Kanye West’s “Jesus Is King” Album Debuts At #1 With 264,000 Sales First Week

Congrats to Kanye West and his team as they reach their 9th consecutive #1 debut with Jesus Is King. The album moved a total of 264,000 units in its first week! If you haven’t had time to listen to Kanye’s “Jesus Is King” album, you can do so here – You can view Billboard’s full story below…

Jesus Is King was released on Oct. 25 via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings and earned 264,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 31, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 109,000 were in album sales, while the rest was powered largely by streaming activity.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Nov. 9-dated chart (where Jesus Is King bows to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Nov. 5.

Kanye West’s “Jesus Is King” Album Debuts At #1 With 264,000 Sales First Week