2015 Album Sales: Top Album Artists

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke for these sales estimates

ALBUMS WEEK 5


Rank - Estimated 2015 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

01 - 527,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,188,000 )
02 - 292,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 292,000 )
03 - 228,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 228,000 )
04 - 182,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 993,000 )
05 - 175,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,382,000 )
06 - 174,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,072,000 )
07 - 163,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 467,000 )
08 - 152,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 729,000 )
09 - 150,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Various ( 150,000 )
10 - 108,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 196,000 )
11 - 94,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 396,000 )
12 - 86,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 900,000 )
13 - 80,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 80,000 )
14 - 78,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 148,000 )
15 - 76,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 288,000 )
16 - 72,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 3,936,000 )
17 - 71,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 671,000 )
18 - 71,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 507,000 )
19 - 65,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 818,000 )
20 - 64,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 64,000 )

21 - 64,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 64,000 )
22 - 62,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 62,000 )
23 - 61,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 263,000 )
24 - 59,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 59,000 )
25 - 58,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 576,000 )
26 - 55,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 454,000 )
27 - 53,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 202,000 )
28 - 50,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 50,000 )
29 - 49,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 49,000 )
30 - 47,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 47,000 )
31 - 46,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 46,000 )
32 - 46,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 548,000 )
33 - 45,000 - THE YOUNG OG PROJECT - Fabolous ( 112,000 )
34 - 44,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,364,000 )
35 - 40,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 896,000 )
36 - 40,000 - LOST ON THE RIVER - New Basement Tapes ( 136,000 )
37 - 39,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 207,000 )
38 - 36,000 - CHAPTER ONE - Ella Henderson ( 36,000 )
39 - 35,000 - ANYBODY WANNA BUY A HEART? - K Michelle ( 175,000 )
40 - 35,000 - NO FIXED ADDRESS - Nickelback ( 270,000 )

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke for these sales estimates:

ALBUMS WEEK 6

albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 3 / last year - 3
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 12 / last year - 15
total albums sales - this year - 27.0m (-2%)/ last year - 27.5m


Rank - Estimated 2015 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

01 - 604,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,265,000 )
02 - 329,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 329,000 )
03 - 251,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 251,000 )
04 - 235,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,046,000 )
05 - 231,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,438,000 )
06 - 193,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,091,000 )
07 - 183,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 487,000 )
08 - 172,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Various ( 172,000 )
09 - 169,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 746,000 )
10 - 116,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 418,000 )
11 - 114,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 114,000 )
12 - 112,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 200,000 )
13 - 99,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 99,000 )
14 - 94,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 908,000 )
15 - 91,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 302,000 )
16 - 87,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 687,000 )
17 - 84,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 3,948,000 )
18 - 83,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 153,000 )
19 - 79,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 515,000 )
20 - 75,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 828,000 )
21 - 72,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 72,000 )
22 - 70,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 70,000 )
23 - 70,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 271,000 )
24 - 70,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 70,000 )
25 - 68,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 68,000 )

26 - 65,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 583,000 )
27 - 64,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 64,000 )
28 - 64,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 463,000 )
29 - 62,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 62,000 )
30 - 61,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 210,000 )
31 - 55,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 55,000 )
32 - 54,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 556,000 )
33 - 54,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 54,000 )
34 - 52,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 52,000 )
35 - 50,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 50,000 )
36 - 50,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,370,000 )
37 - 48,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 216,000 )
38 - 47,000 - THE YOUNG OG PROJECT - Fabolous ( 114,000 )
39 - 45,000 - LOST ON THE RIVER - New Basement Tapes ( 141,000 )
40 - 45,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 901,000 )

[Clauss]

Drake might get #1 on this maybe next week?

[areyoureadytojump]

^The current forecast is 400-500k. Drake will probably come in at #2.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Now he may come in at #1.

SONGS WEEK 6

Rank - Estimated Sales (m) - TITLE - Artist

01 - 2.15 - UPTOWN FUNK - Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
02 - 1.40 - THINKING OUT LOUD - Ed Sheeran
03 - 1.01 - TAKE ME TO CHURCH - Hozier
04 - 0.91 - BLANK SPACE - Taylor Swift
05 - 0.73 - LIPS ARE MOVIN - Meghan Trainor
06 - 0.64 - SUGAR - Maroon 5
07 - 0.56 - CENTURIES - Fall Out Boy
08 - 0.56 - SHAKE IT OFF - Taylor Swift
09 - 0.51 - I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE - Sam Smith
10 - 0.51 - THE HANGING TREE - James Newton Howard feat. Jennifer Lawrence
11 - 0.44 - LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO - Ellie Goulding
12 - 0.44 - ALL ABOUT THAT BASS - Meghan Trainor
13 - 0.44 - JEALOUS - Nick Jonas
14 - 0.41 - TIME OF OUR LIVES - Pitbull & Ne-Yo
15 - 0.40 - GHOST - Ella Henderson
16 - 0.37 - STYLE - Taylor Swift
17 - 0.37 - FOURFIVESECONDS - Rihanna/Kayne West/Paul McCartney
18 - 0.36 - I DON'T F**K WITH YOU - Big Sean feat. E-40
19 - 0.34 - I DON'T MIND - Usher feat. Juicy J
20 - 0.34 - ONLY - Nicki Minaj feat. Drake/Lil Wayne/Chris Brown

[Dylan :)]

Stupid question, but what is this topic about?

[areyoureadytojump]

USA album sales/digital single sales

Since we can't say the "S" word anymore

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke for these sales estimates:

ALBUMS WEEK 7

albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 6 / last year - 4
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 18 / last year - 23
total albums sales - this year - 33.0m (+0.4%)/ last year - 32.9m


Rank - Estimated 2015 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

01 - 696,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,357,000 )
02 - 495,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 495,000 )
03 - 380,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 380,000 )
04 - 354,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,561,000 )
05 - 324,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,135,000 )
06 - 274,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 274,000 )
07 - 215,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,113,000 )
08 - 211,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 211,000 )
09 - 205,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 509,000 )
10 - 195,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Various ( 195,000 )
11 - 191,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 768,000 )
12 - 179,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 179,000 )
13 - 171,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 171,000 )
14 - 149,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 451,000 )
15 - 120,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 208,000 )
16 - 119,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 719,000 )
17 - 108,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 319,000 )
18 - 103,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 917,000 )
19 - 94,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 3,958,000 )
20 - 89,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 842,000 )
21 - 89,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 159,000 )
22 - 88,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 524,000 )
23 - 83,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 83,000 )
24 - 82,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 374,000 )
25 - 80,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 281,000 )

26 - 79,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 478,000 )
27 - 78,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 78,000 )
28 - 77,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 77,000 )
29 - 75,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 75,000 )
30 - 74,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 74,000 )
31 - 73,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 591,000 )
32 - 72,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 72,000 )
33 - 70,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 70,000 )
34 - 70,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 238,000 )
35 - 69,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 218,000 )
36 - 67,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 67,000 )
37 - 65,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 567,000 )
38 - 61,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 61,000 )
39 - 59,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 59,000 )
40 - 59,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,379,000 )
41 - 59,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 59,000 )
42 - 56,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 565,000 )
43 - 52,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 908,000 )
44 - 52,000 - THE YOUNG OG PROJECT - Fabolous ( 119,000 )
45 - 48,000 - LOST ON THE RIVER - New Basement Tapes ( 144,000 )
46 - 48,000 - FOREVER CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson ( 48,000 )
47 - 48,000 - THE LONDON SESSIONS - Mary J Blige ( 174,000 )
48 - 47,000 - ANYBODY WANNA BUY A HEART - K Michelle ( 187,000 )
49 - 47,000 - NO FIXED ADDRESS - Nickelback ( 282,000 )
50 - 44,000 - WE WILL NOT BE SHAKEN - Bethel Music ( 44,000 )

[Clauss]

albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 6 / last year - 4

Interesting

[areyoureadytojump]

Last year had a light release schedule.

This year will be far busier.

[funkpunkandroll]

A great record selling year so far!

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke for these estimates!

ALBUMS WEEK 8

albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 2 / last year - 1
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 7 / last year - 4
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 20 / last year - 24
total albums sales - this year - 37.6m (-0.3%)/ last year - 37.7m

Rank - Estimated 2015 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

01 - 753,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,414,000 )
02 - 624,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 624,000 )
03 - 405,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 405,000 )
04 - 402,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,609,000 )
05 - 371,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,181,000 )
06 - 325,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 325,000 )
07 - 290,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 290,000 )
08 - 231,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,129,000 )
09 - 222,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 526,000 )
10 - 210,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 210,000 )
11 - 209,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 785,000 )
12 - 207,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Various ( 207,000 )
13 - 203,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 203,000 )
14 - 173,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons ( 173,000 )
15 - 171,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 473,000 )
16 - 135,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 735,000 )
17 - 124,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 212,000 )
18 - 122,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 334,000 )
19 - 109,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 923,000 )
20 - 102,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 3,966,000 )
21 - 99,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 851,000 )
22 - 95,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 387,000 )
23 - 93,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 529,000 )
24 - 93,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 93,000 )
25 - 92,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 162,000 )
26 - 87,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 288,000 )
27 - 87,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 486,000 )
28 - 84,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 84,000 )
29 - 83,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 83,000 )
30 - 82,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 82,000 )
31 - 78,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 78,000 )
32 - 78,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 246,000 )
33 - 77,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 596,000 )
34 - 77,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 77,000 )
35 - 77,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 77,000 )
36 - 74,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 74,000 )
37 - 73,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 222,000 )
38 - 72,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 574,000 )
39 - 66,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 66,000 )
40 - 65,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,385,000 )
41 - 64,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 64,000 )
42 - 63,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 572,000 )
43 - 62,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 62,000 )
44 - 56,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 912,000 )
45 - 55,000 - THE YOUNG OG PROJECT - Fabolous ( 122,000 )
46 - 54,000 - FOREVER CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson ( 54,000 )
47 - 52,000 - THE LONDON SESSIONS - Mary J Blige ( 178,000 )
48 - 52,000 - NO FIXED ADDRESS - Nickelback ( 287,000 )
49 - 52,000 - WE WILL NOT BE SHAKEN - Bethel Music ( 52,000 )
50 - 51,000 - LOST ON THE RIVER - New Basement Tapes ( 147,000 )

[kanimal]

What's the basis for these estimates? I see, for instance, that Imagine Dragons is listed at 173,000, but Billboard has that listed at 172,000 (and that is how the official data would round).

[areyoureadytojump]

^He must round up for his estimates or it could just be a typo/error.

[kanimal]

Feb 27, 2015 18:45:05 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^He must round up for his estimates or it could just be a typo/error.

I guess what I meant is - are these meant to be rounded versions of the actual data or "estimates" based on some other method of calculation?  The use of the term estimates is what is throwing me - as if it was actual data, why wouldn't you just call it actual data? By the same token, these are a bit too close to the actual numbers for me to think they're just guesswork.

The Taylor Swift number also looks a bit off this week (but was right on the money last week).  Billboard says 753K YTD. www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6487463/stevie-wonder-returns-top-40-grammy-salute

[melody56]

The ID album sold 172,378 in the sales week - add in SDV sales and the total rounds to 173,000.

[kanimal]

Feb 28, 2015 16:42:33 GMT -5 melody56 said:

The ID album sold 172,378 in the sales week - add in SDV sales and the total rounds to 173,000.

Fair enough, but I'm not sure that would explain the Taylor Swift disparity (753K was published this weekend and listed as a cumulative total rather than a weekly total).

Plus, that still doesn't really illuminate the nature of these "estimates."  Are they the same numbers Billboard/Soundscan use or something different?  And if it's the former, why wouldn't be they be identified as actuals rather than estimates (rounding doesn't make something an "estimate")?

Apologies for being nitpicky/annoying on this - I just gets nuts about unsourced data and am curious whether people are correct to cite this guy's data as fact.

[melody56]

Why are you not looking at the source post - the TS "1989" sales updated hours ago. .

[areyoureadytojump]

Feb 28, 2015 17:57:39 GMT -5 kanimal said:

Feb 28, 2015 16:42:33 GMT -5 melody56 said:

The ID album sold 172,378 in the sales week - add in SDV sales and the total rounds to 173,000.

Fair enough, but I'm not sure that would explain the Taylor Swift disparity (753K was published this weekend and listed as a cumulative total rather than a weekly total).

Plus, that still doesn't really illuminate the nature of these "estimates."  Are they the same numbers Billboard/Soundscan use or something different?  And if it's the former, why wouldn't be they be identified as actuals rather than estimates (rounding doesn't make something an "estimate")?

Apologies for being nitpicky/annoying on this - I just gets nuts about unsourced data and am curious whether people are correct to cite this guy's data as fact.

These are not actual sales. They are labeled "estimates."

Actual sales no longer leak. This all we have now. I'm extremely thankful for the estimates.

[funkpunkandroll]

^ Likewise. Anyway, 1989 and Drake's album could be on its way to be the first albums in 2015 to sell one million (and the first 2015 album to do that belongs to Drake).

[areyoureadytojump]

Thnaks to oldbloke for these sales estimates!

ALBUMS WEEK 9

albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 2 / last year - 2
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 7 / last year - 7
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 25 / last year - 27
total albums sales - this year - 42.47m (-0.7%)/ last year - 42.75m


Rank - Estimated 2015 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

01 - 801,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,462,000 )
02 - 683,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 683,000 )
03 - 442,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,648,000 )
04 - 427,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 427,000 )
05 - 411,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,222,000 )
06 - 393,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 393,000 )
07 - 305,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 305,000 )
08 - 246,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,143,000 )
09 - 243,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 243,000 )
10 - 237,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 541,000 )
11 - 225,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 802,000 )
12 - 219,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 219,000 )
13 - 218,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Various ( 218,000 )
14 - 216,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons ( 216,000 )
15 - 189,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 491,000 )
16 - 153,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 753,000 )
17 - 139,000 - DARK SKY PARADISE - Big Sean ( 139,000 )
18 - 138,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 350,000 )
19 - 137,000 - FIRST KISS - Kid Rock ( 137,000 )
20 - 127,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 215,000 )
21 - 115,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 929,000 )
22 - 110,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 3,974,000 )
23 - 107,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 860,000 )
24 - 103,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 395,000 )
25 - 101,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 101,000 )

26 - 98,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 534,000 )
27 - 95,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 165,000 )
28 - 94,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 295,000 )
29 - 93,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 492,000 )
30 - 92,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 92,000 )
31 - 87,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 87,000 )
32 - 86,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 86,000 )
33 - 85,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 85,000 )
34 - 84,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 252,000 )
35 - 82,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 82,000 )
36 - 81,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 81,000 )
37 - 81,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 599,000 )
38 - 79,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 581,000 )
39 - 79,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 79,000 )
40 - 77,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 226,000 )
41 - 70,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 70,000 )
42 - 70,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,390,000 )
43 - 70,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 579,000 )
44 - 68,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 68,000 )
45 - 64,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 64,000 )
46 - 62,000 - FOREVER CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson ( 62,000 )
47 - 60,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 916,000 )
48 - 57,000 - NO FIXED ADDRESS - Nickelback ( 292,000 )
49 - 57,000 - THE YOUNG OG PROJECT - Fabolous ( 124,000 )
50 - 56,000 - + - Ed Sheeran ( 982,000 )

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke for these sales estimates:

ALBUMS WEEK 10

albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 2 / last year - 2
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 9 / last year - 8
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 26 / last year - 34
total albums sales - this year - 47.11m (-1.3%)/ last year - 47.75m

Rank - Estimated 2015 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

01 - 844,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,504,000 )
02 - 721,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 721,000 )
03 - 472,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,678,000 )
04 - 451,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 451,000 )
05 - 449,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 449,000 )
06 - 444,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,254,000 )
07 - 320,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 320,000 )
08 - 270,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 270,000 )
09 - 259,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,157,000 )
10 - 249,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 553,000 )
11 - 241,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons ( 241,000 )
12 - 239,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 815,000 )
13 - 231,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 231,000 )
14 - 228,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Various ( 228,000 )
15 - 207,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 509,000 )
16 - 175,000 - DARK SKY PARADISE - Big Sean ( 175,000 )
17 - 173,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 773,000 )
18 - 171,000 - FIRST KISS - Kid Rock ( 171,000 )
19 - 153,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 365,000 )
20 - 129,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 421,000 )
21 - 129,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 217,000 )
22 - 120,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 934,000 )
23 - 118,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 3,982,000 )
24 - 115,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 868,000 )
25 - 109,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 109,000 )

26 - 104,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 540,000 )
27 - 100,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 100,000 )
28 - 100,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 301,000 )
29 - 99,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 498,000 )
30 - 97,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 167,000 )
31 - 92,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 92,000 )
32 - 90,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 90,000 )
33 - 90,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 90,000 )
34 - 90,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 258,000 )
35 - 87,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 87,000 )
36 - 86,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 86,000 )
37 - 85,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 604,000 )
38 - 85,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 588,000 )
39 - 84,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 84,000 )
40 - 83,000 - PIECE BY PIECE - Kelly Clarkson ( 83,000 )
41 - 80,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 229,000 )
42 - 76,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 585,000 )
43 - 75,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 75,000 )
44 - 74,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,395,000 )
45 - 71,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 71,000 )
46 - 67,000 - FOREVER CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson ( 67,000 )
47 - 66,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 66,000 )
48 - 64,000 - FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM - Chris Brown & Tyga ( 64,000 )
49 - 63,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 919,000 )
50 - 62,000 - NO FIXED ADDRESS - Nickelback ( 297,000 )

[Dylan :)]

How does 1000 Forms of Fear rank compared to other #1 albums in terms of their performance hitting and after hitting #1 (seeing as it was lucky to get #1 lmao / and before you think I'm coming for Sia I'm not, my literal queen)

[areyoureadytojump]

^I'm not sure what you are asking. But...

July 26, 2014 Billboard 200 debut: 01 51,612 1000 FORMS OF FEAR Sia

It was #36 on the Billboard 200 last week.

I think it's doing very well considering.

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke for these sales estimates:

ALBUMS WEEK 11

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 0 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 3 / last year - 2
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 11 / last year - 10
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 32 / last year - 36
total albums sales - this year - 51.61m (-1.4%)/ last year - 52.34m

Rank - Estimated 2015 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

01 - 883,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,544,000 )
02 - 750,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 750,000 )
03 - 501,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,708,000 )
04 - 488,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 488,000 )
05 - 472,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,283,000 )
06 - 471,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 471,000 )
07 - 333,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 333,000 )
08 - 295,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 295,000 )
09 - 273,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,171,000 )
10 - 261,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons ( 261,000 )
11 - 259,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 563,000 )
12 - 249,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 826,000 )
13 - 239,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 239,000 )
14 - 238,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Various ( 238,000 )
15 - 222,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 524,000 )
16 - 195,000 - DARK SKY PARADISE - Big Sean ( 195,000 )
17 - 191,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 791,000 )
18 - 190,000 - FIRST KISS - Kid Rock ( 190,000 )
19 - 168,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 380,000 )
20 - 136,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 428,000 )
21 - 131,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 219,000 )
22 - 125,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 3,989,000 )
23 - 124,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 938,000 )
24 - 123,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 875,000 )
25 - 117,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 117,000 )

26 - 116,000 - REBEL HEART - Madonna ( 116,000 )
27 - 110,000 - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FROM SEASON 1 OF EMPIRE - Various ( 110,000 )
28 - 109,000 - PIECE BY PIECE - Kelly Clarkson ( 109,000 )
29 - 109,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 545,000 )
30 - 106,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 106,000 )
31 - 105,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 306,000 )
32 - 104,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 503,000 )
33 - 99,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 169,000 )
34 - 99,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 99,000 )
35 - 96,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 264,000 )
36 - 94,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 94,000 )
37 - 94,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 94,000 )
38 - 94,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 94,000 )
39 - 91,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 594,000 )
40 - 90,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 239,000 )
41 - 89,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 89,000 )
42 - 89,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 607,000 )
43 - 89,000 - SPRING BREAK…CHECKIN' OUT - Luke Bryan ( 89,000 )
44 - 86,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 86,000 )
45 - 82,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 585,000 )
46 - 79,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,399,000 )
47 - 78,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 78,000 )
48 - 73,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 73,000 )
49 - 72,000 - FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM - Chris Brown & Tyga ( 72,000 )
50 - 71,000 - FOREVER CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson ( 71,000 )

[jjose712]

I think the whole top 5 right now has a good chance to get over one million by the end of the year. Ed maybe will need another hit (TOL made the album sold at a higher rate and without another hit maybe 1 million will be too far)

[swim]

Just viewed the 2014 version of this thread, and saw only four albums crossed the 1 million mark by the end of the year. This year should clear that with ease, though maybe not two 3 million + sellers like last year. Taylor and Drake should hit that with ease. Kendrick and Mumford and Sons will likely both top one million as well.

[brucelover]

Mar 21, 2015 15:45:53 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

I think the whole top 5 right now has a good chance to get over one million by the end of the year. Ed maybe will need another hit (TOL made the album sold at a higher rate and without another hit maybe 1 million will be too far)

"Photograph" and "Nina" could be hits if handled right. They've handled this era flawlessly but I think their first major misstep has been the Rudimental "Bloodstream" remix, it's a good song but the remix adds nothing and it's not single material.

[jjose712]

Mar 21, 2015 23:40:01 GMT -5 brucelover said:

Mar 21, 2015 15:45:53 GMT -5 jjose712 said:

I think the whole top 5 right now has a good chance to get over one million by the end of the year. Ed maybe will need another hit (TOL made the album sold at a higher rate and without another hit maybe 1 million will be too far)

"Photograph" and "Nina" could be hits if handled right. They've handled this era flawlessly but I think their first major misstep has been the Rudimental "Bloodstream" remix, it's a good song but the remix adds nothing and it's not single material.

Ed has an advantage, he will release Bloodstream in UK first, if it doesn't work, he can change the single on the USA

[areyoureadytojump]

oldbloke has posted more sales from Week 11:

Rank - Estimated 2015 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

51 - 67,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 67,000 )
52 - 67,000 - + - Ed Sheeran ( 993,000 )
53 - 66,000 - NO FIXED ADDRESS - Nickelback ( 301,000 )
54 - 66,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 922,000 )
55 - 66,000 - WE WILL NOT BE SHAKEN - Bethel Music ( 66,000 )
56 - 65,000 - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI - Led Zeppelin ( 1,590,000 )
57 - 64,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons ( 2,477,000 )
58 - 62,000 - THE OUTSIDERS - Eric Church ( 874,000 )
59 - 62,000 - THE LONDON SESSIONS - Mary J Blige ( 188,000 )
60 - 62,000 - ANYBODY WANNA BUY A HEART - K Michelle ( 202,000 )
61 - 62,000 - CHEEK TO CHEEK - Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa ( 572,000 )
62 - 61,000 - DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY - Vance Joy ( 168,000 )
63 - 60,000 - AM - Arctic Monkeys ( 678,000 )
64 - 60,000 - LOST ON THE RIVER - New Basement Tapes ( 156,000 )
65 - 60,000 - THE YOUNG OG PROJECT - Fabolous ( 127,000 )
66 - 58,000 - NATIVE - OneRepublic ( 1,009,000 )
67 - 58,000 - PRISM - Katy Perry ( 1,613,000 )
68 - 57,000 - BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE - Blake Shelton ( 340,000 )
69 - 56,000 - PLATINUM - Miranda Lambert ( 657,000 )
70 - 54,000 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé ( 2,234,000 )
71 - 54,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac ( 4,893,000 )
72 - 54,000 - FULL SPEED - Kid Ink ( 54,000 )
73 - 53,000 - NO CITIES TO LOVE - Sleater-Kinney ( 53,000 )
74 - 53,000 - I WILL FOLLOW - Jeremy Camp ( 53,000 )
75 - 52,000 - THE FIREWATCHER'S DAUGHTER - Brandi Carlile ( 52,000 )
76 - 51,000 - FROZEN: THE SONGS - Soundtrack ( 328,000 )
77 - 51,000 - SONIC HIGHWAYS - Foo Fighters ( 445,000 )
78 - 51,000 - NICK JONAS - Nick Jonas ( 158,000 )
79 - 50,000 - WOW HITS 2015 - Various ( 206,000 )