Billboard 200: 1/4/14: Beyonce #1: 374,000

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/news/5847921/beyonce-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart

Beyonce Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

By Keith Caulfield | December 26, 2013 2:13 PM EST

Beyonce's new self-titled album remains unstoppable on the Billboard 200 chart, as it spends a second week atop the list.

"Beyonce" sold 374,000 copies in the week ending Dec. 22 (down 39%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. It bowed at No. 1 on the previous week's chart, after only three days on sale, with 617,000 sold.

The album was released on an off-cycle Friday, Dec. 13. Its debut on the chart a week ago came from sales in the

Thus, in its first 10 days of release, "Beyonce" sold 991,000 and is (so far) the 12th biggest-selling album of 2013. There is one more tracking week left in the year -- the week ending Dec. 29. It's likely that "Beyonce" will finish 2013 among the top 10 sellers (all of which have sold at least 1 million this year).
Holiday Chart Schedule
Please note that all Billboard.com and .Biz charts will update on Friday (Dec. 27) at 9am ET. The top 10 of the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts will be revealed on Thursday (Jan. 2) and update in full on Friday (Jan. 3).

"Beyonce's" debut was fueled by sales only from the iTunes Store, as the album was exclusively available through the retailer until the end of last week. After that, the set went on sale through all traditional sellers of music, including brick-and-mortar establishments. (Notably, both Target and Amazon.com declined to sell the CD version of the album.)

Impressively, "Beyonce" sold more copies in its second chart week than the diva's last album, "4," did in its debut on the chart. The latter album was released in 2011 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 310,000. (And, the album was released on a traditional Tuesday, giving the set six days of sales in its debut frame.)

In its second week, "4" sold 115,000 (securing a second, and final, week at No. 1).

Although "Beyonce" became widely available in its second week, its digital sales remain strong (most of those coming from the iTunes Store). Of its 374,000 second week, downloads made up 63% (235,000). It was the top selling digital album of the week, and remains at No. 1 on the Digital Albums chart. (Among the top selling physical albums of the week, "Beyonce" was the No. 3 seller, behind Garth Brooks "Blame It All On My Roots" and One Direction's "Midnight Memories.")

Speaking of Brooks, his Walmart-exclusive box set spends another week at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, selling 199,000 copies (up 16%). The cumulative sales of the six-CD/two-DVD box -- which sells for $24.96 -- now stand at 681,000. The album, like the rest of Brooks' titles, is unavailable as a download.

One Direction's "Midnight Memories" is No. 3 on the Billboard 200 -- up two spots -- with 166,000 (up 35%). The set has sold 954,000 in its four weeks on sale.

The Robertson's "Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" album rises two rungs to No. 4 with 132,000 (up 22%), while Kelly Clarkson's "Wrapped In Red" slips two positions to No. 5 with 124,000 (down 9%).

Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" climbs two positions to No. 6 (115,000; up 39%), Katy Perry's "PRISM" jumps 9-7 (99,000; up 67%) and the soundtrack to "Frozen" rises 10-8 with 81,000 (up 45%). Michael Buble's "Christmas" returns to the top 10, as it steps 13-9 with 68,000 (up 43%) and Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" closes out the top 10, rising 14-10 with just over 68,000 (up 44%).

This week's chart represents the final full week of shopping before the Dec. 25 Christmas holiday, so it's natural to see an overall lift in album sales. (Album sales volume is up by 22% this week.) Next week's tracking frame ends on Dec. 29, so there will be two more days of pre-Christmas shopping (Dec. 23 and Dec. 24) in next week's chart. So, we should see the top of the Billboard 200 chart post some sizable numbers again.

Few significant albums were released on Dec. 17 -- the release date that impacts this week's chart -- so relatively few titles debut on the tally. The top debut this week is B.o.B's new "Underground Luxury," which bows at No. 22 with 35,000. His last album, 2012's "Strange Clouds," debuted and peaked at No. 5 off a 76,000 start.

Over on the Digital Songs chart, A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera's "Say Something" remains at No. 1, selling 238,000 downloads (up 2%). That number could grow even larger next week, once the traditional rush of purchases made with newly-received gift cards kicks in. (The chart's sales volume increases dramatically in the weeks after Christmas, as consumers redeem digital download gift cards at retailers like iTunes.)

The top five titles on the Digital Songs chart this week are all non-movers. Pitbull's "Timber," featuring Ke$ha, is No. 2 (213,000; up 14%), Eminem's "The Monster," featuring Rihanna, is No. 3 (193,000; up 10%), OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" is No. 4 (168,000; up 16%) and Passenger's "Let Her Go" is No. 5 (135,000; up 14%).

Lorde's "Royals" rises 7-6 (111,000; up 14%).

Katy Perry's "Dark Horse," which is now officially the third single from her "PRISM" album, gallops 17-7 with just under 111,000 (up 87%). The song concurrently jets 32-25 on the Pop Songs airplay chart (known as Mainstream Top 40 on Billboard.biz).

One Direction's "Story of My Life" slides 6-8 on the Digital Songs chart with 110,000 (up 2%). Like Perry's tune, "Story" is also making gains at top 40 radio. This week, "Story" jumps 15-13 on the Pop Songs chart, making it One Direction's second-highest charting song ever on the tally. Only "What Makes You Beautiful" went higher, reaching No. 3 in June of 2012.

Imagine Dragons' "Demons" descends 8-9 on Digital Songs with 103,000 (up 14%) and Ellie Goulding's "Burn" drops 9-10 with 84,000 (down less than 1%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 22) totaled 10.6 million units, up 22% compared with the sum last week (8.7 million) and down 17% compared with the comparable sales week of 2012 (12.7 million). Year to date album sales stand at 280 million, down 9% compared to the same total at this point last year (306.2 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 21.83 million downloads, up 12% compared with last week (19.57 million) and down 14% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (25.5 million). Year to date track sales are at 1.22 billion, down 5% compared to the same total at this point last year (1.28 billion).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: Taylor Swift's "Red" held at No. 1 with 241,000 (down 12%), while the soundtrack to "Les Miserables" jumped 33-2 with 136,000 (up 218%).

Billboard holiday chart schedule: Please note that all Billboard.com and .Biz charts will update on Friday (Dec. 27) at 9am ET. The top 10 of the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts will be revealed on Thursday (Jan. 2) and update in full on Friday (Jan. 3).

[HolidayGuy]

Annual album sales will miss the 300m mark- ah well.

The Robertsons secured its title as the year's top-selling holiday album. Clarkson's album probably will sell more in the ling run, though.

[areyoureadytojump]

Beyonce's SS total is 9k less than HITS.

The Robertsons edge out Kelly Clarkson by 8k in sales this week.

Katy Perry's Prism barely misses the 100k sold mark.

Beyonce and One Direction will sell over 1 million scanned next week.

Album sales are now down 9%. Will it be 10% next week, the last chart week of 2013?

[HolidayGuy]

I have Robertson's album at roughly 749,000, with Clarkson's album at 702,000. (Robertson's album is sold at Christian outlets, which means you have to add the weekly totals manually to get the to-date sum).

[areyoureadytojump]

^I was talking about this week's sales. I edited my post above.

[HolidayGuy]

^Ahh- gotcha. :)

Buble's album bounced back to the top 10 following his Christmas show.

[Duca]

Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 12/22/2013

1. Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ - 374,000 (991,000)
6. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 115,000 (1,605,000)
15. R. Kelly - Black Panties - 60,000 (194,000)
19. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2 - 45,000 (726,000)
20. Drake - Nothing Was The Same - 37,000 (1,296,000)
22. B.o.B - Underground Luxury - 35,000 (35,000)
25. Childish Gambino - Because the Internet - 28,000 (124,000)
49. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience: 1 of 2 - 17,000 (2,407,000)
50. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 17,000 (1,210,000)
109. Yo Gotti - I Am - 11,000 (99,000)
141. Lox - The Trinity EP - 8,000 (8,000)
161. 2 Chainz - B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime - 8,000 (210,000)
163. Jay Z - Magna Carta...Holy Grail - 8,000 (1,090,000)
171. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city - 7,200 (1,116,000)

Great boosts for Justin. :)

[areyoureadytojump]

^Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis will also go over 1 million scanned in 2013 next week.

That'll be 13 albums for 2013.

2012 only had 10 albums scan 1 million units in 2012.

[Agent Yoncé]

Anyone has an estimated list for the current Top 10 Best Selling Albums for this year?

[areyoureadytojump]

^I post it each week in the 2013 Best Sellers thread:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/127948/2013-best-sellers-albums-singles?page=3

Since Soundscan doesn't leak anymore, these are all estimated sales:

Last week: Week 50

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 2
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 10 / last year - 9
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 41 / last year - 37
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 100 / last year - 110
total albums sales - this year - 269.39m (-8.2%)/ last year - 293.48m


01 - 2,390,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
02 - 1,490,000 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem
03 - 1,399,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan
04 - 1,352,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars
05 - 1,287,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons
06 - 1,259,000 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake
07 - 1,240,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line
08 - 1,083,000 - MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL - Jay-Z
09 - 1,069,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
10 - 1,067,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton
11 - 979,000 - THE HEIST - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
12 - 904,000 - THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - Pink
13 - 852,000 - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - Daft Punk
14 - 819,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
15 - 816,000 - THE LUMINEERS - Lumineers
16 - 788,000 - MIDNIGHT MEMORIES - One Direction
17 - 771,000 - PRISM - Katy Perry
18 - 770,000 - PITCH PERFECT - Soundtrack
19 - 694,000 - TO BE LOVED - Michael Buble
20 - 681,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE (2 OF 2) - Justin Timberlake
21 - 646,000 - BORN SINNER - J Cole
22 - 642,000 - BANGERZ - Miley Cyrus
23 - 633,000 - BLURRED LINES - Robin Thicke
24 - 617,000 - BEYONCE - Beyonce
25 - 607,000 - YEEZUS - Kanye West

Thanks to oldbloke at UKMIX!

[areyoureadytojump]

Country album sales this week:

www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-december-26-2013-garth-duck-dynasty-scotty-mccreery-cassadee-pope-danielle-bradbery-strong-sellers

Country Albums/Country-related albums Sales: The Week Ending 12/22/2013

TW. Artist - Album - TW (Total)

#2. Garth Brooks - Blake It All On My Roots - 199,000 (681,000)

#3. Robertsons/Duck Dynasty - Duck The Halls - 132,000 (700,000)

#5. Kelly Clarkson - Wrapped In Red - 124,000 (702,000)

#10. Luke Bryan - Crash My Party - 68,000 (1,468,000)

#14. Florida Georgia Line - Here’s To the Good Times - 61,000 (1,421,000)

#28. CarrieUnderwood/Various - Sound Of Music OST (TV) - 25,000 (92,000)

#33. Blake Shelton - Based On A True Story - 25,000 (1,092,000)

#32. Taylor Swift - RED - 21,000 (3,947,000)

#34. Lady Antebellum - Golden - 19,000 (531,000)

#42. Blake Shelton - Cheers, It’s Christmas - 18,000 (524,000)

#45. Danielle Bradbery - Danielle Bradbery - 18,000 (86,000)

#47. Scotty McCreery - See You Tonight - 17,000 (165,000)

#57. Lady Antebellum - On This Winter’s Night - 16,000 (531,000)

#67. Jason Aldean - Night Train - 15,000 (1,534,000)

#77. Keith Urban - Fuse - 13,000 (251,000)

#88. Darius Rucker - True Believers - 13,000 (450,000)

#92. Cassadee Pope - Frame By Frame - 12,000 (132,000)

#95. Hunter Hayes - Hunter Hayes/Encore - 12,000 (1,060,000)

#96. Zac Brown Band - Uncaged - 12,000 (997,000)

#110. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away - 11,000 (1,622,000)

[Push The Button]

The Frozen soundtrack might be a contender for #1 sometime in January.

[HolidayGuy]

Note the off total for Robertsons in that article- too much for Ciuntry Stock to go and add up the weekly totals.

[Adonis the DemiGod!]

I wonder if Beyonce can have a Top 5 selling album for 2013 after next week.

[areyoureadytojump]

Dec 26, 2013 18:32:11 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Note the off total for Robertsons in that article- too much for Ciuntry Stock to go and add up the weekly totals.

They are just looking at the SS chart that is sent to them.

[ificanthaveyou]

Dec 26, 2013 18:32:11 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Note the off total for Robertsons in that article- too much for Ciuntry Stock to go and add up the weekly totals.

The off total is from Christian stores right? Is Wrapped in Red not being sold at Christian retailers?

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Dec 26, 2013 19:05:57 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

Dec 26, 2013 18:32:11 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Note the off total for Robertsons in that article- too much for Ciuntry Stock to go and add up the weekly totals.

The off total is from Christian stores right? Is Wrapped in Red not being sold at Christian retailers?

Yes the difference is Christian stores

[HolidayGuy]

Clarkson's album apparently is not being sold at Christian outlets, based on Billboard's reported totals.

[mluv]

Dec 26, 2013 16:55:34 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^I post it each week in the 2013 Best Sellers thread:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/127948/2013-best-sellers-albums-singles?page=3

Since Soundscan doesn't leak anymore, these are all estimated sales:

Last week: Week 50

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 2
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 10 / last year - 9
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 41 / last year - 37
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 100 / last year - 110
total albums sales - this year - 269.39m (-8.2%)/ last year - 293.48m


01 - 2,390,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
02 - 1,490,000 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem
03 - 1,399,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan
04 - 1,352,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars
05 - 1,287,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons
06 - 1,259,000 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake
07 - 1,240,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line
08 - 1,083,000 - MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL - Jay-Z
09 - 1,069,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
10 - 1,067,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton
11 - 979,000 - THE HEIST - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
12 - 904,000 - THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - Pink
13 - 852,000 - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - Daft Punk
14 - 819,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
15 - 816,000 - THE LUMINEERS - Lumineers
16 - 788,000 - MIDNIGHT MEMORIES - One Direction
17 - 771,000 - PRISM - Katy Perry
18 - 770,000 - PITCH PERFECT - Soundtrack
19 - 694,000 - TO BE LOVED - Michael Buble
20 - 681,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE (2 OF 2) - Justin Timberlake
21 - 646,000 - BORN SINNER - J Cole
22 - 642,000 - BANGERZ - Miley Cyrus
23 - 633,000 - BLURRED LINES - Robin Thicke
24 - 617,000 - BEYONCE - Beyonce
25 - 607,000 - YEEZUS - Kanye West

Thanks to oldbloke at UKMIX!no

Billboard has their year end top selling albums across all genre's out and it doesn't seem to match this list.  For example they have Red at #2 and One Direction Take Me Home at #3  and Rihanna at #10.  I'm trying to figure out what figures they're using for their list.

[Push The Button]

Dec 26, 2013 19:35:55 GMT -5 mluv said:

Dec 26, 2013 16:55:34 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^I post it each week in the 2013 Best Sellers thread:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/127948/2013-best-sellers-albums-singles?page=3

Since Soundscan doesn't leak anymore, these are all estimated sales:

Last week: Week 50

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 2
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 10 / last year - 9
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 41 / last year - 37
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 100 / last year - 110
total albums sales - this year - 269.39m (-8.2%)/ last year - 293.48m


01 - 2,390,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
02 - 1,490,000 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem
03 - 1,399,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan
04 - 1,352,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars
05 - 1,287,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons
06 - 1,259,000 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake
07 - 1,240,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line
08 - 1,083,000 - MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL - Jay-Z
09 - 1,069,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
10 - 1,067,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton
11 - 979,000 - THE HEIST - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
12 - 904,000 - THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - Pink
13 - 852,000 - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - Daft Punk
14 - 819,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
15 - 816,000 - THE LUMINEERS - Lumineers
16 - 788,000 - MIDNIGHT MEMORIES - One Direction
17 - 771,000 - PRISM - Katy Perry
18 - 770,000 - PITCH PERFECT - Soundtrack
19 - 694,000 - TO BE LOVED - Michael Buble
20 - 681,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE (2 OF 2) - Justin Timberlake
21 - 646,000 - BORN SINNER - J Cole
22 - 642,000 - BANGERZ - Miley Cyrus
23 - 633,000 - BLURRED LINES - Robin Thicke
24 - 617,000 - BEYONCE - Beyonce
25 - 607,000 - YEEZUS - Kanye West

Thanks to oldbloke at UKMIX!no

Billboard has their year end top selling albums across all genre's out and it doesn't seem to match this list.  For example they have Red at #2 and One Direction Take Me Home at #3  and Rihanna at #10.  I'm trying to figure out what figures they're using for their list.

The Billboard year runs November - November. Soundscan tracks sales from January - December.

[areyoureadytojump]

My list is the SoundScan list for the 2013 calendar year. This week's new charts are Week 51.

Each year in January, SoundScan puts out a press release with their best sellers for the year.

Billboard's covers a different time period and does not give out sales figures.

Here is the 2012 SoundScan list for the newbies:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/128327/2012-best-sellers-adele-gotye

2011:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/112593/nielsen-soundscan-2011-sales-statistics

2010:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/103190/nielsen-soundscan-2010-year-data

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Beyonce Album Pirated 240,000 Times (Report)
News /

By Alex Pham, Los Angeles | December 26, 2013 3:49 PM EST












Beyonce Album Pirated 240,000 Times (Report)



Beyoncé's new album, which has zoomed to the top of the Billboard sales charts, appears to also be popular on the file sharing charts as well -- with nearly a quarter million copies pirated within the first week of its Dec. 13 debut, according to Musicmetric.




Had those copies been purchased, the album would have grossed an additional $3 million in sales. While it's certain that piracy eats into music revenue, it's difficult, if not impossible, to know what percentage of those illegal downloads would have displaced purchases, since not everyone who pirated a free copy would have bought the album if it weren't available via file sharing sites.

Nevertheless, the singer's self-titled album has been a red hot performer, having sold 991,000 copies in its first 10 days, placing it on top of the Billboard 200 chart for two straight weeks.

As of Dec. 18, Beyoncé’s entire music catalog was shared more than 2 million times over file sharing sites that leverage the BitTorrent download protocol during 2013 -- 239,131 of those were shares of her new self-titled album, according to music data analyst Musicmetric.

In addition, the December album release on iTunes spurred file sharers' interest in Beyoncé’s earlier repertoire, resulting in a spike in downloads of her other albums as well. Downloads of previous releases peaked on Dec. 15 at 11,588 downloads that day -- more than five times the number of downloads the day before the new album's release.






Credit: Musicmetric.

While these figures could be viewed as lost sales, they can also be seen as an opportunity to gather insight, said Musicmetric's Chief Executive Gregory Mead.

"The usefulness of BitTorrent data is that it allows record labels to have an incredibly detailed insight into where their artists are popular – right down to the town," Mead said. "Although the file-sharing numbers may be high, it will be possible to translate many of these into buyers."

[CookyMonzta]

Dec 26, 2013 14:23:05 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Annual album sales will miss the 300m mark- ah well.

The Robertsons secured its title as the year's top-selling holiday album. Clarkson's album probably will sell more in the ling run, though.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't they pumping a billion album sales in 2000?

[CookyMonzta]

Dec 26, 2013 20:05:03 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

My list is the SoundScan list for the 2013 calendar year. This week's new charts are Week 51.

Each year in January, SoundScan puts out a press release with their best sellers for the year.

Billboard's covers a different time period and does not give out sales figures.

Here is the 2012 SoundScan list for the newbies:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/128327/2012-best-sellers-adele-gotye

2011:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/112593/nielsen-soundscan-2011-sales-statistics

2010:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/103190/nielsen-soundscan-2010-year-data

Glad you posted this again. I saw that entire list of the top 10 selling albums year-by-year. I looked at a similar list at the beginning of 2010.

Ten platinum albums, or more correctly, million sellers (give or take one or two), is indeed dismal. If my memory is still intact, in 2000 there were 32 double-platinum albums, 88 platinum albums, and the entire year-end Billboard 200 was gold (actually, 202 albums sold 500,000).

In 2000, the average of the top 10 selling albums was around 6 million. In 2009, it was 2.1 million. At that point, I made the prediction that by 2019 the average of the top 10 albums would drop to around 850,000. We will not always have the rarity of Adele's 21, Usher's Confessions and Norah Jones' Come Away With Me, the last 3 to go diamond.

The millennium started with the entire Billboard 200 year-end chart full of gold albums. Then this decade began with just about 40 gold albums on the year-end chart. Those 10 year-end platinum albums we've had, over the last couple of years, will be reduced to 10 year-end gold albums, if not less, by the end of this decade. We'll be lucky if we finish 2019 with 2 or 3 platinum.

The industry fat cat has had his day, and it looks like the decade will end with his day being done, especially if digital sales don't pick up the enormous slack. People want to cut out the fat cat as the middle man when it comes to albums. Touring seems to be the only way to bring in the big bucks now. You don't tour (even to small venues or clubs), you could very well go broke.

[Deleted]

Dec 26, 2013 19:22:17 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Clarkson's album apparently is not being sold at Christian outlets, based on Billboard's reported totals.

I was in a Christian book store the other day and it did have Kelly's album in there, but it was only one rack at about waist level and there was only one CD left. Certainly not comparable to the entire stand that DD had in the back with other merchandise nearby. I would guess that RCA chose not to push WIR promo as heavily on the Christian bookstores as it did other retailers. A possible oversight on their part, but I also wonder if it's that Kelly's appeal would have been limited anyway by people viewing her as a secular artist (not that she's a heathen or anything, lol, she just doesn't come across as overtly religious and only has one religious carol on the standard edition).

[Enigma.]

It's fun to look at figures but no point in living in the past. Everything has changed since 2000.

[Enigma.]

Btw I have never paid attention to this before but how it's possible that Soundscan numbers are that much lower than HITS'?

[mluv]

I don't know if you should feel sorry for the fat cats considering they're already hedging their bets with streaming. That's why they made the deals with streamers like Spotify in exchange for partial ownership. They already see the future. It's the artists who have to play catch up and figure out whether they should go all in for streaming or not as they're seeing little revenue pay off right now. Because of that, some are doing everything in their power to fight that inevitability like Thom Yorke from Radiohead. But they have to balance that against the fact that the only way for the artist to get increased revenue is for these streaming services to get more customers who'll pay for the subscription service. It's at that point when sales really start falling off that they'll need to actually start encouraging their fans to join these streaming services (as opposed to just pirating the music). It's a balancing act right now.

[Enigma.]

Yes. And by joining paid streaming services an average person will actually spend MORE money in music than before when one bought maybe 5-6 albums/year.

[areyoureadytojump]

The Billboard 200

1 1 2 Beyonce Beyonce
2 2 4 Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences Garth Brooks
3 5 4 Midnight Memories One Direction
4 6 8 Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas The Robertsons
5 3 8 Wrapped In Red Kelly Clarkson
6 8 7 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem
7 9 9 Prism Katy Perry
8 10 4 Frozen Soundtrack
9 13 28 Christmas Michael Buble
10 14 19 Crash My Party Luke Bryan
11 16 12 Pure Heroine Lorde
12 12 6 NOW 48 Various Artists
13 11 10 A Mary Christmas Mary J. Blige
14 15 55 Here's To The Good Times Florida Georgia Line
15 4 2 Black Panties R. Kelly
16 19 68 Night Visions Imagine Dragons
17 20 11 Bangerz Miley Cyrus
18 18 6 ARTPOP Lady Gaga
19 27 12 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) Justin Timberlake
20 24 13 Nothing Was The Same Drake
21 17 8 Home For Christmas Susan Boyle
22 New 1 Underground Luxury B.o.B
23 50 39 Native OneRepublic
24 26 6 PTXmas (EP) Pentatonix
25 7 2 Because The Internet Childish Gambino

26 38 7 Loved Me Back To Life Celine Dion
27 22 3 Britney Jean Britney Spears
28 23 3 The Sound Of Music: Music From The NBC Television Event Soundtrack
29 31 13 WOW Hits 2014 Various Artists
30 32 39 Based On A True Story ... Blake Shelton
31 52 54 Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars
32 21 9 A Family Christmas The Piano Guys
33 29 10 Christmas Symphony II Mannheim Steamroller/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
34 30 35 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) Vince Guaraldi Trio
35 33 51 Noel Josh Groban
36 37 61 Red Taylor Swift
37 36 5 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack
38 55 33 Golden Lady Antebellum
39 44 9 Buon Natale: The Christmas Album Il Volo
40 60 10 Lightning Bolt Pearl Jam
41 41 36 It's Christmas Time Elvis Presley
42 35 20 Cheers, It's Christmas Blake Shelton
43 54 5 Baptized Daughtry
44 New 1 Somewhere Somehow WE the Kings
45 42 4 Danielle Bradbery Danielle Bradbery
46 79 35 To Be Loved Michael Buble
47 67 10 See You Tonight Scotty McCreery
48 62 16 Yours Truly Ariana Grande
49 94 40 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake
50 66 63 The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

51 34 2 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2 / Volume 1 Soundtrack
52 59 8 Reflektor Arcade Fire
53 57 5 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2 Five Finger Death Punch
54 61 39 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection Chris Tomlin
55 64 6 On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2 The Beatles
56 45 46 The Lost Christmas Eve Trans-Siberian Orchestra
57 43 17 On This Winter's Night Lady Antebellum
58 78 38 The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas Various Artists
59 69 5 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 Nickelback
60 98 10 New Paul McCartney
61 88 66 The Truth About Love P!nk
62 40 8 NOW Christmas Various Artists
63 91 15 AM Arctic Monkeys
64 82 20 NOW 47 Various Artists
65 48 43 Merry Christmas Mariah Carey
66 28 2 Live At The Cellar Door Neil Young
67 73 62 Night Train Jason Aldean
68 77 21 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke
69 97 65 Babel Mumford & Sons
70 65 17 Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) (EP) Trans-Siberian Orchestra
71 39 2 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Soundtrack
72 71 4 Foreverly Billie Joe + Norah
73 75 22 Stars Dance Selena Gomez
74 47 17 Merry Christmas, Baby Rod Stewart
75 93 21 All The Little Lights Passenger

76 68 35 Christmas Eve And Other Stories Trans-Siberian Orchestra
77 103 15 Fuse Keith Urban
78 96 99 Born To Die Lana Del Rey
79 51 3 Days Of Gold Jake Owen
80 95 17 Hail To The King Avenged Sevenfold
81 123 13 Mechanical Bull Kings Of Leon
82 99 148 21 Adele
83 84 16 Love And War Tamar Braxton
84 92 23 Kidz Bop 24 Kidz Bop Kids
85 81 23 Teen Beach Movie Soundtrack
86 154 18 Paradise Valley John Mayer
87 87 58 Take Me Home One Direction
88 100 31 True Believers Darius Rucker
89 New 1 Austin & Ally: Turn It Up Soundtrack
90 56 8 The Best Man Holiday Soundtrack
91 49 7 WOW Christmas (Blue) Various Artists
92 80 11 Frame By Frame Cassadee Pope
93 90 11 The Classic Christmas Album Elvis Presley
94 137 4 Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording Soundtrack
95 106 97 Hunter Hayes Hunter Hayes
96 130 75 Uncaged Zac Brown Band
97 72 41 My Christmas Andrea Bocelli
98 83 3 Common Courtesy A Day To Remember
99 89 90 Up All Night One Direction
100 110 16 Bad Blood Bastille

101 132 90 The Lumineers The Lumineers
102 New 1 Starbomb Starbomb
103 133 29 Modern Vampires Of The City Vampire Weekend
104 116 36 Save Rock And Roll Fall Out Boy
105 58 3 1969 - Siempre: En Vivo Desde Monterrey: Parte 1 Jenni Rivera
106 53 8 Sending You A Little Christmas Johnny Mathis
107 85 11 Christmas Francesca Battistelli
108 101 16 Love In The Future John Legend
109 76 5 I Am Yo Gotti
110 122 86 Blown Away Carrie Underwood
111 86 8 Under The Influence: Holiday Edition (EP) Straight No Chaser
112 124 38 Pioneer The Band Perry
113 119 61 Pitch Perfect Soundtrack
114 145 8 Drinks After Work Toby Keith
115 102 29 The Christmas Attic Trans-Siberian Orchestra
116 46 2 Feels Like Carolina Parmalee
117 149 145 The Legend Of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
118 153 14 Off The Beaten Path Justin Moore
119 105 8 The Best Of The Temptations Christmas The Temptations
120 134 124 Tailgates & Tanlines Luke Bryan
121 121 12 Days Are Gone HAIM
122 179 14 From Here To Now To You Jack Johnson
123 156 17 Overcomer Mandisa
124 New 1 The Bach Guild: Big Christmas Box Various Artists
125 108 6 Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis Elvis Presley

126 162 14 TRUE Avicii
127 117 20 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing Kids Choir
128 127 6 NOW That's What I Call Disney 2 Various Artists
129 70 45 Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs Of Worship Chris Tomlin
130 182 11 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! Panic! At The Disco
131 152 8 It Goes Like This Thomas Rhett
132 74 12 What Christmas Means Kem
133 161 31 Random Access Memories Daft Punk
134 180 194 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
135 174 7 Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne
136 146 35 I Love You. The Neighbourhood
137 Re-Entry 29 Love Is Everything George Strait
138 125 6 Ellen's I'm Gonna Make You Dance Jams Various Artists
139 Re-Entry 35 Paramore Paramore
140 200 75 Overexposed Maroon 5
141 New 1 The Trinity (EP) The Lox
142 135 6 'Tis The Season Various Artists
143 104 18 White Christmas Bing Crosby
144 171 21 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1 Five Finger Death Punch
145 112 15 Home For Christmas Celtic Woman
146 168 67 Best Days Tamela Mann
147 141 23 Under The Mistletoe Justin Bieber
148 111 21 Christmas Symphony Mannheim Streamroller/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
149 160 33 Same Trailer Different Park Kacey Musgraves
150 113 25 Elf Soundtrack

151 138 5 The Classic Christmas Album Luther Vandross
152 Re-Entry 19 Rise Skillet
153 128 18 Christmas With Scotty McCreery Scotty McCreery
154 118 13 Closer To The Truth Cher
155 157 56 Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling
156 187 63 Tornado Little Big Town
157 173 27 Yeezus Kanye West
158 115 29 Christmas Portrait Carpenters
159 Re-Entry 140 You Get What You Give Zac Brown Band
160 109 6 Classic Christmas Album Barbra Streisand
161 199 165 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars
162 107 15 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME 2 Chainz
163 155 24 Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay Z
164 Re-Entry 163 Teenage Dream Katy Perry
165 144 90 My Head Is An Animal Of Monsters And Men
166 183 13 Louder R5
167 Re-Entry 52 Greatest Hits: Chapter One Kelly Clarkson
168 186 55 The World From The Side Of The Moon Phillip Phillips
169 Re-Entry 26 Demi Demi Lovato
170 165 10 The Classic Christmas Album Kenny G
171 191 61 good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
172 New 1 The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 The Beatles
173 176 13 The Bluegrass Album Alan Jackson
174 195 7 Love In Portofino Andrea Bocelli
175 172 5 Eric Clapton Guitar Festival: Crossroads: Live: MSG, NY, April 2013 Various Artists

176 Re-Entry 20 The Blessed Unrest Sara Bareilles
177 139 12 Christmas Songs By Sinatra Frank Sinatra
178 170 52 Halcyon Ellie Goulding
179 158 26 Once Upon A Christmas Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
180 Re-Entry 121 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton Blake Shelton
181 Re-Entry 24 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 6 Various Artists
182 159 20 Christmas Celebration Mannheim Steamroller
183 120 3 Life Love & Hope Boston
184 Re-Entry 106 Red River Blue Blake Shelton
185 147 29 Holiday Collection Kenny G
186 Re-Entry 17 The Civil Wars The Civil Wars
187 177 3 The Classic Christmas Album Martina McBride
188 Re-Entry 29 All That Echoes Josh Groban
189 126 6 Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration Johnny Mathis
190 169 83 Come To The Well Casting Crowns
191 Re-Entry 76 + Ed Sheeran
192 166 33 James Taylor At Christmas James Taylor
193 181 3 Classic Christmas Album Andy Williams
194 Re-Entry 9 Magpie And The Dandelion The Avett Brothers
195 163 8 The King's Gift: A Celtic Christmas Collection Trace Adkins
196 175 40 These Are Special Times Celine Dion
197 150 10 The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection Bing Crosby
198 Re-Entry 6 Recharged Linkin Park
199 Re-Entry 10 Bones Of What You Believe CHVRCHES
200 143 24 Christmas Extraordinaire Mannheim Steamroller