1, more than half of its units were powered by streaming activity: 73,000 units (equaling 109 million streams of the album’s songs during the tracking frame). 1 Debuts in Back-to-Back Weeks on Billboard 200 Albums ChartĪs for Future’s current No. 1 debuts in successive weeks.įuture Poised for Unprecedented No. Industry forecasters suggest the new set could also open atop the tally, bumping Future from the top slot, and giving the artist an unprecedented feat: back-to-back No. 1 in short order - as he released another album on Feb.
It’s likely that Future will notch another No. 1 is also his fourth leader in a row, following Evol (2016), What a Time to Be Alive (with Drake) and DS2 (both in 2015).
1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Feb. The new March 11, 2017-dated chart (where Future debuts at No. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his new self-titled effort starts atop the list, earning 140,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. First name Charlie last name Wilson., Wilson's engaging story frames the excess of a life in pop-culture music while illustrating the way that faith, love, determination can overcome even major obstacles.Future scores his fourth No. He's been there for me when I needed him the most and I hope I have been the same to him and his lovely wife and son Michael "Pesci" Paran.
He taught me how to love my wife and kids first and my career after. He's been an inspiration, mentor and a big role model to me as a father and a husband.
We've made hit records together, rocked the Live 8 stage, and I even got to honor him at the BET Awards when he got the Lifetime Achievement Award. It's been nearly two decades since that record dropped and Charlie and I have been family the whole time. I was lucky enough to make that happen when he got down with me on my album Tha Doggfather. When I started taking my rapping seriously, he was someone that I always wanted to work with. I can still remember first hearing the music of Uncle Charlie and The GAP Band as a kid in Long Beach, California. It is a tale of the last sixty years in social and pop culture history, and one that will stay with you for years to come. His is a story of triumph over adversity, courage in the face of extreme hardship, and love when all else is lost. Now over twenty years sober, Wilson recounts a life filled with vertiginous highs and heartbreaking lows. Here, too, is the story of his work in the music business, including a career resurgence that saw collaborations with some of the most sought-after artists of today, including Pharrell and Justin Timberlake. Here is the riveting story of how love and faith carried him through not only his addiction, but also prostate cancer. So it took friends and family by surprise when he checked into rehab and revealed that he had been not only homeless, but also helpless. Recognized the world over for his distinct voice and timeless hits spanning a career of nearly half a century, Charlie Wilson is one of the most celebrated musicians of his generation. The long-awaited New York Times bestselling memoir of seven-time Grammy-nominated artist Charlie Wilson, the iconic R&B and Funk singer-songwriter-producer and former lead singer of The Gap Band-interwoven with his recollections of collaborating with fellow artists such as Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, and Snoop Dogg.