Billboard 200: 2/28: Drake #1 w/ 535,000

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6473126/billboard-200-drake-surprise-album-debuts-at-no-1-fifty-shades

Drake's Surprise Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200

By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | February 18, 2015 12:00 PM EST

Drake's surprise album If You're Reading This It's Too Late blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart as expected, easily scoring the hip-hop star his fourth chart-topper.

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). If You're Reading This It's Too Late moved 535,000 units in the week ending Feb. 15, according to Nielsen Music, with pure album sales comprising 495,000 of that figure -- all from digital downloads.


Industry forecasters had projected the set to sell over 500,000 copies, but it fell just short of that half-million threshold. Still, it's a remarkable start for an album that arrived with no notice, was sold only through digital retail, is termed a mixtape by Drake (and not a proper studio album) and only had a little more than three days of sales powering its debut. The new set was released in the evening of Thursday, Feb. 12 through Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records. The tracking week ended at the close of business on Sunday, Feb. 15.

A physical release for the album on CD or vinyl has not been announced.

If You're Reading This It's Too Late follows Drake's three earlier No. 1-debuting albums, which also happened to be his first three full-length efforts: Thank Me Later (released in 2010), Take Care (2011) and Nothing Was the Same (2013).

Drake's fourth studio album, Views From the 6, is due out later this year. It was announced last July.


Here are some notable facts and figures about Drake's latest No. 1 album:

-- If You're Reading This It's Too Late sold 495,000 copies in its first chart week, marking Drake's third-biggest sales frame. Only the bows of Nothing Was the Same (658,000) and Take Care (631,000) were larger.

-- If You're Reading This logs the largest sales week for an R&B/hip-hop album since Beyonce's own surprise self-titled album debuted with 617,000 sold after a little more than three days on sale (in the week ending Dec. 15, 2013). The Beyonce set was released at 12 AM on the morning of Friday, Dec. 13. If You're Reading This also nets the biggest week for a rap album since Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 bowed at No. 1 with 792,000 in the week ending Nov. 10, 2013.

-- Drake's opening is the second-largest sales week among all albums in the past year, behind only the debut of Taylor Swift's monster 1989 album (1.27 million in the week ending Nov. 2, 2014).

-- In a little more than three days, Drake's set has already sold more copies than any other album in 2015 except for Swift's 1989 (which has sold 696,000 so far in 2015).

-- Only two hip-hop acts have seen their first four full-length albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart: Drake and DMX. The latter did it with his first five studio projects between 1998 and 2003 (It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood, …And Then There Was X, The Great Depression and Grand Champ).

-- If You're Reading This is the 10th No. 1 album for the Cash Money label, and the seventh for Young Money. (Cash Money's first leader was Big Tymers' Hood Rich in 2002, while Young Money's was Drake's own Thank Me Later.)

As Drake starts at No. 1 on the latest Billboard 200, he blocks the also-arriving Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack from starting in the top slot. The multi-artist compilation -- featuring songs from Ellie Goulding, The Weeknd, Annie Lennox, Beyonce and more -- bows at No. 2 with 258,000 units (of which 210,000 are traditional album sales).

The album's 210,000 start is the largest sales debut for a soundtrack since Michael Jackson's This Is It danced in at No. 1 with 373,000 in the week ending Nov. 1, 2009.

This Is It was an all-Jackson effort, however, and behaved like a greatest hits album, so it's a bit unfair to compare it to Fifty Shades of Grey. So, scrolling back farther, the last multi-artist compilation soundtrack to debut bigger was Get Rich Or Die Tryin', which arrived with 317,000 at No. 2 in the week ending Nov. 13, 2005.

Between Get Rich and This Is It, there were four soundtracks (of any kind) that bowed larger than Fifty Shades, and all were from Walt Disney Records: Hannah Montana (281,000 in 2007), Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus (326,000 in 2007, both Montana albums were performed by Cyrus), High School Musical 2 (615,000 in 2007) and High School Musical 3: Senior Year (297,000 in 2008). The latter two albums were performed by the cast of High School Musical cast (Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, etc.) and are not comparable to a compilation soundtrack like Fifty Shades or Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

With both Drake's If You're Reading This and the Fifty Shades of Grey album released on Republic Records, it's the first time one label has owned the top two albums since the July 19, 2014-dated chart, when Atlantic Records had the debuting Trigga (on Songbook/Atlantic) from Trey Songz at No. 1, while Ed Sheeran's x (on Atlantic) fell 1-2 in its second week.

Further, this week marks the first time one label has concurrently debuted albums at Nos. 1 and 2 since the April 12, 2008-dated chart. That week, Atlantic (again!) arrived at No. 1 with Day26's self titled album (on Bad Boy/Atlantic) while Panic! At the Disco's Pretty.Odd. entered at No. 2 (released on Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic).

Back on the latest Billboard 200 chart, Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour rises 4-3 with 164,000 units (up 91 percent) in the wake of Smith's four Grammy Award wins on Feb. 8. The set sold 124,000 copies in the week after the show, earning a gain of 118 percent, and tallying the album's biggest sales week since its debut frame (166,000 in the week ending June 22, 2014).

Smith's four Grammy wins included record of the year, song of the year and best new artist -- but not the coveted album of the year trophy. That went to Beck's Morning Phase, which vaults 39-8 with 71,000 units (up 483 percent). Of that figure, it sold 64,000 were traditional album sales (grabbing a gain of 466 percent). Like Smith, Beck's album earns its largest sales week since its debut, when it arrived with 87,000 in the week ending March 2, 2014.

As for the rest of the top 10, it is comprised mostly of holdover titles, many of which post big gains. Ed Sheeran's x moves 3-4 (140,000 units; up 44 percent) while Taylor Swift's 1989 dips 1-5 (125,000; up 16 percent). The latter album falls out of the top two for the first time in its 16-week chart run.

Meghan Trainor's Title is steady at No. 6 with 72,000 (up 21 percent), the Now 53 compilation descends 2-7 with almost 72,000 (down 28 percent) and the 2015 Grammy Nominees compilation zips 15-9 with 65,000 (up 92 percent). Maroon 5's V closes out the top 10, falling one spot to No. 10 with 63,000 (up 35 percent).

[trustypepper]

Some of those stats from Billboard regarding the debut from Fifty Shades compared to other soundtracks are amazing. Very impressive debut.

[funkpunkandroll]

x: 140,000

HITS stated his album sales were 91k (I'm guessing Soundscan would say 90k)

That means he moved at least 40k track sales and 9k stream sales.

The 40k sales are obviously an increase from the total units of last week.

In comparison, on HITS, while MR's Uptown Special sold 9k, at least 42k units were sold on SPS, meaning at least 33k were from track sales and streams.

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Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 02/15/2015

Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard's new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album's streaming count is available in brackets.

#1. Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late - 535,054 (494,746) [14,552,821]

#12. Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint – 48,839 (22,009) [11,746,341]

#13. Mark Ronson - Uptown Special - 42,269 (7,389) [6,096,837]

#16. J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive – 31,207 (22,386) [7,112,768]

#24. Ne-Yo – Non-Fiction – 23,475 (15,779) [3,039,797]

#34. Beyonce - Beyonce - 16,961 (8,083) [4,881,298]

#39. Rae Sremmurd – Sremmlife – 16,310 (5,679) [5,276,403]

#41. Pitbull – Globalization – 16,208 (4,201) [3,754,656]

#45. Kid Ink - Full Speed - 13,067 (8,131) [3,119,037]

#48. John Legend - Love In The Future - 12,566 (6,561) [2,437,221]

[Gary]

BB200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
2 0 New 1 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
3 4 4 35 GG In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
4 3 2 34 x, Ed Sheeran 1
5 1 1 16 1989, Taylor Swift 1
6 6 3 5 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
7 2 – 2 NOW 53, Various Artists 2
8 39 – 29 PS Morning Phase, Beck 3
9 15 10 4 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 9
10 9 9 24 V, Maroon 5 1
11 12 11 19 Hozier, Hozier 2
12 8 8 9 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
13 11 7 5 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 5
14 13 6 4 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
15 23 23 29 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
16 19 14 10 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
17 0 New 1 I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty 17
18 18 16 16 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
19 20 20 25 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
20 0 New 1 A Quien Quiera Escuchar, Ricky Martin 20
21 10 – 2 Wallflower, Diana Krall 10
22 7 – 2 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 7
23 21 13 5 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
24 16 5 3 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 5
25 0 New 1 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 25
26 24 18 29 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
27 5 – 2 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 5
28 47 48 131 +, Ed Sheeran 5
29 0 New 1 Holding All The Roses, Blackberry Smoke 29
30 30 34 19 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
31 26 21 13 FOUR, One Direction 1
32 45 39 99 Native, OneRepublic 4
33 34 30 14 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
34 33 50 62 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
35 27 24 10 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
36 17 28 68 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
37 36 42 79 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
38 37 40 18 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
39 31 27 6 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
40 0 Re-Entry 8 Nostalgia, Annie Lennox 10
41 28 26 12 Globalization, Pitbull 18
42 51 99 37 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
43 54 65 11 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
44 29 35 64 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
45 14 – 2 Full Speed, Kid Ink 14
46 43 52 128 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
47 41 17 3 Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson 17
48 44 87 74 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
49 42 58 53 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
50 0 New 1 The Last Five Years, Soundtrack 50
51 48 45 23 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
52 0 Re-Entry 62 Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye 2
53 0 New 1 Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens 53
54 46 49 15 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
55 25 – 2 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 25
56 49 43 5 Chapter One, Ella Henderson 11
57 83 71 11 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
58 124 183 20 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
59 58 61 22 X, Chris Brown 2
60 61 56 75 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
61 81 53 10 Prayer, Robin Schulz 42
62 62 60 20 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
63 57 32 20 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
64 52 68 107 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
65 56 46 9 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
66 72 105 343 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
67 22 33 198 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
68 75 85 14 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
69 86 94 67 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
70 87 82 70 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
71 102 79 14 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
72 70 57 159 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
73 97 91 50 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
74 65 73 72 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
75 0 New 1 A Piece Of Me (EP), Jacob Whitesides 75
76 103 129 102 Take Care, Drake 1
77 71 66 40 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
78 117 140 48 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
79 79 77 115 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
80 55 36 4 The Pale Emperor, Marilyn Manson 8
81 126 63 9 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 8
82 60 51 12 For You, Selena Gomez 24
83 68 69 16 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
84 63 62 16 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
85 0 New 1 Disobedient, Stick To Your Guns 85
86 92 88 10 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
87 73 93 165 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
88 120 100 120 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
89 99 104 208 21, Adele 1
90 76 74 213 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
91 106 102 41 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
92 94 116 29 Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You, Queen 42
93 64 – 2 WOW Gospel 2015, Various Artists 64
94 69 114 351 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
95 111 101 50 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
96 88 84 23 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
97 85 59 5 Reality Show, Jazmine Sullivan 12
98 118 115 13 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
99 95 98 202 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
100 91 76 30 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
101 90 80 26 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
102 123 67 22 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
103 59 31 4 What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists 7
104 0 New 1 Outlander: Original Television Soundtrack, Vol. 1, Soundtrack 104
105 100 122 59 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
106 115 64 12 Annie, Soundtrack 12
107 173 – 14 It's The Girls!, Bette Midler 3
108 116 118 205 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
109 0 New 1 Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions, Robert Earl Keen 109
110 89 75 31 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
111 98 72 95 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
112 122 123 39 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
113 128 126 22 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
114 119 117 33 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
115 82 133 48 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
116 112 112 24 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
117 74 41 4 B4.Da.$$, Joey Bada$$ 5
118 150 174 22 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
119 127 127 96 Red, Taylor Swift 1
120 108 134 39 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
121 53 12 3 We Will Not Be Shaken, Bethel Music 12
122 109 97 72 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
123 114 106 76 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
124 80 19 3 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
125 110 108 11 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
126 105 110 17 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
127 101 81 17 Sadnecessary, Milky Chance 17
128 0 New 1 Pray: Live, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir 128
129 113 160 87 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
130 121 103 42 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
131 93 92 14 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
132 169 132 8 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 12
133 141 196 105 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
134 142 137 21 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
135 125 121 17 Paperwork, T.I. 2
136 165 162 20 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 16
137 0 Re-Entry 93 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
138 0 Re-Entry 63 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
139 136 152 17 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
140 135 141 228 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
141 134 155 303 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
142 0 New 1 Let The Good Times Roll, JD McPherson 142
143 146 – 93 Toxicity, System Of A Down 1
144 0 Re-Entry 11 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
145 133 135 9 Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition, Kevin Gates 38
146 154 147 20 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
147 192 173 23 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
148 96 55 13 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part I, Soundtrack 18
149 152 138 12 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
150 143 109 15 Bring You Back, Brett Eldredge 11
151 0 Re-Entry 164 Come Away With Me, Norah Jones 1
152 145 145 54 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
153 172 136 81 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
154 186 187 191 1, The Beatles 1
155 138 143 21 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
156 140 156 155 Dark Horse, Nickelback 2
157 166 – 73 Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Elton John 12
158 137 – 28 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
159 176 146 14 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
160 170 90 200 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
161 153 148 63 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
162 158 – 236 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
163 159 153 136 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 6
164 155 119 198 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
165 157 – 67 Greatest Hits, Bon Jovi 5
166 0 Re-Entry 2 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 27
167 175 181 9 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
168 163 142 35 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
169 151 144 99 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
170 189 – 55 Graduation, Kanye West 1
171 156 159 39 Testimony, August Alsina 2
172 162 150 43 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
173 181 – 145 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
174 179 – 12 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
175 107 38 4 Tetsuo & Youth, Lupe Fiasco 14
176 67 15 3 F.E.A.R., Papa Roach 15
177 171 161 177 Recovery, Eminem 1
178 147 – 3 All Over The World: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra 128
179 190 – 41 Greatest Hits Vol. I, Korn 4
180 84 – 32 Greatest Hits, Neil Young 27
181 174 179 215 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
182 0 Re-Entry 77 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
183 160 195 194 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
184 148 83 4 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 18
185 168 149 14 Under Pressure, Logic 4
186 0 Re-Entry 53 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
187 196 – 96 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
188 180 163 83 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
189 0 Re-Entry 118 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
190 193 – 177 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
191 50 – 2 NOW That's What I Call Movies, Various Artists 50
192 198 189 20 747, Lady Antebellum 2
193 197 – 64 Watch The Throne, Jay Z Kanye West 1
194 144 124 12 Listen, David Guetta 22
195 0 Re-Entry 31 Turn Blue, The Black Keys 1
196 0 Re-Entry 2 The Best Of Rob Zombie: 20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection, Rob Zombie 166
197 149 – 19 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 109
198 185 – 74 Paramore, Paramore 1
199 195 176 86 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
200 0 Re-Entry 228 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 4 2 53 #1 3 wks GG +, Ed Sheeran 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye 2
3 3 9 15 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
4 2 3 510 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
5 5 8 846 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
6 24 48 29 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
7 11 20 993 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
8 7 10 12 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 4
9 10 19 1150 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
10 16 13 62 21, Adele 1
11 14 12 129 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
12 9 28 31 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
13 15 18 79 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
14 0 Re-Entry 199 Come Away With Me, Norah Jones 1
15 37 – 33 Take Care, Drake 2
16 12 15 56 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
17 21 – 66 Toxicity, System Of A Down 1
18 25 23 12 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
19 22 7 22 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
20 35 35 7 Trilogy, The Weeknd 20
21 0 Re-Entry 4 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 9
22 0 Re-Entry 34 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 3
23 19 26 140 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
24 1 1 64 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
25 20 17 6 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 17
26 27 29 20 Red, Taylor Swift 2
27 17 30 127 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
28 0 Re-Entry 2 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance 28
29 0 Re-Entry 5 The College Dropout, Kanye West 3
30 40 36 776 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
31 18 27 201 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
32 31 – 35 Greatest Hits Vol. I, Korn 20
33 0 New 1 The Best Of Rob Zombie: 20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection, Rob Zombie 33
34 23 14 121 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
35 28 34 1142 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
36 26 11 16 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
37 8 – 29 Greatest Hits, Neil Young 8
38 32 33 255 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
39 49 – 456 1, The Beatles 1
40 34 38 24 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 26
41 46 – 23 Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You, Queen 7
42 0 Re-Entry 35 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 2
43 33 45 77 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
44 44 – 6 Into The Light, Matthew West 14
45 29 31 14 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 19
46 36 21 535 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
47 43 50 122 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 7
48 0 Re-Entry 82 The Slim Shady LP, Eminem 3
49 39 25 316 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
50 41 37 90 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 1

[Gary]

TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
2 0 New 1 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
3 4 4 35 GG In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
4 2 1 16 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 5 5 34 x, Ed Sheeran 1
6 1 – 2 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
7 9 7 4 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 7
8 25 – 30 PS Morning Phase, Beck 3
9 8 3 5 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
10 13 20 19 Hozier, Hozier 2
11 19 19 24 V, Maroon 5 1
12 0 New 1 I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty 12
13 0 New 1 A Quien Quiera Escuchar, Ricky Martin 13
14 7 – 2 Wallflower, Diana Krall 7
15 6 – 2 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 6
16 12 8 5 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
17 11 6 4 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
18 18 14 10 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
19 0 New 1 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 19
20 14 12 9 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
21 15 13 29 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
22 29 36 26 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
23 0 New 1 Holding All The Roses, Blackberry Smoke 23
24 20 21 16 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
25 16 2 3 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 2
26 30 41 11 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
27 27 29 19 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
28 0 Re-Entry 9 Nostalgia, Annie Lennox 10
29 26 10 3 Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson 10
30 41 54 25 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
31 0 New 1 The Last Five Years, Soundtrack 31
32 39 43 18 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
33 0 New 1 Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens 33
34 47 76 37 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
35 31 32 10 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
36 24 33 64 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
37 17 – 2 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
38 3 – 2 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 3
39 55 80 21 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
40 88 55 99 Native, OneRepublic 4
41 35 27 13 FOUR, One Direction 1
42 48 57 79 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
43 44 46 14 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
44 0 New 1 A Piece Of Me (EP), Jacob Whitesides 44
45 10 – 2 Full Speed, Kid Ink 10
46 33 38 16 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
47 53 74 62 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
48 38 31 9 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
49 42 66 53 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
50 22 35 66 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
51 0 New 1 Disobedient, Stick To Your Guns 51
52 34 – 2 WOW Gospel 2015, Various Artists 34
53 64 45 9 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
54 45 39 5 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 6
55 37 24 4 The Pale Emperor, Marilyn Manson 6
56 54 40 22 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
57 0 New 1 Outlander: Original Television Soundtrack, Vol. 1, Soundtrack 57
58 73 – 14 It's The Girls!, Bette Midler 3
59 0 New 1 Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions, Robert Earl Keen 59
60 56 62 13 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
61 58 61 10 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
62 70 – 70 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
63 78 65 14 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
64 36 22 4 What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists 5
65 51 44 5 Reality Show, Jazmine Sullivan 7
66 57 60 75 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
67 0 New 1 Pray: Live, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir 67
68 62 50 13 Annie, Soundtrack 9
69 49 58 11 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 8
70 72 70 20 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 14
71 32 9 3 We Will Not Be Shaken, Bethel Music 9
72 65 51 6 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
73 81 89 22 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
74 79 72 23 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
75 0 Re-Entry 10 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 23
76 67 64 20 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
77 0 New 1 Let The Good Times Roll, JD McPherson 77
78 50 26 4 B4.Da.$$, Joey Bada$$ 4
79 52 56 14 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 22
80 77 86 14 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 19
81 66 34 20 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
82 76 81 17 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
83 82 84 39 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
84 28 – 2 NOW That's What I Call Movies, Various Artists 28
85 84 71 14 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
86 71 49 4 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 13
87 80 82 23 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
88 0 Re-Entry 15 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
89 0 Re-Entry 7 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 8
90 83 – 21 X, Chris Brown 2
91 90 75 12 Globalization, Pitbull 17
92 85 100 15 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 7
93 0 Re-Entry 42 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
94 0 Re-Entry 21 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
95 0 Re-Entry 59 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
96 43 11 3 F.E.A.R., Papa Roach 11
97 92 – 20 Promise To Love: Album IV, Kem 3
98 91 87 12 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
99 0 Re-Entry 19 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
100 0 Re-Entry 2 The Darkness, Twiztid 18

[Gary]

Digital Albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
2 0 New 1 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
3 14 – 6 GG Morning Phase, Beck 3
4 5 8 35 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
5 3 5 33 x, Ed Sheeran 1
6 2 1 16 1989, Taylor Swift 1
7 15 14 18 V, Maroon 5 1
8 11 7 5 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
9 12 16 19 Hozier, Hozier 2
10 23 – 10 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
11 13 10 10 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
12 0 New 1 I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty 12
13 10 4 4 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
14 0 New 1 Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye 14
15 21 – 2 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 15
16 0 New 1 The Last Five Years, Soundtrack 16
17 16 15 16 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
18 0 Re-Entry 31 +, Ed Sheeran 2
19 17 12 9 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 1
20 18 11 28 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
21 6 – 2 Wallflower, Diana Krall 6
22 0 New 1 Holding All The Roses, Blackberry Smoke 22
23 0 New 1 A Piece Of Me (EP), Jacob Whitesides 23
24 7 – 2 NOW 53, Various Artists 7
25 0 Re-Entry 37 Native, OneRepublic 3

[Gary]

Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty 1
2 0 New 1 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance 2
3 0 New 1 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 3
4 5 1 10 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 11 12 7 Hozier, Hozier 2
6 1 – 2 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 1
7 24 – 5 x, Ed Sheeran 7
8 9 5 66 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
9 0 Re-Entry 11 Morning Phase, Beck 1
10 6 3 16 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
11 16 11 52 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
12 8 – 14 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 4
13 15 16 130 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
14 14 15 26 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
15 0 Re-Entry 3 Run The Jewels 2, Run The Jewels 6
16 10 4 4 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 2
17 0 New 1 Holding All The Roses, Blackberry Smoke 17
18 18 – 6 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 15
19 17 25 32 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
20 0 Re-Entry 31 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
21 2 – 2 Hyperview, Title Fight 2
22 20 7 19 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
23 0 Re-Entry 89 For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver 2
24 12 2 4 What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists 1
25 0 New 1 When People Grow, People Go, Blacklisted 25

[Gary]

TAS

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
2 – – 1 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
3 4 4 35 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
4 2 1 16 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 5 5 34 x, Ed Sheeran 1
6 1 – 2 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
7 9 7 4 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 7
8 25 – 29 Morning Phase, Beck 3
9 8 3 5 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
10 13 20 19 Hozier, Hozier 2
11 19 19 24 V, Maroon 5 1
12 – – 1 I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty 12
13 – – 1 A Quien Quiera Escuchar, Ricky Martin 13
14 7 – 2 Wallflower, Diana Krall 7
15 6 – 2 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 6
16 12 8 5 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
17 11 6 4 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
18 18 14 10 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
19 – – 1 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 19
20 14 12 9 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
21 15 13 29 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
22 30 36 24 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
23 – – 1 Holding All The Roses, Blackberry Smoke 23
24 20 21 16 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
25 16 2 3 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 2
26 31 42 11 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
27 28 29 19 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
28 61 56 127 +, Ed Sheeran 5
29 0 Re-Entry 6 Nostalgia, Annie Lennox 10
30 26 10 3 Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson 10
31 42 55 25 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
32 – – 1 The Last Five Years, Soundtrack 32
33 – – 1 Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye 33
34 40 44 18 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
35 – – 1 Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens 35
36 48 85 37 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
37 32 32 10 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
38 24 33 64 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
39 17 – 2 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
40 3 – 2 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 3
41 57 90 21 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
42 0 Re-Entry 97 Native, OneRepublic 4
43 36 27 13 FOUR, One Direction 1
44 49 59 79 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
45 45 47 14 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
46 – – 1 A Piece Of Me (EP), Jacob Whitesides 46
47 10 – 2 Full Speed, Kid Ink 10
48 34 39 16 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
49 54 81 62 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
50 39 31 9 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
51 43 70 52 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
52 22 35 60 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
53 – – 1 Disobedient, Stick To Your Guns 53
54 35 – 2 WOW Gospel 2015, Various Artists 35
55 71 46 9 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
56 46 40 5 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 6
57 38 24 4 The Pale Emperor, Marilyn Manson 6
58 56 41 22 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
59 – – 1 Outlander: Original Television Soundtrack, Vol. 1, Soundtrack 59
60 82 – 14 It's The Girls!, Bette Midler 3
61 – – 1 Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions, Robert Earl Keen 61
62 59 65 13 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
63 62 64 10 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
64 77 – 66 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
65 88 68 14 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
66 37 22 4 What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists 5
67 52 45 5 Reality Show, Jazmine Sullivan 7
68 58 84 126 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
69 60 62 75 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
70 – – 1 Pray: Live, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir 70
71 67 51 11 Annie, Soundtrack 9
72 50 60 11 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
73 55 63 42 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
74 79 76 20 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 15
75 33 9 3 We Will Not Be Shaken, Bethel Music 9
76 72 52 6 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
77 92 – 21 The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium, George Strait 4
78 90 78 19 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
79 0 Re-Entry 7 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
80 74 67 20 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
81 63 83 68 Back In Black, AC/DC 49
82 – – 1 Let The Good Times Roll, JD McPherson 82
83 51 26 4 B4.Da.$$, Joey Bada$$ 4
84 53 58 14 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
85 87 99 13 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
86 0 Re-Entry 100 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
87 89 – 245 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 18
88 73 34 20 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
89 70 89 100 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
90 85 91 17 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
91 94 96 36 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
92 86 – 244 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
93 0 Re-Entry 201 21, Adele 1
94 29 – 2 NOW That's What I Call Movies, Various Artists 29
95 96 77 14 Sonic Highways (Soundtrack), Foo Fighters 2
96 78 50 4 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 13
97 91 93 19 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
98 0 Re-Entry 9 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
99 0 Re-Entry 6 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 8
100 95 – 19 X, Chris Brown 2

[Verisimilitude]

Feb 18, 2015 13:04:37 GMT -5 funkpunkandroll said:

x: 140,000

HITS stated his album sales were 91k (I'm guessing Soundscan would say 90k)

Ed Sheeran’s “X” also posts its highest one week sales total since its debut week, with a 67% gain to 89,000 units, while his debut album “+,” posts a 161% gain.

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nielsen.tumblr.com/

Music Sales

With two big debuts and a full week of sales following the Grammy broadcast, overall album sales are up 30% over last week and up 10% over the same week last year. Year-to-date album sales are up less than 1% over the same period in 2014. Physical CD sales are up 22% over last week, down 7% over the same week as last year and down 6% year-to-date over 2014. Digital album sales are up 39% over last week, up 29% over the same week last year and up 3% year-to-date over 2014. Digital track sales are up 7% over last week, down 9% over the same week last year and down 12% year-to-date over 2014. Track-equivalent album sales are up 22.8% over last week and down 3.9% year-to-date over 2014.

Drake’s surprising Friday release of his new album “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” debuts at number one on the Top Albums chart with 495,000 units sold. It is the biggest one week sales total for any release since Taylor Swift’s “1989” opened with 1.3 million units sold in November 2014. All four of Drake’s full-length albums have debuted at No. 1 and it is his third highest one week sales total to date.

The soundtrack to “Fifty Shades Of Grey” debuts at No. 2 with 210,000 units sold. It is the highest debut for a multi-artist movie soundtrack since “The Great Gatsby” entered at No. 2 in May 2013 and it is the biggest first week sales total for a multi-artist movie soundtrack since “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’” sold 317,000 units in 2005.

Other new entries in the top 30 include Father John Misty No. 12, Ricky Martin No. 13, Juan Gabriel No. 19 and Blackberry Smoke No. 23.

Last week, a number of Grammy performers and winners had strong sales increases just from digital sales the night of the broadcast. With a full week of sales activity now posted for this week, those artists continue to get a big payoff from the show. Sam Smith edges 4-3 with a 118% sales increase to 124,000 units, the highest one week sales total for the album since its first week of release in June 2014. Ed Sheeran’s “X” also posts its highest one week sales total since its debut week, with a 67% gain to 89,000 units, while his debut album “+,” posts a 161% gain. The “2015 Grammy Nominees” compilation moves 9-7 with a 92% increase. Album of the year winner Beck leaps 25-8 with a 466% gain and Hozier’s self-titled album jumps 13-10 with a 62% gain. Other big movers from Grammy performers include Sia 30-22 (+117%), AC/DC 31-26 (+63%), Annie Lennox 134-29 (+341%), Ariana Grande 42-31 (+71%), Miranda Lambert 48-36 (+72%) and Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 57-41 (+76%).


Streaming

Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” remains at No. 1 on the Weekly Combined Stream Playlist for the fourth straight week and fifth overall, with 18.2 million streams, one of three songs this week to post streaming totals over ten million. Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” holds at No. 2 with 14.2 million and Hozier’s “Take Me To Church” remains at No. 3 with 11.7 million.

Sam Smith’s “I’m Not The Only One” jumps 10-6, Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You Do” leaps 16-7 and Sia’s “Chandelier” vaults 17-8.

Other big movers include The Weeknd’s “Earned It” 27-18, Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen” 46-27, Taylor Swift’s “Style” debuting at No. 37, Sam Smith’s “Lay Me Down” 67-49 and Nicki Minaj’s “Truffle Butter” 79-50.

Country

Blackberry Smoke score their first number one album as “Holding All The Roses” debuts at the top of the Country Albums chart with 19,000 units sold. It surpasses the No. 8 peak of their last studio album, “The Whippoorwill,” in 2012.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Hard rock sales:

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-218-gunning-for-sales

Confession time: I, like many other fine gentlemen wanting to make their Valentines happy, ended up having to go to the movies last weekend to see Fifty Shades of Grey. Surprisingly, it was not the worst movie I’ve ever seen. I’m just glad I didn’t have to read the damn thing. The best thing to come out of that movie? Probably the soundtrack, which debuted at number two on the charts. Honestly, that Annie Lennox cover of “I Put A Spell On You” is pretty damn good. I’m not sure where I was going with this but the moral of the story is always hope that The Rolling Stones are on the movie soundtrack because it’ll make it a bit better. Unless you don’t like ‘em, in which case you’re on you’re own. By the way, we have some metal debuts for ya.



Notable Debuts:

Stick To Your Guns, Disobedient (Sumerian) #51, 7,825 sold

The band’s fifth album is out, bringing the hardcore act a solid debut.



Blacklisted, When People Grow, People Go (Deathwish) 1,275 sold

This Philly hardcore band gets a good start on the charts.



Marduk, Frontschwein (Century Media) 1,150 sold

It’s lucky album thirteen for these black metal vets.



Feed Her To The Sharks, Fortitude (Victory) 890 sold

The third album from this Australian act whose name makes me think of Piranha 3D.



Exhumed, Gore Metal: A Necrospective (Relapse) 600 sold

A rerecording of the band’s 1998 debut album packaged with the original album.



Call of the Void, Ageless (Relapse) 280 sold

The second album from this crusty, sludgy, hardcore act.





Notable Sales:

AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #26, 14,600 sold

This gets a nice post-Grammy boost of 63%.



Marilyn Manson, The Pale Emperor (Loma Vista) #55, 7,275 sold

A certain other pale emperor has some thoughts on Manson’s new album.



Slipknot, .5: The Grey Chapter (Roadrunner) #82, 4,750 sold

A 14% boost is greyt.



Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #85, 4,500 sold

A way high boost of 20%.



Papa Roach, F.E.A.R. (Eleven Seven) #96, 3,925 sold

A drop of 41% after selling over 35,000.



In This Moment, Black Widow (Atlantic) #154, 2,425 sold

A 20% boost is killer.



I Prevail, Heart Vs. Mind (Self-Released) #174, 2,075 sold

According to the band’s Facebook, they have no bass player. Even Taylor Swift has a bass player.



Godsmack, 1000hp (Universal Republic) #182, 1,950 sold

A 39% boost brings this back up after dropping off last week.



The Pretty Reckless, Going To Hell (Razor & Tie) #183, 1,950 sold

A 20% boost? Pretty nice.



Blind Guardian, Beyond The Red Mirror (Nuclear Blast) #189, 1,875 sold

A 63% drop in week two.



Avenged Sevenfold, Hail To The King (Warner Bros.) #196, 1,800 sold

This has nearly sold 565,000 copies.



Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Vol. 2 (Prospect Park) #200, 1,700 sold

And I was beginning to fear I’d never see this album on here again.



Napalm Death, Apex Predator – Easy Meat (Century Media) 825 sold

A 37% drop ain’t easy.



Amaranthe, Massive Addictive (Spinefarm) 400 sold

This is still picking up sales with a 26% boost.



Stars In Stereo, Leave Your Mark (Hundred Handed) 320 sold

The band’s tour with Bush is bringing in some numbers.



Venom, From The Very Depths (Spinefarm) 300 sold

This sadly is heading into the depths.



Erra, Moment of Clarity (Sumerian) 245 sold

The band’s current tour brings this EP back up.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Country album sales this week:

roughstock.com/news/2015/02/33001-country-album-chart-report-february-19-2015/

Top 10 CNTRY Artist Album Week
Total Scans
1 Blackberry Smoke Holding All The Roses 19,200 19,200
2 Sam Hunt Montevallo 17,000 319,400
3 Jason Aldean Old Boots New Dirt 14,000 841,800
4 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 10,900 567,100
5 Miranda Lambert Platinum 10,600 637,400
6 Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 10,300 281,400
7 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 9,100 2,379,300
8 Garth Brooks Man Against Machine 8,500 591,200
9 Eric Church The Outsiders 7,900 853,300
10 Robert Earl Keen Happy Prisoner: Bluegrass 6,700 6,700
11 George Strait The Cowboy Rides Away 5,600 308,900
12 Zac Brown Band Greatest Hits...So Far 5,000 113,900
13 Blake Shelton Bringing Back The Sunshine
4,800 326,500
14 Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 4,600 734,000
15 Chase Rice Ignite The Night 4,400 172,900
Notables -- Kenny Chesney The Big Revival 3,800 339,500
-- Tim McGraw Sundown Heaven Town 3,700 234,000
-- Cole Swindell Cole Swindell 3,500 325,300
-- Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds In... 3,500 103,500
-- Thomas Rhett It Goes Like This 3,000 233,400
-- Brandy Clark 12 Stories (WB Re-Release) 2,900 6,700 37000 original
-- Love and Theft Whiskey On My Breath 2,900 2,900
-- Keith Urban Fuse 1,600 433,900
Chris Young A.M. 1,400 239,300
Rosanne Cash The River And The Thread 1,300 94,000
Big & Rich Gravity 1,000 28,800
Trisha Yearwood PrizeFighter 900 44,700
Hunter Hayes Storyline 800 179,100
Dan+Shay Where It All Began 700 112,600
Home Free Crazy Life 500 22,600

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www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.32614/title.hip-hop-album-sales-drake-nicki-minaj-j-cole

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 02/15/2015

Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard's new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album's streaming count is available in brackets.

#1. Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late - 535,054 (494,746) [14,552,821]

#12. Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint – 48,839 (22,009) [11,746,341]

#13. Mark Ronson - Uptown Special - 42,269 (7,389) [6,096,837]

#16. J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive – 31,207 (22,386) [7,112,768]

#24. Ne-Yo – Non-Fiction – 23,475 (15,779) [3,039,797]

#34. Beyonce - Beyonce - 16,961 (8,083) [4,881,298]

#39. Rae Sremmurd – Sremmlife – 16,310 (5,679) [5,276,403]

#41. Pitbull – Globalization – 16,208 (4,201) [3,754,656]

#45. Kid Ink - Full Speed - 13,067 (8,131) [3,119,037]

#48. John Legend - Love In The Future - 12,566 (6,561) [2,437,221]

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6480187/nicki-minaj-pinkprint

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Nicki Minaj's 'The Pinkprint' Reaches 500,000 in Sales
By Keith Caulfield | February 20, 2015 10:13 PM EST

-- Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint - No. 12 -- With another 22,000 copies sold in the week ending Feb. 15, according to Nielsen Music, the album's total sales drive past 500,000 (509,000 to be more precise). It's Minaj's third album (of three) to sell a half-million, following Pink Friday (1.93 million) and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (905,000).

-- Marvin Gaye, Let's Get It On - No. 52 -- The album, which re-enters at No. 52, was sale priced for the rock bottom price of just 99 cents during the week in the Google Play store, sparking the bulk of its 11,000 sales for the week (up from basically nothing the week previous). Let's Get It On has been absent from the chart since 1984.

-- Bette Midler, It's the Girls! - No. 107 -- The Divine Miss M's album logs its best sales week (nearly 7,000; up 57 percent) since the week ending Dec. 28, 2014, thanks to the set's advertisement in Target and Best Buy circulars, and in-store promotion at Walmart. The set zooms 173-107.

-- For King & Country, Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. - No. 144 -- Sales of the album generated at concerts in the Southeast during stops along the Winter Jam tour help pump the album to a 43 percent unit gain (and a 55 percent leap in pure album sales). It climbs 175-144.

-- Norah Jones, Come Away With Me – No. 151 -- The album was promoted by iTunes as a Valentine's Day essential, and for a discounted price. In turn, the album's sales rise by 181 percent to 4,000 for the week (and a re-entry at No. 151).

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ttp://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6480195/grammy-awards-2015-impact-analysis-post-show-sales-rise-by-87-percent

Grammy Awards 2015 Impact Analysis: Post-Show Sales Rise by 87 Percent
By Keith Caulfield | February 21, 2015 3:15 PM EST

Sales of Albums by 2015 Grammy Awards Performers:

In computing sales of Grammy-impacted albums, we looked at the biggest-selling title of the Feb. 15 week by each performer on the show. In total, those 31 titles sold a combined 729,000 in the two weeks ending Feb. 15 (up 116 percent compared to the two previous weeks: 337,000).

Our album calculations include the soundtrack to Selma, which was showcased in the Grammy Awards finale by John Legend, Common and Beyonce.

The biggest seller of the two-week period was Smith's In the Lonely Hour, which moved 181,000 (up 169 percent).

Let's break down the sales figures even further, looking at each week individually: 479,000 in the week ending Feb. 15; 251,000 in the week ending Feb. 8; 171,000 in the week ending Feb. 1 and 166,000 in the week ending Jan. 25.

[bL]argest Sales Gains of 2015 Grammy Awards Performers Albums:[/b]
Smith -- who won four Grammy Awards during the show (and all four were televised) -- collects the largest unit album unit gain for the two weeks ending Feb. 15 with In the Lonely Hour. It album sold 181,000 in those two weeks, gaining by 114,000 (up 168 percent).

Beck's surprise win for album of the year with Morning Phase collected the second-largest unit gain, as it was up by 73,000. It sold 75,000 copies in the two weeks ending Feb. 15 -- up from just 2,000 in the two weeks prior.

Smith and Beck are followed by Sheeran's X (up 70,000 to 142,000; rising from 72,000 in the two earlier weeks), Hozier's self-titled album (up 24,000 to 55,000; rising from 31,000 in the two earlier weeks) and Maroon 5's V (up 15,000 to 47,000; rising from 32,000 in the two earlier weeks). (The latter album is included in our analysis as the band's frontman Adam Levine performed on the show.)

Largest Percentage Gains of 2015 Grammy Awards Performers Albums:
Beck's Morning Phase rose by a whopping 3,344 percent sales increase for the two weeks ending Feb. 15. It sold 75,000 in that span of time -- up from just 2,000 in the two previous weeks.

Next in line on the bigger percentage gainers list: Lennox's Nostalgia (up 509 percent to 15,000, up from 3,000 in the two earlier weeks), Clark's 12 Stories (up 418 percent to 5,000, up from 1,000), Electric Light Orchestra's All Over the World: The Very Best Of… (up 238 percent to 5,000, up from 1,000) and Juanes' Loco De Amor (up 172 percent to 1,000, up from a negligible figure).

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www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/Bulletin/february-20-2015-billboard-bulletin.pdf

5,925,000 albums were sold in the US last week.

2,845,000 were digital albums.

3,080,000 were cds, cassettes and vinyl albums.

More figures:

Category - 2015 - 2014 - Change

Total Albums - 32,965,000 - 32,893,000 - +0.2%

CD - 15,591,000 - 16,564,000 - -5.9%
Digital - 15,819,000 - 15,343,000 - +3.1%
Vinyl - 1,480,000 - 946,000 - +56.4%
Other - 76,000 - 41,000 - +85.4%

Current - 16,225,000 - 16,115,000 - +0.7%

Catalog - 16,740,000 - 16,778,000 - -0.2%
Deep Catalog - 13,877,000 - 13,685,000 - +1.4%

Digital Tracks - 156,212,000 - 176,736,000 - -11.6%
Store Singles - 521,000 - 278,000 - +87.4%

Catalog = albums over 18 months old
Deep Catalog = albums over 3 years old

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks for posting. It's great to see vinyl creep its way back up. A new turntable is on my list of to-get items.

[funkpunkandroll]

It is great to see vinyl sales reaching new heights. :)