Khalid, who was nominated for five Grammys last year, including best new artist, reached No. 1 on Billboardâs album chart for the first time with his second album, âFree Spiritâ (Right Hand Music Group/RCA). It sold 85,000 copies as a full album in the United States â helped by a bundling deal that included it with the cost of concert tickets â but also performed well on streaming services, with 147 million streams last week, according to Nielsen. That added up to the equivalent of 202,000 album sales.
Eilish, the 17-year-old singer and songwriter who made a splash on last weekâs chart, was bumped to No. 2 with âWhen We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,â and Nipsey Hussleâs year-old âVictory Lap,â which re-entered the chart last week after the rapper was killed at age 33, fell one spot to No. 3.
Also this week, Ariana Grandeâs âThank U, Nextâ is in fourth place, Juice WRLDâs âDeath Race for Loveâ holds at No. 5, and Sara Bareillesâ âAmidst the Chaosâ opens at No. 6.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.