Billboard – August 10, 2019

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NF’s

‘Search’

Ends At

No. 1

NF scores his second No. 1

album on the Billboard 200

as the rapper’s latest studio

set, The Search, enters atop

the tally. The LP starts with

130,000 equivalent album

units earned in the week

ending Aug. 1, according to

Nielsen Music — the fourth-

largest week for a rap title

released in 2019. Of that

sum, 84,000 were in album

sales — the biggest sales

week for a rap set this year.

The Search’s first week is

more than double the debut

frame of NF’s last album,

Perception, which opened

at No. 1 with 55,000 units

earned (of which 38,000

were in album sales) on the

chart dated Oct. 28, 2017.

The Search benefited

from sturdy sales through

traditional means like

the iTunes Store, a range

of merchandise/album

bundles sold via NF’s

official web store (including

a few late-in-the-week

new offers of signed merch

bundled with an album)

and a concert ticket/album

sale redemption offer.

When Perception started

at No. 1, it notably did so

without NF having ever

charted a single on the

all-genre Billboard Hot 100,

though the artist did have

a dedicated core following

that turned out in week

one to support the set.

Since then, Perception has

launched a pair of hits on

the Hot 100, including the

No. 1 Mainstream Top 40

airplay single “Let You

Down,” and went on to earn

over 1 million equivalent

album units.

The Search’s current radio-

promoted single, “Time,”

debuts on Mainstream

Top 40 at No. 37 and rises

38-30 on Rhythmic.

—Keith Caulfield

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ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title

IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL

PEAK

POS.

WKS. ON

CHART

#1

1 WK

NF The Search

NF REAL MUSIC/CAROLINE

1 1

CHANCE THE RAPPER The Big Day

CHANCE THE RAPPER

2 1

ED SHEERAN No.6 Collaborations Project

ATLANTIC/AG

1 3

BILLIE EILISH When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE/IGA

1 18

CHRIS BROWN Indigo

CBE/RCA

1 5

LIL NAS X 7 (EP)

COLUMBIA

2 6

PS

LIZZO Cuz I Love You

NICE LIFE/ATLANTIC/AG

6 15

KEY GLOCK & YOUNG DOLPH Dum And Dummer

PAPER ROUTE EMPIRE/EMPIRE^8

1

OF MONSTERS AND MEN FEVER DREAM

SKRIMSL EHF LAEKJARAS 1/REPUBLIC

9 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS Dreamville & J. Cole: Revenge Of The Dreamers III

DREAMVILLE/INTERSCOPE/IGA

1 4

KHALID Free Spirit

RIGHT HAND/RCA

1 17

GG

SHAWN MENDES 0 Shawn Mendes

ISLAND

1 62

YBN CORDAE The Lost Boy

ART@WAR/ATLANTIC/AG

13 1

POST MALONE 3 beerbongs & bentleys

REPUBLIC

1 66

DABABY 0 Baby On Baby

SOUTHCOAST/INTERSCOPE/IGA

7 22

LUKE COMBS 2 This One’s For You

RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN

4 113

DRAKE ¡ Scorpion

YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC

1 57

ARIANA GRANDE Thank U, Next

REPUBLIC^125

JONAS BROTHERS Happiness Begins

REPUBLIC

1 8

QUEEN 0 Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack)

HOLLYWOOD

2 41

BEYONCE & VARIOUS ARTISTS The Lion King: The Gift (Soundtrack)

PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA

2 2

JUSTIN MOORE Late Nights And Longnecks

VALORY/BMLG

22 1

BILLIE EILISH 0 Dont Smile At Me

DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE/IGA

14 84

SOUNDTRACK Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

REPUBLIC

2 33

MUSTARD Perfect Ten

10 SUMMERS/INTERSCOPE/IGA

8 5

GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks, Volume 31: Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL - 12/3/79

GRATEFUL DEAD/RHINO

26 1

POLO G Die A Legend

COLUMBIA^6

8

TRAVIS SCOTT 2 ASTROWORLD

CACTUS JACK/GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC

1 52

ANDY GRAMMER Naive

S-CURVE/BMG

29 1

ELTON JOHN 0 Diamonds

ROCKET/ISLAND/UME

7 90

DAN + SHAY 0 Dan + Shay

WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN

6 58

A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE ¡ Hoodie SZN

HIGHBRIDGE THE LABEL/ATLANTIC/AG

1 32

LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER 2 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)

INTERSCOPE/IGA

1 43

POST MALONE 3 Stoney

REPUBLIC^4138

MEEK MILL ¡ Championships

MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/AG

1 35

CARDI B 3 Invasion Of Privacy

THE KSR GROUP/ATLANTIC/AG

1 69

DJ KHALED 0 Father Of Asahd

WE THE BEST/EPIC

2 11

JUICE WRLD 0 Death Race For Love

GRADE A/INTERSCOPE/IGA

1 21

KHALID 2 American Teen

RIGHT HAND/RCA

4 126

ED SHEERAN 4 ÷ (Divide)

ATLANTIC/AG

1 126

JUICE WRLD 0 Goodbye & Good Riddance

GRADE A/INTERSCOPE/IGA

4 63

MEGAN THEE STALLION Fever

1501 CERTIFIED/300/AG

10 11

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST 6 Hamilton: An American Musical

HAMILTON UPTOWN/ATLANTIC/AG^3

201

QUEEN 8 Greatest Hits

HOLLYWOOD

11 345

MORGAN WALLEN If I Know Me

BIG LOUD

35 44

SOUNDTRACK 3 The Greatest Showman

FOX/20TH CENTURY FOX/ATLANTIC/AG

1 86

SOUNDTRACK The Lion King (2019)

WALT DISNEY

13 3

DJ SNAKE Carte Blanche

DJ SNAKE/GEFFEN/IGA

48 1

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING Hadestown

SING IT AGAIN

49 1

LUKE COMBS The Prequel (EP)

RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN^48

ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title

IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL

PEAK

POS.

WKS. ON

CHART

LAUREN DAIGLE 0 Look Up Child

CENTRICITY/12TONE

3 47

PANIC! AT THE DISCO ¡ Pray For The Wicked

DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN/EMG

1 58

COMETHAZINE BAWSKEE 3.5

ALAMO

53 1

LEWIS CAPALDI Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent

VERTIGO/CAPITOL

48 11

CHRIS STAPLETON 4 Traveller

MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN^1203

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL a Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits

FANTASY/CONCORD

22 430

BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS f Legend: The Best Of...

TUFF GONG/ISLAND/UME

5 585

J BALVIN & BAD BUNNY ) Oasis

UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO/UMLE

9 5

LIL BABY & GUNNA Drip Harder

YOUNG STONER LIFE/300/QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN/AG/CAPITOL

4 43

MACHINE GUN KELLY Hotel Diablo

EST19XX/BAD BOY/INTERSCOPE/IGA

5 4

XXXTENTACION ¡?

BAD VIBES FOREVER

1 72

RICH BRIAN The Sailor

88RISING/12TONE

62 1

JASON ALDEAN 0 Rearview Town

MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG/BBMG

1 68

THOMAS RHETT Center Point Road

VALORY/BMLG^1

9

E-40 Practice Makes Paper

HEAVY ON THE GRIND

65 1

JOURNEY f Journey’s Greatest Hits

COLUMBIA/LEGACY

10 575

BAD BUNNY @ X 100PRE

RIMAS

11 32

MAREN MORRIS GIRL

COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN

4 21

NIPSEY HUSSLE Victory Lap

ALL MONEY IN NO MONEY OUT/ATLANTIC/AG

2 28

IMAGINE DRAGONS 2 Evolve

KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA

2 110

THE BEATLES b (^1)
APPLE/CAPITOL/UME^1379
EMINEM 7 Curtain Call: The Hits
SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA
1 456
TYLER, THE CREATOR IGOR
COLUMBIA
1 11
KANE BROWN Experiment
ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE/SMN
1 38
ELLA MAI 0 Ella Mai
10 SUMMERS/INTERSCOPE/IGA
5 42
BILLY JOEL 3 The Essential Billy Joel
COLUMBIA/LEGACY
15 154
21 SAVAGE 0 I Am > I Was
SLAUGHTER GANG/EPIC
1 32
DRAKE 4 Views
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
1 170
GUNNA Drip Or Drown 2
YOUNG STONER LIFE/300/AG
3 23
KENDRICK LAMAR 3 DAMN.
TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA^1
120
SECH Suenos
RICH
81 1
SOUNDTRACK 2 Moana
WALT DISNEY
2 141
ZAC BROWN BAND Greatest Hits So Far...
ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC/AG
20 222
DRAKE 4 Take Care
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
1 335
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Can’t Say I Ain’t Country
BMLG
4 24
2PAC a Greatest Hits
AMARU/DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE/UME
3 283
LIL UZI VERT ¡ Luv Is Rage 2
GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC/AG^1101
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS c Greatest Hits
MCA/GEFFEN/UME
2 316
ARIANA GRANDE ¡ Sweetener
REPUBLIC
1 50
THE BEATLES c Abbey Road
APPLE/CAPITOL/UME
1 320
SOUNDTRACK Aladdin (2019)
WALT DISNEY
6 10
KANE BROWN ¡ Kane Brown
ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE/SMN
5 139
FLEETWOOD MAC k Rumours
WARNER BROS./RHINO
1 331
CUCO Para Mi
CUCO/INTERSCOPE/IGA
94 1
AC/DC m Back In Black
COLUMBIA/LEGACY
4 370
NF ¡ Perception
NF REAL MUSIC/CAPITOL/CAROLINE^1
95
BTS Map Of The Soul: PERSONA
BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT
1 16
LIL WAYNE ¡ Tha Carter V
YOUNG MONEY/REPUBLIC
1 44
BRYCE VINE Carnival
SIRE/WARNER
99 1
NAV Bad Habits
XO/REPUBLIC
1 19