BILLBOARD 200 Week ending January 5, 2019

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 ** 1 I Am > I Was - 21 Savage - Slaughter Gang | Epic (131,000 (18,000 sales))

2 ** 1 Hoodie SZN - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label/Atlantic | AG (90,000 (6,000 sales))

3 4 3 72 Christmas - Michael Buble - 143/Reprise | Warner Bros. (75,000)

4 3 4 12 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Interscope | IGA (62,000)

5 10 12 55 The Greatest Showman - Soundtrack - Fox/20th Century Fox/Atlantic | AG (56,000)

6 2 2 4 Championships - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG (54,000)

7 15 18 41 The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole - Capitol | UMe (52,000)

8 14 17 81 Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey - Columbia | Legacy (52,000)

9 1 – 2 Dying To Live - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG (51,000)

10 6 6 21 ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott - Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle | Epic (49,000)

11 12 14 35 beerbongs & bentleys - Post Malone - Republic

12 21 50 4 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector - Various Artists - Phil Spector/EMI Blackwood | Legacy

13 5 – 2 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - Soundtrack - Republic

14 9 10 26 Scorpion - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

15 ** 1 Realer - YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Never Broke Again/Atlantic | AG

16 8 13 10 Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack) - Queen - Hollywood

17 16 20 72 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) - Vince Guaraldi Trio - Fantasy | Concord

18 25 27 13 Ultimate Christmas - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe

19 64 61 22 Christmas Classics - Bing Crosby - Capitol | UMe

20 23 23 19 Sweetener - Ariana Grande - Republic

21 7 11 9 Christmas Is Here! - Pentatonix - RCA

22 31 36 7 The Classic Christmas Album - Perry Como - RCA | Legacy

23 32 34 7 Origins - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

24 40 42 7 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics - Gene Autry - Columbia | Legacy

25 13 16 31 A Pentatonix Christmas - Pentatonix - RCA

26 28 29 38 Invasion Of Privacy - Cardi B - The KSR Group/Atlantic | AG

27 36 38 14 Classic Christmas Album - Andy Williams - Columbia | Legacy

28 41 48 27 Pray For The Wicked - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | EMG

29 ** 1 X 100PRE - Bad Bunny - Rimas

30 22 21 32 Goodbye & Good Riddance - Juice WRLD - Grade A/Interscope | IGA

31 26 32 16 Look Up Child - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

32 30 31 82 This One's For You - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN

33 42 55 12 Trench - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | EMG

34 57 – 7 Egypt Station - Paul McCartney - MPL | Capitol

35 17 1 3 Skins - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE

36 24 22 12 Drip Harder - Lil Baby & Gunna - Young Stoner Life/300/Quality Control/Motown | AG/Capitol

37 52 54 36 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Burl Ives - MCA Special Products/Geffen | UMe

38 35 24 41 ? - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever

39 46 37 53 Dont Smile At Me - Billie Eilish - Darkroom/Interscope | IGA

40 50 51 71 It's Christmas Time - Elvis Presley - RCA Special Products/Sony Commercial Music Group | Legacy

41 37 44 170 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

42 19 8 5 DUMMY BOY - 6ix9ine - ScumGang

43 47 40 17 Kamikaze - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

44 39 41 89 Noel - Josh Groban - 143/Reprise | Warner Bros.

45 51 58 38 Wrapped In Red - Kelly Clarkson - 19 | RCA

46 34 25 13 Tha Carter V - Lil Wayne - Young Money | Republic

47 27 33 35 The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection - Bing Crosby - MCA/Geffen/Chronicles | UMe

48 20 9 4 Street Gossip - Lil Baby - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

49 69 63 9 The Dean Martin Christmas Album - Dean Martin - The Dean Martin Family Trust/Sony Commercial Music Group | Legacy

50 18 19 6 Love - Michael Buble - Reprise | Warner Bros.

51 43 46 49 That's Christmas To Me - Pentatonix - RCA

52 66 66 27 Dan + Shay - Dan + Shay - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

53 45 47 95 ÷ (Divide) - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

54 75 60 31 Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes - Island

55 49 43 11 Ella Mai - Ella Mai - 10 Summers/Interscope | IGA

56 101 90 3 Mary Poppins Returns - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

57 56 49 107 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic

58 122 122 320 Greatest Hits - Queen - Hollywood

59 78 79 5 The Best Of Brenda Lee: 20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection - Brenda Lee - MCA Nashville | UMe

60 102 123 15 Cry Pretty - Carrie Underwood - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

61 29 5 3 Evil Genius - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

62 63 65 79 Evolve - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

63 88 118 4 The Andy Williams Christmas Album - Andy Williams - Columbia | Legacy

64 38 30 9 A Legendary Christmas - John Legend - Columbia

65 60 67 7 Experiment - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

66 59 52 6 Delta - Mumford & Sons - Gentlemen Of The Road | Glassnote

67 81 84 50 Christmas Portrait - Carpenters - A&M | UMe

68 48 57 191 The Beatles [White Album] - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

69 98 88 5 Christmas With Dino - Dean Martin - Capitol | UMe

70 44 35 8 Not All Heroes Wear Capes - Metro Boomin - Boominati | Republic

71 62 59 95 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA

72 RE 8 Burn The Ships - for KING & COUNTRY - Curb-Word | Curb

73 100 119 17 TwentyFive - George Michael - Aegean/Epic | Legacy

74 68 70 172 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

75 67 53 20 Queen - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

76 54 26 4 STOKELEY - Ski Mask The Slump God - Victor Victor Worldwide | Republic

77 74 82 18 Love Yourself: Answer - BTS - BigHit Entertainment

78 55 39 7 A Love Letter To You 3 - Trippie Redd - TenThousand Projects

79 58 45 9 Si - Andrea Bocelli - Sugar/Decca | VLG

80 70 56 70 17 - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE

81 73 93 6 The Greatest Showman: Reimagined - Various Artists - Fox/20th Century Fox/Atlantic | AG

82 104 152 10 Anthem Of The Peaceful Army - Greta Van Fleet - Lava | Republic

83 71 83 302 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino

84 149 164 3 Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano - RCA/BMG Heritage | Legacy

85 110 97 45 Under The Mistletoe - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

86 140 167 11 Power To The People: The Hits - John Lennon - Capitol | UMe

87 72 101 347 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

88 76 72 10 Suncity - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA

89 65 64 17 Warmer In The Winter - Lindsey Stirling - Lindseystomp | Concord

90 127 121 28 Youngblood - 5 Seconds Of Summer - One Mode | Capitol

91 82 76 38 Cosmic - Bazzi - ZZZ/iamcosmic/Atlantic | AG

92 86 77 12 Mudboy - Sheck Wes - Cactus Jack/G.O.O.D./Interscope | IGA

93 94 124 554 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

94 157 182 24 McCartney II - Paul McCartney - MPL/Hear | Concord

95 93 92 59 Diamonds - Elton John - Rocket/Island | UMe

96 83 99 13 You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Gwen Stefani - Interscope | IGA

97 79 78 89 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

98 11 – 2 Springsteen On Broadway - Bruce Springsteen - Columbia

99 87 81 59 reputation - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

100 80 74 48 Culture II - Migos - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

101 134 158 200 The Very Best Of The Eagles - Eagles - Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino

102 90 73 21 Swimming - Mac Miller - Warner Bros.

103 89 69 3 FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS (EP) - Benny Blanco - Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope | IGA

104 96 95 108 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

105 133 145 326 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

106 33 28 124 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

107 ** 1 The Beach Boys' Christmas Album - The Beach Boys - Capitol | UMe

108 132 142 68 Life Changes - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

109 112 96 50 Camila - Camila Cabello - SYCO | Epic

110 178 193 3 Rock 'N' Roll Rarities - Chuck Berry - Chess/MCA/Geffen | UMe

111 77 71 10 Future & Juice WRLD Present... WRLD ON DRUGS - Future & Juice WRLD - Grade A/Interscope/Freebandz | IGA/Epic

112 84 98 7 Happy Xmas - Eric Clapton - EPC/Bushbranch | Surfdog

113 95 140 133 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

114 115 172 941 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd | Legacy

115 173 177 8 The Best Of The Jackson 5: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection - Jackson 5 - Motown/Chronicles | UMe

116 111 113 37 Rearview Town - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow/BMG | BBMG

117 97 117 289 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

118 123 132 544 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

119 116 141 189 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | EMG

120 91 80 32 Harder Than Ever - Lil Baby - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

121 105 89 15 Glow - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN

122 121 130 110 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

123 108 103 425 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

124 117 129 399 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty - Fantasy | Concord

125 126 105 60 Red Pill Blues - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA

126 120 94 64 Perception - NF - NF Real Music/Capitol | Caroline

127 85 75 9 LoVE me NOw? - Tory Lanez - Mad Love/Interscope | IGA

128 113 109 46 The Christmas Attic - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Lava | Rhino

129 53 – 2 Telling All My Secrets - Mitchell Tenpenny - Riser House/Columbia Nashville | SMN

130 114 115 75 These Are Special Times - Celine Dion - 550 Music/Epic | Legacy

131 138 181 12 Desperate Man - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

132 145 159 10 Everyday Is Christmas - Sia - Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic | AG

133 165 175 154 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | EMG

134 106 85 13 Luca Brasi 3 - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

135 107 100 304 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

136 131 146 299 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA/Geffen | UMe

137 164 171 22 Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves - MCA Nashville | UMGN

138 129 161 86 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

139 125 107 81 Ctrl - SZA - Top Dawg | RCA

140 137 151 257 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

141 135 125 36 KOD - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope | IGA

142 176 166 41 Christmas Songs By Sinatra - Frank Sinatra - Columbia/Sony Commercial Music Group | Legacy

143 109 91 70 Luv Is Rage 2 - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

144 103 68 4 A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships - The 1975 - Dirty Hit/Interscope | IGA

145 136 127 46 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By - Soundtrack - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

146 183 185 32 Home For Christmas - 'N Sync - RCA/Sony Commercial Music Group | Legacy

147 61 – 2 Icarus Falls - Zayn - RCA

148 150 134 27 Expectations - Bebe Rexha - Warner Bros.

149 124 104 62 H.E.R. - H.E.R. - RCA

150 92 15 3 Ticket To L.A. - Brett Young - BMLG

151 158 170 322 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

152 143 148 236 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

153 128 112 139 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

154 130 108 20 Life's A Trip - Trippie Redd - TenThousand Projects

155 RE 17 The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Lava/Atlantic | Rhino

156 118 87 12 Quavo Huncho - Quavo - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

157 141 137 82 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey - Astralwerks

158 ** 1 We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Ray Conniff And The Ray Conniff Singers - Columbia | Legacy

159 154 154 212 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

160 161 174 203 Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

161 147 131 15 East Atlanta Love Letter - 6LACK - LVRN/Interscope | IGA

162 156 157 110 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney

163 180 200 348 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

164 171 165 211 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

165 170 186 515 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Rhino

166 RE 7 Evolution - Disturbed - Reprise | Warner Bros.

167 ** 1 40 Christmas Classics - Andy Williams - Columbia | Legacy

168 166 156 98 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG

169 RE 4 Simulation Theory - Muse - Helium-3 | Warner Bros.

170 169 192 257 Greatest Hits - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Hideout/Capitol | UMe

171 177 – 22 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again - Soundtrack - Littlestar Services | Capitol

172 RE 252 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

173 144 133 35 Until Death Call My Name - YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Never Broke Again/Atlantic | AG

174 ** 1 Ella & Louis Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Verve | VLG

175 162 183 405 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

176 155 136 18 Aura - Ozuna - VP Entertainment/DimeloVi | Sony Music Latin

177 146 138 109 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

178 163 – 126 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) - Prince And The Revolution - NPG/Warner Bros. | Rhino

179 ** 1 Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: The Works - Berlin Philharmonic/Mstislav Rostropovich - Deutsche Grammophon | UMe

180 152 114 7 Come Over When You're Sober, Part 2 - Lil Peep - Lil Peep/AUTNMY | Columbia

181 191 – 224 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

182 200 – 7 NOW 68 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe

183 148 135 93 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

184 167 144 51 Life Of A Dark Rose - Lil Skies - All We Got/Atlantic | AG

185 184 197 395 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

186 159 150 10 Northsbest - Lil Mosey - Interscope | IGA

187 175 155 78 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa - Warner Bros.

188 187 – 254 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles - Asylum/Elektra | Rhino

189 193 – 33 PTXmas (EP) - Pentatonix - RCA

190 179 – 36 From A Room: Volume 2 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN

191 ** 1 River Rat - Upchurch - Redneck Nation

192 181 169 129 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

193 168 187 339 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy

194 ** 1 Pure Southern Soul: Otis Redding - Otis Redding - Atlantic | Rhino

195 ** 1 The Best Of Stevie Wonder: 20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection - Stevie Wonder - Motown/Chronicles | UMe

196 153 139 15 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant - YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Never Broke Again/Atlantic | AG

197 172 160 121 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

198 188 – 63 Ultimate Sinatra - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe

199 151 120 21 Behold: A Christmas Collection - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

200 99 – 14 Sick Boy - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

21 Savage's 'I Am > I Was' Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

12/30/2018 by Keith Caulfield

 

21 Savage scores his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the chart-topping bow of I Am > I Was. The set was released on Dec. 21 via Slaughter Gang/Epic Records and launches with 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 27, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 18,000 were in traditional album sales, as the bulk of the album was driven by streaming activity.

 

I Am is 21 Savage’s second solo studio effort, and marks his first leader on the Billboard 200 and his fourth entry overall. He previously hit the list with Without Warning (with Offset and Metro Boomin, peaking at No. 4 on the Nov. 18, 2017-dated chart), his debut solo studio set Issa Album (No. 2; July 29, 2017) and Savage Mode (with Metro Boomin, No. 23; Feb. 4, 2017).

 

21 Savage has also collected five top 10-charting hits on the Hot Rap Songs chart, through the most recently published list dated Dec. 29, 2018. Among those hits is Post Malone’s chart-topping “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, which also led the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight weeks. The track also recently scored 21 Savage his first two Grammy Award nominations, for best rap/sung performance and record of the year.

 

I Am boasts guest turns from Travis Scott, Post Malone, Childish Gambino, Offset and others. None of those acts, however, are credited as artists on the album. (I Am is the latest rap album to top the Billboard 200 without assigning artist credit to its guest artists. It follows Scott’s chart-topping Astroworld did not assign artist credit to any of its guests, which included Drake, Stevie Wonder, Frank Ocean, The Weeknd and 21 Savage.)

 

Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie earns his highest charting album yet on the Billboard 200, his new effort Hoodie SZN starts at No. 2. The set, his second full-length studio project, tallied 90,000 equivalent album units, with 6,000 of that sum coming from album sales. He previously visited the top 10 with his debut full-length studio release, The Bigger Artist, bowing and peaking at No. 4 on the Oct. 21, 2017-dated chart.

 

The rest of the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 is filled with a blend of holiday favorites and former No. 1s.

 

Michael Bublé’s Christmas climbs 4-3 with 75,000 units (up 19 percent). The set was released in 2011 and spent five weeks atop the list between Dec. 10, 2011 and Jan. 7, 2012. Christmas, like the rest of the holiday titles on the chart, is getting one last punch of holiday gains this season, as the latest tracking week (Dec. 21-27) included the four days leading up to Christmas (Dec. 21-24) and Christmas Day (Dec. 25).

 

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack moves 3-4 (62,000 units; down 2 percent).

 

The former No. 1 is followed by another former chart-topping soundtrack, as The Greatest Showman rises 10-5 (56,000 units; up 29 percent, likely a beneficiary of last-minute gift-giving purchases).

 

Meek Mill’s former No. 1 — Championships — slides 2-6 with 54,000 units (down 34 percent) in its fourth chart week.

 

Nat King Cole notches his first top 10 album since 1965, as The Christmas Song ascends 15 (its prior peak) to No. 7 (a little over 52,000 units; up 40 percent), powered by streaming activity of the set’s familiar holiday tunes. The collection includes Cole’s seasonal favorite “The Christmas Song” as well as other oft-heard Cole holiday recordings like “O Holy Night,” “Caroling, Caroling” and “Silent Night.” The late legend was last in the top 10 with Ramblin’ Rose, which collected its final week in the top 10 on the tally dated May 1, 1965 (also at No. 7).

 

Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas visits the top 10 for the first time since January of 1995, its first season of release, as the album — featuring Carey’s ever popular “All I Want for Christmas Is You” — jingles 14-8 (52,000 units; up 33 percent). Like Cole’s album, Carey’s Merry also gets a big boost from streaming activity of its songs.

 

Merry Christmas, Carey’s first holiday album, was released in 1994 and peaked at No. 3 on the chart dated Dec. 17, 1994. It spent six weeks in the top 10 (before this week), with its final frame in the top 10 coming on the list dated Jan. 7, 1995 (No. 6).

 

Rounding out the new top 10 are a pair of former leaders: Kodak Black’s Dying to Live (falling 1-9 in its second week, with 51,000 units; down 43 percent) and Travis Scott’s Astroworld (6-10 with 49,000 units; up 2 percent).