

He told us, "I'm on some renegade shit, I might take "Body" off my album. When asked about his single, "Body," which has been out for some time now, Wale revealed a desire to distance the single from his LP. This is my moment to show what I can do from a music director standpoint." A lot of people ain't gunna get it, but the people that get it are gunna say it's genius. One of those things that you gunna get this joint or you not. "This is the most creative musical experience I've ever tried to offer. 1 on Vinyl Albums, Tastemakers and Internet Albums charts.As for the album, Wale promises it'll be his best yet. Stevens was last in the top 10 with his previous studio release, 2010’s The Age of Adz, which debuted and peaked at No. Rounding out the top 10 is the second top 10 album for singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens, who debuts at No. The soundtrack to Fifty Shades of Grey slides 3-9 in its eighth week on the tally, moving 54,000 units. It’s also the third top 10 for Atlantic Records on the latest chart. It’s the fourth top 10 effort for the group, which was last in the top 10 with its previous studio effort, 2011’s Codes and Keys (No. Rock act Death Cab For Cutie also stars in the top 10 with its new album Kintsugi. He previously led the country tally with True Believers Charleston, SC 1966 (in 2010) and Learn To Live (2008).ĭarius Rucker Eying Hootie & the Blowfish Reunion 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, securing Rucker his fourth chart-topper on that list. His last studio album, True Believers, debuted and peaked at No. 7 with Southern Style (57,000), clocking his fourth top 10 solo set. It is the 35th nonconsecutive week in the top 10 for the album.ĭarius Rucker debuts at No. Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour dips 4-6 with 59,000 units (up 12 percent). The last to do so was Adele’s 21, which logged its first 39 weeks in the region back in 2011. Only 10 albums have spent their first 23 weeks on the chart in the top five. Taylor Swift’s 1989 spends a 23rd consecutive week locked in the top five (its entire chart run), as it holds steady at No. 4 in its third week with 65,000 units (down 47 percent). 1, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, falls to No. 1 with 137,000 units of pure album sales its first week. It is his eighth top 10 album, and first full-length release since 2010’s Battle of the Sexes, which debuted at No. The hip-hop artist sees his new album Ludaversal bow at No. Much of the soundtrack’s gain is owed to the performance of its multiple hit songs, especially Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again.” It sold 168,000 downloads for the week (up 488 percent) and its video serves as a tribute to the film’s co-star Paul Walker, who died during filming of Furious 7.įurious 7 just beats out the new album by one of Furious 7’s other co-stars, Ludacris. Ludacris Thinks ‘Furious 7’ Has ‘The Paul Walker Effect’įurious 7 is up 388 percent in traditional album sales (33,000 for the week), up 154 percent in track equivalent album units (38,000) and up 3 percent in streaming equivalent album units (3,000). Furious 7 is in its third week on the chart, but like Les Miserables, its swift chart climb on the current tally is owed to the film’s theatrical bow (on April 3). 30, concurrent with the movie’s debut), the set flew to No.
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21, 2012), four days before its parent film premiered in theaters. 33 from only three full days of sales, as it was released on an off-cycle Friday (Dec. The Les Miserables soundtrack debuted at No. 1, while Ed Sheeran’s x (Atlantic) fell 1-2 in its second week.įurious 7’s 15-position rise is the largest jump into the top two on the chart since the Les Miserables soundtrack zoomed 31 rungs (from No. That week, Trey Songz’ Trigga (on Songbook/Atlantic) debuted at No. 1 and 2, Atlantic Records owns the top two slots for the first time since the July 19, 2014-dated chart. With both The Album About Nothing and Furious 7 at Nos. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The Furious 7 album (on Universal Studios/Atlantic) shifted 74,000 (a gain of 202 percent).Ĭhart Flashback: Wale Scores First No. The Album About Nothing was released on March 31 through EBM Music/Maybach/Atlantic Records, and tallied 100,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 5 (according to Nielsen Music). 1 arrival, Wale beats out the surging Furious 7 soundtrack, which drives 17-2 and is the greatest gainer on the chart. It’s his second chart-topper, following his previous effort, 2013’s The Gifted. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his Seinfeld– inspired The Album About Nothing.
