HITS 2/5: Rihanna 172k, Gates 112k, Sia 87k, Puth 64k

[when the pawn...]

Solid for 5 albums to sell 50k+, no?

I'm glad Adele didn't drop too much and for me, it confirms that the bump a couple weeks ago came from the James Corden video.

[HolidayGuy]

I think HITS must not be serious with its use of "surprise" in that top 15 update.

[Glove Slap]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6866140/rihanna-anti-aiming-number-1-billboard-200-chart

Billboard has Rihanna up to 175k SPS.

[Enigma.]

Great numbers! I mean giving it away for free for hours doesn't mean she would've opened with 600k or sth but I believe she lost at least 100k there.

[areyoureadytojump]

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=299565

Thursday, February 4, 2016

RIRI’S ROCKY ROLLOUT
by Jamie Mitchell

Rihanna’s ANTI entered the Billboard 200 this week at #27 with a combined total of just under 16k—a debut hardly fitting for an artist of her stature. The much-delayed project was originally to be made available a day ahead of its 1/29 release date to Samsung Galaxy owners.

As part of a deal worth $30m, Samsung would give away 1m albums while Tidal would stream the album on Thursday, 1/28. But then the album leaked, when Tidal itself made ANTI available to purchase, even though only for a few minutes. This resulted in less than 500 units being sold—not enough for the album to chart on its own, but when combined with track sales and streams, it landed ANTI in an inauspicious position just outside the Top 25.

After Tidal started selling the album, Rihanna tweeted out the link to a free download of ANTI on the Tidal site. This move inadvertently sabotaged Samsung’s planned exclusive giveaway, for which the electronics giant is believed to have paid around $5 a unit. Because of Samsung’s purchase, ANTI was certified platinum by the RIAA on release.

Tidal is blaming UMG for the leak, while UMG points back to Tidal and disavows any responsibility. Both have claimed the leak was due to technical problems, although neither has offered any specifics. In any case, the reality is a less than stellar chart debut for one of the world’s biggest musical brands—delighting the Beyoncé-obsessed BeyHive fan site, of course.

As the Billboard 200 is now the public-facing chart, heads are being scratched as some wonder how much damage has been done by the botched rollout.

[kanimal]

Feb 4, 2016 11:53:53 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=299565

Thursday, February 4, 2016

RIRI’S ROCKY ROLLOUT
by Jamie Mitchell

Rihanna’s ANTI entered the Billboard 200 this week at #27 with a combined total of just under 16k—a debut hardly fitting for an artist of her stature. The much-delayed project was originally to be made available a day ahead of its 1/29 release date to Samsung Galaxy owners.

As part of a deal worth $30m, Samsung would give away 1m albums while Tidal would stream the album on Thursday, 1/28. But then the album leaked, when Tidal itself made ANTI available to purchase, even though only for a few minutes. This resulted in less than 500 units being sold—not enough for the album to chart on its own, but when combined with track sales and streams, it landed ANTI in an inauspicious position just outside the Top 25.

After Tidal started selling the album, Rihanna tweeted out the link to a free download of ANTI on the Tidal site. This move inadvertently sabotaged Samsung’s planned exclusive giveaway, for which the electronics giant is believed to have paid around $5 a unit. Because of Samsung’s purchase, ANTI was certified platinum by the RIAA on release.

Tidal is blaming UMG for the leak, while UMG points back to Tidal and disavows any responsibility. Both have claimed the leak was due to technical problems, although neither has offered any specifics. In any case, the reality is a less than stellar chart debut for one of the world’s biggest musical brands—delighting the Beyoncé-obsessed BeyHive fan site, of course.

As the Billboard 200 is now the public-facing chart, heads are being scratched as some wonder how much damage has been done by the botched rollout.

This is silly.  No one cares that it debuted below #1 due to a tracking week technicality. (I should clarify that no one who knows the industry would care; there was at least one major media story talking about how Rihanna flopped with 400 sales).

I'd argue the market will actually care MORE about the fact that it's going to sell fewer than 150,000 first week copies.  Even though that's very much attributable to the free download offer, the lack of a hit single, and the changing environment, the optics on this ridiculously hyped Rihanna album not moving 150K are not ideal.

#1 with fewer than expected sales < #27 debut due to a day of track sales and streams.

Moreover, I'm not really sure why Hits Daily Double thinks the "leak" is relevant to this story.  The leak resulted in 460 album sales, which Hits itself acknowledges were not enough to earn a chart position.  The other chart points (as in, every bit of TEA) come from Work, which the label intended to release on Wednesday.

There's a degree of stupidity in releasing a new song on a Wednesday given that Billboard runs a Friday-Thursday tracking week, but Def Jam is far from the only label that has done such a thing.  If anything, I feel like MORE high-profile stuff (particularly videos) are getting released mid-week rather than on Friday.

[Deleted]

I personally didn't read anything in that article that seemed silly. It was like a here's what happened and here's what everyone involved is saying and leaving things open as to whether or not there's been damage done by the messy rollout.

Regardless of how much we may know about it or how much of a non-event we personally may think it is, it still is an odd situation which looks weird and warrants a summary of events and/or explanation like this. I guess I just don't see why it seems silly or unwarranted in any way.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

I think the article is just putting the stats into perspective. Anyone saying the album flopped because of last week's chart position is irresponsible at best and an idiot at worst. This article though is addressing all the different components that impacted what happened last week and could happen next week. It's a tricky thing all around because of how messy it was, but it's also interesting from a 'not what to do' perspective.

[kanimal]

Feb 4, 2016 13:37:36 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

I think the article is just putting the stats into perspective. Anyone saying the album flopped because of last week's chart position is irresponsible at best and an idiot at worst. This article though is addressing all the different components that impacted what happened last week and could happen next week. It's a tricky thing all around because of how messy it was, but it's also interesting from a 'not what to do' perspective.

It's the #27 debut - and the potential damage resulting from that #27 debut - that triggered the article ("Rihanna’s ANTI entered the Billboard 200 this week at #27 with a combined total of just under 16k—a debut hardly fitting for an artist of her stature." | "As the Billboard 200 is now the public-facing chart, heads are being scratched as some wonder how much damage has been done by the botched rollout")

Much like your bold comment, that's the notion I found silly.  Of course the #27 position doesn't matter, just like We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together debuting at #72 on the Hot 100 didn't matter.

It's this week on which the strength of the "debut" will be judged.  And it's going to be the #1 album, so the only judgment will concern whether the sales total lives up to expectations.

Don't get me wrong, I agree that there are a lot of interesting questions to ask about this roll-out -- and not just what happened last week.  This campaign was an utter disaster on so many levels, and any music publication worth a lick should investigate.

But it's not a disaster because of where it "debuted" due to the unfortunate way Billboard tracks its charts.

[DJ General]

This whole sales thing is quite foolish. Who cares? lol

[Deleted]

Feb 4, 2016 13:47:41 GMT -5 kanimal said:

Feb 4, 2016 13:37:36 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

I think the article is just putting the stats into perspective. Anyone saying the album flopped because of last week's chart position is irresponsible at best and an idiot at worst. This article though is addressing all the different components that impacted what happened last week and could happen next week. It's a tricky thing all around because of how messy it was, but it's also interesting from a 'not what to do' perspective.

It's the #27 debut - and the potential damage resulting from that #27 debut - that triggered the article ("Rihanna’s ANTI entered the Billboard 200 this week at #27 with a combined total of just under 16k—a debut hardly fitting for an artist of her stature." | "As the Billboard 200 is now the public-facing chart, heads are being scratched as some wonder how much damage has been done by the botched rollout")

Much like your bold comment, that's the notion I found silly.  Of course the #27 position doesn't matter, just like We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together debuting at #72 on the Hot 100 didn't matter.

It's this week on which the strength of the "debut" will be judged.  And it's going to be the #1 album, so the only judgment will concern whether the sales total lives up to expectations.

Don't get me wrong, I agree that there are a lot of interesting questions to ask about this roll-out -- and not just what happened last week.  This campaign was an utter disaster on so many levels, and any music publication worth a lick should investigate.

But it's not a disaster because of where it "debuted" due to the unfortunate way Billboard tracks its charts.

Albums debuting at #1 (or near the top) are commonplace and anticipated in most cases, singles doing so is a rarity and super special accomplishment compared to "just going to #1".  So I think that comparison is null.  Instances where high-profile albums debuting low and climbing in week 2 since soundscan debuted are very rare and usually because of some technicality or special circumstance that is talked about in some cases in trade publications and footnoted by Billboard.  I'm not arguing your whole point, as I understand your perspective... I just don't think the article itself is silly for explaining what happened.

[kanimal]

Feb 4, 2016 14:19:35 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

Feb 4, 2016 13:47:41 GMT -5 kanimal said:

It's the #27 debut - and the potential damage resulting from that #27 debut - that triggered the article ("Rihanna’s ANTI entered the Billboard 200 this week at #27 with a combined total of just under 16k—a debut hardly fitting for an artist of her stature." | "As the Billboard 200 is now the public-facing chart, heads are being scratched as some wonder how much damage has been done by the botched rollout")

Much like your bold comment, that's the notion I found silly.  Of course the #27 position doesn't matter, just like We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together debuting at #72 on the Hot 100 didn't matter.

It's this week on which the strength of the "debut" will be judged.  And it's going to be the #1 album, so the only judgment will concern whether the sales total lives up to expectations.

Don't get me wrong, I agree that there are a lot of interesting questions to ask about this roll-out -- and not just what happened last week.  This campaign was an utter disaster on so many levels, and any music publication worth a lick should investigate.

But it's not a disaster because of where it "debuted" due to the unfortunate way Billboard tracks its charts.

Albums debuting at #1 (or near the top) are commonplace, singles not nearly as much.  So I think that comparison is null.  Instances where high-profile albums debuting low and climbing in week 2 since soundscan debuted are very rare and usually because of some technicality or special circumstance.  I'm not arguing your whole point, as I understand your perspective... I just don't think the article itself is silly for explaining what happened.

The comparison I made was to a single that would have debuted at #1 (and by any reasonable interpretation, did debut at #1 based on getting there in its "first full week") if not for a technicality.

You're right, this doesn't apply to any single.  But it's equitable to WANEGBT, Womanizer, My Life Would Suck Without You, etc.

And, you're right.  I don't think we're in a fundamental disagreement about the relevance and ramifications of the situation -- it's really just the interpretation of the article.  From my reading, it places too much relevance on the #27 chart position...thus implying that the position is somehow meaningful (and somehow represents a black mark on Rihanna's brand).

I don't think everything about the article is silly.  I think the Billboard 200-oriented motivation for writing it was silly.

[Linnethia Monique]

Feb 2, 2016 19:46:17 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Song bird rebirth unearthed creature
Submerge from hurt pain broken pieces
Emergency heartbeat increases
Rise up LotusANTI rise this is the beginning
This is the beginning

I hate you.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Tidal putting the album for sale early also isn't a "leak". It was already available for streaming and free download when that happened

[ddlz]

In any case, the reality is a less than stellar chart debut for one of the world’s biggest musical brands—delighting the Beyoncé-obsessed BeyHive fan site, of course.

LMAO! I had to check twice to see if this was actually an article from the HDD. Something ain't right with them and Billboard. They have literally become gossip blogs.

[areyoureadytojump]

Billboard did the right thing.

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=299570

Thursday, February 4, 2016

RIHANNA'S #1 AND THE BIBLE'S BUMBLE

As we mentioned earlier, Rihanna's ANTI is headed for the top spot on the HITS sales and SPS charts, dethroning Adele, and the Westbury Road/Roc Nation superstar's lead single "Work" is gigantic at radio (closing out the Rhythm panel, a rare feat) and iTunes.

While the leak of RiRi's album ahead of street date caused the Industry Bible to put her on its chart early (at #27), it's worth noting that Team Janice certainly has discretion in such cases, and might have looked the other way for a major artist who's one of the biggest brands in the biz. It's further confirmation that the Bible bunch have virtually no grasp on the nuances of the music industry.

Their coverage of the sexiest sweatpants and nastiest Twitter feuds, however, is above reproach.

[Deleted]

"No grasp on the nuances," or don't consider it part of their job description to look out for the interests of particular artists just b/c they're one of the biggest brands in the biz...put another way if this kind of situation were to happen to Tinashe (who is going to be opening with much less) does that mean Billboard is off the hook because she's nobody? We already complain as it is about Billboard's inconsistencies when it comes to chart rules and formulas. The flaw is in albums being able to chart based on SPS when the second S in that acronym is the sole source of the numbers, but that isn't something you would evaluate on a case by case basis, you'd want a concrete rule so labels understand the parameters.

Billboard covers sweatpants and Twitter feuds, and HITS apparently covers Billboard. Stay winning, HITS! Both of them get on my damn nerves with this pettiness.

[areyoureadytojump]

hitsdailydouble.com/building_album_chart

BUILDING ALBUM SALES CHART

Chart Date: 02/05/2016

Status: Final

LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index % Change
-- 1
RIHANNA
ANTI
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION 124,925 --
1 2
ADELE
25
XL/COLUMBIA 93,266 -4%
-- 3
KEVIN GATES
ISLAH
BREAD WINNER'S ASSOCIATION 90,259 --
-- 4
SIA
THIS IS ACTING
RCA 73,211 --
-- 5
CHARLIE PUTH
NINE TRACK MIND
ARTIST PARTNER GROUP 48,439 --
-- 6 DREAM THEATER
THE ASTONISHING
ROADRUNNER 27,788 --
2 7 JUSTIN BIEBER
PURPOSE
DEF JAM 26,447 -41%
5 8 CHRIS STAPLETON
TRAVELLER
MERCURY NASHVILLE 24,927 -10%
6 9 DAVID BOWIE
BLACKSTAR
COLUMBIA 21,678 -33%
4 10 2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES
VARIOUS ARTISTS
REPUBLIC 19,825 -31%
-- 11 TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
LET ME GET BY
FANTASY/CONCORD 19,590 --
26 12 COLDPLAY
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS
PARLOPHONE 18,356 142%
7 13 PANIC! AT THE DISCO
DEATH OF A BACHELOR
DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN 17,598 -15%
11 14 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
BLURRYFACE
FUELED BY RAMEN 17,054 14%
8 15 KIDZ BOP KIDS
KIDZ BOP 31
RAZOR & TIE 16,793 -9%
15 16 BRYSON TILLER
T R A P S O U L
RCA 12,547 30%
3 17 MEGADETH
DYSTOPIA
UME 12,318 -74%
20 18 G-EAZY
WHEN IT'S DARK OUT
RCA 11,932 58%
13 19 ADELE
21
XL/COLUMBIA 10,318 -14%
-- 20 GREASE LIVE!
VARIOUS ARTISTS
PARAMOUNT/REPUBLIC 9,948 --
12 21 EAGLES
GREATEST HITS '71-75
RHINO 9,578 -7%
14 22 THE WEEKND
BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS
XO/REPUBLIC 9,221 -18%
18 23 TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 8,624 -5%
21 24 CHRIS BROWN
ROYALTY
RCA 8,180 -5%
27 25 HAMILTON
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST
UPTOWN 7,610 29%
23 26 SAM HUNT
MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 7,133 -3%
22 27 FLEETWOOD MAC
GREATEST HITS
RHINO 7,004 -50%
32 28 DAVID BOWIE
BEST OF BOWIE
RHINO/PARLOPHONE 6,619 -10%
29 29 BLAKE SHELTON
RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS
WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 6,596 -33%
25 30 ONE DIRECTION
MADE IN THE A.M.
SYCO/COLUMBIA 6,556 -5%
16 31 STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE
SOUNDTRACK
UME 6,252 -32%
-- 32 ST. LUCIA
MATTER
COLUMBIA 5,914 --
33 33 PHIL COLLIN
HITS
WMG 5,735 -52%
19 34 SELENA GOMEZ
REVIVAL
INTERSCOPE 5,670 -27%
28 35 EAGLES
THE VERY BEST OF EAGLES
RHINO 5,654 -3%
42 36 J. COLE
2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 5,642 1%
17 37 HANK WILLIAMS JR.
IT'S ABOUT TIME
NASH ICON/BMLG 5,640 -38%
38 38 CARRIE UNDERWOOD
STORYTELLER
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 5,457 4%
35 39 THOMAS RHETT
TANGLED UP
VALORY/BMLG 5,384 -2%
29 40 NOW 56
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW/LEGACY 5,368 6%
9 41 TANK
SEX LOVE & PAIN II
WMG 5,206 -73%
30 42 EAGLES
HELL FREEZES OVER
RHINO 5,077 12%
48 43 BROTHERS OSBORNE
PAWN SHOP
EMI NASHVILLE 4,359 -32%
50 44 TROYE SIVAN
BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD
CAPITOL 4,817 36%
31 45 ADELE
19
XL/COLUMBIA 4,801 -9%
-- 46 GREASE
SOUNDTRACK
POLYDOR 4,774 --
33 47 RACHEL PLATTEN
WILDFIRE
COLUMBIA 4,736 -20%
34 48 ERIC CHURCH
MR. MISUNDERSTOOD
EMI NASHVILLE 4,712 -4%
37 49 LUKE BRYAN
KILL THE LIGHTS
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 4,622 -3%
40 50 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 4,454 -9%

[areyoureadytojump]

hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

SALES PLUS STREAMING CHART

Chart Date: 02/05/2016

-- 1
RIHANNA
ANTI
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION 172,235 --
1 2
ADELE
25
XL/COLUMBIA 112,645 -4%
-- 3
KEVIN GATES
ISLAH
BREAD WINNER'S ASSOCIATION 112,143 --
-- 4
SIA
THIS IS ACTING
RCA 87,473 --
-- 5
CHARLIE PUTH
NINE TRACK MIND
ARTIST PARTNER GROUP 64,552 --
2 6 JUSTIN BIEBER
PURPOSE
DEF JAM 60,898 -39%
4 7 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
BLURRYFACE
FUELED BY RAMEN 43,548 -4%
9 8 BRYSON TILLER
T R A P S O U L
RCA 34,790 8%
8 9 THE WEEKND
BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS
XO/REPUBLIC 32,195 -5%
6 10 CHRIS STAPLETON
TRAVELLER
MERCURY NASHVILLE 32,113 -10%
12 11 G-EAZY
WHEN IT'S DARK OUT
RCA 29,390 13%
-- 12 DREAM THEATER
THE ASTONISHING
ROADRUNNER 28,865 --
10 13 SELENA GOMEZ
REVIVAL
INTERSCOPE 27,962 -10%
13 14 FETTY WAP
FETTY WAP
WMG 26,003 6%
5 15 PANIC! AT THE DISCO
DEATH OF A BACHELOR
DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN 25,976 -25%
39 16 COLDPLAY
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS
PARLOPHONE 24,129 81%
7 17 DAVID BOWIE
BLACKSTAR
COLUMBIA 22,454 -33%
18 18 DRAKE & FUTURE
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC/EPIC 21,072 3%
-- 19 J. COLE
FOREST HILLS DRIVE: LIVE FROM FAYETTEVILLE, NC
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 20,788 381%
-- 20 TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
LET ME GET BY
FANTASY/CONCORD 20,126 --
11 21 2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES
VARIOUS ARTISTS
REPUBLIC 19,825 -31%
23 22 FLO RIDA
MY HOUSE
ATLANTIC 18,553 5%
22 23 SAM HUNT
MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 18,523 0%
21 24 CHRIS BROWN
ROYALTY
RCA 18,494 -4%
20 25 TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 17,976 -3%
14 26 KIDZ BOP KIDS
KIDZ BOP 31
RAZOR & TIE 17,819 -10%
17 27 ONE DIRECTION
MADE IN THE A.M.
SYCO/COLUMBIA 17,171 -18%
25 28 ADELE
21
XL/COLUMBIA 16,737 -2%
19 29 EAGLES
GREATEST HITS '71-75
RHINO 14,312 -15%
34 30 DRAKE
IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 14,123 9%
26 31 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 13,332 -8%
31 32 FUTURE
DS2
EPIC 12,907 -8%
3 33 MEGADETH
DYSTOPIA
UME 12,895 -74%
29 34 RACHEL PLATTEN
WILDFIRE
COLUMBIA 12,820 -9%
36 35 SHAWN MENDES
HANDWRITTEN
ISLAND 12,528 -1%
35 36 ED SHEERAN
X
ASYLUM UK 12,217 -5%
38 37 FALL OUT BOY
AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO
DCD2/ISLAND 12,087 3%
-- 38 GREASE LIVE!
VARIOUS ARTISTS
PARAMOUNT/REPUBLIC 11,752 --
32 39 HALSEY
BADLANDS
ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL 11,742 -14%
47 40 LUKE BRYAN
KILL THE LIGHTS
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 11,561 1%
-- 41 DRAKE
TAKE CARE
CASH MONEY 10,296 28%
-- 42 SAM SMITH
IN THE LONELY HOUR
CAPITOL 10,010 15%
44 43 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
VESSEL
FUELED BY RAMEN 9,992 -14%
-- 44 TROYE SIVAN
BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD
CAPITOL 9,420 3%
-- 45 CARRIE UNDERWOOD
STORYTELLER
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 9,160 -1%
-- 46 G-EAZY
THESE THINGS HAPPEN
RCA 9,111 3%
-- 47 DNCE
SWAAY
REPUBLIC 9,076 --
-- 48 BROTHERS OSBORNE
PAWN SHOP
EMI NASHVILLE 8,989 12%
41 49 ELLIE GOULDING
DELIRIUM
INTERSCOPE 8,712 -24%
-- 50 ELLE KING
LOVE STUFF
RCA 8,452 -1%

[Verisimilitude]

Great sales for Sia! Love that she's more popular than ever.

[Enigma.]

Big drop for Biebs, I guess people were focusing on other stars this week

[jtd Thee Stallion]

Hopefully Gates can be #2 on Billboard cause he and Adele are close here.

[areyoureadytojump]

Look at the Grease Sdtk. charting! It's 8xP with the RIAA. Should be 14xP++

Coldplay increases due to Super Bowl publicity.

David Bowie is really hanging on.

HITS:

Streeting this week are albums from Island’s Elton John, Wiz Khalifa, Lucinda Williams and Capitol Nashville’s Charles Kelley, along with the physical version of Rihanna’s ANTI.

[hitseeker.]

Rih's 2nd #1 album <3

ETA: It will be interesting to see how ANTI holds up next week now that the physical copies are out and that the album is on Spotify US.

[DJ General]

172k for Rihanna! nice

[Green Baron]

Wait... Gates???

[Linnethia Monique]

Feb 5, 2016 20:54:10 GMT -5 Green Baron said:

Wait... Gates???

Kevin Gates is black... and has face tattoos.

[Ravi]

Adele hits 8 Million!! Nice!

[jgizzle89]

Does anyone know where we can find album sales with the current totals? PM me please.

[areyoureadytojump]

Feb 6, 2016 15:57:21 GMT -5 jgizzle89 said:

Does anyone know where we can find album sales with the current totals? PM me please.

I post album sales totals each week and people seem to not know about it.

The 2016 YTD Album Sales thread:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/156105/2016-ytd-album-sales

For many others, the 2015 YTD thread:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/146845/2015-album-sales-top-artists?page=6

A SoundScan chart with RTD totals has not leaked in a few years.