The rapper's new album sells 88,000 and logs his best sales week after surpassing his 2012 album 'Gravity' that peaked at No. 3 with 72,000.
- September 18, 2014
AceShowbiz -
Lecrae has his new album, "Anomaly", debut at No. 1 on Billboard 200. Selling 88,000 copies in its first week, according to sales figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, it marks the rapper's first LP to top the chart.
"Anomaly" is also the first chart-topping effort for his label, Reach Records. Additionally, it posts Lecrae's best sales week, surpassing his "Gravity" that debuted and peaked at No. 3 with 72,000 back in 2012.
Next on Billboard 200, last week's first placer, Maroon 5's "V", slips to No. 2 after selling additional 80,000 units. Trailing behind Adam Levine and Co. is Jhene Aiko, whose debut full-length "Souled Out" arrives at No. 3 with 70,000.
Ryan Adams' self-titled album opens at No. 4 with 45,000 and gives the rocker his highest-charting album on Billboard 200. His previous highest-charting albums were 2007's "Easy Tiger" and 2011's "Ashes & Fire" which both peaked at No. 7. Closing out the top 5 is country singer Lee Brice's "I Don't Dance" that comes with 38,000 units sold.
Young Jeezy's "Seen It All: The Autobiography" falls from last week's No. 2 to this week's No. 6 with 33,000 sold in its second week. Interpol's "El Pintor" bows at No. 7 with 31,000. Dustin Lynch is the sixth newcomer on the list as his "Where It's at" debuts at No. 8 with 31,000. Meanwhile, the soundrack of "Guardians of the Galaxy" plunges from No. 3 to No. 9 with 30,000.
The last spot in the top 10 is occupied by Robert Plant's "Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar". Marking the musician's eighth album as a solo artist, it sells 29,000 in its first week.
- "Anomaly" - Lecrae (88,000)
- "V" - Maroon 5 (80,000)
- "Souled Out" - Jhene Aiko (70,000)
- "Ryan Adams" - Ryan Adams (45,000)
- "I Don't Dance" - Lee Brice (38,000)
- "Seen It All: The Autobiography" - Young Jeezy (33,000)
- "El Pintor" - Interpol (31,000)
- "Where It's at" - Dustin Lynch (31,000)
- "Guardians of the Galaxy" Soundtrack - Various Artists (30,000)
- "Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar" - Robert Plant (31,000)