BILLBOARD 200 Week ending September 23, 2017

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 ** 1 American Dream - LCD Soundsystem - DFA | Columbia (85,000 (81,000 sales))

2 1 – 2 Luv Is Rage 2 - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG (73,000)

3 2 – 2 17 - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings (51,000)

4 5 3 21 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA (40,000)

5 8 6 27 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA (33,000)

6 12 10 11 Evolve - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA (31,000 (13,000 sales))

7 9 2 3 Project Baby Two - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG (30,000)

8 11 29 18 Everybody - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam (29,000)

9 14 11 13 Ctrl - SZA - Top Dawg | RCA (26,000)

10 13 8 27 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG (26,000)

11 18 13 9 Issa Album - 21 Savage - Slaughter Gang | Epic

12 15 14 39 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic

13 19 17 25 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

14 16 5 4 Rainbow - Kesha - Kemosabe | RCA

15 17 7 11 Grateful - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic

16 21 15 42 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

17 6 – 2 Cozy Tapes, Vol. 2: Too Cozy - A$AP Mob - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA

18 20 18 42 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

19 24 21 32 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG

20 27 19 12 Pretty Girls Like Trap Music - 2 Chainz - The Real University | Def Jam

21 23 16 41 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

22 29 24 102 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

23 39 32 14 This One's For You - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN

24 28 23 10 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 - Calvin Harris - Fly Eye | Columbia

25 31 20 7 Wins And Losses - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG

26 26 31 20 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

27 36 30 50 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA

28 3 – 2 Villains - Queens Of The Stone Age - Matador

29 30 26 50 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

30 32 25 8 Jungle Rules - French Montana - Coke Boys/Bad Boy | Epic

31 37 33 53 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

32 40 34 71 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

33 33 22 9 4:44 - JAY-Z - S. Carter Enterprises | Roc Nation

34 4 – 2 Fifth Harmony - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic

35 7 – 2 Happy Endings - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN

36 45 41 104 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

37 49 46 12 Woodstock - Portugal. The Man - Atlantic | AG

38 50 43 357 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

39 46 39 21 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti - AWGE/Interscope | IGA

40 38 64 143 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

41 43 36 22 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

42 54 47 14 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey - Astralwerks

43 22 – 2 Odisea - Ozuna - VP Entertainment | Sony Music Latin

44 52 38 7 Perfect Timing - NAV And Metro Boomin - XO/Boominati | Republic

45 34 28 7 Descendants 2 - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

46 48 40 5 AI YoungBoy - YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Never Broke Again | AG

47 51 42 29 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

48 10 – 2 A Deeper Understanding - The War On Drugs - Atlantic | AG

49 42 12 3 Still Striving - A$AP Ferg - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA

50 56 55 20 digital druglord - Blackbear - Beartrap/Alamo/Interscope | IGA

51 55 45 18 There's Really A Wolf - Russ - Diemon/Russ My Way | Columbia

52 47 37 7 Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator - Odd Future | Columbia

53 25 – 2 Freudian - Daniel Caesar - Golden Child

54 68 49 5 NOW 63 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy

55 58 52 23 Painting Pictures - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG

56 62 59 40 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

57 60 56 69 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

58 ** 1 Freedom Child - The Script - Columbia

59 59 53 121 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

60 78 57 7 Lust For Life - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

61 65 48 150 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

62 ** 1 Winwood: Greatest Hits Live - Steve Winwood - Wincraft | Thirty Tigers

63 74 65 54 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

64 66 60 168 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

65 70 54 30 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG

66 73 62 62 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

67 71 63 85 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

68 81 73 236 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

69 76 67 18 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

70 63 35 4 Federal 3X - Moneybagg Yo - N-Less/Interscope | IGA

71 87 76 15 True To Self - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

72 61 69 12 Melodrama - Lorde - Lava | Republic

73 75 51 70 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

74 67 50 40 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote

75 108 146 13 Witness - Katy Perry - Capitol

76 77 72 254 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

77 85 93 10 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa - Warner Bros.

78 64 78 106 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

79 83 71 12 BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG

80 88 97 258 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

81 84 96 111 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

82 RE 109 All Eyez On Me - 2Pac - Death Row

83 80 70 90 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

84 82 75 31 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

85 91 74 17 Harry Styles - Harry Styles - Erskine | Columbia

86 98 81 38 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic

87 92 84 144 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

88 93 79 28 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

89 90 83 102 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

90 96 80 39 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation

91 100 91 102 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

92 113 128 208 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

93 89 85 38 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA

94 101 82 486 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

95 99 90 21 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

96 105 92 94 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

97 107 98 74 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

98 95 66 15 One More Light - Linkin Park - Machine Shop | Warner Bros.

99 94 100 44 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia

100 141 162 97 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino

101 RE 4 Their Greatest Hits: Volumes 1 & 2 - Eagles - Asylum/Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino

102 112 99 22 My Moment - Tee Grizzley - 300 | AG

103 134 94 5 Brett Eldredge - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN

104 104 103 67 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

105 123 110 55 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

106 115 104 86 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

107 102 148 17 Revenge - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings

108 121 106 95 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

109 126 118 203 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

110 125 117 135 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

111 119 108 477 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

112 106 101 68 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

113 110 87 8 Kaleidoscope EP - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG

114 131 125 57 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

115 122 112 331 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

116 153 147 169 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

117 72 9 3 Paranoia: A True Story - Dave East - Mass Appeal | Def Jam

118 117 107 135 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

119 144 116 447 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

120 168 140 9 40: Forty Hits From Forty Years - 1977-2017 - Foreigner - Atlantic | Rhino

121 172 190 3 A Love Letter To You - Trippie Redd - Strainge

122 ** 1 A Decade Of Steely Dan - Steely Dan - MCA | UMe

123 86 86 207 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

124 128 102 340 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG

125 ** 1 Honestly - Boney James - Concord

126 124 120 44 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

127 146 129 112 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

128 147 135 8 At What Cost - GoldLink - Squaaash Club | RCA

129 114 88 177 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros. | Warner Bros.

130 132 121 56 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

131 118 – 144 Red - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

132 116 130 74 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

133 137 126 28 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic

134 RE 176 Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

135 178 156 93 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

136 139 113 27 Pawn Shop - Brothers Osborne - EMI Nashville | UMGN

137 130 115 109 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

138 143 134 106 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

139 129 109 6 Good For You - Amine - Republic

140 135 136 52 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG

141 145 194 65 Under Pressure - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

142 158 152 84 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

143 148 137 236 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino

144 RE 299 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy

145 140 131 23 Long Live Nut - YFN Lucci - Think It's A Game | Warner Bros.

146 109 – 68 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

147 127 145 56 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

148 173 171 295 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

149 154 158 60 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

150 155 149 34 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG

151 ** 1 Jonas Blue: Electronic Nature: The Mix 2017 - Jonas Blue - Jonas Blue | Capitol

152 175 178 203 The Fame - Lady Gaga - Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA

153 182 164 209 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

154 169 170 336 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

155 181 177 108 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

156 149 124 4 AVICI (01) (EP) - Avicii - Geffen | IGA

157 174 163 94 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

158 163 165 342 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

159 161 150 160 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

160 136 – 116 Greatest Hits... So Far!!! - P!nk - LaFace/Jive | RCA

161 170 133 232 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

162 162 157 289 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

163 180 139 68 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

164 187 185 48 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG

165 159 159 81 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

166 157 122 5 The Booty Tape - Ugly God - Asylum

167 35 – 2 Heart. Passion. Pursuit - Tasha Cobbs Leonard - Motown Gospel | Capitol CMG

168 192 166 239 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

169 189 182 377 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

170 176 167 88 Rocket Man: Number Ones - Elton John - Chronicles/Rocket/Island/Mercury | UMe

171 164 144 66 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

172 151 172 40 Joanne - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Interscope | IGA

173 200 – 7 All Over The World: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra - Electric Light Orchestra - Epic | Legacy

174 197 184 180 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

175 196 181 183 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

176 156 169 121 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

177 184 175 292 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

178 152 123 40 All-Time Greatest Hits - Neil Diamond - Capitol | UMe

179 171 143 15 Droptopwop - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

180 RE 120 The Joshua Tree - U2 - Island/Interscope | UMe

181 191 151 188 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

182 177 – 253 Fearless - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

183 185 127 208 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

184 160 105 13 Heart Break - Lady Antebellum - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

185 190 198 83 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

186 RE 138 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

187 186 173 41 Ultimate Sinatra - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe

188 142 155 6 Nervous System (EP) - Julia Michaels - J Michaels | Republic

189 195 – 127 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

190 RE 222 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG

191 RE 13 All Time Greatest Hits - Lynyrd Skynyrd - MCA | UMe

192 138 – 23 Dear Evan Hansen - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Autumn Smile Broadway Limited Liability/Atlantic | AG

193 RE 157 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

194 179 161 15 Teenage Emotions - Lil Yachty - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

195 166 142 21 The Search For Everything - John Mayer - Columbia

196 167 132 7 Golden - Romeo Santos - Sony Music Latin

197 RE 91 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

198 RE 180 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

199 193 183 124 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

200 RE 145 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

LCD Soundsystem Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'American Dream'

9/10/2017 by Keith Caulfield

 

LCD Soundsystem achieves its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as American Dream arrives atop the list. The set earned 85,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Sept. 7, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 81,000 were in traditional album sales. The album was released on Sept. 1 and is the act’s first new studio effort in more than seven years, and first for Columbia Records.

 

LCD Soundsystem, led by James Murphy, last released a studio set in 2010, when This Is Happening debuted and peaked at No. 10 on the list (its then-highest ranking effort). American Dream is the act’s third charting title -- LCD’s second studio effort, Sound of Silver, reached No. 46 in 2007.

 

American Dream’s debut benefits from a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion in association with the act’s U.S. upcoming tour. Other No. 1 albums in 2017 that have profited from such an offer include Arcade Fire’s Everything Now, The Chainsmokers’ Memories… Do Not Open and Katy Perry’s Witness.

 

LCD Soundsystem is the third act in a row to notch its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, following Lil Uzi Vert a week ago (with Luv Is Rage 2) and Brand New (Science Fiction, on the Sept. 9-dated list). Other acts that collected its first leaders in 2017 include Lorde, Halsey, Bryson Tiller and Logic. The last time the chart housed three first-timers in-a-row at No. 1 was a little more than two years ago, when seven acts notched their first No. 1s in succession. Between the June 20 and Aug. 8, 2015-dated lists, Florence + The Machine, Muse, James Taylor, Breaking Benjamin, Meek Mill, Tyrese and Future all snagged their first chart toppers.

 

LCD Soundsystem leads a rather quiet top 10, as American Dream is the only debut in the region. At No. 2, Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2 slips a rung in its second week, with 73,000 units (down 46 percent). XXXTentacion’s 17 falls 2-3 in its second week with 51,000 units (down 41 percent) while Kendrick Lamar’s former No. 1 DAMN. is up a spot to No. 4 with 40,000 units (down 12 percent). Khalid’s American Teen (8-5) benefits from a lack of competition in the top 10, as even though the album is down 1 percent in units (33,000 earned for the week) it climbs three spots to No. 5.

 

Imagine Dragons’ Evolve zooms 12-6 with 31,000 units (up 20 percent) and 13,000 copies sold (up 71 percent) after the set was sale-priced in the iTunes Store for $6.99. In terms of digital album sales, the set sold 9,000 copies (up 131 percent).

 

Kodak Black’s Project Baby Two climbs 9-7 on the Billboard 200 with 30,000 units (down 10 percent), while Logic’s Everybody returns to the top 10 (11-8) with 29,000 units (up 3 percent). It’s the album’s first week in the top 10 since the set opened at No. 1 on the list dated May 27. (In its second week on the list, the album fell straight out of the top 10.) The album has seen a surge in popularity following Logic’s performance of the set’s “1-800-273-8255” on the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards (Aug. 27), alongside the song’s featured guests, Alessia Cara and Khalid.

 

Closing out the new top 10 are SZA’s Ctrl (14-9 with a little more than 26,000 units; up 5 percent) and Ed Sheeran’s former No. 1 ÷ (Divide) (13-10 with 26,000 units; up 1 percent).

I'm really impressed with LCD Soundsystem. :o Least of all because I thought the acts at #2 and #3 were quite a force to be reckoned with in the US right now, but also because I didn't even know LCD Soundsystem were particularly known there. :o

 

Kesha seems to be holding up very decently. Good for her!

Great to see LCD Soundsystem at #1, such a great album.

Just a shame it couldn't quite make it there in the UK too though.