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Wale's "The Album About Nothing," which features narration by
comedian Jerry Seinfeld, sold 88,000 albums, 74,000 songs and
was streamed 6.9 million times, for a total unit tally of
100,000, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
The "Furious 7" soundtrack, which features Wiz Khalifa and
Charlie Puth's song "See You Again" as a tribute to the street
car franchise's late star Paul Walker, rose to No. 2 from No. 17
on the chart, with 74,000 units sold this week.
The boost in sales comes from the film's debut over the weekend,
which broke April box office records with a $143.6 million
opening.
The Billboard 200 chart tallies album sales, song sales (10
songs equal one album), and streaming activity (1,500 streams
equal one album).
"Furious 7" star Ludacris's new album "Ludaversal" came in at
No. 3 just behind the soundtrack, with sales of 73,000 units.
Last week's chart-topper, Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A
Butterfly," dropped to No. 4.
Other new albums this week include country artist Darius Rucker
at No. 7 with "Southern Style," alt-rockers Death Cab for Cutie
at No. 8 with "Kintsugi" and singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens at
No. 10 with "Carrie & Lowell."
On the Digital Songs chart, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown
Funk!" was pushed from the top spot to No. 2 by Khalifa and
Puth's "See You Again," which sold 168,000 downloads.
(Editing by Mary Milliken. Editing by Andre Grenon)
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