Before Ariana Grande provides the charts with so much-needed resuscitation, the Billboard 200 sunk to yet another low as a Boogie Wit Da Hoodie reclaimed Number One despite less than 1,000 copies on traditional sales. Hoodie SZN, which previously spent two weeks atop the Billboard 200 despite historically low physical …
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Drake‘sScorpionshattered single-day streaming records on both Apple Music and Spotify, with the rapper’s new double album on pace for the most streamed week in charts history Scorpioneasily crushed Apple Music’s single-day streaming record – previously held by Drake‘s ownMore Life– with 170 million streams worldwide in its first 24 hours …
Read More »On the Charts: Logic Opens at Number One, David Byrne Hits New Peak
Logic lodged his second career Number One album as the rapper’s Bobby Tarantino II debuted atop the Billboard 200, selling 119,000 total copies and ending Black Panther: The Album‘s reign. Of Bobby Tarantino II‘s haul, only 32,000 copies were derived from traditional album sales, with streaming equivalent albums, or SEAs, …
Read More »Charts: Lana Del Rey Edges Tyler, the Creator, Meek Mill for Number One
Technical issues that delayed the arrival of the Billboard 200 couldn’t keep Lana Del Rey from opening at Number One as the singer’s Lust for Life claimed the top spot with 107,000 total copies. Lust for Life marked the second Number One LP for Del Rey, who previously topped the …
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