It’s his first debut at No. 1, and first chart-topper since “Tug of War” in 1982.
Paul McCartney achieves his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart in over 36 years, as his new studio effort, Egypt Station, bows atop the checklist.
The set, which was launched on Sept. 7 through MPL/Capitol Records, launches with a larger-than-expected 153,000 equal album models earned within the week ending Sept. 13 in accordance with Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 147,000 had been in conventional album gross sales.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most well-liked albums of the week within the U.S. based mostly on multi-metric consumption as measured in equal album models. Units are comprised of conventional album gross sales, observe equal albums (TEA) and streaming equal albums (SEA). The new Sept. 22-dated chart, the place Egypt Station debuts at No. 1, might be posted in full on Billboard‘s web sites on Tuesday, Sept. 18.
Of Egypt Station’s 153,000 models, the bulk had been powered by conventional album gross sales: 147,000 copies offered. The the rest was comprised of SEA models (5,000) and TEA models (1,000).
McCartney’s Eighth No. 1 Album: Egypt Station offers McCartney his eight No. 1 on the Billboard 200. He final led the checklist for 3 consecutive weeks in 1982 with Tug of War (on the May 29 by means of June 12-dated charts). McCartney’s tally of eight leaders contains his albums with Wings, a few of which had been credited to Paul McCartney & Wings (Red Rose Speedway; Band on the Run). Of course, McCartney can be a member of The Beatles, they usually nonetheless personal the document for probably the most No. 1s on the Billboard 200 with 19 chart-toppers. The Beatles final led the tally with the best hits assortment 1, which spent eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in December 2000 by means of February 2001.
McCartney’s First Debut at No. 1: Egypt Station is Macca’s first album to debut at No. 1. He had beforehand logged a pair of No. 2-debuting units with 1997’s Flaming Pie and 2001’s Wingspan: Hits and History. As an apart, The Beatles logged 4 No. 1 debuts, all with albums within the 1990s and 2000s: Anthology 1 (1995), Anthology 2 (1996) and Anthology 3 (1996) and 1 (2000). (It’s price noting that earlier than the chart started utilizing Nielsen Music’s electronically-tracked point-of-sale data in May of 1991, solely six albums debuted at No. 1.)
McCartney’s Biggest Sales Week in Over a Decade: As Egypt Station begins with 147,000 copies offered, it tallies McCartney his largest gross sales week for an album in over 10 years. He final posted a bigger gross sales body when Memory Almost Full debuted at No. Three with 161,000 copies offered on the chart dated June 23, 2007. Egypt Station’s launch was bolstered by gross sales from a live performance ticket/album sale redemption supply, in addition to quite a lot of merchandise/album bundle packages obtainable on McCartney’s official web site.
McCartney was in full-on promo mode through the album’s launch week, although the marketing campaign for the album actually began together with his Carpool Karaoke episode, which debuted on June 21 throughout CBS’ The Late Late Show With James Corden. The 23-minute lengthy phase has been seen greater than 32 million instances worldwide on YouTube. It was adopted by an hourlong CBS particular on Aug. 20 titled Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool, which included beforehand unreleased footage from their earlier karaoke shoot in June.
Around Egypt Station‘s launch day, McCartney made stops on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show (Sept. 5), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Sept. 6) and WTF With Marc Maron podcast (Sept. 6). He additionally partnered with YouTube for Live From NYC, a world reside stream efficiency from New York’s Grand Central Station on Sept. 7.
Egypt Station was led by its first single, “Come On to Me,” which turned McCartney’s first high 10 on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart in over 20 years. The observe has to this point peaked at No. 6 (Sept. 1-dated chart).
A 36-Year Gap Between No. 1s: Egypt Station’s No. 1 arrival comes 36 years, Three months and 10 days after Tug of War final led the checklist (June 12, 1982). That’s the longest hole between No. 1s for a residing artist within the historical past of the Billboard 200 chart. The solely act to have an extended wait between chart-toppers was Johnny Cash, who died on Sept. 12, 2003. Rather less than three years later, the posthumous launch American V: A Hundred Highways bowed at No. 1 on the checklist dated July 22, 2006 — 36 years, 10 months and 9 days after he was final atop the tally with Johnny Cash at San Quentin on Sept. 13, 1969.
No. 1s Spanning 48 Years: McCartney’s first No. 1 album got here together with his solo debut set McCartney, which topped the checklist dated May 23, 1970 and spent three weeks in a row at No. 1 (May 23 by means of June 6). Egypt Station ups McCartney’s span of No. 1s to 48 years, three months and 16 days. The longest span of No. 1s is owned by Barbra Streisand, with 51 years, 9 months and 20 days between People in 1964 and Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway in 2016.
Back on the brand new Billboard 200 chart, Eminem’s Kamikaze slips to No. 2 in its second chart week, incomes 136,000 models (down 69 p.c).
Lauren Daigle makes a splashy debut at No. Three together with her new studio album, Look Up Child, incomes the singer-songwriter her highest charting album and first high 10.
Look Up Child, which additionally debuts at No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums chart, begins with 115,000 equal album models. That’s the biggest general week for a Christian music album in 2018, and the largest for any Christian set for the reason that charts started rating albums by equal album models in late 2014. Of Daigle’s unit begin, 103,000 are in conventional album gross sales — the largest gross sales week for a Christian album in practically 9 years. The final Christian set to promote extra copies in a single week was Casting Crowns’ Until the Whole World Hears (167,000; Dec. 5, 2009-dated chart).
Look Up Child additionally logs the largest gross sales week for a Christian album by a lady in over 20 years. The final bigger gross sales body for a Christian set by a lady was tallied by LeAnn Rimes’ You Light Up My Life — Inspirational Songs, which offered 117,000 copies over the Christmas vacation week in 1997 (mirrored on the chart dated Jan. 17, 1998).
Look Up Child’s gross sales had been enhanced by a live performance ticket/album sale redemption supply and merchandise/album bundles, although the set additionally offered handsomely by means of conventional retail shops.
Look Up Child is the very best charting Christian music set (outlined as a title that additionally charted on, or was eligible to chart on, the Top Christian Albums chart) since NEEDTOBREATHE’s HARDLOVE reached No. 2 on Aug. 6, 2016. Daigle has the very best charting Christian album by a lady on the Billboard 200 since LeAnn Rimes’ You Light Up My Life dominated the chart for 3 nonconsecutive weeks in 1997 (Sept. 27, Oct. 18 and Nov. 1).
Daigle beforehand visited the Billboard 200 twice, with a pair of high 40-charting units: Behold: A Christmas Collection (No. 29 in 2016) and How Can It Be (No. 28 in 2016).
Rapper Russ debuts at No. four with Zoo, coming into with 79,000 models earned, of which 57,000 models had been in conventional album gross sales — each figures representing high-water marks for the artist. Like McCartney and Daigle, Russ additionally profited from a live performance ticket/album sale redemption supply in addition to merchandise/album bundle gross sales.
Zoo is Russ’ second high 10, following his first studio effort for Columbia Records, There’s Really a Wolf, which debuted and peaked at No. 7 with 49,000 models (24,000 in album gross sales) on the chart dated May 27, 2017.
Drake’s former No. 1 Scorpion falls 3-5 in its 11th week on the checklist, incomes 71,000 models (down 9 p.c).
Mac Miller’s Swimming jumps again into the highest 10, following Miller’s loss of life on Sept. 7, because the album vaults 71-6 with 67,000 models (up 634 p.c), of which 15,000 had been in conventional album gross sales (up 874 p.c). Swimming is Miller’s most up-to-date studio launch and debuted and peaked at No. Three on the Aug. 18-dated chart.
Travis Scott’s Astroworld falls 2-7 with 66,000 models (down 18 p.c) and Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys dips 6-Eight with 48,000 models (down 5 p.c).
Rap duo $uicideboy$ clock the third and closing debut within the high 10, because the act’s I Want to Die in New Orleans begins at No. 9 with 46,000 models (31,000 in conventional album gross sales). The album — the duo’s first go to to the Billboard 200 — bought a gross sales increase from quite a lot of merchandise/album bundles.
Ariana Grande wraps up the brand new high 10, as her Sweetener album descends 5-10 with 44,000 models (down 21 p.c).
