American Rapper Travis Scott rockets to N°1 on the Global Album Chart this week with his third studio album 'Astroworld' with massive sales of 650,000 in equivalent units! 'Astroworld' shifted 537,000 copies in the US alone, 27,000 in Canada, 19,000 in the UK, around 10,000 in Germany, 8,300 in France, and 7,600 in Australia! Astroworld is Scott's 3rd studio and features guest vocals from Kid Cudi, FrankOcean, Drake, The Weeknd, Swae Lee, 21 Savage and Quavo among others. The album, powered by its 2 lead Singles "Sicko Mode" and "Butterfly Effect", debuted at #1 this week on the US Billboard 200 with 537,000 album-equivalent units, of which 270,000 came from pure sales. On August 10, 2018, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Astroworld opened at N°1 in Australia, his first N°1 on the ARIA chart. Tha Album debuted at N°1 In Canada, after selling 27,000 album-equivalent units in its 1st week and debuted at #3 on the UK Official Albums Chart, becoming the rapper's first top ten album in Gt. Britain. 'Astroworld' is also N°1 in Belgium, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden, N°2 in Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland, and #4 in Austria and Germany!
New entry at #2 for 'Umi No Oh, Yeah!', a new best-of compilation by the legendary Japanese rock band #SouthernAllStars with sales of 325,000 in its 1st week according to Oricon, Japan.
Drake's 'Scorpion' slips to #3 after 5 weeks at N°1 selling another 189,000 copies this week and a total of 2,47 million after six weeks on the chart.
The Soundtrack 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!' slips one spot to #4 after selling another 107.000 equivalent sales and a total of 401.000 so far while Post Malone's 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' sells another 95.000 in equivalent sales this week and 2.621.000 since its release 15 weeks ago!
New entry for Mac Miller's 'Swimming' with 85.000 equivalent sales in its 1st week while #XXXTentacion's '?' slips one spot to #7 after selling another 70.000 equivalent sales this week and a total of 1.680.000 so far!
The Greatest Showman Soundtrack slips 7 - 8 after selling 67.000 equivalent sales this week and 4.114.000 so far.
New entry for YG's 'Stay Dangerous' which sold 66.000 equivalent sales in its 1st week and closing this week's Top 10 is Ed Sheeran's Divide after selling another 64.000 equivalent sales in its 71st week on the chart and a grand total of 12.559.000 since its release!
Drake's Scorpion scores another 222,000 equivalent sales this past week and tops the Global chart for a 5th consecutive week selling a grand total of 2,28 million so far. 'Scorpion' is the 3rd best-selling Album of 2018, behind Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' (2,86 million) and the soundtrack to 'The Greatest Showman' (3,93 million)!
Japananes Rock Band EXILE debuts at #2 with 'Star Of Wish' after selling 148,000 equivalent units according to Oricon!
The 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!' Soundtrack holds at #3 after selling another 117.000 equivalent sales this week and Post Malone's 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' holds at #4 after selling another 99.000 equivalent units this week and 2.526.000 since its release 14 weeks ago!
New entry at #5 for Kenny Chesney's 'Songs For The Saints', his 17th studio album, which sold 79.000 equivalent units this 1st week!
Xxxtentacion's 'Bad Vibes Forever' holds at #6 after selling another 75.000 equivalent units and 1.610.000 so far and The Greatest Showman Soundtrack holds at #7 after selling another 73.000 units this past week and 4.047.000 so far!
Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' rises 10 - 8 with 60.000 equivalent sales this week and a total of 12.495.000. It's the third best-selling album of the Decade, after Adele's '21' which sold 29,21 million copies so far and '25' which sold 21,56 million!
Seventeens 'You Make Me Cry' holds at #9 after selling another 56.000 equivalent units this week and a total of 396.000 so far and Juice WRLD's 'Goodbye & Good Riddance' holds at #10 after selling 52.000 equivalent units this past week and 418.000 so far!
Drake's 'Scorpion' is the World's best-selling Album for a 3rd consecutive week after moving another 372.000 equivalent units last week, 260.000 of that In the US, 29,000 in Canada and the UK, and 8,000 in France!
'Scorpion continues to score on streaming services! In its first day of release, Scorpion broke Spotify's one-day global record for album streams with 132.45 million streams, more than 50 million plays greater than the previous record, set by Post Malone's 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' two months earlier. It also broke Apple Music's single-day record with 170 million streams, breaking Drake's own record set with 'More Life'. In the United States, Scorpion opened atop the Billboard 200 with 732,000 album-equivalent units, which included 160,000 pure album sales, making it the biggest first week of the year breaking the country's all time streaming record with 745.92 million streams in its first week! In its 1st three weeks atop the Billboard 200, Scorpion sold a total of 1.32 million album-equivalent units in the United States. Its about to top the chart for a 4th straight week!
In the UK, the Album debuted at N°1 on the UK Albums Chart, with 64,000 album-equivalent units, becoming Drake's second number-one on that chart. It remained atop the UK chart for 3 consecutive weeks! 'Scorpion' has also topped the Official Album chart in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland!
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