Three projects make their debut on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart. OVO dominates the top of the charts with the #2 and #3 spots. The Suicide Squad soundtrack remains at the top spot for the second week in a row, the first soundtrack since 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy to do so.
PARTYNEXTDOOR Keeps OVO’s Reign Going
PARTYNEXTDOOR’s P3 debuts at the #3 spot on the chart with nearly 50,000 album equivalent units. He follows Drake, who sits at #2 with 70,000 units of VIEWS. PARTYNEXTDOOR’s last output, PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO, peaked at #15 upon its release in 2014.
Rae Sremmurd Flexes For Second Album
Rae Sremmurd’s SremmLife 2 lands at #7 its first week out the gate. The album pushed 28,638 copies, 6,000 less than the energetic duo’s first project, SremmLife. The first LP was home to many hits including “No Flex Zone,” “No Type” and “Come Get Her.”
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Atmosphere Makes Strong Stand For Indy Scene
Atmosphere makes a splash with its Fishing Blues LP landing at #22 with 15,000 album units through independent powerhouse Rhymesayers. The duo’s highest-charting project is 2008’s When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, which landed at #5 on the chart upon its release.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 08/18/2016
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 bold in parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets.
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#1 Various Artists – Suicide Squad: The Album – 92,525 (49,936) [32,992,756]
#2 Drake – VIEWS – 70,837 (13,342) [69,411,941]
#3 PARTYNEXTDOOR – P3 – 49,855 (28,133) [28,606,612]
#6 DJ Khaled – Major Key– 33,560 (10,692) [26,405,113]
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#7 Rae Sremmurd – SremmLife 2 – 28,638 (13,805) [17,871,009]
#9 Rihanna – ANTI – 27,824 (4,824) [26,474,931]
#15 Beyonce – LEMONADE – 18,387 (12,446) [1,671,522]
#19 Bryson Tiller – Trapsoul – 16,064 (3,789) [16,439,519]
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#21 Kevin Gates – ISLAH – 15,148 (4,267) [12,836,893]
#22 Atmosphere – Fishing Blues – 15,061 (13,845) [1,486,385]
