BILLBOARD 200 Week ending August 8, 2020

 

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

1 ** 1 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic (846,000 (615,000 sales))

2 ** 1 No Pressure ‒ Logic ( 2 ) Visionary (221,000 (172,000 sales))

3 1 1 3 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 ) Interscope, Grade A (107,000)

4 2 2 4 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 ) Victor Victor Worldwide (107,000)

5 4 3 253 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 ) Atlantic, Hamilton Uptown (71,000)

6 21 18 10 Wunna ‒ Gunna ( 1 ) 300, Young Stoner Life (67,000)

7 5 4 22 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 ) Motown, Quality Control (53,000)

8 ** 1 F*ck Love ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 8 ) Columbia (40,000 (7,000 sales))

9 7 5 47 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 ) Republic (33,000)

10 9 7 33 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 ) Erskine (31,000)

11 8 6 15 BLAME IT ON BABY ‒ DaBaby ( 1 ) Interscope, SouthCoast

12 6 43 21 Chilombo ‒ Jhene Aiko ( 2 ) ARTclub, ARTium, 2 Fish

13 10 9 19 After Hours ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

14 11 10 11 The GOAT ‒ Polo G ( 2 ) Columbia

15 12 11 21 Eternal Atake ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 ) Atlantic, Generation Now

16 17 15 12 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2 ‒ Lil Durk ( 2 ) Geffen, Alamo

17 3 -- 2 Gaslighter ‒ The Chicks ( 3 ) Columbia

18 34 37 49 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

19 19 20 38 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 ) Columbia Nashville, River House

20 16 14 11 High Off Life ‒ Future ( 1 ) Freebandz

21 20 21 96 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 18 ) Big Loud

22 15 13 17 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 ) Alamo

23 22 17 34 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 1 ) Atlantic, Bird Vision

24 13 12 13 Dark Lane Demo Tapes ‒ Drake ( 2 ) OVO Sound

25 23 19 22 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 ) Rimas

26 25 16 115 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 ) Interscope, Grade A

27 24 25 20 Sweet Action ‒ Jack Harlow ( 20 ) Atlantic, Generation Now

28 26 23 165 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 ) Columbia Nashville, River House

29 28 22 70 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 ) Interscope, Darkroom

30 32 28 397 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 11 ) Hollywood

31 30 27 63 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent ‒ Lewis Capaldi ( 20 ) Vertigo

32 33 29 118 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 ) Republic

33 36 32 104 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 ) Grand Hustle, Cactus Jack

34 27 24 9 Chromatica ‒ Lady Gaga ( 1 ) Interscope, Streamline

35 35 26 73 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 ) Interscope, Grade A

36 39 30 43 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 ) Interscope, LVRN

37 38 34 18 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 4 ) Warner

38 40 41 29 Time Served ‒ Moneybagg Yo ( 3 ) Interscope, N-Less

39 37 31 21 Suga ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 7 ) 300, 1501 Certified

40 44 46 637 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 ) Island, Tuff Gong

41 41 38 142 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 ) Island, Rocket

42 43 36 39 Hot Pink ‒ Doja Cat ( 9 ) Kemosabe

43 45 44 109 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

44 42 40 17 SOUTHSIDE ‒ Sam Hunt ( 5 ) MCA Nashville

45 49 45 37 Frozen II ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) Walt Disney

46 51 49 190 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 ) Republic

47 46 35 24 Artist 2.0 ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 2 ) Atlantic, Highbridge The Label

48 48 39 25 Meet The Woo, V.2 ‒ Pop Smoke ( 7 ) Victor Victor Worldwide

49 50 66 13 Slime & B ‒ Chris Brown & Young Thug ( 24 ) CBE, 300

50 53 52 39 Ghetto Gospel ‒ Rod Wave ( 10 ) Alamo

51 54 54 482 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 22 ) Fantasy

52 57 60 383 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 ) Warner Bros.

53 52 50 24 Changes ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 ) SchoolBoy, Raymond Braun

54 55 58 19 Collection One ‒ SAINt JHN ( 50 ) Godd Complexx

55 47 33 9 Emmanuel ‒ Anuel AA ( 8 ) Real Hasta La Muerte

56 59 61 124 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 ) Bad Vibes Forever

57 113 127 294 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Big Machine

58 56 59 136 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 ) Interscope, Darkroom

59 14 -- 2 Ugly Is Beautiful ‒ Oliver Tree ( 14 ) Atlantic

60 58 57 44 KIRK ‒ DaBaby ( 1 ) Interscope, SouthCoast

61 63 65 255 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 ) Mercury Nashville

62 66 63 627 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 ) Columbia

63 68 51 23 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 ‒ BTS ( 1 ) BigHit Entertainment

64 ** 1 All Distortions Are Intentional ‒ Neck Deep ( 64 ) Hopeless

65 80 89 422 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 ) Columbia

66 76 76 178 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) Atlantic

67 74 81 335 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 ) Interscope, Death Row, Amaru

68 61 55 35 Certified Hitmaker ‒ Lil Mosey ( 12 ) Interscope, Mogul Vision

69 70 71 192 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 ) Walt Disney

70 64 69 6 Goldmine ‒ Gabby Barrett ( 27 ) Warner Music Nashville

71 67 62 31 JACKBOYS ‒ JACKBOYS ( 1 ) Cactus Jack

72 73 73 178 American Teen ‒ Khalid ( 4 ) Right Hand

73 75 77 57 Indigo ‒ Chris Brown ( 1 ) CBE

74 71 70 50 So Much Fun ‒ Young Thug ( 1 ) Atlantic, 300, Young Stoner Life

75 31 -- 2 Steel Human ‒ NoCap ( 31 ) Atlantic, Artist Partner Group

76 62 67 28 Manic ‒ Halsey ( 2 ) Capitol

77 69 72 69 Free Spirit ‒ Khalid ( 1 ) Right Hand

78 ** 1 Ho, Why Is You Here ? ‒ Flo Milli ( 78 ) RCA

79 77 74 368 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 ) MCA, Geffen

80 79 80 42 AI YoungBoy 2 ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 ) Atlantic, Never Broke Again

81 72 68 67 Cuz I Love You ‒ Lizzo ( 4 ) Atlantic, Nice Life

82 78 75 77 Thank U, Next ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 ) Republic

83 83 87 153 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 ) Atlantic, Generation Now

84 93 94 405 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Top Dawg

85 65 -- 2 Fallin' ‒ StaySolidRocky ( 65 ) Columbia

86 86 84 431 1 ‒ The Beatles ( 1 ) Apple, Capitol

87 ** 1 Slow Decay ‒ The Acacia Strain ( 87 ) Rise

88 82 64 12 It Was Good Until It Wasn't ‒ Kehlani ( 2 ) Atlantic, Tsunami Mob

89 92 93 33 Fully Loaded: God's Country ‒ Blake Shelton ( 2 ) Warner Music Nashville

90 109 -- 74 Take Me Home ‒ One Direction ( 1 ) SYCO

91 97 106 295 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 ) Roc Nation, Dreamville

92 88 91 121 Invasion Of Privacy ‒ Cardi B ( 1 ) Atlantic, The KSR Group

93 87 82 28 Music To Be Murdered By ‒ Eminem ( 1 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Shady

94 96 96 387 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

95 95 98 138 The Greatest Showman ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) Atlantic, Fox, 20th Century Fox

96 99 122 233 Greatest Hits ‒ The Notorious B.I.G. ( 1 ) Bad Boy

97 98 -- 501 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 ) Geffen

98 90 90 268 Greatest Hits So Far... ‒ Zac Brown Band ( 20 ) Atlantic, ROAR, Southern Ground

99 101 109 56 Dreamville & J. Cole: Revenge Of The Dreamers III ‒ Various Artists ( 1 ) Interscope, Dreamville

100 100 95 172 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Top Dawg

101 89 85 20 Heaven Or Hell ‒ Don Toliver ( 7 ) Atlantic, Cactus Jack

102 84 78 73 GIRL ‒ Maren Morris ( 4 ) Columbia Nashville

103 91 88 9 Chapter I: Snake Oil ‒ Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley ( 50 ) Mad Decent

104 108 103 91 All Time Greatest Hits ‒ Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 56 ) MCA, Geffen

105 111 124 42 True 2 Myself ‒ Lil Tjay ( 5 ) Columbia

106 81 86 9 Golden Hour ‒ Kygo ( 18 ) Kygo AS

107 112 111 36 A Love Letter To You 4 ‒ Trippie Redd ( 1 ) TenThousand Projects

108 107 104 53 The Search ‒ NF ( 1 ) NF Real Music

109 18 -- 2 Vibras de Noche ‒ Eslabon Armado ( 18 ) DEL

110 105 97 221 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys ‒ The Beach Boys ( 16 ) Capitol

111 110 105 222 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

112 116 137 164 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 ) Top Dawg

113 85 83 372 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 ) Apple, Capitol

114 104 101 22 PTSD ‒ G Herbo ( 7 ) Epic

115 106 99 55 No.6 Collaborations Project ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) Atlantic

116 120 128 23 Wildcard ‒ Miranda Lambert ( 4 ) RCA Nashville, Vanner

117 119 120 256 Beauty Behind The Madness ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

118 193 121 335 The Essential Michael Jackson ‒ Michael Jackson ( 31 ) Epic

119 RE -- 123 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Big Machine

120 118 107 337 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ‒ Eagles ( 1 ) Elektra, Asylum

121 121 126 192 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

122 RE -- 158 Red ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Big Machine

123 115 110 58 7 (EP) ‒ Lil Nas X ( 2 ) Columbia

124 103 79 4 Gucci Mane Presents: So Icy Summer ‒ Gucci Mane & Various Artists ( 29 ) Atlantic, Guwop

125 117 102 12 Las Que No Iban A Salir ‒ Bad Bunny ( 7 ) Rimas

126 123 132 60 Die A Legend ‒ Polo G ( 6 ) Columbia

127 128 119 28 Circles ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 ) Warner

128 122 117 203 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 ) Grand Hustle

129 130 136 29 9 ‒ Jason Aldean ( 2 ) Broken Bow, BMG, Macon

130 125 130 162 Evolve ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 2 ) Interscope, KIDinaKORNER

131 132 -- 47 Made In The A.M. ‒ One Direction ( 2 ) SYCO

132 136 133 388 The Eminem Show ‒ Eminem ( 1 ) Interscope, Web, Aftermath

133 154 153 429 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 ) Epic

134 126 112 110 Dan + Shay ‒ Dan + Shay ( 6 ) Warner Music Nashville

135 134 140 153 17 ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 2 ) Bad Vibes Forever

136 ** 1 Now Or Never ‒ Nio Garcia & Casper Magico ( 136 ) Flow La Movie

137 148 156 11 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 120 ) Hickman Holler

138 131 129 57 Perfect Ten ‒ Mustard ( 8 ) Interscope, 10 Summers

139 129 123 114 Shawn Mendes ‒ Shawn Mendes ( 1 ) Island

140 152 174 5 The Way It Feels ‒ Maddie & Tae ( 74 ) Mercury Nashville

141 29 -- 2 Brightest Blue ‒ Ellie Goulding ( 29 ) Polydor, Interscope

142 143 150 84 X 100PRE ‒ Bad Bunny ( 11 ) Rimas

143 139 138 84 Hoodie SZN ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 1 ) Atlantic, Highbridge The Label

144 127 113 14 38 Baby 2 ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 ) Atlantic, Never Broke Again

145 114 108 34 Romance ‒ Camila Cabello ( 3 ) SYCO

146 137 141 99 Look Up Child ‒ Lauren Daigle ( 3 ) Centricity

147 140 145 250 Greatest Hits ‒ Red Hot Chili Peppers ( 18 ) Warner

148 142 143 175 More Life ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

149 RE -- 8 Nicotine ‒ Trevor Daniel ( 79 ) Interscope, Alamo

150 145 114 6 City On Lock ‒ City Girls ( 29 ) Motown, Quality Control

151 147 144 90 Experiment ‒ Kane Brown ( 1 ) RCA Nashville, Zone 4

152 168 184 50 Quality Control: Control The Streets, Volume 2 ‒ Various Artists ( 3 ) Motown, Quality Control

153 138 116 6 Translation ‒ Black Eyed Peas ( 52 ) BEP

154 146 148 202 The Essential Billy Joel ‒ Billy Joel ( 15 ) Columbia

155 155 157 95 Drip Harder ‒ Lil Baby & Gunna ( 4 ) Motown, Quality Control, 300, Young Stoner Life

156 164 -- 90 Midnight Memories ‒ One Direction ( 1 ) SYCO

157 149 149 189 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 ) Boys Don't Cry

158 158 152 340 Greatest Hits ‒ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 ) Capitol, Hideout

159 151 147 191 Kane Brown ‒ Kane Brown ( 5 ) RCA Nashville, Zone 4

160 135 139 7 I'm Gone ‒ iann dior ( 45 ) TenThousand Projects

161 157 159 341 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 ‒ The Rolling Stones ( 4 ) ABKCO

162 156 158 79 Victory Lap ‒ Nipsey Hussle ( 2 ) Atlantic, All Money In No Money Out

163 162 181 101 Swimming ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 ) Warner

164 150 131 17 TROLLS: World Tour ‒ Soundtrack ( 15 ) DreamWorks, Villa 40

165 153 155 481 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 ) Elektra

166 141 118 23 Where The Light Is ‒ Surfaces ( 104 ) Surfaces

167 177 -- 7 Kid Krow ‒ Conan Gray ( 5 ) Republic

168 133 92 6 The Album ‒ Teyana Taylor ( 8 ) G.O.O.D.

169 144 125 12 Good Intentions ‒ NAV ( 1 ) XO

170 160 135 135 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day ‒ Kid Cudi ( 4 ) G.O.O.D., Dream On

171 159 146 82 Love Yourself: Answer ‒ BTS ( 1 ) BigHit Entertainment

172 RE -- 256 Fearless ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Big Machine

173 179 176 87 Championships ‒ Meek Mill ( 1 ) Atlantic, Maybach

174 174 -- 64 FOUR ‒ One Direction ( 1 ) SYCO

175 176 167 57 The Essential Elvis Presley ‒ Elvis Presley ( 42 ) RCA, Sony Strategic Marketing Group

176 171 170 96 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates ‒ Daryl Hall John Oates ( 34 ) RCA

177 172 178 95 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) ‒ Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper ( 1 ) Interscope

178 180 183 175 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection ‒ Bon Jovi ( 5 ) Island

179 187 185 484 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 ) Geffen, DGC, Sub Pop

180 173 169 126 A Decade Of Destruction ‒ Five Finger Death Punch ( 29 ) Prospect Park

181 170 165 74 Baby On Baby ‒ DaBaby ( 7 ) Interscope, SouthCoast

182 175 166 40 Old Dominion ‒ Old Dominion ( 9 ) RCA Nashville

183 161 172 43 The Kids Are Coming (EP) ‒ Tones And I ( 30 ) Elektra, Bad Batch

184 167 164 23 Still Flexin, Still Steppin ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 2 ) Atlantic, Never Broke Again

185 178 173 156 Number One Hits ‒ Tim McGraw ( 27 ) Curb

186 195 -- 153 Greatest Hits ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 14 ) Warner Bros.

187 184 186 150 50 Number Ones ‒ George Strait ( 1 ) MCA Nashville

188 182 182 230 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 ) Westbury Road

189 181 163 161 Frozen ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) Walt Disney

190 185 187 103 Harder Than Ever ‒ Lil Baby ( 3 ) Motown, Quality Control

191 197 177 47 Harry Styles ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 ) Erskine

192 183 191 340 Nothing Was The Same ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

193 94 8 3 Life On Earth (EP) ‒ Summer Walker ( 8 ) Interscope, LVRN

194 186 179 272 Blurryface ‒ twenty one pilots ( 1 ) Fueled By Ramen

195 192 188 196 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits ‒ Blake Shelton ( 5 ) Warner Music Nashville

196 188 168 143 H.E.R. ‒ H.E.R. ( 23 ) MBK

197 191 -- 114 Ultimate Sinatra ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 32 ) Capitol, Frank Sinatra Enterprises

198 163 142 476 21 ‒ Adele ( 1 ) XL

199 190 194 147 Perception ‒ NF ( 1 ) Capitol, NF Real Music

200 169 154 62 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 ) Columbia

Taylor Swift Achieves Seventh No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart & Biggest Week of 2020 With 'Folklore'

8/2/2020 by Keith Caulfield

 

Taylor Swift’s Folklore flies in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, capturing the biggest week for any album since Swift’s last release, 2019’s Lover.

 

Folkore was released with little advance notice on July 24 and earns Swift her seventh No. 1 album.

 

Folklore starts with 846,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 30, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. That marks the largest week registered for any album since Swift’s own Lover, which debuted at No. 1 on the Sept. 7, 2019-dated chart with 867,000 units.

 

Further, in the last four years, the three biggest weeks for any album have been racked up by Swift. Dating back to July of 2016, the three largest frames for any album are: Swift’s Reputation (1.24 million units, Dec. 2, 2017-dated chart), Lover (867,000) and Folklore (846,000).

 

Folklore’s debut of 846,000 equivalent album units is led by 615,000 in album sales, 218,000 in SEA units (equating to 289.85 million on-demand streams of the tracks on the album), and 13,000 in TEA units.

 

Seventh No. 1 Album: Folklore marks Swift’s seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, tying her with Janet Jackson for the third-most leaders among women in the history of the chart. Ahead of them on the leading ladies list are Barbra Streisand, with 11 No. 1s, and Madonna, with nine. Among all acts, The Beatles have the most No. 1 albums, with 19.

 

Before Folklore, Swift topped the chart with Lover (No. 1 for one week, Sept. 7, 2019-dated chart), Reputation (No. 1 for four weeks, 2017-18), 1989 (No. 1 for 11 weeks, 2014-15), Red (No. 1 for seven weeks, 2012-13), Speak Now (No. 1 for six weeks, 2010-11) and Fearless (No. 1 for 11 weeks, 2008-09).

 

Most No. 1 Debuts Among Women: All seven of Swift’s No. 1 albums have debuted at No. 1 -- a record among female artists. Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Madonna and Britney Spears are tied with the second-most debuts at No. 1 among women, with six each. (Beyoncé, Gaga and Spears each have a total of six No. 1 albums -- and all of them also debuted at No. 1. Meanwhile, six of Madonna's nine total No. 1s debuted atop the list.)

 

Among all acts, Jay-Z has the most debuts at No. 1, with 14. All 14 of his No. 1 albums have debuted at No. 1.

 

2020’s Biggest Week for an Album, and Biggest for Any Album Since Swift’s Last Release, Lover: Folklore’s start of 846,000 equivalent album units marks the largest week for 2020 for any album. It blows past the previous high, which was registered just last month by the opening stanza of Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die (497,000 units in the tracking week ending July 16; as reflected on the chart dated July 25).

 

In addition, Folklore nabs the biggest week for any album since Swift’s last release, Lover, less than a year ago. It launched atop the list dated Sept. 7, 2019, with 867,000 units earned in the week ending Aug. 29, 2019.

 

Lover was released on Aug. 23, 2019. Unlike the surprise-released Folklore, Lover was preceded by months of traditional promotion, which began with the release of the set’s first single, “Me!,” featuring Brendon Urie, on April 26, 2019.

 

Also, while Lover was available widely to purchase at all retailers in its first week, including Target, which carried four deluxe CD editions of the set, Folklore had a limited availability at retail in its first week. Folklore was only sold via Swift’s official webstore or via digital retailers. Folklore will be released on CD widely to all retailers on Aug. 7.

 

Swift Has the Three Biggest Weeks for Any Album in the Last Four Years: In the last four years, the three biggest weeks for any album have been racked up by Swift. Dating back to July of 2016, the three largest frames for any album were tallied by the debut weeks of Swift’s Reputation (1.24 million units, Dec. 2, 2017-dated chart), Lover (867,000) and Folklore (846,000).

 

The last time anyone not named Taylor Swift had a bigger week than Folklore was Drake, who saw his Views album launch with 1.04 million units at No. 1 on the May 21, 2016-dated chart.

 

Biggest Sales Week for an Album Since Lover: Folklore sold 615,000 copies in its first week, marking the largest sales frame for any album since Swift’s Lover sold 679,000 copies in its debut week (Sept. 7, 2019-dated chart).

 

As noted above, in Folklore’s first week of release, the album was only available to purchase through Swift’s website and digital retailers.

 

During the album’s first week, Swift’s webstore sold over a dozen physical/digital album bundles (with a CD, vinyl LP or cassette, plus the digital album). All of the physical/digital bundles delivered the digital version of the album upon purchase to the customer, while the physical version will ship to the customer later. Sales of such bundles -- where two formats of the same album are bundled together -- are counted as one sale, with the album configuration sold determined by the first version of the album that is fulfilled to the customer.

 

Swift’s store additionally sold an array of merchandise/digital album bundles.

 

‘Folklore’ Is Already 2020’s Top Selling Album: With 615,000 copies sold of Folklore in its first week, the album has already become 2020’s top selling album. It surpasses the previous top-seller, BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7, which has sold 574,000 since its release on Feb. 21.

 

First Act to Have Seven Different Albums Sell at Least 500,000 in a Single Week: As Folklore sold 615,000 copies in its first week, Swift becomes the first act to have seven different albums each sell at least 500,000 copies in a single week, since Nielsen Music/MRC Data began electronically tracking music sales in 1991. Swift previously achieved half-million sales frames with the debut weeks of her last six full-length studio albums: Lover (679,000, in 2019), Reputation (1.216 million, in 2017), 1989 (1.287 million, 2014), Red (1.208 million, 2012), Speak Now (1.047 million, 2010) and Fearless (592,000; 2008).

 

Swift was previously tied with Eminem, who has seen six of his albums each sell at least 500,000 copies in a week.

 

Largest Streaming Week of 2020 for an Album by a Woman: Folklore garnered 218,000 SEA units in its first week, which equals 289.85 million on-demand streams of its songs in its first week. That’s the biggest streaming week of 2020 for any album by a woman, and the biggest by a non-rap album this year. The only albums to generate bigger streaming frames in 2020 are two rap titles: Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die, with 422.63 million in its opening week, and Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake, with 400.42 million and 348.72 million in its first and second weeks, respectively.

 

Folklore’s 289.85 million streams also mark the second-biggest streaming week ever for an album by a woman, behind only the debut frame of Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (307.07 million; chart dated Feb. 23, 2019).

 

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Logic’s No Pressure launches with 221,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 172,000 are in album sales (supported by an array of merchandise/album bundles), 48,000 are in SEA units (equaling 65.16 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs) and 1,000 are in TEA units.

 

No Pressure -- which Logic describes as his "farewell" effort as he announced his "retirement" -- racks up his biggest week for an album since Everybody opened at No. 1 on the May 27, 2017-dated chart with 248,000 units.

 

No Pressure is Logic’s seventh top 10 effort, stretching back to his first chart entry, Under Pressure, which debuted and peaked at No. 4 on the Nov. 8, 2014-dated chart.

 

Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die falls from No. 1 to No. 3 in its third week, after two frames on top, with 107,000 equivalent album units (down 34 percent), while Pop Smoke’s former No. 1 Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon dips 2-4 with nearly 107,000 units (down 23 percent).

 

The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical slips 4-5 with 71,000 equivalent album units (down 9 percent). The album peaked at No. 2 on the July 18 chart after Disney+ premiered the filmed version of the Broadway show on July 3. Hamilton has now spent 27 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 -- the most of any cast recording since Hair hung on for 28 weeks in 1969.

 

Gunna’s Wunna runs 21-6 on the new Billboard 200 with a 205 percent gain in equivalent album units earned (rising to 67,000) after the former No. 1 album was reissued on July 24 with eight additional tracks.

 

Lil Baby’s previous chart-topper, My Turn, falls 5-7 with 53,000 equivalent album units earned (down 6 percent).

 

The Kid LAROI makes his Billboard 200 debut with F*ck Love at No. 8, which launches with 40,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 33,000 are in SEA units (equaling 49.39 million on-demand streams of the albums songs), 7,000 are in album sales (aided by dozens of merchandise/album bundles) and a negligible sum from TEA units.

 

F*ck Love is the 16-year-old rapper’s (real name: Charlton Howard) first full-length mixtape. The set includes a guest turn from LAROI’s mentor, the late Juice WRLD.

 

Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 are a pair of former No. 1s, as Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding shifts 7-9 with 33,000 equivalent album units (down 1 percent) and Harry Styles’ Fine Line dips 9-10 with 31,000 units (up 7 percent).