HITS 6/14: J. Bros #1 405k, Santana #3 52k, Combs #4 47k

[Naos]

Jun 13, 2019 21:11:55 GMT -5 jodakyellow said:

Jun 13, 2019 18:06:41 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

Target just sent out an email blast with the following:
Pre-order the 4 deluxe versions of Taylor Swift's upcoming album LOVER with tons of exclusive extras, only at Target. Plus, get a $5 gift card, when you pre-order all 4 deluxe versions.

This feels... exploitative?

How?

[Anticonformity]

Not to sound completely dumb, but now wouldn't those albums from Target have to be purchased separate?
So, the $5 "Deal" wouldn't help, which doesn't seem like her...

[Choco]

LOL, Taylor sells because she's Taylor. Everyone else except Adele could do the exact same bundling and would still sell half of whatever Lover eventually does.

Billie has top 3 on the year end locked. Could go higher depending on Taylor/Adele/maybe Drake.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

THE TOP 50 CHART: OH, BROTHER

Friday, June 14, 2019

The first Jonas Brothers album in a decade, Happiness Begins (Republic), has debuted at #1 on the Top 50 Chart. Powered in part by a sizable ticket bundle, the set crosses the finish line with 367k.

[Mike]

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

Where’d that 40k come from? Lol

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Anyway, it seems the album would have the biggest week of the year.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

400k? What the? Bullshit.

[TakeMe]

Ticket bundles are becoming the norm with almost every album release it seems like...wow.

[ddlz]

This shit doesn't even resemble a real popularity chart anymore. A total f**king joke.

[Naos]

Now I really wish Thomas Rhett bundled. I'd love to see more of these high sales numbers.

[jodakyellow]

Jun 14, 2019 0:31:24 GMT -5 Naos said:

Jun 13, 2019 21:11:55 GMT -5 jodakyellow said:

This feels... exploitative?

How?

Young fans feeling obligated by FOMO to buy four copies of the same album 

[iHype.]

Waiting on Kylie Jenner to release an album and bundle it with her makeup and become an “album seller” and sell millions at this point lmao.

[Troublemaker]

Jun 14, 2019 19:58:00 GMT -5 Naos said:

Now I really wish Thomas Rhett bundled. I'd love to see more of these high sales numbers.

I could be wrong but Thomas Rhett like most country "stars" participate in the mega-ticket stuff where tickets go as low as 20 bucks hence that would mean a big loss for him

[onebuffalo]

Garth Brooks had five or six different covers of his Double Live album of 1998.

[areyoureadytojump]

SPS

hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

LW TW ARTIST | TITLE |
LABEL
TOTAL CHANGE ALBUMS TEA SEA

-- 1 JONAS BROTHERS | HAPPINESS BEGINS
REPUBLIC
405,460 -- 351,495 5,300 48,665

2 2 BILLIE EILISH | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE
58,871 -3% 11,368 4,151 43,352
-- 3 SANTANA | AFRICA SPEAKS
CONCORD
52,752 -- 52,209 124 419
-- 4 LUKE COMBS | THE PREQUEL - EP
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
47,150 -- 21,748 7,444 17,958
-- 5 POLO G | DIE A LEGEND
COLUMBIA
40,469 -- 833 635 39,002
-- 6 FUTURE | SAVE ME
FREEBANDZ/EPIC
40,306 -- 3,841 457 36,008
3 7 KHALID | FREE SPIRIT
RIGHT HAND MUSIC/RCA
35,379 -7% 4,949 1,970 28,460
7 8 DABABY | BABY ON BABY
INTERSCOPE
30,327 -8% 466 655 29,206
4 9 DJ KHALED | FATHER OF ASAHD
WE THE BEST/EPIC
29,187 -19% 3,438 965 24,784
-- 10 AVICII | TIM
AVICII MUSIC AB/GEFFEN
28,257 -- 6,067 2,088 20,103

9 11 ARIANA GRANDE | THANK U, NEXT
REPUBLIC
28,116 -8% 2,002 1,246 24,868
8 12 ELTON JOHN | DIAMONDS
ISLAND
27,552 -13% 9,545 4,101 13,906
6 13 TYLER, THE CREATOR | IGOR
COLUMBIA
26,662 -23% 841 310 25,511
13 14 LUKE COMBS | THIS ONE'S FOR YOU
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
26,519 5% 3,591 2,366 20,562
11 15 LIZZO | CUZ I LOVE YOU
ATLANTIC
25,723 -8% 2,963 2,205 20,554
12 16 POST MALONE | BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS
REPUBLIC
24,979 -4% 1,016 785 23,178
14 17 DRAKE | SCORPION
YMCMB/REPUBLIC
24,723 -2% 401 514 23,808
1 18 THOMAS RHETT | CENTER POINT ROAD
VALORY/BMLG
24,510 -67% 8,507 1,892 14,110
-- 19 TYGA | LEGENDARY
LAST KINGS/EMPIRE
24,280 -- 3,501 1,482 19,297
35 20 LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER | A STAR IS BORN (SOUNDTRACK)
INTERSCOPE
22,206 42% 8,603 3,864 9,738
10 21 ALADDIN (2019) | SOUNDTRACK
WALT DISNEY
21,675 -25% 7,826 2,216 11,632
-- 22 TEE GRIZZLEY | SCRIPTURES
GRIZZLEY GANG
20,524 -- 1,248 397 18,878
15 23 JUICE WRLD | DEATH RACE FOR LOVE
GRADE A/INTERSCOPE
20,091 -11% 376 318 19,398
22 24 QUEEN | BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (SOUNDTRACK)
HOLLYWOOD
19,491 4% 5,678 1,574 12,239
16 25 A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE | HOODIE SZN
ATLANTIC
19,359 -14% 105 516 18,738
-- 26 MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | DISGUISE
ROADRUNNER
19,124 -- 16,519 385 2,220
19 27 BILLIE EILISH | DONT SMILE AT ME
DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE
18,959 -9% 1,688 975 16,295
25 28 JUICE WRLD | GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE
GRADE A/INTERSCOPE
18,400 4% 126 271 18,003
21 29 TRAVIS SCOTT | ASTROWORLD
CACTUS JACK/GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC
18,250 -9% 624 411 17,215
20 30 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE | SOUNDTRACK
REPUBLIC
17,700 -14% 856 1,278 15,565
32 31 DAN + SHAY | DAN + SHAY
WARNER/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE
17,408 10% 2,063 2,501 12,844
24 32 MEEK MILL | CHAMPIONSHIPS
ATLANTIC
16,401 -9% 399 512 15,490
17 33 YG | 4REAL 4REAL
DEF JAM
15,634 -30% 265 452 14,917
37 34 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN | ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
ATLANTIC
15,055 0% 4,698 1,404 8,953
29 35 XXXTENTACION | ?
BAD VIBES FOREVER
14,755 -11% 288 277 14,190
30 36 CARDI B | INVASION OF PRIVACY
ATLANTIC
14,616 -11% 650 521 13,445
34 37 BTS | MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA
BIGHIT/COLUMBIA
14,442 -8% 8,885 345 5,212
31 38 POST MALONE | STONEY
REPUBLIC
14,339 -10% 398 350 13,591
38 39 KHALID | AMERICAN TEEN
RIGHT HAND MUSIC/RCA
14,236 -5% 1,778 316 12,142
36 40 PANIC! AT THE DISCO | PRAY FOR THE WICKED
FUELED BY RAMEN/ATLANTIC
14,005 -9% 2,195 1,901 9,910
18 41 MONEYBAGG YO | 43VA HEARTLESS
INTERSCOPE
13,883 -34% 198 93 13,591
45 42 MORGAN WALLEN | IF I KNOW ME
BIG LOUD
13,533 3% 1,534 1,695 10,304
40 43 LIL BABY & GUNNA | DRIP HARDER
QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN/CAPITOL
13,391 -9% 70 295 13,026
42 44 ED SHEERAN | DIVIDE
ATLANTIC
13,026 -9% 1,173 896 10,958
43 45 HAMILTON | ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST
UPTOWN/ATLANTIC
12,988 -5% 3,206 250 9,531
39 46 NIPSEY HUSSLE | VICTORY LAP
ATLANTIC
12,897 -14% 1,117 201 11,580
41 47 21 SAVAGE | I AM > I WAS
SLAUGHTER GANG/EPIC
12,835 -11% 169 193 12,472
33 48 CALBOY | WILDBOY
POLO GROUNDS/RCA
12,826 -19% 58 185 12,583
5 49 MILEY CYRUS | SHE IS COMING
RCA
12,679 -64% 1,570 524 10,585
28 50 LOGIC | CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND
DEF JAM
12,335 -26% 425 324 11,586

[areyoureadytojump]

Sales

hitsdailydouble.com/building_album_chart

LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index % Change

-- 1
JONAS BROTHERS
HAPPINESS BEGINS
REPUBLIC 351,495 --

-- 2
SANTANA
AFRICA SPEAKS
CONCORD 52,209 --
-- 3
LUKE COMBS
THE PREQUEL - EP
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 21,748 --
-- 4
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE
DISGUISE
ROADRUNNER 16,519 --
5 5
BILLIE EILISH
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE 11,368 0%
6 6 ELTON JOHN
DIAMONDS
ISLAND 9,545 -15%
7 7 BTS
MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA
BIGHIT/COLUMBIA 8,885 -2%
-- 8 LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER
A STAR IS BORN (SOUNDTRACK)
INTERSCOPE 8,603 --
1 9 THOMAS RHETT
CENTER POINT ROAD
VALORY/BMLG 8,507 -81%
3 10 ALADDIN (2019)
SOUNDTRACK
WALT DISNEY 7,826 -35%

-- 11 AQUABATS
SUPER SHOW! TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK: VOLU
GOLDENVOICE 7,321 --
-- 12 BOB DYLAN
THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: THE 1975 LIVE RECORDINGS
COLUMBIA 7,057 --
-- 13 NEIL YOUNG & STRAY GATORS
TUSCALOOSA (LIVE)
REPRISE 6,425 --
-- 14 AVICII
TIM
AVICII MUSIC AB/GEFFEN 6,067 --
9 15 ELTON JOHN & TARON EGERTON
ROCKETMAN (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE)
INTERSCOPE 5,968 -26%
-- 16 SILVERSUN PICKUPS
WIDOW'S WEEDS
NEW MACHINE 5,776 --
17 17 QUEEN
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (SOUNDTRACK)
HOLLYWOOD 5,678 45%
-- 18 PETER FRAMPTON BAND
ALL BLUES
UME 5,570 --
-- 19 SOUNDTRACK-GUARDIANS OF THE GA
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESO
HOLLYWOOD 5,243 --
-- 20 GRATEFUL DEAD
AOXOMOXOA
WARNER 5,010 --
10 21 KHALID
FREE SPIRIT
RIGHT HAND MUSIC/RCA 4,949 6%
18 22 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
ATLANTIC 4,698 21%
-- 23 FUTURE
SAVE ME
FREEBANDZ/EPIC 3,841 --
15 24 LAUREN DAIGLE
LOOK UP CHILD
CENTRICITY/12TONE 3,785 -6%
25 25 LUKE COMBS
THIS ONE'S FOR YOU
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 3,591 23%
11 26 P!NK
HURTS 2B HUMAN
RCA 3,544 -23%
-- 27 TYGA
LEGENDARY
LAST KINGS/EMPIRE 3,501 --
2 28 KIRK FRANKLIN
LONG LIVE LOVE
FO YO SOUL/RCA 3,493 -76%
44 29 DJ KHALED
FATHER OF ASAHD
WE THE BEST/EPIC 3,438 126%
23 30 HAMILTON
ORIGIVAL BROADWAY CAST
UPTOWN/ATLANTIC 3,206 5%
20 31 QUEEN
GREATEST HITS 1
HOLLYWOOD 3,061 -7%
22 32 QUEEN
PLATINUM COLLECTION
HOLLYWOOD 2,997 -3%
21 33 LIZZO
CUZ I LOVE YOU
ATLANTIC 2,963 -9%
30 34 BEACH BOYS
SOUNDS OF SUMMER: VERY BEST OF
CAPITOL 2,951 20%
19 35 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
LEGEND
TUFF GONG/ISLAND 2,872 -15%
35 36 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
CHRONICLE VOL 1
FANTASY 2,522 23%
31 37 CHRIS STAPLETON
TRAVELLER
MERCURY NASHVILLE 2,396 6%
27 38 BOB SEGER
GREATEST HITS
CAPITOL 2,337 -9%
29 39 PANIC! AT THE DISCO
PRAY FOR THE WICKED
FUELED BY RAMEN/ATLANTIC 2,195 -11%
38 40 BEATLES
ABBEY ROAD
CAPITOL 2,104 10%
-- 41 DAN + SHAY
DAN + SHAY
WARNER/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 2,063 --
34 42 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
TRENCH
FUELED BY RAMEN 2,062 -1%
28 43 ARIANA GRANDE
THANK U, NEXT
REPUBLIC 2,002 -21%
24 44 VAMPIRE WEEKEND
FATHER OF THE BRIDE
COLUMBIA 1,971 -34%
33 45 BTS
LOVE YOURSELF: ANSWER
BIGHIT/COLUMBIA 1,953 -9%
-- 46 FRANK SINATRA
ULTIMATE SINATRA
CAPITOL 1,892 --
36 47 METALLICA
METALLICA
BLACKENED 1,807 -11%
47 48 KHALID
AMERICAN TEEN
RIGHT HAND MUSIC/RCA 1,778 26%
49 49 NIRVANA
NEVERMIND
GEFFEN 1,765 32%
-- 50 SHAWN MENDES
SHAWN MENDES
ISLAND 1,694 --

[Naos]

Jun 14, 2019 20:34:56 GMT -5 Troublemaker said:

Jun 14, 2019 19:58:00 GMT -5 Naos said:

Now I really wish Thomas Rhett bundled. I'd love to see more of these high sales numbers.

I could be wrong but Thomas Rhett like most country "stars" participate in the mega-ticket stuff where tickets go as low as 20 bucks hence that would mean a big loss for him

His tickets aren't that low, at least according to Boxscore. 14 Thomas Rhett Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Wash. May 18, 2019 $986,885 12,750 / 12,750 1 / 1 $93, $53 Live Nation

Although I don't understand the quote around the word "stars".

[kimberly]

Jun 14, 2019 20:30:06 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Waiting on Kylie Jenner to release an album and bundle it with her makeup and become an “album seller” and sell millions at this point lmao.

shhhhh don't give them any ideas

alternatively, travis did it first

[recordyear]

If HDD's data are correct, The Prequel EP did 26 million+ on-demand streams this week with only 5 tracks. Excellent numbers.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Luke Combs has become a pretty reliable Country streaming artist. Even his prior album is getting most of its SPS from streaming at this point.

[Enigma.]

405k?! Lmao

Great increase for ASIB!

[spitfire]

Looking at the album numbers, it seems like Scorpion might re-enter the top 10 next week and definetely overtake Beerbongs and Bentleys due to Drake dropping his new songs which normally gives the previous big hits such as God's Plan a boost.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Jun 14, 2019 19:19:25 GMT -5 ddlz said:

This s**t doesn't even resemble a real popularity chart anymore. A total f**king joke.

Which part:
1) Bundling;
2) Individual track sales/streams that are added to the release total even though they sometimes happened months before release (but the tracks from a full physical album don't get allocated to count on the H100);
3) Remix tracks (e.g., Bad Blood) count in an album's sales total even though it was't attached to the album at any point - not even a re-release;
4) A single overwhelming popular selling/streaming track ends up keeps an other ignored album artificially high on the charts?

[HolidayGuy]

^Good points. :) Though I didn't think tracks' cumulative streams/sales from pre-album-release week get applied to an album's release-week total for the the multi-metric chart?

[areyoureadytojump]

I wonder if the BB200 will be delayed due to Jonas Bros. bundling?

[Naos]

Jun 16, 2019 17:26:26 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

^Good points. Though I didn't think tracks' cumulative streams/sales from pre-album-release week get applied to an album's release-week total for the the multi-metric chart?

They don't. Though they do count towards the RIAA. If you release a single that goes 5x Platinum, and you release an album, it will be Gold before it sold a single copy.

[Choco]

I wouldn't hate it if BB removed bundling from the charts... but it's kinda nice to see an album getting 400k.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Jun 16, 2019 18:10:51 GMT -5 Naos said:

Jun 16, 2019 17:26:26 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

^Good points. Though I didn't think tracks' cumulative streams/sales from pre-album-release week get applied to an album's release-week total for the the multi-metric chart?

They don't. Though they do count towards the RIAA. If you release a single that goes 5x Platinum, and you release an album, it will be Gold before it sold a single copy.

Thanks to you both for clarifying - it’s a bit ambiguous in some of HDD’s previous weekly roundup stories because they sometimes reference those pre-release numbers.

I still think the charts should be revenue based, which was part of the reason why the SEA formula was created. Even the H100 could work on revenue because airplay can be monetized.

[kanimal]

Jun 17, 2019 11:29:43 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

Jun 16, 2019 18:10:51 GMT -5 Naos said:

They don't. Though they do count towards the RIAA. If you release a single that goes 5x Platinum, and you release an album, it will be Gold before it sold a single copy.

Thanks to you both for clarifying - it’s a bit ambiguous in some of HDD’s previous weekly roundup stories because they sometimes reference those pre-release numbers.

I still think the charts should be revenue based, which was part of the reason why the SEA formula was created. Even the H100 could work on revenue because airplay can be monetized.

Keep in mind that a lot of HDD's material is designed to appease labels.  In this case, they're trying to make the point that the first week album sales number doesn't capture all the interest that has been generated by the project.

I don't love the point:

1) Lead singles have existed for decades -- and never counted.
2) By virtue of counting individual track sales and streams, the current chart model actually gives the lead single more credit than it ever had previously.
3) Album campaigns are weird now.  You have artists releasing random singles and EPs - and then later saying the songs are part of an album project.  I don't think it's even logical to count them as part of the album.