Billboard 200: 1/30/16: David Bowie #1 181k/174k

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6844036/david-bowie-blackstar-album-debuts-no-1-on-billboard-200-charts

David Bowie's 'Blackstar' Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
1/17/2016 by Keith Caulfield

“Blackstar” is Bowie’s first No. 1 album.

David Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, giving the late music legend his first No. 1 album.

Bowie died on Jan. 10 of cancer, two days after the release of the album.

Blackstar was issued through ISO/Columbia Records and earned 181,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., during the week ending Jan. 14, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 174,000 were in pure album sales -- Bowie’s biggest sales week for an album since Nielsen began electronically tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. (His previous sales high in that span of time came when his last album, 2013’s The Next Day, bowed with 85,000 sold in its first week.)

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 Jan. 30, 2016-dated chart (where Bowie debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Wednesday, Jan. 20. (Charts will be refreshed one day later than usual this week, due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 18.)

Clearly, music fans were moved by the news of Bowie’s death, as not only did Blackstar perform strongly, but he has nine further albums that either re-enter or debut on the Billboard 200 chart. Among them are two further titles in the top 40: the greatest hits collection Best of Bowie (No. 4) and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (No. 21).

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Bowie’s history on the Billboard 200 dates back nearly 44 years, when Hunky Dory bowed on the chart dated April 15, 1972.

Blackstar and Best of Bowie bring the artist’s total of top 10-charting albums to nine. He previously hit the region with The Next Day (peaking at No. 2 in 2013), Let’s Dance (No. 4, 1983), ChangesOneBowie (No. 10, 1976), Station to Station (No. 3, 1976), Young Americans (No. 9, 1975), David Live (No. 8, 1974) and Diamond Dogs (No. 5, 1974).

Best of Bowie, released in 2002, returns to the chart at No. 4 (a new peak) with 94,000 units (up from only a few thousand in the week previous). It sold 51,000 in pure album sales, gaining by 6,698 percent. (It originally peaked at No. 70 in 2002.)

Naturally, a significant portion (48 percent) of Best of Bowie’s total units during the latest week were driven by track and streaming equivalent album units of its popular tracks. Among the tunes on the album: 11 of his 13 top 40-charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Those include his six top 10 hits: “Fame” (No. 1 in 1975), “Golden Years” (No. 10, 1976), “Let’s Dance” (No. 1, 1983), “China Girl” (No. 10, 1983), “Modern Love” (No. 14, 1983), “Blue Jean” (No. 8, 1984), “This Is Not America” (with Pat Metheny, No. 32 in 1985) and “Dancing in the Street” (with Mick Jagger, No. 7 in 1987).

With Blackstar and Best of Bowie at Nos. 1 and 4, respectively, Bowie is one of the handful of acts to manage the feat of having two albums in the top four of the chart at the same time. Previous to Bowie, the last act to do so was Adele on the chart dated March 3, 2012. That week, in the wake of her performance and six wins at the Grammy Awards (Feb. 12), 21 held at No. 1 while her previous album 19 rose 9-4.

Blackstar is additionally the first posthumous No. 1 album since Michael Jackson’s This Is It soundtrack arrived atop the list dated Nov. 14, 2009. Jackson died earlier that year.

As for the rest of the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, Adele’s 25 slips to No. 2 (143,000 units; down 26 percent) after seven consecutive weeks at No. 1. Justin Bieber’s Purpose also moves down a rung, to No. 3, with 104,000 units (down 17 percent).

Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface falls 3-5 (43,000; down 17 percent), The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness dips 4-6 (39,000; down 14 percent) and Chris Stapleton’s Traveller holds steady at No. 7 (33,000; down 20 percent). Bryson Tiller’s Trapsoul hits a new peak, climbing 9-8 with nearly 33,000 units (down only 8 percent).

G-Eazy’s When It’s Dark Out returns to the top 10 for the first time since its debut frame, as it rises 13-9 in its sixth week (29,000; down 2 percent). Fetty Wap’s self-titled album descends 8-10 with 29,000 units (down 20 percent).

[rimetm]

Jan 17, 2016 13:43:38 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Naturally, a significant portion (48 percent) of Best of Bowie’s total units during the latest week were driven by track and streaming equivalent album units of its popular tracks. Among the tunes on the album: 11 of his 13 top 40-charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Those include his six top 10 hits: “Fame” (No. 1 in 1975), “Golden Years” (No. 10, 1976), “Let’s Dance” (No. 1, 1983), “China Girl” (No. 10, 1983), “Modern Love” (No. 14, 1983), “Blue Jean” (No. 8, 1984), “This Is Not America” (with Pat Metheny, No. 32 in 1985) and “Dancing in the Street” (with Mick Jagger, No. 7 in 1987).

Wait, I thought compilations don't get SEA or TEA from previously released tracks. Is this a gaffe that they're going to need to correct, or does it count if they're buyable singles within the compilation (which is the big difference between this and stuff like NOW)?

APPEND EDIT: Well, I appear to not remember precedents. From a few weeks back:

Over on the Billboard 200 albums chart, five of the group's sets dot the list, including greatest-hits collection 1, which ascends 41-16. It earned 36,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 31. Forty percent of the album's total units for the week are owed to streams of its songs, thanks to the popularity of 1's tracks. (All 27 were No. 1 singles on either the Billboard Hot 100 or Official U.K. Singles Chart.)



1's track equivalent album units (for which every 10 tracks sold from an album equates to one equivalent album unit) also vault 155 percent, to 4,000 units (or, 11 percent of its total units for the week). Notably, 1's pure album sales were down for the week by 19 percent, to 18,000.



Four more Beatles albums show on the latest Billboard 200, including three that return to the chart for the first time since 2014: Abbey Road climbs 135-77 (11,000 units, up 13 percent); the group's self-titled set (also known as the White Album) re-enters at No. 79 (11,000 units, up 45 percent); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band returns at No. 121 (8,000 units, up 17 percent); and Rubber Soul bounces back onto the list at No. 158 (7,000 units, up 51 percent). Like 1, those four albums all saw a decline in pure album sales, falling a collective 25 percent.

That last paragraph and the fact that Bowie's other albums re-entered does make me realize that they're multi-counting TEA and SEA. They should probably change policy if they can pinpoint if singles sales are coming from particular versions.

[swim]

I wonder what 25 did for pure sales. I know the new chart is here to stay, I still don't like it.

[Deleted]

Jan 17, 2016 16:06:55 GMT -5 swim said:

I wonder what 25 did for pure sales. I know the new chart is here to stay, I still don't like it.

Makes me wonder how soon the day will come when there are no more physical sale - just strictly streaming consumption.  Still seems a ways off, but it also seems inevitable eventually.

[Gary]

Jan 17, 2016 17:04:38 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

Jan 17, 2016 16:06:55 GMT -5 swim said:

I wonder what 25 did for pure sales. I know the new chart is here to stay, I still don't like it.

Makes me wonder how soon the day will come when there are no more physical sale - just strictly streaming consumption.  Still seems a ways off, but it also seems inevitable eventually.

I doubt it.

There are three ways to "consume" music and there always will be.  Buy it, rent it or get it for free

Streaming is growing now but it too will peak and eventually decline

[Deleted]

It's difficult to even imagine what would ever replace streaming. It allows consumers to get what they want when they want it, doesn't take up any space (physically or digitally), and in some cases the consumer doesn't even need to pay for it. People have wanted the ability to be their own personal radio DJ throughout the popular music era, and people want their music for free. I can't imagine what the next frontier is because it doesn't seem there's much else that would make music consumption any more convenient.

[areyoureadytojump]

Jan 17, 2016 17:04:38 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

Jan 17, 2016 16:06:55 GMT -5 swim said:

I wonder what 25 did for pure sales. I know the new chart is here to stay, I still don't like it.

Makes me wonder how soon the day will come when there are no more physical sale - just strictly streaming consumption.  Still seems a ways off, but it also seems inevitable eventually.

More cds are sold each week than digital albums.

Vinyl sales were way up last year.

Physical sales will be here for some time.

[emperortigerstar]

Jan 17, 2016 17:04:38 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

Jan 17, 2016 16:06:55 GMT -5 swim said:

I wonder what 25 did for pure sales. I know the new chart is here to stay, I still don't like it.

Makes me wonder how soon the day will come when there are no more physical sale - just strictly streaming consumption.  Still seems a ways off, but it also seems inevitable eventually.

Physical sales may keep declining, but they will never truly cease. We still carve things in stone occasionally. We still use trains. The radio didn't die off despite TV and the internet. We still use many supposedly archaic or outdated things. Heck, with vinyl sales on the rise, the format might just be changing and going through a low phase.

[Deleted]

^ Your use of the word "never" is brave. You speak so matter-of-factly, and while i appreciate such a bold statement of fact in your opinions and the sentiment behind your statements... I also know that there's a business involved here that will have to continue to make choices based on the bottom $ line. I'm sure there are still people who use cassettes and 8-tracks, but that doesn't mean they are still in mass production. Vinyl is having a notable renaissance - relatively speaking - but it's also very niche at the end of the day and likely not enough to sustain itself without becoming more mainstream. Plus, vinyl sales seem more substantial right now because overall sales are so dire.  Streaming is such a huge money-saver for record companies - as their are virtually no production costs.  Another plus is consumer cost... for the price of one CD or digital album you can experience an entire month's worth of unlimited music.  Seems rather cost-effective when we break down the options.

Don't get me wrong, I love owning my music since purchasing my first LP in 1982.  While I have a vast digital music collection, I do miss my vast physical collection.  I was far more involved and into the music when it was a physical item I purchased at the store and held in my hands. I'm still a collector of vinyl records. I enjoy my physical music, I really do. A part of me resents digital and streaming, but I also know how much sense it makes, especially when you don't have the experience with physical music that my generation and the generations before it grew up with.

I did use the word "eventually" - as in "not anytime soon."  It'll be interesting to see how the next 25-50 years play out, as all we can do for now is speculate.

[Gary]

I will use "never" also.   Buying music in some form will always exist. 

Vinyl is not substantial because "sales are so dire". Vinyl is actually seeing year over year increases.

I will go so far as to say the art of purchasing music will last longer than renting it.

Some potential issues that streaming could eventually face:

-The majority of streamers now get it for free. Revenue from paid subscribers may not support the current environment long term
-What happens when royalty payments to artists increase to the point where monthly fees to subscribers have to increase? Obviously some accustomed to $9.99 a month will cancel.
-How about more prominent artists like Adele pulling their music from sreaming services.
-A streaming service could eventually turn into a Netflix type of thing where music is added and subtracted each month as licensing contracts expire and are not renewed.

Problems that don't exist now because streaming is still in its infancy but could be seen in the future.

[areyoureadytojump]

If you know where to look...

[Hot AC Archiver]

Also, not everyone has the internet. Someone might be able to afford a $10 cd a month but not $30-80 per month for internet to be able to stream music.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Jan 18, 2016 11:12:35 GMT -5 Gary said:

I will use "never" also.   Buying music in some form will always exist. 

Vinyl is not substantial because "sales are so dire". Vinyl is actually seeing year over year increases.

I will go so far as to say the art of purchasing music will last longer than renting it.

Some potential issues that streaming could eventually face:

-The majority of streamers now get it for free. Revenue from paid subscribers may not support the current environment long term
-What happens when royalty payments to artists increase to the point where monthly fees to subscribers have to increase? Obviously some accustomed to $9.99 a month will cancel.
-How about more prominent artists like Adele pulling their music from sreaming services.
-A streaming service could eventually turn into a Netflix type of thing where music is added and subtracted each month as licensing contracts expire and are not renewed.

Problems that don't exist now because streaming is still in its infancy but could be seen in the future.

I see streaming music following video where the services start getting extremely competitive and the continual uptick in artists signing exclusively with one service. My big thing has been that even purchasing digital songs, if the service is no longer licensed for that product, unless you downloaded it, it's gone. That already happens with streaming as song go in and out (similar to Netflix, etc.)

[Gary]

David Bowie is #1 on this chart.


Next up...The Eagles

[KeepDeanWeird]

Jan 18, 2016 17:43:50 GMT -5 Gary said:

David Bowie is #1 on this chart.


Next up...The Eagles

Oh, crap. I thought you were joking, but I saw Glen Frey passed.

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Jan 18, 2016 17:43:50 GMT -5 Gary said:

David Bowie is #1 on this chart.


Next up...The Eagles

I really doubt that. Bowie was a solo act (whereas Glenn is one member of a band) and he certainly had more "star power" in 2016 than Glenn Frey. Not to mention, it was a new Bowie album that went to #1, not one of his compilations (Eagles don't have a new album out).

For comparison, the highest-ranked (and only) Eagles song in the Top 100 on iTunes right now is "Hotel California" at #65. Bowie was all over the chart within hours of his death. Eagles' classic hit collection is #4 on iTunes right now.

[Gary]

Jan 19, 2016 6:24:54 GMT -5 @jazzysoul47 said:

Jan 18, 2016 17:43:50 GMT -5 Gary said:

David Bowie is #1 on this chart.


Next up...The Eagles

I really doubt that. Bowie was a solo act (whereas Glenn is one member of a band) and he certainly had more "star power" in 2016 than Glenn Frey. Not to mention, it was a new Bowie album that went to #1, not one of his compilations (Eagles don't have a new album out).

For comparison, the highest-ranked (and only) Eagles song in the Top 100 on iTunes right now is "Hotel California" at #65. Bowie was all over the chart within hours of his death. Eagles' classic hit collection is #4 on iTunes right now.

Thanks for the correction. However, based on the time stamp of my post(the news was still new at the time), it was meant as more of a subtle news alert to the readers of this thread than a bold prediction about chart positions.

[carreramd]

Gary what time will have the Periscope live?

[rimetm]

...The Gary on this forum is not Gary Trust, though I've seen people mistake them before. In any case, the Periscope usually airs some time between 2 and 3 o'clock Eastern time.

[areyoureadytojump]

hiphopdx.com/news/id.37106/title.hip-hop-album-sales-david-bowie-g-eazy-j-cole

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 01/14/2016

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.

#6 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness - 38,869 (13,114) [21,153,501]

#8 Bryson Tiller - Trapsoul - 32,542 (11,394) [23,307,004]

#9 G-Eazy - When Its Dark Out - 28,742 (9,245) [16,762,840]

#10 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - 28,632 (5,833) [17,117,296]

#14 Chris Brown - Royalty - 23,770 (12,690) [10,170,988]

#16 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 21,395 (8,339) [13,285,460]

#17 Drake and Future - What a Time to Be Alive - 21,277 (3,318) [17,812,112]

#26 Future - Dirty Sprite 2 - 15,693 (3,161) [13,330,453]

#30 Drake - If Youre Reading This Its Too Late - 13,404 (3,288) [11,484,058]

#38 Flo Rida - My House - 11,871 (1,179) [4,013,485]

[HolidayGuy]

Hasn't HHDX been posting its info on Wednesdays? Odd for it to post the info before Billboard posts the new charts.

[areyoureadytojump]

^It's been like that since July since the Friday release date change.

Keely's Korner, Hip Hop Dx and Roughstock come out on Mondays.

Metal Insider on Thursdays.

[areyoureadytojump]

roughstock.com/news/2016/01/39623-top-10-country-albums-chart-january-19-2016

Top 10 Country Albums Chart: January 19, 2016
Posted By Matt Bjorke

Artist Album Week Total Scans

Chris Stapleton Traveller 26,100 743,900
Sam Hunt Montevallo 8,600 988,400
Thomas Rhett Tangled Up 6,600 271,200
Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood 6,400 289,000
Carrie Underwood Storyteller 6,400 480,600
Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 6,300 870,900
Blake Shelton Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits 5,100 200,200
Cam Untamed 4,200 77,000
Chris Young I'm Comin' Over 3,900 141,000
Old Dominion Meat And Candy 2,300 55,600
Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 2,100 605,300
Little Big Town Pain Killer 2,000 431,100

Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes 1,900 817,300
Don Henley Cass County 1,900 226,900
Jana Kramer Thirty-One 1,900 51,700
Brett Eldredge Illinois 1,800 103,300
George Strait Cold Beer Conversation 1,700 216,000
Chris Janson Buy Me A Boat 1,700 66,700
Tim McGraw Damn Country Music 1,700 99,200
Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 1,600 951,600
Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 1,600 97,600
Jason Isbell Something More Than Free 1,400 123,500
Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 1,400 469,800
Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material 1,300 157,700

Maddie & Tae Start Here 1,200 80,800
Maren Morris Maren Morris EP 800 6,100
Joey+Rory Country Classics 700 24,300
Turnpike Troubadours Turnpike Troubadours 600 34,800
Kip Moore Wild Ones 500 71,000
The Grascals And Then There's This... 500 500
Home Free Country Evolution 400 28,700

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to Gary

1/30/16 Billboard 200

1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wk Blackstar, David Bowie 1
2 1 1 8 25, Adele 1
3 2 2 9 Purpose, Justin Bieber 1
4 0 Re-Entry 24 Best Of Bowie, David Bowie 4
5 3 3 35 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
6 4 6 20 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
7 7 12 18 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
8 9 10 16 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
9 13 13 6 When It's Dark Out, G-Eazy 5
10 8 5 16 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 1
11 11 7 14 Revival, Selena Gomez 1
12 6 4 9 Made In The A.M., One Direction 2
13 14 11 40 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
14 12 8 4 Royalty, Chris Brown 3
15 10 9 64 1989, Taylor Swift 1
16 31 30 58 GG 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
17 17 14 17 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
18 5 – 2 Wildfire, Rachel Platten 5
19 18 22 256 21, Adele 1
20 16 15 64 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
21 0 Re-Entry 82 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie 21
22 15 19 53 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
23 20 20 6 A Head Full Of Dreams, Coldplay 2
24 25 27 82 x, Ed Sheeran 1
25 28 28 16 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 6

26 21 18 26 DS2, Future 1
27 30 24 20 Badlands, Halsey 2
28 29 21 74 Vessel, twenty one pilots 21
29 22 25 23 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
30 24 29 49 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
31 41 53 11 Bouquet (EP), The Chainsmokers 31
32 26 17 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Soundtrack 5
33 40 42 16 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 12
34 36 36 9 Know-It-All, Alessia Cara 9
35 23 33 10 Delirium, Ellie Goulding 3
36 27 26 52 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
37 33 16 207 1, The Beatles 1
38 42 45 41 My House (EP), Flo Rida 14
39 0 New 1 Straight Outta Compton: Music From The Motion Picture, Soundtrack 39
40 34 32 13 Confident, Demi Lovato 2
41 39 46 44 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
42 44 48 12 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Blake Shelton 5
43 32 38 38 Love Stuff, Elle King 26
44 38 40 12 Storyteller, Carrie Underwood 2
45 46 43 19 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 3
46 48 51 83 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
47 47 35 22 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
48 37 39 11 NOW 56, Various Artists 4
49 0 Re-Entry 214 Number Ones, Michael Jackson 13
50 35 31 13 Pentatonix, Pentatonix 1

51 51 92 5 Swaay (EP), DNCE 51
52 56 60 200 19, Adele 4
53 71 81 21 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
54 54 57 11 Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church 2
55 52 49 79 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
56 43 37 6 Blue Neighbourhood, Troye Sivan 7
57 0 Re-Entry 17 Hunky Dory, David Bowie 57
58 0 New 1 These Days, Mike Stud 58
59 79 65 261 Greatest Hits, Queen 11
60 75 94 6 Late Nights: The Album, Jeremih 42
61 67 80 150 Take Care, Drake 1
62 58 64 67 Hozier, Hozier 2
63 64 112 361 Metallica, Metallica 1
64 60 54 5 Untamed, Cam 12
65 0 New 1 The Platinum Collection, David Bowie 65
66 87 86 120 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
67 68 71 10 Daya (EP), Daya 67
68 0 Re-Entry 2 Nothing Has Changed., David Bowie 57
69 80 99 118 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
70 72 73 57 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
71 65 69 47 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
72 69 93 43 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
73 66 87 21 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 17
74 53 56 9 I'm Comin' Over, Chris Young 5
75 116 – 307 PS Nevermind, Nirvana 1

76 57 47 54 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
77 76 98 168 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
78 50 66 272 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
79 70 61 13 Kidz Bop 30, Kidz Bop Kids 12
80 115 180 250 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
81 73 59 9 The Incredible True Story, Logic 3
82 77 135 36 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 30
83 0 Re-Entry 2 Tomorrow Is My Turn, Rhiannon Giddens 53
84 55 67 46 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 19
85 81 100 26 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 4
86 84 104 29 VHS, X Ambassadors 7
87 90 90 66 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
88 110 84 39 Furious 7, Soundtrack 1
89 62 62 5 The Voice: The Complete Season 9 Collection, Jordan Smith 11
90 0 Re-Entry 69 Let's Dance, David Bowie 4
91 101 55 391 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
92 83 101 38 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
93 82 85 72 V, Maroon 5 1
94 92 128 32 Peace Is The Mission, Major Lazer 12
95 74 76 6 Black Market, Rick Ross 6
96 95 103 176 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
97 114 116 207 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
98 49 34 58 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
99 94 75 400 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
100 120 126 10 Meat And Candy, Old Dominion 16

101 61 41 12 Sounds Good Feels Good, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
102 59 – 3 My Favorite Things, Joey Alexander 59
103 159 189 47 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
104 107 122 177 +, Ed Sheeran 5
105 98 72 4 King Push, Pusha T 20
106 117 134 8 Free TC, Ty Dolla $ign 14
107 93 91 19 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 2
108 100 157 247 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
109 126 161 75 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1
110 96 77 184 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
111 102 78 4 Tell Me I'm Pretty, Cage The Elephant 26
112 137 165 125 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
113 130 – 177 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
114 104 140 111 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
115 0 Re-Entry 923 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
116 88 88 5 The Buffet, R. Kelly 16
117 63 74 33 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
118 97 105 33 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
119 164 186 13 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 3
120 85 113 47 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
121 135 133 98 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
122 103 102 48 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
123 99 58 57 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
124 119 144 59 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
125 121 – 2 11 : 11 City Of Love, Shakila 121

126 0 Re-Entry 18 Drones, Muse 1
127 157 184 54 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
128 170 – 65 Graduation, Kanye West 1
129 0 Re-Entry 108 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
130 166 178 105 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
131 118 118 67 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
132 129 148 258 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
133 124 149 18 Professional Rapper, Lil thingyy 7
134 0 Re-Entry 23 Aladdin Sane, David Bowie 17
135 156 193 51 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
136 178 – 96 I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 1
137 136 172 144 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
138 182 – 55 Cole World: The Sideline Story, J. Cole 1
139 0 New 1 The Bach Guide: Big Beethoven Box, Various Artists 139
140 138 – 289 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 2
141 134 127 127 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
142 192 – 96 Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Elton John 12
143 0 Re-Entry 20 Low, David Bowie 11
144 168 – 28 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 32
145 106 79 184 The Beatles [White Album], The Beatles 1
146 133 170 215 Recovery, Eminem 1
147 125 115 340 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
148 150 – 56 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
149 89 143 56 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 14
150 139 136 117 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6

151 0 Re-Entry 12 The Next Day, David Bowie 2
152 113 174 27 Coming Home, Leon Bridges 6
153 111 107 5 This Thing Called Life, August Alsina 14
154 148 – 113 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 6
155 86 63 27 Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
156 0 Re-Entry 95 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 4
157 154 153 159 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
158 184 – 55 Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
159 132 96 138 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
160 147 151 109 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
161 149 125 70 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
162 109 111 37 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
163 0 New 1 Waking Up The Giants, Grizfolk 163
164 128 120 60 FOUR, One Direction 1
165 145 173 64 Queen Of The Clouds, Tove Lo 14
166 91 97 75 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
167 0 Re-Entry 144 The Immaculate Collection, Madonna 2
168 174 – 117 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29
169 0 Re-Entry 49 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
170 0 New 1 Walking On A Dream, Empire Of The Sun 170
171 161 154 85 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
172 0 Re-Entry 45 Listen, David Guetta 4
173 196 197 100 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
174 165 162 30 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
175 162 163 8 Dark Sky Island, Enya 8

176 108 50 3 Summer In The Winter, Kid Ink 50
177 160 160 22 Unbreakable Smile, Tori Kelly 2
178 183 – 8 Thirty One, Jana Kramer 10
179 0 Re-Entry 252 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
180 105 – 2 In My Feelings. ( Goin' Thru It ), Boosie BadAzz 105
181 122 124 22 Under Pressure, Logic 4
182 194 – 134 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
183 0 Re-Entry 121 ...Hits, Phil Collins 6
184 167 142 87 Midnight Memories, One Direction 1
185 123 89 15 That's The Spirit, Bring Me The Horizon 2
186 171 131 74 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, Panic! At The Disco 13
187 190 195 71 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
188 0 Re-Entry 262 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
189 151 95 38 Stages, Josh Groban 2
190 177 166 124 American Idiot, Green Day 1
191 155 159 17 Threat To Survival, Shinedown 6
192 195 – 112 Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi 1
193 163 139 10 What Dreams Are Made Of, R. City 25
194 175 – 8 Losing My Religion, Kirk Franklin 10
195 140 156 65 Pain Killer, Little Big Town 7
196 0 Re-Entry 139 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
197 172 129 75 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
198 185 – 15 WOW Hits 2016, Various Artists 55
199 143 132 8 Empire: Original Soundtrack, Season 2, Volume 1, Soundtrack 16
200 0 Re-Entry 100 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2

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New RIAA certs on the BB200 this week:

Adele, 25: 6xP, 7xP, 8xP
twenty one pilots, Blurryface: Gold
J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive: 1xP
Carrie Underwood, GH Decade #1: 1xP

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Metal By Numbers 1/20: 2016 sales have been ignited
Posted by Matt Brown on January 20, 2016

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

You might not be surprised to know that the late David Bowie has at least seventeen albums on the Billboard 200. What you may be surprised to know is that *gasp* we have five albums under notable debuts! It’s about time too because dry spells make writing this opening blurb harder (except for when every musician or actor in the world near age 70 decides to drop dead at the same time, then you get the somber intro). In any case, it looks like the ball is finally rolling for metal in 2016.

Notable Debuts:

Ignite, A War Against You (Century Media) #163, 1,275 sold
The band’s first album in a decade makes its debut.
It Lies Within, Paramount (Victory) #171, 1,225 sold

The sophomore effort from this metalcore act has a decent debut, though the album art makes me wonder if they’re familiar with Within The Ruins.

Exmortus, Ride Forth (Prosthetic) 970 sold

Exmortus returns with album four, bringing in their best debut yet.

The Order of Elijah, War at Heart (Luxor) 310 sold

This metalcore act has released its third album. They also go by TOOE, which means they’re just a missing “O” away from being called TOE.

Cauldron, In Ruin (The End) 240 sold
The band’s fourth album is their first on The End Records



Notable Sales:



Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise) #37, 5,150 sold

The tiniest drop of 1%.



Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park) #56, 3,550 sold

Just under 290,000 sold.



Shinedown, Threat To Survival (Atlantic) #84, 2,475 sold

This will survive after a 26% drop



Bring Me The Horizon, That’s The Spirit (Columbia) #111, 1,875 sold

Might need to drink some spirits after a 34% drop.



Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #114, 1,850 sold

A 36% drop might be bending Benjamin, but not breaking him.



Baroness, Purple (Abraxan Hyms) #120, 1,800 sold

Over 25,000 sold thus far.



Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Letters From The Labyrinth (Republic) #123, 1,750 sold

Another drop of 44%, but it’s still nabbing sales.



Red, Of Beauty and Rage (Essential) #141, 1,550 sold

This pops back up for the first time in a while, likely thanks to the band’s current tour.



Motörhead, Bad Magic (UDR) #159, 1,325 sold

In case you wanted to have a proper toast to Lemmy, JD has you covered.



Iron Maiden, The Book of Souls (BMG) #174, 1,225 sold

It’s about time Maiden got around to a new video game.



Slayer, Repentless (Nuclear Blast) #175, 1,200 sold

Just under 100,000 sold.



Def Leppard, Def Leppard (Mailboat) #178, 1,175 sold

An 18% drop is not sticky sweet from my head to my feet.



Rush, R40 Live (Rounder)#178, 1,175 sold

Random, but Imagine Dragons do a decent cover of “Tom Sawyer”. Not that the majority of thirteen-year-olds in the audience likely knew who Rush is but, hey, still cool.



Coheed and Cambria, The Color Before The Sun (300 Entertainment) #199, 1,025 sold

This could use some sun after a 32% drop.

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Finally a certification for 2014 Forest Hills Drive!