Billboard_Magazine_September_2_2017

September 2

2017

Billboard Artist 100

66 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data Data for week of 09.02.2017

Kesha collects her first week

atop the Artist 100, zooming

to the summit from No. 19 as

Rainbow, her first studio album

since 2012, debuts at No. 1 on

the Billboard 200 (see page 68).

On the Billboard Hot 100, the

set’s lead single, “Praying,” hits

a new high, rising 24-22.

NO. 1

2 WKS. AGO WEEKLASTWEEKTHIS ARTIST IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL PEAKPOS.CHARTWKS. ON (^) KESHA
33 19 1 #1 1 WK^ KESHA^ KEMOSABE/RCA^16
212 BRUNO MARS^ ATLANTIC/AG^1152
323 ED SHEERAN^ ATLANTIC/AG^1158
4 3 4 IMAGINE DRAGONS^ KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/^1132
545 KENDRICK LAMAR^ TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/^1135
876 DJ KHALED WE THE BEST/EPIC 260
7 5 7 SHAWN MENDES^ ISLAND^1132
10 9 8 JUSTIN BIEBER SCHOOLBOY/RAYMOND BRAUN/DEF JAM 1163
989 CHARLIE PUTH^ OTTO/ATLANTIC/AG^8116
11 10 10 SAM HUNT^ MCA NASHVILLE/UMGN^5157
20 23 11 KHALID^ RIGHT HAND/RCA^1124
12 12 12 THE CHAINSMOKERS^ DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA^190
44 25 13 CARDI B^ THE KSR GROUP/ATLANTIC/AG^135
14 13 14 NIALL HORAN^ NEON HAZE/CAPITOL^1144
15 16 15 DRAKE^ YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC^1164
21 14 16 RIHANNA WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION 2160

• 64 17 P!NK^ RCA^1667
  16 15 18 THE WEEKND^ XO/REPUBLIC^1149
  23 47 19 THOMAS RHETT^ VALORY/BMLG^7133
  37 29 20 DEMI LOVATO^ SAFEHOUSE/ISLAND/HOLLYWOOD^389
  61121 LINKIN PARK^ MACHINE SHOP/WARNER BROS.^131
  35 32 22 LIL UZI VERT GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC/AG 16 59
  25 31 23 POST MALONE^ REPUBLIC^2060
  26 27 24 CHILDISH GAMBINO GLASSNOTE 751
  28 28 25 CALVIN HARRIS^ FLY EYE/COLUMBIA^8125

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2 WKS. AGO WEEKLASTWEEKTHIS ARTIST IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL PEAKPOS.WKS. ON CHART

22 18 26 21 SAVAGE^ SLAUGHTER GANG/EPIC^820

17 41 27 FUTURE^ A-1/FREEBANDZ/EPIC^1109

24 26 28 FRENCH MONTANA^ COKE BOYS/BAD BOY/EPIC^1013

29 30 29 LIAM PAYNE^ REPUBLIC^2615

43 42 30 LUKE COMBS^ RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN^1024

18 34 31 SELENA GOMEZ^ INTERSCOPE/IGA^2140

30 21 32 METALLICA^ BLACKENED^2114

13 20 33 JAY-Z^ S. CARTER ENTERPRISES/ROC NATION^17

27 36 34 HALSEY ASTRALWERKS 188

39 37 35 LUIS FONSI^ UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO/UMLE^2120

62 54 36 PORTUGAL. THE MAN^ ATLANTIC/AG^367

38 38 37 DADDY YANKEE^ EL CARTEL/CAPITOL LATIN/UMLE^1918

41 39 38 ADELE^ XL/COLUMBIA^1133

46 45 39 SZA^ TOP DAWG/RCA^1610

34 43 40 ALESSIA CARA^ EP/DEF JAM^12102

48 49 41 TRAVIS SCOTT^ GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC^575

73 72 42 DUSTIN LYNCH^ BROKEN BOW/BBMG^2226

36 40 43 MIGOS^ QUALITY CONTROL/300/AG^145

40 44 44 TWENTY ONE PILOTS^ FUELED BY RAMEN/AG^1122

53 24 45 COLDPLAY^ PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC/AG^4116

32 35 46 CHRIS STAPLETON^ MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN^195

45 33 47 EMINEM^ WEB/SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA^11164

60 50 48 BRETT YOUNG^ BMLG^2837

51 52 49 JON PARDI^ CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN^2844

50 48 50 QUAVO^ QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN/CAPITOL^4719

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BILLBOARD ARTIST 100:

The week’s most popular artists across all genres, ranked by album and track sales as measured by Nielsen Music, radio airplay

audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music a

nd fan

interaction on social networking sites as compiled by Next Big Sound. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules

and explanations. © 2017 Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

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