On this week’s Billboard Top 200 chart, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis score another Top 10 debut. The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness falls out of the Top 10 and Yo Gotti’s The Art of Hustle stays in the Top 20 in its second week.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ Unruly Album Sales
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ This Unruly Mess I’ve Made lands at the #4 spot on the chart, selling 61,444 album equivalent units. The duo’s sophomore LP was streamed nearly 10 million times. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ The Heist peaked at #2 upon its release in 2012. The album also won a Grammy for Best Rap Album.
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The Weeknd Falls Out Of Top 10
The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness falls to #12 this week, a 19 percent drop. The project sold 32,813 album equivalent units and was streamed 19.4 million times. The Canadian crooner has four songs in the Top 15 of the digital R&B and Hip Hop single sales chart.
Yo Gotti Goes Down In Not Just The DMs In LP’s Second Week
Yo Gotti’s The Art of Hustle lands at #16 in its second week on the chart after its debut at #4. This week, the LP, which features the single “Down in the DM,” sold 22,877 album equivalent units.
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Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 03/03/2016
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 parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets.
#3 Rihanna – ANTI – 71,231 (22,721) [44,374,097]
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#4 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – This Unruly Mess I’ve Made – 61,444 (51,336) [9,997,438]
#12 The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness – 32,813 (12,780) [19,461,551]
#13 Kevin Gates – Islah – 30,391 (13,455) [16,584,986]
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#14 Bryson Tiller – Trapsoul – 30,258 (9,716) [25,524,821]
#15 G-Eazy – When It’s Dark Out – 28,352 (7,213) [19,948,431]
#16 Yo Gotti – The Art of Hustle – 22,877 (12,596) [9,749,055]
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#17 Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap – 22,198 (5,328) [16,476,880]
#19 Future – EVOL – 20,364 (4,841) [19,729,423]
#20 Flo Rida – My House – 19,543 (1,939) [9,048,729]
