KENDRICK LAMAR topped the Billboard 200 chart again this week, selling another 123,000 copies of "To Pimp a Butterfly". It's the first album to spend its first two weeks at #1 since Taylor Swift did it in November with her album "1989". It's the first R&B/hip-hop album with multiple weeks at #1 since Beyoncé in January of last year.
Two albums debuted in the Top 10 this week. "Mr. Wonderful" from rapper ACTION BRONSON sold 49,000 copies at #7 . . . and "Kidz Bop 28" moved 40,000 copies in 10th place. Here are this week's Top 10 albums . . .
1. "To Pimp a Butterfly", Kendrick Lamar . . . 123,000 copies
2. The soundtrack to the TV series "Empire" . . . 61,000 copies
3. The "Fifty Shades of Grey" soundtrack . . . 54,000 copies
4. "In the Lonely Hour", Sam Smith . . . 53,000 copies
5. "1989", Taylor Swift . . . 52,000 copies
6. "x", Ed Sheeran . . . 50,000 copies
7. NEW: "Mr. Wonderful", Action Bronson . . . 49,000 copies
8. "If You're Reading This It's Too Late", Drake . . . 44,000 copies
9. "V", Maroon 5 . . . 42,000 copies
10. NEW: "Kidz Bop 28" . . . 40,000 copies
