Billboard 200 12/27: J Cole #1: 371,000

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Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 12/14/2014

Note: The figures below represent this week’s “total activity,” an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams. A pure album sales figure is available in parenthesis and information about each album's streaming count is available in brackets.

#1. J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 371,228 (353,538) [10,984,761]

#6. K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart? - 87,140 (84,117) [1,578,410]

#25. Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions – 27,532 (26,398) [589,466]

#31. Chris Brown – X – 23,741 (15,877) [4,727,436]

#37. Eminem – ShadyXV – 21,019 (17,904) [2,082,585]

#44. Beyonce – Beyonce – 19,556 (11,436) [5,337,855]

#57. Pitbull – Globalization – 15,539 (10,216) [2,048,117]

#59. PRhyme - PRhyme - 14,188 (13,547) [249,667]

#61. E-40 - Sharp On All 4 Corners: 1 - 13,697 (11,770) [510,369]

#64. Rick Ross – Hood Billionaire – 12,543 (10,171) [1,505,176]

[kanimal]

Think you mean J.Cole ;)

And should we assume these numbers are final given that Billboard hasn't posted its article yet? Wondering if there's another re-calc...

[areyoureadytojump]

^We don't know. Billboard has been late each week since the new methodology.

They've had the numbers since Monday. Why can't they write the article ahead of time?

and...

J. Cole ‏@jcolenc on Twitter:

The #'s are humbling. It's a win for all artists and fans and a clear message to the industry. No singles no features. Stop serving trash

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6406661/j-cole-third-no-1-album-chart?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=biz_breakingnews&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News

J. Cole Earns Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | December 17, 2014 4:34 PM EST


J. Cole's third album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, easily debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking the rapper's third consecutive chart-topper. He previously led the list with his debut effort, 2011's Cole World: The Sideline Story, and its follow-up, 2013's Born Sinner.

2014 Forest Hills Drive moved 375,000 equivalent units in the week ending Dec. 14, according to Nielsen Music. (The Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric consumption, including pure album sales. The ranking includes on-demand streaming and digital track sales, in addition to traditional album sales, all measured by Nielsen.)

On the latest Billboard 200, 84 percent of the chart's total units (adding up the weekly unit totals of Nos. 1 through 200) are pure album sales. The rest of its units are track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

2014 Forest Hills Drive sold 354,000 copies in it first week, and it also debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. The sum is the fifth-largest sales week for an album in 2014, and the biggest for a hip-hop set in over a year. The only larger weeks this year were racked up by Taylor Swift's 1989 (in its first two frames: 1.29 million and 402,000, respectively), One Direction's first week with Four (387,000) and Coldplay's arrival with Ghost Stories (383,000).

The last hip-hop album to score a bigger sales week than 2014 Forest Hills Drive's opener was Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2, when it launched at No. 1 with 792,000 in the week ending Nov. 10, 2013.

J. Cole has seen each of his albums grow in debut week sales. His first album, Cole World, started at No. 1 with 212,000 sold. His second set, Born Sinner, launched at No. 2 with 297,000 (and moved to No. 1 in its third chart week).

2014 Forest Hills Drive, released on Roc Nation through Columbia Records, is the sixth No. 1 for the Roc Nation label. The label's founder, Jay Z, scored Roc Nation's first leader with The Blueprint 3 (in 2009). It was followed by Jay Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne (2011), Cole's Cole World and Born Sinner, and Jay Z's Magna Carta… Holy Grail (2013).

Taylor Swift's 1989 slips one rung to No. 2 after five non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200. It shifted 324,000 units (up 18 percent), of which 278,000 were pure album sales (up 21 percent).

Pentatonix's That's Christmas to Me falls 2-3 with 218,000 units (down 1), powered largely by pure album sales (207,000, down 1 percent). The bulk of Pentatonix's units were comprised of album sales (95 percent), with 3.8 percent driven by TEA and another 1.4 percent by SEA.

Carrie Underwood scores her fifth consecutive top five album, as her Greatest Hits: Decade #1 bows at No. 4 with 103,000 units (94,000 in pure album sales). This is the first best-of collection for the singer, who previously logged four albums that reached the top two: her Some Hearts debut (No. 2 in 2005), followed by three No. 1s: Carnival Ride (2007), Play On (2009) and Blown Away (2012).

Underwood's latest set is the highest-charting greatest hits album since the chart dated Aug. 25, 2012, when Frank Sinatra's Nothing But the Best re-entered at No. 3 (thanks to deep discounting by Amazon MP3). Underwood logs the biggest sales week for a best-of since Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits shifted 112,000 on the chart dated March 17, 2012 (in the wake of Houston's death), and the biggest sales debut for a hits set since Sinatra's Nothing arrived with 99,000 (at No. 2) on the May 31, 2008 chart.

Back on the new Billboard 200, AC/DC's Rock or Bust descends 3-5 with 94,000 units (down 46 percent).

K. Michelle achieves her second top 10 album as Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? arrives at No. 6 with 88,000 units (84,000 in album sales). It follows the singer's first album, 2013's Rebellious Soul, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 72,000 sold in its opening week.

One Direction's Four falls 5-7 with 82,000 units (up 11 percent). Pure album sales make up 72,000 of that figure.

Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour moves 4-8 with 81,000 units (up less than 1 percent), with 60,000 of that sum consisting of album sales.

Ed Sheeran's x returns to the top 10 for the first time since the Sept. 6-dated chart, as his album climbs 11-9 with 65,000 units (up 56 percent). He was up across the board in album sales (36,000; up 62 percent), TEA (22,000; up 65 percent) and SEA (7,000; up 17 percent). A lot of his gain's credit is owed to his performance of the album's "Thinking Out Loud" on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, which aired Dec. 9 on CBS. The song concurrently bounds into the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Sheeran greatly benefits from the Billboard 200's new methodology incorporating TEA and SEA. On the Top Album Sales chart (which employs the Billboard 200's old measurement system of pure album sales), x rises 29-18.

Rounding out the new Billboard 200's top 10 is Garth Brooks' Man Against Machine, descending 8-10 with 62,000 units (up 8 percent). On the Top Album Sales chart, it falls 7-8 with the same sum, as the album is unavailable on streaming services, and its individual tracks are unavailable to purchase.

[onebuffalo]

Please take your time, Billboard. The time stamp says 4:35.

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Music sales

With three new entries in the top ten and with just over a week until Christmas, overall album sales are up 17% over last week, but down 6% over the same week last year.

Year-to-date album sales are down 12% year-to-date over 2013.

Physical CD sales are up 20% over last week, down 4% over the same week last year and down 16% year-to-date over 2013.

Digital album sales are up 7% over last week, down 17% over the same week last year and down 10% year-to-date over 2013.

Digital track sales are down 4% over last week, down 9% over the same week last year and down 12% year-to-date over 2013. Track-equivalent album sales are up 12.7% over last week and down 12.1% year-to-date over 2013.

J. Cole’s “2014 Forest Hills Drive” debuts at number one on the Top Albums chart with 354,000 units sold. It is the third biggest first week sales total of the year, only behind Taylor Swift and Coldplay. It is his third straight chart-topping album and his biggest one week sales total to date, surpassing the 296,000 units sold in the first week of his last album, 2013’s “Born Sinner.”

Taylor Swift’s “1989” falls to No. 2 despite a 21% sales increase over last week. The album has now surpassed the three million sales mark.

Carrie Underwood’s “Greatest Hits: Decade #1” debuts at No. 4 with 94,000 units sold. All five of her releases have debuted in the top four.

K. Michelle’s “Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart” debuts at No. 6 with 84,000 units sold. It is her highest one week sales total to date, topping the 72,000 units sold in the first week of release of her last album, 2013’s “Rebellious Soul,” which entered at No. 2.

The “Guardians Of The Galaxy” soundtrack leaps 27-11 with a 129% sales increase, helped by the movie’s release on home video.

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www.yahoo.com/music/carrie-underwoods-greatest-is-doing-great-105477506486.html

Carrie Underwood's 'Greatest' Is Doing Great
Paul Grein, Yahoo! Chart Watch

Carrie Underwood's Greatest Hits: Decade #1 enters The Billboard 200 at #4. That’s the highest ranking for a greatest hits album since Frank Sinatra's 2008 collection Nothing but the Best rebounded to #3 in August 2012. It’s the highest ranking for a newly-released greatest hits album since Kenny Chesney's Greatest Hits II debuted and peaked at #3 in May 2009.

The Fine Print: Michael Jackson’s This Is It, which debuted at #1 in November 2009, was essentially a greatest hits set, but it was marketed as a movie soundtrack.

Greatest hits albums are less vital in the iTunes era than they used to be. In a previous era, Underwood’s album would probably have vied for #1. The album moved 102K units this week (including 94K in pure album sales; the rest reflects on-demand streaming and digital track sales.)

The double-disk collection is Underwood’s fifth top 10 album, following four studio albums that peaked at #1 or #2.

Many previous artists have marked their first decade in the music business with compilations that had the word “decade” in the title. Underwood’s is the fourth to make the top five. Celine Dion's All the Way…A Decade of Song hit #1 in November 1999. Motley Crue's Decade of Decadence – ‘81-‘91 reached #2 in October 1991. Janet Jackson's Design of a Decade 1986/1996 hit #3 in October 1995.

Underwood’s album enters Top Country Albums at #1, displacing Garth Brooks's Man Against Machine. It’s the first greatest hits album to top the country chart since Brooks & Dunn's #1s…and Then Some in September 2009; the first by a female artist to do this since Shania Twain's Greatest Hits had 11 weeks on top from November 2004 to January 2005.

J. Cole lands his third consecutive #1 album with 2014 Forest Hills Drive. The album moved 371K units this week (including 354K in pure album sales). That’s the fourth-biggest first week tally of 2014, trailing Taylor Swift's 1989 (1,287,000), One Direction's FOUR (387K) and Coldplay's Ghost Stories (383K). It’s the biggest first-week tally by a hip-hop album since Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 opened with sales of 792K in November 2013. Remarkably, it’s also the biggest first-week tally by an album by a male solo artist (from any genre) since Eminem’s opus. I wrote a separate blog about J. Cole’s album which we posted last week. If you missed it, here’s a link.

Taylor Swift's 1989 dips from #1 to #2 in its seventh week. It has spent five of its first seven weeks at #1. It’s the first album to achieve that feat sinceEminem's Recovery in 2010. 1989 moved 324K units this week (including 278K in pure album sales).

Pentatonix's That’s Christmas to Me dips from #2 to #3 in its eighth week. The album moved 218K units this week (including 207K in pure album sales).

AC/DC's Rock or Bust drops from #3 to #5 in its second week. The album moved 94K units this week (including 93K in pure album sales).

K. Michelle's sophomore album, Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?, debuts at #6. Her debut album, Rebellious Soul, debuted and peaked at #2 in August 2013. The new album moved 87K units this week (including 84K in pure album sales).

K. Michelle was born Kimberly Michelle Pate. Remarkably, two of this week’s top three new albums are by artists who go by their first initial. If a certain country star went by C. Underwood, we’d have a clean sweep!

One Direction's Four drops from #5 to #7 in its fourth week. The album moved 83K units, (including 72K in pure album sales). The album debuted and peaked at #1.

Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour drops from #4 to #8 in its 26th week. The album moved 82K units this week (including 60K in pure album sales). The album has climbed as high as #2.

Ed Sheeran's x, which debuted at #1 in June,rebounds from #11 to #9 in its 25th week. The album moved 65K units (including 36K in pure album sales). The album returns to #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart. This is its 10th week on top of that chart. That’s the longest run at #1 for an album by a male artist since James Blunt's Back to Bedlam spent 10 weeks on top in 2005-2006. The two other albums since 2006 that have spent 10 or more weeks at #1 in the U.K. have been by female artists: Adele's 21 (23 weeks) and Emeli Sande's Our Version of Events (10 weeks).

Garth Brooks's Man Against Machine drops from #8 to #10 in its fifth week. The album moved 62K units (all pure album sales). The album debuted and peaked at #4.

Michael Buble's Christmas drops from #7 to #11 in its 36th chart week. It’s #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 20th week. Since 1991, only one holiday album has had a longer run at #1 on this chart. That’s Kenny G's Miracles: the Holiday Album, which topped the catalog chart for 27 weeks from 1995 to 1998.

Guardians Of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 rebounds from #34 to #13 in its 20th week. It’s #1 on Top Soundtracks for the 11th week. Either Frozen or Guardians has topped this chart for 55 consecutive weeks.

Smashing Pumpkins's eighth commercially-released studio album, Monuments to an Elegy, debuts at #33. It’s the band’s first commercially-released studio album to fall short of the top 10 since its debut album, Gish, which was released in 1991.

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www.metalinsider.net/metal-on-metal/metal-by-numbers-this-week-was-just-grate

Metal by Numbers: This week was just ‘grate

Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 17, 2014

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

The holiday shopping season is in full effect, as many of the artists on the chart have a nice uptick in sales. Whether it’s online shopping or people actually doing it the old fashioned way and going to a store, the retail season is in full swing. When AC/DC can sell nearly 100,000 copies in its second week ,that’s a sign of health for sure.

Notable Sales:

AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #5, 93,500 sold

A second week drop of 43% isn’t that bad at all, and given that it’s still in the top five, that’s definitely solid. While their last album went platinum in two weeks, this one will at least be gold before too long.

Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #21, 25,600 sold

With the HBO series Sonic Highways over, all they have now is the album, which falls a bit in it’s fifth week.

Slipknot, .5: The Grey Chapter (Roadrunner) #71, 9,200 sold

Blame Christmas music. While falling 14 chart slots from last week, the album actually sold 7% more.

In This Moment, Black Widow (Atlantic) #98, 6,100 sold

10% less people bought this album than last week.

Black Veil Brides, Black Veil Brides (Republic) #160, 3,600 sold

The last week of their tour with Falling In Reverse combined with the holiday rush might have accounted for the modest 4% increase in sales in week 7.

Godsmack, 1000hp (Universal Republic) #172, 3,400 sold

The band that takes their name from an Alice In Chains song is hanging in around the same place it was last week.

Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Vol. 1 (Prospect Park) #193, 2,900 sold

[ListenToItTwice]

Dec 17, 2014 18:16:03 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Taylor Swift’s “1989” falls to No. 2 despite a 21% sales increase over last week. The album has now surpassed the three million sales mark.

The only thing I cared about this week.

This is now the fastest-selling album since I Dreamed a Dream reached 3 million in just six weeks in 2009. That album took well over a year to finally reach 4 million, where Taylor will do it in a couple of months.

[Enigma.]

What is the gap between 1989 and Frozen?..2 weeks to go

[Gary]

BB 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
2 1 1 7 1989, Taylor Swift 1
3 2 2 8 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
4 0 New 1 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
5 3 – 2 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
6 0 New 1 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
7 5 4 4 FOUR, One Direction 1
8 4 5 26 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
9 11 20 25 GG x, Ed Sheeran 1
10 8 11 5 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
11 7 15 36 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
12 6 13 9 Holiday Wishes, Idina Menzel 6
13 34 17 20 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
14 12 19 10 Hozier, Hozier 2
15 10 9 55 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
16 17 25 13 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
17 15 7 16 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
18 20 23 10 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
19 27 28 11 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 16
20 19 29 12 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
21 14 14 7 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
22 22 10 15 V, Maroon 5 1
23 18 36 12 PTXmas (EP), Pentatonix 7
24 28 31 9 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
25 9 – 2 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
26 24 16 5 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
27 35 51 35 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
28 33 33 5 The Endless River, Pink Floyd 3
29 16 66 11 Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit Of Christmas, Michael W. Smith 16
30 25 30 7 Home For The Holidays, Darius Rucker 25
31 31 47 6 It's The Girls!, Bette Midler 3
32 54 48 13 X, Chris Brown 2
33 0 New 1 Monuments To An Elegy, The Smashing Pumpkins 33
34 37 37 14 Title (EP), Meghan Trainor 15
35 38 34 70 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
36 65 53 90 Native, OneRepublic 4
37 21 3 3 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
38 30 12 4 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
39 0 New 1 The Dream Walker, Angels & Airwaves 39
40 45 52 13 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
41 32 32 5 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
42 46 21 21 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
43 36 26 7 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
44 23 43 4 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part I, Soundtrack 18
45 39 39 53 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
46 55 49 11 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
47 47 46 15 Wrapped In Red, Kelly Clarkson 3
48 48 63 58 Noel, Josh Groban 1
49 43 77 49 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 3
50 62 61 11 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
51 53 98 41 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 23
52 44 24 3 For You, Selena Gomez 24
53 52 95 43 It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley 41
54 79 60 45 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
55 56 92 6 30/40, Mannheim Steamroller 53
56 0 New 1 Game Changer, Johnny Gill 56
57 40 18 3 Globalization, Pitbull 18
58 57 42 6 Ellen's The Only Holiday Album You'll Ever Need - Volume 1, Various Artists 42
59 0 New 1 PRhyme, PRhyme 59
60 60 115 35 The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 60
61 0 New 1 Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 1, E-40 61
62 64 57 13 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
63 72 114 16 Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas, The Robertsons 3
64 61 99 27 Cheers, It's Christmas, Blake Shelton 8
65 74 106 12 PTX: Vol. III (EP), Pentatonix 5
66 75 45 12 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
67 70 64 5 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
68 42 6 3 Hood Billionaire, Rick Ross 6
69 67 71 5 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
70 73 68 119 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
71 66 178 7 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
72 58 76 14 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
73 90 139 15 A Family Christmas, The Piano Guys 20
74 85 75 66 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
75 0 New 1 Nashville: The Music Of, Season 3 : Volume 1, Soundtrack 75
76 59 134 6 Christmas With Nashville, Various Artists 59
77 41 – 2 Classics, She & Him 41
78 125 111 26 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
79 133 – 3 Full Of Cheer, Home Free 65
80 87 78 44 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
81 71 79 6 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
82 51 – 2 Holiday For Swing!, Seth MacFarlane 51
83 80 73 11 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
84 68 87 8 Melody Road, Neil Diamond 3
85 69 27 3 Reclassified, Iggy Azalea 27
86 26 – 2 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
87 0 New 1 VS.: Other People’s Heartache Pt. III (EP), Bastille 87
88 95 184 40 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 48
89 84 123 46 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion 2
90 76 35 28 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
91 77 62 63 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
92 105 162 4 Christmas At Downton Abbey, Various Artists 44
93 50 22 3 Listen, David Guetta 22
94 0 New 1 36 Seasons, Ghostface Killah 94
95 78 38 11 747, Lady Antebellum 2
96 82 65 106 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
97 89 69 9 Ride Out, Bob Seger 3
98 91 145 53 The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 26
99 113 59 7 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
100 86 80 8 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
101 63 44 8 Paperwork, T.I. 2
102 13 – 890 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
103 98 110 150 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
104 0 Re-Entry 5 Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr 104
105 118 190 17 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley 90
106 94 – 22 White Christmas, Bing Crosby 94
107 136 158 108 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 3
108 81 56 33 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
109 100 94 59 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
110 116 157 122 +, Ed Sheeran 5
111 129 – 46 My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli 2
112 0 Re-Entry 2 Prayer, Robin Schulz 74
113 93 167 17 The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole 93
114 142 104 22 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
115 97 41 30 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
116 92 142 15 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives 92
117 49 – 2 Sex Playlist, Omarion 49
118 99 179 14 NOW Christmas, Various Artists 34
119 115 160 30 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
120 111 90 19 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
121 29 – 2 A Better Tomorrow, Wu-Tang Clan 29
122 96 84 17 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
123 108 170 15 Home For Christmas, Susan Boyle 17
124 83 121 23 On This Winter's Night, Lady Antebellum 8
125 110 128 8 Hope, Susan Boyle 16
126 102 86 8 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
127 104 131 8 Sadnecessary, Milky Chance 17
128 101 101 24 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
129 141 151 87 Red, Taylor Swift 1
130 143 127 276 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 2
131 160 152 10 Wonders, The Piano Guys 12
132 112 180 12 Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis, Elvis Presley 101
133 132 – 11 The Best Of The Temptations Christmas, The Temptations 102
134 126 138 196 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
135 140 125 12 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
136 88 – 6 My Dream Duets, Barry Manilow 4
137 134 150 63 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
138 122 119 14 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
139 107 165 18 Christmas Songs By Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 107
140 123 85 67 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
141 150 72 14 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
142 128 81 65 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
143 162 – 21 Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) (EP), Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
144 114 102 58 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
145 138 67 39 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
146 103 83 5 Live: Her Greatest Performances, Whitney Houston 19
147 147 147 342 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
148 135 137 199 21, Adele 1
149 119 120 53 The 1975, The 1975 28
150 130 133 61 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
151 144 113 90 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
152 121 192 156 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
153 145 – 11 Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration, Johnny Mathis 114
154 159 – 10 Classic Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand 95
155 0 Re-Entry 7 rose ave., You+Me 4
156 117 195 5 Nashville Christmas, Various Artists 90
157 188 – 47 Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin 19
158 174 172 98 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
159 167 – 31 Christmas Portrait, Carpenters 114
160 120 96 4 Black Widow, In This Moment 8
161 151 144 37 Peace On Earth, Casting Crowns 15
162 165 70 34 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
163 158 89 86 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
164 171 185 15 The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection, Bing Crosby 132
165 137 – 42 The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas, Various Artists 25
166 139 130 139 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
167 0 Re-Entry 6 Under Pressure, Logic 4
168 127 155 28 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing, Kids Choir 81
169 155 175 30 Elf, Soundtrack 81
170 157 55 41 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
171 0 Re-Entry 60 The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac 12
172 169 181 111 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
173 196 – 17 Home For Christmas, 'N Sync 7
174 149 – 2 Motown Christmas, Various Artists 149
175 153 108 54 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
176 152 – 33 White Christmas, Martina McBride 64
177 175 – 29 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
178 185 – 8 Awakening, Jackie Evancho 17
179 161 – 12 Personal Christmas Collection, Andy Williams 131
180 154 199 5 Merry & Bright, Various Artists 76
181 178 – 19 A Very She & Him Christmas, She & Him 12
182 0 Re-Entry 3 Annie, Soundtrack 103
183 0 Re-Entry 41 Burning Lights, Chris Tomlin 1
184 156 112 16 Promise To Love: Album IV, Kem 3
185 166 169 22 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
186 0 Re-Entry 15 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
187 164 – 334 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
188 0 Re-Entry 16 PTX: Vol. II, Pentatonix 10
189 198 – 8 PTX: Volume 1, Pentatonix 14
190 0 Re-Entry 12 Christmas, Francesca Battistelli 69
191 184 – 2 Dave Koz & Friends: The 25th Of December, Dave Koz 184
192 0 Re-Entry 72 God's Not Dead, newsboys 45
193 195 – 23 Christmas Symphony, Mannheim Streamroller/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 19
194 168 166 21 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
195 177 – 28 Holiday Spirits, Straight No Chaser 46
196 0 Re-Entry 177 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
197 0 New 1 Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 2, E-40 197
198 179 – 31 Testimony, August Alsina 2
199 176 124 50 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
200 194 – 19 A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand 108

[Gary]

TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
2 1 1 7 GG 1989, Taylor Swift 1
3 2 2 8 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
4 0 New 1 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
5 3 – 2 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
6 0 New 1 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
7 5 4 4 FOUR, One Direction 1
8 6 8 5 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
9 7 5 26 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
10 4 10 9 Holiday Wishes, Idina Menzel 4
11 24 13 20 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
12 9 18 13 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
13 10 7 55 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
14 16 19 11 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 14
15 13 20 12 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
16 12 12 7 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
17 26 25 25 x, Ed Sheeran 1
18 14 21 10 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
19 8 – 2 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 8
20 25 39 35 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
21 15 14 5 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
22 22 24 5 The Endless River, Pink Floyd 3
23 27 33 9 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
24 18 22 7 Home For The Holidays, Darius Rucker 18
25 11 50 11 Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit Of Christmas, Michael W. Smith 11
26 19 36 6 It's The Girls!, Bette Midler 3
27 0 New 1 Monuments To An Elegy, The Smashing Pumpkins 27
28 31 26 10 Hozier, Hozier 2
29 30 15 16 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
30 29 11 15 V, Maroon 5 1
31 21 9 4 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
32 32 41 13 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
33 0 New 1 The Dream Walker, Angels & Airwaves 33
34 17 3 3 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
35 42 47 11 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
36 46 48 46 PS Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
37 71 56 13 X, Chris Brown 2
38 37 34 70 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
39 0 New 1 Game Changer, Johnny Gill 39
40 38 31 6 Ellen's The Only Holiday Album You'll Ever Need - Volume 1, Various Artists 31
41 41 23 21 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
42 39 70 6 30/40, Mannheim Steamroller 39
43 81 66 90 Native, OneRepublic 4
44 0 New 1 PRhyme, PRhyme 44
45 47 44 11 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
46 35 27 7 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
47 0 New 1 Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 1, E-40 47
48 49 81 12 PTX: Vol. III (EP), Pentatonix 5
49 45 35 53 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
50 0 New 1 Nashville: The Music Of, Season 3 : Volume 1, Soundtrack 50
51 28 – 2 Classics, She & Him 28
52 50 53 5 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 22
53 43 95 6 Christmas With Nashville, Various Artists 43
54 44 62 8 Melody Road, Neil Diamond 3
55 34 139 3 Holiday For Swing!, Seth MacFarlane 34
56 59 106 4 Christmas At Downton Abbey, Various Artists 42
57 80 – 3 Full Of Cheer, Home Free 57
58 56 38 12 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
59 53 51 9 Ride Out, Bob Seger 3
60 36 17 3 Globalization, Pitbull 17
61 0 New 1 36 Seasons, Ghostface Killah 61
62 33 6 3 Hood Billionaire, Rick Ross 6
63 0 New 1 VS.: Other People’s Heartache Pt. III (EP), Bastille 63
64 64 84 14 Title (EP), Meghan Trainor 15
65 54 69 5 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 19
66 68 46 7 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 7
67 89 91 26 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
68 48 52 5 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
69 55 28 28 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
70 51 29 11 747, Lady Antebellum 2
71 57 63 8 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
72 72 71 66 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
73 66 57 13 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
74 76 75 22 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
75 63 65 19 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
76 62 87 8 Hope, Susan Boyle 16
77 78 74 44 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
78 20 – 2 A Better Tomorrow, Wu-Tang Clan 20
79 52 152 7 My Dream Duets, Barry Manilow 4
80 86 102 10 Wonders, The Piano Guys 12
81 70 32 30 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
82 60 60 5 Live: Her Greatest Performances, Whitney Houston 18
83 23 – 2 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 23
84 65 119 3 Nashville Christmas, Various Artists 65
85 75 64 63 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
86 83 42 3 For You, Selena Gomez 42
87 73 72 8 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
88 90 58 14 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
89 69 59 4 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part I, Soundtrack 17
90 0 Re-Entry 7 rose ave., You+Me 4
91 61 43 8 Paperwork, T.I. 2
92 88 55 34 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
93 82 123 5 Merry & Bright, Various Artists 68
94 84 151 4 Motown Christmas, Various Artists 84
95 91 172 12 Awakening, Jackie Evancho 17
96 40 – 2 Sex Playlist, Omarion 40
97 77 97 14 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
98 74 76 4 Black Widow, In This Moment 8
99 97 107 30 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
100 92 – 2 Dave Koz & Friends: The 25th Of December, Dave Koz 92
101 102 113 12 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
102 85 83 16 Promise To Love: Album IV, Kem 3
103 0 New 1 Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 2, E-40 103
104 93 124 8 Nostalgia, Annie Lennox 10
105 124 133 28 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 7, Various Artists 8
106 94 96 4 The Art Of McCartney, Various Artists 25
107 95 163 33 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
108 112 77 4 Annie, Soundtrack 77
109 105 109 60 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
110 109 195 25 PTX: Vol. II, Pentatonix 10
111 103 93 7 NOW That's What I Call Disney 3, Various Artists 37
112 108 167 8 Opera: The Ultimate Collection, Andrea Bocelli 57
113 148 120 11 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
114 111 130 9 Songs Of Innocence, U2 9
115 0 New 1 Sun Red Sun, Lynch Mob 115
116 110 143 32 NOW 50, Various Artists 1
117 98 142 6 Home For The Holidays, Anthony Hamilton 71
118 147 176 8 Under Pressure, Logic 4
119 79 101 4 Coming Home, Kristin Chenoweth 46
120 0 New 1 XIAT (EP), Trevor Moran 120
121 121 137 6 The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11, Bob Dylan And The Band 39
122 0 Re-Entry 8 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2015 Edition, Various Artists 70
123 0 New 1 The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, Soundtrack 123
124 115 67 41 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
125 100 89 4 PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit, Trisha Yearwood 31
126 99 104 5 Cadillactica, Big K.R.I.T. 5
127 104 127 61 The 1975, The 1975 28
128 120 138 31 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
129 96 – 2 One Christmas: Chapter 1 (EP), LeAnn Rimes 96
130 116 141 14 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
131 132 – 3 Christmas In New York, Renee Fleming 131
132 118 79 67 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
133 114 54 3 Reclassified, Iggy Azalea 54
134 130 – 19 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 58
135 119 82 67 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
136 67 30 3 Listen, David Guetta 30
137 152 94 36 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
138 129 125 24 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
139 126 114 55 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
140 0 Re-Entry 29 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
141 181 180 17 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
142 134 198 4 Kidz Bop Christmas Wish List, Kidz Bop Kids 134
143 123 49 43 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
144 0 Re-Entry 3 Tell 'Em I'm Gone, Yusuf 22
145 146 118 26 Ready To Fly, Jamie Grace 31
146 107 190 5 Classic Christmas, Various Artists 107
147 172 – 19 The Breeze - An Appreciation Of JJ Cale, Eric Clapton & Friends 2
148 122 – 3 Christmas Sounds Of Today, Various Artists 122
149 0 Re-Entry 12 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
150 131 199 4 At Christmas, Sara Evans 101
151 157 – 9 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault, Stevie Nicks 7
152 160 – 3 Holiday, Earth, Wind & Fire 152
153 0 New 1 21 Classic Christmas Favorites, Various Artists 153
154 142 78 15 Moonshine In The Trunk, Brad Paisley 2
155 127 115 58 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
156 0 New 1 The Near Future, I Fight Dragons 156
157 117 116 8 Sings The Great Diva Classics, Aretha Franklin 13
158 141 – 10 Royal Blood, Royal Blood 29
159 155 – 3 Holiday Symphony, Celtic Thunder 155
160 149 134 7 Black Veil Brides, Black Veil Brides 9
161 0 New 1 Berkeley To Bakersfield, Cracker 161
162 151 – 3 Icon: Christmas, Amy Grant 151
163 168 159 21 Jersey Boys, Soundtrack 15
164 177 189 9 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
165 139 191 26 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
166 140 98 17 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
167 0 New 1 Confidencias Reales, Alejandro Fernandez 167
168 143 99 15 Seen It All: The Autobiography, Jeezy 2
169 136 129 11 ART OFFICIAL AGE, Prince 5
170 164 – 11 Different Shades Of Blue, Joe Bonamassa 8
171 150 122 19 1000HP, Godsmack 3
172 159 – 8 Sadnecessary, Milky Chance 17
173 138 193 23 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
174 156 135 42 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
175 154 150 14 Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites, Alabama 33
176 87 16 3 Beyonce: More Only (EP), Beyonce 16
177 162 73 11 Bulletproof Picasso, Train 5
178 200 194 5 Christmas, Guy Penrod 178
179 113 100 4 Seeds, TV On The Radio 21
180 133 132 4 Interstellar, Soundtrack 19
181 0 New 1 Que Lindo Es Puerto Rico, Various Artists 181
182 173 – 5 The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11, Bob Dylan And The Band 40
183 0 Re-Entry 8 Standing In The Breach, Jackson Browne 15
184 165 165 6 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
185 176 156 14 Souled Out, Jhene Aiko 3
186 198 170 36 Kidz Bop 25, Kidz Bop Kids 3
187 170 128 53 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
188 163 144 10 Everything Will Be Alright In The End, Weezer 5
189 58 – 2 ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Vol. 16, Various Artists 58
190 158 112 6 Hallelujah For The Cross, newsboys 71
191 186 – 5 Southbound, The Doobie Brothers 16
192 178 166 66 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
193 128 – 2 December Day: Willie's Stash. Vol. 1, Willie Nelson And Sister Bobbie 128
194 184 200 6 Meet The Vamps, The Vamps 38
195 185 182 25 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
196 182 168 61 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
197 199 – 10 Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, Lucinda Williams 13
198 194 – 34 Testimony, August Alsina 2
199 0 New 1 Dark Side Of The Mule, Gov't Mule 199
200 0 New 1 Christmas In Harvard Square, The Boys Of St. Paul's Choir School 200

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 28 #1 20 wks Christmas, Michael Buble 1
2 3 2 11 PTXmas (EP), Pentatonix 1
3 4 4 63 Noel, Josh Groban 1
4 5 3 5 Wrapped In Red, Kelly Clarkson 3
5 7 10 143 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 1
6 6 6 112 It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley 3
7 11 12 5 Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas, The Robertsons 7
8 10 13 95 The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 4
9 8 7 14 Cheers, It's Christmas, Blake Shelton 4
10 13 17 5 A Family Christmas, The Piano Guys 10
11 9 9 135 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 1
12 20 28 5 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley 12
13 22 20 70 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
14 14 16 107 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion 1
15 2 – 1134 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
16 18 24 81 The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1
17 25 47 126 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1
18 24 40 40 My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli 1
19 15 25 5 NOW Christmas, Various Artists 12
20 16 22 6 Home For Christmas, Susan Boyle 11
21 17 26 6 Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis, Elvis Presley 17
22 12 14 13 On This Winter's Night, Lady Antebellum 5
23 28 8 6 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 6
24 35 42 12 Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) (EP), Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
25 27 45 12 The Best Of The Temptations Christmas, The Temptations 17
26 19 23 72 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives 4
27 36 15 246 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
28 26 5 3 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
29 34 48 5 Classic Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand 29
30 23 36 33 The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas, Various Artists 2
31 21 19 18 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing, Kids Choir 12
32 33 – 129 White Christmas, Bing Crosby 3
33 31 32 45 Elf, Soundtrack 11
34 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr 34
35 29 44 103 The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole 4
36 32 49 12 Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration, Johnny Mathis 17
37 30 33 18 Christmas Songs By Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 15
38 50 – 36 Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin 1
39 41 31 120 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
40 46 46 11 Red, Taylor Swift 4
41 37 18 26 GG Peace On Earth, Casting Crowns 1
42 0 Re-Entry 13 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
43 38 – 837 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
44 45 38 501 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
45 44 – 67 A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand 5
46 0 Re-Entry 4 PTX: Volume 1, Pentatonix 16
47 47 21 5 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 19
48 0 Re-Entry 8 Burning Lights, Chris Tomlin 10
49 0 Re-Entry 88 Christmas Portrait, Carpenters 5
50 0 Re-Entry 1141 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1

[Gary]

Top Albums Sales

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
2 1 1 7 1989, Taylor Swift 1
3 2 2 8 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
4 0 New 1 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
5 3 – 2 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
6 0 New 1 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
7 5 4 4 FOUR, One Direction 1
8 7 8 5 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
9 8 5 26 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
10 4 10 9 Holiday Wishes, Idina Menzel 4
11 27 14 20 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
12 6 13 36 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
13 11 19 13 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
14 12 7 55 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
15 19 20 11 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 15
16 15 21 12 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
17 14 12 7 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
18 29 26 25 x, Ed Sheeran 1
19 17 22 10 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
20 16 32 12 PTXmas (EP), Pentatonix 7
21 9 – 2 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
22 28 42 35 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
23 18 15 5 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
24 25 25 5 The Endless River, Pink Floyd 3
25 30 35 9 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
26 21 23 7 Home For The Holidays, Darius Rucker 21
27 13 54 11 Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit Of Christmas, Michael W. Smith 13
28 22 38 6 It's The Girls!, Bette Midler 3
29 0 New 1 Monuments To An Elegy, The Smashing Pumpkins 29
30 34 27 10 Hozier, Hozier 2
31 33 16 16 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
32 32 11 15 V, Maroon 5 1
33 24 9 4 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
34 35 44 13 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
35 0 New 1 The Dream Walker, Angels & Airwaves 35
36 20 3 3 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
37 49 50 11 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
38 37 52 58 Noel, Josh Groban 1
39 57 51 45 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
40 92 60 13 X, Chris Brown 2
41 42 36 70 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
42 39 39 15 Wrapped In Red, Kelly Clarkson 3
43 0 New 1 Game Changer, Johnny Gill 43
44 44 33 6 Ellen's The Only Holiday Album You'll Ever Need - Volume 1, Various Artists 33
45 48 24 21 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
46 45 75 6 30/40, Mannheim Steamroller 45
47 47 90 41 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 23
48 0 Re-Entry 89 Native, OneRepublic 4
49 43 78 43 It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley 41
50 0 New 1 PRhyme, PRhyme 50
51 55 94 16 Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas, The Robertsons 3
52 54 – 34 The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 52
53 58 47 11 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
54 40 28 7 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
55 0 New 1 Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 1, E-40 55
56 60 91 12 PTX: Vol. III (EP), Pentatonix 5
57 52 79 27 Cheers, It's Christmas, Blake Shelton 8
58 56 37 53 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
59 0 New 1 Nashville: The Music Of, Season 3 : Volume 1, Soundtrack 59
60 31 – 2 Classics, She & Him 31
61 61 57 5 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
62 50 – 5 Christmas With Nashville, Various Artists 50
63 70 – 14 A Family Christmas, The Piano Guys 20
64 51 66 8 Melody Road, Neil Diamond 3
65 53 88 49 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 3
66 38 – 2 Holiday For Swing!, Seth MacFarlane 38
67 74 – 3 Christmas At Downton Abbey, Various Artists 44
68 0 Re-Entry 2 Full Of Cheer, Home Free 65
69 68 41 12 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
70 64 55 9 Ride Out, Bob Seger 3
71 41 18 3 Globalization, Pitbull 18
72 0 New 1 36 Seasons, Ghostface Killah 72
73 36 6 3 Hood Billionaire, Rick Ross 6
74 0 New 1 VS.: Other People’s Heartache Pt. III (EP), Bastille 74
75 81 96 14 Title (EP), Meghan Trainor 15
76 65 74 5 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
77 87 49 7 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
78 0 Re-Entry 24 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
79 59 56 5 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
80 88 – 16 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley 80
81 66 29 28 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
82 93 – 107 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 3
83 71 – 45 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion 2
84 10 – 150 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
85 62 30 11 747, Lady Antebellum 2
86 69 68 8 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
87 95 76 66 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
88 84 61 13 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
89 0 Re-Entry 21 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
90 82 – 52 The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 26
91 98 – 39 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 48
92 96 – 46 My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli 2
93 72 – 13 NOW Christmas, Various Artists 34
94 79 70 19 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
95 78 99 8 Hope, Susan Boyle 16
96 75 – 14 Home For Christmas, Susan Boyle 17
97 0 Re-Entry 43 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
98 80 – 11 Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis, Elvis Presley 80
99 23 – 2 A Better Tomorrow, Wu-Tang Clan 23
100 63 – 6 My Dream Duets, Barry Manilow 4

[Gary]

Digital album

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
2 2 2 7 1989, Taylor Swift 1
3 1 1 7 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 1
4 0 New 1 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 4
5 17 7 19 GG Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
6 0 New 1 The Dream Walker, Angels & Airwaves 6
7 14 – 24 x, Ed Sheeran 1
8 0 New 1 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 8
9 5 6 26 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
10 8 14 24 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
11 15 12 10 Hozier, Hozier 2
12 10 16 10 PTXmas (EP), Pentatonix 1
13 0 Re-Entry 4 X, Chris Brown 1
14 0 New 1 Monuments To An Elegy, The Smashing Pumpkins 14
15 0 New 1 VS.: Other People’s Heartache Pt. III (EP), Bastille 15
16 9 13 5 Holiday Wishes, Idina Menzel 9
17 0 Re-Entry 35 Native, OneRepublic 3
18 0 New 1 PRhyme, PRhyme 18
19 3 – 2 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
20 0 New 1 Christmas With The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr 20
21 0 Re-Entry 32 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 1
22 11 – 2 Sex Playlist, Omarion 11
23 22 18 53 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
24 19 15 7 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
25 0 New 1 Sharp On All 4 Corners: Corner 1, E-40 25

[Gary]

Vinyl


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 3 8 124 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
3 1 2 57 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
4 5 10 45 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
5 0 New 1 The Near Future, I Fight Dragons 5
6 12 23 25 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
7 13 15 26 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 1
8 9 5 5 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 1
9 15 16 7 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
10 11 18 31 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 4
11 18 22 15 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
12 7 9 10 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
13 14 17 20 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 4
14 0 New 1 Monuments To An Elegy, The Smashing Pumpkins 14
15 16 – 4 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey 11
16 8 4 5 The Endless River, Pink Floyd 1
17 24 – 14 The Beatles, The Beatles 5
18 2 13 25 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
19 10 11 9 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 9
20 4 – 2 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 4
21 0 Re-Entry 10 Revolver, The Beatles 3
22 0 Re-Entry 9 Pure Heroine, Lorde 4
23 20 – 14 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 2
24 19 – 3 The 1975, The 1975 19
25 21 – 5 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 9

[areyoureadytojump]

Dec 18, 2014 3:49:23 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

What is the gap between 1989 and Frozen?..2 weeks to go

Taylor is at 3.003 million. Frozen was at 3.375 million last week.

Taylor can do it!!

[HolidayGuy]

Isn't the 3.7m Frozen's total sales, and not just 2014?

[areyoureadytojump]

^Yes. Posted that before my coffee. Edited with the correct number.

[onebuffalo]

Dec 18, 2014 14:05:26 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^Yes. Posted that before my coffee. Edited with the correct number.

After the coffee. Thanks for the answer. I still think 1989 will do at least 3.5 million in sales before the year is over. Four times platinum in 2015.

[jughead]

Taylor just makes it look easy. It's not even fair anymore.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6414015/chart-moves-j-cole-nashville

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: J. Cole's Trio of No. 1 Albums Puts Him in Elite Hip-Hop Company
By Keith Caulfield | December 19, 2014 9:49 PM EST

— J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive - No. 1 — With J. Cole's start at No. 1, he becomes one of only six rap acts to reach No. 1 with his first three full-length studio albums. He follows Drake, Rick Ross, DMX, Nelly and Snoop Dogg. (Nelly's achievement requires a bit of explanation, so more on that in a moment.)

Drake's first chart entry was an EP, So Far Gone, which peaked at No. 6 in 2009. He's since followed it with three No. 1 full-length studio sets: Thank Me Later (in 2010), Take Care (2011) and Nothing Was the Same (2013) -- all of which debuted at No. 1. Drake is currently working on his next studio effort.

Ross debuted atop the chart with his first three studio sets: Port of Miami (2006), Trilla (2008) and Deeper Than Rap (2009). Ross' next album, 2010's Teflon Don, debuted and peaked at No. 2.

DMX had one of the most incredible hot streaks on the Billboard 200 back in the late 1990s and early 2000s when his first five releases all debuted at No. 1 (It's Dark and Hell Is Hot; Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood; …And Then There Was X; The Great Depression; and Grand Champ between 1998 and 2003). He is the only male artist (among all genres of music) to debut at No. 1 with his first five studio albums. DMX's next release, 2006's Year of the Dog… Again, debuted and peaked at No. 2.

Nelly topped the list with his first album, 2000's Country Grammar, and followed it up with the No. 1-debuting Nellyville in 2003. For his next studio project, he released two albums at the same time in 2004: Suit and Sweat. Suit debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated Oct. 2, 2004, while Sweat arrived at No. 2. (Nelly’s next studio set, 2008's Brass Knuckles, debuted and peaked at No. 3.)

Snoop Dogg saw all his first three albums bow in the pole position: 1993's Doggy Style, 1996's Tha Doggfather and 1998's Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told. His next album, No Limit Top Dogg, debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 1999.

— The Smashing Pumpkins, Monuments to an Elegy - No. 33 — The rock act returns to the chart with its 12th entry, and first since 2012's Oceania debuted and peaked at No. 4. The new release is the Smashing Pumpkins' first studio album to miss the top 10 since its debut album, Gish (released in 1991). The album spent one week on the chart in 1991 (No. 195 on the Sept. 7-dated chart) and then returned for one more frame on Dec. 17, 2011 (No. 146, its peak).

— Soundtrack, Nashville: The Music of, Season 3 — Volume 1 - No. 75 — The ABC TV series Nashville continues to churn out albums, as this latest companion album starts with 12,000 units (with 11,000 of those being pure album sales). It's the ninth Nashville-related album to reach Billboard's various charts. (Coincidentally, the new release arrives one rung above the Christmas With Nashville album at No. 76.)

— Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr., Christmas With the Rat Pack - No. 104 – The 16-song collection — featuring holiday tunes from the three classic entertainers — returns to the chart for the first time since the Jan. 1, 2011-dated list. The album was released in 2010 and is not to be confused with the same-named album that bowed in 2002 (they feature alternative tracklists). The 2010 album has sold 112,000 copies, while the 2002 album (which is now out of print) has sold 1.1 million.

— Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon - No. 102 — It's no surprise the album takes a mighty 89-position tumble down the chart, falling all the way from a No. 13 re-entry to No. 102. After all, it only reappeared on the chart at No. 13 thanks to a temporary 99-cent discount on the album in the Google Play store. Now, without that cheap price in place, the album's sales return to normal, and it floats back down the tally (10,000 units; down 74 percent, 9,000 in album sales; down 75 percent).