BILLBOARD 200 Week ending November 9, 2019

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title ‒ Artist (Peak) Label

1 ** 1 JESUS IS KING (Soundtrack) ‒ Kanye West ( 1 ) G.O.O.D. (264,000 (109,000 sales))

2 1 2 8 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 ) Republic (81,000)

3 ** 1 Pony ‒ Rex Orange County ( 3 ) Rex Orange County (70,000 (56,000 sales))

4 2 1 3 AI YoungBoy 2 ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 ) Atlantic, Never Broke Again (64,000)

5 3 3 4 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 ) Interscope, LVRN (60,000)

6 4 4 5 KIRK ‒ DaBaby ( 1 ) Interscope, SouthCoast (40,000)

7 5 6 10 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic (35,000)

8 6 8 31 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 ) Interscope, Darkroom (32,000)

9 ** 1 Old Dominion ‒ Old Dominion ( 9 ) RCA Nashville (31,000 (19,000 sales))

10 7 10 11 So Much Fun ‒ Young Thug ( 1 ) Atlantic, 300, Young Stoner Life (28,000)

11 10 9 18 Indigo ‒ Chris Brown ( 1 ) CBE

12 8 5 3 True 2 Myself ‒ Lil Tjay ( 5 ) Columbia

13 11 14 9 We Love You Tecca ‒ Lil Tecca ( 4 ) Galactic

14 12 12 28 Cuz I Love You ‒ Lizzo ( 4 ) Atlantic, Nice Life

15 13 16 16 No.6 Collaborations Project ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) Atlantic

16 15 17 79 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 ) Republic

17 14 15 5 I'm Him ‒ Kevin Gates ( 4 ) Atlantic, Bread Winners' Association

18 17 19 65 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 ) Grand Hustle, Cactus Jack

19 18 18 19 7 (EP) ‒ Lil Nas X ( 2 ) Columbia

20 19 20 126 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 ) Columbia Nashville, River House

21 21 25 24 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent ‒ Lewis Capaldi ( 21 ) Vertigo

22 23 26 70 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

23 25 23 358 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 11 ) Hollywood

24 22 21 30 Free Spirit ‒ Khalid ( 1 ) Right Hand

25 24 22 11 Quality Control: Control The Streets, Volume 2 ‒ Various Artists ( 3 ) Motown, Quality Control

26 26 27 14 The Search ‒ NF ( 1 ) NF Real Music

27 30 28 75 Shawn Mendes ‒ Shawn Mendes ( 1 ) Island

28 33 31 151 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 ) Republic

29 9 -- 2 Woptober II ‒ Gucci Mane ( 9 ) Atlantic, Guwop

30 31 29 35 Baby On Baby ‒ DaBaby ( 7 ) Interscope, SouthCoast

31 68 71 15 Coconut Oil (EP) ‒ Lizzo ( 31 ) Atlantic, Nice Life

32 ** 1 Mirrors ‒ Jackson Wang ( 32 ) Western And 6th

33 36 37 38 Thank U, Next ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 ) Republic

34 34 34 18 Perfect Ten ‒ Mustard ( 8 ) Interscope, 10 Summers

35 32 30 103 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 ) Island, Rocket

36 20 7 3 Wow... That's Crazy ‒ Wale ( 7 ) Maybach

37 38 38 17 Dreamville & J. Cole: Revenge Of The Dreamers III ‒ Various Artists ( 1 ) Interscope, Dreamville

38 39 41 76 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 ) Interscope, Grade A

39 41 44 214 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast Recording ( 3 ) Atlantic, Hamilton Uptown

40 28 24 333 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 ) Apple, Capitol

41 37 35 21 Happiness Begins ‒ Jonas Brothers ( 1 ) Republic

42 40 36 97 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 ) Interscope, Darkroom

43 43 45 45 Hoodie SZN ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 1 ) Atlantic, Highbridge The Label

44 ** 1 HERE WE GO! ‒ Walk Off The Earth ( 44 ) Golden Carrot

45 42 47 85 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 ) Bad Vibes Forever

46 ** 1 Colorado ‒ Neil Young/Crazy Horse ( 46 ) Reprise

47 44 40 71 Dan + Shay ‒ Dan + Shay ( 6 ) Warner Music Nashville

48 45 48 34 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 ) Interscope, Grade A

49 48 42 60 Look Up Child ‒ Lauren Daigle ( 3 ) Centricity

50 46 46 21 Die A Legend ‒ Polo G ( 6 ) Columbia

51 55 58 14 The Big Day ‒ Chance The Rapper ( 2 ) Chance The Rapper

52 RE -- 12 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas ‒ Soundtrack ( 52 ) Walt Disney

53 47 49 139 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) Atlantic

54 117 140 390 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 ) Epic

55 50 50 82 Invasion Of Privacy ‒ Cardi B ( 1 ) Atlantic, The KSR Group

56 51 52 139 American Teen ‒ Khalid ( 4 ) Right Hand

57 ** 1 Three Chords & The Truth ‒ Van Morrison ( 57 ) Exile

58 53 56 48 Championships ‒ Meek Mill ( 1 ) Atlantic, Maybach

59 29 11 4 SuperM: The 1st Mini Album (EP) ‒ SuperM ( 1 ) SM

60 52 54 57 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 35 ) Big Loud

61 64 64 443 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty ( 22 ) Fantasy

62 54 55 21 The Prequel (EP) ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 ) Columbia Nashville, River House

63 57 66 133 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Top Dawg

64 59 69 114 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 ) Atlantic, Generation Now

65 56 59 99 The Greatest Showman ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) Atlantic, Fox, 20th Century Fox

66 62 67 469 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Shady

67 ** 1 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 67 ) RCA

68 69 73 45 X 100PRE ‒ Bad Bunny ( 11 ) Rimas

69 63 68 56 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) ‒ Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper ( 1 ) Interscope

70 155 169 151 The Life Of Pablo ‒ Kanye West ( 1 ) G.O.O.D.

71 70 75 348 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

72 58 53 8 K-12 (Soundtrack) ‒ Melanie Martinez ( 3 ) Atlantic

73 61 61 392 1 ‒ The Beatles ( 1 ) Apple, Capitol

74 ** 1 Daylight ‒ Grace Potter ( 74 ) Fantasy, GEP

75 60 65 216 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 ) Mercury Nashville

76 67 72 56 Drip Harder ‒ Lil Baby & Gunna ( 4 ) Motown, Quality Control, 300, Young Stoner Life

77 ** 1 True Love: A Celebration Of Cole Porter ‒ Harry Connick, Jr. ( 77 ) Verve, Connick Performances

78 ** 1 N.A.T.I.O.N. ‒ Bad Wolves ( 78 ) Eleven Seven

79 ** 1 Epico ‒ Lunay ( 79 ) Star Island

80 72 84 183 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

81 73 76 167 The Essential Billy Joel ‒ Billy Joel ( 15 ) Columbia

82 65 74 588 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 ) Columbia

83 66 60 24 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 ) Columbia

84 108 133 4 The Kids Are Coming (EP) ‒ Tones And I ( 84 ) Elektra, Bad Batch

85 ** 1 NOW 72 ‒ Various Artists ( 85 ) Sony Music, Universal

86 71 57 9 Norman ******* Rockwell! ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 3 ) Polydor, Interscope

87 49 105 9 Fear Inoculum ‒ Tool ( 1 ) Volcano, Tool Dissectional

88 75 77 598 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 ) Island, Tuff Gong

89 74 78 296 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 ) Interscope, Death Row, Amaru

90 79 85 51 Experiment ‒ Kane Brown ( 1 ) RCA Nashville, Zone 4

91 77 81 344 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 ) Warner Bros.

92 ** 1 Gravity ‒ Gryffin ( 92 ) Geffen, Darkroom

93 104 107 383 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 ) Columbia

94 78 89 18 Oasis ‒ J Balvin & Bad Bunny ( 9 ) Universal Music Latino

95 91 92 123 Evolve ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 2 ) Interscope, KIDinaKORNER

96 92 99 45 I Am > I Was ‒ 21 Savage ( 1 ) Slaughter Gang

97 94 95 108 Perception ‒ NF ( 1 ) Capitol, NF Real Music

98 81 86 34 GIRL ‒ Maren Morris ( 4 ) Columbia Nashville

99 86 98 36 Drip Or Drown 2 ‒ Gunna ( 3 ) 300, Young Stoner Life

100 87 97 137 More Life ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

101 80 83 165 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 ) Grand Hustle

102 93 96 55 Ella Mai ‒ Ella Mai ( 5 ) Interscope, 10 Summers

103 89 82 24 Fever ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 10 ) 300, 1501 Certified

104 88 93 41 Victory Lap ‒ Nipsey Hussle ( 2 ) Atlantic, All Money In No Money Out

105 83 88 329 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 ) MCA, Geffen

106 101 109 256 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 ) Roc Nation, Dreamville

107 105 110 153 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

108 98 114 114 17 ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 2 ) Bad Vibes Forever

109 82 124 151 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 ) Boys Don't Cry

110 103 100 154 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 ) Walt Disney

111 97 51 4 Fire & Brimstone ‒ Brantley Gilbert ( 9 ) Valory

112 126 128 301 The Essential Michael Jackson ‒ Michael Jackson ( 31 ) Epic

113 100 101 71 Pray For The Wicked ‒ Panic! At The Disco ( 1 ) Fueled By Ramen, DCD2

114 99 103 57 Tha Carter V ‒ Lil Wayne ( 1 ) Young Money

115 ** 1 Desert Sessions 11 & 12 ‒ Desert Sessions ( 115 ) Matador

116 107 127 366 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Top Dawg

117 113 115 125 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 ) Top Dawg

118 119 123 63 Sweetener ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 ) Republic

119 122 119 82 Ultimate Sinatra ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 32 ) Capitol, Frank Sinatra Enterprises

120 ** 1 Monster ‒ Future ( 120 ) A-1, Freebandz

121 127 121 65 Swimming ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 ) Warner

122 118 131 76 Harder Than Ever ‒ Lil Baby ( 3 ) Motown, Quality Control

123 116 125 217 Beauty Behind The Madness ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

124 124 126 82 Cosmic ‒ Bazzi ( 14 ) Atlantic, ZZZ, iamcosmic

125 123 116 63 Golden Hour ‒ Kacey Musgraves ( 4 ) MCA Nashville

126 109 104 13 Care Package ‒ Drake ( 1 ) OVO Sound

127 ** 1 What's My Name ‒ Ringo Starr ( 127 ) Roccabella

128 115 120 106 H.E.R. ‒ H.E.R. ( 23 ) MBK

129 106 108 152 Kane Brown ‒ Kane Brown ( 5 ) RCA Nashville, Zone 4

130 102 94 22 Center Point Road ‒ Thomas Rhett ( 1 ) Valory

131 138 141 298 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ‒ Eagles ( 1 ) Elektra, Asylum

132 96 129 73 Die Lit ‒ Playboi Carti ( 3 ) Interscope, AWGE

133 129 135 255 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Big Machine

134 114 118 13 Love Songs 4 The Streets 2 ‒ Lil Durk ( 4 ) Interscope, Alamo

135 147 168 5 MELT ‒ SHAED ( 135 ) Photo Finish

136 RE -- 114 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‒ Kanye West ( 1 ) Roc-A-Fella

137 121 106 81 Rearview Town ‒ Jason Aldean ( 1 ) Broken Bow, BMG, Macon

138 RE -- 2 Amala ‒ Doja Cat ( 138 ) Kemosabe

139 131 144 46 Dying To Live ‒ Kodak Black ( 1 ) Atlantic, Dollaz N Dealz

140 142 139 20 The Essential Elvis Presley ‒ Elvis Presley ( 42 ) RCA, Sony Strategic Marketing Group

141 ** 1 Western Stars: Songs From The Film (Soundtrack) ‒ Bruce Springsteen ( 141 ) Columbia

142 120 117 24 Father Of Asahd ‒ DJ Khaled ( 2 ) We The Best

143 95 43 3 Misunderstood ‒ JayDaYoungan ( 43 ) Atlantic

144 136 145 92 Culture II ‒ Migos ( 1 ) Motown, Quality Control

145 135 149 233 Blurryface ‒ twenty one pilots ( 1 ) Fueled By Ramen

146 128 132 52 BALLADS 1 ‒ Joji ( 3 ) 88rising

147 134 122 12 Soul Searching ‒ Bazzi ( 20 ) Atlantic, iamcosmic

148 125 157 54 Trench ‒ twenty one pilots ( 2 ) Fueled By Ramen

149 84 -- 25 Map Of The Soul: PERSONA ‒ BTS ( 1 ) BigHit Entertainment

150 RE 174 133 Frozen ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) Walt Disney

151 RE -- 207 Appetite For Destruction ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 1 ) Geffen

152 ** 1 Cry ‒ Cigarettes After Sex ( 152 ) Partisan

153 141 148 280 x ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) Atlantic

154 RE -- 150 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 ) Roc-A-Fella

155 168 173 39 Marshmello: Fortnite Extended Set ‒ Marshmello ( 45 ) Joytime Collective

156 130 136 198 Greatest Hits ‒ The Notorious B.I.G. ( 1 ) Bad Boy

157 139 137 279 In The Lonely Hour ‒ Sam Smith ( 2 ) Capitol

158 145 154 198 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 ) TrapSoul

159 149 146 546 Metallica ‒ Metallica ( 1 ) Blackened

160 ** 1 Elevation ‒ Tank ( 160 ) Atlantic, R&B Money

161 153 151 61 Kamikaze ‒ Eminem ( 1 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Shady

162 190 188 18 Currents ‒ Tame Impala ( 4 ) Interscope, Modular

163 148 160 309 Nothing Was The Same ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

164 172 183 80 The Definitive Collection ‒ Stevie Wonder ( 35 ) Motown, UTV

165 RE -- 52 Love Yourself: Answer ‒ BTS ( 1 ) BigHit Entertainment

166 146 166 43 I Am You ‒ YNW Melly ( 20 ) 300, YNW Melly

167 158 161 50 Feed Tha Streets II ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 67 ) Atlantic, Bird Vision

168 150 158 196 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 ) Westbury Road

169 151 171 79 Until Death Call My Name ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 7 ) Atlantic, Never Broke Again

170 154 159 103 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Big Machine

171 ** 1 Flawed Design ‒ Saint Asonia ( 171 ) Asteria

172 152 162 52 Not All Heroes Wear Capes ‒ Metro Boomin ( 1 ) Boominati

173 161 170 437 21 ‒ Adele ( 1 ) XL

174 132 142 235 Greatest Hits So Far... ‒ Zac Brown Band ( 20 ) Atlantic, ROAR, Southern Ground

175 157 156 370 Night Visions ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 2 ) Interscope, KIDinaKORNER

176 160 147 13 Descendants 3 ‒ Soundtrack ( 7 ) Walt Disney

177 133 91 5 Heartache Medication ‒ Jon Pardi ( 11 ) Capitol Nashville

178 140 143 301 Greatest Hits ‒ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 ) Capitol, Hideout

179 159 172 445 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 ) Elektra

180 183 186 54 Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack) ‒ Queen ( 2 ) Hollywood

181 196 -- 322 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 ‒ The Rolling Stones ( 4 ) ABKCO

182 166 177 92 A Decade Of Destruction ‒ Five Finger Death Punch ( 29 ) Prospect Park

183 170 189 45 Realer ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 15 ) Atlantic, Never Broke Again

184 163 155 94 Camila ‒ Camila Cabello ( 1 ) SYCO

185 167 179 48 Street Gossip ‒ Lil Baby ( 2 ) Motown, Quality Control

186 156 176 11 Ascend ‒ Illenium ( 14 ) Astralwerks

187 27 -- 2 Scary Nights ‒ G-Eazy ( 27 ) G-Eazy, RVG, BPG

188 ** 1 Days B4 III ‒ Lucki ( 188 ) Lucki

189 177 197 445 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 ) Geffen, DGC, Sub Pop

190 165 163 37 Can't Say I Ain't Country ‒ Florida Georgia Line ( 4 ) BMLG

191 RE -- 5 The Original Monster Mash ‒ Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers ( 142 ) Polydor, Decca

192 175 182 104 Red Pill Blues ‒ Maroon 5 ( 2 ) Interscope, 222

193 176 198 43 A Love Letter To You 3 ‒ Trippie Redd ( 3 ) TenThousand Projects

194 178 181 17 Hotel Diablo ‒ Machine Gun Kelly ( 5 ) Interscope, Bad Boy, EST19XX

195 143 102 5 Herstory In The Making ‒ Young M.A ( 16 ) M.A Music

196 180 184 18 Legendary ‒ Tyga ( 17 ) Last Kings

197 RE 199 70 KOD ‒ J. Cole ( 1 ) Interscope, Roc Nation, Dreamville

198 162 164 12 ! ‒ Trippie Redd ( 3 ) TenThousand Projects

199 164 187 65 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates ‒ Daryl Hall John Oates ( 34 ) RCA

200 182 190 115 hopeless fountain kingdom ‒ Halsey ( 1 ) Astralwerks

Kanye West's 'Jesus Is King' Arrives as His Record-Tying Ninth Consecutive No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart

11/3/2019 by Keith Caulfield

 

Kanye West returns to a familiar spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as his latest release, Jesus Is King, debuts at No. 1. It’s his record-tying ninth consecutive debut at No. 1, matching Eminem’s still-active streak for the longest in the chart’s history.

 

Jesus Is King was released on Oct. 25 via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings and earned 264,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 31, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 109,000 were in album sales, while the rest was powered largely by streaming activity.

 

Of Jesus Is King’s total unit start of 264,000, album sales comprise 109,000, TEA units equal 3,000 and SEA units total 151,000. The latter sum translates to 196.9 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s 11 tracks.

 

Here are some notable feats West achieves with the arrival of Jesus Is King:

 

West’s Record-Tying Ninth Consecutive No. 1 Debut: Jesus Is King continues a remarkable streak on the Billboard 200 for West. The set marks his record-tying ninth straight album to debut at No. 1; the entirety of his charting efforts from 2005 through 2019 have opened in the top slot. His only album to miss No. 1 was his debut effort, 2004’s The College Dropout, which debuted and peaked at No. 2.

 

West ties Eminem for the most consecutive No. 1 debuts, as the latter has entered at No. 1 with his last nine releases -- from 2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP through 2018’s Kamikaze. Like West, Eminem has also only missed the No. 1 position once, also with his debut charting effort, 1999’s The Slim Shady LP, which debuted and peaked at No. 2.

 

Among all acts, Jay-Z has the most debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with 14 -- but they were not consecutive.

 

Nine No. 1s in a Row: West and Eminem are also now tied for the most consecutive No. 1s on the Billboard 200. They are both ahead of the Beatles, which saw all eight of their charting efforts between 1965’s Beatles VI and 1968’s self-titled album (White Album) reach No. 1.

 

Unlike West and Eminem, none of those albums from the Beatles debuted at No. 1 (per common practice before the advent of electronically tracked music activity by Nielsen Music in 1991). All eight of them climbed to the top, after debuting at lower positions.

 

Sixth-Most No. 1s on the Billboard 200: With a ninth No. 1 on the Billboard 200, West ties five other acts for the sixth-most No. 1s in the history of the chart (which dates back to 1956), as he now stands alongside Garth Brooks, Drake, Eminem, Madonna and the Rolling Stones. Ahead of all of them: the Beatles with a record 19 No. 1s; Jay-Z (14); Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand (11 each); and Elvis Presley (10).

 

Sixth No. 1 of the Decade: Jesus Is King marks West’s sixth No. 1 in the 2010s, matching the number earned by both Future and Justin Bieber since 2010. Only Drake, with nine No. 1s this decade, has more. (All nine of Drake’s No. 1s on the chart have come since 2010, starting with Thank Me Later.)

 

Fifth-Biggest Streaming Week of 2019: Jesus Is King’s first-week SEA units totaled 151,000, which equates to 196.9 million on-demand audio streams for the 11 tracks on the album. That’s the fifth-largest streaming week for any album in 2019, behind only the debut frames of Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding (365.4 million), Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (307.1 million), Taylor Swift’s Lover (226.1 million) and the second week of Bleeding (220.9 million).

 

West’s Biggest Streaming Week Ever: With Jesus Is King launching with 196.9 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks, it surpasses West’s previous biggest streaming week, logged when Ye bowed with 180.1 million in 2018. (Notably, Ye only had seven tracks, versus King’s 11. So, Ye had an average of 25.7 million streams per track, while King had 17.9 million per track.)

 

Second-Largest Sales Week of 2019 for an R&B/Hip-Hip Album: With 109,000 copies sold, Jesus Is King collects the second-biggest sales week of 2019 for an R&B/hip-hop album. King is second only to the debut frame of Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding, with 200,000 sold. King’s first week was bolstered by an array of merchandise/album bundles sold via West’s official webstore, as well as albums sold bundled with a pre-sale code for early access to upcoming West events (including a trio at the Forum in Los Angeles, a pair of recent Sunday Service programs and an album launch/listening event).

 

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding falls one spot with 81,000 equivalent album units (down 12%).

 

English singer and multi-instrumentalist Rex Orange County (real name: Alex O’Connor) bows at No. 3 with his major-label debut, Pony. The set, his first release for RCA Records after two independently distributed albums, starts with 70,000 equivalent album units. Of that sum, 56,000 were in album sales, boosted by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with his upcoming U.S. tour and an array of merchandise/album bundles sold via his webstore.

 

YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s former No. 1 AI YoungBoy 2 falls 2-4 on the Billboard 200, with 64,000 equivalent album units (down 20%), while Summer Walker’s Over It descends 3-5 with 60,000 units (down 14%). DaBaby’s Kirk dips 4-6 with 40,000 units (down 18%), Taylor Swift’s Lover drops 5-7 with 35,000 units (down 12%) and Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? retreats 6-8 with 32,000 units (down 1%).

 

Country band Old Dominion nabs its second top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, as the quintet’s new self-titled set arrives at No. 9 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned (with 19,000 of that sum in album sales). The group previously visited the top 10 with 2017’s Happy Endings, which debuted and peaked at No. 7 (starting with 41,000 units).

 

Closing out the new Billboard 200’s top 10 is Young Thug’s former leader So Much Fun, which falls 7-10 with 28,000 equivalent album units (down 10%).

Why is Kanye's album tagged as a soundtrack...?

 

Very impressive for Rex Orange County to get to #3, higher than he charted in (what I have now learned is) his own country.

Why is Kanye's album tagged as a soundtrack...?

I didn't even notice that. It's #1 on the soundtrack chart too. But why? :lol:

He did release a film with the same title which I guess is why but it's a bit of a stretch to say it's the soundtrack to that film!

 

It's got him an arguably undeserved #1 on the 'gospel' album chart as well :lol: (it does have gospel elements but is still primarily hip-hop).