Billboard 200: 11/16/13: Arcade Fire #1: 140,000

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Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/03/2013

#5. Drake - Nothing Was The Same - 38,000 (1,029,000)

#10. Linkin Park - Recharged - 33,000 (33,000)

#28. DJ Khaled - Suffering From Success - 9,000 (36,000)

#31. TLC - 20 - 9,000 (35,000)

#44. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name - 7,000 (113,000)

#50. Jay Z - Magna Carta...Holy Grail - 7,000 (1,048,000)

#53. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 6,000 (1,124,000)

#67. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city - 5,000 (1,077,000)

#87. 2 Chainz - B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime - 5,000 (153,000)

#102. Juicy J - Stay Trippy - 4,000 (138,000)

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www.billboard.com/articles/news/5778250/arcade-fires-reflektor-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200

Arcade Fire's 'Reflektor' Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | November 06, 2013

Arcade Fire debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with "Reflektor," selling 140,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

This is the band’s second No. 1 album. It also bowed atop the list with its last set, 2010's "The Suburbs." However, that record started with a slightly larger figure: 156,000.



"Reflektor" is distributed by Universal Music Group, the band's first album with major distribution. Its previous sets went through Warner Music's indie distribution arm Alternative Distribution Alliance. Another change in the world of Arcade Fire is that it has a new partner in Capitol Records, which is promoting the album to radio. (The band is still with its longtime label Merge Records, which celebrates its sixth top 10 with "Reflektor.")



Last week's No. 1, Katy Perry's "PRISM," falls to No. 2 with 92,000 and a 68% sales decline. That second-week dip is the smallest for a No. 1 debut since August, when the Civil Wars' self-titled album fell by 66% in its second frame. Of the 10 No. 1 debuts after that (not including Arcade Fire), the largest second-week dip was Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience (2 of 2)," which dropped by 80%.

Arcade Fire leads six debuts in the top 10 this week, as the group is joined by a pair of Christmas releases, two new country efforts and Linkin Park's remix album "Recharged."



As forecast Nov. 1, Kelly Clarkson's "Wrapped in Red" is this week's second-highest new entry, as it starts at No. 3 with 70,000. It's the pop star's first holiday album and her sixth top 10 set. (All of her top 10 efforts have debuted in the top three as well.)



Clarkson is joined by a second Christmas set in the top five, as the Robertsons’ "Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" debuts at No. 4 with 69,000. The album features the cast of A&E's hit reality show "Duck Dynasty" singing familiar holiday favorites, with a few new original tunes in the mix. It includes collaborations with country stars George Strait, Luke Bryan, Josh Turner and Alison Krauss.



With Clarkson and "Duck the Halls" starting at Nos. 3 and 4, this is the first time that two Christmas albums have concurrently debuted in the top five. The simultaneous top five debuts are unusual, as the release dates of each season's big holiday albums are usually spread out across a series of weeks in late October and early November. Thus, there is less of a chance for multiple titles to concurrently debut at the top of the chart.



As we get closer to Thanksgiving and the early part of December, more Christmas sets will crowd the top 10. Last Christmas season, there were two weeks where there were four holiday sets in the top 10 at the same time (the charts dated Dec. 15 and Dec. 29, 2012).



Meanwhile, back in this week's top 10, Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" slips 3-5 in its sixth week, with 38,000 (down 13%).



Country singer Thomas Rhett’s first full-length album, "It Goes Like This," debuts at No. 6 with 36,000. It also bows at No. 2 on the Top Country Albums chart, behind the "Duck the Halls" effort at No. 1. Rhett's album's title track is currently enjoying its ninth week in the top 10 on the Country Airplay chart, having previously spent three weeks at No. 1.



Right behind Rhett on the Billboard 200 is fellow country singer Toby Keith with his new album, "Drinks After Work." The album enters with 35,000 and marks Keith's 14th top 10 on the Billboard 200 and 21st top 10 on the Country Albums tally. 



Rounding out the debuts in the top 10 is Linkin Park's "Recharged," which starts at No. 10 with nearly 33,000. It's the rock band's eighth top 10 album and second remix release. It follows "Reanimation," which debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 2002. 



As for the other holdovers in the top 10, Lorde's "Pure Heroine" falls 5-8 with 34,000 (down 14%) and Miley Cyrus' "Bangerz" descends 4-9 with 33,000 (down 24%).
 


Over on the Digital Songs chart, Eminem's "The Monster," featuring Rihanna, debuts at No. 1 with 373,000 downloads. It’s the biggest sales week for a song since September, when Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" bowed at No. 1 with 477,000. "The Monster" logs the largest sales week for any Eminem song since 2010, when "Not Afraid" debuted at No. 1 with 379,000.



"The Monster" easily beat industry projections for the song's first week. Predictions were pegging it to start at around 300,000.


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"The Monster" is also Eminem's ninth No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart, tying him with Perry for the second-most leaders on the tally. They are both behind Rihanna, who now has 13 (counting her "Monster" collaboration). 



Eminem has two more songs in the top 10 of the Digital Songs chart this week: "Survival" jumps 34-6 with 140,000 (up 240%) and "Rap God" dips 8-9 with 131,000 (up 23%). He's only the second act to have scored three concurrent songs in the top 10 this year, following Perry on the Oct. 19 chart. 



Behind Eminem this week at No. 2 is One Direction's "Story of My Life," which starts with a stronger-than-expected 305,000. Sources had forecast the tune to launch with 250,000-275,000.



"Story of My Life" is the third song from One Direction to debut with sales of more than 300,000. It follows "Best Song Ever" (322,000) and "Live While We're Young" (341,000).



With Eminem and One Direction both debuting at Nos. 1 and 2, it's the first time since the Oct. 20, 2012, chart that the top two titles are both new entries. That week, One Direction's "Live While We're Young" started at No. 1, while Taylor Swift's "Red" opened at No. 2 with 312,000.



Lorde's "Royals" falls from No. 1 to No. 3 this week, selling 196,000 (down 12%). The cut spent five nonconsecutive weeks atop the tally.



Perry's "Roar" rises 8-4 with 141,000 (up 28%), Avicii's "Wake Me Up!" slides 2-5 with 140,000 (down 11%), and Passenger's "Let Her Go" zooms 13-7 with 139,000 (up 65%). It's the best sales week yet for the song and its first week in the top 10. "The Voice" contestant Cole Vosbury covered the song last week (Oct. 28).

Nos. 6 and 7 songs are missing (unless the Passenger song is supposed to be No. 6; then Nos. 7 and 8 are missing.



OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" descends 4-9 with 131,000 (down 14%), and Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" drops 5-10 with 123,000 (down 10%).



Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Nov. 3) totaled 4.7 million units, up 5% compared with the sum last week (4.5 million) and down 14% compared with the comparable sales week of 2012 (5.5 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 228.7 million, down 7% compared with the same total at this point last year (245.9 million).
 


Digital track sales this past week totaled 20.4 million downloads, up 3% compared with last week (19.9 million) and down 5% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (21.4 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 1.07 billion, down 4% compared with the same total at this point last year (1.11 billion).



Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: Swift's "Red" spent a third straight week at No. 1, selling another 196,000 (down 43%). The top debut came in at No. 2: the "Now 44" compilation, with 99,000 sold.

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Nov 6, 2013 10:32:29 GMT -5 @smirjal said:

expected more from Linkin Park...

Why? It's a remix album, not a new studio album.

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music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-early-winners-losers-christmas-album-race-161735258.html

Chart Watch: Early Winners & Losers In Christmas Album Race (Quack, Quack)
By Paul Grein
Yahoo Music

The Robertsons' Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas enters The Billboard 200 at #4 this week. The album, a spin-off from the reality TV series Duck Dynasty, sold 69K copies in the week ending Nov. 3. That's less than 1K copies behind Kelly Clarkson's expected smash Wrapped In Red—and way ahead of under-performing holiday albums by such stars as Susan Boyle and Mary J. Blige. (We'll get to those.)

Duck The Halls isn't the first Christmas album that was drawn from a TV show to reach the top 10. Two Glee Christmas albums went top 10. Also, two Christmas albums by Mitch Miller & the Gang reached (or returned to) the top 10 during the 1961-1964 run of Sing Along With Mitch. (For the record, Nielsen SoundScan isn't classifying Duck The Halls as a TV soundtrack.)

.Duck The Halls, which features country stars George Strait, Luke Bryan, Alison Krauss and Josh Turner, enters Top Country Albums at #1, displacing Luke Bryan's Crash My Party. It's only the second Christmas album to reach #1 on the country chart. The first was Garth Brooks' Garth Brooks & The Magic Of Christmas, which scored in December 1999. (Brooks' first and bigger-selling Christmas album, Beyond The Season, spent four weeks at #2 on the country chart in 1992.)

If Duck The Halls maintains this pace and winds up as the #1 or #2 holiday album of the season, this would mark the first time since the 1990s that a country holiday album has fared so well. Brooks' Beyond The Season was the #1 holiday album of 1992, Vince Gill's Let There Be Peace On Earth was the #2 holiday album of 1993 and Garth Brooks & The Magic Of Christmas was #2 for 1999.

.But the Robertsons will have to contend with the formidable Kelly Clarkson, whose Wrapped In Red debuts at #3. Clarkson is vying to become the female American artist to have the year's top holiday album since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking music sales in 1991. If Clarkson does win the holiday album derby, this would be the second time that an American Idol alum has had the year's top holiday seller. Clay Aiken's Merry Christmas With Love was the top holiday album of 2004.

All six of Clarkson's studio albums have reached the top three. Her only full-length album to fall short of the top three is Greatest Hits—Chapter One, which peaked at #11 last year. And that was just because greatest hits albums don't sell well in an era when fans can cherry-pick their favorites on iTunes. In a previous era, that would have been a #1 album.

.Susan Boyle's Home For Christmas opens at a disappointing #19, with first-week sales of 12K. The Scottish singer's first Christmas album, The Gift, got off to a much faster start. It debuted at #1 in November 2010 with first-week sales of 318K copies. Boyle's last album, Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From The Stage, debuted and peaked at #12. A second Christmas album seemed her surest bet to return her to the top 10. If this doesn't do the trick, what will?

The Gift has sold 2,148,000 copies to date, which makes it the fourth best-selling holiday album by a female artist in the Nielsen SoundScan era. It trails Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas (5,299,000), Celine Dion's These Are Special Times (5,276,000) and Amy Grant's Home For Christmas (2,542,000).

.Mary J. Blige's A Mary Christmas drops from #72 to #91 in its third week. The album, which was produced by Christmas album king David Foster, debuted (and so far, peaked) at #24 two weeks ago. It will turn around as we get closer to the holiday, but it's not off to a very Mary start.

A total of 18 Christmas albums are listed on The Billboard 200 this week. Expect that number to grow each week as we get closer to the holiday.

.Want to stump your friends? Ask them this trivia question: "What's the only Canadian band in chart history to land two #1 albums on The Billboard 200?" Older fans might guess Bachman-Turner Overdrive or Rush. Younger fans might say Nickelback or Three Days Grace. Good guesses all, but the right answer is Arcade Fire. The band achieves the feat this week as Reflektor debuts in the top spot. The band's previous album, The Suburbs, debuted at #1 in August 2010.

Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Nickelback each had one #1 album in the U.S. BTO scored in October 1974 with Not Fragile; Nickelback in October 2005 with All The Right Reasons.

.Rush, the Canadian band with the most top 10 albums in the U.S. (12) has yet to reach #1. Other Canadian bands that have had top 10 albums include The Guess Who, Loverboy, Crash Test Dummies, Barenaked Ladies, Our Lady Peace, Sum 41, Simple Plan, Theory Of A Deadman and Three Days Grace.

Reflektor sold 140K copies in its first week, down from the 156K that The Suburbs sold in its first week. That wouldn't be worthy of note, except for one thing. Six months after its release, The Suburbs won a Grammy for Album of the Year, in a major upset over four better-known rivals: Eminem, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Lady Antebellum. You might think all the attention that that victory brought to the band would trigger a bigger first-week number for the band's follow-up album.

.Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is expected to debut at #1 next week (with a first-week total north of 700K). That would mark the second time that Eminem has bumped Arcade Fire out of the #1 spot. His last album, Recovery, returned to #1 in August 2010, displacing The Suburbs. (I'm sure it's nothing personal.)

Reflektor sold 78K digital copies this week, which allows it to enter Top Digital Albums at #1.

Reflektor also enters the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart at #1. The Suburbs also reached #1 in the U.K. Thus, the group has had back-to-back albums that reached #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. Arcade Fire is the fourth Canadian act to have two or more "transatlantic #1 albums." Celine Dion has had four; Michael Buble, three; Avril Lavigne, two.

.Katy Perry's Prism dips from #1 to #2 in its second week. After two weeks, the album has sold 378K copies. That's the highest two-week total for an album by a female pop artist since Madonna's MDNA sold 407K copies in its first two weeks in the spring of 2012. Incidentally, a Canadian rock band named Prism had a few chart albums from 1977 to 1982 (before Perry was born).

Drake's Nothing Was The Same, which drops from #3 to #5, tops the 1 million mark in sales this week. It moves up to #7 for the year-to-date. Drake's previous album, Take Care, was the #7 album of 2011 on Nielsen SoundScan's year-end chart.

.Thomas Rhett's first full-length album, It Goes Like This, debuts at #6. The album includes his country hits "Something To Do With My Hands" and "It Goes Like This," which is currently #2 on Hot Country Songs. Rhett co-wrote Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise," which is the second best-selling digital hit in country music history.

Toby Keith's Drinks After Work debuts at #7. It's his 14th top 10 album. Keith is tied for third place on the list of country artists with the most top 10 albums. George Strait is in the lead with 18. He's followed by Tim McGraw (15) and Keith and Garth Brooks (14 each).

Linkin Park's Recharged debuts at #10. It's the band's second remix album to crack the top 10. Reanimation reached #2 in 2002.

."The Monster" by Eminem featuring Rihanna enters Hot Digital Songs at #1. It sold 373K copies. One Direction's "Story Of My Life" opens at #2 (305K). Will "The Monster" also debut at #1 on the Hot 100, or is Lorde's "Royals" safe for a sixth week on top? You'll find out later today when we post our Songs blog.

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

The Top Five: Arcade Fire's Reflektor debuts at #1 (140K). It's the group's third top five album...Katy Perry’s Prism dips from #1 to #2 in its second week (92K)…Kelly Clarkson's Wrapped In Red debuts at #3 (70K). It's her sixth top five album…The Robertsons' Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas debuts at #4 (69K)…Drake's Nothing Was The Same drops from #3 to #5 in its sixth week (38K). It has been in the top five the entire time.

The Second Five: Thomas Rhett's It Goes Like This debuts at #6 (36K). It's his first top 10 album… Toby Keith's Drinks After Work debuts at #7 (35K). It's his 14th top 10 album… Lorde's Pure Heroine drops from #5 to #8 in its fifth week (34K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…Miley Cyrus' Bangerz drops from #4 to #9 in its fourth week (33K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…Linkin Park's Recharged debuts at #10 (33K). It's the band's eighth top 10 album.

.Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2 drops from #8 to #13 in its fifth week. On the plus side, it tops the 500K mark in sales this week. It's Timberlake's second album to reach that plateau this year. The initial The 20/20 Experience is up to 2,335,000. Timberlake is the second artist with two albums that have topped the 500K mark in sales so far this year. Luke Bryan was the first.

Five other albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Pearl Jam’s Lightning Bolt drops from #2 to #11. Fifth Harmony's Better Together EP plummets from #6 to #80. DJ Khaled's Suffering From Success drops from #7 to #29. AFI's Burials plummets from #9 to #65. Luke Bryan's Crash My Party drops from #10 to #12.

Florida Georgia Line's Here's To The Future rebounds from #18 to #14 in its 48th week. The 2012 album tops the 1 million mark in 2013 sales this week. It's #8 for the year-to-date.

.Robert Glasper Experiment's Black Radio 2 debuts at #16. Glasper's initial Black Radio reached #15 in March 2012 and won a Grammy for Best R&B Album. We're seeing more sequels to hit albums. Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2 debuted at #1 four weeks ago. Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 will debut at #1 next week.

Protest The Hero's Volition debuts at #20...Seether's Seether 2002-2013 debuts at #22…Violinist Lindsey Stirling's Lindsey Stirling vaults from #198 to #23 in its 49th week. The album originally peaked at #79 in 2012.

Chris Tomlin's How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection leaps from #81 to #43 in its 32nd week. The album debuted and peaked at #40 in November 2011. The album jumps to #1 on Top Catalog Albums this week. It's Tomlin's sixth #1 (!) on this chart. He's amassed all of them since March 2010. Tomlin is among the country's top Contemporary Christian stars.

Three Lou Reed albums enter or re-enter the chart in the first week following his death on Oct. 27. Reed's 1972 album Transformer re-enters at #98. The album, produced by David Bowie, yielded Reed's biggest hit, "Walk On The Wild Side." The Essential Lou Reed enters at #155. The live Rock N Roll Animal re-enters at #191. In addition, The Velvet Underground's debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, re-enters the chart at #129. This establishes a new peak for this legendary album. It originally peaked at #171 in December 1967.

Pitch Perfect drops from #92 to #105 in its 54th week. It's the highest-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie for the 27th week.

Bruce Springsteen's Springsteen & I enters Top Music Videos at #1. It's Springsteen's fifth #1 on this chart, following Blood Brothers (1996), Live In New York City (2001), Live In Dublin (2007) and London Calling: Live In Hyde Park (2010).

.Coming Attractions: As noted above, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is sure to debut at #1 next week, with first-week sales north of 700K. Also due: Celine Dion's Loved Me Back To Life (about 70K), Avril Lavigne's Avril Lavigne (40K), Pentatonix's PTX, Vol. 2 (27K), The Wanted's Word Of Mouth (18K), Il Divo's A Musical Affair (14K), James Blunt's Moon Landing (14K), Jake Miller's Us Against Them (14K) and M.I.A.'s Matangi (12K).

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/3/13)...

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Country album sales this week:

www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-the-week-of-november-6-2013-duck-dynasty-s-the-robertson-family-score-1-album-with-duck-the-halls-christmas-recording

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

Numbers from the 11/9 chart:

Drake 991k (11/16 chart)
Miley Cyrus 419k (11/16 chart)
Robin Thicke 552k
Michael Buble 651k
Daft Punk 811k
Great Gatsby Sdtk. 503k
Lady Antebellum 440k
Josh Groban 463k
Awolnation 468k

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

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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"

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"
Toby Keith 14 "Drinks After Work." *new*

Santana 13 "Guitar Heaven"
Barry Manilow 13 "15 Minutes"
Led Zeppelin 13 "Celebration"

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

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Nov 6, 2013 22:08:46 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

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"
Toby Keith 14 "Drinks After Work." *new*

Santana 13 "Guitar Heaven"
Barry Manilow 13 "15 Minutes"
Led Zeppelin 13 "Celebration"

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

Thanks for updating this list. Alan Jackson's album is actually called "Thirty Miles West".

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Nov 6, 2013 20:36:00 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Country album sales this week:

www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-the-week-of-november-6-2013-duck-dynasty-s-the-robertson-family-score-1-album-with-duck-the-halls-christmas-recording

Country album sales are now down -7.7% in 2013:

www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/CountryUpdate1107.pdf

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4,698,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

1,896,000 were digital albums.

2,802,000 were cds/vinyl albums/cassettes.

www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/TFMmw1107.pdf

Album sales are now down -7.0% for 2013 (-6.8% last week)

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The Billboard 200

1 New 1 Reflektor Arcade Fire
2 1 2 Prism Katy Perry
3 New 1 Wrapped In Red Kelly Clarkson
4 New 1 Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas The Robertsons
5 3 6 Nothing Was The Same Drake
6 New 1 It Goes Like This Thomas Rhett
7 New 1 Drinks After Work Toby Keith
8 5 5 Pure Heroine Lorde
9 4 4 Bangerz Miley Cyrus
10 New 1 Recharged Linkin Park
11 2 3 Lightning Bolt Pearl Jam
12 10 12 Crash My Party Luke Bryan
13 8 5 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) Justin Timberlake
14 18 48 Here's To The Good Times Florida Georgia Line
15 17 61 Night Visions Imagine Dragons
16 New 1 Black Radio 2 Robert Glasper Experiment
17 11 3 New Paul McCartney
18 15 3 See You Tonight Scotty McCreery
19 New 1 Home For Christmas Susan Boyle
20 New 1 Volition Protest The Hero
21 21 47 Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars
22 New 1 Seether: 2002-2013 Seether
23 198 49 Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling
24 13 6 Closer To The Truth Cher
25 19 3 To All The Girls... Willie Nelson

26 25 6 WOW Hits 2014: 30 Of Today's Top Christian Artists & Hits Various Artists
27 New 1 Home / Phantoms Of Summer / The Acoustic Sessions The Dirty Heads
28 80 14 All The Little Lights Passenger
29 7 2 Suffering From Success DJ Khaled
30 23 32 Native OneRepublic
31 30 13 NOW 47 Various Artists
32 12 3 20 TLC
33 New 1 Under The Influence: Holiday Edition (EP) Straight No Chaser
34 14 3 Let's Be Still The Head And The Heart
35 34 9 Love In The Future John Legend
36 31 14 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke
37 20 3 Magpie And The Dandelion The Avett Brothers
38 58 7 TRUE Avicii
39 36 32 Based On A True Story ... Blake Shelton
40 27 4 Frame By Frame Cassadee Pope
41 33 92 Born To Die Lana Del Rey
42 32 10 Hail To The King Avenged Sevenfold
43 81 32 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection Chris Tomlin
44 26 4 My Name Is My Name Pusha T
45 New 1 Night Time, My Time Sky Ferreira
46 35 6 Mechanical Bull Kings Of Leon
47 49 9 Bad Blood Bastille
48 51 6 The Bluegrass Album Alan Jackson
49 170 60 Best Days Tamela Mann
50 39 17 Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay Z

51 43 7 Off The Beaten Path Justin Moore
52 37 4 The Paradigm Shift Korn
53 50 56 The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
54 47 7 From Here To Now To You Jack Johnson
55 52 9 Love And War Tamar Braxton
56 46 8 Fuse Keith Urban
57 29 4 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! Panic! At The Disco
58 New 1 The Rock Won't Move Vertical Church Band
59 103 27 Burning Lights Chris Tomlin
60 56 9 Yours Truly Ariana Grande
61 48 55 Night Train Jason Aldean
62 New 1 Serpents Unleashed Skeletonwitch
63 60 5 Redneck Crazy Tyler Farr
64 73 90 Hunter Hayes Hunter Hayes
65 9 2 Burials AFI
66 53 59 The Truth About Love P!nk
67 42 54 good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
68 78 117 Tailgates & Tanlines Luke Bryan
69 64 8 AM Arctic Monkeys
70 71 15 Stars Dance Selena Gomez
71 59 6 Ray Charles Forever Ray Charles
72 184 50 Greatest Hits: Chapter One Kelly Clarkson
73 38 2 Gracias Por Estar Aqui Marco Antonio Solis
74 57 28 To Be Loved Michael Buble
75 41 6 The Diving Board Elton John

76 88 8 The Electric Lady Janelle Monae
77 77 7 A.M. Chris Young
78 61 33 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake
79 76 58 Babel Mumford & Sons
80 6 2 Better Together (EP) Fifth Harmony
81 63 2 A Family Christmas The Piano Guys
82 74 141 21 Adele
83 70 14 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1 Five Finger Death Punch
84 Re-Entry 68 Stronger Kelly Clarkson
85 87 69 Uncaged Zac Brown Band
86 86 29 Save Rock And Roll Fall Out Boy
87 69 8 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME 2 Chainz
88 New 1 Zion: Acoustic Sessions Hillsong United
89 New 1 MellowHigh MellowHigh
90 83 83 The Lumineers The Lumineers
91 72 3 A Mary Christmas Mary J. Blige
92 84 54 Red Taylor Swift
93 90 28 I Love You. The Neighbourhood
94 22 2 Aftershock Motorhead
95 79 11 Paradise Valley John Mayer
96 Re-Entry 14 Wrote A Song For Everyone John Fogerty
97 75 157 Teenage Dream Katy Perry
98 New 1 Transformer Lou Reed
99 105 158 Recovery Eminem
100 112 141 The Eminem Show Eminem

101 New 1 Christmas Songs Bad Religion
102 96 10 Stay Trippy Juicy J
103 55 2 Buon Natale: The Christmas Album Il Volo
104 110 51 Take Me Home One Direction
105 92 54 Pitch Perfect Soundtrack
106 175 139 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
107 128 31 Miracle Third Day
108 100 16 Teen Beach Movie Soundtrack
109 119 73 + Ed Sheeran
110 New 1 The King's Gift: A Celtic Christmas Collection Trace Adkins
111 123 24 True Believers Darius Rucker
112 Re-Entry 12 Home For Christmas Celtic Woman
113 24 2 Viva! Hysteria: Live At The Joint, Las Vegas Def Leppard
114 40 2 Love In Portofino Andrea Bocelli
115 54 3 Ready Set Roll (EP) Chase Rice
116 Re-Entry 21 Christmas Michael Buble
117 New 1 Augment Erra
118 New 1 Hope Will Rise Warr Acres
119 109 20 Yeezus Kanye West
120 98 24 Random Access Memories Daft Punk
121 125 3 Christmas Symphony II Mannheim Steamroller With Members Of The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
122 93 4 Soy El Mismo Prince Royce
123 45 3 Make A Move Gavin DeGraw
124 New 1 I'm A Stranger Here The Devil Makes Three
125 82 5 Days Are Gone HAIM

126 132 48 Halcyon Ellie Goulding
127 94 16 The Blessed Unrest Sara Bareilles
128 168 79 Blown Away Carrie Underwood
129 Re-Entry 16 The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground & Nico
130 67 8 Kiss Land The Weeknd
131 104 9 Hesitation Marks Nine Inch Nails
132 107 11 Three Kings TGT
133 148 26 Golden Lady Antebellum
134 147 12 Rebellious Soul K. Michelle
135 117 4 Crickets Joe Nichols
136 New 1 Memorial Russian Circles
137 129 16 Kidz Bop 24 Kidz Bop Kids
138 141 71 Overexposed Maroon 5
139 Re-Entry 171 All The Right Reasons Nickelback
140 116 13 The Civil Wars The Civil Wars
141 127 10 Overcomer Mandisa
142 118 9 Appreciation Day Jaheim
143 114 6 Bones Of What You Believe CHVRCHES
144 138 83 My Head Is An Animal Of Monsters And Men
145 126 159 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars
146 99 15 Monster Mash And Other Terrifying Tunes The Countdown Singers And Orchestra
147 New 1 Corsicana Lemonade White Denim
148 New 1 Everything Is Debatable Hellogoodbye
149 121 6 Metallica: Through The Never (Soundtrack) Metallica
150 144 189 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons

151 131 5 The Love Club (EP) Lorde
152 44 2 El Corazon Decide Ednita Nazario
153 161 6 Louder R5
154 145 31 Pioneer The Band Perry
155 New 1 The Essential Lou Reed Lou Reed
156 120 26 The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film Soundtrack
157 176 202 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem
158 113 30 Paramore Paramore
159 102 4 Melophobia Cage The Elephant
160 Re-Entry 3 Transatlanticism Death Cab For Cutie
161 16 2 Foreword (EP) Tori Kelly
162 101 4 Fortress Alter Bridge
163 124 5 The Glorious Unfolding Steven Curtis Chapman
164 Re-Entry 2 Kidz Bop Halloween Hits! Kidz Bop Kids
165 New 1 Resistance Winds Of Plague
166 167 196 Thriller Michael Jackson
167 Re-Entry 76 Hard 2 Love Lee Brice
168 106 90 One Of The Boys Katy Perry
169 New 1 Unconditional Joshua Rogers
170 191 13 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing Kids Choir
171 111 4 Monsters In The Closet Mayday Parade
172 143 20 Born Sinner J. Cole
173 62 3 Hurricane Natalie Grant
174 164 116 Chief Eric Church
175 New 1 Sending You A Little Christmas Johnny Mathis

176 91 11 Songs From St. Somewhere Jimmy Buffett
177 142 50 The World From The Side Of The Moon Phillip Phillips
178 108 114 CrazySexyCool TLC
179 133 19 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 6 Various Artists
180 130 138 The Legend Of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
181 Re-Entry 28 All That Echoes Josh Groban
182 85 3 Vengeance Falls Trivium
183 182 25 Modern Vampires Of The City Vampire Weekend
184 171 92 Wicked Original Broadway Cast Recording
185 Re-Entry 3 The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Orchestra At Temple Square With Natalie Cole (Wilberg)
186 New 1 NOW Christmas Various Artists
187 135 8 Feels Like Home Sheryl Crow
188 New 1 The Best Man Holiday Soundtrack
189 183 291 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers Bob Marley And The Wailers
190 Re-Entry 76 Come To The Well Casting Crowns
191 New 1 Rock N Roll Animal Lou Reed
192 137 7 MMG: Self Made 3 Various Artists
193 152 47 An Awesome Wave alt-J
194 Re-Entry 138 You Get What You Give Zac Brown Band
195 178 115 The Very Best Of The Eagles Eagles
196 149 15 3 Marc Anthony
197 New 1 Christmas Worship Paul Baloche
198 New 1 Still Climbing Leslie West
199 New 1 No Place A Lot Like Birds
200 172 24 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies Volbeat

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Current Albums:

170 177 9 The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight... Neko Case
171 28 2 New Demons I See Stars
172 144 2 Radio Exitos El Disco del Ano: 2013 Various Artists
173 New 1 Haciendo Historia Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizarraga
174 162 25 Love Is Everything George Strait
175 129 9 1975 The 1975

176 156 39 Grace (EP) Tasha Cobbs
177 151 24 Clarity Zedd
178 199 31 Same Trailer Different Park Kacey Musgraves
179 168 2 12 Stories Brandy Clark
180 175 50 Unapologetic Rihanna
181 New 1 Disconnected In New York City Los Lobos
182 New 1 Two Of A Crime Perma
183 126 4 You Can't Make Old Friends Kenny Rogers
184 143 7 We Are Tonight Billy Currington
185 149 22 In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery Capital Cities
186 New 1 Revolution Rise Kill Devil Hill
187 New 1 ICP: Forgotten Freshness: Volume 5 Insane Clown Posse
188 164 19 Rise Skillet
189 150 5 God Of Every Story Laura Story
190 138 26 NOW 46 Various Artists
191 New 1 Crown Him Nicole C. Mullen
192 176 105 Four The Record Miranda Lambert
193 141 4 Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song Amos Lee
194 107 2 Shulamith Polica
195 157 123 Megalithic Symphony AWOLNATION
196 Re-Entry 22 Into The Light Matthew West
197 190 59 Tornado Little Big Town
198 166 13 Greater Than Tye Tribbett
199 New 1 Lily & Madeleine Lily & Madeleine
200 185 47 The Hurt & The Healer MercyMe

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Top Catalog Albums

1 3 2 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection Chris Tomlin
2 New 1 Stronger Kelly Clarkson
3 2 26 Teenage Dream Katy Perry
4 New 1 Transformer Lou Reed
5 5 84 Recovery Eminem
6 8 83 The Eminem Show Eminem
7 20 208 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
8 New 1 Home For Christmas Celtic Woman
9 34 13 Christmas Michael Buble
10 New 1 Blown Away Carrie Underwood
11 New 1 The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground & Nico
12 Re-Entry 111 All The Right Reasons Nickelback
13 9 73 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars
14 4 6 Monster Mash And Other Terrifying Tunes Countdown Singers & Orchestra
15 12 5 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
16 New 1 The Essential Lou Reed Lou Reed
17 21 177 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem
18 Re-Entry 3 Transatlanticism Death Cab For Cutie
19 16 271 Thriller Michael Jackson
20 6 36 One Of The Boys Katy Perry
21 27 2 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing Kids Choir
22 15 7 Chief Eric Church
23 7 19 CrazySexyCool TLC
24 10 62 The Legend Of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
25 18 286 Wicked Original Broadway Cast Recording

26 New 1 The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Orchestra At Temple Square With Natalie Cole (Wilberg)
27 24 1090 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers Bob Marley And The Wailers
28 50 15 Come To The Well Casting Crowns
29 New 1 Rock N Roll Animal Lou Reed
30 Re-Entry 50 You Get What You Give Zac Brown Band
31 23 176 The Very Best Of The Eagles Eagles

^the above albums are on the BB200

32 44 54 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton Blake Shelton
33 25 140 The Essential Michael Jackson Michael Jackson
34 19 5 Up All Night One Direction
35 35 35 Red River Blue Blake Shelton
36 13 7 Some Nights fun.
37 Re-Entry 28 Number One Hits Tim McGraw
38 30 938 Journey's Greatest Hits Journey
39 29 105 The Foundation Zac Brown Band
40 Re-Entry 4 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition Soundtrack
41 17 2 Now & Forever: The Hits TLC
42 11 4 Halloween Party Various Artists
43 14 49 My Kinda Party Jason Aldean
44 Re-Entry 3 Halloween Party: 16 Scary Songs Various Artists
45 Re-Entry 97 It's Christmas Time Elvis Presley
46 32 96 Super Hits Willie Nelson
47 22 9 In Utero Nirvana
48 New 1 Benefit Jethro Tull
49 1 13 Moondance Van Morrison
50 39 499 Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys

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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

1 1 7 Nothing Was The Same Drake
2 3 5 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) Justin Timberlake
3 New 1 Black Radio 2 Robert Glasper Experiment
4 2 2 Suffering From Success DJ Khaled
5 4 3 20 TLC
6 7 9 Love In The Future John Legend
7 6 15 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke
8 5 4 My Name Is My Name Pusha T
9 8 17 Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay Z
10 10 56 The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
11 11 9 Love And War Tamar Braxton
12 9 54 good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
13 12 6 Ray Charles Forever Ray Charles
14 17 8 The Electric Lady Janelle Monae
15 13 34 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake
16 15 8 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME 2 Chainz
17 New 1 MellowHigh MellowHigh
18 16 3 A Mary Christmas Mary J. Blige
19 19 10 Stay Trippy Juicy J
20 22 20 Yeezus Kanye West
21 14 8 Kiss Land The Weeknd
22 21 11 Three Kings TGT
23 27 12 Rebellious Soul K. Michelle
24 23 9 Appreciation Day Jaheim
25 26 20 Born Sinner J. Cole

26 New 1 The Best Man Holiday Soundtrack
27 25 7 MMG: Self Made 3 Various Artists
28 30 50 Unapologetic Rihanna
29 New 1 Carry On Tradition (EP) Vinnie Paz
30 32 11 Downtown: Life Under The Gun (EP) August Alsina
31 24 3 High Times Young Dro
32 36 32 I Am Not A Human Being II Lil Wayne
33 34 42 Long.Live.A$AP A$AP Rocky
34 35 10 Hall Of Fame Big Sean
35 28 4 Lucid Lyfe Jennings
36 41 74 Our Version Of Events Emeli Sande
37 42 14 Something Else Tech N9ne
38 44 51 Trilogy The Weeknd
39 45 11 Trap Lord A$AP Ferg
40 31 5 M.O. Nelly
41 29 3 Get Home Safely Dom Kennedy
42 37 19 The Gifted Wale
43 39 57 Kaleidoscope Dream Miguel
44 33 4 Old Danny Brown
45 20 2 Love To Love You Donna Donna Summer
46 54 20 Talk A Good Game Kelly Rowland
47 47 8 Now, Then & Forever Earth, Wind & Fire
48 New 1 Summer Knights (EP) Joey Bada$$
49 57 9 A Place Called Love Land Raheem DeVaughn
50 38 5 Event 2 Deltron 3030

51 49 20 Watching Movies With The Sound Off Mac Miller
52 52 24 Excuse My French French Montana
53 65 19 SongVersation India.Arie
54 56 18 Doubleback: Evolution Of R&B Joe
55 58 56 Lace Up MGK
56 51 5 My Brother's Keeper K-Ci & JoJo
57 50 21 Better Chrisette Michele
58 61 48 O.N.I.F.C. Wiz Khalifa
59 62 11 Doris Earl Sweatshirt
60 66 23 Hits Of The 90's Various Artists
61 New 1 Crenshaw Nipsey Hu$$le
62 55 64 Based On A T.R.U. Story 2 Chainz
63 70 30 Hotel California Tyga
64 64 15 Rich Gang Various Artists
65 60 50 Girl On Fire Alicia Keys
66 40 3 OKE: Deluxe Edition DJ Skee Presents The Game
67 New 1 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem
68 71 16 Trials & Tribulations Ace Hood
69 69 53 Dreams And Nightmares Meek Mill
70 68 28 Side Effects Of You Fantasia
71 67 21 Gas Pedal: The EP Sage The Gemini
72 Re-Entry 16 Ciara Ciara
73 73 29 Indicud Kid Cudi
74 72 46 Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head T.I.
75 75 51 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston

[cartman2002]

here's this week's BB200 awards

42.Hail to the King-Avenged Sevenfold (Gold)
97.Teenage Dream-Katy Perry (4x Platinum)
102.Stat Trippy-Juicy J (Gold)
158.Paramore (Platinum)

[kylecburke]

what are these BB200 award things.....are they a real thing or just something someone made up?

[HolidayGuy]

^They're the poster's own- may be related to weeks on the chart.

Senor Buble's holiday album re-entered at 116- wonder how high it will get. He has another holiday special airing this season.

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www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5785669/chart-moves-lindsey-stirlings-best-sales-week-ever-johnny-mathis-scores


Chart Moves: Lindsey Stirling's Best Sales Week Ever, Johnny Mathis Scores 73rd Chart Hit
News /

By Keith Caulfield, New York | November 08, 2013 4:20 PM EST

This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Arcade Fire collected its second No. 1 album with the arrival of "Reflektor," while five more new entries arrived in the top 10. Among them were Kelly Clarkson, the cast of "Duck Dynasty," Thomas Rhett, Toby Keith and Linkin Park.

But of course there were a number of movers and shakers outside the top 10, as usual. Let's take a look at some of them:

-- Lindsey Stirling, "Lindsey Stirling" - No. 23 - The crossover violinist nets her best week ever on the Billboard 200, as her self-titled album jumps from No. 198 to No. 23, selling 10,000 copies -- its highest sales week yet.

The 2012 album's big gain (up 385%) follows its reissue on Oct. 29, with bonus tracks and wider distribution.

The reissue comes about six months after Billboard reported that Stirling had started working with Lady Gaga's former manager, Troy Carter.

Previously, the album never went higher than No. 79, nor sold more than 6,000 in a week. However, the album has been a consistent seller for the past year, selling between 2,000 and 5,000 every week since its release.

With Caroline now handling its physical distribution, the album is finally being stocked in mass merchants, which sold half of its 10,000 this week. (Previously, Think Indie handled its physical distribution.)

On the digital side of things, Tunecore is handling the digital distribution of the revised album. Previously, the digital set was distributed directly to iTunes, and via Tunecore to all other digital retailers.


The set, which was first released in September of 2012, was re-released on Oct. 29 with two bonus tracks. The retailer Target got its own special edition of the album, which came with an additional five songs.

"Lindsey Stirling" is the year's second-largest selling classical crossover album, having moved 150,000 in 2013. It's second to only Andrea Bocelli's "Passione," with 386,000. (In total, "Lindsey Stirling" has sold 200,000 since its release in 2012.)

-- Tamela Mann, "Best Days" - No. 49 - A deluxe reissue of the album gooses its sales by 189%, pushing the title from No. 170 to No. 49. Its total sales rise to 344,000 -- more than twice the sales of her second-biggest release, 2010's "The Master Plan" (155,000).

-- Bad Religion, "Christmas Songs" - No. 101 - The Christmas album also opens at No. 7 on the Holiday Albums chart, selling 4,000 in its first week.

Rock bands like Bad Religion are a rare sight on the Holiday Albums chart, as the act is the only rock group on the 50-position tally this week. The release is also just one of only three rock sets in the top 50, in addition to releases from Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Nick Lowe.

-- Michael Buble, "Christmas" - No. 116 - Michael Buble's "Christmas" album, first released in 2011, reached No. 1 in its first holiday season, then returned to the top 10 in late 2012. Can it come back to the top 10 yet again? So far, the album has sold 3.1 million. This week, it re-enters the chart at No. 116 with 4,000 -- and a gain of 80%.

-- Johnny Mathis, "Sending You a Little Christmas" - No. 175 - The 78-year-old legend returns to the chart for the first time with a new album since 2006. The new Christmas set is his 73rd title to chart, stretching back to his first entry, 1957's "Wonderful Wonderful."

Mathis is no stranger to Christmas releases, as the new album is his sixth collection of newly-recorded holiday tunes. "Sending You a Little Christmas" features collaborations with the likes of Billy Joel ("The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire") and Gloria Estefan ("Mary's Boy Child").

Mathis' biggest selling album also happens to be a Christmas set. According to the Recording Industry of America, his 1958 album "Merry Christmas" has sold five million copies in the U.S.

[icefire9]

Lindsey Stirling, "Lindsey Stirling" - No. 23 - The crossover violinist nets her best week ever on the Billboard 200, as her self-titled album jumps from No. 198 to No. 23, selling 10,000 copies -- its highest sales week yet.

I love Lindsey Stirling!

I'm so happy for her success!

[Keep’n It Real]

Tamela Mann, "Best Days" - No. 49 - A deluxe reissue of the album gooses its sales by 189%, pushing the title from No. 170 to No. 49. Its total sales rise to 344,000 -- more than twice the sales of her second-biggest release, 2010's "The Master Plan" (155,000).

Her album is doing amazingly well for a Gospel album, and she is even outselling certain R&B singers.