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Panic! At the Discoscored their second straight Number One album as Brendon Urie and company’snew LPPray for the Wickedopened atop the Billboard 200.
Pray for the Wickedsold 180,000 total copies in its first week of release, giving it the best sales week for an alternative rock album since U2’sSongs of Experiencein December 2017,Billboardreports. Panic! At the Disco last topped the album charts with their 2016 albumDeath of a Bachelor.
Only one more new release managed to debut inside the Top 10 this week: Country duo Dan + Shay’s self-titled album, which entered the Billboard 200 at Number Six and 44,000 total copies.
XXXTentacion’s?led the returnees as the late rapper’s album continued to rise in the weeks following his death.?moved to Number Two with 86,000 total copies, while the rapper’s17jumped from Number Seven to Number Five in the second sales week since the rapper’s shooting death at the age of 20.
Post Malone’sBeerbongs & Bentleysmoved up one spot to Number Three, followed by Beyonce and Jay-Z’sEverything Is Loveat Number Four and 59,000 total copies in its second week of release.
Juice WRLD’sGoodbye & Good Riddance(Number Seven), Cardi B’sInvasion of Privacy(Eight), theGreatest Showmansoundtrack (Nine) andlast week’s Number One, 5 Seconds of Summer’sYoungblood, filled out the Top 10.
Next week, Drake’sScorpionis destined for Number One onthe strength of the best streaming totals ever. Florence and the Machine’sHigh as Hopeand Gorillaz’The Now Nowshould also help shake up the Top 10.
