Black Panther: The Album is number one on the Billboard 200

Black Panther is the number one movie in the country, and Black Panther: The Album is the number one album. According to Billboard, the album moved a total of 154,000 equivalent album units. Curated by Kendrick Lamar and TDE, the Black Panther album features Future, Jorja Smith, Vince Staples, Jay Rock and many more.

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler convinced Kendrick Lamar to curate the album during a prescreening of the historic film. The opening weekend of the film has big in other ways as well. Entire theaters have been bought out by celebrities, including Kendrick Lamar, so that kids could see the movie. And opening night saw people showing up in incredible outfits and costumes all over the world.