BB Grooves: PARTYNEXTDOOR Debuts at No. 3 on Billboard 200

Drake hasn’t been atop the charts now for three weeks! While he had a shot to reclaim former glory, Suicide Squad kept the no. 1 spot warm for a second straight week.  Who scored the highest debut? That would be PARTYNEXTDOOR, a Drake protégé (no. 3). While Suicide Squad and Views seems to be ruining other artists’/albums’ chances at nos. 1 & 2, there are plenty of interesting chart stories to absorb this week.  The Billboard 200 dated September 3, 2016, here we go!

 

1. Suicide Squad: The Album retains the crown – it spends a second consecutive week at no. 1 on the Billboard 200.

 

2. Drake (Views) spends a third consecutive week at no. 2. Is the party over for Drizzy?

 

3. PARTYNEXTDOOR, a Drake protégé, sees PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) debut at no. 3, his highest charting position.

 

 

4. Justin Moore takes Kinda Don’t Care to no. 4.

 

5. DJ Khaled’s Major Key spends a third week in the top-10 (rises one spot from no. 7 to no. 6).

 

 

6. Rae Sremmurd scores a second top-10 album with Sremmlife 2, which debuts at no. 7. The platinum-certified The Sremmlife rebounds from no. 152 to no. 126 in its 85^th charting week.

 

 

7. Young The Giant sadly misses the top-10. Home of the Strange debuts at no. 12 on the Billboard 200.

 

8. Blake Shelton comes back down to earth as If I’m Honest slips from no. 4 to no. 13.

 

9. DJ Snake sees Encore slip 10 spots in its second week (no. 8 to no. 18).

 

 

10. Alternative/Underground rap duo Atmosphere takes Fishing Blues to no. 22.

 

11. Soundtrack Stranger Things, Volume One: A Netflix Original Series debuts at no. 24.

 

 

12. The Amity Affliction’s latest LP, This Could Be Heartbreak debuts quietly at no. 26.

 

13. Skillet takes a bit of a tumble. Unleashed slides from no. 3 to no. 25. OUCH!

 

14. Gucci Mane’s Everybody Looking drops 12 spots this week (no. 19 to no. 31).

 

15. Eric Church sees Mr. Misunderstood ascend 44 spots from no. 81 to no. 37. The album has charted for 42 weeks as of yet.

 

 

16. Cody Jinks’ I’m Not the Devil debuts at no. 39.

 

17. Panic! At The Disco loses a bit of steam. Death of a Bachelor slides from no. 24 to no. 41.

 

18. Keith Urban sees Ripcord improve 19 spots from no. 61 to no. 42.

 

19. The RCA-List debuts at no. 44.

 

 

20. Country newcomer Dylan Scott doesn’t receive the warmest of welcomes. Dylan Scott debuts lackadaisically at no. 46.

 

21. Lukas Graham’s self-titled debut ascends 12 spots from no. 59 to no. 47.

 

22. Blink-182 sees California fall 11 spots from no. 40 to no. 51.

 

23. Hillary Scott & The Scott Family sees Love Remains dip 31 spots from no. 28 to no. 59.

 

 

24. Logic sees Bobby Tarantino slide 18 spots from no. 43 to no. 61. Bobby Tarantino peaked at no. 12.

 

25. Epic AF continues its slide from no. 49 to no. 64.

 

 

26. Daya sees EP Daya jump 38 spots from no. 105 to no. 67.

 

27. Lil Uzi Vert’s The Perfect LUV Tape debuts at no. 68.

 

28. Blind Pilot’s And Then Like Lions debuts at no. 79.

 

29. The Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971 – 1975 leaps up the charts (no. 196 to no. 82) thanks to sale pricing on Google Play.

 

30. Housefires’ Housefires III debuts at no. 106.

 

31. YG sees Still Brazy improve after weeks of sliding. Still Brazy ascends modestly from no. 122 to no. 108.

 

 

32. Fantasia has another horrific week. The Definition Of… plunges 44 spots from no. 66 to no. 110. The album has charted just three weeks, debuting at no. 6.

 

33. Dan + Shay see their latest album Obsessed improve 21 spots from no. 132 to no. 111. Obsessed debuted at no. 8.

 

 

34. Jake Owen has an even worse week than Fantasia does. American Love free falls from no. 50 to no. 112. American Love started at no. 4 three weeks ago.

 

35. In its 15^th charting week, Mike Posner’s At Night, Alone. sits at no. 119.

 

 

36. Grace, who has a moderate hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “You Don’t Own Me,” isn’t quite experiencing the same success with her debut album. FMA slips from no. 114 to no. 134 this week. It has only charted for four weeks as of yet.

 

37. NEEDTOBREATHE continues an unexceptional chart run. HARD LOVE slips 10 more spots this week (no. 128 to no. 138).

 

38. After reentering the top-100, Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange slips 53 spots from no. 89 to no. 142. This should change next week with the release of Ocean’s sophomore album, Blonde.

 

 

39. Maxwell continues a horrific chart run. BlackSUMMERS’night slides from no. 103 to no. 167. It’s charted only seven weeks.

 

40. Marc E. Bassy sees thrilling EP Groovy People fall 28 spots from no. 148 to no. 176.

 

41. The Cadillac Three free fall in week two. Bury Me in My Boots slips from no. 34 to no. 182.

 

42. Chris Lane had a tepid debut with Girl Problems at no. 55. This week, the debut from the country singer slides dramatically to no. 188.

 

43. Surprisingly, Keith Sweat spends a fourth week on the Billboard 200 with Dress to Impress. That said, no. 190 isn’t impressive.

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