For the fourth time in his career, country superstar Luke Bryan is comfortable at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his new album What Makes You Country. The record debuts at the top thanks to just over 100,000 equivalent units, which is a surprisingly low sum for this time of year, but thanks to little competition, the country musician is in charge once again. Behind Bryan, only two new titles begin their run on the all-genre chart, and both fit squarely in the hip-hop genre.Up to the second slot on the chart is Taylor Swift’s Reputation, which has now lived inside the top three positions for its entire life on the Billboard 200. It initially spent three turns at No. 1, and last week it was pushed down to No. 3. Just behind the former country singer comes her friend and frequent collaborator (including on her latest full-length) Ed Sheeran, whose ÷ (Divide) is back up to No. 3. Next up is a cappella group Pentatonix, whose 2016 album A Pentatonix Christmas is growing once again, rising to No. 4.
The album hit the top of the tally late last year and continued to rule into 2017, and now, a year later, it’s back towards the top, though it’s tough to imagine it will make it back to No. 1.New at No. 5 is a compilation called Quality Control:Control the Streets, Vol. 1, which begins inside the top five thanks to 52,000 copies shifted, with the majority of those coming from streaming equivalents. The collection of 30 songs is produced by Quality Control Records, which is the label home to some of the hottest artists in hip-hop today. The record features many songs by Migos (and its members rapping separately) and Lil Yachty, as well as famous figures like Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Kodak Black and at least a dozen other acts stepping in to provide features or front just a track or two.
Just beyond that hip-hop record comes another, and it’s also a collaboration. Rapper Big Sean and producer Metro Boomin’s surprise collection Double or Nothingstarts at No. 6 with 50,000 units, granting both musicians another top 10 effort. For Sean, this is his sixth (including his solo work and a collaborative record with Jhene Aiko as Twenty88), while for Boomin, it’s his second to break into the highest region. Impressively, Metro Boomin scored his first top 10 album less than two months ago, when Without Warning, which he released alongside rappers 21 Savage and Offset, started at No. 4.The final four positions inside the top 10 are comprised of albums that have now spent at least two weeks inside the area, if not many more. The second edition of Chris Stapleton’s From A Room series is down to No. 7 (from the runner-up slot) in its second frame, while Sam Smith’s The Thrill of It All settles for No. 8 this week. Canadian crooner Michael Bublé sees his bestseller Christmas move to No. 9, just ahead of Post Malone’s Stoney, which finishes off the top 10 this week.
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