Billboard 200 12/2: Taylor Swift #1:1,238M SPS,1,216M Albums

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No Billboard 200 article yet, but we have this...

Retailer Report: Top 200 Albums
Region: Total U.S. Week Ending: 11/16/17

SWIFT*TAYLOR|REPUTATION ( 1) 1,216,400
SMITH*SAM|THE THRILL OF IT ALL( 2) 32,700
CHESNEY*KENNY|LIVE IN NO SHOES( 3) 32,100
EVANESCENCE|SYNTHESIS ( 4) 30,600
SHELTON*BLAKE|TEXOMA SHORE ( 5) 27,900
MAROON 5|RED PILL BLUES ( 6) 19,800
VARIOUS ARTISTS|NOW 64 ( 7) 19,100
PENTATONIX|A PENTATONIX CHRIST( 8) 16,000
P!NK|BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA ( 9) 15,000
STAPLETON*CHRIS|FROM A ROOM: V( 10) 12,400

KID ROCK|SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR ( 11) 12,300
JOHN*ELTON|DIAMONDS ( 12) 12,300
METALLICA|MASTER OF PUPPETS ( 13) 12,000
SHEERAN*ED|DIVIDE ( 14) 11,700
GRETA VAN FLEET|FROM THE FIRES( 15) 11,500
BROWN*CHRIS|HEARTBREAK ON A FU( 16) 10,100
CLARKSON*KELLY|MEANING OF LIFE( 17) 9,900
IMAGINE DRAGONS|EVOLVE ( 18) 9,600
GRATEFUL DEAD|RFK STADIUM 1989( 19) 9,400
WALK THE MOON|WHAT IF NOTHING ( 20) 9,400

Top 200 total: 2,079,100

[Linnethia Monique]

So it went down further...

She can take joy in her 4 million selling debuts and a consistent fan base that she knows will always show out for her.

[#LisaRinna]

Wow SoundScan said NOPE! :kii:

[NeRD]

So it actually ended up below 1989's first week?

Who cares, still FANTASTIC numbers.

[Enigma.]

HDD had 30k from TEA though but I guess it will still be lower than 1989

[deepston]

The slight drop in sales is not surprising at all.
Still great numbers for her overall!

[forg]

Still great, i expected 700K-800K as well with the lukewarm response to the singles

Also nice to see Kelly still top 20 in sales

Now 64 still selling decently

[harvie]

Wow. I have never purchased a Swift album (i like most of her singles) but her album sales are just beyond amazing.
And she is able to open with these huge numbers in 2017 and without any help from a ticket bundle.
Taylor would be the perfect artist for a ticket bundle bc her tours sell out fast.
Congrats to all the Taylor fans, a great time to be a fan I'm sure.

[djkhaled]

all of her singles so far have been extremely frontloaded. I wouldn't be surprised if her album was too.

[ampersand]

Thrilled for Kelly and Evanescence.

[85la]

Still no official article out yet, unless I'm missing something. Something tells me the sales are in dispute.

[onebuffalo]

Nov 20, 2017 18:51:26 GMT -5 85la said:

Still no official article out yet, unless I'm missing something. Something tells me the sales are in dispute.

Let me guess, Big Machine wanted 3.5 million so they can say they beat Adele.

[Gary]

Chart Watch: Taylor Swift sells more than 1 million copies for the fourth time

Paul Grein
Writer
Yahoo MusicNovember 20, 2017
Taylor Swift just enhanced her “reputation” as the top-selling American recording artist. Swift’s sixth studio album, reputation, sold 1,216,000 copies in the U.S. (in traditional album sales) in its first week of release. Here are 13 fairly mind-boggling facts about Swift’s achievement.

1) This marks the fourth time that Swift has topped the million mark in first-week sales. No other artist has achieved that feat with more than two albums.

2) reputation sold nearly as many copies (in traditional album sales) as Swift’s previous album, 1989. That album started with sales of 1,287,000 in November 2014. (Overall album sales have been declining for years, so nearly equaling a feat from three years ago is an achievement.)

3) reputation’s first-week sales tally (in traditional album sales) is nearly equal to the first-week sales tallies of this year’s next four fastest-breaking albums combined. They are Pink’s Beautiful Trauma (384K), Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. (353K), Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (322K), and Drake’s More Life (226K).

4) Swift’s showing is remarkable because she has been a recording star for more than a decade. (Her first album was released in October 2006.) Only one other artist with more than a decade under their belt has ever sold 1 million copies in a week. That was the Beatles, who achieved that milestone with their 2000 hits compilation 1.

5) After just one week, reputation is the year’s best-selling album. It pushes ahead of Ed Sheeran’s  ÷, which has sold 931K copies. (Sheeran is featured, along with Future, on “End Game,” the second track on reputation.)

6) This will be the third time that Swift has had the year’s best-selling album. Fearless was the best-selling album of 2009. 1989 was on top in 2014. Swift will be the first artist to have the year’s best-selling album three times with three different albums since Nielsen started tracking U.S. music sales in 1991. Adele, Eminem, and Justin Timberlake each had the year’s best-selling album with two different albums. (Timberlake’s tally counts an *NSYNC album.)

7) This will be the seventh time in the past nine years that either Swift or Adele has had the year’s top-selling album. Adele’s 21 was on top for both 2011 and 2012; her follow-up, 25, was the sales leader for both 2015 and 2016. The only other artists to have the year’s top album in this nine-year stretch are Eminem (Recovery, 2010) and Justin Timberlake (The 20/20 Experience, 2013).

8) reputation is Swift’s fifth consecutive studio album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Only three other female solo artists have achieved that feat. Beyoncé has reached No. 1 with all six of her solo studio albums. Madonna and Janet Jackson each hit No. 1 with five consecutive studio albums.

9) Two songs from reputation, “Look What You Made Me Do” and “…Ready for It?,” have already made the top 10 on the Hot 100. reputation is Swift’s fifth consecutive studio album to spin off two or more top 10 hits.


10) reputation moved 1,238,000 in its first week in “equivalent units,” which factors in digital track sales. (That tally also takes into account streaming, but Swift’s album wasn’t available for streaming.) Billboard‘s introduction of “equivalent units” occurred four weeks after 1989 debuted, so there is no “equivalent” figure for 1989’s debut week.

11) reputation‘s “equivalent units” tally is considerably more than the first-week totals by the year’s next two fastest-breaking albums combined. They are Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. (603K) and Drake’s More Life (505K)

12. reputation is all but assured of remaining at No. 1 next week. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s The Rest of Our Life is on track to debut at No. 2. Thus, Swift will block McGraw’s path to landing a fifth No. 1 album. Ironically, Swift’s first single, in 2006, was titled “Tim McGraw.” Also, Swift and McGraw collaborated on the 2013 hit “Highway Don’t Care” (which also featured Keith Urban on guitar).

13. reputation also enters the official U.K. Albums Chart at No. 1. It’s Swift’s third consecutive studio album to top the U.K. chart.

Top Albums

Sam Smith’s The Thrill of It All dips from No. 1 to No. 2 in its second week.

Chris Brown’s 45-song Heartbreak on a Full Moon holds at No. 3 for the third straight week.
Post Malone’s Stoney rebounds from No. 9 to No. 4 in its 49th week. This equals its highest ranking to date.
Ed Sheeran’s ÷ rebounds from No. 10 to No. 5 in its 37th week. The album spent its first two weeks at No. 1.
Without Warning, a collaboration by 21 Savage, Offset, and Metro Boomin, dips from No. 5 to No. 6 in its third week. This represents its highest ranking to date.
Maroon 5’s Red Blue Pills drops from No. 2 to No. 7 in its second week.
Evanescence’s Synthesis debuts at No. 8. All four of the group’s studio albums have made the top 10, though the three before this all reached the top three.

Kenny Chesney’s Live in No Shoes Nation drops from No. 6 to No. 9 in its third week. The album debuted at No. 1. The album regains the No. 1 spot on Top Country Albums, displacing Blake Shelton’s Texoma Shore.
Blake Shelton’s Texoma Shore drops from No. 4 to No. 10 in its second week.
Two albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Kelsea Ballerini’s Unapologetically drops from No. 7 to No. 50. Kid Rock’s Sweet Southern Sugar drops from No. 8 to No. 43.
Pentatonix’s A Pentatonix Christmas rebounds from No. 34 to No. 17 in its 16th chart week. The album spent two weeks at No. 1 in its first holiday season. The album holds at No. 1 on Top Catalog Albums for the second week. Pentatonix’s previous holiday album, That’s Christmas to Me, topped the catalog chart for a total of 15 weeks in 2015-16. An earlier EP, PTXmas, topped the catalog chart for one week in 2013.
Metallica’s 1986 album Master of Puppets reenters the chart at No. 46, thanks to the release of a deluxe edition.

The Moana soundtrack holds at No. 48 in its 52nd week. The album peaked at No. 2.  It’s No. 1 on Top Soundtracks for the 30th week.
Coming Attractions:  Look for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s The Rest of Our Life to debut at No. 2 next week. Also due: Fed Baby’s, a collaboration by Moneybagg Yo and YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Chase Rice’s Lambs & Lions, Tove Lo’s Blue Lips, and Sia’s Everyday Is Christmas.


Top Songs

Post Malone’s “Rockstar” (featuring 21 Savage) logs its sixth week at No. 1. The song has spent each of its first nine weeks at No. 1 or No. 2. “Rockstar” logs its sixth week at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Camila Cabello’s “Havana” (featuring Young Thug) holds at No. 2 for the third week in its 14th week on the chart. The song sold 75K digital copies this week, which enables it to move up to No. 1 on Top Digital Songs, displacing Taylor Swift’s “Call It What You Want.” “Havana” logs its third week at No. 1 on The Official U.K. Singles Chart.
Lil Pump’s “Gucci Gang” vaults from No. 12 to No. 3 in its 10th week. This is its highest ranking to date.

Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” inches up from No. 5 to No. 4 in its 29th week. This is the highest ranking of the group’s previous single, “Believer.” “Thunder” logs its third week at No. 1 on Top Rock Songs.
Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” drops from No. 3 to No. 5 in its 20th week. The song logged three weeks at No. 1.
Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” drops from its No. 4 peak to No. 6 in its 10th week.
Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” jumps from No. 8 to No. 7 in its 12th week.
Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” (featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid) drops from No. 6 to No. 8 in its 29th week. The song peaked at No. 3.
Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” drops from No. 7 to No. 9 in its 22nd week. The song peaked at No. 4.
J Balvin & Willy William’s “Mi Gente” (featuring Beyoncé) holds at No. 10 in its 20th week. Six weeks ago, it tied Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” as Beyoncé’s highest-charting featured credit. “Telephone” reached No. 3 in April 2010.

Maroon 5’s “What Lovers Do” (featuring SZA) drops out of the top 10 this week.
Eminem’s “Walk on Water” (featuring Beyoncé) is this week’s top new entry at No. 14. The song is the lead single from Eminem’s eighth major-label studio album, Revival. The first singles from Eminem’s last six studio albums have made the top 10. “Walk on Water” is the 57th Hot 100 hit for both Eminem and Beyoncé. The two stars have something else in common. Both have received three Grammy noms for Album of the Year. Neither has ever won

[Gary]

Nov 20, 2017 18:51:26 GMT -5 85la said:

Still no official article out yet, unless I'm missing something. Something tells me the sales are in dispute.

1,216 is the sales number 
1.238 is the units number

[onebuffalo]

Just rounding off to the nearest hundred thousand, it means Taylor Swift has a 1.2 million selling album versus a 1.3 million seller.

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hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=309435

Monday, November 20, 2017

AMATO’S GOTTA GO

Our latest SPS chart has Taylor Swift's #1 bow for reputation at 1.29m, edging past the first-week total for prior giant 1989. But in a further demonstration of how completely out of touch John Amato and team are, the industry Bible gave her a total of around 1.26m. In doing so, they took their eye off the ball during a crucial moment for the entire industry—because they didn’t care.

If they did care, they would’ve done the work to find out what really happened with the year's most eagerly awaited album, considering the importance of an accurate count to one of the industry's hugest stars, her label or the biz at large.

The performance of reputation in the 2017 marketplace is historic; despite steep drops in retail, Taylor achieved an unprecedented fourth straight million-plus bow almost entirely with sales and eclipsed the 2014 debut of her last blockbuster.

When they saw our chart number (a total with which BuzzAngle Music agrees), they could’ve dug down into their numbers to locate the malfunction. But they couldn’t be bothered.

Taylor and Big Machine are said to be apoplectic about this absurd lapse.

A publication that cared about the music business would have done its utmost to get this right. Even if it required Amato to miss a photo op backstage at the AMAs.

But Billboard isn't in the music business.

If it wants to change this, Amato and his coterie of sycophants must go.

[badrobot]

Why does HDD have such a vendetta against Billboard? Why do they even care?

[Choco]

Does anyone really care? Second week drop will be way more interesting, and even with HITS' numbers it was down from 1989 in total sales (add SPS to 1989's first week for an apples-to-apples comparison).

[Gary]

Official: Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Album Sells 1.2M Copies in US During First Week
News
By Keith Caulfield | November 20, 2017 8:17 PM EST


Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic on Feb. 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas.  



It’s official: Taylor Swift’s Reputation album sold 1.216 million copies in its first week in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. That sum -- reflecting the tracking week ending Nov. 16 -- is the 10th-largest sales week for any album since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking sales in 1991 and Swift’s fourth million-selling week. She is the only artist in Nielsen Music history to achieve four million-selling weeks. (Previously, both Swift and Adele had three million-selling frames.)

Reputation is Swift’s sixth studio album and was released on Nov. 10 through Big Machine Records.
Swift earlier earned million-selling weeks with the debut weeks of each of her last three studio sets: 1989 (1.287 million in 2014), Red (1.208 million, 2012) and Speak Now (1.047 million, 2010).

Read more: Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Reputation’s debut sales sum is the largest sales week for any album since the week ending Nov. 26, 2015, when Adele’s 25 bowed with a Nielsen Music-era one-week record of 3.378 million copies. (25 is the only album with multiple million-selling weeks. Following its debut, it sold 1.112 million in its second week, and 1.157 million in its fifth frame.)

As earlier reported, Reputation is already the best-selling album of 2017. It surpassed the total sales of the year’s previous No. 1 seller, Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide), which has sold 931,000 through Nov. 16.
Reputation also debuts at No. 1 on the consumption-based Billboard 200 albums chart dated Dec. 2, giving Swift her fifth chart topping effort. It follows her previous leaders 1989, Red, Speak Now and Fearless (2008).

[Gary]

Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
News
By Keith Caulfield | November 20, 2017 8:16 PM EST

'Reputation' is her fifth No. 1 on the list, following '1989,' 'Red,' 'Speak Now' and 'Fearless.'

Taylor Swift’s Reputation blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 2017’s biggest week for an album, as the set earned 1.238 million equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 16, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 1.216 million were in traditional album sales -- the largest sales frame for an album since 2015.

Reputation is Swift’s sixth studio album and was released on Nov. 10 through Big Machine Records. It is her fifth No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Dec. 2-dated chart (where Reputation launches at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 21.


Reputation’s whopping 1.216 million sales figure is the biggest sales week of 2017, and the 10th largest sales week for any album since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking sales in 1991. Further, Reputation secures Swift her fourth million-selling week. She is the only artist in Nielsen Music history to achieve four million-selling weeks. (Previously, both Swift and Adele had three million-selling frames.)

Swift earlier earned million-selling weeks with the debut weeks of each of her last three studio albums: 1989 (1.287 million in 2014), Red (1.208 million, 2012) and Speak Now (1.047 million, 2010).
The album’s 1.216 million sales start is the largest week for any album since the week ending Nov. 26, 2015, when Adele’s 25 debuted with a Nielsen Music-era one-week record of 3.378 million copies. (25 is the only album with multiple million-selling weeks. Following its debut, it sold 1.112 million in its second week, and 1.157 million in its fifth frame.)


Reputation’s equivalent album unit figure of 1.238 million is the largest week for any album this year and the biggest since Adele’s 25 bowed with 3.482 million units in the tracking week ending Nov. 26, 2015.
Reputation’s unit total of 1.238 million is mostly comprised of traditional album sales (1.216 million albums sold), along with a small number of TEA units (8,000) and SEA units (13,000) from the album’s four songs that were available to purchase a la carte through digital retailers and stream via on-demand audio services during the album’s first week of availability.

As previously reported, Reputation is already the best-selling album of 2017. With 1.216 million sold, it surpassed the total sales of the year’s previous No. 1 seller, Ed Sheeran’s ÷, which has sold 931,000 through Nov. 16.
Of Reputation’s starting sales sum of 1.216 million, the set sold 709,000 digital albums in its first week -- the third-largest sales week for a digital album in Nielsen Music history. It trails only the debut of Adele’s 25 (1.64 million) and the opening frame of Drake’s Views (852,000 in 2016). Reputation’s digital sales figure is particularly noteworthy, considering the digital version of the album was sold exclusively through the iTunes Store and Swift’s official website during its first week. (The album has since become widely available.)

Further, Reputation also sold 507,000 physical copies in its debut frame (all on CD). That’s the biggest week for a physical album since Adele’s 25 sold 1.03 million copies on CD and vinyl LP in the week ending Dec. 24, 2015 -- its fifth week of release. Reputation was promoted heavily through Target stores, where the album was available in two exclusive editions, bundled with a Swift-curated magazine. (No bonus tracks were featured on any version of the album, CD or digital.)

Reputation’s overall album sales were likely enhanced to a degree by how the full album was not available on streaming services during release week. (Adele’s 25 also was withheld from streaming services in its debut frame, save for its lead single, “Hello.”)

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 chart, Sam Smith’s The Thrill of It All slips one rung to No. 2 in its second week (66,000 units; down 72 percent). Chris Brown’s Heartbreak on a Full Moon is steady at No. 3 (51,000 units; down 31 percent) and Post Malone’s Stoney climbs 9-4, returning to its peak (39,000 units; down 3 percent). Ed Sheeran’s ÷ climbs 10-5 with just under 39,000 units (up 7 percent).

21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin’ s collaborative album Without Warning falls 5-6 with 37,000 units (down 33 percents) and Maroon 5’s Red Pill Blues drops 2-7 in its second week with 36,000 units (down 70 percent).
The second and final debut in the top 10 comes from rock band Evanescence, which starts at No. 8 with its new album Synthesis (34,000 units; 30,000 in traditional album sales). The set features orchestral reworkings of the group’s earlier songs, including “Bring Me to Life,” in addition to few new tunes. Synthesis is Evanescence’s first album since its 2011 self-titled release, which debuted at No. 1. The new album is the group’s fourth top 10 effort, following Evanescence, The Open Door (No. 1 in 2006) and Fallen (No. 3, 2003).

Rounding out the top 10: Kenny Chesney’s Live in No Shoes Nation dips 6-9 (33,000 units; down 37 percent) and Blake Shelton’s Texoma Shore falls 4-10 (32,000 units; down 49 percent).

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Links for the above articles:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8039676/taylor-swift-reputation-album-sells-12-million-copies-us

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8039679/taylor-swift-reputation-debuts-no-1-billboard-200-albums

[Gary]

1. Taylor Swift 1,238,000
2. Sam Smith 66,000
3. Chris Brown 51,000
4. Post Malone 39,000
5. Ed Sheeran 39,000
6. 21 Savage 37,000
7. Maroon 5 36,000
8. Evanescence 34,000
9. Kenny Chesney 33,000
10. Blake Shelton 32,000

[kanimal]

The funny thing about all this is that Hits Daily Double actually reported 1.316 million for 1989. 1.287 million was the Billboard number.

[shayonce]

lol HDD is full of themselves. their whole "we're the one for industry" is tired.

[kanimal]

Nov 21, 2017 5:01:10 GMT -5 shayonce said:

lol HDD is full of themselves. their whole "we're the one for industry" is tired.

By the same token, their "suck up to the industry types" does seem to work. Slobbing over people like Charlie Walk and Scooter Braun clearly seems to yield some scoops.

Their "Billboard doesn't care about you guys" narrative also seems to be working.   A bunch of industry types seemed to back their "Billboard is stupid for adding YouTube streams to its album chart" rant.

And, in this case, Scott Borchetta/Big Machine are publicly sharing the BuzzAngle sales data rather than Billboard's numbers, which is a major symbolic victory for Hits/BuzzAngle (and a major symbolic blow for Billboard).

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12/2 Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC Title Artist Imprint | label

1 Hot Shot Debut 1 Reputation - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
2 1 – 2 The Thrill Of It All - Sam Smith - Capitol
3 3 3 3 Heartbreak On A Full Moon - Chris Brown - RCA
4 9 5 49 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic
5 10 8 37 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
6 5 4 3 Without Warning - 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin - Boominati/Quality Control/Motown/Slaughter Gang | Republic/Capitol/Epic
7 2 – 2 Red Pill Blues - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA
8 New 1 Synthesis - Evanescence - BMG
9 6 1 3 Live In No Shoes Nation - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN
10 4 – 2 Texoma Shore - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
11 11 10 12 Luv Is Rage 2 - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
12 13 12 21 Evolve - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
13 16 13 6 Lil Pump - Lil Pump - Lyfetime/Tha Lights Global | Warner Bros.
14 17 15 31 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
15 15 17 37 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA
16 14 18 5 Beautiful Trauma - P!nk - RCA
17 34 68 16 A Pentatonix Christmas - Pentatonix - RCA
18 12 – 2 NOW 64 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
19 20 14 5 Mr. Davis - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG
20 23 21 7 The Bigger Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label/Atlantic | AG
21 24 25 12 17 - XXXTentacion - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings
22 19 16 7 Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato - Hollywood/Safehouse | Island
23 New 1 Diamonds - Elton John - Rocket/Island | UMe
24 26 28 23 Ctrl - SZA - Top Dawg | RCA
25 28 32 112 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG
26 31 70 28 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
27 21 9 4 Super Slimey - Future & Young Thug - 300/Atlantic/A-1/Freebandz | AG/Epic
28 30 30 35 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
29 New 1 Laugh Now, Fly Later - Wiz Khalifa - Taylor Gang/Atlantic | AG
30 27 33 24 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey - Astralwerks
31 25 20 4 Flicker - Niall Horan - Neon Haze | Capitol
32 33 40 50 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN
33 43 53 114 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
34 32 31 13 Project Baby Two - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG
35 18 2 3 Meaning Of Life - Kelly Clarkson - Atlantic | AG
36 New 1 From The Fires - Greta Van Fleet - Lava | Republic
37 40 35 51 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
38 39 36 42 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG
39 38 34 19 Issa Album - 21 Savage - Slaughter Gang | Epic
40 New 1 What If Nothing - WALK THE MOON - RCA
41 41 37 28 Everybody - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam
42 44 41 10 Life Changes - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG
43 8 – 2 Sweet Southern Sugar - Kid Rock - Top Dog/BMG | BBMG
44 65 – 58 Christmas - Michael Buble - 143/Reprise | Warner Bros.
45 47 43 6 Perception - NF - NF Real Music/Capitol | Caroline
46 Re-Entry 133 Master Of Puppets - Metallica - Blackened | Rhino
47 29 6 3 I Still Am - Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik | Epic
48 48 44 52 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
49 45 55 24 This One's For You - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN
50 7 – 2 Unapologetically - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River

51 46 39 52 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG
52 51 45 81 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
53 68 83 153 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
54 42 26 241 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA/Geffen | UMe
55 52 48 63 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic
56 118 118 367 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
57 37 64 179 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol
58 53 49 8 GEMINI - Macklemore - Bendo
59 35 11 3 Beach House 3 - Ty Dolla $ign - Atlantic | AG
60 59 59 13 Still Striving - A$AP Ferg - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA
61 55 57 28 There's Really A Wolf - Russ - Diemon/Russ My Way | Columbia
62 96 – 36 That's Christmas To Me - Pentatonix - RCA
63 57 65 20 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa - Warner Bros.
64 New 1 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C. July 12 & 13, 1989 - Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead | Rhino
65 New 1 King Of Dixie - Upchurch - Redneck Nation
66 61 54 14 Rainbow - Kesha - Kemosabe | RCA
67 66 69 12 Odisea - Ozuna - VP Entertainment | Sony Music Latin
68 70 75 246 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
69 54 – 76 Noel - Josh Groban - 143/Reprise | Warner Bros.
70 62 52 22 Pretty Girls Like Trap Music - 2 Chainz - The Real University | Def Jam
71 63 71 40 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG
72 56 58 22 Woodstock - Portugal. The Man - Atlantic | AG
73 Re-Entry 7 Precious Memories Collection - Alan Jackson - ARC/EMI Nashville | UMGN
74 67 67 60 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA
75 77 134 80 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN
76 74 79 31 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
77 99 – 2 My Kind Of Christmas - Reba - Nash Icon | BMLG
78 78 84 178 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
79 69 60 21 Grateful - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic
80 76 76 31 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti - AWGE/Interscope | IGA
81 64 72 30 digital druglord - Blackbear - Beartrap/Alamo/Interscope | IGA
82 85 153 4 Warmer In The Winter - Lindsey Stirling - Lindseystomp | Concord
83 82 93 15 AI YoungBoy - YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Never Broke Again | AG
84 Re-Entry 59 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island
85 81 80 8 Trip - Jhene Aiko - ARTclub/ARTium | Def Jam
86 72 114 72 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
87 New 1 Good Ole Days - Tracy Lawrence - Lawrence
88 94 87 20 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 - Calvin Harris - Columbia
89 New 1 Cities 97 Sampler, Volume 29 - Various Artists - Cities 97
90 83 94 17 Wins And Losses - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG
91 107 115 9 All Your Fault, Pt. 2 (EP) - Bebe Rexha - Warner Bros.
92 86 88 79 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper
93 97 103 13 A Love Letter To You - Trippie Redd - EG
94 89 90 116 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
95 93 104 268 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
96 84 95 131 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
97 92 86 39 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
98 87 89 95 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation
99 105 155 4 H.E.R. - H.E.R. - RCA
100 80 166 233 Mothership - Led Zeppelin - Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino

101 111 105 17 Perfect Timing - NAV And Metro Boomin - XO/Boominati | Republic
102 91 – 34 Pawn Shop - Brothers Osborne - EMI Nashville | UMGN
103 88 82 18 Jungle Rules - French Montana - Coke Boys/Bad Boy | Epic
104 98 98 264 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
105 103 100 112 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA
106 104 101 100 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood
107 106 108 154 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia
108 50 7 3 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time - Big K.R.I.T. - Multi Alumni | BMG
109 100 99 32 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia
110 108 116 160 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN
111 101 110 64 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG
112 109 102 33 Painting Pictures - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG
113 166 – 68 Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey - Columbia | Legacy
114 181 – 2 That's Christmas To Me / PTXmas: Deluxe - Pentatonix - RCA
115 123 121 48 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA
116 114 117 104 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia
117 22 – 2 Just The Beginning - Grace VanderWaal - SYCO | Columbia
118 Re-Entry 76 Automatic For The People - R.E.M. - Craft | Concord
119 79 51 4 Losing Sleep - Chris Young - RCA Nashville | SMN
120 90 – 42 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN
121 138 – 10 Behold: A Christmas Collection - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG
122 122 129 84 The Life Of deleted - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
123 195 179 10 A Moment Apart - ODESZA - Foreign Family Collective | Counter
124 115 113 41 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
125 164 159 50 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote
126 179 – 147 Red - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
127 124 125 213 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
128 175 – 36 Cheers, It's Christmas - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
129 127 96 19 4:44 - JAY-Z - S. Carter Enterprises | Roc Nation
130 120 119 217 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe
131 113 97 9 By Any Means 2 - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG
132 112 188 12 Happy Endings - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN
133 75 46 4 When Was The Last Time - Darius Rucker - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
134 129 135 12 Freudian - Daniel Caesar - Golden Child
135 193 – 64 These Are Special Times - Celine Dion - 550 Music/Epic | Legacy
136 137 136 145 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
137 128 122 17 Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator - Odd Future | Columbia
138 139 139 457 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Rhino
139 134 132 6 A Love Letter To You 2 - Trippie Redd - EG
140 132 130 22 BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG
141 Re-Entry 59 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) - Vince Guaraldi Trio - Fantasy | Concord
142 New 1 Interiors - Quicksand - Epitaph
143 121 112 10 Current Mood - Dustin Lynch - Broken Bow | BBMG
144 136 147 105 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam
145 141 127 49 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation
146 116 182 119 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
147 135 140 116 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks
148 143 143 77 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
149 36 – 2 Lee Brice - Lee Brice - Curb
150 119 195 103 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

151 162 157 38 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic
152 144 164 27 Harry Styles - Harry Styles - Erskine | Columbia
153 145 146 96 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG
154 130 120 12 Cozy Tapes, Vol. 2: Too Cozy - A$AP Mob - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA
155 140 133 38 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
156 Re-Entry 60 It's Christmas Time - Elvis Presley - RCA Special Products/Sony Commercial Music Group | Legacy
157 Re-Entry 302 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
158 147 137 341 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord
159 142 123 22 Melodrama - Lorde - Lava | Republic
160 157 151 487 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
161 153 158 350 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
162 146 142 25 True To Self - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA
163 154 148 496 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
164 150 162 84 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone
165 New 1 Master Of Puppets (Super Deluxe) - Metallica - Blackened | Rhino
166 155 150 99 The Essential Billy Joel - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy
167 149 154 422 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe
168 New 1 Come Over When You're Sober (EP) - Lil Peep - Lil Peep | Kobalt
169 156 – 75 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN
170 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Merry Christmas (2017) - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
171 117 62 4 Thinking Out Loud - Young Dolph - Paper Route Empire
172 178 144 187 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros. | Warner Bros.
173 Re-Entry 187 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
174 159 160 112 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG
175 163 152 78 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic
176 174 180 190 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
177 169 185 244 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino
178 125 77 5 Colors - Beck - Fonograf Records | Capitol
179 Re-Entry 2 You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Gwen Stefani - Interscope | IGA
180 173 183 352 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia
181 160 161 54 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia
182 183 184 30 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
183 167 163 65 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry
184 New 1 Ultimate Christmas - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe
185 Re-Entry 310 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
186 Re-Entry 254 Fearless - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
187 110 107 346 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
188 188 156 122 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
189 161 138 9 Concrete And Gold - Foo Fighters - Roswell | RCA
190 Re-Entry 100 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
191 191 194 48 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic
192 190 200 48 Joanne - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Interscope | IGA
193 177 199 93 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
194 185 191 242 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
195 186 173 18 At What Cost - GoldLink - Squaaash Club | RCA
196 170 169 107 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino
197 Re-Entry 137 Speak Now - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
198 189 174 66 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG
199 172 149 7 Deadstar - Smokepurpp - Alamo/Interscope | IGA
200 Re-Entry 134 Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters - Roswell/RCA | Legacy

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Taylor debuts at #1 of course. Thanks to oldbloke!

ALBUM SALES WEEK 46

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 3
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 8 / last year - 9
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 28 / last year - 37
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 117 / last year - 146

Rank - Estimated 2017 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

01 - 1,217,000 - REPUTATION - Taylor Swift ( 1,217,000 )
02 - 931,000 - ÷ - Ed Sheeran ( 931,000 )
03 - 845,000 - DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar ( 845,000 )
04 - 660,000 - MOANA - Soundtrack ( 854,000 )
05 - 644,000 - 24K MAGIC - Bruno Mars ( 1,123,000 )
06 - 577,000 - FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 - Chris Stapleton ( 577,000 )
07 - 571,000 - HARDWIRED...TO SELF-DESTRUCT - Metallica ( 1,088,000 )
08 - 534,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2: AWESOME MIX VOL.2 - Soundtrack ( 534,000 )
09 - 489,000 - BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA - P!nk ( 489,000 )
10 - 488,000 - TROLLS - Soundtrack ( 789,000 )
11 - 384,000 - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Soundtrack ( 384,000 )
12 - 377,000 - 4:44 - Jay-Z ( 377,000 )
13 - 366,000 - HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL - Original Cast ( 1,355,000 )
14 - 360,000 - MORE LIFE - Drake ( 360,000 )
15 - 358,000 - HARRY STYLES - Harry Styles ( 358,000 )
16 - 349,000 - TRAVELLER - Chris Stapleton ( 2,119,000 )
17 - 330,000 - LA LA LAND - Soundtrack ( 358,000 )
18 - 321,000 - EVOLVE - Imagine Dragons ( 321,000 )
19 - 320,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,998,000 )
20 - 300,000 - LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION - Kenny Chesney ( 300,000 )
21 - 286,000 - MEMORIES…DO NOT OPEN - Chainsmokers ( 286,000 )
22 - 284,000 - WELCOME HOME - Zac Brown Band ( 284,000 )
23 - 270,000 - RIPCORD - Keith Urban ( 682,000 )
24 - 268,000 - WITNESS - Katy Perry ( 268,000 )
25 - 264,000 - EVERYBODY - Logic ( 264,000 )

26 - 263,000 - STARBOY - The Weeknd ( 636,000 )
27 - 261,000 - SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - Beatles ( 5,060,000 )
28 - 251,000 - LEMONADE - Beyoncé ( 1,806,000 )
29 - 248,000 - NOW 61 - Various ( 248,000 )
30 - 243,000 - SING - Soundtrack ( 286,000 )
31 - 242,000 - ONE MORE LIGHT - Linkin Park ( 242,000 )
32 - 230,000 - 25 - Adele ( 9,402,000 )
33 - 228,000 - BLURRYFACE - Twenty One Pilots ( 1,558,000 )
34 - 226,000 - GREATEST HITS - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ( 8,690,000 )
35 - 221,000 - JOANNE - Lady Gaga ( 591,000 )
36 - 218,000 - THE THRILL OF IT ALL - Sam Smith ( 218,000 )
37 - 213,000 - HUMANZ - Gorillaz ( 213,000 )
38 - 208,000 - NOW 62 - Various ( 208,000 )
39 - 202,000 - SING IT NOW: SONGS OF FAITH & HOPE - Reba McEntire ( 202,000 )
40 - 199,000 - THE SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING - John Mayer ( 199,000 )
41 - 197,000 - THE DEVIL DON'T SLEEP - Brantley Gilbert ( 197,000 )
42 - 187,000 - METALLICA - Metallica ( 16,673,000 )
43 - 180,000 - CONCRETE AND GOLD - Foo Fighters ( 180,000 )
44 - 178,000 - RATHER YOU THAN ME - Rick Ross ( 178,000 )
45 - 177,000 - NOW - Shania Twain ( 177,000 )
46 - 175,000 - KANE BROWN - Kane Brown ( 256,000 )
47 - 175,000 - FIFTY SHADES DARKER - Soundtrack ( 175,000 )
48 - 168,000 - LIFE CHANGES - Thomas Rhett ( 168,000 )
49 - 161,000 - THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS - Miranda Lambert ( 402,000 )
50 - 160,000 - STRENGTH OF A WOMAN - Mary J Blige ( 160,000 )

51 - 157,000 - BRETT YOUNG - Brett Young ( 157,000 )
52 - 154,000 - FLICKER - Niall Horan ( 154,000 )
53 - 154,000 - RAINBOW - Kesha ( 154,000 )
54 - 153,000 - 4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY - J Cole ( 605,000 )
55 - 152,000 - LUST FOR LIFE - Lana Del Rey ( 152,000 )
56 - 152,000 - MELODRAMA - Lorde ( 152,000 )
57 - 151,000 - HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM - Halsey ( 151,000 )
58 - 150,000 - THIS ONE'S FOR YOU - Luke Combs ( 150,000 )
59 - 150,000 - I DECIDED - Big Sean ( 150,000 )
60 - 149,000 - PURPLE RAIN - Prince & the Revolution ( 3,718,000 )
61 - 148,000 - THE BREAKER - Little Big Town ( 148,000 )
62 - 148,000 - DEATH OF A BACHELOR - Panic At The Disco ( 686,000 )
63 - 146,000 - THE LEGEND OF - Johnny Cash ( 3,721,000 )
64 - 146,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 12,250,000 )
65 - 141,000 - DESCENDANTS 2 - Soundtrack ( 141,000 )
66 - 141,000 - HEART BREAK - Lady Antebellum ( 141,000 )
67 - 140,000 - THE ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks ( 3,133,000 )
68 - 136,000 - WONDERFUL WONDERFUL - Killers ( 136,000 )
69 - 135,000 - DEAR EVAN HANSEN - Original Cast ( 135,000 )
70 - 133,000 - EVERYTHING NOW - Arcade Fire ( 133,000 )
71 - 130,000 - NOW COUNTRY 10 - Various ( 130,000 )
72 - 129,000 - 2017 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 129,000 )
73 - 128,000 - CULTURE - Migos ( 128,000 )
74 - 128,000 - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - Garth Brooks ( 549,000 )
75 - 125,000 - NOW 63 - Various ( 125,000 )

76 - 125,000 - FUTURE - Future ( 125,000 )
77 - 124,000 - PTX VOL.IV: CLASSICS - Pentatonix ( 124,000 )
78 - 124,000 - PRETTY GIRLS LIKE TRAP MUSIC - 2 Chainz ( 124,000 )
79 - 124,000 - HYBRID THEORY - Linkin Park ( 10,553,000 )
80 - 123,000 - MASTER OF PUPPETS - Metallica ( 5,338,000 )
81 - 122,000 - WINDY CITY - Alison Krauss ( 122,000 )
82 - 122,000 - ILLUMINATE - Shawn Mendes ( 339,000 )
83 - 122,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 9,148,000 )
84 - 122,000 - LIFER - MercyMe ( 122,000 )
85 - 121,000 - SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM - Soundtrack ( 593,000 )
86 - 120,000 - VESSEL - Twenty One Pilots ( 821,000 )
87 - 120,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 2,243,000 )
88 - 119,000 - IN IT TO WIN IT - Charlie Wilson ( 119,000 )
89 - 118,000 - AMERICAN TEEN - Khalid ( 118,000 )
90 - 117,000 - GRATEFUL - DJ Khaled ( 117,000 )
91 - 116,000 - AFTER LAUGHTER - Paramore ( 116,000 )
92 - 115,000 - THEY DON'T KNOW - Jason Aldean ( 421,000 )
93 - 114,000 - CLEOPATRA - Lumineers ( 467,000 )
94 - 114,000 - RED PILL BLUES - Maroon 5 ( 114,000 )
95 - 112,000 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 6,904,000 )
96 - 112,000 - AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - Metallica ( 6,046,000 )
97 - 112,000 - HOW CAN IT BE - Lauren Daigle ( 642,000 )
98 - 112,000 - VILLAINS - Queens Of Ths Stone Age ( 112,000 )
99 - 111,000 - THE JOSHUA TREE - U2 ( 3,760,000 )
100 - 111,000 - AWAKEN MY LOVE - Childish Gambino ( 221,000 )

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8046345/billboard-200-chart-moves-elton-john-diamonds?utm_source=twitter

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Elton John Earns 40th Top 40 Album With 'Diamonds'
11/22/2017 by Keith Caulfield

Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the latest Billboard 200 chart:

— Elton John, Diamonds - No. 23 — Elton John notches his 40th top 40-charting album with the arrival of his latest greatest hits collection, Diamonds. The set -- which is also John’s 48th charting effort overall -- enters at No. 23 with 18,000 units (12,000 from traditional album sales).

Among all artists with the most top 40 albums, John ties Neil Young for the seventh-most. Ahead of them: Frank Sinatra (56 top 40 albums), Elvis Presley (54), Barbra Streisand (51), Bob Dylan (47), The Rolling Stones (46) and The Beatles (41).

Diamonds is John’s sixth greatest hits album to reach the Billboard 200. It follows Greatest Hits (No. 1 for 10 weeks, debuting in 1974), Elton John’s Greatest Hits, Volume II (No. 21, 1977), Greatest Hits, Vol. III 1979-1987 (No. 84, 1987), Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (No. 12, 2002) and Rocket Man: Number Ones (No. 9, 2007). John has additionally charted compilations like the archival box set To Be Continued… (No. 82, 1990), a Duets set (No. 25, 1993), a ballads collection titled Love Songs (No. 24, 1996), and the live hits album One Night Only — The Greatest Hits (No. 65, 2000).

— Walk the Moon, What If Nothing – No. 40 — The rock band’s new album What If Nothing debuts at No. 40, earning 14,000 units (9,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the third top 40-charting effort for the act, which previously visited the region with Talking is Hard (No. 14, 2015) and its self-titled album (No. 36, 2012). The album is currently enjoying a hit single with “One Foot,” which debuts at No. 31 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart and climbs 19-8 on the Hot Rock Songs chart.

— Metallica, Master of Puppets – No. 46 — Metallica’s third studio album returns to the chart, following its deluxe reissue on Nov. 10. The set was remastered and re-released in a number of new editions, including a single CD, a vinyl LP and a three-CD set. Those versions are tracked together with the original release from 1986 for sales and charting purposes, and together, they re-enter at No. 46 with 13,000 units (12,000 in traditional album sales). In addition, a further super deluxe version of the set, which boasts 10 CDs, three LPs, a cassette and two DVDs tracks separately due to its large amount of bonus content. The super deluxe permutation bows at No. 165 with 5,000 units, nearly all from traditional album sales.

— Various Artists, Cities 97 Sampler, Volume 29 – No. 89 — The long-running charity compilation series from KTCZ Minneapolis (Cities 97) debuts its 29th volume at No. 89, earning 8,000 units (all from traditional album sales). The set features live tunes recorded at the radio station by the likes of James Blunt, Fitz and the Tantrums, and Andy Grammer. The album was exclusively available for purchase through the radio station’s web site and at Minneapolis-area Target stores. The first 28 editions of the series raised $12.5 million for hundreds of local charitable organizations.

— R.E.M., Automatic for the People – No. 118 — The band’s 1992 album returns following its 25th anniversary deluxe reissue, re-entering the chart at No. 118 with 7,000 units (5,000 in traditional album sales). The set was re-released in a variety of new versions: a remastered digital album, a vinyl LP, a 2-CD set and a 3-CD/1-Blu-ray offering. The multi-disc versions include live tracks and demo recordings. All editions of the album are tracked together with the original 1992 release.

Automatic for the People was R.E.M.’s third top 10 album, and followed their first No. 1 set, 1991’s Out of Time. (Automatic spent two weeks at No. 2, stuck behind Garth Brooks’ The Chase.) In total, R.E.M. scored 10 top 10 albums, most recently with its final studio effort, 2011’s Collapse Into Now (No. 5).

— Lil Peep, Call Me When You’re Sober (EP) – No. 168 — The late artist, who died on Nov. 15, debuts on the chart with his first album, Call Me When You’re Sober (EP). It bows on the list with 5,000 units (up 458 percent) and 1,000 in traditional album sales (up 2,543 percent). Overall, in the tracking week ending Nov. 16, Lil Peep’s total on-demand streams (audio and video combined) rose by 386 percent to 11.2 million.

— Various Artists, Now That’s What I Call Merry Christmas (2017) – No. 170 — The Now That’s What I Call Music compilation brand collects its 132nd charting album with the No. 170 bow of Now That’s What I Call a Merry Christmas (2017). The set is different from the 2016 edition which was also titled That’s What I Call a Merry Christmas, which peaked at No. 54. The new volume is the 11th Christmas-themed Now album to chart.

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Nov 21, 2017 9:37:26 GMT -5 kanimal said:

Nov 21, 2017 5:01:10 GMT -5 shayonce said:

lol HDD is full of themselves. their whole "we're the one for industry" is tired.

By the same token, their "suck up to the industry types" does seem to work. Slobbing over people like Charlie Walk and Scooter Braun clearly seems to yield some scoops.

Their "Billboard doesn't care about you guys" narrative also seems to be working.   A bunch of industry types seemed to back their "Billboard is stupid for adding YouTube streams to its album chart" rant.

And, in this case, Scott Borchetta/Big Machine are publicly sharing the BuzzAngle sales data rather than Billboard's numbers, which is a major symbolic victory for Hits/BuzzAngle (and a major symbolic blow for Billboard).

I know you know this, but they are not Billboard's numbers. They are Nielsen Music's numbers.

Billboard just has a license to use Nielsen Music figures.

Taylor's label had her sales numbers Friday morning. Labels usually have 2 days days to work with Nielsen Music to get a number they can agree on if there are discrepancies.

I'm not buying HITS' story that Billboard lost some of her sales.

BuzzAngle completely missed Elton John's Diamonds album last week. BuzzAngle is not reliable at all.

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Nov 24, 2017 14:25:38 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Nov 21, 2017 9:37:26 GMT -5 kanimal said:

By the same token, their "suck up to the industry types" does seem to work. Slobbing over people like Charlie Walk and Scooter Braun clearly seems to yield some scoops.

Their "Billboard doesn't care about you guys" narrative also seems to be working.   A bunch of industry types seemed to back their "Billboard is stupid for adding YouTube streams to its album chart" rant.

And, in this case, Scott Borchetta/Big Machine are publicly sharing the BuzzAngle sales data rather than Billboard's numbers, which is a major symbolic victory for Hits/BuzzAngle (and a major symbolic blow for Billboard).

I know you know this, but they are not Billboard's numbers. They are Nielsen Music's numbers.

Billboard just has a license to use Nielsen Music figures.

Taylor's label had her sales numbers Friday morning. Labels usually have 2 days days to work with Nielsen Music to get a number they can agree on if there are discrepancies.

I'm not buying HITS' story that Billboard lost some of her sales.

BuzzAngle completely missed Elton John's Diamonds album last week. BuzzAngle is not reliable at all. 

-- BuzzAngle elaborated on the supposed discrepancy in an interview with NPR.

www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/21/565761702/first-week-sales-of-taylor-swifts-reputation-vary-widely-depending-who-you-ask

Essentially, the claim is that Nielsen reports weekly data from the major retailers, which doesn't line up with the Friday-Thursday chart week.

"Traditionally, [Nielsen] didn't get everything lined up to the week — the Target file ending on a Sunday or Amazon ending on a Wednesday, for example," Lidestri says. "So even though they were reporting a full week, it wasn't a full week from each of those retailers."

So BuzzAngle expects some of the "missing" sales to appear in this coming week's chart.

Granted, Nielsen was actually sending out press releases with DAILY sales data, so I'm not sure the issue is as simple as Lidestri is suggesting.  I'm also not sure why BuzzAngle would be able to get *better* data from the big retailers than Nielsen.  Definitely seems like he's just trying to promote the "daily" aspect of the BuzzAngle model.

In the past, BuzzAngle has also criticized Nielsen for using weighting when it should have been able to use actual data.

-- But if this is true, it means...

A) Billboard/Nielsen did nothing specifically different in this case, so why was Hits Daily Double ranting?
B) The industry must know about this limitation and still treats the Nielsen data as the authoritative/official data.  So it seems a bit lame for Big Machine to publicly back the BuzzAngle data here, just because it happens to paint a more favorable picture for this particular album.