HITS: 9/29: The Killers #1 114/103k. Mackelmore #2 47k/26k.

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Saturday, September 23, 2017

NEW RELEASES: WONDERFUL NEWS

Barring a big surprise drop, Island's The Killers look set to debut at #1 on our next SPS chart with Wonderful Wonderful. Here's how things look for the week's key debuts, according to early reads:

The Killers (Island) 113-118k SPS, 105-110k album
Lecrae (Reach) 28-32k, 20-23k
Jhené Aiko (Def Jam) 28-32k, 8-10k
Midland (Big Machine/BMLG) 17-19k, 15-17k

Def Jam's Aiko, it should be pointed out, is supplementing her highly personal new release with a film and a book of poetry, about which we'll have more very soon

[onebuffalo]

At best, Midland will debut at #2 on the country albums chart behind Thomas Rhett.

[Zach]

Nice showing for The Killers.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Interestingly, no Macklemore nor Kevin Gates numbers yet.

[Green Baron]

Alternative rock wins again!

I love saying that.

[upsidedown]

Sept 23, 2017 17:35:59 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

^Interestingly, no Macklemore nor Kevin Gates numbers yet.

Yeah, Mack is #2 on iTunes so I'm shocked to not see him here.

Sad for Fergie though.

[Troublemaker]

With the exception of Killers these are weak numbers...

[shrk314]

Those are terrible numbers for Lecrae. His last LP did 90,000ish. His surprise-drop mixtape last year did similar numbers to the new album.

[Rican@]

No Ledisi? Ugh.

[Zach]

Sept 24, 2017 21:11:06 GMT -5 Rican@ said:

No Ledisi? Ugh.

Wasn't her last album a pretty big letdown in terms of opening sales? And I don't think she'd have gotten any kind of boost between then and now. She's made (and probably still makes, but I haven't listened to her much recently) good music, wish she'd had just a bit more success.

[mluv]

Now Macklemore's album showing as number 1 on itunes ( but The Killers non deluxe version is higher on the charts than Macklemore's one). I wonder why we don't have any numbers on this yet.

[Enigma.]

JOANNE #12 ON US ITUNES MUST BE TOP 200 OFFICIALLY YAAASS

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hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=308564

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

YOUR KILLER TOP 20

The Killers will debut at #1 on both the SPS and Sales charts this week. This on the heels of fellow rockers Foo Fighters topping the chart. So, like, rawwwk.

1. *The Killers (Island) 112-117k SPS, 107-111k Sales
2. Lil Uzi Vert (Generation Now/Atlantic) 47-52k, <1k
3. *Macklemore (Macklemore/Warner Bros.) 43-48k, 23-26k
4. *Kevin Gates (Bread Winners’ Association/Atlantic) 43-48k, 17-20k
5. Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope) 33-36k, 6-7k
6. Imagine Dragons (Kidinakorner/Interscope) 31-34k, 12-14k
7. *Jhene Aiko (Def Jam) 30-33k, 10-11k
8. Khalid (Right Hand Music/RCA) 30-33k, 4-5k
9. XXXtentacion (Bad Vibes Forever/Empire) 29-32k, <1k
10. *Lecrae (Reach) 28-31k, 20-23k

11. Thomas Rhett (Valory/BMLG) 28-31k, 13-15k
12. Post Malone (Republic) 27-30k, 3-4k
13. Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 23-26k, 5-6k
14. Logic (Def Jam) 23-26k, 3-4k
15. Kodak Black (Atlantic) 23-26k, <1k
16. SZA (TDE/RCA) 23-26k, 3-4k
17. Foo Fighters (Roswell/RCA) 20-23k, 17-19k
18. *Fergie (Dutchess Music) 18-20k, 15-17k
19. *G Herbo (Machine Entertainment) 18-20k, 5-6k
20. Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 18-20k, <1k

*DEBUTS

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Given that both Lil Uzi Vert's and XXXtentacion's are both expected to be in the top 10 with less than 1k in pure sales, I wonder if Views ever accomplished that.

[Hurricane Lee]

I am absolutely STUNNED at those Killers numbers but beyond happy because they are my 3rd favorite band in the world and they deserve it. They worked hard and put out (pardon the groaner) killer songs in advance of the release.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Surprisingly, Kevin Gates' mixtape debuted at #100 in the Billboard 200 and #63 in Top Album Sales. I guess numbers were somehow reported for early in spite of having a September 22 release date.

[EvanJ]

I don't follow charts much anymore. I just saw that Hits Daily Double's chart now builds from Tuesday to Friday. It used to be from Monday to Tuesday. The album sales week used to be Monday through Sunday. Is it still Monday through Sunday? Why did Hits Daily Double change? Hits Daily Double used to have an archive of their album charts going back to 2000. Is that still online?

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Sept 29, 2017 9:04:04 GMT -5 EvanJ said:

I don't follow charts much anymore. I just saw that Hits Daily Double's chart now builds from Tuesday to Friday. It used to be from Monday to Tuesday. The album sales week used to be Monday through Sunday. Is it still Monday through Sunday? Why did Hits Daily Double change? Hits Daily Double used to have an archive of their album charts going back to 2000. Is that still online?

It changed because album releases comes out on Friday now worldwide to cut down on piracy.

The new chart week is Friday-Thursday.

That archive has been gone a long time.

HITS uses Buzz Angle figures now. before they used SoundScan numbers through a label.

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hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=308667

Friday, September 29, 2017

A WONDERFUL CHART STORY

Another rock set tops the charts, marking the fifth album from the land of guitars to do so this year. The Killers’ Wonderful Wonderful debuts at #1 on our Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart this week with 115k. The Island band’s success follows that of Roswell/RCA’s Foo Fighters, who landed with a strong 130k last week.

Macklemore’s GEMINI (Bendo/Warner Bros.) bows at #2 with 48k, Kevin Gates’ By Any Means 2 (Bread Winners’ Association/Atlantic) comes in at #4 with 41k and Jhene Aiko’s Trip (Def Jam) appears at #5 with 37k. The Top 10's other bow is Lecrae’s All Things Work Together (Reach/Columbia) at #9 with 31k.

Further down the chart, G Herbo’s Humble Beast (Machine Entertainment) and Fergie’s Double Dutchess (Dutchess Music/BMG) land at #16 and #18 with 21k and 20k, respectively. As for the week’s most-noteworthy movers, those would be KIDinaKORNER/Interscope's Imagine Dragons (#7, up 30%) and Republic's Post Malone (#8 +29%), as their tracks blow the hell up.

Now let’s take a look at that SPS marketshare: UMG is #1 with 42%, WMG is #2 with 28% and SME is #3 with 27%; the indies conjure up 3%.

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hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

SALES PLUS STREAMING CHART

MARKETSHARE: UMG 42% WMG 28% SME 27% INDIE 3%

-- 1
THE KILLERS
WONDERFUL WONDERFUL
ISLAND 114,718 --

-- 2
MACKLEMORE
GEMINI
MACKLEMORE/WARNER BROS. 47,887 --
2 3
LIL UZI VERT
LUV IS RAGE 2
GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC 40,784 -4%
-- 4
KEVIN GATES
BY ANY MEANS 2
BREAD WINNERS' ASSOCIATION/ATLANTIC 40,650 --
-- 5
JHENE AIKO
TRIP
DEF JAM 36,648 --
4 6 KENDRICK LAMAR
DAMN.
TDE/INTERSCOPE 33,921 -1%
8 7 IMAGINE DRAGONS
EVOLVE
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 33,259 30%
9 8 POST MALONE
STONEY
REPUBLIC 32,980 29%
-- 9 LECRAE
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER
REACH 30,824 --
6 10 KHALID
AMERICAN TEEN
RIGHT HAND MUSIC/RCA 30,628 -3%
12 11 ED SHEERAN
DIVIDE
ATLANTIC 28,067 20%
5 12 XXXTENTACION
17
BAD VIBES FOREVER/EMPIRE 27,364 -14%
3 13 THOMAS RHETT
LIFE CHANGES
VALORY/BMLG 26,607 -34%
10 14 LOGIC
EVERYBODY
DEF JAM 22,079 -13%
11 15 SZA
CTRL
TDE/RCA 22,073 -6%
-- 16 G HERBO
HUMBLE BEAST
MACHINE ENTERTAINMENT 20,872 --
1 17 FOO FIGHTERS
CONCRETE AND GOLD
ROSWELL/RCA 20,488 -84%
-- 18 FERGIE
DOUBLE DUTCHESS
DUTCHESS MUSIC 20,450 --
17 19 DRAKE
MORE LIFE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 20,216 3%
-- 20 MIDLAND
ON THE ROCKS
BIG MACHINE/BMLG 19,331 --
16 21 21 SAVAGE
ISSA ALBUM
SLAUGHTER GANG/EPIC 18,908 -6%
-- 22 VAN MORRISON
ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES
CAROLINE 18,730 --
15 23 KODAK BLACK
PROJECT BABY 2
ATLANTIC 17,400 -22%
21 24 THE WEEKND
STARBOY
XO/REPUBLIC 17,112 2%
18 25 MOANA
SOUNDTRACK
WALT DISNEY 15,317 -16%
7 26 BTS
LOVE YOURSELF 'HER'
BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT 15,017 -51%
22 27 MIGOS
CULTURE
QUALITY CONTROL 14,906 -7%
25 28 HAMILTON
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST
UPTOWN/ATLANTIC 14,624 -3%
19 29 BRUNO MARS
24K MAGIC
ATLANTIC 14,529 -15%
23 30 KESHA
RAINBOW
KEMOSABE/RCA 14,492 -9%
20 31 DJ KHALED
GRATEFUL
WE THE BEST/EPIC 14,232 -15%
27 32 2 CHAINZ
PRETTY GIRLS LIKE TRAP MUSIC
DEF JAM 13,675 -8%
-- 33 SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
GOSSIP
WARNER BROS. 13,336 --
35 34 TRAVIS SCOTT
BIRDS IN THE TRAP SING MCKNIGHT
EPIC 13,145 4%
37 35 DRAKE
VIEWS
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 12,073 0%
28 36 LUKE COMBS
THIS ONE'S FOR YOU
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 11,895 -14%
31 37 CALVIN HARRIS
FUNK WAV BOUNCES VOL. 1
COLUMBIA 11,772 -12%
-- 38 MASTODON
COLD DARK PLACE
REPRISE 11,517 --
32 39 HALSEY
HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM
ASTRALWERKS 11,486 -13%
41 40 RUSS
THERE'S REALLY A WOLF
COLUMBIA 10,764 -5%
36 41 FRENCH MONTANA
JUNGLE RULES
BAD BOY/EPIC 10,724 -14%
-- 42 CHRIS JANSON
EVERYBODY
WARNER NASHVILLE 10,436 --
33 43 SHAWN MENDES
ILLUMINATE
ISLAND 10,429 -20%
40 44 CHRIS STAPLETON
TRAVELLER
MERCURY NASHVILLE 10,400 -11%
39 45 MEEK MILL
WINS & LOSSES
ATLANTIC 10,303 -12%
48 46 PLAYBOI CARTI
PLAYBOI CARTI
AWGE/INTERSCOPE 10,111 1%
42 47 TROLLS
SOUNDTRACK
RCA 10,059 -8%
43 48 A$AP MOB
COZY TAPES, VOL. 2: TOO COZY
A$AP WORLD/POLO GROUNDS/RCA 9,824 -10%
-- 49 ED SHEERAN
X
ASYLUM 9,737 --
34 50 KANE BROWN
KANE BROWN
RCA NASHVILLE/ZONE 4 9,554 -25%

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hitsdailydouble.com/building_album_chart

BUILDING ALBUM SALES CHART

MARKETSHARE: UMG 61% WMG 25% SME 13% INDIE 1%

-- 1
THE KILLERS
WONDERFUL WONDERFUL
ISLAND 103,475 --

-- 2
MACKLEMORE
GEMINI
MACKLEMORE/WARNER BROS. 26,535 --
-- 3
LECRAE
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER
REACH 19,639 --
-- 4
KEVIN GATES
BY ANY MEANS 2
BREAD WINNERS' ASSOCIATION/ATLANTIC 17,834 --
-- 5
VAN MORRISON
ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES
CAROLINE 15,626 --
-- 6 MIDLAND
ON THE ROCKS
BIG MACHINE/BMLG 15,365 --
1 7 FOO FIGHTERS
CONCRETE AND GOLD
ROSWELL/RCA 15,315 -87%
-- 8 FERGIE
DOUBLE DUTCHESS
DUTCHESS MUSIC 14,456 --
10 9 IMAGINE DRAGONS
EVOLVE
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 12,988 46%
4 10 THOMAS RHETT
LIFE CHANGES
VALORY/BMLG 12,130 -38%
-- 11 SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
GOSSIP
WARNER BROS. 10,393 --
-- 12 JHENE AIKO
TRIP
DEF JAM 10,369 --
-- 13 MASTODON
COLD DARK PLACE
REPRISE 10,020 --
-- 14 CHRIS JANSON
EVERYBODY
WARNER NASHVILLE 7,043 --
-- 15 G HERBO
HUMBLE BEAST
MACHINE ENTERTAINMENT 6,732 --
-- 16 HOME FREE
TIMELESS
COLUMBIA 6,669 --
13 17 MOANA
SOUNDTRACK
WALT DISNEY 5,815 -22%
-- 18 MATTHEW WEST
ALL IN
SPARROW 5,667 --
6 19 GREGG ALLMAN
SOUTHERN BLOOD
ROUNDER 5,509 -65%
15 20 ED SHEERAN
DIVIDE
ATLANTIC 5,451 -22%
16 21 KENDRICK LAMAR
DAMN.
TDE/INTERSCOPE 5,440 -12%
14 22 NOW 63
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 5,198 -27%
17 23 CHRIS STAPLETON
FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1
MERCURY NASHVILLE 5,106 -14%
35 24 KESHA
RAINBOW
KEMOSABE/RCA 4,602 28%
8 25 VOL. 2 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 2
SOUNDTRACK
HOLLYWOOD 4,547 -51%
20 26 HAMILTON
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST
UPTOWN/ATLANTIC 4,393 -23%
25 27 CHRIS STAPLETON
TRAVELLER
MERCURY NASHVILLE 4,236 -22%
26 28 DESCENDANTS 2
SOUNDTRACK
WALT DISNEY 4,076 -23%
30 29 LUKE COMBS
THIS ONE'S FOR YOU
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 4,052 -9%
23 30 BRUNO MARS
24K MAGIC
ATLANTIC 4,051 -26%
-- 31 WHY DON'T WE
INVITATION - EP
SIGNATURE ENT/ATLANTIC 4,021 --
19 32 THE NATIONAL
SLEEP WELL BEAST
4AD 3,894 -32%
-- 33 THE RAPSODY
LAILA'S WISDOM
PIDM 3,668 --
-- 34 STEPHEN STILLS & JUDY COLLINS
EVERYBODY KNOWS
WILDFLOWER 3,434 --
-- 35 LEDISI
LET LOVE RULE
VERVE 3,431 --
29 36 JAY-Z
4:44
ROC NATION 3,411 -26%
31 37 TROLLS
SOUNDTRACK
RCA 3,170 -23%
5 38 BTS
LOVE YOURSELF 'HER'
BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT 3,142 -83%
37 39 METALLICA
METALLICA
BLACKENED 3,136 1%
40 40 LINKIN PARK
ONE MORE LIGHT
WARNER BROS. 3,056 11%
42 41 KHALID
AMERICAN TEEN
RIGHT HAND MUSIC/RCA 2,979 11%
-- 42 JOSH RITTER
GATHERING
PYTHEAS 2,864 --
22 43 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1
SOUNDTRACK
HOLLYWOOD 2,701 -52%
2 44 PROPHETS OF RAGE
PROPHETS OF RAGE
FANTASY/CONCORD 2,584 -88%
-- 45 SZA
CTRL
TDE/RCA 2,472 --
11 46 JACK JOHNSON
ALL THE LIGHT ABOVE IT TOO
REPUBLIC 2,405 -69%
-- 47 BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION
BCCIV
J&R ADVENTURES 2,378 --
21 48 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
VILLAINS
MATADOR 2,355 -58%
41 49 BRETT YOUNG
BRETT YOUNG
BIG MACHINE/BMLG 2,347 -14%
-- 50 POST MALONE
STONEY
REPUBLIC 2,317 --

[felipe]

Sept 26, 2017 18:50:40 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

^Given that both Lil Uzi Vert's and XXXtentacion's are both expected to be in the top 10 with less than 1k in pure sales, I wonder if Views ever accomplished that.

Wow! This is insane!

[Enigma.]

Hmm Joanne didn't make the top 50 in sales even though it was top ten on iTunes for almost the whole week. The album sales on iTunes in general must be very low.

[EvanJ]

Sept 29, 2017 9:33:05 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

It changed because album releases comes out on Friday now worldwide to cut down on piracy.

Were albums in other countries released on Fridays when they were released on Tuesdays here? Who decided to change the day here? Did the RIAA get involved? Is there anything stopping different record companies from releasing albums on different days if they wanted to?

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Oct 1, 2017 13:11:02 GMT -5 EvanJ said:

Sept 29, 2017 9:33:05 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

It changed because album releases comes out on Friday now worldwide to cut down on piracy.

Were albums in other countries released on Fridays when they were released on Tuesdays here? Who decided to change the day here? Did the RIAA get involved? Is there anything stopping different record companies from releasing albums on different days if they wanted to?

It happened two years ago.

Here are some articles explaining it:

www.billboard.com/articles/business/6487289/friday-global-record-release-day-ifpi

www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-record-industry-global-release-date-fridays-july-20150611-story.html

www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/07/10/421483599/goodbye-music-tuesday-starting-today-albums-come-out-on-friday