KENDRICK LAMAR scored his first #1 album this week with 363,000 copies of "To Pimp a Butterfly". His last album was "good kid, m.A.A.d city", which debuted in 2nd place with 241,000 copies back in 2012. Two other albums debuted in the Top 10 this week. MODEST MOUSE was in 3rd place with 77,000 copies of "Strangers to Ourselves" . . . and MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS hit #8 with 46,000 copies of her new album "Froot".
Here are this week's Top 10 albums . . .
1. NEW: "To Pimp a Butterfly", Kendrick Lamar . . . 363,000 copies
2. The soundtrack to the TV series "Empire" . . . 110,000 copies
3. NEW: "Strangers to Ourselves", Modest Mouse . . . 77,000 copies
4. The "Fifty Shades of Grey" soundtrack . . . 60,000 copies
5. "1989", Taylor Swift . . . 56,000 copies
6. "If You're Reading This It's Too Late", Drake . . . 52,000 copies
7. "x", Ed Sheeran . . . 49,000 copies
8. NEW: "Froot", Marina and the Diamonds . . . 46,000 copies
9. "In the Lonely Hour", Sam Smith . . . 46,000 copies
10. "V", Maroon 5 . . . 44,000 copies
