CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Billboard Magazine reports:



As Kanye West celebrates his ninth total and consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Nov. 9), as Jesus Is King launches at No. 1, all 11 songs from the set, his first religious release, debut on the Billboard Hot 100.

“Follow God” leads the way at No. 7 on the Hot 100, earning West his 18th career top 10 and tying him with Ludacris for the fifth-most among rappers, after Drake (35), Lil Wayne (24), Eminem (21) and Jay-Z (21).

With 11 debuts this week, West has now charted 107 total songs on the Hot 100, dating to his first entry, “Though the Wire,” which arrived on Nov. 29, 2003, and peaked at No. 15 in February 2004.