Billboard 200: 5/3/14: Frozen Sdtk. #1: 259,000

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 04/20/2014

by Andres Tardio

posted April 23, 2014

August Alsina's "Testimony," Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty" and Pharrell's "G I R L" make the Top 10. Meanwhile, Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" and Nas' "Illmatic" see increases in sales.

This week, the Billboard Hot 200 albums chart featured several debuts. August Alsina entered the chart this week in the #2 position with his Testimony album. The project sold 67,171 in its first week of availability. Another R&B singer, Jason Derulo, joins Alsina in the Top 5 this week with Talk Dirty, a project that earned the #4 spot with 44,374 albums sold this week. Dizzy Wright's State Of Mind also made noise in its first week selling 6,807 units. Pharoahe Monch's P.T.S.D. - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder also hit the chart in its first week of availability. Monch's most recent album sold 3,881 units this week, enough to land the effort at #102.

Pharrell's G I R L Falls To #7

Pharrell's G I R L landed in the #7 spot in this week's chart. Despite falling in placement, the project's sales increased 12 percent from last week's figure. This week, the album sold 32,858 units and last week, the disc sold 29,385 copies. Overall, Pharrell has sold 304,376 copies of G I R L. In March, P spoke with HipHopDX about his work as a musician and as a collaborator. "I would say I’ve had a lot of really, really, really good help," he said at the time. "And I’m just thankful that people have seen something in me, and I was smart enough to allow them to guide me in the right direction. That’s the closest to that term I could ever come to. I’m smart enough to listen to other people, but nowhere near genius."

Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Jumps To #16

Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold 16,498 albums, a 46 percent increase from the previous week's 11,303 units sold. Overall, Eminem's project, which jumped from #20 to #16, has sold 2,069,605 copies. Last week, this project was also deemed "the most lyrical" effort from the week's charting Rap albums. Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 earned the highest votes in the week's poll with 575 thumbs up and 116 thumbs down.

Nas' Illmatic Has 844% Increase In Sales, Lands At #18

Nas' Illmatic saw a boost in sales as its 20-year anniversary date approached and passed. The Queensbridge, New York emcee's debut album sold 14,987 copies this week, a jump from 1,588 units sold last week. Overall, the project has sold 1,686,232 copies. Last week, HipHopDX had its Illmatic Week, a 7-day series celebrating the critically acclaimed release's two decades on the scene. As part of this week, HipHopDX reviewed Nas' album sales from Illmatic to Life Is Good, discussed the collection's importance after 20 years of life in retailers, shared lesser-known facts about the 1994 effort, interviewed AZ about his contribution to the project, spoke with Large Professor about his work on the set, and shed light on the album's influence by interviewing a slew of rappers, including Nino Bless, Fashawn, Dana Dane, Rapsody, Wreckonize and Fred The Godson.

Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 04/20/2014

#2. August Alsina - Testimony - 67,000 (67,000)

#4. Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty - 44,000 (44,000)

#7. Pharrell Williams – G I R L – 33,000 (304,000)

#16. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – 16,000 (2,070,000)

#18. Nas - Illmatic - 15,000 (1,686,000)

#27. YG – My Krazy Life – 11,000 (123,000)

#31. Rick Ross – Mastermind – 11,000 (312,000)

#50. ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron – 7,500 (230,000)

#54. Dizzy Wright - State Of Mind - 6,800 (6,800)

#55. Childish Gambino - because the internet - 6,800 (257,000)

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www.billboard.com/articles/news/6062884/frozen-scores-biggest-sales-week-yet-no-1-for-an-11th-week

'Frozen' Scores Biggest Sales Week Yet, No. 1 For An 11th Week
By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | April 23, 2014

Meanwhile, August Alsina, NEEDTOBREATHE, Jason Derulo & Ingrid Michaelson all invade the Top 5.

The soundtrack to Disney's "Frozen," fueled by Easter shopping, earns its biggest sales week yet and 11th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

The album sold 259,000 copies in the week ending April 20, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (The Easter holiday was April 20.) That's up 94% compared with the previous week, when the album shifted 133,000 at No. 1. This is also the fifth consecutive week that frozen sold more than 100,000 copies. To date, "Frozen" has sold 2.3 million copies.

As the weeks tick by, "Frozen" continues to rack up impressive chart feats. Since SoundScan's point-of-sale data began powering the Billboard 200's rankings on May 25, 1991, "Frozen" is just the ninth album — and third soundtrack — to spend at least 11 weeks at No. 1.

Going back even farther: Since the Billboard 200 started publishing on a regular, weekly basis in 1956, "Frozen" is one of only 15 soundtracks to spend at least 11 weeks at No. 1.

"Frozen" also surpasses "The Lion King" (with 10 weeks at No. 1) as the longest-running No. 1 soundtrack by an animated film.

Sales for "Frozen" in the week ending April 20 were powered by Easter shopping, which tends to lift sales of music that appeals to families and children. Thus, there are a number of titles on thechart that reap the benefits of Easter-related purchases. One Direction's "Midnight Memories," for example, climbs 55-38 (9,000; up 68 percent), and the child-friendly "Kidz Bop 25" album rises 42-20 (15,000 — up 126 percent).

Speaking of One Direction, "Frozen" is the first album since "Midnight Memories" to score five straight weeks of sales that exceed 100,000. The first five sales frames for "Midnight Memories" all surpassed that threshold, ending with the week ending Dec. 29.

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But, what makes "Frozen" stand apart from "Midnight Memories" — and most other No. 1 albums, for that matter — is that the soundtrack has achieved such a hot sales streak so long after its release. The album was released on Nov. 26, 2013, and sold 44,000 copies in its first week (ending Dec. 1). It didn't begin its current five-in-a-row streak of 100,000-plus sales frames until the week ending March 23.

"Frozen" is over 190,000 copies ahead of the No. 2 set this week, the debuting "Testimony" from August Alsina. It's the singer's first album, which also starts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

In fact, all of the titles between Nos. 2 and 5 are debuts. Rock band NEEDTOBREATHE launches at No. 3 with its highest-charting album ever, "Rivers In the Wasteland" (49,000), followed by Jason Derulo's first top 10 effort, "Talk Dirty," at No. 4 (44,000). Ingrid Michaelson closes out the debut party, as her "Lights Out" bows at No. 5 (37,000).

For NEEDTOBREATHE, "Rivers" logs the band's best sales week yet, surpassing the No. 6 debut and peak of 2011's "The Reckoning." It entered with a handful of copies less than that logged by "Rivers."

"Rivers" also debuts at No. 1 on the Rock Albums and Christian Albums charts.

Derulo's "Talk Dirty" scores the pop singer's best sales week as well, exceeding the 42,000 copies of his self-titled debut that he sold in its first week in 2010. The latter album also tallied his previous high-water mark, when it debuted and peaked at No. 11.Derulo's new album — his third full-length effort — is powered by its title track, which hit No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart dated April 26.

Michaelson's "Lights Out" is the singer-songwriter's second top 10 effort, and follows 2012's "Human Again," which also debuted and peaked at No. 5. It started slightly stronger than "Lights Out," selling 40,000 in its first week.

As for the rest of the top 10, Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" rises 8-6 (33,000; up 77 percent), Pharrell's "G I R L" dips 2-7 (just under 33,000; up 12 percent), and Lorde's "Pure Heroine" rises 12-8 (26,000; up 62 percent). 5 Seconds of Summer's "She Looks So Perfect" falls 3-9 (just under 26,000; up less than 1 percent), and the "Now 49" compilation climbs 13-10 (22,000; up 45 percent).

The "Frozen" party continues outside the top 10, as "Disney's Karaoke Series: Frozen" debuts at No. 17 with 15,000 sold. The set tallies the largest sales week for a karaoke album in a little over six years. The last time a karaoke title sold more was in theweek ending Dec. 23, 2007, when two more “Disney Karaoke Series” sets shifted a larger amount. That week, the companion karaoke albums to "Hannah Montana" and "High School Musical 2" sold 22,000 and 16,000, respectively.

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Pharrell's "Happy" nets a 10th week at No. 1 (274,000 downloads; up 7 percent) —the longest run at No. 1 since Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" wrapped a 10-week No. 1 reign on the chart dated Aug. 24, 2013. ("Blurred" also featured Pharrell.)

John Legend's "All of Me" is stationary at No. 2 (214,000; up 9 percent), as is Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty," featuring 2 Chainz, at No. 3 (198,000; up 22 percent) and Idina Menzel's "Let It Go" at No. 4 (158,000; up 4 percent).

DJ Snake & Lil Jon's "Turn Down for What" ascends 8-5 with 120,000 (up 28 percent).

Lana Del Rey scores her best debut sales week yet with the arrival of "West Coast." It enters at No. 6 with 118,000 sold. It's the first single from her upcoming album "Ultraviolence," which is due later this year.

Katy Perry's "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J, falls 6-7 (113,000; up 2 percent), Ed Sheeran's "Sing" falls 5-8 in its second week (106,000; down 14 percent), and Luke Bryan's "Play It Again" drops 7-9 (105,000; down 3 percent). Aloe Blacc's "The Man" rounds out the top 10, down one spot to No. 10 (91,000; up 2 percent).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending April 20) totaled 5.3 million units, up 23 percent compared with the sum last week (4.3 million) and down 2 percent compared with the comparablesales week of 2013 (5.4 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 76.2 million, down 16 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (90.5 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 24million downloads, up 11 percent compared with last week (21.7 million) and up 1 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (23.7 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 379 million, down 13 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (434 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2013 when: Michael Buble's "To Be Loved" debuted at No. 1 with 195,000 and Fantasia's "Side Effects of You" started at No. 2 with 91,000.

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"The "Frozen" party continues outside the top 10, as "Disney's Karaoke Series: Frozen" debuts at No. 17 with 15,000 sold. The set tallies the largest sales week for a karaoke album in a little over six years. The last time a karaoke title sold more was in theweek ending Dec. 23, 2007, when two more “Disney Karaoke Series” sets shifted a larger amount. That week, the companion karaoke albums to "Hannah Montana" and "High School Musical 2" sold 22,000 and 16,000, respectively."



Those two sold more but charted much lower

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

Numbers from the 4/26 chart:

Eric Church 520k
John Legend 431k
Eminem 2,053,000
Katy Perry 1,308,000
Kacey Musgraves 400k
Drake 1,535,000
George Strait 411k
Avenged Sevenfold 450k
Ellie Goulding 431k
R Kelly 400k
Tamela Mann 436k
Fall Out Boy 568k
Lady GaGa 690k

Albums only on the chart for 4 weeks and have sold more than 400k are listed.

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music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-frozen-gets-hotter-185851775.html

Chart Watch: “Frozen” Gets Hotter
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

You'd think the "Frozen" soundtrack would be slowing down by now, but it just keeps, well, snowballing. The album sold 259K copies this week, which constitutes its biggest sales week to date. This is the biggest one-week tally for a soundtrack since "Michael Jackson's This Is It" sold 373K copies in its first week in November 2009.

"Frozen" logs its 11th week at #1 on The Billboard 200, which is a record only two albums have equaled in this century. Adele's "21" is out front since January 2000 with 24 weeks on top. Taylor Swift's "Fearless" had 11 weeks on top in 2008-2009.

Three factors spurred this week's increase. "Frozen" is now stocked in Starbucks locations. The album made a nifty Easter gift. And Idina Menzel's "Let It Go" has become a pop smash. The song is due to spend its fifth week in the top five on the Hot 100 this week.

"Frozen" has sold 2,335,000 copies, which makes it the best-selling soundtrack since "Twilight." That album has sold 2,807,000 copies since its release in October 2008.

This is the 17th week in the top five for "Frozen". That's the longest run in the top five for a soundtrack from a theatrically-released movie since "Titanic" logged 18 weeks in the top five from January to May 1998.

"Frozen" sold 58K digital copies this week, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums for the eighth week. It's only the second album to top this chart for eight or more weeks. It follows "21," which was the nation's best-selling digital album for 16 weeks. (Coldplay's "X&Y" and Eminem's "Recovery" are next in line. Each had seven weeks at #1.)

"Frozen" is #1 on Top Soundtracks for the 21st week. The movie was in the top 30 at the box-office for the 22nd weekend.

A spin-off, "Frozen Karaoke," debuts at #17. The album sold 15K copies, the highest tally for a karaoke album since a karaoke edition of the "High School Musical 2" soundtrack sold 16K in one week in December 2007.

August Alsina's first studio album, "Testimony," debuts at #2. The album includes "I Luv This Shit" (featuring Trinidad James), which reached #48 on the Hot 100 in 2013 and #13 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and "Ghetto" (featuring Rich Homie Quan or Yo Gotti), which bubbled under the Hot 100 and cracked the top 40 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Alsina, 21, was born in New Orleans.

NEEDTOBREATHE's fifth studio album, "Rivers In The Wasteland," debuts at #3. It's the group's highest-charting album to date, eclipsing "The Reckoning" (#6 in 2011).

Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty" debuts at #4. It's his first top 10 album. Even so, the album's sales tally (44K) is underwhelming, considering that the title track (featuring 2 Chainz) is one of the year's biggest hits. The song has ranked in the top five on the Hot 100 for 12 consecutive weeks. It tops the 3 million mark in digital sales this week. Like such peers as Flo Rida and Pitbull, Derulo is a singles artist. "Talk Dirty" is his fourth song to sell 3 million or more copies, but his albums don't sell in big numbers. His 2010 debut, "Jason Derulo," has sold 331K copies. His 2011 sophomore album, "Future History," has sold 80K copies.

Ingrid Michaelson's sixth studio album, "Lights Out," debuts at #5. It's her second top five album in a row. "Human Again" reached #5 in 2012.

Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" rebounds from #8 to #6. The album returns to #1 on Top Country Albums, displacing Martina McBride's "Everlasting." This is the ninth week on top for "Crash My Party." That's the longest run at #1 for an album by a male solo artist since Jason Aldean's "My Kinda Party" topped the chart for 12 weeks in 2011. (So if you're a guy and you want to have a big country album, you know what word to put in the title.)

Lorde's "Pure Heroine" rebounds from #12 to #8 in its 29th week. It becomes the fourth album to top the 500K mark in 2014 sales. It follows "Frozen," Beyonce's "Beyonce" and Eric Church's "The Outsiders." "Pure Heroine" has sold 512K copies in 2014, on top of the 687K copies it sold in the last 13 weeks of 2013.

Pharrell Williams's "Happy" is #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the 10th consecutive week, with sales of 274K. It's the first song to log 10 consecutive weeks at #1 on this chart since "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz early last year. Will "Happy" log its ninth week at #1 on the Hot 100? You'll find out later today when we post my first of two Chart Watch Songs blogs.

Here's a recap of this week's top 10 albums.

The Top Five: The "Frozen" soundtrack holds at #1 for the 11th week in in its 21st week (259K). This is its 19th week in the top 10 … August Alsina's "Testimony" debuts at #2 (67K). This is his first top 10 album … NEEDTOBREATHE's "Rivers In The Wasteland" debuts at #3 (49K). This is the group's second top 10 album … Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty" debuts at #4 (44K). This is his first top 10 album … Ingrid Michaelson's "Lights Out" debuts at #5 (37K). This is her second top 10 album.

The Second Five: Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" rebounds from #8 to #6 in its 36th week (33K). This is its 15th week in the top 10. … Pharrell Williams's "G I R L" drops from #2 to #7 in its seventh week (33K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time … Lorde's "Pure Heroine" rebounds from #12 to #8 in its 29th week (26K). This is its 21st week in the top 10 … 5 Seconds Of Summer's "She Looks So Perfect" drops from #3 to #9 in its third week (26K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time … "Now 49" rebounds from #13 to #10 in its 11th week (22K). This is its sixth week in the top 10.

Six albums drop out of the top 10 this week. MercyMe's "Welcome To The New" drops from #4 to #21. Black Label Society's "Catacombs Of The Black Vatican" dives from #5 to #46. SoMo's "SoMo" plummets from #6 to #67. Martina McBride's "Everlasting" dives from #7 to #47 (that's a surprise). Shakira's "Shakira" drops from #9 to #11. Florida Georgia Line's "Here's To The Real World" drops from #10 to #14.

Nas's 1994 debut album, "Illmatic," re-enters the chart at #18, thanks to the release of a 20th anniversary edition dubbed "Illmatic XX." "Illmatic" debuted and peaked at #12 in April 1994. It has sold 1,686,000 copies. The album vaults from #112 to #1 on Top Catalog Albums. A 10th anniversary edition, "Illmatic 10th Anniversary," topped the catalog chart 10 years ago. Will a 30th anniversary edition reach #1 10 years from now? Place your bets.

Sevendust's 10th studio album, "Time Travelers & Bonfires," debuts at #19. It's their eighth album to crack the top 20…Breathe Carolina's fourth studio album, "Savages," debuts at #22. It's the group's first album to crack the top 40 ... Jessie James Decker's "Comin' Home" EP debuts at #28. Decker was known as Jessie James in 2009 when her eponymous debut album reached #23. Last June she married football star Eric Decker, who is now a starting wide receiver for the New York Jets.

Maroon 5's 2002 debut album, "Songs About Jane," tops the 5 million mark. Matt Wallace produced the album (with an assist from Mark Endert on "This Love"). The album spawned four top 40 hits on the Hot 100.

"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" was #1 at the box-office for the third straight weekend. The soundtrack, featuring a score by Henry Jackman, sold 1K copies, too few to make The Billboard 200.

Metallica's "Through The Never" is #1 on Top Music Videos for the eighth week. That's the longest run on top for a video by a rock band since Rush's "Beyond The Lighted Stage" had 10 weeks on top in 2010-2011. The DVD has sold 72K copies in 13 weeks.

Coming Attractions: Look for Iggy Azalea's "The New Classic" to debut at #2 next week (behind "Frozen"), with sales in the 50K range. Future's "Honest" is expected to debut at #3 (45K) Also due: Neon Trees's "Pop Psychology" (17K) and Francesca Battistelli's "If We're Honest."

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Top Albums of the 2010s:

1. 21 - Adele
2. Recovery - Eminem
3. Speak Now - Taylor Swift
4. Red - Taylor Swift
5. Christmas - Michael Bublé
6. My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
7. Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
8. My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
9. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
10. Babel - Mumford & Sons
11. The 20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake
12. Frozen - Soundtrack

How high will it climb? Stay tuned.

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 4/20/14)

1) Various Artists – Frozen
2) August Alsina – Testimony
3) NeedToBreathe – Rivers In The Wasteland

Other Debuts
4) Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty
5) Ingrid Michaelson – Lights Out
17) Disney Karaoke Series – Frozen
18) Sevendust – Time Travelers & Bonfires
21) Breathe Carolina – Savages
27) Jesse James Decker – Comin Home -EP

[Gary]

Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 21 #1 11 wks GG Frozen, Soundtrack 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Testimony, August Alsina 2
3 0 New 1 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
4 0 New 1 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
5 0 New 1 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
6 8 15 36 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
7 2 9 7 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
8 12 11 29 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
9 3 2 3 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
10 13 10 11 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
11 9 5 4 Shakira., Shakira 2
12 16 21 33 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
13 24 29 26 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
14 10 19 72 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
15 14 22 10 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
16 20 26 24 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
17 0 New 1 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
18 0 Re-Entry 20 Illmatic, Nas 12
19 0 New 1 Time Travelers & Bonfires, Sevendust 19
20 42 59 14 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
21 4 – 2 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
22 0 New 1 Savages, Breathe Carolina 22
23 11 8 4 Out Among The Stars, Johnny Cash 3
24 17 25 85 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
25 49 80 5 Disney Junior: DJ Shuffle, Various Artists 25
26 69 68 56 PS Native, OneRepublic 4
27 18 16 5 My Krazy Life, YG 2
28 0 New 1 Comin Home (EP), Jessie James Decker 28
29 21 23 19 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
30 26 28 8 Morning Phase, Beck 3
31 19 18 7 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
32 0 New 1 Do To The Beast, The Afghan Whigs 32
33 29 39 32 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
34 45 35 6 Divergent, Soundtrack 16
35 37 43 28 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
36 27 45 33 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
37 22 17 4 Help, Erica Campbell 6
38 55 63 21 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
39 30 61 12 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
40 31 38 71 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
41 23 4 3 Head Or Heart, Christina Perri 4
42 15 3 3 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
43 61 70 13 2014 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 2
44 70 92 116 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
45 52 66 29 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
46 5 – 2 Catacombs Of The Black Vatican, Black Label Society 5
47 7 – 2 Everlasting, Martina McBride 7
48 41 34 5 Recess, Skrillex 4
49 25 6 3 Where It All Began, Dan + Shay 6
50 38 40 8 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
51 51 52 58 God's Not Dead, newsboys 45
52 0 New 1 Arrivederci Italy, Various Artists 52
53 46 47 22 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
54 0 New 1 State Of Mind (EP), Dizzy Wright 54
55 135 129 19 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
56 35 32 56 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
57 0 New 1 Eternal Enemies, Emmure 57
58 66 73 162 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
59 0 New 1 The Both, The Both 59
60 40 33 6 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
61 65 67 23 NOW 48, Various Artists 3
62 44 71 301 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
63 187 – 7 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
64 56 42 9 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
65 47 57 30 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
66 59 60 5 Supermodel, Foster The People 3
67 6 – 2 SoMo, SoMo 6
68 53 46 8 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
69 36 37 5 Official 2014 ACM Awards ZinePak, Various Artists 28
70 0 New 1 Homemade Tamales: Live At Floore's, Randy Rogers Band 70
71 34 65 50 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
72 32 – 2 Duets, Linda Ronstadt 32
73 197 – 9 NOW That's What I Call Disney 2, Various Artists 27
74 62 51 4 Majestic, Kari Jobe 12
75 33 48 4 Hymns, Michael W. Smith 25
76 63 72 8 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
77 28 7 3 A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek 7
78 74 75 6 Slow Me Down, Sara Evans 9
79 68 56 4 High Noon, Jerrod Niemann 18
80 81 102 30 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
81 73 82 31 TRUE, Avicii 5
82 183 119 23 ARTPOP, Lady Gaga 1
83 105 171 89 +, Ed Sheeran 5
84 0 New 1 Heartbeat, Da T.R.U.T.H. 84
85 64 53 79 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
86 101 125 78 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
87 85 96 182 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
88 88 117 34 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
89 75 91 11 WOW Gospel 2014, Various Artists 26
90 102 86 69 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
91 84 98 165 21, Adele 1
92 0 Re-Entry 5 Disney Channel: Play It Loud, Various Artists 92
93 91 90 78 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
94 71 74 11 Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface 4
95 72 69 5 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
96 124 133 49 Paramore, Paramore 1
97 90 110 7 All The People Said Amen, Matt Maher 88
98 78 106 133 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
99 80 77 6 Rise Of An Empire, Young Money 7
100 92 103 73 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 23
101 110 94 38 All The Little Lights, Passenger 26
102 0 New 1 PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Pharoahe Monch 102
103 93 93 161 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
104 86 54 6 Spring Break 6 ...Like We Ain't Ever (EP), Luke Bryan 2
105 77 81 5 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
106 100 105 22 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
107 112 112 83 The Truth About Love, P!nk 1
108 96 84 6 The Truth, Ledisi 14
109 109 116 6 WOW Worship (Lime), Various Artists 76
110 0 New 1 Put Your Needle Down, The Secret Sisters 110
111 0 New 1 Homo Erraticus, Ian Anderson 111
112 0 New 1 Demolicious, Green Day 112
113 106 107 80 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
114 0 Re-Entry 60 Greatest Hits, Bon Jovi 5
115 189 88 19 Restart, newsboys 38
116 117 122 273 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 18
117 163 145 27 Days Are Gone, HAIM 6
118 58 109 39 Love Is Everything, George Strait 2
119 121 147 188 All The Right Reasons, Nickelback 1
120 50 20 3 Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life, Various Artists 20
121 98 167 13 High Hopes, Bruce Springsteen 1
122 157 104 131 Chief, Eric Church 1
123 0 Re-Entry 2 Live At Monterey, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 123
124 0 New 1 Rio 2: Music From The Motion Picture, Soundtrack 124
125 118 76 4 May Death Never Stop You: The Greatest Hits 2001-2013, My Chemical Romance 9
126 130 132 120 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 4
127 147 140 122 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
128 123 149 138 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
129 0 New 1 Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley 129
130 126 118 93 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
131 182 162 23 The 1975, The 1975 28
132 131 115 7 Oh, What A Life, American Authors 15
133 148 131 114 Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes 7
134 181 177 4 God's Not Dead, Soundtrack 134
135 0 Re-Entry 82 Life After Death, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
136 160 – 202 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
137 133 – 68 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
138 94 83 32 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
139 107 168 47 Grace (EP), Tasha Cobbs 61
140 43 – 3 Night Songs, Barry Manilow 8
141 113 142 31 Off The Beaten Path, Justin Moore 2
142 167 172 53 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
143 0 New 1 Beauty Is...: The Final Sessions, Ray Price 143
144 152 141 9 Voices, Phantogram 11
145 122 113 15 My Own Lane, Kid Ink 3
146 0 New 1 Heaven Raining Down, Cindy Cruse Ratcliff 146
147 114 99 19 Black Panties, R. Kelly 4
148 145 97 5 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
149 153 108 18 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 15
150 0 Re-Entry 47 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey 10
151 176 194 12 Ready To Fly, Jamie Grace 32
152 141 146 184 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
153 159 – 25 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
154 115 127 84 Best Days, Tamela Mann 14
155 139 130 48 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
156 129 62 4 Unconditional, Memphis May Fire 4
157 0 Re-Entry 7 Live Through It, James Fortune & FIYA 13
158 0 New 1 Built On Glass, Chet Faker 158
159 146 155 25 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
160 136 95 107 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John 1
161 0 New 1 One Last Tour: A Live Soundtrack (Soundtrack), Swedish House Mafia 161
162 111 79 141 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
163 200 – 27 Mechanical Bull, Kings Of Leon 2
164 0 Re-Entry 27 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
165 0 Re-Entry 11 Restoring Force, Of Mice & Men 4
166 0 Re-Entry 18 Bones Of What You Believe, CHVRCHES 12
167 0 New 1 Kirtan Wallah, Krishna Das 167
168 0 New 1 Tarpaper Sky, Rodney Crowell 168
169 198 – 10 After The Disco, Broken Bells 5
170 164 – 256 Ten, Pearl Jam 2
171 0 New 1 Melana Chasmata, Triptykon 171
172 165 – 36 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
173 143 – 17 Into The Light, Matthew West 51
174 0 Re-Entry 33 Burning Lights, Chris Tomlin 1
175 192 190 78 Red, Taylor Swift 1
176 178 – 172 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
177 132 187 176 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
178 0 Re-Entry 17 NOW That's What I Call Disney, Various Artists 34
179 169 163 82 Babel, Mumford & Sons 1
180 0 Re-Entry 42 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
181 99 – 272 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
182 161 – 70 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
183 0 Re-Entry 178 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 7
184 0 New 1 The Bridges Of Madison County, Original Broadway Cast Recording 184
185 151 157 170 1, The Beatles 1
186 191 144 13 Is There Anybody Out There?, A Great Big World 3
187 168 191 134 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
188 128 89 21 Baptized, Daughtry 6
189 0 Re-Entry 24 Overcomer, Mandisa 29
190 0 Re-Entry 176 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
191 79 44 3 Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne, Various Artists 44
192 149 182 302 Metallica, Metallica 1
193 119 111 5 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
194 0 Re-Entry 105 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men 6
195 108 160 46 True Believers, Darius Rucker 2
196 154 87 4 Singles, Future Islands 40
197 82 85 3 Working Man's Poet: A Tribute To Merle Haggard, Various Artists 82
198 190 175 21 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
199 0 Re-Entry 13 That Girl, Jennifer Nettles 5
200 138 114 156 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 1

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Top Current Albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 21 #1 11 wks GG Frozen, Soundtrack 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Testimony, August Alsina 2
3 0 New 1 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
4 0 New 1 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
5 0 New 1 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
6 8 15 36 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
7 2 9 7 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
8 12 11 29 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
9 3 2 3 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
10 13 10 11 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
11 9 5 4 Shakira., Shakira 2
12 16 21 33 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
13 24 29 26 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
14 10 19 72 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
15 14 22 10 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
16 20 26 24 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
17 0 New 1 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
18 0 New 1 Time Travelers & Bonfires, Sevendust 18
19 42 58 14 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
20 4 – 2 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
21 0 New 1 Savages, Breathe Carolina 21
22 11 8 4 Out Among The Stars, Johnny Cash 3
23 17 25 85 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
24 48 76 5 Disney Junior: DJ Shuffle, Various Artists 24
25 66 67 56 Native, OneRepublic 4
26 18 16 5 My Krazy Life, YG 2
27 0 New 1 Comin Home (EP), Jessie James Decker 27
28 21 23 19 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
29 26 28 8 Morning Phase, Beck 3
30 19 18 7 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
31 0 New 1 Do To The Beast, The Afghan Whigs 31
32 29 39 32 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
33 44 35 6 Divergent, Soundtrack 16
34 37 43 28 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
35 27 45 33 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
36 22 17 4 Help, Erica Campbell 6
37 53 62 21 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
38 30 60 12 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
39 31 38 71 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
40 23 4 3 Head Or Heart, Christina Perri 4
41 15 3 3 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
42 59 69 13 2014 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 2
43 67 88 116 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
44 50 65 29 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
45 5 – 2 Catacombs Of The Black Vatican, Black Label Society 5
46 7 – 2 Everlasting, Martina McBride 7
47 41 34 5 Recess, Skrillex 4
48 25 6 3 Where It All Began, Dan + Shay 6
49 38 40 8 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
50 0 New 1 Arrivederci Italy, Various Artists 50
51 45 47 23 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
52 0 New 1 State Of Mind (EP), Dizzy Wright 52
53 110 113 19 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
54 35 32 56 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
55 0 New 1 Eternal Enemies, Emmure 55
56 0 New 1 The Both, The Both 56
57 40 33 6 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
58 63 66 23 NOW 48, Various Artists 3
59 137 – 19 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
60 54 42 9 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
61 46 56 30 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
62 57 59 5 Supermodel, Foster The People 3
63 6 – 2 SoMo, SoMo 6
64 51 46 8 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
65 36 37 5 Official 2014 ACM Awards ZinePak, Various Artists 28
66 0 New 1 Homemade Tamales: Live At Floore's, Randy Rogers Band 66
67 34 64 55 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
68 32 – 2 Duets, Linda Ronstadt 32
69 144 181 17 NOW That's What I Call Disney 2, Various Artists 25
70 60 51 4 Majestic, Kari Jobe 12
71 33 48 4 Hymns, Michael W. Smith 25
72 61 70 8 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
73 28 7 3 A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek 7
74 71 72 6 Slow Me Down, Sara Evans 9
75 65 55 4 High Noon, Jerrod Niemann 18
76 76 93 30 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
77 70 78 31 TRUE, Avicii 5
78 134 105 23 ARTPOP, Lady Gaga 1
79 0 New 1 Heartbeat, Da T.R.U.T.H. 79
80 62 52 79 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
81 81 104 34 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
82 72 87 11 WOW Gospel 2014, Various Artists 25
83 91 82 79 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
84 0 Re-Entry 7 Disney Channel: Play It Loud, Various Artists 84
85 84 86 78 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
86 68 71 11 Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface 4
87 69 68 5 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
88 105 115 54 Paramore, Paramore 1
89 83 98 11 All The People Said Amen, Matt Maher 83
90 75 74 6 Rise Of An Empire, Young Money 7
91 97 89 40 All The Little Lights, Passenger 26
92 0 New 1 PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Pharoahe Monch 92
93 79 53 6 Spring Break 6 ...Like We Ain't Ever (EP), Luke Bryan 2
94 73 77 5 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
95 90 94 22 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
96 87 80 6 The Truth, Ledisi 14
97 96 103 6 WOW Worship (Lime), Various Artists 74
98 0 New 1 Put Your Needle Down, The Secret Sisters 98
99 0 New 1 Homo Erraticus, Ian Anderson 99
100 0 New 1 Demolicious, Green Day 100
101 138 84 22 Restart, newsboys 38
102 123 124 29 Days Are Gone, HAIM 6
103 56 97 46 Love Is Everything, George Strait 2
104 49 20 3 Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life, Various Artists 20
105 89 138 14 High Hopes, Bruce Springsteen 1
106 188 – 2 Rio 2: Music From The Motion Picture, Soundtrack 106
107 101 73 4 May Death Never Stop You: The Greatest Hits 2001-2013, My Chemical Romance 9
108 0 New 1 Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley 108
109 133 134 29 The 1975, The 1975 28
110 109 102 7 Oh, What A Life, American Authors 15
111 132 145 4 God's Not Dead, Soundtrack 111
112 85 79 32 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
113 94 139 57 Grace (EP), Tasha Cobbs 61
114 43 – 3 Night Songs, Barry Manilow 8
115 98 121 31 Off The Beaten Path, Justin Moore 2
116 125 141 53 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
117 0 New 1 Beauty Is...: The Final Sessions, Ray Price 117
118 117 120 9 Voices, Phantogram 11
119 104 101 15 My Own Lane, Kid Ink 3
120 0 New 1 Heaven Raining Down, Cindy Cruse Ratcliff 120
121 99 91 19 Black Panties, R. Kelly 4
122 114 90 5 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
123 118 96 20 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 13
124 179 – 66 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey 10
125 131 155 12 Ready To Fly, Jamie Grace 31
126 121 167 46 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
127 100 111 88 Best Days, Tamela Mann 14
128 112 114 48 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
129 108 61 4 Unconditional, Memphis May Fire 4
130 171 118 8 Live Through It, James Fortune & FIYA 13
131 0 New 1 Built On Glass, Chet Faker 131
132 115 129 25 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
133 0 New 1 One Last Tour: A Live Soundtrack (Soundtrack), Swedish House Mafia 133
134 147 – 29 Mechanical Bull, Kings Of Leon 2
135 154 157 28 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
136 164 152 12 Restoring Force, Of Mice & Men 4
137 184 – 26 Bones Of What You Believe, CHVRCHES 12
138 0 New 1 Kirtan Wallah, Krishna Das 138
139 0 New 1 Tarpaper Sky, Rodney Crowell 139
140 145 166 11 After The Disco, Broken Bells 5
141 0 New 1 Melana Chasmata, Triptykon 141
142 124 162 40 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
143 199 195 52 Burning Lights, Chris Tomlin 1
144 141 153 78 Red, Taylor Swift 1
145 0 Re-Entry 24 NOW That's What I Call Disney, Various Artists 33
146 169 149 46 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
147 0 New 1 The Bridges Of Madison County, Original Broadway Cast Recording 147
148 140 123 13 Is There Anybody Out There?, A Great Big World 3
149 107 85 22 Baptized, Daughtry 6
150 163 178 30 Overcomer, Mandisa 29
151 74 44 3 Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne, Various Artists 44
152 102 99 5 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
153 158 159 107 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men 6
154 95 132 48 True Believers, Darius Rucker 2
155 119 83 4 Singles, Future Islands 40
156 77 81 3 Working Man's Poet: A Tribute To Merle Haggard, Various Artists 77
157 139 143 22 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 20
158 151 140 14 That Girl, Jennifer Nettles 5
159 127 127 7 I'm A Fire, David Nail 13
160 0 Re-Entry 13 Settle, Disclosure 38
161 150 158 52 I Love You., The Neighbourhood 25
162 185 185 45 Sempiternal, Bring Me The Horizon 11
163 0 Re-Entry 6 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, Soundtrack 30
164 170 136 43 Rise, Skillet 4
165 0 New 1 He Is Risen (EP), Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Orchestra At Temple Square (Wilberg/Murphey) 165
166 128 126 7 10,000 Towns, Eli Young Band 5
167 192 – 32 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
168 156 171 48 Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend 1
169 149 189 4 Lunatic, KONGOS 149
170 130 156 50 Golden, Lady Antebellum 1
171 178 – 56 The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake 1
172 136 122 8 St. Vincent, St. Vincent 12
173 0 Re-Entry 7 Emerald: Musical Gems, Celtic Woman 29
174 106 13 3 Cope, Manchester Orchestra 13
175 0 Re-Entry 72 Take Me Home, One Direction 1
176 113 116 54 Pioneer, The Band Perry 2
177 181 125 5 Muppets Most Wanted, Soundtrack 68
178 0 Re-Entry 4 Son Of God, Soundtrack 62
179 129 196 23 More Than Just A Dream, Fitz And The Tantrums 26
180 0 New 1 Burn The Serum, Kyng 180
181 0 New 1 The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas, Courtney Barnett 181
182 135 170 53 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, Volbeat 9
183 0 New 1 The Space Project, Various Artists 183
184 80 27 3 Broken Crown Halo, Lacuna Coil 27
185 0 New 1 American Beauty (EP), Bruce Springsteen 185
186 165 173 43 The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film, Soundtrack 2
187 0 Re-Entry 11 Fading West, Switchfoot 6
188 166 165 38 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
189 0 Re-Entry 62 Eye On It, tobyMac 1
190 111 36 3 Turn It Up, Josh Thompson 36
191 0 New 1 Convertibles, Chuck Inglish 191
192 159 31 3 MKTO, MKTO 31
193 176 191 17 Despicable Me 2, Soundtrack 77
194 120 92 15 American Hustle, Soundtrack 46
195 0 New 1 Hampton Colliseum: Friday May 4, 1979, Grateful Dead 195
196 92 14 3 Imaginary Enemy, The Used 14
197 172 183 41 Magna Carta... Holy Grail, Jay Z 1
198 0 Re-Entry 3 Nirvana E.P., Sam Smith 110
199 64 – 2 Wasted Years, OFF! 64
200 152 131 32 Rebellious Soul, K. Michelle 2

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Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Illmatic, Nas 1
2 2 1 23 God's Not Dead, newsboys 1
3 3 3 86 GG The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
4 1 2 956 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
5 12 31 15 +, Ed Sheeran 1
6 11 16 4 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
7 7 7 95 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
8 6 8 20 21, Adele 1
9 5 12 315 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
10 8 10 3 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 8
11 9 5 103 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
12 15 – 2 The Truth About Love, P!nk 12
13 13 – 2 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 13
14 0 Re-Entry 22 Greatest Hits, Bon Jovi 1
15 17 15 1108 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
16 18 23 129 All The Right Reasons, Nickelback 4
17 37 11 22 Chief, Eric Church 8
18 0 New 1 Live At Monterey, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 18
19 22 18 16 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 16
20 32 21 806 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
21 19 24 75 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
22 20 14 152 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
23 33 17 6 Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes 10
24 0 Re-Entry 7 Life After Death, The Notorious B.I.G. 12
25 39 – 280 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
26 24 – 51 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 3
27 28 22 857 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
28 26 6 20 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John 2
29 14 4 22 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
30 41 – 51 Ten, Pearl Jam 1
31 30 – 2 Into The Light, Matthew West 30
32 47 – 259 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
33 23 37 107 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
34 44 29 4 Babel, Mumford & Sons 15
35 10 50 90 Nevermind, Nirvana 2
36 40 – 15 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
37 0 Re-Entry 172 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 1
38 35 27 438 1, The Beatles 1
39 43 38 517 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
40 0 Re-Entry 48 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 2
41 34 33 664 Metallica, Metallica 1
42 27 13 69 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 10
43 48 28 38 Revolution, Miranda Lambert 2
44 0 Re-Entry 38 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 4
45 36 40 5 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert 29
46 45 30 228 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem 1
47 38 – 67 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
48 50 – 587 Greatest Hits, Queen 2
49 46 – 23 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 18
50 0 Re-Entry 23 Up All Night, One Direction 1

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Digital Albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 2 21 #1 8 wks GG Frozen, Soundtrack 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Testimony, August Alsina 2
3 0 New 1 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
4 0 New 1 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
5 0 New 1 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
6 10 21 23 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
7 8 10 29 Pure Heroine, Lorde 1
8 0 Re-Entry 11 Love In The Future, John Legend 5
9 0 New 1 Comin Home (EP), Jessie James Decker 9
10 22 – 21 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
11 3 9 7 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
12 6 1 3 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
13 0 Re-Entry 20 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
14 0 Re-Entry 18 Native, OneRepublic 4
15 0 New 1 Time Travelers & Bonfires, Sevendust 15
16 0 New 1 Illmatic, Nas 16
17 0 New 1 State Of Mind (EP), Dizzy Wright 17
18 0 Re-Entry 3 Shakira., Shakira 2
19 14 25 8 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
20 0 Re-Entry 22 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
21 17 – 22 Bad Blood, Bastille 4
22 12 15 19 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
23 0 Re-Entry 4 Morning Phase, Beck 3
24 0 New 1 Savages, Breathe Carolina 24
25 0 New 1 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 25

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Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 1
2 0 New 1 Do To The Beast, The Afghan Whigs 2
3 0 New 1 Life After Death, The Notorious B.I.G. 3
4 0 New 1 American Beauty (EP), Bruce Springsteen 4
5 0 New 1 Live At Monterey, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 5
6 0 New 1 Hampton Colliseum: Friday May 4, 1979, Grateful Dead 6
7 0 New 1 Live Versions, Tame Impala 7
8 0 New 1 An Ideal For Living (EP), Joy Division 8
9 0 New 1 7 Skies H3, The Flaming Lips 9
10 0 New 1 Meltdown With The Ramones EP, The Ramones 10
11 0 New 1 Live 2012, Death Cab For Cutie Featuring Magik*Magik Orchestra 11
12 0 New 1 Live At Eddie's Attic, The Civil Wars 12
13 0 New 1 The Space Project, Various Artists 13
14 3 3 6 Morning Phase, Beck 1
15 0 New 1 Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine, The Doors 15

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Top Rock Albums

1 New 1 Rivers In The Wasteland - NEEDTOBREATHE - Atlantic | AG
2 New 1 Lights Out - Ingrid Michaelson - Cabin 24 | Mom + Pop
3 2 29 Pure Heroine - Lorde - Lava | Republic
4 New 1 Time Travelers & Bonfires - Sevendust - 7Bros | Asylum
5 New 1 Savages - Breathe Carolina - Fearless
6 4 85 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
7 5 8 Morning Phase - Beck - Fonograf Records | Capitol
8 New 1 Do To The Beast - The Afghan Whigs - Sub Pop
9 7 32 AM - Arctic Monkeys - Domino
10 6 33 Bad Blood - Bastille - Virgin | Capitol
11 3 3 La Gargola - Chevelle - Epic
12 11 116 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
13 1 2 Catacombs Of The Black Vatican - Black Label Society - Panworkz | eOne
14 New 1 Eternal Enemies - Emmure - Victory
15 New 1 The Both - The Both - SuperEgo
16 42 4 Vessel - Twenty One Pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
17 9 5 Supermodel - Foster The People - StarTime Int'l | Columbia
18 16 34 Hail To The King - Avenged Sevenfold - Warner Bros.
19 12 5 Going To Hell - The Pretty Reckless - Goin' Down | Razor & Tie
20 25 48 Paramore - Paramore - Fueled By Ramen | AG
21 23 38 All The Little Lights - Passenger - Black Crow | Nettwerk
22 21 22 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 2 - Five Finger Death Punch - Prospect Park
23 New 1 Homo Erraticus - Ian Anderson - kscope
24 New 1 Demolicious - Green Day - Reprise | Warner Bros.
25 34 27 Days Are Gone - HAIM - Columbia

26 8 3 Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life - Various Artists - Rhino
27 20 12 High Hopes - Bruce Springsteen - Columbia
28 24 4 May Death Never Stop You: The Greatest Hits 2001-2013 - My Chemical Romance - Reprise | Warner Bros.
29 39 22 The 1975 - The 1975 - Dirty Hit/Vagrant/Interscope | IGA
30 29 7 Oh, What A Life - American Authors - Dirty Canvas | Island
31 38 4 God's Not Dead - Soundtrack - Inpop | Capitol CMG
32 35 53 Save Rock And Roll - Fall Out Boy - Decaydance | Island
33 31 9 Voices - Phantogram - Barsuk | Republic
34 30 5 Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs - Secretly Canadian
35 Re-Entry 43 Paradise (EP) - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
36 28 4 Unconditional - Memphis May Fire - Rise
37 47 26 Mechanical Bull - Kings Of Leon - RCA
38 Re-Entry 25 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! - Panic! At The Disco - Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen | AG
39 Re-Entry 11 Restoring Force - Of Mice & Men - Rise
40 Re-Entry 19 Bones Of What You Believe - CHVRCHES - Goodbye | Glassnote
41 45 10 After The Disco - Broken Bells - Columbia
42 New 1 Melana Chasmata - Triptykon - Prowling Death | Century Media
43 27 21 Baptized - Daughtry - 19 | RCA
44 13 3 Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne - Various Artists - Music Road
45 Re-Entry 105 My Head Is An Animal - Of Monsters And Men - Republic
46 32 4 Singles - Future Islands - 4AD
47 43 21 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 - Nickelback - Roadrunner | AG
48 49 50 I Love You. - The Neighbourhood - [r]evolve | Columbia
49 Re-Entry 32 Sempiternal - Bring Me The Horizon - Epitaph
50 Re-Entry 5 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty - Soundtrack - Fox/Brushfire | Republic

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Folk Albums

1 1 3 A Dotted Line - Nickel Creek - Nonesuch | Warner Bros.
2 3 68 All The Little Lights - Passenger - Black Crow | Nettwerk
3 New 1 Put Your Needle Down - The Secret Sisters - Beladroit | Republic
4 2 3 Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne - Various Artists - Music Road
5 New 1 Live At Silver Platters: Seattle WA, January 20, 2014 (EP) - Jake Bugg - Virgin/EMI/Jake Bugg | Island
6 6 24 Inside Llewyn Davis - Soundtrack - StudioCanal/Mike Zoss Productions/Long Strange Trip/Nonesuch | Warner Bros.
7 New 1 Live At Eddie's Attic - The Civil Wars - sensibility | Columbia
8 7 14 The River & The Thread - Rosanne Cash - Blue Note
9 9 35 The Lost Recordings - Jim Croce - Sony Music CMG
10 New 1 With Light And With Love - Woods - Woodsist
11 10 31 From Here To Now To You - Jack Johnson - Brushfire | Republic
12 11 27 Let's Be Still - The Head And The Heart - Sub Pop
13 New 1 Townes: The Basics - Steve Earle - New West
14 16 35 Paradise Valley - John Mayer - Columbia
15 8 26 God Of Every Story - Laura Story - Fair Trade | PLG
16 13 37 The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars - sensibility | Columbia
17 18 27 Magpie And The Dandelion - The Avett Brothers - American | Republic
18 New 1 Believer - Kris Orlowski - Kris Orlowski
19 15 6 Take Me To Church (EP) - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia
20 17 12 Croz - David Crosby - Blue Castle
21 5 2 Love And Hate - Joan Osborne - Womanly Hips | eOne
22 19 27 Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song - Amos Lee - Blue Note
23 New 1 Ulysees - Justin Nozuka - The Coalition | Glassnote
24 23 5 Playlist: The Very Best Of Simon & Garfunkel - Simon & Garfunkel - Columbia | Legacy
25 20 7 The 60's: Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan - Sony Music CMG

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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

1 New 1 Testimony - August Alsina - NNTME MuCo./Radio Killa | Def Jam
2 1 7 G I R L - Pharrell Williams - i am other | Columbia
3 3 33 Love In The Future - John Legend - G.O.O.D. | Columbia
4 6 25 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
5 4 5 My Krazy Life - YG - Pushaz Ink/CTE | Def Jam
6 7 19 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
7 5 7 Mastermind - Rick Ross - Maybach/Slip-N-Slide | Def Jam
8 13 29 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) - Justin Timberlake - RCA
9 8 8 Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q - Top Dawg/Interscope | IGA
10 11 23 Sail Out (EP) - Jhene Aiko - ARTclub/ARTium | Def Jam
11 New 1 State Of Mind (EP) - Dizzy Wright - Funk Volume
12 20 19 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote
13 10 6 Lift Your Spirit - Aloe Blacc - Aloe Blacc/XIX/Interscope | IGA
14 12 31 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
15 2 2 SoMo - SoMo - Republic
16 16 78 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
17 14 11 Love, Marriage & Divorce - Toni Braxton & Babyface - Motown | Capitol
18 15 6 Rise Of An Empire - Young Money - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
19 New 1 PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R. Media
20 17 6 The Truth - Ledisi - Verve | VG
21 19 15 My Own Lane - Kid Ink - Tha Alumni Group/88 Classic | RCA
22 18 19 Black Panties - R. Kelly - RCA
23 25 58 The 20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake - RCA
24 43 2 Convertibles - Chuck Inglish - Federal Prism | Sounds Like Fun
25 23 41 Magna Carta... Holy Grail - Jay Z - Roc-A-Fella | Roc Nation

26 22 36 Rebellious Soul - K. Michelle - Atlantic | AG
27 24 22 I Am - Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik | Epic
28 26 20 Call Me Crazy, But... (EP) - Sevyn Streeter - CBE/Atlantic | AG
29 9 2 Z - SZA - Top Dawg
30 27 39 Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke - Star Trak/Interscope | IGA
31 21 3 The Infamous... Mobb Deep - Mobb Deep - Infamous
32 30 5 Pinata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Madlib Invazion
33 32 34 Stay Trippy - Juicy J - Kemosabe | Columbia
34 28 33 Love And War - Tamar Braxton - Streamline | Epic
35 37 18 Underground Luxury - B.o.B - RebelRock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic | AG
36 New 1 The Lake Nokomis: Maxi Single (EP) - Atmosphere - Rhymesayers
37 36 35 Something Else - Tech N9ne - Strange | RBC
38 35 75 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
39 31 4 Remember Me - Sage The Gemini - Black Money/EMPIRE Recordings | Republic
40 44 33 Downtown: Life Under The Gun (EP) - August Alsina - NNTME MuCo./Radio Killa | Def Jam
41 39 66 Long.Live.A$AP - A$AP Rocky - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA
42 29 3 Discrete Luxury (EP) - Rico Love - Division1/Interscope | IGA
43 33 5 By Any Means - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG
44 34 7 Braveheart - Ashanti - Written | eOne
45 42 74 Unapologetic - Rihanna - SRP | Def Jam
46 40 39 Hits Of The 90's - Various Artists - Platinum Collection/Turn Up The Music | Drew's Entertainment
47 41 44 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia
48 46 44 Yeezus - Kanye West - G.O.O.D./Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam
49 45 35 Three Kings - TGT - Atlantic | AG
50 47 32 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME - 2 Chainz - Def Jam

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Top Country Albums

1 2 37 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
2 3 72 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville | BMLG
3 5 10 The Outsiders - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN
4 4 4 Out Among The Stars - Johnny Cash - Columbia | Legacy
5 New 1 Comin Home (EP) - Jessie James Decker - 19
6 1 2 Everlasting - Martina McBride - Vinyl Recordings
7 6 3 Where It All Began - Dan + Shay - Warner Bros. | WMN
8 8 56 Based On A True Story ... - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. | WMN
9 10 9 Cole Swindell - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. | WMN
10 9 5 Official 2014 ACM Awards ZinePak - Various Artists - ZinePak
11 New 1 Homemade Tamales: Live At Floore's - Randy Rogers Band - Room 8 | Thirty Tigers
12 7 57 Same Trailer Different Park - Kacey Musgraves - Mercury | UMGN
13 12 8 Riser - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
14 15 6 Slow Me Down - Sara Evans - RCA Nashville | SMN
15 14 4 High Noon - Jerrod Niemann - Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville | SMN
16 13 79 Night Train - Jason Aldean - Broken Bow | BBMG
17 17 6 Spring Break 6 ...Like We Ain't Ever (EP) - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
18 New 1 Put Your Needle Down - The Secret Sisters - Beladroit | Republic
19 11 49 Love Is Everything - George Strait - MCA Nashville | UMGN
20 18 32 Fuse - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN
21 20 31 Off The Beaten Path - Justin Moore - Valory | BMLG
22 New 1 Beauty Is...: The Final Sessions - Ray Price - AmeriMonte
23 24 20 Days Of Gold - Jake Owen - RCA Nashville | SMN
24 23 25 It Goes Like This - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG
25 New 1 Tarpaper Sky - Rodney Crowell - New West

26 28 78 Red - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
27 19 48 True Believers - Darius Rucker - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
28 16 3 Working Man's Poet: A Tribute To Merle Haggard - Various Artists - Broken Bow | BBMG
29 29 14 That Girl - Jennifer Nettles - Mercury | UMGN
30 25 7 I'm A Fire - David Nail - MCA Nashville | UMGN
31 26 7 10,000 Towns - Eli Young Band - Republic Nashville | BMLG
32 27 50 Golden - Lady Antebellum - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
33 22 55 Pioneer - The Band Perry - Republic Nashville | BMLG
34 21 3 Turn It Up - Josh Thompson - Show Dog-Universal
35 31 29 Redneck Crazy - Tyler Farr - Columbia Nashville | SMN
36 30 93 Uncaged - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG
37 35 27 See You Tonight - Scotty McCreery - 19/Interscope/Mercury | UMGN
38 32 21 Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences - Garth Brooks - Pearl
39 37 26 Ready Set Roll (EP) - Chase Rice - Dack Janiels
40 33 31 A.M. - Chris Young - RCA Nashville | SMN
41 Re-Entry 44 Precious Memories: Volume II - Alan Jackson - ACR/EMI Nashville | UMGN
42 34 84 Tornado - Little Big Town - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
43 43 14 The River & The Thread - Rosanne Cash - Blue Note
44 44 21 Danielle Bradbery - Danielle Bradbery - Republic Nashville | BMLG
45 45 52 Spring Break... Here To Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
46 36 33 Bring You Back - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN
47 48 41 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 6 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | UMe
48 42 13 NOW That's What I Call Country Ballads 2 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
49 41 10 4 Album Collection - Eric Church - Capitol Nashville/EMI Nashville | UMe
50 39 19 Nashville: Season 2: Volume 1 - Soundtrack - ABC Studios/Lions Gate/Big Machine | BMLG

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Top Latin Albums

1 1 8 Formula: Vol. 2 - Romeo Santos - Sony Music Latin
2 2 5 Sex And Love - Enrique Iglesias - Republic
3 4 13 Las Bandas Romanticas de America 2014 - Various Artists - Fonovisa | UMLE
4 5 40 3 - Marc Anthony - Sony Music Latin
5 3 5 El Regreso del Sobreviviente - Wisin - Sony Music Latin
6 7 2 Sergio George Presents: Salsa Giants + Plus EP - Various Artists - Top Stop | Sony Music Latin
7 9 5 Corridos Time: Season One: Soy Parrandero - Los Tucanes de Tijuana - Fonovisa | UMLE
8 6 2 Billboard Latin Music Awards 2014 Finalists - Various Artists - Sony Music Latin
9 10 20 1969 - Siempre: En Vivo Desde Monterrey: Parte 1 - Jenni Rivera - Fonovisa | UMLE
10 23 26 Gracias Por Estar Aqui - Marco Antonio Solis - Universal Music Latino | UMLE
11 12 3 En Vivo - Siggno - Freddie
12 8 6 Loco de Amor - Juanes - Universal Music Latino | UMLE
13 15 74 # 1's - Prince Royce - Top Stop | Sony Music Latin
14 13 28 Soy El Mismo - Prince Royce - Sony Music Latin
15 14 26 Radio Exitos El Disco del Ano: 2013 - Various Artists - Fonovisa | UMLE
16 11 3 En Tus Manos - Los Rieleros del Norte - Goldfink/MAMP | Sony Music Latin
17 17 21 Archivos de Mi Vida - Gerardo Ortiz - Bad Sin/DEL | Sony Music Latin
18 19 23 Corridos de Alto Calibre - Calibre 50 - Disa | UMLE
19 18 23 Banda #1's 2013 - Various Artists - Fonovisa | UMLE
20 16 12 Soy Lo Que Quiero: Indispensable - Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda - Fonovisa | UMLE
21 21 26 35 Aniversario - Conjunto Primavera - Fonovisa | UMLE
22 32 12 20 Kilates - Lalo Mora - Disa | UMLE
23 24 5 Mano A Mano - Los Invasores de Nuevo Leon / Los Traileros del Norte - Serca
24 29 27 Las Gruperas Romanticas - Various Artists - Fonovisa | UMLE
25 28 32 Los Mejores Corridos De - Voz de Mando - Disa | UMLE

26 27 40 Lo Mejor de Roberto Tapia - Roberto Tapia - Fonovisa | UMLE
27 20 4 Globall - 3BallMTY - Fonovisa | UMLE
28 New 1 The Rough Guide To Latin Rare Grooves: Volume 1 - Various Artists - World Music Network
29 47 37 Sergio George Presents: Salsa Giants - Various Artists - Top Stop | Sony Music Latin
30 25 34 Confidencias - Alejandro Fernandez - Universal Music Latino | UMLE
31 31 31 Gracias Por Creer - La Arrolladora Banda el Limon de Rene Camacho - Disa | UMLE
32 22 3 Innovando y Conquistando - Conjunto Atardecer - Venemusic/Universal Music Latino | UMLE
33 34 43 15 Exitazos - Chalino Sanchez - Musart | Balboa
34 41 26 Frente A Frente - Juan Gabriel / Ana Gabriel - Sony Music Latin
35 37 12 20 Kilates - Los Bukis - Fonovisa | UMLE
36 35 12 20 Kilates - Los Yonic's - Fonovisa | UMLE
37 36 65 Las Bandas Romanticas de America 2013 - Various Artists - Disa | UMLE
38 26 24 De Lider A Leyenda - Yandel - Sony Music Latin
39 42 57 Solo Para Mujeres - Ricardo Arjona - Sony Music Latin
40 39 24 Haciendo Historia - Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizarraga - Fonovisa | UMLE
41 38 4 Amor Amor - Conjunto Primavera - Fonovisa | UMLE
42 46 4 Mana A Mano - Los Herederos de Nuevo Leon / La Leyenda - Serca
43 New 1 La Sesion Cubana - Zucchero - Capitol
44 33 12 La Familia - J Balvin - Capitol Latin | UMLE
45 44 10 Como Un Huracan - Los Huracanes del Norte - Garmex/Cisneros/Venemusic/Universal Music Latino | UMLE
46 43 71 La Misma Gran Senora - Jenni Rivera - Fonovisa | UMLE
47 New 1 El Negrito Dun Dun & Ricardo - Los Rakas - Universal Music Latino | UMLE
48 New 1 Mexicanisimo - Ana Gabriel - Sony Music Latin
49 Re-Entry 11 20 Kilates - Rigo Tovar - Fonovisa | UMLE
50 45 10 50 Mentadas - Los Originales de San Juan - Long Play | Morena

[cartman2002]

Here's this week BB200 awards.

15.The Outsiders-Eric Church (Gold)
65.Nothing Was The Same-Drake (Platinum)
142.Save Rock And Roll-Fall Out Boy (2x Platinum)
169.After The Disco-Broken Bells (Gold)
194.My Head Is An Animal-Of Monsters Of Men (3x Platinum)

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www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/6069804/record-store-day-chart-recap-vinyl-album-sales-reach-historic-high

Record Store Day Chart Recap: Vinyl Album Sales Reach Historic High
By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | April 24, 2014

Record Store Day (RSD) shakes up Billboard's charts, as a bevy of albums and singles released for the indie retail event on April 19 overwhelm our lists.

On the 25-position Tastemakers chart -- which tracks the top-selling albums at independent and small chain stores -- only three albums weren't specifically tied to RSD festivities. The chart (excerpted below) is led by Green Day's 18-track "Demolicious" album, which was released exclusively to indie retailers on CD, vinyl and cassette. (Yes, cassette.)

It sold nearly 4,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Of that sum, 42 percent were CD, 42 percent were vinyl LPs and 16 percent were cassettes. "Demolicious" will become available to digital retailers on May 19, but its physical configurations will remain exclusive to indie sellers for the time being.

INDIE RULES: Independent stores represented 19.4 percent of all physical albums sold in the week ending April 20 (605,000 of 5.3 million) -- likely the highest share of physical albums for the indie sector since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991.

Billboard's Tastemakers Albums
(chart dated May 3, reflecting sales in the week ending April 20)

1. Green Day, "Demolicious" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
2. Beck, "Morning Phase" (Fonograf Records/Capitol)
3. Childish Gambino, "Because the Internet" (Glassnote)
4. The Afghan Whigs, "Do To the Beast" (Sub Pop)
5. Notorious B.I.G., "Life After Death" (Bad Boy/Rhino)
6. Various Artists, "The Space Project" (Lefse/Fat Possum)
7. Bruce Springsteen, "American Beauty" (EP) (Columbia)
8. Grateful Dead, "Hampton Coliseum: Friday May 4, 1979" (Grateful
Dead/Rhino)
9. Nas, "Illmatic" (Columbia/Legacy)
10. Jake Bugg, "Live at Silver Platters: Seattle WA, January 20, 2014" (EP) (Virgin/EMI/Jake Bugg/Island)

(The week's top-selling albums based on an influential panel of stores comprised of independent retailer coalitions and smaller regional chains. Titles are ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Full chart viewable at billboard.biz.)

VITAL VINYL: Overall vinyl album sales also hit a SoundScan-era high in the week ending April 20, as 369,000 LPs were sold. That easily beats the previous record, logged with 295,000 LPs in the week ending Dec. 22, 2013. (A year ago, RSD helped yield 244,000 vinyl LPs sold in the week ending April 20, 2013.)

Billboard's Vinyl Albums
(chart dated May 3, reflecting sales in the week ending April 20)

1. Childish Gambino, "Because the Internet" (Glassnote)
2. The Afghan Whigs, "Do To the Beast" (Sub Pop)
3. Notorious B.I.G., "Life After Death" (Bad Boy/Rhino)
4. Bruce Springsteen, "American Beauty" (EP) (Columbia)
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Live At Monterey" (Experience
Hendrix/Legacy)
6. Grateful Dead, "Hampton Coliseum: Friday May 4, 1979" (Grateful
Dead/Rhino)
7. Tame Impala, "Live Versions" (Modular/Interscope/IGA)
8. Joy Division, "An Ideal For Living" (EP) (Warner UK/Rhino)
9. The Flaming Lips, "7 Skies H3" (Lovely Sorts Of Death/Warner Bros.)
10. The Ramones, "Meltdown With the Ramones EP" (Sire/Rhino)

(The week's top-selling vinyl albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Full chart viewable at billboard.biz.)

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5,285,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

2,172,000 were digital albums.

3,113,000 were cds/vinyl albums/cassettes.

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

Album sales are down -15.8% for 2014 (-16.7% last week)

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www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6069837/chart-moves-nas-illmatic-returns-marley-family-claims-latest

Chart Moves: Nas' 'Illmatic' Returns, Marley Family Claims Latest No. 1, 'Madison County' Debuts
By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | April 25, 2014

Outside the top 10, there were a number of movers and shakers -- let's take a closer look at some of them:

-- Nas, "Illmatic" - No. 18 - The 20th anniversary reissue of Nas' debut album returns to the chart (up 844 percent, selling 15,000 for the week). It also jumps back onto the Top Catalog Albums chart at No. 1, marking its first week atop the list in 10 years. It was last No. 1 following a 10th anniversary reissue in 2004.

-- OneRepublic, "Native" - No. 26 - The album gains by 159 percent (rising 69-26; with 12,000 sold) courtesy of its reissue on April 15 with three new bonus tracks. "Native" was first released on March 26, 2013, and sold 571,000 before its reissue.

-- The Afghan Whigs, "Do To the Beast" - No. 32 - The group's first all-new album in 16 years is also the act's highest-charting set ever, debuting at No. 32. It enters with 11,000 sold -- with 22 percent of that sum from vinyl LP sales. The band had visited the chart twice previously, going as high as No. 79 with Black Love in 1996.

-- Various Artists, "Arrivederci Italy" - No. 52 - This Starbucks compilation of Italian tunes, which enters at No. 1 on World Albums, features contributions from Academy Award winner Sophia Loren ("Che M'e 'Mparato a Fa'") and Ennio Morricone ("Watch Chimes").

-- Ziggy Marley, "Fly Rasta" - No. 129 - With this album's No. 1 debut on the Reggae Albums chart, it gives the Marley family name its 26th chart-topper on the list. Amazingly, of the 140 No. 1s in the chart's 20-year history, 19 percent of them are from a Marley. In addition to Ziggy, the Marleys with No. 1s are Bob, Damian, Stephen and Ky-Mani.

-- The Notorious B.I.G., "Life After Death" - No. 135 - Of the album's 3,000 sold for the week, a three-LP clear vinyl reissue (released for Record Store Day) accounts for 66 percent of its sales. It re-enters at No. 135. Overall, this is the album's best sales frame since the week ending Aug. 12, 2012.

-- Original Broadway Cast Recording, "The Bridges of Madison County" - No. 184 - With nearly 3,000 sold (and a debut at No. 184), it earns the biggest debut for a cast recording in almost a year. The last larger entries came in the week ending June 9, 2013, when the new Broadway cast recording of "Pippin" (5,000) and the Broadway cast of "Motown: the Musical" (4,000) launched.

"The Bridges of Madison County" also concurrently debuts at No. 1 on the Cast Albums chart.

[Kishi KCM]

Album sales are on the decline for now, but surely, they will rise again. :)

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Country album sales this week:

www.roughstock.com/blog/country-music-s-top-10-albums-the-week-of-april-23-2014

Country Music's Top 10 Albums: The Week of April 23, 2014
By: Alanna Conaway
Last Updated: April 23, 2014 2:04 PM

Easter Helps Luke Bryan and other Top Country Stars Dominate the Top 10

Thanks to the easter gift sales boost, Luke Bryan’s Crash My Party scored a remarkable jump of 77% to return to the pole position in a week the biggest debuting album hit #5. Florida Georgia Line’s Here’s To The Good Times returns to #2 while Eric Church’s Gold-selling The Outsiders gained 22% over last week. The album was also part of the indie Record Store Day promotion. Johnny Cash’s month-old Out Among The Stars surpasses 110k scanned while Jessie James Decker rides her E! Reality TV show with husband, NFL player Eric Decker, to score her biggest chart success to date with Comin’ Home, an album now promoted via 19 Entertainment. She sold 11k copies in the first week of release, most of those digitally.
Dan+Shay, Martina McBride, The ZinePak, Cole Swindell, and Blake Shelton round out Top 10.

Martina McBride’s Everlasting slides #1 to #6, just like Dan+Shay did last week. The singer’s latest has sold 29k in two weeks. Dan+Shay are at #7 with Where It All Began, The album’s first single “19, You+Me” peaked at #11 on the radio chart but has sold over 500,000 downloads to date. Blake Shelton sits at #8 for another week with his 1.2 million seller Based On A True Story. The album is Blake’s best-selling album to date. Right behind him at #9 is Cole Swindell with his self-titled album. It has sold nearly 150k and is the best-selling album from a new artist so far in 2014 (Dan+Shay are #2 with 45k, Jon Pardi is #3 with 43k). Finally the ACM Zine Pack spends its fifth week in the Top 10 with sales now at 44k for the limited-run magazine, two CD project that’s become an annual promo tie-in for Walmart and the ACM and Country Music.
Notable albums include George Strait’s Love Is Everything, Jerrod Niemann’s High Noon and Justin Moore’s Off The Beaten Path while Darius Rucker’s “True Believers” has scanned Gold!

We start our notable (non Top 10) albums rundown with Randy Rogers Band, who have left UMG Nashville -- where they scored critical acclaim and a few hits -- and created their own record label in partnership with Thirty Tigers. The Texas-based band’s latest is the two CD/1 DVD live project Homemade Tamales, a raw and real collection of songs from the band that wasn’t overdubbed or ‘fixed’ in the studio. Next, we have Sara Evans’ Slow Me Down which has moved 58k in 6 weeks. The album gained 15% in sales over last week. Another sales gainer is Jerrod Niemann’s month-old High Noon. The album has now sold over 30k for the “Drink To That All Night” singer. Ray Price’s Beauty Is… the final album of his life before he passed away earlier this year, moved 3k this week, not bad for a small indie label like AmereMonte Records. Taylor Swift’s RED is up 25% thanks to Easter while Scotty Mccreery’s See You Tonight is up 16% for the week as is Danielle Bradbery (actually 15%) and Cassadee Pope with 8%.

In other news, The Secret Sisters debut with 3,700 of Put You Needle Down sold, Rodney Crowell debuts with 3k of Tarpaper Sky and The Oak Ridge boys debut with 1,200 copies of Boys Night Out. Steve Earle’s Townes: The Basics debuts with 1,100 and Sarah Davidson returns to the chart with ¼ of her album’s total 4k sales hitting customers hands this week. Finally, Brandy Clark moved 800 copies of 12 Stories to bring sales to 29k to date for the critically-acclaimed indie release.