Billboard 200: 9/27/14: Lecrae No. 1: 88,000

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Lecrae Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | September 17, 2014 11:00 AM EDT



Rapper Lecrae collects his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as his new Anomaly opens atop the list. It sold 88,000 copies in the week ending Sept. 14, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's also the first chart-topper for Lecrae's label, Reach Records.

Anomaly's launch is Lecrae's best sales week, trumping the 72,000-unit start of 2012's Gravity, which debuted and peaked at No. 3. (Gravity was also Lecrae's highest-charting album — and only top 10 — until Anomaly's arrival.)

Anomaly is the Grammy winner's sixth No. 1 on the Gospel Albums chart and his fifth leader on Christian Albums. (Most Christian hip-hop releases are eligible to appear on both sales charts.)

Thus, Anomaly is the first title to crown both Gospel Albums and the Billboard 200, and just the fifth set to lead both Christian Albums and the Billboard 200. In terms of the latter achievement, it follows Chris Tomlin's Burning Lights (in 2013), TobyMac's Eye on It (2012), LeAnn Rimes' You Light Up My Life — Inspirational Songs (1997) and Bob Carlisle's Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace) (1997).

While Lecrae, 34, might not quite be a household name — he's yet to chart a single on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 — he has sold 1.4 million albums and 2.9 million track downloads. He has released seven studio albums, and made his chart debut in 2005 with Real Talk (No. 39, Gospel Albums). He reached the all-genre Billboard 200 for the first time in 2008 with Rebel, which peaked at No. 88.

Lecrae leads a parade of new entries in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, where six more titles arrive. The seven debuts are the most the top 10 has seen since Oct. 26, 2013, when seven titles also stepped in (led by Miley Cyrus' Bangerz).

Last week's No. 1, Maroon 5's V, falls to No. 2 with 80,000 (down just 51 percent). It had a smaller-than-normal sales decline because its sales were buoyed by redemptions of the album sold with tickets to the band's upcoming tour. Traditionally, those titles that debut at No. 1 tumble by more than 70 percent in their second week.

The chart's second-highest debut is Jhene Aiko's full-length debut album, Souled Out, which enters at No. 3 with 70,000. It also opens at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and R&B Albums.

Rocker Ryan Adams snags his highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 as his new self-titled release starts at No. 4 with 45,000. He previously went as high as No. 7 with two different albums, 2007's Easy Tiger and 2011's Ashes & Fire.

Country singer Lee Brice starts at No. 5 with I Don't Dance selling 38,000. It also crowns the Country Albums chart — his first leader on that tally. His last album, Hard 2 Love, debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on Country Albums, selling 46,000 in its first week.

Jeezy's Seen It All: The Autobiography dips 2-6 on the Billboard 200 in its second week, selling 33,000 (down 73 percent).

Following Jeezy is rock band Interpol with El Pintor, which launches at No. 7 with 31,000. It's the group's third consecutive top 10, following a self-titled album in 2010 (which debuted and peaked at No. 7) and Our Love to Admire in 2007 (No. 4).

Country singer Dustin Lynch is the sixth new album in the top 10. His Where It's At bows at No. 8 with 31,000 — his best sales week yet. It's his second album, and follows his self-titled debut, which hit No. 13 in 2012. The Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack slides 3-9 with 30,000 (down 43 percent).

Lastly, Robert Plant scores his eighth top 10 album as a solo artist, with the arrival of Lullaby And … The Ceaseless Roar at No. 10 (29,000). It's his third straight top 10 as well, following 2010's Band of Joy and 2007's Raising Sand (with Alison Krauss).

On the Digital Songs chart, Meghan Trainor's “All About That Bass” holds at No. 1, selling 312,000 downloads (down less than 1 percent). Taylor Swift's “Shake It Off” is steady at No. 2, with 309,000 (up 10 percent). Also stationary in the No. 3 slot is “Bang Bang” by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, selling 147,000 (down 14 percent).

Fall Out Boy's “Centuries” logs the week's highest debut, starting at No. 4 with 138,000. It's the first single from the band's upcoming sixth studio album.

Iggy Azalea's “Black Widow” (featuring Rita Ora) descends 4-5 (127,000; down 11 percent), Nicki Minaj's “Anaconda” falls 5-6 (126,000; down 3 percent), and Clean Bandit's “Rather Be” (featuring Jess Glynne) climbs 8-7 (80,000; down 2 percent).

Jason Aldean's “Burnin' It Down” steps 11-8 (78,000; down less than 1 percent), Maroon 5's “Maps” vaults 43-9 with 78,000 (up 161 percent), and Ariana Grande's “Break Free” (featuring Zedd) drops 6-10 (74,000; down 21 percent).

Overall album sales in the chart week ending Sept. 14 totaled 4.2 million units, up 1 percent compared with last week's sum (4.1 million) and down 9 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (4.5 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 166.9 million, down 15 percent compared with the same total at this point in 2013 (195.5 million).

Digital track sales totaled 18.5 million downloads, down 3 percent compared with last week (19.1 million) and down 16 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (22.1 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 812.3 million, down 13 percent compared with the same total at this point in 2013 (932.4 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2013 when Jack Johnson's From Here to Now to You debuted at No. 1 with 117,000 and Justin Moore's Off the Beaten Path started at No. 2 with 97,000.

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The Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 09/14/2014

#1. Lecrae - Anomaly - 88,587 (88,587)
#3. Jhene Aiko - Souled Out - 69,844 (69,844)
#6. Jeezy - Seen It All: The Autobiography - 33,074 (154,539)
#14. Rittz - Next To Nothing - 21,627
#18. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 17,027 (351,549)
#23. Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood - 11,934 (152,154)
#30. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 8,327 (2,203,601)
#44. Trey Songz - Trigga - 6,304 (242,593)
#55. Beyonce - Beyonce - 5,212 (2,067,826)
#75. Pharrell - G I R L - 3,766 (519,521)

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Chart Watch: Lecrae Brings Christian Rap To #1

Twenty-five years after the trio DC Talk pioneered the form, Christian rap is still something of an anomaly, hence the title of Lecrae's current album, Anomaly. But by now there’s a ready audience for it. The album enters The Billboard 200 at #1 this week (88K).

Anomaly is the first album ever to reach #1 on both The Billboard 200 and Top Gospel Albums. It’s the fifth album to reach #1 on both The Billboard 200 and Top Christian Albums. What’s the difference between “Gospel” and “Christian”? “Gospel” usually denotes music performed in a Southern Gospel tradition by African American artists. “Christian” also encompasses what’s often called Inspirational or Contemporary Christian music, which is usually pop-oriented music performed by white artists.

The four previous Christian albums to reach #1 on The Billboard 200 were Chris Tomlin's Burning Lights (2013), TobyMac’s Eye On It (2012), LeAnn Rimes's You Light Up My Life—Inspirational Songs (1997) and Bob Carlisle's Butterfly Kisses (Shades Of Grace) (1997).

Anomaly is Lecrae’s seventh studio album; his second to reach the top 10. Gravity reached #3 in September 2012.

Remarkably, Lecrae landed a #1 album before he ever appeared on the Hot 100.

Anomaly is the second album to debut at #1 so far this year with a title that consists of a word that may be unfamiliar to younger fans. The first was ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron, which hit #1 in March. Stick with pop music and build your vocabulary, one album title at a time.

Anomaly is one of seven albums to debut in the top 10 this week. That’s the most debuts in one week in 11 months. Is this a sign of how much exciting product came out last week, or simply a sign that few albums are showing staying power? You decide.

Maroon 5's V dips from #1 to #2 in its second week (80K). It benefitted from a Ticketmaster bundle in which fans redeemed albums sold with tickets to the group’s upcoming tour.

Jhene Aiko's debut album, Souled Out, debuts at #3 (70K), 10 months after her EP, Sail Out, reached #8. The EP spawned Aiko’s Hot 100 hit “The Worst.” Aiko has also been featured on two other chart hits: Big Sean's “Beware” and Drake's “From Time.” Incidentally, both Tower Of Power and Hezekiah Walter & LFC have released albums titled Souled Out. Walker’s album reached #55 in 2008.

Ryan Adams's 14th studio album, Ryan Adams, debuts at #4 (45K). It’s his third top 10 album and his highest-charting album to date. Adams first charted in October 2001.

Lee Brice's third studio album, I Don’t Dance, debuts at #5 (38K). It’s his second album to reach the top five. Hard 2 Love hit #5 in April 2012. The title track from I Don’t Dance cracked the top 40 on the Hot 100. (Genesis took an album titled We Can’t Dance to #4 in 1991.) I Don’t Dance enters Top Country Albums at #1, displacing Miranda Lambert's Platinum. It’s Brice’s first #1 on that chart.

Jeezy's Seen It All: The Autobiography drops from #2 to #6 in its second week(33K).

Dustin Lynch's second studio album, Where It’s At, debuts at #7 (3 1K). The album draws its title from Lynch’s single “Where It’s At (Yep, Yep),” which reached #48 on the Hot 100. The country singer’s eponymous debut album reached #13 in August 2012.

Interpol's fifth studio album, El Pintor, debuts at #8 (31K). It’s the rock band’s third top 10 album in a row.

Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 drops from #3 to #9 in its seventh week (30K). This is the 40th consecutive week in which at least one soundtrack has appeared in the top 10. That’s the longest consecutive run in which at least one soundtrack has appeared in the top 10 since 1992-1993, when a soundtrack placed in the top 10 for 49 consecutive weeks, thanks mostly to Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard. Guardians is #1 on Top Soundtracks for the seventh straight week.

Robert Plant’s 10th solo studio album, Lullaby And…The Ceaseless Roar debuts at #10 (29K), three months after remastered versions of Led Zeppelin's first three albums debuted in the top 10. This is the 21st top 10 album of Plant's career. That tally includes 12 albums with Led Zeppelin, one as a member of The Honeydrippers, two collabos with Jimmy Page, one with Alison Krauss and five solo albums.

Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour drops from #8 to #16 in its 13th week. The album holds at #1 for the fourth non-consecutive week onThe Official U.K. Albums Chart.

Bob Marley & the Wailers's 1984 compilation Legend drops from #5 to #36 in its 294th week on the chart. It's #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 121st week.

Six U2 albums are listed on this week's chart, in the wake of an iTunes sale of the band's catalog (which followed the unprecedented free delivery of their new album, Songs of Innocence, to every iTunes account). All of the catalog titles were priced from $5.99 to $7.99. The band's 1987 classic The Joshua Tree is the band's top album. It re-enters at #47.

Coming Attractions: Look for Barbra Streisand's Partners to debut at #1 next week with sales in the 155K range. Chris Brown's X looks good for #2 (about 130K). Also due: Tim McGraw's Sundown Heaven Town (67k), George Strait's The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium (45k), Train's Bulletproof Picasso (40k), Slash feat. Myles Kennedy's World On Fire (25k), and For King & Country's Run Wild, Live Free, Love Strong (24K).

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There are 65 Catalog albums on the Billboard 200 this week!

I'm starting to think Billboard should remove Catalog titles from the Billboard 200 since they are taking it over.

Give current artists a better chance to chart on the BB200.

[Gary]

BB 200 9/27


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Anomaly, Lecrae 1
2 1 – 2 V, Maroon 5 1
3 0 New 1 Souled Out, Jhene Aiko 3
4 0 New 1 Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams 4
5 0 New 1 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
6 2 – 2 Seen It All: The Autobiography, Jeezy 2
7 0 New 1 El Pintor, Interpol 7
8 0 New 1 Where It's At, Dustin Lynch 8
9 3 4 7 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
10 0 New 1 Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar, Robert Plant 10
11 4 1 3 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
12 0 New 1 Goddess, Banks 12
13 7 7 42 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
14 0 New 1 Next To Nothing, Rittz 14
15 0 New 1 Title (EP), Meghan Trainor 15
16 8 5 13 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
17 0 New 1 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
18 18 16 21 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
19 9 8 6 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
20 15 12 12 x, Ed Sheeran 1
21 12 9 8 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
22 11 3 3 Promise To Love: Album IV, Kem 3
23 10 6 4 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
24 16 15 57 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
25 52 61 47 GG PRISM, Katy Perry 1
26 0 New 1 Siren Charms, In Flames 26
27 14 2 3 Moonshine In The Trunk, Brad Paisley 2
28 0 New 1 The Physical World, Death From Above 1979 28
29 0 New 1 Journey To Freedom, Michelle Williams 29
30 47 51 45 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
31 6 – 2 Somewhere Under Wonderland, Counting Crows 6
32 25 25 17 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
33 0 New 1 Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites, Alabama 33
34 31 33 17 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
35 73 74 54 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
36 5 100 294 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
37 62 69 26 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
38 23 18 4 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
39 0 New 1 Fading West: The Edge Of The Earth - Unreleased Songs (EP) (Soundtrack), Switchfoot 39
40 26 29 93 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
41 13 34 15 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
42 33 27 7 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1
43 0 New 1 All Together Now, Better Than Ezra 43
44 0 New 1 Crush Songs, Karen O 44
45 41 39 11 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
46 0 New 1 Spring 1990: The Other One, Grateful Dead 46
47 0 Re-Entry 107 The Joshua Tree, U2 1
48 22 24 19 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
49 30 28 7 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 2
50 20 41 53 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
51 0 New 1 Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - 3/29/1990, Grateful Dead 51
52 0 Re-Entry 46 U218: Singles, U2 12
53 35 22 4 Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue, Various Artists 5
54 40 32 9 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
55 34 14 40 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
56 0 New 1 Single Mothers, Justin Townes Earle 56
57 27 26 77 Native, OneRepublic 4
58 36 31 6 1000HP, Godsmack 3
59 19 38 13 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
60 17 – 2 Step Back, Johnny Winter 17
61 0 New 1 Versus, Emarosa 61
62 44 50 77 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
63 43 44 31 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
64 37 35 50 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
65 0 New 1 Opus Collection, Linda Ronstadt 65
66 0 New 1 Live At Rainbow '74 - Sold Out, Queen 66
67 53 60 14 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
68 32 46 10 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
69 104 151 159 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
70 0 New 1 Into The Wide, Delta Spirit 70
71 29 70 18 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
72 56 53 6 They Want My Soul, Spoon 4
73 49 13 3 Brill Bruisers, The New Pornographers 13
74 70 77 183 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
75 64 64 28 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
76 59 59 15 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 10
77 54 63 54 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
78 0 Re-Entry 101 Achtung Baby, U2 1
79 55 57 13 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
80 48 58 106 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
81 38 10 3 Waking The Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold 10
82 51 71 22 Testimony, August Alsina 2
83 46 37 4 Smokey & Friends, Smokey Robinson 12
84 0 New 1 Happy Mistakes, Heffron Drive 84
85 0 New 1 Listen, The Kooks 85
86 75 72 40 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
87 78 88 126 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
88 68 78 12 Love Come To Life, Big Daddy Weave 68
89 0 New 1 Love & Sex, Plan B 89
90 0 Re-Entry 2 Violent Waves, Circa Survive 15
91 61 48 21 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
92 107 85 42 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
93 91 36 30 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
94 87 94 182 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
95 57 75 51 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
96 128 – 19 Love Lust Faith + Dreams, Thirty Seconds To Mars 6
97 63 52 9 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
98 50 56 29 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
99 79 137 124 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 6
100 66 62 18 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
101 0 New 1 Kids These Days, Judah & The Lion 101
102 97 86 5 X2C (EP), Sam Hunt 36
103 119 120 74 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
104 0 New 1 Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, Billy Childs 104
105 98 106 186 21, Adele 1
106 65 55 9 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
107 134 102 5 Get Hurt, The Gaslight Anthem 4
108 0 Re-Entry 191 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 1
109 71 42 44 The 1975, The 1975 28
110 176 188 43 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
111 77 82 15 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 31
112 83 84 33 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
113 100 110 137 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
114 110 118 17 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 110
115 113 112 22 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
116 86 87 12 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
117 0 Re-Entry 2 Madvillainy, Madvillain 117
118 102 104 20 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
119 0 New 1 Dear America (EP), P Reign 119
120 173 – 124 Sublime, Sublime 13
121 141 144 110 +, Ed Sheeran 5
122 69 19 3 Pale Communion, Opeth 19
123 58 79 11 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
124 93 73 17 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
125 116 114 5 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 114
126 118 121 44 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 108
127 0 New 1 If Sorrows Swim, Greensky Bluegrass 127
128 122 119 10 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
129 126 135 20 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 52
130 85 45 3 Manipulator, Ty Segall 45
131 95 92 6 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems 2, Various Artists 20
132 111 101 11 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
133 125 115 18 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
134 101 66 5 Stronger, Tank 13
135 137 128 322 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
136 109 98 29 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
137 165 187 159 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
138 144 129 22 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
139 92 23 3 En Todo Estare, Chayanne 23
140 42 – 2 In Return, ODESZA 42
141 106 97 114 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
142 0 Re-Entry 132 The Unforgettable Fire, U2 12
143 136 145 100 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
144 105 107 69 God's Not Dead, newsboys 45
145 154 132 223 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
146 135 134 70 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters..., Aerosmith 67
147 0 Re-Entry 26 The Beatles, The Beatles 61
148 80 81 22 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
149 114 105 22 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
150 149 141 878 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
151 131 136 103 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 98
152 84 95 7 Savages, Theory Of A Deadman 8
153 129 125 110 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 7
154 60 76 9 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
155 67 20 3 The Undoing, Steffany Gretzinger 20
156 127 127 99 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
157 132 126 12 Jersey Boys, Soundtrack 15
158 74 159 29 Greatest Hits, Boston 47
159 0 Re-Entry 85 Revolver, The Beatles 1
160 99 93 55 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
161 160 123 323 Metallica, Metallica 1
162 108 131 154 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
163 120 116 162 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
164 143 117 113 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 1
165 156 154 14 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 154
166 0 Re-Entry 5 The Beatles In Mono, The Beatles 40
167 142 90 5 LP1, FKA twigs 30
168 103 30 3 Royal Blood, Royal Blood 30
169 39 – 2 Fast Forward, The Walls Group 39
170 145 158 57 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 1
171 94 21 3 Swimmin' Time, Shovels & Rope 21
172 0 Re-Entry 39 Rattle And Hum (Soundtrack), U2 1
173 90 40 50 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
174 158 166 59 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters..., The Temptations 73
175 168 194 95 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
176 0 Re-Entry 69 Rubber Soul, The Beatles 1
177 153 139 188 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
178 151 161 120 Pyromania, Def Leppard 2
179 112 113 92 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
180 0 Re-Entry 114 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
181 0 New 1 War, U2 181
182 196 68 3 Tied To A Star, J Mascis 68
183 124 122 99 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
184 172 180 136 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
185 170 164 39 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
186 0 Re-Entry 54 An Awesome Wave, alt-J 80
187 139 – 85 Overexposed, Maroon 5 2
188 150 149 35 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Hank Williams Jr. 101
189 0 New 1 Ritual In Repeat, Tennis 189
190 179 165 205 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
191 166 175 143 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
192 171 169 17 The Best Of The Commodores: 20th Century Masters..., Commodores 155
193 164 152 94 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling 23
194 0 Re-Entry 280 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
195 147 – 25 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
196 81 11 3 Oxygen : Inhale, Thousand Foot Krutch 11
197 0 Re-Entry 4 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 141
198 192 – 147 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
199 0 Re-Entry 191 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 7
200 0 New 1 Lost In Alphaville, The Rentals 200

[Gary]

TCA 9/27

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Anomaly, Lecrae 1
2 1 – 2 V, Maroon 5 1
3 0 New 1 Souled Out, Jhene Aiko 3
4 0 New 1 Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams 4
5 0 New 1 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
6 2 – 2 Seen It All: The Autobiography, Jeezy 2
7 0 New 1 El Pintor, Interpol 7
8 0 New 1 Where It's At, Dustin Lynch 8
9 3 4 7 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
10 0 New 1 Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar, Robert Plant 10
11 4 1 3 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
12 0 New 1 Goddess, Banks 12
13 6 7 42 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
14 0 New 1 Next To Nothing, Rittz 14
15 0 New 1 Title (EP), Meghan Trainor 15
16 7 5 13 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
17 0 New 1 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
18 17 15 21 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
19 8 8 6 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
20 14 11 12 x, Ed Sheeran 1
21 11 9 8 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
22 10 3 3 Promise To Love: Album IV, Kem 3
23 9 6 4 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
24 15 14 57 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
25 50 60 47 GG PRISM, Katy Perry 1
26 0 New 1 Siren Charms, In Flames 26
27 13 2 3 Moonshine In The Trunk, Brad Paisley 2
28 0 New 1 The Physical World, Death From Above 1979 28
29 0 New 1 Journey To Freedom, Michelle Williams 29
30 45 50 45 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
31 5 – 2 Somewhere Under Wonderland, Counting Crows 5
32 24 24 17 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
33 0 New 1 Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites, Alabama 33
34 30 32 17 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
35 69 73 54 PS Bad Blood, Bastille 11
36 60 68 26 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
37 22 17 4 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
38 0 New 1 Fading West: The Edge Of The Earth - Unreleased Songs (EP) (Soundtrack), Switchfoot 38
39 25 28 93 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
40 12 33 15 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
41 32 26 7 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
42 0 New 1 All Together Now, Better Than Ezra 42
43 0 New 1 Crush Songs, Karen O 43
44 39 38 11 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
45 0 New 1 Spring 1990: The Other One, Grateful Dead 45
46 21 23 19 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
47 29 27 7 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 2
48 19 40 53 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
49 0 New 1 Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - 3/29/1990, Grateful Dead 49
50 34 21 4 Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue, Various Artists 5
51 38 31 9 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
52 33 13 40 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
53 0 New 1 Single Mothers, Justin Townes Earle 53
54 26 25 77 Native, OneRepublic 4
55 35 30 6 1000HP, Godsmack 3
56 18 37 13 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
57 16 – 2 Step Back, Johnny Winter 16
58 0 New 1 Versus, Emarosa 58
59 42 49 77 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
60 41 43 31 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
61 36 34 50 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
62 0 New 1 Opus Collection, Linda Ronstadt 62
63 0 New 1 Live At Rainbow '74 - Sold Out, Queen 63
64 51 59 14 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
65 31 45 10 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
66 0 New 1 Into The Wide, Delta Spirit 66
67 28 69 18 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
68 54 52 6 They Want My Soul, Spoon 4
69 47 12 3 Brill Bruisers, The New Pornographers 12
70 62 63 28 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
71 57 58 15 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 8
72 52 62 54 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
73 53 56 13 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
74 46 57 106 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
75 49 70 22 Testimony, August Alsina 2
76 44 36 4 Smokey & Friends, Smokey Robinson 12
77 0 New 1 Happy Mistakes, Heffron Drive 77
78 0 New 1 Listen, The Kooks 78
79 70 71 40 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
80 0 New 1 Love & Sex, Plan B 80
81 59 47 23 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
82 95 82 42 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
83 83 35 30 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
84 55 74 51 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
85 107 – 24 Love Lust Faith + Dreams, Thirty Seconds To Mars 6
86 61 51 9 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
87 48 55 29 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
88 64 61 18 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
89 0 New 1 Kids These Days, Judah & The Lion 89
90 89 83 5 X2C (EP), Sam Hunt 36
91 102 107 74 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
92 0 New 1 Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, Billy Childs 92
93 63 54 9 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
94 111 95 5 Get Hurt, The Gaslight Anthem 4
95 67 41 50 The 1975, The 1975 28
96 128 139 44 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
97 72 79 15 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 28
98 76 81 33 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
99 98 103 22 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
100 79 84 12 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
101 93 97 20 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
102 0 New 1 Dear America (EP), P Reign 102
103 66 18 3 Pale Communion, Opeth 18
104 56 76 11 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
105 85 72 17 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
106 0 New 1 If Sorrows Swim, Greensky Bluegrass 106
107 104 106 10 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
108 78 44 3 Manipulator, Ty Segall 44
109 87 88 6 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems 2, Various Artists 20
110 97 94 11 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
111 106 105 18 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
112 92 65 5 Stronger, Tank 13
113 96 92 29 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
114 115 109 22 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
115 84 22 3 En Todo Estare, Chayanne 22
116 40 – 2 In Return, ODESZA 40
117 73 78 22 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
118 99 98 25 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
119 77 90 7 Savages, Theory Of A Deadman 8
120 58 75 9 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
121 65 19 3 The Undoing, Steffany Gretzinger 19
122 109 108 12 Jersey Boys, Soundtrack 15
123 90 89 55 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
124 114 86 5 LP1, FKA twigs 30
125 94 29 3 Royal Blood, Royal Blood 29
126 37 – 2 Fast Forward, The Walls Group 37
127 86 20 3 Swimmin' Time, Shovels & Rope 20
128 82 39 53 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
129 139 67 3 Tied To A Star, J Mascis 67
130 125 125 54 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
131 0 New 1 Ritual In Repeat, Tennis 131
132 117 146 40 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
133 74 10 3 Oxygen : Inhale, Thousand Foot Krutch 10
134 145 165 11 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 132
135 0 New 1 Lost In Alphaville, The Rentals 135
136 124 126 43 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
137 116 118 19 Storyline, Hunter Hayes 3
138 75 64 4 If I Stay, Soundtrack 54
139 0 New 1 Bass & Mandolin, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer 139
140 0 Re-Entry 10 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 58
141 121 120 24 She Looks So Perfect (EP), 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
142 101 48 4 Space Invader, Ace Frehley 9
143 120 112 11 Thanks For Listening, Colt Ford 10
144 100 85 4 The Cocktail Hour, Various Artists 85
145 0 Re-Entry 4 Unspoken, Unspoken 145
146 135 149 51 WOW Hits 2014, Various Artists 25
147 113 93 4 Anchor, Colton Dixon 23
148 138 147 52 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
149 149 156 24 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
150 127 116 10 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
151 105 77 64 Zion, Hillsong UNITED 5
152 157 167 60 Sempiternal, Bring Me The Horizon 11
153 134 138 26 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
154 0 New 1 Brothers Osborne (EP), Brothers Osborne 154
155 23 – 2 Nick & Knight, Nick & Knight 23
156 151 155 5 Hideaway (EP), Kiesza 151
157 143 143 32 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
158 131 123 9 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11
159 129 119 7 Voyager, Jenny Lewis 9
160 0 Re-Entry 12 Bring You Back, Brett Eldredge 11
161 160 135 49 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
162 0 New 1 Haven't Got The Blues (Yet), Loudon Wainwright III 162
163 147 133 41 Restart, newsboys 38
164 68 16 3 The Beauty Of Independence (EP), G Unit 16
165 119 117 76 Same Trailer Different Park, Kacey Musgraves 2
166 0 New 1 Historical Misappropriation, Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox 166
167 144 136 26 My Krazy Life, YG 2
168 141 132 13 Mali Is, Mali Music 16
169 150 154 29 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
170 142 152 63 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
171 126 130 48 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
172 103 131 11 Begin Again, Soundtrack 22
173 158 144 50 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
174 118 80 5 TRXYE (EP), Troye Sivan 5
175 154 200 102 Best Days, Tamela Mann 14
176 112 100 7 The Shawn Mendes EP, Shawn Mendes 5
177 156 179 17 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 7
178 132 113 11 No Other Name, Hillsong 13
179 0 Re-Entry 2 Dollhouse (EP), Melanie Martinez 179
180 179 122 4 You Amaze Us, Selah 59
181 195 190 38 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 20
182 188 175 51 Rise, Skillet 4
183 164 183 4 10 Great Songs: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, The Beach Boys 164
184 162 151 33 Settle, Disclosure 38
185 186 128 4 Fuck (EP), Buckcherry 38
186 177 170 22 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
187 0 Re-Entry 22 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
188 136 148 6 Forever Yours, Smokie Norful 65
189 170 177 31 WOW Gospel 2014, Various Artists 25
190 0 Re-Entry 13 Melophobia, Cage The Elephant 15
191 146 150 41 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 13
192 187 169 28 Mastermind, Rick Ross 1
193 0 Re-Entry 4 Wild Animals, Trampled By Turtles 29
194 159 129 9 Friends & Lovers, Marsha Ambrosius 12
195 133 137 75 Paramore, Paramore 1
196 190 – 11 Neon Steeple, Crowder 9
197 176 182 13 Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson 5
198 0 New 1 Commonwealth, Sloan 198
199 189 – 23 Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences, Garth Brooks 1
200 0 New 1 Mis Numero 1... 40 Aniversario, Juan Gabriel 200

[Gary]

Catalog 9/27

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 7 1129 #1 19 wks Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
2 0 Re-Entry 11 The Joshua Tree, U2 2
3 0 Re-Entry 6 U218: Singles, U2 3
4 10 33 392 GG Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
5 4 2 107 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
6 0 Re-Entry 4 Achtung Baby, U2 2
7 2 1 3 Waking The Fallen, Avenged Sevenfold 1
8 6 4 59 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
9 3 3 5 Love Come To Life, Big Daddy Weave 3
10 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Violent Waves, Circa Survive 10
11 8 5 124 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
12 7 26 79 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 1
13 9 8 41 21, Adele 1
14 0 Re-Entry 247 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 1
15 0 New 1 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 15
16 14 13 19 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 13
17 0 New 1 Madvillainy, Madvillain 17
18 48 – 335 Sublime, Sublime 5
19 28 29 36 +, Ed Sheeran 1
20 16 10 5 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 10
21 17 14 55 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 4
22 20 24 12 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 20
23 26 20 977 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
24 43 49 96 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
25 12 6 173 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
26 0 Re-Entry 3 The Unforgettable Fire, U2 6
27 25 30 3 Night Train, Jason Aldean 25
28 11 9 34 God's Not Dead, newsboys 1
29 36 22 301 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
30 24 23 79 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Aerosmith 5
31 0 Re-Entry 138 The Beatles, The Beatles 2
32 31 28 1123 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
33 23 25 129 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
34 22 18 56 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 3
35 21 19 19 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 6
36 5 38 53 Greatest Hits, Boston 1
37 0 Re-Entry 51 Revolver, The Beatles 5
38 39 16 684 Metallica, Metallica 1
39 13 21 336 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
40 18 11 43 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
41 29 12 78 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 2
42 37 35 14 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 32
43 0 New 1 The Beatles In Mono, The Beatles 43
44 30 37 15 Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin 2
45 0 Re-Entry 10 Rattle And Hum (Soundtrack), U2 39
46 38 41 77 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters..., The Temptations 6
47 45 – 116 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 7
48 0 Re-Entry 54 Rubber Soul, The Beatles 4
49 35 27 526 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
50 33 39 15 Pyromania, Def Leppard 24

[Gary]

Digital LP

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Anomaly, Lecrae 1
2 1 – 2 V, Maroon 5 1
3 0 New 1 Souled Out, Jhene Aiko 3
4 0 New 1 Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams 4
5 0 New 1 Goddess, Banks 5
6 0 New 1 Where It's At, Dustin Lynch 6
7 4 2 7 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
8 0 New 1 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 8
9 0 New 1 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 9
10 0 New 1 Title (EP), Meghan Trainor 10
11 0 New 1 El Pintor, Interpol 11
12 2 – 2 Seen It All: The Autobiography, Jeezy 2
13 20 16 21 GG The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 2
14 6 7 13 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
15 0 New 1 Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar, Robert Plant 15
16 12 13 12 x, Ed Sheeran 1
17 7 1 3 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
18 0 Re-Entry 23 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
19 0 New 1 Next To Nothing, Rittz 19
20 0 New 1 Fading West: The Edge Of The Earth - Unreleased Songs (EP) (Soundtrack), Switchfoot 20
21 8 11 42 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
22 0 Re-Entry 2 The Joshua Tree, U2 16
23 0 Re-Entry 23 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
24 0 Re-Entry 26 Bad Blood, Bastille 4
25 13 12 8 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1

[Gary]

Vinyl 9/27

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams 1
2 0 New 1 El Pintor, Interpol 2
3 0 New 1 Madvillainy, Madvillain 3
4 0 Re-Entry 16 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 1
5 0 New 1 The Beatles In Mono, The Beatles 5
6 0 Re-Entry 7 Revolver, The Beatles 3
7 0 Re-Entry 9 The Beatles, The Beatles 5
8 2 7 14 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
9 0 Re-Entry 6 Rubber Soul, The Beatles 8
10 0 New 1 Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar, Robert Plant 10
11 0 Re-Entry 3 Get Hurt, The Gaslight Anthem 1
12 0 New 1 Goddess, Banks 12
13 0 New 1 Crush Songs, Karen O 13
14 0 New 1 Lost In Alphaville, The Rentals 14
15 6 – 2 Pale Communion, Opeth 6

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Were those Beatles albums just reissued on vinyl?

[pnobelysk]

Sept 18, 2014 6:21:42 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

There are 65 Catalog albums on the Billboard 200 this week!

I'm starting to think Billboard should remove Catalog titles from the Billboard 200 since they are taking it over.

Give current artists a better chance to chart on the BB200.

Yes others would chart but numbers would get even more embarrassing

[HolidayGuy]

Yes- the bottom of the BB 200 would have lesser sales than what is there now. But, probably not much, since there's not much gap between albums in the second half of the BB 200.

I wonder how many catalog albums will be on the chart in November/December. :O

[divasummer]

Sept 18, 2014 6:21:42 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

There are 65 Catalog albums on the Billboard 200 this week!

I'm starting to think Billboard should remove Catalog titles from the Billboard 200 since they are taking it over.

Give current artists a better chance to chart on the BB200.

I completely disagree with you. The Top 200 albums for the week should be the Top selling albums for the week.
I was SO happy when they changed their rule. Plus they have current album chart anyways.
If an album 10 years old sells better than a new one why shouldn't it be on The Top 200 selling albums for the week????

[Hot AC Archiver]

^^ this. The BB200 should be the top selling albums, period. I wish they had a version of the Hot 100 that included all sales/airplay, regardless of the age of the song. I guess call it Top Comprehensive Singles Chart or something.

[divasummer]

^^^^^
Agree!

[areyoureadytojump]

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

4,152,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

1,870,000 albums were digital albums.

2,282,000 albums were cd/vinyl/cassette albums.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6258983/billboard-200-chart-moves-frozen-exits-top-10-after-39-weeks

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: 'Frozen' Exits Top 10 After 39 Weeks
By Keith Caulfield | September 19, 2014

— Soundtrack, Frozen - No. 13 – After 39 straight weeks in the top 10, Frozen finally falls out of the region (dipping 7-13). This is the first time the album has melted away from the top 10 since the Dec. 28-dated chart.

In total, Frozen -- which was released in November 2013 -- has sold 3.4 million copies and hasn't sold fewer than 23,000 in a week. It is 2014's top selling album, with 3.1 million sold this year.

— Katy Perry, PRISM - No. 25 – The pop diva's most recent album vaults 52-25 with a 129 percent gain after iTunes sale-priced the set for $6.99 during the tracking week. Perry's Facebook page also shared a link to the sale, no doubt driving traffic to iTunes.

— Queen, Live at Rainbow '74 – No. 66 – Queen's newest archival live album debuts, marking the band's first new release to chart since 2009. It's the group's 28th chart entry. Another new album, Forever Queen, is due Nov. 11 and features a previously unreleased duet with Michael Jackson titled "There Must Be More to Life Than This."

— Madvillain, Madvillainy – No. 117 – A new special-edition vinyl release of the album pushes the 10-year-old set back onto the chart with its best sales week (3,000) since 2004. On the Vinyl Albums chart, it debuts at No. 3.

— U2, The Unforgettable Fire – No. 142 – U2 and the Beatles combine for a total of 11 titles on the chart this week, thanks to the former teaming with Apple for the release of its new album and the latter's new mono vinyl reissues. Promotion in the iTunes Store for U2's catalog pushes six of their titles onto the chart this week: No. 47 (The Joshua Tree), No. 52 (U218: Singles), No. 78 (Achtung Baby), No. 142, No. 172 (Rattle and Hum) and No. 181 (War). The Beatles dot the list at No. 108 (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band), No. 147 (self-titled), No. 159 (Revolver), No. 166 (The Beatles in Mono) and No. 176 (Rubber Soul).

— alt-j, An Awesome Wave – No. 186 – After a seven-month absence from the chart, the album returns (up 8 percent to 2,000 sold for the week) courtesy of the band's performance on TBS' Conan (Sept. 8).

— Tennis, Ritual in Repeat – No. 189 – The pop trio (led by married couple Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore) arrive with 2,000, thanks in part to support from public radio stations like KCRW Los Angeles. The album's song "Needle and a Knife" was the ninth-most-played track on the station in the week ending Sept. 14, according to Nielsen BDS.