Polo G Lands First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with 'Hall Of
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Bulletin YOUR DAILY ENTERTAINMENT NEWS UPDATE JUNE 21, 2021 Page 1 of 26 INSIDE Polo G Lands First No. 1 Album • BTS’ ‘Butter’ Tops Hot 100 For Fourth Week, Becoming on Billboard 200 Chart With Group’s Longest Leading No. 1 ‘Hall of Fame’ • Vivendi’s Universal BY KEITH CAULFIELD Music to Sell 10 Percent Stake to Bill Ackman SPAC, olo G lands his first No. 1 album on the Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums Valuing Label Billboard 200 as Hall of Fame opens atop (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each at $40B the tally, earning 143,000 equivalent album unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks units earned in the U.S. in the week ending sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 • DOJ Forced Endeavor’s Emanuel, PJune 17, according to MRC Data. All three of the rap- paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video Shapiro Off Live per’s charting albums have reached the top 10. streams generated by songs from an album. The new Nation Board Over The 20-track Hall of Fame, released on June 11 via June 26, 2021-dated chart (where Hall of Fame debuts 2010 Ticketing Deal Columbia Records, contains Polo G’s first No. 1 single at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s website on • Alejandro Duque on the Billboard Hot 100, “Rapstar,” which spent June 22. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @ to Be Warner Music two weeks at No. 1 (April 24 and May 1, 2021-dated billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. Latin America’s charts). The album also boasts guests such as The Kid Of Hall of Fame’s 143,000 equivalent album units New President LAROI, Lil Durk, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Roddy earned in the tracking week ending June 17, SEA units • On Racial Diversity Ricch, Pop Smoke, Rod Wave and Young Thug. comprise 124,000 (equaling 181.9 million on-demand Test, BMAC Says Hall of Fame leads a busy week in the top 10 on streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise Industry Is Barely the Billboard 200, as Migos’ Culture III starts at No. 18,000 (aided in part by deep discounting of the set Passing: ‘Average 2, TWICE’s Taste of Love debuts at No. 6, Bo Burn- at digital retail for a portion of the week) and TEA Isn’t Good Enough’ ham’s Inside (The Songs) jumps 116-7 after its first full units comprise a little over 1,000. Polo G previously • My First Show tracking week of activity, and Maroon 5’s Jordi bows hit the top 10 with The Goat (No. 2 in 2020) and Die a Back: Canyon Club at No. 8. Legend (No. 6 in 2019). Owner Lance Sterling The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular Rap trio Migos debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 on Hosting the albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric with Culture III, earning 130,500 equivalent album Foo Fighters consumption as measured in equivalent album units. (continued) TOTAL IMMERSION ESSENTIAL ANALYSIS of the latest business topics and trends formulated to give industry players the competitive advantage in a rapidly changing market. EXCLUSIVE QUARTERLY REPORTS that deliver in-depth, holistic reporting; case studies; and custom data designed to serve the industry. A DEEP DIVE LIBRARY stocked with intelligence on fan data, SUBSCRIBE TO BILLBOARD PRO FOR song catalog sales, TV synchs, Africa’s burgeoning music ACCESS TO NEW REPORTS business and the gaming industry’s embrace of artists. 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It bows with 37,000 equivalent comprise 22,500 and TEA units comprise Like many K-pop releases, the CD edition of album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units nearly 2,000. the album was issued in multiple collectible comprise 20,000 (equaling 27.64 million Culture III was initially released on June packages (four, including a Target-exclusive on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), 11 as a 19-track album, but was bolstered edition), each with assorted internal paper album sales comprise 15,000 and TEA units be a deluxe edition release on June 17 that goods and randomized elements. Of the comprise 2,000. All seven of Maroon 5’s full- added five extra tracks. Like Polo G’s Hall of album’s 43,000 copies sold, the CD edi- length studio albums have reached the top Fame, Culture III was also deeply discounted tions combined sold 39,000. The rest of the 10, stretching back to the act’s debut, Songs at digital retail for a portion of the tracking sales came from the album’s digital down- About Jane, which peaked at No. 6 in 2004. week. Culture III and Hall of Fame have the load. Taste of Love is the first top 10 for the Rounding out the new top 10 are two second-and-third-biggest sales weeks (22,500 nine-member act. former No. 1s: Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s and 18,000) for hip-hop albums in 2021, Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs) jumps Pain, which falls 6-9 with 34,000 equiva- trailing only the debut frame of J. Cole’s The from No. 116 to No. 7 after its first full track- lent album units earned (down 11%), and J. Off-Season (37,000; May 29-dated chart). ing week of activity, earning 37,000 equiva- Cole’s The Off-Season, slipping 4-10 with Culture III is Migos’ third album to reach lent album units (up 330%). Of that sum, just under 34,000 units (down 22%). the top two on the Billboard 200, follow- SEA units comprise 33,000 (equaling 44.71 ing Culture and Culture II (both No. 1, in million on-demand streams of the album’s 2017 and 2018, respectively). tracks), album sales comprise 3,000 and A trio of former No. 1 albums lines up TEA units comprise less than 1,000. The next on the new Billboard 200: Olivia album bowed on the list a week ago after Rodrigo’s Sour falls 2-3 (122,000 equivalent one day of activity, as it was released on album units earned; down 15%), Lil Durk Thursday (June 10), the final day of that and Lil Baby’s The Voice of the Heroes dips chart’s tracking week. Inside (The Songs) is 1-4 in its second week (73,000 units; down the companion album to Burnham’s Netflix 52%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The special Bo Burnham: Inside, which pre- Double Album descends 3-5 (50,000 units; miered on May 30. down less than 1%). Inside (The Songs) is categorized as a K-pop girl group TWICE debuts at No. 6 comedy album and is the first such album with Taste of Love, with 46,000 equivalent to reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album units earned. Of that sum, album since the chart dated Aug. 22, 2015, when Lil sales comprise 43,000 (making it the top Dicky’s Professional Rapper debuted and selling album of the week), SEA units peaked at No. 7. AUTHORITATIVE INTELLIGENCE. DELIVERED DIGITALLY. CLICK HERE FOR FREE DELIVERY DIGITAL NEWSLETTERS 2021 R&B/HIP HOP POWER ISSUE R&B/Hip-Hop dominates every other genre claiming a quarter of all music consumption. On August 7th, Billboard will publish its 5th annual R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players list showcasing the producers, creatives, executives and publishers who have made R&B/Hip-Hop the hottest genre on earth. Advertise and congratulate the people who are driving this industry and reach an influential audience of decision-makers in music and pop culture. 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