South Korean boy band BTS have claimed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, but Hip Hop and R&B dominate the Top 10 with seven entries this week.
Anderson .Paak’s Ventura debuts at No. 4, marking a new career-high for the Aftermath Entertainment artist. Meanwhile, Beyoncé’s Homecoming: The Live Album has managed to hit No. 7 despite only being tracked for two days.
Elsewhere, Khalid’s Free Spirit slips to No. 3 following last week’s chart-topping debut. Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap also continues to perform well, remaining in the Top 5 for its third consecutive week.
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Anderson .Paak Reaches Top 5 For 1st Time
Ventura has become the highest-charting album of Anderson .Paak’s career thanks to a No. 4 debut. The Grammy winner had never been in the Top 10 prior to Ventura, peaking at No. 11 with last year’s Oxnard.
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In its first week, Paak’s latest album moved 55,146 total album equivalent units. 38,548 of those came from pure album sales.
Beyoncé Cracks Top 10 In Just 2 Days
Beyoncé didn’t even need a full week to attain the No. 7 spot on the Billboard 200. The R&B superstar’s Homecoming: The Live Album racked up 37,737 total album equivalent units — 14,498 of which were pure album sales — during two days of tracking activity.
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Queen Bey surprised fans last Wednesday (April 17) by dropping the 40-track live album. The project was released as a companion piece to her Netflix documentary Homecoming, which premiered that same day.
Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap Maintains Chart Stronghold
The death of Nipsey Hussle has prompted a dramatic increase in his album sales and streams. For this week’s Billboard 200, Neighborhood Nip’s Victory Lap settles in at No. 5 on the chart.
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Victory Lap, which was released in February 2018, re-entered the Billboard 200 earlier this month at No. 2. After slipping to No. 3 last week, it’s fallen a few more spots but remains in the Top 5 after selling 54,711 total units.
Top 10 Billboard 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 04/18/2019
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.
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1. Khalid — Free Spirit — No. 3 — 82,312 (15,326) [86,644,946]
2. Anderson .Paak — Ventura — No. 4 — 55,146 (38,548) [20,519,110]
3. Nipsey Hussle — Victory Lap — No. 5 — 54,711 (8,534) [58,121,397]
4. Beyoncé — Homecoming: The Live Album — No. 7 — 37,737 (14,498) [28,039,828]
5. Juice WRLD — Death Race For Love — No. 8 — 34,361 (560) [51,772,382]
6. Post Malone — Beerbongs & Bentleys — No. 9 — 29,472 (1,545) [37,877,959]
7. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie — Hoodie SZN — No. 10 — 28,734 (149) [42,300,311]
8. Drake — Scorpion — No. 11 — 28,210 (1,832) [34,864,959]
9. Various Artists — Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse — No. 12 — 26,832 (5,006) [28,121,484]
10. DaBaby — Baby On Baby — No. 16 — 23,965 (292) [31,996,132]
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