Billboard 200: 5/24/14: Now 50 #1: 153,000

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 05/11/2014

by Andres Tardio

posted May 14, 2014 at 10:20AM EST

Tech N9ne's "Collabos: Strangeulation" and Atmosphere's "Southsiders" debut on the Billboard Top 200 chart, while Pharrell's "G I R L" continues its chart success.

This week, Tech N9ne's Collabos: Strangeulation and Atmosphere's Southsiders made their way onto the Billboard Top 200 Albums charts. Meanwhile, Pharrell's G I R L remains in the Top 6.

Tech N9ne Collabos: Strangeulation Debuts At #5

Tech N9ne's Collabos: Strangeulation is the #1 Rap album of the week. The project, which lands at #5 overall, sold 35,772 copies this week. Recently, Tech spoke with HipHopDX about the potential success of the project. "The blessing is I’m still doing music, and people still want to hear it," he said. "This is the most that I’ve sold preorders on any release that I’ve ever had, and this is a Collabos disk, not a solo. Even my solos haven’t sold this many [preorders]. I think I signed 10,000 preorders. I told myself I would never do 7,000 again, and I did 7,200 before I left Kansas City. Then they sent two more boxes out, followed by another box the other day. We sold out of all of them."

Pharrell's G I R L Remains In Top 6

Pharrell's G I R L continues its success on the chart. This week, the project's 10th week of availability, G I R L has landed in the #6 position. It sold 24,449 copies this week, a 13 percent increase in sales from last week's 21,645 units sold. Overall, G I R L has moved 371,577 copies. The project earned a 3.5 out of 5 in its HipHopDX review. "While G I R L is too surface-level at times, it hits the target it’s aimed for," the publication says of the effort. "Pharrell wants summertime airplay, and any of these songs could survive on the radio. It’s also a nice tribute to feminine vigor, adding another notch to Pharrell’s ever-growing list of achievements. He has plenty to be happy about these days."

Atmosphere's Southsiders Lands At #8

Atmosphere's Southsiders debuts on the chart this week at #8. The most recent Atmosphere project, Southsiders sold 23,159 copies in its first week. Recently, Atmosphere's Slug spoke with HipHopDX about the effort. “This is the record where I’m like, ‘Well, what am I supposed to make a record about now?’” the Rhymesayers Entertainment emcee said in the interview. “I already am in my 40s. What am I supposed to rap about now? Like ‘Oh, maybe you should rap about the things you’re thinking about.’ Nowadays, I don’t have to worry as much about the phone bill, so I have time to start thinking about things like the ocean. I have time to start thinking about things like gentrification…There are a lot of things I hit on this record. It’s just the stuff I’m thinking about."

Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 05/11/2014

#5. Tech N9ne - Collabos: Strangeulation - 36,000 (36,000)

#6. Pharrell Williams – G I R L – 24,000 (372,000)

#8. Atmosphere - Southsiders - 23,000 (23,000)

#15. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 15,000 (90,000)

#21. John Legend - Love In The Future - 13,000 (489,000)

#23. Future - Honest - 11,000 (85,000)

#30. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 9,800 (2,099,000)

#33. Beyonce - Beyonce - 9,000 (1,968,000)

#35. August Alsina - Testimony - 8,800 (108,000)

#37. Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty - 8,000 (73,000)

* Data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousand for units above 10,000, nearest hundred for units below 10,000.

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www.billboard.com/articles/news/6084915/now-50-bumps-frozen-from-no-1-on-billboard-200

'Now 50' Bumps 'Frozen' From No. 1 On Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | May 14, 2014

After 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the "Frozen" soundtrack steps aside for the "Now 50" compilation. "Now 50" debuts at No. 1 with 153,000 copies sold in the week ending May 11, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"Now 50" is the 50th installment of the long-running "Now That's What I Call Music!" series, which launched in 1998. It's the 18th No. 1 for the "Now" franchise and its best sales week in nearly five years. The last "Now" release to sell more units in a week was "Now 31," which debuted at No. 1 with 169,000 copies in the week ending July 5, 2009.

In addition to the numbered "Now" series -- which features contemporary pop hits -- the "Now" brand has spawned themed compilations like "Now That's What I Call Christmas" and "Now That's What I Call Country."

In total, all 50 of the numbered "Now" albums have reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200. The franchise has also spawned top 10s with the themed efforts "Now That's What I Call Christmas!" (No. 3), "Now #1's" (No. 6), "Now That's What I Call Christmas 3" (No. 10), "Now That's What I Call Country" (No. 7) and "Now That's What I Call Country Vol. 2" (No. 10).

Meanwhile, after seven straight weeks of sales north of 100,000, the "Frozen" soundtrack slides to No. 2 with 99,000 (down 7 percent).

A total of six albums debut in the top 10, led by "Now 50" at No. 1. Following "Frozen" is Hunter Hayes' second album, "Storyline," which bows at No. 3 with 69,000. It's the singer's best sales week and highest-charting album, surpassing the No. 7 peak of his self-titled debut in 2013.

The new album's lead single, "Invisible," has so far peaked at No. 19 on the Country Airplay chart, while it reached No. 4 on the hybrid Hot Country Songs tally (which combines airplay, sales and streaming data).

"Storyline" also debuts at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, Hayes' second leader on the list.

Back on the Billboard 200, singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan claims her sixth top 10 album with "Shine On" debuting at No. 4 (42,000). All five of her studio efforts since 1997's "Surfacing" have reached the top 10. She also hit the region with the No. 7-peaking Christmas album "Wintersong" in 2006. McLachlan debuted on the Billboard 200 just over 25 years ago, on the April 29, 1989-dated chart, with her first album, "Touch."

"Shine On" is McLachlan's first album on Verve Records after spending her entire recording career releasing material through Arista Records and Nettwerk Records.

Next up on the Billboard 200 is "Strangeulation," the new collaborations set from rapper Tech N9ne (billed to Tech N9ne Collabos), which debuts at No. 5 with 36,000. In addition to his traditional solo releases, "Strangeulation" is Tech N9ne's third top 10 effort. He last visited the region with 2013's "Something Else," which debuted and peaked at No. 4.

The independently distributed "Strangeulation" also debuts at No. 1 on the Independent Albums chart -- Tech N9ne's sixth chart-topper.

After Tech N9ne on the Billboard 200, we see Pharrell's "G I R L" hold at No. 6 (24,000; up 13 percent) and Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" rise 9-7 (nearly 24,000; up 42 percent). The latter title is the largest unit gainer on the chart, with its sales surge likely caused by Mother's Day shopping (for the May 11 holiday) and the rising popularity of his single "Play It Again." The track jumps 5-3 on the Country Airplay tally dated May 24.

Another independently distributed rap act arrives in the top 10, as Atmosphere's eighth studio set, "Southsiders," debuts at No. 8 with 23,000. It's the second top 10 for the duo, which previously hit No. 5 in 2008 with "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That s**t Gold."

The sixth and final debut in the top 10 is Santana's "Corazon" (No. 9 with 22,000). It also launches at No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart. The Spanish-language set marks the band's 13th top 10 release on the Billboard 200.

Closing out the top 10 is Lorde's "Pure Heroine," which rises 13-10 with 19,000 (up 39 percent).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Ariana Grande's "Problem," featuring Iggy Azalea, holds at No. 1 for a second week, selling 235,000 downloads (down 46 percent). Azalea also is a non-mover at No. 2 with her own single, "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX (216,000; down 2 percent).

Pharrell's "Happy" is stationary at No. 3 (156,000; down 11 percent), and John Legend's "All of Me" also stays put at No. 4 (144,000; down 11 percent). DJ Snake & Lil Jon's "Turn Down for What" rises 6-5 with 130,000 (up 3 percent).

Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake's "Love Never Felt So Good" rises 15-6 after its first full week on sale (101,000; up 26 percent). It debuted at No. 15 a week ago with 80,000 sold in the week ending May 4, after only three full days of availability. (The song was commercially released the evening of May 1.)

"Love Never Felt So Good" is the lead single from Jackson's "Xscape" album, which was released May 13.

Jason Derulo's "Wiggle," featuring Snoop Dogg, zooms from No. 36 to No. 7 with 94,000 (up 114 percent) as the song's popularity has exploded on social applications like Vine. The Beluga Heights/Warner Bros. track -- an ode to those with a "fat butt" and rump-shaking -- has spawned a "Wiggle" meme where fans record themselves gyrating to the song.

Norwegian pop duo Nico & Vinz sails 16-8 with "Am I Wrong," selling 93,000 (up 21 percent). The Warner Bros. song, which was a hit in several European countries last year, also jumps 23-19 on the Pop Songs airplay chart (known as Mainstream Top 40 on billboard.biz).

Coldplay's "A Sky Full of Stars" dips 5-9 with 87,000 (down 36 percent), and Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty" falls 8-10 with 83,000 (down 17 percent).

With all three songs by Derulo and Nico & Vinz released on Warner Bros. Records, the label has more than one title in the top 10 of Digital Songs for the first time since the June 24, 2006 chart. That week, the label placed Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" at No. 5, followed by Fort Minor's "Where'd You Go" (featuring Holly Brook, aka Skylar Grey) at No. 7 and Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Dani California" at No. 8.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending May 11) totaled 4.6 million units, up 5 percent compared with the sum last week (4.4 million) and down 17 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (5.6 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 89.5 million, down 16 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (106.3 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 20.5 million downloads, down 6 percent compared with last week (21.9 million) and down 15 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (24.3 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 444.5 million, down 12 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (506.8 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2013 when: Vampire Weekend's "Modern Vampires of the City" debuted at No. 1 with 134,000, followed by bows from George Strait's "Love Is Everything" (No. 2 with 125,000) and Demi Lovato's "Demi" (No. 3 with 110,000).

[HolidayGuy]

It says 4.1m albums, up 5% from last week's 4.4m- I imagine that's a typo.

[Enigma.]

How many consecutive weeks Frozen was #1? Article completely misses that rather interesting fact.

[Push The Button]

8 consecutive weeks at #1 for Frozen, 13 total in 2014.

1/18
1/25
2/8
2/15
3/8
3/29
4/5
4/12
4/19
4/26
5/3
5/10
5/17

[Gary]

Billboard 200


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk NOW 50, Various Artists 1
2 1 1 24 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
3 0 New 1 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
4 0 New 1 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
5 0 New 1 Strangeulation, Tech N9ne Collabos 5
6 6 4 10 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
7 9 7 39 GG Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
8 0 New 1 Southsiders, Atmosphere 8
9 0 New 1 Corazon, Santana 9
10 13 9 32 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
11 14 15 75 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
12 0 New 1 Sheezus, Lily Allen 12
13 0 New 1 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2: Volume 2, Soundtrack 13
14 28 27 88 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
15 5 3 3 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
16 3 – 2 Supernova, Ray LaMontagne 3
17 2 – 2 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
18 16 23 14 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
19 26 18 29 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
20 0 New 1 Natalie Merchant, Natalie Merchant 20
21 20 14 36 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
22 0 New 1 Magic Mountain, Black Stone Cherry 22
23 7 2 3 Honest, Future 2
24 15 22 36 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
25 19 16 13 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
26 49 55 59 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
27 0 New 1 Nikki Nack, tUnE-YaRdS 27
28 12 11 7 Shakira., Shakira 2
29 0 New 1 I Never Learn, Lykke Li 29
30 31 19 27 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
31 47 44 74 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
32 27 12 6 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
33 24 26 22 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
34 37 29 35 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
35 18 5 4 Testimony, August Alsina 2
36 43 36 15 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
37 33 17 4 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
38 40 39 32 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
39 0 New 1 All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voice Of Gregg Allman, Various Artists 39
40 38 33 7 Help, Erica Campbell 6
41 62 41 59 Native, OneRepublic 4
42 25 28 4 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
43 0 New 1 Childhood Home, Ben & Ellen Harper 43
44 46 43 5 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
45 34 25 8 My Krazy Life, YG 2
46 39 30 10 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
47 56 47 33 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
48 0 New 1 Elements, Kina Grannis 48
49 78 84 11 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
50 58 32 11 Morning Phase, Beck 3
51 60 154 35 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
52 4 – 2 Passion: Take It All, Passion 4
53 36 20 4 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
54 41 24 4 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
55 51 40 119 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
56 64 80 26 NOW 48, Various Artists 3
57 0 New 1 How We Both Wondrously Perish, Being As An Ocean 57
58 0 New 1 All Sons & Daughters, All Sons & Daughters 58
59 52 46 11 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
60 50 34 7 Out Among The Stars, Johnny Cash 3
61 121 125 41 All The Little Lights, Passenger 26
62 83 83 52 Paramore, Paramore 1
63 42 77 76 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 23
64 48 37 25 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
65 22 – 2 9 Dead Alive, Rodrigo y Gabriela 22
66 70 60 12 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
67 66 79 8 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
68 84 129 123 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 4
69 82 71 168 21, Adele 1
70 175 199 46 PS Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend 1
71 53 52 24 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
72 169 162 85 Babel, Mumford & Sons 1
73 73 57 11 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
74 85 61 9 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
75 91 138 96 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
76 68 51 6 Head Or Heart, Christina Perri 4
77 101 97 26 The 1975, The 1975 28
78 177 161 39 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
79 0 Re-Entry 44 To Be Loved, Michael Buble 1
80 124 101 83 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
81 96 93 37 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
82 94 139 7 Hymns, Michael W. Smith 25
83 71 191 32 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
84 106 81 34 TRUE, Avicii 5
85 147 145 144 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
86 88 105 276 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 18
87 109 – 13 How Mercy Looks From Here, Amy Grant 12
88 69 42 31 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
89 113 68 6 A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek 7
90 99 102 33 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
91 138 86 5 Everlasting, Martina McBride 7
92 54 38 165 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
93 87 91 14 WOW Gospel 2014, Various Artists 26
94 102 95 82 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
95 171 142 26 ARTPOP, Lady Gaga 1
96 95 128 14 Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface 4
97 108 76 8 Supermodel, Foster The People 3
98 115 106 81 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
99 23 – 2 Indie Cindy, Pixies 23
100 98 66 22 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
101 117 82 7 Majestic, Kari Jobe 12
102 72 48 6 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
103 107 88 185 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
104 11 – 2 Obsessed, Jim Gaffigan 11
105 35 – 2 Viaje, Ricardo Arjona 35
106 110 184 175 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
107 80 13 3 If We're Honest, Francesca Battistelli 13
108 185 151 50 Grace (EP), Tasha Cobbs 61
109 154 108 11 Nashville: Season 2: Volume 1, Soundtrack 34
110 0 New 1 The Quantum Enigma, Epica 110
111 86 75 61 God's Not Dead, newsboys 45
112 77 62 6 Where It All Began, Dan + Shay 6
113 0 Re-Entry 18 Into The Light, Matthew West 51
114 90 59 5 Catacombs Of The Black Vatican, Black Label Society 5
115 0 New 1 Fallen King, Thi'sl 115
116 160 148 117 Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes 7
117 0 Re-Entry 107 The Lumineers, The Lumineers 2
118 104 111 25 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
119 146 98 86 The Truth About Love, P!nk 1
120 111 116 21 Bones Of What You Believe, CHVRCHES 12
121 134 90 87 Best Days, Tamela Mann 14
122 164 – 108 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
123 81 70 17 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
124 63 10 3 You Make Me Brave: Live At The Civic, Bethel Music 10
125 122 118 9 The Truth, Ledisi 14
126 141 103 9 Slow Me Down, Sara Evans 9
127 120 164 205 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
128 116 92 81 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
129 0 New 1 The 2nd Mini Album: 'Jungdog Overdose' (EP), EXO-K 129
130 129 133 141 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
131 0 Re-Entry 46 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection, Chris Tomlin 40
132 92 87 8 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
133 30 – 2 Most Messed Up, Old 97's 30
134 130 99 7 High Noon, Jerrod Niemann 18
135 89 56 8 Recess, Skrillex 4
136 161 143 42 Love Is Everything, George Strait 2
137 170 117 10 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
138 137 115 53 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
139 133 120 304 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
140 0 New 1 Mis 40 En Bellas Artes, Juan Gabriel 140
141 10 – 2 Our Endless War, Whitechapel 10
142 112 152 3 The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Soundtrack 112
143 128 123 136 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
144 145 169 9 WOW Worship (Lime), Various Artists 76
145 114 112 164 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
146 0 New 1 The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx, Foreigner/Styx 146
147 0 New 1 Luminous, The Horrors 147
148 148 137 21 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 15
149 149 168 28 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
150 143 171 4 Lunatic, KONGOS 143
151 168 134 30 Days Are Gone, HAIM 6
152 189 – 54 The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake 1
153 0 New 1 Christmas Island, Andrew Jackson Jihad 153
154 0 New 1 I'm Not Your Suicide, Michael Sweet 154
155 126 89 5 Duets, Linda Ronstadt 32
156 167 180 40 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, Volbeat 9
157 125 109 16 2014 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 2
158 152 126 22 Black Panties, R. Kelly 4
159 0 Re-Entry 52 I Love You., The Neighbourhood 25
160 132 131 191 All The Right Reasons, Nickelback 1
161 192 – 109 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John 1
162 0 Re-Entry 34 Rise, Skillet 4
163 159 107 9 Rise Of An Empire, Young Money 7
164 119 124 92 +, Ed Sheeran 5
165 0 Re-Entry 12 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2014 Edition, Various Artists 53
166 57 6 3 Pop Psychology, Neon Trees 6
167 135 – 122 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
168 183 160 34 Off The Beaten Path, Justin Moore 2
169 155 141 125 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
170 140 135 187 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
171 0 Re-Entry 93 El Camino, The Black Keys 2
172 0 Re-Entry 29 The Piano Guys, The Piano Guys 44
173 29 – 2 Diamonds, Johnnyswim 29
174 0 Re-Entry 91 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk 5
175 0 Re-Entry 109 Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording 66
176 184 – 143 Brothers, The Black Keys 3
177 0 Re-Entry 105 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert 3
178 118 113 8 Disney Junior: DJ Shuffle, Various Artists 25
179 151 119 72 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
180 197 – 277 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
181 0 Re-Entry 59 Unapologetic, Rihanna 1
182 153 155 10 Oh, What A Life, American Authors 15
183 0 Re-Entry 36 Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke 1
184 156 144 51 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
185 173 136 12 Voices, Phantogram 11
186 181 177 173 1, The Beatles 1
187 0 Re-Entry 158 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 1
188 0 Re-Entry 26 What If We Were Real, Mandisa 66
189 0 Re-Entry 7 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
190 131 147 56 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
191 93 54 4 Arrivederci Italy, Various Artists 52
192 0 Re-Entry 34 Burning Lights, Chris Tomlin 1
193 136 – 21 3, Marc Anthony 5
194 0 New 1 Someday World, Brian Eno & Hyde 194
195 0 Re-Entry 82 Overexposed, Maroon 5 2
196 162 150 7 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, Soundtrack 30
197 194 157 28 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
198 166 74 264 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9
199 165 156 181 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 7
200 172 178 305 Metallica, Metallica 1

[Gary]

TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk NOW 50, Various Artists 1
2 1 1 24 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
3 0 New 1 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
4 0 New 1 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
5 0 New 1 Strangeulation, Tech N9ne Collabos 5
6 6 4 10 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
7 9 7 39 GG Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
8 0 New 1 Southsiders, Atmosphere 8
9 0 New 1 Corazon, Santana 9
10 13 9 32 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
11 14 15 75 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
12 0 New 1 Sheezus, Lily Allen 12
13 0 New 1 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2: Volume 2, Soundtrack 13
14 28 27 88 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
15 5 3 3 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
16 3 – 2 Supernova, Ray LaMontagne 3
17 2 – 2 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
18 16 23 14 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
19 26 18 29 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
20 0 New 1 Natalie Merchant, Natalie Merchant 20
21 20 14 36 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
22 0 New 1 Magic Mountain, Black Stone Cherry 22
23 7 2 3 Honest, Future 2
24 15 22 36 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
25 19 16 13 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
26 48 53 59 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
27 0 New 1 Nikki Nack, tUnE-YaRdS 27
28 12 11 7 Shakira., Shakira 2
29 0 New 1 I Never Learn, Lykke Li 29
30 31 19 27 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
31 46 43 74 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
32 27 12 6 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
33 24 26 22 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
34 37 29 35 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
35 18 5 4 Testimony, August Alsina 2
36 42 36 15 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
37 33 17 4 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
38 40 38 32 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
39 0 New 1 All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voice Of Gregg Allman, Various Artists 39
40 38 33 7 Help, Erica Campbell 6
41 60 40 59 Native, OneRepublic 4
42 25 28 4 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
43 0 New 1 Childhood Home, Ben & Ellen Harper 43
44 45 42 5 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
45 34 25 8 My Krazy Life, YG 2
46 39 30 10 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
47 54 46 33 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
48 0 New 1 Elements, Kina Grannis 48
49 76 78 11 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
50 56 32 11 Morning Phase, Beck 3
51 58 129 35 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
52 4 – 2 Passion: Take It All, Passion 4
53 36 20 4 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
54 41 24 4 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
55 50 39 119 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
56 62 74 26 NOW 48, Various Artists 3
57 0 New 1 How We Both Wondrously Perish, Being As An Ocean 57
58 0 New 1 All Sons & Daughters, All Sons & Daughters 58
59 51 45 11 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
60 49 34 7 Out Among The Stars, Johnny Cash 3
61 107 109 43 All The Little Lights, Passenger 26
62 80 77 57 Paramore, Paramore 1
63 47 37 26 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
64 22 – 2 9 Dead Alive, Rodrigo y Gabriela 22
65 68 58 12 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
66 64 73 8 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
67 142 162 51 Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend 1
68 52 51 24 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
69 71 55 11 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
70 81 59 9 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
71 66 50 6 Head Or Heart, Christina Perri 4
72 93 90 32 The 1975, The 1975 28
73 143 135 43 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
74 157 – 50 PS To Be Loved, Michael Buble 1
75 89 86 37 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
76 87 117 7 Hymns, Michael W. Smith 25
77 69 156 35 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
78 98 75 34 TRUE, Avicii 5
79 100 – 14 How Mercy Looks From Here, Amy Grant 12
80 67 41 31 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
81 103 66 6 A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek 7
82 91 92 33 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
83 117 80 5 Everlasting, Martina McBride 7
84 82 84 14 WOW Gospel 2014, Various Artists 25
85 94 88 82 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
86 140 119 26 ARTPOP, Lady Gaga 1
87 88 112 14 Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface 4
88 99 71 8 Supermodel, Foster The People 3
89 23 – 2 Indie Cindy, Pixies 23
90 90 64 22 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
91 105 76 7 Majestic, Kari Jobe 12
92 70 47 6 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
93 11 – 2 Obsessed, Jim Gaffigan 11
94 35 – 2 Viaje, Ricardo Arjona 35
95 78 13 3 If We're Honest, Francesca Battistelli 13
96 148 126 60 Grace (EP), Tasha Cobbs 61
97 130 96 17 Nashville: Season 2: Volume 1, Soundtrack 30
98 0 New 1 The Quantum Enigma, Epica 98
99 75 60 6 Where It All Began, Dan + Shay 6
100 84 57 5 Catacombs Of The Black Vatican, Black Label Society 5
101 0 New 1 Fallen King, Thi'sl 101
102 96 99 25 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
103 101 103 29 Bones Of What You Believe, CHVRCHES 12
104 114 83 91 Best Days, Tamela Mann 14
105 79 68 17 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
106 61 10 3 You Make Me Brave: Live At The Civic, Bethel Music 10
107 108 105 9 The Truth, Ledisi 14
108 119 93 9 Slow Me Down, Sara Evans 9
109 0 New 1 The 2nd Mini Album: 'Jungdog Overdose' (EP), EXO-K 109
110 85 81 8 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
111 30 – 2 Most Messed Up, Old 97's 30
112 112 91 7 High Noon, Jerrod Niemann 18
113 83 54 8 Recess, Skrillex 4
114 134 120 49 Love Is Everything, George Strait 2
115 139 104 22 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
116 116 102 58 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
117 0 New 1 Mis 40 En Bellas Artes, Juan Gabriel 117
118 10 – 2 Our Endless War, Whitechapel 10
119 102 127 3 The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Soundtrack 102
120 123 141 9 WOW Worship (Lime), Various Artists 74
121 0 New 1 The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx, Foreigner/Styx 121
122 0 New 1 Luminous, The Horrors 122
123 124 116 23 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 13
124 125 140 28 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
125 121 143 7 Lunatic, KONGOS 121
126 138 114 32 Days Are Gone, HAIM 6
127 151 190 59 The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake 1
128 0 New 1 Christmas Island, Andrew Jackson Jihad 128
129 0 New 1 I'm Not Your Suicide, Michael Sweet 129
130 111 82 5 Duets, Linda Ronstadt 32
131 137 149 56 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, Volbeat 9
132 110 97 16 2014 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 2
133 128 110 22 Black Panties, R. Kelly 4
134 161 160 55 I Love You., The Neighbourhood 25
135 199 197 46 Rise, Skillet 4
136 133 95 9 Rise Of An Empire, Young Money 7
137 0 Re-Entry 13 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2014 Edition, Various Artists 53
138 55 6 3 Pop Psychology, Neon Trees 6
139 147 134 34 Off The Beaten Path, Justin Moore 2
140 29 – 2 Diamonds, Johnnyswim 29
141 106 100 8 Disney Junior: DJ Shuffle, Various Artists 24
142 127 106 82 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
143 0 Re-Entry 68 Unapologetic, Rihanna 1
144 129 130 10 Oh, What A Life, American Authors 15
145 0 Re-Entry 38 Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke 1
146 131 121 51 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
147 141 115 12 Voices, Phantogram 11
148 176 139 8 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
149 113 123 56 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
150 86 52 4 Arrivederci Italy, Various Artists 50
151 0 Re-Entry 53 Burning Lights, Chris Tomlin 1
152 115 192 32 3, Marc Anthony 5
153 0 New 1 Someday World, Brian Eno & Hyde 153
154 135 125 9 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, Soundtrack 30
155 154 131 49 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
156 179 188 53 Golden, Lady Antebellum 1
157 0 New 1 Folk Singer: Vol. 1, Willie Watson 157
158 122 111 18 My Own Lane, Kid Ink 3
159 0 Re-Entry 17 Let's Be Still, The Head And The Heart 10
160 136 107 16 Is There Anybody Out There?, A Great Big World 3
161 152 144 7 Singles, Future Islands 40
162 188 183 57 Pioneer, The Band Perry 2
163 32 – 2 Everyday Robots, Damon Albarn 32
164 126 63 9 Divergent, Soundtrack 16
165 120 56 3 Bluesamericana, Keb' Mo' 56
166 160 175 41 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
167 0 Re-Entry 9 Emerald: Musical Gems, Celtic Woman 29
168 109 – 2 Song In My Head, The String Cheese Incident 109
169 0 Re-Entry 7 God Of Every Story, Laura Story 101
170 159 161 25 Restart, newsboys 38
171 0 Re-Entry 2 Beauty Is...: The Final Sessions, Ray Price 117
172 0 Re-Entry 2 To Mom With Love, Various Artists 102
173 0 Re-Entry 13 Recharged, Linkin Park 10
174 166 145 69 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey 10
175 0 New 1 Jen, Jencarlos Canela 175
176 173 146 14 All The People Said Amen, Matt Maher 83
177 182 163 51 True Believers, Darius Rucker 2
178 155 199 15 Ready To Fly, Jamie Grace 31
179 175 168 17 That Girl, Jennifer Nettles 5
180 169 176 10 10,000 Towns, Eli Young Band 5
181 149 133 32 Mechanical Bull, Kings Of Leon 2
182 63 8 3 Nashville: On The Record, Various Artists 8
183 0 Re-Entry 32 Trouble Will Find Me, The National 3
184 174 152 8 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
185 0 New 1 Hotel Cabana, Naughty Boy 185
186 193 – 20 Common Courtesy, A Day To Remember 36
187 0 New 1 Neighbors, Soundtrack 187
188 171 72 26 Closer To The Truth, Cher 3
189 0 Re-Entry 9 The Glorious Unfolding, Steven Curtis Chapman 27
190 145 166 25 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 20
191 0 Re-Entry 23 Reflektor, Arcade Fire 1
192 180 – 29 A.M., Chris Young 3
193 0 Re-Entry 13 After The Disco, Broken Bells 5
194 0 Re-Entry 71 The World From The Side Of The Moon, Phillip Phillips 4
195 178 179 26 More Than Just A Dream, Fitz And The Tantrums 26
196 0 Re-Entry 9 I'm A Fire, David Nail 13
197 21 – 2 Rise Of The Lion, Miss May I 21
198 192 173 31 Redneck Crazy, Tyler Farr 5
199 187 – 32 Overcomer, Mandisa 29
200 0 Re-Entry 7 Half The City, St. Paul & The Broken Bones 56

[Gary]

Digital


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Storyline, Hunter Hayes 1
2 0 New 1 NOW 50, Various Artists 2
3 2 1 24 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
4 0 New 1 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
5 0 New 1 Southsiders, Atmosphere 5
6 0 New 1 Strangeulation, Tech N9ne Collabos 6
7 0 New 1 Sheezus, Lily Allen 7
8 5 2 3 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 2
9 25 – 84 GG Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
10 17 9 32 Pure Heroine, Lorde 1
11 0 New 1 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2: Volume 2, Soundtrack 11
12 13 8 26 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
13 1 – 2 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 1
14 0 New 1 I Never Learn, Lykke Li 14
15 8 24 25 Bad Blood, Bastille 4
16 0 New 1 Natalie Merchant, Natalie Merchant 16
17 14 16 10 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
18 0 New 1 Nikki Nack, tUnE-YaRdS 18
19 0 Re-Entry 22 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
20 0 Re-Entry 17 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
21 0 Re-Entry 47 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
22 3 – 2 Supernova, Ray LaMontagne 3
23 0 New 1 Corazon, Santana 23
24 0 New 1 Magic Mountain, Black Stone Cherry 24
25 0 New 1 All Sons & Daughters, All Sons & Daughters 25

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 6 6 #1 2 wks Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 1
2 4 17 19 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 2
3 3 3 23 21, Adele 1
4 31 27 7 GG Babel, Mumford & Sons 4
5 7 22 155 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
6 15 10 5 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 6
7 24 24 25 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
8 6 11 1111 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
9 2 1 89 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
10 12 12 7 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
11 9 7 98 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
12 10 33 262 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
13 5 5 26 God's Not Dead, newsboys 1
14 0 Re-Entry 3 Into The Light, Matthew West 14
15 27 25 9 Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes 10
16 0 Re-Entry 15 The Lumineers, The Lumineers 12
17 23 8 5 The Truth About Love, P!nk 8
18 28 – 41 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 5
19 14 28 283 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
20 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 20
21 18 20 78 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
22 0 Re-Entry 18 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection, Chris Tomlin 1
23 20 14 959 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
24 17 15 318 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
25 11 13 106 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
26 19 18 132 All The Right Reasons, Nickelback 4
27 40 – 22 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John 2
28 13 16 18 +, Ed Sheeran 1
29 21 40 191 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 1
30 25 23 809 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
31 22 21 860 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
32 0 Re-Entry 21 El Camino, The Black Keys 6
33 0 New 1 The Piano Guys, The Piano Guys 33
34 0 Re-Entry 48 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk 2
35 0 Re-Entry 304 Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording 3
36 37 48 67 Brothers, The Black Keys 1
37 0 Re-Entry 6 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert 29
38 42 – 313 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
39 36 29 441 1, The Beatles 1
40 47 37 72 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 10
41 0 Re-Entry 2 What If We Were Real, Mandisa 23
42 0 New 1 Overexposed, Maroon 5 42
43 30 4 118 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 1
44 29 26 175 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 1
45 32 30 667 Metallica, Metallica 1
46 48 41 41 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 4
47 39 43 112 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
48 26 19 25 Chief, Eric Church 8
49 0 New 1 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 49
50 0 New 1 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men 50

[Gary]

Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Nikki Nack, tUnE-YaRdS 1
2 0 New 1 Southsiders, Atmosphere 2
3 0 New 1 Christmas Island, Andrew Jackson Jihad 3
4 5 – 2 A Letter Home, Neil Young 4
5 0 New 1 A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek 5
6 0 New 1 Luminous, The Horrors 6
7 0 New 1 Supernova, Ray LaMontagne 7
8 0 New 1 How We Both Wondrously Perish, Being As An Ocean 8
9 8 5 29 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
10 9 3 9 Morning Phase, Beck 1
11 0 New 1 The Little Mermaid, Soundtrack 11
12 12 7 28 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
13 1 – 2 Rush, Rush 1
14 0 Re-Entry 20 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 7
15 11 8 5 Salad Days, Mac DeMarco 1

[Gary]

Just so I don't forget to do this later:


Any posts relating to Gold, Platinum or Multi-Platinum "Awards" in the BB200, that are not specifically listed in the Billboard 200 or released by the RIAA are the property of the person who posts it and not an official certification

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music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-now-bumps-frozen-again-212210096.html

Chart Watch: ‘Now’ Bumps ‘Frozen’…Again
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

Now 50 enters The Billboard 200 at #1, displacing the Frozen soundtrack. Does that sound faintly familiar? There's good reason for that. Now 49, the previous installment in this long-running franchise, bumped Frozen out of the #1 spot in February. Will Frozen still be going strong when the inevitable Now 51 comes out in a few months? Stay tuned.

This marks the first time that back-to-back Now releases have hit #1 since Now 30 and Now 31 scored in 2009. Now 50 sold 153K copies in its first week. That's the best first-week tally for a Now album since Now 31 started with 169K in July 2009.

Now 50 is the 18th volume in this series to reach #1. Only one artist has amassed as many as 18 #1 albums. The Beatles notched 19 #1 albums.

All 50 regular Now volumes have made the top 10, as have five non-numbered Now albums.

The best-selling album in the franchise's history is Now 5, which has sold 4,789,000 copies since its release in 2000. (Ironically, that album isn't one of the 18 Now volumes to reach #1. It peaked at #2.)

Frozen dips from #1 to #2. With sales to date of 2,655,000 copies, the album is the best-selling album since Taylor Swift's Red. That blockbuster has sold 4,032,000 copies since its release in October 2012.

Also this week, Frozen becomes the best-selling soundtrack to a theatrically-released animated movie since The Lion King (7,875,000). It pushes ahead of Tarzan (2,586,000). Note: I’m not counting Space Jam (4,767,000), which blended live action and animation. I'm also not counting A Charlie Brown Christmas, which has been a TV perennial since 1965. That album has sold 3,409,000 copies since 1991.

This is the 20th 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 The Lion King (another Disney property) had 23 non-consecutive weeks in the top five in 1994-1995.

Frozen is #1 on Top Soundtracks for the 24th week. The soundtrack holds at #1 in Japan for the third week under the title Anna And The Snow Queen.

Hunter Hayes' sophomore album, Storyline, debuts at #3. It's his second top 10 album. Hunter Hayes peaked at #7 in June 2013. Storyline also enters Top Country Albums at #1, displacing Luke Bryan's Crash My Party. Both of Hayes's studio albums have reached #1 country. Storyline sold 39K digital copies this week, which allows it to enter Top Digital Albums at #1.

Sarah McLachlan's seventh studio album, Shine On, debuts at #4. It's her sixth top 10 album. Several albums with similar titles have been successful. Martina McBride reached #10 in 2009 with Shine. Grand Funk hit #5 in 1974 with Shinin' On. In addition, John Ono Lennon had a top five single in 1970 with Instant Karma (We All Shine On).

Tech N9ne Collabos's fifth album, Strangeulation, debuts at #5. It's Tech N9ne's first top 10 album in his Collabos series. It's the rapper's third top 10 album overall, following his solo releases All 6's And 7's (#4 in 2011) and Something Else (#4 in 2013). Tech N9ne has had 14 total studio releases. The new album features guest appearances from the entire Strange Music roster, as well as such outside collaborators as Serj Tankian of System of a Down.

Atmosphere's seventh studio album, Southsiders, debuts at #8. It's the band's second top 10 album, following the memorably titled When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold (#5 in 2008).

Santana's 23rd studio album, Corazon, debuts at #9. (That tally doesn't include seven studio albums that Carlos Santana has released on his own.) This marks a recovery from the band's last studio album, the mostly instrumental Shape Shifter, which stalled at #16 in 2012. Corazon features such guest artists as Gloria Estefan and Ziggy Marley. This is the band's 13th top 10 album (again, not counting an album that Carlos Santana released apart from the group—a 1972 live album with Buddy Miles). The band first cracked the top 10 in October 1969 with Santana.

"Problem" by Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea holds at #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the second week (235K). Will it also move up to #1 on the Hot 100 or will John Legend's "All Of Me" grab a second week on top? 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: Now 50 debuts at #1 (153K). This is the 55th Now volume to make the top 10 … The Frozen soundtrack dips from #1 to #2 in its 24th week (99K). This is its 22nd week in the top 10 … Hunter Hayes' Storyline debuts at #3 (69K). It's his second top 10 album … Sarah McLachlan's Shine On debuts at #4 (42K). It's her sixth top 10 album … Tech N9ne Collabos's Strangeulation debuts at #5 (36K). It's Tech N9ne's third top 10 album.

The Second Five: Pharrell Williams's G I R L hold at #6 for the second week in its 10th week (24K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time … Luke Bryan's Crash My Party rebounds from #9 to #7 in its 39th week (24K). This is its 18th week in the top 10 … Atmosphere's Southsiders debuts at #8 (23K). It's the band's second top 10 album … Santana's Corazon at #9 (22K). It's their 13th top 10 album … Lorde's Pure Heroine rebounds from #13 to #10 in its 32nd week (19K). This is its 23rd week in the top 10.

Lindsey Stirling's Shatter Me dives from #2 to #17 in its second week. Stirling's eponymous debut album drops from #42 to #63 in its 76th chart week. It's #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the second week. It's the first album by a female solo artist to top the catalog chart two weeks running since Adele's 19 in 2012.

Whitechapel's Our Endless War plummets from #10 to #141 in its second week. But that's nothing. Timeflies's After Hours nosedives from #8 completely off the chart. Four other albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Ray LaMontagne's Supernova drops from #3 to #16. Passion: Take It All (Live) dives from #4 to #51. Iggy Azalea's The New Classic drops from #5 to #15. Future's Honest drops from #7 to #23.

Lily Allen's third album, Sheezus, debuts at #12. All three have made the top 20. Sheezus enters the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart at #1. It's her second #1 in that country. The title of the new album is a play on the title of Kanye West's Yeezus, which debuted at #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. in June 2013.

The Music Of Nashville, Season 2 debuts at #13. It's the fourth Nashville album to make the top 20 … Natalie Merchant's sixth studio album, Natalie Merchant, debuts at #20. It's her fourth top 20 album.

Neighbors was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. The soundtrack sold 2K copies, too few to make The Billboard 200.

Metallica's Through The Never is #1 on Top Music Videos for the 10th week. It's the first video by a rock band to log 10 weeks at #1 since Rush's Beyond The Lighted Stage in 2010-2011.

Coming Attractions: The Black Keys's Turn Blue and Michael Jackson's Xscape are locked in a tight race for #1 next week. Turn Blue is expected to sell about 145K copies; Xscape about 140K. Look for Rascal Flatts's Rewind to debut at #5 with sales of about 60K copies. Dolly Parton's Blue Smoke looks good for #6 (35K). Also due: Tori Amos's Unrepentant Geraldines (16K), Michael W. Smith's Sovereign (14K) and Chromeo's White Women (13K).

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Country Music's Top 10 Albums: The Week Of May 14, 2014
By: Matt Bjorke

Hunter Hayes Scores the #1 Country Album this week, his first, with “Storyline.” Also, this week we’ll again be bringing you just albums inside the Top 200 SoundScan and Billboard chart with some updates on albums we’ve not talked about for months!

Hunter Hayes and Mother’s Day helped to give Country Music five of the top 25 albums in all of Music this week as the young rising star sold nearly 70k (thousand) copies of “Storyline” to breakout with his new album. Sitting at #2 this week with sales of 24k is Luke Bryan’s “Crash My Party.” The album has now scanned 1.866 million copies in 39 weeks on the charts. It should surpass 2 million before the 52 week cycle hits later this year. Florida Georgia Line’s album was up 33% over last week with sales now at 1.825 million in 75 weeks on the chart (the duo is working on their follow-up in between tour dates). Another album debuts this week in the Top 5, the second soundtrack for the second season of ABC’s “Nashville” program. The show was also renewed for a third 22 episode season. Rounding out the Top 5 is Eric Church with his 573k scanned modern masterpiece, The Outsiders.

Mother’s Day Brings Sales Increases For Nearly Every Album In Top 10, including Blake Shelton’s “Based On A True Story” and Keith Urban’s “Fuse.”

Blake Shelton rises back into the Top 10 with “Based On A True Story.” The album is the #26 best-seller this week and gained nearly 100% in sales increases (in other words nearly double the last week number with sales of 11k this week. That puts the album at 1.233 million scanned. It is Blake Shelton’s best-selling album to date. Dierks Bentley’s “Riser” is, well, another riser this week as the album gained 46% in sales to bring the 11 weeks sales cume to 135k. Keith Urban’s 35 week-old “Fuse” which has issued 3 Gold Top 10 (or better) singles to date, gained 15% to bring sales to 341k scanned. All three of these albums have now shown sales increases for the past three weeks in a row. sitting at #9 with a slight sales decrease is Johnny Cash’s “Out Among The Stars” album. Rounding out the Top 10 is Cole Swindell’s self-titled debut. The album was lightly up over last week with 160k albums scanned to date.

Notable albums include Brantley Gilbert’s first Platinum album, “Halfway To Heaven,” Hunter Hayes’ self-titled debut, Zac Brown Band’s “You Get What You Give” and Dan+Shay’s “Where It All Began.”

There are 6 notable albums on this week’s rundown. They include Brantley Gilbert’s “Halfway to Heaven” album. The album has now scanned 1.016 million copies, giving the rising star his first Platinum album. His follow-up, “Just As I Am” hits stores next week. Next in our rundown is Martina McBride’s classic R&B/Soul covers album, “Everlasting.” The album has now moved 39k to date, not bad for an album without much in the way of radio airplay. Dan+Shay’s “Where It All Began” fell outta the Top 10 this week but still has sold 58k as their second single “Show You Off” hit radio this week. Hunter Hayes’ self-titled debut album (nearly 2 years old) is next and has scanned 1.138 million copies to date. Kacey Musgraves’s “Same Trailer Different Park” has moved 415k to date and we have no doubts that she’ll eventually score a Gold certification for the album. The album’s fourth (and likely final) single “Keep It To Yourself” is now a top 40 hit. Finally, we end this notable section with a catalog country album, Zac Borwn Band’s “You Get What You Give.” The album has now scanned 1.848 million (their first album, the unlisted “The Foundation” has scannd 3.293 million copies to date.

Outside the Top 10 Albums and notables, Scotty McCreery sold 1,600 copies this week to bring "See You Tonight" totals to 229,000 copies scanned. Cassadee Pope sold 900 copies to bring "Frame By Frame" sales to 171,800 copies scanned and Danielle Bradbery has moved 900 copies as well to bring her self-titled album to 136,100. Parmalee has sold 62,900 copies of "Feels Like Carolina" and Jon Pardi has moved 45,000 copies of "Write You A Song."

Top 10 Country Albums for The Week of May 14, 2014 with Some Notable Albums (SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums Chart Placement in First column, Country Rank in Second)*

*Top Country Album Chart Numbers rounded to nearest thousand...

[HolidayGuy]

The article's been updated to reflect 4.6 million albums, rather than 4.1m.

[Ballroom Blitzed]

I have a question; what's the most recent example of a number-one album on the Billboard 200 increasing its sales, but losing the top slot?

Thanks!

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Top Rock Albums

1 New 1 Corazon - Santana - Sony Music Latin | RCA
2 3 32 Pure Heroine - Lorde - Lava | Republic
3 9 88 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
4 1 2 Supernova - Ray LaMontagne - RCA
5 New 1 Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant - Big City Sisters/Nonesuch | Warner Bros.
6 New 1 Magic Mountain - Black Stone Cherry - Roadrunner | AG
7 4 36 Bad Blood - Bastille - Virgin | Capitol
8 New 1 Nikki Nack - tUnE-YaRdS - 4AD
9 New 1 I Never Learn - Lykke Li - LL Recordings/Atlantic | AG
10 14 35 AM - Arctic Monkeys - Domino
11 New 1 All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voice Of Gregg Allman - Various Artists - Blackbird Production Partners/Rounder | Concord
12 New 1 Childhood Home - Ben & Ellen Harper - Prestige Folklore | Concord
13 19 11 Morning Phase - Beck - Fonograf Records | Capitol
14 13 4 Lights Out - Ingrid Michaelson - Cabin 24 | Mom + Pop
15 15 4 Rivers In The Wasteland - NEEDTOBREATHE - Atlantic | AG
16 17 119 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
17 New 1 How We Both Wondrously Perish - Being As An Ocean - InVogue
18 34 41 All The Little Lights - Passenger - Black Crow | Nettwerk
19 25 51 Paramore - Paramore - Fueled By Ramen | AG
20 7 2 9 Dead Alive - Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rubyworks | ATO
21 46 42 Modern Vampires Of The City - Vampire Weekend - XL
22 30 25 The 1975 - The 1975 - Dirty Hit/Vagrant/Interscope | IGA
23 28 37 Hail To The King - Avenged Sevenfold - Warner Bros.
24 32 8 Supermodel - Foster The People - StarTime Int'l | Columbia
25 8 2 Indie Cindy - Pixies - Pixies | [PIAS]

26 22 6 La Gargola - Chevelle - Epic
27 New 1 The Quantum Enigma - Epica - Nuclear Blast
28 26 5 Catacombs Of The Black Vatican - Black Label Society - Panworkz | eOne
29 31 25 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 2 - Five Finger Death Punch - Prospect Park
30 33 22 Bones Of What You Believe - CHVRCHES - Goodbye | Glassnote
31 27 8 Going To Hell - The Pretty Reckless - Goin' Down | Razor & Tie
32 11 2 Most Messed Up - Old 97's - ATO
33 44 7 Vessel - Twenty One Pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
34 2 2 Our Endless War - Whitechapel - Metal Blade
35 New 1 The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx - Foreigner/Styx - Trigger
36 New 1 Luminous - The Horrors - XL
37 38 4 Lunatic - KONGOS - Tokoloshe | Epic
38 43 30 Days Are Gone - HAIM - Columbia
39 New 1 Christmas Island - Andrew Jackson Jihad - SideOneDummy
40 New 1 I'm Not Your Suicide - Michael Sweet - Big3
41 42 34 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies - Volbeat - Vertigo | Republic
42 Re-Entry 51 I Love You. - The Neighbourhood - [r]evolve | Columbia
43 Re-Entry 36 Rise - Skillet - Atlantic | AG
44 18 3 Pop Psychology - Neon Trees - Mercury | Island
45 10 2 Diamonds - Johnnyswim - Big Picnic
46 39 10 Oh, What A Life - American Authors - Dirty Canvas | Island
47 45 12 Voices - Phantogram - Barsuk | Republic
48 Re-Entry 7 Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs - Secretly Canadian
49 36 56 Save Rock And Roll - Fall Out Boy - Decaydance | Island
50 New 1 Someday World - Brian Eno & Hyde - Warp

^All are on the Billboard 200 this week

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Folk Albums

1 1 2 Supernova - Ray LaMontagne - RCA
2 New 1 Natalie Merchant - Natalie Merchant - Big City Sisters/Nonesuch | Warner Bros.
3 New 1 Childhood Home - Ben & Ellen Harper - Prestige Folklore | Concord
4 New 1 Elements - Kina Grannis - Kina Grannis | One Haven
5 New 1 All Sons & Daughters - All Sons & Daughters - Integrity | PLG
6 5 71 GGAll The Little Lights - Passenger - Black Crow | Nettwerk
7 2 2 9 Dead Alive - Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rubyworks | ATO
8 4 6 A Dotted Line - Nickel Creek - Nonesuch | Warner Bros.
9 3 2 Diamonds - Johnnyswim - Big Picnic
10 New 1 Folk Singer: Vol. 1 - Willie Watson - Acony
11 15 30 Let's Be Still - The Head And The Heart - Sub Pop

^The above albums are on the BB200 this week

12 6 3 Bluesamericana - Keb' Mo' - Kind Of Blue
13 18 29 God Of Every Story - Laura Story - Fair Trade | PLG
14 8 6 Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne - Various Artists - Music Road
15 9 34 From Here To Now To You - Jack Johnson - Brushfire | Republic
16 New 1 Say Grace - Sam Baker - Sam Baker
17 11 38 The Lost Recordings - Jim Croce - Sony Music CMG
18 10 27 Inside Llewyn Davis - Soundtrack - StudioCanal/Mike Zoss Productions/Long Strange Trip/Nonesuch | Warner Bros.
19 21 2 A Letter Home - Neil Young - Reprise | Third Man
20 New 1 English Rain (EP) - Gabrielle Aplin - Parlophone | Warner Bros.
21 16 9 Take Me To Church (EP) - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia
22 7 2 Midnight Sun - The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger - Chimera
23 12 3 The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas - Courtney Barnett - Marathon Artists/House Anxiety | Mom + Pop
24 13 4 Put Your Needle Down - The Secret Sisters - Beladroit | Republic
25 17 17 The River & The Thread - Rosanne Cash - Blue Note

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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

1 New 1 Strangeulation - Tech N9ne Collabos - Strange | RBC
2 2 10 G I R L - Pharrell Williams - i am other | Columbia
3 New 1 Southsiders - Atmosphere - Rhymesayers
4 1 3 The New Classic - Iggy Azalea - Turn First/Hustle Gang | Def Jam
5 5 36 Love In The Future - John Legend - G.O.O.D. | Columbia
6 3 3 Honest - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
7 7 28 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
8 6 22 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
9 4 4 Testimony - August Alsina - NNTME MuCo. | Def Jam
10 10 32 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) - Justin Timberlake - RCA
11 8 8 My Krazy Life - YG - Pushaz Ink/CTE | Def Jam
12 9 10 Mastermind - Rick Ross - Maybach/Slip-N-Slide | Def Jam
13 13 34 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
14 12 11 Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q - Top Dawg/Interscope | IGA
15 11 26 Sail Out (EP) - Jhene Aiko - ARTclub/ARTium | Def Jam
16 15 9 Lift Your Spirit - Aloe Blacc - Aloe Blacc/XIX/Interscope | IGA
17 16 14 Love, Marriage & Divorce - Toni Braxton & Babyface - Motown | Capitol
18 17 22 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote
19 20 9 The Truth - Ledisi - Verve | VG
20 25 61 The 20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake - RCA
21 22 22 Black Panties - R. Kelly - RCA
22 23 9 Rise Of An Empire - Young Money - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
23 34 77 Unapologetic - Rihanna - SRP | Def Jam
24 30 42 Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke - Star Trak/Interscope | IGA

^The above albums are on the BB200 this week

25 21 18 My Own Lane - Kid Ink - Tha Alumni Group/88 Classic | RCA

26 24 5 SoMo - SoMo - Republic
27 26 44 Magna Carta... Holy Grail - Jay Z - Roc-A-Fella | Roc Nation
28 29 39 Rebellious Soul - K. Michelle - Atlantic | AG
29 27 25 I Am - Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik | Epic
30 28 42 Hits Of The 90's - Various Artists - Platinum Collection/Turn Up The Music | Drew's Entertainment
31 35 38 Something Else - Tech N9ne - Strange | RBC
32 37 21 Underground Luxury - B.o.B - RebelRock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic | AG
33 New 1 12 Step Program - People Under The Stairs - Piecelock 70
34 39 8 Pinata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Madlib Invazion
35 31 36 Love And War - Tamar Braxton - Streamline | Epic
36 32 23 Call Me Crazy, But... (EP) - Sevyn Streeter - CBE/Atlantic | AG
37 33 37 Stay Trippy - Juicy J - Kemosabe | Columbia
38 New 1 Ke' Ke' (EP) - KeKe Wyatt - Aratek | The NorthStar Group
39 Re-Entry 31 The Electric Lady - Janelle Monae - Wondaland/Bad Boy/Atlantic | AG
40 Re-Entry 36 Three Kings - TGT - Atlantic | AG
41 47 47 Yeezus - Kanye West - G.O.O.D./Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam
42 36 78 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
43 40 3 In Due Time - KCamp - Dat Real/FTE/4.27/Interscope | IGA
44 49 34 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME - 2 Chainz - Def Jam
45 42 69 Long.Live.A$AP - A$AP Rocky - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA
46 14 2 The Phantom Of The Ghost - Styles P - Phantom/NMCMG | EMPIRE Recordings
47 50 31 Kiss Land - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
48 New 1 Opulence (EP) - Brooke Candy - RCA
49 Re-Entry 10 Beach House (EP) - Ty Dolla $ign - Atlantic | AG
50 44 47 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia

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Top Country Albums

1 New 1 Storyline - Hunter Hayes - Atlantic | WMN
2 1 40 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
3 2 75 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville | BMLG
4 New 1 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2: Volume 2 - Soundtrack - ABC Studios/Lions Gate/Big Machine | BMLG
5 3 13 The Outsiders - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN
6 4 59 Based On A True Story ... - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. | WMN
7 10 11 Riser - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
8 6 35 Fuse - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN
9 5 7 Out Among The Stars - Johnny Cash - Columbia | Legacy
10 8 12 Cole Swindell - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. | WMN
11 14 5 Everlasting - Martina McBride - Vinyl Recordings
12 11 82 Night Train - Jason Aldean - Broken Bow | BBMG
13 18 22 Nashville: Season 2: Volume 1 - Soundtrack - ABC Studios/Lions Gate/Big Machine | BMLG
14 9 6 Where It All Began - Dan + Shay - Warner Bros. | WMN
15 15 9 Slow Me Down - Sara Evans - RCA Nashville | SMN
16 12 7 High Noon - Jerrod Niemann - Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville | SMN
17 19 52 Love Is Everything - George Strait - MCA Nashville | UMGN
18 13 60 Same Trailer Different Park - Kacey Musgraves - Mercury | UMGN
19 16 23 Days Of Gold - Jake Owen - RCA Nashville | SMN
20 17 28 It Goes Like This - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG
21 20 34 Off The Beaten Path - Justin Moore - Valory | BMLG

^The above albums are on the BB200 this week

22 25 53 Golden - Lady Antebellum - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
23 28 58 Pioneer - The Band Perry - Republic Nashville | BMLG
24 Re-Entry 3 Beauty Is...: The Final Sessions - Ray Price - AmeriMonte
25 27 51 True Believers - Darius Rucker - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

26 24 17 That Girl - Jennifer Nettles - Mercury | UMGN
27 22 10 10,000 Towns - Eli Young Band - Republic Nashville | BMLG
28 7 3 Nashville: On The Record - Various Artists - ABC Studios/Lions Gate/Big Machine | BMLG
29 26 34 A.M. - Chris Young - RCA Nashville | SMN
30 31 10 I'm A Fire - David Nail - MCA Nashville | UMGN
31 29 32 Redneck Crazy - Tyler Farr - Columbia Nashville | SMN
32 32 43 Nashville: Season 1: Volume 2 - Soundtrack - ABC Studios/Lionsgate Home Entertainment/Big Machine | BMLG
33 23 9 Spring Break 6 ...Like We Ain't Ever (EP) - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
34 36 24 Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences - Garth Brooks - Pearl
35 33 29 Ready Set Roll (EP) - Chase Rice - Dack Janiels
36 35 30 See You Tonight - Scotty McCreery - 19/Interscope/Mercury | UMGN
37 44 43 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 6 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | UMe
38 42 36 Bring You Back - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN
39 21 8 Official 2014 ACM Awards ZinePak - Various Artists - ZinePak
40 48 55 Nashville: Season 1: Volume 1 - Soundtrack - ABC Studios/Lions Gate/Big Machine | BMLG
41 46 15 NOW That's What I Call Country Ballads 2 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
42 37 6 Working Man's Poet: A Tribute To Merle Haggard - Various Artists - Broken Bow | BBMG
43 47 47 Precious Memories: Volume II - Alan Jackson - ACR/EMI Nashville | UMGN
44 Re-Entry 19 Drinks After Work - Toby Keith - Show Dog-Universal
45 Re-Entry 29 NOW That's What I Call A Country Party - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | UMe
46 Re-Entry 58 Two Lanes Of Freedom - Tim McGraw - Big Machine | BMLG
47 38 6 Turn It Up - Josh Thompson - Show Dog-Universal
48 43 13 Crickets - Joe Nichols - Red Bow | BBMG
49 40 13 4 Album Collection - Eric Church - Capitol Nashville/EMI Nashville | UMe
50 Re-Entry 53 Spring Break... Here To Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

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www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6091998/chart-moves-florida-georgia-lines-good-times-keep-rollin-ben

Chart Moves: Florida Georgia Line's 'Good Times' Keep Rollin', Ben & Ellen Harper Keep It in the Family
By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | May 16, 2014

This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the "Now 50" album spoiled the "Frozen" party, as the former debuted at No. 1 with 153,000 sold in the week ending May 11, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The "Frozen" soundtrack slipped to No. 2 after 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.

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

-- Florida Georgia Line, "Here's to the Good Times" - No. 11 - After 75 weeks on the chart, the album shows no signs of slowing down. This week it climbs 14-11 with 17,000 sold -- up 33 percent. It has yet to rank below No. 31, nor sell less than 12,000 copies in a week. Its cumulative sales stand at 1.82 million.

The duo's current single, "This Is How We Roll," rises 4-2 on the Country Airplay chart, while dipping 3-2 on the Hot Country Songs chart (where it previously spent four weeks at No. 1).

-- Lily Allen, "Sheezus" - No. 12 - It's been five years since her last album, "It's Not Me, It's You," was released. It bowed at No. 5 with 70,000, while her latest begins with 17,000 at No. 12.

-- Various Artists, "All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman" - No. 39 - The all-star album, culled from a live concert special taped in January, boasts the likes of Eric Church, Martina McBride, Natalie Cole and Jackson Browne. With 8,000 sold, the debuts at No. 39 and also at No. 11 on Top Rock Albums.

-- Ben & Ellen Harper, "Childhood Home" - No. 43 - The son/mother team of Ben & Ellen Harper debut on the Billboard 200 at No. 43 with "Childhood Home," the pair's first collaborative album. Released in time for the Mother's Day holiday, "Childhood Home" starts with 7,000 sold in the week ending May 11 (Mother's Day). It also enters at No. 3 on Folk Albums and No. 12 on Top Rock Albums.

Ben and Ellen aren't the first child/parent combo to appear on Billboard's charts. They follow a number of notable family pairings, including Frank and Nancy Sinatra, Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne, Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus, Vicente and Alejandro Fernandez, and Jay Z and Blue Ivy (billed as B.I.C.). But the Harpers stand out from the crowd, as they are a mother/child combo, as opposed to the more frequent father/child pairing.

-- Vampire Weekend, "Modern Vampires of the City" - No. 70 - The iTunes Store discounted select independently-distributed albums to $6.99 and above, helping Vampire Weekend rise 175-70 with a 99 percent increase. The promo also aids Passenger's "All the Little Lights," which climbs 121-61 (up 62 percent) and the Lumineers' self-titled album, which re-enters at No. 117 (up 82 percent).

-- Matthew West, "Into the Light" - No. 113 - Sales generated by Mother's Day help lift the set to a re-entry at No. 113, but the main driver behind its 116 percent increase are venue sales of the album at a Columbus, Ohio concert on May 2 (as part of the Women of Faith Tour).

-- Foreigner/Styx, "The Soundtrack of Summer" - No. 146 - In support of their summer tour, Styx and Foreigner team up for this compilation of re-recordings, which bows with 3,000 sold. Its physical CD is exclusive to Walmart, while its digital equivalent was widely available.

-- Brian Eno & Hyde, "Someday World" - No. 194 - Brian Eno's latest album (a collaboration with Underworld's Karl Hyde) also enters at No. 7 on Dance/Electronic Albums, shifting a little over 2,000 in its first week.