Travis Scott’s ‘Utopia’ Spends Fourth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 – Billboard

Travis Scott’s Utopia makes it a month at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Sept. 2), because the set spends a fourth whole and consecutive week within the lead. The effort earned 161,000 equal album items within the U.S. within the week ending Aug. 24 (down 13%), in accordance with Luminate. Utopia surpasses Astroworld as Scott’s album with probably the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Utopia can be the primary rap album to spend its first 4 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 5 years, since Drake’s Scorpion logged all 5 of its weeks at No. 1, from its debut body (July 14-Aug. 11, 2018). The final rap set with 4 weeks at No. 1, in whole, was Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, which tallied 5 nonconsecutive frames at No. 1 between Sept. 18 and Nov. 6, 2021.

Also within the high 10 of the brand new Billboard 200, Hozier scores his third high 10-charting album as Unreal Unearth launches at No. 3, whereas J-Hope’s year-old Jack within the Box album reaches the highest 10 for the primary time, because it re-enters the record at No. 6 following its expanded reissue and debut on CD in a number of collectible iterations.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most well-liked albums of the week within the U.S. primarily based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equal album items, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album gross sales, monitor equal albums (TEA) and streaming equal albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 particular person tracks offered 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. The new Sept. 2, 2023-dated chart will probably be posted in full on Billboard‘s web site on Aug. 29. For all chart information, comply with @billboard and @billboardcharts on each Twitter and Instagram.

Of Utopia’s 161,000 equal album items earned within the week ending Aug. 24, album gross sales comprise 92,000 (down 7%), SEA items comprise 69,000 (down 20%, equaling 92.07 million on-demand official streams of the streaming set’s 19 songs) and TEA items comprise a negligible sum (down 19%). For a second week in a row, the album’s gross sales revenue from a promotional supply in Scott’s official webstore, which deep-discounted the Utopia vinyl LP (accessible in a number of variants) from $50 to solely $5 for a restricted time. Of Utopia’s 92,000 gross sales for the week, vinyl accounted for 89,000.

Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time is a non-mover at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 91,000 equal album items earned (down 4%).

Hozier captures his third high 10-charting set — all of which have reached the highest 5 — as Unreal Unearth debuts at No. 3. The album bows with 62,000 equal album items earned. Of that sum, album gross sales comprise 39,000, SEA items comprise 23,000 (equaling 29.58 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 16 songs) and TEA items comprise a negligible sum. The album was preceded by the hit single “Eat Your Young,” which marked Hozier’s third No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart (May 20-dated record).

Unreal Unearth’s first-week album gross sales have been bolstered by vinyl gross sales, which accounted for 60% of its opening-week gross sales determine (23,000 of 39,000). The album was launched in 5 completely different vinyl iterations, together with unique shade variants for Amazon, impartial file shops and Hozier’s official webstore.

The Barbie soundtrack is regular at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 55,000 equal album items (down 15%), whereas Taylor Swift’s former chief Midnights climbs one spot to No. 5 with 53,000 items (down 8%).

J-Hope’s year-old Jack within the Box album bounces again onto the record for its first week within the high 10 (and second week on the chart), because it re-enters at No. 6 with 50,000 equal album items earned (up 5,107%). The album was initially launched on July 15, 2022, and debuted and first peaked at No. 17 on the July 30, 2022, chart. It was reissued with extra bonus tracks on — and on CD for the primary time — on Aug. 19, 2023. The set initially was launched solely as a digital obtain album and thru streaming companies.

Of the set’s 50,000 items earned within the week ending Aug. 24, album gross sales comprise 47,000 (up 13,238%), SEA items comprise 2,000 (up 250%, equaling 2.99 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA items comprise 1,000 (up 44,125%). The CD version of the album was accessible in 4 collectible editions, together with unique variations for Target and Walmart, all containing assorted branded merchandise (a few of which was randomized).

J-Hope is the third member of BTS to attain a high 10-charting album on the Billboard 200, following his bandmates RM and Jimin. RM reached the highest 10 in 2022 with Indigo (peaking at No. 3) and Jimin reached No. 2 with Face earlier this 12 months. BTS itself has logged seven high 10s, with six reaching No. 1.

Two extra chart-topping Swift units comply with J-Hope, as Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) falls 5-7 (48,000 equal album items earned; down 21%) and Lover dips 7-8 (46,000; down 14%). Peso Pluma’s Génesis descends 8-9 (almost 45,000; down 4%) and Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album is regular at No. 10 (43,000; down 3%).

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