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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 13:48:15 GMT -5
Beyonce On Course for Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
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By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | December 28, 2013 12:43 PM EST
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Beyonce is on course to score her longest-running No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Based on sales forecasts from industry sources, her new self-titled set should stay put atop next week's Billboard 200 for a third consecutive week.
Sources suggest the album could sell upwards of 250,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Dec. 29. This past week, it spent its second frame at No. 1, moving 617,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. In the album's first 10 days of release, it sold 991,000 copies.
If "Beyonce" is No. 1 for a third week, it will mark the diva's longest-reigning chart-topper. While all five of her studio albums have reached No. 1, her longest rule atop the list is two weeks (for both "Beyonce" and "4").
As for the rest of the top 10, expect to see familiar faces like One Direction's "Midnight Memories," Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" and Katy Perry's "PRISM." The three albums are among the many that are experiencing a surge in sales after Christmas. It's traditional to see lots of albums earn increases in the week after Christmas, as consumers redeem newly-acquired gift cards (for digital download stores, especially).
Another release that's selling well is Justin Bieber's new collection, "Journals," which bowed on Monday, Dec. 23. The 15-song set contains 10 previously released tunes (made available as part of his weekly Music Mondays series) and five new cuts. The project -- exclusively sold through the iTunes Store -- could sell over 100,000. However, Billboard has been informed that iTunes will not be reporting sales for the set to Nielsen SoundScan, therefore it will not appear on Billboard’s charts.
On SoundScan's Building chart (below), Beyonce sits atop the list, while One Direction is at No. 2. The Building tally is a precursor to the final Billboard 200 ranking -- reflecting the first four days (Monday through Thursday) of SoundScan's tracking week as reported by six major merchants.
As for the rest of the top 10: Eminem and Katy Perry are Nos. 3 and 5, while Garth Brooks' "Blame It All On My Roots" is No. 4. The soundtrack to "Frozen" is No. 6, while two Christmas albums are up next: Kelly Clarkson's "Wrapped In Red" (No. 7) and the Robertsons' "Duck the Halls" (No. 8). It would be surprising to see "Wrapped In Red" or "Duck the Halls" album among the top 10 next week, since this tracking week only has two days of sales pre-Christmas (Dec. 23 and 24).
Lorde's "Pure Heroine" (No. 9) and Miley Cyrus' "Bangerz" (No. 10) round out the top 10.
Nielsen SoundScan Building Chart
Rank Last Week, BB 200 Artist Title
1 1 Beyonce "Beyonce"
2 3 One Direction "Midnight Memories"
3 6 Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP 2"
4 2 Garth Brooks "Blame It All On My Roots"
5 7 Katy Perry "PRISM"
6 8 Soundtrack "Frozen"
7 5 Kelly Clarkson "Wrapped In Red"
8 4 The Robertsons "Duck the Halls"
9 11 Lorde "Pure Heroine"
10 17 Miley Cyrus "Bangerz"
The Building Chart reflects the first four days (Monday through Thursday) of SoundScan's tracking week (which ends Sunday) as reported by six major merchants: iTunes, Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Starbucks, Target and Anderson Merchandisers. Billboard estimates that they make up about 85% of all U.S. album sales.
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Post by Enigma. on Dec 28, 2013 13:50:39 GMT -5
"Billboard has been informed that iTunes will not be reporting sales for the set to Nielsen SoundScan, therefore it will not appear on Billboard’s charts."
Interesting...
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Dec 28, 2013 13:52:56 GMT -5
Wow! It must really be underperforming. It has no radio single and no promo....
If you know your song/album isnt doing well dont report the sales..
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Post by smiley22 on Dec 28, 2013 14:03:27 GMT -5
3rd week and counting...
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Post by Enigma. on Dec 28, 2013 14:03:34 GMT -5
~100k is not THAT bad though, no Flo Rida sort of numbers anyway.
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Post by seeyounexttuesday on Dec 28, 2013 14:11:58 GMT -5
~100k is not THAT bad though, no Flo Rida sort of numbers anyway. my guess is that billboard is just throwing out the 100K figure as an guess... it'll surely sell less than that. after all, what other reason could they have for not reporting the sales, other than they fell far below expectations. glad to see thy Qing still slaying. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 14:16:03 GMT -5
Since this is 'Music Mondays' greastest hits, the album won't be around very long at that.
Beyonce should remain #1 until the Springsteen album and Kids Bop 25 albums hits mid-January
Nothing of note is being released until then
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Post by chartfreak on Dec 28, 2013 14:31:57 GMT -5
Actually I wouldn't be surprised to see Kelly and the Ducks still in the top 10. Yes, Christmas is over, but if sales are counted through 12/26, I don't see why sales would drop off that much. But we'll see on Tuesday/Wednesday, or will we since it's a Holiday again. :)
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Dec 28, 2013 14:32:34 GMT -5
Why does it say HITS when billboard is the one saying this?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 14:35:29 GMT -5
Why does it say HITS when billboard is the one saying this? That's what we have been calling all the preview threads. In any other week this wouldn't matter. If it does matter, I suppose I will change it EDIT: You're right. Changed it |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 28, 2013 14:42:35 GMT -5
Actually I wouldn't be surprised to see Kelly and the Ducks still in the top 10. Yes, Christmas is over, but if sales are counted through 12/26, I don't see why sales would drop off that much. But we'll see on Tuesday/Wednesday, or will we since it's a Holiday again. :) There are 4 days after Xmas where people would probably not be buying Xmas albums. Last year's Billboard Top 10 did not have a Xmas album: Billboard 200 January 12, 2013 - week after Xmas - gift card redemptions 01 241,000 RED Taylor Swift 02 136,000 LES MISERABLES: HIGHLIGHTS Soundtrack 03 120,000 TAKE ME HOME One Direction 04 110,000 UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX Bruno Mars 05 74,000 TROUBLE MAN: HEAVY IS THE HEAD T.I. 06 70,000 NIGHT VISIONS Imagine Dragons 07 68,000 UNAPOLOGETIC Rihanna 08 68,000 BABEL Mumford & Sons 09 61,000 THE LUMINEERS Lumineers 10 58,000 PITCH PERFECT Soundtrack |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 14:44:33 GMT -5
Yessss at the queen!!!! Great numbers. This is so exciting  :) |
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Post by chartfreak on Dec 28, 2013 14:48:01 GMT -5
Actually I wouldn't be surprised to see Kelly and the Ducks still in the top 10. Yes, Christmas is over, but if sales are counted through 12/26, I don't see why sales would drop off that much. But we'll see on Tuesday/Wednesday, or will we since it's a Holiday again. :) There are 4 days after Xmas where people would probably not be buying Xmas albums. Last year's Billboard Top 10 did not have a Xmas album: Billboard 200 January 12, 2013 - week after Xmas - gift card redemptions 01 241,000 RED Taylor Swift 02 136,000 LES MISERABLES: HIGHLIGHTS Soundtrack 03 120,000 TAKE ME HOME One Direction 04 110,000 UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX Bruno Mars 05 74,000 TROUBLE MAN: HEAVY IS THE HEAD T.I. 06 70,000 NIGHT VISIONS Imagine Dragons 07 68,000 UNAPOLOGETIC Rihanna 08 68,000 BABEL Mumford & Sons 09 61,000 THE LUMINEERS Lumineers 10 58,000 PITCH PERFECT Soundtrack I wonder if Xmas albums were in the building chart. Did they even do that last year. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 28, 2013 14:54:30 GMT -5
There are 4 days after Xmas where people would probably not be buying Xmas albums. Last year's Billboard Top 10 did not have a Xmas album: Billboard 200 January 12, 2013 - week after Xmas - gift card redemptions 01 241,000 RED Taylor Swift 02 136,000 LES MISERABLES: HIGHLIGHTS Soundtrack 03 120,000 TAKE ME HOME One Direction 04 110,000 UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX Bruno Mars 05 74,000 TROUBLE MAN: HEAVY IS THE HEAD T.I. 06 70,000 NIGHT VISIONS Imagine Dragons 07 68,000 UNAPOLOGETIC Rihanna 08 68,000 BABEL Mumford & Sons 09 61,000 THE LUMINEERS Lumineers 10 58,000 PITCH PERFECT Soundtrack I wonder if Xmas albums were in the building chart. Did they even do that last year. They did do the building chart. No Xmas albums becuase Xmas was on a Tuesday last year. Thread here: pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/128183/hits-taylor-7th-week-225kLOL at what I wrote on Jan. 1st: "Upcoming Pulse Diva albums: Beyonce Avril Lavigne Mariah Carey Lady GaGa Britney Spears" Mariah never came out and the rest was out in Nov./Dec. |
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Post by $uperb@tDuDe on Dec 28, 2013 14:55:30 GMT -5
Go Bey
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 28, 2013 15:01:41 GMT -5
250,000 for a third week is incredible.. It'd put her at #8 for the year, #1 for albums by women, and #5 for albums released in 2013.
Not releasing sales for Journals is a bizarre choice, and I hope we get to read more about it. Does it have to do with the (supposed) "limited release" of the album (it was originally supposed to go off iTunes on January 2, at which point all of the songs will become available for individual purchase, but I see that none of them are currently 'album only')? Or does it have more to do with the fact that, as 2m said, the album is more or less a compilation of existing songs that the fans have already bought? Idk I just don't know of another major artist doing this..
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Post by survivorqt on Dec 28, 2013 15:11:01 GMT -5
seems like bieber doesn't want to taint his five straight #1 albums?
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 28, 2013 16:16:58 GMT -5
seems like bieber doesn't want to taint his five straight #1 albums? If he thinks he has five straight #1s, he can get real. One's an EP and one's an acoustic re-release. If he wants to count those he has to count his other acoustic album and the remix album, which both peaked at #5. And not releasing the sales doesn't make this any less of a non-#1... (My sass is directed at Bieber and crew, not you.) |
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Dec 28, 2013 18:07:15 GMT -5
"Billboard has been informed that iTunes will not be reporting sales for the set to Nielsen SoundScan, therefore it will not appear on Billboard’s charts." Interesting... So I take it his [Bieber's] album won't chart at all? |
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Dec 28, 2013 22:15:29 GMT -5
Well that breaks his streak since its an album that didnt chart.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2013 22:27:02 GMT -5
Well that breaks his steak since its an album that didnt chart. I thought he was more of a salad guy than a steak guy anyway  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 7:22:55 GMT -5
^lol
It seems sketch but I can't help but think that Island never planned to release Bieber's numbers for some reason. The way the project has been handled overall has been really weird. I almost get the sense that they were just indulging him creatively with this pseudo-era but never had any intentions of trying to put any money or effort behind it. Kind of a shame - the five 'new' tracks are all pretty commercial to me, and while the Music Monday songs all sounded more like high-quality demos than finished songs, most of them had potential.
Also, I doubt they're concerned with chart position so much as they are with not letting him have an 'official' flop (below 500k) with a studio album.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 29, 2013 11:29:05 GMT -5
Also, I doubt they're concerned with chart position so much as they are with not letting him have an 'official' flop (below 500k) with a studio album. If the whole "temporary release" thing was actually true, then 500k was never a real possibility. I like that you called this a 'pseudo-era,' because that's exactly what this is. |
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Post by slw84 on Dec 29, 2013 11:38:44 GMT -5
Well that breaks his steak since its an album that didnt chart. I thought he was more of a salad guy than a steak guy anyway Mess but lol at the flawless shade. |
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Post by Enigma. on Dec 30, 2013 7:20:13 GMT -5
"Journals" debuts at #46 in the UK so numbers were reported there...
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 30, 2013 9:34:38 GMT -5
"Journals" debuts at #46 in the UK so numbers were reported there... Ouch... Believe was #1 there |
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Post by Push The Button on Dec 30, 2013 9:41:47 GMT -5
His movie was an absolute bomb too - it's made just $4.2 million since its debut on Wednesday.
Bieber may be riding into the sunset soon.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 30, 2013 9:43:20 GMT -5
This is a different scenario than a regular studio album, though- it wasn't just a few countdown singles, but rather 10 of the 15 tracks were available for individual purchase before the album release.
But, yes- even though his movie wasn't released as wide as most movies (1,037 theaters), it still tanked, with ~$2,000 per theater over the weekend ($4.3 million in the first five days).
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Post by Ke$ha's Left Tittie on Dec 30, 2013 12:15:08 GMT -5
There was no physical release for Bieber's album.
Let's give him a break.
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Dec 30, 2013 12:42:38 GMT -5
There was no physical release for Bieber's album. Let's give him a break. Why? He's not the first digital only. Additionally, the record company could easily put out a physical release. People would be willing to cut slack if the numbers were reported. Instead, hiding them is kind of smarmy. |
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