Billboard 200 9/12: Disturbed #1 93/98k; Kip, Rob, Ghost T10

[rimetm]

Rock band Disturbed achieves its fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as its latest studio effort, Immortalized, opens atop the Sept. 12-dated tally.

It's the fifth straight No. 1-debuting studio set for the act, making them only the third group to have achieved five consecutive studio efforts to open atop the list. (Only Metallica and Dave Matthews Band have also claimed the unique feat.)

Immortalized -- which was released on Aug. 21 through Reprise/Warner Bros. Records -- follows the band's previous No. 1s: Asylum (in 2010), Indestructible (2008), Ten Thousand Fists (2005) and Believe (2002). Among their so-far six studio releases, only their debut, The Sickness, missed the top. It peaked at No. 29 in 2000.

Immortalized opens with 98,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 27, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 93,000 were pure album sales.

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. 12-dated chart (where Disturbed is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard's websites on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

Immortalized also naturally debuts at No. 1 on the Rock Albums, Hard Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts.

Disturbed bumps Luke Bryan's Kill the Lights out of the pole position, as the country superstar slips to No. 2 with 67,000 units (down 33 percent).

Dr. Dre's Compton is steady at No. 3, but surges with a 20 percent unit gain (to 61,000) after the album was released on CD and made available to all retailers on Aug. 21. The set was initially available as a digital exclusive title though iTunes and Apple Music. In terms of pure album sales, Compton jumps to 55,000 copies sold for the week -- a gain of 27 percent.

Country singer Kip Moore nets a new chart high on the Billboard 200, as his second album, Wild Ones, bows at No. 4 with 40,000 units. It surpasses the peak his first effort, 2012's Up All Night, which topped out at its debut rank: No. 6.

Ed Sheeran's X slips 2-5 with 32,000 units (down 67 percent).

Rob Thomas collects his third top 10 solo album as The Great Unknown starts at No. 6 with 31,000 units. It's also the third studio effort from the Matchbox Twenty frontman. He previously hit the top 10 on his own with his solo debut …Something To Be (No. 1 in 2005) and Cradlesong (No. 3 in 2009).

Taylor Swift's 1989 is a non-mover at No. 7 with 30,000 units (down 7 percent) as it nears a full year on the chart. The set has spent all 44 weeks of its release in the top 10.

Swedish metal band Ghost (formerly known as Ghost B.C. in the U.S.) scores its first top 10 album with the debut of Meliora at No. 8 (just over 29,000 units -- nearly all from pure album sales). The set, which is the act's third studio effort, follows the No. 28-peaking Infestissumam, which was released in 2013 and has sold 66,000.

Rounding out the Billboard 200's new top 10 is N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton (4-9 with 29,000 units; down 35 percent) and the Now 55 compilation (5-10 with 27,000 units; down 32 percent).

01 - XX - Disturbed - Immortalized - 98,000 (93,000)
02 - 01 - Luke Bryan - Kill the Lights - 67,000 (unknown)
03 - 03 - Dr. Dre - Compton - 61,000 (55,000)
04 - XX - Kip Moore - Wild Ones - 40,000 (unknown)
05 - 02 - Ed Sheeran - X - 32,000 (unknown)
06 - XX - Rob Thomas - The Great Unknown - 31,000 (unknown)
07 - 07 - Taylor Swift - 1989 - 30,000 (unknown)
08 - XX - Ghost - Mellora - 29,000 (29,000)
09 - 04 - N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton - 29,000 (unknown)
10 - 05 - Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call Music Volume 55 - 27,000 (27,000)

[kanimal]

The early post time, rushed nature of the article (no sales for a bunch of new albums) and somewhat sizable disagreement with Hits' data (particularly for Luke, Compton and Ghost) all make me nervous about revisions. Hopefully I need not be.

[kml567]

I thought something was odd with the 47k for Luke Bryan on HITS because the mid-week projection was 50-55k for Luke.

The 67k SPS for Luke makes sense if he sold 50-55k pure album sales. Hopefully it's Billboard that is correct, and Luke actually sold in the 50-55k range.

[Enigma.]

Too close to say anything behind the top 3

[areyoureadytojump]

hiphopdx.com/news/id.35297/title.hip-hop-album-sales-dr-dre-future-meek-mill

Hip Hop Album Sales: Dr. Dre, Future & Meek Mill
by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ
posted Monday August 31, 2015

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 8/27/2015

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 - 61,016 (54,522) [5,683,482]

#9 N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton - 28,851 (20,225) [4,740,857]

#12 Future - Dirty Sprite 2 - 26,103 (10,680) [16,630,942]

#14 Drake - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - 23,737 (11,092) [14,302,239]

#27 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 14,564 (6,364) [9,298,446]

#29 Meek Mill - Dreams Worth More Than Money - 14,129 (3,046) [10,511,745]

#39 Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise - 10,554 (2,189) [7,882,149]

#40 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly - 10,346 (5,765) [5,152,167]

#41 Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife - 10,312 (1,668) [8,100,568]

#45 Nicki Minaj - Pinkprint - 9,967 (1,800) [7,931,315]

[areyoureadytojump]

roughstock.com/news/2015/08/37388-country-albums-chart-report-for-august-31-2015

Country Albums Chart Report For August 31, 2015
Posted By Matt Bjorke on Monday August 31, 2015

Kip Moore's sophomore album Wild Ones" starts off with strong sales week to hold down #2 behind UMG Nashville label mate (and superstar) Luke Bryan.

Luke Bryan's Kill The Lights holds off Kip Moore to remain at #1 with Moore hitting #2 on this week's chart with his critically acclaimed album Wild Ones debuts with over 35k albums scanned for the #2 debut on The Country Albums Chart Report for August 31, 2015. Elvis Presley's Elvis Forever is at #3 with 44k scanned in two weeks while Sam Hunt's Montevallo is at #4 with 722k scanned to date (and one of only 4 albums to be on the Top 30 of the Billboard 200 all of 2015). Zac Brown Band's Jekyll+Hyde is at #5 with 12k scanned, bringing them their Gold certification eligibility.

Top Ten Recap

Sitting at #6 this week is Eric Church's The Outsiders with Anything Goes from Florida Georgia Line sitting at #7. Sitting at #8 is Alan Jackson's Angels & Alcohol. Little Big Town's Pain Killer is at 334k to date while Brantley Gilbert's Anything Goes sits at #10 with over 896k scanned to date.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JmOsSvOsIPsXpR_xj_yM2PBs4rgv0l8auPFXXnfQrwY/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1

CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 53,900 457,800
2 Kip Moore Wild Ones 35,300 35,300
3 Elvis Presley Elvis Forever 17,000 44,100
4 Sam Hunt Montevallo 14,300 722,300
5 Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 12,000 505,900
6 Eric Church The Outsiders 8,800 1,055,900
7 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 6,000 746,300
8 Alan Jackson Angels & Alcohol 5,700 99,700
9 Little Big Town Pain Killer 5,500 334,700
10 Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 4,800 896,300
11 Jason Isbell Something More Than Free 4,800 87,100
12 Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 4,200 1,028,900
13 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 3,900 2,504,800
14 Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material 3,600 115,600
15 Various Now Country 8 3,600 96,800

-- Michael Ray Michael Ray 3,200 18,300
-- A Thousand Horses Southernality 2,700 45,800
-- Chase Rice Ignite The Night 2,500 284,100
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 2,300 52,600
-- Chris Stapleton Traveller 2,100 76,900
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits #1 2,000 388,200
-- Miranda Lambert Platinum 1,600 740,800
-- Easton Corbin About To Get Real 1,500 42,000
-- Reba Love Somebody 1,300 166,600
-- Cam Welcome To Cam Country 1,300 14,400
-- Old Dominion Old Dominion EP 1,100 30,300
-- Tyler Farr Suffer In Peace 1,100 91,200
-- Garth Brooks Man Against Machine 1,000 657,200
-- Lady Antebellum 747 1,000 284,800
-- Brothers Osborne Brothers Osborne EP 400 13,300

[Enigma.]

No changes, good!

87 41 57 1000 Forms Of Fear Sia 1

This drop is pretty random after half a year spent in top 50/60

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

J. Cole's streaming has held up amazingly considering he hasn't had a hit single from the album. Really a testament to the album's quality.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Sept 1, 2015 7:05:28 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

J. Cole's streaming has held up amazingly considering he hasn't had a hit single from the album. Really a testament to the album's quality.

I wouldn't say the album had no hits. Sure, none of the singles went to the top 50 on the Hot 100, but both Apparently and Wet Dreamz went top 10 on Urban radio, which is why I consider them hits.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Sept 1, 2015 7:08:37 GMT -5 Daryl the Beryl said:

Sept 1, 2015 7:05:28 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

J. Cole's streaming has held up amazingly considering he hasn't had a hit single from the album. Really a testament to the album's quality.

I wouldn't say the album had no hits. Sure, none of the singles went to the top 50 on the Hot 100, but both Apparently and Wet Dreamz went top 10 on Urban radio, which is why I consider them hits.

That's true, I was referring to albums that didn't have crossover hits. Nicki obviously has a wider following outside the genre, Rae Sremmurd had 3 crossover singles. J has stayed in the urban format and still has had an amazing run with the album.

[Enigma.]

I always compare Cole to Kendrick and now seems that neither will get mainstream hits from albums so if Cole keeps outselling Kendrick that's fantastic going.

[areyoureadytojump]

J Cole should pass 1 million copies sold next week. He's still certified Gold.

New RIAA cert:

www.billboard.com/biz/charts/the-billboard-200

Imagine Dragons, Smoke + Mirrors, Gold

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to BrainDamageII

The Billboard 200

1 Hot Shot Debut 1 Immortalized - Disturbed - Reprise | Warner Bros.
2 1 1 3 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
3 3 2 3 Compton - Dr. Dre - Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
4 New 1 Wild Ones - Kip Moore - MCA Nashville | UMGN
5 2 6 62 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
6 New 1 The Great Unknown - Rob Thomas - Emblem/Atlantic | AG
7 7 5 44 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
8 New 1 Meliora - Ghost - Rise Above/Loma Vista/Seven Four/The Bicycle Music Company | Concord
9 4 30 86 Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A - Ruthless/Priority | UMe
10 5 3 3 NOW 55 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy
11 10 9 44 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN
12 9 7 6 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
13 New 1 Burning Bridges - Bon Jovi - Mercury | Island
14 14 10 29 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
15 12 8 4 Descendants - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
16 New 1 E*MO*TION - Carly Rae Jepsen - 604/SchoolBoy/Interscope | IGA
17 New 1 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Stax | Concord
18 15 11 15 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
19 16 12 33 Title - Meghan Trainor - Epic
20 18 14 32 American Beauty / American Psycho - Fall Out Boy - DCD2 | Island
21 23 16 18 JEKYLL + HYDE - Zac Brown Band - John Varvatos/Southern Ground/BMLG | Republic
22 11 – 2 Elvis Presley Forever - Elvis Presley - USPS/RCA | Sony Commercial Music Group
23 13 15 63 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol
24 19 17 20 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island
25 New 1 Up - Pop Evil - G&G | eOne

26 6 – 2 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG
27 25 20 38 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia
28 New 1 One Place Live - Tasha Cobbs - Motown Gospel | Capitol CMG
29 20 13 9 Dreams Worth More Than Money - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG
30 New 1 High Country - The Sword - Razor & Tie
31 29 24 81 The Outsiders - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN
32 New 1 Space (EP) - The Devil Wears Prada - Rise
33 New 1 As Family We Go - Rend Collective - Rend Family/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
34 30 18 13 Peace Is The Mission - Major Lazer - Mad Decent
35 28 26 52 V - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA
36 40 40 46 Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville | BMLG
37 45 43 29 Fifty Shades Of Grey - Soundtrack - Universal Studios | Republic
38 37 36 47 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia
39 36 33 27 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
40 33 29 24 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
41 42 41 34 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Eardruma/Interscope | IGA
42 27 23 13 Everything Is 4 - Jason Derulo - Beluga Heights | Warner Bros.
43 50 53 9 VHS - X Ambassadors - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
44 24 4 3 This Is Not A Test - tobyMac - ForeFront | Capitol CMG
45 35 31 37 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
46 31 35 16 Fight Song (EP) - Rachel Platten - Columbia
47 53 56 17 Wilder Mind - Mumford & Sons - Gentlemen Of The Road | Glassnote
48 44 48 39 TALKING IS HARD - WALK THE MOON - RCA
49 51 42 27 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U - Skrillex & Diplo - Mad Decent/OWSLA | AG
50 43 27 7 Black Rose - Tyrese - Voltron Recordz

51 34 19 5 Woman - Jill Scott - Blues Babe/Atlantic | AG
52 56 59 10 Dark Before Dawn - Breaking Benjamin - Hollywood
53 48 47 10 Unbreakable Smile - Tori Kelly - SchoolBoy | Capitol
54 46 45 30 Reflection - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic
55 52 34 45 Pain Killer - Little Big Town - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
56 65 70 18 Love Stuff - Elle King - RCA
57 New 1 The Meth Lab - Method Man - Hanz On | Tommy Boy
58 54 81 21 My House (EP) - Flo Rida - Poe Boy/Atlantic | AG
59 58 46 107 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
60 66 57 67 Just As I Am - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG
61 74 77 187 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
62 87 90 78 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
63 47 51 11 Some Type Of Love EP - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
64 72 72 54 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
65 8 – 2 Venom - Bullet For My Valentine - RCA
66 60 54 14 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP - A$AP Rocky - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA
67 22 – 2 Wondaland Presents: The Eephus (EP) - Various Artists - Wondaland | Epic
68 57 39 30 Magazines Or Novels - Andy Grammer - S-Curve
69 67 60 42 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG
70 55 62 126 Dr. Dre -- 2001 - Dr. Dre - Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
71 75 73 98 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
72 119 – 4 The Best Of N.W.A: The Strength Of Street Knowledge - N.W.A - Ruthless/Priority | UMe
73 38 75 92 The Chronic - Dr. Dre - Death Row | WIDEawake
74 New 1 Four Pink Walls (EP) - Alessia Cara - EP Entertainment | Def Jam
75 New 1 The Awakening - P.O.D. - T-Boy | UMe

76 New 1 Take It Like A Man - Butcher Babies - Century Media
77 59 50 7 Kidz Bop 29 - Kidz Bop Kids - Razor & Tie
78 61 58 24 Furious 7 - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Atlantic | AG
79 76 67 28 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
80 79 80 148 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
81 96 76 41 FOUR - One Direction - SYCO | Columbia
82 71 65 57 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
83 68 66 130 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
84 89 88 156 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
85 77 74 230 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
86 70 55 47 Old Boots, New Dirt - Jason Aldean - Broken Bow | BBMG
87 41 32 57 1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA
88 83 61 6 Currents - Tame Impala - Modular/Interscope | IGA
89 69 22 55 Trigga - Trey Songz - Songbook/Atlantic | AG
90 95 85 38 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN
91 82 78 53 My Everything - Ariana Grande - Republic
92 100 121 107 Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters - Roswell | RCA
93 New 1 Rock 'N' Roll - Buckcherry - F-Bomb
94 78 112 159 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG
95 86 93 100 Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros.
96 62 38 6 Angels And Alcohol - Alan Jackson - ACR/EMI Nashville | UMGN
97 146 142 144 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
98 102 95 49 The Big Revival - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN
99 80 71 143 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville | BMLG
100 73 129 109 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

101 108 101 16 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG
102 91 91 379 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
103 101 102 57 5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer - Hi Or Hey | Capitol
104 New 1 Routine Breathing - Slaves - Artery
105 New 1 Star Wars - Wilco - dBpm/Anti- | Epitaph
106 94 79 48 Queen Of The Clouds - Tove Lo - Island
107 88 63 13 How Big How Blue How Beautiful - Florence + The Machine - Republic
108 113 114 7 Welcome To Cam Country (EP) - Cam - Arista Nashville | SMN
109 131 119 256 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
110 81 28 6 Something More Than Free - Jason Isbell - Southeastern | Thirty Tigers
111 109 107 371 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
112 98 86 22 First Kiss - Kid Rock - Top Dog | Warner Bros.
113 107 98 48 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
114 117 111 78 Cole Swindell - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
115 124 120 59 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG | BPG
116 110 103 52 Ignite The Night - Chase Rice - Columbia Nashville | Dack Janiels
117 139 150 18 Stages - Josh Groban - Reprise | Warner Bros.
118 114 96 11 35 Biggest Hits - Tim McGraw - Curb
119 92 21 3 Michael Ray - Michael Ray - Atlantic | WMN
120 125 116 16 Pitch Perfect 2 - Soundtrack - Republic | UMe
121 103 87 39 Listen - David Guetta - What A Music/Parlophone/Atlantic | AG
122 121 110 241 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
123 105 99 33 Uptown Special. - Mark Ronson - RCA
124 90 44 5 Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture - Soundtrack - Shady/Interscope | IGA
125 120 122 123 Save Rock And Roll - Fall Out Boy - Decaydance | Island

126 128 125 6 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood
127 Re-Entry 4 Sol Invictus - Faith No More - Reclamation | Ipecac
128 111 83 9 Wildheart - Miguel - ByStorm/Black Ice | RCA
129 147 157 15 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River
130 138 149 15 True Colors - Zedd - Interscope | IGA
131 162 159 193 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy
132 142 135 236 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia
133 122 123 95 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
134 112 94 19 Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes - ATO
135 153 139 10 Pageant Material - Kacey Musgraves - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
136 175 137 44 The Essential Billy Joel - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy
137 84 64 40 Globalization - Pitbull - Mr. 305/Polo Grounds | RCA
138 135 133 124 Red - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
139 New 1 Kala - Trevor Hall - Vanguard | Concord
140 126 105 5 Not An Apology - Bea Miller - SYCO | Hollywood
141 149 134 10 Coming Home - Leon Bridges - LisaSawyer63 | Columbia
142 145 141 98 Master Of Puppets - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
143 123 108 31 Wanted On Voyage - George Ezra - Columbia
144 134 136 90 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
145 99 – 35 Death Certificate - Ice Cube - Priority | UMe
146 143 126 17 NOW 54 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
147 164 143 77 Midnight Memories - One Direction - SYCO | Columbia
148 148 158 8 Old Dominion (EP) - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN
149 144 144 133 Back To Black - Amy Winehouse - Republic | Republic
150 127 104 9 Home - Soundtrack - DreamWorks/Westbury Road | Roc Nation

151 154 140 23 Chaos And The Calm - James Bay - Republic
152 158 163 92 Frozen - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
153 132 127 128 Bad - Michael Jackson - MJJ/Epic | Legacy
154 17 – 2 Life's Not Out To Get You - Neck Deep - Hopeless
155 116 97 127 Native - OneRepublic - Mosley/Interscope | IGA
156 156 147 11 The Original High - Adam Lambert - Warner Bros.
157 167 115 14 Empires - Hillsong UNITED - Hillsong/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
158 133 109 204 Tailgates & Tanlines - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
159 32 – 92 Eazy-Duz-It - Eazy-E - Ruthless/Priority | UMe
160 152 145 96 ...And Justice For All - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
161 New 1 Right Here Right Now - Jordin Sparks - 19/Louder Than Life | RED Associated Labels
162 Re-Entry 211 Mothership - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino
163 140 153 115 American Idiot - Green Day - Reprise | Warner Bros.
164 104 84 4 Professional Rapper - Lil Dicky - David Burd | CMSN
165 160 160 103 AM - Arctic Monkeys - Domino
166 166 154 32 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia
167 168 167 82 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1 - Five Finger Death Punch - Prospect Park
168 171 171 328 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe
169 New 1 Carry The Ghost - Noah Gundersen - Dualtone
170 169 166 27 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt - Travis Tritt - Warner Bros. Nashville | Rhino
171 26 – 2 Midnight - Grace Potter - Ragged Company | Hollywood
172 159 – 22 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1 - Soundtrack - 20th Century Fox | Columbia
173 165 172 202 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
174 161 155 54 Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa - Rostrum/Atlantic | AG
175 Re-Entry 3 Room 93 (EP) - Halsey - Astralwerks

176 118 – 18 Greatest Hits - Ice Cube - Priority | UMe
177 178 152 127 Based On A True Story ... - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
178 137 82 5 VII: Sturm Und Drang - Lamb Of God - Epic
179 180 174 49 X - Chris Brown - RCA
180 21 – 2 Welcome To JFK - Chinx - Four Kings/Coke Boys/TRMG | eOne
181 192 189 87 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote
182 Re-Entry 3 Everyday Jesus - Anthony Brown & group therAPy - Key Of A/Vman/Tyscot | Taseis
183 Re-Entry 42 Welcome To The New - MercyMe - Fair Trade | PLG
184 157 148 65 Platinum - Miranda Lambert - RCA Nashville | SMN
185 Re-Entry 7 Southernality - A Thousand Horses - Republic Nashville | BMLG
186 182 170 43 Motion - Calvin Harris - Fly Eye | Columbia
187 179 161 42 Cole World: The Sideline Story - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia
188 176 175 96 PRISM - Katy Perry - Capitol
189 170 169 243 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord
190 Re-Entry 109 Greatest Hits... So Far!!! - P!nk - LaFace/Jive | RCA
191 186 184 242 Fearless - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
192 185 185 226 Teenage Dream - Katy Perry - Capitol
193 191 – 43 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino
194 193 197 914 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - Parlophone | Rhino
195 Re-Entry 130 Sublime - Sublime - Gasoline Alley/MCA | UMe
196 Re-Entry 53 Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
197 Re-Entry 13 The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel - Simon & Garfunkel - Columbia | Legacy
198 190 168 47 Talking Dreams - Echosmith - Warner Bros.
199 174 128 12 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
200 New 1 Love And The Death Of Damnation - The White Buffalo - Unison

[areyoureadytojump]

I'm not going to edit how these exact SoundScan numbers because this is a legitimate entertainment website that has been posting SS figures for over 7 years.

keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/27/15) - Billboard's Top Current Albums

1) Disturbed – Immortalized – 93,100
2) Dr. Dre – Compton – 54,522 (After 3 weeks – 373,725)
3) Luke Bryan – Kill The Lights – 53,947 (After 3 weeks – 457,771)

Other Debuts

4) Kip Moore – Wild Ones – 35,240
5) Rob Thomas – Great Unknown – 29,293
6) Ghost – Meliora – 28,577
8) Bon Jovi – Burning Bridges – 23,680
9) Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – 19,311
13) Carly Rae Jepsen – E mo tion – 16,153
16) Pop Evil – Up – 14,216
17) Sword – High Country – 13,536
18) Devil Wears Prada – Space EP – 13,453
19) Tasha Cobbs – One Place Live (Live) – 12,981
22) Rend Collective – As Family We Go – 11,627
32) Method Man – The Meth Lab – 7,544

[kanimal]

Sept 2, 2015 10:42:04 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

I'm not going to edit how these exact SoundScan numbers because this is a legitimate entertainment website that has posting SS figures for over 7 years.

keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/27/15) - Billboard's Top Current Albums

1) Disturbed – Immortalized – 93,100
2) Dr. Dre – Compton – 54,522 (After 3 weeks – 373,725)
3) Luke Bryan – Kill The Lights – 53,947 (After 3 weeks – 457,771)

Other Debuts

4) Kip Moore – Wild Ones – 35,240
5) Rob Thomas – Great Unknown – 29,293
6) Ghost – Meliora – 28,577
8) Bon Jovi – Burning Bridges – 23,680
9) Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – 19,311
13) Carly Rae Jepsen – E mo tion – 16,153
16) Pop Evil – Up – 14,216
17) Sword – High Country – 13,536
18) Devil Wears Prada – Space EP – 13,453
19) Tasha Cobbs – One Place Live (Live) – 12,981
22) Rend Collective – As Family We Go – 11,627
32) Method Man – The Meth Lab – 7,544

To note: every ranking from Nathaniel Rateliff on down is off by at least one (ex - Rateliff is #10, Carly Rae Jepsen is #14, etc).  This website doesn't seem to get data for old albums, and Straight Outta Compton is actually #9 on Top Album Sales.

[Verisimilitude]

The N.W.A. album isn't a current album, that's why.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Yes, that's why it says "Billboard's Top Current Albums."

When BB switched to the SPS chart, most websites were sent the Top Current Albums chart.

HipHopdx gets the SPS chart.

A SS chart has not leaked in a long time. I'd kill for a Catalog chart! Anyone have a source? (hehe)

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Top Current Albums

1 New 1 Immortalized - Disturbed
2 3 2 3 Compton - Dr. Dre
3 1 1 3 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan
4 New 1 Wild Ones - Kip Moore
5 New 1 The Great Unknown - Rob Thomas
6 New 1 Meliora - Ghost
7 4 3 3 NOW 55 - Various Artists
8 New 1 Burning Bridges - Bon Jovi
9 New 1 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
10 8 6 44 1989 - Taylor Swift
11 10 5 4 Descendants - Soundtrack
12 6 – 2 Elvis Presley Forever - Elvis Presley
13 New 1 E*MO*TION - Carly Rae Jepsen
14 2 7 62 x - Ed Sheeran
15 12 10 44 Montevallo - Sam Hunt
16 New 1 Up - Pop Evil
17 New 1 High Country - The Sword
18 New 1 Space (EP) - The Devil Wears Prada
19 New 1 One Place Live - Tasha Cobbs
20 18 16 18 JEKYLL + HYDE - Zac Brown Band
21 16 12 15 Blurryface - twenty one pilots
22 New 1 As Family We Go - Rend Collective
23 26 29 29 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake
24 14 8 6 DS2 - Future
25 20 21 33 Title - Meghan Trainor

26 27 25 81 The Outsiders - Eric Church
27 13 4 3 This Is Not A Test - tobyMac
28 5 – 2 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez
29 24 14 7 Black Rose - Tyrese
30 17 24 63 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
31 19 9 5 Woman - Jill Scott
32 New 1 The Meth Lab - Method Man
33 25 26 32 American Beauty / American Psycho - Fall Out Boy
34 32 34 10 Dark Before Dawn - Breaking Benjamin
35 7 – 2 Venom - Bullet For My Valentine
36 New 1 Take It Like A Man - Butcher Babies
37 29 27 57 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack
38 New 1 The Awakening - P.O.D.
39 38 46 17 Wilder Mind - Mumford & Sons
40 28 22 7 Kidz Bop 29 - Kidz Bop Kids
41 34 32 38 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
42 New 1 Rock 'N' Roll - Buckcherry
43 47 53 46 Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line
44 33 28 24 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
45 30 18 6 Angels And Alcohol - Alan Jackson
46 New 1 Star Wars - Wilco
47 New 1 Routine Breathing - Slaves
48 40 31 37 Pain Killer - Little Big Town
49 65 68 29 Fifty Shades Of Grey - Soundtrack
50 39 38 24 First Kiss - Kid Rock

51 53 62 18 Stages - Josh Groban
52 95 – 5 Sol Invictus - Faith No More
53 48 40 6 Currents - Tame Impala
54 60 57 60 Just As I Am - Brantley Gilbert
55 37 13 6 Something More Than Free - Jason Isbell
56 43 47 47 Hozier - Hozier
57 63 60 16 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle
58 52 50 17 NOW 54 - Various Artists
59 71 66 15 Love Stuff - Elle King
60 50 44 47 Old Boots, New Dirt - Jason Aldean
61 New 1 Kala - Trevor Hall
62 49 42 13 How Big How Blue How Beautiful - Florence + The Machine
63 42 58 52 V - Maroon 5
64 35 35 20 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes
65 70 56 107 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan
66 66 59 28 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons
67 62 63 10 Unbreakable Smile - Tori Kelly
68 56 52 19 Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes
69 15 – 2 Midnight - Grace Potter
70 77 73 10 Pageant Material - Kacey Musgraves
71 64 51 12 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8 - Various Artists
72 9 – 2 Life's Not Out To Get You - Neck Deep
73 New 1 Carry The Ghost - Noah Gundersen
74 New 1 Four Pink Walls (EP) - Alessia Cara
75 57 37 5 VII: Sturm Und Drang - Lamb Of God

76 59 48 11 Before This World - James Taylor
77 74 67 10 Coming Home - Leon Bridges
78 61 33 5 Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture - Soundtrack
79 New 1 Right Here Right Now - Jordin Sparks
80 New 1 Love And The Death Of Damnation - The White Buffalo
81 67 61 9 Home - Soundtrack
82 81 81 9 VHS - X Ambassadors
83 New 1 El Amor - Gloria Trevi
84 83 94 16 Pitch Perfect 2 - Soundtrack
85 68 15 3 Michael Ray - Michael Ray
86 New 1 Tales From The Land Of Milk And Honey - The Foreign Exchange
87 Re-Entry 4 Everyday Jesus - Anthony Brown & group therAPy
88 51 45 9 Dreams Worth More Than Money - Meek Mill
89 New 1 Wave - Mick Jenkins
90 80 79 30 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band
91 New 1 Songs In The Key Of Price - Sean Price
92 11 – 2 Welcome To JFK - Chinx
93 92 70 14 Empires - Hillsong UNITED
94 Re-Entry 31 The Big Revival - Kenny Chesney
95 Re-Entry 7 Southernality - A Thousand Horses
96 99 91 28 FOUR - One Direction
97 98 – 48 Welcome To The New - MercyMe
98 82 76 14 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP - A$AP Rocky
99 91 – 22 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1 - Soundtrack
100 90 82 51 Ignite The Night - Chase Rice

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www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-93-a-disturbing-amount-of-debuts

Metal By Numbers 9/3: A disturbing amount of debuts
Posted by Matt Brown on September 3, 2015

Notable Debuts:

Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise) #1, 93,100 sold

Disturbed score their fifth consecutive #1 album with their first release in five years.

Ghost, Meliora (Loma Vista) #6, 28,575 sold

Ghost have come a long way, scoring a top 10 album with their third release.

Pop Evil, Up (eOne) #16, 14,225 sold

The band’s fifth release is their highest charting yet.

The Sword, High Country (Razor & Tie) #17, 13,525 sold

The Sword skewer another solid debut in the top 20.

The Devil Wears Prada, Space EP (Rise) #18, 13,450 sold

This is the band’s second EP and completes a lineup of three metal releases in a row!

Butcher Babies, Take It Like A Man (Century Media) #36, 6,975 sold

The duo’s second album manages to outdo their debut.

P.O.D., The Awakening (UMe) #38, 6,700 sold

If Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin weren’t enough early 2000’s for you, P.O.D. have release their tenth studio album.

Buckcherry, Rock ‘n’ Roll (F-Bomb) #42, 6,225 sold

The band’s seventh album doesn’t manage to outdo 2013’s Confessions.

Slaves, Routine Breathing (Artery) #47, 5,500 sold

The second outing from this post-hardcore act has a debut on par with their first album.

Battlecross, Rise To Power (Metal Blade) #103, 2,325 sold

Battlecross’s third album does about as well as 2013’s War of Will.

Lynch Mob, Rebel (Frontiers) #114, 2,175 sold

George Lynch returns with his seventh album under the Lynch Mob moniker.

Pillars, One Love Revolution (Self-Released) #118, 2,125 sold

I’ll be straight up and tell you I’ve never heard of this Christian metal band before, but this is their seventh album and their first since 2009.

Act of Defiance, Birth and the Burial (Metal Blade) #124, 2,050 sold

This supergroup featuring ex-Megadeth members Chris Broderick and Shawn Drover gets a solid start with this debut.

Hate Eternal, Infernus (Season of Mist) #169, 1,550 sold

The band’s new album is their first on Season of Mist and their highest charting debut yet.

Myrkur, M (Relapse) #175, 1,475 sold

The one-woman black metal act’s debut album gets a solid start following her self-titled EP last year.

Spock’s Beard, The Oblivion Particle (InsideOut) #196, 1,300 sold

This is the twelfth release from the renowned prog rock act.

Rivers of Nihil, Monarchy (Metal Blade) 1,175 sold

The band’s second releases follows their well-received 2013 debut.

Kadavar, Berlin (Nuclear Blast) 1,075 sold

The band’s third album is named after their native city.

Dark Sermon, The Oracle (eOne) 660 sold

This is the second album from this blackened deathcore act.

Pentagram, Curious Volume (Peaceville) 570 sold

This is the eighth album from the Virginian doom band.

Extinction A.D., Faithkiller (Good Fight) 220 sold

This is the crossover thrash act’s debut album.

Rotting Christ, Lucifer Over Athens (Season of Mist) 210 sold

The band’s new live album precedes their new album, reportedly due next year.

Notable Sales:

Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #34, 7,450 sold

Tour magic brings an 11% boost.

Bullet For My Valentine, Venom (RCA) #35, 7,025 sold

A second week 73% drop doesn’t take this down too far.

Kid Rock, First Kiss (Warner Bros.) #50, 5,025 sold

A 9% drop.

Faith No More, Sol Invictus (Ipecac) #52, 4,825 sold

Another big boost of 99% brings this way up.

Lamb of God, VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic) #74, 3,500 sold

A 20% drop. Goddrang it.

Cattle Decapitation, The Anthropocene Extinction (Metal Blade) #115, 2,150 sold

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

Miss May I, Deathless (Rise) #131, 1,975 sold

A big 61% brings this back up from the bottom.

Fear Factory, Genexus (Nuclear Blast) #138, 1,925 sold

A 39% drop, I fear.

Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #145, 1,825 sold

Yet another boost of 29%.

Saint Asonia, Saint Asonia (RCA) #158, 1,700 sold

This has sold over 20,000 copies.

Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter (Roadrunner) #162, 1,650 sold

This is just under 350,000 sold.

Halestorm, Into the Wild Life (Atlantic) #168, 1,550 sold

A slight boost of 2%.

Red Sun Rising, Polyester Zeal (Razor & Tie) 410 sold

Red Sun dropping 14%.

Babymetal, Babymetal (VAP Japan) 380 sold

A baby-sized 2% boost.

Black Fast, Terms of Surrender (eOne) 320 sold

This picks up a 19% boost.

Lindemann, Skills In Pills (Warner Bros.) 320 sold

This also gets a boost of 9%.

Teenage Time Killers, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Rise) 290 sold

A 44% drop is not so killer.

From Ashes To New, Downfall (Bette Noise) 290 sold

Another boost, this time of 19%, thanks tour magic.

Counterparts, Tragedy Will Find Us (Pure Noise) 270 sold

A 23% drop as this hits the 7,000 mark.

Kataklysm, Of Gods & Ghosts (Nuclear Blast) 260 sold

A 17% drop.

Northlane, Node (Rise) 240 sold

This is just under 5,000 sold.

Nekrogoblikon, Heavy Meta (Mystery Box) 300 sold

A 21% drop.

Krisiun, Forged In Fury (Century Media) 290 sold

Forging a 31% drop

Armored Saint, Win Hands Down (Metal Blade) 200 sold

This dropped off last week, but an 8% boost brings it back up with just under 10,000 sold

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6685832/digital-song-sales-seven-year-low-streaming-rises

Digital Song Sales Hit Seven-Year Low as Streaming Continues to Rise
By Keith Caulfield | September 03, 2015

Album Sales Update: The digital song dip (and streaming high) comes four weeks after weekly album sales volume fell to a new low: 3.71 million in the week ending July 30. A week later, another woeful distinction was claimed: the top album of the week -- the soundtrack to Disney Channel’s Descendants -- sold just 42,000 copies. That’s the lowest sales figure for a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, or Top Album Sales, since Nielsen Music began powering the charts' rankings in 1991.

Year-to-date album sales stand at 149.1 million, down 3 percent compared to the same point a year ago.

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6685914/bon-jovi-15th-top-20-album

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Bon Jovi Earns 15th Top 20 Album
By Keith Caulfield | September 04, 2015

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).

Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the Sept. 12 chart:

— Bon Jovi, Burning Bridges - No. 13 — The veteran band’s latest album, Burning Bridges, bounds in at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart (25,000 units; 24,000 in pure album sales). It’s the group’s 15th top 20-charting effort, stretching back to its breakthrough 1986 release Slippery When Wet (which spent eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1986 and 1987).

Burning Bridges is the band’s first album without guitarist Richie Sambora (who departed the act in 2013) and last for Mercury Records. Though Sambora doesn’t play on the set, he does share a writing credit on the album’s “Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning.”

In total, Bon Jovi has earned 12 top 10 albums, with five reaching No. 1. On the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, they have collected 25 entries, including four No. 1s (“You Give Love a Bad Name,” “Livin’ On a Prayer,” “Bad Medicine” and “I’ll Be There For You”).

— Carly Rae Jepsen, E*Mo*Tion - No. 16 — The pop singer’s second album, E*Mo*Tion, starts at No. 16 with 21,000 units (of which 16,000 are pre album sales). Jepsen’s first album, Kiss, debuted and peaked at No. 6 in 2012, and featured the No. 1 Hot 100 hit “Call Me Maybe.”

— Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde - No. 21 — The set surpasses 500,000 in album sales in the latest tracking week, becoming the band’s fifth release to do so. It moved another 12,000 copies in the week ending Aug. 27, bringing its cumulative total to 506,000. The Band’s other half-million sellers are: The Foundation (3.4 million), You Get What You Give (1.9 million), Uncaged (1.2 million) and Pass the Jar: Live From the Fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta (526,000).

— Wilco, Star Wars - No. 105 — The band’s formerly free album arrives on the list following its commercial release on Aug. 21 (6,000 units earned for the week, of which nearly all were pure album sales). Star Wars was initially issued as a free download on July 16 via Wilco’s official website.

— Adele, 21 – No. 132 — The diva’s mega-selling former No. 1 album moves 142-132 in its 236th week on the chart, as her overall album sales jump past 14 million. In the week ending Aug. 27, her second album, 21, sold another 2,000 copies while her debut set, 19, shifted another 1,000. The combined sales bring Adele’s overall sales to just north of 14 million. The bulk of that figure is owed to 21’s massive sales: 11.17 million. It’s the 10th largest-selling album since Nielsen Music started tracking sales in 1991.

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Am catching up finally- just wanted to note that Bon Jovi's album placed at No. 8 on Top Album Sales- thus, it's the band's 13th top 10 album seller.