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Post by Adam (UTR) on Apr 2, 2015 17:48:54 GMT -5
While we've tried to anticipate the titles that will benefit from the Easter weekend, please expect a greater than usual margin of error. As many as nine debuts may land in the Top 15. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:
*Wale (Atlantic) 85-90k sales, 90-95k SPS
Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 55-60k sales, 70-75k SPS
*Ludacris (Def Jam) 55-60k sales, 60-65k SPS
*Death Cab For Cutie (Atlantic) 45-50k sales, 50-55k SPS
*Darius Rucker (Capitol Nashville) 40-45k sales, 40-45k SPS
Sam Smith (Capitol) 35-40k sales, 55-60k SPS
Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 35-40k sales, 35-40k SPS
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 30-35k sales, 50-55k SPS
Empire Cast (Twentieth Century Fox/Columbia) 30-35k sales, 40-45k SPS
*Three Days Grace (RCA) 30-35k sales, 30-35k SPS
*Hollywood Undead (Interscope) 30-35k sales, 30-35k SPS
Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 25-28k sales, 45-50k SPS
*Van Halen (Rhino) 24-27 sales, 25- 28k SPS
Fifty Shades of Grey (Republic) 24-27k sales, 50-55k SPS
*Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty) 23-25k sales, 24-27k SPS
Meghan Trainor (Epic) 21-23k sales, 35-40k SPS
*Jodeci (Epic) 21-23k sales, 22-25k SPS
*Debuts
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Post by #LisaRinna on Apr 2, 2015 17:54:55 GMT -5
Wale has an album out  |
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Apr 2, 2015 17:54:58 GMT -5
I didn't know Ludacris' album was even out.  |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 2, 2015 18:17:09 GMT -5
^Each Tuesday in the HITS I post the new albums that are out. I listed both Wale and Ludacris so be sure to check the HITS thread each Tuesday. Kurt, why is HITS mad at Atlantic? |
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Post by Kurt on Apr 2, 2015 19:09:01 GMT -5
Kurt, why is HITS mad at Atlantic? Good question - I can't say for sure, but I've heard it's because of Lyor Cohen and/or their advertising relationships with other labels. It's just super comical to watch them constantly pretend Atlantic doesn't exist - even in their recent marketshare scorecard, they just completely skip where Atlantic would be. |
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Post by Glove Slap on Apr 2, 2015 22:26:53 GMT -5
I was not expecting Wale to post such numbers. Anything above 50k would have been a surprise for me. Luda's more in line with what I expected.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Apr 2, 2015 22:32:51 GMT -5
Considering Ludacris hasn't had a huge hit as a solo artist in a while (his latest single is struggling), I'd say his numbers are quite good. There's also less hype for Wale's new album compared to his previous album, so I'd say his numbers are respectable too. Meh debuts for Darius Rucker, Death Cab for Cutie and Three Days Grace, and Hollywood Undead seem to continue their popularity decline.
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Post by kanimal on Apr 2, 2015 22:32:52 GMT -5
I was not expecting Wale to post such numbers. Anything above 50k would have been a surprise for me. Luda's more in line with what I expected. But his last album did 158K first week and the one before that did 164K...? Not saying the drop is terrible or unexpected, but it's not like this is high by his standards. |
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Post by Wave. on Apr 3, 2015 1:23:49 GMT -5
Damn Wale snatching again. Without a main single, that's good. I heard the album was good. Expected for Luda, since he had plenty of failed singles to boot.
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Post by Kishi KCM on Apr 3, 2015 8:29:00 GMT -5
Damn Wale snatching again. Without a main single, that's good. I heard the album was good. Expected for Luda, since he had plenty of failed singles to boot. "The Matrimony" peaked already? |
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Apr 3, 2015 8:38:13 GMT -5
Damn Wale snatching again. Without a main single, that's good. I heard the album was good. Expected for Luda, since he had plenty of failed singles to boot. "The Matrimony" peaked already? It hasn't peaked yet, but so far, that and The Body did not impact the Hot 100 as much as Bad or Lotus Flower Bomb did. |
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Post by Kishi KCM on Apr 3, 2015 8:39:25 GMT -5
"The Matrimony" peaked already? It hasn't peaked yet, but so far, that and The Body did not impact the Hot 100 as much as Bad or Lotus Flower Bomb did. Oops, I forgot about "The Body". It definitely isn't as instant or memorable as "Bad" or "Lotus Flower Bomb". |
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Post by Rican@ on Apr 3, 2015 11:14:18 GMT -5
Hmm I kind of feel Kendrick's numbers have been very disappointing so far, considering his buzz. I would have thought he would do over 100K for a couple of weeks. I guess 500K in three weeks that most wish they could do now.
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Post by Push The Button on Apr 3, 2015 13:15:39 GMT -5
Sam Smith has really developed some legs this spring.
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Post by DJ General on Apr 3, 2015 13:49:57 GMT -5
Luda is lucky he has Furious 7 this weekend as well which is helping since he has been promoting the album/movie this week on several places. without the movie, he probably would be much lower.
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Post by jjose712 on Apr 3, 2015 14:50:38 GMT -5
Sam Smith has really developed some legs this spring. Since the release of the album his sales are really constant with some peaks but really never dropping too much in sales. I don't think Lay me down will be as successful as previous singles (i still think it will work better as fourth of fifth single) but it seems enough to carry the sales. And he became an artist who really takes profit of any expossure. If the album continues to release sizable hits, In the lonely hour could end higher than 2.5 million at the end of its run |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 15:01:33 GMT -5
Luda is lucky he has Furious 7 this weekend as well which is helping since he has been promoting the album/movie this week on several places. without the movie, he probably would be much lower. Yeah, I'm actually surprised he is even doing this much. I didn't realize F7 was this weekend, but that explains why Def Jam finally stuck with a date even though there were no hits. |
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Post by J. Rob on Apr 3, 2015 23:18:56 GMT -5
Hmm I kind of feel Kendrick's numbers have been very disappointing so far, considering his buzz. I would have thought he would do over 100K for a couple of weeks. I guess 500K in three weeks that most wish they could do now. The first week numbers were disappointing.....but the 2nd and 3rd weeks are right were they should be. He's still on pace to outsell GKMC (which I doubt will happen, but....he is currently on pace) |
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Post by grandelf on Apr 3, 2015 23:19:51 GMT -5
Seems Billboard only posted one article this week and it was Thursday, not Wednesday or Friday. www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6523933/wale-album-about-nothing-number-1-seinfeldWale's 'Seinfeld'-Inspired Album Heading for No. 1 on Billboard 200 ChartBy Keith Caulfield | April 02, 2015 7:49 PM EDT  Rapper Wale is aiming for No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with his latest release, The Album About Nothing. Industry forecasters suggest the set -- which is inspired by the comedy series Seinfeld and features Jerry Seinfeld himself -- may earn over 90,000 in equivalent album units in the week ending April 5. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Billboard 200’s top 10 will be revealed on Wednesday, April 8. If The Album About Nothing debuts at No. 1, it would mark Wale’s second leader, following 2013’s The Gifted. The latter set opened atop the list with 158,000 copies sold (in traditional album sales). Also, if Wale hits No. 1 (and thus bumps current champ Kendrick Lamar and his To Pimp a Butterfly out of the penthouse) it will grant the Billboard 200 back-to-back rap No. 1s for the first time in over a year. It last happened on the March 22, 2014-dated chart, when Rick Ross’ Mastermind debuted at No. 1, the week after Schoolboy Q’s Oxymoron bowed atop the tally. As for the rest of the top debuts on next week’s chart, look for Ludacris’ Ludaversal and Death Cab for Cutie’s Kintsugi to both possibly start in the top 10. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 6, 2015 13:35:49 GMT -5
hitsdailydouble.com/building_album_chartStatus: Building 64.03%-- 1 WALE THE ALBUM ABOUT NOTHING ATLANTIC 67,142 -- 2 LUDACRIS LUDAVERSAL DEF JAM 38,297 -- 3 DARIUS RUCKER SOUTHERN STYLE CAPITOL NASHVILLE 37,536 -- 4 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE KINTSUGI ATLANTIC 34,930 1 5 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 32,543 41 6 FURIOUS 7 SOUNDTRACK ATLANTIC 28,931 -- 7 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD DAY OF THE DEAD INTERSCOPE 25,745 6 8 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR CAPITOL 25,430 -- 9 THREE DAYS GRACE HUMAN RCA 24,746 5 10 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 23,829 -- 11 VAN HALEN TOKYO DOME IN CONCERT RHINO 21,447 15 12 MAROON 5 V 222/INTERSCOPE 20,186 16 13 NOW 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 19,717 4 14 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 28 RAZOR & TIE 19,232 -- 15 JODECI THE PAST, THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE EPIC 18,929 2 16 EMPIRE CAST SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 18,129 18 17 IMAGINE DRAGONS SMOKE + MIRRORS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 17,794 8 18 ED SHEERAN X ATLANTIC 16,802 27 19 FALL OUT BOY AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO DCD2/ISLAND 16,304 12 20 MEGHAN TRAINOR TITLE EPIC 16,200 9 21 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SOUNDTRACK REPUBLIC 14,945 13 22 DRAKE IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE YMCMB/REPUBLIC 14,555 14 23 LUKE BRYAN SPRING BREAK...CHECKIN' OUT CAPITOL NASHVILLE 13,558 19 24 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO MCA NASHVILLE 11,834 -- 25 THE MAINE AMERICAN CANDY BIG PICNIC 11,180 -- 26 MADEON ADVENTURE COLUMBIA 8,520 29 27 KELLY CLARKSON PIECE BY PIECE RCA 7,753 23 28 HOZIER HOZIER COLUMBIA 7,551 -- 29 NOW ACM AWARDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/UME 7,397 26 30 J. COLE 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 7,385 -- 31 NF MANSION CCMG 7,382 32 32 KID ROCK FIRST KISS WARNER BROS. 7,138 22 33 BIG SEAN DARK SKY PARADISE DEF JAM 6,897 34 34 GEORGE EZRA WANTED ON VOYAGE COLUMBIA 6,343 30 35 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 27 RAZOR & TIE 6,272 39 36 JASON ALDEAN OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT BROKEN BOW 5,788 28 37 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1 SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD 5,662 -- 38 HOME SOUNDTRACK DEF JAM 5,597 -- 39 SIA 1000 FORMS OF FEAR MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 5,408 3 40 ACTION BRONSON MR. WONDERFUL ATLANTIC 5,295 10 41 VAN MORRISON DUETS: RE-WORKING THE CATALOGU RCA 5,026 42 42 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ANYTHING GOES REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 5,001 48 43 ERIC CHURCH THE OUTSIDERS EMI NASHVILLE 4,877 49 44 ARIANA GRANDE MY EVERYTHING REPUBLIC 4,864 -- 45 WALK THE MOON TALKING IS HARD RCA 4,765 50 46 IMAGINE DRAGONS NIGHT VISIONS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 4,577 20 47 MODEST MOUSE STRANDERS TO OURSELVES EPIC 4,420 36 48 ONE DIRECTION FOUR SYCO/COLUMBIA 4,408 25 49 MADONNA REBEL HEART INTERSCOPE 4,403 33 50 NICKI MINAJ PINKPRINT YMCMB/REPUBLIC 4,388
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Post by Glove Slap on Apr 7, 2015 2:15:02 GMT -5
Sam Smith has really developed some legs this spring. It's been discounted a few times, which has definitely helped. It was $6.99 on iTunes last week and at other points too. |
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Post by ILLUSION on Apr 7, 2015 9:06:30 GMT -5
Jesus, Nicki needs help. Bish needs to promote that album! Having radio hits only ain't enough! No videos, performances, etc... smh
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Apr 7, 2015 9:29:23 GMT -5
Sam Smith has really developed some legs this spring. It's been discounted a few times, which has definitely helped. It was $6.99 on iTunes last week and at other points too. He also got some press for his April Fools Day tweet about being straight, so his name was out there a little more this week too. That didn't move a bunch of units, but there's no such thing as bad press (unless it involves jail time) |
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Post by Green Baron on Apr 7, 2015 9:56:41 GMT -5
Death Cab is disappointing.
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Post by Enigma. on Apr 7, 2015 12:24:03 GMT -5
Jesus, Nicki needs help. Bish needs to promote that album! Having radio hits only ain't enough! No videos, performances, etc... smh Huh? It's going to be certified platinum before too long. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 7, 2015 14:40:08 GMT -5
Jesus, Nicki needs help. Bish needs to promote that album! Having radio hits only ain't enough! No videos, performances, etc... smh Huh? It's going to be certified platinum before too long. Nicki is only at 578k. |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Apr 7, 2015 14:52:07 GMT -5
ALBUM SALES
Chart Date: 04/07/2015
Status: Final
LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index % Change
-- 1 WALE THE ALBUM ABOUT NOTHING
-- ATLANTIC 90,381 --
-- 2 LUDACRIS LUDAVERSAL
DEF JAM 58,830 --
1 3 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 52,366 -49%
-- 4 DARIUS RUCKER SOUTHERN STYLE
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 50,630 --
-- 5 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE KINTSUGI
ATLANTIC 44,876 --
4 6 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 28
RAZOR & TIE 41,780 11%
5 7 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989
BIG MACHINE 39,038 17%
6 8 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR
CAPITOL 37,434 17%
41 9 FURIOUS 7 SOUNDTRACK
ATLANTIC 36,093 476%
-- 10 SUFJAN STEVENS CARRIE & LOWELL
ASTHMATIC KITTY 34,464 --
-- 11 THREE DAYS GRACE HUMAN
RCA 33,955 --
2 12 EMPIRE CAST SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 31,543 -37%
-- 13 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD DAY OF THE DEAD
INTERSCOPE 29,787 --
15 14 MAROON 5 V
222/INTERSCOPE 29,012 69%
8 15 ED SHEERAN X
ATLANTIC 28,425 15%
-- 16 VAN HALEN TOKYO DOME IN CONCERT
RHINO 28,308 --
16 17 NOW 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW/LEGACY 27,276 59%
18 18 IMAGINE DRAGONS SMOKE + MIRRORS
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 27,070 74%
12 19 MEGHAN TRAINOR TITLE
EPIC 26,831 40%
-- 20 JODECI THE PAST, THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE EPIC 25,129 --
9 21 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SOUNDTRACK
REPUBLIC 23,597 -4%
27 22 FALL OUT BOY AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO
DCD2/ISLAND 23,011 117%
14 23 LUKE BRYAN SPRING BREAK...CHECKIN' OUT
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 17,063 -6%
13 24 DRAKE IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 16,539 -11%
19 25 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 16,097 6%
-- 26 NIGHTWISH ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL
NUCLEAR BLAST AMERICA 15,983 --
-- 27 THE MAINE AMERICAN CANDY
BIG PICNIC 15,680 --
29 28 KELLY CLARKSON PIECE BY PIECE
RCA 12,442 49%
30 29 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 27
RAZOR & TIE 12,147 52%
23 30 HOZIER HOZIER
COLUMBIA 11,965 -1%
26 31 J. COLE 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 11,738 10%
28 32 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1 SOUNDTRACK
HOLLYWOOD 11,247 12%
-- 33 NOW ACM AWARDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW/UME 11,086 --
-- 34 HOME SOUNDTRACK
DEF JAM 10,668 --
22 35 BIG SEAN DARK SKY PARADISE
DEF JAM 10,320 -22%
3 36 ACTION BRONSON MR. WONDERFUL
ATLANTIC 10,128 -75%
-- 37 MADEON ADVENTURE
COLUMBIA 10,023 --
25 38 MADONNA REBEL HEART
INTERSCOPE 9,893 -12%
32 39 KID ROCK FIRST KISS
WARNER BROS. 9,451 23%
10 40 VAN MORRISON DUETS: RE-WORKING THE CATALOGU
RCA 9,257 -56%
-- 41 NF MANSION CCMG 9,220 --
20 42 MODEST MOUSE STRANDERS TO OURSELVES
EPIC 8,429 -44%
34 43 GEORGE EZRA WANTED ON VOYAGE
COLUMBIA 8,381 16%
39 44 JASON ALDEAN OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT
BROKEN BOW 8,072 22%
-- 45 SIA 1000 FORMS OF FEAR
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 7,797 100%
42 46 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ANYTHING GOES
REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 7,377 19%
44 47 FROZEN VARIOUS ARTISTS
WALT DISNEY 7,264 19%
50 48 IMAGINE DRAGONS NIGHT VISIONS
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 7,198 39%
49 49 ARIANA GRANDE MY EVERYTHING
REPUBLIC 7,116 34%
33 50 NICKI MINAJ PINKPRINT
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 7,050 -2%
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Post by when the pawn... on Apr 7, 2015 15:42:48 GMT -5
22 albums sold over 20,000 copies this week. That's amazing, no? 11 over 30k and 6 over 40k. Granted, the #1 album only sold 90,000 copies but still. This year has been fun.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 16:31:00 GMT -5
Huh? It's going to be certified platinum before too long. Nicki is only at 578k. With SPS she's at 975k + whatever her total this week is; she'll be certified under that. HEARTBEAT was probably talking only about the raw numbers, and it would be nice to see her hit a million in raw sales, but even by that standard Nicki is not doing badly, IMO. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 7, 2015 17:13:22 GMT -5
With SPS she's at 975k + whatever her total this week is; she'll be certified under that. HEARTBEAT was probably talking only about the raw numbers, and it would be nice to see her hit a million in raw sales, but even by that standard Nicki is not doing badly, IMO. The RIAA only certifies albums based on pure album sales. |
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