Chart Listings: BB200: Kendrick 178K.
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Kendrick Lamar’s surprise Untitled Unmastered album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, earning 178,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 10, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 142,000 were in pure album sales. Elsewhere in the top 10, Adele’s 25 holds steady at No. 2 (61,000 units; down 18 percent) and Rihanna’s Anti is also a non-mover at No. 3 (58,000 units; down 18 percent). 2 Chainz notches his third straight top five album, as ColleGrove bows at No. 4 with 53,000 units (and 34,000 in pure album sales). It follows his No. 3-peaking B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime (No. 3 debut and peak in 2013) and his chart-topping Based on a T.R.U. Story (2012). Joey + Rory’s Hymns climbs 10-6 with 45,000 units (up 35 percent) and 44,000 copies sold (up 36 percent), following the death of the duo’s Joey Feek on March 4 of cancer. |
| POSITION | ARTIST | ALBUM | UNITS (Pure) | CHANGE |
| #1 | Kendrick Lamar | Untitled Unmastered | 178,000 (142,000) | DEBUT |
| #2 | Adele | 25 | 61,000 | -18% |
| #3 | Rihanna | ANTi | 58,000 | -18% |
| #4 | 2 Chainz | ColleGrove | 53,000 (34,000) | DEBUT |
| #5 | Justin Bieber | Purpose | 53,000 | -5% |
| #6 | Joey + Rory | Hymns | 44,000 | +36% |
| #7 | Chris Stapleton | Traveller | 39,000 | -9% |
| #8 | Twenty One Pilots | Blurryface | 34,000 | -5% |
| #9 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness | 30,000 | -8% |
| #10 | Kevin Gates | Islah | 30,000 | -1% |
