Blink-182 will unseat reigning champ Drake for #1 on today’s Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) chart. After a remarkable run in which YMCMB/Republic's Dreezy held on to the top spot for nine consecutive weeks, BMG’s alt-rock veterans will assume the lead with 185k total, of which 171k is pure album sales. Drake will fall to #2 with 117k.
Columbia will have two titles in the Top 5, including the week's other top debut, from neo-soul star Maxwell, not to mention the ever-refreshing Lemonade by Beyoncé.
Drake’s reign at #1 will come to end after nine weeks, as BMG’s prepares to take the #1 spot on our Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) and Sales charts. Drake’s run at the top has been the longest number of consecutive weeks at #1 since Adele’s 21, which spent 10 weeks on top in early 2012.
SPS
*Blink-182 (BMG) 140-145k
Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 110-115k
*Maxwell (Columbia) 58-63k
Beyoncé (Columbia) 40-45k
Twenty One Pilots (Fueled by Ramen) 36-40k
Rihanna (Westbury Road/Roc Nation) 35-39k
Hamilton (Uptown) 32-36k
Blake Shelton (Warner Bros. Nashville) 28-31k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 28-31k
Meghan Trainor (Epic) 23-26k
Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 21-24k
*Logic (Def Jam) 20-23k
Ariana Grande (Republic) 19-22k
Epic AF (Epic) 19-22k
Bryson Tiller (RCA) 19-22k
Sales
*Blink-182 (BMG) 130-135k
*Maxwell (Columbia) 55-60k
Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 37-41k
Beyoncé (Columbia) 26-30k
Blake Shelton (Warner Bros. Nashville) 22-26k
Hamilton (Uptown) 18-21k
Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 15-19k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 15-19k
Twenty One Pilots (Fueled by Ramen) 13-16k
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros.) 13-16k
Meghan Trainor (Epic) 9-12k
Prince (Warner Bros.) 8-10k
Now Country 9 (NOW) 7-9k
Maren Morris (Columbia Nashville) 7-9k
*Snoop Dogg (eOne) 7-9k
*DEBUTS
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For the time being, it appears BMG’s Blink-182 will bring Drake’s unprecedented run at the top of our Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) chart to an end. Let's take a look, based on one-days sales. at the alt-rockers' formidable new set and the week's other debut, which also happens to mark the return of a veteran act: soul vocalist Maxwell.
Blink-182 (BMG) 135-145k SPS, 125-135k albums
Maxwell (Columbia) 55-60k, 50-55k