Billboard 200: 8/9/14: 5 Seconds of Summer #1: 259,000

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5 Seconds Of Summer Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield | July 30, 2014

Pop band 5 Seconds of Summer crashes in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as the Australian group's self-titled full-length debut album arrives atop the list. The set sold 259,000 copies in the week ending July 27, according to Nielsen SoundScan, following the album's release on July 22.

It's the third-largest debut of 2014, and the fourth-largest sales week. (Coldplay's Ghost Stories debuted with the year's largest week, 383,000.)

5 Seconds of Summer's opening also marks the biggest debut for an act's first full-length album this year, and the largest for a group in nearly eight years. The last group to debut with a bigger bow was Daughtry, when its self-titled debut album started with 304,000 in the week ending Nov. 19, 2006.

5 Seconds of Summer's new album follows the group's four-song introductory EP, She Looks So Perfect, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 earlier this year (selling 143,000 in its first week).

The band's homeland of Australia can also claim some amazing chart feats with the new album's debut: 5 Seconds of Summer is the first Australian act to debut at No. 1 with its first full-length album. It also logs the largest SoundScan-era sales opening for an Australian act's first album. (SoundScan began tracking data in 1991.)

5 Seconds of Summer is the second Australian act to top the Billboard 200 in 2014, following Sia, with 1000 Forms of Fear. The band is the first Australian group to hit No. 1 since AC/DC's Black Ice spent two weeks atop the tally in 2008 (on the charts dated Nov. 8 and 15).

After 5 Seconds of Summer, the long-running Frozensoundtrack rises 5-2 on the Billboard 200, selling 37,000 (down 15 percent). The album is spending its 31st consecutive week in the top five.

Last week's No. 1 album, "Weird Al" Yankovic's Mandatory Fun, falls 1-3 with 33,000 (down 68 percent). Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour rises 6-4 with 31,000 (down 12 percent), and Kidz Bop Kids' Kidz Bop 26 slips 4-5 with 27,000 (down 42 percent).

Common's Nobody's Smiling is the chart's second-highest debut, starting at No. 5 with 24,000. It's the artist's third top 10 album, and highest-charting set since Finding Forever opened at No. 1 in 2007.

Rock band Crown the Empire is up next on the Billboard 200, entering at No. 7 with The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways (slightly more than 24,000). It's the best sales week for the Rise Records act, which previously reached the Heatseekers Albums chart with the EP The Fallout. (It did not chart on the Billboard 200.)

The Now 50 compilation is steady at No. 8 with 21,000 (down 8 percent), Jason Mraz's YES! tumbles 2-9 with 20,000 (down 75 percent), and Ed Sheeran's x descends 7-10 with slightly more than 20,000 (down 16 percent).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Jason Aldean's "Burnin' It Down" fires up at No. 1, debuting with 184,000 downloads sold. It's Aldean's first No. 1 on Digital Songs, and his third-largest sales week (following the 189,000 debut of "Take a Little Ride" in 2012 and a 189,000 frame for "Dirt Road Anthem" in 2011).

The new single previews Aldean's upcoming studio album, which will arrive before the end of the year.

Aldean bumps Magic's "Rude" from the No. 1 slot, as it falls to No. 2 with 154,000 (down 21 percent). Smith's "Stay With Me" dips 2-3 with 144,000 (down 12 percent), and Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX, slips 3-4 with 123,000 (down 21 percent). Nico & Vinz's "Am I Wrong" climbs 8-5 with 114,000 (up 18 percent), Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" bumps 18-6 with 103,000 (up 61 percent), and Maroon 5's "Maps" falls 6-7 with 103,000 (down 2 percent).

Ariana Grande's "Problem," featuring Azalea, descends 5-8 with 100,000 (down 12 percent), Florida Georgia Line's "Dirt" moves 7-9 with 95,000 (down 3 percent), and Charli XCX's "Boom Clap" shifts 9-10 with 87,000 (down 5 percent).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending July 27) totaled 4.3 million units, down 2 percent compared with the sum last week (4.4 million) and down 9 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013(4.9 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 137.8 million, down 15 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (161.2 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 19.4 million downloads, down 5 percent compared with last week (20.4 million) and down 16 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (23.2 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 674.9 million, down 13 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (775.4 million).

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Chart News ‏@chartnews on Twitter:

Billboard 200: #1 @5sos, 5 Seconds Of Summer 259,000 (debut)
Billboard 200: #2 Frozen Soundtrack 37,000 (3,197,000 total) 3xP
Billboard 200: #3 @alyankovic, Mandatory Fun 33,000 (137,000 total)
Billboard 200: #4 @samsmithworld, In The Lonely Hour 31,000 (386,000 total)
Billboard 200: #5 Kidz Bop Kids 26 - 27,000 (73,000 total)
Billboard 200: #6 @common, Nobody’s Smiling 24,000 (debut)
Billboard 200: #7 @crowntheempire, The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways 24,000 (debut)
Billboard 200: #8 Now 50 - 21,000 (541,000 total) Gold
Billboard 200: #9 jason_mraz, Yes! 20,000 (101,000 total)
Billboard 200: #10 @edsheeran, x 20,000 (342,000 total)

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Of 7/27/2014

#3. Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun - 33,154 (137,192)

#6. Common - Nobody's Smiling - 24,401 (24,537)

#13. Trey Songz - Trigga - 15,763 (177,496)

#18. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 11,957 (258,386)

#30. Michael Jackson - Xscape - 8,778 (383,024)

#32. Linkin Park - The Hunting Party - 8,164 (184,719)

#35. Pharrell - G I R L - 7,568 (483,497)

#45. Marsha Ambrosius - Firends & Lovers - 6,900 (24,100)

#46. John Legend - Love In The Future - 6,660 (583,282)

#48. August Alsina - Testimony - 6,540 (168,491)

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Chart Watch: 10 Facts About 5 Seconds Of Summer
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

5 Seconds Of Summer's first full-length album, 5 Seconds Of Summer, sold a hefty 259K copies in its first week. That’s the third-biggest first-week sales tally so far this year, behind only Coldplay's Ghost Stories (383K) and Eric Church's The Outsiders (288K).

To commemorate the big debut, here are 10 facts you may not know about 5S0S.

1. 5SOS is the first Australian act ever to enter The Billboard 200 at #1 with its first full-length album.

2. 5S0S is the second act from Australia to debut at #1 in the past three weeks. Sia opened at #1 two weeks ago with 1000 Forms Of Fear.

3. 5S0S is the first Australian group to debut at #1 since AC/DC landed in the top spot in October 2008 with Black Ice. Both groups hail from Sydney.

4. This is the largest one-week tally for an album by a pop group since One Direction's Midnight Memories sold 546K copies in its first week in December. 5S0S falls somewhere between a boy band like One Direction (with whom they have toured) and a power pop group. 5SOS’s album sold more copies in its first week than One Direction’s first album, Up All Night, sold in March 2012 (176K), though it fell short of the 500K+ first-week pace of One Direction’s second and third albums.

5. This is the highest first-week tally for a debut album since Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday opened at #2 in November 2010 with sales of 375K. (5 Seconds of Summer released a four-song EP in April, but this is its first full-length album.)

6. That EP, She Looks So Perfect, debuted and peaked at #2. It got stuck behind the Frozen soundtrack, which was then in its ninth week at #1. This week, they are in reverse order: 5SOS is on top and the inexhaustible Frozen soundtrack rebounds from #5 to #2.

7. This is the highest first-week tally for a group’s first debut album in nearly eight years; since Daughtry's eponymous debut album debuted at #2 in November 2006 with sales of 304K.

8. 5SOS has cracked the top 30 on the Hot 100 with four songs, but it has yet to land a top 10 hit, which would push its fame beyond its core following to the broad music-listening population. It came closest with “Amnesia,” which debuted and peaked at #16.

9. 5SOS is a finalist for “Artist To Watch” at the MTV Video Awards. The other nominees are ScHoolboy Q (which also had a #1 album earlier this year), Sam Smith (whose debut album has climbed as high as #2), Charli XCX and Fifth Harmony.

10. And you had to know this was coming: 5SOS is the second “summer act” to reach #1. The late Donna Summer had three #1 albums from 1978 through 1980. How does this compare with other seasons? One “fall act” (Fall Out Boy) has reached #1, as has one “spring act” (Bruce Springsteen). But no “winter acts” have achieved the feat. (The Edgar Winter Group came closest, reaching #3 in 1973 with They Only Come Out At Night.)

Here are quick summaries of this week’s other top chart stories.

Rapper and actor Common lands his third top 10 album, as Nobody’s Smiling debuts at #6 (24K). It follows Be (#2 in 2005) and Finding Forever (#1 in 2007). This is Common’s 10th studio album. He has appeared in nearly twice as many theatrical movies (19). He played himself in Brown Sugar and Dave Chappelle’s Block Party and has also acted in American Gangster and Date Night, among others.

Crown the Empire's sophomore album, The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, debuts at #7 (24K). That’s light years beyond the metalcore band’s 2012 debut album, The Fallout, which didn’t crack The Billboard 200.

Jason Mraz’s YES! tumbles from #2 to #9 in its second week, but it still ranks above the band Yes's Heaven & Earth, which debuts at #26.

Ed Sheeran's x drops from #7 to #10 in its fifth week (20K). The album logs its fifth week at #1 on The Official U.K. Album Chart. This is the longest run at #1 in the U.K. since Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events logged 10 weeks on top in 2012-‘13.

La Roux's Trouble In Paradise debuts at #20. Kierra Sheard's Graceland opens at #33. Both titles are recycled. Randy Newman's Trouble In Paradise reached #64 in 1983. (It spawned his big hit “I Love L.A.”) Paul Simon's classic Graceland peaked at #3 in April 1987.

Coming Attractions: Look for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers to finally land their first #1 album next week with Hypnotic Eye. Current projections have the album selling about 90K copies in its first week. Also due: Eric Clapton & Friends’s The Breeze—An Appreciation Of J.J. Cale (40K), Shawn Mendes's Shawn Mendes (40K) and Theory Of A Deadman's Savages (20K).

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Country album sales this week:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ugbpuQGB1T4ZlCmIubjQtR7u05sHQbuLi3VsiAqmS4c/edit?pli=1#gid=0

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Anberlin didn't make top ten. Fuck you all. They're breaking up and you can't even give them the decency of another Top 10.

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Albums on the Billboard 200 that have not been certified with the RIAA:

Numbers from the chart:8/2

Arctic Monkeys 432k
Pharrell 476k
Katy Perry 1,443,000
Bastille 455k
TobyMac 469k
Drake 1,597,000
Ariana Grande 470k
Fall Out Boy 608k
Vampire Weekend 485k

Only albums over 425k and that have been on the chart for 4 weeks are listed.

When I first started doing the RIAA list in June 2007, the minimal figure was 350k.

Soon after, I switched it to 400k.

Now, most albums are certified Gold around 450k so I have upped my minimal figure to 425k.

[Gary]

BB200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
2 5 2 35 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
3 1 – 2 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
4 6 3 6 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
5 4 – 2 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
6 0 New 1 Nobodys Smiling, Common 6
7 0 New 1 The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, Crown The Empire 7
8 8 7 12 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
9 2 – 2 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
10 7 5 5 x, Ed Sheeran 1
11 0 New 1 Lowborn, Anberlin 11
12 26 22 70 GG Native, OneRepublic 4
13 9 4 4 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
14 15 11 10 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
15 13 9 8 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
16 18 10 6 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
17 3 – 2 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
18 22 16 14 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
19 25 20 50 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
20 0 New 1 Trouble In Paradise, La Roux 20
21 24 14 10 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
22 23 30 4 Begin Again, Soundtrack 22
23 20 29 43 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
24 0 New 1 Maybe This Place Is the Same And We're Just Changing, Real Friends 24
25 32 25 86 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
26 0 New 1 Heaven & Earth, Yes 26
27 34 24 7 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
28 19 1 3 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
29 36 33 99 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
30 33 18 11 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
31 0 New 1 White Devil Armory, Overkill 31
32 31 23 6 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
33 0 New 1 Graceland, Kierra Sheard 33
34 51 90 7 Vans Warped Tour '14: 2014 Tour Compilation, Various Artists 34
35 0 New 1 In Technicolor, Jesse McCartney 35
36 0 New 1 Heart Made Up On You (EP), R5 36
37 48 35 21 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
38 28 21 5 Jersey Boys, Soundtrack 15
39 0 New 1 Gemini, Her Majesty, RX Bandits 39
40 21 6 3 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
41 30 12 4 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
42 38 32 8 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 10
43 27 15 3 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
44 46 37 46 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
45 12 – 2 Friends & Lovers, Marsha Ambrosius 12
46 37 31 47 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
47 0 New 1 Go Down In History (EP), Four Year Strong 47
48 57 44 15 Testimony, August Alsina 2
49 41 38 11 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
50 85 – 30 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
51 42 19 4 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
52 11 – 2 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11
53 45 28 4 Thanks For Listening, Colt Ford 10
54 0 New 1 Do You Wanna Start A War, Fozzy 54
55 49 42 24 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
56 71 61 17 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
57 59 47 8 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 31
58 50 45 40 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
59 70 64 38 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
60 64 43 5 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
61 109 85 12 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
62 60 57 47 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
63 56 46 130 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
64 10 63 70 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
65 44 36 3 CSNY 1974, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 36
66 65 71 33 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
67 67 51 22 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
68 17 54 15 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
69 16 – 2 You Can't Stop Me, Suicide Silence 16
70 91 77 35 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
71 54 34 6 The Very Best Of, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons 33
72 0 New 1 Phenomena, Within The Ruins 72
73 55 74 13 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
74 61 40 10 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
75 82 116 63 Paramore, Paramore 1
76 73 52 25 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
77 81 70 287 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 18
78 39 88 15 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
79 87 97 19 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
80 80 – 218 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
81 107 115 67 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
82 14 – 2 World Peace Is None Of Your Business, Morrissey 14
83 72 62 11 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
84 88 76 15 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
85 157 – 22 PS Greatest Hits, Boston 47
86 58 65 85 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
87 0 Re-Entry 10 The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx, Foreigner/Styx 69
88 151 – 14 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
89 77 91 23 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
90 98 96 44 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
91 79 59 106 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 1
92 112 104 92 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
93 66 98 33 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
94 75 68 50 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 1
95 0 New 1 The Baddest, ZZ Top 95
96 106 122 26 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
97 97 107 155 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
98 89 75 22 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
99 78 60 103 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 7
100 47 – 2 Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt 47
101 105 103 179 21, Adele 1
102 86 67 8 Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win, 50 Cent 4
103 0 New 1 Acoustic Classics, Richard Thompson 103
104 100 87 43 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
105 0 New 1 Evolution, (hed) planet earth 105
106 0 New 1 Never Hungover Again, Joyce Manor 106
107 0 New 1 Supreme Chaos, War Of Ages 107
108 110 111 176 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
109 69 48 4 Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show 15
110 144 193 20 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
111 108 95 315 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
112 76 93 196 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
113 95 84 48 Eye On It, tobyMac 1
114 141 126 19 My Krazy Life, YG 2
115 0 New 1 The Flesh Prevails, Fallujah 115
116 0 New 1 Well Wishes, BIzzle 116
117 0 New 1 iTunes Sessions, OneRepublic 117
118 63 8 3 Sound Of Change, Dirty Heads 8
119 116 132 37 The 1975, The 1975 28
120 52 17 3 CSNY 1974 (Deluxe), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 17
121 43 – 2 Wish I Was Here, Soundtrack 43
122 175 – 31 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
123 142 143 93 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
124 103 140 22 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
125 96 50 4 No Other Name, Hillsong 13
126 93 83 43 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
127 113 73 92 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
128 68 106 32 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 15
129 99 72 10 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 7
130 118 86 36 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
131 90 66 6 Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson 5
132 125 125 119 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
133 127 113 48 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
134 132 94 175 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
135 29 – 2 Wild Animals, Trampled By Turtles 29
136 0 New 1 Clear Lake Forest (EP), The Black Angels 136
137 115 118 22 Morning Phase, Beck 3
138 148 138 9 The Secret (EP), Austin Mahone 5
139 120 123 87 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 23
140 92 53 5 Once More 'Round The Sun, Mastodon 6
141 152 173 216 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
142 135 145 198 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
143 0 New 1 Till Death, La Familia, Ill Nino 143
144 117 120 12 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
145 35 130 50 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
146 104 56 28 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
147 137 – 181 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
148 149 127 187 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
149 138 100 871 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
150 123 149 15 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
151 94 58 5 Fuego, Phish 7
152 101 41 4 Paula, Robin Thicke 9
153 171 133 64 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
154 0 New 1 When I Was Younger, Colony House 154
155 0 New 1 Free-man, Free-man 155
156 122 105 42 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
157 119 99 103 +, Ed Sheeran 5
158 53 141 14 Settle, Disclosure 38
159 0 New 1 Amazing Grace: 14 Treasured Hymns, Tennessee Ernie Ford 159
160 0 Re-Entry 111 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
161 0 New 1 Pe'ahi, The Raveonettes 161
162 0 Re-Entry 55 Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend 1
163 131 134 147 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
164 145 150 107 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
165 143 135 181 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
166 190 – 30 Sinatra: Best Of The Best, Frank Sinatra 23
167 153 148 136 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
168 172 160 96 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 98
169 170 162 202 All The Right Reasons, Nickelback 1
170 169 155 130 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
171 114 129 186 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
172 0 New 1 Road Show, Roger Creager 172
173 189 195 57 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 94
174 161 156 288 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
175 154 112 15 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
176 0 Re-Entry 160 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
177 136 167 19 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
178 162 165 44 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
179 0 New 1 Dread & Terrible, Chronixx 179
180 133 117 18 Shakira., Shakira 2
181 155 – 62 Greatest Hits, James Taylor 15
182 184 177 10 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 166
183 181 159 37 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 109
184 83 – 2 No Fools, No Fun, Puss N Boots 83
185 178 175 316 Metallica, Metallica 1
186 173 158 169 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 1
187 165 163 152 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
188 150 157 36 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
189 121 92 4 1969 - Siempre: En Vivo Desde Monterrey: Parte 2, Jenni Rivera 27
190 159 110 274 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9
191 168 186 21 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
192 130 79 6 A.K.A., Jennifer Lopez 8
193 194 185 12 The Best Of The Commodores: 20th Century Masters..., Commodores 155
194 0 Re-Entry 42 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
195 126 89 5 Bridges, Joe 17
196 192 181 134 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 4
197 199 199 89 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
198 134 69 3 Fall For You, Leela James 69
199 186 179 180 1, The Beatles 1
200 179 139 144 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1

[Gary]

tca

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
2 5 2 35 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
3 1 – 2 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
4 6 3 6 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
5 4 – 2 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
6 0 New 1 Nobodys Smiling, Common 6
7 0 New 1 The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, Crown The Empire 7
8 8 7 12 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
9 2 – 2 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
10 7 5 5 x, Ed Sheeran 1
11 0 New 1 Lowborn, Anberlin 11
12 26 22 70 GG Native, OneRepublic 4
13 9 4 4 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
14 15 11 10 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
15 13 9 8 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
16 18 10 6 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
17 3 – 2 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
18 22 16 14 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
19 25 20 50 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
20 0 New 1 Trouble In Paradise, La Roux 20
21 24 14 10 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
22 23 30 4 Begin Again, Soundtrack 22
23 20 29 43 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
24 0 New 1 Maybe This Place Is the Same And We're Just Changing, Real Friends 24
25 32 25 86 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
26 0 New 1 Heaven & Earth, Yes 26
27 34 24 7 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
28 19 1 3 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
29 36 33 99 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
30 33 18 11 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
31 0 New 1 White Devil Armory, Overkill 31
32 31 23 6 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
33 0 New 1 Graceland, Kierra Sheard 33
34 51 83 7 Vans Warped Tour '14: 2014 Tour Compilation, Various Artists 34
35 0 New 1 In Technicolor, Jesse McCartney 35
36 0 New 1 Heart Made Up On You (EP), R5 36
37 48 34 21 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
38 28 21 5 Jersey Boys, Soundtrack 15
39 0 New 1 Gemini, Her Majesty, RX Bandits 39
40 21 6 3 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
41 30 12 4 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
42 38 32 8 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 8
43 27 15 3 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
44 46 36 46 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
45 12 – 2 Friends & Lovers, Marsha Ambrosius 12
46 37 31 47 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
47 0 New 1 Go Down In History (EP), Four Year Strong 47
48 56 43 15 Testimony, August Alsina 2
49 41 37 11 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
50 78 156 57 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
51 42 19 4 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
52 11 – 2 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11
53 45 28 4 Thanks For Listening, Colt Ford 10
54 0 New 1 Do You Wanna Start A War, Fozzy 54
55 49 41 24 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
56 70 58 17 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
57 58 46 8 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 28
58 50 44 40 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
59 69 61 38 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
60 63 42 5 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
61 98 78 12 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
62 59 56 47 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
63 55 45 130 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
64 10 60 70 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
65 44 35 3 CSNY 1974, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 35
66 64 66 33 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
67 66 50 22 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
68 17 53 15 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
69 16 – 2 You Can't Stop Me, Suicide Silence 16
70 84 71 35 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
71 0 New 1 Phenomena, Within The Ruins 71
72 54 68 13 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
73 60 39 10 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
74 75 99 68 Paramore, Paramore 1
75 72 51 25 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
76 39 81 18 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
77 80 87 19 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
78 97 98 67 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
79 14 – 2 World Peace Is None Of Your Business, Morrissey 14
80 71 59 11 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
81 81 70 15 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
82 57 62 85 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
83 171 72 11 PS The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx, Foreigner/Styx 64
84 124 145 16 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
85 74 84 23 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
86 89 86 44 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
87 65 88 33 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
88 0 New 1 The Baddest, ZZ Top 88
89 96 105 26 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
90 82 69 22 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
91 47 – 2 Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt 47
92 79 64 8 Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win, 50 Cent 4
93 0 New 1 Acoustic Classics, Richard Thompson 93
94 91 80 46 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
95 0 New 1 Evolution, (hed) planet earth 95
96 0 New 1 Never Hungover Again, Joyce Manor 96
97 0 New 1 Supreme Chaos, War Of Ages 97
98 68 47 4 Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show 15
99 119 140 33 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
100 117 107 19 My Krazy Life, YG 2
101 0 New 1 The Flesh Prevails, Fallujah 101
102 0 New 1 Well Wishes, BIzzle 102
103 0 New 1 iTunes Sessions, OneRepublic 103
104 62 8 3 Sound Of Change, Dirty Heads 8
105 101 111 43 The 1975, The 1975 28
106 52 17 3 CSNY 1974 (Deluxe), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 17
107 43 – 2 Wish I Was Here, Soundtrack 43
108 136 159 41 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
109 118 117 93 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
110 94 115 22 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
111 88 49 4 No Other Name, Hillsong 13
112 86 77 43 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
113 67 92 34 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 13
114 90 67 10 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 7
115 103 79 37 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
116 83 63 6 Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson 5
117 109 96 48 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
118 29 – 2 Wild Animals, Trampled By Turtles 29
119 0 New 1 Clear Lake Forest (EP), The Black Angels 119
120 100 101 22 Morning Phase, Beck 3
121 122 114 9 The Secret (EP), Austin Mahone 5
122 85 52 5 Once More 'Round The Sun, Mastodon 6
123 0 New 1 Till Death, La Familia, Ill Nino 123
124 102 103 12 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
125 35 109 54 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
126 95 55 28 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
127 106 120 15 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
128 87 57 5 Fuego, Phish 7
129 92 40 4 Paula, Robin Thicke 9
130 134 112 69 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
131 0 New 1 When I Was Younger, Colony House 131
132 0 New 1 Free-man, Free-man 132
133 105 91 42 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
134 53 116 26 Settle, Disclosure 38
135 0 New 1 Amazing Grace: 14 Treasured Hymns, Tennessee Ernie Ford 135
136 0 New 1 Pe'ahi, The Raveonettes 136
137 146 135 62 Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend 1
138 0 New 1 Road Show, Roger Creager 138
139 125 95 15 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
140 115 129 19 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
141 129 127 44 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
142 0 New 1 Dread & Terrible, Chronixx 142
143 113 100 18 Shakira., Shakira 2
144 76 – 2 No Fools, No Fun, Puss N Boots 76
145 123 124 36 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
146 104 85 4 1969 - Siempre: En Vivo Desde Monterrey: Parte 2, Jenni Rivera 27
147 133 136 21 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
148 112 73 6 A.K.A., Jennifer Lopez 8
149 150 133 45 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
150 108 82 5 Bridges, Joe 17
151 114 65 3 Fall For You, Leela James 65
152 121 104 6 Mali Is, Mali Music 16
153 131 134 17 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
154 116 119 56 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
155 138 138 13 Supernova, Ray LaMontagne 3
156 135 106 9 Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse, Mariah Carey 3
157 140 – 63 I Love You., The Neighbourhood 25
158 0 Re-Entry 28 Closer To The Truth, Cher 3
159 148 126 17 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
160 0 New 1 Before There Was, Bellarive 160
161 120 75 3 CSNY 1974 (Selections), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 75
162 152 192 53 Sempiternal, Bring Me The Horizon 11
163 159 157 53 To Be Loved, Michael Buble 1
164 147 139 60 Love Is Everything, George Strait 2
165 0 New 1 Lead To Light, Nico Vega 165
166 0 Re-Entry 35 Mechanical Bull, Kings Of Leon 2
167 110 38 3 Beautiful Goodbye, Richard Marx 38
168 198 146 8 Road Between, Lucy Hale 11
169 111 183 8 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 58
170 144 137 9 Chef, Soundtrack 121
171 176 – 3 Stolen Dance (EP), Milky Chance 133
172 180 173 4 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 132
173 0 Re-Entry 7 Passion: Take It All, Passion 4
174 132 130 7 Stay Gold, First Aid Kit 20
175 0 Re-Entry 6 Crickets, Joe Nichols 17
176 141 158 20 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
177 149 – 33 ARTPOP, Lady Gaga 1
178 99 27 3 Ashes To Ashes, Chelsea Grin 27
179 192 187 22 Restoring Force, Of Mice & Men 4
180 172 – 34 Restart, newsboys 38
181 0 Re-Entry 2 Forever Halloween, The Maine 39
182 195 – 62 Golden, Lady Antebellum 1
183 0 Re-Entry 45 The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film, Soundtrack 2
184 153 147 40 A.M., Chris Young 3
185 167 194 21 Oh, What A Life, American Authors 15
186 155 148 29 My Own Lane, Kid Ink 3
187 158 154 37 NOW 48, Various Artists 3
188 175 144 19 Disney Junior: DJ Shuffle, Various Artists 24
189 154 141 68 Pioneer, The Band Perry 2
190 187 – 16 St. Vincent, St. Vincent 12
191 0 New 1 Alvvays, Alvvays 191
192 156 191 62 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
193 142 125 14 Honest, Future 2
194 188 – 14 Head Or Heart, Christina Perri 4
195 179 195 19 Supermodel, Foster The People 3
196 166 – 10 We Are Young & Free, Hillsong Young & Free 22
197 0 Re-Entry 17 The Paradigm Shift, Korn 8
198 0 Re-Entry 4 Speechless, Sebastian Mikael 57
199 177 – 4 Take Me To Church (EP), Hozier 91
200 143 170 54 All The Little Lights, Passenger 26

[Gary]

Catalog 8/9


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 6 #1 5 wks The Very Best Of, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons 1
2 7 5 1122 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
3 6 – 198 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 2
4 31 – 46 GG Greatest Hits, Boston 4
5 5 2 71 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 2
6 13 14 12 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 6
7 2 4 8 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 2
8 9 15 36 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
9 4 3 49 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 3
10 10 13 34 21, Adele 1
11 12 17 100 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
12 11 10 970 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
13 3 8 109 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
14 8 7 7 Eye On It, tobyMac 6
15 14 6 18 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
16 18 19 52 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 5
17 20 9 117 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
18 17 18 17 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 1
19 28 41 294 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
20 21 27 871 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
21 22 – 519 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
22 27 20 58 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 2
23 23 12 1116 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
24 16 11 29 +, Ed Sheeran 1
25 0 Re-Entry 23 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 14
26 19 22 329 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
27 26 30 166 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
28 25 23 113 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
29 50 – 13 Sinatra: Best Of The Best, Frank Sinatra 3
30 29 29 820 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
31 38 36 122 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
32 37 37 143 All The Right Reasons, Nickelback 4
33 36 32 198 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 1
34 15 21 273 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
35 49 – 25 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 18
36 33 33 324 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
37 0 Re-Entry 59 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 7
38 30 – 727 Greatest Hits, James Taylor 1
39 46 44 12 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 31
40 43 35 48 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 4
41 41 43 677 Metallica, Metallica 1
42 39 34 83 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 10
43 35 38 89 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
44 32 16 129 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 1
45 0 Re-Entry 16 The Best Of The Commodores: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Commodores 28
46 0 Re-Entry 29 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 2
47 0 Re-Entry 111 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 7
48 47 46 448 1, The Beatles 1
49 42 25 525 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
50 0 Re-Entry 28 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 4

[Gary]

Digital albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
2 1 – 2 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
3 6 2 6 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
4 0 New 1 Nobodys Smiling, Common 4
5 0 New 1 The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, Crown The Empire 5
6 5 3 35 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
7 18 13 27 GG Native, OneRepublic 4
8 2 – 2 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
9 8 4 5 x, Ed Sheeran 1
10 0 New 1 Lowborn, Anberlin 10
11 0 New 1 Trouble In Paradise, La Roux 11
12 0 New 1 Heart Made Up On You (EP), R5 12
13 13 11 4 Begin Again, Soundtrack 11
14 11 5 4 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
15 17 14 14 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 2
16 3 – 2 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
17 16 – 40 Pure Heroine, Lorde 1
18 0 New 1 Graceland, Kierra Sheard 18
19 25 12 6 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 2
20 0 Re-Entry 90 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
21 19 17 9 NOW 50, Various Artists 2
22 24 15 10 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
23 14 1 3 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
24 10 – 2 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 10
25 0 Re-Entry 6 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2

[Gary]

vinyl


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 7 #1 6 wks Lazaretto, Jack White 1
2 0 New 1 Gemini, Her Majesty, RX Bandits 2
3 0 New 1 Maybe This Place Is the Same And We're Just Changing, Real Friends 3
4 0 New 1 Never Hungover Again, Joyce Manor 4
5 5 2 6 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 2
6 8 5 40 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
7 6 6 8 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 3
8 0 New 1 Lowborn, Anberlin 8
9 0 Re-Entry 2 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 9
10 12 13 36 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
11 0 New 1 The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, Crown The Empire 11
12 10 9 8 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 2
13 0 New 1 Go Down In History (EP), Four Year Strong 13
14 0 Re-Entry 10 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
15 13 – 2 Beyonce, Beyonce 13

[areyoureadytojump]

49 Catalog albums on the Billboard 200 this week.

[Green Baron]

anberlin #11? wow

[Linnethia Monique]

Pharrell will be GOLD in 2 weeks! YES!

[areyoureadytojump]

www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/current.pdf

4,266,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

1,861,000 albums were digital albums.

2,405,000 albums were cd/vinyl/cassette albums.

[HolidayGuy]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6206814/billboard-200-chart-moves-jack-whites-vinyl-sales-still

5 Seconds Of Summer Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield | August 03, 2014

Of course, outside the top 10, there was lots of chart action. Let's take a look…

-- Yes, Heaven & Earth (No. 26): The veteran band returns with its highest charting effort since 1991's Union peaked at No. 15. The new album is its first with lead singer Jon Davison.

-- Jack White, Lazaretto (No. 27): With 60,000 vinyl albums sold (25 percent of its 238,000 total), it's the biggest selling vinyl LP of the year, and the biggest of any year since Pearl Jam's Vitalogy in 1994.

(For comparison's sake, the second-biggest selling vinyl LP of 2014 is Arctic Monkeys' AM with 29,000. And, in 2013, the largest selling vinyl album was Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, with 49,000 sold.)

-- R5, Heart Made Up On You (No. 36): The band’s new EP (8,000 sold) previews their forthcoming second full-length studio album, due out on Sept. 30. The act will head out on the road starting Sept. 3 in Orlando, Fla.

-- Adele, 21 (No. 101): At the rate the album is selling (around 3,000 per week), its cumulative sales will exceed 11 million within three months. (21 has sold 10.97 million through July 27.) Only 11 albums have sold 11 million in the United States since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991.

21 has spent 179 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart (24 of those at No. 1), and will likely still be on the list when Adele’s forthcoming studio album arrives (possibly before the end of the year).

-- Panic! At The Disco, Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! (No. 122): The album tallies it third straight weekly sales gain (up 34 percent) and clocks its best sales frame (3,000) since April. Their tour with Walk the Moon launched on July 18 in Magna, Utah.

-- Raveonettes, Pe’ahi (No. 161): The act released this album as a "surprise" on July 22. It starts with just over 2,000 sold. Their last set, 2012 Observator, bowed with almost 4,000 in its first week at No. 110.

-- Chronixx, Dread & Terrible (No. 179): Courtesy of a July 22 performance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," the act's four-month-old album zooms onto the chart with a 470 percent increase and its best week yet (2,000, which is up from a few hundred copies the week previous). Over on the Reggae Albums chart, it jumps 3-1, securing its second week atop the list.

[pnobelysk]

So happy 21 is nearing 11 million. I think if they promoted rumor a bit and released turning tables as a single it could be nearing 12 million instead

[ListenToItTwice]

Aug 4, 2014 6:51:35 GMT -5 pnobelysk said:

So happy 21 is nearing 11 million.

More importantly, it's approaching Norah Jones' Come Away With Me on the all-time Soundscan list. By the end of 2014, 21 will be the best-selling album since The Beatles' 1.

[surfy]

21 I feel disproves the demise of album sales. It's simply because albums are so sloppily put together nowadays, you can tell which albums are really good because they actually... sell!