Travis Scott’s ‘Days Before Rodeo’ Soars to No. 1 on Billboard 200

Travis Scott’s 2014 Mixtape Days before the rodeo reaches No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated September 28), jumping 106-1 after its vinyl editions, sold exclusively on the artist’s web store, were shipped to customers. The set earned 156,000 equivalent album units in the US in the tracking week ending September 19 (up 1,295%), according to Luminate.

Of that sum, traditional album sales comprise 150,000 (making it the best-selling album of the week; it is number one in mainstream album sales). Vinyl sales account for 149,000 of that sales figure – Scott’s biggest vinyl week. It’s also the biggest week on vinyl for a rap album, as well as the sixth-biggest week on vinyl across all genres, since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991.

Days before the rodeo marks Scott’s fourth No. 1, all earned consecutively. He previously topped the list with Utopia (2023), astroworld (2018) and Birds in the trap sings McKnight (2016).

Days before the rodeo It was initially a free release in 2014. On August 23, it was released commercially for the first time and officially made its streaming debut. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 on September 7 with 361,000 units earned in the week ending August 29, largely thanks to the strength of album sales (331,000, primarily from album sales digital downloads). The album then dropped to #30 in its second week, and then to #106, before jumping to #1 in its fourth week of release.

The vinyl sales that took Scott to No. 1 began generating pre-orders through his official webstore before the album was released on August 23 via streaming, as a digital download and on CD. It was available in two vinyl variants (a standard edition and a deluxe edition in expanded packaging), as well as two box sets (one containing a hoodie and the standard vinyl and another containing a t-shirt and the deluxe vinyl), and in two Fan Pack offers (one with a hoodie and the standard vinyl and another with a t-shirt and the deluxe vinyl).

No wide retail release beyond Scott’s webstore has been announced for any physical format of the album.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the US based on multi-metric consumption measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. The units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit is equivalent to the sale of one album, or 10 individual tracks sold from one album, or 3,750 official ad-supported on-demand audio and video streams, or 1,250 payouts/subscriptions generated by songs from one album. The new chart dated September 28, 2024 will be published in full on Billboardon Tuesday, September 24. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of the 156,000 equivalent album units obtained by Days before the rodeo In the latest tracking week, album sales amount to 150,000 (up 4,608%), SEA units comprise 6,000 (down 25%, equivalent to 7.94 million official on-demand streams of the songs of the album) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum (a 30% decrease). .

Days before the rodeo is the second album of 2024 to reach No. 1 without debuting at the top of the chart. Toby Keith 35 greatest hits it re-entered the chart dated February 17 at number 1, after his death; The album had previously debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 2008. Before Keith and Scott, the last album to be No. 1 without debuting at No. 1 was Charm soundtrack, which debuted at #197 on the chart dated December 11, 2021 and then rose to #1 on the chart dated January 15, 2022, spending nine non-consecutive weeks at #1.

Days before the rodeo It also has the biggest jump to No. 1 since the April 30, 2022 chart; when Tyler, the Creator Call me if you get lost It returned to the top, flying 120-1 after its vinyl release.

Sabrina Carpenter short and sweet falls to No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 (108,000 equivalent album units; down 8%) after spending its first three weeks atop the chart. It remains at #1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart for a fourth week.

Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess no move at No. 3 (64,000 equivalent album units; up 13%); Post Malone’s former number one F-1 billion drops 2-4 (60,000; 16% drop); Morgan Wallen’s success one thing at a time falls 4-5 (52,000; less than 1%); and Taylor Swift’s former frontman The Department of Tortured Poets drops 5-6 (51,000; less than 1%).

Eminem’s success The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) returns to the top 10, rising 42-7, following its deluxe reissue and CD release. The album was reissued through digital download services and streamers on September 13 with bonus tracks, while its original standard album was issued on two CD variants on the same day. In the monitoring week ending September 19, The death of Slim Shady earned 48,000 equivalent album units (an increase of 180%). Of that sum, album sales comprise 24,000 (an increase of 3,328%), SEA units comprise 23,000 (an increase of 43%; equivalent to 31.64 million official on-demand streams of the album’s songs), and TEA units comprise 1,000 (an increase of 210%).

Completing the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 are Billie Eilish Hit me hard and soft (6-8 with 44,000 equivalent album units; down 5%), Noah Kahan stick season (8-9 with 38,000; up 2%) and Zach Bryan’s The great American bar scene (7-10 with almost 38,000; 1% less).

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