Billboard 200 3/25/17 - Ed Sheeran

[Gary]

Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With 2017's Biggest Debut

Plus, Metallica jumps to No. 2 & Khalid debuts at No. 9.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, earning a whopping 451,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 10, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the largest week for an album in 2017, and the biggest since J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only launched at No. 1 with 492,000 on the Dec. 31, 2016-dated list.

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 25-dated chart (where Sheeran debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, March 14.

Further, ÷ starts with 322,000 in traditional album sales -- again, the largest sales frame for an album since 4 Your Eyez Only debuted with 363,000 copies sold.


This is Sheeran’s second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, following the chart-topping bow of his previous studio effort, x (Multiply), in 2014. That set launched with 209,000 in traditional album sales (before the Billboard 200 transitioned to a ranking based on equivalent album units).

Additionally, ÷ logs the biggest streaming week for an album since 4 Your Eyez Only’s debut frame. ÷ earned 90,000 streaming equivalent album units (which equates to 134.6 million streams of songs from the album in the tracking week). 4 Your Eyez Only arrived with 118,000 streaming equivalent album units (176.9 million streams of the album’s songs).

Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct jumps from No. 14 to No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 with 81,000 units (up 191 percent) and 79,000 in album sales (up 209 percent). The gain is owed mostly to a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with the band’s stadium tour that went on sale on Feb. 17. The trek launches on May 10 in Baltimore, Md., at M&T Bank Stadium. Redemptions of albums included with the purchase of a concert ticket register as a sale in the week the customer redeems/receives the album.




Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic holds at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 65,000 units (up 12 percent), Future’s self-titled album dips 2-4 with 52,000 units (down 18 percent), while last week’s leader, Future’s HNDRXX, falls to No. 5 with 49,000 units in its second week (down 59 percent).

Migos’ Culture is steady at No. 6 with 44,000 units (down 6 percent), The Weeknd’s Starboy is stationary at No. 7 with 42,000 units (down 8 percent), and the Moana soundtrack is also a non-mover at No. 8 with 39,000 units (up less than 1 percent).

The second and final debut in the top 10 belongs to Khalid, whose American Teen arrives at No. 9 with 37,000 units (12,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the 19-year-old R&B singer’s debut effort, and was led by the single “Location,” which has reached the top 20 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Rounding out the Billboard 200's top 10 at No. 10 is the Trolls soundtrack, falling five slots with 36,000 units (down 28 percent).

[Gary]

1. Ed Sheeran 451,000
2. Metallica 81,000
3. Bruno 65,000
4. Future 52,000
5. Future HNDRXX 49,000
6. Migos 44,000
7. Weeknd 42,000
8. Moana 39,000
9. Khalid 37,000
10. Trolld 36,000

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^Link to article:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7718243/ed-sheerans-divide-bows-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart-with

[Old-school 72]

It's hard to believe a big artist sold less in the US than the UK. It still shows that music today just isn't as great as before.

[Glove Slap]

Mar 13, 2017 6:18:08 GMT -5 Old-school 72 said:

It's hard to believe a big artist sold less in the US than the UK. It still shows that music today just isn't as great as before.

This literally makes zero sense.

[Old-school 72]

Mar 13, 2017 6:19:58 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Mar 13, 2017 6:18:08 GMT -5 Old-school 72 said:

It's hard to believe a big artist sold less in the US than the UK. It still shows that music today just isn't as great as before.

This literally makes zero sense.

it makes sense if you read between the lines and been around the music business long enough. Shouldn't have to spell it out.

[Glove Slap]

Mar 13, 2017 6:40:01 GMT -5 Old-school 72 said:

Mar 13, 2017 6:19:58 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

This literally makes zero sense.

it makes sense if you read between the lines and been around the music business long enough. Shouldn't have to spell it out.

No, it makes no sense. And if you have been actually paying attention to the music business, rather than trying to repeatedly trying to feebly direct everything around a personal agenda, the only reason it doesn't make even less sense is because it makes zero sense to begin with.

[Old-school 72]

I will spell it out. This is a first that an album released worldwide on the same day by an established artist who has a current number one song in the US sold less in America than in the tiny country of Britain. I'm saying it proves that music isn't a big thing in America by such an artist as in the UK. Did that make sense.

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Mar 13, 2017 12:38:04 GMT -5 Old-school 72 said:

I will spell it out. This is a first that an album released worldwide on the same day by an established artist who has a current number one song in the US sold less in America than in the tiny country of Britain. I'm saying it proves that music isn't a big thing in America by such an artist as in the UK. Did that make sense.

What you said initially makes no sense, and this statement is actually blatantly different from what you said prior. Yes, Ed is bigger in the UK even though he has a #1 hit in the US too. And? What does anything about this have to do with "It still shows that music today just isn't as great as before?" If anything, these posts suggest that the individual behind them doesn't seem to have much of an idea about what they're actually trying to say. If you have actually been paying attention to the industry and Ed's rise, you would know that Ed's previous 2 albums weren't as big for the US market as they were in certain other markets, especially compared to the UK where he is the only act currently to even be anywhere near what Adele has done in the same market (X is only a bit over 300k from 25's sales, and will expectedly narrow the gap over the next year as his current campaign unfolds further). It's spent 5 additional weeks in the top 5 alone since SOY was released.

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Future Keeps 2 Projects In Top 5 Of Billboard 200
March 13, 2017 | 4:59 PM
by Victoria Hernandez

On this week’s Billboard 200 chart, Ed Sheeran takes the crown with the debut of his Divide album, but Future’s presence remains strong. Migos and The Weeknd help round out the Top 10 with Big Sean’s I Decided. following closely behind.

Future’s 2 Albums Remain High On Chart

Future made history last week with the debut of his HNDRXX album making him the first artist to have two straight albums land at the #1 position on the Billboard 200. This week, FUTURE lands at #4 with 51,951 equivalent album units, 7,890 album sales and 59 million streams. HNDRXX follows right behind at #5 with 48,974 total sales, a 59 percent drop from its first week. It pushed 8,128 albums and was streamed 56 million times in this sales cycle.

Big Sean Drifts Out Of Top 10

Big Sean’s I Decided. album lands at #11, a 14 percent drop with 33,427 equivalent album units. The project pushed 5,538 albums and was streamed 36 million times. The project debuted at #1 upon its release in February and this is its first time out of the Top 10.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 03/09/2017

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.

#3 Bruno Mars — 24K Magic — 64,988 (31,358) [28,110,129]

#4 Future — Future — 51,951 (7,890) [59,296,083]

#5 Future — HNDRXX — 48,974 (8,128) [56,274,505]

#6 Migos — Culture — 43,954 (2,915) [53,820,146]

#7 The Weeknd — Starboy — 42,120 (9,934) [38,868,128]

#9 Khalid — American Teen — 37,167 (12,225) [33,068,189]

#11 Big Sean — I Decided. — 33,427 (5,538) [36,049,472]

#12 Post Malone — Stoney — 27,813 (2,334) [34,576,918]

#16 Drake – VIEWS — 22,237 (3,515) [25,814,466]

#18 Rihanna — Anti — 21,507 (3,725) [19,096,824]

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Retailer Report: Top 200 Albums Page 1 of 4
Region: Total U.S. Week Ending: 03/09/17

1. SHEERAN*ED|÷ 322,300
2. METALLICA|HARDWIRED...TO SELF- 79,100
3. MARS*BRUNO|24K MAGIC 31,360
4. TROLLS|ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE 22,430
5. MOANA / O.S.T.|MOANA / O.S.T. 20,660
6. LITTLE BIG TOWN|BREAKER 16,560
7. BROOKS*GARTH|ULTIMATE COLLECTI 16,000
8. VARIOUS ARTISTS|NOW 61 15,915
9. SOUNDTRACK|LA LA LAND 15,415
10. KRAUSS*ALISON|WINDY CITY 13,325

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Mar 13, 2017 6:46:30 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Mar 13, 2017 6:40:01 GMT -5 Old-school 72 said:

it makes sense if you read between the lines and been around the music business long enough. Shouldn't have to spell it out.

No, it makes no sense. And if you have been actually paying attention to the music business, rather than trying to repeatedly trying to feebly direct everything around a personal agenda, the only reason it doesn't make even less sense is because it makes zero sense to begin with.

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[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Is Already 2017's Top-Selling Album After Only One Week

After just one week on sale, Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) album is already 2017’s biggest-selling album. The set was released on March 3 through Atlantic Records, and sold 322,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending March 9, according to Nielsen Music. That sum beats the runner-up seller, Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic, which has sold 230,000 copies in 2017 (of its total 709,000 sold since its bow last November).

÷’s launch also scored Sheeran’s biggest sales week yet, surpassing the 209,000 bow of his previous studio effort, 2014’s x.

÷ debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated March 25), marking Sheeran’s second leader, following x. The album’s lead single, “Shape of You,” continues to rule the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as it racked up a seventh nonconsecutive week atop the tally.

Notably, as Sheeran leads both the Billboard 200 albums chart on Billboard Hot 100 songs chart at the same time, he’s the first act to do so since July 30, 2016. That week, Drake topped the former with Views, and the latter with “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla.

[Gary]

Chart Watch: Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Conquers

Paul Grein
Writer
Yahoo MusicMarch 12, 2017





Ed Sheeran’s third album, ÷ (pronounced divide), debuts at #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. this week. ÷ moved 451K “equivalent units” in the U.S. in its first week, which includes 322K copies in traditional album sales. (The balance reflects streaming and digital track sales.) Those are the greatest one-week tallies since J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only last December. (Sales traditionally swell in the weeks leading up to Christmas. For Sheeran to put up December-style numbers in March is remarkable.)



Remarkably, ÷ fared even better in the U.K. It moved 672K equivalent units in its first week there, the largest tally in history for an album by a male solo artist. Among all albums, it’s in third place, behind Adele’s 25 (800K in its first week in 2015) and Oasis’ Be Here Now (696K in its first week in 1997).

Sheeran’s U.S. sales are on a dramatic upward trajectory. His debut album, + (pronounced plus), sold 42K copies in its first week in June 2012. His sophomore album, x (pronounced multiply), sold 209K copies in its first week in June 2014. (Both figures represent traditional album sales, so the comparable figure with the new album is 322K.)

÷ is  Sheeran’s second album in a row to debut at No. 1 in both countries. x also achieved the feat. Sheeran is just the fourth British male solo artist to send two or more albums to No. 1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. Elton John has done it with four different albums, more than anyone else. He scored in 1973-74 with four consecutive album releases, Don’t Shoot Me—I’m Only the Piano Player, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Caribou and Greatest Hits. (These two stars are pals. Elton joined Sheeran to sing “The A Team” at the Grammys in February 2013. Sheeran’s recent top 10 hit “Castle on the Hill” mentions Elton’s 1972 classic “Tiny Dancer.”)

John Lennon and Phil Collins have, like Sheeran, each had two transatlantic #1 albums. Lennon scored with Imagine andDouble Fantasy (a collabo with his wife, Yoko Ono). Collins scored with back-to-back studio albums, No Jacket Required and…But Seriously.

The first single from Sheeran’s album, “Shape of You,” tops the Hot 100 for the seventh week and tops the Official U.K. Singles Chart for the ninth week.  ÷ is the first album to reach No. 1 on both sides of the Atlantic, and also include a single that reached No. 1 on both sides of the Atlantic, since Drake’s Views (which spawned the smash “One Dance”). It’s the first album by an English artist to do this since Zayn’s Mind of Mine (which spawned “Pillowtalk”).

All 16 tracks from Sheeran’s album are listed in the top 20 on The Official U.K. Singles Chart. Sheeran holds down all but one spot in the top 15. (“Something Just Like This” by the Chainsmokers and Coldplay kept him from sweeping the top 15.) This is the seventh time in the past nine weeks that Sheeran has occupied the top two spots in the U.K.

x jumps from No. 49 to No. 21 in its 142nd week on The Billboard 200. It’s No. 1 on Top Catalog Albums for the fourth week. x received a Grammy nom for Album of the Year, while its key track “Thinking Out Loud” was nominated for Record and Song of the Year. (It won the Song award.) ÷ and “Shape of You” are also likely to be nominated in all three categories.



Incidentally, while ÷ is the first album titled “Divide” to reach No. 1, Pink Floyd topped the chart for four weeks in 1994 with an album titled The Division Bell.

Top Albums

Metallica’s Hardwired…to Self-Destruct rebounds from No. 14 to No. 2 in its 16th week. The resurgence is linked to a concert ticket bundle. The album debuted at No. 1.
Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic holds at No. 3 in its 16th week. The album has spent four weeks at No. 2, but has yet to reach No. 1.

Future’s Future drops from No. 2 to No. 4 in its third week. The rapper’s other current album, HNDRXX, drops from No. 1 to No. 5 in its second week.
Migos’ Culture holds at No. 6 in its sixth week. The album debuted at No. 1.

The Weeknd’s Starboy holds at No. 7 in its 15th week. The album spent five non-consecutive weeks at No. 1.



The Moana soundtrack holds at No. 8 in its 16th week. The album peaked at No. 2.  The album returns to No. 1 on Top Soundtracks, displacing Trolls. This is its sixth week on top of that chart. That’s the longest run at No. 1 on Top Soundtracks since Suicide Squad: The Album spent 13 weeks on top last year.

Khalid’s debut album, American Teen, opens at No. 9. Khalid, 19, is best-known for his R&B crossover hit “Location.” Khalid isn’t the first artist to use this title concept. Grand Funk titled its 1973 album (and single) We’re an American Band.

The Trolls soundtrack drops from No. 5 to No. 10 in its 24rd week. The album peaked at No. 3.
Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. They are Little Big Town’s The Breaker, Big Sean’s I Decided. and Aaron Watson’s Vaquero.
Hamilton: An American Musical jumps from No. 17 to No. 14 in its 76th week.

This is its 52nd consecutive week in the top 20. (Prior to this continuous streak, it spent two additional weeks in the top 20.)
Sheeran’s album will hold at No. 1 next week. Look for the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack to be the top new entry, right around No. 3.

Top Songs

Migos’ “Bad and Boujee” (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) holds at No. 2 in its 17th week. The song logged three weeks at No. 1.

Bruno Mars’ “That’s What I Like” jumps from No. 4 to No. 3 in its eighth week. Mars pulled two No. 1 hits from each of his first two albums. Will he manage to pull a No. 1 hit from his third album? Stay tuned. (Incidentally, “That’s What I Like” includes the phrase “24 karats.” Mars’ previous single was titled “24K Magic.” What was the last time an artist had back-to-back top five hits that included such a unique phrase?)



The Zayn/Taylor Swift collabo “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” dips from No. 3 to No. 4 in its 13th week. It peaked at No. 2.
Rihanna lands her 22nd top five hit as “Love on the Brain” inches up from No. 6 to No. 5 in its 21st week. Only four artists have had more top five hits on the Hot 100 (which dates back to 1958): The Beatles (29), Madonna (28), Mariah Carey (26) and Janet Jackson (24). What does it say that four of the five artists to amass 22 or more top five hits (including the last four artists to reach that plateau) are women? It says females rule at pop radio.

Kodak Black’s “Tunnel Vision” jumps from No. 8 to No. 6 in its third week.



The Chainsmokers’ “Paris” holds at No. 7 in its eighth week. The song has climbed as high as No. 6.

Big Sean’s “Bounce Back” rebounds from No. 9 to No. 8 in its 18th week. The song peaked at No. 6.

The British electronic group Clean Bandit lands its second top 10 hit as “Rockabye” (featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie) jumps from No. 24 to No. 9 in its 25th week. The group’s 2014 hit “Rather Be” (featuring Jess Glynne) peaked at No. 10 and won a Grammy for Best Dance Recording. Both of these songs were long-running No. 1 hits on The Official U.K. Singles Chart. “Rather Be” headed that chart for four weeks. “Rockabye” led for nine weeks. This is the 10th top 10 hit on the Hot 100 for Sean Paul; his second in the past year, following Sia’s “Cheap Thrills.”

The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” (featuring Halsey) holds at No. 10 in its 32nd week. The song, which logged 12 weeks at No. 1, is only the second song in Hot 100 history to log 32 weeks in the top 10. The first was LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live” in 1997-98. The two hits have something in common: Neither won a Grammy. “Closer” was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, but lost to Twenty One Pilots’ “Stressed Out.” “How Do I Live” was nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, but lost to a rival version of the same song by Trisha Yearwood.

“Something Just like This” by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay drops out of the top 10 this week. It will probably be back.

Lorde’s “Green Light” vaults from No. 100 to No. 19 in its second week. It’s the first single from her upcoming sophomore album, Melodrama. Lorde’s first album, Pure Heroine, yielded two top 10 hits, “Royals” (No. 1 for nine weeks) and “Team” (No. 6). “Royals” brought Lorde a Grammy for Song of the Year. The up-tempo “Green Light” shows another side of the New Zealand singer.

Deep Trivia: This is the third different song titled “Green Light” to crack the top 40. John Legend’s “Green Light” (featuring Andre 3000) reached No. 24 in 2008. Another song with that title, by American Breed, reached No. 39 in 1968. No songs titled “Red Light” have cracked the top 40, though TLC’s “Red Light Special” reached No. 2 in 1995.

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Albums that are about to cross 500,000 sold with pure album sales:

TROLLS - Soundtrack ( 494,000 )
STARBOY - The Weeknd ( 496,000 )
JOANNE - Lady Gaga ( 493,000 )
RIPCORD - Keith Urban ( 487,000 )

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Haloo Helsinki sold more in Finland than in the UK. Music business is dead.

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Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: March 13, 2017
Posted By Matt Bjorke

Little Big Town remains at #1 for a second week with "The Breaker" See where new sets from Seth Ennis, Guy Clark and Moonshine Bandits land this week!

Place Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Little Big Town The Breaker 16,600 60,200
2 Garth Brooks Ultimate Collection 16,000 538,800
3 Alison Krauss Windy City 13,300 66,000
4 Reba McEntire Sing It Now: Songs of Faith... 10,200 114,500
5 Brantley Gilbert The Devil Don't Sleep 8,000 128,100
6 Aaron Watson Vaquero 7,900 44,700
7 Keith Urban Ripcord 7,700 486,600
8 Chris Stapleton Traveller 7,700 1,859,000
9 Moonshine Bandits Baptized In Bourbon 5,600 5,600
10 Kane Brown Kane Brown 4,700 118,100
11 Brett Young Brett Young 3,900 31,800
12 Jason Aldean They Don't Know 3,900 348,500
13 Florida Georgia Line Dig Your Roots 3,700 358,500
14 Miranda Lambert Weight Of These Wings 3,500 287,700
15 Thomas Rhett Tangled Up 3,100 550,800

-- Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 2,900 1,118,900
-- Blake Shelton If I'm Honest 2,700 569,400
-- Jon Pardi California Sunrise 2,600 121,300
-- Maren Morris Hero 2,400 194,900
-- Joey+Rory Hymns 2,300 541,200
-- Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood 2,200 509,200
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 2,000 261,600
-- Dierks Bentley Black 1,900 242,800
-- Kenny Chesney Cosmic Halleujah 1,800 199,600
-- Sturgill Simpson A Sailor's Guide To Earth 1,800 193,700
-- Hillary Scott/Scott Family Love Remains 1,700 134,200
-- Justin Moore Kinda Don't Care 1,600 107,300
-- Carrie Underwood Storyteller 1,500 742,800
-- Cole Swindell You Should Be Here 1,500 258,600
-- Lauren Alaina Road Less Traveled 1,200 18,200
-- Garth Brooks Gunslinger 1,100 87,800
-- Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop 1,100 104,400
-- Eric Church On The Rocks: Live 1,000 35,900
-- Chris Young I'm Comin' Over 1,000 263,800
-- Kane Brown Chapter 1 1,000 78,000
-- Old Dominion Meat And Candy 900 185,200
-- Tim McGraw Damn Country Music 900 255,100
-- Luke Combs This One's For You 800 15,800
-- Guy Clark The Best Of The Dualtone Years 700 700
-- Dolly Parton Pure and Simple 600 113,500
-- Cody Johnson Gotta Be Me 600 40,800
-- Ronnie Dunn Tattooed Heart 500 40,600
-- Granger Smith Remington 500 78,000
-- Lanco Extened Play EP 400 3,200
-- High Valley Dear Life 400 12,000
-- William Michael Morgan Vinyl 400 24,300
-- Seth Ennis Mabelle 400 400
-- Vince Gill Down To My Last Bad Habit 300 81,600

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Soundscan Surprises, Week of 3/9
Back-catalog sales numbers of note from Nielsen SoundScan.
by Silvia Killingsworth

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.”

Ed Sheeran has a new Ed Sheeran, and in classic Ed Sheeran it’s a symbol just like all the other Ed Sheerans. The new Ed Sheeran means people are buying the old Ed Sheerans, which have always sold well because it’s Ed Sheeran. See how I made it through that whole thing without once saying “leprechaun” because that would be both factually incorrect and politically insensitive? Good for me.

What’s up with Donna Summer? Last week her widower, Bruce Sudano, released a political album, and her daughter talked to the New York Post about her childhood in a way that also somehow promotes the new NBC show, “Taken.” The Oswald Brothers Band keeps climbing the back catalog charts after only four weeks; they debuted at number 28. That’s really all there is this week; almost every other record saw negative sales. A few notable zeroes hovered right in place: The Beatles, John Denver, and Evanescence.

1. SHEERAN*ED X 7,676 copies
4. SHEERAN*ED + 4,101 copies
18. OBB BRIGHT SIDE 2,738 copies
121. BEATLES SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CL 1,202 copies
125. SUMMER*DONNA ON THE RADIO 1,178 copies
151. DENVER*JOHN BEST OF JOHN DENVER LIVE 1,080 copies
161. EVANESCENCE FALLEN 1,039 copies

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www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7728517/billboard-200-chart-moves-lorde-pure-heroine-panic-at-the-disco

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' Returns, Panic! at the Disco's 'Weird' Nets 100th Week on List
3/17/2017 by Keith Caulfield

On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated March 25), Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) debuted atop the tally with 2017’s biggest bow: 451,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 9, according to Nielsen Music. It also logged the biggest sales frame of the year so far: 322,000 copies sold.

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:

- Lorde, Pure Heroine, No. 101 — After a year off the chart, Lorde’s debut album Pure Heroine steps back onto the list at No. 101 with 7,000 units (up 88 percent – mostly driven by streaming units: 5,000). The album jumps back onto the tally following publicity surrounding the singer/songwriter’s new music: her song “Green Light” vaults from No. 100 to No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s the first offering from her upcoming second studio album, Melodrama.

Pure Heroine debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 in 2013. It has sold 1.66 million copies in the U.S. It was last on the list dated March 26, 2016.

- Panic! at the Disco, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, No. 172 — The alternative act’s fourth album clocks its landmark 100th week on the tally, as it rises four slots to No. 172. It’s easily Panic! at the Disco’s longest charting album as well, followed by the act’s debut effort, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, with 83 weeks.

- Soundtrack, Sing, No. 59 — After the animated music film was released to Digital HD video on March 3, its companion soundtrack earns a big 62 percent lift in units earned in the week ending March 9 (rising to 9,000 units – mostly from album sales: 7,000). The album could net another lift in the coming weeks, as the movie will arrive on DVD and Blu-ray on March 21.

- The Notorious B.I.G., Greatest Hits, No. 92 — The Notorious B.I.G.’s Greatest Hits rises from No. 166 to No. 92 following news and attention generated by the 20th anniversary of his death on March 9. The album earned 7,000 units in the tracking week (up 46 percent). Of that sum, 4,000 were in streaming units – a gain of 42 percent. Overall in the week ending March 9, the rapper’s total on-demand streams (audio and video combined) rose by 35 percent to 16.8 million streams.

- Eminem, Curtain Call: The Hits, No. 103 — Eminem’s former No. 1 claims a whopping 331st nonconsecutive week on the list. That sum ties it for the ninth-most weeks on the chart with the original London cast recording of The Phantom of the Opera (Highlights). Eminem’s album continues to have the most weeks on the list for any hip-hop title, ahead of his own The Eminem Show, with 310 weeks.

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Metal album sales this week:

www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-315-look-at-yourself-now-back-to-me-now-at-the-charts-now-back-to-me