Billboard 200: 11/17/12: Taylor Swift No. 1- 334K

[HolidayGuy]

Starting with info from Hip Hop DX, which posts Current Albums rankings:

2. Meek Mill, Dreams & Nightmares: 165,000 (165,000)

5. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d. city: 63,000 (304,000)

30. Tech N9ne, Boiling Point: 13,000

35. 2 Chainz, Based On A T.R.U. Story: 11,000 (365,000)

39. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Heist: 9,800 (117,000)

42. G.O.O.D. Music, Cruel Summer: 9,200 (340,000)

58. Sean Price, Mic Tyson: 6,900 (7,000)

65. The Man With The Iron Fists soundtrack: 6,400 (18,000)

66. Cee Lo, Cee-Lo's Magic Moment: 6,200

194. The Coup, Sorry To Bother You: 2,000

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Taylor Swift Still Rules Billboard 200, Meek Mill Starts at No. 2
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | November 07, 2012 11:00 EST

As projected last week, Taylor Swift's "Red" album rules for a second week atop the Billboard 200 chart, selling 344,000 copies (down 72%) according to Nielsen SoundScan. Last week, the Big Machine Records album blasted in at No. 1 with 1.208 million, marking the largest sales week for an album since 2002.

With a total of 1.553 million sold in two weeks, "Red" overtakes One Direction's "Up All Night" (1.331 million) to become the second-biggest selling album of the year. Adele's "21" is way ahead as 2012's biggest set, with 4.132 million.

Swift's previous album, "Speak Now," spent its first two weeks at No. 1 as well, moving 1.047 million and 320,000 in those respective frames. It then left the top slot for five weeks, only to return for four more straight weeks at No. 1 between the tallies dated Jan. 1-22, 2011.

Behind Swift at No. 2 this week is rapper Meek Mill, who sees his debut studio album "Dreams & Nightmares" arrive with 165,000. That's a bit less than the 170,000 to 185,000 that had been projected by industry insiders last Friday, Nov. 2.

Rod Stewart's "Merry Christmas, Baby," debuts at No. 3 with 88,000, giving the pop icon his 16th top 10 set. Upwards of 20,000 copies of "Merry Christmas" were sold via HSN. Not only did the network offer an exclusive version of the album (with eight bonus songs) but Stewart performed on the channel during an Oct. 26 special.

Jason Aldean's former No. 1 "Night Train" moves 3-4 with 71,000 (down 39%) and Kendrick Lamar's "Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City," falls 2-5 in its second week with 63,000 (down 74%).

Country king Toby Keith ropes his lucky 13th top 10 album as "Hope on the Rocks" bows at No. 6 with 48,000. Over on the Country Albums chart, it is his 20th top 10. (He's blocked from earning his 11th No. 1 -- and sixth straight chart-topper -- by the aforementioned Swift and her "Red" set.)

Mumford & Sons' "Babel" moves another 44,000 this week (down 18%) -- slipping from 4-7 on the Billboard 200. The set also surpasses 1 million in sales in its sixth week on the chart, becoming the fifth album to sell a million units this year. At this point a year ago, there were six million-sellers.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse's "Psychedelic Pill" starts at No. 8 with 34,000, giving Young his second top 10 set this year after June's "Americana" (No. 6). He's previously logged a pair of top 10s within a year's time once before, with "Comes a Time" (No. 7, 1978) and "Rust Never Sleeps" (No. 8, 1979).

Trans-Siberian Orchestra notches its second top 10 album as its "Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)" EP starts at No. 9 with 32,000. The act, always a favorite around the holidays, only previously visited the top 10 once before, with 2009's "Night Castle." That full-length set (which was not a Christmas album), debuted and peaked at No. 5 with 83,000 in its first week.

Rounding out the top 10 is Little Big Town's "Tornado," rising a slot with 29,000. The set earned a a bit 43% sales gain, thanks in part to the group's performance and wins on the Nov. 1 CMA Awards. The quartet took home the award for single of the year trophy for its former No. 1 Country Songs hit "Pontoon" and vocal group of the year.

Other notable gains on the chart owned to the CMA Awards include Luke Bryan's "Tailgates & Tanlines" (24-11 with 24,000; up 87%), Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away" (20-12 with 24,000; up 59%) and Eric Church's "Chief" (36-13 with 23,000; up 121%). Blake Shelton, the newly crowned CMA entertainer of the year, has three charting albums that all post gains: "Cheers, It's Christmas" (45-28 with 13,000; up 47%), "Red River Blue" (149-49 with 8,000; up 179%) and "Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton" (a reentry at No. 142 with 3,000; up 49%).

CMA Awards 2012: Red Carpet Highlights

Over on the Digital Songs chart, the entire top six titles are non-movers. PSY's "Gangnam Style" is No. 1 with 226,000 downloads sold (down 11%) while Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" in the runner-up slot with 149,000 (down 7%). Mars is followed by Ke$ha's "Die Young" (139,000; down 7%), Maroon 5's "One More Night" (134,000; down 6%), Rihanna's "Diamonds" (121,000; down 1%) and fun.'s "Some Nights" (116,000; up 4%) at Nos. 3-6, respectively.

Flo Rida's "I Cry" rises 8-7 with 107,000 (up 2%), Alicia Keys' "Girl On Fire" (featuring Nicki Minaj) sizzles 12-8 with 94,000 (up 25%) and Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" returns to the top 10 at No. 9 with 87,000. Rounding out the top 10 is Phillip Phillips' "Home," slipping one rung to No. 10 with 84,000 (down less than 1%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Nov. 4) totaled 5.44 million units, down 13% compared with the sum last week (6.26 million) and down 12% compared with the comparable sales week of 2011 (6.17 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 245.85 million, down 4% compared with the same total at this point last year (255.46 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 21.43 million downloads, up 2% compared with last week (21.08 million) and up 3% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (20.89 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 1.119 billion, up 6% compared with the same total at this point last year (1.055 billion).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: Mac Miller's "Blue Slide Park" debuted at No. 1 with 144,000 while the "Now 40" compilation started at No. 3 with 119,000. Michael Buble's "Christmas" zoomed 8-2 with 123,000.

www.billboard.com/news#/news/taylor-swift-still-rules-billboard-200-meek-1008003752.story

[strikeleo]

So Hits was off by more than 10k when it comes to Taylor. Glad she ended up higher.
With this number, she has sold 1.552.000 million copies, already.

CMA has really done a lot for a few artists. That's always great.

[Mark]

Amazing for Taylor. And we still have 7 weeks to go until Christmas, plus Black Friday.

And she has another massive pop smash about to be released, something Speak Now never had.

Very excited for the next few months of sales. Red could easily sail past 3 million before the subsequent singles even need to start giving it legs.

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MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

Rolling Stones 36

Frank Sinatra 33

Barbra Streisand 32 "Release Me"

The Beatles 30

Elvis Presley 27

Madonna 20 "MDNA"
Bob Dylan 20 "Tempest"

Paul McCartney 18 "Kisses on the Bottom"

Elton John 17 "The Union"
George Strait 17 "Here For A Good Time"
Bruce Springsteen 17 "Wrecking Ball"
Neil Diamond 17 "Hot August Night"

Johnny Mathis 16
Mariah Carey 16 "MCIIY"
Rod Stewart 16 "Merry Christmas, Baby" *new*

Dave Matthews 15 "Away From The World"

Garth Brooks 14 "Ultimate Hits"
Prince 14 "Lotus Flow3r"
Tim McGraw 14 "Emotional Traffic"
Van Halen 14 "Different Kind of Truth"
The Beach Boys 14 "That's Why God Made the Radio"
R Kelly 14 "Write Me Back"

Santana 13 "Guitar Heaven"
Barry Manilow 13 "15 Minutes"
Jay Z 13 "Watch The Throne"
Toby Keith 13 "Hope On The Rocks" *new*

Eric Clapton 12
Chicago 12
Alan Jackson 12 "Thirty"

[areyoureadytojump]

Looks like Taylor will spend a 3rd week at #1.

The major releases out yesterday (Ne-Yo, Aerosmith, Now 44) probably won't sell enough to knock Taylor out of #1.

[bat1990]

OMG Taylor sold nearly 1/6 of all albums last week

[areyoureadytojump]

music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-nov-4-2012-albums-christmas-album-160050384.html#more-3318

Week Ending Nov. 4, 2012. Albums: Christmas In November
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch – 1 hour 27 minutes ago

It's just the first week of November, but there are five Christmas albums in the top 30 on The Billboard 200. Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas Baby debuts at #3, which is the highest ranking for a Christmas album so far this season. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) debuts at #9, Lady Antebellum's On This Winter's Night drops from #9 to #15 in its second week, Scotty McCreery's Christmas With Scotty McCreery drops from #15 to #21 in its third week and Blake Shelton's Cheers, It's Christmas leaps from #45 to #28 in its fifth week.

Artists have been recording Christmas albums since 1945, when Bing Crosby's Merry Christmas shot to #1. But the music industry really caught on to how big they could be in 2007 when Josh Groban's Noel sold 3,699,000 copies in the last 12 weeks of the year to become the year's best-selling album. That marked the first time in the Nielsen SoundScan era that an Christmas album had ranked among the year's top five sellers. Three more Christmas albums have subsequently ranked in the year-end top five. Andrea Bocelli's My Christmas was the #5 album of 2009. Susan Boyle's The Gift was the #5 album of 2010. Michael Buble's Christmas was the #2 album of 2011. (Buble's album is a hit again this season. It leaps from #101 to #54 this week, which puts it at #1 on Top Catalog Albums).

Fans who nowadays think twice (at least) before buying an album seem to view Christmas albums as an investment. Christmas does tend to come around every year.

Merry Christmas Baby is Stewart's 16th top 10 album, not counting a 1972 album with Faces. Stewart made the top 10 with five volumes in his The Great American Songbook series. They have sold a combined total of 10.6 million copies. This holiday album continues in that pop spirit.

This is Stewart's first Christmas album. It arrives 43 years after the release of his debut album, The Rod Stewart Album. It that the longest that a major artist has made his fans wait for a Christmas album? It is not. Bob Dylan's first holiday album, Christmas In The Heart, was released more than 47 years after the release of his debut album, Bob Dylan. It would up being the #11 best-selling Christmas album of 2009.

Stewart appeared on the Home Shopping Network on Oct. 26, which contributed about 28K to the album's tally. Stewart's album coincides with the release of Rod: The Autobiography.

Taylor Swift's Red holds at #1 for the second week. It sold 344K copies in its second week, bringing its two-week tally to 1,553,000. It's the first album to reach 1.5 million in just two weeks since 50 Cent's The Massacre blew through 1,912,000 copies in its first two weeks in March 2005.

Red sold more copies in its second week than Swift's previous album, Speak Now, did, just as it sold more copies in its first week than Speak Now did. That's remarkable. Artists almost always follow a blockbuster with an album that isn't as big.

Red surpasses One Direction's Up All Night to become the second best-selling album so far this year. Adele's 21 is on top with sales of 4,132,000 so far this year.

Assuming Adele and Swift wind up at #1 and #2 on the year-end chart (it seems a safe assumption), this will be the fifth time in the Nielsen SoundScan era that female artists have had both of the year's top two albums. Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack and Janet Jackson's janet. were #1 and #2 for 1993, Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill and Celine Dion's Falling Into You were #1 and #2 for 1996, Spice Girls' Spice and Jewel's Pieces Of You were #1 and #2 for 1997 and Swift's Fearless and Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream were #1 and #2 for 2009.

Red sold 94K digital copies, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums. This brings its digital sales tally to date to 559K. And with that, Swift makes digital history. She is the first artist to sell 500K copies of three different albums. Fearless has sold 859K digital copies. Speak Now has sold 782K. Five artists have two albums each that have sold 500K digital copies: Adele, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Mumford & Sons and Kanye West (counting a collabo with Jay-Z).

Meek Mill's Dreams & Nightmares debuts at #2. It sold a healthy 165K copies. It would have sold even more, but Hurricane Sandy impacted Meek Mill's top two markets, New York and Philadelphia (which is his hometown). Meek Mill was featured on a pair of top five albums in 2011-2012, Maybach Music Group Presents: Self Made: Vols. 1 & 2.

Toby Keith's Hope On The Rocks debuts at #6. It's the country star's 12th top 10 album. This is Keith's first album with an alcohol-inspired title, though several of his hits fit that description. Among them: "Beer For My Horses" (with Willie Nelson), "I Love This Bar," "Whiskey Girl," "Get Drunk And Be Somebody" and "Red Solo Cup." (I don't think it's Sprite in that cup.)

Mumford & Sons' Babel drops from #4 to #7. The album tops the 1 million mark in its sixth week. The group's last album, Sigh No More, took a little more than a year to hit that plateau. It entered the chart (at #127) the week ending Feb. 21, 2010 and topped 1 million the week ending Feb. 27, 2011. Babel is the fifth album to top the 1 million mark so far this year. Look for Justin Bieber's Believe to become the sixth, probably in two weeks.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Psychedelic Pill debuts at #8. This is Young's 13th top 10 album, counting three albums with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. That allows Young to pull ahead of Rush as the Canadian act with the most top 10 albums in the U.S. Rush has had 12. Celine Dion is in third place with 11 top 10 albums.

This is Young's second top 10 album of 2012. This marks the first time that Young has had two top 10 albums in a calendar year since 1970, when he scored with CSNY's Déjà vu (#1 in May) and his own After The Gold Rush (#8 in October).

Psychedelic Pill is Young's fourth top 10 album on which he shares billing with Crazy Horse. It follows Rust Never Sleeps, Sleeps With Angels and Americana.
Finally, this isn't the first top 10 album with the word "Psychedelic" in the title. The Temptations' Psychedelic Shack hit #9 in 1970.

Little Big Town's Tornado rebounds from #11 to #10 in its eighth week. This is one of four country albums in the top 10 in the wake of last week's Country Music Assn. Awards. The others are Swift's Red, Jason Aldean's Night Train and Keith's Hope On The Rocks. Little Big Town won two CMA awards: Single of the Year for "Pontoon" and Vocal Group of the Year (breaking Lady Antebellum's three-year hold on that award).

PSY's "Gangnam Style" is #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the fourth week; the third in a row. Will this finally be the week it unseats Maroon 5's "One More Night" from the top spot on the Hot 100? You'll find out later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

The Top Five: Taylor Swift's Red holds at #1 for the second week (344K)…Meek Mill's Dreams & Nightmares debuts at #2 (165K). It's his first top 10 album… Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas Baby debuts at #3 (89K). This is Stewart's 16th top 10 album…Jason Aldean's Night Train dips from #3 to #4 in its third week (71K)…Kendrick Lamar's good kid m.A.A.d. city drops from #2 to #5 in its second week (63K).

The Second Five: Toby Keith's Hope On The Rocks debuts at #6 (48K). This is Keith's 12th top 10 album… Mumford & Sons' Babel drops from #4 to #7 in its sixth week (44K)….Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Psychedelic Pill debuts at #8 (34K). This is Young's 13th career top 10 album…Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) EP debuts at #9 (32K). It's the act's second top 10 album…Little Big Town's Tornado rebounds from #11 to #10 in its eighth week (29K). This is its sixth week in the top 10.

Six albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Tony Bennett's Viva Duets drops from #5 to #17, Gary Clark Jr.'s Blak And Blu drops from #6 to #31, Stone Sour's House Of Gold & Bones, Part One drops from #7 to #37, P!nk's The Truth About Love drops from #8 to #14, Lady Antebellum's On This Winter's Night drops from #9 to #15, Brandy's Two Eleven drops from #10 to #29.

Flyleaf's New Horizons debuts at #16. This is the band's second top 20 album. Memento Mori reached #8 in 2009. ..Calvin Harris' 18 Months debuts at #19. The album enters The Official U.K. chart at #1, displacing Taylor Swift's Red, which falls to #5. It's Harris' second album in a row to reach #1 in the U.K., following Ready For The Weekend.

The Pitch Perfect soundtrack drops from #33 to #50 in its sixth week. It's the #1 soundtrack to a theatrically-released film for the fifth time in the past six weeks. The movie holds at #11 at the box-office in its sixth weekend. (Wreck-It Ralph debuted at #1.)

One Direction's Up All Night—The Live Tour makes boy band history this week. The DVD logs its 20th week at #1 on Top Music Videos. This puts it in a three-way tie for the longest run at #1 by a boy band video. It shares the title with New Kids On The Block's Hangin' Tough (1989-90) and Backstreet Boys' Homecoming—Live In Orlando (1999). In addition, One Direction is the only act that is listed in the top 10 for the year-to-date on the album, song and music video charts. Its album Up All Night is #3 for the year. Its single "What Makes You Beautiful" is #7 for the year. Its video is #2 for the year (behind only Adele's Live At The Royal Albert Hall).

Coming Attractions: Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension! is expected to be next week's top new entry. Also due: Now 44, Ne-Yo's R.E.D., All That Remains' War You Can Not Win, Third Day's Miracle and Glee: The Music Presents Glease.

[Enigma.]

How can PG say that Sandy affected just Meek Mill's sales? Weird way of thinking..

[areyoureadytojump]

^HITS commented that Meek had a big NYC-area fan base and they could not buy the album due to all the power outages that closed retailers.

[Enigma.]

But didn't it affect other albums too.. Surely he might have lost more sales than TS for example but it didn't really affect his chart position.

[areyoureadytojump]

^But it affected his overall sales. He was forecasted to do almost 200k.

[pnobelysk]

Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (24,000, +59%, 902,000) (#12 Billboard 200)
Scotty McCreery, Christmas With Scotty (16,000, -9%, 75,000) (#21 BB200)
Scotty McCreery, Scotty McCreery QVC Bundle (5,000, debut, 5,000) (#93 BB200)
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (3,000, +6%, 952,000) (#151 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (2,000, +54%, 7.247 million)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (2,000, +14%, 225,000)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, +43%, 2.147 million)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (2,000, +15%, 1.122 million)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (2,000, +34%, 3.289 million)
Casey James, Casey James (1,000, +6%, 57,000)

Idol-related albums

One Direction, Up All Night (16,000, +14%, 1.331 million) (#23 Billboard 200)
Various, WOW Hits 2013 (9,000, +2%, 61,000) (#40 BB200)
Sountrack, Rock of Ages (6,000, -16%, 228,000) (#71 BB200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (6,000, +1%, 2.799 million) (#74 BB200)
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (3,000, -16%, 412,000) (#189 BB200)

www.usatoday.com/story/idolchatter/2012/11/07/idol-album-sales-blown-away/1689859/

[pnobelysk]

Next week Mandisa's What If we Were Real will become her best selling album

[reidster]

Not sure why Carly Rae Jepsen isn't included in the Idol or Idol-related albums. She is a Canadian Idol alum.

[areyoureadytojump]

2m, can you post the BB200 again for me, please? Thanks.

Here's the BB200 at the BB website for now:

www.billboard.com/charts#/charts/billboard-200?begin=1&order=position

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/4/12)

1) Taylor Swift – RED – 344,249 (After 2 weeks – 1,552,847)
2) Meek Mill – Dreams & Nightmares – 164,590
3) Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas Baby – 88,818

Other Debuts

6) Toby Keith – Hope On The Rocks – 48,167
8 ) Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill – 34,252
9) Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Dreams of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) – 31,974
16) Flyleaf – New Horizons – 20,064
19) Calvin Harris – 18 Months – 16,851
30) Tech N9ne – Boiling Point (K.O.D Collection) – 12,978
32) Parkway Drive – Atlas – 12,771

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The Billboard 200
Issue Date: 2012-11-17

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 1 - 2 Red, Taylor Swift 1
2 NEW 1 Dreams And Nightmares, Meek Mill 2
3 NEW 1 Merry Christmas, Baby, Rod Stewart 3
4 3 1 3 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
5 2 - 2 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
6 NEW 1 Hope On The Rocks, Toby Keith 6
7 4 2 6 Babel, Mumford & Sons 1
8 NEW 1 Psychedelic Pill, Neil Young & Crazy Horse 8
9 NEW 1 Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) (EP), Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
10 11 8 8 Tornado, Little Big Town 2
11 24 27 65 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
12 20 25 27 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood 1
13 36 38 67 Chief, Eric Church 1
14 8 6 7 The Truth About Love, P!nk 1
15 9 - 2 On This Winter's Night, Lady Antebellum 9
16 NEW 1 New Horizons, Flyleaf 16
17 5 - 2 Viva Duets, Tony Bennett 5
18 12 9 89 21, Adele 1
19 NEW 1 18 Months, Calvin Harris 19
20 13 18 19 Overexposed, Maroon 5 2
21 15 4 3 Christmas With Scotty McCreery, Scotty McCreery 4
22 23 23 37 Some Nights, fun. 3
23 22 21 34 Up All Night, One Direction 1
24 26 31 38 Hunter Hayes 18
25 19 15 31 The Lumineers 11
26 16 7 5 Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel 3
27 21 24 20 Believe, Justin Bieber 1
28 45 52 5 Cheers, It's Christmas, Blake Shelton 28
29 10 3 3 Two Eleven, Brandy 3
30 NEW 1 Boiling Point (K.O.D. Collection) (EP), Tech N9ne 30
31 6 - 2 Blak And Blu, Gary Clark Jr. 6
32 NEW 1 Atlas, Parkway Drive 32
33 48 44 17 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 1
34 28 33 13 NOW 43, Various Artists 1
35 27 35 12 Based On A T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz 1
36 25 20 137 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 2
37 7 - 2 House Of Gold & Bones: Part 1, Stone Sour 7
38 38 42 9 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
39 34 11 4 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
40 44 41 6 WOW Hits 2013, Various Artists 35
41 32 17 5 The 2nd Law, Muse 2
42 35 29 7 Kanye West Presents GOOD Music Cruel Summer, Various Artists 2
43 75 73 20 Welcome To The Fishbowl, Kenny Chesney 2
44 39 26 4 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
45 153 177 51 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert 3
46 42 30 5 Songs From The Silver Screen, Jackie Evancho 7
47 43 67 21 +, Ed Sheeran 5
48 NEW 1 Afterglow, Black Country Communion 48
49 149 139 68 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
50 33 13 6 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 12
51 40 85 47 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns 2
52 NEW 1 Hands Of Glory, Andrew Bird 52
53 49 19 4 Release Me, Barbra Streisand 7
54 101 - 12 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
55 83 70 64 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 4
56 NEW 1 Home For The Holidays, Andre Rieu 56
57 55 50 31 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men 6
58 46 32 6 Uno!, Green Day 2
59 NEW 1 Mic Tyson, Sean Price 59
60 41 14 4 Monster, KISS 3
61 51 39 7 Battle Born, The Killers 3
62 52 36 8 Away From The World, Dave Matthews Band 1
63 29 5 3 Living For A Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran, Jamey Johnson 5
64 56 49 7 Kiss, Carly Rae Jepsen 6
65 37 22 4 Lace Up, MGK 4
66 31 - 2 The Man With The Iron Fists, Soundtrack 31
67 NEW 1 Cee Lo's Magic Moment, Cee Lo Green 67
68 76 60 11 Chapter V, Trey Songz 1
69 58 76 106 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
70 91 87 28 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice 5
71 60 48 15 Rock Of Ages, Soundtrack 5
72 53 28 5 Glad Rag Doll, Diana Krall 6
73 59 43 5 Transit Of Venus, Three Days Grace 5
74 77 57 105 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
75 72 75 18 Wild Ones, Flo Rida 14
76 63 62 6 Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, Lupe Fiasco 5
77 65 56 115 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
78 84 59 8 The Carpenter, The Avett Brothers 4
79 NEW 1 Silverthorn, Kamelot 79
80 79 69 14 God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross 1
81 71 46 6 Push And Shove, No Doubt 3
82 54 10 3 Metalocalypse: Dethalbum III (Soundtrack), Dethklok 10
83 30 - 2 Hello My Name Is..., Bridgit Mendler 30
84 73 81 17 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
85 89 77 18 Fortune, Chris Brown 1
86 66 37 5 Born To Sing : No Plan B, Van Morrison 10
87 125 149 22 It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley 60
88 14 - 2 Until Now, Swedish House Mafia 14
89 85 80 40 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
90 82 54 10 Eye On It, tobyMac 1
91 68 78 202 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1
92 67 63 5 Sticks & Stones, Cher Lloyd 9
93 NEW 1 Clear As Day/Christmas With Scotty McCreery, Scotty McCreery 93
94 86 66 48 El Camino, The Black Keys 2
95 95 92 16 Kidz Bop 22, Kidz Bop Kids 3
96 NEW 1 The Manticore And Other Horrors, Cradle Of Filth 96
97 165 185 60 Own The Night, Lady Antebellum 1
98 90 82 19 Living Things, Linkin Park 1
99 97 84 12 Best Days, Tamela Mann 14
100 92 68 8 Coexist, The xx 5
101 173 166 206 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9
102 120 137 5 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing, Kids Choir 102
103 96 89 29 California 37, Train 4
104 NEW 1 Anthology, Thrice 104
105 61 12 3 Sunken Condos, Donald Fagen 12
106 NEW 1 Wreck-It Ralph, Soundtrack 106
107 80 61 6 Album Title Goes Here, deadmau5 6
108 78 55 8 Tempest, Bob Dylan 3
109 94 83 8 Austin & Ally (Soundtrack), Ross Lynch 27
110 87 74 9 North, matchbox twenty 1
111 88 121 265 Taylor Swift 5
112 145 128 29 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz 2
113 81 109 107 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
114 178 - 62 Hell On Heels, Pistol Annies 5
115 109 95 28 Up All Night, Kip Moore 6
116 RE-ENTRY 104 The Band Perry 4
117 140 138 58 Outlaws Like Me, Justin Moore 5
118 17 - 2 Apocryphon, The Sword 17
119 104 107 25 The Lateness Of The Hour, Alex Clare 48
120 93 - 2 Christmas In The Sand, Colbie Caillat 93
121 117 93 7 All Over The Road, Easton Corbin 11
122 127 159 90 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
123 192 187 109 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 1
124 131 113 11 Dustin Lynch 13
125 NEW 1 A Laurie Berkner Christmas, The Laurie Berkner Band 125
126 132 127 12 Blood, In This Moment 15
127 119 119 31 Changed, Rascal Flatts 3
128 116 97 9 Gravity, Lecrae 3
129 111 103 21 Looking 4 Myself, Usher 1
130 114 96 53 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine 6
131 126 106 29 Pluto, Future 8
132 138 136 51 Take Care, Drake 1
133 122 105 7 It'z Just What We Do (EP), Florida Georgia Line 105
134 124 130 107 Hands All Over, Maroon 5 2
135 RE-ENTRY 31 Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin 19
136 98 65 4 #3, The Script 13
137 194 - 10 Heavenly Christmas, Jackie Evancho 11
138 112 94 159 19, Adele 4
139 150 126 91 Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars 10
140 NEW 1 The Anthem Of The Outcast (EP), Blood On The Dance Floor 140
141 57 64 239 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey (Diamond Certification) 15 10
142 RE-ENTRY 5 The Invitation Narrated By Lee Strobel, Lee Strobel 142
143 RE-ENTRY 75 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
144 172 174 4 Home For Christmas, Celtic Woman 112
145 158 151 21 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 5, Various Artists 13
146 RE-ENTRY 32 Home, Dierks Bentley 7
147 144 - 2 Make Your Mark: Ultimate Playlist, Various Artists 144
148 135 123 57 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION 87
149 142 140 45 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex 14
150 106 100 8 La Futura, ZZ Top 6
151 NEW 1 Halloween Haunted House: 250 Tracks Of Terrifying Horror & Spooky Scary Sou, Halloween FX Productions 151
152 160 145 54 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson 2
153 147 114 52 Relentless, Jason Aldean 4
154 129 104 13 Declaration Of Independence, Colt Ford 5
155 50 - 2 Halo 4, Soundtrack 50
156 NEW 1 This Is Christmas, Katherine Jenkins 156
157 151 150 74 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (EP), Skrillex 49
158 RE-ENTRY 43 And If Our God Is For Us..., Chris Tomlin 17
159 113 110 7 3 Pears, Dwight Yoakam 18
160 RE-ENTRY 57 Barefoot Blue Jean Night, Jake Owen 6
161 NEW 1 Opus Collection, The Who 161
162 RE-ENTRY 5 Love This Giant, David Byrne & St. Vincent 23
163 115 58 4 Don't Panic, All Time Low 6
164 107 40 4 Afterman: Ascension, Coheed And Cambria 5
165 RE-ENTRY 4 Life And Favor, John P. Kee And New Life 32
166 152 178 172 Thriller, Michael Jackson (Diamond Certification) 29 1
167 139 131 31 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 8
168 RE-ENTRY 2 Christmas Songs By Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 168
169 166 153 31 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj 1
170 RE-ENTRY 10 One Song At A Time, Jamie Grace 84
171 137 108 10 Live Across America, Josh Turner 48
172 RE-ENTRY 7 Do You Hear What I Hear?: Women Of Christmas, Various Artists 164
173 RE-ENTRY 163 Come Away With Me, Norah Jones (Diamond Certification) 10 1
174 RE-ENTRY 74 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
175 NEW 1 Whoa To WOW!, Renee Spearman Featuring D.J. Rogers 175
176 181 165 50 Talk That Talk, Rihanna 3
177 NEW 1 A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Bringing Joy To The World, Various Artists 177
178 NEW 1 Holidays Rule, Various Artists 178
179 99 102 164 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 52
180 RE-ENTRY 14 Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton 31
181 159 154 5 The Piano Guys 44
182 NEW 1 Roads, Chris Mann 182
183 197 148 102 Bad: 25, Michael Jackson 1
184 179 169 25 The Strange Case Of..., Halestorm 15
185 18 - 2 Abominationz, Twiztid 18
186 RE-ENTRY 90 Carolina, Eric Church 17
187 RE-ENTRY 127 Brothers, The Black Keys 3
188 155 90 4 Lonerism, Tame Impala 34
189 146 118 6 Awakened, As I Lay Dying 11
190 148 133 59 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta 5
191 RE-ENTRY 16 The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 83
192 RE-ENTRY 86 Greatest Hits II, Kenny Chesney 3
193 RE-ENTRY 117 Revolution, Miranda Lambert 8
194 198 - 24 ...Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones 2
195 100 112 257 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
196 RE-ENTRY 6 Lindsey Stirling 81
197 141 111 5 Connection, Papa Roach 17
198 RE-ENTRY 30 Tuskegee, Lionel Richie 1
199 182 180 124 Recovery, Eminem 1
200 164 164 247 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers (Diamond Certification) 10 18

[Enigma.]

185 18 - 2 Abominationz, Twiztid 18

Oops! Has any new release ever dropped Top 20 -> out? Because I know old albums on sale have.

[areyoureadytojump]

50 albums enter the BB200 this week.

22 are re-entries.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-for-november-7-2012-cma-awards-impact-taylor-swift-red-sells-340-000-more

Top 30 Country Albums for This Week with Five Notable Albums (SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums Chart Placement)*

*Numbers rounded to nearest thousandth (Special Top 30 edition).

LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total

1 1 Taylor Swift Red 344,000 1,553,000

3 4 Jason Aldean Night Train 71,000 596,000

NEW 6 Toby Keith Hope On The Rocks 48,000 48,000

11 10 Little Big Town Tornado 29,000 323,000

24 11 Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines 24,000 1,530,000

20 12 Carrie Underwood Blown Away 24,000 902,000

36 13 Eric Church Chief 23,000 1,131,000

9 15 Lady Antebellum On This Winter's Night 21,000 46,000

15 21 Scotty McCreery Christmas With Scotty 16,000 75,000

26 24 Hunter Hayes Hunter Hayes 15,000 329,000

45 28 Blake Shelton Cheers, It's Christmas 14,000 44,000

48 33 Zac Brown Band Uncaged 12,000 583,000

72 43 Kenny Chesney Welcome To The Fishbowl 9,000 496,000

137 45 Miranda Lambert Four The Record 9,000 641,000

135 49 Blake Shelton Red River Blue 8,000 792,000

79 54 Brantley Gilbert Halfway To Heaven 8,000 732,000

29 62 Jamey Johnson Livin' For A Song 7,000 51,000

86 68 Lee Brice Hard 2 Love 6,000 249,000

74 72 Jason Aldean My Kinda Party 6,000 2,799,000

NEW 89 Scotty McCreery QVC Bundle 5,000 5,000

146 93 Lady Antebellum Own The Night 5,000 1,744,000

155 107 Pistol Annies Hell On Heels 4,000 405,000

101 108 Kip Moore Up All Night 4,000 221,000

127 109 Justin Moore Outlaws Like Me 4,000 471,000

108 113 Easton Corbin All Over The Road 4,000 62,000

118 114 Dustin Lynch Dustin Lynch 4,000 76,000

109 116 Rascal Flatts Changed 4,000 394,000

112 122 Florida Georgia Line It'z Just What We Do 3,000 56,000

141 128 Various Now Country 5 3,000 151,000

RE-ENTER 129 Dierks Bentley Home 3,000 221,000

[cartman2002]

My awards for this week's chart

74.My Kinda Party-Jason Aldean (Triple Platnium)
90.Eye On It-tobyMac (Gold)
130.Ceremonials-Florence + The Machine (Double Platnium)
137.Heavenly Christmas-Jackie Evancho (Gold)
198.Tuskegee-Lionel Richie (Platnium)

[areyoureadytojump]

A chart has leaked somewhere. Sales numbers are here:

twitter.com/chartnews

[areyoureadytojump]

New RIAA certs on the BB200 this week:

Mumford & Sons Gold (should be 1xp)
Pink Gold
Dave Matthews Band Gold

[chartfreak]

Nov 7, 2012 13:13:10 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

How can PG say that Sandy affected just Meek Mill's sales? Weird way of thinking..

Artist sell differently across the USA. If a majority of his fans are in the Northeast, then of course it's going to affect his sales more than another artist that sells better in the South or West, etc.

[hank0629]

Nov 8, 2012 16:41:12 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

A chart has leaked somewhere. Sales numbers are here:

twitter.com/chartnews

With your post, I found the whole Hot Digital Tracks chart with sales on the internet! Thanks!

[👑 Eloquent ™]

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