Jul

25

2012

US Charts: Nas Tops Billboard 200 As Frank Ocean Slips

Written by Trent | Filed under Adele,Charts,David Guetta,Frank Ocean,Justin Bieber,Katy Perry,Pink,Rihanna

Nas’ ‘Life is Good’ album cover.

Frank Ocean’s ‘channel ORANGE’ debut at #2 on the Billboard 200 on the strength of digital sales alone and many predicted that when the record was made available in physical form that it would maintain its chart lead. However, Nas ended all hopes of that occurrence as his ‘Life is Good’ set has nabbed to top slot with a considerable lead.

Nas’ ‘Life is Good’ debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 149K copies sold, thus becoming his sixth chart-topping LP. Among Hip-Hop artists with the most #1 sets, the music veteran is ranked behind only his longtime friendly rival Jay-Z, who has notched 12 pole position albums throughout his career – the most for any solo act.

Ocean, on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky as ‘channel ORANGE’, dipped to #4 on the Billboard 200. The record sold another 54K copies this week for a new total of 185K and previous claims about its previously limited release hindering its sales were effectively disproven.

See the leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. Nas – ‘Life is Good’ – 149K (debut)

2. Zac Brown Band – ‘Uncaged’ – 78K (total: 312K)

3. Various Artists – ‘Kidz Bop 22′ – 64K (debut)

4. Frank Ocean – ‘channel ORANGE’ – 54K (total: 185K)

5. Justin Bieber – ‘Believe’ – 45K (total: 649K)

6. Phil Collins - ‘Hits’ – 40K (total: unavailable)

7. One Direction - ‘Up All Night’ – 36K (total: 1.01K)

8. Various Artists – ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ – 33K (debut)

9. Adele – ’21′ – 33K (total: 9.60 M)

10. Maroon 5 - ‘Overexposed’ – 29K (total: 363K)

 

Billboard Hot 100

1. Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘Call Me Maybe’

2. Maroon 5 – ‘Payphone (Ft. Wiz Khalifa)’

3. Katy Perry – ‘Wide Awake’

4. Ellie Goulding – ‘Lights’

5. Gotye’s – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know (Ft. Kimbra)’

6. Flo Rida – ‘Whistle’

7. Rihanna – ‘Where Have You Been’

8. David Guetta – ‘Titanium (Ft. Sia)’

9. Usher – ‘Scream’

10. Pink – ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’

Watch the video for one of Nas’ singles from ‘Life is Good’, ‘Daughters’, below:

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13 Comments

1. MmmHmm says:

   July 25, 2012 at 8:21 pm

   
   

   IM ALL OVER FRANK OCEANS STANS/FANS/WANNA BE LOVER OF HIS!!! THEY’RE TOO INSANE! HERE IS A TIP: KNOW ACTUAL STUFF ABOUT HIM LIKE HIS CURRENT & OLD MUSIC BEFORE YOU DEFEND SOMEONE YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT JUST BC YOU WANT HIS DICK!!!
2. pcm says:

   July 25, 2012 at 8:38 pm

   
   

   lawd adele is in the top 10. the album that won’t quit.
3. Ugh says:

   July 25, 2012 at 8:43 pm

   
   

   @ MmmHmm, the majority of them are just bandwagoners
4. Ugh says:

   July 25, 2012 at 8:46 pm

   
   

   Pink always does a good job. good to see her up there. Tired of this Adele album. i still don’t see the hype
5. Girrrl says:

   July 25, 2012 at 9:18 pm

   
   

   Yay I bought Nas’ album and I’m glad it exceeded expectations. Also glad that the Frank Ocean bandwagon fans are silenced for now.
6. ni says:

   July 25, 2012 at 9:30 pm

   
   

   Trent… Frank was #1 on Billboard R&B/Hip Hop not on Billboard 200 that was Zac Brown Band. Im sure this is just an oversight. (lol). I know how hard you ride for him. Nas will be #1 on Billboard 200 and R&B/HipHop. Frank had the possibility to be the next Maxwell/Sade but his team screw that up with controversy to sell cds instead of his talent. Just terrible. Oh well.
7. iamMARIAH says:

   July 25, 2012 at 11:48 pm

   
   

   What the hell. I love me some Adele but who in the hell is still buying her a year later.. That don’t make no since!! Adele is really setting fire to the rain.
8. LindseyMari says:

   July 26, 2012 at 12:02 am

   
   

   LOL @ “Adele is really setting fire to the rain.” You ain’t lying though. Didn’t it get released in 2010? It seems like she’s sold enough albums for everyone on the planet to have 3 copies by now.
9. FOLLOW ME @gdboyratedloud says:

   July 26, 2012 at 12:20 am

   
   

   How does this silence his fans??? Where’s Breezy and Usher on the Billboard 200? o…
10. jesse says:

    July 26, 2012 at 12:27 am

    
    

    IMMA GET NAS’ CD CUZ I READ IT WAS GOOD.
11. MC says:

    July 26, 2012 at 11:38 am

    
    

    @LindseyMari lol
12. Secret Voice says:

    July 27, 2012 at 1:17 am

    
    

    Actually in America Frank’s cd was not sold in Walmart or Target and he had 15,000 cd’s sold by Amazon which will not be in the count but he actually sold 146,000 cd’s the first week. The thing that is even more interesting is that he did better than more mainstream artists with songs all over the radio. So glad there are actually people who are into the talent….

    I’m sick of people who are fans of other artists who are not doing as well as Frank is doing speaking on Frank’s fans as if you are some authority on us. Look we get that you don’t like Frank for whatever but don’t hate on Frank because he actually has talent and is out doing your fave….
13. Secret Voice says:

    July 27, 2012 at 1:26 am

    
    

    FOLLOW ME @gdboyratedloud—-Exactly!

    Most of the people ragging on Frank are fans of both the artists you named and they are mad because Frank is actually doing better than they are. Some of these fools act like Frank has done something to them personally. Frank is on tour and selling out his concerts and he can ACTUALLY sing live and I should know because I saw him recently in my city.

    I have been a fan of Frank’s since Nostalgia,ULTRA but I’m so glad that more people who’d not heard of him are so impressed with him once they get to hear his talent because people are blown away by him on twitter.Many hadn’t heard of him because many labels just don’t promote their artists.

    Keep striving Frank and let a hater hate….