Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Eminem And Kendrick Lamar: 5 Albums To Watch On The Billboard 200

2022-09-02 19:12:59 By : Mr. Ivan Zhao

Rihanna attends the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna event at Sephora on September 14, 2018 in Brooklyn, New ... [+] York. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Encanto leads both the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 charts this week, proving to be a blockbuster seller and a hit-producing soundtrack all at once. There aren’t too many major debuts on the all-encompassing albums ranking this time around, but there are quite a few efforts that reach impressive milestones, with a few making history as they hold on and continue to perform well.

Here are five albums that make big moves on the Billboard 200 chart this week.

No. 56 - Kendrick Lamar - Damn.

Just ahead of his Super Bowl halftime performance, Kendrick Lamar’s Damn. reaches a special milestone on the Billboard 200. The last proper studio album from the rapper sits at No. 56 on the latest tally, hitting 250 weeks on the chart in the process. It’s not often that a hip-hop record makes it to that milestone, and it’s one that Lamar has seen before. His earlier effort good kid, m.A.A.d city is rapidly nearing 500 frames on the roster.

No. 116 - AC/DC - Back In Black

Legendary rockers AC/DC are still recording new music, but fans often flock to one collection, even after decades. Back in Black, the band’s most popular effort, improves slightly to No. 116 as it reaches 500 weeks on the Billboard 200. It is just the thirteenth release in history to make it to that sum, and the seventh traditional studio album (instead of a compilation) to do so.

No. 139 - Eminem - Music to Be Murdered By

Eminem occupies three spots on the Billboard 200 this week, with one title returning and another hitting a special milestone. As The Eminem Show reappears at No. 73 and Curtain Call: The Hits dips to No. 106, Music to Be Murdered By rises to No. 139. The latter title has now lived on the ranking for 104 weeks, or two full years, and it’s sure to add to that total again very soon.

No. 141 - Rihanna - Anti

Mom-to-be Rihanna hasn’t released a new album in years, and while fans are eager for anything from the star, they are obviously still in love with her last effort. Anti, the singer’s critically-acclaimed studio LP, reaches 300 weeks on the Billboard 200 this time around. It is far and away her longest-charting title, and fans will have to continue streaming and buying it for what will likely be a while.

No. 166 - Taylor Swift - Speak Now

Superstar Taylor Swift fills an incredible eight spots on the Billboard 200 this frame, which would be a career highlight for most musicians, but for the singer-songwriter, it’s nothing unusual. Among that bunch, one title celebrates a special anniversary, as Speak Now has found space on the tally for 150 weeks since its release over a decade ago. The set is the sixth from Swift to make it to that mark.