1 on the July 14-dated tally) and Travis Scott’s Astroworld (537,000 in its debut frame, Aug. The only bigger weeks were logged by Drake’s Scorpion (732,000 units when it debuted at No. Third-Biggest Week for an Album in 2018: As Tha Carter V bows with 480,000 units earned, it registers the third-largest week for an album in 2018. In total, Tha Carter V is Lil Wayne’s 15th entry on the list and 11th top 10. 1 in 2010) and Tha Carter III (three weeks at No.

1 in 2011), I Am Not a Human Being (one week at No. He previously topped the tally with Tha Carter IV (two weeks at No. 1: Tha Carter V is Lil Wayne’s fourth leader on the Billboard 200. The rest of the title’s opening overall unit sum is comprised of album sales totaling 141,000 and TEA units equaling 14,000. Of Tha Carter V’s 480,000 units, most were driven by SEA units: 325,000.

1 - will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday. 13-dated chart - where Tha Carter V debuts at No. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. Further, Tha Carter V also opens with the second-biggest streaming week ever for an album, with 433 million on-demand audio streams logged for its songs in its first week. That sum is the third-largest week for an album in 2018. 28 via Young Money/Republic Records, makes a splash with 480,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Tha Carter V debuts atop the tally.

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