Billboard 200 3/7 - Imagine Dragons #1 w/ 195,000

[Taylor.]

Imagine Dragons Slay at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

The band earns its first No. 1 album with 'Smoke + Mirrors.'

Imagine Dragons earns its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the rock band's Smoke + Mirrors debuts in the top slot.

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). Smoke + Mirrors was released on Feb. 17 through KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records, and moved 195,000 units in the week ending Feb. 22, according to Nielsen Music. Pure album sales comprised 89 percent (or 172,000) of that figure.

That 172,000 sum is easily the group's biggest sales week yet, more than doubling their previous best -- 83,000 -- registered when their first full-length album, Night Visions, debuted and peaked at No. 2 in its first frame.

So far, Night Visions has sold 2.5 million copies to date, and has never left the Billboard 200 chart since its debut 129 weeks ago. (It's only spent two weeks outside of the top 100, too.) Night Visions spawned three top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "It's Time" (peaking at No. 15), "Radioactive" (No. 3) and "Demons" (No. 6). Of those, "Radioactive" also hit No. 1 on the Alternative Songs airplay chart (spending 13 weeks atop the list).

The band's new album was led by the single "I Bet My Life," which reached No. 3 on the Alternative tally.

Smoke + Mirrors is the lone debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, as the next highest new entry is found at No. 14, where Aaron Watson's Underdog starts with 28,000 units.

Last week's No. 1, Drake's surprise release If You're Reading This It's Too Late, falls to No. 2 with 187,000 units (down 65 percent). It has sold 624,000 copies since its release (equating to a little more than 10 days on sale). Meanwhile, the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack also falls one rung to No. 3 in its second week on the chart, moving 165,000 units (down 36 percent).

The top three titles on the Billboard 200 are distributed by Universal Music Group Distribution for a second consecutive week -- the first time a company has done so in nearly three years. The last time it happened was on the charts dated June 2 and June 9, 2012, when Sony Music Distribution claimed the top three.

Taylor Swift's 1989 climbs 5-4 with 93,000 units (down 26 percent) and Ed Sheeran's x descends 4-5 with 81,000 units (down 42 percent). Many of the titles on the chart -- like Sheeran's -- are adjusting back to normal sales patterns (and thus decline in units) following gains earned in the week previous by exposure from the Grammy Awards (Feb. 8).

Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour falls 3-6 with 72,000 units (down 56 percent), Maroon 5's V is up 10-7 with 47,000 units (its highest rank since it was No. 7 on the Oct. 18, 2014-dated chart ­-- though it's down by 26 percent), and Meghan Trainor's Title drops 6-8 with 44,000 units (down 29 percent).

After a brief dip outside of the top 10, Nicki Minaj's The Pinkprint returns to the region (12-9 with 41,000 units; down 15 percent), and Hozier's self-titled album also climbs back into the top 10 (11-10 with 40,000; down 33 percent).

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6480541/imagine-dragons-no-1-billboard-200-chart

[HolidayGuy]

Good to see another album debut on top, with decent numbers. Though would be welcome if Billboard reported the total album sales for the week.

[Enigma.]

Awesome numbers for 50 Shades of Grey, 390k in two weeks

[areyoureadytojump]

www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.32706/title.hip-hop-album-sales-drake-nicki-minaj-j-cole-2

Hip Hop Album Sales: Drake, Nicki Minaj, J. Cole
by Jay Balfour

posted Wednesday February 25, 2015 at 10:00AM PST | 3 comments

Drake falls to #2 but breaks Gold in the second week since his album was released.

The Billboard 200 has a new #1, as Imagine Dragons have knocked Drake's latest album down to the runner-up position. The latest sales report still brings good news for the Toronto rapper as Drake has passed the required numbers for a Gold album certification, adding on another 129,000 sales this period. At the same time, Drake's fellow Young Money superstar Nicki Minaj made her way back into the Top 10 after falling to #12 last week.

Lower down the list, J. Cole holds on tight at #16, Ne-Yo sees a three-spot boost and Rae Sremmurd gain back 10 spots from last week's dip.

Drake Breaks Gold, Falls To #2

After his surprise release propelled him to the top of the charts last week, Drake's If Youre Reading This Its Too Late officially broke the Gold record milestone with his latest sales report. The album, which has raised questions about Drake's current status at Cash Money, sold another 129,118 units as of Sunday (February 22). The latest numbers push Drake well over the half-a-million mark with 623,864 albums sold in a span of less than two weeks.

Meanwhile, Drake's streaming numbers are far and away the highest on the charts with more than three times the streams of the closest runner-up. In the same sales period, Drake pushed more than 260,000 single song sales from the album.

Nicki Minaj Reenters The Top 10

Following a single week outside of the Top 10, Nicki Minaj is back up to #9 despite putting up less impressive numbers than last week. Minaj finally saw her album push past the Gold certification last week and put up another 16,726 album sales over the most recent sales period. The new numbers bring the The Pinkprint's total to 525,748 albums sold since its release late in 2014.

J. Cole Stays Steady At #16

While he seems to have fallen out of the Top 10 for good, J. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive held on to its #16 spot for another week with just over 17,000 albums sold. Now with 785,477 copies of his third album out the door, Cole saw the project streamed more than 6.5 million times over the past week.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 02/22/2015

#2. Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late - 187,225 (129,118) [48,028,377]

#9. Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint – 41,445 (16,726) [11,008,192]

#12. Mark Ronson - Uptown Special - 35,041 (4,944) [5,937,227]

#16. J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive – 25,335 (17,366) [6,526,738]

#21. Ne-Yo – Non-Fiction – 16,512 (9,575) [2,565,699]

#25. Pitbull – Globalization – 14,635 (2,945) [3,743,652]

#29. Rae Sremmurd – Sremmlife – 13,894 (4,587) [4,967,416]

#31. Raheem Devaughn - Love Sex Passion - 13,099 (12,639) [76,381]

#36. Beyonce - Beyonce - 11,861 (5,068) [4,068,714]

#51. Kid Ink - Full Speed - 8,977 (5,202) [2,592,131]

[areyoureadytojump]

keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/22/15)

1) Imagine Dragons – Smoke + Mirrors –
2) Drake – If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late –
3) Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack –

Other Debuts

8) Aaron Watson – Underdog –
19) Raheem Devaughn – Love Sex Passion –
21) Steve Earle & The Dukes – Terraplane –
28) Elle King – Love Stuff –

[Gary]

Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
2 1 – 2 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
3 2 – 2 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
4 5 1 17 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 4 3 35 x, Ed Sheeran 1
6 3 4 36 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
7 10 9 25 V, Maroon 5 1
8 6 6 6 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
9 12 8 10 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
10 11 12 20 Hozier, Hozier 2
11 7 2 3 NOW 53, Various Artists 2
12 13 11 6 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 5
13 14 13 5 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
14 0 New 1 The Underdog, Aaron Watson 14
15 18 18 17 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
16 16 19 11 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
17 9 15 5 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 9
18 19 20 26 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
19 15 23 30 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
20 46 43 129 GG Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
21 24 16 4 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 5
22 26 24 30 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
23 8 39 30 Morning Phase, Beck 3
24 33 34 15 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
25 41 28 13 Globalization, Pitbull 18
26 31 26 14 FOUR, One Direction 1
27 27 5 3 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 5
28 30 30 20 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
29 39 31 7 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
30 37 36 80 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
31 0 New 1 Love Sex Passion, Raheem DeVaughn 31
32 23 21 6 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
33 35 27 11 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
34 38 37 19 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
35 44 29 65 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
36 34 33 63 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
37 28 47 132 +, Ed Sheeran 5
38 32 45 100 Native, OneRepublic 4
39 0 New 1 Terraplane, Steve Earle & The Dukes 39
40 0 Re-Entry 54 The Definitive Collection, Stevie Wonder 35
41 56 49 6 Chapter One, Ella Henderson 11
42 21 10 3 Wallflower, Diana Krall 10
43 36 17 69 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
44 22 7 3 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 7
45 0 New 1 Love Stuff, Elle King 45
46 54 46 16 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
47 51 48 24 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
48 0 Re-Entry 82 Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder 1
49 62 62 21 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
50 25 – 2 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 25
51 45 14 3 Full Speed, Kid Ink 14
52 49 42 54 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
53 57 83 12 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
54 42 51 38 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
55 59 58 23 X, Chris Brown 2
56 43 54 12 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
57 0 New 1 Mono, The Mavericks 57
58 48 44 75 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
59 83 68 17 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
60 121 53 4 PS We Will Not Be Shaken, Bethel Music 12
61 116 112 25 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
62 76 103 103 Take Care, Drake 1
63 17 – 2 I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty 17
64 70 87 71 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
65 72 70 160 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
66 60 61 76 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
67 20 – 2 A Quien Quiera Escuchar, Ricky Martin 20
68 55 25 3 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 25
69 66 72 344 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
70 73 97 51 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
71 61 81 11 Prayer, Robin Schulz 42
72 0 New 1 Vestiges & Claws, Jose Gonzalez 72
73 79 79 116 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
74 74 65 73 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
75 47 41 4 Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson 17
76 64 52 108 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
77 69 86 68 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
78 63 57 21 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
79 94 69 352 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
80 82 60 13 For You, Selena Gomez 24
81 95 111 51 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
82 99 95 203 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
83 68 75 15 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
84 88 120 121 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
85 77 71 41 The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 3
86 101 90 27 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
87 111 98 96 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
88 91 106 42 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
89 100 91 31 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
90 67 22 199 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
91 89 99 209 21, Adele 1
92 97 85 6 Reality Show, Jazmine Sullivan 12
93 110 89 32 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
94 90 76 214 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
95 114 119 34 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
96 40 – 9 Nostalgia, Annie Lennox 10
97 108 116 206 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
98 87 73 166 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
99 80 55 5 The Pale Emperor, Marilyn Manson 8
100 148 96 14 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part I, Soundtrack 18
101 96 88 24 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
102 129 113 88 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
103 153 172 82 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
104 122 109 73 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
105 127 101 18 Sadnecessary, Milky Chance 17
106 92 94 30 Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You, Queen 42
107 105 100 60 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
108 144 – 12 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
109 98 118 14 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
110 78 117 49 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
111 133 141 106 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
112 140 135 229 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
113 188 180 84 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
114 84 63 17 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
115 58 124 21 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
116 124 80 4 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
117 0 Re-Entry 123 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
118 86 92 11 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
119 119 127 97 Red, Taylor Swift 1
120 112 122 40 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
121 65 56 10 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
122 163 159 137 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 6
123 93 64 3 WOW Gospel 2015, Various Artists 64
124 113 128 23 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
125 126 105 18 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
126 123 114 77 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
127 103 59 5 What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists 7
128 130 121 43 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
129 115 82 49 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
130 141 134 304 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
131 145 133 10 Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition, Kevin Gates 38
132 147 192 24 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
133 125 110 12 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
134 0 Re-Entry 285 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
135 135 125 18 Paperwork, T.I. 2
136 152 145 55 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
137 177 171 178 Recovery, Eminem 1
138 120 108 40 Ghost Stories, Coldplay 1
139 137 – 94 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
140 134 142 22 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
141 0 Re-Entry 29 Formula: Vol. 2, Romeo Santos 5
142 197 149 20 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 109
143 183 160 195 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
144 167 175 10 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
145 29 – 2 Holding All The Roses, Blackberry Smoke 29
146 117 74 5 B4.Da.$$, Joey Bada$$ 5
147 0 New 1 Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me, Soundtrack 147
148 132 169 9 The Young OG Project, Fabolous 12
149 161 153 64 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
150 0 Re-Entry 33 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
151 155 138 22 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
152 168 163 36 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
153 106 115 13 Annie, Soundtrack 12
154 131 93 15 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
155 162 158 237 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
156 139 136 18 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
157 0 Re-Entry 99 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 4
158 50 – 2 The Last Five Years, Soundtrack 50
159 71 102 15 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
160 138 – 64 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
161 0 New 1 Empire: Music From Our Dancing Days (EP), Soundtrack 161
162 0 New 1 The Best Of Foreigner 4 & More, Foreigner 162
163 156 140 156 Dark Horse, Nickelback 2
164 172 162 44 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
165 81 126 10 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 8
166 0 New 1 Ibeyi, Ibeyi 166
167 0 Re-Entry 23 A.M., Chris Young 3
168 158 137 29 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
169 0 Re-Entry 62 The 1975, The 1975 28
170 170 189 56 Graduation, Kanye West 1
171 187 196 97 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
172 171 156 40 Testimony, August Alsina 2
173 185 168 15 Under Pressure, Logic 4
174 149 152 13 ShadyXV, Various Artists 3
175 166 – 3 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 27
176 0 Re-Entry 40 Sex And Love, Enrique Iglesias 8
177 154 186 192 1, The Beatles 1
178 0 Re-Entry 3 Sex Playlist, Omarion 49
179 192 198 21 747, Lady Antebellum 2
180 102 123 23 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
181 136 165 21 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 16
182 182 – 78 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
183 190 193 178 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
184 146 154 21 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
185 181 174 216 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
186 193 197 65 Watch The Throne, Jay Z Kanye West 1
187 189 – 119 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
188 169 151 100 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
189 0 Re-Entry 92 I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 1
190 184 148 5 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 18
191 0 Re-Entry 88 Overexposed, Maroon 5 2
192 194 144 13 Listen, David Guetta 22
193 0 Re-Entry 52 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
194 0 Re-Entry 5 The Essential Paul Simon, Paul Simon 42
195 200 – 229 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1
196 0 Re-Entry 896 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
197 150 143 16 Bring You Back, Brett Eldredge 11
198 0 Re-Entry 71 Rocket Man: Number Ones, Elton John 9
199 0 Re-Entry 335 Metallica, Metallica 1
200 199 195 87 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11

[Gary]

TCA

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

[Gary]

Catalog


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 3 3 16 #1 2 wks GG Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
2 0 Re-Entry 2 Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder 2
3 0 Re-Entry 172 The Definitive Collection, Stevie Wonder 1
4 1 4 54 +, Ed Sheeran 1
5 4 2 511 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
6 12 9 32 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
7 7 11 994 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
8 5 5 847 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
9 9 10 1151 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
10 11 14 130 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
11 15 37 34 Take Care, Drake 2
12 10 16 63 21, Adele 1
13 0 Re-Entry 172 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 2
14 25 20 7 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 14
15 27 17 128 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
16 19 22 23 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
17 6 24 30 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
18 31 18 202 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
19 8 7 13 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 4
20 23 19 141 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
21 16 12 57 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
22 35 28 1143 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
23 50 41 91 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 1
24 18 25 13 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
25 0 Re-Entry 528 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
26 36 26 17 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
27 26 27 21 Red, Taylor Swift 2
28 22 – 35 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 3
29 13 15 80 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
30 38 32 256 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
31 29 – 6 The College Dropout, Kanye West 3
32 48 – 83 The Slim Shady LP, Eminem 3
33 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Number 1's, Stevie Wonder 33
34 20 35 8 Trilogy, The Weeknd 20
35 30 40 777 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
36 0 Re-Entry 697 Metallica, Metallica 1
37 21 – 5 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 9
38 24 1 65 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
39 40 34 25 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 26
40 49 39 317 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
41 0 Re-Entry 99 Nevermind, Nirvana 2
42 0 Re-Entry 74 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
43 0 Re-Entry 114 Fearless, Taylor Swift 3
44 47 43 123 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 7
45 0 Re-Entry 55 RIOT!, Paramore 3
46 34 23 122 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
47 39 49 457 1, The Beatles 1
48 0 Re-Entry 138 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
49 44 44 7 Into The Light, Matthew West 14
50 0 Re-Entry 137 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 1

[Gary]

TAS

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
2 1 – 2 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
3 2 – 2 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
4 4 2 17 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 3 4 36 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
6 5 5 35 x, Ed Sheeran 1
7 6 1 3 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
8 – – 1 The Underdog, Aaron Watson 8
9 9 8 6 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
10 7 9 5 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 7
11 10 13 20 Hozier, Hozier 2
12 18 18 11 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
13 20 14 10 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
14 17 11 5 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
15 11 19 25 V, Maroon 5 1
16 21 15 30 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
17 24 20 17 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
18 8 25 30 Morning Phase, Beck 3
19 – – 1 Love Sex Passion, Raheem DeVaughn 19
20 16 12 6 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
21 – – 1 Terraplane, Steve Earle & The Dukes 21
22 14 7 3 Wallflower, Diana Krall 7
23 15 6 3 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 6
24 68 58 127 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
25 25 16 4 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 2
26 27 28 20 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
27 19 – 2 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 19
28 38 24 65 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
29 – – 1 Love Stuff, Elle King 29
30 22 30 25 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
31 26 31 12 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
32 – – 1 Mono, The Mavericks 32
33 75 33 4 We Will Not Be Shaken, Bethel Music 9
34 34 40 19 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
35 0 Re-Entry 2 Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder 35
36 31 42 26 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
37 39 17 3 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
38 13 – 2 A Quien Quiera Escuchar, Ricky Martin 13
39 12 – 2 I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty 12
40 37 32 11 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
41 30 26 4 Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson 10
42 0 Re-Entry 54 The Definitive Collection, Stevie Wonder 35
43 – – 1 Vestiges & Claws, Jose Gonzalez 43
44 28 61 128 +, Ed Sheeran 5
45 43 36 14 FOUR, One Direction 1
46 44 49 80 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
47 29 – 7 Nostalgia, Annie Lennox 10
48 40 3 3 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 3
49 48 34 17 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
50 67 52 6 Reality Show, Jazmine Sullivan 7
51 47 10 3 Full Speed, Kid Ink 10
52 41 57 22 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
53 54 35 3 WOW Gospel 2015, Various Artists 35
54 97 91 20 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
55 49 54 63 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
56 36 48 38 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
57 62 59 14 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
58 57 38 5 The Pale Emperor, Marilyn Manson 6
59 56 46 6 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 6
60 51 43 53 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
61 69 60 76 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
62 98 – 10 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
63 73 55 43 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
64 76 72 7 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
65 50 39 10 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
66 66 37 5 What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, The Decemberists 5
67 72 50 12 The London Sessions, Mary J. Blige 9
68 52 22 61 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
69 23 – 2 Holding All The Roses, Blackberry Smoke 23
70 45 45 15 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
71 42 – 98 Native, OneRepublic 4
72 0 Re-Entry 84 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
73 87 89 246 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 18
74 63 62 11 Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, K. Michelle 6
75 74 79 21 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 15
76 80 74 21 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
77 81 63 69 Back In Black, AC/DC 49
78 – – 1 Ibeyi, Ibeyi 78
79 58 56 23 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
80 92 86 245 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
81 0 Re-Entry 15 Anomaly, Lecrae 1
82 64 77 67 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
83 0 Re-Entry 198 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
84 65 88 15 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
85 32 – 2 The Last Five Years, Soundtrack 32
86 0 Re-Entry 95 Take Care, Drake 1
87 96 78 5 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 13
88 78 90 20 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
89 55 71 10 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
90 79 – 8 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
91 – – 1 Time And Trauma, 36 Crazyfists 91
92 93 – 202 21, Adele 1
93 84 53 15 Lost On The River, The New Basement Tapes 23
94 100 95 20 X, Chris Brown 2
95 90 85 18 .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot 1
96 35 – 2 Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens 35
97 0 Re-Entry 7 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 97
98 0 Re-Entry 55 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 11
99 71 67 12 Annie, Soundtrack 9
100 91 94 37 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2

[Gary]

Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 – 2 #1 2 wks I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty 1
2 7 24 6 x, Ed Sheeran 2
3 12 8 15 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 3
4 5 11 8 Hozier, Hozier 2
5 8 9 67 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
6 0 New 1 Vestiges & Claws, Jose Gonzalez 6
7 16 10 5 No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney 2
8 0 New 1 Supersonic Home, Adventures 8
9 0 New 1 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 9
10 14 14 27 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
11 4 5 11 1989, Taylor Swift 1
12 10 6 17 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
13 0 New 1 Terraplane, Steve Earle & The Dukes 13
14 11 16 53 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
15 20 – 32 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
16 0 New 1 Agaetis Byrjun, Sigur Ros 16
17 0 New 1 So Delicious!, The Reverend Peyton's Big Dam Band 17
18 2 – 2 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance 2
19 3 – 2 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 3
20 18 18 7 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 15
21 13 15 131 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
22 0 New 1 Let Love In, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 22
23 0 Re-Entry 10 Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs 1
24 19 17 33 Lazaretto, Jack White 1
25 0 Re-Entry 16 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1

[Gary]

Digital albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 – 2 #1 2 wks If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 2
3 2 – 2 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
4 6 2 17 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 0 New 1 The Underdog, Aaron Watson 5
6 5 3 34 x, Ed Sheeran 1
7 4 5 36 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
8 11 13 11 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
9 7 15 19 V, Maroon 5 1
10 9 12 20 Hozier, Hozier 2
11 17 16 17 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
12 13 10 5 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
13 8 11 6 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
14 20 18 29 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
15 19 17 10 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 1
16 0 New 1 Love Sex Passion, Raheem DeVaughn 16
17 0 New 1 Love Stuff, Elle King 17
18 3 14 7 Morning Phase, Beck 3
19 0 New 1 Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder 19
20 24 7 3 NOW 53, Various Artists 7
21 0 Re-Entry 94 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
22 10 23 11 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
23 0 New 1 Vestiges & Claws, Jose Gonzalez 23
24 0 Re-Entry 4 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
25 0 Re-Entry 58 Frozen, Soundtrack 1

[Verisimilitude]

An album getting 48 million streams in a week? How is that even possible? :o :o :o

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nielsen.tumblr.com/

Music Sales

Despite a new number one debut, overall album sales are down 22% over last week’s post-Grammy week sales gains, and down 4% over the same week last year.

Year-to-date album sales are flat over the same period in 2014.

Physical CD sales are down 22% over last week, down 17% over the same week last year and down 7% year-to-date over 2014.

Digital album sales are down 23% over last week, up 9% over the same week last year and up 4% year-to-date over 2014.

Imagine Dragons’ sophomore album “Smoke + Mirrors” debuts at number one on the Top Albums chart with 172,000 units sold. It is their first chart-topping album and more than doubles their previous best one week sales total. Their 2012 debut album “Night Visions” peaked at No. 2 and leaps 68-24 in its 129th week on the chart, posting a 52% sales increase. Two other albums post sales totals over 100,000 units this week. Drake’s “If You’re Reading This..” drops to No. 2 with 129,000 and the “Fifty Shades Of Grey” soundtrack falls to No. 3 with 115,000 units.

Other debuts in the top 30 include Aaron Watson No. 8, Raheem Devaughn No. 19, Steve Earle No. 21 and Elle King No. 29.

Country

Three songs debut in the top five on the Country Albums chart, with Aaron Watson’s “The Underdog” entering at No. 1 with 26,000 units sold. It is his first chart-topping release and second straight top ten album.

Steve Earle’s “Terraplane” debuts at No. 3, his highest Country peak in the SoundScan era and The Mavericks enter at No. 5, also scoring their highest chart peak.

[divasummer]

Sia's current cd is holding up very well since it's jump after The "Elastic Heart" video and the Grammy's jump. Too bad she didn't receive more airplay for "Elastic Heart".

[areyoureadytojump]

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-226-the-way-of-the-crazy-fist

Metal By Numbers 2/26: The way of the crazy fist
Posted by Matt Brown

Notable Debuts:

36 Crazyfists, Time and Trauma (Spinefarm) #80, 3,525 sold

With its first studio release in five years, 36 Crazyfists has nabbed its best debut yet.

Sumac, The Deal (Profound Lore) 570 sold

Aaron Turner’s latest project in his post-Isis career gets its debut.

Like a Storm, Awaken The Fire (Century Media) 270 sold

I have no idea who these guys are but they’re classified as hard rock/alt metal and they’re on Century Media. These numbers are also early and so aren’t considered the band’s actual debut.

Notable Sales:

AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #30, 8,000 sold

A 45% drop with over 485,000 sold. They’ll have another in a long line of gold albums in less than three weeks.


Marilyn Manson, The Pale Emperor (Loma Vista) #54, 4,975 sold

A 32% drop isn’t so merry-lyn (was that too much of a stretch?).


Slipknot, .5: The Grey Chapter (Roadrunner) #83, 3,450 sold

A 28% drop, but this is close to the 300,000 mark.


Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #90, 3,150 sold

A 30% drop in week 15.


Papa Roach, F.E.A.R. (Eleven Seven) #110, 2,675 sold

I’m afraid this took a 32% drop.


In This Moment, Black Widow (Atlantic) #156, 1,975 sold

Over 90,000 copies sold.

[areyoureadytojump]

roughstock.com/news/2015/02/33182-country-album-chart-report-february-27-2015/

Country Album Chart Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Aaron Watson The Underdog 26,300 26,300
2 Sam Hunt Montevallo 14,500 333,900
3 Steve Earle Terraplane 11,200 11,200
4 Jason Aldean Old Boots New Dirt 9,300 851,100
5 The Mavericks Mono 8,000 8,000
6 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 7,200 574,000
7 Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 6,800 288,200
8 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 6,000 2,385,300
9 Chase Rice Ignite The Night 5,100 177,200
10 Miranda Lambert Platinum 5,000 642,400
11 Eric Church The Outsiders 4,900 858,300
12 Blackberry Smoke Holding All The Roses 4,200 23,400
13 Garth Brooks Man Against Machine 3,400 595,500
14 Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 3,100 737,400
15 Zac Brown Band Greatest Hits...So Far 3,100 117,000

-- Blake Shelton Bringing Back The Sunshine 2,800 329,600
-- Cole Swindell Cole Swindell 2,800 328,100
-- George Strait The Cowboy Rides Away 2,800 311,700
-- Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds In... 2,700 106,200
-- Glen Campbell I'll Be Me - Soundtrack 2,700 2,700
-- Thomas Rhett It goes Like This 2,100 235,500
-- Lady Antebellum 747 1,800 244,700
-- Love and Theft Whiskey On My Breath 1,400 4,300

Raelynn Me 1,100 11,000
Old Dominion Old Dominion EP 600 9,200
T Graham Brown Forever Changed 500 1,000

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6487463/stevie-wonder-returns-top-40-grammy-salute

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Stevie Wonder Returns to Top 40 After Grammy Salute
By Keith Caulfield | February 27, 2015 10:28 PM EST

Let's take a closer look at some of the action on the chart:

--Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late - No. 2 -- It just two chart weeks (equating to about 10 days on sale, since the set was released on Feb. 12 and the latest tracking week ended on Feb. 22) Drake's album has sold 624,000 copies according to Nielsen Music. It's the second-biggest selling album of 2015, behind Taylor Swift's 1989, with 753,000 copies sold.

--Imagine Dragons, Night Visions - No. 20 -- The promotion and publicity generated by the arrival of the band's new album Smoke + Mirrors spurs a big 46-20 gain for their last album, Night Visions. It rises to 18,000 units for the week (up 39 percent). The album last ranked higher on the June 7, 2014-dated chart, when it was No. 15.

--Stevie Wonder, The Definitive Collection - No. 40 -- Following the CBS TV special Stevie Wonder: Songs In the Key Of Life -- An All-Star Grammy Salute (which aired Feb. 16), this greatest hits set from the legend zooms back onto the chart with 11,000 units (up 205 percent). It sold nearly 7,000 copies for the week (up 260 percent). Wonder was last in the top 40 of the chart on the list dated Nov. 19, 2005, when his last studio album, A Time To Love, fell 13-30 in its third week on the chart. (It debuted at No. 5.)

In addition, Songs in the Key of Life (the album name-checked in the title of the special -- and celebrated on the show) returns to the Billboard 200 at No. 48 with 10,000 units (up 223 percent). It also sold almost 7,000 copies for the week (up 223 percent as well). It's the highest rank for the album -- which spent 14 weeks at No. 1 in 1976 and 1977 -- since the Aug. 27, 1977-dated chart (when it also placed at No. 48).

--Soundtrack, Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me - No. 147 -- The soundtrack to the film about Glen Campbell debuts following its exposure on the Academy Awards (which aired Feb. 22 on ABC). The album's "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" was nominated for best original song on the Oscars, and was performed on the show by Tim McGraw. The set arrives with just over 4,000 units (up from a negligible figure the week previous) and sold 3,000 copies (up again from basically nothing).