Billboard 200 10/31/15: Selena Gomez #1 117,000

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6731005/selena-gomez-scores-her-second-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-revival

Selena Gomez Scores Her Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | October 18, 2015

Selena Gomez achieves her second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Revival opens in the top slot. The set was released on Oct. 9 through Interscope Records and starts with 117,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 15, according to Nielsen Music.

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. 31-dated chart (where Gomez is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s Web sites on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Of Revival’s first-week units, 85,000 were in pure album sales, which also makes it the top selling album of the week (and her second-largest sales week yet). It debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. Her last studio album, 2013’s Stars Dance, was her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It started with 97,000 in album sales (her best sales week ever).

Revival is also Gomez’s first album for Interscope, after charting four studio efforts and a greatest hits set for Hollywood Records (between 2009 and 2014).

Revival was led by the single “Good for You,” featuring A$AP Rocky, which became her first No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart (known as Mainstream Top 40 on billboard.biz). It also climbed to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 -- her highest charting single so far on that tally.

The album’s latest single, “Same Old Love,” is climbing both lists: it was bulleted at No. 21 on the Oct. 24-dated Pop Songs chart, and rose 48-38 on the Hot 100.

Behind Gomez on the Billboard 200 is rapper The Game with the debut of The Documentary 2 at No. 2 (95,000 units; 83,000 in album sales). It’s the seventh top 10 effort for The Game, following Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf (No. 7 in 2014), Jesus Piece (No. 6; 2012), The R.E.D. Album (No. 1; 2011), LAX (No. 2; 2008), Doctor’s Advocate (No. 1; 2006) and The Documentary (No. 1; 2005).

The new Documentary 2 set is the first of a two-part release for The Game, as he issued The Documentary 2.5 on Oct. 16.

The rest of the new top 10 is fairly quiet, save for a third new entry in the region: country singer Jana Kramer’s Thirty One at No. 10 (22,000 units; 18,000 from album sales). The effort is Kramer’s second studio album and marks her first top 10, surpassing the No. 19 debut and peak of her self-titled 2012 debut.

As for the rest of the top 10: The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness slips 2-3 (77,000 units; up 5 percent), Fetty Wap’s self-titled album holds at No. 4 (53,000; down 17 percent) and Drake & Future’s What a Time to Be Alive dips 3-5 (49,000; down 25 percent).

Taylor Swift’s 1989 is steady at No. 6 (37,000; down 1 percent), Luke Bryan’s Kill the Lights climbs 9-7 (31,000; up 5 percent) and Janet Jackson’s Unbreakable drops 1-8 in its second week (30,000; down 74 percent). Thomas Rhett’s Tangled Up falls 7-9 with 27,000 (down 16 percent).

[HolidayGuy]

HITS' numbers for Unbreakable were off even more this week than last. It probably stands at around 135,000-136,000 in album sales for its first two weeks.

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Albums on the Billboard 200 that have not been certified with the RIAA:

Sales estimates are from the 10/24 chart:

The Weeknd 559k
Luke Bryan 625k
Dr. Dre 450k
Kendrick Lamar 705k
Mumford & Sons 483k
Josh Groban 497k
Fall Out Boy (SR'nR) 799k
Childish Gambino 482k

Only albums over 450k and that have been on the chart for 4+ weeks are listed

[Enigma.]

OOOH go Janet! 2 weeks in top ten! I predict it getting at least 15-20 weeks in top 100.

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hiphopdx.com/news/id.35927/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-game-future-drake

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 10/15/2015

Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard's new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album's streaming count is available in brackets.

#2 The Game - The Documentary 2 - 95,450 (83,171) [11,530,769]

#3 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness - 76,517 (27,426) [31,844,598]

#4 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - 53,333 (16,380) [30,482,648]

#5 Drake & Future - What a Time to Be Alive - 48,839 (15,615) [39,299,425]

#8 Janet Jackson - Unbreakable - 30,433 (27,911) [1,948,417]

#15 Future - Dirty Sprite 2 - 19,775 (5,771) [15,521,453]

#20 Drake - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - 17,455 (4,502) [15,314,025]

#24 Bryson Tiller - Trapsoul - 15,767 (7,136) [10,548,493]

#28 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 13,213 (4,074) [10,375,452]

#31 Travi$ Scott - Rodeo - 12,317 (3,644) [8,806,693]

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roughstock.com/news/2015/10/39051-country-album-chart-report-

Country Album Chart Report: Ocober 19, 2015
Posted By Matt Bjorke

roughstock.com/news/2015/10/39045-top-10-country-albums-chart-october-19-2015

CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 22,900 647,900
2 Toby Keith 35 mph Town 18,700 18,700
3 Jana Kramer Thirty-One 17,800 17,800
4 Don Henley Cass County 17,400 133,300
5 George Strait Cold Beer Conversation 16,400 129,100
6 Thomas Rhett Tangled Up 15,800 102,100
7 Sam Hunt Montevallo 9,200 790,400
8 Kane Brown Closer 8,100 18,100
9 Alabama Southern Drawl 4,700 38,700
10 Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 4,300 548,500
11 Jason Boland/Stragglers Squelch 4,200 4,200
12 Brett Eldredge Illinois 3,600 68,500
13 Eric Church The Outsiders 3,600 1,092,900
14 Madde & Tae Start Here 2,800 47,800
15 Little Big Town Pain Killer 2,800 360,200

-- Alan Jackson Angels & Alcohol 2,100 122,500
-- Josh Thompson Change: Lost Record V.1 1,900 1,900
-- Chase Rice Ignite The Night 1,800 298,300
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 1,600 64,800
-- Kacey Musgraves Pagent Material 1,600 132,300
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 1,500 400,300
-- Miranda Lambert Platinum 1,500 750,800
-- Jason Isbell Something More Than Free 1,500 101,600
-- Blake Shelton Bringing Back The Sunshine 1,300 429,300
-- Chris Stapleton Traveller 1,300 92,500
-- Cam Welcome To Cam Country 1,300 22,900
-- Corb Lund Things That Can't Be Undone 1,100 1,100
-- Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds/Country 1,100 156,300
-- Home Free Country Evolution 1,100 13,800
-- Garth Brooks Man Against Machine 1,000 662,500

[Enigma.]

Stories is bombing horribly...

[Gary]

Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Revival, Selena Gomez 1
2 0 New 1 The Documentary 2, The Game 2
3 2 5 7 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
4 4 1 3 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 1
5 3 2 4 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
6 6 7 51 1989, Taylor Swift 1
7 9 13 10 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
8 1 – 2 Unbreakable, Janet 1
9 7 6 3 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 6
10 0 New 1 Thirty-One, Jana Kramer 10
11 12 14 69 x, Ed Sheeran 1
12 15 24 27 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
13 16 19 7 Badlands, Halsey 2
14 0 New 1 35 mph Town, Toby Keith 14
15 14 17 13 DS2, Future 1
16 22 28 40 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
17 18 23 51 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
18 10 3 3 Cass County, Don Henley 3
19 8 4 3 Cold Beer Conversation, George Strait 4
20 20 21 36 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
21 0 New 1 Black Lines, Mayday Parade 21
22 23 26 22 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
23 41 43 10 GG NOW 55, Various Artists 3
24 21 11 3 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 11
25 0 New 1 What Dreams Are Made Of, R. City 25
26 24 31 70 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
27 31 36 25 Love Stuff, Elle King 27
28 29 32 45 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
29 0 New 1 If I Should Go Before You, City And Colour 29
30 5 – 2 Calling All Lovers, Tamar Braxton 5
31 34 33 6 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 3
32 36 39 54 Hozier, Hozier 2
33 32 30 6 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 2
34 28 18 4 GO:OD AM, Mac Miller 4
35 42 42 20 Peace Is The Mission, Major Lazer 12
36 47 60 8 Four Pink Walls (EP), Alessia Cara 31
37 50 51 59 V, Maroon 5 1
38 39 41 39 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
39 26 15 4 Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey 2
40 161 – 2 PS Closer (EP), Kane Brown 40
41 49 47 41 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
42 48 49 16 VHS, X Ambassadors 7
43 52 54 44 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
44 35 27 4 Threat To Survival, Shinedown 6
45 54 57 105 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
46 51 48 16 Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
47 53 56 34 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
48 62 69 8 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 17
49 55 62 137 Take Care, Drake 1
50 38 9 3 Caracal, Disclosure 9
51 65 58 9 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
52 64 67 61 Vessel, twenty one pilots 48
53 89 99 10 This Is Not A Test, tobyMac 4
54 95 – 9 Drones, Muse 1
55 37 8 3 Every Open Eye, CHVRCHES 8
56 60 55 3 WOW Hits 2016, Various Artists 55
57 44 70 25 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
58 0 New 1 ASD, A Skylit Drive 58
59 79 65 31 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
60 69 63 53 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
61 11 – 2 Psychic Warfare, Clutch 11
62 61 52 5 That's The Spirit, Bring Me The Horizon 2
63 0 New 1 Florasongs (EP), The Decemberists 63
64 75 83 107 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
65 66 50 10 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
66 46 12 3 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording 12
67 72 71 21 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
68 57 44 5 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 3
69 71 73 11 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
70 73 72 88 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
71 91 90 46 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 14
72 86 89 155 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
73 17 – 2 Stories, Avicii 17
74 96 109 23 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 30
75 78 74 8 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
76 82 75 34 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 26
77 101 88 166 +, Ed Sheeran 5
78 94 87 163 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
79 81 66 85 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
80 68 37 23 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
81 84 85 237 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
82 114 84 64 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
83 40 22 4 1989, Ryan Adams 7
84 100 125 66 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
85 93 120 55 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
86 85 64 8 Professional Rapper, Lil Dicky 7
87 107 144 67 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
88 102 118 14 Welcome To Cam Country (EP), Cam 88
89 97 79 31 Furious 7, Soundtrack 1
90 106 107 114 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
91 121 158 249 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
92 136 – 242 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
93 0 New 1 Golgotha, W.A.S.P. 93
94 127 123 263 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
95 98 81 194 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
96 120 112 45 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
97 0 New 1 Burning Edge Of Dawn, Andrew Peterson 97
98 103 98 62 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
99 87 59 4 Southern Drawl, Alabama 14
100 90 77 18 Some Type Of Love EP, Charlie Puth 37
101 157 97 20 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
102 112 114 248 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
103 128 104 35 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
104 0 Re-Entry 12 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection, Queen 48
105 122 128 49 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
106 119 110 150 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
107 124 117 60 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
108 80 80 378 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
109 105 61 24 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
110 151 139 5 I Cry When I Laugh, Jess Glynne 25
111 111 113 114 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
112 27 – 2 Condition Human, Queensryche 27
113 135 103 30 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
114 104 124 243 21, Adele 1
115 116 145 131 Red, Taylor Swift 1
116 109 126 7 Start Here, Maddie & Tae 7
117 74 45 4 Crosseyed Heart, Keith Richards 11
118 58 35 4 Rattle That Lock, David Gilmour 5
119 130 141 59 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
120 117 102 17 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
121 115 101 23 Fight Song (EP), Rachel Platten 20
122 126 116 52 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
123 129 121 6 Only Way Is Up, K Camp 20
124 137 119 37 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 5
125 139 130 54 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
126 134 132 386 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
127 148 142 102 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
128 142 157 105 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
129 108 115 29 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 1
130 19 – 2 Silence In The Snow, Trivium 19
131 132 133 74 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
132 159 137 28 My House (EP), Flo Rida 14
133 144 140 55 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
134 197 – 133 Native, OneRepublic 4
135 140 131 97 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
136 0 New 1 Squelch, Jason Boland And The Stragglers 136
137 99 92 6 The Book Of Souls, Iron Maiden 4
138 141 134 48 FOUR, One Direction 1
139 146 122 20 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 4
140 145 143 116 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
141 25 – 2 See What You Started By Continuing, Collective Soul 25
142 168 161 14 Kidz Bop 29, Kidz Bop Kids 4
143 125 91 93 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 4
144 167 171 25 Stages, Josh Groban 2
145 0 Re-Entry 64 4, Beyonce 1
146 155 178 103 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 6
147 150 154 333 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
148 13 – 2 Kill The Flaw, Sevendust 13
149 179 176 17 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 6
150 0 Re-Entry 5 Deeply Rooted, Scarface 11
151 188 – 5 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2016 Edition, Various Artists 112
152 165 82 4 Life Music: Stage Two, Jonathan McReynolds 44
153 152 136 64 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
154 166 166 39 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
155 113 146 36 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
156 83 10 3 Dodge And Burn, The Dead Weather 10
157 163 160 130 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
158 169 164 18 35 Biggest Hits, Tim McGraw 47
159 173 182 34 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
160 170 156 239 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
161 171 189 94 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
162 143 111 17 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
163 176 195 49 Cole World: The Sideline Story, J. Cole 1
164 182 191 22 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
165 195 187 110 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
166 0 Re-Entry 100 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
167 0 Re-Entry 43 Globalization, Pitbull 18
168 178 – 18 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 87
169 0 Re-Entry 3 NOW That's What I Call Halloween, Various Artists 127
170 110 20 3 Brave New World, Amanda Cook 20
171 186 180 99 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
172 184 159 85 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
173 0 Re-Entry 248 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1
174 194 169 40 Uptown Special., Mark Ronson 5
175 183 177 56 X, Chris Brown 2
176 123 138 14 Black Rose, Tyrese 1
177 200 184 89 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
178 190 181 51 Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
179 177 168 37 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 19
180 174 199 135 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
181 199 183 61 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
182 0 Re-Entry 32 Hits Alive, Brad Paisley 9
183 0 Re-Entry 4 The Great Unknown, Rob Thomas 6
184 193 190 209 Recovery, Eminem 1
185 0 Re-Entry 21 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 32
186 185 163 56 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
187 198 186 98 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
188 0 Re-Entry 62 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
189 160 100 6 WILD (EP), Troye Sivan 5
190 0 Re-Entry 207 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
191 175 150 9 Wondaland Presents: The Eephus (EP), Various Artists 22
192 0 Re-Entry 68 The 1975, The 1975 28
193 156 40 3 b'lieve i'm goin down..., Kurt Vile 40
194 0 Re-Entry 99 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
195 0 Re-Entry 2 Daya (EP), Daya 161
196 149 108 4 Higher Truth, Chris Cornell 19
197 0 Re-Entry 14 Old Dominion (EP), Old Dominion 148
198 0 Re-Entry 303 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
199 187 167 38 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
200 164 25 3 Automatic, Kaskade 25

[Gary]

Sales


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Revival, Selena Gomez 1
2 0 New 1 The Documentary 2, The Game 2
3 1 – 2 Unbreakable, Janet 1
4 3 6 7 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
5 10 14 10 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
6 11 13 51 1989, Taylor Swift 1
7 0 New 1 35 mph Town, Toby Keith 7
8 0 New 1 Thirty-One, Jana Kramer 8
9 5 1 3 Cass County, Don Henley 1
10 20 25 10 NOW 55, Various Artists 3
11 0 New 1 Black Lines, Mayday Parade 11
12 4 2 3 Cold Beer Conversation, George Strait 2
13 8 3 3 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 3
14 9 4 3 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 4
15 6 5 4 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
16 0 New 1 If I Should Go Before You, City And Colour 16
17 26 31 7 Badlands, Halsey 2
18 2 – 2 Calling All Lovers, Tamar Braxton 2
19 28 35 51 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
20 19 21 6 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 1
21 25 26 69 x, Ed Sheeran 1
22 90 – 2 Closer (EP), Kane Brown 22
23 30 36 22 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
24 44 45 40 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
25 32 32 3 WOW Hits 2016, Various Artists 25
26 27 11 3 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 11
27 46 46 70 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
28 22 19 4 Threat To Survival, Shinedown 5
29 0 New 1 ASD, A Skylit Drive 29
30 7 – 2 Psychic Warfare, Clutch 7
31 58 – 8 Drones, Muse 1
32 21 16 4 Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey 2
33 0 New 1 Florasongs (EP), The Decemberists 33
34 69 72 21 Love Stuff, Elle King 29
35 0 New 1 What Dreams Are Made Of, R. City 35
36 45 40 13 DS2, Future 1
37 54 52 8 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 10
38 29 7 3 Every Open Eye, CHVRCHES 7
39 38 23 4 GO:OD AM, Mac Miller 3
40 41 9 3 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording 9
41 0 New 1 Golgotha, W.A.S.P. 41
42 0 New 1 Burning Edge Of Dawn, Andrew Peterson 42
43 50 39 10 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
44 65 68 75 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
45 57 53 11 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
46 15 – 2 Condition Human, Queensryche 15
47 73 79 19 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 16
48 67 61 54 Hozier, Hozier 2
49 51 37 4 Southern Drawl, Alabama 12
50 56 49 8 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
51 71 88 58 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
52 42 29 4 Crosseyed Heart, Keith Richards 8
53 33 24 4 Rattle That Lock, David Gilmour 4
54 83 94 27 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
55 62 54 36 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
56 37 60 25 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
57 0 New 1 Squelch, Jason Boland And The Stragglers 57
58 52 50 6 The Book Of Souls, Iron Maiden 3
59 75 80 33 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 53
60 61 42 5 That's The Spirit, Bring Me The Horizon 1
61 14 – 2 See What You Started By Continuing, Collective Soul 14
62 55 34 20 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
63 74 67 45 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
64 86 – 5 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2016 Edition, Various Artists 39
65 80 81 25 Stages, Josh Groban 2
66 70 58 64 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
67 13 – 2 Silence In The Snow, Trivium 13
68 77 44 4 Life Music: Stage Two, Jonathan McReynolds 27
69 35 20 4 1989, Ryan Adams 6
70 12 – 2 Kill The Flaw, Sevendust 12
71 88 85 14 Kidz Bop 29, Kidz Bop Kids 2
72 81 91 20 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 63
73 96 99 5 NOW That's What I Call Halloween, Various Artists 53
74 82 62 6 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 4
75 49 8 3 Dodge And Burn, The Dead Weather 8
76 63 41 5 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 4
77 0 Re-Entry 56 V, Maroon 5 1
78 79 69 87 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
79 99 78 6 Deeply Rooted, Scarface 8
80 60 15 3 Brave New World, Amanda Cook 15
81 0 Re-Entry 19 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
82 84 73 17 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
83 93 86 39 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
84 0 Re-Entry 2 Star Wars, Wilco 47
85 94 – 18 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 52
86 0 New 1 Use Your Voice, H20 86
87 0 Re-Entry 2 The Silver Lining: The Music Of Jerome Kern, Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap 48
88 0 Re-Entry 49 Vessel, twenty one pilots 58
89 64 43 5 Repentless, Slayer 2
90 0 Re-Entry 13 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 5
91 16 – 2 Hot Streak, The Winery Dogs 16
92 97 – 26 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 73
93 87 – 3 Strangers Again, Judy Collins 42
94 72 74 14 Black Rose, Tyrese 1
95 59 10 3 Caracal, Disclosure 10
96 0 Re-Entry 26 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
97 0 Re-Entry 8 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 5
98 0 Re-Entry 30 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
99 0 Re-Entry 4 The Great Unknown, Rob Thomas 5
100 0 New 1 Still Got That Hunger, The Zombies 100

[Gary]

Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Star Wars, Wilco 1
2 0 New 1 I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love., My Chemical Romance 2
3 0 New 1 If I Should Go Before You, City And Colour 3
4 4 3 3 b'lieve i'm goin down..., Kurt Vile 3
5 0 New 1 The Agent Intellect, Protomartyr 5
6 0 New 1 Signals, Rush 6
7 3 2 3 Every Open Eye, CHVRCHES 2
8 10 10 44 1989, Taylor Swift 1
9 0 New 1 Use Your Voice, H20 9
10 14 14 7 Depression Cherry, Beach House 1
11 6 5 4 Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey 1
12 11 12 7 Badlands, Halsey 2
13 21 18 17 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 1
14 9 – 2 Psychic Warfare, Clutch 9
15 13 19 66 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
16 15 17 160 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
17 7 – 2 The Epic, Kamasi Washington 7
18 0 New 1 Pneuma, Moving Mountains 18
19 18 16 60 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
20 8 1 3 Dodge And Burn, The Dead Weather 1
21 25 – 36 Hozier, Hozier 2
22 19 22 38 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
23 0 Re-Entry 96 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
24 0 New 1 Odessey & Oracle, The Zombies 24
25 0 New 1 Allas Sak, Dungen 25

[Gary]

catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 3 2 545 #1 4 wks Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
2 4 3 494 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 2
3 5 4 529 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 3
4 7 9 30 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 4
5 9 8 31 Vessel, twenty one pilots 4
6 8 7 38 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 5
7 28 – 325 GG Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
8 13 31 894 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
9 31 18 87 +, Ed Sheeran 1
10 12 20 52 Red, Taylor Swift 2
11 10 13 97 21, Adele 1
12 11 10 175 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
13 16 12 88 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 2
14 15 1 1177 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
15 23 25 38 American Idiot, Green Day 7
16 6 6 1028 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
17 19 23 105 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
18 24 16 1185 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
19 25 29 111 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
20 14 5 18 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 1
21 21 17 154 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
22 20 22 42 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 10
23 18 19 86 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
24 29 30 133 Fearless, Taylor Swift 3
25 27 24 878 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
26 26 28 21 Frozen, Soundtrack 11
27 40 – 12 Mirrorball: Live & More, Def Leppard 14
28 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love., My Chemical Romance 28
29 17 11 228 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
30 37 32 5 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 20
31 0 Re-Entry 61 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
32 22 15 409 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
33 1 – 2 Tug Of War, Paul McCartney 1
34 43 – 297 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
35 36 36 722 Metallica, Metallica 1
36 39 27 50 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
37 0 Re-Entry 20 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing, Kids Choir 12
38 35 35 347 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
39 49 – 166 The Sickness, Disturbed 1
40 50 43 50 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 2
41 0 Re-Entry 113 Yourself Or Someone Like You, matchbox 20 1
42 0 Re-Entry 200 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
43 32 34 169 Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi 3
44 0 Re-Entry 3 Fifty Big Ones: Greatest Hits, The Beach Boys 15
45 0 Re-Entry 26 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 1
46 0 Re-Entry 56 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert 4
47 0 Re-Entry 162 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
48 0 Re-Entry 4 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, Panic! At The Disco 18
49 0 Re-Entry 13 AM, Arctic Monkeys 14
50 0 Re-Entry 46 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5

[Gary]

Digital

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Revival, Selena Gomez 1
2 0 New 1 The Documentary 2, The Game 2
3 4 10 7 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
4 2 1 4 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
5 7 14 51 1989, Taylor Swift 1
6 0 New 1 Thirty-One, Jana Kramer 6
7 0 New 1 Black Lines, Mayday Parade 7
8 0 Re-Entry 4 NOW 55, Various Artists 4
9 6 2 3 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 2
10 0 New 1 Closer (EP), Kane Brown 10
11 0 New 1 If I Should Go Before You, City And Colour 11
12 12 3 3 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 3
13 18 21 7 GG Badlands, Halsey 2
14 13 7 3 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 7
15 0 New 1 35 mph Town, Toby Keith 15
16 1 – 2 Unbreakable, Janet 1
17 21 24 22 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
18 17 5 3 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording 5
19 0 New 1 What Dreams Are Made Of, R. City 19
20 10 4 3 Cold Beer Conversation, George Strait 4
21 0 Re-Entry 3 Love Stuff, Elle King 17
22 24 – 48 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
23 16 13 4 1989, Ryan Adams 4
24 0 New 1 Florasongs (EP), The Decemberists 24
25 0 Re-Entry 21 Title, Meghan Trainor 1

[Gary]

Current

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Revival, Selena Gomez 1
2 0 New 1 The Documentary 2, The Game 2
3 1 – 2 Unbreakable, Janet 1
4 3 6 7 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
5 10 14 10 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
6 11 13 51 1989, Taylor Swift 1
7 0 New 1 35 mph Town, Toby Keith 7
8 0 New 1 Thirty-One, Jana Kramer 8
9 5 1 3 Cass County, Don Henley 1
10 20 25 10 GG NOW 55, Various Artists 3
11 0 New 1 Black Lines, Mayday Parade 11
12 4 2 3 Cold Beer Conversation, George Strait 2
13 8 3 3 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 3
14 9 4 3 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 4
15 6 5 4 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
16 0 New 1 If I Should Go Before You, City And Colour 16
17 26 31 7 Badlands, Halsey 2
18 2 – 2 Calling All Lovers, Tamar Braxton 2
19 28 35 51 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
20 19 21 6 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 1
21 25 26 69 x, Ed Sheeran 1
22 85 – 3 PS Closer (EP), Kane Brown 22
23 30 36 22 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
24 42 45 40 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
25 31 32 3 WOW Hits 2016, Various Artists 25
26 27 11 3 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 11
27 44 46 70 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
28 22 19 4 Threat To Survival, Shinedown 5
29 0 New 1 ASD, A Skylit Drive 29
30 7 – 2 Psychic Warfare, Clutch 7
31 56 – 10 Drones, Muse 1
32 21 16 4 Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey 2
33 0 New 1 Florasongs (EP), The Decemberists 33
34 66 70 22 Love Stuff, Elle King 28
35 0 New 1 What Dreams Are Made Of, R. City 35
36 43 40 13 DS2, Future 1
37 52 51 8 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 9
38 29 7 3 Every Open Eye, CHVRCHES 7
39 37 23 4 GO:OD AM, Mac Miller 3
40 39 9 3 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording 9
41 0 New 1 Golgotha, W.A.S.P. 41
42 0 New 1 Burning Edge Of Dawn, Andrew Peterson 42
43 48 39 10 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
44 55 52 11 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
45 15 – 2 Condition Human, Queensryche 15
46 70 77 23 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 16
47 64 60 54 Hozier, Hozier 2
48 49 37 4 Southern Drawl, Alabama 12
49 54 48 8 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
50 68 85 67 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
51 40 29 4 Crosseyed Heart, Keith Richards 8
52 32 24 4 Rattle That Lock, David Gilmour 4
53 78 90 27 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
54 60 53 36 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
55 36 59 25 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
56 0 New 1 Squelch, Jason Boland And The Stragglers 56
57 50 49 6 The Book Of Souls, Iron Maiden 3
58 59 42 5 That's The Spirit, Bring Me The Horizon 1
59 14 – 2 See What You Started By Continuing, Collective Soul 14
60 53 34 23 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
61 71 66 45 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
62 81 – 5 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2016 Edition, Various Artists 38
63 76 78 25 Stages, Josh Groban 2
64 67 57 64 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
65 13 – 2 Silence In The Snow, Trivium 13
66 73 44 4 Life Music: Stage Two, Jonathan McReynolds 27
67 34 20 4 1989, Ryan Adams 6
68 12 – 2 Kill The Flaw, Sevendust 12
69 83 82 14 Kidz Bop 29, Kidz Bop Kids 2
70 89 93 5 NOW That's What I Call Halloween, Various Artists 52
71 77 61 6 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 4
72 47 8 3 Dodge And Burn, The Dead Weather 8
73 61 41 5 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 4
74 0 Re-Entry 56 V, Maroon 5 1
75 75 67 88 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
76 91 76 6 Deeply Rooted, Scarface 8
77 58 15 3 Brave New World, Amanda Cook 15
78 0 Re-Entry 19 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
79 79 71 17 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
80 87 83 39 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
81 0 Re-Entry 3 Star Wars, Wilco 46
82 0 New 1 Use Your Voice, H20 82
83 98 47 3 The Silver Lining: The Music Of Jerome Kern, Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap 47
84 62 43 5 Repentless, Slayer 2
85 0 Re-Entry 15 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 5
86 16 – 2 Hot Streak, The Winery Dogs 16
87 82 – 3 Strangers Again, Judy Collins 42
88 69 72 14 Black Rose, Tyrese 1
89 57 10 3 Caracal, Disclosure 10
90 0 Re-Entry 33 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
91 0 Re-Entry 8 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 5
92 0 Re-Entry 30 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
93 0 Re-Entry 5 The Great Unknown, Rob Thomas 5
94 0 New 1 Still Got That Hunger, The Zombies 94
95 74 56 4 Higher Truth, Chris Cornell 15
96 84 27 3 b'lieve i'm goin down..., Kurt Vile 27
97 0 New 1 Black Ink, Prozak 97
98 90 97 7 Start Here, Maddie & Tae 7
99 0 Re-Entry 43 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
100 93 55 24 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1

[Spidey]

Oct 20, 2015 6:44:08 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Stories is bombing horribly...

The lack of a hit single is really hindering its success.

[Enigma.]

And there's no potential hit single on the album.. the only song I sort of like is the one featuring Zac Brown

[tshawn74]

I'm glad that Unbreakable is still in the Top 5 on most of the album charts!

[Tea-why]

Oct 20, 2015 9:24:59 GMT -5 Gary said:

Billboard 200

77 101 88 166 +, Ed Sheeran 5
82 114 84 64 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
91 121 158 249 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
94 127 123 263 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1

Did anything specific spur these jumps?

[rimetm]

Not sure about Sia and Creedence but for the others, there was a 69 cent sale for songs from each starting last week on Google Play: The A Team & Lose Yourself were part of that and they no doubt boosted TEA for those albums.

[areyoureadytojump]

10/31 Billboard 200

keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 10/15/15) - Top Current Albums

1) Selena Gomez – Revival – 84,907
2) Game – Documentary 2 – 83,171
3) Janet Jackson – Unbreakable – 27,879 (After 2 weeks – 136,626)

Other Debuts

7) Toby Keith – 35 MPH Town – 18,671
8) Jana Kramer – Thirty-One – 17,771
11) Mayday Parade – Black Lines – 16,435
16) City And Colour – If I Should Go Before You – 11,623

[Daryl the Beryl]

154 166 166 39 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
161 171 189 94 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
175 183 177 56 X, Chris Brown 2
177 200 184 89 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
178 190 181 51 Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
181 199 183 61 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
187 198 186 98 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2

These albums seem to like lingering in the bottom half of the Billboard 200 lol

[areyoureadytojump]

^That's why the Billboard 200 is hella boring now. Same old albums each week...

[Daryl the Beryl]

Oct 21, 2015 9:15:23 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^That's why the Billboard 200 is hella boring now. Same old albums each week...

Plus, they benefit from SPS. Every time they're at #190 or something I start to have hope that they'll leave... only to rise again lol (FFDP, ASAP, Wiz, M&RL in this case, which I have no idea why as the albums aren't on the catalog chart and the singles have peaked.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-1021-feel-the-sting-of-album-sales

Metal By Numbers 10/21: Feel the sting of album sales
Posted by Matt Brown on October 21, 2015

Notable Debuts:

A Skylit Drive, ASD (Tragic Hero) #29, 6,825 sold

The band’s fifth album is our top debut this week, but doesn’t debut as high as its predecessor.



W.A.S.P., Golgotha (Napalm) #41, 5,175 sold

W.A.S.P.’s fifteenth album and first in six years marks an excellent debut for the band.



H20, Use Your Voice (Bridge 9) #86, 3,250 sold

The band’s new album is their first album of original material since 2008.



The Afterimage, Lumière (Tragic Hero) 420 sold

The band’s new EP debuts on the charts.



Notable Sales:

Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park) #20, 8,775 sold

Just under 200,000 sold.



Shinedown, Threat To Survival (Atlantic) #28, 7,075 sold

Another 29% drop.



Clutch, Psychic Warfare (Weathermaker) #30, 6,825 sold

A 74% drop doesn’t take this down too far.



Queensrÿche, Condition Human (Century Media) #45, 4,750 sold

A 66% second week drop, but this stays in the top 50.



Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise) #49, 4,650 sold

Still going strong after a 10% drop.



Iron Maiden, The Book of Souls (BMG) #57, 4,100 sold

This booked a 25% drop.



Bring Me The Horizon, That’s The Spirit (Columbia) #58, 4,075 sold

Spirited away by a 17% drop.



Trivium, Silence In The Snow (Roadrunner) #65, 3,900 sold

A 78% drop in week two.



Sevendust, Kill The Flaw (7Bros) #68, 3,750 sold

A 82% drop is flawed, but after last week’s stellar debut, it was bound to fall some.



Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #79, 3,425 sold

Just under 265,000 sold.



Slayer, Repentless (Nuclear Blast) #84, 3,175 sold

Might I suggested Slayer add this to their stage show?



The Winery Dogs, Hot Streak (Loud & Proud) #86, 3,100 sold

A 76% drop is not so hot.



Chris Cornell, Higher Truth (UMe) #95, 2,875 sold

A 25% drop. Truth, brah.



Ghost, Meliora (Loma Vista) #134, 1,980 sold

This sold almost the same amount as last week. Spooky.



Hollywood Vampires, Hollywood Vampires (UMe) #151, 1,775 sold

A 13% drop sucks.



Parkway Drive, Ire (Epitaph) #156, 1,700 sold

A 54% drop with just under 20,000 sold.



Atreyu, Long Live (Spinefarm) #174, 1,475 sold

A 25% drop.



For Today, Wake (Nuclear Blast) #186, 1,375 sold

An 80% drop in week two.



Deafheaven, New Bermuda (ANTI-) #192, 1,325 sold

Another second week 82% drop.



Children of Bodom, I Worship Chaos (Nuclear Blast) #196, 5,725 sold

A 77% drop takes this down from the top 50.

[areyoureadytojump]

Compiled by Miguelito:

Catalog Album Statistics:

Album counts from October 17, 24, and 31:

Catalog albums on the Billboard 200: 53, 54, 53

[Daryl the Beryl]

There are at least two errors in the charts this week.

Firstly, how is Dream Your Life Away #96 on Top Album Sales but not on the Billboard 200? (it spent a while on the Billboard 200 before when not on Top Album Sales) (it has more sales and SPS than Rob Thomas' "The Great Unknown", which was on the Billboard 200) That album hasn't been on the chart since August where it magically disappeared for a week on all the charts only to reenter Rock and Folk Albums the following week.

Secondly, tobyMac's This Is Not a Test topped the Top Christian Album chart but is neither on Top Album Sales nor Top Current Albums (yet Lauren Daigle could stay).

I emailed Billboard about this but they didn't respond.

areyoureadytojump can you write an email to Billboard about this?

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6738422/josh-groban-stages-half-million-us-sales

Josh Groban's 'Stages' Hits Half-Million in U.S. Sales
By Keith Caulfield | October 23, 2015

Josh Groban earns his ninth half-million-selling album, as Stages tiptoes past the 500,000 sales mark in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. The album sold another 4,000 copies in the week ending Oct. 15, bringing its cumulative total to 502,000. The showtunes-filled album is Groban’s most recent effort and was released on April 28.

Groban’s best-seller remains Closer, which was released in 2001 and has moved 6.1 million copies. He’s had three more million-sellers: Noel (5.8 million, released in 2007), his self-titled debut (5.2 million, 2003) and Awake (2.3 million, 2006).

Stages has only seen one of its tracks reach the singles charts: “All I Ask of You,” a duet with Kelly Clarkson, reached No. 32 on Pop Digital Songs. (“All I Ask of You” was originally from the stage show The Phantom of the Opera.) Groban’s previous album, 2013’s All That Echoes, contained four charting songs: “Brave” and “I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever),” which reached Nos. 13 and 18 on Adult Contemporary, and “E It Promettero” and “Un Alma Mas,” which hit Nos. 14 and 16 on Classical Digital Songs.

Groban’s currently on tour through Nov. 4. A TV special drawn from his tour -- Josh Groban: Stages Live -- will premiere Nov. 28 on PBS. The concert comes shortly before Noel makes its debut on vinyl, as the Christmas album will bow as a double-LP on Dec. 4.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6738417/billboard-200-chart-moves-kane-brown

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Indie Country Singer Kane Brown Breaks Into Top 40
By Keith Caulfield | October 23, 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 Oct. 24 chart:

— Kane Brown, Closer - No. 40 — Unsigned country singer Kane Brown continues to stride up the charts, as his self-released Closer EP vaults 161-40 on the Billboard 200 and steps 10-8 on Top Country Albums. He also bows on the Billboard Artist 100 at No. 93.

Much of Brown’s popularity has been driven by his homemade performance videos on Facebook. A clip of him performing Lonestar’s “Amazed” has amassed 6.9 million views on the platform, while another video of Brown singing along to his own “Used to Love You Sober” single has collected 11 million views. He has 1 million followers on Facebook, though just 29,000 followers on Twitter. Brown is managed by Jay Frank, founder of the music and marketing analytics companies DigSin and DigMark. In August, Universal Music Group (UMG) named Frank to the newly created position of senior vice president of global streaming marketing, while UMG acquired stakes in both DigSin and DigMark.

Closer climbs on the Billboard 200 -- breaking the top 40 for the first time -- with 9,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 15 (according to Nielsen Music). It tallied a 133 percent unit gain for the week. Since the EP’s release in June, it has sold 18,000 copies, with the bulk of its sales coming in the last three weeks (13,000). 97 percent of its total sales -- which are strong in the south central region of the U.S. -- come from downloads.

— Various Artists, Now 55 - No. 23 — A $6.99 sale price in the iTunes Store prompts 62 percent unit gain for the album, as it zooms 41-23 with 17,000 units (all from pure album sales). iTunes discounting also aids Elle King at No. 27 ( up 38 percent in sales).

— R. City, What Dreams Are Made Of - No. 25 — Rising duo R. City jumps onto the Billboard 200 at No. 25 with their debut album What Dreams Are Made Of (16,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 15, according to Nielsen Music). The duo — brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas — broke through as an artist in 2015 thanks to their No. 6-peaking Billboard Hot 100 hit “Locked Away,” featuring Adam Levine. The brothers have previously written numerous Hot 100 hits for the likes of Miley Cyrus and Rihanna.

— W.A.S.P., Golgotha - No. 93 — Rock band W.A.S.P. returns to the Billboard 200 for the first time since 1989, as its new album Golgotha bows at No. 93. The group was last on the chart with The Headless Children, which peaked at No. 48 (April 29, 1989) and spent its last week on the list dated July 15, 1989.

— Jess Glynne, I Laugh When I Cry - No. 110 — As the album’s single “Hold My Hand” reenters the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 94, her album rebounds 151-110 with a 12 percent unit gain. The single maintains its bullet at No. 28 on Mainstream Top 40.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/news/6738389/adele-justin-bieber-drake-one-direction-first-week-2015-sales

Largest Debut Sales Weeks for an Album in 2015:

Artist, Title – First Week Album Sales – Chart Date

Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – 495,000 – Feb. 28, 2015
Drake & Future, What a Time to Be Alive – 334,000 – Oct. 10, 2015
The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness – 326,000 – Sept. 19, 2015
Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly – 324,000 – April 4, 2015
Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights – 320,000 – Aug. 29, 2015
Dr. Dre, Compton – 276,000 – Aug. 29, 2015
Meek Mill, Dreams Worth More Than Money – 239,000 – July 18, 2015
Mumford & Sons, Wilder Mind – 231,000 – May 23, 2015
Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde – 214,000 – May 16, 2015
Soundtrack, Fifty Shades of Grey – 210,000 – Feb. 28, 2015