BILLBOARD 200 Week ending August 29, 2020

 

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

1 1 1 4 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic (101,000 (46,000 sales))

2 3 2 7 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 ) Victor Victor Worldwide (86,000)

3 2 3 6 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 ) Interscope, Grade A (79,000)

4 ** 1 Rich Slave ‒ Young Dolph ( 4 ) Paper Route Empire (65,000 (32,000 sales))

5 6 4 256 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 ) Atlantic, Hamilton Uptown (56,000)

6 4 23 20 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 ) Alamo (48,000)

7 9 5 25 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 ) Motown, Quality Control (44,000)

8 8 6 18 BLAME IT ON BABY ‒ DaBaby ( 1 ) Interscope, SouthCoast (39,000)

9 11 9 50 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 ) Republic (31,000)

10 12 7 36 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 ) Erskine (30,000)

11 13 8 13 Wunna ‒ Gunna ( 1 ) 300, Young Stoner Life

12 17 13 14 The GOAT ‒ Polo G ( 2 ) Columbia

13 18 18 99 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 13 ) Big Loud

14 15 11 22 After Hours ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

15 ** 1 Mixtape, Vol. 1 (EP) ‒ Kane Brown ( 15 ) RCA Nashville

16 20 21 41 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 ) Columbia Nashville, River House

17 21 17 15 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2 ‒ Lil Durk ( 2 ) Geffen, Alamo

18 19 15 24 Eternal Atake ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 ) Atlantic, Generation Now

19 22 25 118 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 ) Interscope, Grade A

20 23 14 73 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 ) Interscope, Darkroom

21 28 28 16 Dark Lane Demo Tapes ‒ Drake ( 2 ) OVO Sound

22 24 26 25 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 ) Rimas

23 5 -- 2 Born Here Live Here Die Here ‒ Luke Bryan ( 5 ) Capitol Nashville, Row Crop

24 29 29 168 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 ) Columbia Nashville, River House

25 26 24 37 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 1 ) Atlantic, Bird Vision

26 10 -- 2 Top Shotta ‒ NLE Choppa ( 10 ) NLE Choppa

27 25 22 14 High Off Life ‒ Future ( 1 ) Freebandz

28 27 20 24 Chilombo ‒ Jhene Aiko ( 2 ) ARTclub, ARTium, 2 Fish

29 30 32 400 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 11 ) Hollywood

30 37 42 21 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 4 ) Warner

31 32 36 66 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent ‒ Lewis Capaldi ( 20 ) Vertigo

32 31 35 121 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 ) Republic

33 35 34 107 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 ) Grand Hustle, Cactus Jack

34 36 38 76 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 ) Interscope, Grade A

35 34 33 23 Sweet Action ‒ Jack Harlow ( 20 ) Atlantic, Generation Now

36 ** 1 Karma 3 ‒ Dave East ( 36 ) Mass Appeal, From The Dirt

37 33 19 4 F*ck Love ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 8 ) Columbia

38 48 44 112 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

39 7 -- 2 Dreamland ‒ Glass Animals ( 7 ) Polydor, Wolf Tone

40 40 39 46 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 ) Interscope, LVRN

41 51 79 38 Certified Hitmaker ‒ Lil Mosey ( 12 ) Interscope, Mogul Vision

42 39 37 52 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

43 44 45 145 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 ) Island, Rocket

44 45 43 640 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 ) Island, Tuff Gong

45 42 48 24 Suga ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 7 ) 300, 1501 Certified

46 46 49 42 Hot Pink ‒ Doja Cat ( 9 ) Kemosabe

47 47 46 193 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 ) Republic

48 54 62 408 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Top Dawg

49 43 40 12 Chromatica ‒ Lady Gaga ( 1 ) Interscope, Streamline

50 49 47 32 Time Served ‒ Moneybagg Yo ( 3 ) Interscope, N-Less

51 52 56 386 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 ) Warner Bros.

52 50 51 40 Frozen II ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) Walt Disney

53 53 52 485 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 22 ) Fantasy

54 ** 1 Twice As Tall ‒ Burna Boy ( 54 ) Atlantic, Bad Habit, On A Spaceship

55 56 50 139 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 ) Interscope, Darkroom

56 67 78 9 Goldmine ‒ Gabby Barrett ( 27 ) Warner Music Nashville

57 105 100 141 The Greatest Showman ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) Atlantic, Fox, 20th Century Fox

58 55 59 16 Slime & B ‒ Chris Brown & Young Thug ( 24 ) CBE, 300

59 38 10 10 The Lion King: The Gift (Soundtrack) ‒ Beyonce & Various Artists ( 2 ) Parkwood

60 58 91 124 Invasion Of Privacy ‒ Cardi B ( 1 ) Atlantic, The KSR Group

61 65 66 258 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 ) Mercury Nashville

62 RE -- 2 K.I.D.S. (Kickin Incredibly Dope Shit) ‒ Mac Miller ( 62 ) Rostrum

63 139 165 10 Kid Krow ‒ Conan Gray ( 5 ) Republic

64 61 63 127 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 ) Bad Vibes Forever

65 64 69 630 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 ) Columbia

66 60 55 27 Artist 2.0 ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 2 ) Atlantic, Highbridge The Label

67 59 58 28 Meet The Woo, V.2 ‒ Pop Smoke ( 7 ) Victor Victor Worldwide

68 57 53 20 SOUTHSIDE ‒ Sam Hunt ( 5 ) MCA Nashville

69 78 61 12 Emmanuel ‒ Anuel AA ( 8 ) Real Hasta La Muerte

70 62 57 42 Ghetto Gospel ‒ Rod Wave ( 10 ) Alamo

71 69 72 195 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 ) Walt Disney

72 75 68 22 Collection One ‒ SAINt JHN ( 50 ) Godd Complexx

73 68 71 181 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) Atlantic

74 70 70 181 American Teen ‒ Khalid ( 4 ) Right Hand

75 63 64 26 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 ‒ BTS ( 1 ) BigHit Entertainment

76 76 77 371 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 ) MCA, Geffen

77 80 82 60 Indigo ‒ Chris Brown ( 1 ) CBE

78 77 75 72 Free Spirit ‒ Khalid ( 1 ) Right Hand

79 73 73 338 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 ) Interscope, Death Row, Amaru

80 79 85 70 Cuz I Love You ‒ Lizzo ( 4 ) Atlantic, Nice Life

81 82 76 53 So Much Fun ‒ Young Thug ( 1 ) Atlantic, 300, Young Stoner Life

82 72 80 34 JACKBOYS ‒ JACKBOYS ( 1 ) Cactus Jack

83 81 81 31 Manic ‒ Halsey ( 2 ) Capitol

84 84 86 80 Thank U, Next ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 ) Republic

85 83 83 45 AI YoungBoy 2 ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 ) Atlantic, Never Broke Again

86 74 67 47 KIRK ‒ DaBaby ( 1 ) Interscope, SouthCoast

87 90 90 390 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

88 86 84 156 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 ) Atlantic, Generation Now

89 71 65 27 Changes ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 ) SchoolBoy, Raymond Braun

90 88 88 425 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 ) Columbia

91 14 -- 3 Map Of The Soul : 7 - The Journey ‒ BTS ( 14 ) Virgin

92 87 89 434 1 ‒ The Beatles ( 1 ) Apple, Capitol

93 89 104 167 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 ) Top Dawg

94 91 97 175 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Top Dawg

95 102 105 375 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 ) Apple, Capitol

96 96 95 298 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 ) Roc Nation, Dreamville

97 92 87 297 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Big Machine

98 16 -- 2 Limbo ‒ Amine ( 16 ) CLBN

99 107 107 225 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

100 99 103 45 True 2 Myself ‒ Lil Tjay ( 5 ) Columbia

101 95 94 31 Music To Be Murdered By ‒ Eminem ( 1 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Shady

102 98 93 236 Greatest Hits ‒ The Notorious B.I.G. ( 1 ) Bad Boy

103 106 106 94 All Time Greatest Hits ‒ Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 56 ) MCA, Geffen

104 108 109 56 The Search ‒ NF ( 1 ) NF Real Music

105 104 99 76 GIRL ‒ Maren Morris ( 4 ) Columbia Nashville

106 117 101 271 Greatest Hits So Far... ‒ Zac Brown Band ( 20 ) Atlantic, ROAR, Southern Ground

107 101 115 259 Beauty Behind The Madness ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

108 120 127 12 Chapter I: Snake Oil ‒ Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley ( 50 ) Mad Decent

109 110 113 224 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys ‒ The Beach Boys ( 16 ) Capitol

110 164 160 82 Victory Lap ‒ Nipsey Hussle ( 2 ) Atlantic, All Money In No Money Out

111 113 110 31 Circles ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 ) Warner

112 109 108 39 A Love Letter To You 4 ‒ Trippie Redd ( 1 ) TenThousand Projects

113 97 92 15 It Was Good Until It Wasn't ‒ Kehlani ( 2 ) Atlantic, Tsunami Mob

114 66 31 4 No Pressure ‒ Logic ( 2 ) Visionary

115 RE -- 237 Appetite For Destruction ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 1 ) Geffen

116 116 114 23 Heaven Or Hell ‒ Don Toliver ( 7 ) Atlantic, Cactus Jack

117 111 119 195 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

118 114 112 59 Dreamville & J. Cole: Revenge Of The Dreamers III ‒ Various Artists ( 1 ) Interscope, Dreamville

119 112 111 36 Fully Loaded: God's Country ‒ Blake Shelton ( 2 ) Warner Music Nashville

120 122 125 206 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 ) Grand Hustle

121 118 117 58 No.6 Collaborations Project ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) Atlantic

122 131 128 63 Die A Legend ‒ Polo G ( 6 ) Columbia

123 124 122 340 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ‒ Eagles ( 1 ) Elektra, Asylum

124 142 139 178 More Life ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

125 128 130 165 Evolve ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 2 ) Interscope, KIDinaKORNER

126 138 146 104 Swimming ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 ) Warner

127 133 137 156 17 ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 2 ) Bad Vibes Forever

128 145 152 50 Harry Styles ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 ) Erskine

129 123 142 102 Look Up Child ‒ Lauren Daigle ( 3 ) Centricity

130 132 187 10 I'm Gone ‒ iann dior ( 45 ) TenThousand Projects

131 125 129 32 9 ‒ Jason Aldean ( 2 ) Broken Bow, BMG, Macon

132 144 132 192 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 ) Boys Don't Cry

133 129 131 61 7 (EP) ‒ Lil Nas X ( 2 ) Columbia

134 85 27 3 Mafia Bidness ‒ Shoreline Mafia ( 27 ) Atlantic

135 136 135 432 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 ) Epic

136 134 134 253 Greatest Hits ‒ Red Hot Chili Peppers ( 18 ) Warner

137 137 126 113 Dan + Shay ‒ Dan + Shay ( 6 ) Warner Music Nashville

138 141 138 391 The Eminem Show ‒ Eminem ( 1 ) Interscope, Web, Aftermath

139 146 148 487 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 ) Geffen, DGC, Sub Pop

140 127 120 25 PTSD ‒ G Herbo ( 7 ) Epic

141 140 143 87 X 100PRE ‒ Bad Bunny ( 11 ) Rimas

142 130 123 12 Golden Hour ‒ Kygo ( 18 ) Kygo AS

143 155 154 194 Kane Brown ‒ Kane Brown ( 5 ) RCA Nashville, Zone 4

144 143 140 87 Hoodie SZN ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 1 ) Atlantic, Highbridge The Label

145 103 54 5 Gaslighter ‒ The Chicks ( 3 ) Columbia

146 135 124 14 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 120 ) Hickman Holler

147 158 168 8 The Way It Feels ‒ Maddie & Tae ( 74 ) Mercury Nashville

148 41 -- 2 Trapped On Cleveland 3 ‒ Lil Keed ( 41 ) 300, Young Stoner Life

149 147 144 117 Shawn Mendes ‒ Shawn Mendes ( 1 ) Island

150 154 147 60 Perfect Ten ‒ Mustard ( 8 ) Interscope, 10 Summers

151 152 157 205 The Essential Billy Joel ‒ Billy Joel ( 15 ) Columbia

152 126 156 9 City On Lock ‒ City Girls ( 29 ) Motown, Quality Control

153 162 167 117 Ultimate Sinatra ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 32 ) Capitol, Frank Sinatra Enterprises

154 149 145 53 Quality Control: Control The Streets, Volume 2 ‒ Various Artists ( 3 ) Motown, Quality Control

155 168 171 60 The Essential Elvis Presley ‒ Elvis Presley ( 42 ) RCA, Sony Strategic Marketing Group

156 156 151 37 Romance ‒ Camila Cabello ( 3 ) SYCO

157 151 164 85 Love Yourself: Answer ‒ BTS ( 1 ) BigHit Entertainment

158 157 153 343 Greatest Hits ‒ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 ) Capitol, Hideout

159 160 158 138 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day ‒ Kid Cudi ( 4 ) G.O.O.D., Dream On

160 148 141 15 Las Que No Iban A Salir ‒ Bad Bunny ( 7 ) Rimas

161 163 170 344 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 ‒ The Rolling Stones ( 4 ) ABKCO

162 RE -- 2 Epidemic ‒ Money Man ( 121 ) Black Circle

163 167 166 484 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 ) Elektra

164 165 163 98 Drip Harder ‒ Lil Baby & Gunna ( 4 ) Motown, Quality Control, 300, Young Stoner Life

165 173 181 343 Nothing Was The Same ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

166 153 150 93 Experiment ‒ Kane Brown ( 1 ) RCA Nashville, Zone 4

167 172 177 178 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection ‒ Bon Jovi ( 5 ) Island

168 169 159 4 Now Or Never ‒ Nio Garcia & Casper Magico ( 136 ) Flow La Movie

169 176 178 233 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 ) Westbury Road

170 171 176 99 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates ‒ Daryl Hall John Oates ( 34 ) RCA

171 175 172 129 A Decade Of Destruction ‒ Five Finger Death Punch ( 29 ) Prospect Park

172 178 184 479 21 ‒ Adele ( 1 ) XL

173 166 136 7 Gucci Mane Presents: So Icy Summer ‒ Gucci Mane & Various Artists ( 29 ) Atlantic, Guwop

174 180 179 159 Number One Hits ‒ Tim McGraw ( 27 ) Curb

175 RE 200 581 Metallica ‒ Metallica ( 1 ) Blackened

176 195 -- 3 Euphoria: Original Score From The HBO Series (Soundtrack) ‒ Labrinth ( 173 ) Milan, HBO, Masterworks

177 187 189 153 50 Number Ones ‒ George Strait ( 1 ) MCA Nashville

178 177 186 98 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) ‒ Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper ( 1 ) Interscope

179 189 191 106 Harder Than Ever ‒ Lil Baby ( 3 ) Motown, Quality Control

180 183 185 90 Championships ‒ Meek Mill ( 1 ) Atlantic, Maybach

181 193 197 275 Blurryface ‒ twenty one pilots ( 1 ) Fueled By Ramen

182 192 192 164 Frozen ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) Walt Disney

183 ** 1 Total Freedom ‒ Kathleen Edwards ( 183 ) Dualtone

184 186 195 150 Perception ‒ NF ( 1 ) Capitol, NF Real Music

185 100 -- 227 The Fame ‒ Lady Gaga ( 2 ) Interscope, Cherrytree, KonLive, Streamline

186 RE 198 25 Where The Light Is ‒ Surfaces ( 104 ) Surfaces

187 184 180 156 Greatest Hits ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 14 ) Warner Bros.

188 182 155 126 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Big Machine

189 196 194 146 H.E.R. ‒ H.E.R. ( 23 ) MBK

190 181 161 17 38 Baby 2 ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 ) Atlantic, Never Broke Again

191 190 190 43 Old Dominion ‒ Old Dominion ( 9 ) RCA Nashville

192 RE 162 403 Night Visions ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 2 ) Interscope, KIDinaKORNER

193 198 199 46 The Kids Are Coming (EP) ‒ Tones And I ( 30 ) Elektra, Bad Batch

194 121 121 338 The Essential Michael Jackson ‒ Michael Jackson ( 31 ) Epic

195 RE -- 9 Poems Of The Past (EP) ‒ Powfu ( 134 ) Robots And Humans

196 RE -- 29 The Essential Johnny Cash ‒ Johnny Cash ( 35 ) Columbia Nashville

197 200 182 77 Baby On Baby ‒ DaBaby ( 7 ) Interscope, SouthCoast

198 RE 173 170 Sublime ‒ Sublime ( 13 ) MCA, Geffen, Gasoline Alley

199 RE 183 362 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 ) Polydor, Interscope

200 RE -- 187 California Sunrise ‒ Jon Pardi ( 11 ) Capitol Nashville

Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Rules for Fourth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

8/23/2020 by Keith Caulfield

 

Taylor Swift’s Folklore is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a fourth straight week, becoming the first album by a woman to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 in nearly five years.

 

Folklore earned 101,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 20 (down 26%), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It’s the fourth straight week the set has tallied at least 100,000 units -- a rarity for a non-R&B or hip-hop album.

 

Folklore launched at No. 1 on the chart dated Aug. 8 with 846,000 units -- the biggest week of 2020, and the largest for any album since Swift’s last release, Lover, bowed at No. 1 with 867,000 units on the Sept. 7, 2019, chart.

 

Of Folklore’s units earned in the newest tracking week, SEA units comprise 53,000 (down 22%, equaling 70.48 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs), album sales total 46,000 (down 31%) and TEA units equal 2,000 (up 73%).

 

In the week ending Aug. 20, Folklore benefited from the release of a deluxe version of the album at digital retailers and streamers that added a bonus track, “The Lakes,” which was previously exclusive to the physical formats of the album. In addition, Swift dropped new merchandise/album bundles in her official webstore and sold signed Folklore CDs at independent record stores (which generated buzz with Swift fans and indie store owners).

 

Concurrently, three different Folklore singles are continuing to make inroads at radio. On the most recently published airplay charts (dated Aug. 22, reflecting the tracking week ending Aug. 16), former No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Cardigan” climbed 22-18 on the Pop Songs airplay chart; “Exile,” featuring Bon Iver, rose 27-29 on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay tally and “Betty” bounced 52-49 on Country Airplay.

 

100,000 Units in Four Weeks: As Folklore earned 101,000 equivalent album units in its fourth week, it’s just the second album in 2020 to yield at least 100,000 units in each of its first four weeks. Beginning in July, rapper Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon also saw its first four weeks tally at least 100,000 units. (Another hip-hop set, Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die, is the only other album with four weeks of 100,000-plus units in 2020, but they were nonconsecutive.)

 

Folklore is the first non-R&B/hip-hop album to earn four weeks of 100,000-plus units since Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack notched a fourth, and final, nonconsecutive week of 100,000-plus units on March 9, 2019.

 

Further, Folklore is the first non-R&B/hip-hop effort to see its first four weeks each earn 100,000-plus since Swift’s own Reputation (Dec. 2-23, 2017).

 

First Album by a Woman to Spend Its First Four Weeks at No. 1 Since 2015: As Folklore spends a fourth week at No. 1, it becomes the first album by a woman to rule for its first four weeks since Adele’s 25 topped the list in its first seven weeks (of its total of 10 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1). 25 debuted at No. 1 on the Dec. 12, 2015-dated chart, and was No. 1 through Jan. 23, 2016. It then returned to No. 1 on Feb. 13, 2016 for one week, and then for two more weeks on March 5-12, 2016.

 

The last album by any act to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 -- and the only other album to do so in 2020 aside from Folklore -- was The Weeknd’s After Hours (April 4-25).

 

Since Adele’s 25, the only albums by women with four total weeks at No. 1 are Swift’s Reputation (four weeks; with three in a row between Dec. 2-16, 2017, and one more at No. 1 on Jan. 6, 2018) and Lady Gaga’s A Star Is Born soundtrack, with Bradley Cooper (four weeks; with three consecutive between Oct. 20 and Nov. 3, 2018, and one more on March 9, 2019).

 

Bonus fun fact: Folklore is Swift's first album to spend its first four weeks at No. 1. She previously saw three albums (Red, 1989 and Speak Now) each tally their first three weeks at No. 1.

 

Could ‘Folklore’ Go for Five? If Folklore spends a fifth week at No. 1, it will become the first album to spend its first five weeks at No. 1 since Drake’s Scorpion (July 14-Aug. 11, 2018).

 

Further, if Folklore nabs a fifth week in charge, it will tie Lil Baby’s My Turn for the most total weeks at No. 1 in 2020. My Turn debuted at No. 1 on the March 24 chart, and then returned for four straight weeks in the lead from June 20 through July 11.

 

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon is up one spot with 86,000 equivalent album units earned (down 7%). Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die dips 2-3 with 79,000 units (down 32%).

 

Rapper Young Dolph logs his second top 10 album as Rich Slave starts at No. 4 with 65,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 33,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 44.31 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), 32,000 are album sales and a negligible sum are TEA units. The set’s sales were bolstered by merchandise/album bundles sold via the artist’s webstore.

 

In total, Rich Slave is Young Dolph’s ninth charting effort since arriving on the list in 2016. He previously visited the top 10 with Dum and Dummer, a collaborative set with Key Glock that debuted and peaked at No. 8 in August 2019.

 

The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical climbs 6-5 with 56,000 equivalent album units earned (down 9%). Rod Wave’s Pray 4 Love falls 4-6 with 48,000 units (down 36%), Lil Baby’s My Turn rises 9-7 with 44,000 units (down 6%), DaBaby’s Blame It on Baby is steady at No. 8 with 39,000 units (down 27%) and Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding ascends 11-9 with 31,000 units (down 4%).

 

Harry Styles’ Fine Line closes out the top 10, as it returns to the region with a 12-10 bump and 30,000 equivalent album units earned (down 7%).

The chart is finally edited into post 1. I apologize for the delay, thanks for being patient!