Billboard 200 10/3: Weeknd 99k, BMtH 62k, Brett & Slayer

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The Weeknd continues to rule the Billboard 200 albums chart, as he racks up a third straight week at No. 1 with Beauty Behind the Madness. The album moved another 99,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Sept. 17, according to Nielsen Music (down 32 percent).

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 Oct. 3-dated chart (where The Weeknd is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s Web sites on Tuesday, Sept. 22.

Beauty Behind the Madness is the first album to spend three weeks at No. 1 since Taylor Swift’s 1989 racked 11 nonconsecutive weeks in the penthouse between the charts dated Nov. 15, 2014 and Feb. 21, 2015. (1989 last strung three straight weeks together between Jan. 10 and Jan. 24. So, it has been nine months since an album claimed the top slot for three straight frames.)

Rock band Bring Me the Horizon earns its highest charting album ever – and first Top 10 set – as That’s the Spirit bows at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The set moved 62,000 units, of which 55,000 are pure album sales. The latter sum makes it No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart, and gives the band its best sales week ever. Their previous biggest sales frame came when their last album, 2013’s Sempiternal, bowed at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 with 27,000 copies sold in its first week. (That album was also their highest-charting set until this week.)

That’s the Spirit is the group’s first album for Columbia Records, after previously charting efforts with Visible Noise and Epitaph. The new album’s current single, “Throne,” rose 17-16 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart (dated Sept. 26) and is their fifth hit on the tally.

Country singer Brett Eldredge scores his best week ever on the Billboard 200, as his second album, Illinois, starts at No. 3 with 51,000 units (44,000 in pure album sales). His first set, Bring You Back, debuted and peaked at No. 11 in 2013 with 21,000 sold in its first week.

Rock veterans Slayer also claim their highest charting album yet with the No. 4 debut of Repentless (50,000 units, with 49,000 from pure album sales). It’s the group’s third Top 10 effort, and surpasses their previous high, racked with 2006’s Christ Illusion debuted and peaked at No. 5.

Swift’s 1989 climbs 7-5 with 41,000 units (down 6 percent), Luke Bryan’s Kill the Lights is steady at No. 6 with 37,000 units (down 17 percent) and Five Finger Death Punch’s Got Your Six slides 2-7 with 34,000 units (down 71 percent in its second week).

The fourth debut in the new Top 10 comes from Gary Clark Jr., who sees his The Story of Sonny Boy Slim start at No. 8 with 28,000 units (27,000 in pure album sales). It’s the second Top 10 effort for the guitarist/singer, who also visited the region with 2012’s No. 6-peaking Blak and Blu.

The new album also marks his fifth No. 1 (all consecutive) on the Blues Albums chart.

Ed Sheeran’s X is a non-mover at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, with 26,000 units (down 4 percent).

To close out the Top 10, Duran Duran earns its highest charting album in 22 years, as the new studio effort Paper Gods debuts at No. 10 with 25,000 units (24,000 in pure album sales). The band last went higher (and was last in the Top 10) with its second self-titled 1993 album, which debuted and peaked at No. 7 on the March 13, 1993-dated list. (That set was fueled by the smash single “Ordinary World,” which spent seven weeks atop the Pop Songs airplay chart.)

Paper Gods is Duran Duran’s sixth Top 10 album, following Rio (No. 6 in 1983), the band's first self-titled album (No. 10; 1983), Seven and the Ragged Tiger (No. 8; 1984), Arena (No. 4; 1985) and a second self-titled set (also referred to as The Wedding Album) in 1993.

01 - 01 - 99,000 - The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
02 - NE - 62,000 - Bring Me the Horizon - That's the Spirit (55,000 sales)
03 - NE - 51,000 - Brett Eldredge - Illinois (44,000 sales)
04 - NE - 50,000 - Slayer - Repentless (49,000 sales)
05 - 07 - 41,000 - Taylor Swift - 1989
06 - 06 - 37,000 - Luke Bryan - Kill the Lights
07 - 02 - 34,000 - Five Finger Death Punch - Got Your Six
08 - NE - 28,000 - Gary Clark Jr. - The Story of Sonny Boy Slim (27,000 sales)
09 - 09 - 26,000 - Ed Sheeran - X
10 - NE - 25,000 - Duran Duran - Paper Gods (24,000 sales)

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[Enigma.]

Yaaaaasssss @ Duran Duran, amazing

[HolidayGuy]

Two consecutive weeks with dual No. 1s on Top Album Sales and the Billboard 200. Next week, we won't have such a situation.

[areyoureadytojump]

keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/17/15) - 10/3 Billboard's Top Current Albums

1) Bring Me The Horizon – That’s The Spirit – 55,181
2) Slayer – Relentless – 48,655
3) The Weekend – Beauty Behind The Madness – 48,151 (After 3 weeks – 451,152)

Other Debuts

4) Brett Eldredge – Illinois – 43,670
7) Gary Clark Jr. – Story of Sonny Boy Slim – 26,542
8) Duran Duran – Paper Goods – 23,886
11) Jay Rock – 90059 – 15,442
14) T. I. – Da’ Nic EP – 12,783
19 ) Jewel – Picking Up The Pieces – 11,090
22) Hollywood Vampires – Hollywood Vampires – 8,841
23) Ben Folds – So There – 8,532
25) Leona Lewis – I Am – 7,889
34) Prince – HitNRun Phase One – 6,437

[Enigma.]

The consumption of BBTM is almost double the "real" sales. Same with Ed Sheeran I guess

[Gary]

Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 3 #1 3 wks Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 That's The Spirit, Bring Me The Horizon 2
3 0 New 1 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 3
4 0 New 1 Repentless, Slayer 4
5 7 4 47 1989, Taylor Swift 1
6 6 3 6 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
7 2 – 2 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 2
8 0 New 1 The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim, Gary Clark Jr. 8
9 9 6 65 x, Ed Sheeran 1
10 0 New 1 Paper Gods, Duran Duran 10
11 10 11 9 DS2, Future 1
12 8 2 3 Badlands, Halsey 2
13 3 – 2 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 3
14 4 – 2 The Book Of Souls, Iron Maiden 4
15 13 12 47 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
16 0 New 1 90059, Jay Rock 16
17 18 14 32 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
18 17 18 23 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
19 14 13 18 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
20 16 19 36 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
21 19 15 6 NOW 55, Various Artists 3
22 0 New 1 Da' Nic (EP), TIP 22
23 15 5 6 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
24 25 22 66 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
25 0 New 1 I Cry When I Laugh, Jess Glynne 25
26 24 23 41 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
27 23 20 35 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
28 0 New 1 Picking Up The Pieces, Jewel 28
29 22 10 4 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
30 28 26 12 Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
31 31 32 16 Peace Is The Mission, Major Lazer 12
32 33 38 50 Hozier, Hozier 2
33 21 16 89 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 4
34 26 21 7 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
35 29 24 40 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
36 37 42 21 Love Stuff, Elle King 36
37 36 27 21 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
38 0 New 1 I Am, Leona Lewis 38
39 34 29 30 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
40 44 36 49 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
41 40 40 37 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
42 32 25 84 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
43 0 New 1 Hollywood Vampires, Hollywood Vampires 43
44 0 New 1 So There, Ben Folds With yMusic/Nashville Symphony (Guerrero) 44
45 5 – 2 WILD (EP), Troye Sivan 5
46 0 New 1 No No No, Beirut 46
47 41 33 55 V, Maroon 5 1
48 35 30 30 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 26
49 51 60 12 VHS, X Ambassadors 7
50 0 New 1 My Life II, SoMo 50
51 46 34 27 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
52 20 – 2 Only Way Is Up, K Camp 20
53 42 28 5 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
54 48 53 14 Some Type Of Love EP, Charlie Puth 37
55 11 – 2 Deeply Rooted, Scarface 11
56 45 41 4 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 17
57 61 69 101 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
58 54 31 4 Four Pink Walls (EP), Alessia Cara 31
59 56 59 17 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
60 47 43 19 Fight Song (EP), Rachel Platten 20
61 49 48 57 Vessel, twenty one pilots 48
62 30 17 13 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
63 67 73 27 Furious 7, Soundtrack 1
64 0 New 1 Marty For President (EP), Marty 64
65 0 New 1 Return To Forever, Scorpions 65
66 70 83 133 Take Care, Drake 1
67 63 91 24 My House (EP), Flo Rida 14
68 38 47 20 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
69 53 45 16 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 4
70 0 New 1 HITnRUN: Phase One, Prince 70
71 73 82 151 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
72 43 7 3 Start Here, Maddie & Tae 7
73 0 New 1 Between II Worlds, NERO 73
74 74 100 146 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
75 57 37 81 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
76 55 50 42 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 14
77 60 70 45 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
78 59 52 33 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 5
79 58 57 6 This Is Not A Test, tobyMac 4
80 69 80 233 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
81 77 85 58 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
82 71 92 162 +, Ed Sheeran 5
83 79 88 56 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
84 52 49 13 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
85 62 51 48 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
86 78 76 190 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
87 95 74 19 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 30
88 66 66 110 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
89 65 78 103 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
90 90 75 31 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
91 98 108 112 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
92 83 71 159 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
93 68 68 50 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
94 50 8 3 Depression Cherry, Beach House 8
95 81 46 10 Black Rose, Tyrese 1
96 72 67 70 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
97 82 89 41 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
98 76 77 147 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
99 0 New 1 Greater Together, New Hope Oahu 99
100 93 98 33 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 19
101 100 106 259 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
102 0 Re-Entry 24 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
103 86 44 32 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
104 101 102 10 Welcome To Cam Country (EP), Cam 101
105 94 94 60 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
106 87 128 9 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection, Queen 48
107 110 95 60 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
108 92 97 44 FOUR, One Direction 1
109 89 110 374 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
110 84 87 5 Wondaland Presents: The Eephus (EP), Various Artists 22
111 122 119 62 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
112 64 65 19 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
113 99 123 244 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
114 132 107 110 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
115 91 112 382 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
116 111 126 239 21, Adele 1
117 116 116 55 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
118 166 141 12 GG Wildheart, Miguel 2
119 97 99 10 Kidz Bop 29, Kidz Bop Kids 4
120 0 Re-Entry 60 The Definitive Collection, Stevie Wonder 35
121 115 113 81 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
122 155 90 4 One Place Live, Tasha Cobbs 28
123 0 Re-Entry 90 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 1
124 121 131 98 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
125 105 114 51 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
126 75 39 4 Wild Ones, Kip Moore 4
127 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Halloween, Various Artists 127
128 119 121 51 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
129 126 135 127 Red, Taylor Swift 1
130 118 146 93 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
131 27 – 2 Yours, Dreamily,, The ARCS 27
132 127 184 25 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 1
133 113 129 14 35 Biggest Hits, Tim McGraw 47
134 117 84 8 Woman, Jill Scott 1
135 96 81 129 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
136 177 179 52 PS X, Chris Brown 2
137 0 Re-Entry 8 Greatest Hits, Earth, Wind & Fire 40
138 120 93 52 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
139 85 149 22 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
140 108 111 60 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
141 136 165 130 Native, OneRepublic 4
142 131 54 21 Stages, Josh Groban 2
143 128 145 85 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
144 149 137 18 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
145 112 132 3 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2016 Edition, Various Artists 112
146 0 Re-Entry 98 The Best Of Sade, Sade 9
147 104 64 4 E*MO*TION, Carly Rae Jepsen 16
148 142 133 126 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
149 130 125 36 Uptown Special., Mark Ronson 5
150 140 86 16 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
151 138 142 18 True Colors, Zedd 4
152 103 105 9 Currents, Tame Impala 4
153 152 160 196 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
154 141 139 131 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
155 137 138 101 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
156 159 151 95 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
157 172 159 94 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
158 0 New 1 Ones And Sixes, Low 158
159 164 155 11 Old Dominion (EP), Old Dominion 148
160 162 169 13 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 6
161 0 Re-Entry 107 Confessions, Usher 1
162 185 195 47 Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
163 0 Re-Entry 19 The Essential Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 35
164 176 161 80 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
165 182 143 13 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
166 0 Re-Entry 45 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
167 12 – 2 No Closer To Heaven, The Wonder Years 12
168 178 – 96 Hot Fuss, The Killers 7
169 135 124 9 Angels And Alcohol, Alan Jackson 5
170 163 172 57 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
171 179 174 106 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
172 153 153 30 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
173 143 120 26 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
174 175 176 205 Recovery, Eminem 1
175 109 175 118 American Idiot, Green Day 1
176 173 166 35 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
177 169 147 42 Listen, David Guetta 4
178 88 72 95 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 3
179 168 157 14 The Original High, Adam Lambert 3
180 156 164 99 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 6
181 154 163 130 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
182 180 186 137 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
183 0 Re-Entry 64 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
184 184 188 90 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
185 170 183 245 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1
186 123 – 72 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
187 183 198 246 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
188 186 181 45 Cole World: The Sideline Story, J. Cole 1
189 145 – 916 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
190 134 63 3 Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, Jimi Hendrix Experience 63
191 158 152 12 Home, Soundtrack 40
192 188 177 63 Graduation, Kanye West 1
193 174 158 34 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
194 148 115 7 The Best Of N.W.A: The Strength Of Street Knowledge, N.W.A 72
195 0 Re-Entry 110 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk 5
196 171 170 8 Not An Apology, Bea Miller 7
197 191 192 99 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
198 0 Re-Entry 9 The Hits, Billy Joel 34
199 0 Re-Entry 97 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
200 199 – 90 Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Elton John 12

[Gary]

Sales

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk That's The Spirit, Bring Me The Horizon 1
2 0 New 1 Repentless, Slayer 2
3 2 1 3 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
4 0 New 1 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 4
5 1 – 2 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 1
6 6 3 6 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
7 0 New 1 The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim, Gary Clark Jr. 7
8 0 New 1 Paper Gods, Duran Duran 8
9 7 8 47 1989, Taylor Swift 1
10 3 – 2 The Book Of Souls, Iron Maiden 3
11 0 New 1 90059, Jay Rock 11
12 11 10 6 NOW 55, Various Artists 3
13 10 2 3 Badlands, Halsey 2
14 0 New 1 Da' Nic (EP), TIP 14
15 12 4 6 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
16 4 – 2 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 4
17 17 14 65 x, Ed Sheeran 1
18 0 New 1 Picking Up The Pieces, Jewel 18
19 13 9 4 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
20 19 12 47 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
21 14 11 18 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
22 0 New 1 Hollywood Vampires, Hollywood Vampires 22
23 0 New 1 So There, Ben Folds With yMusic/Nashville Symphony (Guerrero) 23
24 21 16 9 DS2, Future 1
25 0 New 1 I Am, Leona Lewis 25
26 0 New 1 I Cry When I Laugh, Jess Glynne 26
27 18 15 7 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
28 0 New 1 No No No, Beirut 28
29 8 – 2 Deeply Rooted, Scarface 8
30 0 New 1 Marty For President (EP), Marty 30
31 32 20 21 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
32 23 28 36 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
33 0 New 1 Return To Forever, Scorpions 33
34 0 New 1 HITnRUN: Phase One, Prince 34
35 15 13 7 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 6
36 25 30 66 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
37 0 New 1 My Life II, SoMo 37
38 26 26 4 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 10
39 0 New 1 Between II Worlds, NERO 39
40 5 – 2 WILD (EP), Troye Sivan 5
41 0 New 1 Greater Together, New Hope Oahu 41
42 35 18 32 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
43 33 21 83 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
44 37 25 10 Black Rose, Tyrese 1
45 30 5 3 Depression Cherry, Beach House 5
46 38 38 60 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
47 34 34 6 This Is Not A Test, tobyMac 4
48 0 Re-Entry 23 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
49 51 50 49 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
50 43 62 50 Hozier, Hozier 2
51 31 32 13 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
52 28 40 41 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
53 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Halloween, Various Artists 53
54 29 7 3 Start Here, Maddie & Tae 7
55 64 52 15 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 16
56 24 31 35 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
57 27 48 20 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
58 41 51 10 Kidz Bop 29, Kidz Bop Kids 2
59 68 46 4 One Place Live, Tasha Cobbs 20
60 39 58 3 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2016 Edition, Various Artists 39
61 52 63 17 Love Stuff, Elle King 29
62 48 24 21 Stages, Josh Groban 2
63 57 47 27 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
64 16 – 2 Yours, Dreamily,, The ARCS 16
65 56 45 8 Woman, Jill Scott 1
66 36 49 16 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
67 50 65 71 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
68 20 – 2 Only Way Is Up, K Camp 20
69 55 53 34 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
70 0 New 1 Ones And Sixes, Low 70
71 61 71 29 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 53
72 0 Re-Entry 89 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 1
73 59 59 9 Angels And Alcohol, Alan Jackson 4
74 42 78 23 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
75 66 70 50 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
76 9 – 2 No Closer To Heaven, The Wonder Years 9
77 65 64 56 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
78 0 New 1 20 #1's: '90s R&B, Various Artists 78
79 53 35 5 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 5
80 67 83 16 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 63
81 45 91 22 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
82 0 Re-Entry 30 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
83 49 23 4 Wild Ones, Kip Moore 4
84 73 80 23 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 73
85 0 Re-Entry 97 The Best Of Sade, Sade 9
86 40 19 13 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
87 0 Re-Entry 115 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
88 84 60 32 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
89 47 27 4 Burning Bridges, Bon Jovi 8
90 87 – 12 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 5
91 79 76 20 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
92 62 56 4 Meliora, Ghost 6
93 76 72 48 Vessel, twenty one pilots 58
94 0 Re-Entry 12 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
95 70 – 8 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 8
96 96 90 3 War Room: Music From And Inspired By The Original Motion Picture, Soundtrack 90
97 85 87 15 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 7
98 92 – 198 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
99 80 77 55 V, Maroon 5 1
100 91 61 16 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1

[Gary]

Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 3 1 3 #1 2 wks Depression Cherry, Beach House 1
2 0 New 1 Repentless, Slayer 2
3 0 New 1 No No No, Beirut 3
4 0 New 1 That's The Spirit, Bring Me The Horizon 4
5 0 New 1 Ones And Sixes, Low 5
6 2 – 2 The Book Of Souls, Iron Maiden 2
7 7 2 3 Badlands, Halsey 2
8 0 New 1 The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim, Gary Clark Jr. 8
9 13 – 2 Live At 9:30, Animal Collective 9
10 8 8 40 1989, Taylor Swift 1
11 0 New 1 Brace The Wave, Lou Barlow 11
12 0 Re-Entry 6 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
13 0 New 1 So There, Ben Folds With yMusic/Nashville Symphony (Guerrero) 13
14 0 New 1 Gone By The Dawn, Shannon And The Clams 14
15 15 6 9 Currents, Tame Impala 1
16 5 – 2 Yours, Dreamily,, The ARCS 5
17 1 – 2 No Closer To Heaven, The Wonder Years 1
18 14 13 62 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
19 11 11 34 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
20 19 12 13 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 1
21 16 – 24 x, Ed Sheeran 2
22 0 New 1 Paper Gods, Duran Duran 22
23 0 Re-Entry 56 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
24 0 New 1 Me, Empress Of 24
25 20 17 156 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 14 #1 5 wks Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 1
2 2 2 541 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
3 3 4 490 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 3
4 0 Re-Entry 15 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 4
5 4 7 525 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 3
6 6 6 34 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 5
7 0 Re-Entry 195 The Best Of Sade, Sade 2
8 23 35 43 GG Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
9 8 5 27 Vessel, twenty one pilots 4
10 14 10 171 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
11 9 18 1173 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
12 0 Re-Entry 17 Greatest Hits, Earth, Wind & Fire 3
13 15 9 101 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
14 12 15 38 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 10
15 20 21 93 21, Adele 1
16 5 3 39 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 2
17 17 11 1181 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
18 16 13 26 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 4
19 21 25 48 Red, Taylor Swift 2
20 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 20
21 7 20 34 American Idiot, Green Day 7
22 42 31 59 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
23 11 26 224 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
24 22 29 83 +, Ed Sheeran 1
25 38 14 84 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 2
26 27 24 17 Frozen, Soundtrack 11
27 0 Re-Entry 192 Greatest Hits, Al Green 12
28 19 19 1024 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
29 46 12 46 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
30 0 Re-Entry 176 The Definitive Collection, Stevie Wonder 1
31 26 32 129 Fearless, Taylor Swift 3
32 25 30 82 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
33 24 28 44 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 12
34 28 22 69 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
35 32 34 874 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
36 31 43 150 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
37 29 37 165 Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi 3
38 44 46 107 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
39 0 Re-Entry 53 Confessions, Usher 5
40 30 39 102 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
41 35 38 159 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
42 40 16 51 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
43 34 41 53 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert 4
44 0 Re-Entry 105 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 9
45 39 42 164 The Sickness, Disturbed 1
46 0 Re-Entry 718 Metallica, Metallica 1
47 0 Re-Entry 28 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 18
48 47 23 6 The Best Of N.W.A: The Strength Of Street Knowledge, N.W.A 6
49 0 Re-Entry 125 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 7
50 36 17 35 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 7

[Gary]

Digital

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk That's The Spirit, Bring Me The Horizon 1
2 3 1 3 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
3 0 New 1 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 3
4 0 New 1 The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim, Gary Clark Jr. 4
5 0 New 1 90059, Jay Rock 5
6 0 New 1 Repentless, Slayer 6
7 0 New 1 Da' Nic (EP), TIP 7
8 7 4 47 1989, Taylor Swift 1
9 1 – 2 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 1
10 0 New 1 Paper Gods, Duran Duran 10
11 6 2 3 Badlands, Halsey 2
12 0 New 1 I Cry When I Laugh, Jess Glynne 12
13 2 – 2 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 2
14 0 New 1 Marty For President (EP), Marty 14
15 0 New 1 My Life II, SoMo 15
16 12 8 6 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 2
17 0 New 1 Between II Worlds, NERO 17
18 4 – 2 WILD (EP), Troye Sivan 4
19 0 New 1 I Am, Leona Lewis 19
20 9 9 18 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
21 15 21 9 DS2, Future 1
22 0 New 1 Picking Up The Pieces, Jewel 22
23 0 New 1 So There, Ben Folds With yMusic/Nashville Symphony (Guerrero) 23
24 21 17 64 x, Ed Sheeran 1
25 0 New 1 No No No, Beirut 25

[Gary]

Current

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk That's The Spirit, Bring Me The Horizon 1
2 0 New 1 Repentless, Slayer 2
3 2 1 3 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
4 0 New 1 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 4
5 1 – 2 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 1
6 6 3 6 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
7 0 New 1 The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim, Gary Clark Jr. 7
8 0 New 1 Paper Gods, Duran Duran 8
9 7 8 47 1989, Taylor Swift 1
10 3 – 2 The Book Of Souls, Iron Maiden 3
11 0 New 1 90059, Jay Rock 11
12 11 10 6 NOW 55, Various Artists 3
13 10 2 3 Badlands, Halsey 2
14 0 New 1 Da' Nic (EP), TIP 14
15 12 4 6 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
16 4 – 2 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 4
17 16 13 65 x, Ed Sheeran 1
18 0 New 1 Picking Up The Pieces, Jewel 18
19 13 9 4 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
20 18 12 47 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
21 14 11 18 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
22 0 New 1 Hollywood Vampires, Hollywood Vampires 22
23 0 New 1 So There, Ben Folds With yMusic/Nashville Symphony (Guerrero) 23
24 20 15 9 DS2, Future 1
25 0 New 1 I Am, Leona Lewis 25
26 0 New 1 I Cry When I Laugh, Jess Glynne 26
27 17 14 7 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
28 0 New 1 No No No, Beirut 28
29 8 – 2 Deeply Rooted, Scarface 8
30 0 New 1 Marty For President (EP), Marty 30
31 31 19 21 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
32 22 27 36 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
33 0 New 1 Return To Forever, Scorpions 33
34 0 New 1 HITnRUN: Phase One, Prince 34
35 24 29 66 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
36 0 New 1 My Life II, SoMo 36
37 25 25 4 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 9
38 0 New 1 Between II Worlds, NERO 38
39 5 – 2 WILD (EP), Troye Sivan 5
40 0 New 1 Greater Together, New Hope Oahu 40
41 34 17 32 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
42 32 20 84 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
43 36 24 10 Black Rose, Tyrese 1
44 29 5 3 Depression Cherry, Beach House 5
45 37 37 60 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
46 33 33 6 This Is Not A Test, tobyMac 4
47 89 53 27 GG First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
48 49 49 49 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
49 42 61 50 Hozier, Hozier 2
50 30 31 13 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
51 27 39 41 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
52 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Halloween, Various Artists 52
53 28 7 3 Start Here, Maddie & Tae 7
54 61 51 19 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 16
55 23 30 35 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
56 26 47 20 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
57 40 50 10 Kidz Bop 29, Kidz Bop Kids 2
58 64 45 4 One Place Live, Tasha Cobbs 19
59 38 57 3 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2016 Edition, Various Artists 38
60 50 62 18 Love Stuff, Elle King 28
61 47 23 21 Stages, Josh Groban 2
62 55 46 27 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
63 15 – 2 Yours, Dreamily,, The ARCS 15
64 54 44 8 Woman, Jill Scott 1
65 35 48 19 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
66 19 – 2 Only Way Is Up, K Camp 19
67 53 52 40 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
68 0 New 1 Ones And Sixes, Low 68
69 57 58 9 Angels And Alcohol, Alan Jackson 4
70 41 73 23 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
71 63 67 50 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
72 9 – 2 No Closer To Heaven, The Wonder Years 9
73 62 63 63 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
74 0 New 1 20 #1's: '90s R&B, Various Artists 74
75 51 34 5 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 5
76 44 84 22 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
77 88 74 31 PS Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
78 48 22 4 Wild Ones, Kip Moore 4
79 39 18 13 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
80 73 59 32 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
81 46 26 4 Burning Bridges, Bon Jovi 8
82 76 92 13 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 5
83 70 71 20 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
84 59 55 4 Meliora, Ghost 6
85 87 82 13 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
86 65 – 10 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 8
87 80 83 3 War Room: Music From And Inspired By The Original Motion Picture, Soundtrack 80
88 74 80 15 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 6
89 71 72 55 V, Maroon 5 1
90 78 60 16 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
91 98 – 64 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
92 90 – 24 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
93 66 65 9 Currents, Tame Impala 5
94 93 – 11 VHS, X Ambassadors 8
95 86 38 4 Four Pink Walls (EP), Alessia Cara 38
96 0 Re-Entry 9 Wildheart, Miguel 2
97 77 87 12 Home, Soundtrack 31
98 67 28 4 The Great Unknown, Rob Thomas 5
99 0 New 1 Anthems For Doomed Youth, The Libertines 99
100 0 New 1 Brace The Wave, Lou Barlow 100

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The Country Albums Chart Report: September 22, 2015
Posted By Matt Bjorke

After holding down #1 for over a month since being released, Luke Bryan's Kill The Lights will have to settle for #2 as Brett Eldredge's Illinois sits at #1 this week, debuting with nearly 44k scanned (good enough for a Top 5 all genre debut). Sitting at #3 is Sam Hunt's Montevallo while Zac Brown Band's Jekyll+Hyde has now moved 527k and Eric Church's The Outsiders is at #5 with 1.o76 million scanned.

Top Ten Recap

Florida Georgia Line's Anything Goes at #6 while Madde & Tae's Start Here is at #7. Little Big Town's Pain Killer is at #8 with 348k scanned while Alan Jackson's up one to #9 with Angels & Alcohol. Jason Aldean's Old Boots, New Dirt sits at #10 with nearly 1.1 million copies sold.

Notables

Notables include news about the latest from Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Brantley Gilbert, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Chase Rice, , Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson with Kacey Musgraves, Cam, Reba, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood and more!

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CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Brett Eldredge Illinois 43,700 43,700
2 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 27,300 556,900
3 Sam Hunt Montevallo 9,000 755,200
4 Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 6,600 527,300
5 Eric Church The Outsiders 5,400 1,075,900
6 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 4,700 760,900
7 Maddie & Tae Start Here 4,500 35,400
8 Little Big Town Pain Killer 3,700 348,000
9 Alan Jackson Angels & Alcohol 3,400 112,000
10 Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 3,300 1,085,000
11 Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 3,300 907,700
12 Kip Moore Wild Ones 3,100 50,900
13 Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material 2,800 124,600
14 Chris Stapleton Traveller 2,700 85,900
15 Various Artists Now Country 8 2,700 106,300

-- Jason Isbell Something More Than Free 2,200 94,900
-- Chase Rice Ignite The Night 2,100 290,700
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 1,900 58,500
-- W.Nelson/M.Haggard Django & Jimmie 1,800 104,000
-- Cole Swindell Cole Swindell 1,800 420,400
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits #1 1,800 393,800
-- Darius Rucker Southern Style 1,700 161,800
-- Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds... 1,400 151,300
-- Miranda Lambert Platinum 1,400 745,300
-- A Thousand Horses Southernality 1,400 50,200
-- Kenny Chesney Big Revival 1,300 419,000
-- Michael Ray Michael Ray 1,300 23,400
-- Cam Welcome To Cam Country 1,100 18,200
-- Reba Love Somebody 1,000 169,800
-- Easton Corbin About To Get Real 1,000 45,400

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hiphopdx.com/news/id.35567/title.hip-hop-album-sales-jay-rock-the-weeknd-tip

Hip Hop Album Sales: Jay Rock, The Weeknd & TIP
by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ on September 21st 2015

The Weeknd remains at the top of the Billboard Top 200 chart for the third week in a row. Future and Travi$ Scott are just short of the top 10 on the list. Jay Rock's 90059 makes its chart debut and TIP charts with his five-song EP.

The Weeknd Still Reigns

The Canadian singer's sophomore LP, Beauty Behind the Madness, saw 98,810 units of total activity, a 32 percent drop from last week, but enough to keep it on the top of the chart. Two songs from the album appear in the top 10 of the single sales. The project had more than 39 million streams this week.

Jay Rock Debuts at # 16

The Watts, California rapper's 90059 debuts at #16 on the chart with 18,713 total units of activity. His 2011 LP Follow Me Home peaked at the # 83 spot on the chart. Now all four members of Black Hippy have a project to reach the top 20 with ScHoolboy Q reaching #1 with Oxymoron, Ab-Soul peaking at #11 with These Days... and Kendrick Lamar reaching #1 this year with To Pimp a Butterfly.

TIP Charts With Independent EP

The rapper formerly known as T.I. reached the #22 spot on the chart with Da' Nic EP. TIP is entering a new chapter in his music career as he changed his name and has announced his departure from Columbia Records.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 9/17/2015

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.

#1 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness - 98,810 (48,151) [39,314,644]

#11 Future - Dirty Sprite 2 - 23,829 (8,354) [16,999,525]

#13 Travi$ Scott - Rodeo - 21,720 (11,118) [11,621,498]

#16 Jay Rock - 90059 - 18,713 (15,442) [2,719,934]

#17 Drake - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - 18,681 (5,425) [15,021,788]

#22 TIP - Da' Nic - 14,258 (12,783) [328,793]

#23 Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre - 13,976 (11,465) [2,636,568]

#26 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 12,949 (4,602) [9,594,173]

#30 Meek Mill - Dreams Worth More Than Money - 11,045 (1,779) [9,212,213]

#33 N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton - 10,501 (6,369) [3,080,353]

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www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-923-slayer-falls-under-the-horizon

Metal By Numbers 9/23: Slayer falls under the horizon
Posted by Matt Brown on September 23, 2015

Notable Debuts:

Bring Me The Horizon, That’s The Spirit (Columbia) #1, 55,175 sold

The band’s fifth album is their highest charting yet, more than doubling the 27,000 Sempiternal sold.



Slayer, Repentless (Nuclear Blast) #2, 48,650 sold

Slayer return with the highest charting album of their career.



Hollywood Vampires, Hollywood Vampires (UMe) #22, 8,850 sold

This rock supergroup was formed by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, and Joe Perry.



Scorpions, Return To Forever (RCA) #33, 6,600 sold

The band’s first album in five years does well, though not quite as well as its predecessor. But that’s to be expected since Sting in the Tail was originally going to be their last album.



Foo Fighters, Songs From The Laundry Room (RCA) #191, 1,200 sold

This is an EP originally released on Record Store Day.







Notable Sales:

Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park) #5, 32,150 sold

Not surprisingly, this is still in the top five even after a 72% drop.



Iron Maiden, The Book of Souls (BMG) #10, 18,850 sold

Maiden stay in the top 10 after a 74% drop.



Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise) #19, 9,700 sold

A 38% drop, but it’s still in the top 20 after 4 weeks.



Kid Rock, First Kiss (Warner Bros.) #47, 5,000 sold

Boosted (again) into the top 50.



Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #50, 4,625 sold

Still in the top 50 after 12 weeks.



Ghost, Meliora (Loma Vista) #84, 2,875 sold

A 29% drop, but over 40,000 sold.



Lamb of God, VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic) #103, 2,250 sold

Over 80,000 sold, which, if it keep selling at this pace, might be one of the best-selling albums of 2015.

Motörhead, Bad Magic (UDR) #106, 2,250 sold
A bad 45% drop, but at least Lemmy’s healthyish again.



Bullet For My Valentine, Venom (RCA) #113, 2,125 sold

A 33% drop.



Pop Evil, Up (eOne) #138, 1,625 sold

Over 20,000 sold.



Halestorm, Into the Wild Life (Atlantic) #144, 1,575 sold

Another boost of 10%.



Hollywood Undead, Day of the Dead (Interscope) #145, 1,575 sold

The band’s current tour boosts this way back up and onto the charts.



Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, The Night Creeper (Rise Above) #148, 1,500 sold

A not too terrible 57% drop in week 2.



Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #167, 1,325 sold

With over 490,000 sold, the gold isn’t so far away.



Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter (Roadrunner) #175, 1,275 sold

We should expect some boosts when Knotfest happens in about a month.



In This Moment, Black Widow (Atlantic) #185, 1,250 sold

A tiny drop of 6%.



Nile, What Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast) 740 sold

Unearthing a 41% drop.

Riverside, Love, Fear, and the Time Machine (InsideOut) 510 sold

A 65% drop in week 2.

From Ashes To New, Downfall (Bette Noise) 500 sold

After some boost, this takes a drop 16%.



Amorphis, Under The Red Cloud (Nuclear Blast) 480 sold

A clouded 70% drop.



Battlecross, Rise To Power (Metal Blade) 410 sold

The band’s tour with GWAR next month may yield some boosts.



Spock’s Beard, The Oblivion Particle (InsideOut) 340 sold

A drop by 13% is a close shave.



Meytal, Alchemy (Light Drop) 340 sold

A big boost of 69% after a second week drop.



Hate Eternal, Infernus (Season of Mist) 340 sold

Hate on a 9% drop.



Act of Defiance, Birth and the Burial (Metal Blade) 290 sold

Can’t defy a 15% drop.



Red Sun Rising, Polyester Zeal (Razor & Tie) 270 sold

A 22% drop in the red.



Myrkur, M (Relapse) 240 sold

M, as in “Minus 33% in sales.”



Once Human, The Life I Remember (earMUSIC) 220 sold

A second week drop of 49%.



Black Tongue, The Unconquerable Dark (Century Media) 210 sold

Can’t conquer a 56% drop.



Teenage Time Killers, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Rise) 200 sold

This gets boosted back up after dropping off last week.



Pig Destroyer, Prowler In The Yard (2015 Reissue) (Relapse) 200 sold

Prowling for a 46% drop.



Rivers of Nihil, Monarchy (Metal Blade) 190 sold

A 37% drop doesn’t flow well.



Wilson, Right To Rise (Razor & Tie) 190 sold

This pops up at the very bottom after a long absence.

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3,510,000 albums were sold last week in the USA.

1,530,000 were digital albums.

1,980,000 were physical albums (cds, cassettes and vinyl).

Album sales are down -4.0% in 2015.

[HolidayGuy]

^Is that a new low for albums since 1991? I've lost track.

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Sept 29, 2015 8:43:53 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

^Is that a new low for albums since 1991? I've lost track.

I think it is. Billboard has stopped commenting on album lows.

Album sales were down 15% this week compared to last year.