Plus, Nas debuts at No. 4.
Beyoncé and JAY-Z — billed as The Carters — debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart (dated June 30) with Everything Is Love, which earned 123,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 21, according to Nielsen Music.
The first joint set from the husband-and-wife duo was released exclusively via Tidal on June 16 before its expansion to digital retailers and other paid streaming tiers two days later.
Four Love songs debut on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, led by “Apes**t” (No. 9), whose entrance stems largely from its 24.1 million streams in the tracking week. Beyond “Apes**t,” The Carters arrive with “Boss,” (No. 38), “Summer,” (No. 42) and “Nice” (No. 48).
Nas Returns to Top 10: Nas opens at No. 4 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with Nasir (77,000 units). The set marks Nas’ 14th top 10 on the list, and brings him back to the region for the first time since his Life Is Good, which spent two weeks at No. 1 in 2012.