2015 Album Sales: Top Album Artists

[BadRomance]

Did '+' by Ed Sheeran was certified Platinum yet?

[areyoureadytojump]

Mar 22, 2015 13:52:40 GMT -5 BadRomance said:

Did '+' by Ed Sheeran was certified Platinum yet?

It's one of these weird situations.

His label gave him the plaque for it being certified Platinum in February, but the certification hasn't shown up at RIAA.com and it's still Gold at Billboard.com.

Atlantic just has to pay that $350 fee and it'll be certified.

[brucelover]

78 - 51,000 - NICK JONAS - Nick Jonas ( 158,000 )

Kind of tragic considering he has two hits from that album. He really should have had a super sexy video of himself writhing around naked for "Jealous".

[kanimal]

Mar 22, 2015 22:13:21 GMT -5 brucelover said:

78 - 51,000 - NICK JONAS - Nick Jonas ( 158,000 )

Kind of tragic considering he has two hits from that album. He really should have had a super sexy video of himself writhing around naked for "Jealous".

Don't see how that would have any impact on album sales.

Jealous was already a big hit - a video like that might have given it the chart points it needed to go a bit higher on the Hot 100, but it's not like the song suffered from a lack of exposure.  Everyone in the target audience knew the song.

And if the video was available for free on YouTube, why would it compel anyone to buy the album?

[jjose712]

Nick is the kind of artist who will need several hits to establish himself as album seller, but the truth is his album holds quite well, every week he appears in the early advances of the build of the chart (unfortunately he ends out of top 50 every week but it's near)

He is avoiding the sexy aproach and in my opinion he is doing the right thing. He wants to be taken seriously, he is transitioning from child star, and frankly he should focus on the music for a while before using cheap (but effective) tricks, in the long run it's the better decision

[brucelover]

A massive video would have absolutely helped him to established himself further as a solo artist, more relevance, media attention, people talking about him IRL and on social media, = more album sales.

[jjose712]

Mar 23, 2015 22:43:48 GMT -5 brucelover said:

A massive video would have absolutely helped him to established himself further as a solo artist, more relevance, media attention, people talking about him IRL and on social media, = more album sales.

I don't think so. First, i doubt showing his abs in a video will do that much for his career in terms of attention. And sometimes it's better to do things with caution. If a child star really wants to transition into an adult star it's better to focus on his/her talent.
Other things may catch attention for a while, but in the end generally are distractions in the long run, and we have Miley and Bieber as good examples of that (both after successful albums have on a very strange point)

[thewolvesareaway]

this era nick has done a stand out job of putting his body on display

[Kishi KCM]

The majority of Nick's sales are coming from streaming. He always appears on the SPS chart top 50, but he hasn't been seen in the physical/digital album chart for a while now.

[jjose712]

Mar 25, 2015 9:01:00 GMT -5 Kishi KCM said:

The majority of Nick's sales are coming from streaming. He always appears on the SPS chart top 50, but he hasn't been seen in the physical/digital album chart for a while now.

That chart is only sales. Madonna was number one last week and she was two at the bilboard with sales and streamings, so he is selling albums (not many, but he is selling constantly)

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke for these sales estimates!

ALBUMS WEEK 12

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 0 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 4 / last year - 2
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 13 / last year - 11
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 36 / last year - 38
total albums sales - this year - 56.29m (-1.3%)/ last year - 57.05m

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

01 - 916,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,577,000 )
02 - 774,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 774,000 )
03 - 525,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,732,000 )
04 - 516,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 516,000 )
05 - 498,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,309,000 )
06 - 494,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 494,000 )
07 - 344,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 344,000 )
08 - 324,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar ( 324,000 )
09 - 314,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 314,000 )
10 - 284,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,182,000 )
11 - 274,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons ( 274,000 )
12 - 268,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 571,000 )
13 - 261,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 838,000 )
14 - 247,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 247,000 )
15 - 246,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 246,000 )
16 - 234,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 536,000 )
17 - 214,000 - DARK SKY PARADISE - Big Sean ( 214,000 )
18 - 208,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 808,000 )
19 - 203,000 - FIRST KISS - Kid Rock ( 203,000 )
20 - 199,000 - EMPIRE: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FROM SEASON 1 - Soundtrack ( 199,000 )
21 - 184,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 396,000 )
22 - 140,000 - REBEL HEART - Madonna ( 140,000 )
23 - 139,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 431,000 )
24 - 133,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 221,000 )
25 - 132,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 3,996,000 )

26 - 129,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 882,000 )
27 - 129,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 942,000 )
28 - 122,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 122,000 )
29 - 121,000 - PIECE BY PIECE - Kelly Clarkson ( 121,000 )
30 - 119,000 - SPRING BREAK…CHECKIN' OUT - Luke Bryan ( 119,000 )
31 - 113,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 549,000 )
32 - 112,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 112,000 )
33 - 109,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 310,000 )
34 - 108,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 507,000 )
35 - 106,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 176,000 )
36 - 103,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 103,000 )
37 - 100,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 268,000 )
38 - 98,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 98,000 )
39 - 98,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 600,000 )
40 - 97,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 97,000 )
41 - 96,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 96,000 )
42 - 96,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 245,000 )
43 - 92,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 92,000 )
44 - 92,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 610,000 )
45 - 89,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 89,000 )
46 - 87,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 596,000 )
47 - 83,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,404,000 )
48 - 82,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 82,000 )
49 - 79,000 - FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM - Chris Brown & Tyga ( 79,000 )
50 - 76,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 76,000 )

[rimetm]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6516787/billboard-200-chart-moves-fifty-shades-of-grey-mark-knopfler

01 - 916,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift
02 - 774,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE - Drake
03 - 525,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith
04 - 516,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack

We're really close so far this year with the top 4; spot-on for #2 and 4, and only 2,000 and 1,000 of for #1 and 3 respectively!

[pnobelysk]

Frozen will pass 4 million next week !

[areyoureadytojump]

^Ed Sheeran's + should also cross the 1 million scanned mark next week.

Sheeran's x and Meghan Trainor will cross 500k scanned in 2015 next week.

Kendrick Lamar will cross 500k scanned in 2 weeks.

April & May are kind of quiet right now with big releases.

Only Zac Brown Band and Mumford & Sons...

Oh! And Kanye when he releases...

[Future Captain]

J. Cole will reach 1M in total sales soon, it seemed.

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke for these sales estimates:

ALBUMS WEEK 13

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 0 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 6 / last year - 2
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 15 / last year - 11
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 39 / last year - 43

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

01 - 950,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,610,000 )
02 - 793,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 793,000 )
03 - 557,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,764,000 )
04 - 541,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 541,000 )
05 - 523,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,334,000 )
06 - 514,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 514,000 )
07 - 431,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar ( 431,000 )
08 - 355,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 355,000 )
09 - 331,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 331,000 )
10 - 294,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,192,000 )
11 - 290,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons ( 290,000 )
12 - 275,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 578,000 )
13 - 272,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 849,000 )
14 - 255,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 255,000 )
15 - 252,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 252,000 )
16 - 247,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 549,000 )
17 - 246,000 - EMPIRE: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FROM SEASON 1 - Soundtrack ( 246,000 )
18 - 226,000 - DARK SKY PARADISE - Big Sean ( 226,000 )
19 - 225,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 825,000 )
20 - 213,000 - FIRST KISS - Kid Rock ( 213,000 )
21 - 199,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 411,000 )
22 - 152,000 - REBEL HEART - Madonna ( 152,000 )
23 - 142,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 434,000 )
24 - 138,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 4,002,000 )
25 - 137,000 - SPRING BREAK…CHECKIN' OUT - Luke Bryan ( 137,000 )

26 - 137,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 225,000 )
27 - 136,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 889,000 )
28 - 135,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 949,000 )
29 - 129,000 - PIECE BY PIECE - Kelly Clarkson ( 129,000 )
30 - 125,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 125,000 )
31 - 117,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 117,000 )
32 - 116,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 552,000 )
33 - 114,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 315,000 )
34 - 111,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 181,000 )
35 - 111,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 510,000 )
36 - 107,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 107,000 )
37 - 104,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 606,000 )
38 - 104,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 272,000 )
39 - 101,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 101,000 )
40 - 99,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 99,000 )
41 - 99,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 99,000 )
42 - 99,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 248,000 )
43 - 95,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 613,000 )
44 - 95,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 95,000 )
45 - 93,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 602,000 )
46 - 92,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 92,000 )
47 - 89,000 - STRANGERS TO OURSELVES - Modest Mouse ( 89,000 )
48 - 87,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,408,000 )
49 - 85,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 85,000 )
50 - 84,000 - FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM - Chris Brown & Tyga ( 84,000 )

[forg]

Oh One Direction's Four hasn't reach 1 million scanned yet and I thought it would easily get it before 2014 ended but it's on its way there anyway

Maroon Five's V is also on its way to 1 million thanks to another set of hits, Maps kinda underperformed but Animals and Sugar made up for it thus boosting the sales to a consistent level

[Enigma.]

Does anyone have any info of YTD tracks? Or at least the points ranking of Hot 100..

[areyoureadytojump]

Apr 6, 2015 4:04:17 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Does anyone have any info of YTD tracks? Or at least the points ranking of Hot 100..

Thanks to Charter2000 for these estimates:

SONGS WEEK 13

Rank - Estimated Sales (m) - TITLE - Artist

01 - 3,70 - UPTOWN FUNK - Mark Ronson
02 - 2,66 - THINKING OUT LOUD - Ed Sheeran
03 - 1,80 - SUGAR - Maroon 5
04 - 1,61 - TAKE ME TO CHURCH - Hozier
05 - 1,53 - LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO - Ellie Goulding
06 - 1,45 - FOURFIVESECONDS - Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney
07 - 1,31 - BLANK SPACE - Taylor Swift
08 - 1,13 - LIPS ARE MOVIN - Meghan Trainor
09 - 1,00 - CENTURIES - Fall Out Boy
10 - 1,00 - STYLE - Taylor Swift
11 - 0,99 - EARNED IT - The Weeknd
12 - 0,91 - TIME OF OUR LIVES - Pitbull & Ne-Yo
13 - 0,89 - SHAKE IT OFF - Taylor Swift
14 - 0,85 - GDFR - Flo Rida
15 - 0,78 - I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE - Sam Smith
16 - 0,75 - ALL ABOUT THAT BASS - Meghan Trainor
17 - 0,68 - I DON'T MIND - Usher
18 - 0,67 - THE HANGING TREE - James Newton Howard
19 - 0,66 - GHOST - Ella Henderson
20 - 0,63 - JEALOUS - Nick Jonas
21 - 0,63 - TAKE YOUR TIME - Sam Hunt
22 - 0,61 - STAY WITH ME - Sam Smith
23 - 0,59 - TRUFFLE BUTTER - Nicki Minaj
24 - 0,54 - ONLY - Nicki Minaj
25 - 0,54 - I DON'T **** WITH YOU - Big Sean
26 - 0,53 - SHUT UP AND DANCE - WALK THE MOON
27 - 0,49 - ANIMALS - Maroon 5
28 - 0,49 - RIPTIDE - Vance Joy
29 - 0,48 - SHE KNOWS - Ne-Yo
30 - 0,47 - TRAP QUEEN - Fetty Wap
31 - 0,47 - SOMEBODY - Natalie La Rose
32 - 0,47 - CHAINS - Nick Jonas
33 - 0,47 - HEARTBEAT SONG - Kelly Clarkson
34 - 0,44 - THE HEART WANTS WHAT IT WANTS - Selena Gomez
35 - 0,44 - I BET MY LIFE - Imagine Dragons
36 - 0,44 - NIGHT CHANGES - One Direction
37 - 0,44 - LAY ME DOWN - Sam Smith
38 - 0,43 - I LIVED - OneRepublic
39 - 0,40 - ONLY ONE - Kanye West
40 - 0,39 - HOMEGROWN - Zac Brown Band
41 - 0,39 - AYO - Chris Brown & Tyga
42 - 0,38 - BANG BANG - Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
43 - 0,38 - DON'T - Ed Sheeran
44 - 0,38 - LOVE ME HARDER - Ariana Grande & The Weeknd
45 - 0,37 - ELASTIC HEART - Sia
46 - 0,37 - SLEDGEHAMMER - Fifth Harmony
47 - 0,36 - PRAYER IN C - Robin Schulz & LILLYWOOD
48 - 0,35 - NO TYPE - Rae Sremmurd
49 - 0,35 - OUTSIDE - Calvin Harris
50 - 0,34 - HONEY, I'M GOOD. - Andy Grammer

[Enigma.]

Fantastic, huge thanks! Digital sales figures are better than nothing

[zombieshadesofgrey]

Attention everybody. I'm not leaving this forum. I'll be here for all eternity. I'm Christian Grey and you all are Anastasia Steele.

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke for these sales estimates:

ALBUMS WEEK 14

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 0 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 6 / last year - 3
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 18 / last year - 11
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 42 / last year - 49

total albums sales - this year - 65.56m (-1.5%)/ last year - 66.58m

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

01 - 988,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,649,000 )
02 - 810,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 810,000 )
03 - 593,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,799,000 )
04 - 564,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 564,000 )
05 - 552,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,362,000 )
06 - 539,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 539,000 )
07 - 484,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar ( 484,000 )
08 - 377,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 377,000 )
09 - 358,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 358,000 )
10 - 315,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons ( 315,000 )
11 - 305,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,203,000 )
12 - 283,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 860,000 )
13 - 282,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 586,000 )
14 - 278,000 - EMPIRE: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FROM SEASON 1 - Soundtrack ( 278,000 )
15 - 266,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 266,000 )
16 - 259,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 259,000 )
17 - 258,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 560,000 )
18 - 252,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 852,000 )
19 - 237,000 - DARK SKY PARADISE - Big Sean ( 237,000 )
20 - 224,000 - FIRST KISS - Kid Rock ( 224,000 )
21 - 215,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 427,000 )
22 - 161,000 - REBEL HEART - Madonna ( 161,000 )
23 - 154,000 - SPRING BREAK…CHECKIN' OUT - Luke Bryan ( 154,000 )
24 - 145,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 4,009,000 )
25 - 144,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 436,000 )

26 - 144,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 897,000 )
27 - 142,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 230,000 )
28 - 141,000 - PIECE BY PIECE - Kelly Clarkson ( 141,000 )
29 - 141,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 954,000 )
30 - 129,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 129,000 )
31 - 122,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 558,000 )
32 - 121,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 121,000 )
33 - 119,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 320,000 )
34 - 117,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 187,000 )
35 - 115,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 514,000 )
36 - 111,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 614,000 )
37 - 111,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 279,000 )
38 - 110,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 110,000 )
39 - 104,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 104,000 )
40 - 102,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 102,000 )
41 - 102,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 102,000 )
42 - 102,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 251,000 )
43 - 100,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 609,000 )
44 - 99,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 99,000 )
45 - 98,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 616,000 )
46 - 98,000 - STRANGERS TO OURSELVES - Modest Mouse ( 98,000 )
47 - 93,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 93,000 )
48 - 92,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,413,000 )
49 - 88,000 - THE ALBUM ABOUT NOTHING - Wale ( 88,000 )
50 - 88,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 88,000 )

51 - 88,000 - FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM - Chris Brown & Tyga ( 88,000 )
52 - 80,000 - THE OUTSIDERS - Eric Church ( 891,000 )
53 - 80,000 - FOREVER CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson ( 80,000 )
54 - 80,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 80,000 )
55 - 79,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons ( 2,493,000 )
56 - 79,000 - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI - Led Zeppelin ( 1,604,000 )
57 - 79,000 - + - Ed Sheeran ( 1,003,000 )
58 - 77,000 - KIDZ BOP 28 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 77,000 )
59 - 76,000 - NO FIXED ADDRESS - Nickelback ( 311,000 )
60 - 73,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 73,000 )
61 - 73,000 - WE WILL NOT BE SHAKEN - Bethel Music ( 73,000 )
62 - 72,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 928,000 )
63 - 71,000 - DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY - Vance Joy ( 178,000 )
64 - 71,000 - CHEEK TO CHEEK - Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa ( 586,000 )
65 - 71,000 - AM - Arctic Monkeys ( 689,000 )
66 - 70,000 - I WILL FOLLOW - Jeremy Camp ( 70,000 )
67 - 69,000 - THE LONDON SESSIONS - Mary J Blige ( 195,000 )
68 - 69,000 - PLATINUM - Miranda Lambert ( 670,000 )
69 - 68,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac ( 4,908,000 )
70 - 68,000 - ANYBODY WANNA BUY A HEART? - K Michelle ( 208,000 )
71 - 68,000 - THE FIREWATCHER'S DAUGHTER - Brandi Carlile ( 68,000 )
72 - 67,000 - NATIVE - OneRepublic ( 1,018,000 )
73 - 66,000 - PRISM - Katy Perry ( 1,622,000 )
74 - 66,000 - LOST ON THE RIVER - New Basement Tapes ( 162,000 )
75 - 65,000 - BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE - Blake Shelton ( 348,000 )

76 - 65,000 - IGNITE THE NIGHT - Chase Rice ( 210,000 )
77 - 65,000 - NICK JONAS - Nick Jonas ( 172,000 )
78 - 63,000 - THE YOUNG OG PROJECT - Fabolous ( 130,000 )
79 - 62,000 - LUDAVERSAL - Ludacris ( 62,000 )
80 - 62,000 - WOW HITS 2015 - Various ( 217,000 )
81 - 62,000 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé ( 2,241,000 )
82 - 62,000 - FROZEN: THE SONGS - Soundtrack ( 339,000 )
83 - 60,000 - TALKING IS HARD - Walk The Moon ( 105,000 )
84 - 60,000 - LOS DUO - Juan Gabriel ( 60,000 )
85 - 58,000 - BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC ( 3,241,000 )
86 - 58,000 - SONIC HIGHWAYS - Foo Fighters ( 452,000 )
87 - 58,000 - NO CITIES TO LOVE - Sleater-Kinney ( 58,000 )
88 - 58,000 - FULL SPEED - Kid Ink ( 58,000 )
89 - 57,000 - OF BEAUTY AND RAGE - Red ( 57,000 )
90 - 56,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 11,770,000 )
91 - 55,000 - LEAD US BACK: SONGS OF WORSHIP - Third Day ( 55,000 )
92 - 54,000 - VULNICURA - Bjork ( 54,000 )
93 - 54,000 - CHAPTER ONE - Ella Henderson ( 54,000 )
94 - 54,000 - SHADYXV - Various ( 274,000 )
95 - 54,000 - WANTED ON VOYAGE - George Ezra ( 54,000 )
96 - 53,000 - IT'S THE GIRLS - Bette Midler ( 253,000 )
97 - 53,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 8,710,000 )
98 - 52,000 - LOVE RAN RED - Chris Tomlin ( 166,000 )
99 - 52,000 - I LOVE YOU HONEYBEAR - Father John Misty ( 52,000 )
100 - 52,000 - BECAUSE THE INTERNET - Childish Gambino ( 443,000 )

[Future Captain]

Taylor will reach 1M in 2015 next week. There's still 38 weeks to go. I'm confident Tay could reach 2M by the end of the year.

[Clauss]

Apr 11, 2015 9:00:14 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

Taylor will reach 1M in 2015 next week. There's still 38 weeks to go. I'm confident Tay could reach 2M by the end of the year.

BB said that 1989's 2015 US sales estimation was 3M. At this rate 2M is on lock, if Bad Blood does awesome then 3M is easy

[areyoureadytojump]

^It wasn't Billboard. HITS said 3 million. I don't think it will happen.

EDIT:

oldbloke says "1989" will pass Eminem's "Recovery" next week to become the 2nd best selling album released since 2010.

[Future Captain]

Apr 11, 2015 10:04:03 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^It wasn't Billboard. HITS said 3 million. I don't think it will happen.

We're talking about Taylor Swift and her reality defying power here :kii:

[jma]

Sam smith will also most likely hit 1M this year

[jma]

And Maroon 5 will eventually hit 1M total sales of V

[Future Captain]

Taylor is over 1M now :)

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke for these 'pure album sales' estimates:

ALBUMS WEEK 15

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 7 / last year - 3
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 18 / last year - 13
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 48 / last year - 50

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

01 - 1,015,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,676,000 )
02 - 823,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 823,000 )
03 - 615,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,821,000 )
04 - 582,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 582,000 )
05 - 571,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,382,000 )
06 - 556,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 556,000 )
07 - 513,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar ( 513,000 )
08 - 393,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 393,000 )
09 - 372,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 372,000 )
10 - 330,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons ( 330,000 )
11 - 315,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,213,000 )
12 - 301,000 - EMPIRE: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FROM SEASON 1 - Soundtrack ( 301,000 )
13 - 293,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 870,000 )
14 - 288,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 592,000 )
15 - 271,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 871,000 )
16 - 271,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 271,000 )
17 - 268,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 570,000 )
18 - 264,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 264,000 )
19 - 245,000 - DARK SKY PARADISE - Big Sean ( 245,000 )
20 - 231,000 - FIRST KISS - Kid Rock ( 231,000 )
21 - 230,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 441,000 )
22 - 169,000 - REBEL HEART - Madonna ( 169,000 )
23 - 164,000 - SPRING BREAK…CHECKIN' OUT - Luke Bryan ( 164,000 )
24 - 151,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 904,000 )
25 - 151,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 4,015,000 )

26 - 148,000 - PIECE BY PIECE - Kelly Clarkson ( 148,000 )
27 - 148,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 440,000 )
28 - 145,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 233,000 )
29 - 145,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 959,000 )
30 - 132,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 132,000 )
31 - 125,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 561,000 )
32 - 124,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 324,000 )
33 - 123,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 123,000 )
34 - 121,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 191,000 )
35 - 119,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 621,000 )
36 - 118,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 517,000 )
37 - 118,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 286,000 )
38 - 114,000 - THE ALBUM ABOUT NOTHING - Wale ( 114,000 )
39 - 112,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 112,000 )
40 - 106,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 106,000 )
41 - 106,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 615,000 )
42 - 104,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 253,000 )
43 - 104,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 104,000 )
44 - 104,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 104,000 )
45 - 104,000 - STRANGERS TO OURSELVES - Modest Mouse ( 104,000 )
46 - 101,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 101,000 )
47 - 100,000 - FURIOUS 7 - Soundtrack ( 100,000 )
48 - 100,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 618,000 )
49 - 96,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,417,000 )
50 - 95,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 95,000 )

51 - 92,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 92,000 )
52 - 91,000 - KIDZ BOP 28 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 91,000 )
53 - 91,000 - FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM - Chris Brown & Tyga ( 91,000 )
54 - 86,000 - THE OUTSIDERS - Eric Church ( 898,000 )
55 - 86,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons ( 2,500,000 )
56 - 82,000 - FOREVER CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson ( 82,000 )
57 - 82,000 - + - Ed Sheeran ( 1,006,000 )
58 - 82,000 - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI - Led Zeppelin ( 1,607,000 )
59 - 82,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 82,000 )
60 - 81,000 - LUDAVERSAL - Ludacris ( 81,000 )
61 - 78,000 - NO FIXED ADDRESS - Nickelback ( 313,000 )
62 - 77,000 - DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY - Vance Joy ( 184,000 )
63 - 75,000 - FUTURE HEARTS - All Time Low ( 75,000 )
64 - 74,000 - WE WILL NOT BE SHAKEN - Bethel Music ( 74,000 )
65 - 74,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac ( 4,914,000 )
66 - 74,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 74,000 )
67 - 74,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 930,000 )
68 - 74,000 - AM - Arctic Monkeys ( 692,000 )
69 - 74,000 - CHEEK TO CHEEK - Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa ( 589,000 )
70 - 73,000 - PLATINUM - Miranda Lambert ( 674,000 )
71 - 73,000 - I WILL FOLLOW - Jeremy Camp ( 73,000 )
72 - 72,000 - THE FIREWATCHER'S DAUGHTER - Brandi Carlile ( 72,000 )
73 - 71,000 - THE LONDON SESSIONS - Mary J Blige ( 197,000 )
74 - 70,000 - IGNITE THE NIGHT - Chase Rice ( 214,000 )
75 - 69,000 - NATIVE - OneRepublic ( 1,020,000 )

76 - 69,000 - PRISM - Katy Perry ( 1,624,000 )
77 - 69,000 - ANYBODY WANNA BUY A HEART - K Michelle ( 209,000 )
78 - 69,000 - SOUTHERN STYLE - Darius Rucker ( 69,000 )
79 - 68,000 - NICK JONAS - Nick Jonas ( 175,000 )
80 - 67,000 - BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE - Blake Shelton ( 350,000 )
81 - 67,000 - LOST ON THE RIVER - New Basement Tapes ( 163,000 )
82 - 66,000 - TALKING IS HARD - Walk The Moon ( 111,000 )
83 - 65,000 - WOW HITS 2015 - Various ( 220,000 )
84 - 64,000 - THE YOUNG OG PROJECT - Fabolous ( 131,000 )
85 - 64,000 - FROZEN: THE SONGS - Soundtrack ( 341,000 )
86 - 63,000 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé ( 2,243,000 )
87 - 63,000 - BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC ( 3,245,000 )
88 - 63,000 - KINTSUGI - Death Cab For Cutie ( 63,000 )
89 - 63,000 - CARRIE AND LOWELL - Sufjan Stevens ( 63,000 )
90 - 62,000 - LOS DUO - Juan Gabriel ( 62,000 )
91 - 60,000 - SONIC HIGHWAYS - Foo Fighters ( 454,000 )
92 - 60,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 11,774,000 )
93 - 60,000 - LEAD US BACK: SONGS OF WORSHIP - Third Day ( 60,000 )
94 - 60,000 - WANTED ON VOYAGE - George Ezra ( 60,000 )
95 - 59,000 - NO CITIES TO LOVE - Sleater-Kinney ( 59,000 )
96 - 59,000 - FULL SPEED - Kid Ink ( 59,000 )
97 - 59,000 - OF BEAUTY AND RAGE - Red ( 59,000 )
98 - 57,000 - MR WONDERFUL - Action Bronson ( 57,000 )
99 - 57,000 - IT'S THE GIRLS - Bette Midler ( 256,000 )
100 - 56,000 - VULNICURA - Bjork ( 56,000 )