Billboard 200: 4/11/15: Kendrick Lamar #1: 123,000

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Kendrick Lamar Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | April 01, 2015 11:00 AM EDT

Action Bronson and 'Kidz Bop 28' also debut in the top 10.

Kendrick Lamar scores a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with To Pimp a Butterfly. It’s the first album to spend its first two weeks atop the list since Taylor Swift’s 1989 last November. (To Pimp a Butterfly and 1989 are the only albums with multiple weeks at No. 1 in that span of time -- 1989 racked up 11 nonconsecutive weeks in the penthouse.)

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).

To Pimp a Butterfly -- which was released through Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope Records -- moved 123,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 29, according to Nielsen Music (down 66 percent). Traditional album sales accounted for 107,000 of that figure (down 67 percent). The album was released earlier than expected, and gave the rapper his first No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and the Top Album Sales charts.

Lamar’s set is also the first R&B/hip-hop album with multiple weeks at No. 1 since Beyonce’s self-titled effort racked up three weeks at No. 1 in late 2013 and early 2014 (on the charts dated Dec. 28, 2013-Jan. 11, 2014).

The TV soundtrack to Empire stays steady at No. 2 with 61,000 units (down 44 percent), logging its third straight week in the top two rungs. That makes it the first soundtrack to spend its first three weeks in the top two since 2007, when High School Musical 2 spent its first four weeks at No. 1.


The Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack rises a slot to No. 3 (54,000 units; down 10 percent). With two soundtracks in the top three, it’s the first time the feat has occurred since the Aug. 30, 2014-dated chart, when Guardians of the Galaxy was No. 1 and Frozen was No. 3.

Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour climbs 9-4 with 53,000 units (up 15 percent) while Taylor Swift’s 1989 is stationary at No. 5 with 52,000 units (down 7 percent). Ed Sheeran’s x moves 7-6 with 50,000 units (up 2 percent).

Rapper Action Bronson launches at No. 7 with his first full-length album for a major label, Mr. Wonderful. The Vice/Atlantic Records set bows with 49,000 units in its first week, and follows his No. 63-peaking EP Saaab Stories Produced by Harry Fraud in 2013.

Drake’s former No. 1 If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late slips 6-8 with 44,000 units (down 15 percent) while Maroon 5’s V rises 10-9 with 42,000 units (down 6 percent).

Closing out the top 10 is the latest release from the long-running Kidz Bop series: Kidz Bop 28. It debuts at No. 10 with 40,000 units. It marks the 21st top 10 effort from the Kidz Bop franchise, which offers kid-friendly covers of contemporary pop songs. The first top 10 for the Kidz Bop franchise came in 2005 with the No. 7-peaking Kidz Bop 7. All of the brand’s numbered albums since then (except for Kidz Bop 17) have reached the top 10. (In addition to the regular numbered releases, the Kidz Bop franchise has spawned themed sets like Kidz Bop Christmas, Kidz Bop Halloween Hits and Kidz Bop Party Hits.)

Over on the Top Kid Albums chart, which is devoted to children’s music exclusively, Kidz Bop 28 enters at No. 1. It’s the 30th leader for the series in the chart’s history, and the 50th entry for the line overall.

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Billboard 200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 – 2 #1 2 wks To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
2 2 1 3 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 1
3 4 4 7 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
4 9 6 41 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
5 5 5 22 1989, Taylor Swift 1
6 7 8 40 x, Ed Sheeran 1
7 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Mr. Wonderful, Action Bronson 7
8 6 7 7 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
9 10 9 30 V, Maroon 5 1
10 0 New 1 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 10
11 11 11 11 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
12 0 New 1 I Don’t Like s**t, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album By Earl Sweatshirt, Earl Sweatshirt 12
13 20 15 22 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
14 16 10 5 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
15 0 New 1 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
16 19 13 15 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
17 12 – 2 Furious 7, Soundtrack 12
18 23 14 25 Hozier, Hozier 2
19 26 18 6 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
20 0 New 1 Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit., Courtney Barnett 20
21 22 17 11 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 5
22 24 16 10 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
23 0 New 1 Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue, Van Morrison 23
24 15 3 3 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
25 25 20 31 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
26 3 – 2 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3
27 27 19 8 NOW 53, Various Artists 2
28 30 23 20 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
29 28 22 16 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
30 31 28 17 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
31 0 New 1 Nashville: On The Record, Volume 2, Various Artists 31
32 29 12 4 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
33 41 38 19 FOUR, One Direction 1
34 21 2 3 Rebel Heart, Madonna 2
35 0 New 1 Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks, Joe Bonamassa 35
36 80 96 23 GG Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
37 36 34 24 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
38 38 101 25 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 38
39 66 78 9 PS Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
40 0 New 1 Home, Soundtrack 40
41 37 27 18 Globalization, Pitbull 18
42 35 44 26 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
43 34 24 12 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
44 33 25 5 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 7
45 45 39 8 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 5
46 39 29 35 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
47 0 New 1 All American Boy, Steve Grand 47
48 47 51 59 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
49 32 21 5 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
50 42 43 21 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
51 43 35 16 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
52 54 46 134 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
53 46 30 35 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
54 85 – 14 Reclassified, Iggy Azalea 16
55 44 37 25 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
56 53 49 30 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
57 51 45 85 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
58 13 – 2 Madness, Sleeping With Sirens 13
59 50 40 70 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
60 48 48 11 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
61 0 New 1 Miracles Out Of Nowhere (Soundtrack), Kansas 61
62 40 72 126 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
63 0 Re-Entry 3 Vulnicura, Bjork 20
64 0 New 1 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards ZinePak, Various Artists 64
65 56 56 29 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
66 61 54 137 +, Ed Sheeran 5
67 17 – 2 Run, AWOLNATION 17
68 62 105 8 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 27
69 107 166 17 Listen, David Guetta 22
70 49 26 9 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 5
71 58 57 105 Native, OneRepublic 4
72 14 – 2 Tracker, Mark Knopfler 14
73 57 53 43 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
74 69 66 56 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
75 0 New 1 2, Big Data 75
76 60 41 4 Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship, Third Day 20
77 64 71 121 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
78 65 63 74 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
79 55 – 15 Annie, Soundtrack 12
80 0 New 1 Lovetap!, Smallpools 80
81 0 New 1 Aferrado, Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda 81
82 68 64 68 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
83 67 59 219 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
84 75 70 78 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
85 72 61 20 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
86 73 65 165 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
87 76 81 357 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
88 94 69 5 Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 26
89 79 77 76 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
90 74 79 349 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
91 82 90 208 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
92 83 83 81 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
93 70 47 22 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
94 71 58 10 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 9
95 91 73 8 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 25
96 8 – 2 FROOT, Marina And The Diamonds 8
97 0 New 1 Canaan Smith (EP), Canaan Smith 97
98 0 New 1 Toto XIV, Toto 98
99 93 93 108 Take Care, Drake 1
100 87 95 56 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
101 92 91 73 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
102 0 Re-Entry 32 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
103 0 New 1 Us, Social Club 103
104 200 – 4 In Return, ODESZA 42
105 99 109 214 21, Adele 1
106 81 85 28 X, Chris Brown 2
107 98 98 113 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
108 78 50 37 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
109 0 Re-Entry 32 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
110 0 Re-Entry 68 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
111 121 122 36 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
112 95 76 101 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
113 108 100 35 Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You, Queen 42
114 109 106 29 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
115 122 136 27 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
116 59 32 4 The Firewatcher's Daughter, Brandi Carlile 9
117 129 80 4 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith, Casting Crowns 52
118 88 31 3 Bombs Away, Sheppard 31
119 110 112 308 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
120 101 97 80 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
121 112 99 26 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
122 0 New 1 Grow, CHON 122
123 89 89 8 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 7
124 100 84 16 Prayer, Robin Schulz 42
125 113 87 4 The Beast (EP), G Unit 27
126 105 92 32 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
127 106 86 87 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
128 103 36 65 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
129 104 102 142 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 6
130 117 150 141 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
131 125 103 234 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
132 119 131 23 Sadnecessary, Milky Chance 17
133 86 62 47 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 1
134 154 163 900 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
135 120 135 54 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
136 135 128 45 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
137 155 191 6 Sex Playlist, Omarion 49
138 116 110 78 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
139 134 124 204 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
140 127 188 89 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
141 158 157 17 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
142 130 127 171 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
143 126 111 54 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
144 0 New 1 Transmission.Alpha.Delta, Strung Out 144
145 162 126 111 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
146 0 Re-Entry 11 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 8
147 156 158 60 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
148 0 New 1 Short Movie, Laura Marling 148
149 139 133 204 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
150 115 167 221 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
151 168 187 340 Metallica, Metallica 1
152 147 140 15 Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition, Kevin Gates 38
153 0 Re-Entry 8 rose ave., You+Me 4
154 138 125 39 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
155 18 – 2 Even So Come, Passion 18
156 140 134 211 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
157 145 – 13 Goddess, Banks 12
158 124 104 11 Chapter One, Ella Henderson 11
159 152 141 48 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
160 170 169 99 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
161 159 151 102 Red, Taylor Swift 1
162 151 148 57 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
163 150 139 105 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
164 153 130 76 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
165 141 132 183 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
166 171 181 93 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 19
167 102 33 15 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
168 128 – 89 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
169 161 179 28 A.M., Chris Young 3
170 186 156 82 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
171 174 173 41 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
172 177 172 183 Recovery, Eminem 1
173 160 119 8 Full Speed, Kid Ink 14
174 84 – 3 Love Stuff, Elle King 45
175 144 153 93 Overexposed, Maroon 5 2
176 172 155 109 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
177 179 178 25 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 154
178 0 Re-Entry 103 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk 5
179 182 176 15 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
180 185 165 104 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 4
181 52 – 2 Saints And Sinners, Matt Maher 52
182 0 Re-Entry 287 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 2
183 0 Re-Entry 100 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
184 0 New 1 Outsiders (EP), 21:03 184
185 198 192 25 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
186 176 118 22 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
187 0 Re-Entry 289 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
188 0 Re-Entry 72 Take Me Home, One Direction 1
189 0 Re-Entry 110 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John 1
190 131 68 8 Wallflower, Diana Krall 10
191 189 160 161 Dark Horse, Nickelback 2
192 97 60 3 Cinderella, Soundtrack 60
193 0 Re-Entry 103 Up All Night, One Direction 1
194 178 146 18 For You, Selena Gomez 24
195 90 – 2 Any Given Sunday, Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago 90
196 0 Re-Entry 2 Let The Road, Rixton 32
197 194 – 127 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
198 143 121 7 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 25
199 0 Re-Entry 197 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
200 181 143 19 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4

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Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit., Courtney Barnett 1
2 1 – 2 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 1
3 3 1 3 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 1
4 2 – 2 2112, Rush 2
5 4 9 15 1989, Taylor Swift 1
6 8 6 72 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
7 0 New 1 Wasted On The Dream, JEFF The Brotherhood 7
8 18 13 40 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
9 9 10 37 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
10 15 11 32 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
11 0 New 1 Waiting, Thursday 11
12 12 8 22 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
13 7 4 20 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 3
14 16 14 11 x, Ed Sheeran 2
15 0 New 1 Transmission.Alpha.Delta, Strung Out 15
16 0 New 1 20th Anniversary Collection, Hot Water Music 16
17 11 3 5 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 1
18 24 – 134 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
19 0 New 1 Fantasy Empire, Lightning Bolt 19
20 13 17 13 Hozier, Hozier 2
21 6 – 2 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 6
22 5 – 2 Sour Soul, BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghosface Killah 5
23 25 19 20 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
24 19 – 9 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 3
25 0 Re-Entry 9 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 15

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Digital albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 – 2 #1 2 wks To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Mr. Wonderful, Action Bronson 2
3 0 New 1 I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album By Earl Sweatshirt, Earl Sweatshirt 3
4 5 4 7 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
5 0 New 1 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 5
6 2 2 3 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
7 9 6 22 1989, Taylor Swift 1
8 20 10 41 GG In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
9 8 5 7 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
10 0 New 1 Nashville: On The Record, Volume 2, Various Artists 10
11 0 New 1 Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit., Courtney Barnett 11
12 12 8 39 x, Ed Sheeran 1
13 24 14 6 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 2
14 15 11 22 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
15 18 9 24 V, Maroon 5 1
16 11 7 5 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
17 0 New 1 Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue, Van Morrison 17
18 21 – 2 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 18
19 0 New 1 All American Boy, Steve Grand 19
20 17 18 9 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
21 0 New 1 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 21
22 25 15 10 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
23 0 New 1 Home, Soundtrack 23
24 23 16 25 Hozier, Hozier 2
25 3 – 2 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3

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TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 – 2 #1 2 wks To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
2 2 2 3 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
3 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Mr. Wonderful, Action Bronson 3
4 0 New 1 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 4
5 7 4 22 1989, Taylor Swift 1
6 14 6 41 GG In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
7 0 New 1 I Don’t Like s**t, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album By Earl Sweatshirt, Earl Sweatshirt 7
8 12 8 40 x, Ed Sheeran 1
9 10 5 7 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
10 0 New 1 Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit., Courtney Barnett 10
11 0 New 1 Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue, Van Morrison 11
12 0 New 1 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 12
13 16 11 11 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
14 13 7 7 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
15 8 3 3 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
16 17 10 8 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
17 19 15 30 V, Maroon 5 1
18 22 14 6 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
19 3 – 2 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3
20 20 16 22 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
21 0 New 1 Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks, Joe Bonamassa 21
22 0 New 1 Nashville: On The Record, Volume 2, Various Artists 22
23 18 12 5 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
24 15 1 3 Rebel Heart, Madonna 1
25 24 17 25 Hozier, Hozier 2
26 27 19 10 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
27 0 New 1 All American Boy, Steve Grand 27
28 25 20 16 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
29 28 18 35 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
30 23 13 5 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
31 0 New 1 Home, Soundtrack 31
32 0 Re-Entry 4 Vulnicura, Bjork 15
33 0 New 1 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards ZinePak, Various Artists 33
34 26 9 4 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
35 29 26 11 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
36 32 – 24 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 32
37 0 New 1 Miracles Out Of Nowhere (Soundtrack), Kansas 37
38 5 – 2 Tracker, Mark Knopfler 5
39 6 – 2 Madness, Sleeping With Sirens 6
40 30 23 15 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
41 21 – 2 Furious 7, Soundtrack 21
42 37 34 25 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
43 9 – 2 Run, AWOLNATION 9
44 62 61 19 FOUR, One Direction 1
45 34 24 4 Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship, Third Day 13
46 38 33 70 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
47 78 93 5 PS Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 17
48 40 45 24 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
49 0 New 1 Aferrado, Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda 49
50 0 Re-Entry 15 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
51 35 28 10 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 7
52 0 New 1 Toto XIV, Toto 52
53 0 New 1 Lovetap!, Smallpools 53
54 46 53 59 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
55 44 39 8 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
56 36 – 16 Annie, Soundtrack 9
57 0 New 1 2, Big Data 57
58 45 48 29 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
59 43 50 31 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
60 0 New 1 Us, Social Club 60
61 0 Re-Entry 37 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
62 39 31 5 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 5
63 41 42 8 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 6
64 60 43 4 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith, Casting Crowns 30
65 33 22 4 The Firewatcher's Daughter, Brandi Carlile 4
66 0 New 1 Grow, CHON 66
67 49 46 4 The Beast (EP), G Unit 17
68 0 Re-Entry 34 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
69 56 67 15 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 23
70 4 – 2 FROOT, Marina And The Diamonds 4
71 53 54 16 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
72 0 New 1 Transmission.Alpha.Delta, Strung Out 72
73 70 63 20 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
74 64 65 85 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
75 61 51 32 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
76 0 New 1 Short Movie, Laura Marling 76
77 59 56 43 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
78 74 78 20 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 7
79 0 Re-Entry 3 In Return, ODESZA 40
80 51 29 9 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 2
81 0 Re-Entry 11 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
82 0 Re-Entry 8 rose ave., You+Me 4
83 73 74 26 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
84 65 52 22 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
85 0 New 1 Outsiders (EP), 21:03 85
86 11 – 2 Even So Come, Passion 11
87 54 35 8 Wallflower, Diana Krall 7
88 47 21 15 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
89 42 – 2 Any Given Sunday, Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago 42
90 77 76 81 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
91 0 New 1 Lost And Found, Buena Vista Social Club 91
92 63 55 7 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 19
93 67 60 17 Rock Or Bust, AC/DC 3
94 99 90 49 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
95 75 – 13 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
96 86 95 26 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 14
97 0 Re-Entry 19 Man Against Machine, Garth Brooks 4
98 84 73 19 No Fixed Address, Nickelback 4
99 76 77 11 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 6
100 0 Re-Entry 27 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17

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Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 8 6 21 #1 3 wks GG Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
2 1 20 40 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
3 3 3 516 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
4 2 1 6 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 1
5 5 4 59 +, Ed Sheeran 1
6 12 14 1148 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
7 9 8 1156 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
8 7 5 465 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 5
9 10 10 999 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
10 14 22 68 21, Adele 1
11 15 13 12 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 10
12 13 7 126 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
13 18 23 146 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
14 16 16 852 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
15 17 25 18 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
16 21 19 207 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
17 29 47 702 Metallica, Metallica 1
18 11 17 7 The Sound Of Music, Soundtrack 10
19 28 44 85 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
20 23 18 62 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
21 19 15 96 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 1
22 20 35 336 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
23 35 43 37 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
24 26 30 30 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 24
25 22 – 4 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 22
26 0 Re-Entry 130 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
27 31 28 3 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 27
28 25 12 22 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
29 30 36 18 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 4
30 38 42 261 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1
31 27 11 28 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
32 33 27 76 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
33 0 Re-Entry 3 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice 32
34 37 – 531 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
35 48 – 142 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
36 0 Re-Entry 34 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
37 46 33 19 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 19
38 50 – 24 Red, Taylor Swift 2
39 32 26 135 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 1
40 0 Re-Entry 56 RIOT!, Paramore 3
41 24 – 66 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 3
42 0 Re-Entry 110 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
43 42 46 82 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
44 41 34 24 The Best Of John Denver Live, John Denver 18
45 36 – 882 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
46 43 40 287 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
47 0 Re-Entry 26 The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac 20
48 0 Re-Entry 23 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John 2
49 0 Re-Entry 37 Take Care, Drake 2
50 0 Re-Entry 150 Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi 3

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TAS

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 – 2 #1 2 wks To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
2 2 2 3 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
3 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Mr. Wonderful, Action Bronson 3
4 – – 1 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 4
5 7 4 22 1989, Taylor Swift 1
6 14 6 41 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
7 – – 1 I Don’t Like s**t, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album By Earl Sweatshirt, Earl Sweatshirt 7
8 12 8 40 x, Ed Sheeran 1
9 10 5 7 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
10 – – 1 Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit., Courtney Barnett 10
11 – – 1 Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue, Van Morrison 11
12 – – 1 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 12
13 16 11 11 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
14 13 7 7 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
15 8 3 3 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
16 17 10 8 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
17 19 15 30 V, Maroon 5 1
18 22 14 6 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
19 3 – 2 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3
20 20 16 22 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
21 – – 1 Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks, Joe Bonamassa 21
22 – – 1 Nashville: On The Record, Volume 2, Various Artists 22
23 18 12 5 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
24 15 1 3 Rebel Heart, Madonna 1
25 24 17 25 Hozier, Hozier 2
26 27 19 10 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
27 – – 1 All American Boy, Steve Grand 27
28 25 20 16 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
29 28 18 35 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
30 23 13 5 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
31 – – 1 Home, Soundtrack 31
32 0 Re-Entry 3 Vulnicura, Bjork 15
33 – – 1 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards ZinePak, Various Artists 33
34 26 9 4 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
35 29 26 11 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
36 32 – 13 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 32
37 – – 1 Miracles Out Of Nowhere (Soundtrack), Kansas 37
38 5 – 2 Tracker, Mark Knopfler 5
39 6 – 2 Madness, Sleeping With Sirens 6
40 30 23 15 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
41 21 – 2 Furious 7, Soundtrack 21
42 37 35 25 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
43 9 – 2 Run, AWOLNATION 9
44 65 66 19 FOUR, One Direction 1
45 34 24 4 Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship, Third Day 13
46 38 34 70 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
47 89 – 4 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 17
48 40 46 24 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
49 – – 1 Aferrado, Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda 49
50 0 Re-Entry 9 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
51 35 28 10 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 7
52 – – 1 Toto XIV, Toto 52
53 – – 1 Lovetap!, Smallpools 53
54 48 55 58 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
55 45 40 8 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
56 36 – 14 Annie, Soundtrack 9
57 – – 1 2, Big Data 57
58 46 49 25 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
59 44 52 31 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
60 – – 1 Us, Social Club 60
61 0 Re-Entry 30 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
62 39 31 5 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 5
63 41 43 8 Shadows In The Night, Bob Dylan 6
64 63 44 4 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith, Casting Crowns 33
65 33 22 4 The Firewatcher's Daughter, Brandi Carlile 4
66 – – 1 Grow, CHON 66
67 51 47 4 The Beast (EP), G Unit 18
68 80 69 132 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
69 0 Re-Entry 28 Shatter Me, Lindsey Stirling 2
70 42 – 110 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
71 58 56 48 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
72 59 73 11 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
73 4 – 2 FROOT, Marina And The Diamonds 4
74 55 57 16 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
75 – – 1 Transmission.Alpha.Delta, Strung Out 75
76 77 68 20 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
77 47 33 6 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 8
78 67 71 85 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
79 64 53 30 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
80 – – 1 Short Movie, Laura Marling 80
81 62 59 43 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
82 69 62 133 +, Ed Sheeran 5
83 84 87 15 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
84 90 97 156 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
85 0 Re-Entry 3 In Return, ODESZA 42
86 53 29 9 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 2
87 81 83 249 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
88 0 Re-Entry 11 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
89 0 Re-Entry 7 rose ave., You+Me 4
90 83 81 26 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
91 70 54 22 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
92 – – 1 Outsiders (EP), 21:03 92
93 75 63 4 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 63
94 11 – 2 Even So Come, Passion 11
95 56 36 8 Wallflower, Diana Krall 7
96 49 21 13 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 5
97 43 – 2 Any Given Sunday, Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago 43
98 88 84 81 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
99 – – 1 Lost And Found, Buena Vista Social Club 99
100 66 58 7 Los Duo, Juan Gabriel 19

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/29/15)

1) Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
2) Empire Cast Soundtrack –
3) Action Bronson – Mr. Wonderful -

Other Debuts

4) Kidz Bop Kids – Kidz Bop 28 –
7) Earl Sweatshirt – I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go –
10) Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit & Think & Some –
11) Van Morrison – Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue –
12) James Bay – Chaos & The Calm –
21) Joe Bonamassa – Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks –
22) Nashville Cast – Nashville: On Record V2 –
27) Steve Grand – All American Boy –
31) Home Movie Soundtrack –
32) Bjork – Vulnicura –
33) Various Artists – 2015 ACM Awards Zinepak –
37) Kansas – Miracles Out of Nowhere –

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www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.33209/title.hip-hop-album-sales-kendrick-lamar-empire-action-bronson

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

posted Wednesday April 01, 2015 at 11:00AM PDT

Kendrick Lamar's second major-label album nearly reaches Gold and Action Bronson's LP debuts in the Top 10.

Kendrick Lamar still has the #1 album in the country after debuting at the top spot last week.

This week's Billboard 200 also finds Action Bronson in the Top 10 for the first time in his career, while Drake added another 18,648 units to his If Youre Reading This Its Too Late pile, bringing him to a total sold count of 793,068 as of Sunday (March 29).

A couple spots down the list, Earl Sweatshirt saw his new album climb up to #12, Big Sean regained two spots and Nicki Minaj ended up at #16.

Kendrick Lamar Holds Onto #1

For a second week in a row, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly tops the Billboard 200 despite its total activity count stuttering 66% when compared to last week's first-week performance.

To Pimp A Butterfly sold 106,551 over the last week, bringing the album's total sold count to 430,954. Meanwhile, K. Dot's latest saw its streaming numbers more than cut in half after breaking single-day streaming records on Spotify last week.

Empire Sees 44% Sales Drop, Stays At #2

While the total activity count for the Empire soundtrack fell 44% compared to last week's report, the collection still easily held onto its runner-up spot most recently. The first season soundtrack sold another 47,737 units over the last week and was streamed more than 5.5 million times.

Action Bronson Debuts At #7

Action Bronson's major label debut earned him his first appearance in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 last week. Bronson moved 43,564 copies of Mr. Wonderful in its first week on the shelves and saw the record streamed more than 3.8 million times. The numbers earn Bronson the third-best selling album on the list if taken from a pure sales perspective. With streaming and single song sales accounted for, the Queens rapper ends up at #7 on the chart.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 03/29/2015

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 - 123,374 (106,551) [17,942,034]

#2. Empire Cast - Original Soundtrack From Season 1 - 61,440 (47,737) [5,699,319]

#7. Action Bronson - Mr. Wonderful - 48,540 (43,564) [3,814,919]

#8. Drake - If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late - 44,472 (18,648) [22,521,488]

#12. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside - 30,772 (27,496) [3,271,473]

#14. Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise - 27,115 (12,611) [10,051,531]

#16. Nicki Minaj - Pinkprint - 24,408 (7,160) [8,721,480]

#17. Various - Furious 7 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 24,347 (6,788) [4,173,696]

#21. Mark Ronson - Uptown Special - 22,554 (3,107) [4,163,289]

#29. J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 16,971 (10,422) [6,302,822]

[Glove Slap]

Born To Die's longevity is incredible with this new streaming component. It's crazy that it's in the top 100 over three years since it came out.

[areyoureadytojump]

roughstock.com/news/2015/04/33971-country-album-chart-report-april-1-2015/

Country Album Chart Report For April 1, 2015
Posted by Matt Bjorke on April 1, 2015

The top 5 welcomes a pair of various artist releases while we also dig deeper into some catalog reports.

With Luke Bryan’s second week on the chart with Spring Break…Checkin’ Out, Sam Hunt remains at the #2 slot on the Country Album Chart Report For April 1, 2015. Luke Bryan’s album holds on to #1 for a third week with another 18k tallied giving him over 137k scanned so far while #2 Sam Hunt’s Montevallo has now sold over 410k to date. At #3 is Nashville TV show’s On The Record Volume Two Live From The Grand Ole Opry collection. It has scanned over 12k to date (it’s a digital-only release) while at #4 is The ACM ZinePak for 2015 with sales of nearly 9k. It’s found at Walmart stores. #5 features Jason Aldean’s Old Boots New Dirt by with sales now at over 888k to date.

Top Ten Recap

#6 holds Florida Georgia Line’s Anything Goes is now at 606k scanned while Little Big Town’s Pain Killer sits at #7 thanks to the viral news of the quartet’s “problem” with country radio playing “Girl Crush.” Eric Church’s The Outsiders is at #8 with sales at 884k to date while Chase Rice’s Ignite The Night is at 9 wkth sales now over 204k to date. Carrie Underwood’s Greatest Hits: Decade #1 rounds out the Top 10 with sales now at nearly 315k.

Notables

Notables include albums from Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Cole Swindell, Garth Brooks. Canaan Smith debuts with his EP while Striking Matches Nothing But The Silencedebuts as well. All can be viewed on our linked chart below. The chart also features a look at a handful of catalog releases which are near or above Gold and Platinum or multi-platinum levels (like the 7x Platinum — eligible – 50 #1′sfrom George Strait)

Top 15 Country Albums - April 1, 2015

Top 15 CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans
1 Luke Bryan Spring Break...Checkin' Out 18,300 137,200
2 Sam Hunt Montevallo 15,300 410,800
3 Nashville Cast On The Record V2 (OPRY) 12,600 12,600
4 Various ACM ZinePak 2015 8,800 8,800
5 Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 6,700 888,500
6 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 6,200 606,200
7 Little Big Town Pain Killer 6,000 161,800
8 Eric Curch The Outsiders 5,700 884,700
9 Chase Rice Ignite The Night 5,400 204,600
10 Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 4,400 314,800
11 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 4,100 2,407,600
12 Miranda Lambert Platinum 4,100 665,100
13 Cole Swindell Cole Swindell 3,300 343,700
14 Travis Tritt Very Best of Travis Tritt 3,200 495,100 Soon to be Gold
15 Garth Brooks Man Against Machine 3,100 612,800

Notables

-- Canaan Smith Canaan Smith EP 2,900 2,900
-- Kenny Chesney Big Revival 2,800 355,000
-- Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 2,800 752,400
-- Dierks Bentley Riser 1,900 311,000
-- Striking Matches Nothing But The Silence 1,800 1,800
-- Aaron Watson The Underdog 1,800 47,000
-- Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds In... Metamodern Sounds In... 1,600 115,900
-- Blackberry Smoke Holding All The Roses 1,500 33,200

Brett Eldredge Bring YOu Back 1,400 181,600
Dustin Lynch Where It's At 1,400 169,700
David Allen Coe Greatest Hits 1,200 1,006,900 Platinum (scanned)
The Judds Number One Hits 1,200 1,005,100 Platinum (scanned)
Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer Different Park 1,200 500,600 Gold (scanned)
George Strait 50 #1s 1,100 3,791,500 Makes 2 disc set 7x Platinum

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks for posting the info.

This week, just eight albums appear on the Current Albums chart, that do not appear on Top Album Sales (last week, there were 15).

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www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-41-these-charts-are-no-joke

Metal By Numbers 4/1: These charts are no joke
by Matt Brown on April 1, 2015

Notable Debuts:

Oceano, Ascendents (Earache) #194, 1,650 sold

The band’s fourth album manages to ascend above its predecessor.

Liturgy, The Art Work (Thrill Jockey) 722 sold

Liturgy’s third LP is the latest album to become the subject of the “is it metal” war in the comments section.

The Gentle Storm, The Diary (InsideOut) 430 sold

This is a new project consisting of Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Anneke van Giersbergen, both of whom have previously collaborated on various Ayreon albums.

The Bloodline, We Are One (Another Century) 290 sold

Previously known as Dirge Within, the newly named band has released its debut a little early, or as they called it “pulling a Beyonce.” Queen Bee has nothing to worry about yet thog.

Notable Sales:

Kid Rock, First Kiss (Warner Bros.) #30, 9,700 sold

Kissing 25% of sales goodbye.

Sleeping With Sirens, Madness (Epitatph) #39, 7,600 sold

A second-week 78% drop.

AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #93, 3,300 sold

A 16% drop. Oh, and a belated happy 60th birthday to Angus Young!

Red, Of Beauty and Rage (Essential) #81, 2,900 sold

A lucky 13% drop.

Marilyn Manson, The Pale Emperor (Loma Vista) #122, 2,525 sold

This is just under 100,000 sold, and it’ll certainly sell more by the time Mr. Manson comes around on tour.

Slipknot, .5: The Grey Chapter (Roadrunner) #127, 2,400 sold

Nearly at 310,000 sold.

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

At week 5, this has sold over 40,000 in total.

Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #142, 2,150 sold

Over 450,000 sold.

All That Remains, The Order of Things (Razor & Tie) #162, 1,925 sold

A 21% drop in week 5.

In This Moment, Black Widow (Atlantic) #181, 1,775 sold

Over 100,000 sold.

The Pretty Reckless, Going To Hell (Razor & Tie) #183, 1,750 sold

Just under 160,000 sold.

Skillet, Rise (Atlantic) #169, 1,725 sold

This just can’t decide if it wants to stay on or off the charts.

[radio2009]

Toto XIV debuts at #98 on the Billboard 200, making it the first Toto album to chart since "Past To Present" in 1990, and the highest chart position since "The Seventh One" in 1988.

[areyoureadytojump]

I just noticed this:

4/11 Billboard 200

11 11 11 11 Title, Meghan Trainor - 11s all across and the chart date is 4/11

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524132/taylor-swift-22-weeks-top-five

Taylor Swift Is Feelin' 22… Weeks in the Billboard 200's Top Five
By Keith Caulfield | April 03, 2015

Her '1989' album has yet to leave the top five of the chart after 22 weeks.

Taylor Swift's smash album 1989 continues its incredible chart run on the Billboard 200, as the former No. 1 set spends its 22nd consecutive week in the top five dating to its debut. On the current chart (dated April 11), the album holds steady at No. 5.

As Swift herself might sing, like in her hit single "22": "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22."

1989 has yet to leave the top five in its entire chart run, which includes 11 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.

Only 11 albums have spent their first 22 weeks locked in the top five since 1963, when the chart merged its separate mono and stereo tallies (see list, below).

The title with the longest initial run in the top five is Adele's 21, which tallied its first 39 weeks in the top five. It just claimed the mark by besting Michael Jackson's Bad, which began with 38 weeks in the top five. (21 actually spent 68 total weeks in the top five, but it fell out of the region after 39 weeks, only to return for another eye-popping top-five run.)

Albums That Spent Their First 20 Weeks in the Top Five on the Billboard 200 Chart:
Weeks, Artist, Title (Debut Chart Date)

39, Adele, 21 (March 12, 2011)
38, Michael Jackson, Bad (Sept. 26, 1987)
32, Stevie Wonder, Songs In the Key of Life (Oct. 16, 1976)
30, Soundtrack/Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard (Dec. 12, 1992)
29, Garth Brooks, Ropin' the Wind (Sept. 28, 1991)
26, Eagles, Hotel California (Jan. 15, 1977)
24, Backstreet Boys, Millennium (June 5, 1999)
24, Billy Ray Cyrus, Some Gave All (June 13, 1992)
23, Mariah Carey, Daydream (Oct. 21, 1995)
22, Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi (April 30, 2005)
22, Taylor Swift, 1989 (Nov. 15, 2014)
20, Usher, Confessions (April 10, 2004)

(Since the Billboard 200 chart combined its separate mono and stereo charts into one all-encompassing chart on Aug. 17, 1963.)

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www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/Bulletin/april-3-2015-billboard-bulletin.pdf

4,333,000 albums were sold last week in the USA.

1,975,000 were digital albums.

2,358,000 were physical albums (cds, cassettes and vinyl).

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524148/billboard-200-frozen-four-million

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: 'Frozen' Hits 4 Million in U.S. Album Sales
By Keith Caulfield | April 03, 2015 9:23 PM EDT

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:

— Joe Bonamassa, Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks - No. 35 — Joe Bonamassa extends his lead as the act with the most No. 1s on Blues Albums, as Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks debuts atop the list, marking his 14th leader. B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan share second place, each with nine No. 1s.

— Soundtrack, Frozen – No. 59 — The Frozen phenomenon continues, as the animated film’s soundtrack surpasses the 4 million sales mark. The Walt Disney Records release — featuring the top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Let It Go” — sold another 6,000 copies in the week ending March 29, according to Nielsen Music. Its cumulative total rises to 4.002 million.

The set spent 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and moves 50-59 in its 70th week on the list.

It’s now one of only 15 soundtracks to have sold at least 4 million since Nielsen began tracking sales data in 1991. It’s the most recently-released soundtrack to reach the sales milestone since 2006’s High School Musical.

— Bjork, Vulnicura - No. 63 — The physical release of the album on March 24 prompts the formerly digital-only set's return to the list with nearly 9,000 in traditional album sales (up 220 percent).

— MercyMe, Welcome to the New - No. 102 — Sales of the album along West Coast stops during its concert tour pump the set to its largest sales week (5,000; up 96 percent) since the frame ending Dec. 21 (7,000).

— Soundtrack, Into the Woods – No. 146 — The home video release of the film on March 24 pushes the soundtrack back onto the list (4,000 units; up 63 percent).

— One Direction, Up All Night - No. 193 — In the wake of the March 25 announcement of the group's Zayn Malik leaving the act, One Direction’s catalog of four albums grew in traditional sales by 67 percent to 12,000 copies in the week ending March 29. All four of the group’s albums are on the chart this week: Four rises 41-33 (14,000 equivalent album units; up 34 percent), Midnight Memories re-enters at No. 110 (6,000 units; up 55 percent), Take Me Home returns at No. 188 (4,000 units; up 64 percent) and Up All Night also comes back at No. 193 (4,000 units; up 81 percent).

[HolidayGuy]

What genre would Steve Grand's album be? It's apparently not on the country chart.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Amazon has it classified as Rock:

www.amazon.com/All-American-Boy-GRAND-STEVE/dp/B00RXPTW7W/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1428179887&sr=1-1&keywords=steve+grand

With a review saying "From Pop to Dance to Country to Rock"

[brady47]

Apr 2, 2015 7:22:40 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Born To Die's longevity is incredible with this new streaming component. It's crazy that it's in the top 100 over three years since it came out.

It's longevity is amazing for sure, I just can't believe Ultraviolence failed to have even have 15% of the longevity that Born to Die had.

[brady47]

Congrats to Frozen. I can't imagine how much this album would've sold if it was released in 2006-2007, and I thought the High School Musical soundtracks were huge.

[brady47]

Apr 3, 2015 18:17:48 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524132/taylor-swift-22-weeks-top-five

Taylor Swift Is Feelin' 22… Weeks in the Billboard 200's Top Five
By Keith Caulfield | April 03, 2015

Her '1989' album has yet to leave the top five of the chart after 22 weeks.

Taylor Swift's smash album 1989 continues its incredible chart run on the Billboard 200, as the former No. 1 set spends its 22nd consecutive week in the top five dating to its debut. On the current chart (dated April 11), the album holds steady at No. 5.

As Swift herself might sing, like in her hit single "22": "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22."

1989 has yet to leave the top five in its entire chart run, which includes 11 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.

Only 11 albums have spent their first 22 weeks locked in the top five since 1963, when the chart merged its separate mono and stereo tallies (see list, below).

The title with the longest initial run in the top five is Adele's 21, which tallied its first 39 weeks in the top five. It just claimed the mark by besting Michael Jackson's Bad, which began with 38 weeks in the top five. (21 actually spent 68 total weeks in the top five, but it fell out of the region after 39 weeks, only to return for another eye-popping top-five run.)

Albums That Spent Their First 20 Weeks in the Top Five on the Billboard 200 Chart:
Weeks, Artist, Title (Debut Chart Date)

39, Adele, 21 (March 12, 2011)
38, Michael Jackson, Bad (Sept. 26, 1987)
32, Stevie Wonder, Songs In the Key of Life (Oct. 16, 1976)
30, Soundtrack/Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard (Dec. 12, 1992)
29, Garth Brooks, Ropin' the Wind (Sept. 28, 1991)
26, Eagles, Hotel California (Jan. 15, 1977)
24, Backstreet Boys, Millennium (June 5, 1999)
24, Billy Ray Cyrus, Some Gave All (June 13, 1992)
23, Mariah Carey, Daydream (Oct. 21, 1995)
22, Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi (April 30, 2005)
22, Taylor Swift, 1989 (Nov. 15, 2014)
20, Usher, Confessions (April 10, 2004)

(Since the Billboard 200 chart combined its separate mono and stereo charts into one all-encompassing chart on Aug. 17, 1963.)

With 38 weeks in the top 5, I can't believe Bad wasn't able to get a Diamond certification shortly after it's release. 38 weeks is huge - almost 75% of the year.

[areyoureadytojump]

^I don't think album sales weren't that high in the 1987-1988.

In June 1988, Bad was certified 6xP which was excellent for an album at that time.

If you look at page 68 here:

www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-08-06.pdf

The best selling albums were at 6xP - 8xP.

[brady47]

Apr 4, 2015 17:32:32 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^I don't think album sales weren't that high in the 1987-1988.

In June 1988, Bad was certified 6xP which was excellent for an album at that time.

If you look at page 68 here:

www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-08-06.pdf

The best selling albums were at 6xP - 8xP.

True, but "The Joshua Tree" by U2 was released in March 1987 and was certified Diamond, Faith by George Michael was released in October 1987 and certified Diamond. Bad was released in August 1987, not that far apart. It definitely still did excellent, but it kind of shocks me how it failed to reach a Diamond certification especially after Thriller and those 38 weeks in the top 5.

[grandelf]

^I think it's been widely assumed MJ's look reinvented put off many people (since the music stuck with the same formula, just even more commercial, there were more videos, had a proper tour etc...).

[areyoureadytojump]

Apr 4, 2015 23:55:15 GMT -5 brady47 said:

Apr 4, 2015 17:32:32 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^I don't think album sales weren't that high in the 1987-1988.

In June 1988, Bad was certified 6xP which was excellent for an album at that time.

If you look at page 68 here:

www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-08-06.pdf

The best selling albums were at 6xP - 8xP.

True, but "The Joshua Tree" by U2 was released in March 1987 and was certified Diamond, Faith by George Michael was released in October 1987 and certified Diamond. Bad was released in August 1987, not that far apart. It definitely still did excellent, but it kind of shocks me how it failed to reach a Diamond certification especially after Thriller and those 38 weeks in the top 5.

I thought you were asking why it wasn't certified 10xP back in 1988.

Bad was certified 9xP back in May 2013. Many MJ fans were surprised it wasn't certified Diamond at the same time.

Labels are cheap when spending their money on album certifications. Number Ones was eligible for 5xP, but it was only certified 4xP.

It could be Diamond.