Kendrick Lamar’s GNX jumps again to No. 1 at the Billboard 200 albums chart, for a 2nd week atop the checklist (emerging 4-1 at the survey dated Feb. 22), following his Tremendous Bowl halftime display (Feb. 9) and the set’s liberate on bodily codecs. (It was once prior to now simplest to be had to circulation, and to buy as a virtual obtain album.)
Plus, two extra Lamar albums go back to the highest 10 within the wake of the halftime display: 2017’s chart-topping DAMN. drives 29-9 and 2012’s just right child, m.A.A.d town vaults 27-10. The most recent Billboard 200 displays task generated within the U.S. within the week finishing Feb. 13.
With GNX, DAMN. and just right child, m.A.A.d town all within the best 10, Lamar is the primary rap act with 3 albums within the best 10 of the Billboard 200 on the identical time. The chart started publishing on a normal, weekly foundation in March 1956.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the preferred albums of the week within the U.S. according to multi-metric intake as measured in similar album devices, compiled via Luminate. Devices contain album gross sales, observe similar albums (TEA) and streaming similar albums (SEA). Every unit equals one album sale, or 10 particular person tracks bought from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand legitimate audio and video streams generated via songs from an album. The brand new Feb. 22, 2025-dated chart might be posted in complete on Billboard‘s web site on Feb. 19, in the future later than same old, owed to the Presidents’ Day vacation within the U.S. on Feb. 17. For all chart information, practice @billboard and @billboardcharts on each X, previously referred to as Twitter, and Instagram.
In line with Luminate, of the 236,000 similar album devices earned via GNX within the week finishing Feb. 13 within the U.S., SEA devices contain 117,000 (up 86%; equaling 161.01 million on-demand legitimate streams of the set’s songs; it jumps 4-1 on Best Streaming Albums), album gross sales contain 116,000 (up 10,100%; it reenters at No. 1 on Best Album Gross sales for its first week at No. 1 on that chart) and TEA devices contain 3,000. The set’s 236,000 devices earned mark its biggest week because it debuted at No. 1 at the Dec. 7, 2024-dated chart with 319,000.
With GNX promoting 116,000, that marks Lamar’s biggest gross sales week for an album since DAMN. debuted with 353,000 bought in its first week (chart dated Might 6, 2017). Of GNX’s 116,000 bought, vinyl gross sales contain 87,000 — Lamar’s best possible week ever on vinyl. GNX was once launched on bodily codecs for the primary time on Feb. 7, on CD, cassette and 5 vinyl variants.
As Lamar has 3 albums at the same time as within the best 10 at the Billboard 200, he’s the primary residing male artist to reach that feat since Herb Alpert at the Dec. 24, 1966-dated chart (when he, in conjunction with the Tijuana Brass, had 3 titles within the best 10). The latest act, total, with a minimum of 3 albums within the best 10 was once Taylor Swift at the Dec. 9, 2023, chart, when she had 5 within the area.
Ahead of Lamar, the closing male artist — or someone excluding Swift — to have a minimum of 3 albums within the best 10 on the identical time was once Prince, following his loss of life, in 2016. That 12 months, at the Might 14 chart, he logged 5 titles within the area; and at the Might 7 chart, he had 3 within the best 10. Prince died on April 21, 2016.
GNX is lately in its twelfth consecutive week at the chart and has but to leave the highest 5 at the weekly tally.
Former No. 1 DAMN. drives 29-9 at the Billboard 200 with 39,000 similar album devices earned (up 93%) and just right child, m.A.A.d town jumps 27-10 with 37,000 devices (up 71%). DAMN. spent 4 weeks atop the checklist in 2017, and it was once closing within the best 10 at the March 17, 2018-dated chart, when it ranked at No. 9. The just right child album peaked at No. 2 in 2012 and was once closing within the best 10 at the Nov. 24, 2012-dated chart, when it positioned at No. 9.
SZA, who was once a different visitor performer all the way through Lamar’s halftime display, sees her former No. 1 SOS climb 3-2 on the newest Billboard 200 with 109,000 similar album devices earned (up 33%). The album was once reissued on Feb. 9 with 4 further tracks.
The Weeknd’s Hurry Up The next day to come falls 1-3 at the Billboard 200 in its 2nd week (101,000 similar album devices; down 79%), Unhealthy Bunny’s chart-topping Debí Tirar Más Fotos descends 2-4 (78,000; down 17%) and Chappell Roan’s The Upward thrust and Fall of a Midwest Princess climbs 6-5 (59,000; up 19%).
Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Onerous and Cushy falls 5-6 (56,000 similar album devices earned; up 6%), Sabrina Wood worker’s former chief Quick n’ Candy is stable at No. 7 (51,000; up 5%) and Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Factor at a Time is a non-mover at No. 8 (41,000; down 8%).
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