Billboard 200 - 12/31/16 - J Cole #1

[Gary]

J. Cole Scores His Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart, With Third-Largest Debut of 2016


J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only bounds in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, granting the rapper his fourth chart-topper and notching the third-largest debut of 2016, according to Nielsen Music. The set earned 492,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 15. Only the bows of Drake’s Views (1.04 million units) and Beyonce’s Lemonade (653,000) were larger this year.

Of J. Cole’s overall 492,000 unit start, 363,000 were in traditional album sales -- the third-biggest weekly sales sum for a single album this year. Again, it trails only the arrivals of Views (852,000 sold in its first week) and Lemonade (a 485,000 sales launch).

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 Dec. 31-dated chart (where 4 Your Eyez Only opens at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s Websites on Tuesday, Dec. 20.


4 Your Eyez Only also logs a big streaming week as it tallied 118,000 in SEA units (equaling 51.7 million streams of the album’s songs), which is the second-largest streaming debut ever for an album. It trails only the bow of Drake’s Views, which launched with 163,000 streaming units in its opening frame (equating to 245.1 million streams of songs from the album that week). 4 Your Eyez Only is just the third album to surpass 100,000 streaming equivalent album units in a single week, following Views and The Weeknd’s Starboy (with its opening frame of 117,000 in SEA units). Views actually did it three times: during its debut week, along with its third (124,000) and fourth (111,000) frames.

4 Your Eyez Only is J. Cole’s fourth studio album, and all four have debuted at No. 1. He joins Drake and DMX as the only rap acts to debut at No. 1 with their first four full-length studio efforts. Drake did it with his first six, starting with 2010’s Thank Me Later (and including his collaborative set with Future, What a Time to Be Alive, in 2015). DMX saw his first five full-length studio sets all enter atop the list, between 1998 and 2003.

J. Cole first hit No. 1 with his debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, in 2011, when it launched with 217,000 copies sold. He followed it in 2013 with Born Sinner (297,000 sold in its first week) and then the following year with 2014 Forest Hills Drive (354,000 first week sales). Thus, J. Cole has achieved an infrequent feat: each of his successive albums has started with a larger debut sales week than the previous set, as his new album bows with 363,000 sold.

Other acts that have shown steady gains with the opening frames of their recent albums include Bruno Mars, Adele (both with their first three studio sets) and Taylor Swift (with her first five studio efforts).
At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 is a surging Pentatonix, with A Pentatonix Christmas. The set earned 156,000 units for the week (up 22 percent). The group’s previous holiday album, That’s Christmas To Me, returns to the top five, as it climbs 8-5 with 65,000 units (up 24 percent). Pentatonix is the first act to chart a pair of albums concurrently in the top five since Prince on the May 21-dated chart, following an outpouring of support for his music following his death on April 21. Previous to Prince, both David Bowie and Whitney Houston also scored the feat, in 2016 and 2012, respectively -- but again, only after their deaths. The last living act to notch a pair of albums in the top five at the same time was Adele on the March 3, 2012-dated chart. That week’s chart reflected impact from the 2012 Grammy Awards, where Adele’s 21 took home multiple trophies, including the award for album of the year. The set held at No. 1 on the list, while her previous album, 19, jumped 9-4.
Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, The Weeknd’s Starboy slips 2-3 with 109,000 units (down 28 percent in its third week) and Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic rises 6-4 with 74,000 units (up 27 percent).

Singer/songwriter/rapper Post Malone sees his debut studio album, Stoney, bow at No. 6 with 58,000 units (19,000 in album sales). The album had a particularly robust number of streams for the week (51.7 million streams, equating to 34,000 SEA units), as the set garnered the third-most streams for its tracks among any album on the chart for the week (behind 4 Your Eyez Only and Starboy).
Stoney features Post Malone’s breakthrough smash single “White Iverson,” which reached No. 3 on the Hot Rap Songs chart in January.

The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton returns to the top 10, as it climbs 11-7 with 48,000 units (up 7 percent). Its rise comes as its spin-off album, The Hamilton Mixtape, tumbles 1-14 in its second week with 36,000 units (down 81 percent).
The Moana movie soundtrack slips one rung to No. 8 with 48,000 units (down 10 percent) and Michael Buble’s Christmas jumps 13-9 with a little more than 43,000 units (up 1 percent). The Rolling Stones’ Blue & Lonesome rounds out the top 10, as it descends 4-10 in its second week with 43,000 units (down 65 percent).

[Gary]

1. J Cole 492K
2. Pentatonix Christmas - 156K
3. The Weeknd - 109K
4. Bruno Mars - 74K
5. Pentatonix 65K
6. Post Malone - 58K
7. Hamilton - 48K
8. Moana 48K
9. Michael Buble - Christmas - 43K
10. Rolling Stones - 43K


14.  Hamilton Mixtape - 36K

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Garth is not in the Top 10. Must be #11 or #12.

and...

2016 SPS Debuts

1. Drake, Views 1.04 million
2. Beyonce, Lemonade 653,000
3. J. Cole, 4 Your Eyez Only 492,000
4. The Weeknd, Starboy 348,000
5. Metallica, Hardwired 291,000
6. Frank Ocean, Blonde 276,000
7. Bruno Mars, 24k Magic 231,000
8. Lady GaGa, Joanne 201,000

2016 Album Sales Debuts

1. Drake, Views 852,000
2. Beyonce, Lemonade 485,000
3. J. Cole, 4 Your Eyez Only 363,000
4. Metallica, Hardwired 282,000
5. Frank Ocean, Blonde 232,000
6. The Weeknd, Starboy 209,000

[HolidayGuy]

If Billboard remembered to chart it on Album Sales and it ranks top 10, Brooks will land his 18th top-10-selling album.

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Top Album Sales

J. COLE|4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY ( 1) 362k
PENTATONIX|A PENTATONIX CHRIST( 2) 139k
MARS*BRUNO|24K MAGIC ( 3) 50k
PENTATONIX|THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO( 4) 49k
ROLLING STONES|BLUE & LONESOME( 5) 42k
METALLICA|HARDWIRED...TO SELF-( 6) 38k
THE WEEKND|STARBOY ( 7) 37k
BROOKS*GARTH|ULTIMATE COLLECTI( 8) 36k
HAMILTON / O.B.|HAMILTON / O.B( 9) 32k
TECH N9NE|THE STORM ( 10) 31k

MOANA / O.S.T.|MOANA / O.S.T. ( 11) 31k
SMITH*JORDAN|'TIS THE SEASON ( 12) 31k
ORIGINAL BROADW|HAMILTON MIXTA( 13) 29k
TROLLS|ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE( 14) 27k
BUBLE*MICHAEL|CHRISTMAS ( 15) 26k
BROOKS*GARTH / |CHRISTMAS TOGE( 16) 25k
LAMBERT*MIRANDA|WEIGHT OF THES( 17) 21k
STAPLETON*CHRIS|TRAVELLER ( 18) 19k
POST MALONE|STONEY ( 19) 19k
TOMLIN*CHRIS|ADORE: CHRISTMAS ( 20) 18k

[HolidayGuy]

Counting the three releases featuring Gunslinger, that album was sold more than 60,000 times in the past week.

Amy Grant's holiday album has sold pretty decently.

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www.yahoo.com/music/chart-watch-j-cole-is-bigger-than-you-think-221351031.html

Chart Watch: J. Cole 'Eyez' the Top Spot
by Paul Grein, Yahoo Music
December 19, 2016

Top Albums

J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only enters the Billboard 200 at in the top spot, becoming his fourth consecutive No. 1 album. The album moved 492K in equivalent units, which includes 363K in traditional album sales. Those are the third-biggest first-week tallies so far this year, behind Drake’s Views and Beyoncé’s Lemonade.

4 Your Eyez Only was released on Dec. 9. Cole’s previous album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, was released on the same date two years ago. (It debuted at No. 1, interrupting Taylor Swift’s reign at No. 1 with 1989.) This is significant because the weeks leading up to Christmas are traditionally the most competitive time of the year for albums.

Cole’s debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, opened at No. 1 in October 2011. His sophomore album, Born Sinner, opened at No. 2 in July 2013 (behind Kanye West’s Yeezus), but rose to No. 1 in its third week.

Each of Cole’s four albums has sold more copies in its first week (in traditional album sales) than the one before it. The progression is 217K, 297K, 354K, and 363K. (This is also true of Swift’s albums. Each of her five albums has sold more copies in its first week than the one before it.)

The spelling of 4 Your Eyez Only seems to be a nod to Prince, whose albums included The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, Lotusflow3r/MPL Sound, and 4Ever.

Deep trivia: In terms of No. 1 albums, J. Cole is second only to R. Kelly among artists who use an initial in place of their first name. R. Kelly has had six No. 1 albums. If you’re wondering, the initials stand for Jermaine (Cole) and Robert (Kelly).

Pentatonix have two albums in this week’s top five. A Pentatonix Christmas moves up from No. 3 to No. 2 in its eighth week. That’s Christmas to Me (which spent two weeks at No. 2 two years ago) rebounds from No. 8 to No. 5 in its 31st week on the chart. Billboard‘s Keith Caulfield notes that Pentatonix are the first act to put two albums in the top five simultaneously since Prince did it in April, following his death. (David Bowie and Whitney Houston also achieved the feat posthumously.) The last act to have two albums in the top five while still living (always the preferred way to do things) was Adele, who scored in March 2012 following her sweep of the Grammys.

This is its third non-consecutive week at No. 2 for A Pentatonix Christmas. It has ranked No. 2 behind three different No. 1 albums (by A Tribe Called Quest, the Weeknd, and now J. Cole). As for That’s Christmas to Me, the album is No. 1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 13th (cumulative) week.

The Weeknd’s Starboy dips from No. 2 to No. 3 in its third week. The album debuted at No. 1 two weeks ago.

Bruno Mars’s 24K Magic rebounds from No. 6 to No. 4 in its fourth week. The album debuted and peaked at No. 2.

Post Malone’s debut album, Stoney, debuts at No. 6. Post Malone is the second white rapper to debut in the top 10 in the past two months. Mac Miller bowed at No. 2 in September with The Divine Feminine. Stoney includes three Hot 100 singles, including “White Iverson,” which reached No. 14.

The Hamilton Broadway cast album rebounds from No. 11 to No. 7 in its 64th week. The album peaked at No. 3 in the wake of the Tony Awards in June.

The Moana soundtrack dips from No. 7 to No. 8 in its fourth week. The album peaked at No. 5. It’s No. 1 on Top Soundtracks for the second week.

Michael Bublé’s Christmas rebounds from No. 13 to No. 9 in its 54th chart week. The album logged five weeks at No. 1 in its first holiday season five years ago.

The Rolling Stones’ Blue & Lonesome drops from No. 4 to No. 10 in its second week.

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. The Hamilton Mixtape drops from No. 1 to No. 14. Childish Gambino’s “Awaken, My Love!” drops from No. 5 to No. 20. Grace VanderWaal’s Perfectly Imperfect EP plummets from No. 9 to No. 53. Kane Brown’s Kane Brown dives from No. 10 to No. 47.

Tech N9ne lands his ninth top 20 album as The Storm debuts at No. 12. The title echoes the title of his 1999 debut album, The Calm Before the Storm.

I have both good and bad news for Garth Brooks fans. First, the good news: His 10-CD opus The Ultimate Collection is in its fifth week of release and thus is finally eligible to appear on various Billboard charts. (Billboard bars low-priced albums from charting in their first four weeks of release. But for that rule, the album would have appeared in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 in its first three weeks.) Now, the bad news: The collection enters that chart at No. 13, just missing becoming Brooks’s 18th top 10 album.

There is a consolation prize of sorts for Brooks: The collection enters Top Country Albums at No. 1, displacing Kane Brown’s Kane Brown. It’s Brooks’s 16th No. 1 country album; his second in the space of five weeks (following Christmas Together, a collabo with his wife, Trisha Yearwood). Brooks is the only artist to land two No. 1 country albums in 2016. Moreover, this the first time Brooks has had two No. 1 country albums in the same calendar year since 1999, when he scored with Double Live (a holdover from 1998) and Garth Brooks & The Magic of Christmas. Finally, The Ultimate Collection is the third box set to top the country chart. The first two were also by Brooks — The Limited Series (1998) and Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences (2013).

Neil Young’s 37th studio album, Peace Trail, debuts at No. 76. In 1971, Cat Stevens had a top 10 hit that was just one letter off — “Peace Train.”

Coming attractions: Look for debuts next week by Gucci Mane’s The Return of East Atlanta Santa, Kid Cudi’s Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’, and the score soundtrack from this past weekend’s No. 1 movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

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Hip Hop Album Sales: J. Cole's "4 Your Eyez Only" Gets 2016's Third-Highest Debut
December 19, 2016 | 1:55 PM
by Victoria Hernandez

J. Cole dominated the Billboard 200 albums chart with the debut of his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only. Post Malone and Tech N9ne also debut in the Top 15 with their projects while The Weeknd and Bruno Mars maintain strong sales.

J. Cole Sells Nearly Half A Mil With “4 Your Eyez Only”

J. Cole sold incredible numbers with the release of 4 Your Eyez Only, which lands at #1 on this week’s chart. The LP sold 492,217 equivalent album units and was streamed 176,949,538 times its first week, more than The Weeknd’s Starboy upon its debut last week. The album’s debut numbers are this year’s third most for an album release this year, following Drake’s VIEWS and Beyoncé’s LEMONADE. This release means all of J. Cole’s albums have reached the top of the 200 albums chart.

Post Malone’s Debut Puts Up Numbers

Riding the wave of “White Iverson” success, Post Malone’s debut album, Stoney, makes an impact with a #6 chart position in this sales cycle. The project pushed 57,538 equivalent album units and was streamed 51,680,334 times in its first week.

Tech N9ne Storms Onto The Charts With Latest LP

Tech N9ne lands at #12 with The Storm selling 36,851 equivalent album units and being streamed more than 6 million times in its first week. This follows the success of last year’s Special Effects, which peaked at #4 as the Kansas City MC continues his independent reign.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 12/15/2016

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 J. Cole — 4 Your Eyez Only — 492,217 (362,789) [176,949,538]

#3 The Weeknd — Starboy — 109,289 (37,288) [90,708,360]

#4 Bruno Mars — 24K Magic — 73,779 (49,985) [19,542,496]

#6 Post Malone — Stoney — 57,538 (18,935) [51,680,334]

#12 Tech N9ne — The Storm — 36,851 (31,264) [6,193,207]

#14 Various Artists — The Hamilton Mixtape — 36,140 (29,340) [8,483,776]

#17 Drake – VIEWS — 30,505 (5,924) [33,044,513]

#20 Childish Gambino — Awaken, My Love! — 26,944 (14,513) [17,282,156]

#25 Various Artists — Suicide Squad: The Album — 23,464 (12,085) [10,794,255]

#26 Rae Sremmurd — SremmLife 2 — 23,070 (2,046) [21,393,645]

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1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 4 Your Eyez Only, J. Cole 1
2 3 2 8 A Pentatonix Christmas, Pentatonix 2
3 2 1 3 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
4 6 4 4 24K Magic, Bruno Mars 2
5 8 7 31 That's Christmas To Me, Pentatonix 2
6 0 New 1 Stoney, Post Malone 6
7 11 10 64 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 3
8 7 5 4 Moana, Soundtrack 5
9 13 8 54 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
10 4 – 2 Blue & Lonesome, The Rolling Stones 4
11 12 3 4 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct, Metallica 1
12 0 New 1 The Storm, Tech N9ne 12
13 0 New 1 The Ultimate Collection, Garth Brooks 13
14 1 – 2 The Hamilton Mixtape, Various Artists 1
15 15 6 12 Trolls, Soundtrack 3
16 19 11 5 'Tis The Season, Jordan Smith 11
17 17 12 33 Views, Drake 1
18 21 17 83 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
19 18 13 8 Joanne, Lady Gaga 1
20 5 – 2 "Awaken, My Love!", Childish Gambino 5
21 24 24 66 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
22 16 14 5 Christmas Together, Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 7
23 26 22 56 25, Adele 1
24 20 9 4 The Weight Of These Wings, Miranda Lambert 3
25 25 18 19 Suicide Squad: The Album, Soundtrack 1

26 22 16 18 Sremmlife 2, Rae Sremmurd 4
27 23 19 6 Collage (EP), The Chainsmokers 6
28 29 27 47 ANTI, Rihanna 1
29 14 – 2 Darkness And Light, John Legend 14
30 0 New 1 The Voice: The Complete Season 11 Collection, Sundance Head 30
31 30 34 32 Ripcord, Keith Urban 4
32 28 39 64 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 3
33 34 26 15 Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin 17
34 0 New 1 Do What Thou Wilt., AB-Soul 34
35 31 20 30 Dangerous Woman, Ariana Grande 2
36 32 37 12 Illuminate, Shawn Mendes 1
37 33 46 56 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 23
38 35 79 106 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
39 52 40 7 Glow, Brett Eldredge 29
40 27 108 26 The Getaway, Red Hot Chili Peppers 2
41 61 57 30 If I'm Honest, Blake Shelton 3
42 38 38 6 The RCA-List, Vol. 2, Various Artists 23
43 51 42 22 Savage Mode, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 28
44 37 41 8 The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
45 41 32 15 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott 1
46 45 29 7 Behold: A Christmas Collection, Lauren Daigle 29
47 10 – 2 Kane Brown, Kane Brown 10
48 48 71 7 Acoustic Christmas, Neil Diamond 48
49 42 33 46 This Is Acting, Sia 4
50 50 44 6 NOW 60, Various Artists 7

51 44 23 16 Dig Your Roots, Florida Georgia Line 2
52 39 31 8 Tennessee Christmas, Amy Grant 31
53 9 – 2 Perfectly Imperfect (EP), Grace VanderWaal 9
54 43 55 72 Noel, Josh Groban 1
55 109 87 8 PS You Want It Darker, Leonard Cohen 7
56 54 28 84 How Can It Be, Lauren Daigle 28
57 40 15 5 We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service, A Tribe Called Quest 1
58 47 53 7 I'll Have Another...Christmas Album, Straight No Chaser 47
59 60 30 9 Kidz Bop 33, Kidz Bop Kids 30
60 70 99 5 NOW That's What I Call Merry Christmas, Various Artists 60
61 76 70 12 WOW Hits 2017, Various Artists 61
62 68 105 24 PTXmas (EP), Pentatonix 7
63 65 64 34 Lemonade, Beyonce 1
64 49 54 60 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion 2
65 36 21 4 Christmas Together / Gunslinger, Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 21
66 66 83 57 Purpose, Justin Bieber 1
67 55 36 68 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
68 59 82 32 White Christmas, Bing Crosby 59
69 57 51 37 The Life Of deleted, Kanye West 1
70 82 45 8 Nobody But Me, Michael Buble 2
71 62 67 122 Vessel, twenty one pilots 21
72 101 78 11 A Seat At The Table, Solange 1
73 78 68 64 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
74 72 65 31 Coloring Book, Chance The Rapper 8
75 75 90 27 The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole 75

76 0 New 1 Peace Trail, Neil Young 76
77 0 New 1 The Voice: The Complete Season 11 Collection, Billy Gilman 77
78 56 50 4 Epic Lit (Version 2), Various Artists 32
79 67 80 70 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
80 85 84 7 'Tis The Season, Jimmy Buffett 50
81 63 77 57 It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley 41
82 71 73 30 Christmas Songs By Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 71
83 86 58 48 Death Of A Bachelor, Panic! At The Disco 1
84 87 63 36 Cleopatra, The Lumineers 1
85 46 25 3 Gunslinger, Garth Brooks 25
86 91 81 21 The Human Condition, Jon Bellion 5
87 73 103 25 Wrapped In Red, Kelly Clarkson 3
88 97 72 14 They Don't Know, Jason Aldean 1
89 79 47 7 Cosmic Hallelujah, Kenny Chesney 2
90 83 61 64 Tangled Up, Thomas Rhett 6
91 53 35 4 4Ever, Prince 35
92 90 100 26 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley 90
93 80 76 57 Know-It-All, Alessia Cara 9
94 58 62 120 The Ultimate Hits, Garth Brooks 3
95 81 49 4 Strait Out Of The Box: Part 2, George Strait 20
96 77 97 5 A Very Kacey Christmas, Kacey Musgraves 77
97 84 56 5 Wonderland, Sarah McLachlan 56
98 95 89 19 Encore, DJ Snake 8
99 144 157 27 Pentatonix, Pentatonix 1
100 98 93 68 Badlands, Halsey 2

101 161 171 28 Hero, Maren Morris 5
102 106 91 29 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World, Lil Uzi Vert 44
103 108 111 304 21, Adele 1
104 93 75 8 Big Baby D.R.A.M., D.R.A.M. 19
105 100 137 39 Christmas Portrait, Carpenters 93
106 102 148 23 A Family Christmas, The Piano Guys 20
107 103 96 46 Islah, Kevin Gates 2
108 96 98 54 When It's Dark Out, G-Eazy 5
109 94 115 34 Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton 31
110 69 60 6 The Greatest Gift Of All, Rascal Flatts 60
111 89 69 7 DC4, Meek Mill 3
112 64 48 8 It Must Be Christmas, Chris Young 48
113 0 New 1 Sing, Soundtrack 113
114 117 112 17 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
115 130 146 112 1989, Taylor Swift 1
116 88 66 5 To Celebrate Christmas, Jennifer Nettles 66
117 105 104 21 Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration, Johnny Mathis 104
118 0 New 1 La La Land, Soundtrack 118
119 126 – 89 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
120 107 106 198 Take Care, Drake 1
121 119 74 60 Storyteller, Carrie Underwood 2
122 110 121 33 Under The Mistletoe, Justin Bieber 1
123 115 134 19 Personal Christmas Collection, Andy Williams 115
124 120 92 10 Oh My My, OneRepublic 3
125 112 122 24 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives 92

126 123 127 216 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
127 118 116 97 If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake 1
128 153 176 194 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
129 104 120 46 The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas, Various Artists 25
130 134 131 71 Kill The Lights, Luke Bryan 1
131 139 129 112 Montevallo, Sam Hunt 3
132 159 118 10 MercyMe, It's Christmas!, MercyMe 38
133 111 114 4 Kidz Bop Christmas (2016), Kidz Bop Kids 111
134 168 52 13 The Very Next Thing, Casting Crowns 9
135 163 85 10 Day Breaks, Norah Jones 2
136 135 139 130 x, Ed Sheeran 1
137 0 New 1 A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 137
138 192 185 302 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
139 0 New 1 The Waiting Room, Trip Lee 139
140 116 95 20 Major Key, DJ Khaled 1
141 128 59 6 HERE, Alicia Keys 2
142 124 128 409 Metallica, Metallica 1
143 0 Re-Entry 342 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
144 0 Re-Entry 8 Walls, Kings Of Leon 1
145 197 193 254 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
146 0 Re-Entry 150 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
147 125 88 7 The Stage, Avenged Sevenfold 4
148 129 126 18 The Perfect LUV Tape, Lil Uzi Vert 55
149 136 138 298 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
150 141 117 59 Mr. Misunderstood, Eric Church 2

151 165 – 45 Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP), Various Artists 17
152 143 177 24 Home For Christmas, 'N Sync 7
153 170 43 8 Never Lose Sight, Chris Tomlin 6
154 122 178 50 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 48
155 162 109 31 Thank You, Meghan Trainor 3
156 132 151 40 White Christmas, Martina McBride 64
157 151 163 131 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
158 137 143 10 Artist, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie 99
159 195 – 69 Cole World: The Sideline Story, J. Cole 1
160 148 – 11 Christmas Classics, Bing Crosby 112
161 155 150 54 A Head Full Of Dreams, Coldplay 2
162 179 167 17 NOW 59, Various Artists 5
163 166 174 448 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
164 152 156 77 VHS, X Ambassadors 7
165 140 136 74 DS2, Future 1
166 154 191 62 The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 26
167 133 158 19 Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis, Elvis Presley 101
168 142 144 29 42578, Fifth Harmony 4
169 184 196 24 California Sunrise, Jon Pardi 11
170 0 Re-Entry 83 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
171 199 164 439 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
172 0 New 1 MADE, BIGBANG 172
173 189 166 6 This House Is Not For Sale, Bon Jovi 1
174 99 135 246 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
175 176 197 7 Back From The Edge, James Arthur 126

176 0 Re-Entry 35 RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., for KING & COUNTRY 13
177 186 94 10 Revolution Radio, Green Day 1
178 169 161 64 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 1
179 158 153 65 What A Time To Be Alive, Drake & Future 1
180 138 140 35 us (EP), gnash 46
181 181 198 9 Live, Mannheim Steamroller 66
182 150 145 166 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
183 0 New 1 Someday At Christmas, Jackie Evancho 183
184 156 86 5 57th & 9th, Sting 9
185 175 169 67 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection, Queen 48
186 174 149 69 Immortalized, Disturbed 1
187 167 189 23 The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection, Bing Crosby 100
188 188 192 88 Handwritten, Shawn Mendes 1
189 0 Re-Entry 34 James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor 16
190 193 190 60 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Blake Shelton 5
191 0 Re-Entry 280 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
192 0 Re-Entry 221 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
193 114 155 18 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3), PARTYNEXTDOOR 3
194 0 Re-Entry 9 22, A Million, Bon Iver 2
195 131 107 5 Simply Christmas, Leslie Odom, Jr. 31
196 0 Re-Entry 32 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 32
197 182 – 18 The Best Of The Temptations Christmas, The Temptations 102
198 164 130 146 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
199 149 132 74 The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini 31
200 0 Re-Entry 10 Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, Barbra Streisand 1

[Enigma.]

Blonde has been out of top 100 for a while now... it opened with such great numbers but hasn't really had the staying power

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Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: December 20, 2016
Posted By Matt Bjorke

Garth Brooks' "The Ultimate Collection" box set finally enters the SoundScan Charts. It debuts at #1 and has a total tally of 326k to date.

CNTRY Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Garth Brooks The Ultimate Collection 36,600 325,900
2 G.Brooks/T.Yearwood Christmas Together 25,000 145,300
3 Miranda Lambert The Weight Of These Wings 21,300 197,000
4 Chris Stapleton Traveller 19,700 1,726,600
5 Brett Eldredge Glow 15,800 77,100
6 Keith Urban Ripcord 15,000 379,700
7 Blake Shelton If I'm Honest 13,200 521,700
8 G.Brooks/T.Yearwood Christmas Together/Gunslinger 12,800 58,800
9 Kane Brown Kane Brown 12,700 58,200
10 Garth Brooks Gunslinger 11,200 45,600
11 Jimmy Buffett Tis The Season (XMas) 11,200 56,500
12 George Strait Strait Out of the Box...PT 2 10,300 54,600
13 Kenny Chesney Cosmic Halleujah 8,900 153,900
14 Florida Georgia Line Dig Your Roots 8,900 303,000
15 Kacey Musgraves A Very Kacey Christmas 8,600 41,400

-- Rascal Flatts Greatest Gift Of All 8,400 51,800
-- Jason Aldean They Don't Know 8,000 279,600
-- Jennifer Nettles To Celebrate Christmas 7,900 43,600
-- Chris Young It Must Be Christmas 7,600 61,000
-- Maren Morris Hero 6,200 146,100
-- Carrie Underwood Storyteller 5,600 707,300
-- Thomas Rhett Tangled Up 5,400 509,600
-- Home Free Full of (Even More) Cheer 5,100 31,600
-- Joey+Rory Hyms 4,700 507,000
-- Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 4,200 1,083,400
-- Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood 4,100 476,700
-- Dolly Parton Pure & Simple 4,100 97,300
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 3,500 228,500
-- Sturgill Simpson A Sailor's Guide To Earth 3,500 149,100
-- Loretta Lynn White Christmas Blue 3,300 21,600
-- Jon Pardi California Sunrise 3,100 90,100
-- Cole Swindell You Should Be Here 3,100 232,700
-- Sundance Head Complete Season Collection 3,000 3,000
-- Tim McGraw Damn County Music 2,900 239,800
-- Aaron Lewis Sinner 2,800 89,400
-- Dierks Bentley Black 2,400 218,400
-- Home Free Country Evolution 2,100 52,850
-- Old Dominion Meat And Candy 1,800 170,300
-- Justin Moore Kinda Don't Care 1,800 89,800
-- Chris Young I'm Comin' Over 1,800 249,500
-- Dwight Yoakam Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars... 1,700 23,100
-- Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop 1,400 91,700
-- Brett Eldredge Illinois 1,400 164,100
-- Drake White Spark 1,300 32,200
-- Dan+Shay Obsessed 1,200 75,800
-- Jennifer Nettles Playing With Fire 1,100 94,900
-- High Valley Dear Life 1,100 4,800
-- Bradley Walker Call Me Old-Fashioned 1,000 20,300
-- Vince Gill Down to My Last Bad Habit 1,000 76,000
-- Margo Price Midwest Farmer's Daughter 1,000 41,400
-- Sister Hazel Unplugged From Daryl's House 800 800