HITS 6/16: Muse #1 75-80K, Of Monsters & Men 60-65K

[Verisimilitude]

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

MUSINGS ON THE WEEK'S NEW RELEASES

Warner Bros.' Muse will likely take the #1 spot on both the HITS Album Sales and SPS (Sales Plus Streaming) charts next week. Here are your top debuts.

Muse (Warner Bros.) 70-75k sales, 75-80k SPS
Of Monsters and Men (Republic) 55-60k, 60-65k
Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers Deluxe (UMe) 28-32k, 30-35k
A Thousand Horses (Republic Nashville) 18-21k, 20-23k
Now Country 8 (NOW) 17-20k


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[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Pretty weak start for Muse considering their last 2 outings. OMAM is on par with their first release, but that went on to go platinum.

[Wave.]

Thought there would be more sound for Muse. Maybe at least 100k+

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Jun 10, 2015 13:37:38 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

Pretty weak start for Muse considering their last 2 outings.

The 2nd Law alienated much of Muse's fanbase. It's no surprise the new album would do way worse than that one.

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YOUR TOP 15: DRONES FLY HIGH

Muse will take the #1 spot on both our sales and SPS charts next week with Drones (Warner Bros.). Here’s how it looks headed into the weekend.

*Muse (Warner Bros.) 70-75k sales, 75-80k SPS
*Of Monsters and Men (Republic) 55-60k, 55-60k
Florence + The Machine (Republic) 35-40k, 35-40k
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (UMe) 28-32k, 30-35k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 28-32k, 55-60k
*Now Country 8 (NOW) 17-20k
*A Thousand Horses (Republic Nashville) 17-20k, 19-22k
Pitch Perfect 2 (UMe) 16-18k, 24-27k
A$AP Rocky (Polo Grounds/RCA) 16-18k, 30-35k
Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground/Varvatos/BMLG/Republic) 16-18k, 23-26k
Twenty One Pilots (Fueled By Ramen) 15-17k, 21-24k
Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 15-17k, 30-35k
Sam Hunt (MCA Nashville) 14-16k, 27-30k
Josh Groban (Reprise) 13-15k, 14-16k
Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 13-15k, 17-20k

[Green Baron]

Finally, Muse get what they've deserved for a while now.

[grandelf]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6597810/muse-first-number-1-album-billboard-200-chart

Muse Aiming for First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | June 11, 2015 10:01 PM EDT



Rock band Muse is heading for its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Industry forecasters suggest the British act’s Drones, which was released on June 8 through Helium-3/Warner Bros. Records, could move over 75,000 equivalent albums units in the week ending June 14.

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, June 17.

Muse was formed in 1994 and charted its first Billboard hits 10 years later with the single “Time Is Running Out” and the album Absolution. The former reached No. 9 on the Alternative Songs chart, while the Absolution set peaked at No. 107 on the Billboard 200.

Since then, Muse has racked up 14 more Alternative Songs hits -- including four No. 1s. In addition, on the Billboard 200, they’ve claimed a total of seven entries (five studio efforts plus two live albums). Their highest charting album is their last studio release, 2012’s The 2nd Law, which debuted and peaked at No. 2.

The second-biggest debut on next week’s chart could be Of Monsters and Men’s Beneath the Skin, which may start with around 50,000 to 60,000 units. Watch for the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers reissue to re-launch with 30,000-plus units as well.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Glad Muse are getting the #1, but I expected more for the sales.

[DJ General]

Really though Muse would just slightly crack 100,000. Thought OMAM would be slightly higher, but the two singles are VERY weak. A lot of the album is MUCH better. Lots of people turned off from the odd single choices this go around.

[Enigma.]

Florence + The Machine (Republic) 35-40k, 35-40k

So they are suggesting that not many people will stream or download songs from this album (less than from Stages)? I think it's close to 50k with final numbers.

[ILLUSION]

Poor numbers for PP2. Definitely clear the 2nd movie is nowhere near as popular as the first was.

[DJ General]

Jun 12, 2015 12:41:19 GMT -5 ILLUSION said:

Poor numbers for PP2. Definitely clear the 2nd movie is nowhere near as popular as the first was.

Uhhhh? The movie itself is doing much better.

The original made $65 million at the US Box Office for its entire run. The sequel made $69 million in its FIRST WEEKEND. It currently stands at $165 million in the US and a 3rd film was just announced this week. There are not any singles or promotion from PP2 right now. Jessie J is not a star, and her single isn't even really being promoted. Plus, they made the odd choice of not releasing the version that was in the movie. Also, the original film came out 3 years ago? And the fact this soundtrack is still in the top 10 with no promotion is extremely impressive.

[grandelf]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6598061/rolling-stones-sticky-fingers-top-10-billboard-200

The Rolling Stones' 'Sticky Fingers' Heading Back to Top 10 on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | June 12, 2015 9:07 PM EDT



The reissue of the classic No. 1 album follows the group's revamps of "Exile on Main St." and "Some Girls."

The Rolling Stones’ reissue of its classic No. 1 album Sticky Fingers is heading back to the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart for the first time since its 1971 release. Industry forecasters suggest the revamped set -- which was remastered and re-released on June 8 in a variety of formats -- may move around 35,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 14.

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 chart’s new top 10 will be revealed on Wednesday, June 18.

Sticky Fingers -- which spent four weeks at No. 1 in 1971 -- has been absent from the tally since 1981. For charting and sales tracking purposes, nearly all versions of the album will be linked together on Billboard’s charts and in Nielsen Music’s tracking system. (One permutation of the album, dubbed the Super Deluxe edition, will track and chart separately due to its extensive addition of content. That version could move around 10,000 units.)

The reissued Sticky Fingers is the third expanded reboot that The Rolling Stones have released in recent years. It follows the 2010 revamp of its 1972 No. 1 Exile on Main St. and the 2011 reissue of the 1978 No. 1 Some Girls. (The reissue of Exile re-entered at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, while Some Girls returned at No. 46.)

As for the rest of next week’s top 10, watch for Muse to secure its first No. 1 album as Drones could top the list in its opening week. It could shift 75,000 units. Of Monsters and Men’s new Beneath the Skin is also heading for the top 10, with around 60,000 units.

[Enigma.]

No further info yet?

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Album Sales

-- 1
MUSE
DRONES
WARNER BROS. 74,845 --
-- 2
OF MONSTERS & MEN
BENEATH THE SKIN
REPUBLIC 54,572 --
1 3
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
HOW BIG HOW BLUE HOW BEAUTIFUL
REPUBLIC 32,048 -75%
2 4
TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 31,671 -8%
-- 5
ROLLING STONES
STICKY FINGERS
UME 30,016 --
19 6 ZAC BROWN BAND
JEKYLL + HYDE
SOUTHERN GROUND/VARVATOS/BMLG/REPUBLIC 21,491 39%
-- 7 ROYAL BLOOD
ROYAL BLOOD
WARNER BROS. 21,075 --
-- 8 NOW COUNTRY 8
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 19,881 --
8 9 PITCH PERFECT 2
SOUNDTRACK
UME 17,031 -24%
-- 10 A THOUSAND HORSES
SOUTHERNALITY
REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 16,580 --
12 11 MUMFORD & SONS
WILDER MIND
GLASSNOTE 16,489 -11%
11 12 ED SHEERAN
X
ATLANTIC 16,124 -14%
9 13 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
BLURRYFACE
FUELED BY RAMEN 15,910 -19%
3 14 A$AP ROCKY
AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP
RCA 15,711 -49%
20 15 SAM HUNT
MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 15,185 9%
-- 16 TREMONTI
CAUTERIZE
FRET12 14,445 --
14 17 JOSH GROBAN
STAGES
REPRISE 13,250 -22%
16 18 NOW 54
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 13,196 -20%
18 19 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 12,852 -18%
4 20 WILLIE NELSON & MERLE HAGGARD
DJANGO AND JIMMIE
LEGACY 12,557 -58%
21 21 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
SOUNDTRACK
REPUBLIC 11,296 -13%
23 22 SAM SMITH
IN THE LONELY HOUR
CAPITOL 11,012 -7%
29 23 ALABAMA SHAKES
SOUND & COLOR
ATO 10,401 13%
-- 24 TAMIA
LOVE LIFE
DEF JAM 10,103 --
31 25 MAROON 5
V
222/INTERSCOPE 9,334 11%
15 26 BOOSIE BADAZZ
TOUCH DOWN TO CAUSE HELL
ATLANTIC 8,797 -48%
30 27 DRAKE
IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 8,770 -4%
32 28 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1
SOUNDTRACK
HOLLYWOOD 8,693 4%
38 29 KENDRICK LAMAR
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 8,474 24%
34 30 FALL OUT BOY
AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO
DCD2/ISLAND 8,408 14%
24 31 BRANTLEY GILBERT
JUST AS I AM
VALORY 8,381 -22%
13 32 JAMIE XX
IN COLOUR
XL 8,304 -53%
-- 33 GALANTIS
PHARMACY
BIG BEAT 8,262 --
36 34 ERIC CHURCH
THE OUTSIDERS
EMI NASHVILLE 8,160 16%
27 35 LITTLE BIG TOWN
PAIN KILLER
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 7,780 -16%
5 36 BILLY CURRINGTON
SUMMER FOREVER
MERCURY NASHVILLE 7,288 -69%
28 37 DAWES
ALL YOUR FAVORITE BANDS
HUB 7,198 -23%
40 38 JASON ALDEAN
OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT
BROKEN BOW 6,647 2%
46 39 IMAGINE DRAGONS
SMOKE + MIRRORS
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 6,631 14%
50 40 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
ANYTHING GOES
REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 6,627 22%
47 41 PITCH PERFECT
SOUNDTRACK
UME 6,564 13%
7 42 JASON DERULO
EVERYTHING IS 4
WARNER BROS. 6,205 -73%
42 43 HOZIER
HOZIER
COLUMBIA 6,145 -4%
33 44 HILLSONG UNITED
EMPIRES
HILLSONG 6,109 -27%
35 45 YELAWOLF
LOVE STORY
SHADY/INTERSCOPE 5,679 -22%
25 46 MARVIN SAPP
YOU SHALL LIVE
RCA INSPIRATION 5,395 -48%
44 47 J. COLE
2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 5,376 -11%
-- 48 MICHAEL CERVERIS & JUDY KUHN
FUN HOME ( A NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL)
P.S. CLASSICS 5,341 --
48 49 NOW 53
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 5,325 -7%
45 50 SHAWN MENDES
HANDWRITTEN
ISLAND 5,278 -12%

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SPS:

- 1
MUSE
DRONES
WARNER BROS. 78,080 --
2 2
TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 67,267 -3%
-- 3
OF MONSTERS & MEN
BENEATH THE SKIN
REPUBLIC 59,215 --
1 4
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
HOW BIG HOW BLUE HOW BEAUTIFUL
REPUBLIC 38,083 -72%
-- 5
ROLLING STONES
STICKY FINGERS
UME 32,354 --
5 6 ED SHEERAN
X
ATLANTIC 32,281 -6%
10 7 SAM HUNT
MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 31,567 12%
9 8 MAROON 5
V
222/INTERSCOPE 28,669 -1%
20 9 ZAC BROWN BAND
JEKYLL + HYDE
SOUTHERN GROUND/VARVATOS/BMLG/REPUBLIC 28,598 29%
3 10 A$AP ROCKY
AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP
RCA 27,368 -41%
8 11 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 26,264 -12%
7 12 PITCH PERFECT 2
SOUNDTRACK
UME 25,592 -15%
13 13 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
SOUNDTRACK
REPUBLIC 24,415 -9%
12 14 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
BLURRYFACE
FUELED BY RAMEN 23,610 -13%
18 15 DRAKE
IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 22,208 -4%
-- 16 ROYAL BLOOD
ROYAL BLOOD
WARNER BROS. 21,969 --
17 17 MUMFORD & SONS
WILDER MIND
GLASSNOTE 20,875 -11%
15 18 FURIOUS 7
SOUNDTRACK
ATLANTIC 19,967 -24%
-- 19 A THOUSAND HORSES
SOUTHERNALITY
REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 19,937 --
-- 20 NOW COUNTRY 8
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 19,881 --
25 21 FALL OUT BOY
AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO
DCD2/ISLAND 19,627 4%
21 22 SAM SMITH
IN THE LONELY HOUR
CAPITOL 19,549 -5%
26 23 ANDY GRAMMER
MAGAZINES OR NOVELS
S-CURVE 19,132 2%
23 24 WALK THE MOON
TALKING IS HARD
RCA 18,290 -7%
24 25 NICKI MINAJ
PINKPRINT
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 18,272 -5%
4 26 JASON DERULO
EVERYTHING IS 4
WARNER BROS. 16,908 -53%
27 27 LITTLE BIG TOWN
PAIN KILLER
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 16,815 -10%
38 28 ERIC CHURCH
THE OUTSIDERS
EMI NASHVILLE 15,310 21%
-- 29 TREMONTI
CAUTERIZE
FRET12 14,990 --
39 30 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
ANYTHING GOES
REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 14,831 21%
33 31 FIFTH HARMONY
REFLECTION
EPIC 14,613 -2%
32 32 TOVE LO
QUEEN OF THE CLOUDS
REPUBLIC 14,273 -5%
36 33 SKRILLEX & DIPLO
SKRILLEX & DIPLO PRESENT JACK U
ATLANTIC 13,727 5%
30 34 BRANTLEY GILBERT
JUST AS I AM
VALORY 13,712 -17%
29 35 JOSH GROBAN
STAGES
REPRISE 13,627 -22%
-- 36 DAVID GUETTA
LISTEN
PARLOPHONE 13,489 --
31 37 NOW 54
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 13,196 -20%
6 38 WILLIE NELSON & MERLE HAGGARD
DJANGO AND JIMMIE
LEGACY 13,073 -58%
42 39 ALABAMA SHAKES
SOUND & COLOR
ATO 13,023 11%
34 40 HOZIER
HOZIER
COLUMBIA 12,879 -2%
43 41 KENDRICK LAMAR
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 12,441 11%
35 42 SHAWN MENDES
HANDWRITTEN
ISLAND 11,837 -10%
47 43 MARK RONSON
UPTOWN SPECIAL
RCA 11,710 9%
-- 44 TAMIA
LOVE LIFE
DEF JAM 11,686 --
41 45 J. COLE
2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 11,275 -7%
-- 46 GALANTIS
PHARMACY
BIG BEAT 11,098 --
40 47 SIA
1000 FORMS OF FEAR
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 11,090 -10%
-- 48 IMAGINE DRAGONS
SMOKE + MIRRORS
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 10,582 11%
46 49 PITBULL
GLOBALIZATON
POLO GROUNDS/RCA 10,547 -2%
44 50 BIG SEAN
DARK SKY PARADISE
DEF JAM 10,232 -6%

[Nick]

Nice for The Rolling Stones!

[ILLUSION]

Wonder how Hilary will fare next week

[Enigma.]

4 26 JASON DERULO
EVERYTHING IS 4
WARNER BROS. 16,908 -53%

Very soft drop in %, 20 in positions..

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

What an underwhelming sales week

[Daryl the Beryl]

Album Sales:

-- 7 ROYAL BLOOD
ROYAL BLOOD
WARNER BROS. 21,075 --

SPS:

-- 16 ROYAL BLOOD
ROYAL BLOOD
WARNER BROS. 21,969 --

Royal Blood would've gone top 10 on Billboard 200 if not for the new rule :( happy at least that they'll get a new peak

[imbondz]

I've tried to like Muse multiple times but just don't. Can't get into them.

[Enigma.]

I did like them, but haven't since Undisclosed Desires

[H.]

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