The Throne have proven that the succes of their ‘Watch The Throne’ LP was definitely not a fluke as it has captured the top spot on the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week. However, the album has long way to go before it matches the accomplishments of Adele’s ’21′, which has now sold over 3 million copies in the US.
‘Watch The Throne’ experienced an expected 59% sales dip this week by selling 177K. The record has sold over 613K copies since being released in on August 8th and was honored with a gold certification after only 2 weeks.
However, this accomplishment pales in comparison to to achievements of Adele’s ’21′, which sold over 80K units in the last 7 days (up 10%) for a new total of 3.06 million. The LP has been deemed as the fastest-selling album in over 6 years, reaching the 3 million mark quicker than any release since 2005.
Meanwhile, on the Billboard Hot 100, Katy Perry’s record-breaking ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)’ has landed at #1 for a second week whereas Lil Wayne’s ‘She Will’ entered at #3, tying him with Mariah Carey for having the second most top 10 debuts with 5 singles.
See the leading Urban/Pop releases from the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:
Billboard 200
1. The Throne – ‘Watch The Throne’ – 117K (total: 613 K)
2. Adele – ’21′ – 80K (total: 3.06M)
9. Beyonce – ’4′ – 25K (total: 679k)
Bonus
12. Lady Gaga – ‘Born This Way’ – 20K (total: 1.71 M)
15. Katy Perry – ‘Teenage Dream’ – 17K (total: 1.72 M)
27. Kelly Rowland – ‘Here I Am’ – 12K (131K)
29. Adele – ’19′ – 12K (total: 1.31 M)
37. Nicki Minaj – ‘Pink Friday’ – 10K (total: 1.54 M)
38. Rihanna – ‘Loud’ – 10K (1.42 M)
43. Eminem – ‘Recovery’ – 9K (total: 4 M)
Billboard Hot 100
1. Katy Perry – ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)’
2. LMFAO - ’Party Rock Anthem (Ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock)’
3. Lil Wayne – ‘She Will’
4. Maroon 5 – ‘Moves Like Jagger (Ft. Christina Aguilera)’
5. Nicki Minaj – ‘Super Bass’
6. Bad Meets Evil – ‘Lighters’
9. Lil Wayne – ‘How To Love’
10. Britney Spears – ‘I Wanna Go’
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The Throne won’t be seeing Adele’s sales and funny that within 2 wks Ye and Jay’s cd has almost sold as much as Beyonce with less promo, vids etc, How Ironic!
Gaga my see that 2mil maybe by next year.
Wow lil wayne’s newer singles are doing well on the charts. He should be able to snag the top spot on the album chart even with the leak.
@Entertainer
That’s because two fanbases are buying that album.
These album sales sure do drop drastically in the second week lately!
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