Billboard 200: 2/14/15 - Taylor Swift 10 weeks at #1

[Gary]

Taylor Swift's '1989' Scores Milestone 10th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

Taylor Swift's 1989 album returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a milestone 10th nonconsecutive week, making Swift just the second woman in history to earn two albums with at least 10 weeks atop the list.

Swift previously logged 11 weeks at No. 1 with her second album, Fearless, in 2008 and 2009. (She has two further No. 1s: Speak Now, with six weeks at No. 1, and Red, with seven weeks in the penthouse.)

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1989 steps back to No. 1 (rising 2-1) with 101,000 equivalent album units earned (down 15 percent) in the week ending Feb. 1, according to Nielsen Music. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

Swift follows Whitney Houston as the only woman with multiple albums with 10 weeks at No. 1. Houston managed the feat three times: with her self-titled debut (14 weeks in 1986), her second album, Whitney (11 weeks in 1987) and The Bodyguard soundtrack (20 weeks in 1992 and 1993).

In total, only seven acts have claimed more than one album with 10 weeks at No. 1: Swift, Houston, The Beatles (with four), The Kingston Trio (three), Henry Mancini (two), The Monkees (two) and Elvis Presley (three).

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1989's climb back to the top was powered by 71,000 in pure album sales (down 13 percent). The set also spends a 10th week at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. This is the first time the top selling album of the week has dipped below 100,000 copies since last September, when Lecrae's Anomaly bowed atop the chart with 88,000 sold in the week ending Sept. 14, 2014. 1989's latest sales frame is the lowest for the week's top seller since the week of July 13, 2014, when Sia's 1000 Forms of Fear launched at No. 1 with 52,000.

As for the rest of the new Billboard 200 chart's top 10, Meghan Trainor's Title is stationary at No. 3 (68,000 units; down 21 percent) while Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour climbs 9-4 (60,000 units; up 18 percent).

Below Smith is the only debut in the top 10, and it comes from another man named Smith: Ne-Yo (whose birth name is Shaffer Smith). Ne-Yo's Non-Fiction opens at No. 5 with 59,000 units, with 82 percent of its total coming from traditional album sales. Non-Fiction is Ne-Yo's sixth consecutive top 10 album in as many tries. Ne-Yo's hot streak began with his debut album, In My Own Words, which bowed at No. 1 in 2006. He followed it up with Because of You (No. 1 in 2007), Year of the Gentleman (No. 2, 2008), Libra Scale (No. 9, 2010), R.E.D. (No. 4, 2012) and now Non-Fiction (No. 5).

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Last week's No. 1, Fall Out Boy's American Beauty/American Psycho, falls to No. 6 in its second week with 55,000 units (down 75 percent).

Mark Ronson's Uptown Special rises 10-7 with 49,000 units (up 1 percent), bolstered by TEA, which comprise 75 percent of the album's units for the week (courtesy of Uptown Special's red-hot single "Uptown Funk!" -- it sold 365,000 downloads in the latest tracking week).

Nicki Minaj's The Pinkprint dips 6-8 with 48,000 units (down 10 percent). Of its unit total for the week, 58 percent are from TEA and SEA.

Rounding out the top 10 are Maroon 5's V (11-9 with 43,000 units; down 9 percent) and the 2015 Grammy Nominees compilation album (12-10 in its second week, with 34,000 units; down 24 percent). It is the 14th Grammy Nominees album to reach the top 10.

[kanimal]

So annoyed with this "not posting the pure sales for all albums and being bad at math so we can't trust it when they post percentages" thing.

I know Billboard is trying to send the message that pure sales figures don't matter anymore, but they clearly still do (the key milestones related to 1989 have all been based on pure sales, not consumption units).

[areyoureadytojump]

^Paul Grein has been giving us the pure album sales the past few weeks. His sales articles are much better than Billboard's.

Each week Billboard gets shittier and shittier. Something is up!

EDIT:

Keith forgot Ed Sheeran's x which is #2 this week!

EDIT:

They added it

As for the rest of the new Billboard 200 chart's top 10, Ed Sheeran's x rises 4-2 with 74,000 units (down 2 percent)

[Rhythm Nation]

In 14 weeks 1989 has sold more copies than Red has done in 118 weeks

#impressive

Next up, Speak Now!

[Gary]

I don't think it is reasonable to expect Billboard to give sales/streaming breakdowns of each album forever, they did do it during the transition period but going forward, it is the total units that matter for this chart, not just the sales.

[Flip]

Well done, Taylor! :)

[areyoureadytojump]

Country album sales this week:

roughstock.com/news/2015/02/32613-country-album-chart-report-february-4-2015/

CNTRY Chart Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Sam Hunt Montevallo 14,000 287,600
2 Jason Aldean Old Boots New Dirt 10,000 817,600
3 Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 9,500 262,500
4 Blake Shelton Bringing Back The Sunshine 9,200 317,100
5 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 7,100 548,400
6 Garth Brooks Man Against Machine 6,800 576,300
7 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 5,300 2,364,200
8 Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds... 4,700 97,200
9 Eric Church The Outsiders 4,400 838,600
10 Miranda Lambert Platinum 3,800 620,700
11 Chase Rice Ignite The Night 3,400 163,700
12 Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 3,300 725,600
13 Zac Brown Band Greatest Hits...So Far 3,200 104,800
14 George Strait The Cowboy Rides Away 3,000 299,300
15 Lee Brice I Don't Dance 2,900 143,600

-- Brett Eldredge Bring You Back 2,800 157,700
-- Little Big Town Pain Killer 2,800 133,100
-- Dustin Lynch Where It's At 2,700 88,900
-- Ray Price Beauty Is... 2,600 30,200
-- Cole Swindell Cole Swindell 2,400 319,200
-- Dierks Bentley Riser 1,900 291,900
-- Jake Owen Days Of Gold 1,600 218,000
-- Parmalee Feels Like Carolina 1,300 91,200

Keith Urban Fuse 1,300 431,000
Tyler Farr Redneck Crazy 800 175,300
The Swon Brothers The Swon Brothers 800 31,700
Scotty McCreery See You Tonght 600 266,100
Jon Pardi Write You A Song 600 71,200
Lee Ann Womack The Way I'm Livin' 500 14,600

[brady47]

Re: 1989 - the album is huge, and the singles are even huger! This is her biggest era since Fearless! I thought she peaked with Fearless, but she proved otherwise

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6458517/katy-perry-missy-elliott-super-bowl-sales-bump

Katy Perry & Missy Elliott See Super Sales Bump Thanks to Super Bowl
By Keith Caulfield | February 04, 2015 8:13 PM EST

Plus: Lenny Kravitz's catalog of albums & digital songs rises by 111 percent

Thanks to Katy Perry's Super Bowl halftime show, both she and guest star Missy Elliott earned some sizzling sales gains.

In the week ending Feb. 1 -- the day of the big game -- Perry's albums and song downloads earned a 92 percent sales gain in the United States, according to Nielsen Music. Elliot, meanwhile, tallied a whopping 996 percent rise.

The 2015 Super Bowl halftime show featured nine songs performed by Perry and Elliott (along with another guest star, Lenny Kravitz). Six of Perry's hits were showcased, while Elliott performed three of her own singles. The spectacular was the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show ever, according to Nielsen, with 118.5 million viewers.

Let's break down the artists' individual sales for the week:

Perry sold a total of 121,000 albums and song downloads in the week ending Feb. 1. Of that figure, 21,000 were albums (up 255 percent compared to 6,000 in the week previous) and 100,000 were song downloads (up 75 percent versus 57,000 in the previous frame).

Elliott sold a combined 73,000 albums and song downloads for the week. Of that figure, 2,000 were albums (up 2,546 percent compared to a negligible total in the previous week) and 71,000 were song downloads (up 978 percent versus 7,000 in the previous frame).

In terms of specific albums and songs from this year's two main halftime performers, the biggest-selling album of the Feb. 1 week was Perry's most recent release, Prism. It sold 9,000 copies (up 146 percent) and climbs 85-35 on the Top Album Sales chart dated Feb. 14. Perry also re-enters the chart with her two earlier albums: Teenage Dream (No. 38 with 8,000; up 527 percent) and One of the Boys (No. 75 with 4,000; up 263 percent).

On the Billboard 200 chart, which ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, Prism flies 57-28 with 16,000 album equivalent units earned in the week (up 85 percent). Teenage Dream zips 152-33 (14,000 units; up 223 percent) and One of the Boys re-enters at No. 113 (5,000 units; up 204 percent).

Perry's top-selling song of the Feb. 1 week was her halftime-opening tune "Roar," which sold just over 17,000 downloads.

Two of Elliott's songs actually outsold "Roar," as "Work It" shifted 21,000 downloads (up 1,861 percent) and "Get Ur Freak On" moved 19,000 downloads (up 1,625 percent). The third song Elliott performed during halftime, "Lose Control," sold 17,000 (up 1,775 percent).

What about Kravitz? He had a gain in sales as well. His catalog of albums and digital songs rose by 111 percent (11,000 for the week, as compared to 5,000 the week previous). He shifted 2,000 in album sales (up 154 percent) and nearly 9,000 in song downloads (up 102 percent).

All three of Elliott's halftime-performed tunes debut on the Rap Digital Songs chart. "Work It," "Get Ur Freak On" and "Lose Control" arrive at Nos. 11, 13 and 15, respectively. (Why do the songs debut on the chart, even though they are quite old? The Rap Digital Songs chart launched in January 2010, years after those songs were released and were hits.)

Finally, on the latest Social 50 chart -- which ranks the most popular artists of the week across social networks -- Perry zooms 6-2. It is her highest rank on the tally since the Nov. 16, 2013-dated chart, when she also was at No. 2. Elliott does not appear on the latest Social 50 but could see a rise onto the list next week, following a full week of activity post-game.

Speaking of further impact next week, both Perry and Elliott could see additional sales increases once the first week of sales have been registered after the game. Next week's charts will reflect the week ending Feb. 8.

[Gary]

Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 2 14 #1 10 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 4 4 32 x, Ed Sheeran 1
3 3 1 3 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
4 9 7 33 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
5 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 5
6 1 – 2 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
7 10 5 3 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 5
8 6 6 7 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
9 11 8 22 V, Maroon 5 1
10 12 – 2 Grammy 2015 Nominees, Various Artists 10
11 15 9 17 Hozier, Hozier 2
12 0 New 1 We Will Not Be Shaken, Bethel Music 12
13 13 3 3 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
14 16 10 8 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
15 0 New 1 F.E.A.R., Papa Roach 15
16 17 13 14 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
17 0 New 1 Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson 17
18 21 14 27 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
19 0 New 1 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
20 22 15 23 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
21 19 16 11 FOUR, One Direction 1
22 0 New 1 Juggernaut: Alpha, Periphery 22
23 23 19 27 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
24 27 18 8 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
25 0 New 1 Juggernaut: Omega, Periphery 25
26 32 30 10 Globalization, Pitbull 18
27 24 17 4 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
28 57 69 66 PS PRISM, Katy Perry 1
29 0 New 1 The Darkness, Twiztid 29
30 36 28 12 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
31 7 – 2 What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists 7
32 35 53 18 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
33 152 148 196 GG Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
34 30 21 17 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
35 33 25 62 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
36 8 – 2 The Pale Emperor, Marilyn Manson 8
37 0 New 1 The Phosphorescent Blues, Punch Brothers 37
38 14 – 2 Tetsuo & Youth, Lupe Fiasco 14
39 26 22 97 Native, OneRepublic 4
40 29 27 16 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
41 5 – 2 B4.Da.$$, Joey Bada$$ 5
42 37 26 77 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
43 25 11 3 Chapter One, Ella Henderson 11
44 0 New 1 Then Came The Morning, The Lone Bellow 44
45 43 41 21 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
46 56 43 7 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
47 0 New 1 Medicine, Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors 47
48 48 47 129 +, Ed Sheeran 5
49 45 37 13 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
50 46 39 60 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
51 44 35 10 For You, Selena Gomez 24
52 50 45 126 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
53 87 42 8 Prayer, Robin Schulz 42
54 0 New 1 Empire, Derek Minor 54
55 38 24 11 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part I, Soundtrack 18
56 52 44 73 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
57 53 64 157 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
58 55 51 51 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
59 41 12 3 Reality Show, Jazmine Sullivan 12
60 61 57 18 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
61 54 48 20 X, Chris Brown 2
62 51 36 14 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
63 40 23 7 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 8
64 39 20 10 Annie, Soundtrack 12
65 58 40 9 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
66 0 Re-Entry 38 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
67 71 81 20 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
68 66 62 105 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
69 60 29 14 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
70 0 New 1 RPD (EP), Ricky Dillon 70
71 62 58 9 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
72 49 61 93 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
73 72 104 70 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
74 74 80 211 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
75 68 67 29 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
76 63 55 28 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
77 64 60 113 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
78 20 – 2 Vulnicura, Bjork 20
79 59 33 12 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
80 65 56 24 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
81 67 59 15 Sadnecessary, Milky Chance 17
82 70 72 68 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
83 18 – 2 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 18
84 75 74 21 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
85 73 65 12 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
86 0 New 1 Brazilian Nights, Kenny G 86
87 69 89 72 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
88 93 70 8 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
89 82 90 9 People Keep Talking, Hoodie Allen 8
90 147 – 198 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
91 84 106 48 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
92 76 52 12 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
93 83 76 163 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
94 77 75 65 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
95 0 New 1 All Hands, Doomtree 95
96 0 New 1 Sco-Mule, Gov't Mule Featuring John Scofield 96
97 78 73 70 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
98 94 95 200 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
99 100 98 35 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
100 81 87 118 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
101 103 86 48 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
102 98 120 39 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
103 80 66 40 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
104 91 91 206 21, Adele 1
105 107 109 341 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
106 89 105 74 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
107 90 – 106 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
108 105 68 9 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
109 79 116 13 Bring You Back, Brett Eldredge 11
110 110 112 15 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
111 127 – 171 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
112 86 63 22 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
113 0 Re-Entry 91 One Of The Boys, Katy Perry 9
114 108 101 349 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
115 101 84 11 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
116 106 77 27 Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You, Queen 42
117 92 85 31 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
118 115 103 203 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
119 158 – 196 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
120 0 New 1 Only To Rise, Sweet & Lynch 120
121 113 97 15 Paperwork, T.I. 2
122 99 79 57 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
123 140 135 37 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
124 109 83 10 Listen, David Guetta 22
125 148 151 98 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk 5
126 88 78 20 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
127 116 108 94 Red, Taylor Swift 1
128 161 186 11 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 59
129 125 121 100 Take Care, Drake 1
130 96 123 60 The 1975, The 1975 28
131 126 93 24 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
132 95 50 6 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 12
133 138 141 46 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
134 128 125 37 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
135 130 102 7 Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition, Kevin Gates 38
136 131 153 79 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
137 102 114 19 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
138 112 71 10 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
139 114 96 7 I LOVE MAKONNEN (EP), I LOVE MAKONNEN 72
140 122 119 46 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
141 129 92 226 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
142 117 113 33 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
143 134 117 19 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
144 146 134 97 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
145 137 131 52 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
146 118 88 12 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
147 136 130 18 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
148 132 122 61 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
149 119 107 12 Under Pressure, Logic 4
150 139 137 41 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
151 28 – 2 Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance, Belle And Sebastian 28
152 150 149 15 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
153 135 150 134 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 6
154 0 New 1 Interlude, Jamie Cullum 154
155 165 159 301 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
156 187 – 153 Dark Horse, Nickelback 2
157 123 – 90 The Greatest Hits Collection, Brooks & Dunn 4
158 42 31 10 Reclassified, Iggy Azalea 16
159 159 154 37 Testimony, August Alsina 2
160 175 191 85 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
161 157 155 175 Recovery, Eminem 1
162 160 126 18 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 16
163 173 168 81 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
164 0 Re-Entry 138 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
165 188 – 9 Where It's At, Dustin Lynch 8
166 182 194 53 Fuse, Keith Urban 1
167 0 New 1 Celloverse, 2Cellos 167
168 0 New 1 Slow Motion EP, Volume One, Jarren Benton 168
169 111 – 5 The Hits, Billy Joel 34
170 144 163 52 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
171 179 166 7 Game Changer, Johnny Gill 56
172 142 94 7 Sucker, Charli XCX 28
173 155 152 21 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
174 163 143 20 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
175 168 – 10 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
176 171 156 84 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
177 85 – 2 United We Are, Hardwell 85
178 156 175 11 Melophobia, Cage The Elephant 15
179 170 170 213 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
180 0 Re-Entry 168 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
181 0 Re-Entry 7 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
182 191 – 117 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
183 0 Re-Entry 18 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
184 200 185 22 A.M., Chris Young 3
185 178 – 91 I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 1
186 185 197 333 Metallica, Metallica 1
187 184 200 189 1, The Beatles 1
188 154 124 10 Hood Billionaire, Rick Ross 6
189 164 100 18 747, Lady Antebellum 2
190 181 177 39 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
191 189 – 37 Rise, Skillet 4
192 180 187 51 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
193 0 Re-Entry 90 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
194 169 161 283 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 2
195 0 Re-Entry 192 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
196 121 172 103 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
197 143 132 7 LIVESOS, 5 Seconds Of Summer 13
198 176 173 14 Gypsy Heart, Colbie Caillat 17
199 0 Re-Entry 37 Days Of Gold, Jake Owen 15
200 0 Re-Entry 192 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 7

[Gary]

Catalog 2/14

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Re-Entry 62 #1 1 wk Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
2 2 1 51 +, Ed Sheeran 1
3 4 8 508 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
4 3 – 10 Night Train, Jason Aldean 3
5 12 – 69 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 5
6 0 Re-Entry 39 One Of The Boys, Katy Perry 1
7 5 22 20 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
8 8 2 844 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
9 9 6 13 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
10 10 4 10 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 4
11 1 7 14 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
12 16 5 127 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
13 14 10 60 21, Adele 1
14 22 26 119 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
15 26 – 54 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
16 6 – 145 The Greatest Hits Collection, Brooks & Dunn 6
17 24 47 4 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 17
18 15 12 77 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
19 17 11 1148 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
20 21 21 991 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
21 35 – 533 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
22 49 48 53 GG Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk 2
23 19 17 10 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
24 42 – 283 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
25 7 28 314 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
26 30 33 138 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
27 46 40 199 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
28 36 39 29 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
29 23 20 18 Red, Taylor Swift 2
30 32 24 125 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
31 33 23 12 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 19
32 11 – 193 Greatest Hits, Kenny Chesney 3
33 20 16 253 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
34 25 14 1140 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
35 38 44 5 Trilogy, The Weeknd 35
36 45 43 774 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
37 28 35 88 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 1
38 0 Re-Entry 22 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 26
39 0 Re-Entry 106 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
40 27 29 33 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 3
41 0 Re-Entry 192 The Best Of Sade, Sade 2
42 41 41 695 Metallica, Metallica 1
43 48 50 25 The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac 20
44 0 Re-Entry 123 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Hank Williams Jr. 11
45 0 Re-Entry 75 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
46 29 – 40 Revolution, Miranda Lambert 2
47 37 49 132 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 2
48 18 36 27 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
49 0 Re-Entry 137 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
50 0 Re-Entry 120 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 7

[Gary]

TCA 2/14


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 2 14 #1 10 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 2
3 3 1 3 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
4 11 8 33 GG In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
5 10 4 32 x, Ed Sheeran 1
6 1 – 2 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
7 7 – 2 Grammy 2015 Nominees, Various Artists 7
8 8 3 3 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
9 0 New 1 We Will Not Be Shaken, Bethel Music 9
10 0 New 1 Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson 10
11 0 New 1 F.E.A.R., Papa Roach 11
12 12 5 7 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
13 14 10 27 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
14 16 9 8 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
15 0 New 1 Juggernaut: Alpha, Periphery 15
16 0 New 1 Juggernaut: Omega, Periphery 16
17 0 New 1 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 17
18 0 New 1 The Darkness, Twiztid 18
19 17 12 22 V, Maroon 5 1
20 19 13 17 Hozier, Hozier 2
21 18 14 14 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
22 5 – 2 What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists 5
23 0 New 1 The Phosphorescent Blues, Punch Brothers 23
24 6 – 2 The Pale Emperor, Marilyn Manson 6
25 9 – 2 Tetsuo & Youth, Lupe Fiasco 9
26 4 – 2 B4.Da.$$, Joey Bada$$ 4
27 23 19 11 FOUR, One Direction 1
28 0 New 1 Then Came The Morning, The Lone Bellow 28
29 25 21 17 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
30 0 New 1 Medicine, Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors 30
31 39 28 7 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
32 33 23 8 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
33 28 25 62 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
34 34 60 18 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
35 74 – 64 PS PRISM, Katy Perry 1
36 24 30 24 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
37 0 New 1 Empire, Derek Minor 37
38 32 22 14 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
39 31 6 3 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 6
40 40 34 20 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
41 36 26 9 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
42 0 New 1 RPD (EP), Ricky Dillon 42
43 37 29 16 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
44 30 7 3 Reality Show, Jazmine Sullivan 7
45 26 15 7 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
46 35 17 12 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
47 15 – 2 Vulnicura, Bjork 15
48 0 New 1 Brazilian Nights, Kenny G 48
49 13 – 2 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 13
50 27 16 11 Annie, Soundtrack 9
51 38 24 4 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
52 0 New 1 Sco-Mule, Gov't Mule Featuring John Scofield 52
53 0 New 1 All Hands, Doomtree 53
54 44 37 23 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
55 42 55 97 Native, OneRepublic 4
56 43 31 12 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 22
57 45 32 77 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
58 47 33 9 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 8
59 0 New 1 Only To Rise, Sweet & Lynch 59
60 46 35 73 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
61 51 39 8 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
62 48 40 11 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
63 59 76 24 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 58
64 50 50 18 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
65 66 65 12 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
66 52 54 51 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
67 41 11 3 Chapter One, Ella Henderson 11
68 0 New 1 Interlude, Jamie Cullum 68
69 56 51 29 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
70 55 47 18 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 14
71 54 42 12 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
72 61 66 21 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
73 20 – 2 Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance, Belle And Sebastian 20
74 63 59 60 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
75 80 80 10 Globalization, Pitbull 17
76 77 67 35 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
77 67 61 8 Game Changer, Johnny Gill 39
78 0 New 1 Celloverse, 2Cellos 78
79 0 New 1 Slow Motion EP, Volume One, Jarren Benton 79
80 81 69 19 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
81 75 73 15 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
82 65 46 21 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
83 57 53 12 The Endless River, Pink Floyd 3
84 98 88 37 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
85 69 63 9 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 23
86 76 62 12 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 19
87 72 45 10 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
88 0 Re-Entry 9 For You, Selena Gomez 42
89 82 64 20 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
90 58 36 6 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 8
91 62 – 2 Opus Collection, Leonard Cohen 62
92 78 70 28 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
93 0 New 1 Computer Controlled Acoustic Pt 2 (EP), Aphex Twin 93
94 0 New 1 Apex Predator - Easy Meat, Napalm Death 94
95 0 Re-Entry 16 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
96 73 78 53 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
97 95 – 14 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
98 83 75 33 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
99 79 – 2 Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man Of Constant Sorrow, Ralph Stanley 79
100 100 – 13 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 7

[Gary]

Digital albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 2 14 #1 7 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 We Will Not Be Shaken, Bethel Music 2
3 0 New 1 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 3
4 1 – 2 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
5 9 6 31 x, Ed Sheeran 1
6 0 New 1 F.E.A.R., Papa Roach 6
7 7 1 3 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
8 17 13 33 GG In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
9 0 New 1 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 9
10 11 7 8 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
11 13 10 26 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
12 10 8 7 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 1
13 0 New 1 The Phosphorescent Blues, Punch Brothers 13
14 16 11 16 V, Maroon 5 1
15 14 12 14 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
16 19 15 17 Hozier, Hozier 2
17 0 New 1 Empire, Derek Minor 17
18 0 New 1 Juggernaut: Alpha, Periphery 18
19 0 New 1 Juggernaut: Omega, Periphery 19
20 0 New 1 RPD (EP), Ricky Dillon 20
21 0 Re-Entry 59 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
22 0 New 1 Then Came The Morning, The Lone Bellow 22
23 0 New 1 Medicine, Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors 23
24 8 – 2 Vulnicura, Bjork 8
25 5 – 2 Tetsuo & Youth, Lupe Fiasco 5

[Gary]

Vinyl Albums 2/14


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 10 2 8 #1 4 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 1 – 2 What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists 1
3 0 Re-Entry 14 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
4 2 – 2 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 2
5 6 5 64 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
6 0 New 1 All Hands, Doomtree 6
7 0 Re-Entry 17 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
8 0 New 1 Fly By Night, Rush 8
9 25 – 2 Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt 2 (EP), Aphex Twin 9
10 0 New 1 Bee Thousand, Guided By Voices 10
11 9 – 50 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
12 20 13 5 Hozier, Hozier 2
13 3 – 2 Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance, Belle And Sebastian 3
14 0 Re-Entry 7 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey 10
15 11 3 24 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
16 15 4 128 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
17 8 11 19 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 2
18 5 – 2 B4.Da.$$, Joey Bada$$ 5
19 16 10 88 For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver 2
20 4 – 2 The Pale Emperor, Marilyn Manson 4
21 18 15 33 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 1
22 13 9 14 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
23 0 New 1 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 23
24 0 New 1 The Darkness, Twiztid 24
25 0 Re-Entry 30 Lazaretto, Jack White 1

[Gary]

TAS 2/14

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 2 14 #1 10 wks 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 2
3 3 1 3 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
4 11 8 33 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
5 10 4 32 x, Ed Sheeran 1
6 1 – 2 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
7 7 – 2 Grammy 2015 Nominees, Various Artists 7
8 8 3 3 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
9 – – 1 We Will Not Be Shaken, Bethel Music 9
10 – – 1 Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson 10
11 – – 1 F.E.A.R., Papa Roach 11
12 12 5 7 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
13 14 10 27 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
14 16 9 8 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
15 – – 1 Juggernaut: Alpha, Periphery 15
16 – – 1 Juggernaut: Omega, Periphery 16
17 – – 1 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 17
18 – – 1 The Darkness, Twiztid 18
19 17 12 22 V, Maroon 5 1
20 19 13 17 Hozier, Hozier 2
21 18 14 14 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
22 5 – 2 What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists 5
23 – – 1 The Phosphorescent Blues, Punch Brothers 23
24 6 – 2 The Pale Emperor, Marilyn Manson 6
25 9 – 2 Tetsuo & Youth, Lupe Fiasco 9
26 4 – 2 B4.Da.$$, Joey Bada$$ 4
27 23 19 11 FOUR, One Direction 1
28 – – 1 Then Came The Morning, The Lone Bellow 28
29 25 21 17 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
30 – – 1 Medicine, Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors 30
31 39 28 7 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
32 33 23 8 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
33 28 25 62 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
34 34 63 18 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
35 85 – 58 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
36 24 30 22 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
37 – – 1 Empire, Derek Minor 37
38 0 Re-Entry 192 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
39 32 22 14 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
40 31 6 3 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 6
41 40 34 20 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
42 36 26 9 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
43 – – 1 RPD (EP), Ricky Dillon 43
44 37 29 16 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
45 30 7 3 Reality Show, Jazmine Sullivan 7
46 26 15 7 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
47 35 17 12 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
48 15 – 2 Vulnicura, Bjork 15
49 – – 1 Brazilian Nights, Kenny G 49
50 13 – 2 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 13
51 27 16 9 Annie, Soundtrack 9
52 38 24 4 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
53 – – 1 Sco-Mule, Gov't Mule Featuring John Scofield 53
54 – – 1 All Hands, Doomtree 54
55 44 37 23 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
56 51 55 125 +, Ed Sheeran 5
57 42 56 96 Native, OneRepublic 4
58 43 31 12 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
59 45 32 77 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
60 47 33 9 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
61 – – 1 Only To Rise, Sweet & Lynch 61
62 46 35 73 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
63 53 81 40 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
64 55 39 8 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
65 49 40 11 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
66 65 85 11 Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 59
67 54 50 18 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
68 74 69 12 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
69 52 – 106 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
70 56 54 50 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
71 41 11 3 Chapter One, Ella Henderson 11
72 – – 1 Interlude, Jamie Cullum 72
73 61 51 24 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
74 86 – 171 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
75 0 Re-Entry 91 One Of The Boys, Katy Perry 9
76 60 47 18 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 15
77 58 42 12 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
78 68 70 17 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
79 20 – 2 Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance, Belle And Sebastian 20
80 59 – 151 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
81 71 62 60 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
82 93 92 10 Globalization, Pitbull 18
83 70 58 66 Back In Black, AC/DC 49
84 75 74 124 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
85 90 71 35 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
86 76 64 7 Game Changer, Johnny Gill 43
87 – – 1 Celloverse, 2Cellos 87
88 – – 1 Slow Motion EP, Volume One, Jarren Benton 88
89 81 66 98 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
90 94 75 19 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
91 88 80 15 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
92 48 76 90 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
93 73 46 17 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
94 62 53 12 The Endless River, Pink Floyd 3
95 0 Re-Entry 196 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
96 0 Re-Entry 34 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
97 78 67 6 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
98 99 86 200 21, Adele 1
99 89 65 11 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
100 0 Re-Entry 204 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3

[Enigma.]

Loving the phenomenal success of Born to Die. Will be a classic to remember.

[areyoureadytojump]

Feb 4, 2015 14:12:13 GMT -5 Gary said:

I don't think it is reasonable to expect Billboard to give sales/streaming breakdowns of each album forever, they did do it during the transition period but going forward, it is the total units that matter for this chart, not just the sales.

And I don't think it's unreasonable for us to expect Billboard to give us accurate information.

It's 4 extra words per album. Typing "??,000 pure album sales" takes 10 seconds.

Paul Grein has not put up his article yet. He's probably busy with The Grammys this week.

It's kind of sad that a former employee of Billboard writes a better Billboard 200 article than a current Billboard employee!

[areyoureadytojump]

Uses Top Current Albums

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-24-fear-of-the-chart

Metal By Numbers 2/4: Fear of the Chart
Posted by Matt Brown on February 4, 2015

Notable Debuts:

Papa Roach, F.E.A.R. (Eleven Seven) #11, 24,425 sold

The band’s eighth album manages to outdo 2012’s The Connection on the charts.

Periphery, Juggernaut: Alpha (Sumerian) #15, 18,125 sold

Periphery nab the biggest debut of their career thus far with not one but two albums.

Periphery, Juggernaut: Omega (Sumerian) #16, 16,950 sold

The debut total for both albums is over 35,000 sold.

Napalm Death, Apex Predator – Easy Meat (Century Media) #94, 2,900 sold

Album fifteen for the grindcore outdoes the debut of 2012’s Utilitarian. NAPALM DEATH HAVE A TOP 100 ALBUM.

Notable Sales:

Marilyn Manson, The Pale Emperor (Loma Vista) #24, 12,275 sold

Even with a 75% drop, this has a pretty good second week.

AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #41, 7,400 sold

About that drummer situation…

Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #71, 3,950 sold

Over 425,000 sold thus far.

Slipknot, .5: The Grey Chapter (Roadrunner) #81, 3,575 sold

A slight boost of 3% on week 15. The album has sold over 280,000 so far.

In This Moment, Black Widow (Atlantic) #129, 2,400 sold

A boost of 9%.

Seether, Isolate & Medicate (The Bicycle Music Company) #183, 1,575 sold

Fun fact: this peaked at #6 in Canada.

I Prevail, Heart Vs. Mind (Self-Released) #184, 1,550 sold

Musicology Online named this band as January’s band of the month…because of “Blank Space”. Yay?

The Pretty Reckless, Going To Hell (Razor & Tie) #185, 1,550 sold

Back to back tours with Nickleback and Halestorm will keep these numbers up.

Godsmack, 1000hp (Universal Republic) #187, 1,550 sold

A tiny boost of 1%.

Avenged Sevenfold, Hail To The King (Warner Bros.) #196, 1,450 sold

A 13% boost brings this up after dropping off last week.

[mpaergk]

Hello. I am brand new to these discussion boards. Let me first apologize if this isn't the most appropriate board, however the Billboard 200 Album Archives board hasn't seen any activity in several months. I am interesting in finding complete weekly Billboard Album charts from 1970 - 1983. I realize that there are bits and pieces of this information scattered, including Google Books, Billboard.biz, Barry Kowal, Ultimate Music Database, etc. However, I have yet to find the complete weekly charts, positions 1 - 200. I would appreciate knowing if this information is available and accessible. I have complete Billboard 200 charts from 1984 - 2014, which I am willing to share in exchange.

Thank you,
Mike

[onebuffalo]

Feb 5, 2015 15:20:38 GMT -5 mpaergk said:

Hello. I am brand new to these discussion boards. Let me first apologize if this isn't the most appropriate board, however the Billboard 200 Album Archives board hasn't seen any activity in several months. I am interesting in finding complete weekly Billboard Album charts from 1970 - 1983. I realize that there are bits and pieces of this information scattered, including Google Books, Billboard.biz, Barry Kowal, Ultimate Music Database, etc. However, I have yet to find the complete weekly charts, positions 1 - 200. I would appreciate knowing if this information is available and accessible. I have complete Billboard 200 charts from 1984 - 2014, which I am willing to share in exchange.

Thank you,
Mike

First, welcome to Pulse Music Board, mpaergk.
Second, the masters of the Billboard 200 and albums sales wizards, areyoureadytojump and ListenToItTwice can really help you to get the information you need.

[brady47]

I agree about Born to Die, but how is Born to Die outliving Ultraviolence, when Ultraviolence was released about 6 months ago and Born to Die is over 2 years old...it happened in other countries

Is it lack of single support for Ultraviolence while Born to Die had Summertime Sadness?

[Enigma.]

It might have come too soon and not have a special hit to boost it. Ultraviolence is better album imo but Born to Die is what Lana is all about for general public and hits seem to be timeless, just like Adele's (of course in smaller scale)

Debut albums often outlive the second ones. Ultraviolence is still doing ok-ish, charting comfortably and it was in top 100 not so long time ago.

[Kishi KCM]

BTD has a cult following. "Summertime Sadness" (remix) isn't what's selling the album.

[areyoureadytojump]

nielsenent.tumblr.com/post/110266315416/february-6-2015-despite-three-new-debuts-in

Music Sales

Despite three new debuts in the top ten, overall album sales are down 7% over last week and down 10% 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 3% over last week, down 8% over the same week last year and down 6% year-to-date over 2014.

Digital album sales are down 11% over last week, down 14% over the same week last year and down 2% year-to-date over 2014.

Digital track sales are down 3% over last week, down 17% over the same week last year and down 13% year-to-date over 2014.

Track-equivalent album sales are down 6.1% over last week and down 5.9% year-to-date over the 2014.

Taylor Swift’s “1989” returns to number one on the Top Albums chart, despite a 13% sales decrease from last week, with 71,000 units sold. It is the lowest one week sales total for a No. 1 album since July when Sia sold 52,000 copies. It is the album’s tenth week at No. 1, Swift’s second album to spend at least ten weeks at the top, following “Fearless,” which topped the chart for 11 weeks in 2008/2009.

Ne-Yo’s “Non-Fiction” has the top new entry this week at No. 2 with 49,000 units sold. All six of his albums have reached the top ten and it is his highest charting album since “Year Of The Gentleman” entered at No. 2 in 2008.

Sam Smith’s “In The Lonely Hour” jumps 11-4 with a 22% sales gain and Ed Sheeran’s “X” rebounds 10-5 with a 2% increase.

Bethel Music’s “We Will Not Be Shaken” debuts at No. 9 with 30,000 units sold. It is the Christian collective’s first top ten album, surpassing the No. 28 peak of their last release, “Tides Live,” in March 2014.

Charlie Wilson’s “Forever Charlie” enters at No. 10, his fourth top ten release. Other new entries in the top 30 include Papa Roach No. 11, Periphery at No. 15 and No. 16, Twiztid No. 17, George Ezra No. 20, Punch Brothers No. 23 and Lone Bellow No. 28. Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” remains at the top of the Digital Songs chart with 365,000 downloads sold, up 7% over last week. It pushes its release-to-date total to over 3.2 million downloads.

In its first full week of sales activity, “FourFiveSeconds,” from Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney, jumps 19-4 with a 160% download increase. The song debuted last week after just two days of sales.

Radio Airplay

Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” jumps 3-1 at Rhythmic with the biggest spin increase at the format this week. The song holds at the top of the CHR chart for the second straight week.

Beyonce’s “7/11” jumps 3-1 at Urban. It is her 11th solo single to top the format chart and her first since “Partition” spent three weeks at No. 1 in April.

Hozier’s “Take Me To Church” moves 2-1 at Hot AC. He is the fourth male solo artist to reach the top of the Hot AC format with his first charted song at the format in the last year, following Sam Smith, Pharrell and Passenger.

In its 31st week on the chart, Maroon 5’s “Maps” takes over the top spot on the AC chart. It is their first No. 1 song at the format. Their new single, “Sugar,” has the biggest spin increase at Hot AC this week, moving 18-15, and jumps 23-15 CHR.

“FourFiveSeconds,” from the trio of Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney, has the biggest spin increase at two formats, debuting at No. 25 Rhythmic and vaulting 37-25 CHR. It is also the top new entry at Hot AC at No. 34.

The Decemberists’ “Make You Better” jumps 3-1 at Triple A, their first chart-topping single. Two songs debut in the top 20 on the Alternative chart this week. Death Cab For Cutie’s “Black Sun” comes in at No. 16, matching their highest debut to date with their lone No. 1 song, 2011’s “You Are A Tourist.”

Awolnation’s “Hollow Moon” enters at No. 18, easily their largest debut to date. They scored three top ten songs from their debut album in 2011 and 2012.

Foo Fighters’ “Congregation” is the top debut at Mainstream Rock at No. 28, their follow-up to “Something From Nothing,” which spent 13 weeks at No. 1.

The following songs reached Nielsen BDS Certified spin levels in January:

At 800,000 spins, P!nk’s “Just Give Me A Reason,” Bastille’s “Pompeii,” Rihanna’s “Stay,” David Guetta’s “Without You” and Flo Rida’s “Low.”
At 700,000 spins, P!nk’s “Blow Me (One Last Kiss).”
At 600,000 spins, Michael Buble’s “Haven’t Met You Yet,” Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” and Lady Gaga’s “The Edge Of Glory.”
At 500,000 spins, Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” and Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.”
At 400,000 spins, Ed Sheeran’s “Don’t,” Tove Lo’s “Habits (Stay High)” and Flo Rida’s “I Cry.”
At 300,000 spins, Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space,” Beyonce’s “Drunk In Love,” Sam Smith’s “I’m Not The Only One,” Nick Jonas’ “Jealous,” Zedd’s “Stay The Night” and Hozier’s “Take Me To Church.”

Streaming

Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” holds at the top of the Weekly Combined Stream Playlist, with 24.5 million streams, more than 10 million more than last week. Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” edges 3-2 with 11.9 million, Hozier’s “Take Me To Church” moves 4-3 and O.T. Genasis’ “CoCo” jumps 7-4.

Big movers include Fall Out Boy’s “Centuries” 21-16, Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” 30-19, Pitbull’s “Time Of Our Lives” 49-37 and Ne-Yo’s “She Knows” 72-46.

Country

The top four remain the same on the Top Country Albums chart, with Sam Hunt’s “Montevallo” holding at No. 1.

Hunt also holds at No. 1 on the Country Digital Songs Core Genre chart for the second straight week and third overall with “Take Your Time.” Thomas Rhett’s “Make Me Wanna” leaps 10-3, his highest chart peak since “It Goes Like This” reached No. 2 in October 2013.

Luke Bryan’s “I See You” jumps 2-1 on the Country Airplay chart. It is his tenth chart-topping single. Five of his six charted songs from his latest album “Crash My Party” have reached No. 1.

Florida Georgia Line’s “Sun Daze” edges 4-3, Thomas Rhett’s “Make Me Wanna” moves 6-4 and Randy Houser’s “Like A Cowboy” jumps 7-5.

Zac Brown Band’s “Homegrown” picks up the biggest audience increase of the week, moving 23-19 with a 5.8 million gain. For the second straight week, Keith Urban’s “Raise ‘Em Up” scores the biggest chart move, vaulting 40-28.

Three songs debut on the chart this week, led by Florida Georgia Line’s “Sippin’ On Fire” at No. 55. Mo Pitney’s first charted song, “Country,” enters at No. 57 and Old Dominion’s “Break Up With Him” lands at No. 59.

The following songs reached Nielsen BDS Certified spin levels in January:

At 400,000 spins, Blake Shelton’s “Honey Bee” and Brad Paisley’s “Mud On The Tires.”
At 300,000 spins, Jimmy Wayne’s “Do You Believe Me Now.”
At 200,000 spins, The Band Perry’s “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely,” Dierks Bentley’s “Drunk On A Plane,” Thompson Square’s “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About,” Cole Swindell’s “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight” and Sam Hunt’s “Leave The Night On.”

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6465492/george-ezra-wanted-debut-top-20

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: George Ezra's 'Wanted' Debuts in Top 20
By Keith Caulfield | February 06, 2015 9:00 PM EST

-- Charlie Wilson, Forever Charlie - No. 17 -- The R&B icon collects his sixth solo chart entry with Forever Charlie, as it debuts with 25,000 units earned in the tracking week ending Feb. 1. Over on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, it begins at No. 2 -- his fifth top 10 effort.

-- George Ezra, Wanted on Voyage - No. 19 -- The British singer/songwriter jumps into the top 20 with his debut album, Wanted On Voyage. The set, which topped the Official U.K. Albums chart, begins with 20,000 units moved during the tracking week. The effort was led by the multi-format hit single "Budapest," which has reached the top 20 on the Alternative Songs and Adult Pop Songs chart. It also spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Alternative Songs chart.

-- Katy Perry, PRISM - No. 28 -- Thanks to the diva's Super Bowl halftime show performance on Feb. 1, the album zooms 57-28 on the Billboard 200 with an 85 percent unit gain (16,000 for the week).

-- Kenny G, Brazilian Nights - No. 86 -- The veteran jazz artist sees his new album bow at No. 86 with 7,000 units. Over on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, Brazilian Nights bows at No. 1, giving Kenny G his record-extending 16th leader.

-- 2Cellos, Celloverse - No. 167 -- The classical crossover cellist duo (Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser) take a bow at No. 167 on the Billboard 200 with their latest release, Celloverse. The set also starts at No. 1 on the Classical Crossover Albums chart, giving the act its second No. 1 following its eponymous debut.

[jjose712]

Feb 5, 2015 20:33:15 GMT -5 brady47 said:

I agree about Born to Die, but how is Born to Die outliving Ultraviolence, when Ultraviolence was released about 6 months ago and Born to Die is over 2 years old...it happened in other countries

Is it lack of single support for Ultraviolence while Born to Die had Summertime Sadness?

I think Born to die singles are way more recognizable than Ultraviolence one, the atrocious remix of Summertime sadness had mainstream success but most of singles of that album are the first to come to mind when people think of Lana (maybe with Young and beautiful).

With Ultraviolence i think there's a sense of expectatives, Ultraviolence blocket In the lonely hour from being number one, and there's a sense that it should be bigger, but in the end the album is doing well.

Hopefully next time Lana will have a more radio friendly single to release and of course the label support sending it to radio, because what happened with Young and beautiful was a real waste

[Mack]

God, Taylor really is a sales beast, isn't she? It amazes me that, five albums in, she's more popular than ever. Who would have thought back in 2006, when her debut was released, that she'd be the biggest thing in music just years later? Crazy.

Feb 7, 2015 14:09:30 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

Hopefully next time Lana will have a more radio friendly single to release and of course the label support sending it to radio, because what happened with Young and beautiful was a real waste

Well, she did say that the next album is going to be much closer in sound to Born to Die than Ultraviolence, so that's promising in terms of commercial success. I just hope the label doesn't remix the singles for release here, à la 'Summertime Sadness' and 'Young & Beautiful'; either put out the actual song, or don't bother. There are several songs on BtD that could have done reasonably well - without remixes - had they been promoted to radio.

[jjose712]

I don't have a problem with remixes if they respect the original spirit of the song like Missing or You're not alone in the nineties, or recently Waves or Prayer in C.
When the remix ends being an accelerated version of the song, modifies the voice of the singer (hello Habits) or gives a totally different vibe is another history. It could be good for dance clubs but not for radio.

Radio sometimes is incredibly conservative with what it plays, now it seems absurd but Adele had a very similar sound during her first era and radio didn't play her songs, and i remember well people expected something similar to happen with Rolling in the deep.
Now there's more variety in the sound that some years ago, and even recognizing that Lana is very far from the usual standards of songs radio play, some of them could perfectly work if they give it a try.

There was really good buzz surrounding Lana before the release of Born to die, unfortunately that SNL performance didn't give her any favours. The good thing is the album was so good that it was able to recover from that

[onebuffalo]

Feb 7, 2015 14:41:31 GMT -5 Mack said:

God, Taylor really is a sales beast, isn't she? It amazes me that, five albums in, she's more popular than ever. Who would have thought back in 2006, when her debut was released, that she'd be the biggest thing in music just years later? Crazy.

Feb 7, 2015 14:09:30 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

Hopefully next time Lana will have a more radio friendly single to release and of course the label support sending it to radio, because what happened with Young and beautiful was a real waste

Well, she did say that the next album is going to be much closer in sound to Born to Die than Ultraviolence, so that's promising in terms of commercial success. I just hope the label doesn't remix the singles for release here, à la 'Summertime Sadness' and 'Young & Beautiful'; either put out the actual song, or don't bother. There are several songs on BtD that could have done reasonably well - without remixes - had they been promoted to radio.

Especially when you consider Big Machine started in 2005. Ten years later, I'll say they are doing great. FOUR other labels are in the Big Machine family: Valory, Republic Nashville, Dot, and Nash Icon.

[brady47]

Ultraviolence only spent 19 weeks in the top 100 - that's a huge underperformance compared to Born To Die which spent 136 weeks in the top 100. And the fact that Born to Die is in the top 100 now and Ultraviolence just makes me wonder, what is it about Born To Die that's causing it to outlive Ultraviolence?

I get that earlier albums can outlive later ones, but happens only years after both albums are released, Ultraviolence is still current and was just released last year, so it's weird how it disappeared so fast.

I wasn't expecting longevity like Born To Die, but it didn't even have a fraction of that longevity.