Billboard 200: 8/2/14: Weird Al #1: 104,000

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'Weird Al' Yankovic Gets First No. 1 Album On Billboard 200 with 'Mandatory Fun'
By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | July 23, 2014

After more than 30 years on the charts, comedian-singer "Weird Al" Yankovic earns his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as "Mandatory Fun" debuts atop the list. The album is the first comedy set to top the chart since 1963, and logs the largest sales week for a comedy album since 1994.

"Mandatory Fun" was released July 15 through Way Moby and RCA Records, and sold 104,000 copies in the week ending July 20, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was promoted by a well-receiveddaily viral video campaign that launched Monday, July 14. Starting with his parody of Pharrell's "Happy," Yankovic released eight music videos for the album through the week on various sites, like The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo, Nerdist, College Humor and YouTube.

"Mandatory" is the first comedy album to top the Billboard 200 since Allan Sherman's "My Son, the Nut" spent eight weeks at No. 1 beginning on the chart dated Aug. 31, 1963. A couple of comedy sets came close since then, including Steve Martin's No. 2-peaking "A Wild and Crazy Guy" back in 1978 and a pair of No. 2 Cheech & Chong titles in the early 1970s.


Also, Yankovic's sales week is not only his biggest since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991, it’s also the largest for a comedy album since 1994, when "The Beavis & Butt-Head Experience" sold 118,000 copies in the week ending Jan. 2. That compilation album was presented by the animated duo, and had comedy skits interspersed with rock songs from the likes of Anthrax and Aerosmith. (Beavis and Butt-Head also memorably duetted with Cher on a new rendition of "I Got You Babe.")

In total, "Mandatory Fun" is the third top 10 album for Yankovic, who previously visited the region with 2006's "Straight Outta Lynwood" (No. 10) and his last album, 2011's "Alpocalypse" (No. 9). The latter debuted with 44,000 in its first week — less than half of his new album's first-week sales. (Yankovic's previous best SoundScan-era sales week came when "Lynwood" bowed with 73,000.)

Yankovic leads a debut-filled top four on the Billboard 200, where Jason Mraz's "Yes!" starts at No. 2, Rise Against's "The Black Market" bows at No. 3, and Kidz Bop Kids' "Kidz Bop 26" enters at No. 4. The entire top four has not been populated by debuts since the Oct. 12, 2013 chart, when Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" opened at No. 1.

Mraz was initially in a slight battle with Yankovic for the new No. 1 slot, as industry forecasters suggested both "Yes!" and "Mandatory" would sell around 70,000 to 75,000 copies in their first week. Ultimately, while both albums sold stronger than forecast, "Mandatory" blew past expectations.

That said, "Yes!" is the fourth top 10 album for Mraz and second to reach the No. 2 slot. (He has yet to earn a No. 1.) "Yes!" follows 2012's "Love Is a Four Letter Word," which also debuted and peaked in the runner-up slot, selling 102,000 in its first week.

Rock band Rise Against nets its fourth top 10 album as well, as "The Black Market" opens at No. 3 with 53,000. It follows 2011's "Endgame," which debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 85,000.

Kidz Bop Kids' "Kidz Bop 26" is the fourth and final arrival in the top 10, as the latest in the kids-sing-the-hits series starts with 46,000. It's the 40th charting album for the Kidz Bop franchise and the 19th top 10 for the series. The new set features kid-friendly (and kid-sung) covers of such hits as Pharrell’s "Happy," Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" and One Direction's "Story of My Life."

While earlier Kidz Bop albums mostly featured anonymous studio singers, recent sets have focused on branding named talent. The new album's five young singers (Jayna Brown, Ashlynn Chong, Grant Knoche, Matthew Martinez and Bredia Santoro) are even on tour, with concert dates lined up through October.

The "Frozen" soundtrack spends its 30th straight week in the top five, as it descends 2-5 with 43,000 (down 6 percent). The last album to spend a longer consecutive run in the top five was Adele's "21," which wrapped a 39-week reign in the region on Dec. 3, 2011.

Sam Smith's "In the Lonely Hour" dips 3-6 (35,000; down 17 percent), Ed Sheeran's "x" falls 5-7 (24,000; down 32 percent), the "Now 50" album slips 7-8 (23,000; up 4 percent), and Trey Songz's "Trigga" drops 4-9 (nearly 23,000; down 35 percent).

Blake Shelton closes out the top 10 with his surging "Based On a True Story …" album. It vaults 63-10 with 22,000 — up a whopping 386 percent. The album was sale-priced in the iTunes Store last week for $5.99 and grew by 1,000 percent in overall download sales. To promote the sale pricing, Shelton's Twitter account sent out two Tweets during the week to the country star's 6.8 million followers. His Facebook page, which has 8.3 million likes, also spread the word about the discount.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending July 20) totaled 4.4 million units, up 7 percent compared with the sum lastweek (4.1 million) and down 8 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (4.7 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 133.5 million, down 15 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (156.5 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2013 when: Selena Gomez earned her first No. 1 album with the chart-topping debut of "Stars Dance," selling 97,000 in its first week. The previous week's leader, Jay Z's "Magna Carta … Holy Grail,"fell to No. 2 with 77,000 (down 40 percent).

[areyoureadytojump]

^Billboard left out the sales for Mraz's new album.

EDIT:

Somewhere this was posted:

That said, "Yes!," which sold 81,000 copies, is the fourth top 10 album for Mraz and second to reach the No. 2 slot. (He has yet to earn a No. 1.) "Yes!" follows 2012's "Love Is a Four Letter Word," which also debuted and peaked in the runner-up slot, selling 102,000 in its first week.

[kanimal]

Jul 23, 2014 10:23:06 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^Billboard left out the sales for Mraz's new album.

The Billboard Biz version says 81,000:

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6176723/weird-al-yankovic-gets-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Weird Al Yankovic, Trey Songz, Iggy Azalea, Marsha Ambrosius

by Andres Tardio

posted July 23, 2014

Hip Hop Album Sales: Weird Al Yankovic, Trey Songz, Iggy Azalea, Marsha Ambrosius

In album sales for the week of 07/20/2014, Weird Al Yankovic's "Mandatory Fun" takes #1 as Trey Songz, Marsha Ambrosius, Jason Derulo and Iggy Azalea round out the remaining acts in the Top 22.

This week on the Billboard Hot 200 albums chart, Weird Al Yankovic takes the lead with his first #1 album, Mandatory Fun. Meanwhile, several R&B singers, including Trey Songz, Marsha Ambrosius and Jason Derulo, make waves in the Top 15 and Iggy Azalea continues her Top 25 success despite ghostwriting allegations.

Weird Al Yankovic's Mandatory Fun Hits #1

Weird Al Yankovic has the #1 album in the country with Mandatory Fun, a project that features parodies of several Rap and R&B tracks. The Weird Al effort sold 104,038 units this week, its first week of availability. Mandatory Fun features parodies of some of the year's biggest hits, including "Tacky," a parody of Pharrell's "Happy." Weird Al, who's been making music for approximately three decades, also reimagined Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" as "Handy" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" as "Word Crimes" on the album. Other tracks including Lorde's "Royals" as "Foil" and Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" as "Inactive." This is Weird Al's first #1 album.

Trey Songz's Trigga Dips, Marsha Ambrosius' Friends & Lovers Debuts, Jason Derulo's Talk Dirty Returns

In its third week of availability, Trey Songz's Trigga sold 22,840 copies, a 35 percent decrease in sales from last week's 35,185 units. Overall, Trey Songz has sold 161,733 units of Trigga. This dip in sales also dropped Songz's ranking from #4 last week to #9 this week, allowing the singer to remain in the Top 10. A few slots behind Trigga is Marsha Ambrosius' Friends & Lovers. The album, Ambrosius' latest, debuted on the charts this week at #12 with 17,200 units sold. Meanwhile, Jason Derulo returns to the Top 15 with Talk Dirty. The album, in its 14th week of availability, sold 14,272 copies. This is a 184 percent increase from the 5,031 units it sold last week. Overall, Talk Dirty has sold 154,423 copies.

Iggy Azalea's The New Classic Lands At #22

This week, Iggy Azalea's The New Classic falls to #22 from last week's #16 despite a slight increase in sales. Now in its 13th week of availability, the album sold 13,326 copies, a four percent increase from the 12,820 units it sold last week. Azalea's The New Classic has now sold 246,429 copies overall. Azalea has been dealing with rumors that she has ghostwriters who pen her lyrics. Recently, T.I. has come to the forefront, speaking against these allegations. "I ain’t no ghostwriter," T.I. said. "Iggy got her own ideas and thoughts that she presents to the world her own way. I couldn’t write a lot of the shit she say, you know? I couldn’t put her thoughts into words as articulate as she does. You know what I’m saying? She just has a different way of presenting herself and her art. So, I mean—Now don’t get me wrong, everybody in the studio helps with hooks and certain things like that. That goes for me and any of the other top five rappers, performers…You want the best ideas."

Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Of 07/20/2014

#1. Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun - 104,038 (104,038)

#9. Trey Songz - Trigga - 22,840 (161,733)

#12. Marsha Ambrosius - Friends & Lovers - 17,200 (17,200)

#17. Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty - 14,272 (154,423)

#22. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 13,326 (246,429)

#31. Linkin Park - The Hunting Party - 10,177 (176,555)

#33. Michael Jackson - Xscape - 9,590 (374,246)

#37. John Legend - Love In The Future - 8,192 (576,622)

#48. Pharrell - G I R L - 6,576 (475,929)

#57. August Alsina - Testimony - 5,420 (161,951)

#64. G-Eazy - These Things Happen - 4,898 (66,800)

#65. Beyonce - Beyonce - 4,866 (2,016,846)

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Chart Watch: 10 Weird Facts About 'Weird Al'
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

"Weird Al" Yankovic's Mandatory Fun becomes the first comedy album in more than 50 years to reach #1 on The Billboard 200. The last comedy album to head the chart was Allan Sherman's My Son, The Nut, which wound up an eight-week run on top in October 1963. How long ago was that? John F. Kennedy was in his last weeks as president, Peter, Paul & Mary was the hottest music act in the country and little Al Yankovic was just turning four.

Mandatory Fun, which sold 104K copies this week, is the first comedy album ever to debut at #1. The previous fastest-rising comedy album was Vaughn Meader's The First Family, a spoof of the Kennedy family, which shot to #1 in two weeks in December 1962.

Between 1960 and 1963, five comedy albums hit #1: three by Sherman (My Son, The Folk Singer; My Son, The Celebrity and My Son, The Nut), two by future sitcom legend Bob Newhart (The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart and The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!) and the aforementioned political spoof by Meader.

Yankovic has said that this may be his last full-length album. If that’s the case, he’s literally going out on top. (Of course, the unexpected chart-topping success of this album may prompt him to reconsider.)

To mark the occasion, here are 10 facts about “Weird Al” that you may not know.

1. Yankovic, 54, is the oldest artist ever to reach #1 with a comedy album. The previous oldest was Sherman, who was 38 when he did it. (Yankovic seems younger. I guess finding the humor in things keeps you young.)

2. Mandatory Fun is Yankovic’s third album in a row to crack the top 10. It follows Straight Outta Lynwood (#10 in October 2006) and Alpocalypse (#9 in July 2011). Yankovic is the first comedy artist to amass three top 10 albums since Cheech & Chong, which had three top 10 albums (also in a row) from 1972 through 1974. Just four other comedy artists have landed three top 10 albums (none has had more): Shelly Berman (1959-‘60), Bob Newhart (1960-‘61), Allan Sherman (1962-‘63) and Bill Cosby (1966-‘68).

3. Yankovic landed his first top 20 album ("Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D) in April 1984. That gives him a 30-year span of top 20 albums, unprecedented for a comedy artist.

4. Yankovic first cracked the Hot 100 in April 1983 with “Ricky,” a Lucy-themed parody of Toni Basil's #1 hit “Mickey.” Over the years, Yankovic has amassed 10 Hot 100 hits—not counting songs of his that may well enter the chart today. That's more than many of the acts whose works he has parodied over the years, including Nirvana, Coolio and Robin Thicke.

5. Yankovic’s 1996 album Bad Hair Day sold 1,317,000 copies that year, which remains the calendar-year sales record for a comedy album in the Nielsen SoundScan era. The key track was “Amish Paradise,” a parody of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise.”

6. Yankovic titled his 1987 album Dare To Be Stupid, but his current song, “Word Crimes,” makes being smart seem like the coolest thing in the world. If I were an eighth grade English teacher, I’d play the video in class every day for a week.

7. “Weird Al” is the second artist named Al to land a #1 album. Al Jolson had three #1 albums in the late 1940s. (And that doesn’t even count Alan Jackson or the aforementioned Allan Sherman.)

8. Yankovic owes a debt to Michael Jackson, who gave him permission to parody his #1 hits “Beat It” and “Bad” (as “Eat It” and “Fat”). At the time “Eat It” was released, Yankovic had cracked the Hot 100 just once (with “Ricky”).

9. As noted, this may be Yankovic’s last album. “I think that digital distribution is more the way for me to go: putting out a single at a time, possibly two or three tracks or an EP,” he told NPR’s Tamara Keith. “I don’t know that putting out 12 songs at once in this day and age is the best way for me to get my music out there, because if I’m waiting that long, chances are a lot of the material is going to be somewhat dated by the time it comes out.”

10. To build buzz for the new album, Yankovic released a video a day for eight straight days, echoing Beyonce's campaign for her Beyonce album in December (when she suddenly dropped 14 new songs and 17 videos, via iTunes). But Yankovic told NPR he wasn’t copying the superstar. “You know, a few people have said that,” he said. “(For) my last album, which came out three years ago, I had a video for every single song, and they all came out at once. And nobody said to Beyoncé, ‘Hey, you’re doing a Weird Al, aren’t ya?’”

[forg]

Was hoping Mraz would land his first #1 album but still good enough sales for the album despite no big hit. Glad the #1 sold over 100K too

[HolidayGuy]

Didn't know that about Al and the last album having videos that all came out at once. Pioneer. :'( (though that also may have been done before him).

[Ling-Ling]

Blondie released a video album with videos for every song on the album with Eat To The Beat back in 1979. The first time I'm aware anything like that ever happened. Pretty ahead of it's time, MTV didn't even exist yet.

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Chart Watch: A Triple-Play For "Happy"
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

Pharrell Williams's megahit “Happy” is featured on three albums in this week's top 10. A "Weird Al" Yankovic parody, titled “Tacky,” is featured on Mandatory Fun, which enters The Billboard 200 at #1. Kidz Bop Kids perform the song on Kidz Bop 26, which debuts at #4. And Williams’ original version is included on Now 50, a former #1 album which dips from #7 to #8 this week.

"Happy" is also featured on Williams’ own album, GIRL, which debuted and peaked at #2 in March.

That’s impressive coverage. The irresistable smash is no more than two weeks away from hitting the 6 million mark in digital sales.

Jason Mraz's Yes! is an very optimistic title. As it turns out, it was a shade too optimistic. The album debuts at #2 behind Mandatory Fun. It’s Mraz’s second album in a row to open in the runner-up slot. (The balladeer has yet to hit #1.) His previous album, Love Is A Four Letter Word, debuted and peaked at #2 in April 2012. (Mraz probably muttered a four-letter word when he heard he wasn’t going to make #1 this week, but I doubt it was “love.”)

Mraz’s album sold 81K copies, compared to 104K for Mandatory Fun,which is the first comedy album in more than 50 years to reach #1. (We posted a separate blog about Yankovic’s album. If you missed it, here’s a link.)

Incidentally, Yes! has charted higher than any album by the band Yes. The group reached its chart peak in October 1972 when Close To The Edge hit #3. (By coincidence, the band will chart with a new album, Heaven & Earth, next week.)

Rise Against’s seventh studio album, The Black Market, debuts at #3 (53K). It’s the band’s third album in a row to make the top five.

Kidz Bop Kids's Kidz Bop 26 debuts at #4 (46K). It’s the 19th top 10 album in this series, which is a total topped by only one franchise in chart history. That’s Now, which has spun off 56 top 10 albums. Other massively successful franchises include Glee (15 albums and EPs made the top 10 from 2009 through 2013), Grammy Nominees (13 editions have cracked the top 10 from 1999 through 2014) and Mitch Miller & The Gang's Sing Along With Mitch (13 volumes using that title made the top 10 from 1958 to 1962).

You may have noticed that all of the albums in this week’s top four are debuts. It’s the first time that has happened since the week ending Sept. 29, when the top four were Drake's Nothing Was The Same, Kings of Leon's Mechanical Bull, Cher's Closer To The Truth and Elton John's The Diving Board.

The Frozen soundtrack drops from #2 to #5 (43K). This is the album’s consecutive 30th week in the top five. That’s the longest continuous run in the top five since Adele's 21 spent its first 39 weeks in the top five in 2011. It’s the longest continuous run in the top five for a soundtrack from a theatrically-released movie since Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard spent its first 30 weeks in the top five in 1992-1993. (The Bodyguard spent one additional week in the top five following Houston’s death in 2012.) Frozen is #1 on Top Soundtracks for the 34th week.

Ed Sheeran'sx drops from #5 to #7 in its fourth week (24K). It logs its fourth week at #1 on The U.K.’s Official Albums Chart. That’s the longest run at #1 in the U.K. since Robbie Williams's Swings Both Ways spent four non-consecutive weeks on top from November into January.

Blake Shelton's Based On A True Story… rebounds from #63 to #10 in its 69th week, due to a $5.99 sale in the iTunes store. It returns to #1 on Top Country Albums for its sixth week on top. And here’s where it gets interesting. Shelton’s album dislodges the latest by his wife, Miranda Lambert. Platinum had spent five weeks on top. What can he tell her? “Sorry, honey. It was nothing personal.”

Morrissey lands his fourth top 20 album with World Peace Is None Of Your Business. He previously cracked the top 20 with 1994’s Vauxhall And I, 2004’s You Are The Quarry and 2009’s Years Of Refusal. Morrissey first charted more than 30 years ago (in May 1984) with his band, The Smiths. The band’s highest-charting album was its fourth and final studio album, Strangeways, Here We Come, which reached #55 in October 1987.

Coming Attractions: The first full-length album by 5 Seconds Of Summer will debut at #1 next week with sales in the 250K to 275K range.

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Country album sales this week:

roughstock.com/news/country-album-sales-report-july-23-2014/

[CookyMonzta]

Jul 23, 2014 11:17:19 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

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Chart Watch: 10 Weird Facts About 'Weird Al'
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch
...
9. As noted, this may be Yankovic’s last album. “I think that digital distribution is more the way for me to go: putting out a single at a time, possibly two or three tracks or an EP,” he told NPR’s Tamara Keith. “I don’t know that putting out 12 songs at once in this day and age is the best way for me to get my music out there, because if I’m waiting that long, chances are a lot of the material is going to be somewhat dated by the time it comes out.”
...

Weird Al sees the writing on the wall. With album sales in rapid decline, how soon will it be before A-list artists follow suit and get out of the album business completely?

I got a feeling the major labels will be very reluctant, hesitant, and even defiant, in allowing their top artists (or any artist, for that matter) to release singles only. What is the value of a single, compared to that of an album? How many singles were sold (physical and digital) last year?

[areyoureadytojump]

WHY are posters going on and on about the death of the album?

133 million albums have been sold in 2014!

Albums will be here at the end of 2014.

In 2015...

Weird Al has now said the success of his album MF has made him re-think his EP strategy.

[onebuffalo]

Jul 23, 2014 17:30:35 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

WHY are posters going on and on about the death of the album?

133 million albums have been sold in 2014!

Albums will be here at the end of 2014.

In 2015...

Weird Al has now said the success of his album MF has made him re-think his EP strategy.

I say bring back the eight track!

[CookyMonzta]

Jul 23, 2014 17:30:35 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

WHY are posters going on and on about the death of the album?

133 million albums have been sold in 2014!

Albums will be here at the end of 2014.

In 2015...

Weird Al has now said the success of his album MF has made him re-think his EP strategy.

Because digital album sales are not making up (not even close) for the well-documented decline in physical album sales. 133 million (probably 250 million at year's end) is a paltry number, compared even to a decade ago.

As far as I know, the digital singles market is where most of the action is today, and it is cannibalizing the album market; but when last I checked (which was quite some time ago), not nearly enough singles are being sold for the labels to cover the losses from their weakening album sales. The only place where I think album sales seem to be more stable is in the catalog market.

[areyoureadytojump]

^But, it is NOT a decade ago.

It is 2014.

NOT 2000.

You seem to be salivating over this.

It's weird.

Album sales are down, but people should not be freaking out about it.

The #1 album next week is going to sell 250k+.

We have a whole bunch of big releases coming out.

No need to panic and go on and on and on and on...

[CookyMonzta]

Jul 23, 2014 20:34:59 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^But, it is NOT a decade ago.

It is 2014.

NOT 2000.

You seem to be salivating over this.

It's weird.

Album sales are down, but people should not be freaking out about it.

The #1 album next week is going to sell 250k+.

We have a whole bunch of big releases coming out.

No need to panic and go on and on and on and on...

I don't need to salivate over anything, because at the beginning of the decade I knew how much worse it would get. I used to discuss my predictions with guys who were far more knowledgeable in the crappy state the industry was in, and knew it was coming long before I did.

The industry made its bed, and if they still can't adapt quickly enough to cut their losses (and I wonder if that is still the case), they'll suffocate in it. The singles market is where it needs to focus more of its energy.

You're right about one thing: It ain't 2000 anymore. The industry today seems to be a shell of itself even with streaming/digital technology. Sales figures for the next number 1 album are irrelevant to the big picture (for which, as you know, these are the days when many number 1 albums are capable of dropping like anvils, completely defeating the purpose of going to number 1 except for bragging rights, which amount to diddly-squat if 2nd-week sales fall by at least 2/3); namely, overall sales, which we will see at year's end yet again. 2020 is going to be very interesting, especially if my predictions for the end of this decade are ever closer to becoming reality.

It is not the public who should panic; it is the industry itself (the majors, to be specific). The only people I feel sorry for are the people who used to run the retail outlets and superstores, so many of which have long-since closed. Fortunately we have sites like eBay, where I find plenty of what I want.

[Gary]

LOL - the album may be declining but it is not dying. Not sure it ever will.


The song and dance we do every week about album sales declines and the sad state of the music industry has been part of this site for years, yet we are still here talking about it, so it ain't dead yet. 5 Seconds of Summer will hit big next week, which proves, if you bring it, they will come.

The new release schedule has been pretty close to dead for a while but that should change as we start to move to the latter part of the year. If the industry puts nothing of interest out there, no one will buy anything - pretty simple.

Album sales will still continue to decline for probably quite a while but it will not die completely. Right now, the "in" thing is for people to rent their music instead of buying it. That will peak at some point and decline too.   Eventually people will discover that once you stop paying the subscription rates, the muic all goes away.

 The common theme though is that people who want the music are still getting it likely in quantities as big as ever.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I don't think the concept of 'the album' will ever die either. I mean, people have been screaming fits over the decline in album sales since 2001 or whatever but personally, I've been buying more music than ever over the last few years. Most of it on CD but it doesn't matter if it's CD, digital, streaming, artists are still making full albums. The difference now is that people have a choice of whether to do full albums or select tracks or just singles from them. I'd be concerned over the death of 'the album' if I were having trouble finding good artists putting out good albums but I'm really not.
Music sales declines have definitely had its effect on the industry but it hasn't effected the music itself, or at least the creation of music. How it's made and promoted and how the artists work might have changed, but the music itself is still being made available.

[CookyMonzta]

Jul 23, 2014 22:15:09 GMT -5 Gary said:

LOL - the album may be declining but it is not dying. Not sure it ever will.


The song and dance we do every week about album sales declines and the sad state of the music industry has been part of this site for years, yet we are still here talking about it, so it ain't dead yet. 5 Seconds of Summer will hit big next week, which proves, if you bring it, they will come.

The new release schedule has been pretty close to dead for a while but that should change as we start to move to the latter part of the year. If the industry puts nothing of interest out there, no one will buy anything - pretty simple.

Album sales will still continue to decline for probably quite a while but it will not die completely. Right now, the "in" thing is for people to rent their music instead of buying it. That will peak at some point and decline too.   Eventually people will discover that once you stop paying the subscription rates, the muic all goes away.

 The common theme though is that people who want the music are still getting it likely in quantities as big as ever.

Yup. They're getting their fix from YouTube, from Internet/wi-fi radio, from their favorite streaming service, and from other places where the fat cats have less of a say. They're getting it from used retailers, which, if I'm not mistaken, the majors tried to kill off.

And that leads me to something I saw, a year and a half ago, which I would like to see happen to the industry:

The State of the Music Industry

And someone applied commentary to the comic strip:

Keithpp's Blog - The State of the Music Industry

Who holds the copyright to every song an artist puts out, especially for a major label? The artist? The songwriter? The producer? Unless I missed something over the last decade and a half, the answer is no! As far as I know, the record label or company holds the copyright, all 100% of it.

As I see it, the time must come sooner where copyright control is centered around the people who created the music; the artist, songwriter and producer. I might be a few years out of step here, but as I understand it, the only thing the label does is distribute and promote the material. But what if a label provides almost no promotion whatsoever, and either shelves the material or releases it with zero fanfare? More often than not, it happens with the majors.

For that, I propose that the labels get no more than 25% of copyright control, with the rest going to the people who create the music. Am I missing something here?

[CookyMonzta]

Jul 23, 2014 23:21:04 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

I don't think the concept of 'the album' will ever die either. I mean, people have been screaming fits over the decline in album sales since 2001 or whatever but personally, I've been buying more music than ever over the last few years. Most of it on CD but it doesn't matter if it's CD, digital, streaming, artists are still making full albums. The difference now is that people have a choice of whether to do full albums or select tracks or just singles from them. I'd be concerned over the death of 'the album' if I were having trouble finding good artists putting out good albums but I'm really not.
Music sales declines have definitely had its effect on the industry but it hasn't effected the music itself, or at least the creation of music. How it's made and promoted and how the artists work might have changed, but the music itself is still being made available.

The music itself has nothing to do with how the fat cats operate within the industry. The music will still be there, although not as tightly controlled by the fat cats as it used to be. In my opinion, the smaller the far cats' piece of the pie, the better, for they alone are responsible for the industry's decline...

Which leads me to this: There must be an easier way for artists to get out of a bad contract, or one that has gone sour (in some cases, even before the first album is finished). It seems that most of the trouble happens to artists attached to a major label.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Oh, I agree. I've said before that if the recording industry as we knew it collapsed, it wouldn't necessarily have to be such a terrible thing. It's a shame that music itself has become seen as being disposable and that artists have to resort to other methods of income in order to sustain themselves but when it comes to just the music, and finding good music, as a music fan I'm not particularly concerned that good music will stop reaching my ears. As a chart fan, I do get concerned because the decreasing sales numbers (and increasing airplay numbers for fewer songs) make things seem so bleak.

[CookyMonzta]

Jul 23, 2014 23:57:37 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Oh, I agree. I've said before that if the recording industry as we knew it collapsed, it wouldn't necessarily have to be such a terrible thing. It's a shame that music itself has become seen as being disposable and that artists have to resort to other methods of income in order to sustain themselves but when it comes to just the music, and finding good music, as a music fan I'm not particularly concerned that good music will stop reaching my ears. As a chart fan, I do get concerned because the decreasing sales numbers (and increasing airplay numbers for fewer songs) make things seem so bleak.

Assuming the average indie budget is manageable enough that they can survive under any circumstances (which I believe most indies can, because their budgets are quite small compared to the majors), I would think it is the big labels that would go belly-up first, especially if sales sink to levels so low that they are not bringing in enough money to maintain their big machine, and they can't afford to downsize to a fever-pitch. When too many artists from a major are selling, on average, as few copies as the average indie album, the Grim Reaper for that major can't be too far behind, while the indies stay put.

And yes, radio is complicit in the decline of the music industry. Twenty-five years ago, a typical CHR playlist would have as many as 200 songs, if not more; and such a station would play as many as 100 of them on any given day. I have not listened to conventional radio in years, and I don't even know if they still have open playlists; but when last I checked, the more recent playlists don't have much more than 30 or 40 songs, which they play repeatedly, at a ridiculous rate, over the course of a day.

I listen to Internet/wi-fi radio now, because the variety at many of their stations is far more thorough, and I doubt that the majors can impose its muscle on wi-fi radio as easily as it does AM/FM radio.

Did I say the music industry is dying? I don't think so. I did say that the industry is in decline, which doesn't necessarily mean it's dying. But the major labels seem to be closer to dying, as some artists are now starting to recognize that they don't need the majors to have a fairly decent career. That is what the fat cats are afraid of, as exemplified by The Oatmeal comic I presented 3 posts back.

[areyoureadytojump]

New RIAA certs:

Miranda Lambert, Gold

www.billboard.com/biz/charts/country-albums

Now 50, Gold

www.billboard.com/biz/charts/compilation-albums

[Gary]

BB200 8/2

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Mandatory Fun, Weird Al Yankovic 1
2 0 New 1 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
3 0 New 1 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
4 0 New 1 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
5 2 5 34 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
6 3 3 5 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
7 5 2 4 x, Ed Sheeran 1
8 7 11 11 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
9 4 1 3 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
10 63 50 69 GG Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
11 0 New 1 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11
12 0 New 1 Friends & Lovers, Marsha Ambrosius 12
13 9 7 7 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
14 0 New 1 World Peace Is None Of Your Business, Morrissey 14
15 11 12 9 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
16 0 New 1 You Can't Stop Me, Suicide Silence 16
17 54 46 14 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
18 10 8 5 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
19 1 – 2 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
20 29 30 42 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
21 6 – 2 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
22 16 19 13 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
23 30 44 3 Begin Again, Soundtrack 23
24 14 14 9 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
25 20 20 49 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
26 22 35 69 Native, OneRepublic 4
27 15 – 2 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
28 21 18 4 Jersey Boys: Music From Motion Picture And Broadway Musical, Soundtrack 15
29 0 New 1 Wild Animals, Trampled By Turtles 29
30 12 6 3 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
31 23 16 5 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
32 25 25 85 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
33 18 21 10 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
34 24 17 6 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
35 130 199 49 PS The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
36 33 42 98 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
37 31 39 46 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
38 32 24 7 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 10
39 88 84 14 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
40 0 New 1 No Sleep, Volumes 40
41 38 31 10 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
42 19 4 3 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
43 0 New 1 Wish I Was Here, Soundtrack 43
44 36 – 2 CSNY 1974, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 36
45 28 10 3 Thanks For Listening, Colt Ford 10
46 37 34 45 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
47 0 New 1 Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt 47
48 35 29 20 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
49 42 38 23 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
50 45 36 39 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
51 90 70 6 Vans Warped Tour '14: 2014 Tour Compilation, Various Artists 42
52 17 – 2 CSNY 1974 (Deluxe), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 17
53 141 151 13 Settle, Disclosure 38
54 34 33 5 The Very Best Of, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons 33
55 74 64 12 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
56 46 48 129 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
57 44 23 14 Testimony, August Alsina 2
58 65 67 84 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
59 47 37 7 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 31
60 57 59 46 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
61 40 28 9 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
62 0 New 1 Yesterdays, Pennywise 62
63 8 – 2 Sound Of Change, Dirty Heads 8
64 43 26 4 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
65 71 65 32 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
66 98 117 32 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
67 51 58 21 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
68 106 104 31 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 15
69 48 15 3 Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show 15
70 64 55 37 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
71 61 54 16 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
72 62 57 10 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
73 52 63 24 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
74 0 New 1 GarciaLive: Volume Four, March 22nd 1978, Veteran's Hall, Jerry Garcia Band 74
75 68 56 49 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 1
76 93 96 195 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
77 91 81 22 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
78 60 49 102 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 7
79 59 45 105 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 1
80 0 Re-Entry 217 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
81 70 62 286 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 18
82 116 87 62 Paramore, Paramore 1
83 0 New 1 No Fools, No Fun, Puss N Boots 83
84 0 New 1 Jungle, Jungle 84
85 0 Re-Entry 29 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
86 67 52 7 Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win, 50 Cent 4
87 97 100 18 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
88 76 76 14 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
89 75 43 21 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
90 66 51 5 Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson 5
91 77 77 34 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
92 53 32 4 Once More 'Round The Sun, Mastodon 6
93 83 90 42 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
94 58 47 4 Fuego, Phish 7
95 84 133 47 Eye On It, tobyMac 1
96 50 13 3 No Other Name, Hillsong 13
97 107 92 154 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
98 96 83 43 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
99 72 68 9 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 7
100 87 69 42 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
101 41 9 3 Paula, Robin Thicke 9
102 108 – 3 Gypsy Heart: Side A (EP), Colbie Caillat 32
103 140 143 21 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
104 56 74 27 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
105 103 101 178 21, Adele 1
106 122 119 25 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
107 115 121 66 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
108 95 72 314 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
109 85 71 11 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
110 111 102 175 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
111 27 – 2 Ashes To Ashes, Chelsea Grin 27
112 104 89 91 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
113 73 131 91 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
114 129 79 185 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
115 118 115 21 Morning Phase, Beck 3
116 132 134 36 The 1975, The 1975 28
117 120 109 11 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
118 86 61 35 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
119 99 78 102 +, Ed Sheeran 5
120 123 108 86 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 23
121 92 27 3 1969 - Siempre: En Vivo Desde Monterrey: Parte 2, Jenni Rivera 27
122 105 93 41 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
123 149 139 14 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
124 152 – 3 Sylvan Esso, Sylvan Esso 39
125 125 120 118 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
126 89 40 4 Bridges, Joe 17
127 113 116 47 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
128 39 – 2 Beautiful Goodbye, Richard Marx 39
129 0 Re-Entry 3 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 59
130 79 53 5 A.K.A., Jennifer Lopez 8
131 134 112 146 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
132 94 97 174 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
133 117 106 17 Shakira., Shakira 2
134 69 – 2 Fall For You, Leela James 69
135 145 126 197 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
136 167 154 18 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
137 0 Re-Entry 180 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
138 100 111 870 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
139 0 Re-Entry 99 We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., Jason Mraz 3
140 147 – 46 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
141 126 85 18 My Krazy Life, YG 2
142 143 142 92 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
143 135 99 180 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
144 193 187 19 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
145 150 137 106 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
146 81 – 2 CSNY 1974 (Selections), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 81
147 121 95 5 Mali Is, Mali Music 16
148 138 122 8 The Secret (EP), Austin Mahone 5
149 127 129 186 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
150 157 160 35 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
151 0 Re-Entry 13 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
152 173 157 215 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
153 148 145 135 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
154 112 156 14 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
155 0 Re-Entry 61 Greatest Hits, James Taylor 15
156 0 New 1 Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Audra McDonald 156
157 0 Re-Entry 21 Greatest Hits, Boston 47
158 0 New 1 Life Reaper, I The Breather 158
159 110 132 273 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9
160 0 Re-Entry 8 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
161 156 144 287 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
162 165 178 43 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
163 170 190 94 The Truth About Love, P!nk 1
164 0 New 1 Phantom, Betraying The Martyrs 164
165 163 147 151 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
166 182 173 16 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
167 169 168 6 Stay Gold, First Aid Kit 23
168 186 123 20 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
169 155 193 129 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
170 162 138 201 All The Right Reasons, Nickelback 1
171 133 118 63 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
172 160 159 95 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 98
173 158 140 168 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 1
174 124 80 8 Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse, Mariah Carey 3
175 0 Re-Entry 30 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
176 153 171 6 The Rockville LP, O.A.R. 13
177 180 – 156 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
178 175 165 315 Metallica, Metallica 1
179 139 88 143 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
180 188 – 11 Supernova, Ray LaMontagne 3
181 159 167 36 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 109
182 192 135 54 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey 10
183 146 130 99 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 1
184 177 166 9 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 166
185 131 66 5 while(1<2), deadmau5 9
186 179 – 179 1, The Beatles 1
187 0 Re-Entry 34 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz 2
188 0 Re-Entry 54 I Love You., The Neighbourhood 25
189 195 195 56 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 94
190 0 Re-Entry 29 Sinatra: Best Of The Best, Frank Sinatra 23
191 0 Re-Entry 213 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 2
192 181 161 133 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 4
193 0 Re-Entry 16 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
194 185 155 11 The Best Of The Commodores: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Commodores 155
195 161 107 13 Honest, Future 2
196 0 Re-Entry 48 All The Little Lights, Passenger 26
197 187 – 7 Chef, Soundtrack 160
198 136 186 162 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem 1
199 199 181 88 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
200 0 Re-Entry 17 Is There Anybody Out There?, A Great Big World 3

[Gary]

Catalog 8/2

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 5 #1 4 wks The Very Best Of, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons 1
2 4 4 7 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 2
3 8 16 108 GG Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
4 3 3 48 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 3
5 2 2 70 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 2
6 0 Re-Entry 197 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 2
7 5 6 1121 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
8 7 33 6 Eye On It, tobyMac 6
9 15 14 35 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
10 13 19 33 21, Adele 1
11 10 7 969 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
12 17 20 99 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
13 14 13 11 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 9
14 6 31 17 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
15 21 10 272 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
16 11 9 28 +, Ed Sheeran 1
17 18 21 16 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 1
18 19 25 51 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 5
19 22 23 328 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
20 9 17 116 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
21 27 27 870 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
22 0 Re-Entry 518 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
23 12 22 1115 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
24 0 Re-Entry 48 We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., Jason Mraz 10
25 23 18 112 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
26 30 35 165 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
27 20 29 57 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 2
28 41 42 293 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
29 29 39 819 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
30 0 Re-Entry 726 Greatest Hits, James Taylor 1
31 0 Re-Entry 45 Greatest Hits, Boston 7
32 16 32 128 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 1
33 33 38 323 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
34 40 – 10 The Truth About Love, P!nk 8
35 38 40 88 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
36 32 – 197 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 1
37 37 36 142 All The Right Reasons, Nickelback 4
38 36 43 121 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
39 34 37 82 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 10
40 47 – 389 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
41 43 46 676 Metallica, Metallica 1
42 25 12 524 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
43 35 48 47 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 4
44 0 Re-Entry 5 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey 13
45 28 30 10 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 8
46 44 47 11 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 31
47 46 – 447 1, The Beatles 1
48 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz 48
49 0 Re-Entry 24 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 18
50 0 Re-Entry 12 Sinatra: Best Of The Best, Frank Sinatra 3

[Gary]

Digital Albums 8/2

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Mandatory Fun, Weird Al Yankovic 1
2 0 New 1 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
3 0 New 1 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
4 0 Re-Entry 20 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
5 3 11 34 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
6 2 4 5 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
7 0 New 1 Strange Desire, Bleachers 7
8 4 3 4 x, Ed Sheeran 1
9 0 Re-Entry 6 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
10 0 New 1 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 10
11 5 1 3 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
12 0 New 1 Friends & Lovers, Marsha Ambrosius 12
13 11 17 3 GG Begin Again, Soundtrack 11
14 1 – 2 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
15 0 Re-Entry 7 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
16 0 Re-Entry 39 Pure Heroine, Lorde 1
17 14 12 13 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 2
18 13 – 26 Native, OneRepublic 4
19 17 – 8 NOW 50, Various Artists 2
20 0 New 1 Wish I Was Here, Soundtrack 20
21 0 New 1 Lunatic, KONGOS 21
22 8 2 3 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 2
23 0 New 1 World Peace Is None Of Your Business, Morrissey 23
24 15 13 9 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
25 12 7 5 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 2

[Gary]

TCA 8/2

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Mandatory Fun, Weird Al Yankovic 1
2 0 New 1 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
3 0 New 1 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
4 0 New 1 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
5 2 5 34 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
6 3 3 5 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
7 5 2 4 x, Ed Sheeran 1
8 7 11 11 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
9 4 1 3 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
10 60 47 69 GG Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
11 0 New 1 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11
12 0 New 1 Friends & Lovers, Marsha Ambrosius 12
13 9 7 7 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
14 0 New 1 World Peace Is None Of Your Business, Morrissey 14
15 11 12 9 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
16 0 New 1 You Can't Stop Me, Suicide Silence 16
17 53 44 14 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
18 10 8 5 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
19 1 – 2 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
20 29 30 42 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
21 6 – 2 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
22 16 19 13 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
23 30 43 3 Begin Again, Soundtrack 23
24 14 14 9 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
25 20 20 49 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
26 22 34 69 Native, OneRepublic 4
27 15 – 2 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
28 21 18 4 Jersey Boys: Music From Motion Picture And Broadway Musical, Soundtrack 15
29 0 New 1 Wild Animals, Trampled By Turtles 29
30 12 6 3 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
31 23 16 5 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
32 25 25 85 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
33 18 21 10 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
34 24 17 6 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
35 109 134 53 PS The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
36 33 41 98 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
37 31 38 46 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
38 32 24 7 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 8
39 81 73 17 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
40 0 New 1 No Sleep, Volumes 40
41 37 31 10 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
42 19 4 3 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
43 0 New 1 Wish I Was Here, Soundtrack 43
44 35 – 2 CSNY 1974, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 35
45 28 10 3 Thanks For Listening, Colt Ford 10
46 36 33 45 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
47 0 New 1 Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt 47
48 34 29 20 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
49 41 37 23 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
50 44 35 39 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
51 83 64 6 Vans Warped Tour '14: 2014 Tour Compilation, Various Artists 38
52 17 – 2 CSNY 1974 (Deluxe), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 17
53 116 111 25 Settle, Disclosure 38
54 68 58 12 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
55 45 46 129 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
56 43 23 14 Testimony, August Alsina 2
57 62 61 84 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
58 46 36 7 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 28
59 56 55 46 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
60 39 28 9 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
61 0 New 1 Yesterdays, Pennywise 61
62 8 – 2 Sound Of Change, Dirty Heads 8
63 42 26 4 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
64 66 59 32 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
65 88 93 32 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
66 50 54 21 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
67 92 84 33 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 13
68 47 15 3 Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show 15
69 61 52 37 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
70 58 51 16 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
71 59 53 10 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
72 51 57 24 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
73 0 New 1 GarciaLive: Volume Four, March 22nd 1978, Veteran's Hall, Jerry Garcia Band 73
74 84 71 22 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
75 99 76 67 Paramore, Paramore 1
76 0 New 1 No Fools, No Fun, Puss N Boots 76
77 0 New 1 Jungle, Jungle 77
78 156 169 56 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
79 64 49 7 Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win, 50 Cent 4
80 87 82 18 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
81 70 68 14 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
82 69 42 21 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
83 63 48 5 Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson 5
84 71 69 34 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
85 52 32 4 Once More 'Round The Sun, Mastodon 6
86 77 77 42 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
87 57 45 4 Fuego, Phish 7
88 49 13 3 No Other Name, Hillsong 13
89 86 72 43 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
90 67 62 9 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 7
91 80 63 45 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
92 40 9 3 Paula, Robin Thicke 9
93 93 – 4 Gypsy Heart: Side A (EP), Colbie Caillat 29
94 115 106 21 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
95 55 66 27 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
96 105 95 25 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
97 98 96 66 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
98 78 65 11 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
99 27 – 2 Ashes To Ashes, Chelsea Grin 27
100 101 91 21 Morning Phase, Beck 3
101 111 101 42 The 1975, The 1975 28
102 103 88 11 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
103 79 56 36 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
104 85 27 3 1969 - Siempre: En Vivo Desde Monterrey: Parte 2, Jenni Rivera 27
105 91 79 41 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
106 120 103 14 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
107 122 192 6 Sylvan Esso, Sylvan Esso 38
108 82 39 4 Bridges, Joe 17
109 96 92 47 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
110 38 – 2 Beautiful Goodbye, Richard Marx 38
111 183 200 7 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 58
112 73 50 5 A.K.A., Jennifer Lopez 8
113 100 86 17 Shakira., Shakira 2
114 65 – 2 Fall For You, Leela James 65
115 129 114 18 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
116 119 161 55 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
117 107 74 18 My Krazy Life, YG 2
118 117 105 92 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
119 140 130 32 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
120 75 – 2 CSNY 1974 (Selections), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 75
121 104 80 5 Mali Is, Mali Music 16
122 114 97 8 The Secret (EP), Austin Mahone 5
123 124 117 35 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
124 145 138 15 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
125 95 115 14 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
126 0 New 1 Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Audra McDonald 126
127 0 New 1 Life Reaper, I The Breather 127
128 172 187 18 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
129 127 125 43 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
130 0 New 1 Phantom, Betraying The Martyrs 130
131 134 123 16 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
132 130 120 6 Stay Gold, First Aid Kit 20
133 136 98 20 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
134 112 94 68 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
135 106 70 8 Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse, Mariah Carey 3
136 159 184 40 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
137 123 122 6 The Rockville LP, O.A.R. 13
138 138 157 12 Supernova, Ray LaMontagne 3
139 110 60 5 while(1<2), deadmau5 9
140 0 Re-Entry 62 I Love You., The Neighbourhood 25
141 158 128 19 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
142 125 87 13 Honest, Future 2
143 170 156 53 All The Little Lights, Passenger 26
144 137 137 8 Chef, Soundtrack 121
145 0 Re-Entry 25 Is There Anybody Out There?, A Great Big World 3
146 135 150 61 Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend 1
147 139 126 59 Love Is Everything, George Strait 2
148 126 155 16 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
149 0 Re-Entry 32 ARTPOP, Lady Gaga 1
150 133 181 44 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
151 121 75 4 Nothing More, Nothing More 33
152 192 182 52 Sempiternal, Bring Me The Horizon 11
153 147 140 39 A.M., Chris Young 3
154 141 141 67 Pioneer, The Band Perry 2
155 148 139 28 My Own Lane, Kid Ink 3
156 191 144 61 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
157 0 New 1 Void, Vanna 157
158 154 131 36 NOW 48, Various Artists 3
159 157 – 52 To Be Loved, Michael Buble 1
160 0 New 1 Brave, Moriah Peters 160
161 0 Re-Entry 2 Last Dance, Keith Jarrett / Charlie Haden 80
162 190 154 24 WOW Gospel 2014, Various Artists 25
163 149 142 8 Neon Steeple, Crowder 9
164 0 Re-Entry 4 Best From The Farewell Concert, The Statler Brothers 123
165 54 – 2 Islands (EP), Tenth Avenue North 54
166 0 Re-Entry 9 We Are Young & Free, Hillsong Young & Free 22
167 194 153 20 Oh, What A Life, American Authors 15
168 0 New 1 Ghosts, Big Wreck 168
169 176 178 66 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, Volbeat 9
170 0 New 1 Love Bug, Raffi 170
171 72 81 10 The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx, Foreigner/Styx 64
172 0 Re-Entry 33 Restart, newsboys 38
173 0 Re-Entry 3 Incomplete Me, For All Those Sleeping 74
174 0 Re-Entry 14 Majestic, Kari Jobe 12
175 144 152 18 Disney Junior: DJ Shuffle, Various Artists 24
176 0 Re-Entry 2 Stolen Dance (EP), Milky Chance 133
177 0 Re-Entry 3 Take Me To Church (EP), Hozier 91
178 168 148 44 TRUE, Avicii 5
179 195 183 18 Supermodel, Foster The People 3
180 173 – 3 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 132
181 0 New 1 Lip Service, Richard Elliot 181
182 0 Re-Entry 15 Where It All Began, Dan + Shay 6
183 163 121 5 A Town Called Paradise, Tiesto 18
184 186 166 34 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 20
185 0 New 1 Feathers & Bones, The Clarks 185
186 76 – 2 Now: Chicago XXXVI, Chicago 76
187 0 Re-Entry 15 St. Vincent, St. Vincent 12
188 0 Re-Entry 13 Head Or Heart, Christina Perri 4
189 160 158 22 Ready Set Roll (EP), Chase Rice 16
190 169 127 6 Whispers, Passenger 12
191 0 Re-Entry 17 Recess, Skrillex 4
192 187 – 21 Restoring Force, Of Mice & Men 4
193 166 135 44 Off The Beaten Path, Justin Moore 2
194 182 129 11 Corazon, Santana 9
195 0 Re-Entry 61 Golden, Lady Antebellum 1
196 0 Re-Entry 49 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
197 167 119 6 Blood For Blood, HellYeah 17
198 146 112 7 Road Between, Lucy Hale 11
199 200 136 9 Sovereign, Michael W. Smith 10
200 153 – 66 The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake 1

[Gary]

Vinyl 8/2

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 6 #1 5 wks Lazaretto, Jack White 1
2 10 – 2 World Peace Is None Of Your Business, Morrissey 2
3 0 New 1 Strange Desire, Bleachers 3
4 0 Re-Entry 2 Sylvan Esso, Sylvan Esso 4
5 2 2 5 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 2
6 6 13 7 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 3
7 0 New 1 Wild Animals, Trampled By Turtles 7
8 5 8 39 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
9 0 New 1 The Black Market, Rise Against 9
10 9 6 7 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 2
11 0 New 1 Yesterdays, Pennywise 11
12 13 10 35 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
13 0 New 1 Beyonce, Beyonce 13
14 0 New 1 Shattered, Reigning Sound 14
15 8 – 2 x, Ed Sheeran 8

[areyoureadytojump]

55 Catalog albums on the Billboard 200 this week

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

There's a vinyl out for Beyonce's album?