Drake’s Scorpion has maintained its No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending August 2.
It marks the album’s fifth consecutive week in the top slot. The last album to accomplish this feat was the Toronto rap titan’s VIEWS, which spent a total of nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2016. It hit a total of 13 non-consecutive weeks at the top.
Elsewhere on the chart, G Herbo makes his debut with Swervo and Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance jumps up two spots to land in the Top 5.
Views From The Top
With 145,430 total album equivalent units sold (11,757 in pure album sales and a streaming count of 169,566,926), Scorpion has secured the top spot again and helps Drake keep rising through the ranks.
The 6 God has surpassed JAY-Z as the Hip-Hop artist with the second-most weeks at No. 1, behind Eminem, who has 32 weeks at the top. Drake currently has 26 weeks at No. 1.
Scorpion marks Drake’s fifth solo studio album and was supported by singles such as “God’s Plan,” “Nice For What” and “In My Feelings.”
Read DX’s Scorpion review here.
G Herbo Makes Debut
G Herbo and Southside’s collaborative album Swervo has made its entrance at No. 15 with 22,435 total album equivalent units sold (2,580 in pure album sales and a streaming count of 25,397,935).
The project serves as his follow-up to Humble Beast. The Chicago rapper’s inaugural album peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 upon its September 2017 release, earning 20,000 total album equivalent units in its first week.
In other notable Hip Hop debuts, Denzel Curry’s TA13OO entered at No. 28 (with 16,761 equivalent albums units) Dave East’s Karma 2 debuted at No. 41 (with 12,592 equivalent albums units).
Juice WRLD Squeezes Into Top 5
Despite its two percent decline in sales, Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance has jumped two spots from No. 6 to land at No. 4. This week, the project reeled in 39,047 total album equivalent units (805 in pure album sales and a streaming count of 57,916,695.
Goodbye & Good Riddance is the 19-year-old Illinois native’s first album. It spawned a video and single for “Lucid Dreams,” Juice WRLD’s highest charting single. It climbed to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after initially debuting at No. 74.
Top 10 Billboard 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 08/02/2018
Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard’s new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
- Drake — Scorpion — No. 1 — 145,430 (11,757) [169,566,926]
- Post Malone — Beerbongs & Bentleys — No. 3 — 61,748 (4,730) [73,565,962]
- Juice WRLD — Goodbye & Good Riddance — No. 4 — 39,047 (805) [57,916,695]
- Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy — No. 5 — 38,040 (1,713) [43,952,464]
- XXXTENTACION — ? — No. 6 — 38,019 (1,888) [54,598,086]
- Lil Baby — Harder Than Ever — No. 12 — 24,205 (289) [32,790,098]
- Wiz Khalifa — Rolling Papers 2 — No. 14 — 23,442 (947) [30,171,703]
- G Herbo — Swervo — No. 15 — 22,435 (2,580) [25,397,935]
- Post Malone — Stoney — No. 18 — 21,077 (1,176) [27,426,154]
- JAY-Z & Beyoncé — EVERYTHING IS LOVE – No. 20 — 19,544 (4,283) [18,776,565]
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Who the hell is listening to Post Malone ? How does he continue to chart ???
Postmalone is the G.O.A.T of this generation. gtfoh with that bs
Props to Drake for holding down the no.1 spot on Billboard for the fifth consecutive week! Out before my imposter logs in from his Mother’s basement. HAHA!
Wait, the imposter is me all along. Told you guys about my internal war with myself. I have no idea what I’m talking about. Oh yeah, where that 40 year old fake drug dealer Pusha T at?
Get off my handle dawg!
Sorry for the outburst, talking to my hand with that one. Someone told me to go fuck myself then I realized what I was doing. I’m just mad no girls would go out with me since I always have two dudes on my mind.
What the fuck kinda LOSER gets into confrontations with himself? That’s why I barely fuck with this site anymore. Oh, and we know you’re an out-of-touch lame talking like “get off my handle dawg”. DAWG? Kill yourself twice.
What the fuck kind of LOSER gets into confrontations with himself? Thats why people barely fuck with this site anymore. Oh and we know you’re an out-of-touch lame talking like “get off my handle dawg” DAWG? Kill yourself.
These youngins got no love Jay and B..
First album I bought was Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life when I was 8 years old. This new Jay-Z + Beyonce album is garbage. Also, you have to use garbage ass Tidal to listen to it.
6 God making God moves and the haters are in shambles
“House on both coasts but I live on the charts”
Drake is the undisputed god of rap. All these other rappers are nothing compared to drake in 2018. How does that make yoy feel old heads and hipster nerds?
Drizzy
Scorpion Mega Classic. No competition besides Miss Adele period. And these other so called rappers juice world 800 albums sold Herbo hahaha 2500 albums sold. Keep sellin dem drugs can’t make music .
KeKe, is the song that pushed this album. Backed by a paid sponsor from the hood that would make it relevant. sorry yaal, but facts is facts. i dont hear his album in the hood of Philly, Pa.
either you play the game or watch the game play you, and be that broke mothafucka talking bout, “i stayed true”
MAN I DONT BELEVE YOU YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE AUBREY . STRAIT UP BYEING STREAMS . MAH DUDE MEEK SELLIN MORE COPIES OF HIS EP THEN AUBREY WIT HER “DUBBLE” ABLUM FAKIN SALES N STREAMS
Drake praying to the Devil for these WWWWWW
Drake ain’t black or white his OJ okay
Beyonce needs to leave Jay-Z’s do nothing ass. I can’t recall the last project Beyonce has been on that sold like shit and had so many bad reviews.
Drake’s album was wack……I don’t care how many people stream that BS and do the Shiggy challenge…….. He always has to do some type of dance/skit or gimmick for his album to get some buzz…….Drake is overrated but still a decent rapper….
Meanwhile Post up here with 2 albums in the top 10………
Drake replacing Drake