As projected, Meek Mill’s Dreams Worth More Than Money debuts at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 200. Miguel’s Wildheart follows, debuting at the #2 spot. Kendrick Lamar climbed the charts after slipping last week. Vince Staples’ Summertime ‘o6 debuts in the top 50.
Meek Mill Gets His First Chart-Topping Album
Meek Mill’s Dreams Worth More Than Money debuts at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 200, as predicted. The album 246,288 units. Mill’s first album, Dreams & Nightmares, debuted at #2 and sold 165,000 units its first week.
Kendrick Lamar Moves Up The Charts
Kendrick Lamar’s major label sophomore album To Pimp a Butterfly, moved up the charts to #33 after slipping to #45 last week, one slot out of the top 10 Rap & R&B albums. The album sold 14,281 units. Lamar released the video for “Alright” last week, which might have boosted his activity.
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Vince Staples Charts With Debut Album
Vince Staples lands the #39 spot with his debut album Summertime ‘o6. The double disc album sold 13,776 units its first week.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 7/5/2015
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 Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More Than Money– 246,288 (214,752) [14,046,205]
#2 Miguel – Wildheart – 48,375 (40,500) [4,092,066]
#16 Drake – If Youre Reading This Its Too Late – 20,803 (8,212) [12,531,495]
#24 Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise– 16,760 (5,129) [7,332,188]
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#25 Nicki Minaj – Pinkprint– 16,535 (3,266) [8,860,543]
#27 A$AP Rocky – At.Long.Last.A$AP.– 15,835 (8,047) [8,449,992]
#30 Major Lazer – Peace is the Mission – 15,119 (2,481) [6,443,293]
#31 Skrillex & Diplo – Skirllex & Diplo Present: Jack – 15,115 (2,641) [6,038,683]
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#32 Various Artists – Furious 7 Soundtrack– 14,899 (2,539) [5,355,721]
#33 Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly – 14,281 (9,019) [4,638,911]
