Billboard 200 9/19: Weeknd 412k, Halsey, 3 More T10 Debuts!

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Top 10 Post is Up!

Hip-hop Sales & Aggregates Courtesy of HipHopDX (Provided exact, rounded to significance 250)
Country Sales Courtesy of Roughstock (Provided rounded to 100)

01 - NEW - 411,500 (325,500) - The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
02 - NEW - 115,000 (97,000) - Halsey - Badlands
03 - 01 - 50,000 (38,000) - Luke Bryan - Kill the Lights
04 - 07 - 44,000 (24,000) - Taylor Swift - 1989
05 - 03 - 32,000 (27,500) - Dr. Dre - Compton
06 - 05 - 28,000 (unknown) - Ed Sheeran - X
07 - NEW - 28,000 (23,800) - Maddie & Tae - Start Here
08 - NEW - 27,000 (unknown) - Beach House - Depression Cherry
09 - NEW - 26,000 (25,000) - Ben Rector - Brand New
10 - 01 - 26,000 (unknown) - Disturbed - Immortalized
11 - 12 - 25,750 (10,500) - Future - DS2

14 - 14 - 22,750 (10,000) - Drake - If You're Reading This, It's Too Late

16 - 09 - 19,750 (13,250) - N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

23 - 27 - 14,250 (6,000) - J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
24 - 45 - 13,500 (10,000) - Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint

26 - 29 - 13,000 (2,750) - Meek Mill - Dreams Worth More Than Money

29 - 39 - 12,250 (3,000) - Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise

34 - 40 - 10,750 (5,750) - Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

?? - 04 - unknown (8,100) - Kip Moore - Wild Ones
?? - 11 - unknown (13,300) - Sam Hunt - Montevallo
?? - 21 - unknown (8,300) - Zac Brown Band - Jekyll + Hyde
?? - 22 - unknown (8,200) - Elvis Presley - Elvis Forever
?? - 31 - unknown (8,300) - Eric Church - The Outsiders
?? - 36 - unknown (5,600) - Florida Georgia Line - Anything Goes
?? - 55 - unknown (5,300) - Little Big Town - Pain Killer
?? - 86 - unknown (4,200) - Jason Aldean - Old Boots, New Dirt
?? - 96 - unknown (4,700) - Alan Jackson - Angels & Alcohol
?? - RE? - unknown (4,400) - Darius Rucker - Southern Style
?? - NEW - unknown (4,000) - Various Artists - Mud Digger 6

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6685947/the-weeknd-beauty-behind-the-madness-debuts-at-no-1-billboard-200-charts

The Weeknd's 'Beauty Behind the Madness' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield | September 06, 2015

The Weeknd rules the Billboard 200 albums chart as the singer's new album, Beauty Behind the Madness, bows at No. 1 with the second-biggest debut of 2015.

The album starts with a whopping 412,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 3, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 326,000 were pure album sales (his best sales week ever).

With the arrival, The Weeknd earns the second-largest overall weekly unit total and pure sales week for an album this year, behind only the debut of Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late (535,000 units; 495,000 in album sales).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Sept. 19-dated chart (where The Weeknd is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard's Web sites on Wednesday, Sept. 9 (a day later than normal, due to the Labor Day holiday).

Beauty Behind the Madness was released through XO/Republic Records on Aug. 28 and is the third consecutive top 10 album for The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye. It follows 2012's Trilogy (it debuted and peaked at No. 4) and 2013's Kiss Land (a No. 2 debut/peak). The new album was led by three hit singles that have all reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "Earned It" (initially from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack; the song peaked at No. 3), "Can't Feel My Face" (No. 1 for two weeks) and "The Hills" (climbing to a new peak of No. 4 on the Sept. 12-dated chart).

Shortly after the release of Beauty Behind the Madness, The Weeknd performed on the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Aug. 30 and starred in new TV commercials for Apple Music. Six days before the album hit retail, The Weeknd headlined the Billboard Hot 100 Festival on Aug. 22.

An act that will be touring with The Weeknd later this year, Halsey, debuts at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 chart with her debut full-length album, Badlands. The set, released through Astralwerks Records, opens with 115,000 units (of which 97,000 are pure album sales) and also launches at No. 1 on the Alternative Albums chart.

Badlands secures the second-biggest debut of 2015 for a female artist's first full-length album both in units and pure album sales. It stands behind Meghan Trainor's Title, which bowed with 238,000 units and 195,000 in album sales.

With Badlands' No. 2 start, it gives the Astralwerks label its highest charting album ever, surpassing its previous high of No. 5 (earned when David Guetta's Nothing But the Beat debuted and peaked at the rank in 2011).

Halsey's debut EP, Room 93, reached No. 3 on the Heatseekers Albums chart in 2014 and has 41,000. Badlands' current single, "New Americana," has so far peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks chart and No. 22 on Alternative Songs.

Luke Bryan's former No. 1 album, Kill the Lights, dips one rung to No. 3 with 50,000 units (down 25 percent). Taylor Swift's 1989 climbs 7-4 with 44,000 units (up 50 percent) and 24,000 in album sales (up 35 percent). Like The Weeknd, Swift performed on the VMAs and also took home multiple awards, including video of the year (for "Bad Blood"). Swift also benefits from the debut of the music video for 1989's new single "Wildest Dreams." It premiered on the VMAs pre-show.

Dr. Dre's Compton descends two spots to No. 5 with 32,000 units (down 47 percent) and Ed Sheeran's X moves 5-6 with just over 28,000 units (down 10 percent).

Country duo Maddie & Tae enter at No. 7 with their debut full-length album, Start Here (28,000 units). The pair earlier hit No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart with the album's "Girl In a Country Song" (which was also featured on their self-titled EP). Their current single, "Fly," reached the top 10 on the Country Airplay tally dated Sept. 12 (rising 12-9).

Another duo, but of a more alternative flavor, starts at No. 8: Beach House. The pair's new Depression Cherry bows with 27,000 units and gives the act its second top 10 album, following their previous release, 2012's Bloom (No. 7 debut and peak).

Singer-songwriter Ben Rector nabs his biggest week ever, as his latest studio effort Brand New debuts at No. 9 with 26,000 units (with 25,000 of that pure album sales). It's his best sales week and first top 10 album.

Last week's No. 1 album, Disturbed's Immortalized, falls to No. 10 with just over 26,000 units (down 73 percent) to close out the top 10.

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Yes at The Weeknd and Taylor rising! :)

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hiphopdx.com/news/id.35400/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-weeknd-dr-dre-nicki-minaj

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Weeknd, Dr. Dre & Nicki Minaj
by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ
posted Tuesday September 08, 2015 at 08:30AM PST

The Weeknd and Dr. Dre are in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart.

The Weeknd's Beauty Behind the Madness takes the top spot in this week's Billboard Top 200 album sales. The album saw 411,467 total activity in its first week on the chart. Dr. Dre's Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre is the only Rap album in the top 10 sales this week. Nicki Minaj saw a significant climb from last week's numbers.

The Weeknd Debuts at #1

The Weeknd's sophomore album, Beauty Behind the Madness, is the singer's first album to reach the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart. 2012's Trilogy peaked at the #4 spot when it was released. The album sees a 34 percent surge in its sales, landing at the #37 spot. Beauty Behind the Madness saw 411,467 units of total activity, selling 325,518 albums and receiving 57,417,799 streams. Other Rap and R&B albums to debut at #1 recently include Future's Dirty Sprite 2 with 146,960 total units and Meek Mill's Dreams Worth More Than Money with 246,288 total units.

Dr. Dre Remains in Top 5

Dr. Dre's album sales remain strong for Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre. The album is in its fourth week on the charts and stands at the #5 spot with 32,036 total units of activity. Dr. Dre also appears at the #16 spot with N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton.

Nicki Minaj Climbs the Charts

Nicki Minaj surges up the chart with Pinkprint seeing 13,483 total units of activity. This is a 35 percent increase over last week's sales. The album lands at the #24 spot on the chart, right behind J. Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 9/3/2015

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 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness - 411,467 (325,518) [57,417,799]

#5 Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre - 32,036 (27,530) [4,252,671]

#11 Future - Dirty Sprite 2 - 25,812 (10,444) [16,466,636]

#14 Drake - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - 22,632 (10,027) [14,227,780]

#16 N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton - 19,736 (13,150) [4,067,287]

#23 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 14,126 (6,076) [9,075,771]

#24 Nicki Minaj - Pinkprint - 13,483 (9,967) [8,287,129]

#26 Meek Mill - Dreams Worth More Than Money - 13,062 (2,633) [9,926,667]

#29 Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise - 12,137 (2,930) [8,060,960]

#34 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly - 10,685 (5,656) [5,272,464]

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I've updated the first post to include both Country and Hip-hop stats. If you guys want a bunch of the notable sales, I'll add them, but just going through the top 15 already was starting to seem insignificant in BB200 position.

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57 million stream for the Weekend

[Enigma.]

48 64 55 Vessel twenty one pilots 48

A new peak!

[Gary]

Billboard 200


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
2 0 New 1 Badlands, Halsey 2
3 2 1 4 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
4 7 7 45 GG 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 3 3 4 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
6 5 2 63 x, Ed Sheeran 1
7 0 New 1 Start Here, Maddie & Tae 7
8 0 New 1 Depression Cherry, Beach House 8
9 0 New 1 Brand New, Ben Rector 9
10 1 – 2 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
11 12 9 7 DS2, Future 1
12 11 10 45 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
13 18 15 16 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
14 14 14 30 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
15 10 5 4 NOW 55, Various Artists 3
16 9 4 87 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 4
17 53 48 11 PS Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
18 24 19 21 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
19 19 16 34 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
20 20 18 33 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
21 15 12 5 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
22 23 13 64 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
23 27 25 39 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
24 45 35 38 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
25 31 29 82 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
26 29 20 10 Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
27 21 23 19 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
28 26 6 3 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
29 39 36 28 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
30 49 51 28 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 26
31 74 – 2 Four Pink Walls (EP), Alessia Cara 31
32 34 30 14 Peace Is The Mission, Major Lazer 12
33 35 28 53 V, Maroon 5 1
34 40 33 25 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
35 0 New 1 Bad Magic, Motorhead 35
36 36 40 47 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
37 62 87 79 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
38 38 37 48 Hozier, Hozier 2
39 4 – 2 Wild Ones, Kip Moore 4
40 41 42 35 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
41 17 – 2 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 17
42 56 65 19 Love Stuff, Elle King 42
43 46 31 17 Fight Song (EP), Rachel Platten 20
44 37 45 30 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
45 42 27 14 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 4
46 50 43 8 Black Rose, Tyrese 1
47 47 53 18 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
48 64 72 55 Vessel, twenty one pilots 48
49 52 56 11 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
50 48 44 40 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 14
51 55 52 46 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
52 54 46 31 Reflection, Fifth Harmony 5
53 63 47 12 Some Type Of Love EP, Charlie Puth 37
54 117 139 19 Stages, Josh Groban 2
55 6 – 2 The Great Unknown, Rob Thomas 6
56 22 11 3 Elvis Presley Forever, Elvis Presley 11
57 44 24 4 This Is Not A Test, tobyMac 4
58 0 New 1 What Went Down, Foals 58
59 66 60 15 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
60 43 50 10 VHS, X Ambassadors 7
61 0 New 1 Cheers To The Fall, Andra Day 61
62 13 – 2 Burning Bridges, Bon Jovi 13
63 0 New 1 Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, Jimi Hendrix Experience 63
64 16 – 2 E*MO*TION, Carly Rae Jepsen 16
65 120 125 17 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
66 59 58 108 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
67 60 66 68 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
68 86 70 48 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
69 71 75 99 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
70 69 67 43 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
71 84 89 157 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
72 73 38 93 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 3
73 78 61 25 Furious 7, Soundtrack 1
74 101 108 17 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 30
75 79 76 29 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
76 61 74 188 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
77 97 146 145 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 53
78 95 86 101 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
79 0 New 1 Hotting Up, Iration 79
80 85 77 231 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
81 70 55 127 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
82 80 79 149 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
83 83 68 131 Take Care, Drake 1
84 51 34 6 Woman, Jill Scott 1
85 89 69 56 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
86 107 88 14 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
87 67 22 3 Wondaland Presents: The Eephus (EP), Various Artists 22
88 91 82 54 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
89 90 95 39 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
90 28 – 2 One Place Live, Tasha Cobbs 28
91 58 54 22 My House (EP), Flo Rida 14
92 94 78 160 +, Ed Sheeran 5
93 98 102 50 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
94 87 41 58 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
95 82 71 58 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
96 0 New 1 Stuff Like That There, Yo La Tengo 96
97 81 96 42 FOUR, One Direction 1
98 68 57 31 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 19
99 77 59 8 Kidz Bop 29, Kidz Bop Kids 4
100 99 80 144 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
101 0 New 1 The Essential Van Morrison, Van Morrison 101
102 108 113 8 Welcome To Cam Country (EP), Cam 102
103 0 New 1 The Ride Majestic, Soilwork 103
104 0 New 1 Alchemy, Meytal 104
105 88 83 7 Currents, Tame Impala 4
106 109 131 257 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
107 92 100 108 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
108 100 73 110 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
109 112 98 23 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
110 111 109 372 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
111 103 101 58 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
112 102 91 380 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
113 114 117 79 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
114 113 107 49 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE, Blake Shelton 1
115 72 119 5 The Best Of N.W.A: The Strength Of Street Knowledge, N.W.A 72
116 116 110 53 Ignite The Night, Chase Rice 3
117 0 Re-Entry 16 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 7
118 0 New 1 Poison Season, Destroyer 118
119 115 124 60 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
120 151 154 24 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
121 106 94 49 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
122 8 – 2 Meliora, Ghost 8
123 122 121 242 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
124 96 62 7 Angels And Alcohol, Alan Jackson 5
125 123 105 34 Uptown Special., Mark Ronson 5
126 132 142 237 21, Adele 1
127 136 175 45 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
128 126 128 7 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection, Queen 48
129 118 114 12 35 Biggest Hits, Tim McGraw 47
130 0 Re-Entry 11 Before This World, James Taylor 1
131 133 122 96 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
132 0 New 1 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2016 Edition, Various Artists 132
133 125 120 124 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
134 124 90 6 Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture, Soundtrack 5
135 138 135 125 Red, Taylor Swift 1
136 0 Re-Entry 13 The Singles Collection, Britney Spears 22
137 129 147 16 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
138 142 145 99 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
139 153 132 129 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
140 65 8 3 Venom, Bullet For My Valentine 8
141 128 111 10 Wildheart, Miguel 2
142 130 138 16 True Colors, Zedd 4
143 135 153 11 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
144 0 New 1 Something Different, Sidewalk Prophets 144
145 167 168 83 The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 2
146 144 134 91 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
147 121 103 40 Listen, David Guetta 4
148 0 Re-Entry 19 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 32
149 134 112 20 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
150 0 New 1 Inanimate Objects, Atlas Genius 150
151 152 158 93 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
152 150 127 10 Home, Soundtrack 40
153 170 169 28 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
154 157 167 15 Empires, Hillsong UNITED 5
155 148 148 9 Old Dominion (EP), Old Dominion 148
156 0 New 1 The Unmaking (EP), Nichole Nordeman 156
157 156 156 12 The Original High, Adam Lambert 3
158 143 123 32 Wanted On Voyage, George Ezra 19
159 0 Re-Entry 92 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
160 131 162 194 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
161 147 164 78 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
162 168 171 329 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
163 177 178 128 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 3
164 160 152 97 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 6
165 155 116 128 Native, OneRepublic 4
166 166 166 33 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
167 25 – 2 Up, Pop Evil 25
168 193 191 44 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
169 141 149 11 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 6
170 140 126 6 Not An Apology, Bea Miller 7
171 158 133 205 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
172 174 161 55 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
173 146 143 18 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
174 165 160 104 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
175 163 140 116 American Idiot, Green Day 1
176 173 165 203 Recovery, Eminem 1
177 0 Re-Entry 61 Graduation, Kanye West 1
178 0 Re-Entry 41 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 6
179 179 180 50 X, Chris Brown 2
180 0 New 1 Mud Digger, Volume 6, Various Artists 180
181 187 179 43 Cole World: The Sideline Story, J. Cole 1
182 149 144 134 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
183 191 186 243 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1
184 172 159 23 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, Soundtrack 1
185 0 Re-Entry 24 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
186 0 Re-Entry 135 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
187 0 New 1 War Room: Music From And Inspired By The Original Motion Picture, Soundtrack 187
188 181 192 88 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
189 0 Re-Entry 55 Bangerz, Miley Cyrus 1
190 184 157 66 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
191 0 Re-Entry 11 Kiss Land, The Weeknd 2
192 188 176 97 PRISM, Katy Perry 1
193 176 118 19 Greatest Hits, Ice Cube 54
194 178 137 6 VII: Sturm Und Drang, Lamb Of God 3
195 0 Re-Entry 45 Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
196 0 Re-Entry 74 Doggy Style, Snoop Doggy Dogg 1
197 119 92 4 Michael Ray, Michael Ray 21
198 189 170 244 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
199 182 – 4 Everyday Jesus, Anthony Brown & group therAPy 11
200 110 81 7 Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell 6

[Gary]

Top Album Sales

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
2 0 New 1 Badlands, Halsey 2
3 3 1 4 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
4 2 3 4 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
5 0 New 1 Depression Cherry, Beach House 5
6 0 New 1 Brand New, Ben Rector 6
7 0 New 1 Start Here, Maddie & Tae 7
8 11 9 45 1989, Taylor Swift 1
9 1 – 2 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
10 7 4 4 NOW 55, Various Artists 3
11 22 17 16 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
12 16 13 45 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
13 9 6 5 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 6
14 15 2 63 x, Ed Sheeran 1
15 12 11 5 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
16 25 15 7 DS2, Future 1
17 0 New 1 Bad Magic, Motorhead 17
18 24 28 30 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
19 72 71 11 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
20 21 19 19 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
21 27 29 81 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
22 13 7 3 Elvis Presley Forever, Elvis Presley 7
23 4 – 2 Wild Ones, Kip Moore 4
24 53 60 19 Stages, Josh Groban 2
25 30 25 8 Black Rose, Tyrese 1
26 10 – 2 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 10
27 8 – 2 Burning Bridges, Bon Jovi 8
28 26 21 34 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
29 5 – 2 The Great Unknown, Rob Thomas 5
30 31 18 64 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
31 34 26 33 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
32 35 34 11 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
33 0 New 1 What Went Down, Foals 33
34 28 14 4 This Is Not A Test, tobyMac 4
35 29 5 3 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 5
36 0 New 1 Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, Jimi Hendrix Experience 36
37 0 New 1 Cheers To The Fall, Andra Day 37
38 38 31 58 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
39 81 – 2 Four Pink Walls (EP), Alessia Cara 39
40 42 36 39 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
41 0 New 1 Hotting Up, Iration 41
42 0 New 1 Stuff Like That There, Yo La Tengo 42
43 0 New 1 Alchemy, Meytal 43
44 0 New 1 The Ride Majestic, Soilwork 44
45 32 20 6 Woman, Jill Scott 1
46 20 – 2 One Place Live, Tasha Cobbs 20
47 45 35 25 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
48 40 40 18 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
49 96 – 14 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
50 44 52 47 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
51 41 30 8 Kidz Bop 29, Kidz Bop Kids 2
52 59 72 13 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 16
53 49 43 32 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
54 52 42 22 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
55 0 New 1 Poison Season, Destroyer 55
56 6 – 2 Meliora, Ghost 6
57 83 67 12 Before This World, James Taylor 1
58 0 New 1 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2016 Edition, Various Artists 58
59 46 32 7 Angels And Alcohol, Alan Jackson 4
60 51 74 30 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
61 65 54 14 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
62 58 48 48 Hozier, Hozier 2
63 61 81 15 Love Stuff, Elle King 29
64 56 68 54 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
65 62 62 69 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
66 0 New 1 The Essential Van Morrison, Van Morrison 66
67 50 27 92 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 3
68 55 53 7 Currents, Tame Impala 5
69 14 – 2 E*MO*TION, Carly Rae Jepsen 14
70 63 55 48 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
71 67 70 27 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 53
72 68 82 46 Vessel, twenty one pilots 58
73 0 New 1 Something Different, Sidewalk Prophets 73
74 0 Re-Entry 14 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 4
75 36 8 3 Venom, Bullet For My Valentine 8
76 60 59 18 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
77 66 47 53 V, Maroon 5 1
78 69 37 21 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
79 71 75 29 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
80 84 86 21 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 76
81 0 New 1 Inanimate Objects, Atlas Genius 81
82 70 80 108 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
83 74 77 14 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 63
84 0 New 1 The Unmaking (EP), Nichole Nordeman 84
85 0 Re-Entry 24 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
86 0 New 1 Mud Digger, Volume 6, Various Artists 86
87 78 73 13 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 7
88 0 New 1 What Should Not Be Unearthed, Nile 88
89 76 99 11 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
90 0 New 1 War Room: Music From And Inspired By The Original Motion Picture, Soundtrack 90
91 73 64 20 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
92 0 Re-Entry 43 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
93 0 New 1 Dear Diary, Alexis Spight 93
94 82 65 6 VII: Sturm Und Drang, Lamb Of God 2
95 91 76 9 Home, Soundtrack 31
96 17 – 2 Up, Pop Evil 17
97 57 39 7 Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell 3
98 88 69 6 Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture, Soundtrack 3
99 0 Re-Entry 27 Bad, Michael Jackson 23
100 0 New 1 Krown Power, Kottonmouth Kings 100

[Gary]

CVinyl

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Depression Cherry, Beach House 1
2 0 New 1 Badlands, Halsey 2
3 5 4 5 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
4 0 New 1 Poison Season, Destroyer 4
5 0 New 1 Stuff Like That There, Yo La Tengo 5
6 6 5 7 Currents, Tame Impala 1
7 0 Re-Entry 10 Deja Entendu, Brand New 3
8 10 8 38 1989, Taylor Swift 1
9 0 New 1 Split (EP), Owen / Into It. Over It. 9
10 0 New 1 What Went Down, Foals 10
11 9 7 32 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
12 11 11 11 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 1
13 13 13 60 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
14 1 – 2 Meliora, Ghost 1
15 12 21 3 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 12
16 19 – 2 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 16
17 0 Re-Entry 154 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
18 0 New 1 Bad Magic, Motorhead 18
19 0 New 1 Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 19
20 0 Re-Entry 121 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 1
21 22 19 33 Hozier, Hozier 2
22 15 24 55 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
23 16 23 75 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
24 14 10 94 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
25 17 – 2 The Mouse And The Mask, Danger Doom 17

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 12 #1 3 wks Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 1
2 3 8 539 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
3 2 2 37 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 2
4 4 9 488 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 3
5 5 11 25 Vessel, twenty one pilots 4
6 8 14 32 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 5
7 6 10 523 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 3
8 28 – 12 GG Trilogy, The Weeknd 8
9 17 13 99 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
10 14 18 169 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
11 13 19 1179 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
12 19 46 44 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 1
13 21 32 24 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 4
14 9 26 82 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 2
15 24 42 36 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 10
16 10 34 49 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
17 7 7 33 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 7
18 20 28 1171 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
19 26 30 1022 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
20 16 12 32 American Idiot, Green Day 10
21 30 43 91 21, Adele 1
22 15 22 67 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
23 11 6 4 The Best Of N.W.A: The Strength Of Street Knowledge, N.W.A 6
24 29 47 15 Frozen, Soundtrack 11
25 31 36 46 Red, Taylor Swift 2
26 33 48 222 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
27 0 Re-Entry 2 The Singles Collection, Britney Spears 27
28 32 45 42 Based On A True Story ..., Blake Shelton 12
29 23 23 81 +, Ed Sheeran 1
30 37 – 80 Dark Horse, Nickelback 12
31 25 35 57 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
32 42 – 127 Fearless, Taylor Swift 3
33 40 – 196 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
34 22 – 872 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
35 36 33 41 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 5
36 35 39 42 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
37 41 – 163 Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi 3
38 44 – 157 Super Hits, Willie Nelson 12
39 46 – 100 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 2
40 27 21 10 Mirrorball: Live & More, Def Leppard 14
41 43 – 51 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert 4
42 38 – 162 The Sickness, Disturbed 1
43 39 – 148 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
44 50 – 717 Metallica, Metallica 1
45 45 20 5 In Through The Out Door, Led Zeppelin 1
46 47 – 105 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
47 12 3 7 Eazy-Duz-It, Eazy-E 3
48 0 Re-Entry 127 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Hank Williams Jr. 11
49 0 Re-Entry 124 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 7
50 0 Re-Entry 3 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1, Five Finger Death Punch 16

[Gary]

Digital


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
2 0 New 1 Badlands, Halsey 2
3 0 New 1 Brand New, Ben Rector 3
4 12 8 45 GG 1989, Taylor Swift 1
5 0 New 1 Start Here, Maddie & Tae 5
6 0 New 1 Depression Cherry, Beach House 6
7 3 2 4 Compton, Dr. Dre 1
8 7 5 4 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 2
9 19 14 16 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
10 6 3 4 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 3
11 0 Re-Entry 4 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
12 1 – 2 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
13 17 13 45 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
14 18 – 23 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
15 0 New 1 Four Pink Walls (EP), Alessia Cara 15
16 5 – 2 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 5
17 14 1 62 x, Ed Sheeran 1
18 0 New 1 Hotting Up, Iration 18
19 16 11 5 Descendants, Soundtrack 2
20 0 New 1 Cheers To The Fall, Andra Day 20
21 23 16 7 DS2, Future 1
22 22 4 3 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 4
23 0 New 1 What Went Down, Foals 23
24 0 Re-Entry 22 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
25 0 Re-Entry 15 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1

[Gary]

Current



This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
2 0 New 1 Badlands, Halsey 2
3 3 1 4 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
4 2 3 4 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
5 0 New 1 Depression Cherry, Beach House 5
6 0 New 1 Brand New, Ben Rector 6
7 0 New 1 Start Here, Maddie & Tae 7
8 10 8 45 1989, Taylor Swift 1
9 1 – 2 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
10 7 4 4 NOW 55, Various Artists 3
11 21 16 16 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
12 15 12 45 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
13 14 2 63 x, Ed Sheeran 1
14 11 10 5 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
15 24 14 7 DS2, Future 1
16 0 New 1 Bad Magic, Motorhead 16
17 23 26 30 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
18 67 62 11 GG Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
19 20 18 19 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
20 26 27 82 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
21 12 6 3 Elvis Presley Forever, Elvis Presley 6
22 4 – 2 Wild Ones, Kip Moore 4
23 51 53 19 Stages, Josh Groban 2
24 29 24 8 Black Rose, Tyrese 1
25 9 – 2 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 9
26 8 – 2 Burning Bridges, Bon Jovi 8
27 25 20 34 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
28 5 – 2 The Great Unknown, Rob Thomas 5
29 30 17 64 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
30 33 25 33 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
31 34 32 11 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
32 0 New 1 What Went Down, Foals 32
33 27 13 4 This Is Not A Test, tobyMac 4
34 28 5 3 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 5
35 0 New 1 Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 35
36 0 New 1 Cheers To The Fall, Andra Day 36
37 37 29 58 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
38 74 – 2 Four Pink Walls (EP), Alessia Cara 38
39 41 34 39 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
40 0 New 1 Hotting Up, Iration 40
41 0 New 1 Stuff Like That There, Yo La Tengo 41
42 0 New 1 Alchemy, Meytal 42
43 0 New 1 The Ride Majestic, Soilwork 43
44 31 19 6 Woman, Jill Scott 1
45 19 – 2 One Place Live, Tasha Cobbs 19
46 44 33 25 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
47 39 38 18 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
48 84 83 17 PS Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
49 43 47 47 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
50 40 28 8 Kidz Bop 29, Kidz Bop Kids 2
51 57 63 17 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 16
52 48 40 38 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
53 50 39 25 First Kiss, Kid Rock 2
54 0 New 1 Poison Season, Destroyer 54
55 6 – 2 Meliora, Ghost 6
56 76 59 12 Before This World, James Taylor 1
57 0 New 1 Top 25 Praise Songs: 2016 Edition, Various Artists 57
58 45 30 7 Angels And Alcohol, Alan Jackson 4
59 49 65 30 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
60 62 49 14 How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Florence + The Machine 1
61 56 43 48 Hozier, Hozier 2
62 59 71 16 Love Stuff, Elle King 28
63 54 60 61 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
64 0 New 1 The Essential Van Morrison, Van Morrison 64
65 53 48 7 Currents, Tame Impala 5
66 13 – 2 E*MO*TION, Carly Rae Jepsen 13
67 60 50 48 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
68 0 New 1 Something Different, Sidewalk Prophets 68
69 0 Re-Entry 17 Southern Style, Darius Rucker 4
70 35 7 3 Venom, Bullet For My Valentine 7
71 58 52 18 NOW 54, Various Artists 3
72 63 42 53 V, Maroon 5 1
73 64 35 21 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
74 66 66 29 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
75 0 New 1 Inanimate Objects, Atlas Genius 75
76 65 70 108 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
77 0 New 1 The Unmaking (EP), Nichole Nordeman 77
78 0 Re-Entry 25 Partners, Barbra Streisand 1
79 0 New 1 Mud Digger, Volume 6, Various Artists 79
80 71 64 13 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 6
81 0 New 1 What Should Not Be Unearthed, Nile 81
82 70 77 11 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
83 0 New 1 War Room: Music From And Inspired By The Original Motion Picture, Soundtrack 83
84 68 56 20 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
85 0 New 1 Dear Diary, Alexis Spight 85
86 75 57 6 VII: Sturm Und Drang, Lamb Of God 2
87 81 67 10 Home, Soundtrack 31
88 16 – 2 Up, Pop Evil 16
89 55 37 7 Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell 3
90 78 61 6 Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture, Soundtrack 3
91 0 New 1 Krown Power, Kottonmouth Kings 91
92 77 74 11 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 5
93 87 – 5 Everyday Jesus, Anthony Brown & group therAPy 9
94 0 Re-Entry 26 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
95 0 New 1 Soul Rebel, John Givez 95
96 93 92 15 Empires, Hillsong UNITED 3
97 46 – 2 Star Wars, Wilco 46
98 0 New 1 Blood To Bone, Gin Wigmore 98
99 17 – 2 High Country, The Sword 17
100 0 New 1 A Wise Guy And A Ex, Styles P 100

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/3/15) - Billboard's Top Current Albums chart

1) The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness – 325,518
2) Halsey – Badlands – 97,322
3) Luke Bryan – Kill The Lights – 37,970

Other Debuts

5) Beach House – Depression Cherry – 25,581
6) Ben Rector – Brand New – 24,678
7) Maddie & Tae – Start Here – 23,682
16) Motorhead – Bad Magic – 10,322

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roughstock.com/news/2015/09/37553-the-country-albums-chart-report-for-september-8-2015

The Country Albums Chart Report for September 8, 2015
Posted By Matt Bjorke on Tuesday September 08, 2015

Luke Bryan's Kill The Lights holds off Maddie & Tae's debut album to remain at #1 with the rising duo hitting #2 on this week's chart with his critically-acclaimed Start Here debuting with nearly 24k albums scanned for the #2 debut on The Country Albums Chart Report this week. Sam Hunt's Montevallo is at #3 with 736k scanned to date (and one of only 4 albums to be on the Top 30 of the Billboard 200 all of 2015). Zac Brown Band's Jekyll+Hyde is at #4with 8k scanned, bringing them their Gold certification eligibility while Eric Church's Platinum-certified The Outsiders sits at #5 with another 8.3k buying the record this week.

Top Ten Recap

Sitting at #6 this week is Elvis Presley's latest compilation, Elvis Forever. In 3 weeks the album has scanned over 52k while Kip Moore's Wild Ones is at #7 with 43k scanned in two weeks. Florida Georgia Line's Anything Goes is at #8 with Little Big Town's Pain Killer at #9 (340k scanned to date) while Alan Jackson's latest Angels & Alcohol remains in the Top 10 with 104.4k scanned to date.

Notables

Notables include news about the latest from Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Brantley Gilbert, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Chase Rice, the debut of the Mud Digger #6 series, Chris Stapleton, Old Dominion, and "Tomatoes" Kacey Musgraves, Cam, Reba, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood and more!

Top 5 Country Albums: August 31, 2015

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mUVGO4h_Qy1DJFizd8ilXkVb6nWB5MfyiTEyPKSYX-c/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1

CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 38,000 495,700
2 Maddie & Tae Start Here 23,800 23,800
3 Sam Hunt Montevallo 13,300 735,600
4 Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 8,300 514,200
5 Eric Church The Outsiders 8,300 1,064,200
6 Elvis Presley Elvis Forever 8,200 52,200
7 Kip Moore Wild Ones 8,100 43,300
8 Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 5,600 751,800
9 Little Big Town Pain Killer 5,300 340,100
10 Alan Jackson Angels & Alcohol 4,700 104,400
11 Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 4,400 900,700
12 Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 4,200 1,033,100
13 Darius Rucker Southern Style 4,000 158,000
14 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 3,700 2,508,500
15 Various Artists Mud Digger 6 3,600 3,600

-- Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material 3,400 119,000
-- Jason Isbell Something More Than Free 3,100 90,300
-- Chris Stapleton Traveller 2,600 79,500
-- Chase Rice Ignite The Night 2,400 286,500
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 2,200 54,800
-- W.Nelson/M.Haggard Django & Jimmie 2,100 100,300
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits #1 2,000 390,200
-- Miranda Lambert Platinum 1,600 742,400
-- Cam Welcome To Cam Country 1,500 15,900
-- Ashley Monroe The Blade 1,400 24,600
-- Reba Love Somebody 1,200 167,700
-- Old Dominion Old Dominion EP 1,100 31,400
-- Lady Antebellum 747 1,100 285,900
-- George Strait Cowboy Rides Away Live 1,000 348,400
-- Dustin Lynch Where It's At 800 118,700

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www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-99-motorhead-work-their-bad-magic

Metal By Numbers 9/9: Motörhead work their bad magic
Posted by Matt Brown on September 9, 2015

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

The subject of Lemmy’s health has been a hot topic in metal for a while now. It doesn’t feel it started that long ago, but the saga has been going on over two years now. It may be hard to believe at first, but the fact that we’re again seeing a crop of Motörhead show cancellations again shows history repeating itself. Still, the debut of a new studio album should keep morale high, showing that time may take its toll on touring, but not in writing music that is everything louder than everyone else. In addition to Bad Magic, eight other albums have made their debut. Not nearly as big of a debut list as last week, but a worthy followup nonetheless. And of course, the list of notable sales is longer than ever.

Notable Debuts:

Motörhead, Bad Magic (UDR) #16, 10,325 sold

Motöhead’s 22nd album manages to chart higher than its predecessor.

Meytal, Alchemy (Light Drop)#42, 5,825 sold

You know Meytal best as that woman who posts kickass drum covers on Youtube. Now she’s released her debut album, which is off to an excellent start.

Soilwork, The Ride Majestic (Nuclear Blast) #43, 5,800 sold

The band’s tenth album didn’t sell as much as its previous album, but it charted in the top 50.

Nile, What Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast) #81, 3,475 sold

Nile nab their best debut yet with album eight.

I See Stars, Phases (Sumerian) #123, 2,150 sold

This album features clean, acoustic versions of songs from the band’s discography.

Defeater, Abandoned (Epitaph) #199, 1,275 sold

The band’s fourth album doesn’t do nearly as well as its predecessor.

Kobra and the Lotus, Words of the Prophets (Titan) 390 sold

This 5 song EP features covers from Canadian bands like Rush and Triumph.

Ahab, The Boats of the “Glen Carrige” (Napalm) 370 sold

The funeral doom band’s fourth album is based on a book of the same name.


Modern Day Babylon, The Ocean Atlas (Self-Released) 280 sold

Get your groove on with this three-piece djent act from the Czech Republic.

Notable Sales:

Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise) #9, 23,300 sold

This is still in the top 10 after a 75% drop.

Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #31, 6,975 sold

A 6% drop won’t break the bank (or the Benjamin).

Kid Rock, First Kiss (Warner Bros.) #53, 5,250 sold

A 5% boost. I’m not KIDding.

Ghost, Meliora (Loma Vista) #55, 4,925 sold

The band has a solid second week despite an 83% drop.

Bullet For My Valentine, Venom (RCA) #70, 3,925 sold

A 44% drop without a bullet.

Lamb of God, VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic) #86, 3,250 sold

Over 75,000 copies sold.

Pop Evil, Up (eOne) #88, 3,125 sold

A 78% second week drop.

The Sword, High Country (Razor & Tie) #99, 2,750 sold

An 80% drop into Low Country, but hey, they’re still in the top 100.

Buckcherry, Rock ‘n’ Roll (F-Bomb) #127, 2,125 sold

A 66% drop in week two. Guess the “f-bomb” of their label is “fall?”

The Devil Wears Prada, Space EP (Rise) #143, 1,800 sold

This EP drop 87% in week two, but with their headlining tour announced, has some “space” to continue selling.

Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter (Roadrunner) #159, 1,625 sold

In week 45, this has sold over 350,000 copies.

P.O.D., The Awakening (UMe) #165, 1,550 sold

A 77% drop in the second week.

Butcher Babies, Take It Like A Man (Century Media) #176, 1,450 sold

This got cut down by 79%.

Fear Factory, Genexus (Nuclear Blast) #186, 1,375 sold

Factoring in a 29% drop.

Halestorm, Into the Wild Life (Atlantic) #189, 1,350 sold

Over 120,000 copies sold in week 20.

Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) #191, 1,325 sold

After a series of boosts, this drops 27%.

Saint Asonia, Saint Asonia (RCA) #194, 1,325 sold

A 23% drop.

Battlecross, Rise To Power (Metal Blade) 960 sold

This drops from power by 59%.

Spock’s Beard, The Oblivion Particle (InsideOut) 600 sold

A 54% trim from last week.

Hate Eternal, Infernus (Season of Mist) 600 sold

Hating on a 61% drop.

Myrkur, M (Relapse) 590 sold

A 60% drop in week two.

Act of Defiance, Birth and the Burial (Metal Blade) 570 sold

Can’t defy a 72% drop.

Kadavar, Berlin (Nuclear Blast) 420 sold

A 61% drop in the second week (gee, that’s somewhere we haven’t seen today).

Red Sun Rising, Polyester Zeal (Razor & Tie) 370 sold

A 10% drop.

From Ashes To New, Downfall (Bette Noise) 340 sold

This gains an 18% boost.

Lindemann, Skills In Pills (Warner Bros.) 320 sold

A tiny 2% boost.

Rivers of Nihil, Monarchy (Metal Blade) 320 sold

A 73% drop.

Pentagram, Curious Volume (Peaceville) 260 sold

A curious drop of 55%.

Northlane, Node (Rise) 240 sold

A 2% boost.

Kataklysm, Of Gods & Ghosts (Nuclear Blast) 200 sold

A 26% drop kan’t be good.

Teenage Time Killers, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Rise) 290 sold

Time to sell 34 % less than last week.

[cause_for_celebration]

I wonder if Billboard will introduce a Top Streaming Albums chart any time soon. Would be nice to have that, alongside the existing Top Album Sales chart...

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6693075/j-cole-first-million-selling-album-2014-forest-hills-drive

J. Cole Earns His First Million-Selling Album With '2014 Forest Hills Drive'

By Keith Caulfield | September 10, 2015 8:48 PM EDT

J. Cole earns his first million-selling album in the U.S., as his chart-topping 2014 Forest Hills Drive has surpassed a million copies sold, according to Nielsen Music. The set’s cumulative sales rose past the threshold in the week ending Sept. 3, as it sold another 6,000 copies, bringing its total to 1.004 million.

The album was released in December of 2014 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming his third consecutive No. 1. It continues to rules has the rapper’s biggest selling set. His previous album Born Sinner (released in 2013) has sold 747,000 while his first set, Cole World: The Sideline Story (released in 2011) has sold 772,000.

2014 Forest Hills Drive has generated five entries on the Hot Rap Songs chart: “Apparently” (peaking at No. 10), “Wet Dreamz” (No. 12), “No Role Modelz” (No. 18), “Fire Squad” (No. 24) and “A Tale of 2 Citiez” (No. 25).

He’s also currently topping the Adult R&B Songs airplay chart, but with a song that isn’t on his album: Janet Jackson’s “No Sleeep.” He’s the featured guest on track, which has spent three nonconsecutive weeks atop the list (and crowns the Sept. 26-dated list).

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6693078/jimi-hendrix-46th-charting-album-billboard-200-chart-moves

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Jimi Hendrix Earns 46th Charting Album With New Live Set
By Keith Caulfield | September 10, 2015

Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the Sept. 19 chart:

— Tori Kelly, Unbreakable Smile - No. 17 — The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards and its pre-show pump big gains for a variety of acts showcased on the annual broadcast (Aug. 30), including performers Tori Kelly and Nicki Minaj. Kelly’s performance of “Should’ve Been Us” prompts a 114 percent overall unit gain for its parent album, Unbreakable Smile (53-17 on the Billboard 200) with 19,000 units earned in the week ending Sept. 3, according to Nielsen Music. Minaj, who opened the show with a three-song medley (boasting surprise guest Taylor Swift) and won the first award of the night (best hip-hop video for “Anaconda”) jets 45-24 on the Billboard 200 with The Pinkprint (13,000 units; up 35 percent).

— Jimi Hendrix Experience, Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival - No. 63 — Jimi Hendrix scores his 46th entry on the Billboard 200 albums chart as Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival starts at No. 63. The live set shifted 8,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Sept. 3, according to Nielsen Music (nearly 7,000 were pure album sales).

The Experience Hendrix/Legacy Recordings release celebrates the guitar god’s July 4, 1970 concert at the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival, where he played to an estimated 300,000-400,000 people -- the largest audience he ever played to in the U.S. (according to Legacy). An accompanying documentary film about the show, Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church, premiered Sept. 4 on Showtime. (A retail version of the movie will be released on Oct. 30.)

Hendrix has been rather prolific on the Billboard 200 in the last few years, thanks to Experience Hendrix’s licensing partnership with Legacy, which began in 2009. Some of the most notable fruits of their relationship include two top 10 albums of previously unreleased studio recordings: Valleys of Neptune (No. 4 debut and peak in 2010) and People, Hell and Angels (No. 2 in 2013).

— Iration, Hotting Up - No. 79 — Reggae band Iration starts at No. 79 with its fourth full-length album, Hotting Up. The set, which launches with 7,000 units (about 6,000 from album sales -- its best sales week ever), also gives the act its second No. 1 on the Reggae Albums chart. It follows 2013’s chart-topping Automatic.

— Van Morrison, The Essential Van Morrison – No. 101 — Following Sony Music's acquisition of Van Morrison's catalog, the company issued 33 Van Morrison albums on Aug. 28, in addition to a new compilation: The Essential Van Morrison. The set launches at No. 101 with 6,000 units and marks Morrison's 44th chart entry. The new album is the 27th charting effort from Legacy's long-running Essential series, which launched in 2001.

— Darius Rucker, Southern Style – No. 117 — Rucker jumps back onto the list (5,000 units; up 80 percent) with the album’s highest rank since the June 6 chart (No. 112) after he performed on Today (Aug. 28). A Sept. 9 performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live may push a gain on the Sept. 23 chart.

— Barbra Streisand, Partners – No. 185 — The Aug. 28 re-airing of Streisand's appearance on NBC's The Tonight Show spurs the former No. 1 album's 372 percent unit gain and reentry. With a 24th chart week, the duets set is now the diva's longest-charting album since Higher Ground wrapped a 27-week run in 1998. Partners is also approaching the million-sales mark, as its total sales rise to 955,000.

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YEAR TO DATE SALES STATS

Category - 2015 - 2014 - Change

Total Albums - 153,037,000 - 158,665,000 - -3.5% (last year was over -10%)

CD - 75,058,000 - 82,870,000 - -9.4%
Digital - 70,337,000 - 70,055,000 - +0.4%
Vinyl - 7,278,000 - 5,423,000 - +34.2%
Other - 364,000 - 317,000 - +14.8%

Current - 71,996,000 - 77,469,000 - -7.1%
Catalog - 81,035,000 - 81,196,000 - -0.2%
Deep Catalog - 67,361,000 - 66,715,000 - +1.0% - $5 sales at Walmart/Target/Best Buy

Catalog = albums over 18 months old
Deep Catalog = albums over 3 years old

[Future Captain]

I think album sales is going to stabilize soon? Streaming is growing exponentially alright, but I think there will come the time where Streaming will reach it's peak and stabilize while album sales will found a range to comfortably settle. I don't really see another form of music consumption coming anytime soon.

[ILLUSION]

Wow! 400k+! Congrats to The Weeknd!