Update:<\/b> It’s official: Future’s “Future” debuts at #1 on Top Album Sales and the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
According to Billboard, “Future” sold 60K pure US copies during its first week of release. The figure positions the album as a convincing #1 on Top Album Sales.<\/p>\n
With TEA (track sales\/10) and SEA (track streams\/1500) included, its first-week consumption total registers as 140K. The figure earns “Future” the #1 spot on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
The album is the fourth straight (and fourth total) #1 for Future, who also topped the Billboard 200 with “Evol,” the Drake collaboration “What A Time To Be Alive,” and “DS2.” Future is expected to score a fifth straight #1 this coming week, as his new “HNDRXX” is pacing well ahead of the pack.<\/p>\n
He will support his new music with a performance on the March 2 “Ellen DeGeneres Show.”<\/p>\n
As for this week’s Billboard 200, Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” takes #2 with 59K units. “Fifty Shades Darker” (#3, 53K), The Weeknd’s “Starboy” (#4, 50K) and Migos’ “Culture” (#5, 50K) complete the Top 5.
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While Billboard has not yet announced the official numbers, Epic Records is already celebrating another #1 for Future.<\/p>\n
In a Friday morning press release, the label says that Future’s self-titled album will claim #1 on this week’s Billboard 200 consumption chart. The debut will mark the fourth straight #1 debut for Future (with the Drake collaboration “What A Time To Be Alive” included).<\/p>\n
Epic Records hopes that Future’s “HNDRXX,” which dropped today, will be his fifth straight #1. Early tracking points to that hope being fulfilled.<\/p>\n
In conjunction with its announcement, Epic revealed that Future will be performing on the March 2 “Ellen DeGeneres Show.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80949,"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":[183,1047,1048],"tags":[2102,8443,3975],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n