BB Grooves: Kings of Leon No. 1 on Billboard 200

Kings of Leon easily top the Billboard 200 with Walls, their first no. 1 album.  The Game (1992) and JoJo (Mad Love) also score top-10 debuts.

Kings of Leon earns top honors on the Billboard 200.  For the first time in their career, the band sits at no. 1.  Walls easily topped in a week where the competition was slight.  The Game (1992) and JoJo (Mad Love) joins Kings of Leon for top-10 honors, but with less impressive numbers. There are a number of intriguing stories from the Billboard 200 dated November 5, 2016.

 

 

 

1. Kings of Leon earn their first no. 1 album with Walls.

 

2. Drake (Views) returns to no. 2, 25 weeks in.

 

 

3. The Game (1992) debuts at no. 4.

 

 

4. After a 10-year hiatus, JoJo returns with Mad Love, which lands at no. 6.

 

5. Hamilton returns to the top 10 (no. 11 to no. 7).

 

6. Travis Scott returns to the top 10 with Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, rising from no. 12 to no. 9.

 

 

7. Green Day slips from no. 1 to no. 10. Revolution Radio wasn’t too revolutionary in week two.

 

8. Norah Jones (Day Breaks) slides from no. 2 to no. 11.

 

9. Blackberry Smoke takes Like An Arrow to no. 12 on the Billboard 200.

 

10. Hillsong debuts at no. 14 with latest offering, Let There Be Light.

 

 

11. Solange slips nine spots from no. 6 to no. 15. As of yet, A Seat at the Table has spent three weeks on the Billboard 200.

 

12. Florida Georgia Line (Dig Your Roots) re-enters the top 20, rising from no. 21 to no. 17.

 

13. The RCA-List (Revised) ascends to a new peak position (no. 29 to no. 21).

 

14. Beyoncé regains some ground with Lemonade, ascending from no. 30 to no. 22.

 

 

15. Rae Sremmurd sees SremmLife 2 make big tains from no. 43 to no. 26.

 

 

16. Sabrina Carpenter (Evolution) debuts at no. 28.

 

17. OneRepublic takes a horrid tumble. Oh My My slips from no. 3 to no. 30.

 

18. The Dillinger Escape Plan takes Dissociation to no. 31.

 

19. Johnnyswim (Georgica Pond) debuts at no. 34.

 

20. Kidz Bop 33 debuts tepidly at no. 40.

 

 

21. Gucci Mane puts Woptober on the charts at no. 43.

 

22. Lil Uzi Vert takes Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World to no. 44. That’s a gain of 18 spots and a new peak position for the project. Similarly, The Perfect LUV Tape rises from no. 80 to no. 55.

 

23. Bon Iver continues to drop in impact. 22, A Million slides from no. 23 to no. 46 in its third week.

 

 

24. Lauren Daigle (How Can It Be) improves from no. 117 to no. 58.

 

25. The Trolls soundtrack improves 14 spots from no. 73 to no. 59.

 

26. Chris Young quietly released It Must Be Christmas, debuting modestly at no. 62.

 

 

27. Jon Bellion re-enters the top 100 as The Human Condition rises from no. 101 to no. 69.

 

28. Conor Oberst takes Ruminations to no. 72.

 

 

29. Two Door Cinema Club takes the Gameshow to a modest no. 79.

 

30. Meghan Trainor dips 19 spots as Thank You falls from no. 64 to no. 83.

 

31. Bruce Springsteen compilation Chapter And Verse continues to lose steam. This week it free falls from no. 49 to no. 85.

 

 

32. BTS’ Wings drops 80 spots from no. 26 to no. 106.

 

 

33. The Naked And Famous (Simple Forms) starts at no. 110.

 

34. The 1975 sees notable gains this week as I Like It When You Sleep… improves from no. 197 to no. 120.

 

35. Van Morrison slides from no. 58 to no. 128. The chart stay for Keep Me Singing looks to be short.

 

 

36. Red Fang takes Only Ghosts to no. 143.

 

 

37. Alter Bridge (The Last Hero) plummets from no. 8 to no. 146 in week two.

 

38. Tenth Avenue North (Followers) debuts at no. 151.

 

39. Phantogram (Three) plummets from no. 9 to no. 172 in week two.

 

 

40. Dance Gavin Dance sees Mothership slide from no. 13 to no. 182.

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