Billboard 200: 4/4/15: Kendrick Lamar #1: 363,000

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6509621/kendrick-lamar-earns-first-no-1-album-billboard-200

Kendrick Lamar Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | March 25, 2015 11:00 AM EDT

Kendrick Lamar scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his earlier-than-expected release To Pimp a Butterfly bows atop the list.

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).

The album -- which was initially slated to bow on March 27 but was pushed forward to a March 16 release -- starts with 363,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 22, according to Nielsen Music. The set, which is Lamar’s second full-length major label effort, was released through Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope Records. The album’s title and original release date was only announced on March 11.

To Pimp a Butterfly sold 324,000 copies in its first week -- comprising 89 percent of its overall unit total. That 324,000 launch is the second-largest sales week of 2015, behind only the debut frame of Drake’s surprise album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (495,000).

Lamar’s last album, 2012’s good kid, m.A.A.d city, debuted and peaked at No. 2, selling 241,000 copies. (It was stuck behind Taylor Swift’s also-arriving Red, which blasted in with 1.21 million.)

Last week's No. 1 album, the Empire TV soundtrack, slips to No. 2 in its second week with a very light 16 percent decline to 110,000 units. Its sales also held on well, falling just 19 percent to 89,000 sold. The Fox TV series wrapped its first season on March 18.

Rock band Modest Mouse debuts at No. 3 with its new album Strangers To Ourselves, as it bows with 77,000 units. Ninety-five percent of its first week is comprised of traditional album sales (73,000). The group's last studio album, 2007's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, debuted at No. 1 with 129,000 sold.

The Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack is steady at No. 4 with 60,000 units (down 16 percent), Taylor Swift's 1989 is also a non-mover at No. 5 with 56,000 (down 10 percent). Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late steps up one rung to No. 6 with 52,000 (down 11 percent) and Ed Sheeran's x rises 8-7 with 49,000 (down 8 percent).

Marina and the Diamonds (aka solo singer Marina Diamandis) debuts at No. 8 with Froot, notching her first top 10 album. The set is her third studio effort, and it moved 46,000 units in its first week. Of that figure, 43,000 were pure album sales -- her best sales week ever. She previously visited the Billboard 200 with 2012's Electra Heart (peaking at No. 31) and 2010's The Family Jewels (No. 138).

Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour descends 6-9 with 46,000 units (down 24 percent) and Maroon 5's V closes out the top 10, falling one position to No. 10 with 44,000 (down 7 percent).

[Enigma.]

Awesome for Marina, just fantastic!

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Kendrick Lamar, "Empire" & Drake
by Jay Balfour

posted Wednesday March 25, 2015 at 10:00AM PDT

Kendrick Lamar takes over and "Empire" falls to #2.

Kendrick Lamar has taken over the chart at #1 with the surprise release of his new album To Pimp A Butterfly. The success of the TDE rapper knocked the soundtrack to Empire's first season down a spot to #2 and Drake made up some lost ground with a climb from #7 to #6.

Lower down the list, both Big Sean and Nicki Minaj fell a half dozen spots each in a single week, while J. Cole bottomed out at #28, the lowest spot his 2014 Forest Hills Drive record has seen since its release.
Kendrick Lamar Dominates At #1

On top of consecutive single-day stream records on Spotify, Kendrick Lamar officially has the #1 album in the country. To Pimp A Butterfly sold a total of 324,403 copies since it was released, less than the million copies TDE's Top Dawg hoped for last week. The number earns Lamar the second-best first-week sales performance of the year for a Hip Hop album. Drake pushed 494,746 units of If Youre Reading This Its Too Late within a week of his own surprise drop.

Still, To Pimp A Butterfly is Lamar's most successful rollout to date. It was streamed nearly 39 million times over the past week and saw single song purchases from the album reach nearly 125,000. In late 2012, Kendrick pushed 241,000 copies of his album good kid m.A.A.d. city in its debut week and passed the million sold milestone more than six months later in 2013.

Empire Soundtrack Knocked Off Top Spot

Despite a 16% performance drop from the week before, the Empire soundtrack easily outsold Modest Mouse's new album, but fell to #2 at the same time. The soundtrack sold 88,971 albums over the latest sales period, bringing its total count to 198,556. The soundtrack was streamed more than 5.5 million times over the last week as well.

Drake Regains Ground

A month-and-a-half after its release, If Youre Reading This Its Too Late is still in the Top 10 at #6 this week. Drake's new record stuttered 11% when compared to last week's report, but still sold more than 24,000 copies, bringing its total sales up to 774,420. Despite trailing behind a handful of other albums, Drake's record is the second-best streaming performer on the chart with more than 23.5 million tallied streams.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 03/22/2015

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. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly - 362,687 (324,403) [38,725,544]

#2. Empire Cast - Original Soundtrack From Season 1 - 109,689 (88,971) [5,575,990]

#6. Drake - If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late - 52,288 (24,457) [23,534,659]

#16. Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise - 33,936 (18,424) [10,458,311]

#19. Nicki Minaj - Pinkprint - 28,010 (8,719) [9,915,593]

#22. Mark Ronson - Uptown Special - 25,904 (3,613) [4,990,637]

#28. J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive -18,575 (12,131) [6,012,609]

#33. Chris Brown & Tyga - Fan of a Fan: The Album - 13,147 (6,635) [4,175,468]

#34. Rae Sremmurd - Sremmlife - 12,646 (3,781) [4,475,929]

#37. Pitbull - Globalization - 12,292 (2,378) [3,515,227]

[Glove Slap]

I'd be lying if I said that I didn't expect higher numbers for Kendrick (thought he'd be past 400k with ease with his hype), but that's not to diminish a terrific start.

Fantastic opening number for Marina as well and Modest Mouse.

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324k is great for the week your album was not supposed to be on sale!

[Enigma.]

No it's not, remember the industry forecasts last year (500-600k)? Drake did much better with same sales from last era.

I'm not saying Kendrick did badly obviously good numbers but I expected 150k more at least. He'll face a challenge in reaching platinum.

[Gary]

Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
2 1 – 2 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 1
3 0 New 1 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3
4 4 2 6 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
5 5 3 21 1989, Taylor Swift 1
6 7 4 6 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
7 8 5 39 x, Ed Sheeran 1
8 0 New 1 FROOT, Marina And The Diamonds 8
9 6 8 40 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
10 9 7 29 V, Maroon 5 1
11 11 10 10 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
12 0 New 1 Furious 7, Soundtrack 12
13 0 New 1 Madness, Sleeping With Sirens 13
14 0 New 1 Tracker, Mark Knopfler 14
15 3 – 2 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
16 10 6 4 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
17 0 New 1 Run, AWOLNATION 17
18 0 New 1 Even So Come, Passion 18
19 13 13 14 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
20 15 17 21 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
21 2 – 2 Rebel Heart, Madonna 2
22 17 16 10 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 5
23 14 12 24 Hozier, Hozier 2
24 16 15 9 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
25 20 21 30 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
26 18 14 5 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
27 19 18 7 NOW 53, Various Artists 2
28 22 25 15 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
29 12 1 3 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
30 23 28 19 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
31 28 49 16 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
32 21 11 4 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
33 25 24 4 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 7
34 24 30 11 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
35 44 55 25 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
36 34 48 23 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
37 27 34 17 Globalization, Pitbull 18
38 101 103 24 GG Talking Dreams, Echosmith 38
39 29 36 34 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
40 72 84 125 PS good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
41 38 41 18 FOUR, One Direction 1
42 43 51 20 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
43 35 40 15 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
44 37 44 24 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
45 39 42 7 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 5
46 30 38 34 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
47 51 57 58 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
48 48 45 10 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
49 26 33 8 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 5
50 40 50 69 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
51 45 53 84 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
52 0 New 1 Saints And Sinners, Matt Maher 52
53 49 61 29 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
54 46 46 133 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
55 0 Re-Entry 14 Annie, Soundtrack 12
56 56 56 28 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
57 53 66 42 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
58 57 59 104 Native, OneRepublic 4
59 32 9 3 The Firewatcher's Daughter, Brandi Carlile 9
60 41 20 3 Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship, Third Day 20
61 54 54 136 +, Ed Sheeran 5
62 105 144 7 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 27
63 0 New 1 Glee, Season Six: Dreams Come True (EP), Soundtrack 63
64 71 75 120 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
65 63 62 73 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
66 78 101 8 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
67 59 68 218 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
68 64 60 67 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
69 66 72 55 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
70 47 85 21 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
71 58 47 9 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 9
72 61 64 19 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
73 65 67 164 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
74 79 98 348 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
75 70 73 77 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
76 81 95 356 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
77 0 New 1 Insurgent: The Divergent Series, Soundtrack 77
78 50 96 36 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
79 77 80 75 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
80 96 87 22 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
81 85 81 27 X, Chris Brown 2
82 90 94 207 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
83 83 88 80 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
84 0 Re-Entry 2 Love Stuff, Elle King 45
85 0 Re-Entry 13 Reclassified, Iggy Azalea 16
86 62 31 46 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 1
87 95 93 55 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
88 31 – 2 Bombs Away, Sheppard 31
89 89 70 7 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 7
90 0 New 1 Any Given Sunday, Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago 90
91 73 111 7 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 25
92 91 82 72 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
93 93 100 107 Take Care, Drake 1
94 69 37 4 Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 26
95 76 79 100 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
96 0 New 1 Goon, Tobias Jesso Jr. 96
97 60 – 2 Cinderella, Soundtrack 60
98 98 91 112 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
99 109 105 213 21, Adele 1
100 84 134 15 Prayer, Robin Schulz 42
101 97 86 79 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
102 33 199 14 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
103 36 43 64 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
104 102 89 141 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 6
105 92 107 31 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
106 86 126 86 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
107 166 193 16 Listen, David Guetta 22
108 100 112 34 Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You, Queen 42
109 106 114 28 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
110 112 140 307 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
111 0 Re-Entry 17 Playlist: The Offspring Greatest Hits, The Offspring 8
112 99 76 25 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
113 87 27 3 The Beast (EP), G Unit 27
114 117 131 27 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
115 167 174 220 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
116 110 106 77 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
117 150 – 140 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
118 0 New 1 Little Neon Limelight, Houndmouth 118
119 131 128 22 Sadnecessary, Milky Chance 17
120 135 129 53 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
121 122 116 35 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
122 136 148 26 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
123 0 New 1 Y & Y EP, Years & Years 123
124 104 74 10 Chapter One, Ella Henderson 11
125 103 99 233 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
126 111 102 53 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
127 188 138 88 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
128 0 Re-Entry 88 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
129 80 52 3 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith, Casting Crowns 52
130 127 124 170 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
131 68 77 7 Wallflower, Diana Krall 10
132 94 26 3 Another Eternity, Purity Ring 26
133 82 159 16 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
134 124 125 203 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
135 128 137 44 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
136 75 78 18 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part I, Soundtrack 18
137 0 New 1 Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith, Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield 137
138 125 120 38 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
139 133 97 203 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
140 134 119 210 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
141 132 160 182 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
142 0 Re-Entry 12 Melophobia, Cage The Elephant 15
143 121 92 6 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 25
144 153 152 92 Overexposed, Maroon 5 2
145 0 Re-Entry 12 Goddess, Banks 12
146 0 Re-Entry 32 Vessel, Twenty One Pilots 58
147 140 147 14 Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition, Kevin Gates 38
148 0 Re-Entry 238 The Sound Of Music, Soundtrack 1
149 0 Re-Entry 36 2112, Rush 61
150 139 142 104 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
151 148 185 56 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
152 141 161 47 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
153 130 192 75 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
154 163 181 899 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
155 191 – 5 Sex Playlist, Omarion 49
156 158 164 59 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
157 0 New 1 Creo En Mi, Natalia Jimenez 157
158 157 145 16 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
159 151 155 101 Red, Taylor Swift 1
160 119 65 7 Full Speed, Kid Ink 14
161 179 188 27 A.M., Chris Young 3
162 126 127 110 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
163 107 90 48 Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q 1
164 144 133 46 It Goes Like This, Thomas Rhett 6
165 138 110 16 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
166 0 Re-Entry 109 The Lumineers, The Lumineers 2
167 0 Re-Entry 63 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
168 187 195 339 Metallica, Metallica 1
169 137 71 4 Just Like You, Falling In Reverse 21
170 169 172 98 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
171 181 169 92 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
172 155 – 108 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
173 174 184 149 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
174 173 189 40 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
175 0 New 1 Eclipse, Twin Shadow 175
176 118 117 21 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
177 172 167 182 Recovery, Eminem 1
178 146 135 17 For You, Selena Gomez 24
179 178 182 24 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 154
180 0 New 1 Liv And Maddie, Soundtrack 180
181 143 113 18 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
182 176 166 14 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
183 67 19 34 Morning Phase, Beck 3
184 55 58 3 Still The One: Live From Las Vegas, Shania Twain 55
185 165 139 103 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 4
186 156 153 81 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
187 161 118 76 Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Elton John 12
188 0 Re-Entry 3 The Best Of Foreigner 4 & More, Foreigner 162
189 160 168 160 Dark Horse, Nickelback 2
190 195 141 4 Our Own House, MisterWives 31
191 0 Re-Entry 6 B4.Da.$$, Joey Bada$$ 5
192 200 – 194 1, The Beatles 1
193 0 Re-Entry 62 Unapologetic, Rihanna 1
194 0 Re-Entry 126 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
195 115 63 4 Of Beauty And Rage, Red 14
196 0 Re-Entry 11 Strange Desire, Bleachers 11
197 185 158 58 The Definitive Collection, Stevie Wonder 35
198 192 – 24 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
199 0 Re-Entry 73 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 6
200 0 Re-Entry 3 In Return, ODESZA 42

[Gary]

Vinyl


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 1
2 0 New 1 2112, Rush 2
3 1 – 2 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 1
4 9 13 14 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 0 New 1 Sour Soul, BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghosface Killah 5
6 0 New 1 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 6
7 4 5 19 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 3
8 6 8 71 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
9 10 12 36 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
10 0 New 1 Goon, Tobias Jesso Jr. 10
11 3 2 4 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 1
12 8 6 21 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
13 17 17 12 Hozier, Hozier 2
14 0 New 1 Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith, Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield 14
15 11 7 31 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
16 14 16 10 x, Ed Sheeran 2
17 15 1 3 Another Eternity, Purity Ring 1
18 13 – 39 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
19 0 Re-Entry 8 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 3
20 0 New 1 All The World's A Stage: Recorded Live, Rush 20
21 0 New 1 Little Neon Limelight, Houndmouth 21
22 0 New 1 Tuxedo, Tuxedo 22
23 22 – 22 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 2
24 0 Re-Entry 133 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
25 19 18 19 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1

[Gary]

Digital Albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
2 2 – 2 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
3 0 New 1 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3
4 0 New 1 FROOT, Marina And The Diamonds 4
5 4 2 6 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
6 0 New 1 Run, AWOLNATION 6
7 0 New 1 Madness, Sleeping With Sirens 7
8 5 3 6 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
9 6 8 21 1989, Taylor Swift 1
10 0 New 1 Furious 7, Soundtrack 10
11 7 6 4 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
12 8 10 38 x, Ed Sheeran 1
13 1 – 2 Rebel Heart, Madonna 1
14 3 – 2 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
15 11 17 21 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
16 0 New 1 Even So Come, Passion 16
17 18 – 8 GG Title, Meghan Trainor 1
18 9 11 23 V, Maroon 5 1
19 0 New 1 Tracker, Mark Knopfler 19
20 10 19 40 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
21 0 New 1 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 21
22 21 22 15 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
23 16 16 24 Hozier, Hozier 2
24 14 14 5 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 2
25 15 20 9 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1

[Gary]

TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
2 2 – 2 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
3 0 New 1 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3
4 0 New 1 FROOT, Marina And The Diamonds 4
5 0 New 1 Tracker, Mark Knopfler 5
6 0 New 1 Madness, Sleeping With Sirens 6
7 4 3 21 1989, Taylor Swift 1
8 3 – 2 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
9 0 New 1 Run, AWOLNATION 9
10 5 2 6 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
11 0 New 1 Even So Come, Passion 11
12 8 8 39 x, Ed Sheeran 1
13 7 5 6 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
14 6 9 40 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
15 1 – 2 Rebel Heart, Madonna 1
16 11 14 10 GG Title, Meghan Trainor 1
17 10 10 7 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
18 12 6 4 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
19 15 15 29 V, Maroon 5 1
20 16 19 21 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
21 0 New 1 Furious 7, Soundtrack 21
22 14 12 5 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
23 13 7 4 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
24 17 16 24 Hozier, Hozier 2
25 20 22 15 PS 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
26 9 1 3 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
27 19 20 9 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
28 18 23 34 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
29 26 29 10 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
30 23 27 14 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
31 0 New 1 Saints And Sinners, Matt Maher 31
32 0 Re-Entry 23 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 32
33 22 4 3 The Firewatcher's Daughter, Brandi Carlile 4
34 24 13 3 Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship, Third Day 13
35 28 28 9 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 7
36 0 Re-Entry 15 Annie, Soundtrack 9
37 34 34 24 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
38 33 39 69 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
39 31 24 4 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 5
40 45 44 23 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
41 42 36 7 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 6
42 0 New 1 Any Given Sunday, Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago 42
43 50 41 30 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
44 39 52 7 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
45 48 53 28 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
46 53 51 58 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
47 21 93 14 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
48 0 New 1 Glee, Season Six: Dreams Come True (EP), Soundtrack 48
49 46 17 3 The Beast (EP), G Unit 17
50 0 New 1 Goon, Tobias Jesso Jr. 50
51 29 37 8 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 2
52 0 Re-Entry 2 Love Stuff, Elle King 28
53 54 46 15 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
54 35 40 7 Wallflower, Diana Krall 7
55 0 New 1 Little Neon Limelight, Houndmouth 55
56 67 94 14 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 23
57 38 – 2 Cinderella, Soundtrack 38
58 0 New 1 Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith, Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield 58
59 56 63 42 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
60 43 30 3 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith, Casting Crowns 30
61 51 45 31 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
62 61 57 18 FOUR, One Direction 1
63 55 43 6 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 19
64 65 64 84 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
65 52 49 21 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
66 0 New 1 Insurgent: The Divergent Series, Soundtrack 66
67 60 48 16 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
68 0 New 1 Creo En Mi, Natalia Jimenez 68
69 49 85 20 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
70 63 62 19 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
71 27 31 3 Still The One: Live From Las Vegas, Shania Twain 27
72 32 33 11 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
73 74 83 25 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
74 78 68 19 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 7
75 0 Re-Entry 12 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
76 77 69 10 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 6
77 76 80 80 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
78 93 – 4 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 17
79 0 New 1 Eclipse, Twin Shadow 79
80 69 42 4 Just Like You, Falling In Reverse 13
81 57 35 4 Of Beauty And Rage, Red 10
82 81 70 7 WOW Gospel 2015, Various Artists 34
83 64 18 3 Another Eternity, Purity Ring 18
84 73 58 18 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
85 0 New 1 Liv And Maddie, Soundtrack 85
86 95 98 25 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 14
87 37 11 35 Morning Phase, Beck 3
88 91 – 55 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
89 0 Re-Entry 2 Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, Asleep At The Wheel 77
90 70 54 8 Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson 10
91 44 – 2 Spring Break… The Set List: The Complete Spring Break Collection ZinePak, Luke Bryan 44
92 68 71 18 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 19
93 75 55 26 Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 1
94 66 – 2 The Very Best Of Celtic Thunder, Celtic Thunder 66
95 30 32 61 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
96 82 73 9 The Pale Emperor, Marilyn Manson 6
97 87 86 71 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
98 0 Re-Entry 15 Melophobia, Cage The Elephant 15
99 90 92 48 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
100 71 50 8 We Will Not Be Shaken, Bethel Music 9

[Gary]

Catalog


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 20 30 39 #1 1 wk GG good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
2 1 3 5 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 1
3 3 7 515 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
4 0 Re-Entry 2 2112, Rush 4
5 4 5 58 +, Ed Sheeran 1
6 0 Re-Entry 2 Playlist: The Offspring Greatest Hits, The Offspring 6
7 5 14 464 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 5
8 6 6 20 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
9 8 13 1155 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
10 10 18 998 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
11 17 – 6 The Sound Of Music, Soundtrack 10
12 14 20 1147 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
13 7 11 125 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
14 22 19 67 21, Adele 1
15 13 10 11 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 10
16 16 15 851 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
17 25 31 17 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
18 23 29 145 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
19 15 8 95 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 1
20 35 – 335 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
21 19 12 206 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
22 0 Re-Entry 3 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 22
23 18 24 61 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
24 0 Re-Entry 65 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 3
25 12 16 21 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
26 30 35 29 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 26
27 11 9 27 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
28 44 21 84 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
29 47 50 701 Metallica, Metallica 1
30 36 33 17 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 4
31 28 – 2 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 28
32 26 17 134 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
33 27 47 75 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
34 0 Re-Entry 53 Ten, Pearl Jam 1
35 43 36 36 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
36 0 Re-Entry 881 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
37 0 Re-Entry 530 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
38 42 23 260 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
39 0 Re-Entry 131 Rage Against The Machine, Rage Against The Machine 2
40 41 – 2 Love In The Future, John Legend 40
41 34 42 23 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 18
42 46 43 81 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
43 40 39 286 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
44 39 – 53 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
45 0 Re-Entry 2 Greatest Hits, Alice In Chains 45
46 33 32 18 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 19
47 0 Re-Entry 17 The Lumineers, The Lumineers 12
48 0 Re-Entry 141 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
49 45 – 2 Born Free, Kid Rock 45
50 0 Re-Entry 23 Red, Taylor Swift 2

[Gary]

TAS

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
2 2 – 2 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
3 – – 1 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3
4 – – 1 FROOT, Marina And The Diamonds 4
5 – – 1 Tracker, Mark Knopfler 5
6 – – 1 Madness, Sleeping With Sirens 6
7 4 3 21 1989, Taylor Swift 1
8 3 – 2 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
9 – – 1 Run, AWOLNATION 9
10 5 2 6 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
11 – – 1 Even So Come, Passion 11
12 8 8 39 x, Ed Sheeran 1
13 7 5 6 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
14 6 9 40 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
15 1 – 2 Rebel Heart, Madonna 1
16 11 14 10 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
17 10 10 7 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
18 12 6 4 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
19 15 16 29 V, Maroon 5 1
20 16 21 21 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
21 – – 1 Furious 7, Soundtrack 21
22 14 12 5 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
23 13 7 4 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
24 17 17 24 Hozier, Hozier 2
25 20 25 15 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
26 9 1 3 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
27 19 23 9 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
28 18 26 34 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
29 26 32 10 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
30 23 30 14 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
31 – – 1 Saints And Sinners, Matt Maher 31
32 0 Re-Entry 12 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 32
33 22 4 3 The Firewatcher's Daughter, Brandi Carlile 4
34 24 13 3 Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship, Third Day 13
35 28 31 9 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 7
36 0 Re-Entry 13 Annie, Soundtrack 9
37 35 37 24 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
38 34 42 69 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
39 31 27 4 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 5
40 46 47 23 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
41 43 39 7 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 6
42 0 Re-Entry 109 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
43 – – 1 Any Given Sunday, Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago 43
44 52 44 30 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
45 40 59 7 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
46 49 60 24 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
47 33 22 5 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 8
48 55 56 57 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
49 21 – 12 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
50 – – 1 Glee, Season Six: Dreams Come True (EP), Soundtrack 50
51 47 18 3 The Beast (EP), G Unit 18
52 – – 1 Goon, Tobias Jesso Jr. 52
53 29 40 8 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 2
54 0 Re-Entry 2 Love Stuff, Elle King 29
55 57 49 15 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
56 36 43 7 Wallflower, Diana Krall 7
57 – – 1 Little Neon Limelight, Houndmouth 57
58 56 58 47 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
59 73 – 10 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
60 39 – 2 Cinderella, Soundtrack 39
61 – – 1 Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith, Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield 61
62 59 70 42 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
63 44 33 3 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith, Casting Crowns 33
64 53 48 29 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
65 66 64 18 FOUR, One Direction 1
66 58 46 6 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 19
67 71 71 84 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
68 0 Re-Entry 2 2112, Rush 68
69 62 54 132 +, Ed Sheeran 5
70 54 52 21 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
71 – – 1 Insurgent: The Divergent Series, Soundtrack 71
72 65 51 16 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
73 0 Re-Entry 17 Playlist: The Offspring Greatest Hits, The Offspring 8
74 – – 1 Creo En Mi, Natalia Jimenez 74
75 63 99 3 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 63
76 50 97 14 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
77 68 69 19 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
78 27 34 3 Still The One: Live From Las Vegas, Shania Twain 27
79 32 36 11 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
80 69 57 131 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
81 83 98 248 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
82 90 – 249 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 18
83 81 93 25 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
84 87 75 14 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
85 0 Re-Entry 9 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
86 85 76 10 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 6
87 0 Re-Entry 5 The Sound Of Music, Soundtrack 87
88 84 88 80 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
89 0 Re-Entry 3 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 17
90 97 – 155 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
91 – – 1 Eclipse, Twin Shadow 91
92 74 94 207 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
93 0 Re-Entry 203 21, Adele 1
94 76 45 4 Just Like You, Falling In Reverse 14
95 60 38 4 Of Beauty And Rage, Red 11
96 91 77 7 WOW Gospel 2015, Various Artists 35
97 70 20 3 Another Eternity, Purity Ring 20
98 80 65 18 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
99 95 90 11 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 90
100 – – 1 Liv And Maddie, Soundtrack 100

[areyoureadytojump]

Mar 26, 2015 3:43:49 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

No it's not, remember the industry forecasts last year (500-600k)? Drake did much better with same sales from last era.

I'm not saying Kendrick did badly obviously good numbers but I expected 150k more at least. He'll face a challenge in reaching platinum.

I went back and checked. HITS said 400-600k.

I think it's a good number considering it was released accidentally and physical copies had to be rushed to retailers which arrived later in the week.

[Enigma.]

You can believe in that but in this day and age, people will know in 10 seconds if someone as famous as Kendrick releases an album.

[areyoureadytojump]

^It was a messy release week. You are totally forgetting everything that happened last week. His label head was pissed.

Fans went to retailers and the album was not on the shelves.

If it had come out this week as scheduled and he ended up with 324k, it would be disappointing.

Drake did 495k. Drake is huge. Kendrick is on his 2nd album. 324k is good for him. He'll be fine in the long run.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-325-this-is-madness

Metal By Numbers 3/25: This is madness
Posted by Matt Brown on March 25, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.

About two weeks ago I mentioned how inclusive we are on this column. I bring this up again because I went to listen to a sample of Sleeping With Sirens’s new album out of curiosity and it sounded like someone whacked One Direction with a post-hardcore baseball bat. Not the most metal thing but, hey, there aren’t many debuts this week and we already have Falling In Reverse on here anyway. So why the hell not?

Notable Debuts:

Sleeping With Sirens, Madness (Epitatph) #6, 34,950 sold

This doesn’t manage to outdo the band’s previous album, but it’s a top 10 debut nonetheless.

Notable Sales:

Kid Rock, First Kiss (Warner Bros.) #23, 12,900 sold

Over 200,000 sold in week 4.

AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #67, 3,925 sold

Rocking a 16% drop.

Falling In Reverse, Just Like You (Epitaph) #80, 3,375 sold

A 17% drop.

Red, Of Beauty and Rage (Essential) #81, 3,350 sold

Raging over a 32% drop.

Marilyn Manson, The Pale Emperor (Loma Vista) #96, 2,975 sold

Nearly at the 100,000 mark.

Slipknot, .5: The Grey Chapter (Roadrunner) #104, 2,850 sold

Perspective: even if life seems difficult, at least you haven’t been stabbed in the head lately (hopefully).

Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #124, 2,500 sold

Only a drop of 1%.

All That Remains, The Order of Things (Razor & Tie) #128, 2,425 sold

At just under 30,000 sold in four weeks, it’s not a particularly tall order.

Steven Wilson, Hand. Cannot. Erase. (Kscope) #137, 2,275 sold

Nearly 20,000 sold.

In This Moment, Black Widow (Atlantic) #158, 1,925 sold

A slight boost of 2% brings this to just under 100,000 sold.

Papa Roach, F.E.A.R. (Eleven Seven) #175, 1,775 sold

Not much change from last week.

The Pretty Reckless, Going To Hell (Razor & Tie) #183, 1,700 sold

Oh hell, this has sold over 158,000.

[areyoureadytojump]

roughstock.com/news/2015/03/33827-country-album-chart-report-march-25-2015/

Country Album Chart Report For March 25, 2015
Posted by Matt Bjorke on March 25, 2015

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BxftOBxb-zKB6y-0Sr1B6L3-rh9ns3P8oeQYW2rC1AM/edit?pli=1#gid=0

Top 10 Country Albums Artist Album Week Total Scans
1 Luke Bryan Spring Break...Checkin' Out 30,000 118,900
2 Sam Hunt Montevallo 15,300 395,500
3 Jason Aldean Old Boots New Dirt 6,800 881,800
4 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 6,400 600,000
5 Chase Rice Ignite The Night 5,500 199,100
6 Eric Curch The Outsiders 5,400 878,900
7 Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 4,600 310,400
8 Miranda Lambert Platinum 4,400 661,000
9 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 4,100 2,403,500
10 Shania Twain Still The One: Live in Vegas 3,800 23,100

Next

5 11 Asleep At The Wheel Still The King: Celebrating 3,100 8,600
12 Luke Bryan Spring Br....Set List/ZinePak 3,100 9,200
13 Zac Brown Band Greatest Hits...So Far 3,100 131,300
14 Cole Swindell Cole Swindell 2,900 340,400
15 Little Big Town Pain Killer 2,800 155,700

Notables

-- Garth Brooks Man Against Machine 2,800 609,700
-- Blake Shelton Bringing Back The Sunshine 2,500 342,600
-- Lee Brice I Don't Dance 2,400 162,500
-- Aaron Watson The Underdog 2,300 45,300
-- Dierks Bentley Riser 1,900 309,100
-- Allison Moorer Down To Believing 1,600 1,600
-- Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds In... Metamodern Sounds In... 1,500 114,300
-- Colt Ford Thanks For Listening 800 95,200

Tyler Farr Redneck Crazy 700 181,600
Frankie Ballard Sunshine & Whiskey 600 76,100
Ray Price Beauty Is... 500 33,400
Maddie & Tae Madde & Tae EP 400 12,600

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/Bulletin/march-27-2015-billboard-bulletin.pdf

4,660,000 albums were sold for last week in the USA.

2,035,000 were digital albums.

2,625,000 were physical albums (cds, cassettes and vinyl).

[areyoureadytojump]

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

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: 'Fifty Shades' Album Whips Past Half-Million in Sales
By Keith Caulfield | March 27, 2015 7:52 PM EDT

Also: Mark Knopfler earns his highest charting solo album ever, Rush rallies after vinyl reissue

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular albums based on their overall consumption. That overall unit figure combines pure album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

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

- Soundtrack, Fifty Shades of Grey - No. 6: After only six weeks on the chart, the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack has sold more than a half-million copies, according to Nielsen Music. The multi-artist set sold another 28,000 in the week ending March 29, bringing its to-date total to 516,000. It’s the fourth-largest selling album of 2015, behind Taylor Swift’s 1989 (916,000), Drake’s If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late (774,000) and Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour (525,000).

- Mark Knopfler, Tracker - No. 14: The veteran artist (and front man for Dire Straits) nets his highest charting solo album yet, as Tracker debuts at No. 14 with 36,000 units. That surpasses the No. 17 peak of both 2006's All the Roadrunning and 2009's Get Lucky.

- Madonna, Rebel Heart - No. 21: Madonna’s Rebel Heart slips from No. 2 to No. 21 with 26,000 units (down 78 percent) in its second week. It fell by 80 percent in album sales, to 24,000 (down from 93,000). The 80 percent erosion is steep, but not terribly out-of-the-ordinary for a title that likely had a lot of pre-order sales that made it difficult to sustain a strong second week. High-debuting albums from superstars regularly see second-week declines of more than 75 percent in sales. For example, in the tracking week ending March 8, Big Sean’s Dark Sky Paradise, Kid Rock’s First Kiss and Chris Brown & Tyga’s Fan of a Fan all dropped by 75 or more in their second frame. In the past year, albums that fell sharper than Rebel Heart include: Fall Out Boy’s American Beauty/American Psycho (82 percent), Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways (81 percent) and 5 Seconds of Summer’s She Looks So Perfect EP (82 percent).

- Echosmith, Talking Dreams: No. 38: The still-rising band finally graduates from the Heatseekers Albums chart, as the 2013 release breaks into the top 100 of the Billboard 200 chart, zooming from No. 101 to No. 38 -- a new peak. (Titles are removed from Heatseekers once the act reaches the top 100 of the Billboard 200.)

- Soundtrack, Annie - No. 55: The musical's March 17 home video release prompts a surge for its companion soundtrack: it's up 143 percent in units (to 9,000 for the week), pushing the set to a re-entry at No. 55. Pure album sales accounted for 7,000 of that overall unit total.

- Elle King, Love Stuff - No. 84: After a month's absence from the list, the album returns courtesy of promotion and discounting in the iTunes store. The set earned a 248 percent download gain, assisting its overall 6,000 unit total for the week (up 94 percent)

- Soundtrack, The Sound of Music - No. 148 — Following the ABC TV special The Untold Story of The Sound of Music (which aired March 18), the soundtrack returns (up 15 percent in units and 8 percent in sales) nearly almost exactly 50 years after its chart debut (March 20, 1965). The former No. 1 -- it topped the list for two weeks in 1965 -- was recently reissued with bonus tracks.

- Rush, 2112 - No. 149 — A hologram vinyl edition of the 1976 album was released on March 17, prompting the set's debut at No. 2 on Vinyl Albums (4,000 sold) and it's 649 percent sales gain (basically all from the LP release).