21 Savage - Slaughter Gang | Epic (26,000)

9 8 7 8 Evolve - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA (26,000)

10 12 17 39 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG (25,000)

11 14 15 36 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic

12 4 3 4 Wins And Losses - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG

13 13 16 22 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

14 15 14 39 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

15 11 5 6 4:44 - JAY-Z - S. Carter Enterprises | Roc Nation

16 19 20 9 Pretty Girls Like Trap Music - 2 Chainz - The Real University | Def Jam

17 17 19 7 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 - Calvin Harris - Fly Eye | Columbia

18 18 21 29 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG

19 16 18 5 Jungle Rules - French Montana - Coke Boys/Bad Boy | Epic

20 22 23 38 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

21 62 86 17 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

22 26 26 99 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

23 20 9 4 Descendants 2 - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

24 5 – 2 NOW 63 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy

25 25 25 47 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

26 21 12 4 Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator - Odd Future | Columbia

27 28 28 47 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA

28 24 – 2 AI YoungBoy - YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Never Broke Again | AG

29 30 35 19 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

30 31 34 50 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

31 33 36 68 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

32 23 10 4 Lust For Life - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

33 29 24 4 Perfect Timing - NAV And Metro Boomin - XO/Boominati | Republic

34 48 45 15 Everybody - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

35 35 39 18 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti - AWGE/Interscope | IGA

36 40 42 11 This One's For You - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN

37 37 37 26 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

38 36 38 101 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

39 2 – 2 Brett Eldredge - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN

40 ** 1 The Project - Lindsay Ell - Stoney Creek | BBMG

41 51 50 147 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

42 42 43 15 There's Really A Wolf - Russ - Diemon/Russ My Way | Columbia

43 41 87 354 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

44 67 71 9 Woodstock - Portugal. The Man - Atlantic | AG

45 47 44 37 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote

46 32 22 12 One More Light - Linkin Park - Machine Shop | Warner Bros.

47 44 41 11 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey - Astralwerks

48 45 40 15 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

49 50 49 118 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

50 52 59 20 Painting Pictures - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG

51 ** 1 Love Has A Name - Jesus Culture - Jesus Culture/Sparrow | Capitol CMG

52 57 53 67 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

53 59 57 27 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG

54 53 54 66 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

55 ** 1 You (EP) - dodie - dodie

56 46 29 174 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros. | Warner Bros.

57 73 70 12 True To Self - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

58 58 56 82 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

59 68 66 165 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

60 78 82 17 digital druglord - blackbear - Beartrap/Alamo/Interscope | IGA

61 60 60 51 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

62 74 73 37 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

63 39 81 5 Kaleidoscope EP - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG

64 77 94 39 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened

65 66 63 59 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

66 55 47 14 Harry Styles - Harry Styles - Erskine | Columbia

67 61 58 87 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

68 65 62 9 BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG

69 ** 1 All Your Fault, Pt. 2 - Bebe Rexha - Warner Bros.

70 ** 1 AVICI (01) (EP) - Avicii - Geffen | IGA

71 63 52 25 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

72 93 – 35 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic

73 69 67 251 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

74 75 65 28 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

75 76 69 233 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

76 72 72 36 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation

77 70 80 483 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

78 83 89 35 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA

79 82 83 103 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

80 84 84 140 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

81 27 – 2 The Booty Tape - Ugly God - Asylum

82 81 74 204 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

83 71 68 9 Melodrama - Lorde - Lava | Republic

84 87 88 141 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

85 85 78 18 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

86 88 91 91 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

87 113 128 108 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

88 64 31 3 Good For You - Amine - Republic

89 97 92 99 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

90 92 99 99 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

91 94 191 411 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

92 112 85 10 Heart Break - Lady Antebellum - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

93 91 93 19 My Moment - Tee Grizzley - 300 | AG

94 96 102 337 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG

95 99 103 71 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

96 95 100 83 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

97 100 116 53 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

98 136 – 4 Adios - Glen Campbell - UMe

99 104 95 255 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

100 90 90 41 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia

101 102 98 474 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

102 103 108 7 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa - Warner Bros.

103 98 122 106 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

104 111 135 37 All-Time Greatest Hits - Neil Diamond - Capitol | UMe

105 109 112 64 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

106 169 127 6 40: Forty Hits From Forty Years - 1977-2017 - Foreigner - Atlantic | Rhino

107 108 96 132 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

108 116 107 41 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

109 110 105 65 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

110 117 109 92 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

111 80 55 4 Golden - Romeo Santos - Sony Music Latin

112 105 106 328 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

113 38 1 3 Everything Now - Arcade Fire - Columbia

114 146 141 24 Pawn Shop - Brothers Osborne - EMI Nashville | UMGN

115 115 114 54 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

116 86 46 115 Meteora - Linkin Park - Warner Bros.

117 119 125 200 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

118 114 115 444 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

119 126 130 132 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

120 123 132 20 Long Live Nut - YFN Lucci - Think It's A Game | Warner Bros.

121 125 143 18 The Search For Everything - John Mayer - Columbia

122 RE 90 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

123 152 – 233 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino

124 121 139 12 Droptopwop - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

125 124 118 206 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

126 127 111 52 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

127 176 140 63 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

128 131 129 109 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

129 141 137 49 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG

130 129 123 25 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic

131 128 124 71 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

132 134 133 103 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

133 132 134 39 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN

134 156 159 185 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

135 118 48 3 Nervous System (EP) - Julia Michaels - J Michaels | Republic

136 139 142 53 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

137 137 136 157 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

138 181 170 205 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

139 151 149 31 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG

140 122 119 10 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 10 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe

141 168 158 166 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

142 138 148 81 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

143 145 155 339 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

144 143 154 57 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

145 160 145 91 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

146 155 153 14 Revenge - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings

147 165 150 286 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

148 166 151 236 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

149 167 161 229 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

150 ** 1 Precious Memories Collection - Alan Jackson - ARC/EMI Nashville | UMGN

151 147 121 289 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

152 107 160 94 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino

153 175 176 5 At What Cost - GoldLink - Squaaash Club | RCA

154 174 171 12 Teenage Emotions - Lil Yachty - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

155 163 152 22 So Good - Zara Larsson - Record Company TEN | Epic

156 158 146 78 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

157 101 104 10 Witness - Katy Perry - Capitol

158 ** 1 Murmuration Nation - Emily Saliers - Emily Saliers

159 153 147 105 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

160 193 199 38 Ultimate Sinatra - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe

161 RE 16 Greatest Hits - Earth, Wind & Fire - Columbia | Legacy

162 RE 85 Rocket Man: Number Ones - Elton John - Chronicles/Rocket/Island/Mercury | UMe

163 177 – 37 Joanne - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Interscope | IGA

164 RE 111 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits - Elvis Presley - RCA

165 130 97 5 Kidz Bop 35 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord

166 43 – 2 20 Greatest Hits - Glen Campbell - Capitol Nashville | UMe

167 RE 67 The Definitive Collection - Lionel Richie - Motown/UTV | UMe

168 162 163 292 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

169 171 177 200 The Fame - Lady Gaga - Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA

170 RE 65 Meat And Candy - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN

171 157 156 118 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

172 172 144 65 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

173 RE 932 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd | Legacy

174 154 126 302 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

175 190 – 11 All Time Greatest Hits - Lynyrd Skynyrd - MCA | UMe

176 159 181 121 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

177 56 – 4 Dylan Scott - Dylan Scott - Curb

178 170 131 23 Beauty And The Beast (2017) - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

179 133 77 333 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

180 196 184 220 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG

181 183 172 143 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

182 195 194 45 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG

183 178 157 12 El Dorado - Shakira - Sony Music Latin

184 197 200 177 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

185 182 162 27 35 Biggest Hits - Tim McGraw - Curb

186 184 – 125 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

187 188 – 96 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic

188 194 193 136 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

189 RE 180 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

190 RE 133 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote

191 RE 14 The Hits - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy

192 186 186 89 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

193 189 173 233 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA | UMe

194 187 175 81 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

195 199 174 80 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

196 RE 61 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

197 198 185 374 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

198 144 79 3 Atomic Blonde - Soundtrack - Universal Pictures/Focus Features/Mondo | Back Lot

199 164 168 14 bloom - Machine Gun Kelly - EST19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope | IGA

200 200 192 223 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles - Asylum/Elektra | Rhino

Kesha's 'Rainbow' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

8/20/2017 by Keith Caulfield

 

Kesha claims her second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her new effort, Rainbow, bows atop the list. The set, which was released on Aug. 11 through Kemosabe/RCA Records, earned 116,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 17, according to Nielsen Music.

 

Of that sum, 89,000 were in traditional album sales. Rainbow scores the second-largest week for an album by a woman in 2017 in terms of both units and sales. Only Katy Perry's Witness logged a bigger frame among women, when it launched with 180,000 units and 162,000 in sales (July 1).

 

Rainbow's sales bow of 89,000 was aided in part by a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with Kesha's upcoming tour. Other chart-topping albums that have benefited from such an offer this year include Arcade Fire's Everything Now, Linkin Park's One More Light, The Chainsmokers' Memories… Do Not Open and Perry's Witness.

 

Rainbow marks Kesha's fifth charting title overall, and first since 2012, when her last studio set, Warrior, debuted and peaked at No. 6. (The long delay between album projects is owed to her legal battle with producer Dr. Luke.) Prior to Warrior, she logged entries with the remix album I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance (No. 26 in 2011), Cannibal (No. 15; 2010) and her debut album, Animal, which opened at No. 1 in January of 2010.

 

While Kesha waited a rather lengthy seven years, seven months and 10 days between weeks at No. 1, she isn't the only act that returned to No. 1 recently after a long vacation from the top: Last year, Metallica debuted at No. 1 with Hardwired… To Self-Destruct on the Dec. 10, 2016-dated chart -- its first leader since 2008's Death Magnetic spent its third and final week at No. 1 on the Oct. 11, 2008 chart (a gap of eight years, one month and 29 days).

 

The gap between weeks at No. 1 for Kesha is actually the longest for a woman since 2009: Barbra Streisand waited 11 years, 10 months and 18 days between her one-week visits at No. 1 with Higher Ground (Nov. 29, 1997) and Love Is the Answer (Oct. 17, 2009). (A more recent chart-topper almost matched Kesha's long gap – Janet Jackson's 2015 album, Unbreakable. It topped the chart on Oct. 24, 2015 -- seven years, seven months and nine days after Discipline had its one week at No. 1 on March 15, 2008.

 

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 is Kendrick Lamar's DAMN., which falls 1-2 (43,000 units; down 7 percent) after collecting its fourth nonconsecutive week at No. 1.

 

DJ Khaled's former leader, Grateful, holds steady at No. 3 with 34,000 units (up 8 percent).

 

R&B singer Khalid hits a new high on the Billboard 200, as his debut album, American Teen, jumps 10-4 (32,000 units; up 17 percent -- its third consecutive weekly gain). The set debuted on the list six months ago at No. 9 and has ranked within the top 25 every week. American Teen is up in album sales (6,000; 107 percent), TEA units (4,000; up 43 percent) and SEA units (22,000; up 3 percent).

 

Rapper Moneybagg Yo starts stronger than expected, as his new release, Federal 3X, bows at No. 5 with 30,000 units (14,000 in traditional album sales). Industry forecasters had earlier suggested the album (on N-Less/Interscope Records -- his first release via Interscope) was aiming to debut with between 15,000 and 20,000 units. It's the first top 10 effort for the artist, who has already logged a pair of entries in 2017: 2 Federal (with Yo Gotti, No. 97) and Heartless (No. 177).

 

Ed Sheeran's former No. 1 ÷ (Divide) climbs 7-6 with 28,000 units (down 2 percent), SZA's Ctrl rises 9-7 with 27,000 units (up 1 percent) and 21 Savage's Issa Albums slips 6-8 with a little more than 26,000 units (down 9 percent). Imagine Dragons' Evolve falls 8-9 with 26,000 units (down 6 percent), and Bruno Mars 24K Magic jumps back into the top 10, rising 12-10 with 25,000 units (up 1 percent).

YAS Kesha happy birthday to me :cheer: