Billboard 200 2/13/16: Adele #1 116k/97k

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6859436/adele-25-billboard-200-number-1-eight-week

Adele's '25' Album Back to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart for Eighth Week
1/31/2016 by Keith Caulfield

Adele’s 25 returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 after a two-week vacation from the top of the list, as it rises 2-1 in its 10th week on the chart.

The album earned 116,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Jan. 28, according to Nielsen Music (down 21 percent).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Feb. 13, 2016-dated chart (where Adele returns to at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Feb. 2.

In the latest tracking week, 25 sold another 97,000 in pure album sales (down 20 percent), which brings its cumulative sum to 7.94 million in the U.S. It is likely 25 will reach 8 million sold in the next week.

Justin Bieber’s Purpose climbs 3-2 with 87,000 units (down 5 percent). The former No. 1 album has yet to leave the top three of the chart since it debuted 11 weeks ago.

Rock band Megadeth notches the chart’s highest debut as is Dystopia bows at No. 3 with 49,000 units (48,000 in pure album sales). It’s the highest charting album for the act since 1992’s Countdown to Extinction debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the chart dated Aug. 1 of that year. The new album also logs the group’s best sales week since 2007, when United Abominations launched with 54,000 sold at No. 8.

Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface ascends 5-4 with 42,000 units (down 6 percent), Panic! at the Disco’s Death of a Bachelor falls 1-5 with 39,000 units (down 79 percent) and David Bowie’s Blackstar slips 4-6 with 35,000 units (down 61 percent). Chris Stapleton’s Traveller rides 8-7 with 34,000 units (down 16 percent), and The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness is up 9-8 with 32,000 units (down 6 percent).

The new 2016 Grammy Nominees compilation album debuts at No. 9 with 31,000 units (all from pure album sales). Last year’s 2015 Grammy nominees set entered at No. 12 with 45,000 sold, on its way to a No. 9 peak three weeks later (65,000), following the Grammy Awards broadcast.

Bryson Tiller’s Trapsoul closes out the top 10, holding at No. 10 with 31,000 units (down 1 percent).

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Of note- no SoundScan-/Nielsen-era record lows for the No. 1-selling album in January.

[Enigma.]

Very good timing for Megadeth!

I wonder why there isn't a thread for 01/29 releases yet.. Wanna know how Sia and Rihanna are doing

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^Because there are no numbers out yet for those albums.

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Isn't Rihanna doing some promo event with Samsung for ANTI that may inflate the numbers? Sort of like Jay Z's Magna Carta. I imagine the numbers for that release are gonna be a mess.

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If you know where to look...

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Feb 1, 2016 9:19:38 GMT -5 @zach808 said:

Isn't Rihanna doing some promo event with Samsung for ANTI that may inflate the numbers? Sort of like Jay Z's Magna Carta. I imagine the numbers for that release are gonna be a mess.

You might be confused.

Both Rihanna and Jay Z's album were certified Platinum the day of release because 1 million copies were bought by Samsung and then consumers downloaded them for free.

These copies will not count for the Billboard charts.

Jay Z's album went on to to scan 1 million is certified 2xP.

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6859557/rihanna-anti-work-billboard-charts

'ANTI'S ARRIVAL: Despite being available for only a fraction of the chart tracking week, Anti starts at No. 27 on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated Feb. 13, bowing after only a little more than a day's worth of activity in the marketplace, as the latest chart's tracking week ended on Jan. 28. (The chart, and all of Billboard's charts dated Feb. 13, will be posted to Billboard.com on Feb. 2.)

Anti was released through Tidal's streaming service on the evening of Jan. 27. (It was not released commercially until Jan. 28 through Tidal, and then through all digital retailers on Jan. 29. A physical CD release for the album is scheduled for Feb. 5.)

The Billboard 200 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 chart's tracking week runs Friday through Thursday each week.

Anti's bow on the chart is largely driven by track sales and streaming activity of its lead single "Work" (it was released at 8 a.m. ET on Jan. 27) along with streams of the album’s tracks. In the week ending Jan. 28 in the U.S., "Work" sold 126,000 downloads and Anti album generated 4.7 million streams for its songs, according to Nielsen Music. A small number of sales for the Anti album were registered in the week ending Jan. 28, but not enough for the set to chart on any of Billboard's pure album sales charts.

Anti's streaming debut on Tidal was concurrent with its availability -- in a limited quantity -- as a free download, supported by Samsung. Anti generated 1.47 million downloads globally in less than 15 hours. Those gratis downloads do not count toward the charts or Nielsen Music's sales figures.

Industry forecasters expect Anti to make a big leap up the Billboard 200 chart next week -- possibly to No. 1 -- after the album has a full week of activity behind it. Prognosticators suggest Anti could shift around 125,000 in equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 4, which could power the album to No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 20. If Anti hits the top, it will mark Rihanna's second No. 1, following her previous studio album, 2012's Unapologetic.

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hiphopdx.com/news/id.37298/title.hip-hop-album-sales-rihanna-tank-the-grammys

Hip Hop Album Sales: Rihanna, Tank & The Grammys
by VICTORIA HERNANDEZ on February 01st 2016 |

This week's album sales feature three projects that debut on the chart. Meanwhile, The Weeknd, Bryson Tiller, G-Eazy and Fetty Wap remain in the Top 15 of Billboard's Top 200 album sales.

Rihanna's "ANTI" Debuts After Unconventional Rollout

Rihanna's eighth studio album, ANTI, debuts at #27 on Billboard's Top 200 chart. It premiered on TIDAL and sold one million album units through the singer's partnership with Samsung. The RIAA certified it platinum, but Billboard said it will not count those numbers. Instead, the chart reports that ANTI sold 15,896 album equivalent units, 460 album sales and more than four million streams. ANTI is available for physical release Friday (February 5).

Tank Makes Return With "Sex Love & Pain II"

Tank charts at #15 with the release of Sex Love & Pain II. The first Sex Love & Pain was released in 2007. The sequel features Wale, Rich Homie Quan, Chris Brown and Sage the Gemini. Sex Love & Pain II sold 20,736 album equivalent units and was streamed two million times.

The Grammys Compilation Album Prepares For 2016 Show

The Grammys 2016 compilation album charts at #9 in its first week. The project includes The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face," Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" and Kendrick Lamar's "Alright." The Compton, California rapper leads the field with 11 nominations at the awards. The show is scheduled for February 15.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 01/28/2016

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.

#8 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness - 31,767 (10,626) [19,506,593]

#9 Various Artists - 2016 Grammy Nominees - 30,698 (30,698) [0]

#10 Bryson Tiller - Trapsoul - 30,516 (9,461) [24,909,617]

#12 G-Eazy - When It's Dark Out - 27,147 (7,436) [16,422,860]

#13 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - 21,871 (4,221) [14,946,887]

#15 Tank - Sex Love & Pain II - 20,736 (17,758) [2,168,445]

#20 Chris Brown - Royalty - 17,674 (9,028) [7,804,180]

#25 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 17,043 (5,405) [13,307,674]

#26 Drake and Future - What a Time to Be Alive - 16,918 (2,297) [15,136,435]

#27 Rihanna - ANTI - 15,896 (460) [4,239,279]

[Gary]

The numbers on ANTI are interesting - an extreme example on the effect of streaming.

460 in pure sales
4 million plus for streaming

Final rank #27 on the album popularity chart barely selling any actual albums in the tracking week

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1 2 2 10 #1 8 wks 25, Adele 1
2 3 3 11 Purpose, Justin Bieber 1
3 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Dystopia, Megadeth 3
4 5 5 37 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
5 1 – 2 Death Of A Bachelor, Panic! At The Disco 1
6 4 1 3 Blackstar, David Bowie 1
7 8 7 20 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
8 9 6 22 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
9 0 New 1 2016 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists 9
10 10 8 18 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
11 16 11 16 GG Revival, Selena Gomez 1
12 13 9 8 When It's Dark Out, G-Eazy 5
13 14 10 18 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 1
14 7 4 26 Best Of Bowie, David Bowie 4
15 0 New 1 Sex Love & Pain II, Tank 15
16 6 – 2 Kidz Bop 31, Kidz Bop Kids 6
17 19 12 11 Made In The A.M., One Direction 2
18 20 13 42 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
19 18 19 258 21, Adele 1
20 22 14 6 Royalty, Chris Brown 3
21 24 20 66 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
22 21 15 66 1989, Taylor Swift 1
23 11 113 179 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
24 29 38 43 My House (EP), Flo Rida 14
25 27 16 60 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1

26 23 17 19 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
27 0 New 1 ANTI, Rihanna 27
28 0 New 1 Happy Camper, Hoodie Allen 28
29 34 26 28 DS2, Future 1
30 30 22 55 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
31 33 25 18 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 6
32 28 – 152 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles 3
33 32 18 4 Wildfire, Rachel Platten 5
34 36 27 22 Badlands, Halsey 2
35 26 42 14 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Blake Shelton 5
36 37 31 13 Bouquet (EP), The Chainsmokers 31
37 39 23 8 A Head Full Of Dreams, Coldplay 2
38 41 30 51 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
39 31 24 84 x, Ed Sheeran 1
40 45 36 54 American Beauty / American Psycho, Fall Out Boy 1
41 40 28 76 Vessel, twenty one pilots 21
42 25 66 122 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
43 44 33 18 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 12
44 43 34 11 Know-It-All, Alessia Cara 9
45 42 29 25 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
46 0 New 1 Sounds Of Revival: Live, William McDowell 46
47 0 New 1 The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: A New Musical, Studio Cast Recording 47
48 50 35 12 Delirium, Ellie Goulding 3
49 46 39 3 Straight Outta Compton: Music From The Motion Picture, Soundtrack 39
50 15 – 2 It's About Time, Hank Williams Jr. 15

51 51 46 85 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
52 54 44 14 Storyteller, Carrie Underwood 2
53 68 56 8 Blue Neighbourhood, Troye Sivan 7
54 38 183 123 ...Hits, Phil Collins 6
55 69 51 7 Swaay (EP), DNCE 51
56 58 45 21 Rodeo, Travi$ Scott 3
57 17 – 2 Pawn Shop, Brothers Osborne 17
58 59 47 24 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
59 62 55 81 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
60 66 53 23 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
61 0 Re-Entry 8 Damn Country Music, Tim McGraw 5
62 57 43 40 Love Stuff, Elle King 26
63 0 Re-Entry 96 Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A 4
64 56 37 209 1, The Beatles 1
65 65 41 46 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
66 77 61 152 Take Care, Drake 1
67 52 52 202 19, Adele 4
68 76 60 8 Late Nights: The Album, Jeremih 42
69 64 88 41 Furious 7, Soundtrack 1
70 87 71 49 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
71 113 74 11 PS I'm Comin' Over, Chris Young 5
72 90 82 38 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 30
73 84 67 12 Daya (EP), Daya 67
74 81 70 59 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
75 85 69 120 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1

76 72 54 13 Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church 2
77 78 62 69 Hozier, Hozier 2
78 67 40 15 Confident, Demi Lovato 2
79 88 63 363 Metallica, Metallica 1
80 94 76 56 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
81 93 72 45 Chaos And The Calm, James Bay 15
82 101 85 28 Everything Is 4, Jason Derulo 4
83 107 86 31 VHS, X Ambassadors 7
84 104 80 252 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
85 92 77 170 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
86 133 130 107 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
87 97 73 23 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 17
88 61 – 4 The Complete Greatest Hits, The Cars 61
89 70 21 84 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie 21
90 55 32 6 Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Soundtrack 5
91 109 78 274 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
92 12 – 2 Church Clothes 3, Lecrae 12
93 100 – 22 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection, Queen 48
94 103 87 68 Anything Goes, Florida Georgia Line 1
95 73 48 13 NOW 56, Various Artists 4
96 111 93 74 V, Maroon 5 1
97 138 170 3 Walking On A Dream, Empire Of The Sun 97
98 108 97 209 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
99 0 New 1 Adore Life, Savages 99
100 99 119 15 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 3

101 118 84 48 Magazines Or Novels, Andy Grammer 19
102 96 64 7 Untamed, Cam 12
103 0 New 1 Fifteen, Green River Ordinance 103
104 75 123 59 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, Panic! At The Disco 2
105 121 91 393 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
106 105 94 34 Peace Is The Mission, Major Lazer 12
107 131 112 127 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
108 83 50 15 Pentatonix, Pentatonix 1
109 115 81 11 The Incredible True Story, Logic 3
110 117 92 40 JEKYLL + HYDE, Zac Brown Band 1
111 35 – 2 Let It Echo, Jesus Culture 35
112 122 121 100 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
113 114 99 402 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
114 0 New 1 4.5, Steven Wilson 114
115 95 – 114 Hell Freezes Over, Eagles 1
116 132 118 35 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
117 119 96 178 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
118 0 Re-Entry 12 In Return, ODESZA 42
119 130 98 60 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
120 48 – 7 Paper Gods, Duran Duran 10
121 110 182 136 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
122 159 117 35 Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes 1
123 116 100 12 Meat And Candy, Old Dominion 16
124 49 167 146 The Immaculate Collection, Madonna 2
125 141 109 77 1000 Forms Of Fear, Sia 1

126 135 103 49 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
127 0 Re-Entry 2 Salvation's Tide Is Rising, Passion 19
128 168 155 29 Dreams Worth More Than Money, Meek Mill 1
129 0 Re-Entry 76 Paranoid, Black Sabbath 12
130 128 107 21 Got Your Six, Five Finger Death Punch 2
131 188 191 19 Threat To Survival, Shinedown 6
132 91 75 309 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
133 120 95 8 Black Market, Rick Ross 6
134 0 New 1 The Documentary 2 + 2.5: Collector's Edition, The Game 134
135 106 – 11 I Cry When I Laugh, Jess Glynne 25
136 0 New 1 Emotional Mugger, Ty Segall 136
137 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Rock, Various Artists 137
138 162 172 47 Listen, David Guetta 4
139 71 – 125 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 1
140 140 114 113 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
141 134 106 10 Free TC, Ty Dolla $ign 14
142 155 – 66 Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa 1
143 154 135 53 Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy 17
144 98 – 116 Dookie, Green Day 2
145 63 68 4 Nothing Has Changed., David Bowie 57
146 161 128 67 Graduation, Kanye West 1
147 102 186 76 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, Panic! At The Disco 13
148 142 122 50 Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons 1
149 174 171 87 Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 2
150 153 133 20 Professional Rapper, Lil Dicky 7

151 166 – 251 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
152 156 138 57 Cole World: The Sideline Story, J. Cole 1
153 152 147 342 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
154 147 141 129 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
155 137 148 58 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2), Justin Timberlake 1
156 139 132 260 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
157 150 – 216 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
158 170 157 161 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
159 0 New 1 The Truth (EP), Mike Posner 159
160 0 New 1 Playlist: The Very Best Of Simon & Garfunkel, Simon & Garfunkel 160
161 182 – 26 Greatest Hits Vol. I & II, Billy Joel 149
162 136 – 145 Bad, Michael Jackson 1
163 123 169 51 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
164 146 104 179 +, Ed Sheeran 5
165 74 194 10 Losing My Religion, Kirk Franklin 10
166 167 158 57 Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 1
167 169 160 111 Frozen, Soundtrack 1
168 145 142 98 Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Elton John 12
169 179 161 72 My Everything, Ariana Grande 1
170 163 146 217 Recovery, Eminem 1
171 164 120 49 Fifty Shades Of Grey, Soundtrack 2
172 0 Re-Entry 2 Sugar, Robin Schulz 172
173 0 Re-Entry 97 I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 1
174 0 Re-Entry 66 4, Beyonce 1
175 0 Re-Entry 101 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2

176 129 101 14 Sounds Good Feels Good, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
177 0 Re-Entry 42 Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U, Skrillex & Diplo 26
178 184 162 39 Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons 1
179 0 New 1 Forest Hills Drive: Live, J. Cole 179
180 0 New 1 Maren Morris (EP), Maren Morris 180
181 176 150 119 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
182 148 137 146 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
183 177 174 32 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
184 178 159 140 Save Rock And Roll, Fall Out Boy 1
185 181 164 62 FOUR, One Direction 1
186 187 179 254 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
187 0 Re-Entry 23 Under Pressure, Logic 4
188 185 144 30 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 32
189 175 131 69 Old Boots, New Dirt, Jason Aldean 1
190 172 190 126 American Idiot, Green Day 1
191 0 Re-Entry 72 Trigga, Trey Songz 1
192 0 Re-Entry 101 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
193 186 108 249 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
194 180 149 58 TALKING IS HARD, WALK THE MOON 14
195 196 – 57 Paper Trail, T.I. 1
196 151 – 19 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
197 0 Re-Entry 11 Caracal, Disclosure 9
198 125 79 15 Kidz Bop 30, Kidz Bop Kids 12
199 199 154 115 ...And Justice For All, Metallica 6
200 190 168 119 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 29

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25 27 16 60 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
126 135 103 49 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
152 156 138 57 Cole World: The Sideline Story, J. Cole 1
179 0 New 1 Forest Hills Drive: Live, J. Cole 179

to Jermaine Cole!

With that aside this has been a pretty damn good January!

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roughstock.com/news/2016/02/39724-country-album-sales-chart-february-1-2016

Country Album Sales Chart: February 1, 2016
Posted By Matt Bjorke

CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Chris Stapleton Traveller 27,500 804,000
2 Hank Williams Jr It's About Time 9,000 33,400
3 Blake Shelton Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits 8,700 222,600
4 Sam Hunt Montevallo 7,200 1,003,400
5 Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop 6,100 26,900
6 Thomas Rhett Tangled Up 5,400 282,900
7 Carrie Underwood Storyteller 5,000 491,600
8 Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood 4,800 299,400
9 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 4,700 881,500
10 Tim McGraw Damn Country Music 4,400 105,700
11 Chris Young I'm Comin' Over 3,200 147,400
12 Cam Untamed 3,000 83,500
13 Don Henley Cass County 2,400 231,600
14 Randy Rogers Band Nothing Shines Like Neon 2,300 13,800
15 Old Dominion Meat And Candy 2,100 60,300

-- Green River Ordinance Fifteen 5,100 5,100
-- Chris Janson Buy Me A Boat 2,000 71,100
-- Brett Eldredge Illinois 1,800 107,400
-- George Strait Cold Beer Conversation 1,700 219,400
-- Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 1,600 608,900
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 1,600 472,800
-- Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am 1,500 954,800
-- Maren Morris Maren Morris EP 1,500 8,700
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 1,400 100,700
-- Jana Kramer Thirty-One 1,400 54,600
-- Maddie & Tae Start Here 1,000 83,000
-- Reba Love Somebody 900 190,300
-- Frank Foster Boots On The Ground 900 7,600
-- Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material 900 159,500
-- Joey+Rory Country Classics 700 25,900
-- Ashley Monroe The Blade 300 34,500

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www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-23-megadeth-have-mega-sales

Metal By Numbers 2/3: Megadeth have mega sales
Posted by Matt Brown on February 3, 2016

So Megadeth’s Dystopia is the big star this week and the first major release of 2016. It’s in the top five and it’s the second highest debut of the band’s (or Mustaine’s, I should say) career, so there’s much to be celebrated. But, to be honest, I’m more distracted by the hot new compilation Now That’s What I Call Rock. It just find it so amusing. Remember when these albums had commercials? On actual television? Do they even still do that? And when are they going to take it a step further and put out Now That’s What I Call Kvlt Metal? Rev up that Kickstarter and take my dollars.

(Note: The actual chart positions are missing from this week’s MBN are missing. Why? Whatever reason you want. That’s the power of free will.)

Notable Debuts:

Megadeth, Dystopia (UMe) 48,000 sold

Megadeth’s fifteenth album is its second highest charting album ever following Countdown To Extinction.



Various Artists, Now That’s What I Call Rock (Sony) 4,600 sold

You know, it’s been awhile since we had some kind of random compilation on here. So just for kicks, let’s track this Now album that lets you hear Seether, Breaking Benjamin, and, uh, Walk The Moon all on one disc (two actually).



Abbath, Abbath (Season of Mist) 2,600 sold

The self-titled solo debut has an excellent first week.



Failure Anthem, First World Problems (Razor & Tie) 1,500 sold

This is the band’s debut album and, yes, that’s the actual title.



Borknagar, Winter Thrice (Century Media) 1,000 sold

This is the band’s tenth album.



Lionheart, Love Don’t Live Here (Fast Break) 500 sold

The band’s fourth album makes its debut.



Ulver, ATGCLVLSSCAP (House of Mythology) 250 sold

The band’s twelfth album is probably their most experimental yet.

Notable Sales:

Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise) 4,900 sold

This has reached 255,000 sold.



Shinedown, Threat To Survival (Atlantic) 3,300 sold

This gets a boost of 28%.



Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park) 3,200 sold

This drops by 10%.



Red, Of Beauty and Rage (Essential) 1,800 sold

A 39% drop after a series of boosts.



Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) 1,600 sold

It got a little dark after a 14% drop.



Bring Me The Horizon, That’s The Spirit (Columbia) 1,600 sold

A 7% drop.



Witchcraft, Nucleus (Nuclear Blast) 2,100 sold

A 71% drop in week two.

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oldbloke:

YEAR TO DATE SALES STATS

Category - 2016 - 2015 - Change

Total Albums - 14,936,000 - 18,284,000 - -18.3%

CD - 7,015,000 - 8,447,000 - -17.0%
Digital - 6,888,000 - 8,945,000 - -23.0%
Vinyl - 991,000 - 847,000 - +17.0%
Other - 42,000 - 45,000 - -6.7%

Current - 6,500,000 - 8,690,000 - -25.2%

Catalog - 8,436,000 - 9,594,000 - -12.1%
Deep Catalog - 7,151,000 - 7,934,000 --9.9%

Digital Tracks - 67,161,000 - 91,958,000 - -27.0%
Store Singles - 110,000 - 305,000 - -63.9%


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

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6867165/sam-hunt-montevallo-1-million-sold

Sam Hunt's 'Montevallo' Hits 1 Million Sold in the U.S.
2/5/2016 by Keith Caulfield

Sam Hunt claims his first million-selling album, as Montevallo stepped past the million sales threshold in the tracking week ending Jan. 28.

The album -- his first full-length studio effort -- sold another 7,000 copies in the frame ending Jan. 28, according to Nielsen Music, bringing its total sales to 1.003 million. The MCA Nashville-released set is the first country album to sell a million copies in the U.S. since the week ending July 23, 2015, when Jason Aldean’s Old Boots, New Dirt crossed the million mark.

Montevallo has spawned three No. 1 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart: “Leave the Night On,” “House Party” and “Take Your Time.” It additionally notched a No. 2 hit with “Break Up in a Small Town.” All four singles also reached the top 40 of the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Montevallo was released Oct. 28, 2014, peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and has been among the top 50 albums on the weekly chart in every one of its 66 chart weeks. On the latest chart, dated Feb. 13, it climbs 24-21.

Hunt closed out 2015 atop many of Billboard’s year-end charts, thanks to the success of his Montevallo effort and its songs. The album was No. 1 on the year-end Top Country Albums chart, while “Take Your Time” was the biggest Hot Country Songs title of the year.

In more recent news, Hunt is nominated for two 2015 Grammy Awards -- best country album (Montevallo) and best new artist. The Grammy Awards will be presented on Feb. 15, and Hunt will be on hand at the CBS-broadcast show, performing in collaboration with Carrie Underwood.

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TBH I am surprised Hunt's album is just now passing 1 million. It's been out for a year and a half and spawned a bunch of country hits.

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Feb 5, 2016 18:55:11 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

oldbloke:

YEAR TO DATE SALES STATS

Category - 2016 - 2015 - Change

Total Albums - 14,936,000 - 18,284,000 - -18.3%

CD - 7,015,000 - 8,447,000 - -17.0%
Digital - 6,888,000 - 8,945,000 - -23.0%
Vinyl - 991,000 - 847,000 - +17.0%
Other - 42,000 - 45,000 - -6.7%

Current - 6,500,000 - 8,690,000 - -25.2%

Catalog - 8,436,000 - 9,594,000 - -12.1%
Deep Catalog - 7,151,000 - 7,934,000 --9.9%

Digital Tracks - 67,161,000 - 91,958,000 - -27.0%
Store Singles - 110,000 - 305,000 - -63.9%


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

Wow, that's an insane decline.  I'm surprised, since there were actually some hard-hitting albums selling in January.  What happened?  This time last year felt a lot more barren in terms of album releases.