Cyrus Langhorne
Top Dawg Entertainment's Kendrick Lamar is set to repeat atop the music sales charts with second-week numbers around 100,000 copies.
Based on one-day estimates, K. Dot’s To Pimp a Butterfly and a flurry of other notable albums should land on the music sales chart.
Kendrick Lamar will repeat at #1 next week with a total that should be north of 100k on both our SPS and Sales charts. Here are this week’s key debuts:
Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 40-45k SPS/35-40k Albums
Action Bronson (Atlantic) 37-42k/40-45k
Earl Sweatshirt (Columbia) 30-35k/28-32k (HITS Daily Double)
Check out how many albums Kendrick sold in week one on the next page…
After a surprise release last week, Lamar’s new LP sold just over 360,000 copies.
The album — which was initially slated to bow on March 27 but was pushed forward to a March 16 release — starts with 363,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 22, according to Nielsen Music. Lamar’s last album, 2012’s good kid, m.A.A.d city, debuted and peaked at No. 2, selling 241,000 copies. (Billboard)
According to reports, K. Dot’s To Pimp a Butterfly is resting atop its competition on the United Kingdom sales chart.
U.S. rapper Kendrick Lamar scored his first British number one album on Sunday when his “To Pimp A Butterfly” knocked Sam Smith‘s “In the Lonely Hours” off the top spot in its first week of release, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday. Lamar’s follow-up to his 2012 debut had already broken global records for music streaming service Spotify when it was streamed more than 9.6 million times on the service on Monday. (Reuters)
G.O.O.D. Music head Kanye West, Pusha T and rap veteran Bun B took to their Twitter pages to applaud K. Dot’s newest solo offering last week.
U put together a helluva movie my maaaan… @Kendricklamar #Congrats #ToPimpAButterfly
— King Push (@PUSHA_T) March 16, 2015
Kendrick wins because there's no fear. Of man or the machine. This is how you truly strive for greatness.
— Bun B (@BunBTrillOG) March 16, 2015
Just got finish listening to TPAB I didn’t find anything Earth shattering about it, that said it was above average and insightful.
Mr. Wonderful imo a far more entertaining album as far as holding my interest and replay value.
I concur.
luv the Kendrick album! it was different and needed very soulful! i luv Bronson but was skeptical but thanks to you im now listening!!!
TPAB ain’t as tough as I thought it would be
King Kunta
Alright
Free?
on repeat!
dope album
Better than his last album
Really? Everyone thought GKMC was a classic. I thought it was alright so I guess it wasnt hard to top.
I respect it as a classic but at the same time I felt like it was kind of overrated. This new one touches on bigger subjects and goes further musically imho.