BILLBOARD 200 Week ending December 7, 2024

 

TW LW Wks Title ‒ Artist (Peak)

 

1 ** 1 GNX ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 ) (319,000 (32,000 sales))

2 ** 1 Wicked: The Soundtrack ‒ Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande & Various Artists ( 2 ) (139,000 (85,000 sales))

3 5 14 Short n' Sweet ‒ Sabrina Carpenter ( 1 ) (69,000)

4 3 5 CHROMAKOPIA ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 ) (61,000)

5 9 28 Hit Me Hard And Soft ‒ Billie Eilish ( 2 ) (50,000)

6 8 23 The Secret Of Us ‒ Gracie Abrams ( 2 ) (48,000)

7 6 2 Cosa Nuestra ‒ Rauw Alejandro ( 6 ) (44,000)

8 11 32 The Tortured Poets Department ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (43,000)

9 12 91 One Thing At A Time ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) (42,000)

10 10 36 The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess ‒ Chappell Roan ( 2 ) (42,000)

11 33 22 The Great American Bar Scene ‒ Zach Bryan ( 2 )

12 24 121 Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 1 )

13 14 103 SOS ‒ SZA ( 1 )

14 15 7 Glorious ‒ GloRilla ( 5 )

15 16 105 Stick Season ‒ Noah Kahan ( 2 )

16 13 7 Last Lap ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 )

17 39 4 Ultimate Christmas ‒ Bing Crosby ( 17 )

18 19 15 F-1 Trillion ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

19 17 7 Beautifully Broken ‒ Jelly Roll ( 1 )

20 21 203 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 )

21 36 128 Merry Christmas ‒ Mariah Carey ( 3 )

22 ** 1 A Philly Special Christmas Party ‒ The Philly Specials ( 22 )

23 20 14 Incomodo ‒ Tito Double P ( 11 )

24 1 2 Golden Hour : Part.2 (EP) ‒ ATEEZ ( 1 )

25 22 7 Take Care ‒ BigXthaPlug ( 8 )

26 ** 1 Arcane League Of Legends: Season Two ‒ Soundtrack ( 26 )

27 23 25 Brat ‒ Charli xcx ( 3 )

28 63 84 The Christmas Song ‒ Nat King Cole ( 4 )

29 58 119 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 6 )

30 2 2 From Zero ‒ Linkin Park ( 2 )

31 27 60 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part I) ‒ Teddy Swims ( 17 )

32 ** 1 One Assassination Under God: Chapter 1 ‒ Marilyn Manson ( 32 )

33 79 116 Wicked ‒ Original Broadway Cast Recording ( 33 )

34 31 275 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

35 37 26 Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going ‒ Shaboozey ( 5 )

36 RE 124 The Pinkprint ‒ Nicki Minaj ( 2 )

37 38 368 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 )

38 28 34 Fireworks & Rollerblades ‒ Benson Boone ( 6 )

39 65 341 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )

40 29 66 Zach Bryan ‒ Zach Bryan ( 1 )

41 34 110 Midnights ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

42 78 48 Ultimate Christmas ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 12 )

43 85 41 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector ‒ Various Artists ( 7 )

44 35 227 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

45 30 132 American Heartbreak ‒ Zach Bryan ( 5 )

46 40 57 1989 (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

47 43 609 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 )

48 ** 1 Man Down ‒ Ice Cube ( 48 )

49 32 410 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 )

50 111 38 The Andy Williams Christmas Album ‒ Andy Williams ( 14 )

51 94 39 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 7 )

52 52 46 Leather ‒ Cody Johnson ( 18 )

53 42 23 Exodo ‒ Peso Pluma ( 5 )

54 7 14 Romance : Untold ‒ ENHYPEN ( 2 )

55 44 712 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

56 72 15 Cold Beer & Country Music ‒ Zach Top ( 56 )

57 59 631 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 )

58 69 398 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

59 133 34 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings ‒ Brenda Lee ( 16 )

60 46 64 Guts ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )

61 49 184 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )

62 47 54 The Diamond Collection ‒ Post Malone ( 11 )

63 53 7 +-=÷x (Tour Collection) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 28 )

64 51 268 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

65 48 70 Utopia ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

66 57 391 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

67 50 36 We Don't Trust You ‒ Future & Metro Boomin ( 1 )

68 66 390 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 )

69 54 613 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 )

70 71 207 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

71 80 38 Eternal Sunshine ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

72 56 29 One Of Wun ‒ Gunna ( 2 )

73 45 10 Mixtape Pluto ‒ Future ( 1 )

74 60 323 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

75 81 159 Red (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

76 129 31 Last Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ George Michael & Wham! ( 23 )

77 70 134 Un Verano Sin Ti ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )

78 168 2 A Bobby Helms Christmas (EP) ‒ Bobby Helms ( 78 )

79 61 60 For All The Dogs ‒ Drake ( 1 )

80 77 623 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 )

81 68 62 Emails I Can't Send ‒ Sabrina Carpenter ( 23 )

82 75 75 Genesis ‒ Peso Pluma ( 3 )

83 4 2 Happy (EP) ‒ JIN ( 4 )

84 76 346 Hozier ‒ Hozier ( 2 )

85 62 24 Hardstone Psycho ‒ Don Toliver ( 3 )

86 82 19 Twisters: The Album ‒ Soundtrack ( 7 )

87 73 20 Megan ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 3 )

88 RE 39 The Dean Martin Christmas Album ‒ Dean Martin ( 27 )

89 88 479 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 )

90 RE 63 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer ‒ Burl Ives ( 15 )

91 84 356 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

92 110 481 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 )

93 RE 36 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics ‒ Gene Autry ( 21 )

94 74 206 Channel Orange ‒ Frank Ocean ( 2 )

95 86 232 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

96 83 248 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )

97 55 11 Submarine ‒ The Marias ( 17 )

98 ** 1 Morayo ‒ Wizkid ( 98 )

99 97 81 Religiously. The Album. ‒ Bailey Zimmerman ( 7 )

100 87 214 Flower Boy ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 2 )

101 89 216 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 ‒ Nickelback ( 21 )

102 25 2 Reboot II ‒ Brooks & Dunn ( 25 )

103 161 215 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

104 96 296 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

105 98 135 I Never Liked You ‒ Future ( 1 )

106 113 20 Am I Okay? ‒ Megan Moroney ( 9 )

107 93 369 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

108 92 20 The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

109 131 10 Hungover ‒ Ella Langley ( 49 )

110 104 173 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

111 108 121 Greatest Hits ‒ Creed ( 15 )

112 67 722 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 )

113 114 564 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 )

114 105 331 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 )

115 90 330 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

116 117 88 Gettin' Old ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

117 RE 70 Wrapped In Red ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 3 )

118 101 58 Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada ‒ Fuerza Regida ( 14 )

119 112 550 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 )

120 150 55 Higher ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )

121 134 73 Speak Now (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

122 106 446 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 )

123 RE 61 The Classic Christmas Album ‒ Elvis Presley ( 26 )

124 124 654 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 )

125 120 833 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 )

126 100 169 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 )

127 41 3 The Star Chapter: Sanctuary (EP) ‒ TOMORROW X TOGETHER ( 2 )

128 122 863 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 )

129 102 399 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 )

130 ** 1 Aghori Mhori Mei ‒ The Smashing Pumpkins ( 130 )

131 91 51 Think Later ‒ Tate McRae ( 4 )

132 121 704 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 )

133 107 60 $ad Boyz 4 Life II ‒ Junior H ( 14 )

134 99 39 A Great Chaos ‒ Ken Carson ( 11 )

135 183 273 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

136 ** 1 The Magic Hour Collection ‒ Jhene Aiko ( 136 )

137 103 350 [Hybrid Theory] ‒ Linkin Park ( 2 )

138 109 104 Heroes & Villains ‒ Metro Boomin ( 1 )

139 189 193 The Highlights ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 )

140 ** 1 The Last Will And Testament ‒ Opeth ( 140 )

141 130 322 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 )

142 125 448 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 )

143 123 698 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 )

144 115 171 Meteora ‒ Linkin Park ( 1 )

145 145 312 50 Number Ones ‒ George Strait ( 1 )

146 141 6 Don't Mind If I Do ‒ Riley Green ( 25 )

147 116 26 The First Time ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 24 )

148 127 168 After Hours ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

149 119 129 Freudian ‒ Daniel Caesar ( 25 )

150 152 211 Starting Over ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )

151 135 264 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 )

152 126 521 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

153 18 3 MM..Food ‒ MF Doom ( 18 )

154 RE 14 Greatest Christmas Songs ‒ Perry Como ( 32 )

155 146 269 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 )

156 137 185 Greatest Hits ‒ Pitbull ( 77 )

157 158 19 Muse ‒ Jimin ( 2 )

158 136 63 Nostalgia ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )

159 ** 1 The Warm Up ‒ J. Cole ( 159 )

160 148 594 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 )

161 ** 1 Mahashmashana ‒ Father John Misty ( 161 )

162 138 335 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 )

163 142 328 Beauty Behind The Madness ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 )

164 184 397 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 )

165 144 393 The Fame ‒ Lady Gaga ( 2 )

166 151 271 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates ‒ Daryl Hall John Oates ( 34 )

167 140 139 7220 ‒ Lil Durk ( 1 )

168 154 178 35 Biggest Hits ‒ Toby Keith ( 1 )

169 147 401 Teenage Dream ‒ Katy Perry ( 1 )

170 196 171 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

171 153 31 PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4) ‒ PARTYNEXTDOOR ( 10 )

172 157 34 Ehhthang Ehhthang ‒ GloRilla ( 18 )

173 169 40 Bewitched ‒ Laufey ( 18 )

174 167 8 Waves On A Sunset ‒ Tucker Wetmore ( 87 )

175 118 3 Richey Rich ‒ Real Boston Richey ( 48 )

176 155 3 A Minute... (EP) ‒ Myles Smith ( 120 )

177 149 68 Cigarettes After Sex ‒ Cigarettes After Sex ( 112 )

178 174 345 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 )

179 171 18 9 Lives ‒ Koe Wetzel ( 15 )

180 178 354 Gold: Greatest Hits ‒ ABBA ( 25 )

181 170 235 Confessions ‒ Usher ( 1 )

182 165 4 Restless Mind ‒ Sam Barber ( 58 )

183 166 704 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 )

184 162 68 Amar ‒ BigXthaPlug ( 97 )

185 200 318 Greatest Hits ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 14 )

186 181 54 11:11 ‒ Chris Brown ( 9 )

187 176 294 DS2 ‒ Future ( 1 )

188 187 273 Tha Carter III ‒ Lil Wayne ( 1 )

189 186 60 20 Number Ones ‒ Thomas Rhett ( 22 )

190 173 130 Call Me If You Get Lost ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

191 175 90 Manana Sera Bonito ‒ Karol G ( 1 )

192 RE 154 Ultimate Sinatra ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 32 )

193 172 295 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

194 RE 73 Fighting Demons ‒ Juice WRLD ( 2 )

195 RE 221 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 71 )

196 182 59 Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )

197 RE 8 Whirlwind ‒ Lainey Wilson ( 8 )

198 192 66 Greatest Hits ‒ Aerosmith ( 36 )

199 188 16 Sugar Honey Iced Tea ‒ Latto ( 15 )

200 RE 77 Whitsitt Chapel ‒ Jelly Roll ( 3 )

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200

By Keith Caulfield | 12/1/2024

 

Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album GNX debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Dec. 7), marking his fifth chart-topper, all earned consecutively. It launches with 319,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 28, according to Luminate — the year’s sixth-largest debut frame. The set’s opening week was largely driven by streaming activity, and the 12-song effort launches with 2024’s third-biggest streaming week for any album. GNX arrived with no warning on Nov. 22 around noon ET.

 

Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, the Wicked film soundtrack enters at No. 2, notching the highest debut for a big-screen adaptation of a stage musical ever. The new Wicked film, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, is based on the long-running stage musical of the same name, which has played on Broadway in New York since 2003.

 

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 GNX’s 319,000 first-week equivalent album units, SEA units comprise 285,000 (equaling 379.72 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 12 songs; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 32,000 (it was only available as a widely available standard digital download, in both a clean and explicit edition; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), and TEA units comprise 2,000.

 

GNX scores 2024’s sixth-largest opening week, by equivalent album units, among all albums. Further, with 379.72 million on-demand official streams generated by its songs, the album yields the year’s biggest streaming week for any R&B/hip-hop album. Further, among all albums, it logs the year’s second-biggest debut streaming week, and the year’s third-largest streaming week overall. (The year’s two bigger streaming weeks were the first and second weeks of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, with 891.37 and 428.54 million, respectively.)

 

Lamar previously led the Billboard 200 with Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022), DAMN. (2017), Untitled Unmastered (2016) and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015). Earlier in 2024, he nabbed a pair of No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with his solo cut “Not Like Us” (in May), shortly after he led the list with the co-billed collaboration “Like That” (in April) with Future and Metro Boomin. Neither song is included on GNX.

 

GNX precedes Lamar headlining turn at the upcoming Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. He was announced as the star act of the festivities on Sept. 8. It will mark his second appearance at the halftime show, following the all-star 2022 hip-hop showcase with Dr. Dre at the helm.

 

The Wicked film soundtrack takes a bow at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, the highest debut ever by a big-screen adaptation of a stage musical.

 

The last time a stage-to-screen musical soundtrack debuted in the top five was when Chicago danced in at No. 4 — over 21 years ago, on the Feb. 1, 2003 chart — on its way to a No. 2 peak a week later. Setting aside debut ranks, the last stage-to-screen movie musical soundtrack to reach the top two was Les Miserables, which spent a week at No. 1 on the Jan. 19, 2013-dated chart. (It debuted at No. 33, and then moved to No. 2 and No. 1 in its second and third weeks.)

 

Among all soundtracks in 2024, Wicked is the second soundtrack to reach the top 10 for the first time this year, and the highest charting, following Twisters (No. 7 peak) in August.

 

Wicked launches with 139,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 28 — the biggest week for a full-length theatrical film soundtrack since Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born earned 143,000 units in its second week (Oct. 17, 2018, chart; down from its 162,000 bow). Wicked also logs the biggest week for any stage-to-screen musical soundtrack since the Billboard 200 began ranking titles by equivalent album units in December 2014.

 

Of Wicked’s opening-week sum, album sales comprise 85,000 (it’s No. 1 on Top Album Sales, SEA units comprise 52,000 (equaling 67.66 million on-demand official streams of the album’s tracks; it’s No. 4 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 2,000. With 67.66 million streams generated by its songs, Wicked has 2024’s biggest streaming week for any soundtrack, and the largest streaming week ever for a stage-to-screen musical film soundtrack.

 

Wicked’s first-week album sales score the largest sales week for a full-length theatrical film soundtrack since A Star Is Born’s second week (86,000). Wicked has the largest debut sales week for a stage-to-screen musical film since Dreamgirls opened with 92,000 (Dec. 23, 2006 chart). The last time a stage-to-screen musical film soundtrack sold more than Wicked this past week was when Les Miserables reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 93,000 in its third chart week (Jan. 19, 2013, chart).

 

Wicked’s opening week sales were bolstered by its availability across six vinyl variants (including a signed edition, autographed by Erivo and Grande), four CD variants (including a signed edition) and a standard digital download album.

 

Sabrina Carpenter‘s chart-topping Short n’ Sweet rises 5-3 on the Billboard 200 (69,000 equivalent album units; down 4%); Tyler, The Creator’s former No. 1 CHROMAKOPIA falls 3-4 (61,000; down 24%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft rounds out the top five, rising 9-5 with 50,000 (up 2%).

 

Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us steps 8-6 (48,000 equivalent album units; down 5%); Rauw Alejandro’s Cosa Nuestra falls 6-7 (44,000; down 35% in its second week); Taylor Swift’s former leader The Tortured Poets Department climbs 11-8 (43,000; up 1%); Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time ascends 12-9 (42,000; up 2%); and Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is a non-mover at No. 10 (42,000; down 2%).