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Update:<\/b> Billboard just made the news official – Paul McCartney’s “Egypt Station” is the #1 album on this week’s Top Album Sales and Billboard 200 charts.<\/p>\n

The album tops the former with what Billboard reports as 147K pure US sales. It tops the Billboard 200 with 153K in first-week US consumption (album sales + units from track sales and streams).<\/p>\n

“Egypt Station” is McCartney’s first #1 solo album since 1982’s “Tug Of War.” It, moreover, is his first solo album to ever debut atop the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n

“Egypt Station” seizes the throne from Eminem’s “Kamikaze,” which falls to #2 in its second week (136K).
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Paul McCartney’s “Egypt Station” topped initial projections — and appears to have topped this week’s US album sales and consumption races.<\/p>\n

According to data from Hits Daily Double and BuzzAngle, “Egypt Station” sold about 141K pure US copies during the September 7-13 tracking period. With units from track sales and streams included, the album generated nearly 146K in overall consumption.<\/p>\n

Due Sunday, Billboard’s more authoritative data may differ slightly from that reported by Hits. Those slight discrepancies should not, however, affect the overall outcomes. The pure sales total should yield a #1 bow on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart, while the consumption tally should position “Egypt Station” atop the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n

Lauren Daigle’s “Look Up Child” should take #2 on the sales front; Hits has the album selling about 97K US copies. Eminem’s “Kamikaze” will likely be #2 on the Billboard 200 with 127K units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney will top this week’s album charts.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[183,1047,206],"tags":[11552,58,5951,974],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\nPaul McCartney Wins US Album Sales Race, Claims #1 On Billboard 200 (Update)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Update: Billboard just made the news official - Paul McCartney's "Egypt Station" is the #1 album on this week's Top Album Sales and Billboard 200 charts.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/09\/14\/report-paul-mccartney-wins-us-album-sales-race-will-claim-1-billboard-200\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paul McCartney Wins US Album Sales Race, Claims #1 On Billboard 200 (Update)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Update: Billboard just made the news official - Paul McCartney's "Egypt Station" is the #1 album on this week's Top Album Sales and Billboard 200 charts.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/09\/14\/report-paul-mccartney-wins-us-album-sales-race-will-claim-1-billboard-200\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-14T21:51:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-09-16T21:39:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Paul-McCartney-Fallon-5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/09\/14\/report-paul-mccartney-wins-us-album-sales-race-will-claim-1-billboard-200\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/09\/14\/report-paul-mccartney-wins-us-album-sales-race-will-claim-1-billboard-200\/\",\"name\":\"Paul McCartney Wins US Album Sales Race, Claims #1 On Billboard 200 (Update)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-14T21:51:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-16T21:39:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Update: Billboard just made the news official - Paul McCartney's \\\"Egypt Station\\\" is the #1 album on this week's Top Album Sales and Billboard 200 charts.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/09\/14\/report-paul-mccartney-wins-us-album-sales-race-will-claim-1-billboard-200\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News & Charts, TV News & Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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