Billboard 200: 9/13/14: Ariana Grande #1: 169,000

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Billboard said she was at #1, but didn't give a sales figure! DUMB

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6236643/ariana-grande-my-everything-debut-billboard-200


Ariana Grande's 'My Everything' Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield | September 02, 2014 8:13 PM EDT

It's Grande's second No. 1 album in less than a year, following her 'Yours Truly' debut.

Ariana Grande's new album My Everything has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, giving the 21-year-old pop singer two No. 1 albums in less than a year. She's the first woman to debut at No. 1 with her first two albums since 2010.

The rest of the new Billboard 200 chart's top 10, along with My Everything's official sales figure for the week ending Aug. 31 (as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan data), will be revealed on Wednesday, Sept. 3.

My Everything, which was released on Aug. 25, is the follow-up to Grande's first album, Yours Truly. The latter came out on Sept. 2, 2013, and also opened atop the Billboard 200. Grande is the first woman since Susan Boyle to see her first two albums debut at No. 1. Boyle did it with I Dreamed a Dream (released in 2009) and The Gift (2010).

My Everything features three singles that have reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "Problem" featuring Iggy Azalea (which peaked at No. 2), "Break Free" featuring Zedd (No. 4) and her collaboration with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj, "Bang Bang" (No. 6). ("Bang Bang" is only available on the deluxe version of the album.) On the Hot 100 chart dated Aug. 30, all three of those songs were in the top 10 at the same time, making Grande only the second lead female artist to have three concurrent top 10 hits. (Only Adele, among lead-billed women, had done it previously.)

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www.billboard.com/articles/news/6236678/ariana-grande-no-1-album-brad-paisley-kem

Ariana Grande Nabs Second No. 1 Album In Less Than A Year
By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | September 03, 2014

Meanwhile, Brad Paisley and Kem enjoy Top 5 debuts below "My Everything."

As reported earlier, Ariana Grande has scored her second No. 1 album in less than a year, as her new release, My Everything, opens atop the Billboard 200.

The album, which was released Aug. 25, sold 169,000 copies in the week ending Aug. 31, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In turn, My Everything scores the second-largest sales week for a female pop artist in 2014, after the debut of Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence (182,000).

My Everything follows Grande’s debut album, Yours Truly, which came out Sept. 2, 2013. It also started in the No. 1 slot, selling 138,000 copies in its first week.

Grande is the first woman to debut at No. 1 with her first two albums since 2010. Thelast woman to do so was Susan Boyle, who bowed atop the list with I Dreamed a Dream (released in 2009) and The Gift (2010).

Speaking of Boyle, she and Grande are two of only three women to have charted two different No. 1 albums in less than a year since SoundScan started powering the chart in May 1991. They join LeAnn Rimes, who did it with Unchained Melody/The Early Years and You Light Up My Life — Inspirational Songs in 1997. Justin Bieber, Jay Z, One Direction, Luke Bryan and Lil Wayne are among the other acts that have managed the feat.

Following Grande on the new Billboard 200 is country star Brad Paisley, who claims his ninth top 10 album with Moonshine in the Trunk debuting at No. 2 with 53,000. A chart-topping set still eludes Paisley, who is tied with Brooks & Dunn as the country artists with the most top 10 albums that also haven’t hit No. 1.

Behind Paisley is R&B singer Kem, who starts at No. 3 with Promise to Love: Album IV, selling 52,000 copies in its first week. Kem’s last studio set, 2010’s Intimacy: Album III, started at No. 2 with 74,000.

The Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack falls 2-4 with 48,000 (down 26 percent), Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour rises 7-5 with 30,000 (up 24 percent), and last week's No. 1, Wiz Khalifa's Blacc Hollywood, falls 1-6 with 30,000 (down 67 percent).

The soundtrack to Frozen moves 6-7 with 27,000 (down 5 percent), the Now 51 compilation descends 4-8 with 25,000 (down 23percent), and 5 Seconds of Summer's self-titled album falls 8-9 with 22,000 (down 8 percent).

Rock band Avenged Sevenfold closes out the top 10 with a debut -- but the title isn’t a new album. The act's second album, 2003’s Waking the Fallen, arrives at No. 10 after it was reissued Aug. 25 (22,000; up 2,500 percent). It’s the fourth top 10 effort for the act.

While Waking the Fallen didn’t previously chart on the Billboard 200, it did hit No. 15 on the Heatseekers Albums chart back in 2003 and spent 18 weeks on that developing artists tally. It has sold 693,000 copies through Aug. 31.

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" holds at No. 1 for a second week, selling 340,000 downloads (down 38 percent).

Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" is a non-mover as well, sitting at No. 2 for another week (251,000; down 11 percent). "Bang Bang," by Grande, Jessie J and Nicki Minaj, is stationary at No. 3, but posts a big gain -- selling 233,000 (up 47 percent).

Minaj's "Anaconda" jumps 6-4 with 181,000 (up 51%), and Iggy Azalea's "Black Widow," featuring Rita Ora, slips 4-5 with 177,000 (though it’s up by 25 percent). Eminem's new song, "Guts Over Fear," featuring Sia, debuts at No. 6 with 130,000.

Smith's "Stay With Me" falls 5-7 with 115,000 (down 6 percent); Grande's "Break Free," featuring Zedd, rises 17-8 with 113,000 (up 75 percent); and Maroon 5's "Maps" charts a course for No. 9 (up three spots, 94,000; up 20 percent).

Charli XCX's "Boom Clap" rounds out the top 10, dipping 8-10 with 86,000 (down 11 percent).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Aug. 31) totaled 4.2 million units, up 5 percent compared with the sum last week (4 million) and down 15 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (5 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 158.7 million, down 15 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (185.9 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 20.3 million downloads, up 5 percent compared with last week (19.2 million) and down 10 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (22.6 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 774.6 million, down 13 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (888 million).

Next week’s Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2013 when: Grande’s Yours Truly debuted at No. 1 with 138,000 and Tamar Braxton’s Love & War started in the No. 2 slot with 114,000. Nine Inch Nails’ Hesitation Marks (No. 3 with 107,000) and John Legend’s Love in the Future (No. 4 with 68,000) closed out the debut-filled top four.

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www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.30483/title.hip-hop-album-sales-g-unit-beyonce-wiz-khalifa

#6. Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood - 30,067 (120,520)

#14. Beyonce - Beyonce - 15,518 (2,055,353)

#16. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 14,707 (323,149)

#17. G-Unit - The Beauty Of Independence - 14,472 (14,472)

#39. Trey Songz - Trigga - 7,416 (230,054)

#51. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 5,892 (2,189,993)

#57. Linkin Park - The Hunting Party - 5,280 (226,566)

#62. Michael Jackson - Xscape - 4,945 (417,273)

#63. John Legend - Love In The Future - 4,769 (611,161)

#64. Pharrell Williams - G I R L - 4,748 (511,667)

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

I'm surprised at how well the G Unit EP did, haven't heard anything about them in years.

[irice22]

Were people saying Ariana's debut was a disappointment? The numbers seem about right to me.

[Enigma.]

Sept 3, 2014 12:10:59 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

I'm surprised at how well the G Unit EP did, haven't heard anything about them in years.

Does G Unit still include 50 Cent?

[wavey.]

Sept 3, 2014 12:33:02 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Sept 3, 2014 12:10:59 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

I'm surprised at how well the G Unit EP did, haven't heard anything about them in years.

Does G Unit still include 50 Cent?

Yes. When he went indie, he took G-Unit with him. They recently reunited, sans Game and Olivia.

[kanimal]

Sept 3, 2014 12:17:49 GMT -5 irice22 said:

Were people saying Ariana's debut was a disappointment? The numbers seem about right to me.

We see this exact same exchange every week.

Some people, being way too optimistic, are disappointed by the early sales estimate.

Others, playing the hindsight game, say people were insane to expect anything more.

The reality is somewhere in the middle.  Obviously, you're not going to succeed in arguing that Ariana Grande is upset with this total.  #1 album, 169K sales, and her singles are still hot as Hell.  She's a superstar.

But the number certainly doesn't look amazing in context.  If Grande was some nobody who sold 169K after first launching this year, this would be a massive success.  But she was already able to sell really well just based on existing fanbase/novelty - she sold 138K with only a decent single last year.  Certainly nothing on the level of her 3 monster hits in 2014.  Let alone all the hype that she was now one of the biggest names in pop.

So you can't just ignore the fact that all that hype over her singles, the TV performances, the promo, the MTV special, etc only amounted to 30K new buyers*.

*Actually even less than that, since "My Everything" was available for an extra day.

[Gary]

Billboard 200 9/13

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
2 0 New 1 Moonshine In The Trunk, Brad Paisley 2
3 0 New 1 Promise To Love: Album IV, Kem 3
4 2 1 5 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
5 7 7 11 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
6 1 – 2 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
7 6 3 40 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
8 4 2 4 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
9 8 6 6 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
10 0 New 1 Waking The Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold 10
11 0 New 1 Oxygen : Inhale, Thousand Foot Krutch 11
12 10 12 10 x, Ed Sheeran 1
13 0 New 1 Brill Bruisers, The New Pornographers 13
14 44 88 38 GG Beyonce, Beyonce 1
15 11 10 55 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
16 14 17 19 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
17 0 New 1 The Beauty Of Independence (EP), G Unit 17
18 3 – 2 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
19 0 New 1 Pale Communion, Opeth 19
20 0 New 1 The Undoing, Steffany Gretzinger 20
21 0 New 1 Swimmin' Time, Shovels & Rope 21
22 5 – 2 Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue, Various Artists 5
23 0 New 1 En Todo Estare, Chayanne 23
24 20 25 17 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
25 18 22 15 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
26 17 16 75 Native, OneRepublic 4
27 16 9 5 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1
28 13 11 5 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 2
29 26 28 91 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
30 0 New 1 Royal Blood, Royal Blood 30
31 15 8 4 1000HP, Godsmack 3
32 22 19 7 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
33 27 32 15 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
34 19 23 13 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
35 30 15 48 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
36 75 54 28 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
37 12 – 2 Smokey & Friends, Smokey Robinson 12
38 28 27 11 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
39 25 26 9 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
40 71 84 48 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
41 33 38 51 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
42 126 134 42 PS The 1975, The 1975 28
43 0 New 1 Lets Get It, Ca$h Out 43
44 29 37 29 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
45 0 New 1 Manipulator, Ty Segall 45
46 42 56 8 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
47 0 New 1 War Story: Aftermath - Music From And Inspired By The Film (Soundtrack), Amy Lee Featuring Dave Eggar 47
48 103 114 19 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
49 9 – 2 Space Invader, Ace Frehley 9
50 37 50 75 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
51 49 60 43 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
52 31 34 7 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
53 34 21 4 They Want My Soul, Spoon 4
54 0 New 1 Don't (EP), Ed Sheeran 54
55 94 85 7 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
56 48 55 27 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
57 32 14 11 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
58 66 62 104 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
59 50 43 13 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 10
60 56 53 12 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
61 41 47 45 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
62 47 35 16 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
63 45 46 52 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
64 52 42 26 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
65 54 – 2 If I Stay, Soundtrack 54
66 39 13 3 Stronger, Tank 13
67 0 Re-Entry 26 Morning Phase, Beck 3
68 0 New 1 Tied To A Star, J Mascis 68
69 60 61 24 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
70 40 45 16 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
71 58 52 20 Testimony, August Alsina 2
72 83 31 38 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
73 125 119 15 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
74 68 70 52 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
75 67 78 49 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
76 57 58 7 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
77 78 71 181 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
78 155 – 10 Love Come To Life, Big Daddy Weave 78
79 53 49 9 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
80 80 65 35 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
81 101 113 20 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
82 72 57 13 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 31
83 24 5 3 TRXYE (EP), Troye Sivan 5
84 107 100 31 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
85 65 59 40 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
86 55 36 3 X2C (EP), Sam Hunt 36
87 61 29 10 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
88 74 76 124 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
89 95 – 2 The Cocktail Hour, Various Artists 89
90 76 30 3 LP1, FKA twigs 30
91 0 New 1 Stomachaches., Frnkiero AndThe Cellebration. 91
92 63 51 4 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems 2, Various Artists 20
93 133 116 53 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
94 98 99 180 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
95 70 48 5 Savages, Theory Of A Deadman 8
96 0 New 1 Council Of The Dead, Famous Last Words 96
97 102 97 112 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
98 87 89 27 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
99 23 – 2 Anchor, Colton Dixon 23
100 91 81 292 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 18
101 64 64 9 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
102 36 4 3 Get Hurt, The Gaslight Anthem 4
103 0 Re-Entry 15 Ready To Fly, Jamie Grace 32
104 89 77 18 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
105 82 79 20 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
106 104 96 184 21, Adele 1
107 88 66 67 God's Not Dead, newsboys 45
108 0 Re-Entry 2 Studio Sessions, Rico Calhoun 108
109 69 44 5 The Shawn Mendes EP, Shawn Mendes 5
110 93 82 135 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
111 51 – 2 Oxygen, Lincoln Brewster 51
112 97 92 20 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
113 100 73 90 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
114 114 173 3 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 114
115 81 72 16 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
116 129 87 160 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
117 122 123 111 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 1
118 115 112 15 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 112
119 99 74 8 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
120 105 95 72 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
121 108 110 42 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 108
122 130 130 97 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
123 118 169 321 Metallica, Metallica 1
124 0 New 1 Live In Concert: God's Not Dead, newsboys 124
125 123 107 108 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 7
126 96 75 10 Jersey Boys, Soundtrack 15
127 132 101 97 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
128 79 115 320 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
129 117 163 20 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
130 0 New 1 One For The Road (EP), Jeff LaBar 130
131 150 122 152 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
132 147 137 221 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
133 35 – 2 Blind Rage, Accept 35
134 141 140 68 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters..., Aerosmith 67
135 178 160 18 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 52
136 135 127 101 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 98
137 0 Re-Entry 122 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 6
138 112 90 9 Thanks For Listening, Colt Ford 10
139 109 153 186 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
140 113 171 9 No Other Name, Hillsong 13
141 136 131 876 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
142 0 New 1 The Grind, Lenny Cooper 142
143 0 New 1 10 Summers, DJ Mustard 143
144 162 166 108 +, Ed Sheeran 5
145 144 144 98 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
146 111 102 8 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
147 153 185 69 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
148 116 109 17 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
149 163 159 33 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Hank Williams Jr. 101
150 142 142 201 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
151 0 Re-Entry 157 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
152 139 118 92 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 23
153 106 67 5 Voyager, Jenny Lewis 9
154 160 157 12 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 154
155 128 135 22 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
156 145 187 62 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 94
157 46 – 2 Benjamin Booker, Benjamin Booker 46
158 134 139 55 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 1
159 73 156 27 Greatest Hits, Boston 47
160 59 – 2 You Amaze Us, Selah 59
161 190 – 118 Pyromania, Def Leppard 2
162 127 120 7 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11
163 21 – 2 Sparks, Imogen Heap 21
164 168 98 37 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
165 149 94 203 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
166 182 197 57 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters..., The Temptations 73
167 186 124 39 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
168 0 New 1 Junto, Basement Jaxx 168
169 0 Re-Entry 15 The Best Of The Commodores: 20th Century Masters..., Commodores 155
170 158 148 166 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem 1
171 38 – 2 Fuck (EP), Buckcherry 38
172 174 106 7 Friends & Lovers, Marsha Ambrosius 12
173 164 129 279 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9
174 166 150 36 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
175 157 154 141 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
176 137 – 291 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
177 0 Re-Entry 8 Begin Again, Soundtrack 22
178 119 – 8 Mali Is, Mali Music 16
179 159 151 25 Restart, newsboys 38
180 195 162 134 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
181 0 New 1 We Are: Part 1, Dash Berlin 181
182 0 Re-Entry 46 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
183 181 191 24 My Krazy Life, YG 2
184 0 Re-Entry 67 Paramore, Paramore 1
185 138 172 24 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
186 0 Re-Entry 164 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
187 156 126 157 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
188 169 155 41 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
189 167 132 9 Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show 15
190 187 121 13 Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win, 50 Cent 4
191 193 181 4 Stolen Dance (EP), Milky Chance 181
192 0 Re-Entry 51 Eye On It, tobyMac 1
193 179 179 30 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
194 188 – 93 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
195 176 149 48 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
196 0 Re-Entry 102 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 1
197 0 New 1 Be Impressive, The Griswolds 197
198 0 New 1 Johnny Cash At Madison Square Garden, Johnny Cash 198
199 192 184 57 Extended Versions, Creedence Clearwater Revisited 74
200 199 – 71 The Best Of Three Dog Night: 20th Century Masters..., Three Dog Night 109

[Gary]

TCA 9/13


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
2 0 New 1 Moonshine In The Trunk, Brad Paisley 2
3 0 New 1 Promise To Love: Album IV, Kem 3
4 2 1 5 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
5 7 7 11 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
6 1 – 2 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
7 6 3 40 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
8 4 2 4 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
9 8 6 6 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
10 0 New 1 Oxygen : Inhale, Thousand Foot Krutch 10
11 10 12 10 x, Ed Sheeran 1
12 0 New 1 Brill Bruisers, The New Pornographers 12
13 44 81 38 GG Beyonce, Beyonce 1
14 11 10 55 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
15 14 17 19 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
16 0 New 1 The Beauty Of Independence (EP), G Unit 16
17 3 – 2 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
18 0 New 1 Pale Communion, Opeth 18
19 0 New 1 The Undoing, Steffany Gretzinger 19
20 0 New 1 Swimmin' Time, Shovels & Rope 20
21 5 – 2 Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue, Various Artists 5
22 0 New 1 En Todo Estare, Chayanne 22
23 20 25 17 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
24 18 22 15 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
25 17 16 75 Native, OneRepublic 4
26 16 9 5 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
27 13 11 5 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 2
28 26 28 91 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
29 0 New 1 Royal Blood, Royal Blood 29
30 15 8 4 1000HP, Godsmack 3
31 22 19 7 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
32 27 32 15 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
33 19 23 13 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
34 30 15 48 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
35 73 54 28 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
36 12 – 2 Smokey & Friends, Smokey Robinson 12
37 28 27 11 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
38 25 26 9 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
39 71 78 51 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
40 33 38 51 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
41 109 109 48 PS The 1975, The 1975 28
42 0 New 1 Lets Get It, Ca$h Out 42
43 29 37 29 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
44 0 New 1 Manipulator, Ty Segall 44
45 42 56 8 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
46 0 New 1 War Story: Aftermath - Music From And Inspired By The Film (Soundtrack), Amy Lee Featuring Dave Eggar 46
47 95 99 21 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
48 9 – 2 Space Invader, Ace Frehley 9
49 37 50 75 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
50 49 60 43 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
51 31 34 7 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
52 34 21 4 They Want My Soul, Spoon 4
53 0 New 1 Don't (EP), Ed Sheeran 53
54 88 79 7 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
55 48 55 27 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
56 32 14 11 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
57 66 62 104 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
58 50 43 13 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 8
59 56 53 12 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
60 41 47 45 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
61 47 35 16 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
62 45 46 52 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
63 52 42 26 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
64 54 – 2 If I Stay, Soundtrack 54
65 39 13 3 Stronger, Tank 13
66 159 111 27 Morning Phase, Beck 3
67 0 New 1 Tied To A Star, J Mascis 67
68 60 61 24 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
69 40 45 16 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
70 58 52 20 Testimony, August Alsina 2
71 79 31 38 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
72 108 102 15 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
73 68 67 52 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
74 67 73 49 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
75 57 58 7 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
76 53 49 9 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
77 76 64 62 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
78 94 98 20 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
79 72 57 13 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 28
80 24 5 3 TRXYE (EP), Troye Sivan 5
81 98 89 31 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
82 65 59 40 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
83 55 36 3 X2C (EP), Sam Hunt 36
84 61 29 10 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
85 89 – 2 The Cocktail Hour, Various Artists 85
86 74 30 3 LP1, FKA twigs 30
87 0 New 1 Stomachaches., Frnkiero AndThe Cellebration. 87
88 63 51 4 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems 2, Various Artists 20
89 113 100 53 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
90 70 48 5 Savages, Theory Of A Deadman 8
91 0 New 1 Council Of The Dead, Famous Last Words 91
92 83 82 27 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
93 23 – 2 Anchor, Colton Dixon 23
94 64 63 9 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
95 36 4 3 Get Hurt, The Gaslight Anthem 4
96 173 – 18 Ready To Fly, Jamie Grace 31
97 84 72 18 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
98 78 74 23 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
99 0 Re-Entry 2 Studio Sessions, Rico Calhoun 99
100 69 44 5 The Shawn Mendes EP, Shawn Mendes 5
101 87 76 135 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
102 51 – 2 Oxygen, Lincoln Brewster 51
103 91 85 20 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
104 93 69 90 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
105 77 68 16 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
106 92 70 8 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
107 96 87 72 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
108 90 71 10 Jersey Boys, Soundtrack 15
109 104 123 20 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
110 0 New 1 One For The Road (EP), Jeff LaBar 110
111 35 – 2 Blind Rage, Accept 35
112 101 83 9 Thanks For Listening, Colt Ford 10
113 102 127 9 No Other Name, Hillsong 13
114 0 New 1 The Grind, Lenny Cooper 114
115 0 New 1 10 Summers, DJ Mustard 115
116 100 90 8 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
117 121 138 74 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
118 103 96 17 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
119 97 65 5 Voyager, Jenny Lewis 9
120 111 110 22 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
121 46 – 2 Benjamin Booker, Benjamin Booker 46
122 59 – 2 You Amaze Us, Selah 59
123 110 103 7 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11
124 21 – 2 Sparks, Imogen Heap 21
125 128 88 52 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
126 143 105 41 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
127 0 New 1 Junto, Basement Jaxx 127
128 38 – 2 Fuck (EP), Buckcherry 38
129 133 94 7 Friends & Lovers, Marsha Ambrosius 12
130 126 118 46 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
131 183 116 9 Begin Again, Soundtrack 22
132 105 152 11 Mali Is, Mali Music 16
133 123 119 39 Restart, newsboys 38
134 0 New 1 We Are: Part 1, Dash Berlin 134
135 154 114 47 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
136 139 141 24 My Krazy Life, YG 2
137 164 140 73 Paramore, Paramore 1
138 114 128 24 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
139 129 121 42 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
140 127 107 9 Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show 15
141 144 104 13 Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win, 50 Cent 4
142 146 136 8 Stolen Dance (EP), Milky Chance 133
143 137 134 30 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
144 135 117 48 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
145 0 New 1 Be Impressive, The Griswolds 145
146 156 137 38 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
147 141 120 50 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
148 152 106 4 Forever Yours, Smokie Norful 65
149 125 133 49 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
150 155 108 39 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 13
151 150 130 31 Settle, Disclosure 38
152 138 124 61 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
153 107 66 6 Nobodys Smiling, Common 6
154 157 131 27 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
155 165 167 3 Hideaway (EP), Kiesza 155
156 81 139 22 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
157 0 New 1 Everchanger, Animate Invent 157
158 80 – 2 Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit Of Satch, Dr. John 80
159 147 156 22 La Gargola, Chevelle 3
160 0 Re-Entry 5 Fall For You, Leela James 65
161 85 – 2 Foundations Of Burden, Pallbearer 85
162 0 Re-Entry 17 All The People Said Amen, Matt Maher 83
163 0 Re-Entry 58 The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles 2
164 149 95 5 Get On Up: The James Brown Story (Soundtrack), James Brown 60
165 153 157 9 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 132
166 124 101 17 Shine On, Sarah McLachlan 4
167 176 151 58 Sempiternal, Bring Me The Horizon 11
168 172 193 11 Stay Gold, First Aid Kit 20
169 177 126 26 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
170 122 147 20 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
171 106 40 3 Dark Horse, Twista 40
172 188 – 2 British Folk, Various Artists 172
173 116 20 3 Amid The Noise And Haste, SOJA 20
174 0 Re-Entry 62 Love Is Everything, George Strait 2
175 196 – 49 Rise, Skillet 4
176 184 155 20 Where It All Began, Dan + Shay 6
177 191 178 29 WOW Gospel 2014, Various Artists 25
178 180 144 8 Sound Of Change, Dirty Heads 8
179 130 112 15 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 7
180 142 132 10 God's Not Dead, Soundtrack 111
181 62 – 2 Maximum Overload, DragonForce 62
182 169 129 11 Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson 5
183 0 Re-Entry 2 10 Great Songs: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, The Beach Boys 183
184 0 New 1 The Man Upstairs, Robyn Hitchcock 184
185 0 Re-Entry 25 Oh, What A Life, American Authors 15
186 132 113 5 Summertime Reggae, Various Artists 90
187 192 – 40 Days Are Gone, HAIM 6
188 0 Re-Entry 3 Put Your Needle Down, The Secret Sisters 98
189 0 Re-Entry 5 The Baddest, ZZ Top 88
190 0 Re-Entry 36 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 20
191 199 165 49 Off The Beaten Path, Justin Moore 2
192 43 – 2 The Golden Echo, Kimbra 43
193 198 – 2 Truth Serum (EP), Tove Lo 193
194 0 Re-Entry 3 The Ascension, Phil Wickham 39
195 112 24 3 Testify, Caleb Johnson 24
196 0 Re-Entry 64 I Love You., The Neighbourhood 25
197 0 New 1 Solo Concerts, Bruce Hornsby 197
198 0 Re-Entry 2 New Eyes, Clean Bandit 130
199 0 Re-Entry 8 Crazy Life, Home Free 39
200 0 Re-Entry 100 Best Days, Tamela Mann 14

[Gary]

Catalog 9/13

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Waking The Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold 1
2 3 4 105 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
3 33 – 3 GG Love Come To Life, Big Daddy Weave 3
4 2 5 57 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
5 7 11 122 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
6 8 10 171 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
7 6 6 1127 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
8 9 9 39 21, Adele 1
9 5 2 32 God's Not Dead, newsboys 1
10 12 45 3 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 10
11 18 7 41 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
12 16 19 76 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 2
13 13 15 17 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 13
14 10 14 53 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 4
15 19 24 23 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
16 14 44 682 Metallica, Metallica 1
17 0 New 1 Live In Concert: God's Not Dead, newsboys 17
18 17 13 54 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 3
19 20 12 17 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 6
20 4 16 975 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
21 31 18 334 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
22 29 26 299 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
23 26 28 77 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Aerosmith 5
24 42 38 10 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 24
25 22 22 127 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
26 0 Re-Entry 77 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 1
27 11 33 524 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
28 23 25 1121 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
29 38 43 34 +, Ed Sheeran 1
30 0 New 1 Night Train, Jason Aldean 30
31 39 37 113 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Hank Williams Jr. 11
32 27 29 114 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
33 0 Re-Entry 390 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
34 25 17 22 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 1
35 37 36 12 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 32
36 28 48 30 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 18
37 21 27 13 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 2
38 1 35 51 Greatest Hits, Boston 1
39 45 – 13 Pyromania, Def Leppard 24
40 30 8 876 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
41 43 – 75 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters..., The Temptations 6
42 0 Re-Entry 19 The Best Of The Commodores: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Commodores 28
43 36 32 238 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem 1
44 40 23 134 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 1
45 35 34 825 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
46 24 – 327 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
47 48 40 201 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 1
48 0 Re-Entry 63 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 7
49 34 21 94 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
50 0 Re-Entry 10 Eye On It, tobyMac 6

[Caviar]

Sept 3, 2014 13:40:14 GMT -5 kanimal said:

Sept 3, 2014 12:17:49 GMT -5 irice22 said:

Were people saying Ariana's debut was a disappointment? The numbers seem about right to me.

We see this exact same exchange every week.

Some people, being way too optimistic, are disappointed by the early sales estimate.

Others, playing the hindsight game, say people were insane to expect anything more.

The reality is somewhere in the middle.  Obviously, you're not going to succeed in arguing that Ariana Grande is upset with this total.  #1 album, 169K sales, and her singles are still hot as Hell.  She's a superstar.

But the number certainly doesn't look amazing in context.  If Grande was some nobody who sold 169K after first launching this year, this would be a massive success.  But she was already able to sell really well just based on existing fanbase/novelty - she sold 138K with only a decent single last year.  Certainly nothing on the level of her 3 monster hits in 2014.  Let alone all the hype that she was now one of the biggest names in pop.

So you can't just ignore the fact that all that hype over her singles, the TV performances, the promo, the MTV special, etc only amounted to 30K new buyers*.

*Actually even less than that, since "My Everything" was available for an extra day.

People forget that streaming has grown immensely since her release last year. Take for example the Bubbling Under chart this week, she has 5 songs charting there and nearly all of the tracks on the album were in the top 100 at some point on Spotify. She had a hit TV show last year which also contributed to her higher than normal first week total and it doesn't help her fan base is mostly young teens that do not buy albums anyway. As long as she continues the hit singles and the high profile appearances then she will be fine. I see this album selling 700k in the long run which would surpass her first album by quite a bit.

[Gary]

Digital 9/13


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
2 2 1 5 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
3 0 New 1 Moonshine In The Trunk, Brad Paisley 3
4 0 New 1 Promise To Love: Album IV, Kem 4
5 1 – 2 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
6 0 New 1 The Beauty Of Independence (EP), G Unit 6
7 5 7 11 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
8 0 New 1 The Undoing, Steffany Gretzinger 8
9 0 New 1 Oxygen : Inhale, Thousand Foot Krutch 9
10 22 – 23 GG Beyonce, Beyonce 1
11 8 3 40 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
12 6 6 6 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
13 9 17 10 x, Ed Sheeran 1
14 0 New 1 Swimmin' Time, Shovels & Rope 14
15 10 13 40 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
16 12 22 19 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 2
17 0 New 1 Royal Blood, Royal Blood 17
18 0 New 1 Brill Bruisers, The New Pornographers 18
19 0 New 1 War Story: Aftermath - Music From And Inspired By The Film (Soundtrack), Amy Lee Featuring Dave Eggar 19
20 0 Re-Entry 8 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
21 0 Re-Entry 3 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 1
22 0 Re-Entry 2 The 1975, The 1975 15
23 0 New 1 Don't (EP), Ed Sheeran 23
24 0 New 1 Waking The Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold 24
25 3 – 2 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3

[Gary]

Vinyl 9/13


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Brill Bruisers, The New Pornographers 1
2 0 New 1 Manipulator, Ty Segall 2
3 0 New 1 Swimmin' Time, Shovels & Rope 3
4 6 – 2 LP1, FKA twigs 4
5 0 New 1 Waking The Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold 5
6 0 New 1 Tied To A Star, J Mascis 6
7 8 4 12 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
8 0 New 1 Grace, Jeff Buckley 8
9 4 5 45 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
10 3 2 4 They Want My Soul, Spoon 1
11 5 6 11 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 2
12 0 Re-Entry 12 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 4
13 0 New 1 Good News For People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse 13
14 0 Re-Entry 4 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 9
15 14 8 117 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1

[kanimal]

Sept 4, 2014 7:21:56 GMT -5 Caviar said:

Sept 3, 2014 13:40:14 GMT -5 kanimal said:

We see this exact same exchange every week.

Some people, being way too optimistic, are disappointed by the early sales estimate.

Others, playing the hindsight game, say people were insane to expect anything more.

The reality is somewhere in the middle.  Obviously, you're not going to succeed in arguing that Ariana Grande is upset with this total.  #1 album, 169K sales, and her singles are still hot as Hell.  She's a superstar.

But the number certainly doesn't look amazing in context.  If Grande was some nobody who sold 169K after first launching this year, this would be a massive success.  But she was already able to sell really well just based on existing fanbase/novelty - she sold 138K with only a decent single last year.  Certainly nothing on the level of her 3 monster hits in 2014.  Let alone all the hype that she was now one of the biggest names in pop.

So you can't just ignore the fact that all that hype over her singles, the TV performances, the promo, the MTV special, etc only amounted to 30K new buyers*.

*Actually even less than that, since "My Everything" was available for an extra day.

People forget that streaming has grown immensely since her release last year. Take for example the Bubbling Under chart this week, she has 5 songs charting there and nearly all of the tracks on the album were in the top 100 at some point on Spotify. She had a hit TV show last year which also contributed to her higher than normal first week total and it doesn't help her fan base is mostly young teens that do not buy albums anyway. As long as she continues the hit singles and the high profile appearances then she will be fine. I see this album selling 700k in the long run which would surpass her first album by quite a bit.

I'm fine with most of this, but I'd strongly disagree with the bold.

Last year, it was only the core fanbase buying her album.  That fanbase = 138K sales.  This year, she's expanded and become a legitimate music superstar.  So it's not the young, rabid kids who are declining to buy her album - it's the rest of the market.

[Push The Button]

Sept 4, 2014 8:13:11 GMT -5 kanimal said:

Sept 4, 2014 7:21:56 GMT -5 Caviar said:

People forget that streaming has grown immensely since her release last year. Take for example the Bubbling Under chart this week, she has 5 songs charting there and nearly all of the tracks on the album were in the top 100 at some point on Spotify. She had a hit TV show last year which also contributed to her higher than normal first week total and it doesn't help her fan base is mostly young teens that do not buy albums anyway. As long as she continues the hit singles and the high profile appearances then she will be fine. I see this album selling 700k in the long run which would surpass her first album by quite a bit.

I'm fine with most of this, but I'd strongly disagree with the bold.

Last year, it was only the core fanbase buying her album.  That fanbase = 138K sales.  This year, she's expanded and become a legitimate music superstar.  So it's not the young, rabid kids who are declining to buy her album - it's the rest of the market.

Superstar? She's had a couple of hits, but come on now.

[Push The Button]

Idina Menzel just tweeted that she's releasing a Christmas album on October 14. Could be one to watch this season.

[HolidayGuy]

^Even though they're sorta mashed up in Frozen, I demand a holiday-enhanced mashup of "Let It Go"/"Do You Want to Build a Snowman"?

Thanks for posting the charts, Gary.

[dgarcia3377]

11 0 New 1 Oxygen : Inhale, Thousand Foot Krutch 11

Soooo close!

[areyoureadytojump]

music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-brad-paisley-has-the-2-blues-201947725.html

Chart Watch: Brad Paisley Has the #2 Blues
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

Brad Paisley lands his fifth #2 album as Moonshine In The Trunk enters The Billboard 200 in the runner-up slot (53K). The country superstar has yet to reach #1. Paisley has amassed more #2 albums without a #1 than any other artist in chart history. Sheryl Crow, with four #2 albums, is in second place. (So she’s #2 on this list, too!)

This is Paisley’s fourth consecutive studio album to debut (and presumably peak) at #2. It follows 2009’s American Saturday Night, 2011’s This Is Country Music and 2013’s Wheelhouse. Paisley first reached the runner-up slot with 2005’s Time Well Wasted.

Moonshine is Paisley’s ninth top 10 album. That puts him in a tie with Brooks & Dunn as the country act with the most top 10 albums without a #1. Brooks & Dunn amassed nine top 10 albums from 1993 to 2009. Their highest-charting album, Hillbilly Deluxe, reached #3 in September 2005.

But don’t feel too badly for Paisley. Moonshine is his eighth consecutive studio album to reach #1 on Top Country Albums.

The cover of Paisley’s album shows the trunk of a car, with Paisley’s image barely visible as a reflection. This is the third time Paisley hasn’t appeared on the cover of one of his albums. He was also missing from the cover of 2006’s Brad Paisley Christmas and 2008’s Play. All of these albums would probably have sold better with a nice shot of Paisley on the cover.

Paisley’s album was kept out of the top spot on The Billboard 200 by Ariana Grande's My Everything, which debuted with a solid, but still somewhat disappointing, sales tally of 169K. We posted a separate blog on Grande’s album earlier today. If you missed it, here’s a link.

KEM's fourth studio album, Promise To Love: Album IV, debuts at #3 (52K). It’s the R&B artist’s third album in arrow to reach the top five.

Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 drops from #2 to #4 in its fifth week (48K). It’s #1 on Top Soundtracks for the fifth week. The movie was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. This was its third weekend in the lead.

Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour rebounds from #7 to #5 in its 11th week (30K). The album has been in the top 10 the entire time. The album has done even better in Smith’s native U.K. This is its 14th consecutive week in the top five there. The album is a very good bet to sweep the Grammy nominations in December.

A deluxe reissue of Avenged Sevenfold's 2003 album Waking The Fallen finally enters The Billboard 200 for the first time at #10 (22K). It’s the band’s fourth top 10 album. It’s #1 on Top Catalog Albums, displacing Boston's Greatest Hits. This marks the first time that a catalog album has cracked the top 10 on The Billboard 200 since a reissue of Led Zeppelin's eponymous 1969 debut album reached #7 in June.

Beyonce's Beyonce vaults from #44 to #14 in its 38th week, in the wake of her show-capping performance on the VMAs. The album has sold 2,055,000 copies—and it’s not done yet. The album will likely be a Grammy finalist for Album Of The Year.

Royal Blood's debut album opens at #30. The album enters The U.K.'s Official Album Chart at #1. The British rock duo consists of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher.

Ariana Grande's debut album, Yours Truly, rebounds from #71 to #40 in its 48th week. The album has sold 495K copies since its release in September 2013.

Coming Attractions: Look for Maroon 5 V to debut at #1 next week, with sales in the 145K range. Jeezy's Seen It All: The Autobiography will probably open at #2 (90K). Counting Crows's Somewhere Under Wonderland will probably open around #5 (28K).

[Push The Button]

This is the fourth time that Paisley has been shut out from the top spot by a female artist:

Ariana Grande (2014)
Paramore (2013)
Lady Gaga (2011)
Now 31 (2009)
Hilary Duff (2005)

I'm counting Paramore since they're fronted by a female.

[areyoureadytojump]

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

4,180,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

1,784,000 albums were digital albums.

2,396,000 albums were cd/vinyl/cassette albums.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-93-the-charts-are-looking-rather-pale

Metal By Numbers 9/3: The charts are looking rather pale
Posted by Matt Brown on September 3, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.

and

Country album sales:

roughstock.com/news/country-album-sales-report-09-03-2014/

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6243944/billboard-200-chart-moves-brad-paisley-the-ever-elusive-no-1

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Brad Paisley & The Ever-Elusive No. 1 Album
By Keith Caulfield | September 05, 2014 8:42 PM EDT


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

– Brad Paisley, Moonshine in the Trunk – No. 2 – Brad Paisley has the kind of history on the Billboard 200 that a chart geek loves. The country star has racked up five No. 2 albums -- including his new Moonshine in the Trunk, which debuts at No. 2 -- but has yet to claim a No. 1.

That achievement makes him the artist with the most No. 2 albums without a No. 1. He was previously tied with Sheryl Crow, who has four runner-up sets without a chart-topper.

While Moonshine wasn't close to topping the chart (its 53,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, is well behind Grande's My Everything, with 169,000), Paisley has come much closer previously.

His closest call to No. 1 came with 2013's Wheelhouse. It missed the top slot by nearly 6,000 copies, denied by Paramore's self-titled album (100,000 versus 106,000).

In total, Moonshine is Paisley's ninth top 10 album, which ties him with Brooks & Dunn as the country acts with the most top 10 albums without a No. 1.

Curious as to what other No. 1-less acts have racked up a bevy of top 10s? Kiss, 311 and Crow have nine, The Who and Sting have 10, and James Taylor has 11. But the kings of having the most top 10s without a No. 1 are 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Rush, with a staggering 12 top 10s. Rush's most recent studio set, 2012's Clockwork Angels, debuted and peaked at No. 2 on June 30 -- stuck behind Usher's also-arriving Looking 4 Myself.

— Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour – No. 5 – The album jumps past the half-million sales mark (with another 30,000 sold in the week ending Aug. 31, bringing its total to 523,000). It remains the top-selling debut full-length album released in 2014.

— Steffany Gretzinger, The Undoing – No. 20 – Steffany Gretzinger sees her solo debut arrive with 13,000 sold and an entry at No. 2 on Top Christian Albums. Gretzinger is from the Bethel Music collective of artists, which earned its first top 10 album earlier this year with You Make Me Brave: Live at the Civic (No. 10 on May 10).

— Ed Sheeran, Don't (EP) – No. 54 – This four-song set, featuring a Rick Ross-aided remix of the title track, is Sheeran's fourth EP to reach a Billboard chart, but his first to sell enough to reach the Billboard 200. (In 2012, he charted two EPs on the Folk Albums chart and one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums list with Yelawolf).

— Jeff LaBar, One for the Road (EP) – No. 130 – The guitarist for rock band Cinderella makes his solo debut, exactly 28 years after the group's debut set Night Songs broke into the top 25 on Sept. 13, 1986.

—Aerosmith, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – No. 134 – The long-running, budget-priced series continues to be popular with CD buyers, as 96 percent of this album's total sales (698,000) are on the physical format. Universal says that the product line has sold 62 million, with 97 percent of those sales on CD.

[mluv]

Sept 3, 2014 13:40:14 GMT -5 kanimal said:

Sept 3, 2014 12:17:49 GMT -5 irice22 said:

Were people saying Ariana's debut was a disappointment? The numbers seem about right to me.

We see this exact same exchange every week.

Some people, being way too optimistic, are disappointed by the early sales estimate.

Others, playing the hindsight game, say people were insane to expect anything more.

The reality is somewhere in the middle.  Obviously, you're not going to succeed in arguing that Ariana Grande is upset with this total.  #1 album, 169K sales, and her singles are still hot as Hell.  She's a superstar.

But the number certainly doesn't look amazing in context.  If Grande was some nobody who sold 169K after first launching this year, this would be a massive success.  But she was already able to sell really well just based on existing fanbase/novelty - she sold 138K with only a decent single last year.  Certainly nothing on the level of her 3 monster hits in 2014.  Let alone all the hype that she was now one of the biggest names in pop.

So you can't just ignore the fact that all that hype over her singles, the TV performances, the promo, the MTV special, etc only amounted to 30K new buyers*.

*Actually even less than that, since "My Everything" was available for an extra day.

Billboard and other sites also said that Arianna's first album was heavily discounted as well. So when she sold 138K  she was over performing due to the discounts and she would have normally sold a lot less.  This latest album showed a modest gain but also wasn't discounted.

[kanimal]

Sept 6, 2014 16:04:59 GMT -5 mluv said:

Sept 3, 2014 13:40:14 GMT -5 kanimal said:

We see this exact same exchange every week.

Some people, being way too optimistic, are disappointed by the early sales estimate.

Others, playing the hindsight game, say people were insane to expect anything more.

The reality is somewhere in the middle.  Obviously, you're not going to succeed in arguing that Ariana Grande is upset with this total.  #1 album, 169K sales, and her singles are still hot as Hell.  She's a superstar.

But the number certainly doesn't look amazing in context.  If Grande was some nobody who sold 169K after first launching this year, this would be a massive success.  But she was already able to sell really well just based on existing fanbase/novelty - she sold 138K with only a decent single last year.  Certainly nothing on the level of her 3 monster hits in 2014.  Let alone all the hype that she was now one of the biggest names in pop.

So you can't just ignore the fact that all that hype over her singles, the TV performances, the promo, the MTV special, etc only amounted to 30K new buyers*.

*Actually even less than that, since "My Everything" was available for an extra day.

Billboard and other sites also said that Arianna's first album was heavily discounted as well. So when she sold 138K  she was over performing due to the discounts and she would have normally sold a lot less.  This latest album showed a modest gain but also wasn't discounted.

But at the same time, if the album was heavily discounted in week one, it would also explain why "Yours Truly" took a harder fall (almost 80%) in week two.  So that would raise question about whether "My Everything" is truly holding up better this week.