Jill Scott took advantage of a slower (if more competitive) week of album sales, coming in at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the second time in a row with her album Woman. Although she can be please with the second no. 1 record in her career, the 62,000 equivalent copies she sold of her new set is less than half of what The Light Of The Sun sold in its first week during 2011. Woman marks the first no. 1 for a solo female performer in nearly five months.
It was enough to prevent Future from spending a second week in the top spot however. The rapper comes it at no. 2 this week with Dirty Sprite 2, which sold another 52,000 copies.
The next new band to debut in the Top 10 was Lamb of God, which just broke 50,000 in sales with its VII: Sturm Und Drang, taking no. 3.
It was another week, another accomplishment for Taylor Swift: Her 1989 might have slid two spots to no. 4 on this week's Billboard 200, but her 47,000 in equivalent album sales were enough to stay in the Top 10, marking the 40th-consecutive week that the album has been in that range, literally every week it's been available.
Southpaw becomes the seventh soundtrack to debut in the Top 10 this year, moving 45,000 copies of its hip-hop-oriented compilation (with a few short tracks from the late James Horner).
Ed Sheeran's consistent sales got a placement boost thanks to the slow week of sales for other performers, as his x lands at no. 6 by moving 34,000 copies. That narrowly edges Bea Miller, who debuts at no. 7 with her own full-length debut, Not An Apology. The former Voice contestant sold 33,000 copies.
Meek Mill has the second-longest active streak within the Top 10 as his Dreams Worth More Than Money spends a fifth week in the slot, selling 31,000 copies and taking no. 8. Sam Hunt continues to hang around the back of the list, spending another week at no. 9, as Montevallo moved another 27,000 copies. Tyrese rounds out the Top 10 this week with Black Rose, which sold 26,000 copies in its third week.
