Billboard 200: 10/18/14: Blake Shelton #1: 101,000

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Blake Shelton Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield | October 08, 2014 11:00 AM EDT

Country king Blake Shelton earns his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his new release, Bringing Back the Sunshine, debuts atop the list. It was released on Warner Bros. Nashville Records on Sept. 30, and sold 101,000 copies in the week ending Oct. 5, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

He previously tallied a No. 1 with 2011's Red River Blue, which opened with 116,000. His best sales week ever came in 2013, when his last album, Based On a True Story, bowed at No. 3 with 199,000.

His new album's current single, "Neon Light," rises 8-7 on the Country Airplay chart -- a new peak. It gained 10 percent in radio audience for the week, according to Nielsen BDS. It's his 21st top 10 on that list.

Bringing Back the Sunshine is only the third country album to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2014, following Eric Church's The Outsiders (on the chart dated March 1) and Shelton's wife, Miranda Lambert, with her Platinum set (June 21).

Shelton also brings "sunshine" to the top of the chart for the first time. It's the first occasion the word has been used in the title of a No. 1 album. The previous highest-ranked "sunshine" album was Natasha Bedingfield's No. 3-peaking Pocketful of Sunshine in 2008.

Another country act, Lady Antebellum, arrives in the No. 2 slot on the Billboard 200 with their fifth studio release, 747. It sold 74,000 copies in its first week, which is less than half of what their last album, 2013's Golden, bowed with: 167,000. 747 is the group's sixth top 10 album.

With Shelton and Lady Antebellum at Nos. 1 and 2, this is the first time the top two albums are country efforts in nearly four years. Country music last controlled the top two rungs on the Nov. 20, 2010-dated chart, when Taylor Swift's Speak Now and Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party were Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.

Barbra Streisand's duets album Partners holds at No. 3 with 73,000 (down 43 percent) and last week's No. 1, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga's Cheek to Cheek, falls to No. 4 with 59,000 (down 55 percent).

Next up, Prince arrives with the first of his two debuts in the top 10: Art Official Age, which bows at No. 5 with 51,000. He also enters at No. 8 with Plectrumelectrum (with the band 3rdEyeGirl; 26,000). Prince is the first act to achieve two simultaneous top 10 debuts in a little more than 10 years. The last act to do so was Nelly, on the chart dated Oct. 2, 2004, when his Suit and Sweat albums started at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.

Kenny Chesney's The Big Revival slips 2-6 in its second week with 39,000 (down 70 percent) and Maroon 5's V rises 9-7 with 31,000 (up 19 percent). The latter title benefits from the band's performance on NBC's Saturday Night Live on Oct. 4.

Chris Brown's X falls 6-9 with 24,000 (down 36 percent) and The Script's No Sound Without Silence debuts at No. 10 with 24,000.

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" maintains its grip on the No. 1 slot, selling 202,000 downloads (down 20 percent). Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" is steady at No. 2 with 188,000 (down 16 percent).

One Direction and Carrie Underwood come crashing in at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively, with their newest singles: "Steal My Girl" and "Something In the Water." One Direction sold 186,000 downloads, while Underwood shifted 125,000. The former is from One Direction's forthcoming new studio album, titled Four (due Nov. 17). The latter is the lead track from Underwood's first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits: Decade #1, due out Dec. 9.

"Something In the Water" clocks Underwood's best debut sales week for a digital song, and her highest sales frame since 2009 (when "I Told You So," featuring Randy Travis, sold 126,000 in the week after the pair performed it on Fox TV's American Idol).

Maroon 5's "Animals" roars 21-5 (115,000; up 121 percent) following the song's music video premiere on Sept. 29 and a release of a new remix featuring J. Cole. The band also played the tune during their Saturday Night Live appearance. (The J. Cole remix represents about 14,000 downloads of the song's sales total for the week.)

"Bang Bang," by Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj falls 3-6 with 106,000 (down 15 percent), Iggy Azalea's "Black Widow," featuring Rita Ora, dips 5-7 with 89,000 (down 14 percent) and Tove Lo's "Habits (Stay High)" descends 4-8 with 88,000 (down 19 percent).

Jason Aldean's "Just Gettin' Started" is the third and final debut in the top 10, bowing at No. 9 with 86,000. It's the latest offering from his new album, Old Boots, New Dirt, which will make a high debut on next week's Billboard 200 chart.

Closing out the top 10 is Jason Derulo's "Trumpets," horning its way into the region with a 12-10 climb (78,000; up 11 percent). It's Derulo's sixth top 10 on the Digital Songs chart, and the third from his Talk Dirty album (following the title track and "Wiggle").

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 5) totaled 4.35 million units, down 1 percent compared with the sum last week (4.41 million) and down 9 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (4.80 million). Year to date album sales stand at 180.01 million, down 14 percent compared to the same total at this point last year (209.98 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 18.17 million downloads, down 1 percent compared with last week (18.02 million) and down 8 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (19.81 million). Year to date track sales are at 866.66 million, down 13 percent compared to the same total at this point last year (994.41 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2013 when: Miley Cyrus' Bangerz debuted at No. 1, selling 270,000 copies, Panic! at the Disco's Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die started in the No. 2 slot with 84,000.

[onebuffalo]

Better than the 90,000 first projected. At least Blake Shelton has opened north of the 100k mark three times.

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SoundScan should announce today that Adele's "21" has sold over 11 million copies.

Will her label also announce her new album today?

[hazuki]

Will they release the numbers for Childish Gambino'snew EP?

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Oct 8, 2014 10:44:48 GMT -5 hazuki said:

Will they release the numbers for Childish Gambino'snew EP?

We should. HITS has it at 16,000.

[kanimal]

Oct 8, 2014 10:44:48 GMT -5 hazuki said:

Will they release the numbers for Childish Gambino'snew EP?

16,168

www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.30972/title.hip-hop-album-sales-prince-chris-brown-childish-gambino

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^Thanks!

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Of 10/05/2014

#5. Prince - Art Official Age - 51,003 (51,003)
#8. Prince & 3rdEyeGirl - Plectrumelectrum - 26,360 (26,360)
#9. Chris Brown - X - 23,694 (206,180)
#18. Childish Gambino - KAUAI EP - 16,168 (16,168)
#28. Lecrae - Anomaly - 12,369 (149,333)
#29. Jeezy - Seen It All: The Autobiography - 11,740 (202,098)
#42. Jhene Aiko - Souled Out - 7,812 (109,457)
#50. Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 6,655 (376,681)
#53. Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood - 6,414 (175,114)
#54. Trey Songz - Trigga - 6,334 (263,657)

[renfield75]

Woo hoo! The numbers are a little disappointing but I'm glad to see Prince collect his 15th AND 16th top ten albums this week!!!

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

Sales estimates are from the 10/11 chart:

Sam Smith 611k
5 Seconds of Summer 474k
Arctic Monkeys 500k
Bastille 500k
Katy Perry 1,504,000
Ariana Grande 506k
Fall Out Boy 638k
Drake 1,634,000
Newsboys 462k

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

[Enigma.]

Sam Smith will sell way over 1m until the end of year, fantastic for him.

Nice 2nd week for Tony and Gaga!

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Chart Watch: The Glut of Country Albums
By Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

Blake Shelton's BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE and Lady Antebellum's 747 hold down the top two spots on The Billboard 200. This marks the first time country albums have ranked #1 and #2 since November 2010, when Taylor Swift's Speak Now and Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party held those spots.

That’s the good news. The bad news: Both Shelton and Lady A posted disappointing sales tallies. Shelton’s album sold 101K copies in its first week, about half of the first-week tally of his previous album, Based On A True Story… (199K). It’s also far less than first-week tally of the current album by his wife, Miranda Lambert. Platinum sold 180K in its first week in June. For that matter, it’s less than the latest by Maroon 5, the group headed by Adam Levine, Shelton’s frequent foil on The Voice. V sold 164K copies in its first week last month.

Lady A’s album—its fifth studio set—sold 74K copies—which is less than half of the first-week tally of the trio’s previous album, Golden (167K).

What’s going on here? There’s a glut of albums right now by top country acts. There may simply be more albums than country fans have time or money to pursue. Tim McGraw released a new album two weeks ago. Kenny Chesney had a new one last week.

And many more albums by top country acts are on the way. Jason Aldean's Old Boots, New Dirt came out Tuesday. It will be followed by Florida Georgia Line's Anything Goes (Oct. 14), Little Big Town's Pain Killer (Oct. 21) and Garth Brooks's Man Against Machine (Nov. 11). (I skipped over Taylor Swift's 1989, set for release on Oct. 27, because she’s gone pop.)

Why do they all come out right on top of each other? Sales spike for all artists in the fourth quarter and artists want to capitalize on that. For country acts, there’s a second reason. The annual Country Music Awards telecast (set for Nov. 5) is the biggest platform of the year for country music.

Despite the disappointing sales tally, there’s a ray of “Sunshine” for Shelton. This is his second #1 album on The Billboard 200, following 2011’s Red River Blue. (Based On A True Story… debuted and peaked at #3.)

Shelton’s return trip to #1 comes just four months after his wife Miranda Lambert landed her first #1 with Platinum. Two other married couples have each had #1 albums in the same calendar year. Beyonce and Jay Z have achieved the feat twice: in 2011 (with 4 and Watch The Throne, respectively) and again in 2013 (with Beyonce and Magna Carta Holy Grail, respectively). Faith Hill and Tim McGraw did it once, in 1999 (with Breathe and A Place In The Sun, respectively).

Shelton’s album also enters Top Country Albums at #1. It’s his fourth #1 on that chart.

Lady Antebellum's debut at #2breaks a string of three consecutive #1 non-holiday studio albums by the trio. 747 also enters the country chart at #2. It’s Lady A’s first non-holiday studio album to fall short of #1 on the country chart.

Barbra Streisand's Partners holds at #3 for the second week in its third week on the chart (73K). It’s Streisand’s first album to spend its first three weeks in the top three since Back To Broadway in 1993. Deep trivia: This is Streisand’s third #1 album on which her name was shown as just Streisand (no Barbra) on the front cover. She was also identified that way on the covers of A Star Is Born and Guilty.

Cheek To Cheek by Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga drops from #1 to #4 in its second week (59K).

For the first time in his career, Prince has two albums in the top 10. The funk-heavy Art Official Age debuts at #5 (51K). The rock-oriented Plectrumelectrum (which is credited to Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL) debuts at #8 (26K). These are Prince’s 33rd and 34th studio albums; his 15th and 16th top 10 albums. Prince first cracked the top 10 in May 1983 with 1999.

Prince is the first artist to debut in the top 10 with two albums in the same week since Nelly opened at #1 and #2 in October 2004 with Suit and Sweat.

The all-female trio 3RDEYEGIRL is Prince’s third backing group on a top 10 album. He teamed with The Revolution on Purple Rain, Around The World In A Day and Parade and with The New Power Generation on Diamonds And Pearls and The Love Symbol Album.

Kenny Chesney's The Big Revival drops from #2 to #6 in its second week (39K) … Maroon5's V rebounds from #9 to #7 in its fifth week (31K). The group performed on Saturday Night Live on Oct. 4, the day before the end of the sales tracking week.

Chris Brown's X drops from #6 to #9 in its third week (24K) … The Script's fourth studio album, No Sound Without Silence, debuts at #10 (24K). It’s the group’s second top 10 album. The album reached #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart.

Adele's 21 tops the 11 million mark in U.S. sales this week. I took a look at this blockbuster in a separate blog we posted last week. If you missed it, here's a link.

Coming Attractions: Look for Jason Aldean's Old Boots, New Dirt to debut at #1 next week. Also due: Hozier's Hozier, Alex & Sierra's It’s About Us, Keyshia Cole's Point Of No Return, Jackson Browne'sStanding In The Breach, Weezer's Everything Will Be Alright In The End, Stevie Nicks's 24 Karat Gold—Songs From The Vault and Tinashe's Aquarius

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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 10/5/14)

1) Blake Shelton – Bringing Back The Sunshine –
2) Lady Antebellum – 747 –
3) Barbra Streisand – Partners –

Other Debuts
5) Prince – Art Official Age –
8) Prince & 3rdEyeGirl – PlectrumElectrum –
10) Script – No Sound Without Silence –
13) Lucinda Williams – Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone –
14) Tove Lo – Queen of The Clouds –
16) Gerard Way – Hesitant Alien –
17) Colbie Caillat – Gypsy Heart –
18) Childish Gambino – Kauai EP –
21) Melissa Etheridge – This Is M.E. –
23) Various Artists – Wow Hits 2015 –
30) Various Artists – Frozen: The Songs –

[Gary]

BB 200 10/18

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
2 0 New 1 747, Lady Antebellum 2
3 3 1 3 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
4 1 – 2 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
5 0 New 1 ART OFFICIAL AGE, Prince 5
6 2 – 2 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
7 9 7 5 GG V, Maroon 5 1
8 0 New 1 PLECTRUMELECTRUM, Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL 8
9 6 2 3 X, Chris Brown 2
10 0 New 1 No Sound Without Silence, The Script 10
11 12 12 45 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
12 16 17 16 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
13 0 New 1 Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, Lucinda Williams 13
14 0 New 1 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
15 7 11 10 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
16 0 New 1 Hesitant Alien, Gerard Way 16
17 0 New 1 Gypsy Heart, Colbie Caillat 17
18 0 New 1 Kauai (EP), Childish Gambino 18
19 23 18 4 Title (EP), Meghan Trainor 15
20 20 16 6 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
21 0 New 1 This Is M.E., Melissa Etheridge 21
22 14 4 3 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
23 0 New 1 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
24 24 19 15 x, Ed Sheeran 1
25 4 – 2 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
26 13 3 3 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
27 27 21 9 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
28 22 8 4 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
29 25 14 5 Seen It All: The Autobiography, Jeezy 2
30 0 New 1 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 30
31 29 23 11 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
32 0 New 1 Neon Future . I, Steve Aoki 32
33 0 New 1 Quiero Ser Tu Dueno, Luis Coronel 33
34 10 – 2 JHud, Jennifer Hudson 10
35 35 26 60 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
36 33 24 6 Promise To Love: Album IV, Kem 3
37 5 – 2 PTX: Vol. III (EP), Pentatonix 5
38 56 46 4 PS Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites, Alabama 33
39 0 New 1 The Return, Nonpoint 39
40 15 – 2 Popular Problems, Leonard Cohen 15
41 17 – 2 Awakening, Jackie Evancho 17
42 30 15 4 Souled Out, Jhene Aiko 3
43 36 20 4 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
44 8 – 2 Different Shades Of Blue, Joe Bonamassa 8
45 18 – 2 Plain Spoken, John Mellencamp 18
46 50 37 20 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
47 0 Re-Entry 57 Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles 1
48 26 – 2 Live, Gary Clark Jr. 26
49 28 6 80 Native, OneRepublic 4
50 32 30 24 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
51 11 – 2 Syro, Aphex Twin 11
52 46 38 96 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
53 45 28 7 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
54 47 35 14 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
55 42 25 4 Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar, Robert Plant 10
56 43 27 98 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 3
57 19 – 2 Strut, Lenny Kravitz 19
58 53 60 80 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
59 57 42 18 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
60 31 5 3 Bulletproof Picasso, Train 5
61 0 New 1 Son Of Norma, SPM 61
62 52 36 20 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
63 40 22 4 Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams 4
64 0 New 1 Time To Die, Electric Wizard 64
65 60 43 22 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
66 64 48 7 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
67 41 72 13 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
68 37 10 3 World On Fire, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators 10
69 59 29 4 Where It's At, Dustin Lynch 8
70 79 62 53 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
71 65 54 56 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
72 90 80 29 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
73 62 39 10 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1
74 0 New 1 Second Nature, Flying Colors 74
75 55 44 16 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
76 71 124 3 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2015 Edition, Various Artists 71
77 73 74 48 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
78 21 – 2 Sukierae, Tweedy 21
79 75 67 50 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
80 0 New 1 Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit Of Christmas, Michael W. Smith 80
81 61 40 6 Moonshine In The Trunk, Brad Paisley 2
82 103 87 129 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
83 81 98 36 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
84 67 55 43 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
85 0 New 1 Trigger Hippy, Trigger Hippy 85
86 86 47 7 Smokey & Friends, Smokey Robinson 12
87 84 68 109 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
88 76 65 34 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
89 0 New 1 Tracks Of My Years, Bryan Adams 89
90 69 70 57 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
91 87 78 43 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
92 91 82 186 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
93 100 93 31 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
94 80 63 12 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
95 113 99 189 21, Adele 1
96 72 51 10 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 2
97 102 84 33 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
98 49 13 3 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
99 89 69 9 1000HP, Godsmack 3
100 74 53 25 Testimony, August Alsina 2
101 88 77 57 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
102 93 113 140 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
103 0 New 1 Back To Oblivion, Finch 103
104 0 New 1 Foreign Land, 3 Winans Brothers 104
105 110 86 18 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 10
106 68 34 4 El Pintor, Interpol 7
107 104 79 24 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
108 128 103 332 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
109 95 50 4 Journey To Freedom, Michelle Williams 29
110 133 140 162 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
111 0 New 1 Gone Girl (Soundtrack), Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross 111
112 116 105 45 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
113 82 81 21 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
114 51 – 2 Gravity, Big & Rich 51
115 70 9 3 Reincarnate, Motionless In White 9
116 0 New 1 The Big Picture, Kat Edmonson 116
117 105 58 4 Goddess, Banks 12
118 94 61 4 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
119 122 97 185 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
120 170 164 168 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
121 0 Re-Entry 77 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis 4
122 107 120 77 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
123 109 64 17 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
124 126 96 21 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
125 98 41 20 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
126 129 132 102 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
127 112 95 54 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
128 146 121 20 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 110
129 136 116 18 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 31
130 114 119 113 +, Ed Sheeran 5
131 148 128 47 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 108
132 0 Re-Entry 31 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
133 177 156 25 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
134 144 125 8 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 114
135 97 122 32 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
136 125 104 15 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
137 101 – 2 Destiny: Original Soundtrack, Soundtrack 101
138 152 134 23 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 52
139 117 107 23 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
140 124 137 25 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
141 131 112 25 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
142 150 – 190 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
143 127 127 7 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 127
144 154 108 15 Love Come To Life, Big Daddy Weave 68
145 142 114 127 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 6
146 151 163 146 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
147 135 169 47 The 1975, The 1975 28
148 132 94 16 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
149 149 142 881 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
150 130 111 8 X2C (EP), Sam Hunt 36
151 156 186 95 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
152 118 117 58 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
153 153 131 117 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
154 0 New 1 Banner: Live Fom Desperation Conference, Desperation Band 154
155 140 152 42 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
156 121 73 7 Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue, Various Artists 5
157 0 New 1 Sun, Thomas Bergersen 157
158 0 New 1 ...The Stories We Could Tell, Mr. Big 158
159 166 180 326 Metallica, Metallica 1
160 174 166 38 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Hank Williams Jr. 101
161 176 145 106 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 98
162 0 New 1 Saturday Night / Sunday Morning, Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives 162
163 172 88 162 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
164 0 Re-Entry 183 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
165 0 Re-Entry 8 Chef, Soundtrack 160
166 106 59 5 Somewhere Under Wonderland, Counting Crows 6
167 181 161 17 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 154
168 189 – 7 Neon Steeple, Crowder 9
169 0 Re-Entry 98 Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi 1
170 158 135 103 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
171 123 56 4 Next To Nothing, Rittz 14
172 0 New 1 In The Mood, Herb Alpert 172
173 185 148 13 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
174 155 138 32 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
175 0 Re-Entry 56 The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac 12
176 160 130 226 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
177 0 Re-Entry 54 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
178 164 136 325 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
179 0 Re-Entry 61 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters..., The Temptations 73
180 186 160 73 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters..., Aerosmith 67
181 0 Re-Entry 97 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
182 145 102 9 They Want My Soul, Spoon 4
183 193 179 20 The Best Of The Commodores: 20th Century Masters..., Commodores 155
184 0 Re-Entry 26 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
185 159 123 46 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
186 85 129 12 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
187 0 Re-Entry 27 The Very Best Of Chicago: Only The Beginning, Chicago 20
188 96 75 4 Opus Collection, Linda Ronstadt 65
189 0 Re-Entry 10 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
190 0 Re-Entry 203 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
191 178 146 113 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 7
192 191 – 27 Restart, newsboys 38
193 0 Re-Entry 23 Illmatic, Nas 12
194 120 101 5 Step Back, Johnny Winter 17
195 0 Re-Entry 122 Pyromania, Def Leppard 2
196 0 Re-Entry 3 Johnny Cash At Madison Square Garden, Johnny Cash 196
197 0 New 1 17 Greatest Hits, David Allan Coe 197
198 182 150 14 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
199 77 – 52 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
200 0 Re-Entry 148 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1

[Gary]

TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
2 0 New 1 747, Lady Antebellum 2
3 3 1 3 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
4 1 – 2 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
5 0 New 1 ART OFFICIAL AGE, Prince 5
6 2 – 2 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
7 9 7 5 GG V, Maroon 5 1
8 0 New 1 PLECTRUMELECTRUM, Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL 8
9 6 2 3 X, Chris Brown 2
10 0 New 1 No Sound Without Silence, The Script 10
11 12 12 45 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
12 16 17 16 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
13 0 New 1 Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, Lucinda Williams 13
14 0 New 1 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
15 7 11 10 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
16 0 New 1 Hesitant Alien, Gerard Way 16
17 0 New 1 Gypsy Heart, Colbie Caillat 17
18 0 New 1 Kauai (EP), Childish Gambino 18
19 23 18 4 Title (EP), Meghan Trainor 15
20 20 16 6 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
21 0 New 1 This Is M.E., Melissa Etheridge 21
22 14 4 3 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
23 0 New 1 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
24 24 19 15 x, Ed Sheeran 1
25 4 – 2 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
26 13 3 3 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
27 27 21 9 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
28 22 8 4 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
29 25 14 5 Seen It All: The Autobiography, Jeezy 2
30 0 New 1 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 30
31 29 23 11 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
32 0 New 1 Neon Future . I, Steve Aoki 32
33 0 New 1 Quiero Ser Tu Dueno, Luis Coronel 33
34 10 – 2 JHud, Jennifer Hudson 10
35 35 26 60 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
36 33 24 6 Promise To Love: Album IV, Kem 3
37 5 – 2 PTX: Vol. III (EP), Pentatonix 5
38 55 45 4 Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites, Alabama 33
39 0 New 1 The Return, Nonpoint 39
40 15 – 2 Popular Problems, Leonard Cohen 15
41 17 – 2 Awakening, Jackie Evancho 17
42 30 15 4 Souled Out, Jhene Aiko 3
43 36 20 4 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
44 8 – 2 Different Shades Of Blue, Joe Bonamassa 8
45 18 – 2 Plain Spoken, John Mellencamp 18
46 49 36 20 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
47 26 – 2 Live, Gary Clark Jr. 26
48 28 6 80 Native, OneRepublic 4
49 32 29 24 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
50 11 – 2 Syro, Aphex Twin 11
51 45 37 96 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
52 44 27 7 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
53 46 34 14 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
54 42 25 4 Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar, Robert Plant 10
55 19 – 2 Strut, Lenny Kravitz 19
56 52 59 80 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
57 56 41 18 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
58 31 5 3 Bulletproof Picasso, Train 5
59 0 New 1 Son Of Norma, SPM 59
60 51 35 20 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
61 40 22 4 Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams 4
62 0 New 1 Time To Die, Electric Wizard 62
63 59 42 22 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
64 63 47 7 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
65 41 71 13 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
66 37 10 3 World On Fire, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators 10
67 58 28 4 Where It's At, Dustin Lynch 8
68 78 61 53 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
69 64 53 56 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
70 89 79 29 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
71 61 38 10 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
72 0 New 1 Second Nature, Flying Colors 72
73 54 43 16 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
74 70 107 3 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2015 Edition, Various Artists 70
75 72 73 48 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
76 21 – 2 Sukierae, Tweedy 21
77 74 66 50 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
78 0 New 1 Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit Of Christmas, Michael W. Smith 78
79 60 39 6 Moonshine In The Trunk, Brad Paisley 2
80 80 91 36 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
81 66 54 43 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
82 0 New 1 Trigger Hippy, Trigger Hippy 82
83 85 46 7 Smokey & Friends, Smokey Robinson 12
84 83 67 109 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
85 75 64 34 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
86 0 New 1 Tracks Of My Years, Bryan Adams 86
87 68 69 57 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
88 86 77 43 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
89 97 87 31 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
90 79 62 12 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
91 71 50 10 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 2
92 99 82 33 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
93 48 13 3 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
94 88 68 9 1000HP, Godsmack 3
95 73 52 25 Testimony, August Alsina 2
96 87 76 57 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
97 0 New 1 Back To Oblivion, Finch 97
98 0 New 1 Foreign Land, 3 Winans Brothers 98
99 106 84 18 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 8
100 67 33 4 El Pintor, Interpol 7
101 100 78 26 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
102 92 49 4 Journey To Freedom, Michelle Williams 29
103 0 New 1 Gone Girl (Soundtrack), Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross 103
104 110 95 45 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
105 81 80 21 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
106 50 – 2 Gravity, Big & Rich 50
107 69 9 3 Reincarnate, Motionless In White 9
108 0 New 1 The Big Picture, Kat Edmonson 108
109 101 57 4 Goddess, Banks 12
110 91 60 4 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
111 103 104 77 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
112 105 63 17 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
113 119 90 21 Xscape, Michael Jackson 2
114 95 40 20 The Fault In Our Stars, Soundtrack 5
115 108 89 54 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
116 126 101 18 Kuntry Livin', Big Smo 28
117 143 124 28 Lunatic, KONGOS 39
118 94 105 32 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
119 118 94 15 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
120 98 – 2 Destiny: Original Soundtrack, Soundtrack 98
121 111 96 23 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
122 117 112 25 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
123 122 99 25 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
124 120 109 14 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 109
125 125 129 53 The 1975, The 1975 28
126 123 88 16 The Hunting Party, Linkin Park 3
127 121 98 8 X2C (EP), Sam Hunt 36
128 112 102 58 Hail To The King, Avenged Sevenfold 1
129 0 New 1 Banner: Live Fom Desperation Conference, Desperation Band 129
130 129 121 57 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
131 115 72 7 Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Motley Crue, Various Artists 5
132 0 New 1 Sun, Thomas Bergersen 132
133 0 New 1 ...The Stories We Could Tell, Mr. Big 133
134 0 New 1 Saturday Night / Sunday Morning, Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives 134
135 0 Re-Entry 10 Chef, Soundtrack 121
136 102 58 5 Somewhere Under Wonderland, Counting Crows 5
137 149 172 14 Neon Steeple, Crowder 9
138 116 55 4 Next To Nothing, Rittz 14
139 0 New 1 In The Mood, Herb Alpert 139
140 148 117 13 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
141 134 113 32 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
142 132 93 9 They Want My Soul, Spoon 4
143 186 181 32 PS Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
144 136 106 47 Sail Out (EP), Jhene Aiko 8
145 84 110 12 Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic 1
146 93 74 4 Opus Collection, Linda Ronstadt 62
147 0 Re-Entry 12 Redeemer Of Souls, Judas Priest 6
148 150 168 44 Restart, newsboys 38
149 114 92 5 Step Back, Johnny Winter 16
150 146 119 14 Isolate And Medicate, Seether 4
151 76 144 56 Yours Truly, Ariana Grande 1
152 145 – 15 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, Soundtrack 30
153 0 New 1 Maps Of Non-Existent Places, Thank You Scientist 153
154 0 New 1 Blood Mantra, Decapitated 154
155 53 – 2 Luke James, Luke James 53
156 155 134 29 Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless 5
157 154 141 46 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2, Five Finger Death Punch 2
158 166 – 34 Overcomer, Mandisa 29
159 0 New 1 Uncovered! (EP), Butcher Babies 159
160 153 136 43 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
161 198 158 20 Behind The Light, Phillip Phillips 7
162 188 170 9 If We're Honest, Francesca Battistelli 13
163 0 New 1 Love And Logic, Sons Of Bill 163
164 159 123 21 Rewind, Rascal Flatts 5
165 137 108 9 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems 2, Various Artists 20
166 0 New 1 Mended With Gold, The Rural Alberta Advantage 166
167 109 30 3 Caustic Love, Paolo Nutini 30
168 124 103 12 The Black Market, Rise Against 3
169 162 131 15 Jersey Boys, Soundtrack 15
170 140 115 25 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
171 0 New 1 When I'm Free, Hot Rize 171
172 0 New 1 Bach, Joshua Bell/Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields 172
173 0 New 1 John Luther Adams: Become Ocean, Seattle Symphony (Morlot) 173
174 169 137 10 Savages, Theory Of A Deadman 8
175 160 147 6 New Eyes, Clean Bandit 130
176 152 132 14 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
177 82 – 2 Too Bright, Perfume Genius 82
178 178 183 55 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
179 164 120 8 Stronger, Tank 13
180 194 – 16 Majestic, Kari Jobe 12
181 171 155 35 NOW 49, Various Artists 1
182 0 Re-Entry 3 Amazing Grace: 14 Treasured Hymns, Tennessee Ernie Ford 135
183 187 193 25 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
184 0 New 1 The Ophidian Trek, Meshuggah 184
185 165 171 27 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
186 193 188 70 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, Volbeat 9
187 43 – 2 Attack, Disciple 43
188 179 176 51 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
189 38 – 2 Bad Intentions (EP), Niykee Heaton 38
190 192 179 29 My Krazy Life, YG 2
191 0 Re-Entry 5 Swimmin' Time, Shovels & Rope 20
192 0 Re-Entry 10 Once More 'Round The Sun, Mastodon 6
193 142 86 12 YES!, Jason Mraz 2
194 0 Re-Entry 15 Animal Ambition: An Untamed Desire To Win, 50 Cent 4
195 151 128 25 Lights Out, Ingrid Michaelson 5
196 127 190 14 No Other Name, Hillsong 13
197 158 165 14 Thanks For Listening, Colt Ford 10
198 131 31 3 Skeletal Domain, Cannibal Corpse 31
199 174 189 52 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
200 195 156 12 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11

[Gary]

Catalog 10/18


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles 1
2 1 1 60 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
3 4 3 62 GG Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
4 2 2 110 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
5 5 8 44 21, Adele 1
6 3 14 4 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
7 8 10 1132 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
8 10 26 99 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
9 7 7 127 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
10 31 37 66 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 7
11 0 New 1 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis 11
12 9 22 22 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 6
13 14 17 22 Heart And Soul, Elvis Presley 13
14 6 16 39 +, Ed Sheeran 1
15 15 19 58 Juke Box Heroes, Foreigner 4
16 0 Re-Entry 22 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
17 13 18 8 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 10
18 19 23 15 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 18
19 17 – 276 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
20 21 12 8 Love Come To Life, Big Daddy Weave 3
21 12 15 82 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 1
22 18 36 829 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
23 16 27 1126 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
24 22 – 3 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 15
25 20 21 176 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
26 29 46 687 Metallica, Metallica 1
27 33 39 117 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Hank Williams Jr. 11
28 34 29 132 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
29 32 4 395 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
30 0 Re-Entry 115 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
31 36 35 17 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 31
32 49 – 146 Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi 3
33 23 24 6 Night Train, Jason Aldean 23
34 0 Re-Entry 17 The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac 20
35 24 20 304 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
36 0 Re-Entry 492 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
37 27 25 980 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
38 0 Re-Entry 79 Best Of The Temptations-The 60's: 20th Century Masters..., The Temptations 6
39 38 34 82 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Aerosmith 5
40 45 – 118 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 7
41 42 45 23 The Best Of The Commodores: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Commodores 28
42 0 Re-Entry 2 The Very Best Of Chicago: Only The Beginning, Chicago 1
43 0 Re-Entry 116 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
44 35 30 59 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 3
45 0 Re-Entry 4 Illmatic, Nas 1
46 0 Re-Entry 16 Pyromania, Def Leppard 24
47 0 Re-Entry 2 Johnny Cash At Madison Square Garden, Johnny Cash 45
48 0 New 1 17 Greatest Hits, David Allan Coe 48
49 0 Re-Entry 526 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
50 43 38 46 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4

[Gary]

Digital 10/18


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
2 0 New 1 747, Lady Antebellum 2
3 0 New 1 ART OFFICIAL AGE, Prince 3
4 0 New 1 No Sound Without Silence, The Script 4
5 0 New 1 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 5
6 10 7 5 GG V, Maroon 5 1
7 0 New 1 Kauai (EP), Childish Gambino 7
8 4 – 2 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 4
9 1 – 2 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 1
10 6 13 10 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
11 12 16 16 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
12 11 11 4 Title (EP), Meghan Trainor 10
13 0 New 1 Neon Future . I, Steve Aoki 13
14 0 New 1 PLECTRUMELECTRUM, Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL 14
15 0 New 1 Gypsy Heart, Colbie Caillat 15
16 5 2 3 Partners, Barbra Streisand 2
17 0 New 1 Hesitant Alien, Gerard Way 17
18 7 1 3 X, Chris Brown 1
19 2 – 2 This Is All Yours, alt-J 2
20 16 15 15 x, Ed Sheeran 1
21 22 21 45 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
22 15 6 4 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
23 0 New 1 This Is M.E., Melissa Etheridge 23
24 0 New 1 Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, Lucinda Williams 24
25 25 20 11 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1

[Gary]

Vinyl 10/18

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Time To Die, Electric Wizard 1
2 1 – 2 Syro, Aphex Twin 1
3 2 – 2 This Is All Yours, alt-J 2
4 0 New 1 Hesitant Alien, Gerard Way 4
5 0 New 1 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault, Stevie Nicks 5
6 0 New 1 Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, Lucinda Williams 6
7 7 1 3 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
8 10 5 17 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
9 9 6 19 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 1
10 3 – 2 Sukierae, Tweedy 3
11 8 – 2 Live, Gary Clark Jr. 8
12 14 – 48 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
13 0 New 1 You Blue It, You Blew It! 13
14 0 Re-Entry 3 Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 3
15 0 Re-Entry 11 The Beatles, The Beatles 5

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Sorry to steal your thunder, HG...

49 Catalog albums are on the Billboard 200 this week

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Country album sales this week:

roughstock.com/news/2014/10/29837-country-album-sales-report-october-8-2014/

Country Album Sales Report: October 8, 2014
Posted by Matt Bjorke on October 8, 2014

Superstar Blake Shelton debuts at #1, see where Lady Antebellum and Lucinda Williams debut.
While Blake Shelton’s Bringing Back The Sunshine didn’t match his career high of 200k albums sold with Based On A True Story… last year, the album did still sell over 100k copies last week to make it the #1 album in the USA. At #2 is Lady Antebellum’s latest 747. It, too, didn’t sell as many copies as previous album Golden or even approach the nearly 500k start for Need You Now when it was released in early 2010. Last week’s #1 debut, Kenny Chesney’s The Big Revival sits at #3 this week with sales now at 168k in those two weeks. George Strait’s three week old live album The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Field has now sold 87k copies, which is a strong sales number for a live recording. Rounding out the Top 5 is Tim McGraw with Sundown Heaven Town. He’s sold 107k copies in three weeks on the chart.

Top Ten Recap

Everyone’s still wanting to Crash Luke Bryan’s Party as the Crash My Party album sits at #6 with another 9k fans taking home the album. rising from #10 to #7 is Alabama’s Angels Among Us: Hymns And Gospel Favorites. The album has a deluxe version available at Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores. Lee Brice’s I Don’t Dance sits at #8 with 70k sold to date while at #9 is Brantley Gilbert’s Just As I Am. Rounding out the Top 10 is Florida Georgia Line’s Here’s To The Good Times. Next week their sophomore project Anything Goes hits stores.
Notable Album Recap

Lucinda Williams’ Down Where The Spirits…, her first self-released album (via Thirty Tigers), has debuted in the Top 15 of the all genre chart, the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart. The double album from the Americana stalwart scanned 20k in its first week on the charts. Garth Brooks’ The Ultimate Hits continues its renaissance as a physical piece of media in stores while Dustin Lynch’s Where It’s At surpasses the 50k albums scanned mark in one month on the charts. Cole Swindell’s self-titled debut has now scanned nearly 252k albums to date. Rounding out our rundown is the weekly look at Scotty McCreery’s See You Tonight.

Next week, we’ll see the arrival of Jason Aldean’s Old Boots, New Dirt and maybe Old Dominion’s self-titled EP, among other new releases. As always come back here to see where the albums land!

Top 5 Country Albums - October 08, 2014*

*Top 5 Country Album Chart Numbers rounded to nearest thousand.

Top 200 Artist Album Sales Total

1 Blake Shelton Bringing Back The Sunshine 10,100 101,000
2 Lady Antebellum 747 74,000 74,000
6 Kenny Chesney The Big Revival 39,000 168,000
22 George Strait Cowboy Rides Away Live 14,000 87,000
26 Tim McGraw Sundown HeavenTown 13,000 107,000

Read the entire Top 10 and Notable Albums list here:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Lr6whUR9mdGC9Y5LiTUqPXplgiplJV8HGnfndvRpi9g/edit?pli=1#gid=0

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www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-108-the-return-trip

Metal By Numbers 10/8: The Return Trip

Posted by Matt Brown on October 8, 2014

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

Was last week’s list of debuts not robust enough for you? Then perhaps you’ll find this week more to your liking because Christ on a bicycle, do we have numbers for you. Doom metal masters? Got it. Reunion releases from previously defunct bands? Got it. Something with Mike Portnoy? Got it. Hell, we even have the latest soundtrack by Trent Reznor for good measure. If you can’t find something you don’t like on here, well, we don’t know what to tell you. Maybe chill yourself out with some slowed down Danzig?

Notable Debuts:

Nonpoint, The Return (Razor & Tie) #39, 8,125 sold

We’re not sure what the band is returning from, but this is the highest charting album they’ve had yet.



Electric Wizard, Time To Die (Spinefarm) #62, 5,225 sold

The doom metal kings release album eight, their longest album to date.



Flying Colors, Second Nature (Mascot) #72, 4,550 sold

The prog supergroup doesn’t quite top the sales of its debut album. but if you Portnoy, they will come.



Finch, Back To Oblivion (Razor & Tie) #97, 3,525 sold

Finch are back with their first album since 2005.



Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Gone Girl [Soundtrack] (Columbia) #103, 3,075 sold

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are on David Fincher soundtrack duty again, this time for Gone Girl.



Mr. Big, …The Stories We Could Tell (Caroline) #133, 2,325 sold

This is the band’s second album post-reunion.



Thank You Scientist, Maps of Non-Existent Places (Evil Ink) #153, 1,900 sold

The band is opening for Coheed and Cambria on their current tour.



Decapitated, Blood Mantra (Nuclear Blast) #154, 1,875 sold

The band’s sixth album is its first with drummer Michał Łysejko.



Butcher Babies, Uncovered (Century Media) #159, 1,850 sold

As the title suggests, this is a covers EP featuring tracks by ZZ Top and The Osmonds.



Meshuggah, The Ophidian Trek (Nuclear Blast) #184, 1,575 sold

The band’s second live album gets started on the charts.



Sick of it All, Last Act of Defiance (Century Media) 1,250 sold

The hardcore veterans put out album eleven.



Black Crown Initiate, The Wreckage of Stars (eOne) 1,250 sold

The band’s debut album is finally here and we got to talk to them about it.



Evergrey, Hymns for the Broken, (AFM) 1,200 sold

The Swedish prog metallers get started with album number nine.



1349, Massive Cauldron of Choas (Season of Mist) 780 sold

The old school black metallers are back with their first album in four years.



Come The Dawn, Light of the Dawn (Sumerian) 710 sold

This is the debut album from the band out of Cincinnati, OH.



Righteous Vendetta, Defiance (Street Smart) 360 sold

This EP is the band’s latest.



Internal Bleeding, Imperium (Unique Leader) 320 sold

After a decade, Internal Bleeding returns with album five.

Notable Sales:

Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, World On Fire (Dik Hayd) #66, 4,950 sold

A 42% drop, but this is still a hot one.



Godsmack, 1000hp (Universal Republic) #94, 3,550 sold

This continues a relatively slow descent.



Motionless In White, Reincarnate (Fearless) #107, 3,025 sold

Nearly 40,000 sold in three weeks.



Linkin Park, The Hunting Party (Warner Bros.) #126, 2,425 sold

If this was out ten years ago, it would already be gold probably.



Avenged Sevenfold, Hail To The King (Warner Bros.) #128, 2,375 sold

A 18% climb doesn’t stagger this one.



Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Vol. 1 (Prospect Park) #130, 2,325 sold

Nearly 425,000 sold.



Judas Priest, Redeemer of Souls (Epic) #147, 2,025 sold

As expected, the band’s tour has brought this one back up.



Seether, Isolate & Medicate (The Bicycle Music Company) #150, 1,925 sold

A tiny drop of 5%



The Pretty Reckless, Going To Hell (Razor & Tie) #156, 1,875 sold

This sells nearly the same amount as last week.



Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Vol. 2 (Prospect Park) #155, 1,850 sold

So did this one, but who’s counting anymore? We are, actually.



Rise Against, The Black Market (Interscope) #168, 1,750 sold

This drops against a 31% decrease.



Theory of a Deadman, Savages (Roadrunner) #174, 1,700 sold

This enters its 10th week on the charts.



Volbeat, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies (Universal/Republic) #186, 1,575 sold

Another small bump of 9%.



Disciple, Attack (Self-Released) #187, 1,550 sold

This takes a second week drop of 79%.



Mastodon, Once More ‘Round The Sun (Reprise) #192, 1,550 sold

Looks like the band’s new video got the album some more numbers. It’s sold over 67,000 so far.



Cannibal Corpse, A Skeletal Domain (Metal Blade) #197, 1,500 sold

A 40% drop puts this near the bottom of the 200.

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Prince has a unique distinction this week…I haven't checked, but I'm pretty sure no artist has ever topped both the rock and R&B album charts in the same week with two different albums. Honestly, I can't think of any other major artists who could even release two albums of different genres in the same week.

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6281504/adele-21-surpasses-11-million-sales

Adele's '21' Surpasses 11 Million In U.S. Sales
By Keith Caulfield | October 10, 2014

Adele's mega-selling second studio album, 21, has surpassed the 11 million sales mark in the U.S., according to Nielsen Soundscan. The set, released in 2011 on XL/Columbia Records, is only the 12th album to sell at least that many copies since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991.

21 sold another 4,000 in the week ending Oct. 5, bringing its cumulative sum to just over 11 million after 189 weeks in release. (It has sold 157,000 to date in 2014 alone.) The album was released on Feb. 21, 2011, spent 24 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and has yet to exit the tally: It has spent all but 11 of its chart weeks in the top 100. On the latest chart, reflecting the sales week ending Oct. 5, it climbs 113-95.

The last album to hit 11 million faster than 21 was nearly 12 years ago, when Creed's Human Clay hit 11 million in its 165th week of release (week ending Nov. 24, 2002).

Adele is currently working on her third album, and it is not due until at least next year, according to reports. A recent financial filing by her label, XL Recordings (reported by The New York Times), states that "there will not be a further new release by Adele in 2014." Her publicist tells Billboard that "at the moment, nothing is scheduled." Earlier this year, Adele tweeted a cryptic note, leading some to think that a new album might materialize by the end of this year.

21 finished both 2011 and 2012 as the top-selling album of the year and was Billboard's year-end top Billboard 200 album for both years. (It was the first time an album had achieved that distinction since Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1983 and 1984.) 21 generated five hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including three No. 1s: "Rolling in the Deep," "Set Fire to the Rain" and "Someone Like You."

21 is the 12th largest-selling album of the SoundScan era, and the fifth-biggest by a woman. The top seller in that 1991-present span is Metallica's self-titled 1991 album, with 16.04 million, followed by Shania Twain's Come On Over (15.58 million), Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (14.95 million), the Beatles' 1 (12.41 million), Backstreet Boys' Millennium (12.25 million), the Whitney Houston-led The Bodyguard soundtrack (12.14 million), Santana's Supernatural (11.85 million), Creed's Human Clay (11.69 million), Marley's Legend (11.66 million), 'N Sync's No Strings Attached (11.16 million), Norah Jones' Come Away With Me (11.02 million) and Adele's 21 (11 million).

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www.billboard.com/files/biz/pdf/2013/October-10-2014-Billboard-Bulletin.pdf

4,354,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

1,825,000 albums were digital albums.

2,529,000 albums were cd/vinyl/cassette albums.

[pnobelysk]

Adele should make it Into the top 10 best selling albums over the next year

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6281527/herb-alpert-returns-charts?utm_source=twitter

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Herb Alpert Returns After 27-Year Absence
By Keith Caulfield | October 10, 2014

Plus: the first new Christmas album of the season debuts!

On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart, Blake Shelton scored his second No. 1 album with Bringing Back the Sunshine, as the Warner Bros. Nashville album sold 100,000 copies in the week ending Oct. 5, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Shelton's effort was one of five debuts in the top 10.

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

– Herb Alpert, In the Mood - No. 172 – The legendary Herb Alpert -- who has earned five No. 1 albums in the 1960s -- returns to the Billboard 200 for the first time in 27 years as his new album, In the Mood, as it debuts at No. 147. He last appeared on the list with 1987’s Keep Your Eye on Me, which peaked at No. 18 and spent its final week on the tally on Oct. 17 of that year.

Alpert's new effort sold 2,000 first-week copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and also debuts at No. 2 on Traditional Jazz Albums. That’s his second top 10 Jazz set in a row, following 2013’s Steppin' Out, featuring Lani Hall, which hit No. 10.

Keep Your Eye On Me was released on the label Alpert co-founded, A&M, and supported by his top five Billboard Hot 100 hit "Diamonds." That track climbed to No. 5 on June 20, 1987, and was produced and written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. (It also featured A&M's then-biggest star, Janet Jackson, on vocals.)

– Melissa Etheridge, This Is M.E. - No. 21 – The rock veteran's first independently released album, after spending her entire 26-plus year career on Island Records, also debuts at No. 2 on the Independent Albums chart (14,000 sold).

— Soundtrack, Frozen: The Songs - No. 30 – A new permutation of the Frozen soundtrack arrives with 11,000 sold. The set includes only the songs from the film, without the score. Unlike the original release of the album, which included both the score and songs, and spent 13 weeks at No. 1.

— Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company - No. 47 – Reissued for its 10th anniversary (with liner notes by Billboard's own senior correspondent Gail Mitchell), the former No. 1 and winner of the Grammy Award for album of the year, returns with 7,000 sold (up 1,976 percent).

­— Michael W. Smith, The Spirit of Christmas – No. 80 — The Spirit of Christmas is the first new holiday album to debut on the list this year, selling 4,000 and also entering at No. 5 on Christian Albums. Billboard's seasonal Top Holiday Albums chart will return next week, reflecting the sales week ending Oct. 12).

— Bryan Adams, Tracks of My Years - No. 89 – The rocker's covers album starts with 4,000, and is his first chart entry since 2008's 11 hit No. 80. Adams' only No. 1 album, Reckless, celebrates the 30th anniversary of its chart debut in November, and will be re-released in an expanded deluxe edition on Nov. 25.

— Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Gone Girl (Soundtrack) — No. 111 — This soundtrack (3,000 sold) from the Academy Award-winning duo is the third they've scored for a David Fincher-directed film. It follows The Social Network (it peaked at No. 20 in 2010) and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (No. 44; 2012).