Billboard 200 11/19: Jeezy #1 SPS (89k), Chesney #1 TAS

[Daryl the Beryl]

Jeezy Earns His Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Trap or Die 3'
11/7/2016 by Keith Caulfield
Plus: Kenny Chesney, Meek Mill & Avenged Sevenfold Debut at Nos. 2-4

Jeezy notches his third No. 1 album -- and eighth consecutive top 10 -- on the Billboard 200 chart with the arrival of Trap or Die 3. The album, which was released on Oct. 28 through YJ/CTE/Def Jam Records, earned a little more than 89,000 units in the week ending Nov. 3, according to Nielsen Music. The set sold 73,000 in traditional 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 Nov. 19-dated chart (where Jeezy bows at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

All eight of Jeezy’s charting albums have reached the top 10, stretching back to 2005’s Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Aug. 13, 2005-dated list. He previously led the tally with 2008’s The Recession and 2006’s The Inspiration.

“I wanted to take it back to creating music,” Jeezy recently told Billboard. “My first two albums, we made from scratch. We didn’t even have a studio… In its entirety, (the new album is) real, authentic, quality street music.”

Jeezy’s last chart entry was 2015’s Church in These Streets, which debuted and peaked at No. 4 off a start of 107,000 units (98,000 in traditional album sales).

Country superstar Kenny Chesney keeps up his hot streak on the Billboard 200 chart, as his new album, Cosmic Hallelujah, debuts at No. 2 with just under 89,000 units earned (79,000 in traditional album sales). The album also starts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart, which ranks the best selling albums of the week.

Trap or Die 3 edges out Cosmic Hallelujah for the top slot on the Billboard 200 after the two albums spent most of the tracking week vying for No. 1. While Cosmic Hallelujah is the top selling album of the week, Trap or Die 3 earned a greater overall equivalent album unit figure, owed to the popularity of its tracks on streaming services. In addition to Trap or Die 3’s 73,000 in pure album sales, it also tallied 3,000 in track equivalent albums and 13,000 in streaming equivalent albums. As for Chesney’s album, it sold 79,000 copies, earned 7,000 track equivalent units and 2,000 in streaming units. (All totals are rounded to the nearest thousand.)

Cosmic Hallelujah is Chesney’s 12th consecutive charting album to debut inside the top four of the Billboard 200, going all the way back to 2004’s No. 1 set When the Sun Goes Down. In total, he has notched 13 top 10s (including the new album) -- and all of them bowed in the top four.

Chesney first debuted on the Billboard 200 a little more than 20 years ago, when Me and You entered the list at No. 196 on the Sept. 28, 1996-dated chart. It eventually peaked at No. 78 the following year. He didn’t reach the top 40 until 2000, when his Greatest Hits album debuted and peaked at No. 13.

Cosmic Hallelujah also starts at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, marking his 14th No.1 on the tally. He’s now in a three-way tie (with Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson) for the fourth-most No. 1s on the chart. Ahead of them are George Strait, with 26, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson (16 each) and Tim McGraw (15).

Cosmic Hallelujah’s current single, “Setting the World on Fire,” featuring Pink, earned Chesney his 27th No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart, and 23rd leader on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Meek Mill’s new mixtape album DC4 debuts at No. 3 with 87,000 units (and 45,000 in traditional album sales), marking his third charting effort. Of its 87,000 units start, a whopping 37,000 were streaming equivalent album units. DC4 is the fourth release in his Dreamchasers mixtape series, the first to chart, and the first to receive a wide commercial release. The rapper last hit the Billboard 200 with his second studio effort, Dreams Worth More Than Money, which debuted at No. 1 on the July 18, 2015-dated list and spent a total of two weeks at No. 1. It was his second chart-topper, following his debut studio set, 2012’s Dreams and Nightmares.

Avenged Sevenfold’s surprise release, The Stage, takes a bow at No. 4 with 76,000 units (and 72,000 in traditional album sales). The set arrived without warning on Oct. 28, well ahead of its previously announced release date of Dec. 9. Frontman M. Shadows said the band opted for a surprise release because it’s more exciting than the traditional roll out of an album and gets its music out to an audience “without any preconceived notions.”

The new set is the band’s first for Capitol Records, after releasing four studio efforts for Warner Bros. The Stage is the group's fifth top 10 effort.

In January, Avenged Sevenfold announced it was attempting to extract itself from its unfulfilled contract with Warner Bros., citing California’s “seven-year rule.” (The “seven-year rule” of the California Labor Code allows parties to leave personal service contracts under certain circumstances after seven years have passed.) In turn, Warner Bros.’ parent company, Warner Music, sued the group for breach of contract. The case is set to head to trial in 2017.

The band’s last studio effort, 2013’s Hail to the King -- which was not a surprise release -- debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 159,000 copies sold in its first week. It marked the group’s second leader on the chart, following 2010’s Nightmare. Even though Avenged Sevenfold and Warner Bros. are at odds, the label still has an upcoming album from the band on its release schedule. On Dec. 2, Warner Bros. will release the greatest hits album The Best of 2005-2013.

After a top four filled with debuts, the rest of the new top 10 is fairly quiet. Lady Gaga’s Joanne dips from No. 1 to No. 5 in its second chart week, earning another 61,000 units (down 70 percent). Pentatonix’s A Pentatonix Christmas falls 3-6 with 41,000 units (down a modest 32 percent).

Drake’s Views drops out of the top five for the first time, after spend 26 weeks locked in the region. The album descends 5-7 with 36,000 units (down 6 percent). Views is one of only seven albums to have spent its first 26 weeks on the chart inside the top five.

The soundtrack to Suicide Squad moves 7-8 with 28,000 units (down 10 percent) and the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton slips a spot to No. 9 with 26,000 units (down 14 percent).

Closing out the top 10 is Michael Buble’s Nobody but Me, which falls from No. 2 to No. 10 in its second week with 25,000 units (down 73 percent).

[kingofpain]

LOL poor Kenny Chesney.

[Enigma.]

Gaga has the chance of being top 3 next week I think

EDIT: meant the week after (not the Bon Jovi week)

[areyoureadytojump]

^What makes you think that?

[onebuffalo]

Nov 7, 2016 8:07:13 GMT -5 kingofpain said:

LOL poor Kenny Chesney.

Don't worry, I'm sure the Pinnacle Award winner is crying all the way to the bank. Decent numbers for Kenny Chesney, but not mind blowing numbers, either.

[areyoureadytojump]

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Jeezy Has Trifecta Of #1 Albums With "Trap Or Die 3"
November 7, 2016 | 8:24 AM
by Victoria Hernandez

Jeezy and Meek Mill went head to head this week when they both dropped projects that were continuations of their popular series’. Jeezy comes out as king on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart as Trap or Die 3 lands him yet another #1 title. Meek Mill beat out Drake’s VIEWS this week, though, so that has to count for something. A$AP Mob also makes a splash with the release of Cozy Tapes Vol. 1 honoring A$AP Yams.

Jeezy Snags Third #1 Album With “Trap Or Die 3”

Jeezy’s Trap or Die mixtape changed the game when it was released in 2005. The Atlanta legend might not have done anything groundbreaking on Trap or Die 3, but the project is a landmark one for The Snowman as it’s his third #1 album. The LP sold 89,000 units in its debut on the chart and was streamed 19.8 million times. Jeezy has also taken the top spot with 2006’s The Inspiration and in 2008 with The Recession.

Meek Mill Beats Out Drake This Week With “DC4”

Drake’s VIEWS has reigned for 27 weeks on the chart and this sales cycle finds the project at its lowest slot yet, landing at #7. Meek Mill overtook the Toronto superstar with the debut of his Dreamchasers 4 landing at #3 with 87,000 equivalent album units. If Meek had dropped DC4 the same day as VIEWS as was rumored, he would not have even come close to Drizzy’s 1 million sales. But perhaps this is a small victory in the ongoing war between the two.

A$AP Mob Do A$AP Yams Justice With “Cozy Tapes Vol. 1”

A$AP Yams is smiling down on A$AP Mob as the group paid tribute to their late leader with Cozy Tapes Vol. 1. The project lands at #13 in its debut on the chart after a Halloween release. Featuring the singles “Yamborghini High,” “Crazy Brazy” and the Tyler The Creator-assisted “Telephone Calls,” Cozy Tapes follows the success of A$AP Rocky’s two #1 albums and A$AP Ferg’s two Top 10 releases.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 11/03/2016

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 Jeezy — Trap or Die 3 — 89,487 (73,189) [19,882,077]

#3 Meek Mill — Dreamchasers 4 —87,411 (44,603) [55,930,200]

#7 Drake – VIEWS – 35,971 (5,750) [39,926,805]

#8 Various Artists – Suicide Squad: The Album – 27,574 (8,742) [15,568,654]

#13 A$AP Mob — Cozy Tapes Vol. 1 — 21,179 (7,419) [18,763,531]

#18 Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight – 18,723 (2,137) [22,780,756]

#21 Rae Sremmurd — SremmLife 2 — 17,327 (1,816) [17,255,378]

#22 Rihanna – ANTI – 17,200 (2,771) [17,549,899]

#24 Kanye West – The Life of deleted –16,839 (1) [23,178,863]

#30 21 Savage and Metro Boomin — Savage Mode — 14,130 (737) [18,403,599]

[Enigma.]

Nov 7, 2016 10:00:49 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^What makes you think that?

I'm a fan and an optimist

[areyoureadytojump]

^Ok. I just realized you are talking about the "weak release week." I guess it's possible.

[Enigma.]

Hot 100 is already up but BB200 is not. Maybe there's been a recount?

[Gary]

Chart Watch: Upset! Jeezy Edges Out Kenny Chesney for #1
[Yahoo Music]
Paul Grein
Writer


There’s a genuine upset on this week’s Billboard 200. Jeezy’s Trap or Die 3 edges out Kenny Chesney’s Cosmic Hallelujah to debut at #1. Chesney’s album sold more copies than Jeezy’s (by a margin of 79K to 73K), but Jeezy’s album came out ahead because the chart measures what Billboard calls “multi-metric consumption.” The chart formula takes into account digital track sales and streaming in addition to traditional album sales. By that measure, Jeezy’s album sold a little more than 89K. Chesney’s album sold just under 89K.

The two albums were in a tight race all week. On Friday, Hits (Billboard‘s chief rival) declared Chesney the winner, by a margin of 90K to 87K. Billboard didn’t publish this week’s chart results on its website until 12:43 a.m. (EST) this morning, several hours later than usual. This suggests that Billboard‘s chart team was checking and double-checking the numbers in this tight contest.

Two factors are largely responsible for this chart upset — the new chart system (which Billboard and Hits adopted in December 2014) and a very exciting baseball game, a 10-inning heart-stopper in which the Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians to land their first World Series championship in 108 years.

Let me explain.

First, it has become clear that the new multi-metric system works to the advantage of hip-hop and R&B releases, and to the detriment of country albums. This is the seventh time that a country album has been the week’s #1 seller in traditional album sales, but has lost out to a hip-hop or R&B album on the Billboard 200 after the other data is factored in. This previously happened to Don Henley’s Cass County (which lost to Fetty Wap’s Fetty Wap), Joey + Rory’s Hymns (which lost to Rihanna’s Anti), Chris Stapleton’s Traveller (which lost to Kanye West’s The Life of deleted), Blake Shelton’s If I’m Honest, Dierks Bentley’s Black, and Aaron Lewis’s Sinner (the last three of which lost to Drake’s 13-week chart champ, Views).

Second, viewership for the CMA Awards, where Chesney was presented with the Pinnacle Award, suffered this year because it aired opposite the deciding Game 7 of the World Series. Had it not been, the CMAs — a reliable ratings winner — doubtless would have gotten a larger audience, and the salute to Chesney would have been seen by more people. (Chesney was only the third recipient of the Pinnacle honor, following Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift.)

While these two factors played an undeniable role in this week’s outcome, this is also simply the latest sign of the potency of rap. This first became clear way back in December 1992, when Ice Cube’s The Predator debuted at #1 ahead of Whitney Houston’s The Bodyguard soundtrack. It was a shocker to see a gangsta rap album beat out a mass-appeal soundtrack. (The Bodyguard rose to #1 the following week and remained on top for 20 non-consecutive weeks.)

Trap or Die 3 is Jeezy’s third #1 album; his first since he shed the moniker Young Jeezy. Under that name, he topped the chart with 2006’s The Inspiration and 2008’s The Recession. Jeezy has a nearly 10-year span of #1 albums. He is, quite simply, bigger than his media profile would suggest. This is his seventh consecutive top five album.

Jeezy’s first two Trap or Die mixtapes were released in 2005 and 2010. Trivia note: Trap or Die 3 is the second #1 album in the past two months to include the hip-hop term “trap” in its title. It follows Travis Scott’s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight.

Cosmic Hallelujah is Chesney’s 11th consecutive studio album to reach the top three. That’s his entire studio output since No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems was released in the spring of 2002. It’s his 13th top 10 album overall.

Chesney’s album enters Top Country Albums at #1, displacing Chris Stapleton’s Traveller (which has spent 24 non-consecutive weeks on top). It’s Chesney’s 14th #1 country album.

The second single from Chesney’s album, “Setting the World on Fire,” has topped the Hot Country Songs chart for the past four weeks. The song is a genre-bending collabo with P!nk. It’s Chesney’s 23rd #1 country hit.

Trivia note: Cosmic Hallelujah isn’t the first album with the word “cosmic” in its title to reach the top five. The B-52’s had a #4 album titled Cosmic Thing in 1990. In 1969, Janis Joplin had a #5 album which had an alternate spelling of “cosmic” — I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!.

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^More here:

www.yahoo.com/music/chart-watch-upset-jeezy-edges-out-kenny-chesney-for-1-173915789.html

Top Albums

Meek Mill’s mixtape DC4 debuts at #3. It’s the fourth release in Meek Mill’s Dreamchasers mixtape series (hence the title); the first to receive a wide commercial release. It follows two studio albums by Meek Mill which made the top five.

Avenged Sevenfold lands its fifth top 10 album as The Stage debuts at #4. The album was inspired by the writings of Carl Sagan and Elon Musk.

Lady Gaga’s Joanne drops from #1 to #5 in its second week.

Pentatonix’s A Pentatonix Christmas drops from #3 to #6 in its second week. This will almost certainly be the third year in a row that Pentatonix have had the year’s best-selling holiday album. Only one artist in the Nielsen era (which dates to 1991) has had the year’s best-selling holiday album three times. That’s saxophonist Kenny G. His years with the holiday sales champ (1994, 1996 and 1999) weren’t consecutive.

After spending its first 26 weeks in the top five, Drake’s Views drops from #5 to #7 in its 27th week.

The Suicide Squad soundtrack dips from #7 to #8 in its 13th week. The album logged two weeks at #1.

Hamilton dips from #8 to #9 its 58th week. The Broadway cast album peaked at #3 in the wake of the Tony Awards.

Michael Bublé’s Nobody but Me drops from #2 to #10 in its second week. (Bublé announced last week that that he is putting his career on hold because his 3-year old son has cancer.)

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. They are: Korn’s The Serenity of Suffering, Chris Tomlin’s Never Lose Sight, Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s The Ghosts of Christmas Eve, and Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker.

Tove Lo lands her second top 20 album in a row with Lady Wood. Her debut, Queen of the Clouds, peaked at #14 in 2014.

Look for Bon Jovi to land their sixth #1 album next week with This House Is Not for Sale. The Chainsmokers’ Collage EP and Alicia Keys’s Here will probably debut at #2 and #3, respectively. Now 60 will also open in the top 10.

[areyoureadytojump]

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Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: November 7, 2016
Posted By Matt Bjorke on Sunday November 06, 2016 at 02:51PM PST

CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Kenny Chesney Cosmic Halleujah 79,600 79,600
2 Brett Eldredge Glow 14,100 14,100
3 Keith Urban Ripcord 12,900 312,000
4 Chris Stapleton Traveller 12,300 1,638,600
5 Cole Swindell Down Home Sessions 10,700 10,700
6 Jimmy Buffett Tis The Season (XMAS) 10,200 10,200
7 Maren Morris Hero 8,500 119,400
8 Thomas Rhett Tangled Up 7,700 482,300
9 Jason Aldean They Don't Know 7,500 238,200
10 Carrie Underwood Storyteller 7,100 676,700
11 Florida Georgia Line Dig Your Roots 7,000 246,900
12 Kip Moore Underground EP 6,500 6,500
13 Various Artists 50th CMA Awards ZinePak 5,900 10,400
13 Frank Foster Good Country Music 5,900 5,900
15 Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood 5,400 453,800

-- Kacey Musgraves A Very Kacey Christmas 4,800 4,800
-- Jennifer Nettles To Celebrate Christmas 4,700 4,700
-- Blake Shelton If I'm Honest 4,500 482,500
-- Cole Swindell You Should Be Here 4,100 213,000
-- Dierks Bentley Black 4,000 205,500
-- Aaron Lewis Sinner 3,900 69,100
-- Chris Young It Must Be Christmas 3,800 15,300
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 3,100 207,900
-- Rascal Flatts Greatest Gift Of All 2,800 7,000
-- Old Dominion Meat and Candy 2,800 25,300
-- Tim McGraw Damn Country Music 2,700 159,600
-- Joey+Rory Hymns 2,600 225,200
-- Dolly Parton Pure And Simple 2,300 77,900
-- Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop 2,300 84,200
-- Chris Young I'm Comin' Over 2,200 240,400
-- John Prine For Better Or Worse 1,700 26,500
-- Dan+Shay Obsessed 1,300 69,200
-- Lorettta Lynn White Christmas Blue 1,300 4,000
-- Brett Eldredge Illinois 1,300 157,900
-- William Michael Morgan Vinyl 1,100 13,300
-- Jordan Rager Southern Boy EP 700 700
-- Home Free Country Evolution 700 44,900
-- Bradley Walker Call Me Old-Fashioned 600 12,600
-- Midland Midland EP 600 600
-- Dylan Scott Dylan Scott 600 16,900
-- Jake Owen American Love 500 53,800
-- Jennifer Nettles Playing With Fire 500 89,600
-- Cam Untamed 500 142,200

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11/19 Billboard 200


1 New 1 Trap Or Die 3 - Jeezy - YJ | Def Jam
2 New 1 Cosmic Hallelujah - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN
3 New 1 DC4 - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG
4 New 1 The Stage - Avenged Sevenfold - Capitol
5 1 – 2 Joanne - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Interscope | IGA
6 3 – 2 A Pentatonix Christmas - Pentatonix - RCA
7 5 2 27 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
8 7 3 13 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG
9 8 7 58 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG
10 2 – 2 Nobody But Me - Michael Buble - Reprise | Warner Bros.
11 New 1 Lady Wood - Tove Lo - Island
12 31 32 26 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN
13 New 1 Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends - A$AP Mob - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA
14 12 5 77 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
15 New 1 Uncharted - The Piano Guys - Portrait | Sony Masterworks
16 14 8 24 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic
17 21 19 60 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
18 16 9 9 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic
19 11 18 40 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA
20 New 1 Brotherhood Of The Snake - Testament - Nuclear Blast
21 28 26 12 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Eardrummer/Interscope | IGA
22 18 13 41 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation
23 105 99 58 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG
24 25 23 31 The Life Of deleted - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
25 24 20 50 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

26 23 17 10 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG
27 New 1 Blood Money, Part 1 - Dope - eOne
28 26 21 5 The RCA-List (Revised) - Various Artists - RCA
29 New 1 Glow - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN
30 32 39 16 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang
31 168 149 22 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN
32 19 – 2 Big Baby D.R.A.M. - D.R.A.M. - #1EpicCheck | EMPIRE Recordings
33 22 16 6 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island
34 33 22 28 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
35 29 27 25 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper
36 New 1 Down Home Sessions III (EP) - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
37 4 – 2 The Serenity Of Suffering - Korn - Roadrunner | AG
38 78 74 54 Storyteller - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN
39 54 59 6 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA
40 37 29 13 Encore - DJ Snake - DJ Snake/Interscope | IGA
41 35 33 58 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA
42 New 1 This Light I Hold - Memphis May Fire - Rise
43 43 38 62 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
44 34 25 8 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG
45 36 35 9 Epic Lit - Various Artists - Epic
46 27 15 5 A Seat At The Table - Solange - Saint | Columbia
47 39 41 40 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG
48 42 24 14 Major Key - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic
49 46 44 23 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
50 New 1 'Tis The Season - Jimmy Buffett - Mailboat

51 New 1 Two Vines - Empire Of The Sun - The Sleepy Jackson | Astralwerks
52 10 – 2 You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen - Columbia
53 53 48 51 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam
54 44 64 3 The Singles - Phil Collins - Atlantic | Rhino
55 45 36 11 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry
56 93 42 20 The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.
57 52 47 51 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam
58 20 1 3 Walls - Kings Of Leon - RCA
59 51 45 116 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
60 139 141 53 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN
61 New 1 I'll Have Another...Christmas Album - Straight No Chaser - Atco/Atlantic | AG
62 30 11 4 Day Breaks - Norah Jones - Blue Note
63 New 1 TBA (EP) - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG
64 50 40 3 Kidz Bop 33 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord
65 49 53 42 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG
66 83 84 65 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
67 68 55 12 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
68 56 58 78 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG
69 58 73 192 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
70 55 49 29 us (EP) - gnash - :): | AG
71 67 71 91 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
72 Re-Entry 2 Stranger Things, Volume One - Soundtrack - Netflix | Lakeshore
73 60 54 62 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks
74 70 69 15 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol
75 63 60 100 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

76 122 142 279 Thriller - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
77 64 51 11 I Told You - Tory Lanez - Mad Love/Interscope | IGA
78 74 65 48 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA
79 109 100 26 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
80 101 91 24 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
81 61 52 48 A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG
82 69 68 64 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG
83 80 75 106 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN
84 6 – 2 Never Lose Sight - Chris Tomlin - sixsteps/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
85 182 147 23 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
86 Re-Entry 43 Damn Country Music - Tim McGraw - McGraw/Big Machine | BMLG
87 110 – 25 That's Christmas To Me - Pentatonix - RCA
88 73 66 4 Sit Still, Look Pretty - Daya - Artbeatz
89 76 70 68 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
90 71 56 30 Low Kii Savage (EP) - Kiiara - Atlantic | AG
91 103 113 68 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River
92 41 10 4 Revolution Radio - Green Day - Reprise | Warner Bros.
93 9 – 2 The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Lava/Atlantic | Rhino
94 130 122 52 Meat And Candy - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN
95 88 81 59 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic
96 85 92 160 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
97 New 1 Underground (EP) - Kip Moore - MCA Nashville | UMGN
98 65 116 114 The Ultimate Hits - Garth Brooks - Pearl
99 81 63 7 Hard II Love - Usher - RCA
100 97 97 298 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

101 86 80 292 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
102 90 87 210 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
103 87 78 71 VHS - X Ambassadors - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
104 84 50 30 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone
105 38 – 2 Tennessee Christmas - Amy Grant - Amy Grant/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
106 91 82 58 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG
107 75 57 40 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
108 72 30 4 Oh My My - OneRepublic - Mosley/Interscope | IGA
109 89 67 12 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) - PARTYNEXTDOOR - OVO Sound | Warner Bros.
110 92 86 124 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
111 99 101 4 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG
112 96 90 403 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
113 New 1 Good Country Music - Frank Foster - Lone Chief
114 114 108 16 Lil' Boat - Lil Yachty - Lil Boat Sailing Team/Quality Control/Motown | Capitol
115 66 46 5 22, A Million - Bon Iver - Jagjaguwar
116 155 – 2 CMA Awards 50 ZinePak - Various Artists - CMA | ZinePak
117 Re-Entry 100 Precious Memories - Alan Jackson - ACR/EMI Nashville | UMGN
118 48 4 3 1992 - The Game - Fifth Amendment/Blood Money | eOne
119 Re-Entry 7 NOW That's What I Call Halloween - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy
120 100 93 39 EVOL - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
121 94 83 25 Thank You - Meghan Trainor - Epic
122 New 1 Outlander: The Series, Original Television Soundtrack: Season 2 - Soundtrack - Madison Gate
123 Re-Entry 12 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
124 140 144 18 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
125 New 1 Acoustic Christmas - Neil Diamond - Capitol

126 New 1 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - SYCO | Columbia
127 57 61 23 Skin - Flume - Future Classic | Mom + Pop
128 106 103 314 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
129 Re-Entry 48 Christmas - Michael Buble - 143/Reprise | Warner Bros.
130 115 109 125 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol
131 47 – 2 The Wonder Of You - Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - RCA | Legacy
132 112 94 23 7/27 - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic
133 118 111 17 Blank Face LP - ScHoolboy Q - Top Dawg/Interscope | IGA
134 113 95 13 NOW 59 - Various Artists - Universal/Sony Music | Legacy
135 123 114 62 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood
136 102 105 63 Immortalized - Disturbed - Reprise | Warner Bros.
137 127 115 433 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
138 95 89 6 WOW Hits 2017 - Various Artists - PLG/Word-Curb/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
139 126 136 106 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
140 135 104 10 Mis Numero 1... 40 Aniversario - Juan Gabriel - Sony Music Latin
141 104 96 147 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
142 98 77 7 The Divine Feminine - Mac Miller - Warner Bros.
143 New 1 A Very Kacey Christmas - Kacey Musgraves - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
144 131 112 54 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
145 124 102 10 JEFFERY - Young Thug - 300/Atlantic | AG
146 136 117 140 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
147 133 121 166 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe
148 137 – 172 The Fame - Lady Gaga - Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA
149 13 – 2 Who You Selling For - The Pretty Reckless - Goin' Down/The DAS Label/Razor & Tie | Concord
150 Re-Entry 44 I'm Comin' Over - Chris Young - RCA Nashville | SMN

151 New 1 To Celebrate Christmas - Jennifer Nettles - Big Machine | BMLG
152 121 98 15 Everybody Looking - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG
153 151 148 96 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Eardrummer/Interscope | IGA
154 Re-Entry 7 Pawn Shop - Brothers Osborne - EMI Nashville | UMGN
155 132 124 442 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
156 177 157 21 A / B - Kaleo - Elektra/Atlantic | AG
157 116 107 7 The Very Next Thing - Casting Crowns - Beach Street/Reunion | PLG
158 141 127 121 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA
159 138 125 109 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia
160 160 163 104 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam
161 156 154 100 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN
162 148 135 377 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe
163 149 137 99 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
164 146 130 48 Late Nights: The Album - Jeremih - Mick Schultz | Def Jam
165 Re-Entry 6 Sinner - Aaron Lewis - Dot | BMLG
166 161 170 169 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
167 144 119 56 Revival - Selena Gomez - Interscope | IGA
168 142 138 153 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
169 Re-Entry 6 Kidz Bop Halloween Hits! - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord
170 147 118 18 Bobby Tarantino - Logic - Def Jam
171 163 186 105 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day - Kid Cudi - Dream On/G.O.O.D. | Republic
172 143 126 82 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island
173 15 – 2 Lifelines - I Prevail - Fearless | Concord
174 152 132 296 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
175 164 166 249 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

176 159 159 257 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
177 165 120 36 I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It - The 1975 - Dirty Hit/Interscope | IGA
178 New 1 Paloma Negra Desde Monterrey - Jenni Rivera - Fonovisa | UMLE
179 Re-Entry 30 Hymns - Joey + Rory - Farmhouse/Gaither | Capitol CMG
180 Re-Entry 2 The Original Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers - Polydor/Decca | UMe
181 176 155 293 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord
182 174 176 82 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam
183 134 175 18 California - Blink-182 - Viking Wizard Eyes | BMG
184 Re-Entry 174 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
185 181 156 218 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
186 Re-Entry 38 Illinois - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN
187 120 85 6 Chapter And Verse - Bruce Springsteen - Columbia
188 178 160 201 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG
189 180 195 134 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia
190 190 192 89 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
191 145 – 240 The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash - Columbia Nashville/Legacy/American/Island | UMe
192 186 173 117 1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA
193 172 164 86 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
194 Re-Entry 2 It Must Be Christmas - Chris Young - RCA Nashville | SMN
195 Re-Entry 77 The Essential Billy Joel - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy
196 173 171 95 Title - Meghan Trainor - Epic
197 New 1 Peace Be With You - Chuck Murphy - OneWest
198 157 145 88 The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance - Reprise | Warner Bros.
199 189 153 20 Still Brazy - YG - Pushaz Ink/CTE | Def Jam
200 183 177 49 Under Pressure - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

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Soundscan Surprises, Week Ending 11/3
by Silvia Killingsworth

Back-catalog sales numbers of note from Nielsen SoundScan.

The definition of “back catalog” is: “at least 18 months old, have fallen below №100 on the Billboard 200 and do not have an active single on our radio.”

Good morning, America. These are your top ten back catalog record sales from last week. Adele is tied with Kidz Bop for number eight, and Donald Trump is the President-Elect of the United States of America. That’s all.

1. BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS 6,272 copies
2. JACKSON*ALAN PRECIOUS MEMORIES 5,750 copies
3. PENTATONIX THAT’S CHRISTMAS TO ME 5,494 copies
4. GABRIEL*JUAN MIS NUMERO 1… 40 ANIVERSARIO 4,573 copies
5. METALLICA METALLICA 4,483 copies
6. TWENTY ONE PILOTS VESSEL 3,467 copies
7. BUBLE*MICHAEL CHRISTMAS 3,464 copies
8. KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP HALLOWEEN HITS 3,062 copies
8. ADELE 21 3,062 copies
10. CASH*JOHNNY LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH 2,906 copies

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Regarding the discrepancy in the HITS SPS Album Chart for last week and that BB 200 in terms of positions and numbers, HITS wrote this very interesting article regarding on how Nielsen Soundscan weighs certain missing data and how BuzzAngle deals with them:

THE WEIGHTING IS THE HARDEST PART: BUZZANGLE'S LIDESTRI ON A CHART DISPUTE

Jim Lidestri of BuzzAngle, whose company now powers HITS’ charts, has weighed in, so to speak, on why Kenny Chesney was #1 on our most recent SPS and Album Sales charts, while Jeezy took the top spot on Billboard’s Top 200. Lidestri describes the methodology of Billboard data partner Nielsen as “outdated, inaccurate and unfair,” due to its use of “weighting” for physical sales (more about that in a moment). Some players at Sony Nashville are said to be contesting Billboard’s decision to crown Jeezy, and arguing that at least one indie physical retail outlet was radically over-represented in the count.

Weighting is the process of artificially increasing the sales that were counted to make up for the sales from stores that don’t report their data. “This practice had a place 20 years ago, but has no place anymore,” Lidestri asserts. “Nielsen weights both chain stores and independent music stores. There simply aren't any chain stores selling music that don't report their sales, so weighting this category results in a completely bogus number. And while there are a few hundred independent music stores that don't report their data, they are the smaller stores—and the methodology Nielsen uses to weight them has no mathematical accuracy whatsoever.”

He notes that Chesney's raw consumption numbers were 5K higher than Jeezy's album, but that Jeezy had 1k+ more sales at indie stores and 2k+ more sales at chain stores. These two segments were weighted in SoundScan and resulted in adding another 5k+ artificial consumption units to Jeezy's total, propelling it just ahead of Chesney's. This, Lidestri says, is a prime example of how the practice “causes an artificial movement in chart position.”

In addition to its undue sway on rankings, Lidestri continues, “these weighting factors change each week, thereby making week-over-week or year-over-year analyses impossible. This practice also leads to possible gaming of the charts. It is relatively easy to see which stores are getting the higher weighting factor, which allows someone wishing to get an unfair advantage to ‘purchase’ a few hundred titles at one store—which gets translated in Nielsen's system to many thousand.”

BuzzAngle’s practice of using only raw numbers, we should add, is one reason the company was chosen as HITS’ data partner.

In the meantime, the Chesney-Jeezy battle continues behind the scenes, almost like some kind of … disputed election result.