First-Week Sales For Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "This Unruly Mess I've Made"

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "This Unruly Mess I've Made" underperforms its predecessor but manages to crack the top 5 with its debut on Billboard.

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There's not much happening on the new Billboard chart, hip-hop-wise, that is -- as 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne's ColleGrove as well as Kendrick Lamar's surprise album, which both dropped on Friday (Mar. 4), will appear on next week's chart. The only notable hip-hop entry onto this week's Billboard 100 is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' sophomore album, This Unruly Mess I've Made, which has made its debut at No. 4. 

This Unruly Mess I've Made pulled in a reported 61,000 total album units (including streams), a drop in sales from the duo's debut, The Heist, which sold 78,000 units and placed at No. 2 in its first week on the chart. 

A higher debut than Macklemore's was the new album from English rock band The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, which finally took the top spot from Adele's 25, released all the way back in November. Adele's 25 and Rihanna's Anti each moved down a spot from last week, placing at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. 


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First-Week Sales For Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "This Unruly Mess I've Made"
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<b>Feature &amp; News Contributor</b> Brooklyn via Toronto writer and music enthusiast. Angus writes reviews, features, and lists for HNHH. While hip-hop is his muse, Angus also puts in work at an experimental dance label. In the evenings, he winds down to dub techno and Donna Summer.