The Billboard 200 chart lists the top albums of the week in the United States based on Luminate's compilation of multi-metric consumption measured in equivalent album units. Track equivalent albums (TEA), album sales, and streaming equivalent albums are all included in units (SEA). Each unit represents one album sale, 10 single track sales from an album, 3,750 free or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand streaming of official audio and video content produced by songs from an album. On Wednesday, September 7th, Billboard will publish the entire new chart with a date of September 10, 2022. (one day later than usual, owed to the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. on Sept. 5). Follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on Twitter and Instagram to stay up to date with all chart developments.
’SEA units account for 96,000 of the 107,500 equivalent album units that God Did has earned (equivalent to 129.82 million on-demand official streaming of the set's music), album sales account for 9,500, and TEA units account for 2,000.
God Did features 31 guest musicians, 16 of whom have previously reached the top of the Billboard 200. Drake, Eminem, Future, Jay-Z, Jadakiss, Lil Baby, and Travis Scott are a few of them.
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God Did is Khaled's fourth No. 1 album and his tenth top-10 album overall. Prior to Khaled Khaled (2021), Grateful (2017), and Major Key, he was at the top of the chart (2016).
Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny drops to No. 2 after spending nine weeks in a row at No. 1 with 106,000 equivalent album units (up 1%). The set has been on the list for 17 weeks, and during that time it has never fallen below the top two spots. Drake's Views, which also spent its first 17 weeks in the top two, had a similar great start (May 21-Sept. 10, 2016-dated charts).
With a career-high 100,000 equivalent album units sold, Between 1&2 debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, giving TWICE its third top 10. Album sales make up 94,000 of that total (another career-best week); SEA units make up 6,000 of that total (equating to 9.18 million on-demand official streaming of the set's seven tracks); and TEA units make up a minor portion.
Like many K-pop albums, Between 1&2 was released on CD in collectible deluxe packages with a standard set of items and randomized components (such as photocards, posters, and stickers); CD sales made up 96.5% of the album's first-week sales. There were a total of 17 collectible deluxe packages available, including versions only sold through Target, Barnes & Noble, and the group's official website. The remaining 3.5% were sales of digital albums (a little over 3,000). No other version of the set—on vinyl or cassette, for example—was made available.
Following its vinyl release on August 26, Lamar's former No. 1 single Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers has climbed back into the top 10, landing at 24-4. The collection sold 38,000 albums (up 2,408%) out of the 55,000 equivalent album units it sold in the week ending September 1 (up 188%). Nearly 36,000 of those 38,000 sales are vinyl.
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers spent its first six weeks in the top 10 after debuting at No. 1 on the May 28 chart.
Former boss of Morgan Wallen Risky: The Double Album earns 50,000 comparable album units (up 3%) but drops 4-5. The Double Album has now spent 85 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200, which is dangerous. Dangerous shares the record for the most weeks spent in the top 10 among solo acts since the chart's weekly publication began in 1956 with Peter, Paul, and Mary's self-titled album with 85 nonconsecutive weeks in 1962–1964. Seven albums, all multi-artist soundtracks and cast recordings, have spent more weeks in the top 10 than Dangerous and Peter, Paul, and Mary, with My Fair Lady's original cast recording holding the record with 173 weeks in the top 10 between them.
Albums With Most Weeks in Top 10 on Billboard 200 Chart (March 24, 1956-onwards)
Weeks in Top 10, Artist, Title, Year First Reached Top 10
173, Original Cast, My Fair Lady, 1956
109, Soundtrack, The Sound of Music, 1965
106, Soundtrack, West Side Story, 1962
105, Original Cast, The Sound of Music, 1960
90, Soundtrack, South Pacific, 1958
87, Original Cast, Camelot, 1961
87, Soundtrack, Oklahoma!, 1956
85, Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album, 2021
85, Peter, Paul and Mary, Peter Paul and Mary, 1962
84, Adele, 21, 2011
84, Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A., 1984
(through the Sept. 10, 2022-dated chart.)
Beyoncé’s chart-topping Renaissance falls 3-6 on the new Billboard 200 with 46,000 equivalent album units (down 12%).
Silk Sonic — the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak — jumps back into the top 10 with An Evening With Silk Sonic, vaulting 200-7, after the set’s vinyl release on Aug. 26. In the week ending Sept. 1, the album earned 44,000 equivalent album units (up 509%), with 38,000 of that sum in album sales (up 4,595%). Vinyl sales comprise nearly 37,000 of the album’s sales for the week.
An Evening With Silk Sonic debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Nov. 27, 2021-dated chart. It spent its first three weeks in the top 10.
A pair of former No. 1s is up next on the new Billboard 200, as Rod Wave’s Beautiful Mind falls 2-8 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned (down 24%) and Harry Styles’ Harry’s House dips 5-9 with just under 43,000 units (down 5%).
Minaj’s greatest hits compilation Queen Radio: Volume 1 bows at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 27,500 (equaling 38.43 million of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 3,000 and TEA units comprise 1,500. It’s the sixth consecutive top 10 album for Minaj — the entirety of her charting efforts.
Queen Radio: Volume 1 was initially available as a 27-track standard set, and was reissued during its debut week with an additional bonus track, a remix of “Likkle Miss,” credited to Minaj and Skeng.
Queen Radio: Volume 1 includes 15 top 40-charting hits for Minaj on the Billboard Hot 100, including her recent No. 1, “Super Freaky Girl.”
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