Country superstar Luke Bryan kept his star status alive this week thanks to Kill The Lights. His newest album earned a second consecutive week at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart.
Bryan is the first country artist to accomplish this feat since... Luke Bryan. The singer did it two years ago with his previous album, Crash My Party during September 2013, according to Billboard.
Lights moved 99,000 total units in its second week. During its first week, the album moved a stunning 345,000 units (with 320,000 of that from actual album sales).
Ed Sheeran’s X jumped all the way up to No. 2 with 97,000 units. That was thanks to his Aug. 16 NBC special, plus a 99-cent discount on the Google Play store. It is the highest ranking for the singer’s second album since February. It has stayed in the Top 10 for 14 consecutive weeks and has never been outside of the Top 30.
While Dr. Dre’s Compton only slid from No. 2 to No. 3 in its second week, it only moved 51,000 units. That’s a whopping 83 percent drop from its debut week, when it moved 295,000 units.
N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton album jumped to No. 4 with 44,000 units, thanks to the hit movie of the same name.
There were only two new releases in the Top 10 this week. Melanie Martinez of The Voice hit No. 6 with Cry Baby and Bullet For My Valentine’s Venom started at No. 8.
Here’s the full Top 10: (*new releases)
1. Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights (99,000 units)
2. Ed Sheeran, X (97,000)
3. Dr. Dre, Compton (51,000)
4. N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton (44,000)
5. Now 55 (40,000)
6. Melanie Martinez, Cry Baby* (40,000)
7. Taylor Swift, 1989 (32,000)
8. Bullet For My Valentine, Venom* (28,000)
9. Future, DS2 (28,000)
10. Sam Hunt, Montevallo (28,000)
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