Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, debut at No. 1. Of his 5 albums this is his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart.
The album sells 295,500 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 19, according to Luminate — the largest week of the year so for any album.
The sales units include 35.5k from pure sales & 343 million on-demand streams
Kendrick’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning DAMN., spent four weeks atop the Billboard 200.
The album will be available on CD May 27.
At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti after last week’s No. 1 debut. It sells 182,000 equivalent album units in it’s second we; down 34%). Future’s former No. 1 I Never Liked You slips from No. 2 to No. 3 with 89,500 units (down 23%).
Jack Harlow’s Come Home the Kids Miss You drops to No. 6 in its second week with 55,000 units (down 51%).
Florence + The Machine collects its fourth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Dance Fever debuts at No. 7 with 54,000 equivalent album units earned.
Dance Fever debuts at No. 1 on the UK Official Chart.
Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers debuted at No. 2 on the UK chart.
Others debuts on the top ten include DROPOUT BOOGIE by BLACK KEYS at No. 5 and BLUE HOURS BEAR’S DEN at No. 6.