HITS 7/7: Meek Mill #1 216k Sales (7-Day), 251k (11-Day)

[Verisimilitude]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6613307/meek-mill-motoring-toward-his-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart

Meek Mill Motoring Toward His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart

By Keith Caulfield | July 01, 2015 8:26 PM EDT

Rapper Meek Mill is heading for his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Industry forecasters suggest his latest release, Dreams Worth More Than Money, could move over 200,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 5. That should easily place the set atop the Billboard 200 chart when its top 10 is unveiled on Wednesday, July 10.

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).

Meek Mill’s last album, 2012’s Dreams and Nightmares, debuted and peaked in the No. 2 slot with 165,000 sold in its first week, according to Nielsen Music. The album's latest single -- "All Eyes on You," featuring girlfriend Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown -- debuts at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated July 11. The trio performed the song on Sunday's BET Awards.

Other albums set for high debuts on next week’s chart include Miguel’s Wildheart, X Ambassadors’ VHS and August Burns Red’s Found in Far Away Places.

[Glove Slap]

Damn! Didn't expect Meek Mill to hit that high, good for him.

What did his debut end up selling overall?

[areyoureadytojump]

^2 years ago, it was at 360k.

[Wave.]

What in the fuq. This nugga album was pushed back like two years.

Power of the Onika.

[Linnethia Monique]

This is the power of having the Northeast Hip Hop scene behind you. Like I already said Glove Slap it's about that longevity. They always debut high and then just drop.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Jul 1, 2015 20:51:19 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^2 years ago, it was at 360k.

414k according to HITS

[Deleted]

Did HITS take off for 4th of July week? Was really curious about what Miguel's projected numbers would be. Billboard didn't even bother throwing out a number for him, which makes me think it's going to be low

[SHOOTER]

We should at least have gotten the top-15 update today, no?

[areyoureadytojump]

^Sometimes it's not until 7pm EST

[SHOOTER]

Jul 2, 2015 17:06:12 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^Sometimes it's not until 7pm EST

Almost 8pm EST now...

[H.]

What are X Ambassadors, Neil Young, and Miguel predicted to sell?

[Kishi KCM]

Jul 2, 2015 14:00:22 GMT -5 @antigonerising said:

Did HITS take off for 4th of July week? Was really curious about what Miguel's projected numbers would be. Billboard didn't even bother throwing out a number for him, which makes me think it's going to be low

I'm thinking 20k for Miguel, there's not hit and no buzz. So sad.

[areyoureadytojump]

HITS probably did not do estimates because this is for the 11 day chart week.

[jdanton2]

i wonder if HDD is going to change the timeline of their chart as well. the great thing about them every week was that their charts were released before Billboard . under the new schedule Billboards final top 10 sales will be released late Monday .so if they don't change no one will care about their charts anymore.

[Enigma.]

Everybody loves Miguel's album, I think 80k minimum. (Hope)

[Enigma.]

Jul 4, 2015 9:36:22 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

HITS probably did not do estimates because this is for the 11 day chart week.

The article says chart is being revealed July 10th so this is normal week, no?

[areyoureadytojump]

^Yes, it's a normal week. Of course Keith has the wrong date:

"The final charts utilizing sales data from a Monday to Sunday cycle (June 29 through July 5) will post on Billboard.com on Thursday, July 9, and will be dated July 18."

[Deleted]

Jul 5, 2015 3:32:55 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Everybody loves Miguel's album, I think 80k minimum. (Hope)

80k seems a bit of a lofty goal...Kaleidoscope Dream opened with 71k, and it had Adorn fronting it. Miguel is a critics' darling, but Wildheart doesn't have a hit at all yet, and other than some reviews the buzz seems nonexistent. Avid music lovers and critics know the album is out but the average listener probably does not. I do think Miguel has picked up several fans in the past couple of years, so I'm hoping 40-50k is a reasonable guess.

[Enigma.]

That's true. I was thinking that two 400k+ albums should make it open a bit better than that.. We'll see. Wildheart is not as good as KD but good nevertheless.

[HolidayGuy]

BUILDING ALBUM SALES CHART
Status: Building 52.12%

LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index
-- 1 MEEK MILL
DREAMS WORTH MORE THAN MONEY
ATLANTIC 182,652
-- 2 MIGUEL
WILDHEART
RCA 34,269
-- 3 X AMBASSADORS
VHS
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 22,086
6 4 TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 21,251
1 5
BREAKING BENJAMIN
DARK BEFORE DAWN
HOLLYWOOD 19,317
-- 6 EASTON CORBIN
ABOUT TO GET REAL
MERCURY NASHVILLE 16,860
8 7 ED SHEERAN
X
ATLANTIC 16,805
4 8 JAMES TAYLOR
BEFORE THIS WORLD
CONCORD 16,802
7 9 TEEN BEACH 2
SOUNDTRACK
WALT DISNEY 13,688
3 10 KACEY MUSGRAVES
PAGEANT MATERIAL
MERCURY NASHVILLE 13,288
9 11 SAM HUNT
MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 12,382
24 12 NOW 54
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 11,416
17 13 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 10,443
2 14 TORI KELLY
UNBREAKABLE SMILE
CAPITOL 10,304
12 15 ZAC BROWN BAND
JEKYLL + HYDE
SOUTHERN GROUND/VARVATOS/BMLG/REPUBLIC 9,432
18 16 NOW COUNTRY 8
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 8,604
14 17 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
BLURRYFACE
FUELED BY RAMEN 8,043
23 18 SAM SMITH
IN THE LONELY HOUR
CAPITOL 7,820
15 19 IMAGINE DRAGONS
SMOKE + MIRRORS
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 7,577
22 20 LITTLE BIG TOWN
PAIN KILLER
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 6,955
29 21 MAROON 5
V
222/INTERSCOPE 6,843
33 22 ERIC CHURCH
THE OUTSIDERS
EMI NASHVILLE 6,726
32 23 KENDRICK LAMAR
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 6,643
16 24 MUMFORD & SONS
WILDER MIND
GLASSNOTE 6,539
27 25 DRAKE
IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 6,463
39 26 BRANTLEY GILBERT
JUST AS I AM
VALORY 6,231
20 27 MUSE
DRONES
WARNER BROS. 6,203
34 28 FALL OUT BOY
AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO
DCD2/ISLAND 6,108
5 29 LEON BRIDGES
COMING HOME
COLUMBIA 6,054
31 30 JOSH GROBAN
STAGES
REPRISE 5,988
30 31 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
SOUNDTRACK
REPUBLIC 5,932
11 32 A$AP ROCKY
AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP
RCA 5,751
10 33 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
HOW BIG HOW BLUE HOW BEAUTIFUL
REPUBLIC 5,659
26 34 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1
SOUNDTRACK
HOLLYWOOD 5,460
43 35 SHAWN MENDES
HANDWRITTEN
ISLAND 5,317
-- 36 JOY WILLIAMS
VENUS
COLUMBIA 5,129
45 37 JASON ALDEAN
OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT
BROKEN BOW 5,116
28 38 PITCH PERFECT 2
SOUNDTRACK
UME 5,055
-- 39 THE INTERNET
EGO DEATH
COLUMBIA 4,827
40 40 HOZIER
HOZIER
COLUMBIA 4,708
46 41 J. COLE
2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 4,698
48 42 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
ANYTHING GOES
REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 4,596
-- 43 MAGIC MIKE XXL
SOUNDTRACK
WATERTOWER 4,538
-- 44 FLEETWOOD MAC
GREATEST HITS
WARNER BROS. 4,491
-- 45 NOW 53
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 4,250
-- 46 BIG SEAN
DARK SKY PARADISE
DEF JAM 4,025
-- 47 AUGUST BURNS RED
FOUND IN FAR AWAY PLACES
FEARLESS 3,992
-- 48 METALLICA
MASTER OF PUPPETS
BLACKENED 3,901
-- 49 BLAKE SHELTON
BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE
WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 3,802
-- 50 KIDZ BOP KIDS
KIDZ BOP 28
RAZOR & TIE 3,717

[Gary]

Lionel Richie scores his first #1 album on the UK chart this week in 22 years. Not a new album, the out for years 'Definitive Collection' is the new #1

[Adam (UTR)]

FINAL - Building Albums Chart (normal 7-day)

LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index % Change
-- 1 MEEK MILL DREAMS WORTH MORE THAN MONEY MMG/ATLANTIC 216,173 --
-- 2 MIGUEL WILDHEART RCA 39,342 --
4 3 JAMES TAYLOR BEFORE THIS WORLD CONCORD 32,179 -36%
1 4 BREAKING BENJAMIN DARK BEFORE DAWN HOLLYWOOD 29,215 -79%
6 5 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 26,916 -7%
-- 6 X AMBASSADORS VHS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 24,788 --
-- 7 AUGUST BURNS RED FOUND IN FAR AWAY PLACES FEARLESS 24,449 --
-- 8 MAGIC MIKE XXL SOUNDTRACK WATERTOWER 23,907 --
-- 9 EASTON CORBIN ABOUT TO GET REAL MERCURY NASHVILLE 20,321 --
3 10 KACEY MUSGRAVES PAGEANT MATERIAL MERCURY NASHVILLE 19,499 -64%
8 11 ED SHEERAN X ATLANTIC 19,488 12%
7 12 TEEN BEACH 2 SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY 16,157 -22%
2 13 TORI KELLY UNBREAKABLE SMILE CAPITOL 14,752 -77%
9 14 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO MCA NASHVILLE 13,837 -6%
-- 15 NEIL YOUNG THE MONSANTO YEARS REPRISE 13,667 --
24 16 NOW 54 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW 13,274 32%
12 17 ZAC BROWN BAND JEKYLL + HYDE SOUTHERN GROUND/VARVATOS/BMLG/REPUBLIC 13,172 5%
17 18 MEGHAN TRAINOR TITLE EPIC 12,575 10%
5 19 LEON BRIDGES COMING HOME COLUMBIA 11,656 -68%
23 20 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR CAPITOL 11,583 14%
-- 21 SLIGHTLY STOOPID MEANWHILE...BACK AT THE LAB MRI 11,466 --
14 22 TWENTY ONE PILOTS BLURRYFACE FUELED BY RAMEN 10,933 -10%
-- 23 BASSNECTAR INTO THE SUN AMORPHOUS 10,315 --
18 24 NOW COUNTRY 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW 9,870 -9%
20 25 MUSE DRONES WARNER BROS. 9,868 -8%
15 26 IMAGINE DRAGONS SMOKE + MIRRORS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 9,542 -20%
32 27 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 9,035 10%
31 28 JOSH GROBAN STAGES REPRISE 9,016 9%
22 29 LITTLE BIG TOWN PAIN KILLER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9,013 -13%
10 30 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE HOW BIG HOW BLUE HOW BEAUTIFUL REPUBLIC 8,982 -32%
26 31 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1 SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD 8,887 -4%
16 32 MUMFORD & SONS WILDER MIND GLASSNOTE 8,860 -25%
29 33 MAROON 5 V 222/INTERSCOPE 8,741 3%
-- 34 JOY WILLIAMS VENUS SENSIBILITY/COLUMBIA 8,273 --
27 35 DRAKE IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE YMCMB/REPUBLIC 8,120 -8%
33 36 ERIC CHURCH THE OUTSIDERS EMI NASHVILLE 8,103 0%
34 37 FALL OUT BOY AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO DCD2/ISLAND 7,976 4%
11 38 A$AP ROCKY AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP RCA 7,582 -41%
30 39 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SOUNDTRACK REPUBLIC 7,492 -11%
39 40 BRANTLEY GILBERT JUST AS I AM VALORY 7,361 4%
35 41 WILLIE NELSON & MERLE HAGGARD DJANGO AND JIMMIE LEGACY 7,075 -8%
46 42 J. COLE 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 6,698 13%
28 43 PITCH PERFECT 2 SOUNDTRACK UME 6,570 -25%
40 44 HOZIER HOZIER COLUMBIA 6,429 -9%
45 45 JASON ALDEAN OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT BROKEN BOW 6,097 -3%
41 46 OF MONSTERS & MEN BENEATH THE SKIN REPUBLIC 5,998 -13%
43 47 SHAWN MENDES HANDWRITTEN ISLAND 5,835 -9%
37 48 ROLLING STONES STICKY FINGERS UME 5,571 -24%
38 49 ALABAMA SHAKES SOUND & COLOR ATO 5,413 -24%
-- 50 THE INTERNET EGO DEATH COLUMBIA 5,399 --

[onebuffalo]

Jul 6, 2015 14:03:06 GMT -5 Gary said:

Lionel Richie scores his first #1 album on the UK chart this week in 22 years. Not a new album, the out for years 'Definitive Collection' is the new #1

They should send his 1982 debut album to the top as well.

[Enigma.]

So will we see a chart today? I'm so confused..

[areyoureadytojump]

Me too...

[areyoureadytojump]

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In addition, new release projections will be updated on Mondays to reflect weekend sales.

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