HITS 9/17: Keith Urban 100-110K #1, The Weeknd 90-100K #2

[jgizzle89]

CHART MURMUR: It's a fight to the finish for the #1 spot on the HITS Album Sales Chart between XO/Republic's The Weeknd and Capitol Nashville's Keith Urban. Turns out the weekend was key for The Weeknd, whose Kiss Land surged in sales to challenge the country superstar's Fuse. Keep refreshing that chart and watch the race before it goes final tomorrow. (9/16p)

[HolidayGuy]

Of note: Sticky & Sweet Tour was not available as a standalone CD or Blu-Ray/CD combo. All it took was the CD/DVD package to propel it as it did. Lack of such availability for the MDNA Tour severely limits its Billboard 200 potential.

[areyoureadytojump]

NOW IN: 28.40%

-- 1 THE WEEKEND XO/REPUBLIC 66,500
KISS LAND
-- 2 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 38,259
FUSE
-- 3 2 CHAINZ DEF JAM/IDJ 37,694
B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME
-- 4 JANELLE MONAE BAD BOY/ATLANTIC 23,713
ELECTRIC LADY
1 5 ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC 17,182
YOURS TRULY
4 6 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 15,835
CRASH MY PARTY
2 7 TAMAR BRAXTON EPIC 13,866
LOVE & WAR
-- 8 RISE AGAINST INTERSCOPE 12,528
LONG FORGOTTEN SONGS: B-SIDES &
-- 9 SHERYL CROW WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 12,518
FEELS LIKE HOME
5 10 JOHN LEGEND COLUMBIA 12,307
LOVE IN THE FUTURE
8 11 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 10,264
HAIL TO THE KING
36 12 LORDE LAVA/REPUBLIC 10,194
LOVE CLUB EP
19 13 JAY Z ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 9,848
MAGNA CARTA... HOLY GRAIL
11 14 BASTILLE VIRGIN 9,843
BAD BLOOD
3 15 NINE INCH NAILS COLUMBIA 8,683
HESITATION MARKS
15 16 JUICY J COLUMBIA 7,865
STAY TRIPPY
10 17 IMAGINE DRAGONS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 7,400
NIGHT VISIONS
14 18 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 7,076
PARADISE VALLEY
28 19 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS MACKLEMORE 6,473
HEIST
23 20 LANA DEL REY INTERSCOPE 6,331
BORN TO DIE
17 21 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 6,231
HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES
-- 22 EARTH, WIND & FIRE LEGACY 6,170
NOW, THEN & FOREVER
29 23 BRUNO MARS ATLANTIC 6,158
UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX
34 24 GREAT GATSBY INTERSCOPE 5,818
SOUNDTRACK
7 25 JAHEIM ATLANTIC 5,804
APPRECIATION DAY
26 26 BIG SEAN DEF JAM/IDJ 4,974
HALL OF FAME
20 27 TEEN BEACH WALT DISNEY 4,787
SOUNDTRACK
6 28 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 4,705
BLURRED LINES
9 29 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE RCA 4,595
20/20 EXPERIENCE
22 30 TGT ATLANTIC 4,537
THREE KINGS
45 31 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 4,357
BABEL
-- 32 ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO 4,267
AM
38 33 THE CIVIL WARS SENSIBILITY/COLUMBIA 4,038
THE CIVIL WARS
30 34 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH PROSPECT PARK 3,867
WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN, VOL. 1
48 35 DAFT PUNK COLUMBIA 3,598
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES
-- 36 ONEREPUBLIC INTERSCOPE 3,520
NATIVE
25 37 THE 1975 INTERSCOPE 3,352
THE 1975
41 38 K. MICHELLE ATLANTIC 3,310
REBELLIOUS SOUL
-- 39 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 3,227
NIGHT TRAIN
39 40 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 3,206
TAKE ME HOME
-- 41 KENDRICK LAMAR AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 3,089
GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY
13 42 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 3,073
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
35 43 PITCH PERFECT UME 3,002
SOUNDTRACK
-- 44 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/DEF JAM/IDJ 2,940
YEEZUS
12 45 NEKO CASE ANTI 2,815
THE WORSE THINGS GET, THE HARDER
-- 46 J. COLE ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 2,741
BORN SINNER
18 47 NOW 47 UME 2,649
VARIOUS ARTISTS
49 48 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 2,604
RED
24 49 SARA BAREILLES EPIC 2,449
BLESSED UNREST
16 50 P!NK RCA 2,445
TRUTH ABOUT LOVE

[pnobelysk]

Sept 14, 2013 11:10:43 GMT -5 rosemoor said:

Isn't 100k a bit low for Keith Urban? how much did he do last time? I mean, he has #1 country single, has AI gig, on country awards show all the time, tons of exposure.

To be fair it would probably do better if released if he could currently promote it on idol during the season

[tekkenguy]

SPOILER: Billboard adds pre-order data to the Billboard 200. One Direction's "Midnight Memories" debuts at #1, blocking out The Weeknd and Keith.

LOL. If that happens, I will lose it. Ironically, the Weeknd's first album was released the week that "Take Me Home" came out.

[areyoureadytojump]

NOW IN: 71.35%

-- 1 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 88,546
FUSE
-- 2 THE WEEKND XO/REPUBLIC 69,364
KISS LAND
-- 3 2 CHAINZ DEF JAM/IDJ 49,832
B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME
4 4 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 46,038
CRASH MY PARTY
-- 5 JANELLE MONAE BAD BOY/ATLANTIC 35,244
ELECTRIC LADY
-- 6 ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO 26,767
AM
-- 7 SHERYL CROW WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 26,749
FEELS LIKE HOME
1 8 ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC 26,116
YOURS TRULY
2 9 TAMAR BRAXTON EPIC 25,993
LOVE & WAR
5 10 JOHN LEGEND COLUMBIA 18,881
LOVE IN THE FUTURE
17 11 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 16,044
HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES
8 12 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 15,070
HAIL TO THE KING
6 13 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 14,279
BLURRED LINES
7 14 JAHEIM ATLANTIC 13,465
APPRECIATION DAY
18 15 NOW 47 UME 13,172
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 16 RISE AGAINST INTERSCOPE 12,528
LONG FORGOTTEN SONGS: B-SIDES &
-- 17 EARTH, WIND & FIRE LEGACY 12,492
NOW, THEN & FOREVER
19 18 JAY Z ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 12,137
MAGNA CARTA... HOLY GRAIL
29 19 BRUNO MARS ATLANTIC 12,086
UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX
-- 20 GLORIA ESTEFAN SONY MASTERWORKS 11,814
STANDARDS
3 21 NINE INCH NAILS COLUMBIA 11,287
HESITATION MARKS
10 22 IMAGINE DRAGONS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 10,573
NIGHT VISIONS
14 23 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 10,420
PARADISE VALLEY
36 24 LORDE LAVA/REPUBLIC 10,194
LOVE CLUB EP
20 25 TEEN BEACH WALT DISNEY 9,872
SOUNDTRACK
11 26 BASTILLE VIRGIN 9,843
BAD BLOOD
22 27 TGT ATLANTIC 9,104
THREE KINGS
28 28 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS MACKLEMORE 8,654
HEIST
9 29 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE RCA 8,618
20/20 EXPERIENCE
13 30 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 8,544
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
15 31 JUICY J COLUMBIA 7,865
STAY TRIPPY
23 32 LANA DEL REY INTERSCOPE 7,501
BORN TO DIE
39 33 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 6,769
TAKE ME HOME
26 34 BIG SEAN DEF JAM/IDJ 6,293
HALL OF FAME
32 35 ALABAMA & FRIENDS SHOW DOG 6,256
VARIOUS ARTISTS
34 36 GREAT GATSBY INTERSCOPE 5,818
SOUNDTRACK
41 37 K. MICHELLE ATLANTIC 5,675
REBELLIOUS SOUL
-- 38 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 5,522
NIGHT TRAIN
16 39 P!NK RCA 5,278
TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
46 40 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 5,163
KIDS BOP 24
49 41 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 5,144
RED
35 42 PITCH PERFECT UME 4,924
SOUNDTRACK
33 43 SELENA GOMEZ HOLLYWOOD 4,879
STARS DANCE
38 44 THE CIVIL WARS SENSIBILITY/COLUMBIA 4,838
THE CIVIL WARS
30 45 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH PROSPECT PARK 4,836
WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN, VOL. 1
42 46 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 4,572
TAILGATES & TANLINES
45 47 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 4,357
BABEL
48 48 DAFT PUNK COLUMBIA 3,598
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES
47 49 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 3,534
TRUE BELIEVERS
-- 50 ONEREPUBLIC INTERSCOPE 3,520
NATIVE

[areyoureadytojump]

Sept 16, 2013 20:20:55 GMT -5 tekkenguy said:

SPOILER: Billboard adds pre-order data to the Billboard 200. One Direction's "Midnight Memories" debuts at #1, blocking out The Weeknd and Keith.

LOL. If that happens, I will lose it. Ironically, the Weeknd's first album was released the week that "Take Me Home" came out.

They are not going to do this.

[areyoureadytojump]

New albums out today:

Jack Johnson
MMG
Justin Moore
Billy Currington
Chris Young
Elvis Costello & The Roots
Five For Fighting
The Devil Wears Prada
MGMT

The above albums are pictured in the Target/Best Buy circulars.

Others:

Avicii
Johnny Lang
Grouplove

More at Amazon.com:

www.amazon.com/s/ref=s9_dnav_bw_ir04_s?node=5174&field-binding_browse-bin=387645011&field-date=20130917&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=0EKRGNFQ4SMYVV5EQMS9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1614209002&pf_rd_i=465672

[chartfreak]

I don't know if I'm shocked or not that it looks like MDNA won't even scan 5,000??

[areyoureadytojump]

^We've told you all along it was not going to do well. There has been *zero* promotion.

[chartfreak]

Well I know that...but with so many followers etc. Something higher would be nice. But oh well.

[HolidayGuy]

Never mind the lack of promotion- but also the lack of the CD/DVD, as mentioned earlier. All it has, in terms of BB 200 eligibility, is the digital album and the manufactured-on-demand CD-R that Amazon.com is selling.

I'm curious to see if the DVD/Blu-Ray release will be another No. 1 on Top Music Videos.

[areyoureadytojump]

NOW IN: FINAL

-- 1 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 102,881 --
FUSE
-- 2 THE WEEKND XO/REPUBLIC 97,985 --
KISS LAND
-- 3 2 CHAINZ DEF JAM/IDJ 60,664 --
B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME
4 4 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 52,279 -23%
CRASH MY PARTY
-- 5 JANELLE MONAE BAD BOY/ATLANTIC 47,894 --
ELECTRIC LADY
-- 6 ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO 39,605 --
AM
-- 7 SHERYL CROW WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 37,340 --
FEELS LIKE HOME
2 8 TAMAR BRAXTON EPIC 34,688 -70%
LOVE & WAR
1 9 ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC 31,318 -77%
YOURS TRULY
5 10 JOHN LEGEND COLUMBIA 30,226 -54%
LOVE IN THE FUTURE
-- 11 EARTH, WIND & FIRE LEGACY 26,632 --
NOW, THEN & FOREVER
8 12 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 23,465 -41%
HAIL TO THE KING
3 13 NINE INCH NAILS COLUMBIA 21,869 -79%
HESITATION MARKS
6 14 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 19,812 -65%
BLURRED LINES
-- 15 KASKADE ULTRA 19,565 --
ATMOSPHERE
17 16 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 18,813 -9%
HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES
-- 17 RISE AGAINST INTERSCOPE 17,519 --
LONG FORGOTTEN SONGS: B-SIDES &
19 18 JAY Z ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 17,324 -13%
MAGNA CARTA... HOLY GRAIL
-- 19 GLORIA ESTEFAN SONY MASTERWORKS 16,830 --
STANDARDS
7 20 JAHEIM ATLANTIC 16,266 -71%
APPRECIATION DAY
29 21 BRUNO MARS ATLANTIC 15,362 -3%
UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX
18 22 NOW 47 UME 15,236 -25%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
14 23 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 13,392 -37%
PARADISE VALLEY
10 24 IMAGINE DRAGONS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 13,317 -64%
NIGHT VISIONS
36 25 LORDE LAVA/REPUBLIC 12,975 -2%
LOVE CLUB EP
20 26 TEEN BEACH WALT DISNEY 12,822 -34%
SOUNDTRACK
15 27 JUICY J COLUMBIA 12,668 -40%
STAY TRIPPY
22 28 TGT ATLANTIC 12,666 -32%
THREE KINGS
11 29 BASTILLE VIRGIN 12,645 -63%
BAD BLOOD
28 30 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS MACKLEMORE 11,553 -27%
HEIST
9 31 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE RCA 10,188 -74%
20/20 EXPERIENCE
13 32 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 9,736 -59%
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
30 33 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH PROSPECT PARK 9,587 -39%
WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN, VOL. 1
23 34 LANA DEL REY INTERSCOPE 9,436 -48%
BORN TO DIE
38 35 THE CIVIL WARS SENSIBILITY/COLUMBIA 9,119 -25%
THE CIVIL WARS
26 36 BIG SEAN DEF JAM/IDJ 8,922 -46%
HALL OF FAME
41 37 K. MICHELLE ATLANTIC 8,414 -21%
REBELLIOUS SOUL
45 38 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 8,209 -12%
BABEL
34 39 GREAT GATSBY INTERSCOPE 8,104 -42%
SOUNDTRACK
39 40 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 8,058 -32%
TAKE ME HOME
37 41 JIMMY BUFFETT MAILBOAT 7,779 -39%
SONGS FROM ST SOMEWHERE
-- 42 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 7,679 --
NIGHT TRAIN
32 43 ALABAMA & FRIENDS SHOW DOG 7,675 -48%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
42 44 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 7,433 -30%
TAILGATES & TANLINES
48 45 DAFT PUNK COLUMBIA 7,256 -17%
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES
12 46 NEKO CASE ANTI 7,151 -71%
THE WORSE THINGS GET, THE HARDER
33 47 SELENA GOMEZ HOLLYWOOD 7,127 -50%
STARS DANCE
-- 48 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 7,044 --
TO BE LOVED
49 49 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 6,913 -19%
RED
40 50 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 6,884 -36%

[areyoureadytojump]

Busy week. 10 albums debut in the Top 20.

Aldean and Buble re-enter.

[bunifah]

Yes @ Tamar staying ahead of Ariana

[Deleted]

Sept 17, 2013 15:24:01 GMT -5 bunifah said:

Yes @ Tamar staying ahead of Ariana

Anyways, that's a great hold up for Tamar. She'll likely be at about 150K in sales this week, hopefully she'll end up going gold in the end.

[tekkenguy]

Sept 17, 2013 11:17:44 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Sept 16, 2013 20:20:55 GMT -5 tekkenguy said:

SPOILER: Billboard adds pre-order data to the Billboard 200. One Direction's "Midnight Memories" debuts at #1, blocking out The Weeknd and Keith.

LOL. If that happens, I will lose it. Ironically, the Weeknd's first album was released the week that "Take Me Home" came out.

They are not going to do this.

I'm only kidding!

[California Cheers]

Sept 17, 2013 15:39:13 GMT -5 @drag27 said:

Sept 17, 2013 15:24:01 GMT -5 bunifah said:

Yes @ Tamar staying ahead of Ariana

Anyways, that's a great hold up for Tamar. She'll likely be at about 150K in sales this week, hopefully she'll end up going gold in the end.

Slaymar Braxton! #shewon

[Khia]

P!nk is out of the top 50? :o

[Nick]

And? Her album came out a year ago. She's not Adele. ;)

[Khia]

Sept 17, 2013 19:30:02 GMT -5 Nick said:

And? Her album came out a year ago. She's not Adele. ;)

She dropped over 70%. Hasn't she been fairly consistent?

[Nick]

She's done very well, but I think "True Love" will be the last single here in the U.S.

It's time for her to work on the next album.

[Enigma.]

The same happened with Justin

9 31 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE RCA 10,188 -74%
20/20 EXPERIENCE

[Push The Button]

Those albums were sale priced on iTunes two weeks ago.

[areyoureadytojump]

The New Release Schedule gives these first week estimates:

Jack Johnson 150k
Justin Moore 100k
MMG 75k
Chris Young 70k
Billy Currington 50k
MGMT 40k
Avicii 35k
The Devil Wears Prada 25k
Elvis Costello & The Roots 20k
Johnny Lang 15k

They were off last week so I guess expect less this week.