Billboard 200: 7/2/15 - James Taylor 97,000

[wonderstruck94]

Billboard.com

After a 45-year wait, legendary singer/songwriter James Taylor has earned his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with Before This World. The album, which was released on June 16 through Concord Records, arrives atop the chart dated July 4 — more than 45 years after Taylor arrived on the list with Sweet Baby James (on the March 14, 1970 list).

The new album launches atop the Billboard 200 with 97,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June 21, according to Nielsen Music. Of its start, pure album sales equated to 96,000 copies sold -- Taylor’s best debut week for an album since his last studio effort, 2002’s October Road, launched at No. 4 with 154,000 sold.

Back on the new Billboard 200, Taylor Swift’s 1989 holds at No. 2 for another week, moving 57,000 units (down 11 percent) in its 34th week on the list.

Adam Lambert notches the chart’s second-highest bow, as his third album The Original High arrives at No. 3 with 47,000 units. The Original High is Lambert’s first album for Warner Bros. Records 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.

The new album’s first week was powered by pure album sales, as it sold 42,000 copies. Comparably, For Your Entertainment bowed with 77,000 sold. The Original High’s lead single, “Ghosttown,” is No. 31 on the Pop Songs airplay chart dated July 4.

Ed Sheeran’s x climbs to its highest rank in four months, as it steps 6-4 with 39,000 units (up 17 percent). x was last in the top four on the Feb. 28-dated list, when it was also No. 4.

Hilary Duff returns to the top 10 for the first time in eight years, as Breathe In. Breathe Out. debuts at No. 5 with 39,000 units (33,000 in pure album sales), marking her fifth top 10 album. It’s the pop singer’s first studio effort since 2007’s Dignity debuted and peaked at No. 3. She also notched top 10s with Metamorphosis (No. 1 in 2003), her self-titled album (No. 2 in 2004) and Most Wanted (No. 1 in 2005).

Country singer Sam Hunt continues his upward climb, as his Montevallo rises 7-6 with 32,000 units (up 3 percent). It is the set’s fourth straight weekly unit gain.

Nate Ruess, lead singer of fun, arrives at No. 7 with his first solo album, Grand Romantic (31,000 units; 28,000 from album sales). Ruess follows last years’ chart success by his fun. bandmate Jack Antonoff, who -- under the stage name Bleachers -- debuted and peaked at No. 11 with Bleachers.

Rounding out the latest top 10 is Meghan Trainor’s Title (10-8 with 27,000 units; up less than 1 percent), Maroon 5’s V (stationary at No. 9 with 27,000 units; down 5 percent) and Mumford & Sons’ Wilder Mind (19-10 with 27,000). The latter title vaults up the list after it was sale priced for $6.99 in the iTunes Store during the tracking frame. It grew by 50 percent in download album sales for the week.

The titles at No. 8-10 are separated by less than 300 equivalent units, hence why their rounded-to-the-nearest-thousand sales figures all appear to be identical.

1. James Taylor - 97,000

2. Taylor Swift - 57,000

3. Adam Lambert - 47,000

4. Ed Sheeran - 39,000

5. Hilary Duff - 39,000

6. Sam Hunt - 32,000

7. Nate Ruess - 31,000

8. Meghan Trainor - 27,000

9. Maroon 5 - 27,000

10. Mumford & Sons - 27,000

[HolidayGuy]

Stronger than projected for JT- very nice.

[Gary]

BB200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Before This World, James Taylor 1
2 2 2 34 1989, Taylor Swift 1
3 0 New 1 The Original High, Adam Lambert 3
4 6 5 52 x, Ed Sheeran 1
5 0 New 1 Breathe In. Breathe Out., Hilary Duff 5
6 7 13 34 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
7 0 New 1 Grand Romantic, Nate Ruess 7
8 10 8 23 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
9 9 10 42 V, Maroon 5 1
10 19 18 7 GG Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
11 12 9 8 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
12 8 3 4 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
13 0 New 1 Dopamine, Third Eye Blind 13
14 13 11 5 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
15 18 20 53 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
16 16 19 19 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
17 14 16 19 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
18 4 1 3 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
19 1 – 2 Drones, Muse 1
20 15 17 14 Furious 7, Soundtrack 1
21 28 27 35 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
22 21 26 22 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
23 11 6 6 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
24 22 – 2 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 22
25 24 25 27 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
26 25 24 29 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 14
27 26 28 20 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 19
28 30 45 6 Fight Song (EP), Rachel Platten 28
29 40 36 37 Hozier, Hozier 2
30 0 New 1 The Fool, Ryn Weaver 30
31 5 – 64 Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones 1
32 36 29 8 Stages, Josh Groban 2
33 31 41 71 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
34 29 12 3 Peace Is The Mission, Major Lazer 12
35 3 – 2 Beneath The Skin, Of Monsters And Men 3
36 63 67 146 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
37 43 48 14 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
38 33 34 20 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 5
39 23 4 3 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 4
40 37 33 38 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
41 41 39 17 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 26
42 38 31 57 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
43 47 42 28 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
44 44 35 10 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
45 39 47 36 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
46 35 32 29 Listen, David Guetta 4
47 0 New 1 35 Biggest Hits, Tim McGraw 47
48 46 38 47 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
49 58 56 18 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
50 0 New 1 Unbroken Praise: At Abbey Road Studios, Matt Redman 50
51 49 52 9 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
52 32 7 3 Django And Jimmie, Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard 7
53 56 51 30 Globalization, Pitbull 18
54 52 54 37 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
55 51 44 17 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
56 42 30 7 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
57 66 70 47 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
58 50 50 23 Uptown Special., Mark Ronson 5
59 53 59 28 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
60 77 84 369 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
61 54 49 43 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
62 0 New 1 Pale Horses, mewithoutYou 62
63 57 53 24 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
64 60 55 38 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
65 62 62 97 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
66 106 95 361 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
67 61 57 21 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
68 48 22 4 Touch Down 2 Cause Hell, Boosie BadAzz 3
69 20 – 2 Southernality, A Thousand Horses 20
70 64 60 37 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 38
71 0 New 1 Sing It All Away, Walk Off The Earth 71
72 0 New 1 Deja Vu, Giorgio Moroder 72
73 0 New 1 Last Don II, Don Omar 73
74 74 72 11 My House (EP), Flo Rida 14
75 142 154 318 PS Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
76 67 74 133 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
77 83 80 44 Vessel, twenty one pilots 58
78 108 160 99 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
79 73 75 177 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
80 55 15 3 Summer Forever, Billy Currington 15
81 93 139 9 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 32
82 68 43 4 Empires, Hillsong UNITED 5
83 82 86 32 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
84 90 79 149 +, Ed Sheeran 5
85 0 Re-Entry 221 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 2
86 76 68 15 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
87 84 71 15 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 1
88 71 73 5 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
89 75 76 5 True Colors, Zedd 4
90 172 177 13 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
91 78 88 68 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
92 89 106 39 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
93 86 87 231 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
94 0 New 1 2015 Warped Tour Compilation, Various Artists 94
95 99 101 90 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
96 70 69 9 Love Story, YelaWolf 3
97 79 64 7 Special Effects, Tech N9ne 4
98 85 83 41 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
99 81 66 32 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
100 94 97 68 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
101 0 Re-Entry 907 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
102 95 90 42 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
103 0 New 1 Live At Red Rocks, Amos Lee With The Colorado Symphony 103
104 102 99 49 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
105 88 78 220 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
106 185 – 107 Babel, Mumford & Sons 1
107 87 85 138 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
108 177 180 8 Love Stuff, Elle King 45
109 27 – 2 Love Life, Tamia 27
110 0 New 1 Luminiferous, High On Fire 110
111 103 102 31 FOUR, One Direction 1
112 97 96 47 Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You, Queen 42
113 59 58 122 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
114 92 89 33 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
115 155 – 97 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
116 72 21 3 In Colour, Jamie xx 21
117 0 New 1 No Place In Heaven, MIKA 117
118 98 107 12 The Album About Nothing, Wale 1
119 100 93 117 Native, OneRepublic 4
120 140 138 202 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 7
121 0 New 1 35 Biggest Hits, Hank Williams Jr. 121
122 91 81 120 Take Care, Drake 1
123 105 110 113 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
124 179 – 11 Run, AWOLNATION 17
125 109 111 39 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
126 123 130 88 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
127 110 103 88 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
128 174 156 300 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
129 118 104 20 NOW 53, Various Artists 2
130 0 New 1 Bringin It Home (EP), Big Smo 130
131 141 136 128 The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer, The Beach Boys 16
132 111 135 246 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
133 0 New 1 Younger Dreams, Our Last Night 133
134 122 115 226 21, Adele 1
135 132 137 12 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 7
136 112 108 80 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
137 147 121 8 Suffer In Peace, Tyler Farr 4
138 0 Re-Entry 107 American Idiot, Green Day 1
139 133 159 194 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
140 115 113 114 Red, Taylor Swift 1
141 0 Re-Entry 146 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
142 45 – 2 Pharmacy, Galantis 45
143 0 Re-Entry 66 Greatest Hits, James Taylor 15
144 119 114 82 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
145 17 – 7 Royal Blood, Royal Blood 17
146 101 61 5 Hollywood: A Story Of A Dozen Roses, Jamie Foxx 10
147 116 118 18 Sex Playlist, Omarion 49
148 153 176 86 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 6
149 127 123 86 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
150 128 131 44 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
151 144 – 149 Chief, Eric Church 1
152 135 117 13 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 10
153 145 140 233 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
154 152 142 117 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
155 129 119 85 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
156 117 158 97 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
157 0 New 1 Heaven, The Willis Clan 157
158 170 186 51 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
159 156 – 31 Restart, newsboys 38
160 0 Re-Entry 119 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 1
161 120 122 20 Full Speed, Kid Ink 14
162 0 Re-Entry 66 The 1975, The 1975 28
163 131 129 93 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
164 80 14 3 Remember My Name, Lil Durk 14
165 125 112 10 Love Somebody, Reba 3
166 136 147 125 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
167 138 133 17 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 7
168 162 162 183 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
169 0 Re-Entry 38 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
170 157 151 118 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
171 0 Re-Entry 213 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
172 134 134 77 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
173 196 193 104 Greatest Hits II, Kenny Chesney 3
174 0 Re-Entry 52 Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix 133
175 178 161 36 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 154
176 139 132 55 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
177 163 145 26 Reclassified, Iggy Azalea 16
178 151 120 16 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
179 180 174 72 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
180 191 179 159 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
181 149 91 4 Outlaw In Me, The Lacs 27
182 181 188 47 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
183 0 Re-Entry 78 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 6
184 0 New 1 Some Type Of Love EP, Charlie Puth 184
185 96 163 134 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
186 0 New 1 Hail Mary, iwrestledabearonce 186
187 159 149 216 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
188 124 40 3 You Shall Live, Marvin Sapp 40
189 188 198 66 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
190 0 New 1 Robert Glasper: Covered, Recorded Live At Capitol Studios, The Robert Glasper Trio 190
191 148 143 27 Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition, Kevin Gates 38
192 0 Re-Entry 14 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
193 0 Re-Entry 50 Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, Aerosmith 43
194 158 169 40 X, Chris Brown 2
195 0 Re-Entry 15 The Essential Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 35
196 0 Re-Entry 108 Meteora, Linkin Park 1
197 0 Re-Entry 50 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
198 0 Re-Entry 10 Rebel Heart, Madonna 2
199 192 184 8 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 30
200 175 189 90 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3

[Gary]

TAS

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Before This World, James Taylor 1
2 – – 1 The Original High, Adam Lambert 2
3 – – 1 Breathe In. Breathe Out., Hilary Duff 3
4 4 2 34 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 – – 1 Grand Romantic, Nate Ruess 5
6 13 15 7 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
7 – – 1 Dopamine, Third Eye Blind 7
8 11 14 52 x, Ed Sheeran 1
9 8 6 8 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
10 1 – 2 Drones, Muse 1
11 5 1 3 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
12 7 – 2 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 7
13 16 20 34 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
14 12 3 4 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
15 19 16 8 Stages, Josh Groban 2
16 14 11 5 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
17 3 – 2 Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones 3
18 20 19 23 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
19 – – 1 The Fool, Ryn Weaver 19
20 – – 1 Unbroken Praise: At Abbey Road Studios, Matt Redman 20
21 10 7 6 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
22 2 – 2 Beneath The Skin, Of Monsters And Men 2
23 17 4 3 Django And Jimmie, Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard 4
24 23 23 53 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
25 21 17 7 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
26 25 30 9 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
27 28 33 47 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
28 22 21 19 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
29 31 39 14 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
30 – – 1 Pale Horses, mewithoutYou 30
31 36 29 21 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
32 64 91 139 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
33 43 42 37 Hozier, Hozier 2
34 33 37 70 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
35 26 31 42 V, Maroon 5 1
36 29 28 19 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
37 30 26 43 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
38 40 47 18 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
39 27 34 22 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
40 – – 1 35 Biggest Hits, Tim McGraw 40
41 24 13 4 Touch Down 2 Cause Hell, Boosie BadAzz 2
42 68 75 261 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
43 39 40 37 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
44 47 48 28 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
45 – – 1 Sing It All Away, Walk Off The Earth 45
46 – – 1 Deja Vu, Giorgio Moroder 46
47 – – 1 Last Don II, Don Omar 47
48 41 54 36 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
49 – – 1 2015 Warped Tour Compilation, Various Artists 49
50 0 Re-Entry 257 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 18
51 9 – 2 Southernality, A Thousand Horses 9
52 – – 1 Luminiferous, High On Fire 52
53 57 – 7 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 20
54 44 27 4 Empires, Hillsong UNITED 3
55 0 Re-Entry 218 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 2
56 – – 1 Live At Red Rocks, Amos Lee With The Colorado Symphony 56
57 0 Re-Entry 159 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
58 15 – 2 Love Life, Tamia 15
59 48 51 20 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
60 – – 1 No Place In Heaven, MIKA 60
61 49 44 10 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
62 55 53 15 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
63 – – 1 Bringin It Home (EP), Big Smo 63
64 0 Re-Entry 296 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
65 52 52 15 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
66 59 63 16 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 59
67 37 9 3 Summer Forever, Billy Currington 9
68 42 43 9 Love Story, YelaWolf 2
69 – – 1 Younger Dreams, Our Last Night 69
70 66 69 58 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
71 65 70 97 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
72 0 Re-Entry 2 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 12
73 85 83 35 Vessel, twenty one pilots 58
74 77 86 3 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 74
75 0 Re-Entry 2 Heaven, The Willis Clan 75
76 0 Re-Entry 99 Babel, Mumford & Sons 1
77 – – 1 35 Biggest Hits, Hank Williams Jr. 77
78 0 Re-Entry 78 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
79 67 59 13 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 4
80 45 8 3 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 8
81 0 Re-Entry 86 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
82 84 82 12 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 4
83 6 – 7 Royal Blood, Royal Blood 6
84 79 67 42 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
85 46 12 3 In Colour, Jamie xx 12
86 73 93 28 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
87 – – 1 Hail Mary, iwrestledabearonce 87
88 0 Re-Entry 5 Love Stuff, Elle King 29
89 0 Re-Entry 107 American Idiot, Green Day 1
90 69 50 4 Outlaw In Me, The Lacs 16
91 88 – 29 Restart, newsboys 38
92 – – 1 Robert Glasper: Covered, Recorded Live At Capitol Studios, The Robert Glasper Trio 92
93 54 24 3 You Shall Live, Marvin Sapp 24
94 0 Re-Entry 8 Run, AWOLNATION 9
95 56 36 5 Hollywood: A Story Of A Dozen Roses, Jamie Foxx 5
96 0 Re-Entry 119 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 1
97 94 84 142 +, Ed Sheeran 5
98 75 80 23 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
99 – – 1 20 #1's: Classic Rock, Various Artists 99
100 0 Re-Entry 18 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2

[Gary]

TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Before This World, James Taylor 1
2 0 New 1 The Original High, Adam Lambert 2
3 0 New 1 Breathe In. Breathe Out., Hilary Duff 3
4 3 2 34 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 0 New 1 Grand Romantic, Nate Ruess 5
6 12 15 7 GG Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
7 0 New 1 Dopamine, Third Eye Blind 7
8 10 14 52 x, Ed Sheeran 1
9 7 6 8 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
10 1 – 2 Drones, Muse 1
11 4 1 3 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
12 6 – 2 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 6
13 15 20 34 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
14 11 3 4 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
15 18 16 8 Stages, Josh Groban 2
16 13 11 5 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
17 19 19 23 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
18 0 New 1 The Fool, Ryn Weaver 18
19 0 New 1 Unbroken Praise: At Abbey Road Studios, Matt Redman 19
20 9 7 6 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
21 2 – 2 Beneath The Skin, Of Monsters And Men 2
22 16 4 3 Django And Jimmie, Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard 4
23 22 23 53 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
24 20 17 7 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
25 24 30 9 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
26 27 33 47 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
27 21 21 19 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
28 30 39 14 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
29 0 New 1 Pale Horses, mewithoutYou 29
30 34 29 27 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
31 40 42 37 PS Hozier, Hozier 2
32 32 37 71 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
33 25 31 42 V, Maroon 5 1
34 28 28 19 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
35 29 26 50 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
36 37 46 18 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
37 26 34 22 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
38 0 New 1 35 Biggest Hits, Tim McGraw 38
39 23 13 4 Touch Down 2 Cause Hell, Boosie BadAzz 2
40 36 40 37 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
41 44 47 28 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
42 0 New 1 Sing It All Away, Walk Off The Earth 42
43 0 New 1 Deja Vu, Giorgio Moroder 43
44 0 New 1 Last Don II, Don Omar 44
45 38 53 36 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
46 0 New 1 2015 Warped Tour Compilation, Various Artists 46
47 8 – 2 Southernality, A Thousand Horses 8
48 0 New 1 Luminiferous, High On Fire 48
49 54 100 9 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 20
50 41 27 4 Empires, Hillsong UNITED 3
51 0 New 1 Live At Red Rocks, Amos Lee With The Colorado Symphony 51
52 14 – 2 Love Life, Tamia 14
53 45 50 20 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
54 0 New 1 No Place In Heaven, MIKA 54
55 46 44 10 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
56 52 52 15 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
57 0 New 1 Bringin It Home (EP), Big Smo 57
58 49 51 15 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
59 35 9 3 Summer Forever, Billy Currington 9
60 39 43 9 Love Story, YelaWolf 2
61 0 New 1 Younger Dreams, Our Last Night 61
62 59 66 97 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
63 0 Re-Entry 2 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 12
64 0 Re-Entry 2 Heaven, The Willis Clan 64
65 0 New 1 35 Biggest Hits, Hank Williams Jr. 65
66 60 58 13 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 4
67 42 8 3 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 8
68 75 76 12 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 4
69 5 – 13 Royal Blood, Royal Blood 5
70 70 64 44 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
71 43 12 3 In Colour, Jamie xx 12
72 65 83 28 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
73 0 New 1 Hail Mary, iwrestledabearonce 73
74 0 Re-Entry 5 Love Stuff, Elle King 28
75 61 49 4 Outlaw In Me, The Lacs 16
76 0 New 1 Robert Glasper: Covered, Recorded Live At Capitol Studios, The Robert Glasper Trio 76
77 51 24 3 You Shall Live, Marvin Sapp 24
78 0 Re-Entry 8 Run, AWOLNATION 9
79 53 36 5 Hollywood: A Story Of A Dozen Roses, Jamie Foxx 5
80 67 74 27 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 23
81 0 New 1 20 #1's: Classic Rock, Various Artists 81
82 83 – 26 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
83 79 78 33 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
84 73 60 10 Love Somebody, Reba 2
85 66 75 9 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 27
86 0 Re-Entry 15 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
87 86 79 8 Suffer In Peace, Tyler Farr 3
88 77 77 41 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
89 97 96 20 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
90 64 65 5 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 22
91 62 59 14 Furious 7, Soundtrack 2
92 72 55 7 Special Effects, Tech N9ne 4
93 81 82 17 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 17
94 98 – 24 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 19
95 76 70 27 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
96 89 91 38 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
97 17 – 2 Cauterize, Tremonti 17
98 87 92 61 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
99 69 63 7 NOW That's What I Call #1's, Various Artists 18
100 0 New 1 Amsterdam, Feburary 17, July 1 & 2, 1997, Phish 100

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 – 14 #1 2 wks Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones 1
2 6 10 33 GG Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
3 8 6 1168 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
4 24 14 1011 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
5 0 Re-Entry 33 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 4
6 28 23 1160 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
7 0 Re-Entry 340 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
8 4 3 477 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 3
9 7 4 528 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
10 10 7 14 Vessel, twenty one pilots 4
11 9 9 512 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 3
12 0 Re-Entry 16 Babel, Mumford & Sons 4
13 22 – 100 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 13
14 20 – 44 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
15 49 – 21 American Idiot, Green Day 10
16 12 – 6 Restart, newsboys 12
17 0 Re-Entry 133 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 2
18 13 8 71 +, Ed Sheeran 1
19 0 Re-Entry 11 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 3
20 0 Re-Entry 731 Greatest Hits, James Taylor 1
21 0 Re-Entry 108 Nevermind, Nirvana 2
22 3 1 43 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 1
23 14 16 30 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
24 23 26 13 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 12
25 18 24 138 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
26 11 5 158 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
27 17 22 40 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
28 26 17 88 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
29 31 27 864 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
30 15 11 4 Frozen, Soundtrack 11
31 32 19 31 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 15
32 25 28 21 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 5
33 41 21 41 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 16
34 19 12 35 Red, Taylor Swift 2
35 30 18 80 21, Adele 1
36 40 – 34 Chief, Eric Church 8
37 0 Re-Entry 281 Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix 8
38 38 30 97 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
39 36 33 25 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 10
40 0 Re-Entry 2 The 1975, The 1975 40
41 50 47 149 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
42 34 20 12 MTV Unplugged In New York, Nirvana 1
43 46 35 94 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
44 0 Re-Entry 37 Meteora, Linkin Park 10
45 37 44 31 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
46 47 43 888 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
47 0 Re-Entry 56 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
48 48 49 71 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
49 0 Re-Entry 445 Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, Aerosmith 1
50 27 – 71 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 2

[Gary]

Digital

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Before This World, James Taylor 1
2 0 New 1 The Original High, Adam Lambert 2
3 0 New 1 Grand Romantic, Nate Ruess 3
4 0 New 1 Breathe In. Breathe Out., Hilary Duff 4
5 4 4 34 1989, Taylor Swift 1
6 0 New 1 Dopamine, Third Eye Blind 6
7 10 14 7 GG Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
8 0 New 1 The Fool, Ryn Weaver 8
9 7 2 4 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
10 14 15 51 x, Ed Sheeran 1
11 5 1 3 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
12 8 11 5 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
13 1 – 2 Drones, Muse 1
14 13 18 34 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
15 0 Re-Entry 96 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
16 20 – 11 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
17 6 7 6 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
18 2 – 2 Beneath The Skin, Of Monsters And Men 2
19 0 New 1 Sing It All Away, Walk Off The Earth 19
20 16 16 8 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
21 23 – 7 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
22 0 New 1 Deja Vu, Giorgio Moroder 22
23 21 21 19 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
24 0 Re-Entry 15 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 3
25 0 Re-Entry 18 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1

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Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 – 2 #1 2 wks Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones 1
2 0 New 1 Permanent Waves, Rush 2
3 3 1 3 In Colour, Jamie xx 1
4 7 4 9 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
5 0 Re-Entry 27 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
6 6 5 27 1989, Taylor Swift 1
7 0 New 1 Before This World, James Taylor 7
8 14 16 49 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
9 17 10 7 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
10 9 13 64 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
11 11 12 144 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
12 0 New 1 The Virgin Suicides (Original Score), Air 12
13 16 17 44 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
14 5 – 2 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 5
15 12 – 11 Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens 1
16 24 – 21 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
17 13 11 83 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
18 21 – 2 Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys 18
19 20 24 51 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
20 22 20 41 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 1
21 0 Re-Entry 4 The Waterfall, My Morning Jacket 2
22 19 15 32 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 3
23 0 New 1 The Year Of The Hare (EP), Fucked Up 23
24 0 Re-Entry 22 Hozier, Hozier 2
25 0 New 1 American Beauty, Grateful Dead 25

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 6/21/15)- Billboard's Top Current Albums

1) James Taylor – Before This World –
2) Adam Lambert – Original High –
3) Hilary Duff – Breathe In Breathe Out –

Other Debuts

5) Nate Ruess – Grand Romantic –
7) Third Eye Blind – Dopamine –
18) Ryn Weaver – Fool –
19) Matt Redman – Unbroken Praise (LIVE) –

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hiphopdx.com/news/id.34388/title.hip-hop-album-sales-aap-rocky-kendrick-lamar-j-cole

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 06/21/2015

Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard's new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album's streaming count is available in brackets.

#12. A$AP Rocky – At.Long.Last.A$AP - 25,643 (15,504) [10,792,733]

#16. Drake – If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late - 22,523 (9,139) [12,953,921]

#20. Various Artists – Furious 7 Soundtrack - 20,236 (3,442) [6,056,141]

#25. Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint - 17,603 (3,257) [9,188,303]

#34. Major Lazer – Peace Is The Mission - 15,093 (2,796) [6,122,840]

#37. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly - 14,777 (10,658) [4,462,631]

#39. Jason Derulo – Everything Is 4 - 14,555 (4,363) [4,414,787]

#41. Skrillex & Diplo – Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack - 13,668 (1,801) [5,586,585]

#43. J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 13,460 (7,254) [5,898,803]

#53. Pitbull – Globalization - 11,865 (2,102) [4,379,752]

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roughstock.com/news/2015/06/35915-country-album-chart-report-for-june-24-2015/

Country Album Sales

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y4ku_WNAPZPxdhPTEcId8tEYTDl5VbqeOiKXhsSgado/edit#gid=0

2 Various Now Country 8 17,900 37,200
3 Sam Hunt Montevallo 15,900 594,700
4 W.Nelson/M.Haggard Django & Jimmie 12,100 56,900
5 Little Big Town Pain Killer 10,100 263,600
6 Eric Church The Outsiders 9,200 980,600
7 Brantley Gilbert Just Who I Am [Platinum] 8,800 844,700
8 Tim McGraw 35 Biggest Hits 8,200 8,200
9 Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 7,400 976,700
10 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 6,800 696,800

Next 5

11 A Thousand Horses Southernality 6,400 23,300
12 Big Smo Bring It Home [EP] 5,300 5,300
13 Luke Bryan Spring Break...Checkin Out 5,200 232,800
14 Billy Currington Summer Forever 5,000 33,200
15 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 4,600 2,467,600

Notables

-- Hank Williams, Jr 35 Biggest Hits 4,400 4,400
-- Darius Rucker Southern Style 4,300 131,200
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits...Decade #1 4,200 363,300
-- Kenny Chesney The Big Revival 3,700 389,500
-- Blake Shelton Bringing Back The Sunshine 3,700 390,900
-- Reba Love Somebody 3,600 147,600
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 3,400 29,700
-- Chris Stapleton Traveller 2,900 57,100
-- Miranda Lambert Platinum 2,500 721,200
--- Dierks Bentley Riser 1,700 338,200
-- Old Dominion Old Dominion EP 1,000 19,800
-- Brothers Osborne Brothers Osborne EP 400 10,200

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www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-625-the-charts-are-luminous

Metal By Numbers

Notable Debuts:

High On Fire, Luminiferous (eOne) #48, 6,000 sold

Matt Pike and company nabs its best debut yet with album number seven.



Our Last Night, Younger Dreams (Self-Released) #61, 4,950 sold

The fifth album from this post-hardcore act marks the band’s best debut yet.



iwrestledabearonce, Hail Mary (Artery) #73, 4,100 sold

The band’s fourth album is the band’s first release on Artery.



Hundredth, Free (Hopeless) #187, 1,675 sold

The band’s third album is its first on Hopeless Records.



Vattnet Viskar, Settler (Century Media) 810 sold

The band’s much-anticipated sophomore effort debuts and sports one of the more intriguing album covers you’ll see this year.



Lucifer, Lucifer I (Rise Above) 700 sold

This new doom band features Johanna Sadonis (ex-Oath).



Tempel, Moon Lit Our Path (Prosthetic) 410 sold

This is the second album from this instrumental duo.



KEN mode, Success (Season of Mist) 310 sold

The band releases their sixth album.



Notable Sales:

Kid Rock, First Kiss (Warner Bros.) #86, 3,550 sold

A boost of 39% because we can’t have nice things.



Tremonti, Cauterize (Fret12) #97, 3,150 sold

This takes a second week drop of 77%.



Halestorm, Into the Wild Life (Atlantic) #82, 3,075 sold

Ten weeks in and this has crossed the 100,000 mark.



Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter (Roadrunner) #140, 2,225 sold

A small boost of 3%.



Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, Live at the Roxy 9.25.14 (Armoury) #141, 2,200 sold

A new live album from Slash and company (or conspirators I should say).



Faith No More, Sol Invictus (Ipecac) #158, 1,950 sold

A drop of 25% is solless.



Babymetal, Babymetal (VAP Japan) #163, 1,875 sold

The physical version of Babymetal’s debut has finally made it to our shores, so naturally it’s back on the charts.



AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #175, 1,800 sold

After a 37% boost, it looks like this is back…in black.



Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #42, 5,575 sold

This is back on the charts as well after an 18% boost.



Sleeping With Sirens, Madness (Epitaph) #199, 1,550 sold

A 11% boost, though this might be sleeping with the fishes again soon.

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www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6612889/billboard-200-chart-moves-alanis-morissettes-jagged-little-pill-hits-15-million

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' Hits 15 Million in U.S. Sales
By Keith Caulfield | June 26, 2015 4:48 PM EDT

Let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the chart:

— Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill – No. 160 — Just over 20 years after Alanis Morissette’s breakthrough album Jagged Little Pill was released, the set surpasses 15 million in U.S. sales, according to Nielsen Music. The album, which spent 12 weeks at No. 1, sold another 4,000 copies in the week ending June 21 (its best sales frame since it moved 5,000 in the week ending Nov. 25, 2012), bringing its to-date total to just over 15 million. In turn, the set re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 160 — its first week on the chart since the Feb. 15, 2014-dated tally. Jagged Little Pill was released on June 13, 1995 and went on to generate three No. 1 singles on the Alternative chart (“You Oughta Know,” “Hand In My Pocket” and “Ironic”) and won the Grammy Award for album of the year. The set is now one of only three albums to have sold at least 15 million in the U.S. since Nielsen Music began tracking data in 1991. The others are Metallica’s self-titled album (16.1 million) and Shania Twain’s Come On Over (15.6 million).

— Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour – No. 15 — Sam Smith’s debut full-length album, In the Lonely Hour, celebrates its one-year anniversary on the Billboard 200. It debuted on the July 5, 2014-dated list at No. 2 — its peak (so far). The album has sold 1.98 million copies in the U.S. through June 21. Since its debut, it has yet to sell less than 10,000 copies in a week, and has consistently been among the week’s top 30 sellers. Smith's album has churned out mega-selling hits like “Stay With Me” (4.1 million downloads sold) and “I’m Not the Only One” (2.3 million). Collectively, Smith’s songs from Hour have sold 9.2 million.

— Ryn Weaver, The Fool – No. 30 — A year after Weaver arrived out of the blue with the buzzy single “OctaHate,” she bows on the Billboard 200 with her first full-length album (16,000 units). “OctaHate” peaked at No. 1 on Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks.

— Matt Redman, Unbroken Praise: At Abbey Road Studios - No. 50 — Matt Redman scores his fifth charting album on the Billboard 200 — and third No. 1 on Top Christian Albums — as Unbroken Praise: At Abbey Road Studios drives in atop the list with 12,000 sold in the week ending June 21, according to Nielsen Music.

— Mika, No Place In Heaven - No. 117 — It’s the fourth charting effort for the pop singer/songwriter, who has previously logged three top 30 albums on the Official UK Albums Chart (including his chart-topping debut, 2007’s Life in Cartoon Motion).

— The Willis Clan, Heaven - No. 157 — The family group The Willis Clan debuts at No. 157 with Heaven (4,000 sold; up 95 percent) following the June 16 season finale of their TLC reality series The Willis Family. Heaven has sold 15,000 copies in total in its five weeks of release.