BILLBOARD 200 Week ending December 17, 2022

 

TW LW Wks Title ‒ Artist (Peak)

 

1 ** 1 Heroes & Villains ‒ Metro Boomin ( 1 ) (185,000 (5,000 sales))

2 1 7 Midnights ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (143,000)

3 2 5 Her Loss ‒ Drake & 21 Savage ( 1 ) (78,000)

4 3 31 Un Verano Sin Ti ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 ) (55,000)

5 4 105 Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 1 ) (54,000)

6 9 29 Harry's House ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 ) (49,000)

7 6 100 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) (47,000)

8 7 95 The Highlights ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 ) (42,000)

9 8 70 The Christmas Song ‒ Nat King Cole ( 6 ) (40,000)

10 11 113 Merry Christmas ‒ Mariah Carey ( 3 ) (40,000)

11 5 8 It's Only Me ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )

12 10 104 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 6 )

13 13 28 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector ‒ Various Artists ( 10 )

14 19 31 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 7 )

15 ** 1 Indigo ‒ RM ( 15 )

16 14 47 Christmas Classics ‒ Bing Crosby ( 14 )

17 12 29 American Heartbreak ‒ Zach Bryan ( 5 )

18 18 35 Ultimate Christmas ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 12 )

19 21 25 The Andy Williams Christmas Album ‒ Andy Williams ( 14 )

20 17 265 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 )

21 24 53 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer ‒ Burl Ives ( 16 )

22 53 2 A Family Christmas ‒ Matteo, Andrea & Virginia Bocelli ( 22 )

23 20 506 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 )

24 25 23 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings ‒ Brenda Lee ( 17 )

25 ** 1 Cheshire (EP) ‒ iTZY ( 25 )

26 15 124 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

27 30 28 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics ‒ Gene Autry ( 21 )

28 145 20 Danado ‒ Ivan Cornejo ( 28 )

29 39 60 Wrapped In Red ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 3 )

30 26 19 Renaissance ‒ Beyonce ( 1 )

31 23 81 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )

32 31 32 I Never Liked You ‒ Future ( 1 )

33 37 16 The Best Of Bobby Helms ‒ Bobby Helms ( 27 )

34 42 52 The Classic Christmas Album ‒ Elvis Presley ( 28 )

35 52 287 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 )

36 27 21 Gemini Rights ‒ Steve Lacy ( 7 )

37 ** 1 Sr. Santos ‒ Arcangel ( 37 )

38 40 8 Leave The Light On ‒ Bailey Zimmerman ( 9 )

39 16 551 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 )

40 50 51 White Christmas ‒ Bing Crosby ( 34 )

41 34 609 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

42 29 172 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

43 22 56 Red (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

44 41 17 Beautiful Mind ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )

45 36 104 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

46 33 66 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 )

47 70 22 Last Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ George Michael & Wham! ( 43 )

48 93 4 Greatest Christmas Songs ‒ Perry Como ( 48 )

49 28 528 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 )

50 44 238 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )

51 79 58 = ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

52 46 145 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )

53 58 29 The Dean Martin Christmas Album ‒ Dean Martin ( 36 )

54 ** 1 Mob ‒ Babyface Ray ( 54 )

55 32 520 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 )

56 43 9 Only Built For Infinity Links ‒ Quavo & Takeoff ( 7 )

57 ** 1 90 Days ‒ Finesse2Tymes ( 57 )

58 59 24 Growin' Up ‒ Luke Combs ( 2 )

59 RE 12 Queen Radio: Volume 1 ‒ Nicki Minaj ( 10 )

60 69 219 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 )

61 56 18 Curtain Call 2 ‒ Eminem ( 6 )

62 64 39 7220 ‒ Lil Durk ( 1 )

63 55 170 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

64 RE 2 A Very Backstreet Christmas ‒ Backstreet Boys ( 17 )

65 66 76 Planet Her ‒ Doja Cat ( 2 )

66 122 21 Special ‒ Lizzo ( 2 )

67 60 288 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

68 54 30 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

69 106 11 When Christmas Comes Around... ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 22 )

70 63 55 30 ‒ Adele ( 1 )

71 51 417 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

72 73 165 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

73 97 14 The Jackson 5 Christmas Album ‒ Jackson 5 ( 53 )

74 57 156 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )

75 38 71 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

76 82 126 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

77 75 228 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 )

78 78 65 The Melodic Blue ‒ Baby Keem ( 5 )

79 48 48 Dawn FM ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 )

80 76 161 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 )

81 72 136 Indigo ‒ Chris Brown ( 1 )

82 120 19 Feliz Navidad ‒ Jose Feliciano ( 54 )

83 80 127 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 )

84 67 4 Anyways, Life’s Great... ‒ GloRilla ( 11 )

85 81 295 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

86 84 22 Wasteland ‒ Brent Faiyaz ( 2 )

87 85 510 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 )

88 47 3 Jupiter's Diary: 7 Day Theory ‒ Rod Wave ( 9 )

89 71 378 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 )

90 83 461 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 )

91 111 13 Different Man ‒ Kane Brown ( 5 )

92 49 5 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: Music From And Inspired By ‒ Soundtrack ( 12 )

93 77 619 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 )

94 91 27 Twelve Carat Toothache ‒ Post Malone ( 2 )

95 74 193 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

96 94 418 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

97 98 221 Greatest Hits ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 14 )

98 90 53 Who Is Nardo Wick? ‒ Nardo Wick ( 16 )

99 65 5 Smithereens ‒ Joji ( 5 )

100 92 145 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 )

101 103 4 Saturno ‒ Rauw Alejandro ( 25 )

102 151 71 Christmas Eve And Other Stories ‒ Trans-Siberian Orchestra ( 48 )

103 89 25 Honestly, Nevermind ‒ Drake ( 1 )

104 102 89 SoulFly ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )

105 107 253 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

106 96 196 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

107 99 604 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 )

108 101 140 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 3 )

109 118 79 Savage Mode II ‒ 21 Savage & Metro Boomin ( 1 )

110 61 26 Proof ‒ BTS ( 1 )

111 88 220 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

112 87 11 This Is What ____ Feels Like (Vol.1-4) ‒ JVKE ( 56 )

113 95 232 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 )

114 104 452 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 )

115 ** 1 Live From The Royal Albert Hall (EP) ‒ Sam Smith ( 115 )

116 68 74 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

117 105 545 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 )

118 128 48 DS4EVER ‒ Gunna ( 1 )

119 115 52 Fighting Demons ‒ Juice WRLD ( 2 )

120 195 106 Noel ‒ Josh Groban ( 1 )

121 147 62 Under The Mistletoe ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )

122 131 5 A Perry Como Christmas ‒ Perry Como ( 70 )

123 113 276 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )

124 124 166 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 )

125 117 376 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 )

126 ** 1 The 7" Singles Box ‒ Paul McCartney ( 126 )

127 114 241 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

128 86 7 Takin' It Back ‒ Meghan Trainor ( 16 )

129 123 124 F*ck Love ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 1 )

130 126 307 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 )

131 116 227 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

132 129 601 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 )

133 110 108 Starting Over ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )

134 125 760 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 )

135 132 65 Call Me If You Get Lost ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

136 194 11 The Beach Boys' Christmas Album ‒ The Beach Boys ( 107 )

137 170 24 My Gift ‒ Carrie Underwood ( 5 )

138 130 52 Mercury - Act 1 ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 9 )

139 134 18 The Last Slimeto ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 2 )

140 127 126 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 98 )

141 141 246 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 )

142 121 91 Revolver ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

143 143 603 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 )

144 108 207 Greatest Hits ‒ Foo Fighters ( 11 )

145 136 251 Gold: Greatest Hits ‒ ABBA ( 25 )

146 119 6 Encanto (Highlights) ‒ Soundtrack ( 19 )

147 199 20 Everyday Is Christmas ‒ Sia ( 27 )

148 155 78 Hall Of Fame ‒ Polo G ( 1 )

149 157 482 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

150 139 343 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 )

151 182 14 Cigarettes After Sex ‒ Cigarettes After Sex ( 151 )

152 133 8 Stick Season ‒ Noah Kahan ( 14 )

153 152 741 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 )

154 144 689 Metallica ‒ Metallica ( 1 )

155 142 491 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 )

156 RE 2 Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule ‒ Louis Armstrong ( 122 )

157 153 3 Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection ‒ Dolly Parton ( 27 )

158 161 55 An Evening With Silk Sonic ‒ Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) ( 2 )

159 RE 18 A Holly Dolly Christmas ‒ Dolly Parton ( 16 )

160 146 243 Hozier ‒ Hozier ( 2 )

161 135 85 Currents ‒ Tame Impala ( 4 )

162 173 140 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 )

163 168 297 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 )

164 166 143 Harry Styles ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )

165 159 96 Whole Lotta Red ‒ Playboi Carti ( 1 )

166 160 345 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 )

167 165 313 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 )

168 176 292 The Fame ‒ Lady Gaga ( 2 )

169 ** 1 Holidays Around The World ‒ Pentatonix ( 169 )

170 189 266 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

171 158 116 Flower Boy ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 2 )

172 174 90 Justice ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )

173 179 134 The GOAT ‒ Polo G ( 2 )

174 162 99 The Essential Elvis Presley ‒ Elvis Presley ( 42 )

175 149 4 Only The Strong Survive ‒ Bruce Springsteen ( 8 )

176 RE 26 A Legendary Christmas ‒ John Legend ( 22 )

177 169 36 Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits ‒ Fall Out Boy ( 77 )

178 190 31 Come Home The Kids Miss You ‒ Jack Harlow ( 3 )

179 171 144 Eternal Atake ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )

180 172 259 17 ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 2 )

181 RE 2 The Essential Eartha Kitt ‒ Eartha Kitt ( 154 )

182 RE 9 A Drummer Boy Christmas ‒ for KING & COUNTRY ( 50 )

183 164 8 How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ Boris Karloff / Thurl Ravenscroft ( 79 )

184 156 28 Top Gun: Maverick ‒ Soundtrack ( 17 )

185 185 19 Sing Me A Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation ‒ $uicideBoy$ ( 7 )

186 177 300 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

187 193 127 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston ‒ Whitney Houston ( 14 )

188 198 207 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

189 192 47 A Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 1 )

190 180 285 More Life ‒ Drake ( 1 )

191 RE 3 Bell Bottom Country ‒ Lainey Wilson ( 100 )

192 35 2 Live At The Fillmore, 1997 ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 35 )

193 184 116 The Black Parade ‒ My Chemical Romance ( 2 )

194 187 116 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 ‒ Nickelback ( 21 )

195 175 161 Speak Now ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

196 163 246 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 )

197 RE 10 The Best Of Stevie Wonder: 20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection ‒ Stevie Wonder ( 85 )

198 167 8 Being Funny In A Foreign Language ‒ The 1975 ( 7 )

199 197 81 I Am > I Was ‒ 21 Savage ( 1 )

200 191 106 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )

Metro Boomin Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘Heroes & Villains’

By Keith Caulfield | 12/11/2022

 

Metro Boomin’s superstar-filled album Heroes & Villains debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Dec. 17), giving the producer his third leader on the list. The 15-song set starts with his biggest week yet: 185,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 8, according to Luminate — largely driven by streaming activity.

 

Heroes & Villains boasts a cavalcade of heavy-hitters, including 21 Savage, A$AP Rocky, Chris Brown, Future, Gunna, John Legend, Travis Scott, the late Takeoff, Don Toliver, The Weeknd, Young Thung and unbilled spoken word cameos from Morgan Freeman.

 

Heroes & Villains is Metro Boomin’s seventh charting effort on the Billboard 200, and fifth to reach the top 10. He previously hit the region with Savage Mode II (a collaborative album with 21 Savage, No. 1 in 2020), Not All Heroes Wear Capes (No. 1, 2018), Double or Nothing (a collaborative set with Big Sean, No. 6 in 2017) and Without Warning (billed to 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin, No. 4 in 2017).

 

On Sept. 16, Heroes & Villains was initially announced with a release date of Nov. 4. Then, on Oct. 26, the set was pushed to Dec. 2 due to sample clearance issues.

 

Also in the top 10 on the Billboard 200, Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas returns, rising 11-10. The album, released in 1994, peaked at No. 3 that year, and has returned to the top 10 in each of the last four holiday seasons.

 

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, compiled by Luminate. 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 Heroes & Villains’ 185,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 179,000 (equaling 233.38 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 5,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000. The album’s sales were largely powered by its digital download album, though there was a CD available in limited quantities (including a signed version), which resulted in about 3,000 sales. In addition, on Dec. 5 the album was reissued in a deluxe edition on streamers and at digital retail with 15 bonus instrumental tracks of the album’s standard songs.

 

Following Heroes & Villains (released via Boominati/Republic) on the Billboard 200, a pair of former No. 1s is up next, as Taylor Swift’s Midnights (Republic) falls to No. 2 with 143,000 equivalent album units (down 5%) and Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss (OVO Sound/Republic) dips 2-3 with 78,000 (down 16%). Thus, Republic Records completes a sweep of the top three on the Billboard 200, the first time any label has held the top three since Republic itself did it on the Feb. 6, 2021-dated list. That week, the chart was led by Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (Big Loud/Republic), Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic) and Swift’s Evermore (Republic).

 

Bad Bunny’s chart-topping Un Verano Sin Ti falls 3-4 on the Billboard 200 with 55,000 equivalent album units earned (though up 5%).

 

Michael Bublé’s former No. 1 Christmas is pushed down 4-5 despite a 16% gain to 54,000 units.

 

Harry Styles’ No. 1 Harry’s House rises 9-6 with 49,000 units (up 42% — mostly owed to vinyl LP sales) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous descends 6-7, but with a gain of 16% to 47,000.

 

Wrapping up the top 10 are The Weeknd’s The Highlights (7-8 with 42,000 equivalent album units; up 5%), Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song (8-9 with just over 40,000; up 13%) and Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas (11-10 with 40,000; up 23%).