For the first time in ten weeks, a new artist sits at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, as Justin Bieber’s Justice dethroned Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album. Justice, which features stars from pop (Khalid), hip-hop (Chance the Rapper), and R&B (Giveon), among others, earned more than 29,000 sales, more than 40,000 song downloads, and more than 138 million streams.
Justice was trailed by Lana Del Rey’s new album Chemtrails Over the Country Club, which arrived at Number Two. Del Rey’s total was driven largely by sales — more than 53,000. In addition, she amassed 19.6 million streams.
1
NEW!
Album Units
146K
Album Units
146K
Album Sales
29.3K
Song Sales
40.6K
Song Streams
138.4M
Peak Position
Weeks on Chart
1
- Peaches
- Hold On
- As I Am
- Peaches
- Hold On
- As I Am
Def Jam
2
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
NEW!
Album Units
98K
Album Units
98K
Album Sales
53.3K
Song Sales
4K
Song Streams
19.6M
Record Label
DGC/Interscope
Peak Position
Weeks on Chart
1
- White Dress
- Chemtrails Over The Country Club
- Tulsa Jesus Freak
- White Dress
- Chemtrails Over The Country Club
- Tulsa Jesus Freak
DGC/Interscope
3
Dangerous: The Double Album
Morgan Wallen
Album Units
62.6K
Album Units
62.6K
Album Sales
3.2K
Song Sales
9.3K
Song Streams
73.6M
Peak Position
1
Weeks on Chart
12
- Wasted on You
- Sand in My Boots
- Heartless
- Wasted on You
- Sand in My Boots
- Heartless
Republic
4
Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon
Album Units
38.6K
Album Units
38.6K
Album Sales
630
Song Sales
5.5K
Song Streams
50.4M
Peak Position
1
Weeks on Chart
38
- For the Night
- What You Know Bout Love
- Mood Swings
- For the Night
- What You Know Bout Love
- Mood Swings
Republic
5
Album Units
36.8K
Album Units
36.8K
Album Sales
2.6K
Song Sales
12K
Song Streams
40.9M
Peak Position
1
Weeks on Chart
57
- Save Your Tears
- Blinding Lights
- The Hills
- Save Your Tears
- Blinding Lights
- The Hills
Republic
The strong debuts from Bieber and Del Rey pushed Wallen down to Number Three. Dangerous was followed by Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon and the Weeknd’s After Hours.
The Rolling Stone 200 Albums chart tracks the most popular releases of the week in the United States. Entries are ranked by album units, a number that combines digital and physical album sales, digital song sales, and audio streams using a custom weighting system. The chart does not include passive listening such as terrestrial radio or digital radio. The RS 200 is updated daily, and each week Rolling Stone finalizes and publishes an official version of the chart, covering the seven-day period ending with the previous Thursday.
The biggest debut outside of the Top Two belonged to Benny the Butcher, who arrived at Number 22 with The Plugs I Met 2. The sequel to a seven-track set from 2019, The Plugs I Met 2 was produced entirely by Harry Fraud, with features from 2 Chainz and Fat Joe. The album earned 8,000 sales and 9.3 million streams.
Still Woman Enough, a new collection from country great Loretta Lynn, landed at Number 79 thanks to 8,400 sales. And We Are, the latest release from versatile pianist and bandleader Jon Batiste, debuted at Number 89.
Next week, expect strong debuts from Rod Wave’s SoulFly and Carrie Underwood’s first gospel set, My Savior. See the full RS 200 here.
Source: Music – Rolling Stone