Billboard 200: 9/6/14: Wiz Khalifa. #1: 90,000

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/news/6229430/wiz-khalifa-number-1-billboard-200-taylor-swift-shake-it-off

Wiz Khalifa Earns First No. 1 Album On Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | August 27, 2014

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" blasts in at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart with a massive debut.

Hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa earns his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as his new Blacc Hollywood set arrives atop the list. The album, which was released Aug. 19, sold 90,000 copies in the week ending Aug. 24, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Blacc Hollywood follows two No. 2-peaking albums from Khalifa: Rolling Papers and O.N.I.F.C., which were released in 2011 and 2012, respectively.

Khalifa also bounds in at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and the Rap Albums chart.

Last week's No. 1, the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack, falls to No. 2 with 64,000 (down 30 percent).

Country singer Chase Rice owns the second-highest new entry, as his Ignite the Night steps in at No. 3 with 44,000. It also opens at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album's current single, "Ready Set Roll," spends a second week at No. 12 (its peak) on the Hot Country Airplay chart. The album was released through Dack Janiels Records and distributed through Red Distribution (Sony Music's independent distribution arm).

Rice first gained fame as a contestant on the CBS TV series "Survivor: Nicaragua" in 2010. He later co-wrote Florida Georgia Line's massive single "Cruise" (No. 1 for a record 24 weeks on Hot Country Songs).

Back on the new Billboard 200, the Now 51 compilation dips 2-4 with 33,000 (down 36 percent).

The star-studded country compilation Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Motley Crue kickstarts at No. 5 with 31,000 and also drives in at No. 2 on Top Country Albums. Released on Big Machine Records, the set includes reworkings of Motley Crue tunes by acts like Rascal Flatts ("Kickstart My Heart"), Brantley Gilbert ("Girls, Girls, Girls") and Justin Moore ("Home Sweet Home," featuring Motley Crue's Vince Neil).

The Frozen soundtrack slides 3-6 with 29,000 (down 33 percent), Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour holds at No. 7 with a little more than 24,000 (down 6 percent), and 5 Seconds of Summer's self-titled set decends 6-8 with 24,000 (down 12 percent).

Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley nets his highest-charting album (and first top 10), as Space Invader debuts at No. 9 with 19,000 sold. It surpasses the No. 26 peak of his previous highest-charting album, his self-titled 1978 debut, released at the height of Kiss mania. Space Invader is Frehley's first album since 2009's Anamoly debuted and peaked at No. 27 with a 17,000 sales start.

Ed Sheeran's x rounds out the top 10, returning to the region (12-10) with 16,000 (down 12 percent).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" blasts in at No. 1, selling 544,000 downloads in its first week — the biggest sales week of 2014 and the fourth-largest debut week ever.

The only starts that were larger were logged by Flo Rida's "Right Round" (636,000 in 2009), Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (623,000 in 2012) and Katy Perry's "Roar" (557,000 in 2013).

"Shake It Off" is the first single from Swift's upcoming fifth studio album, 1989, which is due to be released Oct. 27. The song was released commercially on Monday, Aug. 18.

Last week's Digital Songs No. 1, Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass," falls to No. 2, despite a sales gain. It sold 283,000 downloads (up 18 percent).

Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's "Bang Bang" is also pushed back even though it makes a gain, as the diva team-up slips 2-3 with 159,000 (up 21 percent). Like many of the songs in the top 10, this track benefits from a performance on the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, which were broadcast Aug. 24, the final day of the latest sales tracking week. "Bang Bang" was one of the three songs that opened the awards show, as Grande also performed her own "Break Free" and Minaj did her single "Anaconda." The latter track slithers 24-6 with 120,000 (up 132 percent) following the double-whammy of the VMAs performance and the Aug. 20 premiere of its music video.

Iggy Azalea's "Black Widow," featuring Rita Ora, moves 3-4 with 142,000 (up 14 percent), and Smith's "Stay With Me" holds at No. 5 with 122,000. Both were also performed on the VMAs.

Clean Bandit's "Rather Be," featuring Jess Glynne, climbs 8-7 with 104,000 (up 9 percent). Charli XCX's "Boom Clap" steps 12-8 with 97,000 (up 22 percent) after it was performed on the VMA’s pre-show. Sia's "Chandelier," which was nominated for a number of VMAs -— including video of the year — rises 10-9 with 96,000 (up 3 percent). It wasn’t performed on the show, but did take home a non-televised category: best choreography.

Magic's "Rude" closes out the top 10, descending 7-10 with 88,000 (down 15 percent).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Aug. 24) totaled 3.97 million units, down 3 percent compared with the sum last week (4.11 million) and down 19 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (4.9 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 154.5 million, down 15 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (181 million).

This week's 3.97 million total is the smallest weekly sum for album sales since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. It's also the first time weekly sales have fallen below 4 million in that time span.

Digital track sales this past week totaled 19.2 million downloads, down 2 percent compared with last week (19.6 million) and down 13 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (22.1 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 754.4 million, down 13 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (865.4 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2013 when: Avenged Sevenfold's Hail to the King debuted at No. 1 with 159,000, while the previous week's leader, Luke Bryan's Crash My Party, fell to No. 2 with 92,000 (down 42 percent).

[kanimal]

By far his worst-selling album since he got big. His first number one.

The music industry in 2014, ladies and gentlemen.

[areyoureadytojump]

9/6 Billboard 200

www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.30365/title.hip-hop-album-sales-wiz-khalifa-iggy-azalea-beyonce-statik-selektah-slaine

Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Of 8/24/2014

#1. Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood - 90,453 (90,453)
#14. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 12,438 (308,442)
#25. Trey Songz - Trigga - 9,398 (222,638)
#32. Linkin Park - The Hunting Party - 6,880 (221,286)
#39. Tank - Stronger - 6,151 (22,772)
#44. Beyonce - Beyonce - 5,515 (2,039,835)
#45. John Legend - Love In The Future - 5,494 (606,392)
#49. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 5,319 (134,580)
#52. Pharrell - G I R L - 5,177 (506,919)
#58. August Alsina - Testimony - 4,642 (188,418)

[HolidayGuy]

And, weekly album sales have dipped below 4m.

[grandelf]

Wow, I did not expect that to happen in 2014, but it did, first time below 4 million... The sales total for the no.10 album has to be a historic low as well, right?

[HolidayGuy]

Sales should perk up a tad next week, at least.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Yes, Sept/Oct will be busy.

I knew this would happen.

It happened last August as well.

[HolidayGuy]

Does that mean three years until weekly sales fall below 1m?

I don't buy CDs regularly as I used to, and I'm not big on digital albums. I haven't purchased an individual track in some time, and i don't pay for a music service.

[Glove Slap]

Ed Sheeran's album is having a really great hold when you consider that it doesn't have a single high at radio right now. It'll be interesting to see what'll happen if Don't really takes off like callout scores might be suggesting.

[areyoureadytojump]

music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-third-times-the-charm-for-wiz-khalifa-174047115.html

Chart Watch: Third Time's The Charm for Wiz Khalifa
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

The third time proved to be the charm for Wiz Khalifa, whose third solo studio album through a major label, Blacc Hollywood, enters The Billboard 200 at #1 this week (90K). Rolling Papers, his first album through a major label, debuted and peaked at #2 in April 2011. O.N.I.F.C., his second, debuted and peaked at #2 in December 2012. The current album has produced one Hot 100 single, “We Dem Boyz.” It has climbed as high as #43.

The title of Wiz Khalifa’s album plays off of such past album titles as Henry Mancini's Our Man In Hollywood (#12 in 1963). Wiz Khalifa has some experience in Hollywood (if not at the same level as Mancini, a four-time Oscar-winner). Wiz and Snoop Dogg starred in and recorded the soundtrack for Mac & Devin Go To High School, a 2011 straight-to-DVD stoner comedy.

Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 dips from #1 to #2 in its fourth week (64K). It’s #1 on Top Soundtracks for the fourth week. The movie returned to #1 at the box-office over the weekend, after falling behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the last two weekends. It’s the first movie to return to #1 (after being displaced) since Frozen scored in January. Is it just a coincidence that both of these movies spawned soundtracks that reached #1? No. The music was a big factor in keeping the movies up there.

Chase Rice's third studio album, Ignite The Night, debuts at #3 (44K). It enters Top Country Albums at #1, displacing Luke Bryan's Crash My Party. Rice first came to prominence as a contestant on the CBS series Survivor: Nicaragua in 2010. His greatest claim to fame is that he co-wrote Florida Georgia Line's “Cruise,” the best-selling country hit in digital history. “Ready Set Roll” is currently bulleted at #66 on the Hot 100.

Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue debuts at #5 (31K). It also enters Top Country Albums at #2. We posted a separate Chart Watch blog on that earlier this morning. If you missed it, here’s a link.

Ace Frehley's sixth solo studio album, Space Invader, debuts at #9 (19K). It’s his first top 10 album on his own. (His previous highest-charting album was his eponymous 1978 solo debut, which peaked at #26.) Frehley amassed five top 10 albums with KISS, from Alive! (#9 in 1975) to Psycho-Circus (#3 in 1998). (The band has notched four other top 10 albums without him.) Frehley is the first current or former member of that famous foursome to land a top 10 album on his own.

Ed Sheeran's x rebounds from #12 to #10 in its ninth week (16K). The album dips to #2 on The U.K.’s Official Albums Chart, ending an eight-week run in the top spot. The new #1 there is by Britain’s Got Talent winners Collabro.

Smokey Robinson's Smokey & Friends debuts at #12. The album features Robinson in duet versions of his past hits with such stars as Elton John, John Legend, Mary J. Blige and James Taylor. An album with a similar format and title, Alabama's Alabama & Friends, debuted and peaked at #8 in September 2013. Robinson first cracked the top 20 in January 1966 with Going To A Go-Go, which he recorded with the Miracles. He first cracked the top 20 on his own in February 1980 with Where There’s Smoke…

Buckcherry's F*** debuts at #38. (They spell the word out; Yahoo doesn’t.) Van Halen reached #1 in July 1991 with an album titled For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. But now I guess there’s no need for clever word games. Incidentally, Buckcherry’s label is F-Bomb Records.

Florida Georgia Line's debut album, Here’s To The Good Times, tops the 2 million sales mark this week. The album reached #4 on The Billboard 200 and logged 10 weeks at #1 on Top Country Albums. It includes the monster hit “Cruise,” which (as noted above) is the best-selling country hit in digital history. As of last week, it had sold 6,979,000 copies.

Bad News: Overall album sales in the week ending Aug. 24 totaled 3.97 million units. That’s the smallest weekly sum since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991.

Boston's 1997 album Greatest Hits rebounds from #156 to #73 in its 26th week. It returns to #1 on Top Catalog Albums after being displaced last week by Robin Williams's Weapons Of Self Destruction.

Coming Attractions: Ariana Grande's sophomore album My Everything is a lock to debut at #1 next week (150K). Three other albums are eyeing top 10 debuts: Brad Paisley's Moonshine In The Trunk (50K), KEM'sPromise To Love (35K) and Avenged Sevenfold's Waking The Fallen (20K).

[Gary]

Computer issues most of the morning. Won't be posting charts til later. areyoureadtojump, feel free to copy them over from ukmix if you'd like

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 dips from #1 to #2 in its fourth week (64K). It’s #1 on Top Soundtracks for the fourth week. The movie returned to #1 at the box-office over the weekend, after falling behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the last two weekends. It’s the first movie to return to #1 (after being displaced) since Frozen scored in January. Is it just a coincidence that both of these movies spawned soundtracks that reached #1? No. The music was a big factor in keeping the movies up there.

I'm pretty sure this is the other way around. Massively popular movies are keeping the soundtracks up there...

[areyoureadytojump]

The Billboard 200

1 New 1 Blacc Hollywood - Wiz Khalifa - Rostrum/Atlantic | AG
2 1 4 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
3 New 1 Ignite The Night - Chase Rice - Dack Janiels
4 2 3 NOW 51 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy
5 New 1 Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue - Various Artists - Motley/Eleven Seven/Big Machine | BMLG
6 3 39 Frozen - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
7 7 10 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol
8 6 5 5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer - Hey Or Hi | Capitol
9 New 1 Space Invader - Ace Frehley - eOne
10 12 9 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
11 10 54 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
12 New 1 Smokey & Friends - Smokey Robinson - Verve | VG
13 11 4 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale - Eric Clapton & Friends - Bushbranch | Surfdog
14 17 18 The New Classic - Iggy Azalea - Turn First/Hustle Gang | Def Jam
15 8 3 1000HP - Godsmack - Republic
16 9 4 Hypnotic Eye - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Reprise | Warner Bros.
17 16 74 Native - OneRepublic - Mosley/Interscope | IGA
18 22 14 Just As I Am - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG
19 23 12 Platinum - Miranda Lambert - RCA Nashville | SMN
20 25 16 NOW 50 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
21 New 1 Sparks - Imogen Heap - Megaphonic | RCA
22 19 6 Kidz Bop 26 - Kidz Bop Kids - Razor & Tie
23 New 1 Anchor - Colton Dixon - 19/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
24 5 2 TRXYE (EP) - Troye Sivan - Capitol
25 26 8 Trigga - Trey Songz - Songbook/Atlantic | AG

26 28 90 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville | BMLG
27 32 14 Ghost Stories - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG
28 27 10 Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
29 37 28 The Outsiders - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN
30 15 47 Pure Heroine - Lorde - Lava | Republic
31 34 6 Mandatory Fun - "Weird Al" Yankovic - Way Moby | RCA
32 14 10 The Hunting Party - Linkin Park - Machine Shop | Warner Bros.
33 38 50 AM - Arctic Monkeys - Domino
34 21 3 They Want My Soul - Spoon - Headz Under/Seven Four/Loma Vista | Concord
35 New 1 Blind Rage - Accept - Nuclear Blast
36 4 2 Get Hurt - The Gaslight Anthem - Island
37 50 74 Based On A True Story ... - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
38 New 1 **** (EP) - Buckcherry - F Bomb
39 13 2 Stronger - Tank - MoGame/Sound Base/Atlantic | AG
40 45 15 Turn Blue - The Black Keys - Nonesuch | Warner Bros.
41 47 44 PRISM - Katy Perry - Capitol
42 56 7 1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA
43 New 1 The Golden Echo - Kimbra - Warner Bros.
44 88 37 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
45 46 51 Love In The Future - John Legend - G.O.O.D. | Columbia
46 New 1 Benjamin Booker - Benjamin Booker - ATO
47 35 15 Xscape - Michael Jackson - MJJ | Epic
48 55 26 Riser - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
49 60 42 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
50 43 12 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | UMe

51 New 1 Oxygen - Lincoln Brewster - Integrity | PLG
52 42 25 G I R L - Pharrell Williams - i am other | Columbia
53 49 8 Don't Kill The Magic - MAGIC! - Latium | RCA
54 New 1 If I Stay - Soundtrack - WaterTower
55 36 2 X2C (EP) - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN
56 53 11 Lazaretto - Jack White - Third Man | Columbia
57 58 6 The Black Market - Rise Against - Interscope | IGA
58 52 19 Testimony - August Alsina - NNTME MuCo. | Def Jam
59 New 1 You Amaze Us - Selah - Curb
60 61 23 Sex And Love - Enrique Iglesias - Republic
61 29 9 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG | BPG
62 New 1 Maximum Overload - DragonForce - Metal Blade
63 51 3 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems 2 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy
64 64 8 Isolate And Medicate - Seether - The Bicycle Music Company | Concord
65 59 39 Midnight Memories - One Direction - SYCO | Columbia
66 62 103 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
67 78 48 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
68 70 51 Bad Blood - Bastille - Virgin | Capitol
69 44 4 The Shawn Mendes EP - Shawn Mendes - Island
70 48 4 Savages - Theory Of A Deadman - 604/Roadrunner | AG
71 84 47 Yours Truly - Ariana Grande - Republic
72 57 12 Kuntry Livin' - Big Smo - Big Smo/Elektra Nashville | WMN
73 156 26 Greatest Hits - Boston - Epic | Legacy
74 76 123 Red River Blue - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
75 54 27 Cole Swindell - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

76 30 2 LP1 - FKA twigs - Young Turks
77 New 1 #WHATGOESAROUND - Statik Selektah - Showoff | Duck Down
78 71 180 The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash - Legacy/Columbia Nashville/American/Island | UMe
79 115 319 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
80 65 34 Zion - Hillsong UNITED - Hillsong/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
81 72 15 Rewind - Rascal Flatts - Big Machine | BMLG
82 79 19 Lunatic - KONGOS - Tokoloshe | Epic
83 31 37 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote
84 New 1 Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit Of Satch - Dr. John - Proper | Concord
85 186 15 Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs - Secretly Canadian
86 New 1 Loopified - Dirty Loops - Verve | VG
87 89 26 Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q - Top Dawg/Interscope | IGA
88 66 66 God's Not Dead - newsboys - Inpop | Capitol CMG
89 77 17 Shatter Me - Lindsey Stirling - Lindseystomp
90 New 1 Foundations Of Burden - Pallbearer - Profound Lore
91 81 291 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
92 New 1 Too Blessed To Be Stressed - Paul Thorn - Perpetual Obscurity
93 82 134 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
94 85 6 YES! - Jason Mraz - Atlantic | AG
95 New 1 The Cocktail Hour - Various Artists - Universal Special Markets | Starbucks
96 75 9 Jersey Boys - Soundtrack - Rhino
97 92 19 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP) - Various Artists - Walt Disney
98 99 179 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
99 74 7 All-Time Greatest Hits - Neil Diamond - Capitol | UMe
100 73 89 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

101 113 19 Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo - Beluga Heights | Warner Bros.
102 97 111 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
103 114 18 Welcome To The New - MercyMe - Fair Trade | PLG
104 96 183 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia
105 95 71 Save Rock And Roll - Fall Out Boy - Decaydance | Island
106 67 4 Voyager - Jenny Lewis - Warner Bros.
107 100 30 Thrive - Casting Crowns - Beach Street/Reunion | PLG
108 110 41 Juke Box Heroes - Foreigner - Trigger | Razor & Tie
109 153 185 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA | UMe
110 New 1 In Motion: The Remixes - Amy Grant - Amy Grant/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
111 102 7 Redeemer Of Souls - Judas Priest - Epic
112 90 8 Thanks For Listening - Colt Ford - Average Joes
113 171 8 No Other Name - Hillsong - Hillsong/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
114 173 2 Icon: Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton - Polydor | UMe
115 112 14 Heart And Soul - Elvis Presley - RCA | Sony Music CMG
116 109 16 Storyline - Hunter Hayes - Atlantic | WMN
117 163 19 Rivers In The Wasteland - NEEDTOBREATHE - Atlantic | AG
118 169 320 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
119 Re-Entry 7 Mali Is - Mali Music - ByStorm | RCA
120 40 2 Dark Horse - Twista - GMG
121 Re-Entry 76 Ultimate Hits - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Hideout/Capitol | UMe
122 123 110 Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin - Atlantic | Rhino
123 107 107 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - Atlantic | Rhino
124 68 5 Nobodys Smiling - Common - ARTium | Def Jam
125 119 14 The Fault In Our Stars - Soundtrack - Fox/Atlantic | AG

126 134 41 The 1975 - The 1975 - Dirty Hit/Vagrant/Interscope | IGA
127 120 6 Strange Desire - Bleachers - RCA
128 135 21 She Looks So Perfect (EP) - 5 Seconds Of Summer - Hey Or Hi | Capitol
129 87 159 Tailgates & Tanlines - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
130 130 96 Pitch Perfect - Soundtrack - UMe
131 24 2 Testify - Caleb Johnson - 19/Interscope | IGA
132 101 96 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
133 116 52 Hail To The King - Avenged Sevenfold - Warner Bros.
134 139 54 Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin - Atlantic | Rhino
135 127 100 Super Hits - Willie Nelson - Columbia | Legacy
136 131 875 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - Capitol
137 Re-Entry 290 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe
138 172 23 Going To Hell - The Pretty Reckless - Goin' Down | Razor & Tie
139 118 91 Lindsey Stirling - Lindsey Stirling - Lindseystomp
140 New 1 Beautiful Life - Chuck Brown & The Chuck Brown Band - Raw Venture
141 140 67 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters... - Aerosmith - Geffen | UMe
142 142 200 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
143 20 2 Amid The Noise And Haste - SOJA - ATO
144 144 97 Night Train - Jason Aldean - Broken Bow | BBMG
145 187 61 Greatest Hits - Motley Crue - Motley | Eleven Seven
146 New 1 60/50 Ocean Way: The Live Room Sessions (EP) - NEEDTOBREATHE - Atlantic | AG
147 137 220 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
148 New 1 Heavy Fruit - He Is Legend - Tragic Hero
149 94 202 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord
150 122 151 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros. | Warner Bros.

151 18 2 Worlds - Porter Robinson - Sample Sized | Astralwerks
152 Re-Entry 79 Red - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
153 185 68 Same Trailer Different Park - Kacey Musgraves - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
154 Re-Entry 18 Lights Out - Ingrid Michaelson - Cabin 24 | Mom + Pop
155 Re-Entry 9 Love Come To Life - Big Daddy Weave - Fervent | Warner Bros.
156 126 156 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton - Blake Shelton - Reprise Nashville | WMN
157 154 140 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy
158 148 165 The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
159 151 24 Restart - newsboys - Sparrow | Capitol CMG
160 157 11 Family - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Geffen/Hip-O | UMe
161 117 16 Shine On - Sarah McLachlan - Verve | VG
162 166 107 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG
163 159 32 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - Hank Williams Jr. - Curb
164 129 278 The Foundation - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Bigger Picture/Home Grown/Atlantic | AG
165 178 48 WOW Hits 2014 - Various Artists - Provident/Word-Curb | Capitol CMG
166 150 35 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! - Panic! At The Disco - Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen | AG
167 132 8 Remedy - Old Crow Medicine Show - ATO
168 98 36 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1 - Five Finger Death Punch - Prospect Park
169 155 40 Sail Out (EP) - Jhene Aiko - ARTclub/ARTium | Def Jam
170 Re-Entry 48 Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix | Legacy
171 138 13 Behind The Light - Phillip Phillips - 19/Interscope | IGA
172 Re-Entry 10 Corazon - Santana - Sony Music Latin/RCA
173 141 4 Summertime Reggae - Various Artists - Universal Special Markets | Starbucks
174 106 6 Friends & Lovers - Marsha Ambrosius - RCA
175 New 1 Secret Evil - Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas - Dead Owl | Instant Records

176 149 47 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) - Justin Timberlake - RCA
177 111 11 Divergent - Soundtrack - Summit/Lions Gate/Interscope | IGA
178 160 17 The Best Of John Denver Live - John Denver - Columbia | Legacy
179 179 29 NOW 49 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
180 167 48 Demi - Demi Lovato - Hollywood
181 191 23 My Krazy Life - YG - Pushaz Ink/CTE | Def Jam
182 197 56 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters... - The Temptations - Motown | UMe
183 New 1 Even The River Runs - Joel Crouse - Show Dog-Universal
184 152 46 Fuse - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN
185 177 8 God's Not Dead - Soundtrack - Inpop | Capitol CMG
186 124 38 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 2 - Five Finger Death Punch - Prospect Park
187 121 12 Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win - 50 Cent - G Unit
188 Re-Entry 92 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) - Prince And The Revolution - Warner Bros.
189 New 1 The King Of Everything Else - Slaine - Suburban Noize
190 Re-Entry 117 Pyromania - Def Leppard - Mercury | PolyGram
191 145 279 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe
192 184 56 Extended Versions - Creedence Clearwater Revisited - Poor Boy | Sony Music CMG
193 181 3 Stolen Dance (EP) - Milky Chance - Lichtdicht | Republic
194 Re-Entry 17 La Gargola - Chevelle - Epic
195 162 133 The Very Best Of The Eagles - Eagles - Warner Strategic Marketing
196 165 176 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
197 190 95 Babel - Mumford & Sons - Gentleman Of The Road | Glassnote
198 Re-Entry 96 Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi - Mercury | UMe
199 Re-Entry 70 The Best Of Three Dog Night: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection - Three Dog Night - MCA | UMe
200 Re-Entry 17 Love Lust Faith + Dreams - Thirty Seconds To Mars - Immortal/Virgin | Capitol

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Catalog Albums

1 35 50 Greatest Hits - Boston - Epic | Legacy
2 5 56 Red River Blue - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
3 4 104 The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash - Legacy/Columbia Nashville/American/Island | UMe
4 16 974 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
5 2 31 God's Not Dead - newsboys - Inpop | Capitol CMG
6 6 1126 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
7 11 121 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
8 10 170 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
9 9 38 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia
10 14 52 Juke Box Heroes - Foreigner - Trigger | Razor & Tie
11 33 523 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA | UMe
12 45 2 Icon: Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton - Polydor | UMe
13 15 16 Heart And Soul - Elvis Presley - RCA | Sony Music CMG
14 44 681 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
15 Re-Entry 21 Ultimate Hits - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Hideout/Capitol | UMe
16 19 75 Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin - Atlantic | Rhino
17 13 53 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - Atlantic | Rhino
18 7 40 Tailgates & Tanlines - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
19 24 22 Pitch Perfect - Soundtrack - UMe
20 12 16 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
21 27 12 Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin - Atlantic | Rhino
22 22 126 Super Hits - Willie Nelson - Columbia | Legacy
23 25 1120 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - Capitol
24 Re-Entry 326 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe
25 17 21 Lindsey Stirling - Lindsey Stirling - Lindseystomp

26 28 76 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection - Aerosmith - Geffen | UMe
27 29 113 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
28 48 29 Greatest Hits - Motley Crue - Motley | Eleven Seven
29 26 298 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
30 8 875 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty - Fantasy | Concord
31 18 333 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park - Warner Bros.
32 Re-Entry 2 Red - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
33 Re-Entry 2 Love Come To Life - Big Daddy Weave - Fervent | Warner Bros.
34 21 93 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton - Blake Shelton - Reprise Nashville | WMN
35 34 824 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy
36 32 237 The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
37 36 11 Family - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Geffen/Hip-O | UMe
38 43 33 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG
39 37 112 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - Hank Williams Jr. - Curb | Curb
40 23 133 The Foundation - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Bigger Picture/Home Grown/Atlantic | AG
41 Re-Entry 277 Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix | Legacy
42 38 9 The Best Of John Denver Live - John Denver - Columbia | Legacy
43 Re-Entry 74 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters... - The Temptations - Motown | UMe
44 Re-Entry 114 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) - Prince And The Revolution - Warner Bros. | Warner Bros.
45 Re-Entry 12 Pyromania - Def Leppard - Mercury | UMe
46 30 97 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe
47 47 37 Extended Versions - Creedence Clearwater Revisited - Poor Boy | Sony Music CMG
48 40 200 The Very Best Of The Eagles - Eagles - Warner Strategic Marketing
49 42 289 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
50 50 13 Babel - Mumford & Sons - Gentleman Of The Road | Glassnote

^All these albums are on the Billboard 200 this week

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Current Albums

#1-#148 are on the Billboard 200 this week

149 95 4 Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Soundtrack) - James Brown - Polydor | UMe

150 130 30 Settle - Disclosure - Method/PMR/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA
151 84 2 Rockabilly Riot! All Original - Brian Setzer - Surfdog
152 106 3 Forever Yours - Smokie Norful - TreMyles/Motown Gospel | Capitol CMG
153 157 8 Talking Dreams - Echosmith - Warner Bros.
154 114 46 Bangerz - Miley Cyrus - RCA
155 108 38 Days Of Gold - Jake Owen - RCA Nashville | SMN
156 137 37 Vessel - Twenty One Pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
157 131 26 Formula: Vol. 2 - Romeo Santos - Sony Music Latin
158 New 1 Finished People - Sleeping Giant - Century Media
159 111 26 Morning Phase - Beck - Fonograf Records | Capitol
160 New 1 Memoirs Of A Murderer - King 810 - Roadrunner | AG
161 New 1 Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited - Various Artists - Masterworks | Sony Masterworks
162 New 1 K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul - Musical Soundtrack (EP) - K. Michelle - Atlantic | AG
163 New 1 Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk (EP) - Electric Wurms - Lovely Sorts Of Death | Warner Bros.
164 140 72 Paramore - Paramore - Fueled By Ramen | AG
165 167 2 Hideaway (EP) - Kiesza - Lokal Legend/4th & Broadway | Island
166 New 1 Kany Garcia: En Vivo - Kany Garcia - Sony Music Latin
167 Re-Entry 2 Amazing Grace: 14 Treasured Hymns - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Gaither | Capitol CMG
168 New 1 Got 2 Be Groovin - Euge Groove - Shanachie
169 129 10 Band Of Brothers - Willie Nelson - Legacy
170 New 1 Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am - Randy Travis - Warner Bros. | WMN
171 91 8 Whispers - Passenger - Black Crow | Nettwerk
172 193 10 Stay Gold - First Aid Kit - Jagadamba | Columbia
173 Re-Entry 17 Ready To Fly - Jamie Grace - Gotee | Columbia
174 187 7 Nothing More - Nothing More - Eleven Seven
175 Re-Entry 14 The Soundtrack Of Summer: The Very Best Of Foreigner & Styx - Foreigner/Styx - Trigger/TMB | Top Ten

176 151 57 Sempiternal - Bring Me The Horizon - Epitaph
177 126 25 Mastermind - Rick Ross - Maybach/Slip-N-Slide | Def Jam
178 159 32 Kidz Bop 25 - Kidz Bop Kids - Razor & Tie
179 135 4 PARTYNEXTDOOR Two - PARTYNEXTDOOR - OVO Sound | Warner Bros.
180 144 7 Sound Of Change - Dirty Heads - Five Seven
181 169 9 Once More 'Round The Sun - Mastodon - Reprise | Warner Bros.
182 175 8 Mutineers - David Gray - iht | Kobalt
183 116 8 Begin Again - Soundtrack - Alxndr/222/Polydor/Interscope | IGA
184 155 19 Where It All Began - Dan + Shay - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
185 143 6 You Can't Stop Me - Suicide Silence - Nuclear Blast
186 33 2 All You Can Do - Watsky - Steel Wool | Welk
187 New 1 Royal Oaks Blues Cafe - Trudy Lynn Featuring Steve Krase - Connor Ray
188 New 1 British Folk - Various Artists - UMe | Starbucks
189 142 3 Somebody To You EP - The Vamps - Island
190 170 13 The Secret (EP) - Austin Mahone - Chase/Cash Money | Republic
191 178 28 WOW Gospel 2014 - Various Artists - Motown Gospel/Word-Curb/RCA Inspiration | RCA
192 Re-Entry 39 Days Are Gone - HAIM - Columbia
193 New 1 Spectrum - 7th Heaven - NTD
194 39 2 The World Is My Enemy Now - Upon A Burning Body - Sumerian
195 41 2 Directors Of Photography - Dilated Peoples - Rhymesayers
196 Re-Entry 48 Rise - Skillet - Atlantic | AG
197 173 2 Aquila - Pedro Capo - Sony Music Latin
198 New 1 Truth Serum (EP) - Tove Lo - Island
199 165 48 Off The Beaten Path - Justin Moore - Valory | BMLG
200 New 1 Bahamas Is Afie - Bahamas - Barchords/Brushfire | Republic

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MILLION SELLERS CLUB

Florida Georgia Line's "Here's To The Good Times" crosses the 2 million sold mark

New RIAA cert

Pharrell, G I R L Gold

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Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Smokey Robinson Scores Highest-Charting Album in 33 Years
By Keith Caulfield | August 29, 2014 8:45 PM EDT

On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart, Wiz Khalifa's Blacc Hollywood arrived at No. 1, giving the hip-hop star his first chart leader after two previous No. 2-peaking sets. Blacc Hollywood sold 90,000 copies in its first week (ending Aug. 24), according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was well ahead of the No. 2 title, the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack, which fell from the top slot.

Of course, there was lots of chart action elsewhere on the chart. Let's take a closer look:

– Smokey Robinson, Smokey & Friends - No. 12 – The R&B icon, whose legendary chart career stretches back nearly 55 years, earns his highest debut ever on the Billboard 200 with his new Smokey & Friends collection. The all-star collaborations album debuts at No. 12 with 14,000 sold and is also his highest-charting release since 1981, when Being With You climbed to No. 10 on the chart dated June 6, 1981. Smokey & Friends features Robinson duetting with the likes of Elton John, Steven Tyler and Mary J. Blige on a dozen of Robinson's old hits.

Robinson first appeared on a Billboard chart back on Oct. 5, 1959, as part of the R&B group The Miracles. That week, their single "Bad Girl" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at No. 93. With The Miracles, Robinson enjoyed Hot 100 hits such as "Shop Around" (No. 2 in 1961), "I Second That Emotion" (No. 4 in 1967) and "The Tears of a Clown" (No. 1 in 1970).

– Kimbra, The Golden Echo - No. 43 – Kimbra, who broke through big time in 2012 with Gotye on his single "Somebody That I Used To Know," returns with her second album, starting at No. 43 with 6,000 sold. Her first album, 2012's Vows, debuted and peaked at No. 14 with a 22,000 start. Kimbra has yet to chart another single on a Billboard chart after "Somebody That I Used To Know," which is the fourth-biggest selling digital song of all time (7.7 million downloads) and won her two Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year.

– Soundtrack, If I Stay – No. 54 — The multi-artist soundtrack, which features contributions from Beck, Sonic Youth and The Orwells, debuts with 5,000 sold. The movie, based on the book of the same name, was the No. 3 movie at the U.S. and Canada box office over the Aug. 22-24 weekend. It earned $15.7 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

– Various Artists, The Cocktail Hour - No. 95 – This Starbucks-exclusive compilation features artists like Eartha Kitt, Ray Charles and Serge Gainsbourg. It debuts with 3,000 sold. Also on board for the ride inside the CD's package: cocktail recipes for drinks like the Singapore Sling and the Temporary Getaway (champagne and elderflower liqueur with orange juice, lemon juice and apple slices).

– Amy Grant, In Motion: The Remixes - No. 110 – The veteran pop singer arrives with her first dance remix album, In Motion: The Remixes, debuting with nearly 3,000 sold. The set features high-charting oldies from Grant like her No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit "Baby Baby" remixed by notable dance remixers and producers. "Baby Baby," for example, is reworked by Dave Aude. Other remixers on the set include Moto Blanco, Tony Moran, Hex Hextor, Ralphi Rosario and Chris Cox. The album also debuts at No. 8 on Top Christian Albums and No. 5 on Dance/Electronic Albums, making it one of the few titles to reach the top 10 on both tallies.