Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX” Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album GNX Debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated December 7), it was his fifth chart-topping hit, all of which were achieved consecutively. The album earned 319,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 28, according to Luminate, the year’s sixth-biggest debut. The album’s first week was driven primarily by streaming activity, with the 12-song album’s launch having the third-biggest streaming week for any album in 2024. GNX Arriving without warning around noon ET on November 22.

Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 chart are evil The soundtrack ranked second, setting the highest debut score ever for a big-screen adaptation of a stage musical. new evil The film stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande and is based on the long-running stage musical of the same name, which has been on Broadway in New York since 2003.

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of GNXThe album’s first-week circulation was 319,000 copies, and its Southeast Asian circulation was 285,000 copies (equivalent to an official on-demand volume of 379.72 million for the 12 songs in the series; it ranked first among the top streaming albums in its first week), with album sales of 32,000 copies. (The album is only available as a widely available standard digital download, it debuted in clean and explicit versions, ranking second in top album sales), and TEA units include 2,000.

GNX In equivalent album units, the album ranked sixth among all albums in the first week of 2024. In addition, songs from the album generated 379.72 million official on-demand streams, making it the highest-streamed week for an R&B/Hip-Hop album this year. Additionally, it had the second-biggest debut streaming week of the year among all albums, and the third-biggest streaming week overall of the year. (The two biggest streaming weeks of the year were Taylor Swift’s Weeks 1 and 2 tortured poets department891.37 and 428.54 million respectively.

Lamar has topped the Billboard 200 chart Mr. Morale and Strider (2022), Damn it. (2017), No title, no owner (2016) and pimp a butterfly (2015). In early 2024, he hit both No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 with his solo song “Not Like Us” (in May), and soon after with the co-released collaborative song “Like That” at the top of the list. Both songs are not included in GNX.

GNX Prior to that, Lamar will headline the Super Bowl halftime show on February 9, 2025 in New Orleans. He was announced as the star of the September 8th celebrations.

this evil The soundtrack debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, the highest debut for a big-screen adaptation of a stage musical.

The last time a musical soundtrack from stage to screen debuted in the top five was in chicago 21 years ago, it was at No. 4 on the charts on February 1, 2003, rising to No. 2 a week later. Debut rankings aside, the last stage-to-screen film soundtrack to crack the top two is Les Misérablesranking first on the charts for a week on January 19, 2013. (It debuted at No. 33, then climbed to No. 2 and No. 1 in weeks two and three.)

Of all the soundtracks in 2024, evil is the second soundtrack to enter the top 10 this year and is the highest-charting soundtrack, followed by tornado (Peak No. 7) August.

evil The album sold 139,000 copies in the week ending November 28, the highest sales since the release of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s film soundtrack a star is born Second-week sales were 143,000 units (Chart Oct. 17, 2018; down from 162,000 units). evil The Billboard 200 also had its top weekly record for soundtracks from stage to screen since the Billboard 200 began ranking songs by equivalent album units in December 2014.

of evilTotal first week sales, album sales 85,000 copies (#1 among top album sales, 52,000 copies sold in Southeast Asia (equivalent to 67.66 million official on-demand copies of album tracks; #4 among top streaming albums) , TEA sales generated 67.66 million units for its songs, evil Boasting the biggest streaming week of any soundtrack in 2024, and the biggest streaming week ever for a stage-to-screen music film soundtrack.

evilFirst-week album sales set record for highest-ever single-week sales of a feature-length dramatic film soundtrack a star is bornWeek 2 (86,000). evil Set a record for the highest first-week box office for a musical film from stage to screen dream girl Opening price 92,000 (chart December 23, 2006). The last time a stage-to-screen musical soundtrack outsold Wicked was last week Les Misérables It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 93,000 in its third week on the chart (January 19, 2013, Charts).

evilThe album’s first-week sales are driven by six vinyl editions (including a signed edition signed by Erivo and Grande), four CD editions (including a signed edition) and a standard digital download of the album.

Sabrina Carpenter tops the charts short and sweet Up 5-3 spots on Billboard 200 (69,000 equivalent album units; down 4%); Tyler, the Creator, former No. 1 color blindness Down 3-4 (61,000; down 24%), Billie Eilish’s Hit me hard, hit me softly Enters the top five, moving up 9-5 spots (up 2%) over 50,000.

Gracie Abrams our secret Steps 8-6 (48,000 equivalent album units; down 5%); Alejandro’s our business Down 6-7 (44,000; down 35% in second week); Swift’s former leader tortured poets department Climbs 11-8 (43,000; +1%); Morgan Wallen tops do one thing at a time Up 12-9 (42,000; up 2%); and Chappelle Rowan’s The Rise and Fall of the Midwestern Princess No. 10 (42,000; down 2%).

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