HITS 6/23: James Taylor #1 96k, Adam #3 44k, Hilary #5 39k

[josh]

6/17:
YOUR NEW RELEASES
James Taylor will score his first-ever #1 album on next week’s chart. It’s been 44 years since Taylor reached his peak chart position of #2 with Warner Bros.’ Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. Here are this week’s key debuts:

James Taylor (James Taylor Music) 72-77 sales, 74-79 SPS
Adam Lambert (Warner Bros.) 33-38k, 36-41k
Hilary Duff (RCA) 25-30k, 30-35k
Nate Ruess (Fueled By Ramen) 24-27k, 27-30k
Third Eye Blind (Mega Collider) 23-26k, 25-28k
Ryn Weaver (Mad Love/Interscope) 14-17k, 16-19k
Giorgio Moroder (RCA) 8-9k, 10-11k

JT played a private concert for SiriusXM at the storied Apollo Theater on Tuesday night, during which Meyer and Greenstein wept openly at "Sweet Baby James."

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6/18:
YOUR TOP 15 HAS SEEN BOTH FIRE AND RAIN
James Taylor gets the first #1 album of his career next week; five titles will debut in next week’s Top 10.

*James Taylor (James Taylor) 80-85k sales, 80-85k SPS
*Adam Lambert (Warner Bros.) 35-40k, 35-40k
*Hilary Duff (RCA) 30-35k, 35-40k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 27-30k, 55-60k
*Nate Ruess (Fueled by Ramen) 20-25k, 24-29k
*Third Eye Blind (Mega Collider) 20-25k, 25-30k
Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground/Varvatos/Republic/BMLG) 19-22k, 25-29k
Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 18-21k, 35-39k
Florence + the Machine (Republic) 18-22k, 24-29k
NOW Country 8 (NOW) 17-20k, 17-20k
Muse (Warner Bros.) 16-20k, 20-24k
Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 16-20k, 20-24k
Sam Hunt (MCA Nashville) 14-19k, 30-34k
Twenty One Pilots (Fueled by Ramen) 14-19k, 21-25k
NOW 54 (NOW) 13-17k, 13-17k

*Debut

[when the pawn...]

1. Wanted more for Adam but it's not surprising. Hopefully "Ghost Town" or a 2nd single becomes a hit.
2. Maybe Nate Reuss should have made this a fun. album.
3. Impressive for Ryn Weaver when you compare to Charli XCX, Tove Lo, etc.

[kingofpain]

Wow go James Taylor!

[Ginger Spice]

I was legit expecting Hilary to get like 5-10k so I'm happy to see those numbers. As much as RCA fucked up the single rollout, she's been doing a fair amount of promo and it was a really good call to not release a pre-order. I'm also glad Adam is the second highest debut.

[bornfearless2000]

He said he never met one girl who had as many James Taylor record as you.. but i do..

[grandelf]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6598420/james-taylor-first-number-1-album-billboard-200

James Taylor Heading for His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield | June 17, 2015 9:15 PM EDT



Forty-five years after debuting on the Billboard 200 chart, James Taylor is set for his first No. 1 album. Industry forecasters suggest the singer/songwriter’s new studio effort, Before This World, could earn around 75,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 21. The album is his first studio set since 2002’s October Road.

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 24.

Taylor has previously logged 11 top 10 albums, including seven top five efforts. His highest charting set thus far is 1971’s Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, which four weeks at No. 2 behind Carole King’s Tapestry album. (Taylor and King would later collaborate for the 2010 set Live at the Troubadour, which reached No. 4.)

Other albums on course for significant debuts include Adam Lambert’s The Original High (which could do 35,000), Hilary Duff’s Breathe In. Breathe Out. (25,000) and Nate Ruess’ Grand Romantic (25,000).

[Enigma.]

Jun 17, 2015 16:09:27 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

3. Impressive for Ryn Weaver when you compare to Charli XCX, Tove Lo, etc.

Tove Lo is hanging in there extremely well though but yea agree

[Glove Slap]

I want to say that's a bad opening for Nate, but is it that horrendous given the complete cold shoulder to the material so far?

[Deleted]

Go JT!

[Mack]

Hilary's sales are a lot better than I was expecting, considering she hasn't released an album in over 8 years and none of her recent singles have done anything. I'm happy for her.

[ILLUSION]

Hilary is still #1 on iTunes, would love for her to jump over Adam and debut at #2!

[renfield75]

That's great for James Taylor, and I'm happy to see Third Eye Blind looking likely for the top ten.

[josh]

YOUR TOP 15 HAS SEEN BOTH FIRE AND RAIN
James Taylor gets the first #1 album of his career next week; five titles will debut in next week’s Top 10.

*James Taylor (James Taylor) 80-85k sales, 80-85k SPS
*Adam Lambert (Warner Bros.) 35-40k, 35-40k
*Hilary Duff (RCA) 30-35k, 35-40k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 27-30k, 55-60k
*Nate Ruess (Fueled by Ramen) 20-25k, 24-29k
*Third Eye Blind (Mega Collider) 20-25k, 25-30k
Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground/Varvatos/Republic/BMLG) 19-22k, 25-29k
Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 18-21k, 35-39k
Florence + the Machine (Republic) 18-22k, 24-29k
NOW Country 8 (NOW) 17-20k, 17-20k
Muse (Warner Bros.) 16-20k, 20-24k
Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 16-20k, 20-24k
Sam Hunt (MCA Nashville) 14-19k, 30-34k
Twenty One Pilots (Fueled by Ramen) 14-19k, 21-25k
NOW 54 (NOW) 13-17k, 13-17k

*Debut

[DJ General]

I just heard the Duffster album. It's legit af.

Ed Sheern is a digital beasssst. yas

[surfy]

I hope Hilary earns the 2nd highest debut of the week. Her album is one of my favorites this year!

[Dreams]

I'm happy for James Taylor. To score your first ever #1 album nearly five decades into your career is kind of a big deal. With fairly good numbers too.

[Love Plastic Love]

Awesome for James Taylor. I am actually impressed by Hilary too. It has been nearly a decade since she was last relevant and none of her singles have hit at all. I was expecting VERY low numbers. Wonder what she would have done if radio had played Sparks.

[Mike]

Jun 18, 2015 20:05:52 GMT -5 Love Plastic Love said:

Awesome for James Taylor. I am actually impressed by Hilary too. It has been nearly a decade since she was last relevant and none of her singles have hit at all. I was expecting VERY low numbers. Wonder what she would have done if radio had played Sparks.

Came to say the same thing. I really thought her and Adam would be treading around the 20K mark given the fact that neither one of them has had a hit (especially Hilary) in quite some time. Good for them and for James Taylor!

[sapphire]

Still good numbers for Sam Hunt.

[hitmakaontharise]

Jun 18, 2015 20:36:54 GMT -5 Mike said:

Jun 18, 2015 20:05:52 GMT -5 Love Plastic Love said:

Awesome for James Taylor. I am actually impressed by Hilary too. It has been nearly a decade since she was last relevant and none of her singles have hit at all. I was expecting VERY low numbers. Wonder what she would have done if radio had played Sparks.

Came to say the same thing. I really thought her and Adam would be treading around the 20K mark given the fact that neither one of them has had a hit (especially Hilary) in quite some time. Good for them and for James Taylor!

forget james taylor. im shocked he's doing this good. Hilary deserves to be number 1

[Future Captain]

X is going to celebrate it's 52nd week in the chart in top 5! The last album to do so is Adele's 21 3 years ago

Btw, if no album could top 50k in SPS next week, 1989 might return to #1 :O

[Daryl the Beryl]

Wow at James, better than I expected for Hilary and TEB, Adam Lambert's numbers somewhat met my expectations.

[Unhinged]

Don't venture into this thread often, but damn are these numbers abysmal. At any rate, congrats James. These legacy acts are really benefiting from low sales numbers these days, which is good I guess for them. Hope to see Adam's album have some longevity.

[grandelf]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6605230/adam-lambert-third-top-10-album-on-billboard-200

Adam Lambert Aiming for Third Top 10 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | June 19, 2015 12:00 PM EDT



Adam Lambert is on track to score his third top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart next week with The Original High. Industry forecasters suggest the album, which was released June 16 on Warner Bros. Records, could move around 35,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 21.

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 25.

The Original High is Lambert’s first album for Warner Bros. after departing RCA Records, where he logged his two earlier top 10s: His For Your Entertainment debut in 2009 (No. 3 debut and peak) and its follow-up, the No. 1-bowing Trespassing in 2012.

Meanwhile, veteran singer/songwriter James Taylor is heading for his first No. 1 album on next week’s chart, as his Before This World could debut with around 75,000 units. Taylor has previously logged 11 top 10 albums in his 45-year chart career.

Other albums on course for significant debuts include Hilary Duff’s Breathe In. Breathe Out. and Nate Ruess’ Grand Romantic (both with around 25,000).

[maine]

Nate Reuss' album might get adjusted up since it's starting to pick up in sales now (I don't know why though). It jumped from #5 to #1 on iTunes.

[marylou]

I hope Nate's numbers got adjusted. His music is good, and he has many fans - not necessarily rabid ones, but willing to buy whatever he releases. I am one of such fans.

[vipanonymous]

Joss will sell less than 5k. Colour me surprise. jk

[ILLUSION]

Really hoping Hilary can pull off an upset and jump Adam

[Enigma.]

Twenty One Pilots... SLAY! Coming from that 250k selling predecessor and now a month in top 15.

[fearlessarrow]

Hi, this is my first post besides my introduction!

Wasn't Taylor Swift named after James Taylor? I find it cool that they'll occupy the top two spots on the Billboard 200, with the person at No.2 being named after the person at No.1.