Billboard 200: 11/2/13: Pearl Jam #1: 166,000

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Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/20/2013 - 11/2 BB200 chart

#4. Drake - Nothing Was The Same - 58,000 (947,000)

#14. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name - 20,000 (95,000)

#29. Dom Kennedy - Get Home Safely - 10,000 (10,000)

#41. Jay Z - Magna Carta...Holy Grail - 8,000 (1,034,000)

#48. 2 Chainz - B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime - 7,000 (143,000)

#51. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 7,000 (1,112,000)

#54. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city - 7,000 (1,065,000)

#57. Young Dro - High Times - 6,000 (6,000)

#88. Game - OKE Deluxe Edition - 5,000 (5,000)

#155. Nelly - M.O. - 3,000 (23,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousand for units above 10,000, nearest hundred for units below 10,000. Each week, HipHopDX presents top albums in Hip Hop/related, and five notables.

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www.billboard.com/articles/news/5763242/pearl-jam-earns-fifth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200

Pearl Jam Earns Fifth No. 1 Album On Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | October 23, 2013 11:00 AM EDT

Paul McCartney, the Avett Brothers and more score Top 10 debuts.

Pearl Jam captures its fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as "Lightning Bolt" strikes atop the chart, selling 166,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The band's last studio effort, 2009's "Backspacer," sold 189,000 in its first frame. The new album's launch is the smallest debut frame for any of Pearl Jam's studio releases. Still, it's the largest debut week for any rock album since last November, when Phillip Phillips' "The World From the Side of the Moon" bowed with 169,000.

Pearl Jam's "Lightning Bolt" is also the 11th top 10 set for the act; all 10 of its studio efforts have reached the region. It also claimed a top 10 set with the soundtrack to the documentary "Pearl Jam Twenty" in 2011.

Last week's No. 1, Miley Cyrus' "Bangerz," slips to No. 2 with 72,000 (down 73%).

Rock legend Paul McCartney enters at No. 3 with his new studio album, "New." It sold 67,000 copies in its first week. It's the 19th top 10 set for the Beatle, counting his solo work and releases with Wings (but not his Beatles material). The "New" album is his first of all-new songs since 2007's "Memory Almost Full" debuted and peaked at No. 3 with 161,000. After that, he issued the mostly-covers album "Kisses on the Bottom" in 2012, which debuted and peaked at No. 5 off a 74,000 start.

Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" is next in the top 10, as it slips one rung to No. 4 with 58,000 (down 30%) in its fourth week.

The Avett Brothers arrive at No. 5 with "Magpie and the Dandelion," scoring their second-largest sales week, as the album enters with nearly 58,000. The band's only other larger frame came when its last album, 2012's "The Carpenter," debuted and peaked at No. 4 from a 98,000 bow. The group's current single, "Another Is Waiting," rises 18-16 on the Triple A airplay chart this week.

2011 "American Idol" winner Scott McCreery returns with his second studio album, "See You Tonight," debuting at No. 6 with 52,000. It also bows at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart—his second chart-topper on that list. His first album, "Clear As Day," arrived at No. 1 on both charts back in 2011, selling 197,000 in its first week. He then followed it with a holiday effort, "Christmas With Scotty McCreery," which hit No. 2 on the country chart in 2012 and No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

The new album's first single, its title track, hits a new peak on the Country Airplay chart this week, as it rises 32-30 on the tally. The song debuted on the chart dated May 4, and has been percolating on the list for 27 consecutive weeks. His first album generated three top 40 hits, though none went higher than No. 15's "I Love You This Big" (the album's lead track).

Lorde's "Pure Heroine" descends one slot to No. 7, selling 48,000 in its third week (down 24%).

Cher's "Closer to the Truth" returns to the top 10, rising 11-8 with a 50% gain as it sells 45,000 copies for the week. The album is profiting from a successful concert ticket promotion tied to the diva's upcoming Dressed to Kill tour. Each ticket sold includes the new album in its purchase price. However, sales of the album only count toward the chart if the customer redeems the album offer. In the past, acts ranging from Josh Groban and Tom Petty to Madonna and Bon Jovi have employed the same sort of promotion.

One step behind Cher is another music icon, but of a different sort: Willie Nelson. The country veteran enters at No. 9 with the collaborations set "To All the Girls," selling 43,000. It's not only his highest-charting album since 1982, but also just his second top 10 set ever. The 80-year-old Nelson was last in the top 10 with 1982's "Always on My Mind," which spent four weeks at No. 2. (It was stuck behind Asia's self-titled album.)

Nelson's new all-star album (which features him duetting with everyone from Carrie Underwood to Dolly Parton) was supported by a promotional campaign with QVC. The shopping network hosted a live concert with Nelson on Sept. 12, and industry sources suggest the program helped drive around half of the album's first-week sales. The QVC version of the album also sported six exclusive bonus live tracks.

Over on the Top Country Albums chart, Nelson's "To All the Girls" bows at No. 2, marking his highest-charting set on that list since 1989, when "A Horse Called Music" also peaked at No. 2.

Closing out the top 10 on the Billboard 200 is folk/rock band the Head and the Heart, debuting at No. 10 with its second album, "Let's Be Still" (42,000). It's by far the best sales week for the group, which never sold more than 4,000 in a week with its self-titled debut. That 2010 album only climbed to No. 109 on the Billboard 200, but spent 89 weeks on our new artist chart, Heatseekers Albums.

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Eminem's new single "Rap God" bumps Lorde's "Royals" from No. 1, as the former arrives with 270,000 downloads sold. It's the third song to get a digital release from his upcoming album, "The Marshall Mathers LP 2." It follows "Berzerk" (No. 2 debut with 362,000) and "Survival" (No. 7 bow with 112,000).

"Royals," meanwhile, falls to No. 2 with 256,000 (down 13%). Katy Perry's "Roar" slips 2-3 with 189,000 (down 4%), and Avicii's "Wake Me Up!" is pushed back 3-4 (despite a 15% gain) with 184,000.

Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" is also pushed down, despite a 29% gain (thanks to Eminem's arrival), as it falls 4-5 with 165,000. Justin Bieber's new "All That Matters" starts at No. 6 with 127,000. It's the second of Bieber's weekly Music Mondays song release series, where he aims to issue a new retail single every Monday through mid-December.

Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home" (featuring Majid Jordan) dips 6-7 with 107,000 (down 12%), and Ylvis' "The Fox" is stationary at No. 8 with 104,000 (down 3%).

OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" rises into the top 10 for the first time, ascending 11-9 with 103,000 sold (up 17%). It's the third single from the group's "Native" album, but the first to reach the top 10. It follows "Feel Again" (No. 22) and "If I Lose Myself" (No. 26).

Lady Gaga's "Applause" rounds out the top 10, as it falls 9-10 with 89,000 (down 11%). Expect her next single, "Do What U Want" (featuring R. Kelly), to bow high on the chart next week.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 20) totaled 4.7 million units, down 2% compared with the sum last week (4.8 million) and down 11% compared with the comparable sales week of 2012 (5.3 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 219.5 million, down 6% compared with the same total at this point last year (234.2 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 19.9 million downloads, up less than 1% compared with last week (19.8 million) and down 10% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (22.1 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 1 billion, down 4% compared with the same total at this point last year (1.1 billion).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: Taylor Swift's "Red" arrived at No. 1 with 1.2 million sold. Kendrick Lamar's also-arriving "Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City" was a distant No. 2 with 241,000.

[HolidayGuy]

Great second-week hold for Lorde's album.

Cherilyn's album stands at roughly 163,000 after four weeks. When radio won't spin you much, you gotta find another avenue to get those sales. SO, kudos.

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music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-oct-20-2013-albums-justin-fast-150219095.html

Week Ending Oct. 20, 2013. Albums: Justin’s Fast Fade
By Paul Grein

.Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience is the best-selling album so far this year. It has been the front-runner to win the Grammy for Album of the Year virtually since the week it was released in March. But that doesn't mean the public was clamoring for a sequel—less than seven months after the album's release. The 20/20 Experience, 2 Of 2 spent just two weeks in the top 10 on The Billboard 200 before dropping out this week. (It falls from #5 to #11.) By contrast, the first album spent its first 14 weeks in the top 10 (and 18 weeks total).

The new album has a perception problem. Fans are savvy enough to know that the first album must have contained the strongest material from the 20/20 sessions. (That's especially true because it was Timberlake's first album in 6-1/2 years. It would have been foolhardy for him to return with anything but the strongest album he could muster.) So I'm sure a lot of people view this new album as a collection of leftovers; outtakes. It might as well have a sticker on it, "For Die-Hard Fans Only."

(It's a measure of Timberlake's tremendous popularity that he has enough die-hard fans that this album has sold 455K copies in three weeks.)

Some have suggested that Timberlake should have picked the best of the 2 of 2 songs for an Expanded Deluxe Edition of the first album. Or maybe even left them all in the vault and started from scratch on a follow-up album. The positive reaction to The 20/20 Experience—especially the proof that his fans had remained loyal through that long lay-off—must have been gratifying and energizing. As such, the new material would probably have been superior to these "leftover" tracks from the first sessions.

.It would have made a great chart comeback story: On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' arrival in the U.S., Paul McCartney lands his first #1 album as a solo artist in more than 30 years. (He was last in the top spot with 1982's Tug Of War.) But it wasn't to be. Instead, McCartney's NEW debuts at #3, behind Pearl Jam’s Lightning Bolt, which debuts at #1, and Miley Cyrus' Bangerz, which dips from #1 to #2 in its second week.

.Lightning Bolt is Pearl Jam's fifth #1 album. Only two American rock bands—Eagles and Dave Matthews Band—have amassed more #1 albums. Both have had six.

Lightning Bolt sold 84K digital copies, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums.

Lightning Bolt enters the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart at #2. It's the band's highest-charting album in the U.K. since Vs. peaked at #2 in 1993. Pearl Jam has yet to top the U.K. chart.

Cyrus' Bangerz has sold 343K copies in its first two weeks. That's nearly as many as her previous album, Can't Be Tamed, has sold since its release in June 2010 (349K).

.NEW is McCartney's 49th album to make the top 10. That total combines 30 Beatles albums, 10 solo albums, eight albums that were billed either Wings or Paul McCartney & Wings and one collabo with his late wife, Linda McCartney.

NEW is McCartney's 19th top 10 album apart from the Beatles. That's four more than his former band-mates combined. (John Lennon had seven; George Harrison, six; Ringo Starr, two).

NEW also enters the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart at #3. With the Beatles, McCartney landed his first #1 there on May 11, 1963 with Please Please Me.

.Drake's Nothing Was The Same dips from #3 to #4. The album has sold 947K copies, which puts it at #8 for the year-to-date. It will top the 1 million mark within two weeks. The album has sold 518K digital copies. Drake's previous album, Take Care, has sold 875K digital copies.

The Avett Brothers' Magpie And The Dandelion debuts at #5. It's the group's second top five album in a row. The Carpenter hit #4 in 2012.

.Scotty McCreery’s second regular studio album, See You Tonight, enters The Billboard 200 at #6. It sold 52K copies in its first week. That constitutes a 74% drop from McCreery's debut album, Clear As Day, which sold 197K copies in its first week in October 2011. Such a steep drop is typical for American Idol winners. Seven of the first 10 Idol winners saw their first-week sales plummet by more than 50% from their first post-Idol album to their second.

The biggest exception was Carrie Underwood, whose first-week sales soared by 67% from her star-making first album to her second. The other two exceptions were Kelly Clarkson, whose first-week sales declined by a mild 16% from her first album to her second, and Fantasia, whose first-week sales fell by a moderate 45% from her first album to her second.

.The steepest drop from album to album? Taylor Hicks, whose first-week sales plummeted by 97% from his first post-Idol album to his second.

This isn't really surprising. The Idol winners' debut albums typically arrive just months after the season finales, which are virtual coronations. The sophomore albums typically arrive a couple of years later, after the confetti has long since been swept up.

.See You Tonight enters Top Country Albums at #1, displacing Cassadee Pope's Frame By Frame. (And so, one TV talent show winner dethrones another.) This is McCreery's second #1 country album in a row. Clear As Day topped the country chart for six weeks in 2011. How many Idol winners have reached #1 on Top Country Albums with their first two albums? Just two: McCreery and Underwood. If we broaden it to include all Idol contestants (not just winners) we can add Kellie Pickler.

(McCreery released Christmas With Scotty McCreery between his first two studio albums, but holiday albums are different than regular studio albums.)

Cher's Closer To The Truth rebounds from #11 to #8. This is its third week in the top 10. Of Cher's dozens of albums, either on her own or with Sonny, only have logged this many weeks in the top 10. Look At Us (with Sonny) held tight for 14 weeks in 1965; Believe for 11 weeks in 1999; and The Very Best Of Cher for 10 weeks in 2003.

.Willie Nelson's To All The Girls… debuts at #9, boosted by a QVC tie-in. Nelson, 80, is the second octogenarian to land a top 10 album. Tony Bennett was 85 when Duets II debuted at #1 in September 2011. (We have a nice generational spread among the artists in this week's top 10, from 16-year old Lorde to Nelson. I always like to see a wide range of genres and ages in the top 10. Something for everybody.)

To All The Girls… consists of duets with female singers, mostly country, but also including a few singers from other genres, such as Mavis Staples, Norah Jones and Shelby Lynne. The title of the album is a nod to Nelson's 1984 hit "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," a genre-bridging (if gimmicky) collabo with Julio Iglesias which made the top five on the Hot 100.

This is Nelson's second top 10 album; his first since 1982's Always On My Mind. Nelson is one of the best-selling country album artists of all time. But, as I've said before, country was under-represented on the chart in the years before Nielsen SoundScan's arrival in 1991. (Remember that another top-selling country album artist, Alabama, landed its second top 10 album just last month.)

.Eminem's "Rap God" enters Hot Digital Songs at #1, displacing Lorde's "Royals." Eminem's song sold 270K copies in its first week. How high will "Rap God" debut on the Hot 100? And will "Royals" log its fourth week at #1? You'll find out later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

Here’s the low-down on this week’s top 10 albums.

The Top Five: Pearl Jam’s Lightning Bolt debuts at #1 (166K). It’s the band’s 10th top 10 album…Miley Cyrus' Bangerz dips from #1 to #2 in its second week (72K)…Paul McCartney's NEW debuts at #3 (67K). It's his 19th top 10 album apart from The Beatles… Drake's Nothing Was The Same dips from #3 to #4 in its fourth week (58K). It has been in the top five the entire time…The Avett Brothers' Magpie And The Dandelion debuts at #5 (58K). It's the band's second top 10 album.

The Second Five: Scotty McCreery’s See You Tonight debuts at #6 (52K). It's his third top 10 album or EP… Lorde's Pure Heroine dips from #6 to #7 in its third week (48K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…Cher's Closer To The Truth rebounds from #11 to #8 in its fourth week (45K). This is its third week in the top 10...Willie Nelson's To All The Girls… debuts at #9 (43K). It's his second top 10 album…The Head & The Heart's Let's Be Still debuts at #10 (42K). It's the group's first top 10 album.

.Glee: The Quarterback drops from #7 to #28. It's #1 on Top Soundtracks for the second week. Six other albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Panic! At The Disco's Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! drops from #2 to #19. Pusha T's My Name Is My Name drops from #4 to #14. Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience (2 of 2) drops from #5 to #11. Korn’s Paradigm Shift drops from #8 to #22. Cassadee Pope's Frame By Frame drops from #9 to #18. Mayday Parade's Monsters In The Closet plummets from #10 to #62.

Gavin DeGraw's Make A Move debuts at #13. It's his fourth top 20 album in a row…Trivium's Vengeance Falls debuts at #15. It's the band's second top 15 album in a row…Chase Rice's Ready Set Roll EP debuts at #16. The title track entered the Hot 100 last week.

.Mary J. Blige's A Mary Christmas debuts at #23. Mary Mary chose a similar title for their 2006 holiday album, A Mary Mary Christmas. Blige's album was produced by holiday album king, David Foster, who has produced or co-produced best-selling Christmas albums by Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble and Rod Stewart. (I think even Scrooge could have a hit Christmas album if he got David Foster to produce it.)

Metallica's Metallica: Through The Never drops from #51 to #81 in its fourth week. It's the highest-charting soundtrack from a theatrically-released movie for the fourth week.

.The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film, which drops from #85 to #115 in its 24th week, tops the 500K sales mark this week. It's the 26th album to sell 500K copies in 2013. It's the second soundtrack to do so. Pitch Perfect has sold 713K copies so far this year.

Journey's 1988 compilation Greatest Hits drops from #97 to #103 in its 283rd week on the chart. The album returns to #1 on Top Catalog Albums, displacing another rock album, Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits. This is its 14th week on top. The album first topped the catalog chart in June 2007.

.Jason Aldean's Night Train To Georgia enters Top Music Videos at #1. The DVD sold 13K copies in its first week, a total topped by only one video so far this year. History Of The Eagles sold 23K in its first week in May. Aldean's latest album, Night Train, has sold 1,454,000 copies. The title of the video is a nod to Gladys Knight & the Pips' immortal "Midnight Train To Georgia," which was in its second week atop the Hot 100 40 years ago this week.

Gravity was #1 at the box-office for the third straight weekend. It's the second movie to do that so far in 2013. The first was Lee Daniels' The Butler.

.Coming Attractions: Katy Perry’s PRISM is sure to debut at #1 next week. Also due: Fifth Harmony's Better Together EP, AFI's Burials, DJ Khaled's Suffering From Success and Tori Kelly's Foreward EP.

[grandelf]

How many weeks has it been below 5 million for total album sales by now? Is the 4.7 million another low?

[HolidayGuy]

The low of less than 4.6m was reached some weeks back.

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Ouch that we are down 11% over last year's numbers.

Most of that is due to a decrease in catalog and deep catalog sales.

Current album sales are only down 2.9%.

[Enigma.]

I wonder what keeps on constantly driving the sales of Journey's GH? It keeps on appearing on Top 100 several times a year.

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The Billboard 200

1 New 1 Lightning Bolt Pearl Jam
2 1 2 Bangerz Miley Cyrus
3 New 1 New Paul McCartney
4 3 4 Nothing Was The Same Drake
5 New 1 Magpie And The Dandelion The Avett Brothers
6 New 1 See You Tonight Scotty McCreery
7 6 3 Pure Heroine Lorde
8 11 4 Closer To The Truth Cher
9 New 1 To All The Girls... Willie Nelson
10 New 1 Let's Be Still The Head And The Heart
11 5 3 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) Justin Timberlake
12 13 10 Crash My Party Luke Bryan
13 New 1 Make A Move Gavin DeGraw
14 4 2 My Name Is My Name Pusha T
15 New 1 Vengeance Falls Trivium
16 New 1 Ready Set Roll (EP) Chase Rice
17 New 1 Hurricane Natalie Grant
18 9 2 Frame By Frame Cassadee Pope
19 2 2 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! Panic! At The Disco
20 19 59 Night Visions Imagine Dragons
21 20 46 Here's To The Good Times Florida Georgia Line
22 8 2 The Paradigm Shift Korn
23 New 1 A Mary Christmas Mary J. Blige
24 New 1 PAX-AM Days (EP) Fall Out Boy
25 23 45 Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars

26 26 4 The Diving Board Elton John
27 27 12 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke
28 7 2 Glee: The Quarterback (EP) Soundtrack
29 New 1 Get Home Safely Dom Kennedy
30 21 4 Mechanical Bull Kings Of Leon
31 25 7 Love In The Future John Legend
32 38 4 WOW Hits 2014 Various Artists
33 29 8 Hail To The King Avenged Sevenfold
34 36 4 The Bluegrass Album Alan Jackson
35 22 5 From Here To Now To You Jack Johnson
36 New 1 Warning Signs (EP) Timeflies
37 28 5 Off The Beaten Path Justin Moore
38 33 11 NOW 47 Various Artists
39 14 2 Soy El Mismo Prince Royce
40 New 1 Reanimate 2.0: The Covers (EP) Halestorm
41 31 15 Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay Z
42 30 6 Fuse Keith Urban
43 New 1 Kingdom Come Bryan & Katie Torwalt
44 44 90 Born To Die Lana Del Rey
45 34 7 Love And War Tamar Braxton
46 61 30 Native OneRepublic
47 54 53 Night Train Jason Aldean
48 37 6 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME 2 Chainz
49 46 5 TRUE Avicii
50 47 30 Based On A True Story ... Blake Shelton

51 48 54 The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
52 39 7 Yours Truly Ariana Grande
53 12 2 Fortress Alter Bridge
54 59 52 good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
55 50 5 A.M. Chris Young
56 52 57 The Truth About Love P!nk
57 New 1 High Times Young Dro
58 35 3 Redneck Crazy Tyler Farr
59 71 13 Stars Dance Selena Gomez
60 103 27 Save Rock And Roll Fall Out Boy
61 45 31 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake
62 41 4 Ray Charles Forever Ray Charles
63 10 2 Monsters In The Closet Mayday Parade
64 15 2 Melophobia Cage The Elephant
65 53 6 Kiss Land The Weeknd
66 New 1 Icon For Hire Icon For Hire
67 New 1 Whales And Leeches Red Fang
68 17 2 Crickets Joe Nichols
69 55 6 AM Arctic Monkeys
70 57 12 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1 Five Finger Death Punch
71 New 1 Step Brothers Two Starlito / Don Trip
72 New 1 20 TLC
73 New 1 The Dream Calls For Blood Death Angel
74 56 9 Paradise Valley John Mayer
75 43 2 You Can't Make Old Friends Kenny Rogers

76 65 7 Bad Blood Bastille
77 60 56 Babel Mumford & Sons
78 76 139 21 Adele
79 16 2 Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song Amos Lee
80 40 3 Days Are Gone HAIM
81 62 14 Teen Beach Movie Soundtrack
82 51 4 Metallica: Through The Never (Soundtrack) Metallica
83 58 52 Red Taylor Swift
84 67 7 Hesitation Marks Nine Inch Nails
85 80 26 To Be Loved Michael Buble
86 74 81 The Lumineers The Lumineers
87 94 29 Miracle Third Day
88 88 115 Tailgates & Tanlines Luke Bryan
89 New 1 OKE: Deluxe Edition DJ Skee Presents The Game
90 70 8 Stay Trippy Juicy J
91 63 7 Appreciation Day Jaheim
92 143 9 Songs From St. Somewhere Jimmy Buffett
93 84 88 Hunter Hayes Hunter Hayes
94 72 9 Three Kings TGT
95 75 6 The Electric Lady Janelle Monae
96 108 12 All The Little Lights Passenger
97 New 1 New Constellation Toad The Wet Sprocket
98 109 71 + Ed Sheeran
99 86 22 Random Access Memories Daft Punk
100 87 52 Pitch Perfect Soundtrack

101 New 1 Beast Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard
102 New 1 GarciaLive: Volume Three: Legion Of Mary: December 14-15, 1974 Northwest To Jerry Garcia Band
103 97 283 Journey's Greatest Hits Journey
104 73 11 The Civil Wars The Civil Wars
105 92 22 True Believers Darius Rucker
106 69 3 The Love Club (EP) Lorde
107 24 2 High Rise (EP) Stone Temple Pilots With Chester Bennington
108 93 49 Take Me Home One Direction
109 101 26 I Love You. The Neighbourhood
110 32 2 Lucid Lyfe Jennings
111 112 8 Overcomer Mandisa
112 77 4 Bones Of What You Believe CHVRCHES
113 66 5 MMG: Self Made 3 Various Artists
114 New 1 Static Cults
115 85 24 The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film Soundtrack
116 179 24 NOW 46 Various Artists
117 18 2 Old Danny Brown
118 146 25 Burning Lights Chris Tomlin
119 83 5 We Are Tonight Billy Currington
120 116 14 The Blessed Unrest Sara Bareilles
121 123 5 The W.I. N. (Worship In Nassau) Experience: Live In Nassau Bahamas Earnest Pugh
122 119 67 Uncaged Zac Brown Band
123 Re-Entry 136 The Legend Of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
124 91 6 Feels Like Home Sheryl Crow
125 Re-Entry 5 Life And Favor John P. Kee And New Life

126 Re-Entry 138 Unplugged Eric Clapton
127 104 14 Kidz Bop 24 Kidz Bop Kids
128 82 3 The Glorious Unfolding Steven Curtis Chapman
129 New 1 Never Give In Will Hoge
130 114 157 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars
131 129 139 The Eminem Show Eminem
132 Re-Entry 117 Sublime Sublime
133 New 1 Bubblegum Kevin Devine
134 105 18 Born Sinner J. Cole
135 117 13 Monster Mash And Other Terrifying Tunes The Countdown Singers And Orchestra
136 New 1 Devotion Anberlin
137 102 69 Overexposed Maroon 5
138 110 187 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
139 111 10 Rebellious Soul K. Michelle
140 121 81 My Head Is An Animal Of Monsters And Men
141 122 18 Yeezus Kanye West
142 96 48 The World From The Side Of The Moon Phillip Phillips
143 New 1 Bulldozer Kevin Devine
144 95 29 Pioneer The Band Perry
145 139 28 Paramore Paramore
146 New 1 Dayshell Dayshell
147 120 92 In Utero Nirvana
148 99 4 The Last Ship Sting
149 90 4 Dream Theater Dream Theater
150 New 1 Wildewoman Lucius

151 136 27 All That Echoes Josh Groban
152 177 154 My Kinda Party Jason Aldean
153 126 45 An Awesome Wave alt-J
154 128 13 3 Marc Anthony
155 78 3 M.O. Nelly
156 New 1 Mad Haven Canon
157 158 156 Recovery Eminem
158 124 77 Blown Away Carrie Underwood
159 131 24 Golden Lady Antebellum
160 118 4 Louder R5
161 145 58 Best Days Tamela Mann
162 New 1 Calamari Tuesday Feed Me
163 178 46 Halcyon Ellie Goulding
164 166 155 Teenage Dream Katy Perry
165 89 3 We Are Young & Free Hillsong Young & Free
166 169 6 The Standards Gloria Estefan
167 149 113 The Very Best Of The Eagles Eagles
168 Re-Entry 254 Ten Pearl Jam
169 155 19 In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery Capital Cities
170 152 48 Greatest Hits: Chapter One Kelly Clarkson
171 New 1 Metamorfosis: En Vivo Arjona
172 98 4 Best For Last: 20 Year Celebration - Vol. 1 Donald Lawrence
173 144 23 Modern Vampires Of The City Vampire Weekend
174 147 17 Rise Skillet
175 New 1 Splinter: Songs From A Broken Mind Gary Numan

176 135 23 Demi Demi Lovato
177 130 3 Event 2 Deltron 3030
178 Re-Entry 137 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
179 79 59 Greatest Hits Bon Jovi
180 185 102 Megalithic Symphony AWOLNATION
181 134 14 Love Lust Faith + Dreams Thirty Seconds To Mars
182 Re-Entry 2 Joey + Rory Inspired: Songs Of Faith & Family Joey + Rory
183 64 2 Silver Bell Patty Griffin
184 113 42 Our Version Of Events Emeli Sande
185 162 7 The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight... Neko Case
186 161 84 Up All Night One Direction
187 189 23 Love Is Everything George Strait
188 New 1 Last Patrol Monster Magnet
189 156 75 Come To The Well Casting Crowns
190 170 117 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton Blake Shelton
191 187 30 Grace (EP) Tasha Cobbs
192 159 48 Unapologetic Rihanna
193 181 8 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2014 Edition Various Artists
194 125 87 Some Nights fun.
195 New 1 Speak A Little Louder Diane Birch
196 Re-Entry 23 rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 Pearl Jam
197 New 1 Christmas Symphony II Mannheim Steamroller With Members Of The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
198 150 8 Alabama & Friends Various Artists
199 Re-Entry 194 Thriller Michael Jackson
200 183 99 Four The Record Miranda Lambert

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Current Albums:

179 155 23 Zion Hillsong United
180 129 8 Hall Of Fame Big Sean
181 142 3 God Of Every Story Laura Story
182 119 22 Clarity Zedd
183 178 28 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies Volbeat
184 150 2 Echoes From The Underground Vertical Horizon
185 143 8 Confidencias Alejandro Fernandez
186 49 2 Bitter Rivals Sleigh Bells
187 154 7 1975 The 1975
188 Re-Entry 8 Made Up Mind Tedeschi Trucks Band
189 175 54 Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling
190 173 5 Zendaya Zendaya
191 179 40 Long.Live.A$AP A$AP Rocky
192 152 5 Wise Up Ghost And Other Songs 2013 Elvis Costello And The Roots
193 169 78 Hard 2 Love Lee Brice
194 167 11 Greater Than Tye Tribbett
195 140 4 Get Wet Krewella
196 Re-Entry 17 Wrote A Song For Everyone John Fogerty
197 177 19 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 6 Various Artists
198 New 1 One For The Road Devin The Dude
199 128 3 Vapor Trails: Remixed Rush
200 171 37 Two Lanes Of Freedom Tim McGraw

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Top Catalog Albums

1 2 936 Journey's Greatest Hits Journey
2 40 60 The Legend Of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
3 Re-Entry 29 Unplugged Eric Clapton
4 5 71 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars
5 9 81 The Eminem Show Eminem
6 Re-Entry 328 Sublime Sublime
7 6 4 Monster Mash And Other Terrifying Tunes Countdown Singers & Orchestra
8 4 3 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
9 7 7 In Utero Nirvana
10 22 47 My Kinda Party Jason Aldean
11 13 82 Recovery Eminem
12 15 24 Teenage Dream Katy Perry
13 11 174 The Very Best Of The Eagles Eagles
14 46 49 Ten Pearl Jam
15 30 206 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
16 1 21 Greatest Hits Bon Jovi
17 14 3 Up All Night One Direction
18 12 13 Come To The Well Casting Crowns
19 17 52 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton Blake Shelton
20 8 5 Some Nights fun.
21 37 4 rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 Pearl Jam
22 36 269 Thriller Michael Jackson

^The above albums are on the Billboard 200 this week.


23 34 97 Rumours Fleetwood Mac
24 20 103 The Foundation Zac Brown Band
25 3 24 Take Care Drake

26 Re-Entry 86 Nevermind Nirvana
27 18 120 The Best Of Eric Clapton: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection Eric Clapton
28 19 1088 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers Bob Marley And The Wailers
29 Re-Entry 427 Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses
30 38 175 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem
31 10 10 Ride Through The Country Colt Ford
32 26 27 Juke Box Heroes Foreigner
33 16 841 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
34 27 94 Super Hits Willie Nelson
35 Re-Entry 2 Halloween Party Various Artists
36 28 5 Chief Eric Church
37 43 284 Wicked Original Broadway Cast Recording
38 24 497 Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys
39 Re-Entry 457 Gold -- Greatest Hits ABBA
40 29 138 The Essential Michael Jackson Michael Jackson
41 21 648 Metallica Metallica
42 33 266 Michael Buble Michael Buble
43 31 43 Greatest Hits... So Far!!! P!nk
44 41 50 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 Elton John
45 42 380 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Eagles
46 25 420 1 The Beatles
47 48 23 All-Time Greatest Hits The Drifters
48 44 33 Red River Blue Blake Shelton
49 Re-Entry 16 El Camino The Black Keys
50 39 1092 The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd

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Country album sales are now down -2.1% in 2013:

www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/BCU_mw_1024.pdf

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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

1 1 5 Nothing Was The Same Drake
2 3 3 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) Justin Timberlake
3 2 2 My Name Is My Name Pusha T
4 New 1 A Mary Christmas Mary J. Blige
5 6 13 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke
6 New 1 Get Home Safely Dom Kennedy
7 5 7 Love In The Future John Legend
8 7 15 Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay Z
9 9 7 Love And War Tamar Braxton
10 10 6 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME 2 Chainz
11 13 54 The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
12 15 52 good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
13 New 1 High Times Young Dro
14 12 32 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake
15 11 4 Ray Charles Forever Ray Charles
16 14 6 Kiss Land The Weeknd
17 New 1 Step Brothers Two Starlito / Don Trip
18 New 1 20 TLC
19 New 1 OKE: Deluxe Edition DJ Skee Presents The Game
20 18 8 Stay Trippy Juicy J
21 16 7 Appreciation Day Jaheim
22 19 9 Three Kings TGT
23 20 6 The Electric Lady Janelle Monae
24 8 2 Lucid Lyfe Jennings
25 17 5 MMG: Self Made 3 Various Artists

26 4 2 Old Danny Brown
27 22 18 Born Sinner J. Cole
28 23 10 Rebellious Soul K. Michelle
29 25 18 Yeezus Kanye West
30 21 3 M.O. Nelly
31 26 3 Event 2 Deltron 3030
32 24 72 Our Version Of Events Emeli Sande
33 28 48 Unapologetic Rihanna

^The above albums are on the Billboard 200.

34 27 8 Hall Of Fame Big Sean
35 30 40 Long.Live.A$AP A$AP Rocky
36 New 1 One For The Road Devin The Dude
37 31 30 I Am Not A Human Being II Lil Wayne
38 37 55 Kaleidoscope Dream Miguel
39 29 6 Now, Then & Forever Earth, Wind & Fire
40 32 12 Something Else Tech N9ne
41 38 9 Downtown: Life Under The Gun (EP) August Alsina
42 34 17 The Gifted Wale
43 40 9 Trap Lord A$AP Ferg
44 33 49 Trilogy The Weeknd
45 New 1 No Poison No Paradise Black Milk
46 New 1 Moment Of Truth Glenn Lewis
47 35 3 My Brother's Keeper K-Ci & JoJo
48 42 9 Doris Earl Sweatshirt
49 41 7 A Place Called Love Land Raheem DeVaughn
50 36 18 Talk A Good Game Kelly Rowland

51 43 19 Better Chrisette Michele
52 46 17 SongVersation India.Arie
53 53 22 Excuse My French French Montana
54 45 16 Doubleback: Evolution Of R&B Joe
55 44 18 Watching Movies With The Sound Off Mac Miller
56 71 4 Love In Flying Colors The Foreign Exchange
57 47 8 Age Against The Machine Goodie Mob
58 48 26 Side Effects Of You Fantasia
59 49 13 Rich Gang Various Artists
60 58 27 Indicud Kid Cudi
61 50 21 Hits Of The 90's Various Artists
62 59 62 Based On A T.R.U. Story 2 Chainz
63 56 15 Ciara Ciara
64 55 14 Trials & Tribulations Ace Hood
65 57 28 Hotel California Tyga
66 60 46 O.N.I.F.C. Wiz Khalifa
67 51 54 Lace Up MGK
68 52 48 Girl On Fire Alicia Keys
69 72 19 Gas Pedal: The EP Sage The Gemini
70 New 1 Flying Colours Shad
71 63 44 Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head T.I.
72 68 51 Dreams And Nightmares Meek Mill
73 69 49 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston
74 74 14 This Song Is For You Ronald Isley
75 65 44 Finally Rich Chief Keef

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4,684,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

1,973,000 were digital albums.

2,711,000 were cds/vinyl albums/cassettes.

www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/TFMmw1024.pdf

Album sales are now down -6.3% for 2013 (-6.2% last week)

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Albums on the Billboard 200 that have not been certified with the RIAA yet:

Numbers from the 10/26 chart:

Robin Thicke 520k
Great Gatsby Sdtk. 499k
Daft Punk 803k
Michael Buble 640k
Lady Antebellum 434k
Tim McGraw 431k
Lee Brice 461k
Awolnation 468k

Albums only on the chart for 4 weeks and have sold more than 425k are listed.

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Both Cher and Elton John had a great week

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MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200
compiled by Chris Bigham

Rolling Stones 36

Frank Sinatra 33

Barbra Streisand 32 "Release Me"

The Beatles 30

Elvis Presley 27

Madonna 20 "MDNA"
Bob Dylan 20 "Tempest"

Paul McCartney 19 "New" *new*

George Strait 18 "Love Is Everything"
Elton John 18 "The Diving Board"

Bruce Springsteen 17 "Wrecking Ball"
Neil Diamond 17 "Hot August Night"
Rod Stewart 17 "Time"

Johnny Mathis 16
Mariah Carey 16 "MCIIY"

Dave Matthews 15 "Away From The World"
Tim McGraw 15 "Two Lanes Of Freedom"
Jay Z 15 "Magna Carta... Holy Grail"

Garth Brooks 14 "Ultimate Hits"
Prince 14 "Lotus Flow3r"
Van Halen 14 "Different Kind of Truth"
The Beach Boys 14 "That's Why God Made the Radio"
R Kelly 14 "Write Me Back"
Eric Clapton 14 "Old Sock"

Santana 13 "Guitar Heaven"
Barry Manilow 13 "15 Minutes"
Toby Keith 13 "Hope On The Rocks"
Led Zeppelin 13 "Celebration"

Chicago 12
Rush 12
Alan Jackson 12 "Thirty"
Korn 12 "The Paradigm Shift"

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Here's this weeks awards for the BB200

12.Crash My Party-Luke Bryan (Gold)
46.Naive-OneRepublic (Platinum)
47.Night Train-Jason Aldean (2x Platinum)
50.Based On A True Story-Blake Shelton (Platinum)
109.I Love You-The Neighborhood (Gold)
130.Doo-Wops and Hooligans-Bruno Marts (3x Platinum)
139.Rebellious Soul-K. Michelle (Gold)
191.Grace-Tasha Cobbs (Gold)

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Sales for 15 country albums this week:

www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-the-week-of-october-23-2013-scotty-mccreery-willie-nelson-duets-chase-rice-cassadee-pope-lead

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www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/5770429/chart-moves-taylor-swifts-red-spends-year-on-the-charts-eric

Chart Moves: Taylor Swift's 'Red' Spends Year on the Charts, Eric Clapton's 'Unplugged' Returns
By Keith Caulfield | October 25, 2013

This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Pearl Jam claimed its fifth No. 1 album with the arrival of "Lightning Bolt." The set logged the largest debut this year for a rock album, starting with 166,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was one of six debuts in the top 10 this week, which also included arrivals from Paul McCartney, the Avett Brothers, Scotty McCreery, Willie Nelson and the Head and the Heart.

There were a number of movers and shakers on the Billboard 200, as usual. Let's take a look at some of them:

-- Chase Rice, "Ready Set Roll" (EP) - No. 16 - The former "Survivor" TV show contestant-turned-singer/songwriter makes a splashy debut with his new EP, selling 17,000 copies. He co-wrote the longest-running No. 1 single in the history of the Hot Country Songs chart, Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" (24 weeks at No. 1).

-- Natalie Grant, "Hurricane" - No. 17 - Singer/songwriter Natalie Grant scores her best week ever on the charts, as her new album "Hurricane" blows in. The set debuts with her largest sales week ever (16,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan) and arrives at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Christian Albums.

It's both her highest-charting album on the Billboard 200, and her first No. 1 on the Christian chart. She previously topped out at No. 32 on the Billboard 200 with her last set, 2010's "Love Revolution." Over on the Christian tally, she notched a pair of No. 2-peaking sets with "Love Revolution" and its predecessor, 2008's "Relentless."

-- Taylor Swift, "Red" - Taylor Swift's "Red" album spends its first year on the Billboard 200, as it dips 58-83 in its 52nd week on the chart. So far, the set has sold 3.84 million copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album debuted a year ago on the chart, selling 1.21 million in its first week.

"Red" has so far generated four top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Its lead single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," spent three weeks at No. 1, marking Swift's first chart-topper on that list. "Red" also spawned the top 10 entries "Begin Again" (No. 7), "Red" (No. 6) and "I Knew You Were Trouble" (No. 2).

Swift's total U.S. album sales -- counting all of her studio sets, live efforts and assorted other stray releases -- stand at 22.4 million.

-- Passenger, "All the Little Lights" - No. 96 - After spending 45 weeks on the Heatseekers Albums chart (eight of those at No. 1), Passenger finally graduates from the tally, and into the top 100 of the Billboard 200 (jumping 108-96 with a 16% sales gain). Meanwhile, the album's single "Let Her Go" rises 38-34 on Mainstream Top 40.

-- Toad the Wet Sprocket, "New Costellation" - No. 97 - The Kickstarter-funded album -- which debuts with 4,000 -- is the act's first studio set since 1997's "Coil" debuted and peaked at No. 19. The Kickstarter campaign generated $264,000 in 60 days, after the band initially aimed to raise $50,000.

-- Eric Clapton, "Unplugged" - No. 126 - An expanded reissue of the 1992 album returns it to the tally for the first time since 1995, as it rebounds with 3,000 sold (up 4,342% from essentially zero copies the week previous). With 138 weeks on the list, it is by far Clapton's longest-charting album.

"Unplugged" debuted on the Billboard 200 chart dated Sept. 12, 1992 and went on to spend three weeks at No. 1, beginning on March 13, 1993.

-- Gary Numan, "Splinter" - No. 175 - The electronic music pioneer (famed for his No. 9 Billboard Hot 100 hit "Cars" in 1980) returns to the Billboard 200 for the first time since 1981. He's released numerous albums in the interim, though "Spliter" is his first studio set since 2006.

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*kind of happy*