Billboard 200: 8/23/14: Guardians Sdtk. #1: 109,000

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'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Soundtrack Hits No. 1 On Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield | August 13, 2014 11:05 AM EDT

Also, Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" hits No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart.

The Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack rises to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the second chart-topping soundtrack of 2014.

The blockbuster film's set, subtitled Awesome Mix Vol. 1, sold 109,000 copies in the week ending Aug. 10 (up 83 percent), according to Nielsen SoundScan. It debuted a week ago at No. 3 with 60,000.

The 12-song multi-artist collection follows Frozen as the second soundtrack to top the chartthis year. Both albums were released by the Disney Music Group. (The company's Hollywood Records issued Guardians of the Galaxy while Walt Disney Records released Frozen.)

2014 is the first year since 2009 where multiple theatrical film soundtracks reached No. 1. Three movie sets topped the list in 2009: Hannah Montana: The Movie, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Michael Jackson's This Is It

Why a '70s Mixtape Propels the Plot of 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

Guardians of the Galaxy is an especially notable No. 1 album because it is the first No. 1 soundtrack where the whole album is composed of previously released songs. All of its tunes were released between the late 1960s and late 1970s, and most were chart hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album and its music play an important role in the movie: They are all on a mixtape in the main character's Walkman, which was given to him by his late mother. (All but one of the soundtrack album's dozen songs are heard in the film, too.)

As for the rest of the top 10, the Now 51 compilation enters at No. 2 with 94,000, giving the long-running Now That's What I Call Music! franchise its 57th top 10 album. All 51 of the titles in the main series have hit the top 10, while an additional six Now-branded titles (like Now That's What I Call Christmas! ) have reached the top 10.

Godsmack starts at No. 3 with its newest album, 1000HP, selling 58,000. It's the band’s first full-length studio album to not enter at No. 1 since 2000's Awake debuted and peaked at No. 5. Following that project, the act notched three straight chart-toppers with the studio efforts Faceless (2003), IV (2006) and The Oracle (2010). The band also nabbed a top 10 EP in that span of time with The Other Side (No. 5) in 2004.

Another rock band, Spoon, rounds out the new arrivals in the top four, as its latest, They Want My Soul, bows at No. 4 with 39,000. It's the third top 10 for the group, which previously visited the region with 2010's Transference (No. 4) and 2007's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (No. 10).

Last week's No. 1 album, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' Hypnotic Eye, falls to No. 6 in its second week with 34,000 (down 74 percent). It's right behind 5 Seconds of Summer's self-titled set, which falls 4-5 with 36,000 (down 35 percent). Eric Clapton & Friends' all-star tribute album, The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale, descends 2-7 with 29,000 (down 52 percent). The Frozen soundtrack shifts 6-8 (28,000, down 15 percent), and Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour moves 7-9 (27,000, down 10 percent).

New U.K. pop band The Vamps arrive at No. 10 with debut EP Somebody to You. The quartet's effort sells 20,000 and is the fifth EP to debut in the top 10 this year. A year ago at this point, no EPs had arrived in the top 10. Just last week Shawn Mendes' self-titled EP arrived at No. 5. It falls to No. 32 in its second week.

Over on the Digital Songs chart, a new No. 1 is crowned, as Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" rises 2-1 with 197,000 downloads sold (up 17 percent).

Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's "Bang Bang" drops 1-2 in its second week, selling 141,000 (down 39 percent).

Minaj makes a second appearance in the top three, as her new solo single, "Anaconda," bows at No. 3 with 141,000. She is the first lead act to have two concurrent songs in the top three of the chart since the Sept. 22, 2012 list. That week, Taylor Swift led with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" at No. 1 and "Ronan" at No. 2.

Smith's "Stay With Me" remains at No. 4 on the new Digital Songs chart with 123,000 (down 11 percent), Magic's "Rude" is also steady at No. 5 with 122,000 (down 8 percent), and Jason Aldean's "Burnin' It Down" is another stationary track, sitting at No. 6 for another week (107,000; down 7 percent).

Iggy Azalea's "Black Widow," featuring Rita Ora, climbs 8-7 with 106,000 (up 6 percent), and Azalea's "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX, slips 7-8 with 98,000 (down 8 percent). Maroon 5's "Maps" tumbles 3-9 with 97,000 (down 31 percent), and Sia's "Chandelier" moves 9-10 with 91,000 (down 7 percent).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Aug. 10) totaled 4.27 million units, down 1 percent compared with the sum last week (4.33 million) and down 9 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (4.7 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 146.4 million, down 14 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (171 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 20.2 million downloads, down 1 percent compared with last week (20.4 million) and down 8 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (22.1 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 715.6 million, down 13 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (820.2 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2013 when: Luke Bryan's Crash My Party debuted at No. 1, selling 528,000 in its first week. K. Michelle's Rebellious Soul arrived in the runner-up spot, selling 72,000.

[forg]

Glad Guardians is #1

[Enigma.]

Quite good 2nd week for Clapton & co and 5SOS should hold on nicely if Amnesia takes off.

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www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.30199/title.hip-hop-album-sales-iggy-azalea-trey-songz-ces-cru

Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Of 8/10/2014

#19. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 12,427 (282,869)

#21. Trey Songz - Trigga - 10,545 (201,961)

#39. Michael Jackson - Xscape - 6,581 (398,598)

#40. Ces Cru - Code Name: Ego Stripper - 6,354 (6,354)

#41. Linkin Park - The Hunting Party - 6,225 (197,982)

#45. John Legend - Love In The Future - 5,722 (595,067)

#46. Pharrell - G I R L - 5,579 (495,214)

#56. Common - Nobody's Smiling - 4,978 (37,581)

#58. Childish Gambino - Because The Internet - 4,797 (312,390)

#62. August Alsina - Testimony - 4,716 (178,316)

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

I hope MJ can go gold this year. It will definitely get there, just a question of when.

[HolidayGuy]

I'd think the combo of sales and shipments may get Xscape to gold-eligible before year's end.

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Country album sales this week:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1htgqUm47kbzuKYmtG27LCYS_pQhz5SXPmsNvPajjqys/edit?pli=1#gid=0

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

Numbers from the chart: 8/16

Arctic Monkeys 446k
Pharrell 489k
Katy Perry 1,454,000
Bastille 464k
Ariana Grande 477k
Drake 1,604,000
Fall Out Boy 615k
TobyMac 476k

Only albums over 425k and that have been on the chart for 4+ weeks are listed.

[Gary]

Notable record of the week:

Guardians Of The Galaxy is the first soundtrack ever to go to #1 with exclusively previously released songs

[Enigma.]

Awful week for rap & hip hop albums when the highest charting one is at #19.

[Gary]

Bilboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 3 – 2 #1 1 wk GG Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
3 0 New 1 1000HP, Godsmack 3
4 0 New 1 They Want My Soul, Spoon 4
5 4 1 3 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
6 1 – 2 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1
7 2 – 2 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 2
8 6 2 37 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
9 7 4 8 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
10 0 New 1 Somebody To You EP, The Vamps 10
11 11 10 7 x, Ed Sheeran 1
12 21 19 52 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
13 10 5 4 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
14 12 14 12 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
15 19 16 8 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
16 17 15 10 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
17 13 8 14 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
18 14 3 4 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
19 18 18 16 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
20 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems 2, Various Artists 20
21 16 13 6 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
22 20 21 12 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
23 22 12 72 Native, OneRepublic 4
24 42 29 101 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
25 24 25 88 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
26 8 – 2 Savages, Theory Of A Deadman 8
27 0 New 1 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 27
28 23 23 45 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
29 137 119 39 PS The 1975, The 1975 28
30 0 New 1 Time Stands Still, Family Force 5 30
31 34 44 48 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
32 5 – 2 The Shawn Mendes EP, Shawn Mendes 5
33 49 55 26 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
34 36 42 10 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 10
35 32 41 6 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
36 0 New 1 Wovenwar, Wovenwar 36
37 9 – 2 Voyager, Jenny Lewis 9
38 28 27 9 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
39 27 30 13 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
40 0 New 1 Codename: Ego Stripper, Ces Cru 40
41 37 32 8 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
42 39 57 10 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 31
43 50 58 42 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
44 33 28 5 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
45 41 46 49 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
46 40 37 23 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
47 47 50 32 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
48 159 85 24 Greatest Hits, Boston 47
49 0 New 1 Rock Your Face Off, Kix 49
50 88 89 25 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
51 68 70 37 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
52 80 64 72 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
53 35 17 4 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
54 48 49 13 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
55 0 New 1 Sinema, Swoope 55
56 29 6 3 Nobodys Smiling, Common 6
57 45 79 21 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
58 91 93 35 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
59 26 9 4 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
60 44 38 7 Jersey Boys, Soundtrack 15
61 63 – 2 Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Soundtrack), James Brown 61
62 54 48 17 Testimony, August Alsina 2
63 53 51 6 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
64 168 – 64 God's Not Dead, newsboys 45
65 64 67 24 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
66 61 66 35 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
67 0 New 1 Forever Yours, Smokie Norful 67
68 67 63 132 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
69 0 New 1 My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke, Al Jarreau 69
70 99 86 87 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
71 65 60 7 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
72 60 59 40 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
73 59 43 5 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
74 66 111 317 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
75 90 73 15 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
76 97 90 46 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
77 51 40 5 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
78 77 83 13 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
79 55 137 24 Morning Phase, Beck 3
80 52 53 6 Thanks For Listening, Colt Ford 10
81 31 22 6 Begin Again, Soundtrack 22
82 72 45 4 Friends & Lovers, Marsha Ambrosius 12
83 69 62 49 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
84 25 – 2 The Essential *NSync, *NSYNC 25
85 74 77 289 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 18
86 0 New 1 Reign Of Terror, Capture The Crown 86
87 0 New 1 Here Right Now, Tasha Page-Lockhart 87
88 38 34 9 Vans Warped Tour '14: 2014 Tour Compilation, Various Artists 34
89 86 108 178 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
90 73 56 19 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
91 116 96 28 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
92 89 78 17 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
93 46 61 14 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
94 79 99 105 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 7
95 95 101 181 21, Adele 1
96 78 141 218 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
97 76 52 4 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11
98 141 128 34 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 15
99 75 84 17 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
100 0 Re-Entry 9 Divergent, Soundtrack 16
101 94 98 24 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
102 0 New 1 Darkest Hour, Darkest Hour 102
103 96 132 121 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
104 0 New 1 Origins, Eluveitie 104
105 98 92 94 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
106 93 104 45 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
107 82 91 108 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 1
108 104 81 69 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
109 106 97 157 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
110 15 – 2 PARTYNEXTDOOR Two, PARTYNEXTDOOR 15
111 0 New 1 Studio Sessions, Rico Calhoun 111
112 87 68 17 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
113 111 134 177 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
114 92 94 52 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 1
115 62 7 3 The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, Crown The Empire 7
116 84 74 12 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
117 120 88 16 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
118 101 – 2 Summertime Reggae, Various Artists 101
119 127 156 44 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
120 139 183 39 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 109
121 113 123 95 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
122 130 139 89 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 23
123 131 182 12 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 123
124 71 147 183 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
125 107 133 50 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
126 166 163 149 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
127 136 130 38 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
128 148 164 109 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
129 0 Re-Entry 214 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 2
130 81 76 27 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
131 181 176 162 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
132 56 69 4 You Can't Stop Me, Suicide Silence 16
133 143 144 14 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
134 0 Re-Entry 163 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem 1
135 129 168 98 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 98
136 114 127 94 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
137 156 122 33 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
138 128 149 873 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
139 0 Re-Entry 277 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
140 122 112 198 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
141 117 109 6 Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show 15
142 151 167 138 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
143 100 102 10 Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win, 50 Cent 4
144 119 126 45 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
145 157 157 105 +, Ed Sheeran 5
146 0 New 1 Monstercat 018: Frontier, Various Artists 146
147 0 Re-Entry 6 God's Not Dead, Soundtrack 134
148 183 – 30 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Hank Williams Jr. 101
149 184 – 65 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Aerosmith 67
150 0 New 1 Hearts From Above, Micky & The Motorcars 150
151 102 71 8 The Very Best Of, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons 33
152 196 194 44 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
153 0 New 1 Alegre y Enamorado, El Dasa 153
154 142 142 200 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
155 170 – 13 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
156 83 – 18 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
157 0 New 1 Long In The Tooth, Billy Joe Shaver 157
158 172 148 189 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
159 193 158 16 Settle, Disclosure 38
160 164 150 17 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
161 198 – 9 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 161
162 152 138 11 The Secret (EP), Austin Mahone 5
163 0 Re-Entry 4 Mutineers, David Gray 15
164 124 114 21 My Krazy Life, YG 2
165 0 New 1 Provoked, Sunny Sweeney 165
166 147 175 17 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
167 121 87 12 The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx, Foreigner/Styx 69
168 112 – 2 Guardians Of The Galaxy (Score), Soundtrack 112
169 138 – 15 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
170 133 – 2 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!, James Brown 133
171 177 190 276 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9
172 190 178 46 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
173 154 110 22 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
174 0 Re-Entry 15 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 52
175 195 177 21 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
176 109 113 50 Eye On It, tobyMac 1
177 135 160 113 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
178 0 Re-Entry 22 Restart, newsboys 38
179 180 153 66 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
180 163 187 154 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
181 175 193 14 The Best Of The Commodores: 20th Century Masters..., Commodores 155
182 0 New 1 Slam Dunk, Gerald Albright 182
183 153 121 4 Wish I Was Here, Soundtrack 43
184 187 173 59 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 94
185 149 100 4 Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt 47
186 125 75 65 Paramore, Paramore 1
187 160 146 30 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
188 144 131 8 Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson 5
189 179 185 318 Metallica, Metallica 1
190 161 125 6 No Other Name, Hillsong 13
191 171 197 91 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
192 0 Re-Entry 100 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 1
193 146 124 24 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
194 0 Re-Entry 181 1, The Beatles 1
195 182 – 3 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 141
196 0 Re-Entry 170 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 1
197 0 Re-Entry 131 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
198 30 – 2 Stuck, Adelitas Way 30
199 0 Re-Entry 54 Extended Versions, Creedence Clearwater Revisited 74
200 126 120 5 CSNY 1974 (Deluxe), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 17

[Gary]

Catalog 8/23

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 31 4 48 #1 1 wk GG Greatest Hits, Boston 1
2 34 – 29 God's Not Dead, newsboys 1
3 1 12 972 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
4 3 2 1124 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
5 7 11 102 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
6 5 9 51 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 3
7 9 10 36 21, Adele 1
8 4 19 296 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
9 10 16 54 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 5
10 11 6 14 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 6
11 6 5 73 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 2
12 13 8 38 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
13 15 17 119 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
14 8 7 10 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 2
15 26 40 50 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 4
16 20 18 19 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 1
17 21 39 14 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 17
18 2 21 521 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
19 33 26 331 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
20 28 27 168 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
21 0 Re-Entry 29 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 4
22 42 37 61 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 7
23 0 Re-Entry 235 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem 1
24 19 31 124 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
25 16 15 20 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
26 18 23 1118 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
27 0 Re-Entry 95 Nevermind, Nirvana 2
28 17 13 111 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
29 29 30 822 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
30 30 24 31 +, Ed Sheeran 1
31 43 – 110 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Hank Williams Jr. 11
32 44 – 74 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Aerosmith 5
33 12 1 8 The Very Best Of, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons 1
34 27 20 873 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
35 36 22 60 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 2
36 0 Re-Entry 9 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 32
37 25 – 21 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 2
38 23 – 11 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!, James Brown 6
39 39 44 131 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 1
40 0 Re-Entry 7 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 28
41 14 14 9 Eye On It, tobyMac 6
42 24 25 25 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 14
43 32 43 91 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
44 38 45 18 The Best Of The Commodores: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Commodores 28
45 46 35 27 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 18
46 41 41 679 Metallica, Metallica 1
47 35 47 113 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 7
48 0 Re-Entry 11 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 8
49 0 Re-Entry 449 1, The Beatles 1
50 0 Re-Entry 84 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band 10

[Gary]

TCA 8/23

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 3 – 2 #1 1 wk GG Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
3 0 New 1 1000HP, Godsmack 3
4 0 New 1 They Want My Soul, Spoon 4
5 4 1 3 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
6 1 – 2 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
7 2 – 2 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 2
8 6 2 37 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
9 7 4 8 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
10 0 New 1 Somebody To You EP, The Vamps 10
11 11 10 7 x, Ed Sheeran 1
12 21 19 52 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
13 10 5 4 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
14 12 14 12 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
15 19 16 8 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
16 17 15 10 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
17 13 8 14 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
18 14 3 4 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
19 18 18 16 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
20 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems 2, Various Artists 20
21 16 13 6 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
22 20 21 12 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
23 22 12 72 Native, OneRepublic 4
24 42 29 101 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
25 24 25 88 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
26 8 – 2 Savages, Theory Of A Deadman 8
27 0 New 1 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 27
28 23 23 45 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
29 113 105 45 PS The 1975, The 1975 28
30 0 New 1 Time Stands Still, Family Force 5 30
31 34 44 48 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
32 5 – 2 The Shawn Mendes EP, Shawn Mendes 5
33 49 55 26 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
34 36 42 10 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 8
35 32 41 6 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
36 0 New 1 Wovenwar, Wovenwar 36
37 9 – 2 Voyager, Jenny Lewis 9
38 28 27 9 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
39 27 30 13 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
40 0 New 1 Codename: Ego Stripper, Ces Cru 40
41 37 32 8 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
42 39 57 10 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 28
43 50 58 42 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
44 33 28 5 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
45 41 46 49 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
46 40 37 23 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
47 47 50 59 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
48 0 New 1 Rock Your Face Off, Kix 48
49 81 85 25 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
50 67 70 37 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
51 75 64 72 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
52 35 17 4 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
53 48 49 13 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
54 0 New 1 Sinema, Swoope 54
55 29 6 3 Nobodys Smiling, Common 6
56 45 77 21 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
57 84 87 35 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
58 26 9 4 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
59 44 38 7 Jersey Boys, Soundtrack 15
60 63 – 2 Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Soundtrack), James Brown 60
61 54 48 17 Testimony, August Alsina 2
62 53 51 6 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
63 64 67 24 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
64 61 66 35 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
65 0 New 1 Forever Yours, Smokie Norful 65
66 66 63 132 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
67 0 New 1 My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke, Al Jarreau 67
68 88 82 87 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
69 65 60 7 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
70 60 59 40 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
71 59 43 5 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
72 83 72 15 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
73 87 86 46 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
74 51 40 5 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
75 74 80 13 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
76 55 120 24 Morning Phase, Beck 3
77 52 53 6 Thanks For Listening, Colt Ford 10
78 31 22 6 Begin Again, Soundtrack 22
79 70 45 4 Friends & Lovers, Marsha Ambrosius 12
80 68 62 49 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
81 25 – 2 The Essential *NSync, 'N Sync 25
82 0 New 1 Reign Of Terror, Capture The Crown 82
83 0 New 1 Here Right Now, Tasha Page-Lockhart 83
84 38 34 9 Vans Warped Tour '14: 2014 Tour Compilation, Various Artists 34
85 71 56 19 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
86 100 89 28 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
87 82 76 20 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
88 46 61 14 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
89 73 52 4 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11
90 115 113 36 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 13
91 72 81 17 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
92 0 Re-Entry 10 Divergent, Soundtrack 16
93 86 90 24 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
94 0 New 1 Darkest Hour, Darkest Hour 94
95 0 New 1 Origins, Eluveitie 95
96 85 94 48 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
97 92 78 69 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
98 15 – 2 PARTYNEXTDOOR Two, PARTYNEXTDOOR 15
99 0 New 1 Studio Sessions, Rico Calhoun 99
100 80 68 17 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
101 62 7 3 The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, Crown The Empire 7
102 78 73 12 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
103 104 84 18 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
104 90 – 2 Summertime Reggae, Various Artists 90
105 110 133 44 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
106 98 109 95 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
107 94 117 50 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
108 112 115 39 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
109 76 75 27 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
110 56 69 4 You Can't Stop Me, Suicide Silence 16
111 116 124 14 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
112 127 108 43 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
113 101 98 6 Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show 15
114 89 92 10 Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win, 50 Cent 4
115 103 112 45 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
116 0 New 1 Monstercat 018: Frontier, Various Artists 116
117 0 Re-Entry 7 God's Not Dead, Soundtrack 111
118 0 New 1 Hearts From Above, Micky & The Motorcars 118
119 147 149 47 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
120 0 New 1 Alegre y Enamorado, El Dasa 120
121 136 159 19 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
122 77 176 22 Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 4
123 0 New 1 Long In The Tooth, Billy Joe Shaver 123
124 144 134 28 Settle, Disclosure 38
125 132 127 17 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
126 123 121 11 The Secret (EP), Austin Mahone 5
127 151 – 6 Mutineers, David Gray 15
128 107 100 21 My Krazy Life, YG 2
129 0 New 1 Provoked, Sunny Sweeney 129
130 120 139 17 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
131 105 83 13 The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx, Foreigner/Styx 64
132 97 – 2 Guardians Of The Galaxy (Score), Soundtrack 97
133 143 141 46 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
134 125 99 35 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
135 146 140 21 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
136 188 180 36 Restart, newsboys 38
137 139 130 71 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
138 0 New 1 Slam Dunk, Gerald Albright 138
139 124 107 4 Wish I Was Here, Soundtrack 43
140 121 91 4 Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt 47
141 108 74 70 Paramore, Paramore 1
142 129 126 30 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
143 117 116 8 Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson 5
144 130 111 6 No Other Name, Hillsong 13
145 119 110 24 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
146 140 172 6 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 132
147 30 – 2 Stuck, Adelitas Way 30
148 109 106 5 CSNY 1974 (Deluxe), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 17
149 149 125 56 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
150 154 171 5 Stolen Dance (EP), Milky Chance 133
151 96 88 3 The Baddest, ZZ Top 88
152 194 – 3 21 Totally 80s Hits, Various Artists 152
153 137 – 20 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
154 57 – 2 The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings, The Allman Brothers Band 57
155 138 114 12 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 7
156 131 104 5 Sound Of Change, Dirty Heads 8
157 0 New 1 Don't Wait Up (For George) (EP), Shooter Jennings 157
158 99 31 3 White Devil Armory, Overkill 31
159 172 156 11 Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse, Mariah Carey 3
160 133 152 8 Mali Is, Mali Music 16
161 0 New 1 Sunset On The Golden Age, Alestorm 161
162 0 New 1 NF (EP), NF 162
163 178 189 70 Pioneer, The Band Perry 2
164 0 Re-Entry 10 Live Through It, James Fortune & FIYA 13
165 0 New 1 Promises (EP), Ryn Weaver 165
166 155 145 38 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
167 0 Re-Entry 4 Nashville: On The Record, Various Artists 8
168 192 154 58 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
169 169 185 23 Oh, What A Life, American Authors 15
170 158 162 55 Sempiternal, Bring Me The Horizon 11
171 0 New 1 From The Wreckage, The Wind + The Wave 171
172 145 79 4 World Peace Is None Of Your Business, Morrissey 14
173 0 Re-Entry 18 Recess, Skrillex 4
174 114 33 3 Graceland, Kierra Sheard 33
175 174 – 46 Off The Beaten Path, Justin Moore 2
176 150 122 7 Once More 'Round The Sun, Mastodon 6
177 122 65 5 CSNY 1974, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 35
178 141 163 55 To Be Loved, Michael Buble 1
179 0 New 1 The Outbreak, Zomboy 179
180 196 – 59 True Believers, Darius Rucker 2
181 162 194 16 Head Or Heart, Christina Perri 4
182 0 Re-Entry 37 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
183 0 Re-Entry 18 Let's Be Still, The Head And The Heart 10
184 0 New 1 Golpe Avisa, Cartel de Santa 184
185 168 153 19 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
186 187 196 12 We Are Young & Free, Hillsong Young & Free 22
187 161 137 64 Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend 1
188 0 New 1 The Moment, Manafest 188
189 134 – 17 Where It All Began, Dan + Shay 6
190 95 26 3 Heaven & Earth, Yes 26
191 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Music!: Classics Volume 1, Various Artists 191
192 0 Re-Entry 20 Supermodel, Foster The People 3
193 182 155 15 Supernova, Ray LaMontagne 3
194 183 147 23 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
195 0 Re-Entry 36 Bones Of What You Believe, CHVRCHES 12
196 180 184 42 A.M., Chris Young 3
197 170 186 31 My Own Lane, Kid Ink 3
198 175 – 26 WOW Gospel 2014, Various Artists 25
199 185 166 37 Mechanical Bull, Kings Of Leon 2
200 191 182 64 Golden, Lady Antebellum 1

[Gary]

Digital Albums 8/23

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
2 0 New 1 The Shawn Mendes EP, Shawn Mendes 2
3 0 New 1 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 3
4 0 New 1 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 4
5 1 – 2 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
6 0 New 1 PARTYNEXTDOOR Two, PARTYNEXTDOOR 6
7 0 New 1 Savages, Theory Of A Deadman 7
8 3 6 7 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
9 0 New 1 Voyager, Jenny Lewis 9
10 6 5 36 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
11 9 8 6 x, Ed Sheeran 1
12 0 New 1 The Essential *NSync, 'N Sync 12
13 25 – 7 GG Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
14 2 1 3 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
15 15 17 15 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 2
16 14 11 5 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
17 22 24 11 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
18 7 18 28 Native, OneRepublic 4
19 17 16 41 Pure Heroine, Lorde 1
20 13 13 5 Begin Again, Soundtrack 11
21 0 Re-Entry 4 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 2
22 19 25 7 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 2
23 23 14 4 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
24 0 Re-Entry 36 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
25 0 New 1 Stuck, Adelitas Way 25

[Gary]

vinyl 8/23

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk They Want My Soul, Spoon 1
2 2 1 9 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
3 0 New 1 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 3
4 0 New 1 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 4
5 4 5 8 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 2
6 0 New 1 Garden State, Soundtrack 6
7 5 6 42 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
8 0 New 1 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 8
9 1 – 2 Voyager, Jenny Lewis 1
10 0 New 1 The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me, Brand New 10
11 0 New 1 How The Gods Chill, Cold World 11
12 6 10 38 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
13 0 New 1 Wish I Was Here, Soundtrack 13
14 8 – 114 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
15 9 – 25 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 4

[HolidayGuy]

Just a note- the digital albums chart is from 8/16. :) Thanks.

[areyoureadytojump]

music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-back-to-the-70s-with-guardians-201323717.html

Chart Watch: Back To The '70s With 'Guardians' Soundtrack
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

It’s too bad that radio legend Casey Kasem died two months ago. I’ve got a feeling he would have loved the soundtrack to Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1, which jumps from #3 to #1 in its second week on The Billboard 200. After all, he introduced seven of the 12 songs on his weekly American Top 40 countdown. The Five Stairsteps' “O-o-h Child” was on the very first AT40 countdown in July 1970. Rupert Holmes's “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” hit #1 in December 1979, when the show was in its 10th year.

The soundtrack also includes three pop hits that predated the launch of AT40 (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's “Ain't No Mountain High Enough,” the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” and Norman Greenbaum's “Spirit In The Sky”) and two rock classics that didn't fit the show's hit-based formula (David Bowie's “Moonage Daydream” and the Runaways's “Cherry Bomb”).

Billboard's Keith Caulfield notes that Guardians Of The Galaxy is the first soundtrack to reach #1 where the entire album consists of previously released material. All 12 songs on the album were released between 1967 and 1979. Nine of them made the top 10 on the Hot 100. Three made #1: the Jackson 5's “I Want You Back,” Blue Swede's “Hooked On A Feeling” and Rupert Holmes's “Escape (The Pina Colada Song).”

James Gunn, who directed and co-wrote Guardians Of the Galaxy, spearheaded the use of oldies in the movie. The movie ranked #2 at the box-office after ranking #1 last weekend.

The album, which sold 109K copies this week, is the second soundtrack to reach #1 in 2014, following Frozen, which logged 13 weeks on top. This marks the first time that two or more soundtracks to theatrically-released movies have reached #1 during a calendar year since 2009, when the soundtracks to Hannah Montana: The Movie, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Michael Jackson’s This Is It all reached the top spot.

With soundtracks having led the chart for 14 weeks so far this year, this is the biggest year for soundtracks since 1998, when Titanic, City Of Angels and Armageddon led the chart for a combined 21 weeks during the year.

Guardians Of The Galaxy is also #1 on Top Soundtracks for the second week.

Here’s a little background on the three songs on the album that weren’t top 10 hits. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's original version of “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” reached #19 on the Hot 100 in July 1967. Three years later, Diana Ross took the song to #1. David Bowie's “Moonage Daydream” was a track on his 1972 album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars. The Runaways's “Cherry Bomb” “bubbled under” the Hot 100 (at #106) in August 1976.

Now 51, another compilation of hits (albeit much more recent hits),debuts at #2 (94K). All but two of these 51 regular Now volumes have debuted in the top five. All but six have debuted in the top three.

Godsmack's sixth studio album 1000hp debuts at #3 (58K). It’s the band’s fifth studio album in a row to make the top five. Even so, it breaks a string of three consecutive #1 albums. (Consolation prize: It’s this week’s #1 album of new music.) The album arrives just four weeks after Sia's similarly-titled 1000 Forms Of Fear debuted at #1.

Spoon's eighth studio album, They Want My Soul, debuts at #4 (39K). It’s the band’s second top five album in a row. Transference debuted and peaked at #4 in January 2010.

The Vamps's Somebody To You debuts at #10 (20K). This is the fifth EP to hit the top 10 this year, following EPs by 5 Seconds Of Summer, Luke Bryan, Austin Mahone and Shawn Mendes. The British band’s current single, “Can We Dance,” has the fizzy sound of such pop hits as Hot Chelle Rae's 2011 smash “Tonight Tonight.” The song reached #2 on The U.K.'s Official Singles Chart 10 months ago.

Ed Sheeran's x holds at #11 for the second week. The album is #1 on The U.K.’s Official Albums Chart for the seventh week. That’s the longest run on top for an album by a British male solo artist since James Blunt's Back To Bedlam spent 10 weeks on top in 2005-2006.

Luke Bryan's Crash My Party rebounds from #21 to #12 in its 52nd week. The album logs its 12th week at #1 on Top Country Albums. That’s the longest run for an album by a male solo artist since Jason Aldean’s My Kinda Party had 12 weeks on top in 2011.

Boston's Greatest Hits leaps from #159 to #48 in its 24th week. The album jumps to #1 on Top Catalog Albums, displacing Journey's Greatest Hits. Boston’s album has sold 2,234,000 copies since its release in 1997.

Coming Attractions:Look for The Gaslight Anthem's Get Hurt, SOJA’s Amid The Noise And Haste and Caleb Johnson's Testify to rank among next week’s top new entries. Johnson was the Season 13 winner on American Idol. (Remember when Idol winners were instant household names? Those days are gone.)

[HolidayGuy]

Spoon's album- while not selling Jack-White-like numbers, did 7,000 in vinyl sales- not bad. It had an "unusual" vinyl promotion, per Billboard.

[areyoureadytojump]

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

4,271,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

1,804,000 albums were digital albums.

2,467,000 albums were cd/vinyl/cassette albums.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6221678/billboard-200-chart-moves-weird-al-has-biggest-comedy-album-since-2011


Billboard 200 Chart Moves: 'Weird Al' Has Biggest Comedy Album Since 2011
By Keith Caulfield | August 15, 2014

This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack blasted to No. 1, selling 109,000 copies in the week ending Aug. 10, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The week previous, it bowed at No. 3 with 60,000 sold.

Of course, aside from Guardians of the Galaxy there was -- as usual -- lots of chart action. Let's take a closer look at the rest of the chart:

-- "Weird" Al Yankovic, Mandatory Fun - No. 18 - With 167,000 sold, Mandatory Fun has outsold Yankovic's previous release (2011's Alpocalypse, 139,000). The new set is also the biggest-selling comedy album of 2014, and of any year, since 2011 (The Lonely Island's Turtleneck & Chain, with 215,000).

-- Various Artists, Now Party Anthems - No. 20 – Two new Now That's What I Call Music! albums arrive on the chart this week, bringing the franchise's total number of charting albums to 97. The latest efforts albums are Now 51 (No. 2) and Now Party Anthems 2 (No. 20). The bow of Now 51 extends Now That's What I Call Music!'s hot streak in the top 10 (57 Now-branded albums have reached the top 10, including all 51 of the numbered titles).

-- Al Jarreau, My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke – No. 69 - Jarreau's tribute to the late Duke (who died in 2013) arrives at No. 69 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on Contemporary Jazz Albums. It's Jarreau's third chart-topper on the latter list, and his first since 2006's Givin' It Up.

-- Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox - No. 70 – The album's up 40 percent after sale pricing at Amazon MP3 and Google Play ($3.99). Its cumulative sales inch closer to surpassing those of his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2.30 million vs. 2.31 million).

-- Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP - No. 134 - Eminem's album (up 36 percent), along with Nirvana's Nevermind (No. 139; up 44 percent) and Mumford & Sons' Sigh No More (No. 129; up 36 percent) all gain following deep discounting ($1.99) at Amazon MP3 and Google Play.

-- Various Artists, Monstercat018 - No. 146 - The EDM series gets its first chart entry on the Billboard 200, selling 2,000 (its best sales week, too). The series has sold just under 100,000 copies since its debut in 2011, but none of the titles have sold more than 10,000.

-- Soundtrack, God's Not Dead - No. 147 - The movie's release to home video on Aug. 5 encourages the soundtrack's 145 percent gain. Newsboys, who appear in the film, see their own God's Not Dead album zip 168-64 with a 108 percent rise.

-- Billy Joe Shaver, Long in the Tooth - No. 157 - The 74-year old singer/songwriter makes his first appearance on both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums (No. 19) with his new album, thanks in part to coverage on NPR's Morning Edition (Aug. 5).