Billboard 200: 11/21/15 Chris 177K; Carrie 81K; Eric 76K.

[iHype.]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6754084/chris-stapleton-soars-to-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart

Chris Stapleton Soars to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart After CMAs



Following Chris Stapleton’s breakthrough night on the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, the singer/songwriter earns his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart as his Traveller album makes a spectacular reentry atop the list -- straight in at No. 1.



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 Nov. 21-dated chart (where Stapleton is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s Web sites on Tuesday, Nov. 10.



Traveller, which is Stapleton’s debut effort, returns to the list after being absent from the chart since September, and initially debuting and peaking at No. 14 in May (It was released on May 5 through Mercury Records). It bounds back in at No. 1 with 177,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 5 (up 6,109 percent from about 3,000 units) according to Nielsen Music. Of the new week's total unit sum, 153,000 were pure album sales (up 6,412 percent from 2,000).



Remarkably, Stapleton’s album sold more in this past week than it had in total since its release in May. Up through the week ending Oct. 29, it had sold 96,000 copies, with its largest sales week registered in its debut frame (27,000).



The surge in sales is owed to how a mass audience finally discovered Stapleton on the Nov. 4 CMA Awards broadcast -- and was clearly moved by what they saw. Until the CMAs, Stapleton had gathered critical praise but was largely unknown to a mainstream audience (He’s yet to earn a top 40 hit on the Country Airplay chart, for example). Still, he has written five No. 1s on the Country Airplay tally for other artists, including Kenny Chesney and Luke Bryan.



On the CMA Awards, Stapleton won all three categories he was nominated for and performed a medley with Justin Timberlake. Stapleton won the CMA trophies for male vocalist of the year, new artist of the year and album of the year (for Traveller). Stapleton and Timberlake sang the Traveller track “Tennessee Whiskey” and Timberlake’s “Drink You Away” (from The 20/20 Experience, 2 of 2).



“Tennessee Whiskey” ranks as the second-largest selling digital song of the week (a No. 2 debut on the Digital Songs chart) with 131,000 downloads sold. “Drink You Away” also debuts on the list, starting at No. 6 with 76,000 sold. Traveller’s title track also enters at No. 40 with 25,000.



Traveller is also the first debut country album to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in over four years. The last was Clear As Day, by 2011 American Idol winner Scotty McCreery. It bowed atop the list dated Oct. 22, 2011.



Back on the new Billboard 200, the week’s top three albums are all impacted by the CMA Awards. Following Stapleton is the show’s co-host Carrie Underwood, who holds steady at No. 2 with her Storyteller album. The set moved 81,000 units (down 54 percent in its second week) and sold 73,000 albums (down 56 percent).



After Underwood is the surprise new release from Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood, which arrives at No. 3 with 76,000 units (71,000 in sales) from less than two full days of availability. The album was released on Nov. 4 without advance notice, hours before Church opened the CMA Awards.



The digital version of the album was initially exclusively available through the iTunes Store, and downloads comprised 70,000 of its first-week sales. The remaining 1,000 copies came from physical copies sold at brick-and-mortar retailers.



Mr. Misunderstood is the fourth top 10 album for Church, who saw his last release, 2014’s The Outsiders, debut atop the list with 288,000 sold in its first week.



The new Now 56 compilation album debuts at No. 4 on the new Billboard 200, earning 58,000 units (all from pure album sales). The arrival continues the Now That’s What I Call Music brand’s hot streak, as all 56 of the numbered Now albums have reached the top 10.



The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness dips 3-5 in its 10th week on the chart (49,000 units; down 11 percent) while Fetty Wap’s self-titled album falls 4-6 with 39,000 units (down 7 percent).



Last week’s No. 1, 5 Seconds of Summer’s Sounds Good Feels Good, descends to No. 7 with 32,000 units (down 83 percent).



The new compilation album We Love Disney debuts at No. 8 with 31,000 units (26,000 in album sales). The set features new covers of classic Disney tunes by the likes of Ariana Grande, Fall Out Boy and Kacey Musgraves.



Drake and Future’s former No. 1, What a Time to Be Alive, moves 6-9 with 30,000 units (down 12 percent).



Closing out the top 10 is rock band Def Leppard, as they bow at No. 10 with their new self-titled album (just over 30,000 units -- nearly all from pure album sales). It’s the group’s seventh top 10 album, and first studio effort since 2008’s Songs From the Sparkle Lounge (which peaked at No. 5).



The band previously hit the top 10 with the greatest hits set Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection (No. 10 in 2005), the archival compilation Retro Active (No. 9, 1993), Adrenalize (No. 1 for five weeks in 1992), Hysteria (No. 1 for six weeks in 1988) and Pyromania (No. 2 for two weeks in 1983).



Just outside the top 10 is Taylor Swift’s 1989, which moves out of the top 10 for the first time in its 54 chart weeks. It slips 7-11 with 30,000 units (down 13 percent). 1989 spent its first 53 weeks on the list within the top 10.

[forg]

Ooh 1989 drops out of the top 10

[areyoureadytojump]

5 Seconds of Summer falls 83% and Billboard doesn't even mention it?

Chris Stapleton's new album sales total is 249,000.

Carrie Underwood's new album sales total is 237,000.

Eric Church only sold 1,000 physical copies at Walmart, etc....

[Enigma.]

83% is hardly a record.

[timmierz]

I was hoping there'd be a stat in the article about the last time an album RE-entered the chart at #1... is it common enough that it's not worth mentioning, or was it tough to determine?

[areyoureadytojump]

hiphopdx.com/news/id.36201/title.hip-hop-album-sales-fetty-wap-drake-future-2

Hip Hop Album Sales: Fetty Wap, Drake & Future
by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ on November 09th 2015

Michael Jackson shoots up the charts.

In a slow week for Rap album sales, Drake and Future's What a Time to Be Alive barely hangs into the top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 chart. Fetty Wap and The Weeknd still have the highest selling projects. Game sees a 30 percent drop on The Documentary 2 and a 40 percent drop on The Documentary 2.5.

Fetty Wap Stays Selling

The New Jersey rapper/singer sold 39,497 album equivalent units this week, which lands him in the #6 spot on the chart. This is a seven percent decrease from last week. His self-titled album has spent six weeks on the chart

Drake & Future Still Alive

Drake and Future's collaborative album/mixtape What a Time to Be Alive remains in the top 10 on the chart, landing at #9 with 30,338 album equivalent units. The project saw more than 27 million streams. Future's Dirty Sprite 2 is the #26 album in the country and Drake's If Youre Reading This Its Too Late drops eight positions to #32.

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Resurrects

Michael Jackson got some extra spin time around Halloween. His Thriller album lands at the #45 spot on the chart and saw more than three million streams. The project beat out Travi$ Scott's Rodeo, both discs of The Game's The Documentary 2 and DJ Khaled's I Changed a Lot, which saw a 69 percent decrease in sales after debuting at #12 last week.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 11/05/2015

Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard's new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album's streaming count is available in brackets.

#5 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness - 49,052 (17,381) [27,903,022]

#6 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - 39,497 (9,556) [24,922,409]

#9 Drake & Future - What a Time to Be Alive - 30,338 (6,535) [27,534,447]

#23 Bryson Tiller - Trapsoul - 19,779 (7,954) [14,474,553]

#26 Future - Dirty Sprite 2 - 17,539 (4,401) [14,940,237]

#32 Drake - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - 15,491 (3,928) [14,111,872]

#36 Janet Jackson - Unbreakable - 14,227 (12,982) [980,897]

#41 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 12,505 (3,408) [10,402,266]

#45 Michael Jackson - Thriller - 11,812 (5,728) [3,064,141]

#46 Travi$ Scott - Rodeo - 11,464 (2,652) [8,882,492]

[Enigma.]

Yay at Janet! Back in top 40

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Nov 9, 2015 10:49:20 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Eric Church only sold 1,000 physical copies at Walmart, etc....

Pretty amazing he moved that many digitals in 1 day as a country album then.

But he's starting to slide down the iTunes chart now, so hopefully his physical sales can pick up some.

[HolidayGuy]

^The album was top 30 in sales last week, and is again this week. :) Sales should stand at ~181,000 in to-date sales.

[areyoureadytojump]

roughstock.com/news/2015/11/39309-top-10-country-albums-chart-november-9-2015

Top 10 Country Albums Chart: November 9, 2015
Posted By Matt Bjorke on Sunday November 08, 2015

CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Chris Stapleton Traveller 153,400 249,700
2 Carrie Underwood Storyteller 73,100 237,400
NEW Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood 70,900 70,900
4 Chris Janson Buy Me A Boat 18,600 18,600
5 Blake Shelton Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits 18,000 50,800
6 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 13,900 691,100
7 Sam Hunt Montevallo 12,600 823,500
8 Thomas Rhett Tangled Up 11,700 139,000
9 Sam Hunt Between The Pines 11,200 21,300
10 Don Henley Cass County 8,900 164,700
11 George Strait Cold Beer Conversation 7,900 158,900
12 Little Big Town Pain Killer 7,000 372,500
13 Eric Church The Outsiders 6,300 1,108,200
14 Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 4,300 559,500
15 Kenny Chesney The Big Revival 4,200 430,000

-- Miranda Lambert Platinum 3,700 756,900
-- Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material 3,400 139,200
-- Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 3,300 781,800
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 3,300 72,400
-- Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt 3,200 1,060,300
-- Brett Eldredge Illinois 2,800 77,300
-- Dierks Bentley Riser 2,800 365,000
-- Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 2,600 925,200
-- Jana Kramer Thirty-One 2,500 29,000
-- Cole Swindell Cole Swindell 2,300 432,000
-- Maddie & Tae Start Here 2,200 54,700
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 2,000 406,700
-- Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds In... 1,900 160,800
-- W.Nelson/M.Haggard Django & Jimmie 1,500 114,400
NEW LOCASH I Love This LIFE EP 1,400 1,400
-- Chase Rice Ignite The Night 1,300 302,900
-- Blake Shelton Bringing Back The Sunshine 1,100 432,400
Joey+Rory Country Classics 600 15,300

[onebuffalo]

I love it when country dominates the top three on the top 200. A great day to live!

[Gary]

Sales

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Re-Entry 9 #1 1 wk Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
2 2 – 2 Storyteller, Carrie Underwood 2
3 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church 3
4 0 New 1 NOW 56, Various Artists 4
5 0 New 1 Def Leppard, Def Leppard 5
6 1 – 2 Sounds Good Feels Good, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
7 0 New 1 We Love Disney, Various Artists 7
8 0 New 1 Wiped Out!, The Neighbourhood 8
9 0 New 1 If I Can Dream, Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 9
10 0 New 1 Buy Me A Boat, Chris Janson 10
11 3 – 2 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Blake Shelton 3
12 7 7 10 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
13 9 11 54 1989, Taylor Swift 1
14 6 6 3 Kidz Bop 30, Kidz Bop Kids 6
15 5 1 3 Pentatonix, Pentatonix 1
16 0 New 1 Money $hot, Puscifer 16
17 0 New 1 Live, Lalah Hathaway 17
18 0 New 1 Dave’s Picks Volume 16: Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA 3/28/73, Grateful Dead 18
19 12 12 13 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
20 25 9 5 Unbreakable, Janet 1
21 22 25 54 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
22 11 92 209 21, Adele 1
23 16 17 6 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 4
24 4 – 2 Cinema, Andrea Bocelli 4
25 23 – 2 Between The Pines: Acoustic Mixtape, Sam Hunt 23
26 0 Re-Entry 13 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
27 10 – 2 Another Country, Rod Stewart 10
28 20 16 6 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 3
29 97 67 7 1989, Ryan Adams 6
30 0 New 1 80s Fundamentals, Various Artists 30
31 21 22 6 Cass County, Don Henley 1
32 18 8 4 Revival, Selena Gomez 1
33 0 New 1 Hate Me, Escape The Fate 33
34 0 New 1 The New Old Fashioned, Straight No Chaser 34
35 30 59 8 NOW That's What I Call Halloween, Various Artists 30
36 15 2 3 Confident, Demi Lovato 2
37 92 – 10 Drones, Muse 1
38 29 37 6 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 11
39 24 21 6 Cold Beer Conversation, George Strait 2
40 19 10 4 The Documentary 2, The Game 2
41 0 New 1 Return To The Moon, EL VY 41
42 31 32 25 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
43 37 29 43 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
44 0 Re-Entry 36 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
45 17 4 3 The Documentary 2.5, The Game 4
46 41 30 9 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 1
47 27 23 7 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
48 32 20 13 NOW 55, Various Artists 3
49 49 64 90 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
50 33 13 6 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 9
51 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Disney Princess, Various Artists 51
52 36 31 72 x, Ed Sheeran 1
53 42 40 6 WOW Hits 2016, Various Artists 25
54 0 New 1 The Hill, Travis Greene 54
55 0 Re-Entry 115 Thriller, Michael Jackson 45
56 35 27 10 Badlands, Halsey 2
57 14 – 2 Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin 14
58 0 New 1 Get Up, Bryan Adams 58
59 47 36 7 Threat To Survival, Shinedown 5
60 46 42 11 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 10
61 0 New 1 It's Great To Be Alive!, Drive-By Truckers 61
62 0 Re-Entry 120 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 1
63 0 Re-Entry 2 The Bach Guild: Big Christmas Box, Various Artists 63
64 0 Re-Entry 31 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
65 75 80 28 Stages, Josh Groban 2
66 0 New 1 So Familiar, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell 66
67 0 New 1 Make America Psycho Again, Fall Out Boy 67
68 40 – 190 19, Adele 4
69 55 44 73 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
70 54 50 78 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 29
71 53 45 16 DS2, Future 1
72 44 33 24 Love Stuff, Elle King 29
73 28 3 3 General Admission, Machine Gun Kelly 3
74 8 – 2 I Changed A Lot, DJ Khaled 8
75 13 – 2 Divers, Joanna Newsom 13
76 0 Re-Entry 27 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
77 45 34 22 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
78 38 5 3 The Color Before The Sun, Coheed And Cambria 5
79 0 Re-Entry 19 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
80 63 72 14 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
81 62 70 36 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 53
82 58 49 39 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
83 71 – 17 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 7
84 57 43 7 Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey 2
85 26 – 2 That Would Be Me, Harry Connick, Jr. 26
86 0 New 1 Halo 5: Guardians, Soundtrack 86
87 95 24 3 Thank Your Lucky Stars, Beach House 24
88 0 New 1 Papi Gordo, Carnage 88
89 67 74 67 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
90 0 New 1 Paper Wheels, Trey Anastasio 90
91 0 Re-Entry 51 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
92 56 57 22 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 16
93 72 77 23 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 63
94 43 38 33 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
95 48 55 11 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
96 0 Re-Entry 4 The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, Crown The Empire 7
97 0 New 1 The Things We Do To Find People Like Us, Beach Slang 97
98 60 62 57 Hozier, Hozier 2
99 73 78 48 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
100 0 Re-Entry 13 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3

[Gary]

Billboard 200


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Re-Entry 8 #1 1 wk Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
2 2 – 2 Storyteller, Carrie Underwood 2
3 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church 3
4 0 New 1 NOW 56, Various Artists 4
5 3 3 10 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
6 4 5 6 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 1
7 1 – 2 Sounds Good Feels Good, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
8 0 New 1 We Love Disney, Various Artists 8
9 6 8 7 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
10 0 New 1 Def Leppard, Def Leppard 10
11 7 9 54 1989, Taylor Swift 1
12 18 16 54 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
13 0 New 1 Wiped Out!, The Neighbourhood 13
14 5 – 2 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Blake Shelton 5
15 9 7 4 Revival, Selena Gomez 1
16 14 13 6 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 6
17 16 15 13 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
18 0 New 1 Buy Me A Boat, Chris Janson 18
19 11 79 246 21, Adele 1
20 17 17 43 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
21 0 New 1 If I Can Dream, Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 21
22 8 1 3 Pentatonix, Pentatonix 1
23 21 28 6 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 11
24 13 2 3 Confident, Demi Lovato 2
25 19 18 30 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
26 23 20 16 DS2, Future 1
27 25 27 25 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
28 15 12 3 Kidz Bop 30, Kidz Bop Kids 12
29 22 19 72 x, Ed Sheeran 1
30 0 New 1 Money $hot, Puscifer 30
31 33 – 2 Between The Pines: Acoustic Mixtape, Sam Hunt 31
32 24 23 39 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
33 0 New 1 Live, Lalah Hathaway 33
34 0 New 1 Dave’s Picks Volume 16: Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA 3/28/73, Grateful Dead 34
35 26 26 28 Love Stuff, Elle King 26
36 41 14 5 Unbreakable, Janet 1
37 125 146 55 PS Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
38 0 Re-Entry 51 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
39 28 22 10 Badlands, Halsey 2
40 200 – 14 GG That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
41 32 32 48 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
42 44 35 42 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
43 38 34 73 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
44 10 – 2 Cinema, Andrea Bocelli 10
45 80 104 246 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
46 37 38 9 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 3
47 27 11 4 The Documentary 2, The Game 2
48 20 – 2 Another Country, Rod Stewart 20
49 35 37 23 Peace Is The Mission, Major Lazer 12
50 43 42 11 Four Pink Walls (EP), Alessia Cara 31
51 139 84 7 1989, Ryan Adams 7
52 121 139 38 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
53 40 21 6 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 12
54 64 73 91 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
55 48 47 19 VHS, X Ambassadors 7
56 39 36 6 Cass County, Don Henley 3
57 45 41 57 Hozier, Hozier 2
58 0 New 1 Hate Me, Escape The Fate 58
59 29 6 3 The Documentary 2.5, The Game 6
60 0 New 1 80s Fundamentals, Various Artists 60
61 87 71 28 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
62 49 40 44 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
63 173 – 11 Drones, Muse 1
64 0 New 1 The New Old Fashioned, Straight No Chaser 64
65 42 31 6 Cold Beer Conversation, George Strait 4
66 0 New 1 Return To The Moon, EL VY 66
67 50 45 62 V, Maroon 5 1
68 77 75 56 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
69 51 46 9 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 2
70 59 145 6 NOW That's What I Call Halloween, Various Artists 59
71 36 – 190 19, Adele 4
72 12 – 2 I Changed A Lot, DJ Khaled 12
73 52 56 108 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
74 63 64 64 Vessel, twenty one pilots 48
75 0 Re-Entry 57 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
76 57 48 37 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
77 58 54 47 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
78 55 59 140 Take Care, Drake 1
79 56 60 11 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 17
80 46 43 34 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
81 34 4 3 General Admission, Machine Gun Kelly 4
82 62 52 4 What Dreams Are Made Of, R. City 25
83 65 61 19 Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
84 68 57 7 Threat To Survival, Shinedown 6
85 135 – 11 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition, Soundtrack 31
86 60 33 13 NOW 55, Various Artists 3
87 66 53 7 GO:OD AM, Mac Miller 4
88 0 Re-Entry 120 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 1
89 75 74 110 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
90 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Disney Princess, Various Artists 90
91 107 196 25 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
92 0 New 1 The Hill, Travis Greene 92
93 71 65 12 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
94 160 – 74 Riser, Dierks Bentley 6
95 69 99 48 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
96 70 58 7 Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey 2
97 88 81 240 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
98 81 80 6 WOW Hits 2016, Various Artists 55
99 0 New 1 Get Up, Bryan Adams 99
100 82 55 158 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
101 0 Re-Entry 68 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
102 114 108 57 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
103 0 New 1 Bouquet (EP), The Chainsmokers 103
104 31 – 2 Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin 31
105 178 125 39 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
106 85 50 24 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
107 0 New 1 Make America Psycho Again, Fall Out Boy 107
108 106 70 69 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
109 78 51 3 Me 4 U, OMI 51
110 172 174 28 Stages, Josh Groban 2
111 0 New 1 It's Great To Be Alive!, Drive-By Truckers 111
112 99 101 117 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
113 96 98 14 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
114 94 103 17 Welcome To Cam Country (EP), Cam 88
115 100 106 197 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
116 93 88 88 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
117 84 82 26 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 30
118 90 91 166 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
119 117 111 15 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection, Queen 48
120 72 89 11 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
121 140 122 63 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
122 126 138 77 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
123 116 162 88 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 3
124 101 86 8 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 3
125 74 63 24 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 8
126 0 New 1 So Familiar, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell 126
127 95 93 37 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 26
128 86 77 8 That's The Spirit, Bring Me The Horizon 2
129 104 115 381 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
130 83 68 4 Thirty One, Jana Kramer 10
131 0 Re-Entry 2 The Bach Guild: Big Christmas Box, Various Artists 124
132 98 105 58 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
133 61 10 3 The Color Before The Sun, Coheed And Cambria 10
134 136 119 153 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
135 105 128 390 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
136 197 – 4 Daya (EP), Daya 136
137 89 69 6 Caracal, Disclosure 9
138 131 97 266 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
139 111 107 65 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
140 128 112 67 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
141 166 – 136 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
142 180 147 31 My House (EP), Flo Rida 14
143 102 62 11 Professional Rapper, Lil Dicky 7
144 129 152 100 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
145 113 83 49 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 14
146 123 113 251 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
147 137 95 105 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
148 97 94 33 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
149 115 92 169 +, Ed Sheeran 5
150 0 Re-Entry 43 Listen, David Guetta 4
151 134 131 108 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
152 119 110 34 Furious 7, Soundtrack 1
153 0 Re-Entry 14 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
154 0 New 1 Halo 5: Guardians, Soundtrack 154
155 92 90 13 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
156 151 – 5 Kidz Bop Halloween Hits!, Kidz Bop Kids 111
157 118 127 8 I Cry When I Laugh, Jess Glynne 25
158 122 120 134 Red, Taylor Swift 1
159 132 118 20 Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin 1
160 188 188 138 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
161 0 New 1 The Original Monster Mash, Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers 161
162 194 39 3 Thank Your Lucky Stars, Beach House 39
163 0 Re-Entry 9 Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture, Soundtrack 5
164 149 148 106 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 6
165 130 136 27 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
166 174 143 9 Only Way Is Up, K Camp 20
167 47 – 2 That Would Be Me, Harry Connick, Jr. 47
168 110 117 13 This Is Not A Test, tobyMac 4
169 159 164 102 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
170 142 153 119 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
171 103 67 5 Calling All Lovers, Tamar Braxton 5
172 0 Re-Entry 39 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
173 0 Re-Entry 4 The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, Crown The Empire 7
174 170 – 14 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 22
175 152 124 51 FOUR, One Direction 1
176 161 154 336 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
177 145 123 26 Fight Song (EP), Rachel Platten 20
178 0 Re-Entry 41 I Dont Dance, Lee Brice 5
179 157 190 210 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
180 185 116 10 Start Here, Maddie & Tae 7
181 0 New 1 Paper Wheels, Trey Anastasio 181
182 0 Re-Entry 47 Welcome To The New, MercyMe 4
183 141 156 133 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
184 0 New 1 Papi Gordo, Carnage 184
185 0 Re-Entry 94 Toxicity, System Of A Down 1
186 153 155 42 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
187 163 160 67 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
188 177 177 4 #AndSeeThatsTheThing (EP), DeJ Loaf 47
189 91 24 3 Dopamine, BORNS 24
190 198 165 37 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 124
191 0 Re-Entry 260 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
192 190 – 2 We The Generation, Rudimental 190
193 108 85 6 Every Open Eye, CHVRCHES 8
194 127 129 26 Pitch Perfect 2, Soundtrack 1
195 0 Re-Entry 211 Recovery, Eminem 1
196 193 157 23 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 4
197 182 – 287 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band 9
198 176 – 2 The Peanuts Movie, Soundtrack 176
199 0 Re-Entry 3 Halloween Haunted House, Halloween FX Productions 151
200 112 25 3 Open Heaven / River Wild, Hillsong 25

[Gary]

Vinyl


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wk Juturna, Circa Survive 1
2 0 New 1 The Things We Do To Find People Like Us, Beach Slang 2
3 0 New 1 Dealer, Foxing 3
4 1 – 2 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
5 0 New 1 Nothing Feels Good, The Promise Ring 5
6 2 – 2 Divers, Joanna Newsom 2
7 0 New 1 Its A Holiday Soul Party, Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings 7
8 6 11 47 1989, Taylor Swift 1
9 22 – 7 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 9
10 4 1 3 Thank Your Lucky Stars, Beach House 1
11 0 New 1 Paper Wheels, Trey Anastasio 11
12 3 – 2 Sounds Good Feels Good, 5 Seconds Of Summer 3
13 0 New 1 Electra Heart, Marina And The Diamonds 13
14 0 New 1 Big Grams (EP), Big Grams 14
15 0 New 1 There's Nothing Wrong With Love, Built To Spill 15
16 0 New 1 Something To Write Home About, The Get Up Kids 16
17 25 – 39 21, Adele 1
18 20 14 69 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3
19 0 New 1 Trace, Son Volt 19
20 7 3 3 Fading Frontier, Deerhunter 3
21 16 17 163 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
22 0 New 1 30 Degrees Everywhere, The Promise Ring 22
23 0 New 1 Very Emergency, The Promise Ring 23
24 15 22 63 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 3
25 0 Re-Entry 9 Badlands, Halsey 2

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 6 100 #1 3 wks 21, Adele 1
2 15 27 3 GG That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
3 32 9 328 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
4 0 Re-Entry 134 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 2
5 0 Re-Entry 3 The Bach Guild: Big Christmas Box, Various Artists 5
6 2 – 144 19, Adele 1
7 5 1 548 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
8 6 2 497 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 2
9 7 4 532 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 3
10 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Juturna, Circa Survive 10
11 19 – 7 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition, Soundtrack 11
12 0 New 1 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 12
13 9 8 34 Vessel, twenty one pilots 4
14 8 – 3 Kidz Bop Halloween Hits!, Kidz Bop Kids 8
15 10 5 33 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam, Dwight Yoakam 4
16 12 7 41 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt, Travis Tritt 5
17 17 19 23 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing, Kids Choir 12
18 33 – 116 It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley 3
19 0 Re-Entry 2 Halloween Haunted House, Halloween FX Productions 19
20 25 15 108 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
21 18 – 72 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
22 0 Re-Entry 4 Astral Weeks, Van Morrison 13
23 0 Re-Entry 67 Toxicity, System Of A Down 1
24 29 11 178 The Eminem Show, Eminem 2
25 14 41 5 Drew's Famous Halloween Party Music Volume 1, Various Artists 14
26 16 14 1188 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
27 0 Re-Entry 31 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
28 50 – 51 Ultimate Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
29 24 18 114 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 1
30 28 16 1180 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
31 27 17 1031 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
32 23 12 41 American Idiot, Green Day 7
33 0 New 1 Nothing Feels Good, The Promise Ring 33
34 30 26 24 Frozen, Soundtrack 11
35 0 Re-Entry 8 Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis, Elvis Presley 17
36 35 20 45 Icon: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton 10
37 0 Re-Entry 109 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion 1
38 0 Re-Entry 298 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 1
39 3 28 725 Metallica, Metallica 1
40 34 – 63 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 4
41 44 34 203 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
42 0 Re-Entry 19 Christmas Songs By Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 15
43 0 Re-Entry 36 Chief, Eric Church 8
44 0 Re-Entry 7 Paranoid, Black Sabbath 10
45 26 10 55 Red, Taylor Swift 2
46 0 New 1 Playlist: The Very Best Of REO Speedwagon, REO Speedwagon 46
47 13 30 231 Devil Without A Cause, Kid Rock 2
48 43 36 59 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert 4
49 0 Re-Entry 36 Greatest Hits Vol. I, Korn 20
50 41 32 8 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 20

[Gary]

Digital

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Re-Entry 3 #1 1 wk Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church 2
3 2 – 2 Storyteller, Carrie Underwood 2
4 0 New 1 We Love Disney, Various Artists 4
5 0 New 1 Wiped Out!, The Neighbourhood 5
6 5 – 2 Between The Pines: Acoustic Mixtape, Sam Hunt 5
7 0 New 1 NOW 56, Various Artists 7
8 0 New 1 Money $hot, Puscifer 8
9 0 New 1 Def Leppard, Def Leppard 9
10 0 New 1 80s Fundamentals, Various Artists 10
11 6 6 10 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
12 7 10 54 1989, Taylor Swift 1
13 11 17 6 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 7
14 0 New 1 Buy Me A Boat, Chris Janson 14
15 22 25 51 GG Montevallo, Sam Hunt 2
16 0 Re-Entry 10 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 1
17 9 8 7 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
18 4 – 90 21, Adele 1
19 0 New 1 Return To The Moon, EL VY 19
20 17 15 6 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 3
21 0 New 1 Live, Lalah Hathaway 21
22 15 14 6 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 2
23 21 – 24 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
24 1 – 2 Sounds Good Feels Good, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
25 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Halloween, Various Artists 25

[Gary]

Current

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Re-Entry 11 #1 1 wk Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
2 2 – 2 Storyteller, Carrie Underwood 2
3 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church 3
4 0 New 1 NOW 56, Various Artists 4
5 0 New 1 Def Leppard, Def Leppard 5
6 1 – 2 Sounds Good Feels Good, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
7 0 New 1 We Love Disney, Various Artists 7
8 0 New 1 Wiped Out!, The Neighbourhood 8
9 0 New 1 If I Can Dream, Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 9
10 0 New 1 Buy Me A Boat, Chris Janson 10
11 3 – 2 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Blake Shelton 3
12 7 7 10 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
13 9 11 54 1989, Taylor Swift 1
14 6 6 3 Kidz Bop 30, Kidz Bop Kids 6
15 5 1 3 Pentatonix, Pentatonix 1
16 0 New 1 Money $hot, Puscifer 16
17 0 New 1 Live, Lalah Hathaway 17
18 0 New 1 Dave’s Picks Volume 16: Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA 3/28/73, Grateful Dead 18
19 11 12 13 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
20 24 9 5 Unbreakable, Janet 1
21 21 25 54 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
22 15 17 6 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 4
23 4 – 2 Cinema, Andrea Bocelli 4
24 22 – 2 Between The Pines: Acoustic Mixtape, Sam Hunt 22
25 10 – 2 Another Country, Rod Stewart 10
26 19 16 6 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 3
27 86 66 7 GG 1989, Ryan Adams 6
28 0 New 1 80s Fundamentals, Various Artists 28
29 20 22 6 Cass County, Don Henley 1
30 17 8 4 Revival, Selena Gomez 1
31 0 New 1 Hate Me, Escape The Fate 31
32 0 New 1 The New Old Fashioned, Straight No Chaser 32
33 29 58 8 NOW That's What I Call Halloween, Various Artists 29
34 14 2 3 Confident, Demi Lovato 2
35 81 – 12 PS Drones, Muse 1
36 28 37 6 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 11
37 23 21 6 Cold Beer Conversation, George Strait 2
38 18 10 4 The Documentary 2, The Game 2
39 0 New 1 Return To The Moon, EL VY 39
40 30 32 25 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
41 36 29 43 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
42 92 – 45 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
43 16 4 3 The Documentary 2.5, The Game 4
44 39 30 9 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 1
45 26 23 7 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
46 31 20 13 NOW 55, Various Artists 3
47 47 63 91 The Outsiders, Eric Church 1
48 32 13 6 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 9
49 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Disney Princess, Various Artists 49
50 35 31 72 x, Ed Sheeran 1
51 40 40 6 WOW Hits 2016, Various Artists 25
52 0 New 1 The Hill, Travis Greene 52
53 34 27 10 Badlands, Halsey 2
54 13 – 2 Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin 13
55 0 New 1 Get Up, Bryan Adams 55
56 45 36 7 Threat To Survival, Shinedown 5
57 44 42 11 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 9
58 0 New 1 It's Great To Be Alive!, Drive-By Truckers 58
59 0 Re-Entry 33 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
60 68 76 28 Stages, Josh Groban 2
61 0 New 1 So Familiar, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell 61
62 0 New 1 Make America Psycho Again, Fall Out Boy 62
63 50 44 73 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
64 49 45 16 DS2, Future 1
65 42 33 25 Love Stuff, Elle King 28
66 27 3 3 General Admission, Machine Gun Kelly 3
67 8 – 2 I Changed A Lot, DJ Khaled 8
68 12 – 2 Divers, Joanna Newsom 12
69 89 71 28 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
70 43 34 27 Love Ran Red, Chris Tomlin 7
71 37 5 3 The Color Before The Sun, Coheed And Cambria 5
72 0 Re-Entry 32 The Big Revival, Kenny Chesney 2
73 57 70 14 Descendants, Soundtrack 1
74 53 49 39 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
75 65 – 17 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8, Various Artists 6
76 52 43 7 Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey 2
77 25 – 2 That Would Be Me, Harry Connick, Jr. 25
78 0 New 1 Halo 5: Guardians, Soundtrack 78
79 84 24 3 Thank Your Lucky Stars, Beach House 24
80 0 New 1 Papi Gordo, Carnage 80
81 61 72 67 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
82 0 New 1 Paper Wheels, Trey Anastasio 82
83 0 Re-Entry 53 Platinum, Miranda Lambert 1
84 51 56 26 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 16
85 41 38 33 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
86 46 54 11 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
87 0 Re-Entry 5 The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, Crown The Empire 7
88 0 New 1 The Things We Do To Find People Like Us, Beach Slang 88
89 55 61 57 Hozier, Hozier 2
90 66 74 48 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
91 0 Re-Entry 14 Pageant Material, Kacey Musgraves 3
92 0 Re-Entry 52 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
93 88 – 11 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 22
94 54 59 13 Compton, Dr. Dre 2
95 96 94 54 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
96 70 57 30 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
97 0 New 1 Demons, Get Scared 97
98 56 73 12 This Is Not A Test, tobyMac 4
99 64 41 5 Calling All Lovers, Tamar Braxton 2
100 69 88 17 Black Rose, Tyrese 1

[areyoureadytojump]

keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/5/15) - Billboard's Top Current Albums chart

1) Chris Stapleton – Traveller – 153,428 (After 26 weeks – 249,649)
2) Carrie Underwood – Storyteller – 73, 056 (After 2 weeks – 237,384)
3) Eric Church – Mr. Misunderstood – 70,905

Other Debuts

4) Various Artists – Now 56 – 57,954
5) Def Leppard – Def Leppard – 29,766
7) Various Artists – We Love Disney – 25,538
8) Neighborhood – Wiped Out – 20,110
9) Elvis Presley – If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley – 19,489
10) Chris Janson – Buy Me A Boat – 18,536
16) Puscifer – Money Shot – 15,327
17) Lalah Hathaway – Lalah Hathaway Live – 14,718

[timmierz]

Nov 9, 2015 13:29:22 GMT -5 timmierz said:

I was hoping there'd be a stat in the article about the last time an album RE-entered the chart at #1... is it common enough that it's not worth mentioning, or was it tough to determine?

They answered my question in a later article: This is the only album to ever re-enter at #1!

[HolidayGuy]

Elvis Presley lands, I believe, his 29th top 10 album seller, just a few months after scoring his last.

Buble should be making his annual return to top 100 sales very soon.

[divasummer]

Janet's holding up very well. Especially in Pure sales.
Is this being sold at her concert venues or is this all from word of mouth, touring promo and airplay at Urban formats?

[areyoureadytojump]

^Concert venues.

No concerts 2 weeks ago so it fell.

Concerts last week so it rose.

[HolidayGuy]

^The album is also available via her official website bundled with merchandise (for instance, a shirt), if the consumer opts for it. In this day and age, it's smart for acts not likely to score major top 40/major mainstream radio success to find other avenues to shift albums.

[85la]

Holy s**t, I had no idea OMI debuted so poorly at #51 a couple weeks ago! Any explanation for this? Was it only available at digital or something?

[Enigma.]

For an obvious one hit wonder, not a surprise really

[areyoureadytojump]

^Yup, more like a novelty act.

[85la]

How many equivalent units would that be, around 5K? But most of that could easily have been taken up by digital song equivalents and streams, so it only sold a couple thousand albums? Too bad....

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6762270/billboard-200-chart-moves-country-albums-top-three

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Country Albums Rule Top 3 for First Time in 5 Years
By Keith Caulfield | November 12, 2015 9:19 PM EST

On the most recent Billboard 200 chart (dated Nov. 21), country music took over the top of the tally, thanks in large part to the CMA Awards. For the first time in five years, the top three all are country albums. The Nov. 4 show, which aired live on ABC, pumped an enormous gain for Chris Stapleton’s Traveller, which re-enters at No. 1 (the first album to ever re-enter at No. 1) with 177,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 5, according to Nielsen Music (153,000 in pure album sales). Carrie Underwood’s Storyteller and Eric Church’s Mr. Misunderstood round out the country trio atop the list.

The last time the Billboard 200’s top three were all country efforts was way back on the Nov. 20, 2010-dated list. That week, Taylor Swift’s Speak Now ruled for a second frame, while Jason Aldean’s My Kinda Party launched at No. 2, and Sugarland’s former No. 1 The Incredible Machine dipped 2-3.

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).

Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the Nov. 7 chart:

— Pentatonix, That’s Christmas To Me - No. 40 — Thanks to a deluxe reissue of the vocal group’s smash holiday set (first release in 2014), it zooms up the tally 200-40 with a 262 percent unit gain. It moved 13,000 units in the week ending Nov. 5, of which 11,000 were in pure album sales (up 319 percent). That’s Christmas To Me was the top selling holiday album of 2014, moving 1.14 million copies that year.

— Various Artists, Now 56 - No. 4 — The long-running Now That’s What I Call Music compilation series continues its successful run on the Billboard 200, as Now 56 debuts at No. 4 (58,000 units – all from pure album sales). It’s the 62nd top 10 effort for the Now brand, as all 56 of the numbered Now albums have reached the region, in addition to another six genre-specific Now sets. Aside from the 56 numbered sets, Now has also hit the top 10 with: Now That’s What I Call Christmas! (No. 3 peak in 2001), Now #1s (No. 6, 2006), Now That’s What I Call Christmas! 3 (No. 10, 2006), Now That’s What I Call Country (No. 7, 2008), Now That’s What I Call Country Vol. 2 (No. 10, 2009) and Now That’s What I Call Country: Volume 7 (No. 10, 2014).

— Elvis Presley With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, If I Can Dream - No. 21 — For the first time since 1977, Elvis Presley has earned a pair of new top 40-charting albums in a calendar year on the Billboard 200 chart. Presley’s new effort, If I Can Dream, starts at No. 21 on the Billboard 200, shifting 20,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 5 (according to Nielsen Music). It follows his No. 11-peaking compilation Elvis Presley Forever, which arrived on the Sept. 5-dated tally. Presley last notched two new top 40 sets back in 1977, the year he died (on Aug. 16), with Moody Blue (No. 3) and Elvis In Concert (No. 5). Notably, in 2003 Presley did visit the top 40 with two different albums, but one of them was a holdover from 2002. His greatest hits set Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits debuted at No. 1 in 2002, and lingered in the top 40 until early 2003. Later that year, the set’s follow-up compilation, Elvis: 2nd To None, debuted at No. 3.

The new If I Can Dream album was recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and marries old Presley vocals (from songs like the title track and “How Great Thou Art”) with newly recorded music. The decidedly classical-leaning set zooms to No. 1 on the Classical Crossover Albums chart, giving Presley his first leader (and entry) on that tally.

— Little Big Town, Pain Killer - No. 37 — The Country Music Association (CMA) Awards help Little Big Town score the chart’s largest percentage gain, as the quartet’s Pain Killer flies 125-37. The album, which features their single of the year-winner “Girl Crush,” moved 13,000 units (up 201 percent). Of that sum, 7,000 were in album sales (up 151 percent). On the show, Little Big Town also won vocal group of the year and performed “Girl Crush.” The former Hot Country Songs No. 1 remains the year’s top selling country download (1.8 million sold).

— Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill - No. 54 — A deluxe reissue of the former No. 1 album, first released in 1995, prompts its return to the chart with 6,000 units (up 373 percent). Its reentry grants the album its highest rank on the list since Aug. 9, 1997 (No. 81).

— Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, So Familiar - No. 126 — Over on the Bluegrass Albums chart, actor/singer/banjoist Steve Martin collects his fifth straight No. 1 album with his new Edie Brickell collaborative set. It also grants Martin his third top 10 set on Folk Albums (No. 3). So Familiar is Martin’s eighth entry on the Billboard 200. He’s claimed four top 40 charting efforts, including two top 10s: Let’s Get Small (No. 10 peak in 1977) and A Wild and Crazy Guy (No. 2 in 1978).

— Various Artists, The Bach Guild: Big Christmas Box - No. 131 — The 280-song compilation The Bach Guild: Big Christmas Box re-enters at No. 131 with 5,000 units (up from nothing the week previous). The 2012 set returns thanks to a limited-time deep-discount price in the Amazon MP3 store: it went for 99 cents during the tracking week.

[areyoureadytojump]

4,006,000 albums were sold for this chart.

1,801,000 were digital albums

2,205,000 were physical albums (cds, vinyl, cassettes)

[areyoureadytojump]

Positions are from Billboard's Top Current Albums chart

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-1111-the-charts-have-gone-def

Metal By Numbers 11/11: The charts have gone Def
Posted by Matt Brown

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

A handful of albums have dropped off of the charts this week, but you probably won’t notice since, yet again, we have a slew of new debuts added to Metal By Numbers. It’s the usual mix when it comes to these big lists: some highly anticipated release, a new album from one-fourth of Tool, crowdfunded albums, and…a new Def Leppard album? I’m guessing it’s been a while since anyone wrote that sentence. Actually, I’m not even sure if that’s ever been written on this website before. Huh. Well, in any case, step inside, walk this way, you and the charts babe, hey, hey!

Notable Debuts:

Def Leppard, Def Leppard (Mailboat) #5, 29,775 sold

The band’s first album in seven years is also its highest charting since 1996’s Slang.

Puscifer, Money Shot (Puscifer Entertainment) #16, 15,235 sold

The band’s third album has an excellent opening week despite all the Maynard James Keenan fan hubbub.

Escape The Fate, Hate Me (Eleven Seven) #31, 8,400 sold

It’s a solid first week the band’s fifth album, though it doesn’t outdo the debuts of previous efforts.

Get Scared, Demons (Fearless) #97, 3,075 sold

The band’s third album manages to outdo its predecessor.

Saxon, Battering Ram (UDR) #150, 2,000 sold

Saxon’s 21st studio album is their best US debut since 1986’s Rock The Nations.

Whitechapel, Brotherhood of the Blade (Metal Blade) #152, 1,975 sold

The band’s new crowdfunded live album makes its debut.

Myka, Relocate, The Young Souls (Razor & Tie) #156, 1925 sold

The hardcore act’s sophomore album has a respectable debut.


Notable Sales:

Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park) #44, 6,600 sold

Only a 2% drop and still in the top 50. Up to 225,000 sold in nine weeks.

Shinedown, Threat To Survival (Atlantic) #56, 5,300 sold

A 4% drop is no threat.

Coheed and Cambria, The Color Before The Sun (300 Entertainment) #71, 4,250 sold

A 38% drop brings some color.

Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise) #86, 3,600 sold

Over 180,000 sold.

Crown the Empire, The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways (Rise) #87, 3,550 sold

This album sees new life on the charts after a deluxe reissue.

Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #103, 2,950 sold

A slight 6% drop.

Bring Me The Horizon, That’s The Spirit (Columbia) #112, 2,650 sold

A tiny 5% drop. This will cross the 100,000-sold barrier shortly.

Ghost, Meliora (Loma Vista) #134, 2,325 sold

This gains a huge 74% boost. Looks like you can’t keep a good ghost down.

Iron Maiden, The Book of Souls (BMG) #141, 2,200 sold

Just under 130,000 sold.

Clutch, Psychic Warfare (Weathermaker) #160, 1,800 sold

A 34% drop means war.

Slayer, Repentless (Nuclear Blast) #166, 1,650 sold

Over 80,000 sold.

Stryper, Fallen (Frontiers) #176, 1,525 sold

A drop of 28%.

Born of Osiris, Soul Sphere (Sumerian) #177, 1,500 sold

A second week drop of 78%.