Billboard 200 2/27/16: Future #1 134K | Adele #1 for Sales

[kanimal]

This week's Billboard 200 recap.  Some key deviations from Hits, including the wrong winner for pure sales (keep in mind they upgraded Adele long after the chart initially went "final" and still had it at #2) and a drastic discrepancy on Coldplay.

It's the third No. 1 album in less than seven months for Future.



Future flies in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with his latest album, Evol. The set is his third No. 1 effort, and it marks his third straight title to debut at No. 1. It launches with 134,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 11, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 100,000 were in pure album sales. (The album was exclusively available through Apple Music and the iTunes Store beginning Feb. 5, so all of its units and sales are coming from Apple and iTunes.)



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 Feb. 27-dated chart (where Future leads) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Wednesday, Feb. 17. (Charts are posted one day later this week due to the Presidents’ Day holiday on Feb. 15.)



Future previously topped the list with his Drake collaboration What a Time to Be Alive, on the Oct. 10, 2015-dated chart, and then his last solo release, DS2, on Aug. 8.



Evol’s No. 1 arrival comes six months and 20 days after Future first hit No. 1 with DS2. Thus, he’s now scored three No. 1s in less than seven months.



Chart historians take note: Future’s trio of No. 1s (counting from each title’s first week at No. 1), is the fastest accumulation of No. 1s for any act since the Glee cast notched three No. 1 soundtracks in one month and 19 days in 2010. Glee: The Music — The Power of Madonna, bowed at No. 1 on May 8, 2010 and was quickly followed by the chart-topping Glee: The Music, Volume 3 — Showstoppers (June 5, 2010) and Glee: The Music — Journey to Regionals (June 26, 2010).


However, if one were to discount the Glee titles, as they were soundtracks and not traditional artist-driven albums, then Future’s feat becomes even more striking. Before the Glee albums, the last act to notch three No. 1 albums faster than Future was Herb Alpert in 1965 and 1966. Between Nov. 27, 1965 and May 28, 1966, Alpert (with The Tijuana Brass) notched their first weeks at No. 1 with, respectively, Whipped Cream and Other Delights (Nov. 27, 1965), Going Places (March 5, 1966) and What Now My Love (May 28, 1966).



Back on the new Billboard 200, Adele’s 25 climbs one spot to No. 2, as the set shifted another 121,000 units. Of that, 102,000 were in pure album sales, which makes it No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart (which ranks the best selling albums of the week).



Rihanna’s Anti album slips from No. 1 to No. 3 in its third chart week on the Billboard 200, with 96,000 units (down 42 percent). Its decline was lessened a bit by its new availability as a physical CD release on Feb. 5, following its previous digital exclusivity. In terms of pure album sales, it was down by 58 percent for the week, to 52,000 (of that sum, 24,000 were in CD sales, while the rest were digital albums).


Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams zooms from No. 16 to No. 4 in the wake of the band’s halftime performance during the Super Bowl on Feb. 7. The album shifted 90,000 units (up 265 percent) and sold 71,000 copies (up 372 percent). Also helping matters: the album was deeply discounted in the Google Play store for just 99 cents during the tracking week, while it was also sale priced to $6.99 in the iTunes Store.



It’s no surprise, then, that the album vaults 12-2 on the Digital Albums chart with a 556 percent sales gain, selling 62,000 downloads for the week. (Thus, nearly all of the album’s sales for the week came from downloads, and likely many of those were driven by discounting.)



Coldplay Brings Beyonce, Bruno Mars & History to Color-Drenched Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show



Justin Bieber’s Purpose holds steady at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 73,000 units (up 1 percent), notching its 13th straight week in the top 5 (its entire chart run).



Wiz Khalifa’s new Khalifa album bows at No. 6 with 64,000 units (45,000 in pure album sales), logging the rapper his fourth top 10 effort. It follows 2014’s Blacc Hollywood, which marked his first No. 1 when it opened atop the list with 90,000 sold.



The new Now 57 compilation enters at No. 7 with 63,000 units (all from album sales). It’s the 63rd Now compilation to reach the top 10, and all 57 of the numbered Now albums have hit the region.



Since 1990, Now-branded compilations comprise half of all top 10-charting compilations on the chart (63 of 126).


Elton John’s Wonderful Crazy Night bows at No. 8 with, giving the legend his 19th top 10 album. Night starts with 58,000 units (with 57,000 in pure album sales).



John’s first top 10 album came in January 1971, when his self-titled effort climbed 11-7 on the Jan. 30-dated list.



The new album’s single “Looking Up” recently garnered John his record-extending 71st hit on the Adult Contemporary airplay chart. (In second place with the most AC hits is Barbra Streisand, with 64.)



Rounding out the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 are Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface (sliding 7-9 with 42,000 units; down 2 percent) and Kevin Gates’ Islah (2-10 with 40,000 units; down 64 percent).

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6875223/future-evol-billboard-200-no-1

[swim]

For all the talk about WWWY underperforming, 25 has stayed consistent well into the new year.

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MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200
1956-2015

Rolling Stones 36 "Forty Licks"

Frank Sinatra 33 "Duets II"
Barbra Streisand 33 "Partners"

The Beatles 31 "On Air: Live at the BBC Volume 2"

Elvis Presley 27 "2nd to None"

Madonna 21 "Rebel Heart"
Bob Dylan 21 "Shadows in the Night"

George Strait 20 "Cold Bear Conversation"

Paul McCartney 19 "New"
Elton John 19 "Wonderful Crazy Night" *new*

Bruce Springsteen 18 "High Hopes"
Neil Diamond 18 "Melody Road"

[Zach]

That deviation from Hits on Coldplay though. I feel personally disappointed for some strange reason.

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Another 100k+ week for 25. Thinking this album's gonna go diamond by the end of the year. Grammy week should help it along. Also impressed with Bieber for not having been pushed out of the top 5 yet, despite kind of a loaded past few weeks. I'm wondering how many more top 5 weeks it can last. Might get pushed out by Grammy week, but maybe it will return after things have calmed down.

Looks like Blurryface is just barely hanging in there. I'm wondering if it can sneak in a few more top 10 weeks after the grammys, considering it's barely budging from that 40k a week average.

[jenglisbe]

Feb 14, 2016 22:22:56 GMT -5 @zach808 said:

Another 100k+ week for 25. Thinking this album's gonna go diamond by the end of the year. Grammy week should help it along. Also impressed with Bieber for not having been pushed out of the top 5 yet, despite kind of a loaded past few weeks. I'm wondering how many more top 5 weeks it can last. Might get pushed out by Grammy week, but maybe it will return after things have calmed down.

Bieber is performing at the Grammys, though, so his sales should be helped, no?

25 should be around 8.5 million by the end of the month. I think March/April is where it will struggle most in sales, though. She won't have any active promo in the U.S. during those months other than a single will she? And most people will have heard "WWWY" a lot at that point.

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Feb 14, 2016 22:44:49 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Feb 14, 2016 22:22:56 GMT -5 @zach808 said:

Another 100k+ week for 25. Thinking this album's gonna go diamond by the end of the year. Grammy week should help it along. Also impressed with Bieber for not having been pushed out of the top 5 yet, despite kind of a loaded past few weeks. I'm wondering how many more top 5 weeks it can last. Might get pushed out by Grammy week, but maybe it will return after things have calmed down.

Bieber is performing at the Grammys, though, so his sales should be helped, no?

25 should be around 8.5 million by the end of the month. I think March/April is where it will struggle most in sales, though. She won't have any active promo in the U.S. during those months other than a single will she? And most people will have heard "WWWY" a lot at that point.

Oh wow, he's performing? Didn't know that. He wasn't nominated for anything, so I thought he would wait until next year (unlike Adele who will show up no matter what).

[carreramd]

Feb 15, 2016 7:56:07 GMT -5 @zach808 said:

Feb 14, 2016 22:44:49 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Bieber is performing at the Grammys, though, so his sales should be helped, no?

25 should be around 8.5 million by the end of the month. I think March/April is where it will struggle most in sales, though. She won't have any active promo in the U.S. during those months other than a single will she? And most people will have heard "WWWY" a lot at that point.

Oh wow, he's performing? Didn't know that. He wasn't nominated for anything, so I thought he would wait until next year (unlike Adele who will show up no matter what).

I think he will perform Where Are Ü Now with Skrillex and Diplo.

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Future, Wiz Khalifa & Young Thug
February 15, 2016 | 4:30 PM
by Victoria Hernandez

Future, Wiz Khalifa and Young Thug debut projects on this week's Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Rihanna's ANTI continues to sell and Kevin Gates rounds out the Top 10.

Future Scores Another #1 With "EVOL"

Future scores another #1 album with the release of EVOL. The project tops the charts with 133,639 album equivalent unit sales. The album, which debuted on DJ Khaled's "We The Best Radio" and was released directly to Apple Music, was streamed more than 26 million times. This follows the success of Dirty Sprite 2 and What a Time to Be Alive, a collaborative album with Drake, to give Future three #1 albums in the span of a year.

Wiz Khalifa Debuts In Top 10

Wiz Khalifa debuts in the Top 10 of the chart with KHALIFA. The album, which lands at #6, sold 64,038 album equivalent units and was streamed nearly 20 million times. This is the Pittsburgh rapper's lowest debut for an LP. His 2014 output, Blacc Hollywood opened at #1 and O.N.I.F.C and Rolling Papers both charted at #2.

Young Thug's "I'm Up" Mixtape Charts

Young Thug's I'm Up mixtape charts at #22. The project is available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music and TIDAL, and purchase on iTunes, but was also released for free at DatPiff. The Atlanta rapper's Barter 6 also debuted at #22 upon its release in April.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 02/11/2016

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 Future - EVOL - 133,639 (99,957) [26,397,971]

#3 Rihanna - ANTI - 96,327 (51,526) [41,884,806]

#6 Wiz Khalifa - KHALIFA - 64,038 (45,090) [19,835,370]

#10 Kevin Gates - Islah - 40,427 (24,364) [16,160,226]

#12 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness - 36,662 (16,580) [19,608,730]

#13 Bryson Tiller - Trapsoul - 32,724 (10,992) [26,350,896]

#14 G-Eazy - When It's Dark Out - 31,289 (9,896) [20,077,698]

#18 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - 23,597 (4,921) [17,484,376]

#19 Flo Rida - My House - 22,979 (2,157) [8,694,531]

#22 Young Thug - I'm Up - 21,851 (14,648) [7,659,639]

[forg]

Feb 15, 2016 7:56:07 GMT -5 @zach808 said:

Feb 14, 2016 22:44:49 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Bieber is performing at the Grammys, though, so his sales should be helped, no?

25 should be around 8.5 million by the end of the month. I think March/April is where it will struggle most in sales, though. She won't have any active promo in the U.S. during those months other than a single will she? And most people will have heard "WWWY" a lot at that point.

Oh wow, he's performing? Didn't know that. He wasn't nominated for anything, so I thought he would wait until next year (unlike Adele who will show up no matter what).

Bieber is featured in Where Are U Now which is nominated for Best Dance Recording

[forg]

Adele back on top of album sales with 100K+, nice!

[HolidayGuy]

It's good to see 25 back as the top-selling album in the country.

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If you know where to look...

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Country Albums Chart Report: February 16, 2016
Posted By Matt Bjorke

CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Chris Stapleton Traveller 26,800 862,500
2 NEW Charles Kelley The Driver 14,000 14,000
3 Sam Hunt Montevallo 10,900 1,022,200
4 Thomas Rhett Tangled Up 7,300 296,000
5 Carrie Underwood Storyteller 7,100 505,000
6 Hank Williams Jr It's About Time 6,000 46,100
7 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 5,800 892,700
8 Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood 5,200 309,800
9 Blake Shelton Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits 5,000 235,000
10 Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop 4,000 35,700
11 Chris Young I'm Comin' Over 3,500 154,400
12 Cam Untamed 3,400 90,500
13 Tim McGraw Damn Country Music 3,300 112,300
14 Old Dominion Meat And Candy 2,400 65,000
15 Don Henley Cass County 2,200 236,200

-- Little Big Town Pain Killer 2,200 438,909
-- Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 2,100 958,900
-- Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 2,100 613,000
-- Chris Janson Buy Me A Boat 1,900 824,900
-- Brett Eldredge Illinois 1,800 110,900
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 1,700 476,200
-- Maren Morris Maren Morris EP 1,700 12,000
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 1,600 103,700
-- Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 1,600 1,101,700
-- Oak Ridge Boys Rock Of Ages: Hymns 1,500 27,200
-- George Strait Cold Beer Conversation 1,400 222,200
-- Darius Rucker Southern Style 1,200 184,200
-- Jana Kramer Thirty-One 1,200 57,100
-- Maddie & Tae Start Here 1,200 85,200
-- Jason Isbell Something More Than Free 800 127,100
-- Joey+Rory Country Classics 800 27,600
-- Reba Love Somebody 700 192,000
-- NEW Joey+Rory Hymns Project 600 600
-- Aubrie Sellers New City Blues 400 2,000

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1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk EVOL, Future 1
2 3 1 12 25, Adele 1
3 1 27 3 ANTI, Rihanna 1
4 16 37 10 GG A Head Full Of Dreams, Coldplay 2
5 5 2 13 Purpose, Justin Bieber 1
6 0 New 1 Khalifa, Wiz Khalifa 6
7 0 New 1 NOW 57, Various Artists 7
8 0 New 1 Wonderful Crazy Night, Elton John 8
9 7 4 39 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
10 2 – 2 Islah, Kevin Gates 2
11 8 7 22 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
12 12 8 24 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
13 9 10 20 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
14 10 12 10 When It's Dark Out, G-Eazy 5
15 0 New 1 Here As In Heaven, Elevation Worship 15
16 14 11 18 Revival, Selena Gomez 1
17 13 5 4 Death Of A Bachelor, Panic! At The Disco 1
18 18 13 20 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 1
19 22 24 45 My House (EP), Flo Rida 14
20 23 22 68 1989, Taylor Swift 1
21 6 – 2 Nine Track Mind, Charlie Puth 6
22 0 New 1 I'm Up, Young Thug 22
23 26 21 68 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
24 28 26 21 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
25 20 20 8 Royalty, Chris Brown 3

26 27 19 260 21, Adele 1
27 4 – 2 This Is Acting, Sia 4
28 24 18 44 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
29 19 17 13 Made In The A.M., One Direction 2
30 35 29 30 DS2, Future 1
31 21 25 62 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
32 34 43 20 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 32
33 51 32 154 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 28
34 33 31 20 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 6
35 0 New 1 The Driver, Charles Kelley 35
36 0 New 1 The Ghosts Of Highway 20, Lucinda Williams 36
37 25 9 3 2016 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 9
38 29 16 4 Kidz Bop 31, Kidz Bop Kids 6
39 39 38 53 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
40 197 – 11 PS Greatest Hits, Earth, Wind & Fire 40
41 92 87 25 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 17
42 17 6 5 Blackstar, David Bowie 1
43 38 30 57 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
44 43 39 86 x, Ed Sheeran 1
45 41 36 15 Bouquet (EP), The Chainsmokers 31
46 0 Re-Entry 140 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
47 32 14 28 Best Of Bowie, David Bowie 4
48 44 34 24 Badlands, Halsey 2
49 48 45 27 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
50 45 41 78 Vessel, twenty one pilots 21

51 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads Hits, Various Artists 51
52 40 33 6 Wildfire, Rachel Platten 5
53 53 52 16 Storyteller, Carrie Underwood 2
54 50 44 13 Know-It-All, Alessia Cara 9
55 78 174 68 4, Beyonce 1
56 59 60 25 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
57 0 New 1 Out My Feelings In My Past, Boosie BadAzz 57
58 96 86 109 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
59 56 48 14 Delirium, Ellie Goulding 3
60 67 65 48 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
61 46 35 16 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Blake Shelton 5
62 47 53 10 Blue Neighbourhood, Troye Sivan 7
63 52 55 9 Swaay (EP), DNCE 51
64 58 51 87 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
65 0 Re-Entry 42 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
66 54 66 154 Take Care, Drake 1
67 65 68 10 Late Nights: The Album, Jeremih 42
68 49 40 56 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
69 0 New 1 Majid Jordan, Majid Jordan 69
70 63 62 42 Love Stuff, Elle King 26
71 0 New 1 Que Bendicion, Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga 71
72 60 58 26 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
73 0 Re-Entry 108 A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Coldplay 5
74 64 72 40 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 30
75 0 Re-Entry 78 Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, Coldplay 1

76 0 Re-Entry 54 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay 1
77 66 56 23 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 3
78 62 59 83 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
79 30 3 3 Dystopia, Megadeth 3
80 0 New 1 Still, SWV 80
81 0 New 1 Is The Is Are, DIIV 81
82 77 84 254 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
83 69 67 204 19, Adele 4
84 134 168 100 Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Elton John 12
85 109 93 24 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection, Queen 48
86 79 74 61 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
87 70 64 211 1, The Beatles 1
88 72 75 122 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
89 115 159 3 The Truth (EP), Mike Posner 89
90 112 78 17 Confident, Demi Lovato 2
91 75 76 15 Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church 2
92 116 173 99 I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 1
93 0 Re-Entry 172 Off The Wall, Michael Jackson 44
94 73 82 30 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 4
95 85 70 51 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
96 15 – 2 Let Me Get By, Tedeschi Trucks Band 15
97 86 85 172 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
98 88 79 365 Metallica, Metallica 1
99 98 81 47 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
100 0 Re-Entry 67 X&Y, Coldplay 1

101 89 71 13 I'm Comin' Over, Chris Young 5
102 42 – 25 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
103 87 73 14 Daya (EP), Daya 67
104 83 77 71 Hozier, Hozier 2
105 105 113 404 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
106 55 15 3 Sex Love & Pain II, Tank 15
107 174 156 262 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
108 93 105 395 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 18
109 133 151 253 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
110 90 – 2 WOW Gospel 2016, Various Artists 90
111 84 50 4 It's About Time, Hank Williams Jr. 15
112 0 Re-Entry 44 Uptown Special., Mark Ronson 45
113 0 Re-Entry 78 Parachutes, Coldplay 51
114 114 107 129 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
115 91 94 70 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
116 102 80 58 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
117 81 57 4 Pawn Shop, Brothers Osborne 17
118 101 61 10 Damn Country Music, Tim McGraw 5
119 111 96 76 V, Maroon 5 1
120 103 91 276 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
121 94 95 15 NOW 56, Various Artists 4
122 106 110 42 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
123 107 162 147 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
124 95 83 33 VHS, X Ambassadors 7
125 80 49 5 Straight Outta Compton: Music From The Motion Picture, Soundtrack 39

126 11 – 2 The Astonishing, Dream Theater 11
127 100 102 9 Untamed, Cam 12
128 120 109 13 The Incredible True Story, Logic 3
129 108 100 17 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 3
130 0 New 1 Nothing But Thieves, Nothing But Thieves 130
131 118 119 62 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
132 117 123 14 Meat And Candy, Old Dominion 16
133 0 Re-Entry 43 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 29
134 36 23 181 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 11
135 74 63 98 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 4
136 57 42 124 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
137 126 130 23 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 2
138 110 106 36 Peace Is The Mission, Major Lazer 12
139 119 117 180 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
140 113 116 37 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
141 124 112 102 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
142 122 108 17 Pentatonix, Pentatonix 1
143 0 Re-Entry 7 A Live Worship Experience, Casting Crowns 53
144 151 180 3 Maren Morris (EP), Maren Morris 144
145 159 – 156 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
146 0 Re-Entry 102 Dangerously In Love, Beyonce 1
147 121 98 211 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
148 82 122 37 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
149 0 New 1 Stages: Live, Josh Groban 149
150 138 146 69 Graduation, Kanye West 1

151 125 121 138 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
152 136 153 344 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
153 0 New 1 Hidden City, The Cult 153
154 0 Re-Entry 28 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 6
155 161 – 19 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
156 139 149 89 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
157 99 125 79 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
158 0 New 1 We Are KING, KING 158
159 166 – 34 #1's, Destiny's Child 1
160 123 – 136 Native, OneRepublic 4
161 104 165 12 Losing My Religion, Kirk Franklin 10
162 147 148 52 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
163 145 158 163 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
164 0 New 1 Opus, Eric Prydz 164
165 128 138 49 Listen, David Guetta 4
166 148 154 131 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
167 129 101 50 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 19
168 143 140 115 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
169 0 Re-Entry 12 I Cry When I Laugh, Jess Glynne 25
170 146 182 148 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
171 127 126 51 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
172 0 New 1 Psychedelic Swamp, Dr. Dog 172
173 0 Re-Entry 5 21 Totally 80s Hits, Various Artists 60
174 153 128 31 Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
175 144 143 55 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17

176 135 196 21 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
177 155 163 53 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
178 0 Re-Entry 33 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
179 140 150 22 Professional Rapper, Lil Dicky 7
180 141 155 60 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
181 150 152 59 Cole World: The Sideline Story, J. Cole 1
182 61 – 79 Grease, Soundtrack 61
183 158 193 251 Back In Black, AC/DC 67
184 154 141 12 Free TC, Ty Dolla $ign 14
185 165 – 61 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
186 164 200 121 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
187 182 178 41 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
188 137 133 10 Black Market, Rick Ross 6
189 156 132 311 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
190 149 104 61 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
191 157 166 59 Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
192 184 199 117 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 6
193 169 131 21 Threat To Survival, Shinedown 6
194 162 190 128 American Idiot, Green Day 1
195 180 167 113 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
196 0 Re-Entry 40 Stages, Josh Groban 2
197 170 170 219 Recovery, Eminem 1
198 183 – 90 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
199 0 Re-Entry 76 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
200 181 89 86 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie 21

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Metal By Numbers 2/17: The charts have a cult following
Posted by Matt Brown on February 17, 2016

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.

So Ghost won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance, and while those little golden phonographs are among the many things metalheads like to slag on (usually for good reason), seeing Papa get up onstage is one of the better things to happen involving the award. Even better is the pure gold that is their red carpet interview featuring (surprise!) an interviewer who knows nothing about the band she’s interviewing. Seriously, you couldn’t have taken two seconds to pull up a Wikipedia page on Ghost to find out about their outfits? I mean, I’m not one to tell you how to do your job, but at least you could have asked if they prayed to Lucifer before coming to the ceremony. Oh well, just another way for us to laugh at the Grammys. Oh, and we have ten debuts listed below so that’s cool.

Notable Debuts:

The Cult, Hidden City (Cooking Vinyl) #58 sold 4,900 sold

The band’s tenth album had a better debut than their previous album.



Drowning Pool, Hellelujah (eOne) #77, 3,775 sold

Drowning Pool’s first album one eOne doesn’t quite hit as high as 2013’s Resilience.



Fleshgod Apocalypse, King (Nuclear Blast) #113, 2,350 sold

The band’s fourth album is their best debut yet in the US.



Obscura, Akróasis (Relapse) #151, 1,800 sold

Obscura’s first album in five years is their highest charting in the US.



Prong, X – No Absolutes (SPV/Steamhammer) #181, 1,450 sold

The band’s latest manages to outdo 2014’s Ruining Lives.



Product of Hate, Buried in Violence (Napalm) 690 sold

This is the band’s debut record.



Textures, Phenotype (Nuclear Blast) 580 sold

The band’s fourth album is its first in five years with another release planned for next year.



Seven Sisters of Sleep, Ezekiel’s Hags (Relapse) 420 sold

The third album from the band that, incidentally, doesn’t actually have a member who is a sister.



Rhapsody of Fire, Into the Legend (AFM) 370 sold

The band’s eleventh album is its second without guitarist Luca Turilli.



Moon Tooth, Chromaparagon (Self-Released)

This is the debut LP from this Long Island band.


Notable Sales:

Megadeth, Dystopia (UMe) #33, 7,775 sold

Over 70,000 sold thus far.



Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise) #39, 6,750 sold

This has held the same chart position for three weeks, but takes a nice 19% jump. Guess touring really does work!



Dream Theater, The Astonishing (Roadrunner) #52, 5,400 sold

An 82% drop in week two, but it’s sold 35,000 so far.



Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park) #75, 3,825 sold

Over 300,000 sold.



Various Artists, Now That’s What I Call Rock (Sony) #90, 3,100 sold

There’s also an album titled Now That’s What I Call A Workout. What, so Slayer isn’t workout music but Maroon 5 somehow is?



Shinedown, Threat To Survival (Atlantic) #95, 2,900 sold

A 5% boost for survival.



Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #138, 1,975 sold

An 8% boost dawns.



Red, Of Beauty and Rage (Essential) #147, 1,850 sold

Another boost, this time by 10%.



Bring Me The Horizon, That’s The Spirit (Columbia) #171, 1,550 sold

Just under 130,000 sold.

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YEAR TO DATE SALES STATS

Category - 2016 - 2015 - Change

Total Albums - 23,014,000 - 27,040,000 - -14.9% (LW: -15.9%)

CD - 11,037,000 - 12,777,000 - -13.6%
Digital - 10,485,000 - 12,974,000 - -19.2%
Vinyl - 1,431,000 - 1,223,000 - +17.0%
Other - 61,000 - 65,000 - -6.2%

Current - 10,261,000 - 12,907,000 - -20.5%
Catalog - 12,753,000 - 14,133,000 - -9.8%
Deep Catalog - 10,825,000 - 11,718,000 - -7.6%

Digital Tracks - 98,594,000 - 133,139,000 - -25.9%
Store Singles - 166,000 - 446,000 - -62.8%

Albums with TEA - 32,873,400 - 40,353,900 - -18.5%

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www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6882811/billboard-200-chart-moves-coldplay-takes-over-after-super-bowl-50

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Coldplay Takes Over After Super Bowl 50
By Keith Caulfield | February 19, 2016

On the most recent Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Feb. 27), Future notched his third No. 1 (in less than seven months!) with the arrival of his Evol set. The album bowed atop the tally with 134,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 11, according to Nielsen Music.

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 latest Billboard 200 chart:

— Coldplay, A Head Full of Dreams - No. 4 — Super Bowl 50 halftime headliners Coldplay zoom up the Billboard 200 chart with their latest album, A Head Full of Dreams. The set rises from No. 16 to No. 4 in the wake of the big game on Feb. 7. The album shifted 90,000 units in the week ending Feb. 11 (up 265 percent) and sold 71,000 copies (up 372 percent). Also helping matters: the album was deeply discounted in the Google Play store for just 99 cents during the tracking week, while it was also sale priced to $6.99 in the iTunes Store.

It’s no surprise, then, that the album vaults 12-2 on the Digital Albums chart with a 556 percent sales gain, selling 62,000 downloads for the week. (Thus, nearly all of the album’s sales for the week came from downloads, and likely many of those were driven by discounting.)

In total for the week, Coldplay’s catalog of albums shifted 147,000 units (up 222 percent) and sold 95,000 copies (up 355 percent).

All seven of the band’s studio albums are on the Billboard 200. Following A Head Full of Dreams are their six previous sets, all re-entering. Ghost Stories at No. 65 (9,000 units; up 197 percent and 5,000 in sales; up 352 percent), A Rush of Blood To the Head at No. 73 (9,000 units; up 195 percent and 5,000 sales; up 312 percent), Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends at No. 75 (9,000 units; up 288 percent and 3,000 sales; up 455 percent), Mylo Xyloto at No. 76 (9,000 units; up 288 percent and 3,000 sales; up 473 percent), X&Y at No. 100 (7,000 units; up 221 percent and 3,000 sales; up 355 percent) and Parachutes at No. 113 (6,000 units; up 146 percent and 3,000 sales; up 217 percent).

In terms of digital songs sales, the band also profited strongly, as their catalog of tunes shifted 254,000 downloads – a gain of 174 percent. (Their best selling song of the week was “Adventure of a Lifetime,” which was performed during the halftime show and moved 74,000 copies – up 162 percent.)

Further, Coldplay’s music garnered 40 million on-demand streams for the week (both audio and video) for a gain of 71 percent.

Their guest stars during halftime, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson and Beyonce, also posted big increases.

Mars’ two studio albums rise up the Billboard 200, as Unorthodox Jukebox re-enters at No. 48 (12,000 units; up 234 percent and 8,000 sales up 637 percent). His first album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, jumps 174-107 with 6,000 units (up 55 percent) and 2,000 in sales (up 66 percent).

“Uptown Funk!,” which Mars performed with Ronson (but is not on either of Mars’ albums), earned a 154 percent download sales gain (rising to 36,000) and an 8 percent lift in on-demand audio and video streams (to 6.8 million).

Ronson’s Uptown Special album, which contains “Uptown Funk!,” jumps back onto the chart at No. 112 with 6,000 units (up 93 percent) and 1,000 in sales (up 100 percent).

As for Beyonce, her new single “Formation,” released on Feb. 6 and performed live for the first time during halftime, debuts at No. 18 on Hot R&B Songs.

— Earth, Wind & Fire, Greatest Hits - No. 40 — Maurice White, who died on Feb. 4, is remembered on the Billboard 200, as his band Earth, Wind & Fire surge up the list with Greatest Hits. It vaults 197-40 with 15,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 11, according to Nielsen Music. The group’s catalog of albums moved 31,000 units during the week (up 269 percent) and sold 20,000 (up 343 percent). Further, their songs generated 9.7 million on-demand streams (up 152 percent).

— Josh Groban, Stages: Live - No. 149 — Groban’s new live album bows with 5,000 units all from pure album sales. It’s the companion set to his studio effort Stages, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 2015. Stages: Live is his fourth live effort to chart, following Awake Live (No. 8 in 2008), Live at the Greek (No. 24 in 2004) and Josh Groban In Concert (No. 34 in 2003).

— Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1- No. 199 — The oldies-filled album returns to the list at No. 199 with 4,000 units (up 13 percent) — all from pure album sales. The set surpassed 1.5 million in album sales in the week ending Feb. 4. Only two soundtracks released since 2010 have sold at least 1.5 million: Guardians of the Galaxy, which arrived in 2014 and Frozen (4.1 million sold, released in 2013).

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6882813/ed-sheeran-x-album-hits-2-million-us-sales

Ed Sheeran's 'x' Album Hits 2 Million in U.S. Sales
2/19/2016 by Keith Caulfield

It's been a good week for Ed Sheeran. Not only did the singer/songwriter score his first Grammy Award (song of the year, for "Thinking Out Loud"), but he also celebrates the song's parent album, x, reaching 2 million in U.S. sales.

The set, released in 2014, sold another 5,000 copies in the week ending Feb. 11, bringing its total sales tally to 2.04 million, according to Nielsen Music.

x, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, follows Sheeran's debut full-length effort, +. The latter has sold 1.1 million, and peaked at No. 5 on the chart.

x launched three top 10-charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "Don't" (peaking at No. 9), "Thinking Out Loud" (No. 2) and "Photograph" (No. 10).