BILLBOARD 200 Week ending November 14, 2020

 

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

 

1 ** 1 Positions ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 ) Republic (174,000 (42,000 sales))

2 ** 1 Pegasus ‒ Trippie Redd ( 2 ) 1400 (60,000 (4,000 sales))

3 3 2 18 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 ) Victor Victor Worldwide (60,000)

4 1 21 52 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 ) Columbia Nashville, River House (52,000)

5 ** 1 Love Goes ‒ Sam Smith ( 5 ) Capitol (41,000 (18,000 sales))

6 5 4 17 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 ) Interscope, Grade A (40,000)

7 ** 1 ELE 2: The Wrath Of God ‒ Busta Rhymes ( 7 ) The Conglomerate (38,000 (17,000 sales))

8 7 7 36 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 ) Motown, Quality Control (35,000)

9 ** 1 Missunderstood ‒ Queen Naija ( 9 ) Queen Naija (34,000 (9,000 sales))

10 8 8 267 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 ) Atlantic, Hamilton Uptown (30,000)

11 6 3 5 Savage Mode II ‒ 21 Savage & Metro Boomin ( 1 ) Boominati, Slaughter Boomin

12 13 13 61 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 ) Republic

13 ** 1 Welcome To O'Block ‒ King Von ( 13 ) Only The Family

14 11 11 8 Top ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 ) Atlantic, Artist Partner Group, Never Broke Again

15 14 15 29 BLAME IT ON BABY ‒ DaBaby ( 1 ) Interscope, SouthCoast

16 9 9 6 Tickets To My Downfall ‒ Machine Gun Kelly ( 1 ) Interscope, Bad Boy, EST19XX

17 10 20 47 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 ) Erskine

18 2 -- 2 Letter To You ‒ Bruce Springsteen ( 2 ) Columbia

19 RE -- 20 American Beauty ‒ Grateful Dead ( 19 ) Grateful Dead, Warner

20 15 17 31 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 ) Alamo

21 19 22 25 The GOAT ‒ Polo G ( 2 ) Columbia

22 22 23 36 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 ) Rimas

23 16 14 397 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 ) Warner

24 18 19 33 After Hours ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

25 ** 1 Dave's Picks Vol. 36: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT - 3/26 & 3/27/87 ‒ Grateful Dead ( 25 ) Grateful Dead

26 21 25 129 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 ) Interscope, Grade A

27 17 1 15 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

28 20 27 179 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 ) Columbia Nashville, River House

29 24 26 10 B4 The Storm ‒ Internet Money ( 10 ) Internet Money

30 ** 1 The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo ‒ Mr. Bungle ( 30 ) Ipecac

31 27 31 35 Eternal Atake ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 ) Atlantic, Generation Now

32 4 -- 2 Featuring Ty Dolla $ign ‒ Ty Dolla $ign ( 4 ) Atlantic

33 28 30 84 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 ) Interscope, Darkroom

34 29 32 7 Code Red ‒ Moneybagg Yo & Blac Youngsta ( 6 ) Epic, Interscope, CMG, N-Less, Heavy Camp

35 30 35 87 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 ) Interscope, Grade A

36 26 28 110 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 13 ) Big Loud

37 31 34 77 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent ‒ Lewis Capaldi ( 20 ) Vertigo

38 58 77 443 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 ) Epic

39 150 100 6 My Gift ‒ Carrie Underwood ( 8 ) Capitol Nashville

40 34 37 26 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2 ‒ Lil Durk ( 2 ) Geffen, Alamo

41 32 33 24 Wunna ‒ Gunna ( 1 ) 300, Young Stoner Life

42 23 10 5 The Album ‒ BLACKPINK ( 2 ) Interscope, YG

43 35 40 48 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 1 ) Atlantic, Bird Vision

44 37 36 411 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 11 ) Hollywood

45 36 38 132 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 ) Republic

46 ** 1 Post Human: Survival Horror ‒ Bring Me The Horizon ( 46 ) Columbia

47 43 44 31 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 4 ) Warner

48 12 -- 2 Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez ‒ Gorillaz ( 12 ) Parlophone

49 38 41 118 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 ) Grand Hustle, Cactus Jack

50 ** 1 A Drummer Boy Christmas ‒ for KING & COUNTRY ( 50 ) Curb-Word

51 40 43 57 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 ) Interscope, LVRN

52 39 42 35 Chilombo ‒ Jhene Aiko ( 2 ) ARTclub, ARTium, 2 Fish

53 45 45 25 High Off Life ‒ Future ( 1 ) Freebandz

54 44 48 123 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

55 50 50 204 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 ) Republic

56 48 47 156 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 ) Island, Rocket

57 46 49 42 Manic ‒ Halsey ( 2 ) Capitol

58 120 -- 14 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas ‒ Soundtrack ( 52 ) Walt Disney

59 42 39 6 Nectar ‒ Joji ( 3 ) 88rising

60 59 58 496 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 22 ) Fantasy

61 56 55 12 Mixtape, Vol. 1 (EP) ‒ Kane Brown ( 15 ) RCA Nashville

62 51 52 27 Dark Lane Demo Tapes ‒ Drake ( 2 ) OVO Sound

63 53 68 91 Thank U, Next ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 ) Republic

64 60 56 501 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Shady

65 ** 1 Existential Reckoning ‒ Puscifer ( 65 ) Puscifer, Alchemy

66 57 60 138 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 ) Bad Vibes Forever

67 71 72 436 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 ) Columbia

68 61 62 269 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 ) Mercury Nashville

69 RE -- 95 All That You Can't Leave Behind ‒ U2 ( 3 ) Interscope

70 81 79 43 Time Served ‒ Moneybagg Yo ( 3 ) Interscope, N-Less

71 63 64 51 Frozen II ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) Walt Disney

72 66 66 419 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Top Dawg

73 69 65 641 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 ) Columbia

74 65 53 63 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Republic

75 125 128 23 Emmanuel ‒ Anuel AA ( 8 ) Real Hasta La Muerte

76 67 69 192 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) Atlantic

77 74 75 39 Meet The Woo, V.2 ‒ Pop Smoke ( 7 ) Victor Victor Worldwide

78 73 81 167 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 ) Atlantic, Generation Now

79 68 63 150 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 ) Interscope, Darkroom

80 ** 1 Made In Lagos ‒ WizKid ( 80 ) Starboy

81 78 111 15 F*ck Love ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 8 ) Columbia

82 79 70 53 Hot Pink ‒ Doja Cat ( 9 ) Kemosabe

83 70 61 651 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 ) Island, Tuff Gong

84 75 86 401 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

85 86 85 53 Ghetto Gospel ‒ Rod Wave ( 10 ) Alamo

86 77 78 34 Sweet Action ‒ Jack Harlow ( 20 ) Atlantic, Generation Now

87 85 105 13 Top Shotta ‒ NLE Choppa ( 10 ) NLE Choppa

88 RE -- 99 The Black Parade ‒ My Chemical Romance ( 2 ) Reprise

89 90 83 510 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 ) Geffen

90 RE -- 347 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 ) Interscope, Death Row, Amaru

91 80 73 20 Goldmine ‒ Gabby Barrett ( 27 ) Warner Music Nashville

92 95 90 206 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 ) Walt Disney

93 97 94 186 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Top Dawg

94 72 59 167 Greatest Hits ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 14 ) Warner

95 83 87 178 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 ) Top Dawg

96 88 67 382 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 ) MCA, Geffen

97 25 5 60 Wildflowers ‒ Tom Petty ( 5 ) Tom Petty Legacy

98 96 91 152 The Greatest Showman ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) Atlantic, Fox, 20th Century Fox

99 101 107 56 AI YoungBoy 2 ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 ) Atlantic, Never Broke Again

100 RE -- 92 Merry Christmas ‒ Mariah Carey ( 3 ) Columbia

101 92 89 192 American Teen ‒ Khalid ( 4 ) Right Hand

102 98 93 71 Indigo ‒ Chris Brown ( 1 ) CBE

103 109 108 135 Invasion Of Privacy ‒ Cardi B ( 1 ) Atlantic, The KSR Group

104 104 109 64 So Much Fun ‒ Young Thug ( 1 ) Atlantic, 300, Young Stoner Life

105 33 6 3 Resonance, Pt. 1 ‒ NCT ( 6 ) SM

106 100 102 309 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 ) Columbia, Roc Nation, Dreamville

107 106 95 445 1 ‒ The Beatles ( 1 ) Apple, Capitol

108 93 84 83 Free Spirit ‒ Khalid ( 1 ) Right Hand

109 62 51 5 A N N I V E R S A R Y ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 5 ) TrapSoul

110 138 138 11 Papi Juancho ‒ Maluma ( 38 ) Sony Music Latin

111 87 142 5 A Holly Dolly Christmas ‒ Dolly Parton ( 16 ) Butterfly Records

112 82 80 13 Epidemic ‒ Money Man ( 24 ) Black Circle

113 127 118 58 KIRK ‒ DaBaby ( 1 ) Interscope, SouthCoast

114 110 97 206 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

115 89 71 9 Detroit 2 ‒ Big Sean ( 1 ) G.O.O.D.

116 107 103 270 Beauty Behind The Madness ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) XO

117 105 119 50 A Love Letter To You 4 ‒ Trippie Redd ( 1 ) TenThousand Projects

118 103 98 9 A Rock ‒ HARDY ( 24 ) Big Loud

119 84 54 37 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 ‒ BTS ( 1 ) BigHit Entertainment

120 76 153 490 21 ‒ Adele ( 1 ) XL

121 124 113 162 50 Number Ones ‒ George Strait ( 1 ) MCA Nashville

122 94 88 43 9 ‒ Jason Aldean ( 2 ) Broken Bow, BMG, Macon

123 118 126 56 True 2 Myself ‒ Lil Tjay ( 5 ) Columbia

124 108 112 81 Cuz I Love You ‒ Lizzo ( 4 ) Atlantic, Nice Life

125 116 101 67 The Search ‒ NF ( 1 ) NF Real Music

126 136 133 98 X 100PRE ‒ Bad Bunny ( 11 ) Rimas

127 114 127 236 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

128 126 120 45 JACKBOYS ‒ JACKBOYS ( 1 ) Cactus Jack

129 113 96 9 ENOC ‒ Ozuna ( 17 ) Aura

130 133 129 247 Greatest Hits ‒ The Notorious B.I.G. ( 1 ) Bad Boy

131 RE -- 83 Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 1 ) Reprise, 143

132 115 114 38 Artist 2.0 ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 2 ) Atlantic, Highbridge The Label

133 52 18 3 The L.I.B.R.A. ‒ T.I. ( 18 ) Grand Hustle

134 119 123 31 SOUTHSIDE ‒ Sam Hunt ( 5 ) MCA Nashville

135 117 106 7 Poetic Pain ‒ Toosii ( 17 ) SouthCoast

136 130 92 23 Chromatica ‒ Lady Gaga ( 1 ) Interscope, Streamline

137 131 104 386 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 ) Apple, Capitol

138 128 116 27 Slime & B ‒ Chris Brown & Young Thug ( 24 ) CBE, 300

139 123 125 308 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) Big Machine

140 141 144 74 Die A Legend ‒ Polo G ( 6 ) Columbia

141 139 124 7 Heaven & Hell ‒ Ava Max ( 27 ) Atlantic, Artist Partner Group, Max Cut

142 99 74 237 [Hybrid Theory] ‒ Linkin Park ( 2 ) Warner

143 91 46 3 So Icy Gang, Vol. One ‒ Gucci Mane And The New 1017 ( 46 ) Atlantic, Guwop

144 ** 1 A Very Trainor Christmas ‒ Meghan Trainor ( 144 ) Honest OG

145 RE -- 6 The Original Monster Mash ‒ Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers ( 142 ) Polydor, Decca

146 169 141 351 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ‒ Eagles ( 1 ) Elektra, Asylum

147 142 115 38 Changes ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 ) SchoolBoy, Raymond Braun

148 158 192 147 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day ‒ Kid Cudi ( 4 ) G.O.O.D., Dream On

149 148 131 176 Evolve ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 2 ) Interscope, KIDinaKORNER

150 155 193 311 In The Lonely Hour ‒ Sam Smith ( 2 ) Capitol

151 RE -- 347 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 ‒ The Rolling Stones ( 4 ) ABKCO

152 152 135 35 Suga ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 7 ) 300, 1501 Certified

153 147 152 217 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 ) Grand Hustle

154 135 143 203 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 ) Boys Don't Cry

155 156 140 42 Music To Be Murdered By ‒ Eminem ( 1 ) Interscope, Aftermath, Shady

156 143 196 154 H.E.R. ‒ H.E.R. ( 23 ) MBK

157 146 134 498 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 ) Geffen, DGC, Sub Pop

158 154 151 167 17 ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 2 ) Bad Vibes Forever

159 134 155 64 Back From The Edge ‒ James Arthur ( 39 ) Columbia

160 149 139 49 Certified Hitmaker ‒ Lil Mosey ( 12 ) Interscope, Mogul Vision

161 163 145 105 All Time Greatest Hits ‒ Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 56 ) MCA, Geffen

162 132 122 21 Kid Krow ‒ Conan Gray ( 5 ) Republic

163 140 132 227 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 ) TrapSoul

164 165 154 495 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 ) Elektra

165 151 181 61 Harry Styles ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 ) Erskine

166 166 160 98 Hoodie SZN ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 1 ) Atlantic, Highbridge The Label

167 164 156 70 Dreamville & J. Cole: Revenge Of The Dreamers III ‒ Various Artists ( 1 ) Interscope, Dreamville

168 160 159 189 More Life ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

169 153 130 80 Tha Carter V ‒ Lil Wayne ( 1 ) Young Money

170 RE -- 11 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 7 ) RCA

171 157 148 25 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 106 ) Hickman Holler

172 ** 1 Beautiful Havoc ‒ $NOT ( 172 ) 300

173 161 146 87 GIRL ‒ Maren Morris ( 4 ) Columbia Nashville

174 159 166 354 Nothing Was The Same ‒ Drake ( 1 ) Cash Money, Young Money

175 168 150 33 Collection One ‒ SAINt JHN ( 50 ) Godd Complexx

176 192 178 47 Fully Loaded: God's Country ‒ Blake Shelton ( 2 ) Warner Music Nashville

177 173 175 128 Ultimate Sinatra ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 32 ) Capitol, Frank Sinatra Enterprises

178 179 176 17 Gucci Mane Presents: So Icy Summer ‒ Gucci Mane & Various Artists ( 29 ) Atlantic, Guwop

179 183 180 244 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 ) Westbury Road

180 121 57 4 Back Home ‒ Trey Songz ( 15 ) Atlantic

181 175 158 282 Greatest Hits So Far... ‒ Zac Brown Band ( 20 ) Home Grown

182 176 157 216 The Essential Billy Joel ‒ Billy Joel ( 15 ) Columbia

183 189 187 109 Drip Harder ‒ Lil Baby & Gunna ( 4 ) Motown, Quality Control, 300, Young Stoner Life

184 188 174 71 The Essential Elvis Presley ‒ Elvis Presley ( 42 ) RCA, Sony Strategic Marketing Group

185 170 164 15 **** The World ‒ Brent Faiyaz ( 20 ) Lost Kids

186 RE 198 108 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates ‒ Daryl Hall John Oates ( 34 ) RCA

187 174 99 3 Hollywood Gold (EP) ‒ Parker McCollum ( 99 ) MCA Nashville

188 196 169 188 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection ‒ Bon Jovi ( 5 ) Island

189 186 172 161 Perception ‒ NF ( 1 ) Capitol, NF Real Music

190 172 165 264 Greatest Hits ‒ Red Hot Chili Peppers ( 18 ) Warner

191 182 162 11 Queen Of Da Souf ‒ Mulatto ( 44 ) StreamCut

192 184 173 34 Heaven Or Hell ‒ Don Toliver ( 7 ) Atlantic, Cactus Jack

193 187 167 69 No.6 Collaborations Project ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) Atlantic

194 190 182 113 Look Up Child ‒ Lauren Daigle ( 3 ) Centricity

195 ** 1 The Otherside ‒ Cam ( 195 ) RCA

196 RE 197 353 Greatest Hits ‒ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 ) Capitol, Hideout

197 195 190 205 Kane Brown ‒ Kane Brown ( 5 ) RCA Nashville, Zone 4

198 RE -- 81 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 13 ) Fantasy

199 RE -- 111 Harder Than Ever ‒ Lil Baby ( 3 ) Motown, Quality Control

200 197 186 13 Born Here Live Here Die Here ‒ Luke Bryan ( 5 ) Capitol Nashville, Row Crop

Ariana Grande Claims Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Positions'

By Keith Caulfield | 11/8/2020

 

Ariana Grande achieves her fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her latest studio effort, Positions, debuts atop the tally. The set was released on Oct. 30 by Republic Records and launches with 174,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 5, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

 

Positions is Grande’s third No. 1 album in less than two years and three months -- the fastest accumulation of three No. 1 proper studio albums ever by a woman. More on that in a moment.

 

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.

 

Of Positions’ 174,000 units earned in the tracking week ending Nov. 5, SEA units comprise 129,000 (equaling 173.54 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs), 42,000 comprise album sales and 3,000 comprise TEA units.

 

It’s worth noting that Positions’ album sales sum of 42,000 is not aided by either merchandise/album bundles or concert ticket/album sale redemption offers. In the past, Grande’s album sales -- like many other artists’ albums -- have benefitted from both sorts of offers. Merchandise/album bundles and ticket/album bundles both ceased to count towards chart sales as of Oct. 9.

 

In terms of overall equivalent album units earned, Positions has the highest one-week total for an album since bundles stopped factoring into chart and sales rankings.

 

Positions’ streaming start of 173.54 million clicks is the second-largest streaming week for a non-R&B/hip-hop or Latin album in 2020. Only Taylor Swift’s Folklore managed a larger streaming sum this year, in its debut week, among non-R&B/hip-hop and Latin titles, with 289.85 million streams.

 

The Positions album arrived with little advance notice and was first teased by Grande on Oct. 14, when she stated a new album was due out by the end of October. Grande is the latest female pop star to spring a No. 1 album on the public with little notice, following Swift, who announced her Folklore album on July 23, the day before it was released. Like Positions, Folklore also debuted at No. 1.

 

Positions was led by its title track as its first single, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart dated Nov. 7 (marking her fifth Hot 100 No. 1, and record-extending fifth No. 1 debut).

 

Grande first reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with her debut album, Yours Truly, which opened at No. 1 on the Sept. 21, 2013-dated chart. She followed it with My Everything (Sept. 13, 2014), Sweetener (Sept. 1, 2018), Thank U, Next (Feb. 23, 2019; it’s her only set to lead for two weeks to-date) and now Positions (Nov. 14, 2020, chart).

 

Grande’s three most recent No. 1s have all come within the last two years and two and-a-half months. That’s the fastest accumulation of three No. 1s by a female artist in more than a decade -- since Miley Cyrus accrued a trio of No. 1s in one year and nearly 10 months, between July 14, 2007, and May 2, 2009. Cyrus did it with Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus (July 14, 2007), Breakout (Aug. 9, 2008) and the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack (May 2, 2009).

 

If one set aside artist-credited soundtracks, the last woman to notch three No. 1s faster than Grande was Donna Summer, who scored her three total No. 1s in just one year and two months -- over 40 years ago. Summer first hit No. 1 with Live and More (Nov. 11, 1978), and followed it with Bad Girls (June 16, 1979) and On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II (Jan. 5, 1980).

 

Summer’s three No. 1s were a live album (with a couple new studio recordings as bonus tracks), a studio project and a greatest hits set, respectively. Grande, however, has claimed her three latest leaders all via proper studio albums. No woman in the history of the Billboard 200 chart, which began publishing on a regular weekly basis in March of 1956, has claimed three No. 1 proper studio albums faster than Grande.

 

Among male artists, the last act to tally three No. 1s in a shorter amount of time was rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again just a few months ago. He scored his three total No. 1s in less than a year with AI YoungBoy 2, 38 Baby 2 and Top, between Oct. 26, 2019 and Sept. 26, 2020.

 

Among groups, most recently BTS has logged all four of its No. 1 albums in less than two years. The group first led the chart with Love Yourself: Tear, and followed it with Love Yourself: Answer, Map of the Soul: Persona and Map of the Soul: 7, all between June 2, 2018 and March 7, 2020.

 

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, rapper Trippie Redd keeps up his prolific pace, as he logs his fifth top five-charting album in a little over two years. His latest release Pegasus flies in at No. 2 with 60,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 56,000 comprise SEA units (totaling 79.22 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), 4,000 comprise album sales and a negligible number total TEA units.

 

Since Trippie Redd achieved his first top five charting set with Life’s a Trip on Aug. 25, 2018, no other act has claimed five top five efforts. Since Life’s a Trip, he added top five sets with A Love Letter to You 3 (No. 3, Nov. 24, 2018), ! (No. 3, Aug. 24, 2019), A Love Letter to You 4 (No. 1, Dec. 7, 2019) and now Pegasus (Nov. 14, 2020).

 

Pop Smoke’s former No. 1 Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon holds at No. 3 with 60,000 equivalent album units (down 3 percent), while

 

Luke Combs’ What You See Is What You Get falls 1-4 with 52,000 units (down 52 percent).

 

Sam Smith nabs their third consecutive top five album in a row, as Love Goes debuts at No. 5 with 41,000 equivalent album units. Of that figure, 22,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 29.66 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs), 18,000 comprise album sales and 1,000 comprise TEA units.

 

Smith collected their first top five effort with full-length debut album In the Lonely Hour, which peaked at No. 2 on July 5, 2014. Their second album, The Thrill of It All, debuted at No. 1 on the Nov. 25, 2017-dated chart.

 

Juice WRLD’s former No. 1 Legends Never Die descends 5-6 with 40,000 equivalent album units earned (down 5 percent).

 

After more than a decade away from the Billboard 200, Busta Rhymes returns to the list, as his new studio album ELE 2: The Wrath of God bows at No. 7 with 38,000 equivalent album units. Of that sum, 20,000 comprise SEA units (totaling 27.78 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs), 17,000 comprise album sales and 1,000 comprise TEA units. The hip-hop veteran last debuted on the list, and was last in the top 10, with Back on My B.S., which debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the June 6, 2009-dated chart.

 

The new album is a guest-laden affair, boasting featured turns from Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Eminem and more.

 

In total, Rhymes has now claimed seven top 10s, stretching back to his debut set, The Coming, which peaked at No. 6 on April 13, 1996. Among his seven top 10s is one No. 1, The Big Bang (July 1, 2006).

 

Lil Baby’s former leader My Turn falls one rung to No. 8 on the new Billboard 200, with 35,000 equivalent album units (down less than 1 percent).

 

R&B singer Queen Naija sees her debut full-length studio album Missunderstood bow at No. 9 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 24,000 comprise SEA units (totaling 33.87 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), 9,000 comprise album sales and a negligible figure totals TEA units.

 

Closing out the new top 10 is the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical, which falls 8-10 with 30,000 equivalent album units earned (up less than 1 percent).