Billboard 200 3/26/16 - Kendrick Lamar #1

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Kendrick Lamar's Surprise 'Untitled' Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
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By Keith Caulfield | March 13, 2016 6:05 PM EDT

Kendrick Lamar’s surprise Untitled Unmastered album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, earning 178,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 10, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 142,000 were in pure album sales.


The set was released without advance notice on March 4 and gives Lamar his second chart-topping set in less than a year, following To Pimp a Butterfly. The latter (his first No. 1) was released on March 16, 2015, and bowed atop the list with 363,000 equivalent album units in its first week, of which 324,000 were in pure album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 26-dated chart (where Lamar is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, March 15.

Lamar is the third act since January 2015 to notch two No. 1s in less than 12 months time, following Drake and Future.


TDE's Punch Details Kendrick Lamar's 'Spiritual Side' & Prince Inspiration on 'Untitled Unmastered' Project

Drake led the list twice in 2015 with If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and his Future collaboration What a Time To Be Alive. Future took it a step further and notched three No. 1s in less than seven months (between August 2015 and February 2016) with DS2, What a Time To Be Alive and Evol.

Lamar tweeted that Untitled Unmastered consists of “demos from To Pimp a Butterfly. In raw form.” Like the album’s title, its tracks are named unconventionally: “untitled 01 | 08.19.2014.,” “untitled 02 | 06.23.2014.” and so on.

Untitled Unmastered was released to digital retailers and streaming services on March 4 through Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope Records. (Streaming equivalent units comprise 16 percent of the new album’s total first-week units.)

A physical CD release of Untitled’s explicit edition followed on March 11, while an edited version is due out March 18.


Adele Photobombs Superfan at U.K. Concert

Elsewhere in the top 10, Adele’s 25 holds steady at No. 2 (61,000 units; down 18 percent) and Rihanna’s Anti is also a non-mover at No. 3 (58,000 units; down 18 percent).

2 Chainz notches his third straight top five album, as ColleGrove bows at No. 4 with 53,000 units (and 34,000 in pure album sales). It follows his No. 3-peaking B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime (No. 3 debut and peak in 2013) and his chart-topping Based on a T.R.U. Story (2012).

ColleGrove (which features Lil Wayne on eight of its 12 tracks), like Lamar’s new set, is currently only available via digital retail and streaming services. A commercial release for its physical CD is slated for March 25, when both its explicit and edited editions are due.


Justin Bieber's Tour Clothes Have a 'Purpose,' Stylist Explains (Exclusive)

At No. 5 on the new Billboard 200, Justin Bieber’s Purpose is stationary with 53,000 units (down 5 percent) in its 17th chart week. The album has remained in the top five every week since its release.

Joey + Rory’s Hymns climbs 10-6 with 45,000 units (up 35 percent) and 44,000 copies sold (up 36 percent), following the death of the duo’s Joey Feek on March 4 of cancer.

The album returns to No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart (stepping 2-1) and notches its fourth straight week at No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums chart.

As for the rest of the top 10 on the Billboard 200, Chris Stapleton’s Traveller holds at No. 7 (39,000 units; down 9 percent) and Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface is also stationary at No. 8 (34,000 units; down 5 percent). The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness rises 12-9 with just over 30,000 units (though it’s down 8 percent), and Kevin Gates’ Islah ascends 13-10 with 30,000 units (down less than 1 percent).

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^Link:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7256257/kendrick-lamar-untitled-album-no-1-billboard-200

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The legendary Loretta Lynn apparently lands her first top 10-selling album this week, as Full Circle comes in at No. 10 on Top Album Sales.

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Million Sellers Club

The Weekend's "Beauty Behind The Madness" crosses 1 million scanned this week.

Chris Stapleton's "Traveller" crosses 1 million scanned this week.

Adele's "25" crosses 1 million scanned in 2016.

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Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 03/10/2016

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.

#1 Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered. - 177,509 (142,084) [43,463,546]

#3 Rihanna - ANTI - 58,324 (18,395) [38,844,929]

#4 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne - Collegrove - 53,092 (34,287) [18,384,667]

#9 The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness - 30,289 (11,637) [18,752,728]

#10 Kevin Gates - Islah - 30,275 (13,332) [16,726,197]

#11 Bryson Tiller - Trapsoul - 28,657 (8,231) [25,420,036]

#15 G-Eazy - When It's Dark Out - 26,020 (5,591) [19,464,140]

#18 Future - EVOL - 21,508 (6,295) [18,646,853]

#20 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - 20,520 (4,546) [16,053,764]

#21 Flo Rida - My House - 18,153 (1,696) [8,792,937]

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Nice.

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New RIAA certs:

www.billboard.com/biz/charts/the-billboard-200

Justin Bieber, Purpose 3xP

21 Pilots, Vessel Gold

Rachel Platten, Widlfire Gold

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Wildfire went gold with only 78k sales? You gotta be kidding...

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Country Album Sales Chart: March 14, 2016
Posted By Matt Bjorke

CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Joey+Rory Hymns 44,100 182,000
2 Chris Stapleton Traveller 31,100 1,022,800
3 Granger Smith Remington 24,000 24,000
4 Loretta Lynn Full Circle 20,700 1,063,600
5 Sam Hunt Montevallo 7,500 1,071,000
6 Thomas Rhett Tangled Up 6,200 324,400
7 Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 4,700 914,300
8 Carrie Underwood Storyteller 4,700 539,500
9 Blake Shelton Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits 4,600 252,400
10 Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood 4,300 330,500
11 Vince Gill Down To My Last Bad Habit 4,200 33,700
12 Tim McGraw Damn County Music 4,100 127,400
13 Joey+Rory Country Classics 3,500 34,400
14 Chris Young I'm Comin' Over 3,200 168,400
15 Little Big Town Pain Killer 2,600 454,300

-- Old Dominion Meat And Candy 2,500 82,400
-- Cam Untamed 2,500 103,400
-- Zac Brown Band Jekyll+Hyde 2,400 621,900
-- Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop 2,000 46,000
-- Brett Eldredge Illinois 1,900 118,200
-- Chris Janson Buy Me A Boat 1,800 82,000
-- Maren Morris Maren Morris EP 1,800 19,200
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 1,500 112,500
-- Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits: Decade #1 1,400 483,300
-- Maddie & Tae Start Here 1,100 90,000
-- George Strait Cold Beer Conversation 1,000 227,500

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Hard rock album sales

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-317-high-hopes-on-the-charts

Metal By Numbers 3/17: High hopes on the charts
Posted by Matt Brown on March 17, 2016


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

This week’s list of debuts isn’t as much of a heavy hitter as last week, but what do you expect when a Big Four album comes out? We’ll get another big one next week, but for now we have a list of mostly up-and-comers. Some you’ll want to take the time to check out. Others…well, rap metal isn’t for everyone. Speaking of the Big Four, the Black Album sold another 5,900 this week.



Notable Debuts:

Hope for the Dying, Legacy (Facedown) 620 sold

The band’s third album makes its debut.



Inverloch, Distance | Collapsed (Relapse) 450 sold

This is the death/doom band’s debut album.



Oceans of Slumber, Winter (Century Media) 420 sold

The prog act releases their sophomore effort.



Church of Misery, …And Then There Were None (Rise Above) 420 sold

The band’s sixth release features an all new lineup.



Hacktivist, Outside the Box (Rise) 310 sold

This is the debut album from this British rap metal band.



Wolvserpent, Aporia:Kala:Ananta (Relapse) 270 sold

This is the band’s first EP.



Notable Sales:

Anthrax, For All Kings (Megaforce) #26, 8,325 sold

A second week drop 75% doesn’t take this down far.



Disturbed, Immortalized (Reprise) #34, 7,125 sold

A tiny boost of 3% brings this closer to the 300,000 mark.



Megadeth, Dystopia (UMe) #70, 4,075 sold

A 15% drop with over 90,000 sold, which makes it the 26th best-selling album of 2016 so far, and the biggest-selling rock album of the year, not counting David Bowie (or Coldplay. Or 1975).



Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (Prospect Park) #77, 3,750 sold

A 7% drop with just under 320,000 sold.



Shinedown, Threat To Survival (Atlantic) #104, 2,750 sold

At week 25 this is over 180,000 sold.



Red, Of Beauty and Rage (Essential) #124, 2,350 sold

A 19% boost keeps this raging.



Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood) #153, 1,850 sold

A 16% drop with over 325,000 sold.



From Ashes To New, Day One (Better Noise) #155, 1,850 sold

This drop by 81% in week two.



After The Burial, Dig Deep (Sumerian) #111, 1,750 sold

This digs down by 27%.



Various Artists, Now That’s What I Call Rock (Sony) #180, 1,550 sold

An 18% drop doesn’t rock.



Bring Me The Horizon, That’s The Spirit (Columbia) #192, 1,425 sold

A 34% drop. Also, they’ve got a new video.



Iron Maiden, The Book of Souls (BMG) #198, 1,375 sold

Maiden are trying to get back up in the air ASAP.

Heatseeker Albums


Last In Line, Heavy Crown (Frontiers) 740 sold

A 46% drop is heavy.



Holy Grail, Times of Pride & Peril (Prothetic) 440 sold

This gets a boost of 46%.



Red Sun Rising, Polyester Zeal (Razor & Tie) 400 sold

A 21% boost gives this some zeal.



The Plot In You, Happiness In Self Destruction (Stay Sick) 390 sold

A tiny boost of 2%.



Voivod, Post Society (Century Media) 370 sold

A 66% drop in week two.



Abbath, Abbath (Season of Mist) 310 sold

As predicted, this nabs an 18% boost.



Fleshgod Apocalypse, King (Nuclear Blast) 340 sold

An 18% is not royal.



Avantasia, Ghostlights (Nuclear Blast) 300 sold

A 15% drop is spooky.



Delain, Lunar Prelude (Napalm) 300 sold

Not over the moon for a 39% drop.
Redemption, The Art of Loss (Metal Blade) 300 sold

A 74% second week drop.



Deströyer 666, Wildfire (Season of Mist) 290 sold

A 49% drop in week two.



Prong, X – No Absolutes (SPV/Steamhammer) 270 sold

A 22% drop is a big no.



Wage War, Blueprints (Fearless) 250 sold

A 25% drop gives you the blues.

Obscura, Akróasis (Relapse) 240 sold

This dropped by 36%.



Entombed A.D., Dead Dawn (Century Media) 330 sold

A second week drop of 65%.

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Also, regarding this

Red, Of Beauty and Rage (Essential) #124, 2,350 sold

A 19% boost keeps this raging.

I find it great how much their tour has helped this album to continue charting, considering it had a poorer start than their last album and initially had shorter longevity, but the tour has really helped this to continue selling (at this point, their previous album was not even on the Christian albums chart whereas it's in the top 20 this week)

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Mar 15, 2016 9:25:35 GMT -5 @zach808 said:

Wildfire went gold with only 78k sales? You gotta be kidding...

To be fair, if this were 15 years ago, Wildfire probably would have been certified gold solely because of the popularity of Fight Song. That's how it used to work... many people would buy an album for one song. While this can't be proven, I worked in music retail for a decade in the 90s and early 00s and I saw it happen all the time. So - in my mind - this album going gold sounds about right. Singles would go 1 or 2x platinum and the parent album would go gold.  I agree that it sounds absolutely ridiculous by the standard that we've grown accustomed to prior to streaming - but those days are over.

I'm starting to change my mind about this whole RIAA thing because I've started seeing things differently.  If the RIAA stuck to pure album sales, they would either have to drastically decrease quantities for Gold, Platinum, Diamond, etc... or they would be completely irrelevant and pointless, right along with pure sales.  They would just kinda be there to award something on the off chance it actually sold 500k.  It wouldn't be able to sustain itself.  I feel like decreasing the quantities required for awards would be the beginning of the end, anyway, and doesn't solve anything.  It would also create an obvious unfairness between yesterday's awards and today's.  That said, I also have been in a place where I thought making streaming and equivalents part of the equation was unfair, too.

So... it's a huge conundrum. There's no apples to apples. Period.  And we can't just dismiss music's popularity because sales are in the gutter and  it's being streamed instead of being purchased in many cases.  

The only way to solve this RIAA thing is to morph it into something new that represents today's climate and culture, and make it less about sales and more about consumption.  I think the key for me is letting go of what the RIAA awards used to signify, and embracing what they mean now.  There's a clear difference in many aspects of the industry and the charts - this is just another one of those differences.  This is the first time since recorded music existed that we have a way to listen to our favorite music repeatedly and on-demand without having to shell out money for individual singles and albums.  It's huge.  It certainly shouldn't be ignored. 

So again - it's about recognizing we are in a different age now.  Evolution is happening.  Do we want something to track what is being consumed for historical purposes and artist achievement, or should it just go away and die like the 8-track? Should it be replaced with something else?  And if so, why not replace it with a new version of itself?  That's what they're doing, and while it's really hard to get used to... what other sustainable options are there?

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^By adding SEA/TEA to the album certs, the RIAA has adapted to the new music industry.

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Mar 18, 2016 9:43:08 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^By adding SEA/TEA to the album certs, the RIAA has adapted to the new music industry.

Right - that's the whole reason for my post.  I was defending the decision to do so, even when albums that sold less than 100k are certified Gold.

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7263810/billboard-200-chart-moves-loretta-lynn-full-circle

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Loretta Lynn Earns Her Highest Charting Album Ever With 'Full Circle'
3/18/2016 by Keith Caulfield

On the most recent Billboard 200 albums chart (dated March 26), Kendrick Lamar’s surprise new release Untitled Unmastered swooped in for a No. 1 debut. It bowed with 178,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 10 according to Nielsen Music, with 142,000 of that sum in pure album sales.

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 latest Billboard 200 chart:

— Loretta Lynn, Full Circle - No. 19 — Country legend Loretta Lynn claims her highest charting album ever on the Billboard 200, as her new release Full Circle debuts at No. 19 (21,000 units; 20,000 in pure album sales). It’s only her second album to reach the top 40 on the all-genre list, following her previous high-charter, 2004’s Van Lear Rose, which debuted and peaked at No. 24.

The new album also marks her 40th top 10 on the Top Country Albums chart, where it starts at No. 4. She’s collected 11 No. 1s on the list.

— The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It - No. 26 — The 25-position tumble from its No. 1 debut a week ago is the second-largest positional drop from the top ever. The biggest fall from No. 1 belongs to Incubus’ Light Grenades which descended a whopping 36 rungs from a No. 1 debut to No. 37 (on the Dec. 23, 2006-dated chart).

Chart watchers note — there is one album that fell even harder from No. 1… but there’s a catch. Elvis Presley’s Elvis’ Christmas Album went from No. 1 to completely off the chart in a single week back in 1958. However, back then, the chart was only 25 positions deep, so it wasn’t surprising to see a Christmas album vaporize off such a shallow chart after the holiday season had concluded. (Back in January of 2012, for example, Michael Buble’s Christmas album dropped from No. 1 to No. 24 in a single week — after the Christmas holiday had passed.)

— Green Day, American Idiot - No. 41 — Green Day’s first No. 1 album zooms 125-41 thanks to a 99-cent sale price in the Google Play store during the tracking week. The album earned 13,000 equivalent album units for the week (up 144 percent) and sold 12,000 copies (up 189 percent). It’s the album’s highest rank in more than 10 years: it was last higher on the Feb. 4, 2006-dated chart, when it was No. 34.

— Esperanza Spalding, Emily’s D+Evolution - No. 88 — The singer/songwriter/bassist comes in at No. 88 with her latest album, which also bows at No. 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. On the latter list, it’s her third straight chart-topper, following Radio Music Society (No. 1 for 16 weeks in 2012) and Chamber Music Society (No. 1 for 10 weeks in 2011).

— Violent Femmes, We Can Do Anything - No. 184 — The alternative band returns to the Billboard 200 chart for the first time in more than 20 years, as We Can Do Anything debuts at No. 184, and at No. 9 on the Independent Albums chart. The new studio effort is the group’s first full-length album since 2000’s Freak Magnet.

The band hasn't been on the list since 1994, when New Times spent four weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 90. Violent Femmes debuted on the Billboard 200 in 1986 with their third album, The Blind Leading the Naked (peaking at No. 84).

Notably, the group’s biggest selling album — their 1983 self-titled debut — didn’t reach the chart until Aug. 3, 1991, peaking at No. 171 the following month.

Their debut set is full of classic alternative rock radio staples — “Blister in the Sun,” “Kiss Off,” “Gone Daddy Gone” and “Add It Up” — and was a slow-and-steady seller in the 1980s and 1990s. It earned gold certification status (500,000 copies sold in the U.S.) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1987, and then scored a platinum certification (1 million sold) on Feb. 1, 1991 — before the album had even debuted on the Billboard 200 chart. Since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking sales in 1991, the album has sold 1.8 million copies. (Blending RIAA certifications and Nielsen Music sales data, one could estimate the album has sold about 3 million in the U.S.)

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Mar 18, 2016 9:44:18 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

Mar 18, 2016 9:43:08 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^By adding SEA/TEA to the album certs, the RIAA has adapted to the new music industry.

Right - that's the whole reason for my post.  I was defending the decision to do so, even when albums that sold less than 100k are certified Gold.

Yes, I was going back to edit but you were fast with the reply! lol

We'll see if labels re-certify older albums under the upgraded requirements.

Thriller and Drake's Nothing Was The Same were re-certified under the new requirements.

Sony's "The Essential..." series was updated but under the old rules. Gold albums were re-certified Platinum. Not 2xP...

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Thanks to oldbloke:

ALBUMS: LAST 12 MONTHS = pure album sales
Sales: Week 11, 2015 - Week 10, 2016

Rank - Estimated Sales - TITLE - Artist

01 - 8,445,000 - 25 - Adele
02 - 1,602,000 - PURPOSE - Justin Bieber
03 - 1,292,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift
04 - 1,023,000 - TRAVELLER - Chris Stapleton
05 - 1,010,000 - BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS - The Weeknd
06 - 914,000 - KILL THE LIGHTS - Luke Bryan
07 - 867,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar
08 - 822,000 - MADE IN THE A.M. - One Direction
09 - 777,000 - X - Ed Sheeran
10 - 766,000 - BLURRYFACE - Twenty One Pilots
11 - 705,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt
12 - 669,000 - STAGES - Josh Groban
13 - 628,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor
14 - 622,000 - JEKYLL + HYDE - Zac Brown Band
15 - 610,000 - THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME - Pentatonix
16 - 585,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith
17 - 556,000 - WILDER MIND - Mumford & Sons
18 - 534,000 - WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE - Drake & Future
19 - 530,000 - STORYTELLER - Carrie Underwood
20 - 517,000 - COMPTON - Dr Dre
21 - 502,000 - A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS - Coldplay
22 - 489,000 - 21 - Adele
23 - 484,000 - EMPIRE: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FROM SEASON 1 - Soundtrack
24 - 464,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake
25 - 432,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack

26 - 403,000 - NOW 56 - Various
27 - 401,000 - SOUND AND COLOR - Alabama Shakes
28 - 389,000 - PENTATONIX - Pentatonix
29 - 384,000 - BLACKSTAR - David Bowie
30 - 375,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack
31 - 373,000 - DS2 - Future
32 - 373,000 - PITCH PERFECT 2 - Soundtrack
33 - 371,000 - DREAMS WORTH MORE THAN MONEY - Meek Mill
34 - 361,000 - HANDWRITTEN - Shawn Mendes
35 - 353,000 - NOW 55 - Various
36 - 349,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy
37 - 339,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole
38 - 337,000 - SOUNDS GOOD FEELS GOOD - 5 Seconds Of Summer
39 - 327,000 - MR MISUNDERSTOOD - Eric Church
40 - 326,000 - DARK BEFORE DAWN - Breaking Benjamin
41 - 323,000 - REVIVAL - Selena Gomez
42 - 322,000 - TANGLED UP - Thomas Rhett
43 - 322,000 - BADLANDS - Halsey
44 - 319,000 - GOT YOUR SIX - Five Finger Death Punch
45 - 319,000 - V - Maroon 5
46 - 319,000 - HOW BIG HOW BLUE HOW BEAUTIFUL - Florence + The Machine
47 - 315,000 - HOZIER - Hozier
48 - 309,000 - BEFORE THIS WORLD - James Taylor
49 - 308,000 - FETTY WAP - Fetty Wap
50 - 305,000 - PAIN KILLER - Little Big Town

51 - 302,000 - ROYALTY - Chris Brown
52 - 301,000 - THE OUTSIDERS - Eric Church
53 - 300,000 - NOW 54 - Various
54 - 295,000 - IMMORTALIZED - Disturbed
55 - 291,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons
56 - 285,000 - AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP - A$AP Rocky
57 - 282,000 - SPRING BREAK…CHECKIN' OUT - Luke Bryan
58 - 280,000 - BLACK ROSE - Tyrese
59 - 279,000 - ANTI - Rihanna
60 - 272,000 - DEATH OF A BACHELOR - Panic At The Disco
61 - 270,000 - HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL - Original Cast
62 - 267,000 - TRAPSOUL - Bryson Tiller
63 - 266,000 - FURIOUS 7 - Soundtrack
64 - 265,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac
65 - 252,000 - RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS - Blake Shelton
66 - 250,000 - WHEN IT'S DARK OUT - G-Eazy
67 - 248,000 - DRONES - Muse
68 - 246,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line
69 - 246,000 - UNBREAKABLE - Janet
70 - 243,000 - CASS COUNTY - Don Henley
71 - 241,000 - HOW CAN IT BE - Lauren Daigle
72 - 240,000 - LOVE STUFF - Elle King
73 - 240,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean
74 - 234,000 - VESSEL - Twenty One Pilots
75 - 227,000 - COLD BEER CONVERSATION - George Strait

76 - 224,000 - KIDZ BOP 30 - Kidz Bop Kids
77 - 224,000 - MASTER OF PUPPETS - Metallica
78 - 223,000 - HONEYMOON - Lana Del Rey
79 - 222,000 - REBEL HEART - Madonna
80 - 222,000 - NOW 53 - Various
81 - 221,000 - JUST AS I AM - Brantley Gilbert
82 - 220,000 - 1 - Beatles
83 - 217,000 - DESCENDANTS - Soundtrack
84 - 210,000 - 19 - Adele
85 - 203,000 - THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY - Logic
86 - 203,000 - THE ALBUM ABOUT NOTHING - Wale
87 - 199,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers
88 - 198,000 - COMING HOME - Leon Bridges
89 - 195,000 - KIDZ BOP 28 - Kidz Bop Kids
90 - 194,000 - LOVE SOMEBODY - Reba
91 - 194,000 - NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND… - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
92 - 192,000 - CINEMA - Andrea Bocelli
93 - 191,000 - CONFIDENT - Demi Lovato
94 - 190,000 - KIDZ BOP 29 - Kidz Bop Kids
95 - 189,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé
96 - 186,000 - DARK SKY PARADISE - Big Sean
97 - 186,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
98 - 185,000 - SOUTHERN STYLE - Darius Rucker
99 - 185,000 - STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS - Soundtrack
100 - 184,000 - FIRST KISS - Kid Rock

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Mar 18, 2016 9:51:20 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Mar 18, 2016 9:44:18 GMT -5 @broccoli said:

Right - that's the whole reason for my post.  I was defending the decision to do so, even when albums that sold less than 100k are certified Gold.

Yes, I was going back to edit but you were fast with the reply! lol

We'll see if labels re-certify older albums under the upgraded requirements.

Thriller and Drake's Nothing Was The Same were re-certified under the new requirements.

Sony's "The Essential..." series was updated but under the old rules. Gold albums were re-certified Platinum. Not 2xP...

Yeah....

That's another thing - the RIAA has never been this 100% accurate vault of sales certs.  It's always been contingent upon the label paying for certifications (which I know you and most of us know, I'm just saying).  So, I just feel like toying with the requirements isn't any less "apples to apples" than all of the hundreds of inconsistent (under-, over- and missing) certifications.

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I don't understand how Selena, the most followed person on Instagram, with so many fans, with 3 top 10 hits from Revival, sold the same as Halsey, who isn't very popular and doesn't have any hit. Can someone explain me why?

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Mar 19, 2016 3:22:12 GMT -5 carreramd said:

I don't understand how Selena, the most followed person on Instagram, with so many fans, with 3 top 10 hits from Revival, sold the same as Halsey, who isn't very popular and doesn't have any hit. Can someone explain me why?

Pop (including crossovers) and rap/hip-hop tend to be the genres that do best on streaming in the U.S. That doesn't mean artists in those genres can't have strong streaming and album sales, but that's why you'll sometimes see artists from other genres doing comparably with much less radio exposure: country, rock, and alternative (where Halsey got her airplay) fans do stream things, but those genres' fans still seem more inclined to buy albums.

(There are other factors that also likely impact this, like average listener age, average listener income, illegal downloading, etc., but streaming is the one that's easiest to observe.)

[ry4n]

Mar 19, 2016 3:22:12 GMT -5 carreramd said:

I don't understand how Selena, the most followed person on Instagram, with so many fans, with 3 top 10 hits from Revival, sold the same as Halsey, who isn't very popular and doesn't have any hit. Can someone explain me why?

I don't think people are following her on Instagram because they're interested in her music.

[carreramd]

Mar 19, 2016 11:33:32 GMT -5 ry4n said:

Mar 19, 2016 3:22:12 GMT -5 carreramd said:

I don't understand how Selena, the most followed person on Instagram, with so many fans, with 3 top 10 hits from Revival, sold the same as Halsey, who isn't very popular and doesn't have any hit. Can someone explain me why?

I don't think people are following her on Instagram because they're interested in her music.

I never said that, it's obvious. The question is: her songs are doing very great on radio and sales and streaming, she got exposure, so how could Badlands sold the same as Revival, without any hit or popularity?

[Gary]

Mar 18, 2016 9:45:32 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

— The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It - No. 26 — The 25-position tumble from its No. 1 debut a week ago is the second-largest positional drop from the top ever. The biggest fall from No. 1 belongs to Incubus’ Light Grenades which descended a whopping 36 rungs from a No. 1 debut to No. 37 (on the Dec. 23, 2006-dated chart).

Chart watchers note — there is one album that fell even harder from No. 1… but there’s a catch. Elvis Presley’s Elvis’ Christmas Album went from No. 1 to completely off the chart in a single week back in 1958. However, back then, the chart was only 25 positions deep, so it wasn’t surprising to see a Christmas album vaporize off such a shallow chart after the holiday season had concluded. (Back in January of 2012, for example, Michael Buble’s Christmas album dropped from No. 1 to No. 24 in a single week — after the Christmas holiday had passed.)

Amos Lee also fell 1-26 in 2011

Side note: The 1975's drop this week is not as steep on the sales chart as it only falls to #18.  The other drops being referenced were also from a pure sales chart

[shayonce]

Current method for album sales by billboard & riaa is really awful.
It's just nothing but a lable's propaganda.
Single consumption and album consumption is different.
But they try to manipulate album chart as single chart.

Look at UK chart. That's how you do with SEA.
Exclude top 2 song on album. Use the avg numbers.

[rimetm]

The problem with that is that it's so subjective. What if an album doesn't have a hit single? What if 3+ singles are in circulation and are popular at a given time? What if 2 or 3 tracks get little to no streaming while the rest of the album's track average out to a close mean (e.g. 10 songs all doing around 4,000 equivalents and 3 songs doing around 100 equivalents; suddenly the overall average loses about 25% of its value)? What if certain songs get popular without being singles (e.g. Untitled Umastered's track 02 and 07); is it fair to say those shouldn't count?

Billboard's method may favor well-selling and on-demand streamed singles, but at least it's consistent.

[areyoureadytojump]

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Sales: Week 11, 2015 - Week 10, 2016

101 - 184,000 - UNBREAKABLE SMILE - Tori Kelly
102 - 182,000 - HYMNS - Joey + Rory
103 - 182,000 - CHURCH IN THESE STREETS - Jeezy
104 - 182,000 - THREAT TO SURVIVAL - Shinedown
105 - 182,000 - THIS IS NOT A TEST - Tobymac
106 - 182,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood
107 - 180,000 - ISLAH - Kevin Gates
108 - 179,000 - WOMAN - Jill Scott
109 - 175,000 - STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON - N.W.A.
110 - 174,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan
111 - 173,000 - METALLICA - Metallica
112 - 168,000 - I'M COMIN' OVER - Chris Young
113 - 168,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack
114 - 168,000 - NOW 57 - Various
115 - 167,000 - THE DOCUMENTARY 2 - The Game
116 - 166,000 - AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - Metallica
117 - 165,000 - PAGEANT MATERIAL - Kacey Musgraves
118 - 163,000 - STRANGERS TO OURSELVES - Modest Mouse
119 - 163,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons
120 - 163,000 - WOW HITS 2016 - Various
121 - 162,000 - BAD - Michael Jackson
122 - 162,000 - CRY BABY - Melanie Martinez
123 - 161,000 - FUTURE HEARTS - All Time Low
124 - 161,000 - THE BOOK OF SOULS - Iron Maiden
125 - 161,000 - CHAOS AND THE CALM - James Bay

126 - 160,000 - THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975 - Eagles
127 - 160,000 - LOVE STORY - Yelawolf
128 - 158,000 - NOW COUNTRY 8 - Various
129 - 158,000 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd
130 - 158,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia
131 - 157,000 - BEST OF BOWIE - David Bowie
132 - 157,000 - ADORE: CHRISTMAS SONGS OF WORSHIP - Chris Tomlin
133 - 157,000 - PIECE BY PIECE - Kelly Clarkson
134 - 155,000 - DARK SKY ISLAND - Enya
135 - 153,000 - ANGELS AND ALCOHOL - Alan Jackson
136 - 152,000 - INTO THE WILDLIFE - Halestorm
137 - 152,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Travis Tritt
138 - 150,000 - RODEO - Travi$ Scott
139 - 150,000 - TOUCH DOWN 2 CAUSE HELL - Boosie BadAzz
140 - 150,000 - GO:OD AM - Mac Miller
141 - 149,000 - ULTIMATE SINATRA - Frank Sinatra
142 - 149,000 - BENEATH THE SKIN - Of Monsters & Men
143 - 149,000 - LEAD US BACK: SONGS OF WORSHIP - Third Day
144 - 148,000 - TALKING IS HARD - Walk The Moon
145 - 148,000 - THE EMINEM SHOW - Eminem
146 - 148,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Dwight Yoakam
147 - 148,000 - LOVE RAN RED - Chris Tomlin
148 - 147,000 - CARRIE AND LOWELL - Sufjan Stevens
149 - 147,000 - WELCOME TO THE NEW - MercyMe
150 - 146,000 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse

151 - 146,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj
152 - 145,000 - BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC
153 - 145,000 - GREATEST HITS SO FAR... - Zac Brown Band
154 - 144,000 - AMERICAN IDIOT - Green Day
155 - 143,000 - GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY - Kendrick Lamar
156 - 143,000 - LETTERS FROM THE LABYRINTH - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
157 - 142,000 - THRIVE - Casting Crowns
158 - 142,000 - UNTITLED UNMASTERED - Kendrick Lamar
159 - 141,000 - + - Ed Sheeran
160 - 140,000 - LUDAVERSAL - Ludacris
161 - 139,000 - GREATEST HITS - Foo Fighters
162 - 139,000 - 1989 - Ryan Adams
163 - 139,000 - CURRENTS - Tame Impala
164 - 138,000 - CHEEK TO CHEEK - Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa
165 - 137,000 - EMPIRES - Hillsong United
166 - 137,000 - BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD - Troye Sivan
167 - 137,000 - RATTLE THAT LOCK - David Gilmour
168 - 137,000 - THAT'S THE SPIRIT - Bring Me The Horizon
169 - 137,000 - 2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
170 - 136,000 - EVOL - Future
171 - 136,000 - SPECIAL EFFECTS - Tech N9ne
172 - 136,000 - DJANGO AND JIMMIE - Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
173 - 135,000 - IGNITE THE NIGHT - Chase Rice
174 - 133,000 - SOMETHING MORE THAN FREE - Jason Isbell
175 - 132,000 - THE ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks

176 - 131,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
177 - 131,000 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
178 - 130,000 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson
179 - 128,000 - LOSING MY RELIGION - Kirk Franklin
180 - 128,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton
181 - 128,000 - HUMAN - Three Days Grace
182 - 127,000 - DAMN COUNTRY MUSIC - Tim McGraw
183 - 127,000 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
184 - 126,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
185 - 126,000 - WANTED ON VOYAGE - George Ezra
186 - 126,000 - PLATINUM - Miranda Lambert
187 - 126,000 - KINTSUGI - Death Cab For Cutie
188 - 126,000 - NEVERMIND - Nirvana
189 - 125,000 - KIDZ BOP 31 - Kidz Bop Kids
190 - 125,000 - ICON: ERIC CLAPTON - Eric Clapton
191 - 124,000 - COLE SWINDELL - Cole Swindell
192 - 123,000 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson
193 - 123,000 - BLACK MARKET - Rick Ross
194 - 122,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line
195 - 121,000 - FOUR - One Direction
196 - 121,000 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
197 - 119,000 - THESE THINGS HAPPEN - G-Eazy
198 - 119,000 - VHS - X Ambassadors
199 - 118,000 - SLIPPERY WHEN WET - Bon Jovi
200 - 118,000 - ILLINOIS - Brett Eldredge