After being dethroned by Stick Figure’s “Wisdom” last week, “Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers” is back at no. 1 on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart. The compilation of Marley classic spends 142 weeks at number 1.
Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley and The Wailers sold 9600 total units this week while “Wisdom” sold 6,200 units which includes 3,300 pure album sales and 3.7M On-Demand streams.
As of to date Wisdom has sold 41,100 units including 13,000 pure album copies and 36M On-Demand streams.
Last week World Music Views reported, that “Wisdom” opened with equivalent 13,900 album units from sales and streaming in the United States during its first week of release on September 9 via Ruffwood Records.
This included 9,700 copies in pure album sales, and 5.5 million from streaming in the US, according to our sources at Luminate(formerly Neilson/MRC Data.)
Wisdom also debuted at no. 51 on the Billboard 200 chart and no. 6 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.
Unable to maintain the pop chart momentum, this week “Wisdom” falls off the Billboard 200 album chart and Legend comes in at number 126, spending 749 weeks on the chart. It is the only reggae album on the Billboard 200 this week.
Stick Figure entered at no. 43 last week on the Billboard Artists 100 chart but after one week they are off the chart.
As of to date, “Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers” has sold 17M units in the U.S. The compilation has sold 13.1M in pure album copies and has been streamed On-Demand 4.1B times. Meanwhile Wisdom spends 19 consecutive days at no. 1 on iTunes Reggae Chart.
Elsewhere on the charts,
In Jamaica on Apple Music: “Sinna Lyfe” by Bayka is at number 5, “Likkle Miss” (Remix) by Nicki Minaj and Skeng at no. 4. “Last Last” by Burna Boy at no. 3, “Under The Influence” by Chris Brown at no. 2 and Party time by Ninecea, Armanii & Tjtorry106 is at number 1. As for the top albums in Jamaica, Masicka’s “438” at is at number 5, Burna Boy’s “Love, Damini” at number 4, “Therapy” by Rygin King at number 3, “Renaissance” by Beyonce at number 2 and Protoje’s “Third Time’s A Charm” peaks at number 1.”
