
Rapper Meek Mill has landed his first No. 1 on the U.S. album chart, with “Dreams Worth More Than Money” moving 246,000 units in the week ending July 5, according to data from Nielsen Music.
Mill’s latest is the fourth-biggest album debut of the year, behind Drake’s “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late,” Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly” and Mumford & Sons’ “Wilder Mind.” He’s also the fifth artist in a row to achieve a first No. 1 album on the chart, following Breaking Benjamin, James Taylor, Muse and Florence + the Machine in the preceding weeks. Mill’s second studio album surpasses the success of his first, “Dreams and Nightmares,” which bowed to 165,000 units in 2012, according to Billboard.
“Dreams Worth More Than Money” left other competing new albums in the dust, notably outselling the latest from R&B crooner Miguel. Miguel’s “Wildheart” debuted in second place, moving 48,000 units. Miguel’s self-propelled rivalry with R&B singer Frank Ocean has kept his name prevalent in the Twittersphere.
“VHS,” the debut album from X Ambassadors, bowed at No. 7, having moved 30,000 units last week. The alt-rock band’s first full-length collection was catapulted high onto the chart by its lead single, “Renegades,” which has ruled alt-rock radio stations for several weeks.
Got the drop at Variety . . .