Despite the polarizing opinions on Eminem’s ninth studio album Revival,the 19-track project has nabbed the Billboard 200 crown for the week ending December 21. It marks the first time in Billboard’s history that an artist has earned eight consecutive #1 album debuts.
Elsewhere on the chart, G-Eazy’s The Beautiful & Damned debuted at #3 and Jeezy’s Pressure hit the ground running at #6, while Brockhampton’s Saturation III made its entrance in the Top 20. With 36,418 total album equivalent units sold, 24,935 pure album sales and a streaming count of 16,860,739, it was enough to earn the California-based collective a #15 spot.
Slim Shady Dominates
The inimitable Marshall Mathers dominated the chart this week with Revival. The Detroit rap goliath pulled in 266,520 total album equivalent units, 197,426 pure album sales and a streaming count 82,465,294 to land at #1.
AD LOADING...
G-Eazy Lands In Top 5
G-Eazy hit the chart at #3 with his latest endeavorThe Beautiful & Damned, just one spot below pop princess Taylor Swift and her new album Reputation. With 121,920 total album equivalent units, 68,098 pure album sales and a streaming count of 70,247,978, it marks the 28-year-old’s fifth studio album. It also serves as the follow-up to 2015’s When It’s Dark Out, which debuted at #5.
Soul Survivor
Jeezy’s eighth studio album, Pressure, has made its modest debut at #6 with 71,974 total album equivalent units, 54,147 pure album sales and a streaming count of 23,917,010. The project is the Snowman’s follow-up to 2016’s Trap Or Die 3,which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.
AD LOADING...
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 12/21/2017
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.
- Eminem — Revival — #1 — 266,520 (197,426) [82,465,294]
- G-Eazy — The Beautiful & Damned — #3 — 121,920 (68,098) [70,247,978]
- Jeezy — Pressure — #6 — 71,974 (54,147) [23,917,010]
- Post Malone — Stoney — #13 — 38,061 (3,841) [46,197,520]
- Brockhampton — Saturation III — #15 — 36,418 (24,935) [16,860,739]
- Kendrick Lamar — DAMN. — #16 — 35,556 (13,243) [29,608,593]
- Lil Uzi Vert — Luv Is Rage 2 — #18 — 31,008 (1,208) [42,658,475]
- Quality Control — Control The Streets Vol. 1 — #19 — 30,751 (661) [43,930,671]
- Chris Brown — Heartbreak On A Full Moon — #20 — 29,082 (3,546) [35,529,071]
- Khalid — American Teen — #26 — 26,339 (5,544) [27,894,426]
