THE WEEKND DEBUTS AT NO. 1
The Weeknd is No. 1. The Canadian crooner scores the
second-biggest debut of 2015 with his album Beauty Behind the
Madness.
The project, which features appearances from Lana Del Rey,
Ed Sheeran, and Labrinth, opens atop the Billboard 200 with
412,000 equivalent album units. Of that number, 326,000 were
pure album sales.
The Weeknd earns the second-largest weekly total and pure
sales week for an album this year, following Drake’s If You’re
Reading This It’s Too Late (535,000 units; 495,000 in album
sales).
NUMBER 1 ALBUM, THANK YOU XO : http://t.co/H9U49wN7Y1
— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) September 6, 2015
Beauty Behind the Madness is the third consecutive top 10album for The Weeknd. It follows 2012’s Trilogy (No. 4) and
2013’s Kiss Land , which peaked at No. 2 with 95,000 copies.
Three singles from the album have reached the top five on
the Billboard Hot 100—”Earned It” (No. 3), “Can’t Feel My
Face” (No. 1), and “The Hills” (No. 4).
Elsewhere on the chart, Halsey’s Badlands debuts at No. 2 with
115,000, Dr. Dre’s Compton falls to No. 5 (32,000), and Ed
Sheeran’s x slides 5-6 with 28,000.
BILLBOARD 200 TOP 10
1. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness – 412,000
2. Halsey – Badlands – 115,000
3. Luke Bryant – Kill the Lights – 50,000
4. Taylor Swift – 1989 – 44,000
5. Dr. Dre – Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre – 32,000
6. Ed Sheeran – x – 28,000
7. Maddie & Tae – Start Here – 28,000
8. Beach House – Depression Cherry – 27,000
9. Ben Rector – Brand New – 26,000
10. Disturbed – Immortalized – 26,000
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