Billboard 200 4/18: Wale #1 100,000, Furious Sdtk. #2 74,000

[areyoureadytojump]

The Billboard 200 is not out but Wale is #1 on Top Album Sales:

NielsenEntertainment ‏@nielsen_Ent

Top Album Of The Week: @wale's "Album About Nothing" w/ 88,000 (US) units sold! #NielsenMusic #AlbumAboutNothing

[crystalphnx]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524424/wale-second-no-1-album-furious-7-soundtrack-no-2

Wale Rules With Second No. 1 Album, 'Furious 7' Soundtrack Drives to No. 2

As forecast, rapper Wale debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his Seinfeld-inspired The Album About Nothing. It’s his second chart-topper, following his previous effort, 2013’s The Gifted.

With the No. 1 arrival, Wale beats out the surging Furious 7 soundtrack, which drives 17-2 and is the greatest gainer on the chart.

The Album About Nothing was released on March 31 through EBM Music/Maybach/Atlantic Records, and tallied 100,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 5 (according to Nielsen Music). The Furious 7 album (on Universal Studios/Atlantic) shifted 74,000 (a gain of 202 percent).

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).

With both The Album About Nothing and Furious 7 at Nos. 1 and 2, Atlantic Records owns the top two slots for the first time since the July 19, 2014-dated chart. That week, Trey Songz’ Trigga (on Songbook/Atlantic) debuted at No. 1, while Ed Sheeran’s x (Atlantic) fell 1-2 in its second week.

Furious 7’s 15-position rise is the largest jump into the top two on the chart since the Les Miserables soundtrack zoomed 31 rungs (from No. 33 to No. 2) on the Jan. 12, 2013 chart.

The Les Miserables soundtrack debuted at No. 33 from only three full days of sales, as it was released on an off-cycle Friday (Dec. 21, 2012), four days before its parent film premiered in theaters. Then, once the album had a full week of sales (in the week ending Dec. 30, concurrent with the movie’s debut), the set flew to No. 2. Furious 7 is in its third week on the chart, but like Les Miserables, its swift chart climb on the current tally is owed to the film’s theatrical bow (on April 3).

Furious 7 is up 388 percent in traditional album sales (33,000 for the week), up 154 percent in track equivalent album units (38,000) and up 3 percent in streaming equivalent album units (3,000). Much of the soundtrack’s gain is owed to the performance of its multiple hit songs, especially Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again.” It sold 168,000 downloads for the week (up 488 percent) and its video serves as a tribute to the film’s co-star Paul Walker, who died during filming of Furious 7.

Furious 7 just beats out the new album by one of Furious 7’s other co-stars, Ludacris. The hip-hop artist sees his new album Ludaversal bow at No. 3 with 73,000 units. It is his eighth top 10 album, and first full-length release since 2010’s Battle of the Sexes, which debuted at No. 1 with 137,000 units of pure album sales its first week.

Last week’s No. 1, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, falls to No. 4 in its third week with 65,000 units (down 47 percent).

Taylor Swift’s 1989 spends a 23rd consecutive week locked in the top five (its entire chart run), as it holds steady at No. 5 with just over 59,000 units. Only 10 albums have spent their first 23 weeks on the chart in the top five. The last to do so was Adele’s 21, which logged its first 39 weeks in the region back in 2011.

Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour dips 4-6 with 59,000 units (up 12 percent). It is the 35th nonconsecutive week in the top 10 for the album.

Darius Rucker debuts at No. 7 with Southern Style (57,000), clocking his fourth top 10 solo set. His last studio album, True Believers, debuted and peaked at No. 2. Southern Style also opens at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, securing Rucker his fourth chart-topper on that list. He previously led the country tally with True Believers; Charleston, SC 1966 (in 2010) and Learn To Live (2008).

Rock act Death Cab For Cutie also stars in the top 10 with its new album Kintsugi. The Barsuk/Atlantic set enters at No. 8 with 56,000 units. It’s the fourth top 10 effort for the group, which was last in the top 10 with its previous studio effort, 2011’s Codes and Keys (No. 3 debut and peak). It’s also the third top 10 for Atlantic Records on the latest chart.

The soundtrack to Fifty Shades of Grey slides 3-9 in its eighth week on the tally, moving 54,000 units.

Rounding out the top 10 is the second top 10 album for singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens, who debuts at No. 10 with Carrie & Lowell (53,000 units). Stevens was last in the top 10 with his previous studio release, 2010’s The Age of Adz, which debuted and peaked at No. 7. Stevens’ new album also debuts at No. 1 on Vinyl Albums, Tastemakers and Internet Albums charts.

[wavey.]

Lol at Wale breaking 100k even

[Enigma.]

Great for Sufjan Stevens, fantastic units

[ILLUSION]

I'm shocked Wale has enough fans still to allow him to debut with 100k with no radio single

[areyoureadytojump]

www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.33312/title.hip-hop-album-sales-wale-ludacris-kendrick-lamar

Hip Hop Album Sales: Wale, Ludacris & Kendrick Lamar
by Jay Balfour

posted Wednesday April 08, 2015 at 10:30AM PDT

Wale has another #1 album on his hands and Ludacris climbs into the Top 3.

This week's Billboard 200 features three new Hip Hop albums at the top of the chart, led by another strong first-week debut from Wale who easily claimed the #1 spot with his The Album About Nothing. The Hip Hop-heavy soundtrack to Furious 7 climbed up to #2 as the movie debuted last weekend. Meanwhile, Ludacris' ninth album is in the Top 3 and Kendrick Lamar's third fell to #4 despite consistent album sales.

Lower down the list, Drake fell from #8 to #14 and Big Sean from#14 to #25. After his Top 10 debut last week, Action Bronson's Mr. Wonderful fell nearly 50 spots to #55 and Earl Sweatshirt's latest fell more than 100 from #12 to #166 a week after its release. Death Grips' new album, Powers That Be, cracked the Top 100 at #72 with just over 9,000 albums sold in its first week of availability.

Wale Nabs #1

Wale's The Album About Nothing has just become his second consecutive release to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. The DMV rapper's new album easily took the top spot thanks to first week sales of 88,210 units and a total activity count of 100,245, an amalgam of record sales, stream activity and single song sales. The album, which was built out of an extended collaboration with comedian Jerry Seinfeld, has been streamed nearly 7 million times since its release.

Wale's last album, The Gifted, bowed at the top spot in 2013 with over 150,000 first-week sales.

Ludacris Enters Top 3

Ludacris' ninth album, Ludaversal, barely missed the #2 spot but ended up in the Top 3 nonetheless with more than 62,000 album sales a week after its release. Despite his #3 standing, Luda sold the second-most albums on the chart, nearly twice as many as the actual runner-up but trailed behind due to relatively lackluster single song sales.

Kendrick Lamar Falls To #4

After spending his first two weeks on the chart at #1, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly fell three spots to #4. The TDE rapper's latest album suffered a 47 percent drop in total activity since last week but kept up with steady sales of 53,456. While the album has now sold a total of 484,410 copies since release, it has enough total activity units to have surpassed the required half-a-million units of a Gold album. If taking sales alone, the album will likely break the Gold record milestone next week.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 04/05/2015

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. Wale - The Album About Nothing - 100,245 (88,210) [6,888,472]

#2. Various - Furious 7 - 73,526 (33,146) [4,280,324]

#3. Ludacris - Ludaversal - 72,627 (62,289) [4,805,013]

#4. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly - 65,088 (53,456) [11,492,708]

#14. Drake - If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late - 40,811 (16,454) [19,237,448]

#15. Empire Cast - Original Soundtrack From Season 1 - 40,315 (31,309) [4,151,643]

#23. Jodeci - Past, The Present, The Future - 28,041 (26,651) [563,211]

#25. Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise - 24,123 (10,317) [8,741,741]

#26. Nicki Minaj - Pinkprint - 23,441 (7,147) [6,263,210]

#28. Mark Ronson - Uptown Special - 22,382 (3,264) [3,895,908]

[onebuffalo]

#2 single, #1 country CD for Darius Rucker. Congratulations!

[Daryl the Beryl]

Apr 8, 2015 12:35:10 GMT -5 ILLUSION said:

I'm shocked Wale has enough fans still to allow him to debut with 100k with no radio single

2 radio singles have actually been released so far

[Daryl the Beryl]

I'm also happy that Death Cab made top 10

[Daryl the Beryl]

Hard rock sales. Surprised no mention of Three Days Grace's new album at all.

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-48-say-goodbye-to-hollywood

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

I really thought we were going to see Nightwish take the top spot this week but apparently Hollywood Undead made an album too. I attribute my lack of foresight to not thinking about Hollywood Undead unless they’re on the charts. But fair is fair, and the band gets the top spot followed by Van Halen’s first live album with David Lee Roth (I know, weird right?). It’s still a good haul this week, so good take a look-see.



Notable Debuts:

Hollywood Undead, Day of the Dead (Interscope) #11, 34,700 sold

The band’s fourth album is just shy of the top 10. Remember when they were initially famous because of MySpace?



Van Halen, Tokyo Dome In Concert (Rhino) #14, 30,625 sold

The band’s second live album makes it into the top 15 following a tour announcement. Hopefully Diamond Dave doesn’t get overexcited and bust his nose again.



Nighwish, Endless Forms Most Beautiful (Nuclear Blast)#23, 18,275 sold

The band’s eighth album is its first with Floor Jansen on vocals and marks the band’s highest debut yet in the US.



Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts, Blaster (Softdrive) #72, 5,300 sold

The debut of Weiland newest solo album comes not long after the death of the band’s guitarist Jeremy Brown.



We Are Harlot, We Are Harlot (Roadrunner) #82, 4,650 sold

Here’s the self-titled debut Danny Worsnop’s (ex-Asking Alexandria) new band. It’s considerably less than what AA does, but it’s a whole new beginning for them.



Full Devil Jacket, Valley of Bones (eOne) 750 sold

Fifteen years after their debut, Full Devil Jacket have finally released their second album following the death of founding member Michael Reaves.



Prong, Songs From the Black Hole (eOne) 710 sold

Tommy Victor and company cover everything from Fugazi to Neil young.



Katatonia, Sanctitude (Kscope) 580 sold

This is the band’s third live album.



Violent Reaction, Marching On (Revelation) 420 sold

A UK straight edge hardcore band with a really colorful Facebook bio.



Notable Sales:

Kid Rock, First Kiss (Warner Bros.) #35, 10,700 sold

A 10% sales boost rocks. This album’s almost halfway to gold in six weeks, but it’s not like you’re hearing anything from it.



Sleeping With Sirens, Madness (Epitaph) #57, 6,900 sold

Just under 50,000 sold.



AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #103, 3,500 sold

Busting up a 6% boost.



Red, Of Beauty and Rage (Essential) #144, 2,625 sold

Rage, rage against the 10% drop.



Slipknot, .5: The Grey Chapter (Roadrunner) #152, 2,500 sold

A tiny boost of 4%.



Marilyn Manson, The Pale Emperor (Loma Vista) #153, 2,500 sold

Now over 100,000 copies sold, which will buy him plenty of Dennys.



Falling In Reverse, Just Like You (Epitaph) #165, 2,300 sold

Just a 3% drop.



Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #168, 2,275 sold

Forgot to mention this last week, but remember two years ago when we made an April Fool’s post about Dave Grohl and Ghost?



Skillet, Rise (Atlantic) #179, 2,150 sold

Rising up with a 24% boost.



All That Remains, The Order of Things (Razor & Tie) #182, 2,125 sold

A tru kvlt boost of 11% boost puts this at almost 34,000 in six weeks.



The Pretty Reckless, Going To Hell (Razor & Tie) #183, 2,100 sold

A 21% boost is going to help.



Enslaved, In Times (Nuclear Blast) 430 sold

Time is ticking with a 42% drop.



Sons of Texas, Baptized In The Rio Grande (Razor & Tie) 420 sold

Think these guys would ever cover Duran Duran?



Black Star Riders, The Killer Instinct (Nuclear Blast) 390 sold

Starring an 18% drop.



Motor Sister, Ride (Metal Blade) 370 sold

So if this band toured with the above one would it be called “Motor Sister Rides The Black Star Tour”? A 32% drop.



Blind Guardian, Beyond The Red Mirror (Nuclear Blast) 350 sold

A 15% drop puts this on guard.



Amaranthe, Massive Addictive (Spinefarm) 340 sold

A 25% boost continues sales for this album that’s stuck like glue to the charts and has sold about 15,000 so far.



Torche, Restarter (Relapse) 340 sold

A 42% drop, but we could see more numbers when the band tours the US this summer.



Oceans Ate Alaska, Lost Isles (Fearless) 320 sold

A.k.a. Sarah Palin’s least favorite metal band.



Like a Storm, Awaken The Fire (Century Media) 300 sold

It was a dark and stormy 18% drop.



Rival Sons, Great Western Valkyrie (Earache) 280 sold

A 27% brings this back on the charts.



Moonspell, Extinct (Napalm) 270 sold

A 24% drop makes this endangered.



Revolution Saints, Revolution Saints (Frontiers) 260 sold

Turned down to 11%.

[Glove Slap]

Whoever had the idea of dropping Ludacris' album the same week as the Furious 7 soundtrack and movie is smart.

[Daryl the Beryl]

roughstock.com/news/2015/04/34099-country-album-chart-report-for-april-8-2015/

Country Album Chart Report For April 8, 2015
Posted by Matt Bjorke on April 8, 2015

Darius Rucker debuts at #1 with Southern Style, a strong reach of nearly 52,000 fans sold (which places him at #7 on all-genre the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart). The album’s lead single “Homegrown Honey” hit #1 on the Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart last week. (Note: Thanks to the release of Southern Style, his last album True Believers has re-charted. It’s sold 575,400 to date). Luke Bryan’s third week on the chart with Spring Break…Checkin’ Out, comes in at #2 while Sam Hunt slides in at the #3 slot on the Country Album Chart Report For April 8, 2015. Luke Bryan’s album sales slid only 6% thanks to Easter’s annual sales boost and brings sales to154k scanned so far while #3 Sam Hunt’s Montevallo has now sold over 426k to date. At #4 is the all-new ACM Awards 50 double disc set from the Now! That’s What I Call Music series. It sold nearly 11,000 copies. Rounding out our Top Five on the Country Album Chart Report For April 8, 2015 is Jason Aldean’s Old Boots New Dirt with sales now at over 896k to date.

Top Ten Recap
#6 holds the 2015 ACM ZinePak sold exclusively at Walmart Stores while Florida Georgia Line’s Anything Goes is now at 606k scanned to hold down #7. Eric Church’s The Outsiders is at #8 with sales at 884k to date while Little Big Town’s Pain Killer sits at #9 with sales now at 167k to date. Meanwhile, Carrie Underwood’s Greatest Hits: Decade #1 rounds out the Top 10 with sales now at over 320k (which is 640k in the RIAA’s minds for certification, so it’s only 180k scanned from Platinum, where the dual disc will eventually end up as a catalog release that stays in most brick and mortar retail stores).

Notables
Notables include Chase Rice’s Ignite The Night with sales nearly at 210k while Cole Swindell’s self-titled album is nearing 350k sold (each single from the project is Gold/Platinum though). Brantley Gilbert’s up to over 750k scanned with Just As I Am and will be releasing a special deluxe edition of the album soon. Blake Shelton’s Bringing Back The Sunshine and Kenny Chesney’s The Big Revival are both around 350k scanned. Meanwhile, Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds In Country Music continues to find fans and has now sold over 118k without any radio exposure. Finally, Jon Wolfe debuts with Natural Man and Shania Twain’s Come On Over gets a look.
Unfortunately there’s no news on Home Free, Scotty McCreery or Keith Urban’s latest. But if you add roughly 1,000 to their numbers from two weeks ago, that’s a good guesstimate where all three’s album sales are nearing, which means Urban’s FUSE is close to Gold (scanned) and could be certified soon, if it’s not already.

Top 10 Country Albums - April 8, 2015 :

Top 10 CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans
1 Darius Rucker Southern Style 51,800 51,800
2 Luke Bryan Spring Break...Checkin' Out
17,100 154,300
3 Sam Hunt Montevallo 16,000 426,700
4 Various ACM AWARDS 50 10,800 10,800
5 Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 8,000 896,500
6 Various ACM ZinePak 2015 8,000 17,000
7 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 7,300 613,500
8 Eric Curch The Outsiders 6,500 891,200
9 Little Big Town Pain Killer 5,500 167,200
10 Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 5,200 320,000

Next 5
11 Chase Rice Ignite The Night 5,100 209,600
12 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 4,900 2,412,500
13 Miranda Lambert Platinum 4,500 669,600
14 Cole Swindell Cole Swindell 4,100 347,800
15 Various Nashville: On The Record 2 3,800 16,500

Notables

-- Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 3,300 755,700
-- Kenny Chesney Big Revival 2,800 357,800
-- Garth Brooks Ultimate Hits 2,700 151,800
-- Blake Shelton Brining Back The Sunshine 2,500 347,600
-- Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds In... 2,500 118,300
-- Jon Wolfe Natural Man 2,200 2,200
-- Aaron Watson The Underdog 1,500 48,500
-- Brett Eldredge Bring You Back 1,500 171,200
Justin Moore Off The Beaten Path 1,200 344,800 (75% increase)
Shania Twain Come On Over 1,200 15,596,800


FYI: The RIAA already certified Fuse.

[Gary]

BB200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk The Album About Nothing, Wale 1
2 17 12 3 GG Furious 7, Soundtrack 2
3 0 New 1 Ludaversal, Ludacris 3
4 1 1 3 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
5 5 5 23 1989, Taylor Swift 1
6 4 9 42 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
7 0 New 1 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 7
8 0 New 1 Kintsugi, Death Cab For Cutie 8
9 3 4 8 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
10 0 New 1 Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens 10
11 9 10 31 V, Maroon 5 1
12 6 7 41 x, Ed Sheeran 1
13 11 11 12 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
14 8 6 8 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
15 2 2 4 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 1
16 0 New 1 Human, Three Days Grace 16
17 10 – 2 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 10
18 0 New 1 Day Of The Dead, Hollywood Undead 18
19 22 24 11 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
20 0 New 1 Tokyo Dome Live In Concert, Van Halen 20
21 19 26 7 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
22 13 20 23 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
23 0 New 1 The Past, The Present, The Future, Jodeci 23
24 27 27 9 NOW 53, Various Artists 2
25 14 16 6 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
26 16 19 16 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
27 25 25 32 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
28 21 22 12 Uptown Special, Mark Ronson 5
29 18 23 26 Hozier, Hozier 2
30 28 30 21 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
31 32 29 5 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
32 24 15 4 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
33 30 31 18 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
34 0 New 1 Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Nightwish 34
35 29 28 17 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
36 39 66 10 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
37 0 New 1 American Candy, The Maine 37
38 45 45 9 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 5
39 37 36 25 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
40 46 39 36 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
41 33 41 20 FOUR, One Direction 1
42 51 43 17 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
43 0 New 1 Adventure, Madeon 43
44 40 – 2 Home, Soundtrack 40
45 52 54 135 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
46 60 48 12 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
47 36 80 24 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
48 55 44 26 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
49 48 47 60 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
50 49 32 6 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
51 42 35 27 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
52 0 New 1 A Fool To Care, Boz Scaggs 52
53 53 46 36 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
54 43 34 13 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
55 7 – 2 Mr. Wonderful, Action Bronson 7
56 41 37 19 Globalization, Pitbull 18
57 34 21 4 Rebel Heart, Madonna 2
58 0 New 1 NOW That’s What I Call ACM Awards: 50 Years, Various Artists 58
59 74 69 57 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
60 26 3 3 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3
61 44 33 6 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 7
62 0 New 1 Mansion, NF 62
63 69 107 18 Listen, David Guetta 22
64 57 51 86 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
65 54 85 15 Reclassified, Iggy Azalea 16
66 50 42 22 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
67 76 60 5 Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship, Third Day 20
68 59 50 71 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
69 65 56 30 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
70 23 – 2 Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue, Van Morrison 23
71 66 61 138 +, Ed Sheeran 5
72 0 New 1 Powers That B, Death Grips 72
73 68 62 9 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 27
74 0 Re-Entry 17 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
75 20 – 2 Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit., Courtney Barnett 20
76 38 38 26 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 38
77 56 53 31 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
78 162 151 58 PS Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
79 111 121 37 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
80 84 75 79 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
81 78 65 75 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
82 73 57 44 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
83 58 13 3 Madness, Sleeping With Sirens 13
84 88 94 6 Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 26
85 64 – 2 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards ZinePak, Various Artists 64
86 77 64 122 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
87 62 40 127 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
88 85 72 21 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
89 83 67 220 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
90 91 82 209 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
91 70 49 10 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 5
92 79 55 16 Annie, Soundtrack 12
93 71 58 106 Native, OneRepublic 4
94 102 – 33 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
95 0 New 1 EXOdus: The 2nd Album, EXO 95
96 82 68 69 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
97 86 73 166 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
98 87 76 358 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
99 0 New 1 Postcards From Paradise, Ringo Starr 99
100 112 95 102 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
101 94 71 11 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 9
102 0 New 1 Lo Mejor de..., Selena 102
103 174 84 4 Love Stuff, Elle King 45
104 93 70 23 Sweet Talker, Jessie J 10
105 89 79 77 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
106 0 Re-Entry 28 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
107 141 158 18 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
108 92 83 82 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
109 0 Re-Entry 56 Greatest Hits: Chapter One, Kelly Clarkson 11
110 107 98 114 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
111 90 74 350 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
112 101 92 74 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
113 146 – 12 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 8
114 95 91 9 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 25
115 105 99 215 21, Adele 1
116 114 109 30 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
117 100 87 57 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
118 108 78 38 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
119 131 125 235 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
120 0 New 1 Help 2.0, Erica Campbell 120
121 67 17 3 Run, AWOLNATION 17
122 115 122 28 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
123 15 – 2 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
124 113 108 36 Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You, Queen 42
125 132 119 24 Sadnecessary, Milky Chance 17
126 127 106 88 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
127 0 New 1 The Day Is My Enemy, The Prodigy 127
128 0 New 1 The Best Of The Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead 128
129 0 New 1 Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress, Godspeed You! Black Emperor 129
130 120 101 81 Love In The Future, John Legend 4
131 99 93 109 Take Care, Drake 1
132 136 135 46 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
133 0 New 1 Blaster, Scott Weiland And The Wildabouts 133
134 106 81 29 X, Chris Brown 2
135 138 116 79 Pure Heroine, Lorde 3
136 121 112 27 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
137 72 14 3 Tracker, Mark Knopfler 14
138 31 – 2 Nashville: On The Record, Volume 2, Various Artists 31
139 140 127 90 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
140 137 155 7 Sex Playlist, Omarion 49
141 186 176 23 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
142 119 110 309 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
143 0 Re-Entry 2 21 Totally 80s Hits, Various Artists 98
144 161 159 103 Red, Taylor Swift 1
145 110 – 69 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
146 142 130 172 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
147 118 88 4 Bombs Away, Sheppard 31
148 126 105 33 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
149 0 Re-Entry 65 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
150 0 Re-Entry 33 Vessel, twenty one pilots 58
151 117 129 5 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith, Casting Crowns 52
152 135 120 55 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
153 129 104 143 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 6
154 139 134 205 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
155 181 52 3 Saints And Sinners, Matt Maher 52
156 130 117 142 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
157 0 Re-Entry 26 This Is All Yours, alt-J 4
158 163 150 106 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
159 0 Re-Entry 10 Majestic, Kari Jobe 12
160 0 Re-Entry 150 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
161 128 103 66 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
162 180 185 105 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 4
163 116 59 5 The Firewatcher's Daughter, Brandi Carlile 9
164 191 189 162 Dark Horse, Nickelback 2
165 0 New 1 We Are Harlot, We Are Harlot 165
166 12 – 2 I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album By Earl Sweatshirt, Earl Sweatshirt 12
167 149 139 205 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
168 133 86 48 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 1
169 187 – 290 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
170 170 186 83 Bad Blood, Bastille 11
171 0 Re-Entry 77 Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Elton John 12
172 164 153 77 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
173 159 152 49 Talk Dirty, Jason Derulo 4
174 152 147 16 Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition, Kevin Gates 38
175 177 179 26 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 154
176 185 198 26 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
177 151 168 341 Metallica, Metallica 1
178 145 162 112 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
179 0 Re-Entry 31 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
180 173 160 9 Full Speed, Kid Ink 14
181 96 8 3 FROOT, Marina And The Diamonds 8
182 124 100 17 Prayer, Robin Schulz 42
183 147 156 61 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
184 175 144 94 Overexposed, Maroon 5 2
185 172 177 184 Recovery, Eminem 1
186 169 161 29 A.M., Chris Young 3
187 165 141 184 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
188 150 115 222 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
189 179 182 16 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
190 156 140 212 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
191 160 170 100 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
192 0 Re-Entry 26 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
193 134 154 901 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
194 143 126 55 G I R L, Pharrell Williams 2
195 171 174 42 Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 1
196 0 Re-Entry 73 God's Not Dead, newsboys 45
197 0 Re-Entry 60 An Awesome Wave, alt-J 80
198 0 Re-Entry 42 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
199 0 Re-Entry 19 Bring You Back, Brett Eldredge 11
200 0 Re-Entry 69 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, Panic! At The Disco 13

[Gary]

Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens 1
2 0 New 1 Kintsugi, Death Cab For Cutie 2
3 0 New 1 Powers That B, Death Grips 3
4 0 New 1 Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress, Godspeed You! Black Emperor 4
5 0 New 1 American Candy, The Maine 5
6 2 1 3 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 1
7 13 7 21 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 3
8 10 15 33 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
9 6 8 73 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
10 5 4 16 1989, Taylor Swift 1
11 0 Re-Entry 6 Salad Days, Mac DeMarco 1
12 0 New 1 Escape From Evil, Lower Dens 12
13 9 9 38 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
14 14 16 12 x, Ed Sheeran 2
15 20 13 14 Hozier, Hozier 2
16 3 3 4 Black Messiah, D'Angelo And The Vanguard 1
17 0 New 1 Tales From Wyoming, Teenage Bottlerocket 17
18 12 12 23 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
19 0 New 1 Deeper, The Soft Moon 19
20 0 New 1 Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Nightwish 20
21 1 – 2 Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit., Courtney Barnett 1
22 8 18 41 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
23 0 New 1 Primrose Green, Ryley Walker 23
24 18 24 135 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
25 17 11 6 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 1

[Gary]

Digital

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk The Album About Nothing, Wale 1
2 0 New 1 Ludaversal, Ludacris 2
3 0 New 1 Kintsugi, Death Cab For Cutie 3
4 0 Re-Entry 2 Furious 7, Soundtrack 4
5 0 New 1 Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens 5
6 1 1 3 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
7 0 New 1 Day Of The Dead, Hollywood Undead 7
8 0 New 1 Human, Three Days Grace 8
9 0 New 1 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 9
10 15 18 25 GG V, Maroon 5 1
11 13 24 7 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 2
12 4 5 8 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
13 7 9 23 1989, Taylor Swift 1
14 22 25 11 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
15 8 20 42 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
16 0 New 1 The Past, The Present, The Future, Jodeci 16
17 9 8 8 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
18 6 2 4 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
19 0 New 1 Adventure, Madeon 19
20 14 15 23 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
21 12 12 40 x, Ed Sheeran 1
22 0 New 1 Mansion, NF 22
23 0 New 1 Live: Tokyo Dome, In Concert, Van Halen 23
24 0 New 1 Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Nightwish 24
25 0 New 1 American Candy, The Maine 25

[Gary]

TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk The Album About Nothing, Wale 1
2 0 New 1 Ludaversal, Ludacris 2
3 1 1 3 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
4 0 New 1 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 4
5 0 New 1 Kintsugi, Death Cab For Cutie 5
6 0 New 1 Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens 6
7 5 7 23 1989, Taylor Swift 1
8 4 – 2 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 4
9 6 14 42 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
10 0 New 1 Human, Three Days Grace 10
11 0 New 1 Day Of The Dead, Hollywood Undead 11
12 41 21 3 GG Furious 7, Soundtrack 12
13 2 2 4 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
14 0 New 1 Live: Tokyo Dome, In Concert, Van Halen 14
15 8 12 41 x, Ed Sheeran 1
16 17 19 31 V, Maroon 5 1
17 16 17 9 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
18 0 New 1 The Past, The Present, The Future, Jodeci 18
19 13 16 12 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
20 18 22 7 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
21 9 10 8 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
22 26 27 11 PS American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
23 0 New 1 Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Nightwish 23
24 15 8 4 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
25 14 13 8 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
26 20 20 23 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
27 0 New 1 American Candy, The Maine 27
28 34 26 5 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
29 25 24 26 Hozier, Hozier 2
30 35 29 12 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
31 28 25 17 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
32 0 New 1 A Fool To Care, Boz Scaggs 32
33 29 28 36 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
34 0 New 1 NOW That’s What I Call ACM Awards: 50 Years, Various Artists 34
35 30 23 6 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
36 23 18 6 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
37 0 New 1 Adventure, Madeon 37
38 31 – 2 Home, Soundtrack 31
39 11 – 2 Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue, Van Morrison 11
40 0 New 1 Powers That B, Death Grips 40
41 19 3 3 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3
42 0 New 1 Mansion, NF 42
43 24 15 4 Rebel Heart, Madonna 1
44 45 34 5 Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship, Third Day 13
45 10 – 2 Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit., Courtney Barnett 10
46 47 78 6 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 17
47 3 – 2 Mr. Wonderful, Action Bronson 3
48 0 Re-Entry 21 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
49 42 37 26 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
50 33 – 2 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards ZinePak, Various Artists 33
51 48 40 25 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
52 59 43 32 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
53 0 Re-Entry 56 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
54 40 30 16 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
55 44 62 20 FOUR, One Direction 1
56 46 38 71 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
57 39 6 3 Madness, Sleeping With Sirens 6
58 75 61 33 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
59 0 New 1 Postcards From Paradise, Ringo Starr 59
60 69 56 16 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 23
61 51 35 11 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 7
62 54 46 60 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
63 61 – 38 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
64 55 44 9 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
65 56 36 17 Annie, Soundtrack 9
66 78 74 21 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 7
67 73 70 21 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
68 0 New 1 EXOdus: The 2nd Album, EXO 68
69 0 New 1 Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress, Godspeed You! Black Emperor 69
70 81 – 12 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
71 50 – 16 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
72 0 New 1 Blaster, Scott Weiland And The Wildabouts 72
73 84 65 23 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
74 71 53 17 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
75 38 5 3 Tracker, Mark Knopfler 5
76 0 Re-Entry 5 21 Totally 80s Hits, Various Artists 76
77 58 45 30 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
78 0 New 1 The Day Is My Enemy, The Prodigy 78
79 0 New 1 Help 2.0, Erica Campbell 79
80 74 64 86 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
81 0 Re-Entry 3 Love Stuff, Elle King 28
82 0 New 1 The Best Of The Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead 82
83 0 New 1 We Are Harlot, We Are Harlot 83
84 83 73 27 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
85 77 59 44 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
86 65 33 5 The Firewatcher's Daughter, Brandi Carlile 4
87 64 60 5 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith, Casting Crowns 30
88 43 9 3 Run, AWOLNATION 9
89 36 32 25 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 32
90 94 99 50 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
91 100 – 28 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
92 62 39 6 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 5
93 0 Re-Entry 2 Saints And Sinners, Matt Maher 31
94 22 – 2 Nashville: On The Record, Volume 2, Various Artists 22
95 96 86 27 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 14
96 80 51 10 Non-Fiction, Ne-Yo 2
97 90 77 82 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
98 0 Re-Entry 28 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
99 0 New 1 Pleasure To Meet You., Dead Sara 99
100 0 Re-Entry 7 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 3

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 8 22 #1 4 wks GG Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
2 3 3 517 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
3 8 7 466 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 3
4 7 9 1157 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
5 4 2 7 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 1
6 5 5 60 +, Ed Sheeran 1
7 2 1 41 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
8 11 15 13 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 8
9 6 12 1149 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
10 13 18 147 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
11 15 17 19 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
12 16 21 208 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
13 10 14 69 21, Adele 1
14 20 23 63 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
15 14 16 853 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
16 28 25 23 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
17 24 26 31 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 17
18 9 10 1000 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
19 0 Re-Entry 6 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 9
20 12 13 127 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
21 17 29 703 Metallica, Metallica 1
22 0 Re-Entry 4 Vessel, twenty one pilots 6
23 38 50 25 Red, Taylor Swift 2
24 0 Re-Entry 38 God's Not Dead, newsboys 1
25 29 30 19 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 4
26 31 27 29 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
27 37 46 20 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 19
28 32 33 77 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
29 19 28 86 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
30 23 35 38 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
31 21 19 97 Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 1
32 50 – 151 Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi 3
33 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Restart, newsboys 33
34 43 42 83 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
35 33 – 4 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice 32
36 46 43 288 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
37 22 20 337 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
38 0 Re-Entry 6 An Awesome Wave, alt-J 11
39 36 – 35 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 6
40 27 31 4 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 27
41 0 Re-Entry 115 Fearless, Taylor Swift 3
42 0 Re-Entry 101 Nevermind, Nirvana 2
43 0 Re-Entry 3 Love In The Future, John Legend 40
44 35 48 143 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
45 0 New 1 Pure Heroine, Lorde 45
46 0 Re-Entry 14 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 10
47 0 Re-Entry 9 Trilogy, The Weeknd 20
48 26 – 131 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
49 34 37 532 Licensed To Ill, Beastie Boys 1
50 30 38 262 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 1

[Gary]

Top Albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk The Album About Nothing, Wale 1
2 – – 1 Ludaversal, Ludacris 2
3 1 1 3 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
4 – – 1 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 4
5 – – 1 Kintsugi, Death Cab For Cutie 5
6 – – 1 Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens 6
7 5 7 23 1989, Taylor Swift 1
8 4 – 2 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 4
9 6 14 42 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
10 – – 1 Human, Three Days Grace 10
11 – – 1 Day Of The Dead, Hollywood Undead 11
12 41 21 3 Furious 7, Soundtrack 12
13 2 2 4 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
14 – – 1 Live: Tokyo Dome, In Concert, Van Halen 14
15 8 12 41 x, Ed Sheeran 1
16 17 19 31 V, Maroon 5 1
17 16 17 9 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
18 – – 1 The Past, The Present, The Future, Jodeci 18
19 13 16 12 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
20 18 22 7 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
21 9 10 8 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
22 26 27 11 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
23 – – 1 Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Nightwish 23
24 15 8 4 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
25 14 13 8 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
26 20 20 23 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
27 – – 1 American Candy, The Maine 27
28 34 26 5 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
29 25 24 26 Hozier, Hozier 2
30 35 29 12 Kidz Bop 27, Kidz Bop Kids 3
31 28 25 17 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
32 – – 1 A Fool To Care, Boz Scaggs 32
33 29 28 36 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
34 – – 1 NOW That’s What I Call ACM Awards: 50 Years, Various Artists 34
35 30 23 6 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
36 23 18 6 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
37 – – 1 Adventure, Madeon 37
38 31 – 2 Home, Soundtrack 31
39 11 – 2 Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue, Van Morrison 11
40 – – 1 Powers That B, Death Grips 40
41 19 3 3 Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse 3
42 – – 1 Mansion, NF 42
43 24 15 4 Rebel Heart, Madonna 1
44 45 34 5 Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship, Third Day 13
45 10 – 2 Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit., Courtney Barnett 10
46 47 89 5 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 17
47 3 – 2 Mr. Wonderful, Action Bronson 3
48 0 Re-Entry 15 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
49 42 37 26 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
50 33 – 2 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards ZinePak, Various Artists 33
51 48 40 25 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
52 59 44 32 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
53 0 Re-Entry 51 Thrive, Casting Crowns 6
54 40 30 16 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
55 44 65 20 FOUR, One Direction 1
56 46 38 71 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
57 39 6 3 Madness, Sleeping With Sirens 6
58 79 64 31 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
59 68 80 133 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
60 – – 1 Postcards From Paradise, Ringo Starr 60
61 72 59 12 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
62 51 35 11 2015 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 7
63 54 48 59 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
64 61 – 31 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
65 55 45 9 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
66 56 36 15 Annie, Soundtrack 9
67 71 58 49 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
68 83 84 16 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
69 76 77 21 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
70 – – 1 EXOdus: The 2nd Album, EXO 70
71 – – 1 Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress, Godspeed You! Black Emperor 71
72 88 – 12 Into The Woods, Soundtrack 3
73 50 – 10 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
74 – – 1 Blaster, Scott Weiland And The Wildabouts 74
75 91 70 23 NOW 52, Various Artists 2
76 74 55 17 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
77 38 5 3 Tracker, Mark Knopfler 5
78 0 Re-Entry 2 21 Totally 80s Hits, Various Artists 78
79 58 46 26 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
80 – – 1 The Day Is My Enemy, The Prodigy 80
81 – – 1 Help 2.0, Erica Campbell 81
82 78 67 86 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
83 0 Re-Entry 3 Love Stuff, Elle King 29
84 – – 1 The Best Of The Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead 84
85 – – 1 We Are Harlot, We Are Harlot 85
86 90 83 27 WOW Hits 2015, Various Artists 23
87 81 62 44 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
88 65 33 5 The Firewatcher's Daughter, Brandi Carlile 4
89 64 63 5 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith, Casting Crowns 33
90 43 9 3 Run, AWOLNATION 9
91 36 32 14 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 32
92 93 75 5 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 63
93 87 81 250 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
94 0 Re-Entry 40 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
95 77 47 7 Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 8
96 82 69 134 +, Ed Sheeran 5
97 0 Re-Entry 23 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
98 62 39 6 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 5
99 0 Re-Entry 2 Saints And Sinners, Matt Maher 31
100 70 42 111 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2

[Daryl the Beryl]

166 12 – 2 I Don’t Like s**t, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album By Earl Sweatshirt, Earl Sweatshirt 12

Ouch!

[HolidayGuy]

Just a note- there's at least one typo in the hard rock article. Madness' album is No. 57 on Top Album Sales, not 39.

[Enigma.]

Catalog:
26 31 27 29 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3

Still top 100 on BB200, must have amazing SPS numbers

[ILLUSION]

Apr 9, 2015 8:34:17 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Catalog:
26 31 27 29 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3

Still top 100 on BB200, must have amazing SPS numbers

Not surprised. It's a fantastic album, much better than Ultraviolence

[Daryl the Beryl]

Apr 9, 2015 7:15:04 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Just a note- there's at least one typo in the hard rock article. Madness' album is No. 57 on Top Album Sales, not 39.

The hard rock article uses Top Current Albums.

ETA it is indeed an error. That was last week's position

[Daryl the Beryl]

I have corrected the article.

[HolidayGuy]

This week, just seven current albums that do not appear in the Album Sales top 100.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Only 3 albums on TCA do not appear on BB200.

95 96 86 27 Frozen: The Songs, Soundtrack 14
98 0 Re-Entry 28 The Art Of Celebration, Rend Collective 13
99 0 New 1 Pleasure To Meet You., Dead Sara 99

[areyoureadytojump]

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Ed Sheeran Scores His Second Million-Selling Album
By Keith Caulfield | April 10, 2015 9:49 PM EDT

Also: One Direction’s “Take Me Home” crosses the 2 million sales mark, Van Halen’s second live album debuts & Taylor Swift’s top five reign continues.

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:

— Taylor Swift, 1989 - No. 5 — The album has now spent its first 23 weeks in the top five of the chart. It is only the 10th set to achieve the feat since Billboard combined the tally's mono and stereo listings in 1963.

— Van Halen, Tokyo Dome Live In Concert – No. 20 — Van Halen debuts at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 with its new live album, Tokyo Dome Live In Concert. Remarkably, if the album -- its 16th chart entry -- goes no higher than No. 20, it will mark the lowest-charting effort for the band in its 37-year career on the tally. Tokyo Dome starts with 31,000 equivalent album units, nearly all from pure album sales. The set was promoted by a two-night performance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on March 30 and 31, and an April 2 visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The gigs were touted as the band’s first U.S. TV performances with singer David Lee Roth. Previous to this week, the only Van Halen title to miss the top 10 was their self-titled debut, which peaked at No. 19 on May 20, 1978 (after debuting at No. 149 on March 11).

The new set is the group’s second live album to chart, following Live: Right Here, Right Now, which debuted and peaked at No. 5 in 1993. That album featured Sammy Hagar on vocals, while the new release boasts Roth, who fronted the band from 1974-1985, later returning in 2006.

— The Maine, American Candy - No. 27 — With 14,000 copies sold, the band clocks its biggest sales week since 2010, when Black & White launched with 25,000 sold (at No. 16). The new set is also the group’s highest charting release since Black & White.

— One Direction, Four - No. 41 — Four, the group’s fourth album, is only 46,000 copies away from becoming the group’s fourth million-seller. Further, their second release, Take Me Home, surpassed 2 million in sales during the week ending March 29. It’s now one of two albums for the vocal group that have sold 2 million copies. It joins their debut set, Up All Night, which has sold 2.04 million. (One Direction’s third album, Midnight Memories, has sold 1.49 million.)

— NF, Mansion – No. 62 — Rapper NF sees his first full-length album, Mansion, debut at No. 62 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on Top Christian Albums. The album moves in with 9,000 copies sold in the week ending April 5, with its overall first-week equivalent album unit total just over 10,000. NF (real name Nate Feuerstein) signed with Capitol Christian Music Group in 2014 and made his first Billboard chart appearance as the featured act on Flame’s “Start Over” (No. 7 peak on the Gospel Digital Songs dated Oct. 19, 2013).

— Ed Sheeran, + – No. 71 — In the sales week ending March 29, Sheeran's debut album, +, reached a million in total album sales. It was released in 2012. Both of Sheeran's albums are in the million-sellers club, as his second effort, 2014's x, has so far sold 1.4 million.

— Ringo Starr, Postcards From Paradise – No. 99 — Ringo Starr return to the Billboard 200 chart, notching his 16th charting album with Postcards From Paradise’s debut at No. 99. The album bows with 7,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending April 5, according to Nielsen Music. Postcards comes nearly 45 years after he made his solo debut on the Billboard 200 with Sentimental Journey. That set started at No. 51 on the May 16, 1970-dated chart, on its way to a No. 22 peak the following month. Starr would visit the top 10 twice in his solo career, with 1973’s Ringo (peaking at No. 2 for two weeks behind Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road) and 1974’s Goodnight Vienna (No. 8). Starr is the only member of The Beatles without a solo No. 1 album. As for his fellow Beatles, Paul McCartney has seven leaders (counting both his solo efforts and those with Wings), John Lennon has three, and George Harrison has two.

Though Starr lacks a No. 1 album, he does own a pair of chart-topping singles on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Photograph” and “You’re Sixteen.”

— Selena, Lo Mejor de - No. 102 — It's the 15th charting album for the late legend and her highest-ranking since 1999, when All My Hits Todos Mis Exitos peaked at No. 54. The new album was released on the 20th anniversary of her death, March 31. For the week ending April 5, Selena’s overall album sales grew by 262 percent to 9,000 sold. Her digital song sales also climbed: gaining 167 percent to 26,000 sold.

Selena’s non-programmed U.S. streams were also unsurprisingly up for the week, rising by 133 percent to 7.2 million. Her most-streamed song of the week was “Dreaming Of You,” with 788,000.

[Gary]

Didn't realize this until I saw actual chart data. Taylor Swift has had 11 weeks at #1 and has been in the top 5 for 23 consecutive weeks. Imagine what this would be if her albums were available on streaming.

[HolidayGuy]

Daryl- because Top Album Sales and Current Albums are purely album-sales-based, that's why I look at those two. :)

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/Bulletin/april-10-2015-billboard-bulletin.pdf

4,942,000 albums were sold last week in the USA.

2,199,000 were digital albums.

2,743,000 were physical albums (cds, cassettes and vinyl).