Billboard 200 1/24/15: Taylor Swift #1: 155k: 9 weeks at #1

[Taylor.]

Taylor Swift's '1989' Spends a Ninth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

There's no stopping Taylor Swift, as the superstar notches a ninth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with her 1989 album.

1989 sold 155,000 equivalent units in the week ending Jan. 11, according to Nielsen Music (down 36 percent). The Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

Taylor Swift Surprised a Fan With The World's Sweetest Gift

Swift also easily leads the Top Album Sales chart, which ranks the best selling albums of the week based on pure album sales. 1989 sold 111,000 copies last week (down 35 percent). The set has now sold 3.94 million, and is on the verge of becoming Swift's fifth album to sell 4 million copies. (Each of her studio efforts have exceeded four million in U.S. sales.)

Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, Ed Sheeran's x continues to climb, rising one position to No. 2 with 76,000 units (down 9 percent). Regular album sales comprise 34,000 of that figure (down 13 percent). This is the highest Billboard 200 rank for the set since its second week on the chart, when it fell 1-2 on the list dated July 19, 2014.

Nick Minaj's The Pinkprint slips 2-3 with 60,000 units (down 29 percent), selling 34,000 copies (down 34 percent). Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour is steady at No. 4 with 57,000 units (down 31 percent). His album shifted 30,000 in sales for the week (down 38 percent).

The lone debut in the top 10 -- and the only bow in the top 30 -- starts at No. 5, as hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd enters with its first set, SremmLife. The album shifted 49,000 units in its first week, powered by 34,000 in traditional album sales.

Hozier's self-titled album is a non-mover at No. 6 with 49,000 units (down 19 percent). Of its 49,000 units for the week, regular album sales total just 20,000 units (down 20 percent).

J. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive is also steady at No. 7, selling 45,000 units (down 24 percent). 34,000 of that figure are album sales (down 29 percent).

The Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack falls 5-8 with 35,000 (down 50 percent), comprised entirely of traditional album sales.

Rounding out the top 10 are two stationary albums: One Direction's Four (No. 9; 32,000 units ­-- down 41 percent) and Ariana Grande's My Everything (No. 10; 28,000 ­-- down 34 percent). In terms of pure album sales, the titles sold a respective 17,000 (down 47 percent) and 7,000 (down 38 percent).

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6436693/taylor-swift-1989-ninth-week-no-1-billboard-200

[trustypepper]

Taylor just won't let up. A remarkable run that may not end anytime soon.

Also nice to see Ed returning to No. 2


Pretty bland week overall though, not much happening. One debut in the Top 30 :(

[badrobot]

The TEA+SEA stuff is certainly making the BB200 seem less dire.

[kingofpain]

Ariana sold 7000 copies and ended up at 10? Geez... This is so unfair to older artists and soundtracks where the majority of the singles wouldn't be streamed..

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Jan 14, 2015 14:03:15 GMT -5 trustypepper said:

Taylor just won't let up. A remarkable run that may not end anytime soon.

Also nice to see Ed returning to No. 2


Pretty bland week overall though, not much happening. One debut in the Top 30 :(

It's going to end next week lol

[trustypepper]

I know, should have phrased it better. I meant she'll earn more weeks at No. 1, although they'll be non-consecutive.

[DJ General]

Sadly, I think her run is about done.

January 20: Fall Out Boy - for sure #1
January 27: Fifth Harmony - most likely #1, could be close though.
February 3: (Super Bowl) + Bob Dylan, Kid Ink - Maybe Katy Perry will be #1 with her performance but that could spill into next week.
February 10: (Grammys) ??? - Anything goes here...
February 17: (Valentine's) Imagine Dragons
February 24: Kid Rock
March 3: Modest Mouse??

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

March 10: Madonna

And anybody could announce an album coming short notice (cough *Rihanna* cough). Beyonce, J. Cole, and D'Angelo have all shown that if you have a dedicated fan base and a strong record, you can pull big numbers with no traditional promo.

[pnobelysk]

I wouldn't count on fifth harmony beating Taylor , Especially if style keeps blowing up

[Gary]

BB200 1/14

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 11 #1 9 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 3 7 29 x, Ed Sheeran 1
3 2 2 4 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
4 4 5 30 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
5 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
6 6 8 14 Hozier, Hozier 2
7 7 6 5 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
8 5 9 24 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
9 9 4 8 FOUR, One Direction 1
10 10 10 20 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
11 8 19 4 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 8
12 19 32 11 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
13 12 29 7 Annie, Soundtrack 12
14 15 16 5 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
15 14 15 19 V, Maroon 5 1
16 11 11 59 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
17 17 14 14 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
18 16 67 7 Reclassified, Iggy Azalea 16
19 25 47 94 Native, OneRepublic 4
20 94 143 24 PS 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
21 23 20 13 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
22 75 64 11 GG Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
23 24 28 9 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
24 21 24 18 Title (EP), Meghan Trainor 15
25 44 13 9 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
26 13 27 74 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
27 27 34 8 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part I, Soundtrack 18
28 26 42 7 Globalization, Pitbull 18
29 31 39 7 For You, Selena Gomez 24
30 29 44 18 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
31 30 35 57 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
32 18 23 11 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
33 20 12 3 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 12
34 32 25 4 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
35 33 17 6 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
36 0 New 1 Empire: Music From The Pilot (EP), Soundtrack 36
37 22 18 4 LIVESOS, 5 Seconds Of Summer 13
38 28 41 123 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
39 35 77 10 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
40 51 60 223 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
41 46 54 17 X, Chris Brown 2
42 34 45 37 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
43 52 62 21 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
44 65 69 9 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
45 59 50 6 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
46 40 26 70 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
47 45 43 5 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
48 62 70 126 +, Ed Sheeran 5
49 0 New 1 Onward And Sideways, Joshua Radin 49
50 48 48 15 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
51 61 80 15 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
52 42 65 63 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
53 50 55 110 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
54 57 118 12 Sadnecessary, Milky Chance 17
55 39 51 7 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
56 37 59 67 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
57 36 63 48 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
58 66 22 17 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
59 58 91 26 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
60 64 108 6 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
61 71 71 154 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
62 55 56 90 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
63 47 149 7 Listen, David Guetta 22
64 60 109 69 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
65 53 33 9 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
66 68 53 17 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
67 74 74 62 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
68 88 121 65 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
69 43 81 71 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
70 73 113 160 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
71 78 73 9 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
72 56 68 4 Sucker, Charli XCX 28
73 76 88 346 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
74 72 83 4 I LOVE MAKONNEN (EP), I LOVE MAKONNEN 72
75 41 46 8 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
76 81 94 338 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
77 98 126 115 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
78 38 36 25 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
79 90 84 28 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
80 100 115 16 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
81 89 85 18 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
82 77 104 12 Paperwork, T.I. 2
83 67 124 43 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
84 63 89 34 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
85 70 82 58 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
86 99 128 256 Greatest Hits, Queen 11
87 109 105 102 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
88 – – 1 Heart vs Mind (EP), I Prevail 88
89 69 90 91 Red, Taylor Swift 1
90 102 116 54 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
91 0 Re-Entry 69 Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Elton John 12
92 125 134 21 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
93 116 140 203 21, Adele 1
94 84 110 67 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
95 0 New 1 20 Lights (EP), Berner 95
96 191 – 50 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
97 117 – 25 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
98 0 Re-Entry 121 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
99 110 133 208 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
100 80 38 9 The Endless River, Pink Floyd 3
101 106 117 9 Under Pressure, Logic 4
102 107 132 45 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
103 104 114 4 Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition, Kevin Gates 38
104 83 87 30 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
105 95 66 32 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
106 101 40 15 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 16
107 87 177 16 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
108 136 171 45 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
109 85 86 57 The 1975, The 1975 28
110 0 Re-Entry 16 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
111 103 107 94 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
112 119 92 15 747, Lady Antebellum 2
113 96 57 16 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
114 138 194 97 Take Care, Drake 1
115 127 129 19 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
116 82 78 34 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
117 79 100 232 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
118 112 186 5 Black Star Elephant, Nico & Vinz 45
119 0 New 1 Glee: Season Six, Homecoming (EP), Soundtrack 119
120 0 Re-Entry 60 Unapologetic, Rihanna 1
121 0 New 1 The Balcony, Catfish And The Bottlemen 121
122 93 127 7 Hood Billionaire, Rick Ross 6
123 97 49 17 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
124 142 – 4 Game Changer, Johnny Gill 56
125 147 131 18 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
126 113 146 38 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
127 115 112 200 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
128 121 164 298 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
129 111 98 12 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
130 92 31 16 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
131 0 Re-Entry 86 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 1
132 123 144 43 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
133 54 96 5 Prayer, Robin Schulz 54
134 148 – 10 Bring You Back, Brett Eldredge 11
135 146 162 49 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
136 132 196 64 Greatest Hits, Bon Jovi 5
137 141 152 81 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
138 168 – 76 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
139 108 97 280 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 2
140 137 154 186 1, The Beatles 1
141 91 99 30 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
142 135 142 12 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
143 159 – 36 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
144 0 New 1 Glee: Season Six, Loser Like Me (EP), Soundtrack 144
145 133 165 34 Testimony, August Alsina 2
146 128 76 10 It's The Girls!, Bette Midler 3
147 0 Re-Entry 32 Nirvana, Nirvana 3
148 156 95 15 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
149 151 157 172 Recovery, Eminem 1
150 131 130 25 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
151 130 151 72 Paramore, Paramore 1
152 177 – 95 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk 5
153 0 Re-Entry 14 Seen It All: The Autobiography, Jeezy 2
154 114 72 16 PTX: Vol. III (EP), Pentatonix 5
155 124 136 5 Shmurda She Wrote (EP), Bobby Shmurda 79
156 157 173 61 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
157 0 Re-Entry 103 FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake 1
158 0 New 1 Burning Bridges (EP), Ludacris 158
159 0 Re-Entry 10 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
160 170 – 19 A.M., Chris Young 3
161 152 – 193 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
162 164 184 197 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
163 149 – 48 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
164 144 – 36 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
165 122 153 59 An Awesome Wave, alt-J 80
166 183 – 194 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
167 166 – 247 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
168 140 185 12 The Very Best Of, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons 33
169 49 3 12 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
170 145 141 40 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
171 189 – 9 Goddess, Banks 12
172 167 – 50 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
173 155 176 16 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 109
174 126 161 18 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
175 0 Re-Entry 9 Neon Steeple, Crowder 9
176 175 119 26 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
177 160 – 11 Gypsy Heart, Colbie Caillat 17
178 196 – 210 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
179 150 180 894 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
180 0 Re-Entry 165 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
181 0 Re-Entry 106 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
182 0 Re-Entry 30 Greatest Hits, Neil Young 27
183 161 160 225 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1
184 0 Re-Entry 82 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
185 0 Re-Entry 97 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 4
186 194 – 6 People Keep Talking, Hoodie Allen 8
187 0 Re-Entry 119 ...Hits, Phil Collins 6
188 0 Re-Entry 89 I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 1
189 188 125 49 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
190 0 Re-Entry 78 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
191 187 – 88 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
192 86 79 62 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
193 178 – 20 Settle, Disclosure 36
194 190 – 131 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 6
195 139 179 190 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
196 129 58 39 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
197 0 Re-Entry 21 Greatest Hits, Blink-182 6
198 0 Re-Entry 113 Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording 66
199 0 Re-Entry 18 The Ultimate Bee Gees, Bee Gees 49
200 162 190 71 Take Me Home, One Direction 1

[Gary]

TCA 1/24

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 11 #1 9 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 2 6 24 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
3 7 11 29 x, Ed Sheeran 1
4 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
5 6 4 5 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
6 4 3 4 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
7 5 7 30 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
8 3 14 4 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
9 12 19 14 Hozier, Hozier 2
10 9 27 8 Annie, Soundtrack 9
11 8 5 8 FOUR, One Direction 1
12 21 10 9 GG Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
13 14 13 14 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
14 11 16 11 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
15 19 38 11 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
16 16 17 5 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
17 10 9 59 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
18 17 12 6 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
19 18 20 4 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
20 13 8 3 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 8
21 22 21 13 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
22 32 34 6 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 8
23 37 44 9 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 22
24 31 15 17 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
25 0 New 1 Onward And Sideways, Joshua Radin 25
26 24 33 5 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
27 25 28 19 V, Maroon 5 1
28 0 Re-Entry 21 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
29 26 25 20 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
30 0 New 1 Empire: Music From The Pilot (EP), Soundtrack 30
31 27 26 9 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
32 29 39 7 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
33 23 32 8 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
34 15 35 74 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
35 0 New 1 20 Lights (EP), Berner 35
36 33 52 18 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
37 20 18 4 LIVESOS, 5 Seconds Of Summer 10
38 0 Re-Entry 10 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
39 0 New 1 Heart vs Mind (EP), I Prevail 39
40 40 30 15 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 14
41 35 24 70 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
42 38 29 9 The Endless River, Pink Floyd 3
43 62 100 5 Game Changer, Johnny Gill 39
44 41 41 57 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
45 69 73 26 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
46 39 22 16 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
47 30 31 25 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
48 36 54 94 Native, OneRepublic 4
49 63 48 15 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
50 50 43 10 It's The Girls!, Bette Midler 3
51 59 70 16 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
52 42 42 15 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
53 44 36 17 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
54 0 New 1 The Balcony, Catfish And The Bottlemen 54
55 48 49 9 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
56 57 57 12 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
57 45 75 7 Hood Billionaire, Rick Ross 6
58 34 64 48 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
59 46 81 6 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 23
60 85 79 18 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
61 65 78 11 Under Pressure, Logic 4
62 58 63 7 Globalization, Pitbull 17
63 43 53 67 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
64 78 62 26 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
65 49 59 30 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
66 52 37 39 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
67 61 46 16 PTX: Vol. III (EP), Pentatonix 5
68 98 89 11 PS Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 7
69 66 66 17 X, Chris Brown 2
70 0 New 1 Glee: Season Six, Homecoming (EP), Soundtrack 70
71 54 58 34 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
72 67 47 32 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
73 51 86 28 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
74 74 76 7 For You, Selena Gomez 42
75 89 60 15 747, Lady Antebellum 2
76 83 67 9 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 19
77 72 88 20 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
78 60 85 32 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
79 28 2 12 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
80 84 – 21 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 58
81 68 74 4 Sucker, Charli XCX 29
82 0 New 1 Mailbox Money, Nipsey Hussle 82
83 97 – 2 Fascinating Gershwin: Landmark Performances From The Gershwin Songbook, Various Artists 83
84 87 65 50 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
85 73 – 10 Sadnecessary, Milky Chance 17
86 0 New 1 Glee: Season Six, Loser Like Me (EP), Soundtrack 86
87 82 99 56 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
88 70 – 5 Reclassified, Iggy Azalea 54
89 77 71 38 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
90 53 68 34 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
91 0 Re-Entry 21 Neon Steeple, Crowder 9
92 0 Re-Entry 16 Seen It All: The Autobiography, Jeezy 2
93 81 50 17 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
94 0 Re-Entry 18 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
95 76 45 16 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
96 64 69 64 The 1975, The 1975 28
97 80 61 23 NOW 51, Various Artists 2
98 56 80 70 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
99 0 New 1 Burning Bridges (EP), Ludacris 99
100 79 – 10 Paperwork, T.I. 2

[Gary]

Catalog 1/24

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 5 22 841 #1 8 wks Back In Black, AC/DC 1
2 4 6 1145 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
3 12 11 48 +, Ed Sheeran 1
4 1 3 10 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
5 14 28 202 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 2
6 0 Re-Entry 11 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 6
7 13 16 988 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
8 8 5 250 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
9 3 4 11 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 3
10 11 21 505 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
11 0 Re-Entry 22 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 2
12 31 15 74 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
13 22 31 57 21, Adele 1
14 2 18 15 Red, Taylor Swift 2
15 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Demi, Demi Lovato 15
16 17 33 1137 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
17 20 7 7 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
18 7 13 311 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
19 16 14 17 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
20 21 20 124 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
21 0 Re-Entry 308 Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording 3
22 15 32 122 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
23 26 36 62 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 3
24 0 Re-Entry 51 Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Elton John 12
25 37 25 7 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 15
26 0 New 1 Unapologetic, Rihanna 26
27 6 12 3 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 6
28 0 Re-Entry 196 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
29 30 46 454 1, The Beatles 1
30 28 – 30 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 3
31 24 29 17 Houses Of The Holy, Led Zeppelin 2
32 47 – 399 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
33 23 – 591 Greatest Hits, Queen 2
34 0 Re-Entry 181 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
35 27 – 10 The Very Best Of, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons 1
36 0 Re-Entry 40 FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake 1
37 33 44 4 Paramore, Paramore 27
38 50 – 531 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
39 0 Re-Entry 27 Greatest Hits, Neil Young 14
40 41 – 333 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
41 29 24 281 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
42 19 35 5 An Awesome Wave, alt-J 11
43 36 37 292 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
44 38 50 66 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 3
45 40 – 135 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
46 0 Re-Entry 243 Tapestry, Carole King 3
47 39 34 9 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 19
48 32 41 85 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 2
49 34 – 692 Metallica, Metallica 1
50 45 – 112 Fearless, Taylor Swift 3

[Gary]

TAS 1/24

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 11 #1 9 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 2 6 24 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
3 7 11 29 x, Ed Sheeran 1
4 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
5 6 4 5 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
6 4 3 4 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
7 5 7 30 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
8 3 14 4 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
9 12 19 14 Hozier, Hozier 2
10 9 28 6 Annie, Soundtrack 9
11 8 5 8 FOUR, One Direction 1
12 21 10 9 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
13 14 13 14 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
14 11 16 11 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
15 19 39 11 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
16 16 17 5 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
17 10 9 59 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
18 17 12 6 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
19 18 20 4 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
20 13 8 3 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 8
21 22 22 13 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
22 32 35 6 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
23 37 46 9 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
24 31 15 17 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
25 – – 1 Onward And Sideways, Joshua Radin 25
26 24 34 5 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
27 25 29 19 V, Maroon 5 1
28 0 Re-Entry 19 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
29 26 26 20 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
30 – – 1 Empire: Music From The Pilot (EP), Soundtrack 30
31 27 27 9 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
32 29 41 7 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
33 23 33 8 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
34 15 36 74 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
35 – – 1 20 Lights (EP), Berner 35
36 33 55 14 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
37 20 18 4 LIVESOS, 5 Seconds Of Summer 10
38 0 Re-Entry 5 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
39 – – 1 Heart vs Mind (EP), I Prevail 39
40 41 31 15 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 15
41 35 25 70 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
42 39 30 9 The Endless River, Pink Floyd 3
43 72 – 4 Game Changer, Johnny Gill 43
44 42 43 57 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
45 82 88 21 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
46 40 23 16 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
47 30 32 25 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
48 36 58 93 Native, OneRepublic 4
49 53 – 63 Back In Black, AC/DC 49
50 74 51 15 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
51 51 66 241 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
52 55 45 10 It's The Girls!, Bette Midler 3
53 68 84 12 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
54 43 44 15 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
55 45 37 17 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
56 – – 1 The Balcony, Catfish And The Bottlemen 56
57 52 52 9 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
58 75 78 122 +, Ed Sheeran 5
59 66 61 12 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
60 46 92 7 Hood Billionaire, Rick Ross 6
61 38 48 121 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
62 84 – 221 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
63 34 73 47 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
64 48 – 3 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
65 0 Re-Entry 86 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 1
66 0 Re-Entry 14 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
67 77 95 8 Under Pressure, Logic 4
68 81 89 243 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 18
69 67 69 7 Globalization, Pitbull 18
70 60 64 10 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 7
71 44 57 66 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
72 96 68 25 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
73 54 63 27 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
74 57 38 39 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
75 50 56 87 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
76 73 100 37 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
77 71 49 16 PTX: Vol. III (EP), Pentatonix 5
78 0 Re-Entry 9 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
79 78 76 16 X, Chris Brown 2
80 – – 1 Glee: Season Six, Homecoming (EP), Soundtrack 80
81 0 Re-Entry 16 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
82 0 Re-Entry 110 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 3
83 62 62 33 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
84 79 50 32 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
85 56 – 21 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
86 0 Re-Entry 197 21, Adele 1
87 47 96 87 Red, Taylor Swift 1
88 89 93 5 For You, Selena Gomez 45
89 0 Re-Entry 14 747, Lady Antebellum 2
90 0 Re-Entry 8 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
91 0 Re-Entry 49 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
92 86 – 16 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
93 92 – 152 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
94 70 – 17 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
95 28 2 12 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
96 0 Re-Entry 8 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 59
97 80 91 4 Sucker, Charli XCX 30
98 – – 1 Mailbox Money, Nipsey Hussle 98
99 – – 1 Fascinating Gershwin: Landmark Performances From The Gershwin Songbook, Various Artists 99
100 0 Re-Entry 48 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6

[Rhythm Nation]

Jan 14, 2015 20:04:57 GMT -5 DJ General said:

Sadly, I think her run is about done.

January 20: Fall Out Boy - for sure #1
January 27: Fifth Harmony - most likely #1, could be close though.
February 3: (Super Bowl) + Bob Dylan, Kid Ink - Maybe Katy Perry will be #1 with her performance but that could spill into next week.
February 10: (Grammys) ??? - Anything goes here...
February 17: (Valentine's) Imagine Dragons
February 24: Kid Rock
March 3: Modest Mouse??

Why would Katy Perry be no1 on the albums chart? Is she releasing something?

[Gary]

Digital Albums 1/24

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 11 #1 6 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 2
3 7 9 28 x, Ed Sheeran 1
4 2 5 23 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
5 4 3 5 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
6 6 4 4 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 1
7 5 10 30 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
8 3 11 4 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
9 11 13 14 Hozier, Hozier 2
10 8 2 3 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 2
11 15 19 11 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
12 10 14 4 Annie, Soundtrack 10
13 12 7 7 FOUR, One Direction 1
14 0 New 1 Onward And Sideways, Joshua Radin 14
15 0 New 1 Empire: Music From The Pilot (EP), Soundtrack 15
16 9 8 57 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
17 0 New 1 Heart vs Mind (EP), I Prevail 17
18 0 Re-Entry 6 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
19 0 New 1 20 Lights (EP), Berner 19
20 19 15 4 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 2
21 16 25 11 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
22 0 Re-Entry 2 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 6
23 17 23 5 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 9
24 0 Re-Entry 6 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
25 0 New 1 The Balcony, Catfish And The Bottlemen 25

[Gary]

Vinyl 1/24

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 2 5 #1 3 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 3 – 2 Hozier, Hozier 2
3 1 3 61 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
4 7 – 28 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
5 5 6 11 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
6 0 New 1 All Hallows E.P., AFI 6
7 6 1 35 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
8 11 – 12 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
9 9 5 30 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 1
10 8 14 85 For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver 2
11 4 – 12 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 4
12 13 24 5 xx, The xx 12
13 0 Re-Entry 2 American Football, American Football 3
14 0 Re-Entry 6 This Is All Yours, alt-J 2
15 12 8 14 Revolver, The Beatles 3
16 19 15 12 Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 2
17 23 20 7 Houses Of The Holy, Led Zeppelin 2
18 20 18 29 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
19 14 23 31 Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend 1
20 0 Re-Entry 8 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 1
21 22 25 4 Bleach, Nirvana 21
22 15 7 9 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 1
23 16 – 14 In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel 12
24 0 Re-Entry 2 FOUR, One Direction 15
25 10 16 7 The 1975, The 1975 10

[Gary]

Jan 15, 2015 7:42:28 GMT -5 Gary said:

TAS 1/24

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 11 #1 9 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 2 6 24 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
3 7 11 29 x, Ed Sheeran 1
4 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
5 6 4 5 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
6 4 3 4 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
7 5 7 30 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
8 3 14 4 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
9 12 19 14 Hozier, Hozier 2
10 9 28 6 Annie, Soundtrack 9
11 8 5 8 FOUR, One Direction 1
12 21 10 9 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
13 14 13 14 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
14 11 16 11 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
15 19 39 11 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
16 16 17 5 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
17 10 9 59 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
18 17 12 6 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
19 18 20 4 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
20 13 8 3 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 8
21 22 22 13 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
22 32 35 6 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
23 37 46 9 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
24 31 15 17 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
25 – – 1 Onward And Sideways, Joshua Radin 25
26 24 34 5 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
27 25 29 19 V, Maroon 5 1
28 0 Re-Entry 19 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
29 26 26 20 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
30 – – 1 Empire: Music From The Pilot (EP), Soundtrack 30
31 27 27 9 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
32 29 41 7 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
33 23 33 8 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
34 15 36 74 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
35 – – 1 20 Lights (EP), Berner 35
36 33 55 14 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
37 20 18 4 LIVESOS, 5 Seconds Of Summer 10
38 0 Re-Entry 5 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
39 – – 1 Heart vs Mind (EP), I Prevail 39
40 41 31 15 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 15
41 35 25 70 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
42 39 30 9 The Endless River, Pink Floyd 3
43 72 – 4 Game Changer, Johnny Gill 43
44 42 43 57 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
45 82 88 21 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
46 40 23 16 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
47 30 32 25 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
48 36 58 93 Native, OneRepublic 4
49 53 – 63 Back In Black, AC/DC 49
50 74 51 15 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
51 51 66 241 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
52 55 45 10 It's The Girls!, Bette Midler 3
53 68 84 12 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
54 43 44 15 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
55 45 37 17 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
56 – – 1 The Balcony, Catfish And The Bottlemen 56
57 52 52 9 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
58 75 78 122 +, Ed Sheeran 5
59 66 61 12 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
60 46 92 7 Hood Billionaire, Rick Ross 6
61 38 48 121 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
62 84 – 221 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
63 34 73 47 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
64 48 – 3 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
65 0 Re-Entry 86 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 1
66 0 Re-Entry 14 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
67 77 95 8 Under Pressure, Logic 4
68 81 89 243 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 18
69 67 69 7 Globalization, Pitbull 18
70 60 64 10 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 7
71 44 57 66 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
72 96 68 25 Kidz Bop 26, Kidz Bop Kids 4
73 54 63 27 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
74 57 38 39 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
75 50 56 87 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
76 73 100 37 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
77 71 49 16 PTX: Vol. III (EP), Pentatonix 5
78 0 Re-Entry 9 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
79 78 76 16 X, Chris Brown 2
80 – – 1 Glee: Season Six, Homecoming (EP), Soundtrack 80
81 0 Re-Entry 16 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
82 0 Re-Entry 110 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 3
83 62 62 33 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
84 79 50 32 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
85 56 – 21 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
86 0 Re-Entry 197 21, Adele 1
87 47 96 87 Red, Taylor Swift 1
88 89 93 5 For You, Selena Gomez 45
89 0 Re-Entry 14 747, Lady Antebellum 2
90 0 Re-Entry 8 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
91 0 Re-Entry 49 Demi, Demi Lovato 3
92 86 – 16 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
93 92 – 152 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
94 70 – 17 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 26
95 28 2 12 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
96 0 Re-Entry 8 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 59
97 80 91 4 Sucker, Charli XCX 30
98 – – 1 Mailbox Money, Nipsey Hussle 98
99 – – 1 Fascinating Gershwin: Landmark Performances From The Gershwin Songbook, Various Artists 99
100 0 Re-Entry 48 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6

Just reposting something I posted in last weeks thread about this chart.

The Top Album Sales chart carries the history of the Billboard 200 for the purposes of determining 'weeks on' and peak position, only as far back as December 5, 2009. This is why older titles have different stats on this chart than their comparative listing on the BB200

[areyoureadytojump]

Metal album sales which uses Top Album Sales:

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-114-babymetal-ring-in-the-new-year

Notable Sales:

AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #18, 11,625 sold

Just under 430,000 sold.

Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #31, 6,925 sold

A sonic drop of 38%.

I Prevail, Heart Vs. Mind (Self-Released) #39, 5,850 sold

Last week, the band’s debut EP was sitting on the Top New Artists charts selling under 1,000 copies. Now it’s here. Guess that “Blank Space” cover did them good after all.

Slipknot, .5: The Grey Chapter (Roadrunner) #56, 4,175 sold

This is in the same position as last week, only with a 30% drop.

In This Moment, Black Widow (Atlantic) #103, 2,650 sold

The song “Sexual Hallucination” features Brent Smith of Shinedown.

Various Artists, Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 6 (Fearless) #137, 2,050 sold

Why?

Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Vol. 1 (Prospect Park) #138, 2,000 sold

Remember how last week I said this would still be on the charts when the new one came out? Yeah, it’ll be here soon.

Godsmack, 1000hp (Universal Republic) #149, 1,725 sold

Flashback to summer last year when Sully Erna said the band almost broke up.

Linkin Park, The Hunting Party (Warner Bros.) #153, 1,700 sold

A slight drop of 6%.

Seether, Isolate & Medicate (The Bicycle Music Company) #154, 1,700 sold

Over 125,000 sold.

Black Veil Brides, Black Veil Brides (Republic) #166, 1,600 sold

Married to a 46% drop.

The Pretty Reckless, Going To Hell (Razor & Tie) #168, 1,575 sold

Over 140,000 copies sold.

Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, World On Fire (Dik Hayd) #175, 1,500 sold

I can see for Myles and Myles and Myles and Myles and Myles OH YEAH.

Machine Head, Bloodstone & Diamonds (Nuclear Blast) #199, 1,350 sold

The band’s latest reappears on the charts just in time for their upcoming tour.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

I would imagine TEA/SEA for metal/rock albums are pretty low anyway, so glad they give us figures from the lower reaches of TAS.

How much have Foo Fighters sold total now?

[areyoureadytojump]

nielsenent.tumblr.com/

With just two new entries in the top 25 and one other release in the top 25 posting a sales increase over last week, overall album sales are down 22% over last week and down 3% over the same week last year.

Year-to-date album sales are down 2% over the same period in 2014.

Physical CD sales are down 20% over last week, down 8% over the same week last year and down 5% year-to-date over 2014.

Digital album sales are down 22% over last week, down 1% over the same week last year and down 3% year-to-date over 2014.

Digital track sales are down 19% over last week, down 12% over the same week last year and down 10% year-to-date over 2014.

Track-equivalent album sales are down 20.8% over last week and down 5.3% year-to-date over 2014.

Taylor Swift’s “1989” spends its ninth non-consecutive week at number one on the Top Albums chart, with 111,000 units sold, down 35% over last week.

The soundtrack for “Guardians Of The Galaxy” holds at No. 2 with 35,000 units sold, down 50% over last week.

Ed Sheeran’s “X” jumps 7-3 despite a 13% sales decrease over last week. It is the album’s highest chart position since its second week of release back in July. The top new entry belongs to “Sremmlife,” the debut album from hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, at No. 4 with 34,000 units sold.

Also debuting in the top 30 is Joshua Radin at No. 25 and the first release of music from the new television series “Empire” at No. 30.

Big movers include Garth Brooks 21-12 (+12%), Sia 190-28 (+155%) and Jessie J 166-38 (+97%).

[areyoureadytojump]

Jan 15, 2015 9:38:02 GMT -5 YourFaveIsAFlop said:

I would imagine TEA/SEA for metal/rock albums are pretty low anyway, so glad they give us figures from the lower reaches of TAS.

How much have Foo Fighters sold total now?

~408,000

[DJ General]

Jan 15, 2015 7:42:43 GMT -5 Rhythm Nation said:

Jan 14, 2015 20:04:57 GMT -5 DJ General said:

Sadly, I think her run is about done.

January 20: Fall Out Boy - for sure #1
January 27: Fifth Harmony - most likely #1, could be close though.
February 3: (Super Bowl) + Bob Dylan, Kid Ink - Maybe Katy Perry will be #1 with her performance but that could spill into next week.
February 10: (Grammys) ??? - Anything goes here...
February 17: (Valentine's) Imagine Dragons
February 24: Kid Rock
March 3: Modest Mouse??

Why would Katy Perry be no1 on the albums chart? Is she releasing something?

She's performing for 110 million people so retailers will probably have huge discounts on her music and there could be a rocketing of her albums in terms of streaming and/or sales for older releases that allow it to re-enter the charts. It is unlikely, but her discography will still do some damage that week.

[Gary]

Add in streaming, the insudtry is still likely in a slight growth mode.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.32113/title.hip-hop-album-sales-nicki-minaj-j-cole-iggy-azalea-2

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Hip Hop & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 01/11/2015

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 bold in parenthesis and information about each album's streaming count is available in brackets.

#3. Nicki Minaj - Pinkprint - 59,573 (33,723) [12,165,982]

#5. Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife - 49,037 (34,403) [4,243,493]

#7. J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 45,111 (33,906) [8,953,013]

#18. Iggy Azalea - Reclassified - 18,144 (3,133) [4,800,157]

#28. Pitbull - Globalization - 13,626 (3,811) [2,796,822]

#31. Beyonce - Beyonce - 13,170 (5,076) [4,161,421]

#33. Fabolous - The Young OG Project - 12,806 (10,069) [819,053]

#34. D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah - 12,546 (11,135) [1,449,108]

#36. Empire Cast - Empire: Music From The Pilot - 11,964 (6,978) [88,065]

#40. Eminem - Curtain Call - 10,489 (4,159) [2,963,468]

[onebuffalo]

I give up. Does anyone have the sales figures for Man Against Machine, this week's #1 country CD? Thanks!

[areyoureadytojump]

^Nope. Not posted at Roughstock yet:

roughstock.com/news/

[Daryl the Beryl]

Am I the only one that hates the new Billboard 200? It's getting more ridiculous each week. I understand the need for it due to declining album sales but there has to be some fairness to those Christian, hard rock and alternative albums that sell/stream less songs. Only the pop/rap/r-and-b/(certain) country albums seem to benefit from the new rule, and this isn't fair to the Christian and metal albums, which probably won't get a BB200 #1 in this day and age anymore. Also, the album below is NOT on the Billboard 200, which is really ridiculous considering it's in the Top Album Sales chart.

TAS 1/24

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak

96 0 Re-Entry 8 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 59

Meanwhile on the Billboard 200 we have these albums that sell NOTHING but clog up the chart (I'm emphasising to prove a point):

BB200 1/14

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak

42 34 45 37 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
51 61 80 15 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
68 88 121 65 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
74 72 83 4 I LOVE MAKONNEN (EP), I LOVE MAKONNEN 72
85 70 82 58 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
107 87 177 16 Don't Kill The Magic, MAGIC! 6
108 136 171 45 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
114 138 194 97 Take Care, Drake 1
118 112 186 5 Black Star Elephant, Nico & Vinz 45
126 113 146 38 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
133 54 96 5 Prayer, Robin Schulz 54
138 168 – 76 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
145 133 165 34 Testimony, August Alsina 2
155 124 136 5 Shmurda She Wrote (EP), Bobby Shmurda 79
160 170 – 19 A.M., Chris Young 3
163 149 – 48 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
164 144 – 36 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
172 167 – 50 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
173 155 176 16 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 109
177 160 – 11 Gypsy Heart, Colbie Caillat 17
184 0 Re-Entry 82 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
186 194 – 6 People Keep Talking, Hoodie Allen 8
191 187 – 88 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
193 178 – 20 Settle, Disclosure 36
200 162 190 71 Take Me Home, One Direction 1

As you can see, there are 25 albums on the Billboard 200 , not including catalog albums that I didn't list (usually greatest hits compilations), that could be freed for albums such as the Sturgill Simpson album mentioned earlier, Linkin Park's "The Hunting Party", Jack White's "Lazaretto" and Royal Blood's self-titled album, which are all charting on the genre album charts.

But like I said earlier, I understand the need for the change.

However, can they at least expand the Top Album Sales and Top Current Albums chart back to 200 positions to provide us the data for the TOP-SELLING albums (not the most popular albums). Or keep the old method and use the new method for a separate chart.

Really, the new Billboard 200 is unfair.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

How is it unfair to genres that are naturally less popular?

[areyoureadytojump]

I also think it's a slow period so we are going to have a lot of Catalog albums on the BB200 until album releases pick up.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

How was it more fair when Ariana Grande was being streamed at insane levels and her album was at like number 90 when a Christian album that sold 20k one week and dropped off the next was #5?