Billboard 200: 11/26: Bon Jovi #1 (129k/128k)

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Bon Jovi Earns Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
11/13/2016 by Keith Caulfield

Bon Jovi’s new album This House Is Not for Sale debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart, giving the rock band its sixth No. 1. The set earned 129,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 10, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 128,000 were in traditional album sales.

The title was released on Nov. 4 through Island Records.

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. 26-dated chart (where Bon Jovi bows at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 15.


This House Is Not for Sale is the group’s 13th top 10-charting album, and follows the group’s previous No. 1s: What About Now (in 2013), The Circle (2009), Lost Highway (2007), New Jersey (1988) and Slippery When Wet (1986).

A handsome amount of the sales of the new album are driven by a concert ticket/album sale promotion. The group has employed a similar offer for previous releases, as have artists ranging from Justin Bieber and Josh Groban to Shawn Mendes and Barbra Streisand.

The opening sales frame of This House Is Not for Sale is the largest for a rock album in three months, since the Suicide Squad soundtrack bowed with a handful of sales more on the Aug. 27-dated list. (The last rock act to score a larger week was Blink-182, four months ago, with the bow of its California album. It started at No. 1 with 186,000 units and 172,000 in album sales.)

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 is Alicia Keys’ new studio effort, Here, which starts with 50,000 units (42,000 in traditional album sales). It’s Keys’ seventh top 10 album, and all six of her studio sets have reached the top two on the list. She bowed at No. 1 with her first album, 2001’s Songs in A Minor, and then followed it with The Diary of Alicia Keys (No. 1 in 2003), the live album Unplugged (No. 1 in 2005), As I Am (No. 1 in 2007), The Element of Freedom (No. 2 in 2010) and Girl on Fire (No. 1 in 2012). She charted one further title, 2013’s VH1 Storytellers, which peaked at No. 108.

The Trolls film soundtrack flies from No. 39 to a new peak of No. 3 with 47,000 units (up 293 percent) and 36,000 in album sales (up 449 percent). The movie bowed in U.S. theaters on Nov. 4, the first day of the chart’s latest tracking week.

Trolls is the fifth soundtrack to visit the top 10 in 2016, following Suicide Squad, Prince and the Revolution’s Purple Rain, the TV soundtrack The Passion: New Orleans and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Pentatonix’s A Pentatonix Christmas rises two rungs to No. 4, with 46,000 units (up 13 percent) and 41,000 in album sales (up 13 percent). Meanwhile, the group’s previous holiday effort, That’s Christmas to Me, jumps 87-36 with 13,000 units (up 73 percent) and 10,000 copies sold (up 85 percent).

Rae Sremmurd’s Sremmlife 2 hits a new peak, catapulting 21-5 with 39,000 units (up 126 percent), but just 3,000 sold (up 65 percent). The album originally debuted and peaked at No. 7 on the Sept. 3-dated chart. Nearly 21,000 units of the album’s total in the latest tracking frame was driven by streaming equivalent album units, powered by the set’s gone-viral hit “Black Beatles.” The track has gained in popularity in the past two weeks, thanks largely to consumers discovering the song through its use in Mannequin Challenge videos. The song is challenging The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” for the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated Nov. 16.

The top 10 of the list is scheduled to be revealed Monday (Nov. 14).

Speaking of The Chainsmokers, the duo’s five-song EP Collage bows at No. 6 with 39,000 units (9,000 in traditional album sales). The set acts as a mini-greatest hits package, as four of the five songs are previously released hits, including the smashes “Closer” and “Don’t Let Me Down.”

The Now 60 compilation starts at No. 7 with 36,000 units (all from traditional album sales), extending the Now That’s What I Call Music compilation series’ hot streak on the chart. All 60 of the brand’s main, numbered albums have reached the top 10, and Nos. 2-60 have all debuted in the region.

Rounding out the new top 10 is Drake’s Views (which falls 7-8 with 32,000 units; down 10 percent), the Hamilton Broadway cast recording (holding at No. 9 with 30,000 units; up 16 percent) and Kenny Chesney’s Cosmic Hallelujah (2-10 with 29,000 units; down 68 percent).

[Duca]

Great numbers for Trolls! It's gonna have an excellent hold.

[HolidayGuy]

For those who include Top Album Sales peaks in "most" lists, This House Is Not for Sale is Bon Jovi's 14th top 10-selling album.

Even without a sizable hit, <50,000 in sales for Alicia Key's album is kinda disappointing.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

To note, Sremmlife 2, Collage EP and Views are all albums that made the Top 10 of BB 200 and had less than 50% of pure sales account for their SPS album totals.

[Enigma.]

Argh Gaga was JUST behind KC... well maybe it can climb into top ten next week again or the week after with AMAs and such

[Gary]

BB200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 This House Is Not For Sale, Bon Jovi 1
2 0 New 1 HERE, Alicia Keys 2
3 39 54 7 Trolls, Soundtrack 3
4 6 3 3 A Pentatonix Christmas, Pentatonix 3
5 21 28 13 Sremmlife 2, Rae Sremmurd 5
6 0 New 1 Collage (EP), The Chainsmokers 6
7 0 New 1 NOW 60, Various Artists 7
8 7 5 28 Views, Drake 1
9 9 8 59 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 3
10 2 – 2 Cosmic Hallelujah, Kenny Chesney 2
11 5 1 3 Joanne, Lady Gaga 1
12 8 7 14 Suicide Squad: The Album, Soundtrack 1
13 3 – 2 DC4, Meek Mill 3
14 1 – 2 Trap Or Die 3, Jeezy 1
15 14 12 78 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
16 17 21 61 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
17 16 14 25 Dangerous Woman, Ariana Grande 2
18 18 16 10 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott 1
19 4 – 2 The Stage, Avenged Sevenfold 4
20 12 31 27 Ripcord, Keith Urban 4
21 19 11 41 This Is Acting, Sia 4
22 22 18 42 ANTI, Rihanna 1
23 0 New 1 The RCA-List, Vol. 2, Various Artists 23
24 13 – 2 Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends, A$AP Mob 13
25 0 New 1 Black America Again, Common 25
26 25 24 51 25, Adele 1
27 26 23 11 Dig Your Roots, Florida Georgia Line 2
28 30 32 17 Savage Mode, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 28
29 33 22 7 Illuminate, Shawn Mendes 1
30 0 New 1 Chaos, Attila 30
31 56 93 21 The Getaway, Red Hot Chili Peppers 2
32 34 33 29 Lemonade, Beyonce 1
33 24 25 32 The Life Of deleted, Kanye West 1
34 10 2 3 Nobody But Me, Michael Buble 2
35 35 29 26 Coloring Book, Chance The Rapper 8
36 87 110 26 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
37 46 27 6 A Seat At The Table, Solange 1
38 23 105 59 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 6
39 40 37 14 Encore, DJ Snake 8
40 32 19 3 Big Baby D.R.A.M., D.R.A.M. 19
41 31 168 23 Hero, Maren Morris 5
42 41 35 59 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
43 43 43 63 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
44 45 36 10 Epic Lit, Various Artists 27
45 129 – 49 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
46 49 46 24 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World, Lil Uzi Vert 44
47 47 39 41 Islah, Kevin Gates 2
48 52 10 3 You Want It Darker, Leonard Cohen 10
49 44 34 9 They Don't Know, Jason Aldean 1
50 98 65 115 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 3
51 53 53 52 Know-It-All, Alessia Cara 9
52 48 42 15 Major Key, DJ Khaled 1
53 65 49 43 Death Of A Bachelor, Panic! At The Disco 1
54 74 70 16 The Human Condition, Jon Bellion 5
55 57 52 52 Purpose, Justin Bieber 1
56 38 78 55 Storyteller, Carrie Underwood 2
57 0 New 1 Mr. Misunderstood: On The Rocks, Live And (Mostly) Unplugged (EP), Eric Church 57
58 59 51 117 Vessel, twenty one pilots 21
59 55 45 12 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
60 67 68 13 The Perfect LUV Tape, Lil Uzi Vert 55
61 68 56 79 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 30
62 70 55 30 us (EP), gnash 46
63 73 60 63 Badlands, Halsey 2
64 11 – 2 Lady Wood, Tove Lo 11
65 75 63 101 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
66 69 58 193 Take Care, Drake 1
67 71 67 92 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
68 64 50 4 Kidz Bop 33, Kidz Bop Kids 40
69 93 9 3 The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
70 60 139 54 Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church 2
71 82 69 65 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
72 78 74 49 When It's Dark Out, G-Eazy 5
73 105 38 3 Tennessee Christmas, Amy Grant 38
74 104 84 31 Cleopatra, The Lumineers 1
75 89 76 69 DS2, Future 1
76 0 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Country #1's, Various Artists 76
77 0 New 1 Through The Years: The Best Of The Fray, The Fray 77
78 77 64 12 I Told You, Tory Lanez 4
79 92 41 5 Revolution Radio, Green Day 1
80 86 – 44 Damn Country Music, Tim McGraw 5
81 29 – 2 Glow, Brett Eldredge 29
82 83 80 107 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
83 88 73 5 Sit Still, Look Pretty, Daya 36
84 103 87 72 VHS, X Ambassadors 7
85 66 83 66 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
86 95 88 60 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
87 58 20 4 Walls, Kings Of Leon 1
88 81 61 49 A Head Full Of Dreams, Coldplay 2
89 0 New 1 Nightride, Tinashe 89
90 37 4 3 The Serenity Of Suffering, Korn 4
91 102 90 211 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
92 96 85 161 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
93 90 71 31 Low Kii Savage (EP), Kiiara 41
94 100 97 299 21, Adele 1
95 91 103 69 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
96 101 86 293 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
97 0 Re-Entry 10 Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin 17
98 116 155 3 CMA Awards 50 ZinePak, Various Artists 98
99 106 91 59 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 1
100 107 75 41 Nine Track Mind, Charlie Puth 6
101 153 151 97 SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd 5
102 109 89 13 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3), PARTYNEXTDOOR 3
103 111 99 5 Artist, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie 99
104 110 92 125 x, Ed Sheeran 1
105 112 96 404 Metallica, Metallica 1
106 114 114 17 Lil' Boat, Lil Yachty 106
107 94 130 53 Meat And Candy, Old Dominion 16
108 141 104 148 Beyonce, Beyonce 1
109 61 – 2 I'll Have Another...Christmas Album, Straight No Chaser 61
110 99 81 8 Hard II Love, Usher 5
111 120 100 40 EVOL, Future 1
112 62 30 5 Day Breaks, Norah Jones 2
113 84 6 3 Never Lose Sight, Chris Tomlin 6
114 80 101 25 If I'm Honest, Blake Shelton 3
115 63 – 2 TBA (EP), A Boogie Wit da Hoodie 63
116 0 New 1 Eternally Even, Jim James 116
117 138 95 7 WOW Hits 2017, Various Artists 64
118 130 115 126 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
119 121 94 26 Thank You, Meghan Trainor 3
120 117 – 101 Precious Memories, Alan Jackson 4
121 132 112 24 7/27, Fifth Harmony 4
122 79 109 27 You Should Be Here, Cole Swindell 6
123 108 72 5 Oh My My, OneRepublic 3
124 137 127 434 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
125 136 102 64 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
126 135 123 63 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection, Queen 48
127 128 106 315 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
128 0 New 1 Bella Donna (Deluxe Edition), Stevie Nicks 128
129 144 131 55 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Blake Shelton 5
130 115 66 6 22, A Million, Bon Iver 2
131 85 182 24 Black, Dierks Bentley 2
132 147 133 167 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
133 27 – 2 Blood Money, Part 1, Dope 27
134 127 57 24 Skin, Flume 8
135 146 136 141 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
136 165 – 7 Sinner, Aaron Lewis 4
137 126 – 2 Back From The Edge, James Arthur 126
138 139 126 107 1989, Taylor Swift 1
139 155 132 443 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
140 194 – 3 It Must Be Christmas, Chris Young 62
141 54 44 4 The Singles, Phil Collins 44
142 157 116 8 The Very Next Thing, Casting Crowns 9
143 161 156 101 Greatest Hits: Decade #1, Carrie Underwood 4
144 142 98 8 The Divine Feminine, Mac Miller 2
145 177 165 37 I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It, The 1975 1
146 124 140 19 California Sunrise, Jon Pardi 11
147 133 118 18 Blank Face LP, ScHoolboy Q 2
148 156 177 22 A / B, Kaleo 16
149 50 – 2 'Tis The Season, Jimmy Buffett 50
150 0 New 1 A Wonderful World, Susan Boyle 150
151 158 141 122 These Things Happen, G-Eazy 3
152 0 New 1 Strait For The Holidays, George Strait 152
153 159 138 110 Hozier, Hozier 2
154 164 146 49 Late Nights: The Album, Jeremih 42
155 0 Re-Entry 172 Appetite For Destruction, Guns N' Roses 1
156 145 124 11 JEFFERY, Young Thug 8
157 199 189 21 Still Brazy, YG 6
158 172 143 83 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
159 170 147 19 Bobby Tarantino, Logic 12
160 0 Re-Entry 925 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
161 163 149 100 The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj 2
162 15 – 2 Uncharted, The Piano Guys 15
163 185 181 219 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
164 168 142 154 The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem 1
165 174 152 297 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
166 134 113 14 NOW 59, Various Artists 5
167 0 Re-Entry 2 Behold: A Christmas Collection, Lauren Daigle 77
168 167 144 57 Revival, Selena Gomez 1
169 160 160 105 Graduation, Kanye West 1
170 152 121 16 Everybody Looking, Gucci Mane 2
171 118 48 4 1992, The Game 4
172 166 161 170 Crash My Party, Luke Bryan 1
173 0 Re-Entry 55 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion 2
174 0 Re-Entry 31 Lukas Graham, Lukas Graham 3
175 193 172 87 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
176 176 159 258 Recovery, Eminem 1
177 191 145 241 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
178 175 164 250 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
179 190 190 90 Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean 1
180 171 163 106 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
181 125 – 2 Acoustic Christmas, Neil Diamond 125
182 0 Re-Entry 97 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
183 0 Re-Entry 148 Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel 5
184 188 178 202 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 4
185 182 174 83 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
186 0 Re-Entry 249 1, The Beatles 1
187 20 – 2 Brotherhood Of The Snake, Testament 20
188 196 173 96 Title, Meghan Trainor 1
189 189 180 135 I Am...Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 1
190 181 176 294 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 22
191 0 Re-Entry 2 Lil Big Pac, Kodak Black 191
192 0 Re-Entry 13 Unleashed, Skillet 3
193 0 Re-Entry 14 Fitz And The Tantrums, Fitz And The Tantrums 17
194 0 Re-Entry 3 Wish Me Well 2, YFN Lucci 183
195 186 – 39 Illinois, Brett Eldredge 3
196 0 New 1 Layers, Kungs 196
197 0 Re-Entry 52 Bouquet (EP), The Chainsmokers 31
198 200 183 50 Under Pressure, Logic 4
199 0 Re-Entry 110 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
200 0 Re-Entry 108 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 18

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O_ou @ Bublé and Tove Lo

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Rae Sremmurd Leaps 16 Spots Into Top 10
November 14, 2016 | 10:34 AM
by Victoria Hernandez


On this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart, Alicia Keys and Common both debuted albums behind Bon Jovi’s This House is Not For Sale, which snags the top spot with 129,211 equivalent album units. Rae Sremmurd makes the biggest splash this week with its SremmLife 2 landing at #5.

Rae Sremmurd Splashes Into Top 10 With “SremmLife 2”

Rae Sremmurd surged 126 percent in album sales this week for SremmLife 2 to land at #5, the LP’s highest position after debuting at #7 in August. The project sold 39,241 units and lept 16 spots from the #21 position last week. This success is due to the viral sensation of the #MannequinChallenge, which has hordes of people posting freeze-frame tableau videos to the Gucci Mane-assisted “Black Beatles,” even Paul McCartney himself.

Alicia Keys Debuts At #2 With “HERE”

Alicia Keys makes a statement with her latest album, HERE debuting at #2. The project, which features “Blended Family” with A$AP Rocky, sold 49,632 units and was streamed 7.8 million times. She has had five chart-topping projects, including her last output, 2012’s Girl on Fire.

Common’s “Black America Again” Sneaks Into Top 30

Common’s 11th studio album, Black America Again, finds itself at #25 its first week. The politically-charged project sold 15,923 units and was streamed 3 million times. Common’s lone #1 album is 2007’s Finding Forever. His last LP, 2014’s Nobody’s Smiling, peaked at #6.

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

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.

#2 Alicia Keys — HERE — 49,632 (42,269) [7,860,275]

#5 Rae Sremmurd — SremmLife 2 — 39,241 (2,992) [31,201,169]

#8 Drake – VIEWS – 32,469 (4,706) [36,864,035]

#12 Various Artists – Suicide Squad: The Album – 24,657 (7,990) [14,062,478]

#13 Meek Mill — Dreamchasers 4 — 24,084 (4,701) [26,247,224]

#14 Jeezy — Trap or Die 3 — 22,333 (13,804) [10,450,297]

#18 Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight – 19,290 (3,335) [21,747,532]

#22 Rihanna – ANTI – 17,013 (2,876) [16,666,554]

#24 A$AP Mob — Cozy Tapes Vol. 1 — 16,026 (3,032) [18,252,098]

#25 Common — Black America Again — 15,923 (13,191) [3,070,866]

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Soundscan Surprises, Week Ending 11/10
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.”

Stevie Nicks is on the 24 Karat Gold Tour and played at TD Garden last night in Boston. Did you see her? Please don’t brag. She also just released deluxe editions of Bella Donna and Wild Heart. Rush just released a documentary about their last North American Tour called Time Stand Still.

The back catalog is approximately HALF Christmas albums this week, so you know what that means: Mannheim Steamroller! Also: Nashville Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas, Country Christmas, Women of Christmas, and Christmas with the Chipmunks. Snaps to Barbra Streisand for just calling hers Christmas Album.

Now. Are you ready for a tongue twister? There are many versions of “Now” Christmas Albums. First, we have Now That’s What I Call Christmas! “a two-disc holiday music compilation that was released on October 23, 2001 by Universal Music Group. The album is part of the Now! series, and the first holiday-themed album in the series.” Nows 2 and 3 were released in 2003 and 2006, respectively, but only The Essential Now That’s What I Call Christmas, released in 2008, has made it onto the back catalog (Essential does better than Original, for those keeping score from home). Now That’s What I Call Christmas 4, a more modern take, came out in 2010 but has not been as popular, probably due to the inclusion of Various Rucker. And a version of “Happy Christmas (War is Over)” by MAROON FUCKING 5. I will not link. Now That’s What I Call A Country Christmas obviously sells very well and appears on the back catalog. Now that’s what I call ESSENTIAL CHRISTMAS!!

This week’s true surprise: Meat Light, a re-release from Frank Zappa based on the “vast musical treasures” found in his estate. It is:

a three-disc set that includes the original 1969 vinyl mix (restored, remastered and available on CD and digitally for the first time), Zappa’s never-before-released original sequence and a variety of unreleased rare alternate mixes, live performances, and studio session outtakes.
Sounds delicious. Oh and RIP Leonard Cohen.

7. STEVIE NICKS BELLA DONNA (DELUXE EDITION) 4,302 copies
15. STEVIE NICKS WILD HEART (DELUXE EDITION 3,175 copies
32. RUSH SNAKES & ARROWS 2,200 copies
77. COHEN*LEONARD ESSENTIAL LEONARD COHEN 1,565 copies
79. MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS SONG 1,544 copies
90. MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER LIVE 1,438 copies

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Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Stevie Nicks' 'Bella Donna' Returns, Michael Buble's 'Christmas' Gains
11/19/2016 by Keith Caulfield

On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Nov. 26), Bon Jovi notched its sixth No. 1 album with the debut of This House Is Not For Sale. The set earned 129,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 10, according to Nielsen Music, of which 128,000 were in traditional 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.

-- Various Artists, Now 60 - No. 7: The long-running Now That’s What I Call Music series sees the 60th volume in its main, numbered collection arrive at No. 7 with 36,000 units (all from traditional album sales). All 60 of the main, numbered Now albums have reached the top 10.

Meanwhile, over on the Top Holiday Albums chart, another Now-branded compilation -- Now That’s What I Call a Merry Christmas, zooms up the list. It climbs 26-15 with 4,000 sold in the latest tracking week (up 89 percent).

The album is the tenth Christmas title from the Now series, including two country-specific holiday albums. Collectively, the 10 albums have sold 8 million in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music, and the first nine albums all reached the top 10 on the Top Holiday Albums chart.

The series got off to a robust start with 2001’s Now That’s What I Call Christmas!, which spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Top Holiday Albums chart and has sold 3.51 million. On the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, the set peaked at No. 3, making it the highest-charting Christmas compilation ever.

-- Michael Buble, Christmas - No. 45: The singer’s former No. 1 album roars up the tally, flying from No. 129 to No. 45 with 10,000 units (up 91 percent) and 7,000 in album sales (up 108 percent). The blockbuster set spent five weeks atop the chart following its 2011 debut. In total, it has sold 3.9 million copies and is Buble’s best-selling release.

-- Stevie Nicks, Bella Donna (Deluxe Edition) - No. 128: A new expanded version of Stevie Nicks’ 1981 solo debut album, Bella Donna, arrives on the chart with 5,000 units earned. The original album reached No. 1, and remains Nicks’ only solo chart-topper.

The revamped deluxe title -- which features 25 additional tracks -- charts separately from the original album, and its sales history is also tracked independently of the original release.

The original Bella Donna album climbed to No. 1 on the list dated Sept. 5, 1981 and also marked the icon’s first of so-far nine top 40-charting efforts. She most recently visited the top 40 with her 2014 album 24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault, which debuted and peaked at No. 7.

Bella Donna also sports the most top 40-charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 of any Nicks album, as it launched four hits into the region. Its lead-off single, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, peaked at No. 3 (for six weeks!). It was followed by “Leather and Lace,” with Don Henley (which reached No. 6), “Edge of Seventeen” (No. 11) and “After the Glitter Fades” (No. 32).

-- Susan Boyle, A Wonderful World - No. 150: Susan Boyle’s seventh album in as many years, A Wonderful World, bows with 5,000 units (nearly all from traditional album sales). Boyle’s first six releases all reached the top 40, including two No. 1s.

The vocalist made a splashy debut at No. 1 with her first album, I Dreamed a Dream, on the list dated Dec. 12, 2009. The set spent its first six weeks on the chart at No. 1, and in that span of time, sold a whopping 3 million copies. A year later, she topped the list again with the holiday-themed The Gift (spending four weeks at No. 1). She kept up the pace in the following years with Someone to Watch Over Me (No. 4 in 2011), Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From the Stage (No. 12 in 2012), Home for Christmas (No. 17 in 2013), Hope (No. 16 in 2014) and now A Wonderful World.

In total, Boyle has sold 7.9 million albums in the U.S.

-- George Strait, Strait for the Holidays - No. 152: George Strait’s Walmart-exclusive Strait for the Holidays bows at No. 152 with 5,000 units (nearly all from traditional album sales). The 30-track, two-CD album was released on Oct. 30 and marks Strait’s 41st entry on the Billboard 200. The album is essentially a compilation of Strait’s three previous Christmas efforts: Merry Christmas Strait to You! (released in 1986), Merry Christmas Wherever You Are (1999) and Fresh Cut Christmas (released exclusively through Hallmark stores in 2006, and then to all retail in 2008 under a new title, Classic Christmas).