Billboard 200 8/29: Luke Bryan #1 (345k/320k), Dr. Dre #2

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{Want to read the initial printing? Here it is.}Luke Bryan celebrates his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his new release Kill the Lights makes a smashing debut atop the list. The album -- which was released on Aug. 7 through Capitol Records Nashville -- moved 345,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 13, according to Nielsen Music.Of that sum, 320,000 were pure album sales.Thus, Kill the Lights tallies the third-largest week of 2015 for an album, both in overall units and album sales. The only larger frames were racked by the debuts of Drake’s surprise album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (535,000 in overall units; 495,000 in album sales -- week ending Feb. 15.) and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly (363,000 units; 324,000 album sales -- week ending March 22).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 Aug. 29-dated chart (where Bryan debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Aug. 18.Kill The Lights’ start is also the largest sales week for a country album in three years -- since Bryan’s last studio effort, Crash My Party, started at No. 1 with 528,000 in the week ending Aug 18, 2013.In addition to Kill the Lights and Crash My Party, Bryan also led the list with his Spring Break… Here to Party compilation in 2013.Naturally, Kill the Lights also debuts at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, marking his sixth leader on that list.Back on the Billboard 200, Dr. Dre’s new Compton album makes a strong start at No. 2 with 295,000 equivalent album units (of which 276,000 are pure sales). The set -- his third, and first in nearly 16 years -- is exclusively available for purchase through the iTunes Store, and streaming through the Apple Music service. (The album, released through Aftermath/Interscope Records, is exclusive to Apple and iTunes for its first two weeks of release.)Though the album is named Compton, it is not a soundtrack to Straight Outta Compton, the new film about Dre's breakthrough years in the group N.W.A. (There is no soundtrack album for the movie.) Certainly, interest in the film helped the album's debut, and vice versa. The movie opened with $56 million earned at the U.S. and Canada box office over the Aug. 14-16 weekend. Dre’s previous album, Dr. Dre — 2001, was released in 1999 and peaked at No. 2. It spent four nonconsecutive weeks in the runner-up slot. Dre’s first album, The Chronic, peaked at No. 3 for six nonconsecutive weeks in 1993.Compton also debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, his third chart-topper on that list. The Chronic ruled for eight weeks and 2001 led the ranking for four frames.Bryan and Dre’s handsome debuts are a welcome sight on the chart, following a woeful week at the top of the list. A week ago, the Descendants soundtrack opened at No. 1 with both the lowest overall unit total (42,000) for a chart-topping set, and the smallest weekly sales figure (30,000) for a No. 1 since Nielsen Music started tracking sale in 1991. This week, the Descendants album falls to No. 8 with 30,000 units (down 27 percent).Combined, Kill the Lights and Compton moved 640,000 overall units, and sold 596,000 albums. To put those numbers in perspective, the 640,000 sum is more than the combined total of Nos. 3-32 albums on the new Billboard 200. Further, the 596,000 sales tally -- which places the albums at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Top Album Sales chart -- is greater than the Nos. 3-65 titles on the Album Sales list.Also, this week marks the first time two albums have shifted at least 294,000 units in a week since the Billboard 200 transitioned to ranking popularity based on overall units earned in December of 2014. Previously, the closest the chart came to that distinction was on the Feb. 28, 2015-dated list, when Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late started at No. 1 with 535,000 units, followed by the debut of the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack at No. 2 with 258,000 units.And finally, this is the first week in eight months where two albums have sold at least 275,000 copies each. It last happened on the Dec. 27, 2014-dated chart (reflecting the sales week ending Dec. 14, in the thick of the Christmas shopping season), where J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive debuted at No. 1 with 354,000 and Taylor Swift’s 1989 moved 278,000 copies at No. 2 (its seventh week on the chart).Outside of the excitement at Nos. 1 and 2 on the new Billboard 200, there is of course other news in the Top 10.The new Now 55 compilation debuts at No. 3 with 76,000 units (all from album sales). The arrival continues the long-running Now That’s What I Call Music series’ hit track record, as every one of the numbered Now titles have reached the Top 10.TobyMac’s This Is Not a Test enters at No. 4 with 38,000 units (of which 35,000 are pure album sales). The album is the follow-up to TobyMac’s chart-topping Eye on It, which debuted atop the list dated Sept. 15, 2012.On the Christian Albums chart, This Is Not a Test concurrently debuts at No. 1 -- the artist’s fourth chart-topper.Rounding out the rest of the Top 10 on the Billboard 200: Taylor Swift’s 1989 descends 3-5 (just over 33,000 units; down 4 percent), Ed Sheeran’s X dips 4-6 (33,000; but up 10 percent), Future’s DS2 slides 2-8 (31,000; down 16 percent) and Sam Hunt’s Montevallo falls 6-9 (27,000; up 1 percent).

#01 - NEW - Kill the Lights - Luke Bryan - 345,000 - 320,000
#02 - NEW - Compton - Dr. Dre - 295,000 - 276,000
#03 - NEW - NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 55 - Various Artists - 76,000 - 76,000
#04 - NEW - This is Not a Test - TobyMac - 38,000 - 35,000
#05 - #03 - 1989 - Taylor Swift - 33,000 to 33,499 - unknown
#06 - #04 - X - Ed Sheeran - 33,000 - unknown
#07 - #02 - DS2 - Future - 31,000 - unknown
#08 - #01 - Descendants - Soundtrack - 30,000 - unknown
#09 - #06 - Montevallo - Sam Hunt - 27,000 - unknown
#10 - #10 - If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - 21,000 - unknown

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^I emailed them about it.

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Super messy even for the first draft to come from Billboard..

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drake is at no.10

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8/29 Billboard 200:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6663966/luke-bryan-billboard-200-albums-chart-dr-dre

Luke Bryan Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart, Dr. Dre Debuts at No. 2
By Keith Caulfield | August 16, 2015 6:13 PM EDT

Combined, the albums launch with 640,000 overall units earned in their first week.

Luke Bryan celebrates his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his new release Kill the Lights makes a smashing debut atop the list. The album -- which was released on Aug. 7 through Capitol Records Nashville -- moved 345,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 13, according to Nielsen Music.

Of that sum, 320,000 were pure album sales.

Thus, Kill the Lights tallies the third-largest week of 2015 for an album, both in overall units and album sales. The only larger frames were racked by the debuts of Drake’s surprise album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (535,000 in overall units; 495,000 in album sales -- week ending Feb. 15.) and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly (363,000 units; 324,000 album sales -- week ending March 22).

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 Aug. 29-dated chart (where Bryan debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

Kill The Lights’ start is also the largest sales week for a country album in three years -- since Bryan’s last studio effort, Crash My Party, started at No. 1 with 528,000 in the week ending Aug 18, 2013.

In addition to Kill the Lights and Crash My Party, Bryan also led the list with his Spring Break… Here to Party compilation in 2013.

Naturally, Kill the Lights also debuts at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, marking his sixth leader on that list.

Back on the Billboard 200, Dr. Dre’s new Compton album makes a strong start at No. 2 with 295,000 equivalent album units (of which 276,000 are pure sales). The set -- his third, and first in nearly 16 years -- is exclusively available for purchase through the iTunes Store, and streaming through the Apple Music service. (The album, released through Aftermath/Interscope Records, is exclusive to Apple and iTunes for its first two weeks of release.)

Though the album is named Compton, it is not a soundtrack to Straight Outta Compton, the new film about Dre's breakthrough years in the group N.W.A. (There is no soundtrack album for the movie.) Certainly, interest in the film helped the album's debut, and vice versa. The movie opened with $56 million earned at the U.S. and Canada box office over the Aug. 14-16 weekend.

Dre’s previous album, Dr. Dre — 2001, was released in 1999 and peaked at No. 2. It spent four nonconsecutive weeks in the runner-up slot. Dre’s first album, The Chronic, peaked at No. 3 for six nonconsecutive weeks in 1993.

Compton also debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, his third chart-topper on that list. The Chronic ruled for eight weeks and 2001 led the ranking for four frames.

Bryan and Dre’s handsome debuts are a welcome sight on the chart, following a woeful week at the top of the list. A week ago, the Descendants soundtrack opened at No. 1 with both the lowest overall unit total (42,000) for a chart-topping set, and the smallest weekly sales figure (30,000) for a No. 1 since Nielsen Music started tracking sale in 1991. This week, the Descendants album falls to No. 8 with 30,000 units (down 27 percent).

Combined, Kill the Lights and Compton moved 640,000 overall units, and sold 596,000 albums. To put those numbers in perspective, the 640,000 sum is more than the combined total of Nos. 3-32 albums on the new Billboard 200. Further, the 596,000 sales tally -- which places the albums at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Top Album Sales chart -- is greater than the Nos. 3-65 titles on the Album Sales list.

Also, this week marks the first time two albums have shifted at least 294,000 units in a week since the Billboard 200 transitioned to ranking popularity based on overall units earned in December of 2014. Previously, the closest the chart came to that distinction was on the Feb. 28, 2015-dated list, when Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late started at No. 1 with 535,000 units, followed by the debut of the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack at No. 2 with 258,000 units.

And finally, this is the first week in eight months where two albums have sold at least 275,000 copies each. It last happened on the Dec. 27, 2014-dated chart (reflecting the sales week ending Dec. 14, in the thick of the Christmas shopping season), where J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive debuted at No. 1 with 354,000 and Taylor Swift’s 1989 moved 278,000 copies at No. 2 (its seventh week on the chart).

Outside of the excitement at Nos. 1 and 2 on the new Billboard 200, there is of course other news in the Top 10.

The new Now 55 compilation debuts at No. 3 with 76,000 units (all from album sales). The arrival continues the long-running Now That’s What I Call Music series’ hit track record, as every one of the numbered Now titles have reached the Top 10.

TobyMac’s This Is Not a Test enters at No. 4 with 38,000 units (of which 35,000 are pure album sales). The album is the follow-up to TobyMac’s chart-topping Eye on It, which debuted atop the list dated Sept. 15, 2012.

On the Christian Albums chart, This Is Not a Test concurrently debuts at No. 1 -- the artist’s fourth chart-topper.

Rounding out the rest of the Top 10 on the Billboard 200: Taylor Swift’s 1989 descends 3-5 (just over 33,000 units; down 4 percent), Ed Sheeran’s X dips 4-6 (33,000; but up 10 percent), Future’s DS2 slides 2-7 (31,000; down 16 percent), Sam Hunt’s Montevallo falls 6-9 (27,000; up 1 percent) and Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late is steady at No. 10 (21,000; down 7 percent).

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"Also, this week marks the first time two albums have shifted at least 294,000 units in a week since the Billboard 200 transitioned to ranking popularity based on overall units earned in December of 2014."

LMAOOO what kind of milestone is THAT?

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Well it's Tuesday morning and the new charts are not up.

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Charts will be refreshed tomorrow, per a Billboard tweet.

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New RIAA certs:

Drake 1xP

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Thanks to BrainDamageII

BB200:

1 New 1 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
2 New 1 Compton - Dr. Dre - Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
3 New 1 NOW 55 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy
4 New 1 This Is Not A Test - tobyMac - ForeFront | Capitol CMG
5 3 4 42 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
6 4 6 60 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
7 2 2 4 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
8 1 – 2 Descendants - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
9 6 9 42 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN
10 10 13 27 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
11 8 20 13 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
12 14 14 31 Title - Meghan Trainor - Epic
13 11 8 7 Dreams Worth More Than Money - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG
14 16 19 30 American Beauty / American Psycho - Fall Out Boy - DCD2 | Island
15 15 15 61 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol
16 20 26 16 JEKYLL + HYDE - Zac Brown Band - John Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG | Republic
17 28 23 18 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island
18 24 27 11 Peace Is The Mission - Major Lazer - Mad Decent
19 5 1 3 Woman - Jill Scott - Blues Babe/Atlantic | AG
20 25 28 36 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia
21 New 1 Michael Ray - Michael Ray - Atlantic | WMN
22 78 71 53 Trigga - Trey Songz - Songbook/Atlantic | AG
23 55 55 11 Everything Is 4 - Jason Derulo - Beluga Heights | Warner Bros.
24 26 29 79 The Outsiders - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN
25 New 1 Another One - Mac DeMarco - Captured Tracks

26 23 18 50 V - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA
27 18 10 5 Black Rose - Tyrese - Voltron Recordz
28 53 41 4 Something More Than Free - Jason Isbell - Southeastern | Thirty Tigers
29 46 52 22 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
30 97 173 84 Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A. - Ruthless/Priority/Capitol | UMe
31 30 25 35 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
32 57 44 55 1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA
33 33 33 25 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
34 31 34 43 Pain Killer - Little Big Town - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
35 27 31 14 Fight Song (EP) - Rachel Platten - Columbia
36 19 35 45 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia
37 New 1 Genexus - Fear Factory - Nuclear Blast
38 32 16 4 Angels And Alcohol - Alan Jackson - ACR/EMI Nashville | UMGN
39 40 24 28 Magazines Or Novels - Andy Grammer - S-Curve
40 38 39 44 Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville | BMLG
41 43 43 32 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Eardruma/Interscope | IGA
42 42 38 25 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U - Skrillex & Diplo - Mad Decent/OWSLA | AG
43 41 37 27 Fifty Shades Of Grey - Soundtrack - Universal Studios | Republic
44 21 5 3 Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture - Soundtrack - Shady/Interscope | IGA
45 45 36 28 Reflection - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic
46 62 63 105 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
47 63 73 8 Unbreakable Smile - Tori Kelly - SchoolBoy | Capitol
48 36 32 37 TALKING IS HARD - WALK THE MOON - RCA
49 New 1 Deathless - Miss May I - Rise
50 35 22 5 Kidz Bop 29 - Kidz Bop Kids - Razor & Tie

51 37 66 9 Some Type Of Love EP - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
52 New 1 Black Cat - Never Shout Never - Loveway | Warner Bros.
53 59 42 7 VHS - X Ambassadors - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
54 50 50 12 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP - A$AP Rocky - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA
55 44 60 45 Old Boots, New Dirt - Jason Aldean - Broken Bow | BBMG
56 64 57 15 Wilder Mind - Mumford & Sons - Gentlemen Of The Road | Glassnote
57 54 49 65 Just As I Am - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG
58 56 53 22 Furious 7 - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Atlantic | AG
59 58 45 8 Dark Before Dawn - Breaking Benjamin - Hollywood
60 22 87 40 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG
61 48 40 4 Currents - Tame Impala - Modular/Interscope | IGA
62 139 – 124 Dr. Dre -- 2001 - Dr. Dre - Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
63 68 82 11 How Big How Blue How Beautiful - Florence + The Machine - Republic
64 71 62 38 Globalization - Pitbull - Mr. 305/Polo Grounds | RCA
65 84 79 55 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
66 87 95 128 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
67 72 59 26 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
68 Re-Entry 239 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
69 New 1 Positive Songs For Negative People - Frank Turner - Xtra Mile/Epitaph/Polydor/Interscope | IGA
70 51 75 16 Love Stuff - Elle King - RCA
71 86 76 141 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville | BMLG
72 80 93 52 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
73 77 85 96 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
74 91 104 228 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
75 198 – 90 The Chronic - Dr. Dre - Death Row | WIDEawake

76 49 78 39 FOUR - One Direction - SYCO | Columbia
77 88 54 185 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
78 76 64 51 My Everything - Ariana Grande - Republic
79 75 70 46 Queen Of The Clouds - Tove Lo - Island
80 100 100 146 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
81 73 58 19 My House (EP) - Flo Rida - Poe Boy/Atlantic | AG
82 39 3 3 VII: Sturm Und Drang - Lamb Of God - Epic
83 74 77 7 Wildheart - Miguel - ByStorm/Black Ice | RCA
84 7 – 2 Professional Rapper - Lil Dicky - David Burd | CMSN
85 79 91 36 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN
86 Re-Entry 20 First Kiss - Kid Rock - Top Dog | Warner Bros.
87 89 72 37 Listen - David Guetta - What A Music/Parlophone/Atlantic | AG
88 85 69 154 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
89 9 – 43 In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino
90 93 99 76 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
91 70 74 377 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
92 12 – 18 Coda - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino
93 94 88 98 Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros.
94 122 146 17 Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes - ATO
95 92 109 47 The Big Revival - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN
96 115 126 9 35 Biggest Hits - Tim McGraw - Curb
97 131 110 125 Native - OneRepublic - Mosley/Interscope | IGA
98 66 103 46 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
99 96 83 31 Uptown Special. - Mark Ronson - RCA
100 New 1 The Anthropocene Extinction - Cattle Decapitation - Metal Blade

101 99 113 14 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG
102 105 115 55 5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer - Hi Or Hey | Capitol
103 47 97 50 Ignite The Night - Chase Rice - Columbia Nashville | Dack Janiels
104 98 – 7 Home - Soundtrack - DreamWorks/Westbury Road | Roc Nation
105 69 7 3 Not An Apology - Bea Miller - SYCO | Hollywood
106 New 1 NOW That's What I Call New Wave 80s - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy
107 109 67 369 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
108 90 65 29 Wanted On Voyage - George Ezra - Columbia
109 145 147 202 Tailgates & Tanlines - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
110 102 84 239 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
111 106 119 76 Cole Swindell - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
112 116 114 157 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG
113 13 – 32 Presence - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino
114 140 161 5 Welcome To Cam Country (EP) - Cam - Arista Nashville | SMN
115 107 128 12 Empires - Hillsong UNITED - Hillsong/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
116 101 108 14 Pitch Perfect 2 - Soundtrack - Republic | UMe
117 83 68 9 Before This World - James Taylor - Concord
118 New 1 One Wild Life: Soul - Gungor - Hither & Yon
119 119 123 254 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
120 124 139 57 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG | BPG
121 65 118 105 Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters - Roswell | RCA
122 114 105 121 Save Rock And Roll - Fall Out Boy - Decaydance | Island
123 130 134 93 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
124 New 1 Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA: January 14, 2014 - Gregg Allman - Blackbird Production Partners/Sawrite/Rounder | Concord
125 120 116 4 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

126 82 94 15 NOW 54 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
127 133 153 126 Bad - Michael Jackson - MJJ/Epic | Legacy
128 143 142 10 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
129 129 144 107 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe
130 New 1 Abyss - Chelsea Wolfe - Sargent House
131 New 1 Bang 3 - Chief Keef - FilmOn
132 Re-Entry 59 Greatest Hits: Chapter One - Kelly Clarkson - 19 | RCA
133 135 102 122 Red - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
134 117 112 8 Coming Home - Leon Bridges - LisaSawyer63 | Columbia
135 137 122 234 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia
136 141 138 88 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
137 134 106 42 The Essential Billy Joel - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy
138 17 – 2 Yung Rich Nation - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG
139 118 101 8 Pageant Material - Kacey Musgraves - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
140 161 137 21 Chaos And The Calm - James Bay - Republic
141 125 141 96 Master Of Puppets - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
142 95 96 142 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
143 104 143 75 Midnight Memories - One Direction - SYCO | Columbia
144 103 80 131 Back To Black - Amy Winehouse - Republic | Republic
145 138 184 94 ...And Justice For All - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
146 Re-Entry 12 Avril Lavigne - Avril Lavigne - Epic
147 132 98 9 The Original High - Adam Lambert - Warner Bros.
148 168 159 63 Platinum - Miranda Lambert - RCA Nashville | SMN
149 149 149 13 True Colors - Zedd - Interscope | IGA
150 121 120 16 Stages - Josh Groban - Reprise | Warner Bros.

151 Re-Entry 301 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe
152 127 136 125 Based On A True Story ... - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
153 152 167 113 American Idiot - Green Day - Reprise | Warner Bros.
154 176 175 30 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia
155 160 155 52 Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa - Rostrum/Atlantic | AG
156 142 132 14 Majestic - Kari Jobe - Sparrow | Capitol CMG
157 154 145 13 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River
158 155 163 6 Old Dominion (EP) - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN
159 163 154 191 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy
160 174 165 101 AM - Arctic Monkeys - Domino
161 183 193 40 Cole World: The Sideline Story - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia
162 156 121 10 Beneath The Skin - Of Monsters And Men - Republic
163 158 148 90 Frozen - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
164 Re-Entry 39 Nick Jonas - Nick Jonas - Safehouse | Island
165 Re-Entry 94 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia
166 146 169 25 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt - Travis Tritt - Warner Bros. Nashville | Rhino
167 175 171 80 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1 - Five Finger Death Punch - Prospect Park
168 148 130 45 Talking Dreams - Echosmith - Warner Bros.
169 173 140 241 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord
170 167 150 41 Motion - Calvin Harris - Fly Eye | Columbia
171 166 151 326 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe
172 170 168 200 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
173 157 179 23 Spring Break... Checkin' Out - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
174 182 182 47 X - Chris Brown - RCA
175 162 157 94 PRISM - Katy Perry - Capitol

176 172 177 26 Sex Playlist - Omarion - Maybach/Atlantic | AG
177 Re-Entry 14 Southeastern - Jason Isbell - Southeastern | Thirty Tigers
178 Re-Entry 31 #1's - Destiny's Child - Columbia | Legacy
179 34 – 2 Water For Your Soul - Joss Stone - Stone'd | Kobalt
180 60 – 2 Born To Play Guitar - Buddy Guy - Silvertone | RCA
181 191 187 24 Piece By Piece - Kelly Clarkson - 19 | RCA
182 165 – 11 Mirrorball: Live & More - Def Leppard - Mailboat
183 Re-Entry 88 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - Elton John - Rocket/UTV | UMe
184 180 125 240 Fearless - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
185 179 181 224 Teenage Dream - Katy Perry - Capitol
186 159 133 133 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG
187 192 199 17 Ultimate Sinatra - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe
188 113 92 8 Teen Beach 2 - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
189 197 188 85 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote
190 Re-Entry 62 Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo - Beluga Heights | Warner Bros.
191 150 111 5 Sometime Last Night - R5 - Hollywood
192 Re-Entry 9 In Return - ODESZA - Foreign Family Collective | Counter
193 184 156 32 Rivers In The Wasteland - NEEDTOBREATHE - Atlantic | AG
194 193 – 33 747 - Lady Antebellum - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
195 181 189 165 Red River Blue - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
196 Re-Entry 127 Continuum - John Mayer - Aware | Columbia
197 196 191 912 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - Parlophone | Rhino
198 126 129 210 Mothership - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino
199 190 – 72 Riser - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
200 177 160 96 Pure Heroine - Lorde - Lava | Republic

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/13/15) - Billboard's Top Current Albums

1) Luke Bryan – Kill The Lights –
2) Dr. Dre – Compton –
3) Various Artists – Now 55 –

Other Debuts

4) Tobymac – This Is Not A Test –
11) Mac Demarco – Another One –
15) Michael Ray – Michael Ray –
17) Fear Factory – Genexus –
20) Miss May I – Deathless –
23) Never Shout Never – Black Cat –
30) Frank Turner – Positive Songs For Negative People -

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar & N.W.A
by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ

posted Monday August 17, 2015 at 07:30AM PST

The release of "Straight Outta Compton" brought renewed interest to N.W.A and Compton, California emcees.

Dr. Dre's Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre, debuts at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Drake and Future remain in the top 10 album sales. Kendrick Lamar climbs the charts and returns to the top 10 Rap & R&B albums after spending four weeks out of the list. The N.W.A movie Straight Outta Compton was released to theaters Friday (August 14) and created renewed interest in the Rap group, whose album with the same name as the movie appears at the #30 spot on the chart.

Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre, Debuts at #2

Dr. Dre is three-for-three after Compton debuts at #2 on the chart. 1999's The Chronic 2001 peaked at #2 and 1992's The Chronic peaked at #3 on the chart. Compton saw 294,600 units of total activity and was streamed 11 million times exclusively on Apple Music.

Kendrick Lamar Makes Jump

The fellow Compton, California rapper saw surges in sales and To Pimp a Butterfly saw 12,528 units of total activity and more than 5 million streams, landing at the #29 spot. Lamar is featured on Dr. Dre's Compton and was in conversations leading up to the release of the Straight Outta Compton film. The "Alright" emcee interviewed N.W.A for Billboard and DJ Quik called him "N.W.A, Jr."

N.W.A Appears On Chart 30 Years After Debut

N.W.A's 1988 debut album, Straight Outta Compton, appears at the #30 spot on the chart. It has been resurrected for the third week after appearing at the #173 spot and the #97 spot the past two weeks. The N.W.A film of the same name reportedly brought in $56 million its opening weekend.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 8/13/2015

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.

#2 Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre - 294,600 (276,122) [11,407,162]

#7 Future - Dirty Sprite 2 - 31,232 (15,144) [17,813,224]

#10 Drake - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - 21,108 (7,518) [15,086,900]

#13 Meek Mill - Dreams Worth More Than Money - 18,795 (5,523) [12,415,823]

#20 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 15,417 (7,020) [8,874,372]

#22 Trey Songz - Trigga - 14,936 (9,397) [5,319,031]

#23 Jason Derulo - Everything is 4 - 14,254 (3,884) [4,940,574]

#27 Tyrese - Black Rose - 13,137 (11,706) [1,251,348]

#29 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly - 12,528 (7,608) [5,383,809]

#30 N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton - 12,459 (8,461) [1,914,787]

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Metal By Numbers 8/19: Never fear, the charts are here
Posted by Matt Brown on August 19, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.

It’s another strong week for metal, featuring two heavy albums in the top 20 to start. Also…*ahem* CATTLE DECAPITATION IN THE TOP 50. That’s pretty damn awesome. Not to mention that many of these bands are celebrating their highest chart debuts yet. And it will only continue to get awesome after this Friday when some of the biggest releases of the year are dropped. Oh yeah, it’s about to get a little crowded up in here.

Notable Debuts:

Fear Factory, Genexus (Nuclear Blast) #17, 10,875 sold

The band’s ninth studio album marks their highest charting album yet.



Miss May I, Deathless (Rise) #20, 9,275 sold

The band’s fifth album debuts one spot higher than their previous album, which only came out little over a year ago.



Cattle Decapitation, The Anthropocene Extinction (Metal Blade) #41, 5,850 sold

The deathgrind masters snatch up a top 50 debut, their best yet.



Terror, The 25th Hour (Victory) #106, 2,435 sold

Album number six gives the band their best debut yet.



Sirens & Sailers, Rising Moon: Setting Sun (Artery) #136, 1,925 sold

This is the third album from this metalcore act and their biggest debut yet.



Red Sun Rising, Polyester Zeal (Razor & Tie) #142, 1,825 sold

This debut album makes a solid entry onto the charts.



Krisiun, Forged In Fury (Century Media) 510 sold

The band’s ninth studio album is its first since 2011’s The Great Execution.



Black Fast, Terms of Surrender (eOne) 360 sold

The technical black thrash band makes its major label debut.



Buried In Verona, Vultures Above, Lions Below (Rise) 300 sold

This is the fifth album from this Aussiecore act.

Notable Sales:

Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #34, 6,600 sold

A slight drop of 9%.



Lamb of God, VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic) #37, 6,200 sold

A drop of 40%, but don’t stress (or drang) it.



Kid Rock, First Kiss (Warner Bros.) #38, 6,100 sold

This dropped off last week, but now it’s back because we can’t have nice things.



We Came As Romans, We Came As Romans (Equal Vision) #85, 2,875 sold

A drop of 47%.



Saint Asonia, Saint Asonia (RCA) #79, 3,175 sold

This takes a second week drop of 76% but stays in the top 100.



Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter (Roadrunner) #145, 1,800 sold

This will reach 350,000 in a few weeks.



Halestorm, Into the Wild Life (Atlantic) #163, 1,550 sold

This could pick up more sales when the band comes back to tour the US next month.



August Burns Red, Found In Faraway Places (Fearless) #176, 1,450 sold

A 20% drop into the red.



Teenage Time Killers, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Rise) 630 sold

A steep 66% drop.



Kataklysm, Of Gods & Ghosts (Nuclear Blast) 570 sold

A second week 67% drop.



Counterparts, Tragedy Will Find Us (Pure Noise) 470 sold

This found a 25% drop.



Babymetal, Babymetal (VAP Japan) 430 sold

Just under 26,000 sold.



Lindemann, Skills In Pills (Warner Bros.) 420 sold

A boost of 16%.



Northlane, Node (Rise) 360 sold

A 32% drop. More like Southlane, amirite? (Bad bad bad).



Our Last Night, Younger Dreams (Self-Released) 270 sold

A drop of 17%.



We Are Harlot, We Are Harlot (Roadrunner) 260 sold

A slight drop of 4%, but over 10,000 sold.



Armored Saint, Win Hands Down (Metal Blade) 240 sold

Ten weeks in and this picks up a slight boost of 4%.



Dayseeker, Origin (InVouge) 240 sold

A slight drop of 8%.



Refused, Freedom (Epitaph) 240 sold

A 27% drop. Guess tour magic doesn’t work for everyone.



Conquer Divide, Conquer Divide (Artery) 240 sold

Divided by a 21% drop.



Palisades, Mind Games (Rise) 220 sold

Do you mind a 39% drop?



Amaranthe, Massive Addictive (Spinefarm) 210 sold

This clings one with a 3% boost.

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Country Album Chart Report for August 18, 2015
Posted By Matt Bjorke on Tuesday August 18, 2015

Luke Bryan's "Kill The Lights" dominates chart with nearly 400k scanned in one week.

With stiff competition on the Billboard 200 Albums chart in the way of the Dr. Dre's much-hyped Apple Music/iTunes exclusive Compton (soundtrack for the Straight Outta Compton film), Luke Bryan held Dre off with his latest album Kill The Lights. The album scanned over 320k of actual album sales with Billboard's Track Equivalent number at over 345k. Dre's album scanned 276k/294k. At #2 on the country album chart is Sam Hunt's Montevallo. The album scanned another 14 k to give the star nearly 694k scanned copies of his debut album to date. At #3 is Something More Than Free, the stunning album from Jason Isbell. it's now scanned over 76k. Michael Ray's debut album scanned 11.3k last week to debut at #4. The singer's album features the #1 hit "Kiss You In The Morning." Rounding out the Top 5 is Zac Brown Band's nearly Gold (scanned) Jekyll+Hyde.

Top Ten Recap

Sitting at #6 this week is Alan Jackson's Angels & Alcohol. He's scanned nearly 87k to date. At #7 is Eric Church's The Outsiders while Pain Killer from Little Big Town sits at #8 with 323k+ scanned to date. Jason Aldean's Old Boots, New Dirt sits at #9 while the various artist Now That's What I Call Country Volume 8 sits at #10.

Notables

Notables include news about the latest from Easton Corbin, , Chase Rice, the Now That's What I Call Country #8 series, Darius Rucker, Chris Stapleton, Old Dominion, Willie & Merle and "Tomatoes" Cam, Reba, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood and more!

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CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 320,400 320,400
2 Sam Hunt Montevallo 13,900 693,900
3 Jason Isbell Something More Than Free 11,800 76,300
4 Michael Ray Michael Ray 11,300 11,300
5 Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 11,100 483,700
6 Alan Jackson Angels & Alcohol 10,400 86,500
7 Eric Church The Outsiders 8,400 1,039,100
8 Little Big Town Pain Killer 7,000 323,800
9 Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 5,600 1,020,000
10 Various Now Country 8 5,200 89,300
11 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 5,000 735,400
12 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 4,900 2,497,100
13 Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 4,800 887,300
14 Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material 3,500 108,800
15 Zac Brown Band Greatest Hits...So Far 3,200 197,200

-- Chase Rice Ignite The Night 2,900 279,000
-- W.Nelson/M.Haggard Django & Jimmie 2,800 93,600
-- Kenny Chesney The Big Revival 2,400 408,600
-- Miranda Lambert Platinum 2,300 737,100
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits #1 2,200 384,000
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 2,000 48,400
-- Darius Rucker Southern Style 2,000 150,000
-- Reba Love Somebody 1,900 163,700
-- Easton Corbin About To Get Real 1,800 39,200
-- Chris Stapleton Traveller 1,500 73,100
-- Dierks Bentley Riser 1,500 350,000
-- Cam Welcome To Cam Country 1,400 11,800
-- Lindi Ortega Faded Gloryville 1,300 1,300
-- Old Dominion Old Dominion EP 1,100 28,000
-- George Strait The Cowboy Rides Away 1,000 345,800

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Top Album Sales

1 New 1 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan
2 New 1 Compton - Dr. Dre
3 New 1 NOW 55 - Various Artists
4 New 1 This Is Not A Test - tobyMac
5 1 – 2 Descendants - Soundtrack
6 8 7 42 1989 - Taylor Swift
7 12 13 60 x - Ed Sheeran
8 7 4 4 DS2 - Future
9 2 1 3 Woman - Jill Scott
10 14 17 42 Montevallo - Sam Hunt
11 New 1 Another One - Mac DeMarco
12 9 20 13 Blurryface - twenty one pilots
13 24 18 4 Something More Than Free - Jason Isbell
14 10 6 5 Black Rose - Tyrese
15 New 1 Michael Ray - Michael Ray
16 22 27 16 JEKYLL + HYDE - Zac Brown Band
17 New 1 Genexus - Fear Factory
18 15 10 4 Angels And Alcohol - Alan Jackson
19 Re-Entry 25 Trigga - Trey Songz
20 New 1 Deathless - Miss May I
21 20 24 31 Title - Meghan Trainor
22 17 12 5 Kidz Bop 29 - Kidz Bop Kids
23 New 1 Black Cat - Never Shout Never
24 23 25 61 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
25 83 – 2 Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

26 29 31 78 The Outsiders - Eric Church
27 38 40 30 American Beauty / American Psycho - Fall Out Boy
28 35 33 55 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack
29 48 51 22 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
30 30 34 27 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake
31 New 1 Positive Songs For Negative People - Frank Turner
32 36 38 29 Pain Killer - Little Big Town
33 40 39 36 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
34 19 3 3 Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture - Soundtrack
35 32 28 8 Dark Before Dawn - Breaking Benjamin
36 75 64 18 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes
37 Re-Entry 48 1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia
38 18 2 3 VII: Sturm Und Drang - Lamb Of God
39 Re-Entry 19 First Kiss - Kid Rock
40 3 – 2 In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin
41 5 – 2 Coda - Led Zeppelin
42 New 1 21 Classic #1 Hits - Various Artists
43 31 29 4 Currents - Tame Impala
44 New 1 The Anthropocene Extinction - Cattle Decapitation
45 Re-Entry 89 The Chronic - Dr. Dre
46 43 50 11 How Big How Blue How Beautiful - Florence + The Machine
47 New 1 NOW That's What I Call New Wave 80s - Various Artists
48 42 48 45 Old Boots, New Dirt - Jason Aldean
49 33 15 7 Dreams Worth More Than Money - Meek Mill
50 44 41 15 Wilder Mind - Mumford & Sons

51 6 – 2 Presence - Led Zeppelin
52 25 45 45 Hozier - Hozier
53 37 30 9 Before This World - James Taylor
54 New 1 One Wild Life: Soul - Gungor
55 34 36 15 NOW 54 - Various Artists
56 Re-Entry 113 Thriller - Michael Jackson
57 59 57 10 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8 - Various Artists
58 76 84 17 Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes
59 49 55 44 Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line
60 New 1 Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA: January 14, 2014 - Gregg Allman
61 New 1 Abyss - Chelsea Wolfe
62 79 78 105 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan
63 56 53 51 Just As I Am - Brantley Gilbert
64 51 44 50 V - Maroon 5
65 Re-Entry 116 Dr. Dre -- 2001 - Dr. Dre
66 72 54 26 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons
67 61 59 66 Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac
68 60 66 10 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle
69 54 – 6 Home - Soundtrack
70 50 47 16 Stages - Josh Groban
71 62 68 24 Master Of Puppets - Metallica
72 98 96 8 Unbreakable Smile - Tori Kelly
73 67 88 11 ...And Justice For All - Metallica
74 Re-Entry 12 Avril Lavigne - Avril Lavigne
75 4 – 2 Professional Rapper - Lil Dicky

76 Re-Entry 5 Everything Is 4 - Jason Derulo
77 45 71 12 Love Stuff - Elle King
78 69 62 8 Coming Home - Leon Bridges
79 70 63 27 Fifty Shades Of Grey - Soundtrack
80 28 – 2 Born To Play Guitar - Buddy Guy
81 92 – 25 Bad - Michael Jackson
82 80 85 12 Empires - Hillsong UNITED
83 New 1 Bang 3 - Chief Keef
84 16 – 2 Water For Your Soul - Joss Stone
85 93 99 43 Vessel - twenty one pilots
86 Re-Entry 195 The Eminem Show - Eminem
87 77 56 8 Pageant Material - Kacey Musgraves
88 78 87 18 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt - Travis Tritt
89 85 98 14 Mirrorball: Live & More - Def Leppard
90 74 67 7 Wildheart - Miguel
91 Re-Entry 14 Southeastern - Jason Isbell
92 86 69 12 Majestic - Kari Jobe
93 88 81 12 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP - A$AP Rocky
94 Re-Entry 9 Magazines Or Novels - Andy Grammer
95 96 – 110 American Idiot - Green Day
96 71 74 269 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers
97 New 1 Dr. Thomas - Eric Thomas
98 21 – 19 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band
99 13 – 2 Saint Asonia - Saint Asonia
100 73 58 131 Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

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Top Catalog Albums

1 13 43 9 Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.
2 1 – 2 In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin
3 2 – 2 Coda - Led Zeppelin
4 25 – 34 The Chronic - Dr. Dre
5 3 – 2 Presence - Led Zeppelin
6 Re-Entry 322 Thriller - Michael Jackson
7 40 – 30 Dr. Dre -- 2001 - Dr. Dre
8 6 4 536 Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac
9 7 6 485 Master Of Puppets - Metallica
10 9 11 520 ...And Justice For All - Metallica
11 New 1 Avril Lavigne - Avril Lavigne
12 15 18 96 Bad - Michael Jackson
13 16 15 22 Vessel - twenty one pilots
14 19 20 166 The Eminem Show - Eminem
15 12 10 29 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt - Travis Tritt
16 14 14 7 Mirrorball: Live & More - Def Leppard
17 New 1 Southeastern - Jason Isbell
18 18 17 29 American Idiot - Green Day
19 10 7 1176 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers
20 11 3 64 Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
21 New 1 Native - OneRepublic
22 48 42 60 Tailgates & Tanlines - Luke Bryan
23 35 28 38 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line
24 17 12 39 Based On A True Story ... - Blake Shelton
25 32 13 43 Red - Taylor Swift

26 21 21 33 Icon: Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton
27 8 23 79 Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters
28 29 22 1168 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
29 4 26 21 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam - Dwight Yoakam
30 31 5 1019 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey
31 Re-Entry 40 Take Care - Drake
32 New 1 Greatest Hits: Chapter One - Kelly Clarkson
33 Re-Entry 54 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
34 38 48 22 Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
35 30 16 39 Save Rock And Roll - Fall Out Boy
36 36 25 88 21 - Adele
37 24 9 146 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
38 46 38 194 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson
39 26 30 219 Devil Without A Cause - Kid Rock
40 28 8 46 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
41 33 19 41 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons
42 Re-Entry 109 Nevermind - Nirvana
43 Re-Entry 135 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
44 44 27 12 Frozen - Soundtrack
45 50 44 150 The Foundation - Zac Brown Band
46 22 32 49 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Miranda Lambert
47 42 24 125 Fearless - Taylor Swift
48 Re-Entry 17 MTV Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
49 45 – 103 The Ultimate Hits - Garth Brooks
50 Re-Entry 534 Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys

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4,287,000 albums were sold last week in the USA.

1,948,000 were digital albums.

2,339,000 were physical albums (cds, cassettes and vinyl).

Album sales are down -3.4% in 2015.

More info from oldbloke:

2015 YEAR TO DATE SALES STATS

Category - 2015 - 2014 - Change

Total Albums - 141,452,000 - 146,405,000 - -3.4%

CD - 69,268,000 - 76,368,000 - -9.3%
Digital - 65,153,000 - 64,818,000 - +0.5%
Vinyl - 6,702,000 - 4,929,000 - +36.0%
Other - 328,000 - 290,000 - +13.1%

Current - 66,629,000 - 71,547,000 - -6.9%
Catalog - 74,818,000 - 74,858,000 - -0.1%
Deep Catalog - 62,152,000 - 61,425,000 - +1.2%

Catalog = albums over 18 months old
Deep Catalog = albums over 3 years old

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Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' Album Tops 3 Million Sold

August 21, 2015 11:34 PM EDT

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular albums based on their overall consumption. That overall unit figure combines pure album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

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

— Katy Perry, Teenage Dream - No. 185 — The pop diva’s second Capitol Records album, Teenage Dream, floats past the 3 million U.S. sales mark, according to Nielsen Music. The former No. 1 album sold another 1,000 copies in the week ending Aug. 13, bringing its overall total to just over 3 million sold. The set was released in 2010, debuted atop the chart, and has spent 224 weeks (and counting) on the list. It spawned five No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, equaling the record set by Michael Jackson’s Bad for the most No. 1 Hot 100 hits from one album.

Perry's debut for Capitol, One of the Boys, has sold 1.69 million since its release in 2008. Her most recent set, 2013's Prism, has moved 1.65 million.

— Michael Ray, Michael Ray – No. 21 — A week after newcomer Michael Ray crowned the Country Airplay chart with his debut hit “Kiss You In the Morning,” the singer takes a bow on both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums with his debut self-titled album. The set starts at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 with 15,000 units earned in the week ending Aug. 13. Over on the Top Country Albums chart, it enters at No. 4 with 11,000 sold in pure album sales.

The 27-year-old was previously lauded as an act to watch in Billboard’s Tomorrow’s Hits feature back in April, just as “Kiss You In the Morning” was taking off at country radio. “Kiss” also climbed to No. 10 on Hot Country Songs and No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100.

— Trey Songz, Trigga - No. 22 — Trey Songz’s Trigga album zooms 78-22 thanks to a 99-cent sales price in the Google Play store. The set’s album sales grew to 9,000 for the week (up 443 percent) while its overall unit total vaulted to 15,000 (up 100 percent).

— N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton - No. 30 — Powered by the hit movie of the same name, the rap group’s album rises to a new chart peak, flying 97-30 with a 92 percent rise in overall units (to 12,000 for the week). The set originally peaked at No. 37 (for three nonconsecutive weeks) in 1989.

— Michael Jackson, Thriller – No. 68 — Michael Jackson’s classic No. 1 album returns to the list after a three-month absence, thanks to sale pricing and promotion in the iTunes Store (8,000 overall units, up 367 percent; 5,000 in pure album sales; up 239 percent). This is Thriller’s highest rank since the Feb. 16, 2013-dated chart when it was No. 61.

— Various Artists, Now That’s What I Call New Wave 80s – No. 106 — This is the 107th charting Now That’s What I Call Music album in the franchise’s history (it bows with 6,000 units). It’s one of two new Now albums to debut on the list this week. Up at No. 3 is the new Now 55 compilation (76,000 units).