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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