BB Grooves: Suicide Squad Debuts at No. 1

‘Suicide Squad’ easily debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200.  ‘Suicide Squad’ replaces DJ Khaled (‘Major Key’) at no. 1.

For a second consecutive week, there is a new no. 1 album on the Billboard 200.  After the top-spot had been dominated by Drake (Views), last week, DJ Khaled (Major Key) ended the run.  This week, the soundtrack to box office hit Suicide Squad easily debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200.  What’s amazing is how big the gap between the impact of albums nos. 1 and 2 was this week.  Beyond Suicide Squad and the bridesmaid status of Drake, there are many other chart stories worth checking out from the Billboard 200 dated August 27, 2016.

 

1. Suicide Squad: The Album easily locks down the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200.

 

2. Drake (Views) spends his second consecutive week at no. 2.

 

 

3. Skillet scores the week’s second highest debut with Unleashed, which bows at no. 3.

 

4. Blake Shelton gets a boost this week as If I’m Honest ascends from no. 9 to no. 4 in its 12^th charting week.

 

5. Now 59 debuts modestly at no. 5.

 

6. Despite slipping to no. 6 this week, twenty one pilots’ Blurryface sees “gains in performance.”

 

 

7. DJ Khaled takes a tumble this week. Major Key slides from no. 1 to no. 7 in week two.

 

 

8. DJ Snake takes album Snake to no. 8, the final debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.

 

 

9. Cody Johnson just misses the top 10. Gotta Be Me settles for a no. 11 start on the BB200.

 

10. Hamilton slips out of the top 10 falling from no. 10 to no. 12. The Broadway musical soundtrack has charted for 46 weeks, peaking recently at no. 3.

 

11. Ariana Grande sees a slight bump this week as Dangerous Woman improves from no. 17 to no. 13 in its 12^th charting week.

 

12. Beyoncé continues to slip further down the top 20. This week, Lemonade drops two spots from no. 13 to no. 15.

 

13. Disturbed sees album Immortalized ascend 26 spots from no. 43 to no. 17. Immortalized has charted for 51 weeks, debuting at no. 1.

 

 

14. Gucci Mane sees Everybody Looking slip eight spots (no. 11 to no. 19) in its third charting week. Everybody Looking debuted at no. 2 behind Drake.

 

15. Panic! At The Disco’s Death Of A Bachelor improves 21 spots from no. 45 to no. 21.

 

 

16. Hillary Scott & The Scott Family see Love Remains drop 21 spots from no. 7 to no. 28.

 

17. O.A.R. returns to the Billboard 200 this week as XX debuts modestly at no. 31.

 

 

18. The Cadillac Three (Bury Me In My Boots) enters the Billboard 200 at no. 34.

 

19. ScHoolboy Q’s Blank Face LP slips 10 spots from no. 29 to no. 39. The album has charted for only five weeks.

 

20. Blink-182 sees California slide 15 spots from no. 25 to no. 25.

 

21. “The kids aren’t alright.” Kidz Bop 32 slips 17 spots from no. 24 to no. 41.

 

22. Eminem rebounds big – The Eminem Show jumps up 50 spots this week (no. 97 to no. 47). Curtain Call: The Hits also rebounds big (no. 131 to no. 63).

 

23. The tumble of Epic AF continues this week. It slips from no. 32 to no. 49 in its eighth week of charting.

 

 

24. Jake Owen had an abysmal second week. American Love free falls from no. 4 to no. 50.

 

 

25. Chris Lane didn’t exactly light up the charts. Girl Problems debuts quietly at no. 55.

 

26. Now That’s What I Call Party Anthems 3 debuts at an uninspired no. 65.

 

 

27. Fantasia crashes and burns this week. The Definition Of… falls 60 spots from no. 6 to no. 66. Honestly, there’s nothing more than you can say but #Damn Fantasia.

 

28. Red Hot Chili Peppers’ The Getaway slides 29 spots from no. 42 to no. 71 after just eight weeks on the chart.

 

29. Dinosaur Jr., Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not debuts at no. 72.

 

30. Carrie Underwood sees Storyteller slide from no. 59 to no. 83 in its 42^nd charting week.

 

 

31. Desiigner’s New English plummets from no. 63 to no. 87.

 

32. Frank Ocean’s Grammy-winning studio album, Channel Orange jumps 57 spots on the big chart (no. 146 to no. 89).

 

33. Carnifex’s Slow Death launches at no. 95.

 

34. Nick Jonas slips out of the top-100 as Last Year Was Complicated falls from no. 74 to no. 101.

 

35. Maxwell slips out of the top-100 as blackSUMMERS’night slides from no. 89 to no. 103.

 

36. Gov’t Mule’s latest project, The Tel-Star Sessions debuts modestly at no. 104.

 

 

37. Grace (FMA) re-enters the Billboard 200 at no. 114.

 

 

38. Nick Fradiani earns the worst debut of any American Idol winner. Hurricane debuts at no. 121 on the Billboard 200!

 

39. NEEDTOBREATHE continues an unexceptional run with HARD LOVE. The album slips from no. 87 to no. 128 this week.

 

40. Prince’s Purple Rain re-enters the Billboard 200 at no. 131. The Very Best of Prince falls, meanwhile (no. 88 to no. 146)

 

 

41. Jason Derulo slides 50 spots as compilation Platinum Hits drops from no. 83 to no. 133.

 

42. Goo Goo Dolls re-enters the Billboard 200 at no. 143 with Boxes. Boxes debut tepidly at no. 27. This marks the album’s second charting week.

 

43. In its third charting week, Keith Sweat’s Dress To Impress plummets from no. 80 to no. 145.

 

 

44. Marc E. Bassy’s latest EP, Groove People, debuts at no. 148.

 

45. Slim Thug, American King debuts at no. 179.

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