On the US
Billboard 200, Jesus Is King opened at number one with 264,000
album-equivalent units, of which 109,000 were pure album sales, ranking as the second-largest sales week of 2019 for an R&B/hip-hop album.
[128] This gave West his ninth consecutive album to debut atop the chart, tying him with a record held by fellow rapper
Eminem.
[128] The chart-topping position stood as the sixth time that West did so with an album in the 2010s, tying him for second place with fellow rapper
Future and Canadian singer
Justin Bieber for most number one albums of the decade.
[128] The album simultaneously entered atop the US
Top Christian Albums and
Top Gospel Albumscharts.
[129] By doing so, Jesus Is King gave West his first appearance on the respective charts and the sales stood as the biggest unit week on both charts.
[129] On the US charts, the album became the first to ever top the Billboard 200,
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,
Top Rap Albums, Top Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums at the same time.
[130] In its second week on the Billboard200, Jesus Is King didn't remain atop the chart, falling to number two.
[131] The album moved 72,000 album-equivalent units that week, experiencing a 73% decline in sales.
[131] Jesus Is King further descended four places to number six on the chart the following week, pushing 38,000 units and declining in sales by 47%.
[132] In its fourth week on the Billboard 200, the album fell down four places to number ten with 30,000 album-equivalent units, declining by 20% in sales.
[133]
Jesus Is King topped the
Canadian Albums Chart with 16,000 total consumption units and 17.9 million on-demand streams.
[134]This stood as West's seventh number one album in Canada and his second consecutive chart topper.
[134] The following week, the album dropped to number two on the chart.
[135] Jesus Is King debuted atop the
ARIA Albums Chart, giving West his third number one album in Australia and following on from Ye as his second consecutive solo chart topper, while standing as the first time that an album with the word "King" in its title reached the summit.
[136] This lead to West ranking at number 157 on the list of "Accumulated Weeks at No.1: 1965 to 2019" and stood as the 498th time that an album debuted atop the chart, though was the 20th in 2019.
[136] The reign of the album at the top position continued into its second week on the ARIA Albums Chart, with Jesus Is Kingbecoming West's first album to remain at number one for over a week in Australia.
[137]The following week, the album descended five places to number six on the chart.
[138]Jesus Is King gave West his second chart-topping solo album in Norway by debuting at number one on the
Norwegian Albums Chart.
[139] A chart-topping debut was also attained by the album on the
Danish Albumschart, standing as West's second chart topper in Denmark.
[140] Jesus Is Kingdebuted atop the
Estonia Tipp-40, ending the seven week reign of rapper
Post Malone's third studio album
Hollywood's Bleeding.
[141]The album also reached number one in
Iceland,
Latvia and
New Zealand.
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Jesus Is King debuted at number two on the
UK Albums Chart, being blocked from the top spot by Welsh rock band
Stereophonics' eleventh studio album
Kind.
[144] However, this gave West his sixth top ten album on the chart.
[144] The album also entered at number two on the
Irish Albums Chart, with it being prevented from becoming a chart topper by Irish singer-songwriter
Dermot Kennedy's debut studio album
Without Fear.
[145]Despite this, Jesus Is King stood as the highest new entry of the week on the chart and West's sixth top ten album in Ireland.
[145]On the
Sverigetopplistan albums chart, the album reached number two, tying with The Life of Pablo for West's highest charting album in Sweden, while reaching the same position on the
Lithuanian Albumschart.
[146][147] In the Netherlands, Jesus Is King peaked at number three on the
Dutch Album Top 100.
[148] Similarly, the album charted at number four and five on the
Finnish Albums and Czech Albums charts respectively.
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All eleven tracks from Jesus Is King charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "Follow God" debuting the highest at number seven.
[100] This made West the artist with the fifth-most songs in the history of the chart, with his total number of Hot 100 entries amounting to 107, while also leading to him ranking at number one on the US
Billboard Artist 100.
[100][130] With the album, West simultaneously became the first artist to monopolize all top ten spots on the US
Christian Songs and
Gospel Songscharts.
[151] Upon the release of Jesus Is King, three of the tracks entered the UK Singles Chart; this is the largest number allowed by the
Official Charts Company per artist at any one time, with "Follow God" charting the highest at number six.
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