Billboard 200: 7/18/15: Meek Mill #1 with 246,000

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6620334/meek-mill-first-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart

Meek Mill Claims His First No. 1 Album on the Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | July 08, 2015 10:50 AM EDT

Rapper Meek Mill scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Dreams Worth More Than Money opens in the top slot. The set -- which was released on Maybach/Atlantic Records on June 30 -- moved 246,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 5, according to Nielsen Music.

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).

Meek Mill bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated July 18, which will post in full to Billboard’s website on Thursday, July 9. It is the final Billboard 200 chart utilizing sales data from a Monday to Sunday tracking cycle, due to the music industry shifting to a global release date for new albums (Fridays, beginning on July 10). Going forward, Nielsen Music will alter its sales tracking week to a Friday to Thursday cycle. The first Billboard 200 chart impacted by this shift will see its top 10 revealed in a news story on Saturday, July 11, followed by a full posting of the chart on Tuesday, July 14.

Dreams Worth More Than Money is Meek Mill’s second studio album, and also tallies his largest sales week: 215,000 in traditional album sales. It surpasses the opening week of his first album, Dreams and Nightmares, which launched with 165,000 in 2012.

Further, Meek Mill’s new set garners the fourth largest sales frame for an album in 2015, following the debuts of Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (495,000), Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly (324,000) and Mumford & Sons’ Wilder Mind (231,000).

Meek Mill is the fifth act in a row to earn their first No. 1 album. He follows Breaking Benjamin (with Dark Before Dawn), James Taylor (Before This World), Muse (Drones) and Florence + the Machine (How Big How Blue How Beautiful).

The top slot hasn’t had this many successive newly-crowned No. 1 acts in 14 years. Back in July of 2001, Alicia Keys was the sixth act in a row to score their first No. 1. Her Songs In A Minor opened atop the chart dated July 14. It was preceded by the first leaders for D12 (Devil’s Night), Blink-182 (Take Off Your Pants and Jacket), Staind (Break the Cycle), Tool (Lateralus) and Destiny’s Child (Survivor).

Back on the new Billboard 200, last week’s No. 1, Breaking Benjamin’s Dark Before Dawn, slips to No. 6 with 31,000 units (down 78 percent).

Miguel’s third album Wildheart starts in the runner-up slot (with 48,000 units, of which 41,000 are traditional album sales), giving the singer his highest-charting set yet. His previous album, 2012’s Kaleidoscope Dream, debuted and peaked at No. 3 (with 71,000 in pure sales), while his 2010 debut All I Want Is You topped out at No. 37 the following year.

Taylor Swift’s 1989 rises one position to No. 3 with 48,000 units (down 11 percent) while Ed Sheeran’s x climbs 7-4 with 39,000 (up 10 percent). James Taylor’s Before This World is steady at No. 5 with 33,000 (down 34 percent).

Rock act X Ambassadors arrives at No. 7 with its debut full-length album VHS, starting with 30,000 units. (25,000 of that sum is traditional album sales.) The set was led by the hit single “Renegades,” which has spent the past four weeks locked at No. 1 on the Alternative Songs chart. On the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart dated July 11, the song rose to a new peak, climbing 74-65.

Sam Hunt’s Montevallo holds steady at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 with 29,000 units.

Rock band August Burns Red claims its second top 10 album, as Found In Far Away Places opens at No. 9 with 29,000 units (essentially all from album sales -- the best sales frame ever for the band). The group had previously visited the top 10 with 2013’s Rescue & Restore (26,000 sold in its first week), while the act’s largest sales week had been when 2011’s Leveler bowed at No. 11 with just a few units less than the opening of Found In Far Away Places.

Over on the Top Christian Albums chart, August Burns Red secures its fourth chart-topper with Found In Far Away Places, following Leveler, Constellations (in 2009), and The Messenger (2007).

Closing out the new Billboard 200’s top 10 is the soundtrack to the film Magic Mike XXL, which dances in at No. 10 with 26,000 units (25,000 from pure album sales). The set -- filled with bump-n-grind tunes featured in the sequel to the stripper drama Magic Mike -- easily trumps the peak position of the first Magic Mike soundtrack, which topped out at No. 167 on the July 21, 2012-dated tally. Magic Mike XXL also debuts at No. 1 on the Soundtracks chart.

[Enigma.]

I don't still get it... Is this an official chart or is the one published on Saturday only the official chart to cover the week 29th of June - 5th of July? Why two charts?

[Enigma.]

I mean I can very well understand one 11-day chart but not two published charts covering partly the same time period.

[areyoureadytojump]

Why not a 6 day chart and then a 5 day chart?

[KeepDeanWeird]

So this chart shift results in a longer wait for full chart results - 3 days (Sat - Tue) v (Tue - Thurs) - so much for technology and progress.

[HolidayGuy]

Wait- shouldn't it be July 18 and 21, rather than July 11 and 14?

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MILLION SELLERS CLUB

Taylor Swift's 1989 scans 5 million copies.

Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour scans 2 million copies.

Upcoming 1 million sellers:

Eric Church 989,000
One Direction 986,000
Jason Aldean 983,000
Maroon 5 976,000
Drake 965,000
J Cole 943,000

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hiphopdx.com/news/id.34565/title.hip-hop-album-sales-meek-mill-kendrick-lamar-vince-staples

Hip Hop Album Sales: Meek Mill, Kendrick Lamar & Vince Staples
by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ

posted Wednesday July 08, 2015

Meek Mill's "Dreams Worth More Than Money" debuts at No. 1.

As projected, Meek Mill's Dreams Worth More Than Money debuts at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 200. Miguel's Wildheart follows, debuting at the #2 spot. Kendrick Lamar climbed the charts after slipping last week. Vince Staples' Summertime 'o6 debuts in the top 50.

Meek Mill Gets His First Chart-Topping Album

Meek Mill's Dreams Worth More Than Money debuts at the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 200, as predicted. The album 246,288 units. Mill's first album, Dreams & Nightmares, debuted at #2 and sold 165,000 units its first week.

Kendrick Lamar Moves Up The Charts

Kendrick Lamar's major label sophomore album To Pimp a Butterfly, moved up the charts to #33 after slipping to #45 last week, one slot out of the top 10 Rap & R&B albums. The album sold 14,281 units. Lamar released the video for "Alright" last week, which might have boosted his activity.

Vince Staples Charts With Debut Album

Vince Staples lands the #39 spot with his debut album Summertime 'o6. The double disc album sold 13,776 units its first week.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 7/5/2015

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 Meek Mill - Dreams Worth More Than Money - 246,288 (214,752) [14,046,205]

#2 Miguel - Wildheart - 48,375 (40,500) [4,092,066]

#16 Drake - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - 20,803 (8,212) [12,531,495]

#24 Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise - 16,760 (5,129) [7,332,188]

#25 Nicki Minaj - Pinkprint - 16,535 (3,266) [8,860,543]

#27 A$AP Rocky - At.Long.Last.A$AP. - 15,835 (8,047) [8,449,992]

#30 Major Lazer - Peace is the Mission - 15,119 (2,481) [6,443,293]

#31 Skrillex & Diplo - Skirllex & Diplo Present: Jack - 15,115 (2,641) [6,038,683]

#32 Various Artists - Furious 7 Soundtrack - 14,899 (2,539) [5,355,721]

#33 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly - 14,281 (9,019) [4,638,911]

[renfield75]

Jul 8, 2015 11:37:24 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Wait- shouldn't it be July 18 and 21, rather than July 11 and 14?

That's what I thought; I figured we'd skip next Wednesday/Thursday, get the article on Saturday, and get caught up that way. I'm suddenly very confused.

[HolidayGuy]

I see even the original article had the July 11/14 dates. Even though July 10 is the start of the new release date, I guess Billboard wants top have everything in place before then.

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roughstock.com/news/2015/07/36176-country-album-chart-report-july-8-2015/

Country Album Chart Report for July 8, 2015
Posted by Matt Bjorke

Congratulations to Easton Corbin for landing at #1 with “About To Get Real,” the first time he’s hit #1 in his career with an album.

The top-selling country album (with nearly 21k copies sold) for the first full sales week of July, 2015 is Easton Corbin’s About To Get Real. This marks the first time in his career that he’s attained the #1 slot for one of albums (which include his 2010′s self-titled release and 2012′s All Over The Road). Meanwhile, Kacey Musgraves’ Pageant Material slides to #2 on this week’s look at the Country Album Chart Report for July 8, 2015 with over 73k fans buying her sophomore album in two weeks in stores. Sam Hunt’s Montevallo sits at #3 with sales now at nearly 624k to date while Zac Brown Band’s Jekyll + Hyde sits at #4 with 428k to date. Sitting at #5 is Now Country 8. It has scanned over 58k in four weeks on the chart.

Top Ten Recap

Little Big Town sits at #6 with Pain Killer, a record which has scanned 283k to date. Landing at #7 is the Platinum-certified The Outsiders from Eric Church (997k scanned to date). Brantley Gilbert’s Just As I Am sits at #8 with 859k scanned while Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard’s Django & Jimmie has scanned 72k to date and sits at #9 this week. Rounding out the Top 10 of the Country Album Chart Report for July 8, 2015 is Jason Aldean’s Old Boots, New Dirt. It is certified Platinum and has scanned 989k to date.

Notables

Notables include news about the latest from A Thousand Horses, Blake Shelton (now at 400k scanned), Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, JB & the Moonshine Band, Billy Currington, Dierks Bentley, Old Dominion, and the latest figures from the most-recent albums from “Tomatoes” Reba, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood and more!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1THO23-CHM4QMhy2rczNc49g7zIPn92Ogjc1CmEq6jEc/edit?pli=1

Top 10 CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans Total Scans

1 Easton Corbin About To Get Real 20,400 0 20,400
2 Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material 18,300 54,800 73,100
3 Sam Hunt Montevallo 14,600 609,300 623,900
4 Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 13,400 415,500 428,900
5 Various Now Country 8 9,800 48,200 58,000
6 Little Big Town Pain Killer 9,000 273,700 282,700
7 Eric Church The Outsiders 8,000 988,600 996,600
8 Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 7,300 851,900 859,200
9 W.Nelson/M.Haggard Django & Jimmie 6,900 65,100 72,000
10 Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 6,100 982,900 989,000

Next 5

11 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 5,400 702,500 707,900
12 Blake Shelton Bringing Back The Sunshine 4,600 395,500 400,100
13 Canaan Smith Bronco 4,300 12,000 16,300
14 Luke Bryan Spring Break...Checkin Out 3,900 236,700 240,600
15 Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits...Decade #1 3,600 366,800 370,400

Notables

-- A Thousand Horses Southernality 3,400 26,700 30,100
-- Chris Stapleton Traveller 3,400 60,400 63,800
-- Cole Swindell Cole Swindell 3,300 393,526 396,826
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 3,200 33,100 36,300
-- Billy Currington Summer Forever 2,800 35,900 38,700
-- Reba Love Somebody 2,899 150,300 153,199
-- Glen Campbell I'll Be Me Soundtrack 2,600 21,700 24,300
-- Miranda Lambert Platinum 2,200 723,500 725,700
-- JB & Moonshine Band Mixtape 2,200 0 2,200
--- Dierks Bentley Riser 1,800 340,400 342,200
-- Old Dominion Old Dominion EP 900 20,800 21,700
-- Whitey Morgan Sonic Ranch 800 4,300 5,100

[when the pawn...]

Taylor Swift's 1989 is the 2nd album this decade to sell 5 million copies. The first, of course, was 21 by Adele, which has now sold more than 11 million copies. Am I correct on the below for 4 million plus sellers since 2010?

1 21 by Adele - 11.1 million
2 1989 by Taylor Swift - 5 million
3 Recovery by Eminem - 4.6 million?
4 Speak Now by Taylor Swift - 4.5 million
5 Red by Taylor Swift - 4.2 million
6 Need You Now by Lady Antebellum - 4 million?

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^Don't forget Frozen!

oldbloke's estimates through mid-May 2015:

THE DECADE 2010-2019...SO FAR

Rank - Estimated Sales - TITLE - Artist

01 - 11,126,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 4,789,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift
03 - 4,671,000 - RECOVERY - Eminem
04 - 4,492,000 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
05 - 4,180,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
06 - 4,083,000 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
07 - 4,034,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack
08 - 3,733,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé
09 - 3,349,000 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
10 - 3,204,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons

11 - 3,160,000 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
12 - 2,988,000 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
13 - 2,741,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
14 - 2,545,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
15 - 2,516,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons
16 - 2,446,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan
17 - 2,432,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
18 - 2,414,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars
19 - 2,413,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
20 - 2,348,000 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne

21 - 2,346,000 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
22 - 2,317,000 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem
23 - 2,252,000 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé
24 - 2,229,000 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
25 - 2,228,000 - TAKE CARE - Drake
26 - 2,203,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line
27 - 2,190,000 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle
28 - 2,054,000 - THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - Pink
29 - 2,047,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
30 - 2,007,000 - TAKE ME HOME - One Direction

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6620398/taylor-swifts-1989-5-million-fastest-selling-album-decade

Taylor Swift's '1989' Hits 5 Million in U.S. Sales, Making It the Fastest-Selling Album In Over 10 Years
By Keith Caulfield | July 08, 2015

Taylor Swift’s mega-selling 1989 album continues to be unstoppable. The set has now surpassed 5 million in U.S. sales, according to Nielsen Music, making it the fastest seller to reach that plateau in more than 10 years.

1989 crossed the 5 million mark in the week ending July 5, with another 26,000 sold (its total now stands at 5.015 million). The album reaches the milestone in only its 36th week of release -- the speediest climb to 5 million since the week ending Aug. 1, 2004, when Usher’s Confessions hit 5 million in only its 19th week on sale.

1989 is Swift’s third album to sell 5 million copies, following Fearless (released in 2008) and her self-titled debut (released in 2006). They've sold 6.95 million and 5.52 million, respectively, to-date.

This is also the most recently released album to sell 5 million since Adele’s 21 powered through 5 million in its 42nd week (Dec. 11, 2011); 21 has sold 11.1 million.

On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 18), 1989 spends its 36th consecutive week in the top 10 (rising 4-3). The last album to rack up its first 36 chart weeks in the top 10 was Adele’s 21, which didn’t vacate the region until its 79th chart week (dated Sept. 8, 2012).

[Enigma.]

Interesting to see the boost 1989 gets with Grammy awards 2016

[Gary]

BB200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
2 0 New 1 Wildheart, Miguel 2
3 4 2 36 1989, Taylor Swift 1
4 7 4 54 GG x, Ed Sheeran 1
5 5 1 3 Before This World, James Taylor 1
6 1 – 2 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
7 0 New 1 VHS, X Ambassadors 7
8 8 6 36 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
9 0 New 1 Found In Far Away Places, August Burns Red 9
10 0 New 1 Magic Mike XXL, Soundtrack 10
11 9 9 44 V, Maroon 5 1
12 11 8 25 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
13 0 New 1 About To Get Real, Easton Corbin 13
14 3 – 2 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
15 13 15 55 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
16 12 16 21 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
17 10 – 2 Teen Beach 2, Soundtrack 10
18 14 11 10 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
19 19 22 24 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
20 2 – 2 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
21 0 New 1 The Monsanto Years, Neil Young + Promise Of The Real 21
22 15 14 7 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
23 17 17 21 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
24 37 55 19 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
25 20 25 29 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
26 16 21 37 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
27 18 12 6 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
28 26 28 8 Fight Song (EP), Rachel Platten 26
29 25 26 31 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 14
30 24 34 5 Peace Is The Mission, Major Lazer 12
31 40 41 19 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 26
32 22 20 16 Furious 7, Soundtrack 1
33 45 37 16 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
34 32 44 12 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
35 30 27 22 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 19
36 35 33 73 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
37 0 New 1 Meanwhile... Back At The Lab, Slightly Stoopid 37
38 6 – 2 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 6
39 0 New 1 Summertime '06, Vince Staples 39
40 42 43 30 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
41 31 49 20 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
42 33 38 22 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 5
43 34 29 39 Hozier, Hozier 2
44 53 56 9 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
45 28 10 9 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
46 0 New 1 Into The Sun, Bassnectar 46
47 46 42 59 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
48 39 40 40 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
49 27 18 5 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
50 47 48 49 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
51 23 – 47 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
52 55 63 26 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
53 48 45 38 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
54 49 53 32 Globalization, Pitbull 18
55 44 46 31 Listen, David Guetta 4
56 43 39 5 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 4
57 57 74 13 My House (EP), Flo Rida 14
58 36 23 8 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
59 41 19 4 Drones, Muse 1
60 59 64 40 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
61 21 36 148 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
62 51 54 39 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
63 50 24 4 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 22
64 54 32 10 Stages, Josh Groban 2
65 52 61 45 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
66 56 59 30 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
67 58 58 25 Uptown Special., Mark Ronson 5
68 61 57 49 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
69 62 65 99 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
70 29 – 2 Bronco, Canaan Smith 29
71 0 New 1 Venus, Joy Williams 71
72 0 Re-Entry 87 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 3
73 60 67 23 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
74 38 3 3 The Original High, Adam Lambert 3
75 0 Re-Entry 46 Born Free, Kid Rock 5
76 70 60 371 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
77 63 35 4 Beneath The Skin, Of Monsters And Men 3
78 80 84 151 +, Ed Sheeran 5
79 75 76 135 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
80 86 83 34 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
81 71 70 39 Talking Dreams, Echosmith 38
82 0 New 1 Holy War, Thy Art Is Murder 82
83 0 New 1 The Heart Is A Monster, Failure 83
84 72 185 136 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
85 85 91 70 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
86 79 68 6 Touch Down 2 Cause Hell, Boosie BadAzz 3
87 77 78 101 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
88 67 52 5 Django And Jimmie, Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard 7
89 0 New 1 Ego Death, The Internet 89
90 64 51 11 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
91 87 93 233 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
92 0 New 1 Sticky Fingers: Live, The Rolling Stones 92
93 108 112 49 Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You, Queen 42
94 84 95 92 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
95 78 88 7 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
96 172 192 16 PS First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
97 107 132 248 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
98 83 79 179 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
99 103 114 35 Motion, Calvin Harris 5
100 109 98 43 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
101 92 100 70 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
102 76 66 363 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
103 73 47 3 35 Biggest Hits, Tim McGraw 47
104 81 77 46 Vessel, twenty one pilots 58
105 99 105 222 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
106 88 82 6 Empires, Hillsong UNITED 5
107 93 89 7 True Colors, Zedd 4
108 96 107 140 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
109 0 New 1 Pull The Thorns From Your Heart, Senses Fail 109
110 98 111 33 FOUR, One Direction 1
111 66 31 66 Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones 1
112 97 87 17 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 1
113 0 Re-Entry 141 Born In The U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen 1
114 74 108 10 Love Stuff, Elle King 45
115 173 168 185 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
116 104 127 90 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
117 106 102 44 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
118 118 126 90 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
119 110 123 115 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
120 128 118 14 The Album About Nothing, Wale 1
121 101 86 17 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
122 143 156 99 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
123 94 104 51 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
124 0 Re-Entry 79 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith 2
125 100 92 41 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
126 0 New 1 Archive, 311 126
127 0 Re-Entry 125 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
128 105 99 34 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
129 121 170 120 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
130 178 94 3 2015 Warped Tour Compilation, Various Artists 94
131 111 97 9 Special Effects, Tech N9ne 4
132 95 69 4 Southernality, A Thousand Horses 20
133 165 187 218 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
134 65 5 3 Breathe In. Breathe Out., Hilary Duff 5
135 124 119 119 Native, OneRepublic 4
136 127 122 122 Take Care, Drake 1
137 120 136 82 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
138 147 153 235 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
139 0 Re-Entry 88 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 1
140 136 147 20 Sex Playlist, Omarion 49
141 131 148 88 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 6
142 137 155 87 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
143 123 134 228 21, Adele 1
144 157 175 38 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 144
145 140 167 19 Fan Of A Fan: The Album, Chris Brown & Tyga 7
146 152 154 119 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
147 0 Re-Entry 6 Greatest Hits, Earth, Wind & Fire 40
148 167 173 106 Greatest Hits II, Kenny Chesney 3
149 153 184 3 Some Type Of Love EP, Charlie Puth 149
150 146 129 22 NOW 53, Various Artists 2
151 161 178 18 Piece By Piece, Kelly Clarkson 1
152 102 96 11 Love Story, YelaWolf 3
153 135 152 15 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 10
154 114 139 196 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
155 149 150 46 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
156 126 140 116 Red, Taylor Swift 1
157 145 149 88 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
158 130 120 204 Mothership, Led Zeppelin 7
159 112 80 5 Summer Forever, Billy Currington 15
160 0 Re-Entry 105 Confessions, Usher 1
161 0 New 1 Freedom, Refused 161
162 125 75 320 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
163 133 144 84 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
164 116 81 11 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 32
165 129 125 41 Sundown Heaven Town, Tim McGraw 3
166 0 Re-Entry 9 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 30
167 0 New 1 Just Can't Get Enough: Hits Of '80s Boxed Set, Various Artists 167
168 183 194 42 X, Chris Brown 2
169 0 Re-Entry 27 Rivers In The Wasteland, NEEDTOBREATHE 3
170 154 163 95 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
171 181 – 39 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
172 0 New 1 American Patriot, Lee Greenwood 172
173 0 Re-Entry 30 Design Of A Decade 1986/1996, Janet Jackson 3
174 142 151 151 Chief, Eric Church 1
175 69 7 3 Grand Romantic, Nate Ruess 7
176 0 Re-Entry 27 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
177 170 131 130 The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer, The Beach Boys 16
178 141 161 22 Full Speed, Kid Ink 14
179 0 Re-Entry 96 The Best Of Sade, Sade 9
180 134 189 68 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
181 191 146 7 Hollywood: A Story Of A Dozen Roses, Jamie Foxx 10
182 158 166 127 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
183 163 176 57 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
184 190 197 52 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
185 0 Re-Entry 16 The Essential Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 35
186 151 113 124 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack 3
187 0 Re-Entry 2 The Best Of The Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead 128
188 176 179 74 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
189 0 Re-Entry 201 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 5
190 91 90 15 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
191 171 182 49 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
192 0 Re-Entry 6 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 14
193 0 New 1 Malta Bend, Stevie Stone 193
194 0 Re-Entry 4 The Best Of Foreigner 4 & More, Foreigner 162
195 148 116 5 In Colour, Jamie xx 21
196 186 172 79 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
197 195 – 257 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
198 0 Re-Entry 172 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
199 0 Re-Entry 20 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
200 155 135 14 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 7

[Gary]

TAS

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
2 0 New 1 Wildheart, Miguel 2
3 4 1 3 Before This World, James Taylor 1
4 0 New 1 Found In Far Away Places, August Burns Red 4
5 1 – 2 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
6 6 4 36 1989, Taylor Swift 1
7 0 New 1 Magic Mike XXL, Soundtrack 7
8 0 New 1 VHS, X Ambassadors 8
9 0 New 1 About To Get Real, Easton Corbin 9
10 8 8 54 x, Ed Sheeran 1
11 3 – 2 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
12 0 New 1 The Monsanto Years, Neil Young + Promise Of The Real 12
13 7 – 2 Teen Beach 2, Soundtrack 7
14 9 13 36 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
15 10 9 10 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
16 0 New 1 Meanwhile... Back At The Lab, Slightly Stoopid 16
17 21 25 9 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
18 15 18 25 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
19 2 – 2 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
20 0 New 1 Summertime '06, Vince Staples 20
21 5 – 2 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 5
22 20 24 55 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
23 14 16 7 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
24 0 New 1 Into The Sun, Bassnectar 24
25 16 12 4 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 7
26 24 15 10 Stages, Josh Groban 2
27 18 38 20 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
28 19 10 4 Drones, Muse 1
29 11 11 5 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
30 22 31 23 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
31 33 29 16 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
32 12 6 9 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
33 26 27 49 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
34 30 35 44 V, Maroon 5 1
35 28 36 21 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
36 36 39 24 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
37 25 14 6 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
38 32 34 72 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
39 29 28 21 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
40 0 Re-Entry 46 Born Free, Kid Rock 5
41 0 New 1 Venus, Joy Williams 41
42 39 37 45 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
43 0 New 1 The Heart Is A Monster, Failure 43
44 0 New 1 Holy War, Thy Art Is Murder 44
45 31 23 5 Django And Jimmie, Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard 4
46 45 44 30 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
47 27 21 8 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
48 0 Re-Entry 87 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 3
49 40 33 39 Hozier, Hozier 2
50 86 – 15 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
51 44 43 39 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
52 0 New 1 Sticky Fingers: Live, The Rolling Stones 52
53 41 22 4 Beneath The Skin, Of Monsters And Men 2
54 0 New 1 Ego Death, The Internet 54
55 49 41 6 Touch Down 2 Cause Hell, Boosie BadAzz 2
56 35 26 11 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
57 46 61 12 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
58 0 New 1 Pull The Thorns From Your Heart, Senses Fail 58
59 48 48 38 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
60 38 17 4 Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones 3
61 78 49 3 2015 Warped Tour Compilation, Various Artists 49
62 81 – 16 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
63 53 66 18 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 53
64 58 70 60 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
65 23 2 3 The Original High, Adam Lambert 2
66 0 New 1 Archive, 311 66
67 59 59 22 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
68 17 32 141 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
69 100 – 32 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
70 63 74 5 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 63
71 62 54 6 Empires, Hillsong UNITED 3
72 0 New 1 Just Can't Get Enough: Hits Of '80s Boxed Set, Various Artists 72
73 0 New 1 Freedom, Refused 73
74 52 42 263 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
75 64 79 15 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 4
76 13 – 2 Bronco, Canaan Smith 13
77 71 98 25 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 26
78 87 97 144 +, Ed Sheeran 5
79 0 Re-Entry 87 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 1
80 0 Re-Entry 125 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
81 67 78 80 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
82 73 65 17 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
83 69 71 99 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
84 34 – 23 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
85 0 New 1 Being As An Ocean, Being As An Ocean 85
86 76 62 17 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
87 0 Re-Entry 209 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
88 0 New 1 21 Throwback Jams, Various Artists 88
89 0 New 1 Malta Bend, Stevie Stone 89
90 94 – 21 Bad, Michael Jackson 23
91 84 84 44 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
92 89 86 30 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
93 0 Re-Entry 5 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 16
94 60 50 259 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 18
95 0 Re-Entry 11 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
96 66 68 11 Love Story, YelaWolf 2
97 75 51 4 Southernality, A Thousand Horses 9
98 0 Re-Entry 6 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 8
99 0 Re-Entry 5 Greatest Hits, Earth, Wind & Fire 40
100 68 73 37 Vessel, twenty one pilots 58

[Gary]

Vinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Found In Far Away Places, August Burns Red 1
2 0 New 1 Freedom, Refused 2
3 1 – 2 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 1
4 0 New 1 The Heart Is A Monster, Failure 4
5 0 New 1 Pull The Thorns From Your Heart, Senses Fail 5
6 4 6 29 1989, Taylor Swift 1
7 6 5 29 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
8 8 4 11 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
9 12 10 66 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
10 11 11 146 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
11 16 16 23 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
12 3 – 2 Payola, Desaparecidos 3
13 0 New 1 Beneath The Skin, Of Monsters And Men 13
14 15 – 2 Luminiferous, High On Fire 14
15 10 8 51 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
16 0 New 1 Being As An Ocean, Being As An Ocean 16
17 9 3 5 In Colour, Jamie xx 1
18 7 13 46 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
19 20 17 85 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
20 13 1 4 Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones 1
21 21 24 24 Hozier, Hozier 2
22 23 18 4 Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys 18
23 0 New 1 The Boatman's Call, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 23
24 0 Re-Entry 19 x, Ed Sheeran 2
25 19 22 34 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 3

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Re-Entry 3 #1 1 wk Born Free, Kid Rock 1
2 0 Re-Entry 31 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 2
3 2 1 16 Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones 1
4 4 8 479 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 3
5 6 9 530 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
6 1 2 35 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
7 8 11 514 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 3
8 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Just Can't Get Enough: Hits Of '80s Boxed Set, Various Artists 8
9 3 3 1170 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
10 13 18 73 +, Ed Sheeran 1
11 0 Re-Entry 13 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 6
12 0 Re-Entry 58 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
13 9 13 102 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 9
14 18 25 140 GG Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
15 15 28 90 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
16 7 4 1013 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
17 0 Re-Entry 15 Greatest Hits, Earth, Wind & Fire 3
18 10 10 16 Vessel, twenty one pilots 4
19 0 Re-Entry 193 The Best Of Sade, Sade 2
20 23 32 23 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 5
21 27 31 33 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 15
22 37 29 866 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
23 26 33 43 Family, Lynyrd Skynyrd 16
24 0 Re-Entry 15 Design Of A Decade 1986/1996, Janet Jackson 3
25 35 50 73 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 2
26 25 24 15 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 12
27 29 26 160 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
28 0 Re-Entry 6 Born In The U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen 15
29 22 23 32 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
30 46 – 43 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert 4
31 0 Re-Entry 204 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 2
32 30 39 27 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 10
33 19 34 37 Red, Taylor Swift 2
34 0 Re-Entry 51 Confessions, Usher 5
35 47 – 213 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
36 16 6 1162 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
37 20 – 188 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
38 21 30 6 Frozen, Soundtrack 11
39 0 Re-Entry 31 Greatest Hits II, Kenny Chesney 5
40 41 38 99 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
41 24 35 82 21, Adele 1
42 43 48 73 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
43 0 Re-Entry 146 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 1
44 11 15 23 American Idiot, Green Day 10
45 36 45 33 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
46 49 41 151 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
47 28 – 10 Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys 8
48 48 46 890 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
49 0 Re-Entry 117 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 1
50 32 27 42 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3

[Gary]

digital albums

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
2 0 New 1 Wildheart, Miguel 2
3 0 New 1 VHS, X Ambassadors 3
4 0 New 1 Magic Mike XXL, Soundtrack 4
5 0 New 1 Found In Far Away Places, August Burns Red 5
6 6 5 36 1989, Taylor Swift 1
7 1 – 2 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
8 9 10 53 GG x, Ed Sheeran 1
9 0 New 1 Into The Sun, Bassnectar 9
10 0 New 1 About To Get Real, Easton Corbin 10
11 0 New 1 Summertime '06, Vince Staples 11
12 3 – 2 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
13 0 New 1 Meanwhile... Back At The Lab, Slightly Stoopid 13
14 2 – 2 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
15 7 – 2 Teen Beach 2, Soundtrack 7
16 5 1 3 Before This World, James Taylor 1
17 10 14 36 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
18 13 12 7 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
19 16 20 10 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
20 0 New 1 Sticky Fingers: Live, The Rolling Stones 20
21 12 – 10 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 2
22 19 16 13 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
23 0 New 1 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 23
24 4 – 2 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 4
25 20 13 4 Drones, Muse 1

[Gary]

TCA

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
2 0 New 1 Wildheart, Miguel 2
3 4 1 3 Before This World, James Taylor 1
4 0 New 1 Found In Far Away Places, August Burns Red 4
5 1 – 2 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
6 6 4 36 1989, Taylor Swift 1
7 0 New 1 Magic Mike XXL, Soundtrack 7
8 0 New 1 VHS, X Ambassadors 8
9 0 New 1 About To Get Real, Easton Corbin 9
10 8 8 54 GG x, Ed Sheeran 1
11 3 – 2 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
12 0 New 1 The Monsanto Years, Neil Young + Promise Of The Real 12
13 7 – 2 Teen Beach 2, Soundtrack 7
14 9 13 36 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
15 10 9 10 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
16 0 New 1 Meanwhile... Back At The Lab, Slightly Stoopid 16
17 20 24 9 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
18 15 17 25 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
19 2 – 2 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
20 0 New 1 Summertime '06, Vince Staples 20
21 5 – 2 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 5
22 19 23 55 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
23 14 16 7 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
24 0 New 1 Into The Sun, Bassnectar 24
25 16 12 4 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 6
26 23 15 10 Stages, Josh Groban 2
27 17 36 20 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
28 18 10 4 Drones, Muse 1
29 11 11 5 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
30 21 30 29 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
31 32 28 16 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
32 12 6 9 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
33 25 26 49 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
34 29 33 44 V, Maroon 5 1
35 27 34 21 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
36 35 37 24 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
37 24 14 6 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
38 31 32 73 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
39 28 27 21 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
40 0 New 1 Venus, Joy Williams 40
41 37 35 52 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
42 0 New 1 The Heart Is A Monster, Failure 42
43 0 New 1 Holy War, Thy Art Is Murder 43
44 30 22 5 Django And Jimmie, Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard 4
45 43 41 30 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
46 26 20 8 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
47 38 31 39 Hozier, Hozier 2
48 74 86 17 PS First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
49 42 40 39 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
50 0 New 1 Sticky Fingers: Live, The Rolling Stones 50
51 39 21 4 Beneath The Skin, Of Monsters And Men 2
52 0 New 1 Ego Death, The Internet 52
53 47 39 6 Touch Down 2 Cause Hell, Boosie BadAzz 2
54 34 25 11 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
55 44 55 12 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
56 0 New 1 Pull The Thorns From Your Heart, Senses Fail 56
57 46 45 38 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
58 67 46 3 2015 Warped Tour Compilation, Various Artists 46
59 69 – 18 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
60 22 2 3 The Original High, Adam Lambert 2
61 0 New 1 Archive, 311 61
62 53 53 22 NOW 53, Various Artists 1
63 84 83 35 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
64 55 50 6 Empires, Hillsong UNITED 3
65 0 New 1 Freedom, Refused 65
66 56 66 15 Kidz Bop 28, Kidz Bop Kids 4
67 13 – 2 Bronco, Canaan Smith 13
68 61 80 29 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 23
69 62 58 17 Spring Break... Checkin' Out, Luke Bryan 3
70 59 62 99 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
71 33 – 28 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
72 0 New 1 Being As An Ocean, Being As An Ocean 72
73 65 56 17 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 2
74 0 New 1 21 Throwback Jams, Various Artists 74
75 0 New 1 Malta Bend, Stevie Stone 75
76 72 70 46 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
77 76 72 30 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
78 0 Re-Entry 8 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 16
79 0 Re-Entry 11 I Will Follow, Jeremy Camp 17
80 58 60 11 Love Story, YelaWolf 2
81 64 47 4 Southernality, A Thousand Horses 8
82 0 Re-Entry 7 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 8
83 49 74 7 Love Stuff, Elle King 28
84 0 New 1 Anthology: Live, Richard Smallwood With Vision 84
85 97 98 63 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
86 88 95 29 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 3
87 41 5 3 Grand Romantic, Nate Ruess 5
88 79 75 6 Outlaw In Me, The Lacs 16
89 80 90 7 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 22
90 95 79 7 Hollywood: A Story Of A Dozen Roses, Jamie Foxx 5
91 45 3 3 Breathe In. Breathe Out., Hilary Duff 3
92 77 85 11 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 27
93 0 Re-Entry 16 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 4
94 78 68 14 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 4
95 63 38 3 35 Biggest Hits, Tim McGraw 38
96 0 Re-Entry 22 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
97 87 88 43 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
98 0 New 1 Party People's Anthem, Fronzilla 98
99 73 49 11 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 20
100 0 Re-Entry 11 The Album About Nothing, Wale 1

[Enigma.]

Meek Mill will probably be the #1 on next chart too.. or are there any new entries to challenge him?

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 7/5/15) - Billboard's Top Current Albums

1) Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More Than Money –
2) Miguel – Wildheart –
3) James Taylor – Before This World –

Other Debuts

4) August Burns Red – Found In Far Away Place,
7) Magic Mike XXL Soundtrack –
8) X Ambassadors – VHS –
9) Easton Corbin – About To Get Real –
12) Neil Young + Promise of the Real – The Monsanto Years –
16) Slightly Stoopid – Meanwhile…Back At The Lab –
20) Vince Staples – Summertime 06 –
24) Bassnectar – Into The Sun –

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www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-78-july-burns-red

Metal By Numbers 7/8: July burns red
Posted by Matt Brown on July 8, 2015

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

So, I made an oopsie last week; I listed the numbers for the new August Burns Red and Refused albums when, in actuality, they were pre-order numbers that sometimes appear. The numbers you’re seeing this week are the real debut numbers for the two albums. Guess I’ll have to keep better track of album release dates; I don’t want to cause confusion after all. So take a look at this week’s numbers and be prepared for the new Tool album next week!

Notable Debuts:

August Burns Red, Found In Faraway Places (Fearless) #4, 28,600 sold

The band’s seventh album marks their best debut yet.



Failure, The Heart Is A Monster (INgrooves) #42, 7,250 sold

Failure returns with its first new album in well over a decade. Judging from the reaction, they were missed.



Thy Art Is Murder, Holy War (Nuclear Blast) #43, 7,125 sold

The band’s third album makes it into the top fifty and is sure to pull in more numbers thanks to Mayhem Fest.



Refused, Freedom (Epitaph) #65 4,475 sold

The first new album in 17 years gets a solid debut. It’s definitely the biggest chart week they’ve ever had in the States.



Being As An Ocean, Being As An Ocean (InVogue) #72, 3,775 sold

This California post-hardcore debuts its third album.



Mutoid Man, Bleeder (Sargent House) 1,225 sold

The first LP from the trio featuring members of Cave In and Converge is off to a nice start.



Jungle Rot, Order Shall Prevail (Victory) 990 sold

The band releases its eighth studio album.



Wilson, Right To Rise (Razor & Tie) 950 sold

This is the second album from Detroit rockers Wilson, who have the phrase “full blast fuckery” written on their info page no less than four times.



Goblin Rebirth, Goblin Rebirth (Relapse) 570 sold

One of the four current incarnations of Goblin has released its self-titled debut.



Bitter End, Illusions of Dominance (Deathwish) 440 sold

This is the latest album from this San Antonio hardcore act.





Ecstatic Vision, Sonic Praise (Relapse) 320 sold

This Philly psychedelic metal band featuring former A Life Once Lost members makes its debut.

Notable Sales:

Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #5, 27,750 sold

This takes an 80% drop, but is still in the top five.



Kid Rock, First Kiss (Warner Bros.) #48, 6,275 sold

This gets a 75% boost and I’m running out of clever ways to rag on this.



Halestorm, Into the Wild Life (Atlantic) #116, 2,525 sold

A slight boost of 3%.



Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #145, 2,075 sold

Following the band’s 20th anniversary show, this gets boosted by 34%.



AC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia) #175, 1,800 sold

This dropped off again last week, but a 72% bumps this back up.



Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter (Roadrunner) #162, 1,775 sold

A boost of 4%.



High On Fire, Luminiferous (eOne) #168, 1,700 sold

This takes a drop of 37%.



Lindemann, Skills In Pills (Warner Bros.) 1,300 sold

This takes a 72% drop.



Hundredth, Free (Hopeless) 960 sold

A drop of 39%.



Our Last Night, Younger Dreams (Self-Released) 730 sold

Dreaming of a 9% drop.



Straight Line Stitch, Transparency (Pavement) 630 sold

The band’s latest EP is a follow-up to their self-titled EP from last year.



Babymetal, Babymetal (VAP Japan) 530 sold

A 34% drop.



Armored Saint, Win Hands Down (Metal Blade) 430 sold

A 33% drop sain’t that good.



Outlands, Grave Mind (Tragic Hero) 330 sold

A second 50% drop.



Amaranthe, Massive Addictive (Spinefarm) 290 sold

Still holding on with a slight drop of 5%.



iwrestledabearonce, Hail Mary (Artery) 290 sold

Bearing a 33% drop.



Silent Planet, The Night God Slept (Solid State) 280 sold

A tiny 1% boost.



Shattered Sun, Hope Within Hatred (Victory) 270 sold

No doubt Mayhem Fest is why this has gotten boosted back onto the charts.

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6627274/billboard-200-chart-moves-dr-dre-chronic-returns-20-years

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Dr. Dre's 'Chronic' Returns After Over 20 Years
By Keith Caulfield | July 10, 2015

On the latest Billboard 200 chart (dated July 18), rapper Meek Mill scored his first No. 1 album, as Dreams Worth More Than Money opened atop the tally. It moved 246,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 5, according to Nielsen Music.

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).

The July 18-dated chart is the final Billboard 200 chart utilizing sales data from a Monday to Sunday tracking cycle, due to the music industry shifting to a global release date for new albums (Fridays, beginning on July 10). Going forward, Nielsen Music will alter its sales tracking week to a Friday to Thursday cycle. The first Billboard 200 chart impacted by this shift will see its top 10 revealed in a news story on Saturday, July 11, followed by a full posting of the chart on Tuesday, July 14. (Read this story for further information about the changes.)

Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the July 18 chart:

— Neil Young + Promise of the Real, The Monsanto Years – No. 21 — Neil Young’s latest effort (which launches with 18,000 units) also gives the rock icon his 40th top 40 album. That ties him with The Beatles for the sixth most top 40 albums in the history of the chart (which began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in 1956). Ahead of them are Frank Sinatra (with the record most top 40 sets: 56), Elvis Presley (52), Barbra Streisand (51), the Rolling Stones (45) and Bob Dylan (44). Young has been very prolific in recent years, as he’s notched 18 of his top 40 titles since 2000. That’s the most top 40 hits in that span of time for a traditional artist, with only the Glee cast (with 20) and the Kidz Bop Kids franchise (27) having earned more. (To compare, between 1985-1999, Young only earned seven top 40 albums.)

— Joy Williams, Venus – No. 71 — After charting five albums as a member of the folk/rock duo The Civil Wars, singer Joy Williams nets her first solo entry on the Billboard 200 with Venus (8,000 units). The Civil Wars’ second (and likely final) studio album, a 2013 self-titled set, debuted at No. 1. Although Venus is Williams’ first entry on the big chart, she’s charted solo albums in earlier years on the Top Christian Albums chart: a self-titled set in 2001 (which peaked at No. 12), By Surprise (2002, No. 31) and Genesis (2005, No. 18). Venus also debuts at No. 3 on the Folk Albums chart, where The Civil Wars have scored 10 entries (the most of any duo or group), including two No. 1s.

— Dr. Dre, The Chronic – No. 72 — After more than 20 years off the chart, Dr. Dre’s The Chronic returns to the list at No. 72 with 8,000 units. Its re-entrance is prompted by the album’s return to digital retailers, where it had been unavailable since 2011. The bulk of its unit total for the week was driven by download sales, as the set also debuts at No. 23 on the Digital Albums chart with 6,000 downloads sold. The Chronic was last on the Billboard 200 chart dated Aug. 27, 1994. In total, the album spent 28 weeks in the top 10, all consecutive, in 1993. It peaked at No. 3 for six nonconsecutive weeks and has sold 5.7 million copies in the U.S.

— The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers: Live - No. 92 — The Rolling Stones rock with its 53rd chart entry, as its new album Sticky Fingers: Live arrives at No. 92 with 7,000 units. The album was recorded on May 20 at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, where the Stones played the 10-song Sticky Fingers album in its entirety for the first time as a kick-off to its current Zip Code tour. (Sticky Fingers, first released in 1971, was reissued in a variety of formats on June 9.) Among those tunes are tracks like “You Gotta Move,” which hadn’t been performed by the band since 1976, and “Sister Morphine,” not performed since 1998. Sticky Fingers: Live is The Rolling Stones’ 13th charting live album. The group last visited the chart with a new studio album nearly 10 years ago, when A Bigger Bang bowed at No. 3 on the Sept. 24, 2005-dated chart.

— Lee Greenwood, American Patriot - No. 172 — Thanks to the annual resurgence in popularity of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.,” its parent album American Patriot debuts on the tally at No. 172 with 4,000 units earned. (It’s Greenwood’s first chart entry since 1985, when Greatest Hits peaked at No. 163.) The bulk of American Patriot’s units for the week (71 percent) were powered by track equivalent albums — mostly sales of “God Bless the U.S.A.” The song always sees a spike in popularity around the Independence Day holiday, and was up 142 percent in download sales, rising to 6,000 for the week. “God Bless the U.S.A.” was initially a hit in 1984, peaking at No. 7 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song later became a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, debuting and peaking at No. 16 on the Hot 100 dated Sept. 29, 2001.

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

4,322,000 albums were sold last week in the USA.

1,884,000 were digital albums.

2,448,000 were physical albums (cds, cassettes and vinyl).

Album sales are down -4.0% in 2015.