The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Aug. 22-dated chart (where Descendants debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard's websites on Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The arrival of the Descendants album atop the chart came in a very soft week for both new album releases and sales. The soundtrack's overall 42,000 unit total is the smallest weekly sum for a No. 1 album since the chart began ranking titles by equivalent units in Dec. 2014.
The arrival of the Descendants album atop the chart came in a very soft week for both new album releases and sales. The soundtrack's overall 42,000 unit total is the smallest weekly sum for a No. 1 album since the chart began ranking titles by equivalent units in Dec. 2014.