Rap trio Migos scores its second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Culture II
opens atop the tally. The set -- which was released on Jan. 26 through
Quality Control/Motown/Capitol Records -- earned 199,000 equivalent
album units in the week ending Feb. 1, according to Nielsen Music.
Migos’ last album, Culture, launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Feb. 18, 2017.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Feb. 10-dated chart (where Culture II starts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday (Feb. 6).
With Culture II’s arrival at No. 1, Migos is now just the fifth rap group with more than one No. 1 album. The act follows Beastie Boys (four No. 1s between 1987 and 2004), A Tribe Called Quest (two, in 1996 and 2016), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (two, in 1995 and 1997) and D12 (two, in 2001 and 2004).
Culture II launches with 199,000 equivalent album units -- mostly driven by streams. Of its debut unit sum, 38,000 were in traditional album sales, 11,000 were TEA units, and a whopping 150,000 were in SEA units (equating to 225.6 million on-demand audio streams of the album’s songs during the tracking week). Enhanced by a sizable 24-song tracklist, Culture II captures the largest streaming week for an album since Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated May 6 with 227,000 SEA units (of its total 603,000 equivalent album units) earned in the week ending April 20, 2017. (DAMN.’s 227,000 SEA units equaled 340.6 million streams.)
Comparably, Migos’ prior album, Culture, launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 131,000 units. Of the 13-song album’s starting sum, 44,000 were in traditional album sales; 10,000 were in TEA units and 77,000 were in SEA units. The latter figure translated into 115.6 million on-demand audio streams of the album’s songs in its first week.
At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman holds in the runner-up slot for a third straight week (95,000 units; down 13 percent). The set previously logged two weeks at No. 1. With a fifth total week in the top two of the chart, The Greatest Showman has spent more time in the top two than any other soundtrack since Frozen logged 21 nonconsecutive weeks in the region in 2014 (including 13 weeks at No. 1).
Migos’ last album, Culture, launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Feb. 18, 2017.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Feb. 10-dated chart (where Culture II starts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday (Feb. 6).
With Culture II’s arrival at No. 1, Migos is now just the fifth rap group with more than one No. 1 album. The act follows Beastie Boys (four No. 1s between 1987 and 2004), A Tribe Called Quest (two, in 1996 and 2016), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (two, in 1995 and 1997) and D12 (two, in 2001 and 2004).
Culture II launches with 199,000 equivalent album units -- mostly driven by streams. Of its debut unit sum, 38,000 were in traditional album sales, 11,000 were TEA units, and a whopping 150,000 were in SEA units (equating to 225.6 million on-demand audio streams of the album’s songs during the tracking week). Enhanced by a sizable 24-song tracklist, Culture II captures the largest streaming week for an album since Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated May 6 with 227,000 SEA units (of its total 603,000 equivalent album units) earned in the week ending April 20, 2017. (DAMN.’s 227,000 SEA units equaled 340.6 million streams.)
Comparably, Migos’ prior album, Culture, launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 131,000 units. Of the 13-song album’s starting sum, 44,000 were in traditional album sales; 10,000 were in TEA units and 77,000 were in SEA units. The latter figure translated into 115.6 million on-demand audio streams of the album’s songs in its first week.
At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman holds in the runner-up slot for a third straight week (95,000 units; down 13 percent). The set previously logged two weeks at No. 1. With a fifth total week in the top two of the chart, The Greatest Showman has spent more time in the top two than any other soundtrack since Frozen logged 21 nonconsecutive weeks in the region in 2014 (including 13 weeks at No. 1).
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