Billboard 200: 6/7/14: Coldplay #1: 383,000

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Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' Starts at No. 1 With Biggest Debut of 2014
By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | May 28, 2014

Brantley Gilbert's "Just As I Am" debuts at No. 2 with the country star's best sales week.

Coldplay crashes in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with "Ghost Stories," collecting its fourth No. 1 album and the biggest sales week of the year.

"Ghost Stories" sold 383,000 copies in the week ending May 25, according to Nielsen SoundScan, easily notching the biggest sales frame of 2014. That bow trumps the previous largest week of 2014, when Eric Church's "The Outsiders" sold 288,000 in the week ending Feb. 16.

Coldplay's start is also the largest week for any album since Beyonce's self-titled album started with 617,000 in the week ending Dec. 15 (as an iTunes-exclusive).

"Ghost Stories" was released on Monday, May 19, and is the fourth straight No. 1 studio effort for Coldplay. It follows 2011's "Mylo Xyloto," which entered atop the list with 447,000. The group previously hit No. 1 with 2008's "Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends" (721,000 debut) and 2005's "X&Y" (737,000).

Coldplay's new album was powered strongly by downloads, as the digital version of the album sold 245,000 -- 64 percent of its first week. That's the largest digital sales week for a widely-available album (thus barring Beyonce's iTunes-only debut) since One Direction's "Midnight Memories" debuted with 275,000 downloads in the week ending Dec. 1, 2013.
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During release week, Coldplay had its own NBC TV special (May 18), which was part of a larger package of promotional efforts the band staged with the network. The group also performed on NBC's "The Voice" (May 20), "The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon" (May 6) and "Saturday Night Live" (May 3).

In contrast, the artist that debuts at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 has barely performed on national TV: Brantley Gilbert. The country singer's third studio album, "Just As I Am," bows with 211,000 sold -- the second-largest week for a country set this year (only Church's "The Outsiders" did better).

"Just As I Am" also gives Gilbert his first No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart. It follows his breakthrough second album, "Halfway to Heaven," which just crossed the 1 million sales mark in April.

While Brantley did not make any major TV appearances during release week, he instead teamed with Harley-Davidson for a six-day promotional tour. The trek saw him lead a motorcade of motorcycle riders through 11 cities, making stops at retailers, concert venues and the Indy 500.

Notably, since the start of 2013, only three country acts have seen an album sell more than 200,000 in a week: Gilbert, Church and Luke Bryan, when his "Crash My Party" album started with 528,000.

Gilbert first charted on the independently-distributed label Average Joes back in 2009 with his debut album, "A Modern Day Prodigal Son." Less than two years later, Gilbert signed with Valory Records, and the label reissued his second album, "Halfway to Heaven," in September of 2011. It shot to No. 2 on the Top Country Albums chart and No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with his then-best sales week: 51,000.

Since joining with Valory, Gilbert has notched three No. 1 singles on the Country Airplay chart, including the new album's lead track: "Bottoms Up." His current single, "Small Town Throwdown" (featuring Valory labelmates Justin Moore and Thomas Rhett), climbs 28-26 on the Country Airplay chart dated June 7.

With Coldplay and Gilbert's albums both selling in excess of 200,000, this is the first time two albums have sold at least 200,000 in a week in six months. It last happened the week ending Nov. 17, 2013, when Lady Gaga's "ARTPOP" debuted at No. 1 with 258,000 and Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" fell to No. 2 with 210,000.

Back on the new Billboard 200, Michael Jackson's "Xscape" slips 2-3 in its second week (67,000; down 57 percent) and the "Frozen" soundtrack is steady at No. 4 with 65,000 (down 12 percent). Last week's No. 1 album, the Black Keys' "Turn Blue," falls to No. 5 with 54,000 (down 67 percent). The "Now 50" compilation slides 3-6 with 51,000 (down 37 percent).

Phillip Phillips' second album, "Behind the Light," debuts at No. 7 with 41,000. It follows the 2012 "American Idol" winner's first album, "The World From the Side of the Moon," which debuted and peaked at No. 4 off a 169,000 start.

The multi-artist soundtrack to the film "The Fault In Our Stars" opens at No. 8 with 34,000, and also No. 2 on the Top Soundtracks chart (behind "Frozen"). "Fault" racks up the largest debut for a theatrical film soundtrack since "Frozen" bowed with 44,000 in the week ending Dec. 1, 2013.

"The Fault In Our Stars" features songs from Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX, Jake Bugg and Birdy, among others.

Rounding out the top 10 on the Billboard 200 are Iggy Azalea's "The New Classic" (14-9 with 22,000; up 42 percent) and Rascal Flatts' "Rewind" (5-10 with just under 22,000; down 65 percent).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX, takes over the No. 1 slot, rising one rung with 336,000 downloads sold (up 44 percent). She bumps Ariana Grande's "Problem," which features Azalea, down to No. 2 with 284,000 (up 15 percent).

"Fancy" had been locked in the No. 2 slot for the past three weeks. Its cumulative sales also jump past the million mark, totaling 1.3 million.

"Fancy" and "Problem" were both performed on the Billboard Music Awards (May 18) the day before the latest sales tracking week began on May 19.

Nico & Vinz's debut single "Am I Wrong" shoots up the Digital Songs tally, rising 6-3 with 156,000 (up 36 percent). It concurrently climbs 18-15 on the Pop Songs airplay chart dated June 7.

John Legend's "All Of Me" slips 3-4 with 147,000 (down 7 percent) and DJ Snake & Lil Jon's "Turn Down For What" is a non-mover at No. 5 with 137,000 (up 13 percent). Pharrell's "Happy" dips 4-6 with 134,000 (up 3 percent) and Jason Derulo's "Wiggle," featuring Snoop Dogg," steps 8-7 with 124,000 (up 14 percent). Derulo performed "Wiggle" in a medley (with his "Talk Dirty") on the Billboard Music Awards.

Ed Sheeran's "Sing" rises 13-8 with 114,000 (up 52 percent) and MAGIC!'s "Rude" hits the top 10 for the first time, ascending 15-9 with 112,000 (up 51 percent).

Closing out the top 10 is the chart's highest debut, Miranda Lambert's duet with Carrie Underwood, "Somethin' Bad." It launches at No. 10 with 107,000 -- the biggest sales week ever for Lambert. The pair premiered the song on the Billboard Music Awards. It previews Lambert's new studio album, "Platinum," which is due on June 3.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending May 25) totaled 4.77 million units, up 5 percent compared with the sum last week (4.54 million) and down 8 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (5.19 million). Year to date album sales stand at 98.75 million, down 15 percent compared to the same total at this point last year (116.60 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 22.07 million downloads, up 5 percent compared with last week (20.94 million) and down 10 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (24.49 million). Year to date track sales are at 487.54 million, down 12 percent compared to the same total at this point last year (555.67 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2013 when: Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories" held at No. 1 for a second week (93,000; down 73 percent) while Alice In Chains' "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" debuted at No. 2 with 61,000.

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So happy for coldplay!!!

[HolidayGuy]

That Coldplay special rated very low when it aired 5/18- 0.4 in Adults 18-49 demo and just 1.6 million viewers- but, every little bit helps.

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www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.28962/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-05-25-2014

Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 05/25/2014
by Andres Tardio
posted May 28, 2014 at 11:30AM EST

Michael Jackson's "Xscape," Iggy Azalea's "The New Classic" and The Roots' "and then you shoot your cousin" make the cut as the Top Rap & R&B cuts on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

This week, Michael Jackson continues his success with Xscape in the Top 3 of the Top 200 Billboard Albums chart. Iggy Azalea resumes charting with her The New Classic and The Roots' and then you shoot your cousin makes its debut appearance on the chart.

Michael Jackson's Xscape Lands At #3

Michael Jackson's Xscape appears in the #3 spot on the chart this week. The effort sold 66,751 copies in its second week of availability. Overall, the effort has sold 224,009 units. The songs on Xscape have been reworked and modernized keeping "Jackson’s essence and integrity, creating the best music you’ve never heard," according to Epic. Quincy Jones, who worked with Jackson in the past, recently criticized the album. "They're trying to make money, and I understand it," he recently said, according to Rolling Stone. "Everybody's after money, the estate, the lawyers. It's about money." Jackson made headlines recently when a hologram of the singer performed at this year's Billboard Music Awards.

Iggy Azalea's The New Classic Arrives At #9

Iggy Azalea's The New Classic has landed in the #9 spot this week. The project sold 21,683 copies and has sold 127,341 units overall. This week, the set experienced a 42 percent increase in sales. Recently, the rapper made headlines when she was involved in a war of words with Tyler, The Creator. Tyler said she "stinks" and she responded by saying he is "beyond immature." Soon after, Nick Young said "it smell good to me."

The Roots and then you shoot your cousin Lands At #11

The Roots' and then you shoot your cousin appears at #11 on the charts this week, its first week of availability. The Roots sold 19,786 copies of this effort this week. Recently, Black Thought spoke of this project. “It’s another concept album in the spirit of undun, but it’s not just about just one kind of character,” Black Thought said. “We create quite a few different characters in this record. It’s satire, but in that satire it’s an analysis of some of the stereotypes perpetuated in not only the Hip Hop community, but in the community. I don’t know if that makes any sense."

Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 05/18/2014

#3. Michael Jackson - Xscape - 66,751 (224,009)

#9. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 21,234 (127,341)

#11. The Roots - and then you shoot your cousin - 19,786 (19,786)

#17. Pharrell Williams – G I R L - 12,444 (399,639)

#18. John Legend - Love In The Future - 11,822 (511,484)

#22. Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty - 9,314 (90,404)

#31. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 7,565 (2,115,315)

#33. Michael Jackson - Number Ones - 7,515 (5,048,548)

#35. Future - Honest - 7,244 (100,195)

#44. Justin Timberlake - 20/20 Experience Complete - 6,181 (982,025)

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www.billboard.com/articles/news/6099381/metallica-black-album-sales-16-million-nielsen-soundscan

Metallica's 'Black Album' Hits 16 Million in Sales
By Keith Caulfield | May 28, 2014

Metallica's mega-selling self-titled 1991 album has hit a new sales threshold. The album, which continues to be the best-selling release of the Nielsen SoundScan era, has become the first album to sell 16 million copies since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991.

"Metallica" -- often referred to as "The Black Album" because of its stark cover art -- sold another 3,000 copies in the week ending May 25. That brings its cumulative total to 16,002,000.

SoundScan began tracking U.S. music sales in 1991. Its point-of-sale data was first used to compile the Billboard 200 albums chart on May 25, 1991. "Metallica" marked the group's first No. 1 that year, when it debuted atop the list.

"Metallica" became the biggest-selling album of the SoundScan era in the week ending Dec. 20, 2009, when it overtook Shania Twain's "Come On Over." Twain's album is currently in second place on the list, with 15.57 million.

"Metallica" and "Come On Over" are the only two albums that have sold more than 15 million copies in the SoundScan era. There have been 22 releases that have shifted at least 10 million. The most recently-released title to reach the 10 million plateau was Adele's 2011 album "21." (Its sales now stand at 10.94 million.)

On the most current Billboard 200 chart, "Metallica" climbs from No. 155 to No. 144, marking its 307th week on the chart. That continues to be the longest chart run of any title since the tally began using SoundScan data.

Since the Billboard 200 became a regularly-published weekly chart in 1956, "Metallica's" run is the sixth-longest. (Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" has the most weeks on the chart, with 861.)

[HolidayGuy]

"Poor" Come On Over- the release of Greatest Hits prevented it from challenging Metallica's album.

[KeepDeanWeird]

May 28, 2014 11:31:04 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

"Poor" Come On Over- the release of Greatest Hits prevented it from challenging Metallica's album.

And the double-whammy was that both COO and GH both peaked at #2 (with GH losing to the late-week Eminem release).

[felipe]

Pretty ironic how MJ is now 13k copies ahead of Black Keys.

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music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-coldplay-sets-2014-sales-record-184840032.html

Chart Watch: Coldplay Sets 2014 Sales Record
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow announced their "conscious uncoupling" in March, but another of Martin's long-time relationships—with the #1 spot on The Billboard 200—is still going strong.Martin's band, Coldplay, lands its fourth consecutive #1 album with Ghost Stories. The album sold 383K copies in its first week. That's the heftiest one-week tally by any album since Beyonce's Beyonce sold 617K copies in its first week last December. It's the heftiest by a rock album since Mumford & Sons's Babel sold 600K in its first week in September 2012.

And Coldplay's album is all but assured of a second week at #1. (Next week's top new entry, Mariah Carey's Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse, will probably sell in the 65K range, not enough to topple Ghost Stories.) This will mark an improvement over the band's 2011 album Mylo Xyloto, which spent just a single week on top.

Ghost Stories is the first album to sell 300K or more copies in one week in 2014. (The previous best mark for this year was set in February when Eric Church's The Outsiders sold 288K in its first week.) This is the latest in the year that an album has become the year's first to top 300K in weekly sales since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991.

Ghost Stories dislodges The Black Keys's Turn Blue from #1. This marks the first time that rock bands have had back-to-back #1 albums since June, when Black Sabbath's 13 bumped off Queens Of The Stone Age's …Like Clockwork.

Coldplay is the sixth English group to amass four or more #1 albums. The Beatles are out front with 19 #1 albums, followed by the Rolling Stones (nine), Led Zeppelin (seven), Paul McCartney & Wings (five), Pink Floyd (five) and Coldplay. The Fine Print: In addition, McCartney has had two #1 solo albums. I'm not including Fleetwood Mac, which was formed in England but achieved its greatest success with the addition of two American members.

Coldplay's new album sold 245K digital copies, which allows it to enter Top Digital Albums at #1. The group's three most recent albums also topped that chart.

Ghost Stories also enters the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart at #1. All six of the group's studio albums have hit #1 in the U.K. Ghost Stories is the second album to reach #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. so far this year. The first was Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes.

Brantley Gilbert's third studio album, Just As I Am, debuts at #2. It sold 211K copies, a tally that would have put it at #1 in all but three weeks this year. (As noted above, Eric Church's The Outsiders sold 288K when it debuted in February. The Frozen soundtrack sold 259K in its peak week in April.)

This is Gilbert's second top 10 album. Halfway to Heaven reached #4 in March 2010. The album enters Top Country Albums at #1, displacing Rascal Flatts's Rewind. Just As I Am is Gilbert's first #1 country album. (Bill Withers had an album with the same title in 1971. The album spawned the classic "Ain't No Sunshine.")

Michael Jackson's Xscape dips from #2 to #3 in its second week. It pulls ahead of The Black Keys's Turn Blue, which narrowly edged it out for #1 last week. That album drops from #1 to #5 in its second week. After two weeks, Jackson's album has sold 224K copies, compared to 218K for Turn Blue.

Frozen holds at #4 for the second week. This is the album's 22nd week in the top five. 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 26th week. In Japan, the album is #1 for the fifth week (under the title Anna And The Snow Queen.)

Phillip Phillips's sophomore album, Behind The Light, debuts at #7. It's his second top 10 album. The World From The Side Of The Moon debuted and peaked at #4 in November 2012. Phillips is the sixth American Idol champ to make the top 10 with both of his or her first two major-label studio albums. He follows Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks, David Cook and Scotty McCreery. (So exactly half of the first 12 Idol winners have achieved this feat.)

The Fault In Our Stars soundtrack debuts at #8. It enters Top Soundtracks at #2. The album includes tracks by Ed Sheeran, Kodaline, Birdy, Ray LaMontagne and Charli XCX, among others.

"Fancy" by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX moves up to #1 on Top Digital Songs (336K), displacing Azalea's other current smash, Ariana Grande's "Problem," on which she is featured. Azalea is the sixth artist—and just the third female solo artist—to have back-to-back #1 hits on this chart. Will either of these songs be able to dethrone John Legend's "All Of Me" 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: Coldplay's Ghost Stories debuts at #1 (383K). It's their fifth top 10 album … Brantley Gilbert's Just As I Am debuts at #2 (211K). It's his second top 10 album …Michael Jackson's Xscape dips from #2 to #3 in its second week (67K) …The Frozen soundtrack holds at #4 for the second week in its 26th week (65K). This is its 24th week in the top 10 … The Black Keys'sTurn Blue drops from #1 to #5 in its second week (54K).

The Second Five:Now 50 drops from #3 to #6 in its third week (51K) … Phillip Phillips's Behind The Light debuts at #7 (41K). It's his second top 10 album … The Fault In Our Stars soundtrack debuts at #8 (34K) … Iggy Azalea's The New Classic rebounds from #14 to #9 in its fifth week (22K). This is its third week in the top 10 … Rascal Flatts's Rewind drops from #5 to #10 in its second week (22K).

Five albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Dolly Parton's Blue Smoke drops from #6 to #36. Tori Amos's Unrepentant Geraldines tumbles from #7 to #65. Sarah McLachlan's Shine On drops from #8 to #20. Hunter Hayes's Storyline drops from #9 to #23. Michael W. Smith's Sovereign dives from #10 to #48.

The Roots's …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin debuts at #11. (That's one of the strangest album titles I've ever come across.) This is the group's 13th studio album (counting collabos with John Legend and Elvis Costello). It's the group's ninth album to crack the top 20.

Conor Oberst'sninth solo album,Upside Down Mountain, debuts at #19 … R.E.M.'s third live album, Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions, debuts at #21 … Kenny Wayne Shepherd's seventh studio album, Goin' Home, debuts at #25.

Michael Jackson's 2003 compilation Number Ones drops from #28 to #33 in its 177th chart week. The album is #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 30th week.

Metallica's 1991 album Metallica rebounds from #155 to #144 in its 307th chart week. The blockbuster becomes the first album to sell 16 million copies since 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan started tracking music sales. Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack was the first album in the Nielsen SoundScan era to reach both the 10 and 11 million sales plateaus. Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill was the first to reach both 12 million (in February 1997) and 13 million (in August 1998). Shania Twain's Come On Over was the first to reach both 14 million (in September 2001) and 15 million (in August 2004).

X-Men: Days Of Future Past was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. The soundtrack featuring John Ottman's score sold 1K copies, too few to make The Billboard 200.

Rob Zombie's Zombie Horror Picture Show enters Top Music Videos at #1, displacing Barry Manilow's Live From Paris Las Vegas.

Coming Attractions: As noted above, Mariah Carey's Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse will be next week's top new entry at #2 or #3 (60K). Austin Mahone's The Secret will debut around #5 (45K). Crowder's Neon Steeple (22K) and Cher Lloyd's Sorry I'm Late (18K) will either just make or just miss the top 10. Also due: Neil Young's A Letter Home (12K), Royksopp & Robyn's Do It Again (12K), Tedashii's Below Paradise, Kiss's Kiss 40 and The Ready Set's The Bad & The Better.

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Country album sales this week:

www.roughstock.com/blog/country-music-s-top-10-albums-the-week-of-may-28-2014

Country Music's Top 10 Albums: The Week Of May 28, 2014
By: Matt Bjorke
Last Updated: May 28, 2014 1:05 PM

Brantley Gilbert Dominates Country Album sales this week with 212,000 fans taking home “Just As I Am.” The Biggest sales week of his career and one of 2014’s best (in all genres).

Brantley Gilbert’s career soared with Halfway To Heaven when it was released in 2010. Re-issued with bonus tracks by The Valory Music Co. in 2012 helped the album spring a couple #1 hits, platinum and Gold singles and eventually a Platinum certification. It seems as if the new headliner has earned that status as his latest “Just As I Am” is now the 2nd best opening week in Country music in 2014 with 212k albums purchased last week. That’s just behind Eric Church’s 288k for “The Outsiders” earlier this year and the third-best number in all of music for 2014, behind this week’s Coldplay release of “Ghost Stories,” which sold 388k in its first week. Last week’s #1 album, Rascal Flatts’ “Rewind” moves another 22k this week to give them 83k after two weeks in stores. sitting at #3 this week is FLorida Georgia Line’s “Here’s To The Good Times” while Luke Bryan’s “Crash My Party” is at #4. Hunter Hayes rounds out the Top 5 with “Storyline.”

Eric Church’s “The Outsiders” Mud Digger 5 compilation album land in Top 10.

Eric Church once again finds the best-selling country album from 2014 inside the Top 10 albums this week with his latest chart-topping album “The Outsiders.” The star is followed by Dolly Parton’s latest, “Blue Smoke.” Average Joes Entertainment’s latest subculture album “Mud Digger 5,” a soundtrack for the mud-boggin’ folks, debuts at #8 and features LoCash Cowboys, Colt Ford, The Lacs and newcomer Sarah Ross. Meanwhile, #9 holds Dierks Bentley’s “Riser” and #10 holds Blake Shelton’s “Based On A True Story….”

George Strait nearing Gold for “Love is Everything” album.

Cole Swindell’s album rises up the charts this week to lead our notable albums and is the #11 Country album in the USA (at #50). This gives Country music more than ...- of the Top 50 albums from all genres, not too shabby. We next find Jake Owen’s “Days Of Gold,” Justin Moore’s “Off The Beaten Path” and George Strait’s nearly Gold “Love Is Everything.” The album is less than 75k away from Gold and will eventually get there, even if it takes another 40 weeks. Rounding out our rundown of notables is Miranda Lambert’s previous album. “Four The Record” has now nearly scanned Platinum and could very well scan past that number next week, the week her follow-up album, titled “Platinum,” hits stores.

Other Ablum notes: Jerrod Niemann’s “High Noon” has moved 45k in 9 weeks, while Zac Brown Band’s “You Get What You Give” has sold over 1.85 million, “The Foundation” has sold nearly 3.3 million and their third album, “Uncaged,” has scanned over 1.07 million copies to date. Nickel Creek “A Dotted Line” has sold 56k and Scotty McCreery’s album has sold 1,700 more copies to bring sales totals to 233k to date!

[ILLUSION]

GO COLDPLAY!

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Congrats nice to see big weeks like this, I love Coldplay and many of their songs even if I cant sit through a entire album of theirs. 380k and they didnt have to pander to anyone and stayed true to their sound, gotta respect that!!

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WOOHOO GO COLDPLAY

It's going to get that 2nd week at #1 as well, probably a few more weeks too.

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^Miranda Lambert is out next Tuesday. She'll be #1.

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 5/25/14)

1) Coldplay – Ghost Stories –
2) Brantley Gilbert – Just As I Am –
3) Michael Jackson – Xscape –

Other Debuts
7) Phillip Phillips – Behind The Lights –
8) Fault In Our Stars Movie Soundtrack –
11) The Roots – …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin –
19) Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain –
21) R.E.M. – Unplugged 1991/2001: The Complete Sessions -
25) Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Goin’ Home –
37) Mud Digger – Mud Digger 5 –

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Sophomore Studio Albums by Male American Idol Winners/Runners-Up: Total Sales

Can PP's latest rise to season 2 sales levels?

1. Clay Aiken - A Thousand Different Ways - 531,000
2. Ruben Studdard - I Need an Angel - 483,000
3. Scotty McCreery - See You Tonight - 233,000
4. Adam Lambert - Trespassing - 192,000
5. David Cook - This Loud Morning - 130,000
6. David Archuleta - The Other Side of Down - 67,000
7. Bo Bice - See the Light - 62,000
8. Taylor Hicks - The Distance - 52,000
9. Phillip Phillips - Behind the Light - 41,000
10. Kris Allen - Thank You Camelia - 35,000
11. Blake Lewis - Heartbreak on Vinyl - 10,000
12. Lee DeWyze - Frames - 3,000
13. Justin Guarini - Stranger Things Have Happened - never charted

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

Numbers from the 5/31 chart:

Eric Church 582k
Now 49 445k
Eminem 2,108,000
Katy Perry 1,370,000
Kacey Musgraves 417k
Drake 1,562,000
George Strait 425k
Avenged Sevenfold 470k
Tamela Mann 450k
God's Not Dead 418k
Ariana Grande 435k
Fall Out Boy 581k
Lady GaGa 707k
R Kelly 413k

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

[Enigma.]

"Justin Guarini - Stranger Things Have Happened - never charted"
yes it would'd been stranger if that had charted

Ouch at Trespassing though, such a good album. What is the lowest selling #1 album to date (Soundscan era obv)?

[Gary]

Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
2 0 New 1 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
3 2 – 2 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
4 4 2 26 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
5 1 – 2 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
6 3 1 3 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
7 0 New 1 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 7
8 0 New 1 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 8
9 14 15 5 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
10 5 – 2 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
11 0 New 1 ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin, The Roots 11
12 34 41 61 GG Native, OneRepublic 4
13 15 11 77 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
14 12 7 41 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
15 22 14 90 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
16 19 10 34 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
17 13 6 12 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
18 21 21 38 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
19 0 New 1 Upside Down Mountain, Conor Oberst 19
20 8 4 3 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
21 0 New 1 Unplugged 1991/2001: The Complete Sessions, R.E.M. 21
22 35 37 6 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
23 9 3 3 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
24 25 17 4 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
25 0 New 1 Goin' Home, The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 25
26 26 19 31 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
27 30 25 15 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
28 29 18 16 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
29 83 62 54 PS Paramore, Paramore 1
30 17 9 3 Corazon, Santana 9
31 31 30 29 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
32 0 New 1 Forget The World, Afrojack 32
33 28 106 177 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
34 38 34 37 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
35 32 23 5 Honest, Future 2
36 6 – 2 Blue Smoke, Dolly Parton 6
37 42 28 9 Shakira., Shakira 2
38 0 New 1 Mud Digger: Volume 5, Various Artists 38
39 36 24 38 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
40 62 55 121 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
41 56 49 13 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
42 47 26 61 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
43 46 42 6 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
44 43 38 34 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
45 44 33 24 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
46 41 32 8 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
47 27 16 4 Supernova, Ray LaMontagne 3
48 10 – 2 Sovereign, Michael W. Smith 10
49 55 45 10 My Krazy Life, YG 2
50 79 66 14 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
51 33 5 3 Strangeulation, Tech N9ne Collabos 5
52 76 86 278 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 18
53 48 35 6 Testimony, August Alsina 2
54 49 46 12 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
55 148 164 94 +, Ed Sheeran 5
56 54 31 76 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
57 0 New 1 Thank You For All You've Done, Beverly Crawford 57
58 61 44 7 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
59 0 New 1 A Matter Of Trust: The Bridge to Russia: The Concert, Billy Joel 59
60 0 New 1 8, Luis Fonsi 60
61 108 – 9 St. Vincent, St. Vincent 12
62 124 139 306 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
63 69 59 13 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
64 40 13 3 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2: Volume 2, Soundtrack 13
65 7 – 2 Unrepentant Geraldines, Tori Amos 7
66 16 51 37 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
67 64 64 27 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
68 0 New 1 American Football, American Football 68
69 133 146 3 The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx, Foreigner/Styx 69
70 72 47 35 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
71 67 75 98 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
72 73 71 26 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
73 89 83 34 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
74 99 77 28 The 1975, The 1975 28
75 90 85 146 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
76 66 50 13 Morning Phase, Beck 3
77 63 53 6 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
78 0 New 1 California Breed, California Breed 78
79 68 68 125 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 4
80 88 92 167 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
81 77 63 78 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 23
82 20 – 2 The Righteous & The Butterfly, Mushroomhead 20
83 91 69 170 21, Adele 1
84 174 180 279 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
85 96 76 8 Head Or Heart, Christina Perri 4
86 0 Re-Entry 2 The Bridges Of Madison County, Original Broadway Cast Recording 86
87 84 56 28 NOW 48, Various Artists 3
88 70 127 207 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
89 82 128 83 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
90 87 88 33 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
91 154 74 11 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
92 0 New 1 The Voice: The Complete Season 6 Collection, Josh Kaufman 92
93 75 54 6 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
94 100 123 19 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
95 103 94 84 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
96 115 81 39 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
97 110 132 10 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
98 11 – 2 White Women, Chromeo 11
99 195 – 11 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
100 117 36 17 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
101 81 60 9 Out Among The Stars, Johnny Cash 3
102 52 40 9 Help, Erica Campbell 6
103 127 150 6 Lunatic, KONGOS 103
104 98 73 13 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
105 137 148 23 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 15
106 165 130 143 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
107 131 100 24 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
108 111 98 83 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
109 78 171 95 El Camino, The Black Keys 2
110 23 – 2 Down IV: Part II (EP), Down 23
111 57 20 3 Natalie Merchant, Natalie Merchant 20
112 130 103 187 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
113 119 102 8 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
114 128 118 27 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
115 120 67 10 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
116 37 – 2 To Be Kind, Swans 37
117 0 Re-Entry 21 Definitely Maybe, Oasis 58
118 92 – 24 Sinatra: Best Of The Best, Frank Sinatra 23
119 74 82 9 Hymns, Michael W. Smith 25
120 183 168 36 Off The Beaten Path, Justin Moore 2
121 53 – 2 Lighght, Kishi Bashi 53
122 134 122 110 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
123 0 New 1 Evolutionary, War 123
124 193 116 119 Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes 7
125 0 Re-Entry 28 Mystery Girl, Roy Orbison 5
126 152 178 10 Disney Junior: DJ Shuffle, Various Artists 25
127 85 22 3 Magic Mountain, Black Stone Cherry 22
128 146 143 138 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
129 158 160 193 All The Right Reasons, Nickelback 1
130 132 137 12 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
131 145 149 30 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
132 170 – 116 ...Hits, Phil Collins 6
133 51 8 3 Southsiders, Atmosphere 8
134 187 190 58 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
135 123 90 35 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
136 141 189 9 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
137 129 125 11 The Truth, Ledisi 14
138 156 170 189 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
139 80 27 3 Nikki Nack, tUnE-YaRdS 27
140 0 Re-Entry 73 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
141 0 Re-Entry 175 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
142 0 Re-Entry 71 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
143 159 135 10 Recess, Skrillex 4
144 155 200 307 Metallica, Metallica 1
145 149 145 166 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
146 0 Re-Entry 51 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
147 118 78 41 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
148 163 136 44 Love Is Everything, George Strait 2
149 142 119 88 The Truth About Love, P!nk 1
150 0 Re-Entry 265 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9
151 0 Re-Entry 107 A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Coldplay 5
152 93 29 3 I Never Learn, Lykke Li 29
153 0 Re-Entry 61 The World From The Side Of The Moon, Phillip Phillips 4
154 172 199 183 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 7
155 166 169 127 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
156 139 84 36 TRUE, Avicii 5
157 65 12 3 Sheezus, Lily Allen 12
158 112 61 43 All The Little Lights, Passenger 26
159 179 134 9 High Noon, Jerrod Niemann 18
160 186 187 160 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 1
161 138 93 16 WOW Gospel 2014, Various Artists 26
162 150 96 16 Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface 4
163 0 Re-Entry 91 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 1
164 106 97 10 Supermodel, Foster The People 3
165 167 80 85 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
166 162 167 124 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
167 0 Re-Entry 5 Duets, Donnie McClurkin 45
168 164 112 8 Where It All Began, Dan + Shay 6
169 151 114 7 Catacombs Of The Black Vatican, Black Label Society 5
170 0 Re-Entry 69 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
171 0 Re-Entry 5 Settle, Disclosure 38
172 24 – 2 Nabuma Rubberband, Little Dragon 24
173 104 176 145 Brothers, The Black Keys 3
174 199 158 24 Black Panties, R. Kelly 4
175 171 107 5 If We're Honest, Francesca Battistelli 13
176 95 52 4 Passion: Take It All, Passion 4
177 0 Re-Entry 862 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
178 116 – 138 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
179 198 166 5 Pop Psychology, Neon Trees 6
180 189 72 87 Babel, Mumford & Sons 1
181 0 Re-Entry 24 Greatest Hits, Huey Lewis & The News 61
182 59 – 2 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 59
183 161 196 9 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, Soundtrack 30
184 0 Re-Entry 18 My Own Lane, Kid Ink 3
185 0 Re-Entry 106 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert 3
186 176 124 5 You Make Me Brave: Live At The Civic, Bethel Music 10
187 0 Re-Entry 53 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay 1
188 160 89 8 A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek 7
189 0 Re-Entry 178 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
190 184 138 55 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
191 200 156 42 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, Volbeat 9
192 121 109 13 Nashville: Season 2: Volume 1, Soundtrack 34
193 0 Re-Entry 11 Oh, What A Life, American Authors 15
194 0 Re-Entry 106 Meteora, Linkin Park 1
195 0 Re-Entry 50 Golden, Lady Antebellum 1
196 182 – 79 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 98
197 126 70 48 Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend 1
198 0 Re-Entry 32 Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s), Jimmy Buffett 100
199 140 151 32 Days Are Gone, HAIM 6
200 192 184 53 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1

[Gary]

TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
2 0 New 1 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
3 2 – 2 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
4 4 2 26 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
5 1 – 2 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
6 3 1 3 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
7 0 New 1 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 7
8 0 New 1 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 8
9 14 15 5 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
10 5 – 2 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
11 0 New 1 ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin, The Roots 11
12 33 41 61 GG Native, OneRepublic 4
13 15 11 77 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
14 12 7 41 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
15 22 14 90 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
16 19 10 34 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
17 13 6 12 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
18 21 21 38 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
19 0 New 1 Upside Down Mountain, Conor Oberst 19
20 8 4 3 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
21 0 New 1 Unplugged 1991/2001: The Complete Sessions, R.E.M. 21
22 34 37 6 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
23 9 3 3 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
24 25 17 4 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
25 0 New 1 Goin' Home, The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 25
26 26 19 31 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
27 29 25 15 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
28 28 18 16 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
29 74 62 59 PS Paramore, Paramore 1
30 17 9 3 Corazon, Santana 9
31 30 30 29 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
32 0 New 1 Forget The World, Afrojack 32
33 37 34 37 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
34 31 23 5 Honest, Future 2
35 6 – 2 Blue Smoke, Dolly Parton 6
36 41 28 9 Shakira., Shakira 2
37 0 New 1 Mud Digger: Volume 5, Various Artists 37
38 35 24 38 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
39 61 55 121 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
40 55 49 13 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
41 46 26 61 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
42 45 42 6 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
43 42 38 34 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
44 43 33 24 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
45 40 32 8 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
46 27 16 4 Supernova, Ray LaMontagne 3
47 10 – 2 Sovereign, Michael W. Smith 10
48 54 45 10 My Krazy Life, YG 2
49 71 65 14 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
50 32 5 3 Strangeulation, Tech N9ne Collabos 5
51 47 35 6 Testimony, August Alsina 2
52 48 46 12 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
53 53 31 76 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
54 0 New 1 Thank You For All You've Done, Beverly Crawford 54
55 60 44 7 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
56 0 New 1 A Matter Of Trust: The Bridge to Russia: The Concert, Billy Joel 56
57 0 New 1 8, Luis Fonsi 57
58 92 – 10 St. Vincent, St. Vincent 12
59 66 59 13 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
60 39 13 3 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2: Volume 2, Soundtrack 13
61 7 – 2 Unrepentant Geraldines, Tori Amos 7
62 16 51 37 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
63 63 63 28 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
64 112 121 3 The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx, Foreigner/Styx 64
65 67 47 35 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
66 68 68 26 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
67 79 77 37 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
68 85 72 34 The 1975, The 1975 28
69 65 50 13 Morning Phase, Beck 3
70 62 53 6 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
71 0 New 1 California Breed, California Breed 71
72 20 – 2 The Righteous & The Butterfly, Mushroomhead 20
73 82 71 8 Head Or Heart, Christina Perri 4
74 0 Re-Entry 2 The Bridges Of Madison County, Original Broadway Cast Recording 74
75 75 56 28 NOW 48, Various Artists 3
76 78 80 33 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
77 127 70 11 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
78 0 New 1 The Voice: The Complete Season 6 Collection, Josh Kaufman 78
79 70 54 6 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
80 86 105 19 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
81 88 85 84 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
82 98 75 39 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
83 94 110 10 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
84 11 – 2 White Women, Chromeo 11
85 99 36 17 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
86 73 60 9 Out Among The Stars, Johnny Cash 3
87 51 40 9 Help, Erica Campbell 6
88 107 125 9 Lunatic, KONGOS 88
89 84 69 13 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
90 114 123 25 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 13
91 110 90 24 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
92 23 – 2 Down IV: Part II (EP), Down 23
93 56 20 3 Natalie Merchant, Natalie Merchant 20
94 101 92 8 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
95 108 102 27 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
96 102 66 10 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
97 36 – 2 To Be Kind, Swans 36
98 69 76 9 Hymns, Michael W. Smith 25
99 144 139 36 Off The Beaten Path, Justin Moore 2
100 52 – 2 Lighght, Kishi Bashi 52
101 0 New 1 Evolutionary, War 101
102 125 141 10 Disney Junior: DJ Shuffle, Various Artists 24
103 76 22 3 Magic Mountain, Black Stone Cherry 22
104 111 115 24 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
105 121 124 30 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
106 50 8 3 Southsiders, Atmosphere 8
107 147 149 58 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
108 105 82 35 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
109 118 148 10 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
110 109 107 11 The Truth, Ledisi 14
111 72 27 3 Nikki Nack, tUnE-YaRdS 27
112 167 142 84 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
113 129 113 10 Recess, Skrillex 4
114 100 73 45 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
115 132 114 51 Love Is Everything, George Strait 2
116 80 29 3 I Never Learn, Lykke Li 29
117 116 78 36 TRUE, Avicii 5
118 64 12 3 Sheezus, Lily Allen 12
119 95 61 45 All The Little Lights, Passenger 26
120 142 112 9 High Noon, Jerrod Niemann 18
121 115 84 16 WOW Gospel 2014, Various Artists 25
122 123 87 16 Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface 4
123 90 88 10 Supermodel, Foster The People 3
124 0 Re-Entry 7 Duets, Donnie McClurkin 45
125 133 99 8 Where It All Began, Dan + Shay 6
126 124 100 7 Catacombs Of The Black Vatican, Black Label Society 5
127 177 – 17 Settle, Disclosure 38
128 24 – 2 Nabuma Rubberband, Little Dragon 24
129 154 133 24 Black Panties, R. Kelly 4
130 136 95 5 If We're Honest, Francesca Battistelli 13
131 81 52 4 Passion: Take It All, Passion 4
132 153 138 5 Pop Psychology, Neon Trees 6
133 58 – 2 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 58
134 131 154 11 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, Soundtrack 30
135 157 158 20 My Own Lane, Kid Ink 3
136 139 106 5 You Make Me Brave: Live At The Civic, Bethel Music 10
137 130 81 8 A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek 7
138 145 116 60 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
139 155 131 58 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, Volbeat 9
140 103 97 19 Nashville: Season 2: Volume 1, Soundtrack 30
141 164 144 12 Oh, What A Life, American Authors 15
142 198 156 55 Golden, Lady Antebellum 1
143 106 67 53 Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend 1
144 117 126 34 Days Are Gone, HAIM 6
145 149 146 53 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
146 138 127 61 The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake 1
147 151 132 18 2014 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 2
148 0 New 1 Transistor, Soundtrack 148
149 175 160 18 Is There Anybody Out There?, A Great Big World 3
150 0 Re-Entry 5 Nirvana E.P., Sam Smith 110
151 172 – 32 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
152 199 – 6 Onyx, Pop Evil 39
153 159 – 2 Casualties Of Cool, Devin Townsend & Che Aimee Dorval 153
154 156 104 93 Best Days, Tamela Mann 14
155 196 177 53 True Believers, Darius Rucker 2
156 185 198 33 Redneck Crazy, Tyler Farr 5
157 146 79 16 How Mercy Looks From Here, Amy Grant 12
158 44 – 2 One Love, One Rhythm: The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album, Various Artists 44
159 170 108 11 Slow Me Down, Sara Evans 9
160 126 103 31 Bones Of What You Believe, CHVRCHES 12
161 38 – 2 Sylvan Esso, Sylvan Esso 38
162 0 Re-Entry 24 I Am, Yo Gotti 7
163 180 147 14 Voices, Phantogram 11
164 174 166 43 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
165 166 130 7 Duets, Linda Ronstadt 32
166 189 190 27 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 20
167 143 86 28 ARTPOP, Lady Gaga 1
168 91 – 2 Take Me To Church (EP), Hozier 91
169 0 Re-Entry 10 Emerald: Musical Gems, Celtic Woman 29
170 171 93 4 Obsessed, Jim Gaffigan 11
171 163 181 34 Mechanical Bull, Kings Of Leon 2
172 104 39 3 All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs & Voice Of Gregg Allman, Various Artists 39
173 0 New 1 Death, Be Not Proud (EP), Audrey Assad 173
174 96 43 3 Childhood Home, Ben & Ellen Harper 43
175 195 – 14 Ready Set Roll (EP), Chase Rice 16
176 194 162 59 Pioneer, The Band Perry 2
177 137 134 57 I Love You., The Neighbourhood 25
178 148 117 3 Mis 40 En Bellas Artes, Juan Gabriel 117
179 192 136 11 Rise Of An Empire, Young Money 7
180 113 187 3 Neighbors, Soundtrack 113
181 161 165 5 Bluesamericana, Keb' Mo' 56
182 0 Re-Entry 25 From Here To Now To You, Jack Johnson 1
183 200 – 16 Restoring Force, Of Mice & Men 4
184 178 195 28 More Than Just A Dream, Fitz And The Tantrums 26
185 141 91 9 Majestic, Kari Jobe 12
186 140 89 4 Indie Cindy, Pixies 23
187 0 New 1 Lyrical Theology: Part 2: Doxology, Shai Linne 187
188 18 – 50 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
189 191 192 31 A.M., Chris Young 3
190 93 – 2 Blondie 4(0)-Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts Of Download, Blondie 93
191 0 New 1 Dollhouse (EP), Melanie Martinez 191
192 0 New 1 Good To Be Home, Blu 192
193 0 Re-Entry 15 All The People Said Amen, Matt Maher 83
194 0 New 1 Outnumber Hunger: Help Feed Local Familes Now: EP, Various Artists 194
195 176 – 28 See You Tonight, Scotty McCreery 6
196 0 New 1 The Essential R. Kelly, R. Kelly 196
197 179 184 10 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
198 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call A Workout 4, Various Artists 198
199 0 Re-Entry 18 That Girl, Jennifer Nettles 5
200 120 64 4 9 Dead Alive, Rodrigo y Gabriela 22

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 12 264 #1 30 wks Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
2 6 8 1113 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
3 26 28 20 GG +, Ed Sheeran 1
4 19 23 961 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
5 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 American Football, American Football 5
6 2 5 157 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
7 11 7 27 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
8 3 2 21 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 2
9 10 9 91 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
10 7 1 8 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 1
11 12 3 25 21, Adele 1
12 37 38 315 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
13 4 19 285 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
14 9 20 3 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 9
15 45 – 17 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 2
16 32 21 80 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
17 17 10 9 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
18 8 32 23 El Camino, The Black Keys 6
19 21 11 100 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
20 0 New 1 Definitely Maybe, Oasis 20
21 13 – 7 Sinatra: Best Of The Best, Frank Sinatra 3
22 22 18 43 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 5
23 44 15 11 Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes 10
24 0 New 1 Mystery Girl, Roy Orbison 24
25 25 24 320 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
26 30 26 134 All The Right Reasons, Nickelback 4
27 35 – 150 ...Hits, Phil Collins 1
28 29 31 862 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
29 0 Re-Entry 514 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
30 0 Re-Entry 16 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
31 28 45 669 Metallica, Metallica 1
32 27 25 108 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
33 0 Re-Entry 489 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
34 24 17 7 The Truth About Love, P!nk 8
35 46 43 120 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 1
36 0 Re-Entry 116 A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Coldplay 1
37 0 New 1 The World From The Side Of The Moon, Phillip Phillips 37
38 36 44 177 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 1
39 33 30 811 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
40 40 40 74 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 10
41 0 Re-Entry 2 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 41
42 34 6 7 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 6
43 31 29 193 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 1
44 0 Re-Entry 52 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 3
45 16 36 69 Brothers, The Black Keys 1
46 50 – 1107 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
47 18 – 521 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
48 41 4 9 Babel, Mumford & Sons 4
49 0 Re-Entry 13 Greatest Hits, Huey Lewis & The News 2
50 0 Re-Entry 7 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert 29

[Gary]

Digital Albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
2 0 New 1 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
3 0 New 1 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 3
4 1 – 2 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
5 0 New 1 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 5
6 3 3 26 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
7 2 – 2 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
8 7 8 5 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 2
9 20 – 20 GG Native, OneRepublic 4
10 0 New 1 ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin, The Roots 10
11 18 9 86 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
12 0 New 1 Forget The World, Afrojack 12
13 0 New 1 Upside Down Mountain, Conor Oberst 13
14 8 2 3 NOW 50, Various Artists 2
15 24 21 49 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
16 16 10 34 Pure Heroine, Lorde 1
17 17 12 28 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
18 12 – 10 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 3
19 0 Re-Entry 3 Paramore, Paramore 1
20 0 Re-Entry 3 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
21 0 Re-Entry 33 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
22 0 Re-Entry 13 Love In The Future, John Legend 5
23 4 – 2 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 4
24 23 13 4 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 1
25 0 Re-Entry 30 +, Ed Sheeran 2

[Gary]

Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 – 2 #1 2 wks Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
2 0 New 1 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 2
3 0 New 1 American Football, American Football 3
4 2 – 2 Lighght, Kishi Bashi 2
5 6 – 5 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 1
6 5 4 4 A Letter Home, Neil Young 4
7 3 – 2 To Be Kind, Swans 3
8 9 9 31 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
9 0 Re-Entry 29 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
10 8 1 3 Nikki Nack, tUnE-YaRdS 1
11 0 Re-Entry 110 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
12 12 – 2 Easy Pain, Young Widows 12
13 0 Re-Entry 21 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
14 0 Re-Entry 6 St. Vincent, St. Vincent 2
15 0 Re-Entry 0 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 7

[ListenToItTwice]

May 29, 2014 4:09:42 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

What is the lowest selling #1 album to date (Soundscan era obv)?

For a while I was trying to figure that out.. 'Trespassing' is definitely up there, but there's also Amos Lee's 'Mission Bell' to consider. Paul Grien did a feature about this a while back, but enough contenders have come out since then to merit a follow-up.

Here's the previous: music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-what-a-turkey-the-25-worst-selling-1-albums.html

[areyoureadytojump]

New RIAA certs:

John Legend, Love In The Future Gold

[ListenToItTwice]

May 29, 2014 9:24:32 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

New RIAA certs:

John Legend, Love In The Future Gold

Actually certified the exact week it passes 500,000 sales (though who knows when it passed 500k shipments). A rarity these days

[areyoureadytojump]

^I know. Look at Katy Perry, Drake and Eminem above. All over 1 million sold and not even certified Gold. Some labels do not care.

[Enigma.]

157 65 12 3 Sheezus, Lily Allen 12

Sheezus... :(

[Enigma.]

May 29, 2014 9:16:49 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

May 29, 2014 4:09:42 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

What is the lowest selling #1 album to date (Soundscan era obv)?

For a while I was trying to figure that out.. 'Trespassing' is definitely up there, but there's also Amos Lee's 'Mission Bell' to consider. Paul Grien did a feature about this a while back, but enough contenders have come out since then to merit a follow-up.

Here's the previous: music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-what-a-turkey-the-25-worst-selling-1-albums.html

Ooh thanks! 21 (by Omarion to be clear haha) would be considered successful now if it sold 390k.

The top ten on that list would be all new now

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

May 29, 2014 11:23:27 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

157 65 12 3 Sheezus, Lily Allen 12

Sheezus... :(

Well you can't sell without promo and a hit single when you're somebody like her. I was surprised it did as well as it did in its first week to be honest. I'm pretty sure most people in America don't even remember her.