Machine Gun Kelly and The Game both enter the top 10 this week.
The Cleveland rapper scores his second top 10 album with General Admission, which debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 56,000 equivalent album units (49,000 in pure album sales). His 2012 debut Lace Up peaked at No. 4 with 51,000 sold in its first week. MGK also earns his first No. 1s on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Rap Albums charts.
He took to Instagram to celebrate the good news. “just got the call !!! i can’t even sit still. this shit doesn’t even seem real … HappiEST morning ever. #1,” said MGK.
He’s not the only one with reason to celebrate. The Game’s The Documentary 2.5 arrives at No. 6 with 48,000 units (42,000 in album sales), his second top 10 in a week following The Documentary 2, which debuted at No. 2 a week ago (it falls to No. 11 this week).
Pentatonix takes the top spot (98,000), while Demi Lovato debuts at No. 2 with Confident. The Weeknd holds at No. 3 with 62,000 units, and Fetty Wap’s self-titled debut drops 4-5 (48,000).
Selena Gomez’ Revival slides 1-7 (46,000), Drake and Future’s mixtape What a Time to Be Alive moves 5-8 (43,000), and Taylor Swift’s 1989 falls 6-9 (37,000).
Billboard 200 Top 10
1. Pentatonix – Pentatonix – 98,000
2. Demi Lovato – Confident – 98,000
3. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness – 62,000
4. Machine Gun Kelly – General Admission – 56,000
5. Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap – 48,000
6. The Game – The Documentary 2.5 – 48,000
7. Selena Gomez – Revival – 46,000
8. Drake and Future – What a Time to Be Alive – 43,000
9. Taylor Swift – 1989 – 37,000
10. Coheed and Cambria – The Color Before the Sun – 32,000