Billboard 200: 9/5/15: Luke Bryan #1 99k, Sheeran #2 97k,

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6671228/luke-bryan-kill-the-lights-billboard-200-second-week

Luke Bryan's 'Kill the Lights' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield | August 23, 2015

Luke Bryan scores a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with his Kill the Lights album. The set shifted another 99,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 20, according to Nielsen Music. A week ago it debuted atop the list with 345,000 units.

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 Sept. 5-dated chart (where Bryan is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s Web sites on Tuesday, Aug. 25.

Kill the Lights is the first country album to spend more than one week at No. 1 in two years. The feat last occurred with Bryan’s own previous album, Crash My Party, which spent its second and final frame at No. 1 on the chart dated Sept. 7, 2013.

In two weeks, Kill the Lights has sold 403,000 in pure album sales.

Behind Bryan is a surging Ed Sheeran, who sees his X album jump 6-2 with 97,000 units (up 196 percent). It rallies thanks to publicity generated by his NBC TV concert special Ed Sheeran -- Live at Wembley Stadium (which aired Aug. 18) and sales spurred by the album’s temporary 99-cent discount pricing in the Google Play store. The set’s album sales rose to 80,000 for the week (up 378 percent). Of that figure, download sales equated to 72,000 (up 607 percent).

This is the album’s highest rank on the Billboard 200 since the Feb. 14-dated chart, when it also placed at No. 2. The album debuted atop the list 61 weeks ago and has never left the Top 30. It has been in the Top 10 for the past 14 consecutive weeks.

Dr. Dre’s Compton slips to No. 3 with 51,000 units (down 83 percent) in its second week. Dre can also be found at No. 4 as a member of N.W.A, as the group zooms 30-4 with Straight Outta Compton (44,000 units; up 254 percent). The latter album reaches a new chart high and benefits from the opening weekend (Aug. 14-16) of the theatrical film of the same name.

N.W.A was last this high on the chart 23 years ago, when their No. 1 album Efil4zaggin was in the top three (charts dated June 15-29, 1991).

The Now 55 compilation descends 3-5 with 40,000 units (down 254 percent).

Singer Melanie Martinez (a former contestant on The Voice) starts at No. 6 with her debut full-length album Cry Baby (40,000 units). She had previously visited the Heatseekers Albums chart with her 2014 Dollhouse EP, which reached No. 4 on that developing artists tally.

Cry Baby also bows at No. 1 on the Alternative Albums chart.

Taylor Swift’s 1989 dips 5-7 with 32,000 units (down 4 percent). The album has spent all 43 of its chart weeks in the Top 10.

Rock band Bullet for My Valentine launches at No. 8 with its latest album, Venom, moving 28,000 units (of which 26,000 are pure album sales). It’s the second Top 10 album from the band, which also hit the region with 2009’s Scream Aim Fire (No. 4) and 2010’s Fever (No. 3).

Venom also starts at No. 1 on the Hard Rock Albums charts.

The Nos. 8-10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart are only separated by a few hundred units, but when their sums for the week are rounded to the nearest thousand, they all end up totaling 28,000.

That said, closing out the Top 10 are Future’s DS2 (7-9 with nearly 28,000 units; down 11 percent) and Sam Hunt’s Montevallo (9-10 with almost 28,000 as well; up 1 percent).

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Rock band Bullet for My Valentine launches at No. 8 with its latest album, Venom, moving 28,000 units (of which 26,000 are pure album sales). It’s the second Top 10 album from the band, which also hit the region with 2009’s Scream Aim Fire (No. 4) and 2010’s Fever (No. 3).

Wouldn't this make this their third top 10 album?

[Glove Slap]

Harsh slide for Dr. Dre. Where does this land him on the Madonna/Gaga big decreases list?

[Future Captain]

Aug 23, 2015 21:00:11 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Harsh slide for Dr. Dre. Where does this land him on the Madonna/Gaga big decreases list?

#4,I think? Behind Handwritten, MDNA and Born This Way

[kanimal]

Aug 24, 2015 0:48:10 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

Aug 23, 2015 21:00:11 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Harsh slide for Dr. Dre. Where does this land him on the Madonna/Gaga big decreases list?

#4,I think? Behind Handwritten, MDNA and Born This Way

Doesn't that "record" only apply to albums that debuted at #1?

I'm sure there are plenty of albums that debuted lower on the chart and then lost more than 90% in their second weeks.

[Glove Slap]

I'm aware that it didn't #1, but it debuted with sales that would have gotten it there most other weeks and it can be compared to other albums that sold a lot in their first week and then had a very large decline.

[Daryl the Beryl]

We also had this last year

4 41 KID CUDI REPUBLIC 7,547 -91% SATELLITE FLIGHT: THE JOURNEY TO

[Enigma.]

Oh dear that was ugly

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So Elvis Presley missed the Top 10!

[HolidayGuy]

^Hopefully it's top 10 on Album Sales, which would be another one on his list of top-10-selling albums.

And- there could be a revision to come.

[Spidey]

Aug 24, 2015 0:48:10 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

Aug 23, 2015 21:00:11 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Harsh slide for Dr. Dre. Where does this land him on the Madonna/Gaga big decreases list?

#4,I think? Behind Handwritten, MDNA and Born This Way

How hard did Handwritten fall?

[85la]

Hmmm, didn't know that 1991 was 23 years ago. Seriously....and you'd think especially after the debacle last week. Can they not just get an intern or the janitor to proofread and catch this simple, simple mistake?

[Enigma.]

That wasn't really a bad mistake... I do those miscalculations all the time myself.

[kanimal]

Aug 24, 2015 10:00:26 GMT -5 Spidey said:

Aug 24, 2015 0:48:10 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

#4,I think? Behind Handwritten, MDNA and Born This Way

How hard did Handwritten fall?

106K to 12K; 89%

[Spidey]

Aug 24, 2015 14:18:20 GMT -5 kanimal said:

Aug 24, 2015 10:00:26 GMT -5 Spidey said:

How hard did Handwritten fall?

106K to 12K; 89%

Holy shit. I didn't realize his second week was that bad.

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hiphopdx.com/news/id.35204/title.hip-hop-album-sales-dr-dre-chinx-eazy-e

Hip Hop Album Sales: Dr. Dre, Chinx & Eazy-E
by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ
posted Monday August 24, 2015

N.W.A is in the Top 5 overall sales and three of the group's members chart their solo projects.

Dr. Dre saw nearly 51,000 units of total activity on this week's Billboard Top 200 chart with Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre and he remains in the top five overall. N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton shot up to the #4 spot in its fourth week on the chart in the midst of the success of the film of the same name depicting the Rap group's career. Three of the group's members, including Dr. Dre, saw their solo projects chart as well. Future remains in the top 10 for the fifth straight week with Dirty Sprite 2 landing at the #9 position. The project had the most streams of all albums with more than 16 million.

Dr. Dre Charts All Three Studio Albums

Besides Compton charting at the #3 position, Dr. Dre's other two solo albums charted this week. 1992's The Chronic lands at #38 with 10,516 total units of activity and 1999's 2001 hits the #55 spot with 8,674 units, beating A$AP Rocky's At.Long.Last.A$AP and Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city.

Chinx Debuts On Chart With Posthumous Album

Chinx's posthumous album, Welcome to JFK, debuts at the #21 spot on the chart with 16,467 total units of activity. The New York rapper was shot and killed in May. His manager and producers finished his album, which is made up of 12 songs with features from Ty Dolla $ign, Jeremih and Meet Simms.

Eazy-E Appears On The Chart

Ruthless Records founder and N.W.A rapper Eazy-E appears on the chart with his Eazy-Duz-It / 5150 Home 4 Tha Sick compilation project released in 2002. The rapper's life and death is depicted in Straight Outta Compton. Eazy-E died of complications due to AIDS in 1995.

Ice Cube Charts Three Times

Ice Cube appears on the chart with three of his solo albums. 1991's Death Certificate ranks #99 with 5,890 units of total activity. His greatest hits compilation appears at the #118 spot followed by his debut album at #150, Amerikkka's Most Wanted, which was released after parting ways with N.W.A.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 8/20/2015

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.

#3 Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre - 50,916 (43,081) [4,984,965]

#4 N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton - 44,120 (31,878) [5,183,140]

#9 Future - Dirty Sprite 2 - 27,873 (12,781) [16,695,550]

#14 Drake - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - 20,686 (7,884) [14,282,888]

#20 Meek Mill - Dreams Worth More Than Money - 16,505 (4,638) [11,118,270]

#21 Chinx - Welcome to JFK - 16,467 (14,600) [774,956]

#25 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 14,518 (6,385) [8,880,551]

#32 Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It/5150 4 Tha Sick - 11,472 (5,720) [1,082,288]

#33 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly - 11,140 (6,508) [5,178,760]

#35 Nicki Minaj - Pinkprint - 10,978 (2,365) [8,148,118]

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roughstock.com/news/2015/08/37201-37201

Country Album Chart Report for August 24, 2015
Posted By Matt Bjorke on Monday August 24, 2015

Luke Bryan holds onto #1 while Pat Green makes his debut with "Home" and scores a Top 5 finish. Get the full scoop on the Top 10 Country Albums with notables here!

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 to remain at #1 on the all-genre chart (a resurgent Ed Sheeran X even outsold the popular film soundtrack). Luke has now scanned nearly 404k in just two weeks. A new Elvis compilation, Elvis Forever is at #2 with 27k scanned. At #3 is Sam Hunt's Montevallo. He's now scanned 708k copies of his debut record. Zac Brown Band's Jekyll+Hyde is at #4 with 494k scanned while Pat Green debuts at #5 with 9k fans taking home the album Home in the first week it was for sale.

Top Ten Recap

Sitting at #6 this week is Eric Church's The Outsiders with Alan Jackson's Angels & Alcohol at #7. Sitting at #8 is Jason Isbell's Something More Than Free. The album has scanned 82k to date. Little Big Town's Pain Killer is at 329k while Anything Goes from Florida Georgia Line sits at #10 with 740k scanned to date.

Notables

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

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KyPdwgqIZJeseVf3n2x_kUIMSu7ewB9QPu2fKiRAHh8/edit?pli=1

CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 83,400 403,800
2 Elvis Presley Elvis Forever 27,100 27,100
3 Sam Hunt Montevallo 14,100 708,000
4 Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 10,200 493,900
5 Pat Green Home 8,900 8,900
6 Eric Church The Outsiders 7,900 1,047,000
7 Alan Jackson Angels & Alcohol 7,400 93,900
8 Jason Isbell Something More Than Free 6,100 82,400
9 Little Big Town Pain Killer 5,400 329,200
10 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 4,800 740,200
11 Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 4,800 1,024,700
12 Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 4,200 891,500
13 Various Now Country 8 4,000 93,200
14 Michael Ray Michael Ray 3,900 15,200
15 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 3,800 2,500,900

-- Chase Rice Ignite The Night 2,600 281,600
-- W.Nelson/M.Haggard Django & Jimmie 2,500 96,100
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits #1 2,100 386,200
-- Miranda Lambert Platinum 2,100 739,200
-- Ashley Monroe The Blade 2,100 21,500
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 2,000 50,300
-- A Thousand Horses Southernality 1,900 43,100
-- Chris Stapleton Traveller 1,700 74,800
-- Reba Love Somebody 1,600 165,300
-- Easton Corbin About To Get Real 1,400 40,600
-- Cam Welcome To Cam Country 1,400 13,200
-- Old Dominion Old Dominion EP 1,200 29,200
-- Dan + Shay Where It All Began 800 133,900
-- Garth Brooks Man Against Machine 800 656,300
-- Asleep At The Wheel Still The King... 600 24,600

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Thanks to BrainDamageII

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W Wks

1 1 – 2 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
2 6 4 61 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
3 2 – 2 Compton - Dr. Dre - Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
4 30 97 85 Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A. - Ruthless/Priority | UMe
5 3 – 2 NOW 55 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy
6 New 1 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG
7 5 3 43 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
8 New 1 Venom - Bullet For My Valentine - RCA
9 7 2 5 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
10 9 6 43 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN
11 New 1 Elvis Forever - Elvis Presley - USPS/RCA | Sony Commercial Music Group
12 8 1 3 Descendants - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
13 15 15 62 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol
14 10 10 28 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
15 11 8 14 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
16 12 14 32 Title - Meghan Trainor - Epic
17 New 1 Life's Not Out To Get You - Neck Deep - Hopeless
18 14 16 31 American Beauty / American Psycho - Fall Out Boy - DCD2 | Island
19 17 28 19 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island
20 13 11 8 Dreams Worth More Than Money - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG
21 New 1 Welcome To JFK - Chinx - Coke Boys/TRMG | eOne
22 New 1 Wondaland Presents: The Eephus (EP) - Various Artists - Wondaland | Epic
23 16 20 17 JEKYLL + HYDE - Zac Brown Band - John Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG | Republic
24 4 – 2 This Is Not A Test - tobyMac - ForeFront | Capitol CMG
25 20 25 37 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

26 New 1 Midnight - Grace Potter - Ragged Company | Hollywood
27 23 55 12 Everything Is 4 - Jason Derulo - Beluga Heights | Warner Bros.
28 26 23 51 V - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA
29 24 26 80 The Outsiders - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN
30 18 24 12 Peace Is The Mission - Major Lazer - Mad Decent
31 35 27 15 Fight Song (EP) - Rachel Platten - Columbia
32 Re-Entry 91 Eazy-Duz-It - Eazy-E - Ruthless/Priority | UMe
33 29 46 23 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
34 19 5 4 Woman - Jill Scott - Blues Babe/Atlantic | AG
35 31 30 36 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
36 33 33 26 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
37 36 19 46 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia
38 75 198 91 The Chronic - Dr. Dre - Death Row | WIDEawake
39 New 1 This Mixtape Is Fire (EP) - Dillon Francis - Mad Decent | Columbia
40 40 38 45 Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville | BMLG
41 32 57 56 1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA
42 41 43 33 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Eardruma/Interscope | IGA
43 27 18 6 Black Rose - Tyrese - Voltron Recordz
44 48 36 38 TALKING IS HARD - WALK THE MOON - RCA
45 43 41 28 Fifty Shades Of Grey - Soundtrack - Universal Studios | Republic
46 45 45 29 Reflection - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic
47 51 37 10 Some Type Of Love EP - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
48 47 63 9 Unbreakable Smile - Tori Kelly - SchoolBoy | Capitol
49 New 1 Home - Pat Green - Greenhorse | Thirty Tigers
50 53 59 8 VHS - X Ambassadors - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

51 42 42 26 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U - Skrillex & Diplo - Mad Decent/OWSLA | AG
52 34 31 44 Pain Killer - Little Big Town - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
53 56 64 16 Wilder Mind - Mumford & Sons - Gentlemen Of The Road | Glassnote
54 81 73 20 My House (EP) - Flo Rida - Poe Boy/Atlantic | AG
55 62 139 125 Dr. Dre -- 2001 - Dr. Dre - Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
56 59 58 9 Dark Before Dawn - Breaking Benjamin - Hollywood
57 39 40 29 Magazines Or Novels - Andy Grammer - S-Curve
58 46 62 106 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
59 50 35 6 Kidz Bop 29 - Kidz Bop Kids - Razor & Tie
60 54 50 13 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP - A$AP Rocky - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA
61 58 56 23 Furious 7 - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Atlantic | AG
62 38 32 5 Angels And Alcohol - Alan Jackson - ACR/EMI Nashville | UMGN
63 New 1 M3LL155X (EP) - FKA twigs - Young Turks
64 68 – 240 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
65 70 51 17 Love Stuff - Elle King - RCA
66 57 54 66 Just As I Am - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG
67 60 22 41 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG
68 66 87 129 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
69 22 78 54 Trigga - Trey Songz - Songbook/Atlantic | AG
70 55 44 46 Old Boots, New Dirt - Jason Aldean - Broken Bow | BBMG
71 65 84 56 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
72 72 80 53 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
73 129 129 108 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe
74 77 88 186 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
75 73 77 97 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

76 67 72 27 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
77 74 91 229 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
78 112 116 158 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG
79 80 100 147 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
80 71 86 142 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville | BMLG
81 28 53 5 Something More Than Free - Jason Isbell - Southeastern | Thirty Tigers
82 78 76 52 My Everything - Ariana Grande - Republic
83 61 48 5 Currents - Tame Impala - Modular/Interscope | IGA
84 64 71 39 Globalization - Pitbull - Mr. 305/Polo Grounds | RCA
85 New 1 Simple Gospel - United Pursuit - United Pursuit
86 93 94 99 Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros.
87 90 93 77 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
88 63 68 12 How Big How Blue How Beautiful - Florence + The Machine - Republic
89 88 85 155 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
90 44 21 4 Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture - Soundtrack - Shady/Interscope | IGA
91 91 70 378 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
92 21 – 2 Michael Ray - Michael Ray - Atlantic | WMN
93 Re-Entry 13 Greatest Hits - N.W.A. - Ruthless/Priority | UMe
94 79 75 47 Queen Of The Clouds - Tove Lo - Island
95 85 79 37 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN
96 76 49 40 FOUR - One Direction - SYCO | Columbia
97 New 1 Psycadelik Thoughtz - B.o.B - RebelRock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic | AG
98 86 – 21 First Kiss - Kid Rock - Top Dog | Warner Bros.
99 Re-Entry 34 Death Certificate - Ice Cube - Priority | UMe
100 121 65 106 Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters - Roswell | RCA

101 102 105 56 5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer - Hi Or Hey | Capitol
102 95 92 48 The Big Revival - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN
103 87 89 38 Listen - David Guetta - What A Music/Parlophone/Atlantic | AG
104 84 7 3 Professional Rapper - Lil Dicky - David Burd | CMSN
105 99 96 32 Uptown Special. - Mark Ronson - RCA
106 New 1 True Detective: Music From The HBO Series - Soundtrack - HBO/Electromagnetic | Harvest
107 98 66 47 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
108 101 99 15 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG
109 107 109 370 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
110 103 47 51 Ignite The Night - Chase Rice - Columbia Nashville | Dack Janiels
111 83 74 8 Wildheart - Miguel - ByStorm/Black Ice | RCA
112 94 122 18 Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes - ATO
113 114 140 6 Welcome To Cam Country (EP) - Cam - Arista Nashville | SMN
114 96 115 10 35 Biggest Hits - Tim McGraw - Curb
115 New 1 21 Classic #1 Hits - Various Artists - Epic | Legacy
116 97 131 126 Native - OneRepublic - Mosley/Interscope | IGA
117 111 106 77 Cole Swindell - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
118 Re-Entry 17 Greatest Hits - Ice Cube - Priority | UMe
119 Re-Entry 3 The Best Of N.W.A.: The Strength Of Street Knowledge - N.W.A. - Ruthless/Priority | UMe
120 122 114 122 Save Rock And Roll - Fall Out Boy - Decaydance | Island
121 110 102 240 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
122 123 130 94 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
123 108 90 30 Wanted On Voyage - George Ezra - Columbia
124 120 124 58 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG | BPG
125 116 101 15 Pitch Perfect 2 - Soundtrack - Republic | UMe

126 105 69 4 Not An Apology - Bea Miller - SYCO | Hollywood
127 104 98 8 Home - Soundtrack - DreamWorks/Westbury Road | Roc Nation
128 125 120 5 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood
129 New 1 Vikings - New Politics - Crush/DCD2 | Warner Bros.
130 New 1 Archangel - Soulfly - Nuclear Blast
131 119 119 255 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
132 127 133 127 Bad - Michael Jackson - MJJ/Epic | Legacy
133 109 145 203 Tailgates & Tanlines - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
134 136 141 89 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
135 133 135 123 Red - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
136 25 – 2 Another One - Mac DeMarco - Captured Tracks
137 82 39 4 VII: Sturm Und Drang - Lamb Of God - Epic
138 149 149 14 True Colors - Zedd - Interscope | IGA
139 150 121 17 Stages - Josh Groban - Reprise | Warner Bros.
140 153 152 114 American Idiot - Green Day - Reprise | Warner Bros.
141 132 – 60 Greatest Hits: Chapter One - Kelly Clarkson - 19 | RCA
142 135 137 235 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia
143 126 82 16 NOW 54 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
144 144 103 132 Back To Black - Amy Winehouse - Republic | Republic
145 141 125 97 Master Of Puppets - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
146 142 95 143 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
147 157 154 14 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River
148 158 155 7 Old Dominion (EP) - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN
149 134 117 9 Coming Home - Leon Bridges - LisaSawyer63 | Columbia
150 Re-Entry 27 AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube - Priority | UMe

151 117 83 10 Before This World - James Taylor - Concord
152 145 138 95 ...And Justice For All - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
153 139 118 9 Pageant Material - Kacey Musgraves - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
154 140 161 22 Chaos And The Calm - James Bay - Republic
155 151 – 302 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe
156 147 132 10 The Original High - Adam Lambert - Warner Bros.
157 148 168 64 Platinum - Miranda Lambert - RCA Nashville | SMN
158 163 158 91 Frozen - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
159 Re-Entry 21 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1 - Soundtrack - 20th Century Fox | Columbia
160 160 174 102 AM - Arctic Monkeys - Domino
161 155 160 53 Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa - Rostrum/Atlantic | AG
162 159 163 192 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy
163 162 156 11 Beneath The Skin - Of Monsters And Men - Republic
164 143 104 76 Midnight Memories - One Direction - SYCO | Columbia
165 172 170 201 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
166 154 176 31 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia
167 115 107 13 Empires - Hillsong UNITED - Hillsong/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
168 167 175 81 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1 - Five Finger Death Punch - Prospect Park
169 166 146 26 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt - Travis Tritt - Warner Bros. Nashville | Rhino
170 169 173 242 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord
171 171 166 327 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe
172 178 – 32 #1's - Destiny's Child - Columbia | Legacy
173 Re-Entry 47 Photographs & Memories/His Greatest Hits - Jim Croce - 21 Records/Atlantic | Rhino
174 128 143 11 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
175 137 134 43 The Essential Billy Joel - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy

176 175 162 95 PRISM - Katy Perry - Capitol
177 164 – 40 Nick Jonas - Nick Jonas - Safehouse | Island
178 152 127 126 Based On A True Story ... - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
179 161 183 41 Cole World: The Sideline Story - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia
180 174 182 48 X - Chris Brown - RCA
181 176 172 27 Sex Playlist - Omarion - Maybach/Atlantic | AG
182 170 167 42 Motion - Calvin Harris - Fly Eye | Columbia
183 191 150 6 Sometime Last Night - R5 - Hollywood
184 181 191 25 Piece By Piece - Kelly Clarkson - 19 | RCA
185 185 179 225 Teenage Dream - Katy Perry - Capitol
186 184 180 241 Fearless - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
187 Re-Entry 143 The Immaculate Collection - Madonna - Sire | Warner Bros.
188 New 1 All For You - Emily West - Portrait | Sony Masterworks
189 187 192 18 Ultimate Sinatra - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe
190 168 148 46 Talking Dreams - Echosmith - Warner Bros.
191 Re-Entry 42 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino
192 189 197 86 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote
193 197 196 913 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - Parlophone | Rhino
194 Re-Entry 32 Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - Britney Spears - Jive | RCA
195 92 12 19 Coda - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino
196 186 159 134 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG
197 193 184 33 Rivers In The Wasteland - NEEDTOBREATHE - Atlantic | AG
198 182 165 12 Mirrorball: Live & More - Def Leppard - Mailboat
199 Re-Entry 132 Speak Now - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
200 89 9 44 In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/20/15) - 9/5 Billboard's Top Current Albums chart

1) Luke Bryan – Kill The Lights – (After 2 weeks – )
2) Ed Sheeran – X – (After 60 weeks – )
3) Dr. Dre – Compton – 1 (After 2 weeks – )

Other Debuts

5) Melanie Martinez – Cry Baby –
6) Elvis Presley – Elvis Forever –
7) Bullet For My Valentine – Venom
9) Neck Deep – Life’s Not Out To Get You –
11) Chinx – Welcome To JFK –
15) Grace Potter – Midnight –
21) Various Artists – Wondaland Presents: The Eephus –
22) Dillon Francis – This Mixtape Is Fire. –
23) Pat Green – Home –
31) FKA Twigs – M3LL155X –

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Metal By Numbers 8/26: BFMV, Soulfly fly high
Posted by Matt Brown on August 26, 2015

Positions are from Billboard's Top Current Albums chart

Notable Debuts:

Bullet For My Valentine, Venom (RCA) #7, 26,250 sold

The band’s fifth album debuted higher but sold less than their previous effort Temper Temper, which sold around 43,000 in its first week. Still,top ten!

Soulfly, Archangel (Nuclear Blast) #45, 4,875 sold

The tenth album from Soulfly gets a solid debut in the top fifty.

Stray From The Path, Subliminal Criminals (Sumerian) #75, 3,220 sold

The band’s seventh release falls short of it predecessor, selling less than half the amount records in its first week.

Dead Letter Circus, Aesthesis (The End) 480 sold

The progressive Aussies release their third album, following up The Catalyst Fire.

Notable Sales:

Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #32, 6,700 sold

This gets a tiny boost of 2%, no doubt thanks to their current tour.

Kid Rock, First Kiss (Warner Bros.) #39, 5,525 sold

This only moved one spot from last week. Big whoop.

Lamb of God, VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic) #57, 4,375 sold

A 29% drop, but this is still doing well with just under 70,000 sold.

Cattle Decapitation, The Anthropocene Extinction (Metal Blade) #72, 3,450 sold

This only dropped 41% in week two, which is pretty good.

Fear Factory, Genexus (Nuclear Blast) #78, 3,150 sold

This, on the other hand, took a typical second week drop of 71%.

Faith No More, Sol Invictus (Ipecac) #95, 2,425 sold

This dropped off for a few weeks, but a giant boost blasted this back into the top 100.

Saint Asonia, Saint Asonia (RCA) #107, 2,200 sold

A 31% drop, though the band’s current tour may pick up some numbers.

Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter (Roadrunner) #137, 1,750 sold

This still manages to sell consistently.

Halestorm, Into the Wild Life (Atlantic) #159, 1,525 sold

A tiny 2% drop.

Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #169, 1,435 sold

Another boost, this time of 31%.

We Came As Romans, We Came As Romans (Equal Vision) #192, 2,875 sold

A drop of 56% almost takes this off the charts.

Miss May I, Deathless (Rise) #195, 1,225 sold

A second week drop of 87% takes this from the top twenty to the bottom five.

Teenage Time Killers, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Rise) 520 sold

I’M EIGHTEEN…percent drop. That’s a teenager joke.

Red Sun Rising, Polyester Zeal (Razor & Tie) 480 sold

A second week drop of 74%.

Babymetal, Babymetal (VAP Japan) 370 sold

Over 26,000 sold.

Counterparts, Tragedy Will Find Us (Pure Noise) 350 sold

A 25% drop.

Northlane, Node (Rise) 350 sold

A slight drop of 4%.

Kataklysm, Of Gods & Ghosts (Nuclear Blast) 320 sold

A 44% drop.

Nekrogoblikon, Heavy Meta (Mystery Box) 300 sold

Looks like the band’s current tour has won them new fans.

Krisiun, Forged In Fury (Century Media) 290 sold

A second week 42% drop.

Lindemann, Skills In Pills (Warner Bros.) 290 sold

In a week or two this will hit the 10,000 mark.

Black Fast, Terms of Surrender (eOne) 270 sold

This surrenders a 35% drop.

From Ashes To New, Downfall (Bette Noise) 240 sold

This gets boosted back up just in time for the band’s upcoming tour.

Amaranthe, Massive Addictive (Spinefarm) 240 sold

This continues to persevere with a 14% boost.

Refused, Freedom (Epitaph) 200 sold

A 14% drop.

We Are Harlot, We Are Harlot (Roadrunner) 200 sold

This might drop off soon, the band’s tour next month could bring it back up.

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Elvis Presley Nets 53rd Top 40 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | August 26, 2015

Presley moves closer to Frank Sinatra's record total. Plus, six decades after his debut, the King of Rock & Roll crowns the Top Rock Albums chart.

Elvis Presley earns his 53rd top 40 album on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Sept. 5) as the new compilation Elvis Forever debuts at No. 11. The set, sold exclusively through the U.S. Postal Service, is Presley's highest-charting album since 2003, when Elvis: 3nd to None peaked at No. 3. The debuting album was released in conjunction with the promotion of Presley's new commemorative stamp.

The new Presley set is sold only as a CD through the Postal Service's website and brick-and-mortar locations, and bows with 27,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 20, according to Nielsen Music. The entirety of that sum is generated by pure album sales.

Among all acts with the most top 40-charting albums, Presley remains in second place behind Frank Sinatra, with 57. The latter collected his most recent visit to the region with this year's Ultimate Sinatra compilation, which debuted and peaked at No. 32 in May. (Presley died in 1977; Sinatra, in 1998.)

With Elvis Forever, the King of Rock & Roll also fittingly debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart. It's his first No. 1 on the list (which originated in 2006).

Elvis Forever also makes a strong debut on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 2, marking Presley's highest-charting set since 2002's Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, which spent three weeks atop the list. Presley has visited the top two rungs of Top Country Albums 11 times; seven of those sets hit No. 1.

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Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Returns To Top 40 After 21 Years
By Keith Caulfield | August 28, 2015 9:32 PM EDT

Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the Sept. 5 chart:

-- Dr. Dre, The Chronic - No. 38 -- Publicity generated by the release of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton spurs lots of chart action for the rap group and its various members. A total of 10 N.W.A-related albums (those by the group or its members) dot the tally. One of those is Dr. Dre’s debut solo album The Chronic, which vaults 75-38 (11,000 units; up 47 percent). It’s the set’s first visit to the top 40 in almost 22 years: it was last in the region on the Oct. 30, 1993-dated chart. The Chronic peaked at No. 3 for six nonconsecutive weeks that year, and spun off three top 40 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” (peaking at No. 2), “Dre Day” (No. 8) and “Let Me Ride” (No. 34).

-- Soundtrack, True Detective: Music From the HBO Series - No. 106 -- HBO’s hit show earns its first soundtrack, as this new set -- which blends music heard in both seasons of the drama series -- debuts with nearly 6,000 units. It also starts at No. 3 on the Soundtracks chart.

-- New Politics, Vikings - No. 129 -- Rock band New Politics charts a new course -- with a new label -- as the group arrives at No. 129 on the Billboard 200 (5,000 units) and No. 1 on Heatseekers Albums with Vikings. Released through DCD2/Warner Bros. Records, it’s the act’s first album after two efforts for RCA Records. The new release starts with 5,000 pure albums sold in the week ending Aug. 20, according to Nielsen Music, and also launches at No. 16 on Top Rock Albums.

Vikings’ first single, “Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens)” peaked at No. 19 on Alternative in Dec. 2014. It was followed by “West End Kids,” which climbed to No. 25.

-- Madonna, The Immaculate Collection - No. 187 -- The diva’s first greatest hits album returns to the list (4,000 units; up 11 percent) for the first time since February of 2014. The set peaked at No. 2 for two weeks in early 1991 (behind Vanilla Ice’s To the Extreme). The Immaculate Collection is one of Madonna's six No. 2-peaking albums, making her one of the handful of acts with as many runner-up sets. Alongside her are the Beatles, Tim McGraw (with seven!), the Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart. All of those artists, however, have also earned multiple No. 1 albums in addition to their many No. 2-peaking efforts.

-- Emily West, All For You -- No. 188 -- Former America’s Got Talent contestant Emily West bows at No. 188 with her debut full-length album All For You (3,000). West competed on the ninth season of the competition TV series in 2014, and finished in second place.

The new album -- a pop effort released on SYCO/Portrait/Sony Masterworks -- features covers of The Moody Blues’ “Nights In White Satin” and Sia’s “Chandelier” as well as West-penned songs. All For You also starts at No. 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.

Before West graced the America’s Got Talent stage, she previously visited Billboard’s charts between 2008 and 2012. While with Capitol Nashville, she scored two Hot Country Songs hits with “Rocks In Your Shoes” (No. 39 in 2008) and “Blue Sky” (featuring Keith Urban, No. 38 in 2010). In 2012, her self-released I Hate You I Love You EP reached No. 7 on Folk Albums.