Billboard 200: 7/1/17: Katy Perry #1 180k/162k

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7833967/katy-perry-witness-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart

Katy Perry Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Witness'
6/18/2017 by Keith Caulfield

Katy Perry claims her third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her latest release, Witness, debuts atop the list. The set, which was released on June 9 through Capitol Records, earned 180,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 15, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 162,000 are 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 July 1-dated chart (where Perry debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, June 20.

Witness follows Perry’s two earlier No. 1s: Prism (in 2013) and Teenage Dream (2010). All three albums debuted atop the list. Prism, her previous studio set, launched with 286,000 in sales (before the chart transitioned to a units-based ranking in December of 2014).

Perry’s bow of 180,000 units is the biggest week for an album by a woman in 2017, and the largest since Lady Gaga’s Joanne started at No. 1 with 201,000 units on the chart dated Nov. 12, 2016. Witness also logs the largest sales week for an album by a woman since Joanne (170,000).

As Perry’s Witness follows Halsey’s Hopeless Fountain Kingdom at No. 1, the Billboard 200 has back-to-back No. 1s by women for the first time in more than a year. It last happened on the April 2 and April 9, 2016-dated lists, when Rihanna’s Anti and Gwen Stefani’s This Is What the Truth Feels Like held court, respectively. Further, Perry is just the second woman to lead the Billboard 200 in 2017 (after Halsey), and the fifth woman to be No. 1 in the past 12 months. (In that same span of time, 16 men and 10 male-dominated groups have topped the chart.)

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. is a non-mover with 69,000 units (down 5 percent). The former No. 1 album has yet to leave the top three positions of the chart during its nine weeks on the list.

Buzzed-about singer/songwriter SZA nets her first top 10 album with the arrival of her debut full-length studio effort, Ctrl, at No. 3. It bows with 60,000 units, of which 25,000 are in traditional album sales. The set was powered by streams, as the title earns 33,000 SEA units (equating to 49.52 million streams for the songs on the album). The remainder of its 60,000-start is comprised of TEA (2,000 units). Ctrl is SZA’s second top 40-charting effort, following the No. 39 peak of her mixtape Z back in 2014.

At No. 4, country trio Lady Antebellum notches its seventh top 10 album, as its new studio effort Heart Break launches with 53,000 units (47,000 in traditional album sales). The act’s last release, 2014’s 747, flew in at No. 2 in October of that year with 74,000 copies sold in its first week. The group also reached the top 10 with Golden (No. 1 in 2013), the holiday album On This Winter’s Night (No. 8, 2012), Own the Night (No. 1, 2011), Need You Now (No. 1, 2010) and its self-titled debut (No. 4, 2008).

Drake’s More Life climbs one spot to No. 5 on the new Billboard 200 (a little more than 41,000 units; down 3 percent) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) also rises a rung to No. 6 (41,000 units; up 1 percent).

Halsey’s Hopeless Fountain Kingdom slides from No. 1 to No. 7 in its second week, earning slightly more than 33,000 units (down 68 percent). Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic rises two positions to No. 8 with 33,000 units (up 2 percent).

Rock band Rise Against clocks the fourth and final debut in the top 10, as its new album Wolves arrives at No. 9 with 29,000 units (27,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the fifth top 10 set for the act, following The Black Market (No. 3 in 2014), Endgame (No. 2, 2011), Appeal to Reason (No. 3, 2008) and The Sufferer & The Witness (No. 10, 2006).

Closing out the new top 10 is Post Malone’s Stoney, which rises 12-10 with 29,000 units (up less than 1 percent).

Lastly, three albums that were in the top 10 a week ago fall off the chart entirely. The Epic AF compilation, the Summer Latin Hits 2017 compilation, and All Time Low’s Last Young Renegade move from Nos. 3, 8 and 9, respectively, to off the chart. The latter title earned 4,000 units in the latest tracking week (down 88 percent), but that point total was not enough to keep the album on the chart. As for the two compilations, they move off the list following a revision to how our consumption-based album charts rank various artists titles. Now, most various artists compilation albums will only be able to chart on the Billboard 200 and other consumption-ranked album charts based on traditional album sales. Track equivalent album (TEA) units and/or streaming equivalent album (SEA) units will no longer contribute to a various artists’ album ranking and unit count. In the latest tracking week, neither Epic AF or Summer Latin Hits 2017 sold enough in traditional album sales to rank on the Billboard 200.

Some various artists titles will continue to earn TEA and SEA: thematic multi-artist compilation albums which contain tracks specifically recorded for that project , like The Hamilton Mixtape, We Love Disney and some charity albums like Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of The Story. In addition, soundtracks and cast recordings will continue to receive TEA and SEA as applicable.

[Gary]

A fairly significant rule change:

"Lastly, three albums that were in the top 10 a week ago fall off the chart entirely. The Epic AF compilation, the Summer Latin Hits 2017 compilation, and All Time Low’s Last Young Renegade move from Nos. 3, 8 and 9, respectively, to off the chart. The latter title earned 4,000 units in the latest tracking week (down 88 percent), but that point total was not enough to keep the album on the chart. As for the two compilations, they move off the list following a revision to how our consumption-based album charts rank various artists titles. Now, most various artists compilation albums will only be able to chart on the Billboard 200 and other consumption-ranked album charts based on traditional album sales. Track equivalent album (TEA) units and/or streaming equivalent album (SEA) units will no longer contribute to a various artists’ album ranking and unit count. In the latest tracking week, neither Epic AF or Summer Latin Hits 2017 sold enough in traditional album sales to rank on the Billboard 200."





This means playlist compilations directed specifically at streaming services will no longer impact this chart

[areyoureadytojump]

^Good!

[rimetm]

Thank goodness, that was the biggest little exploit that was making this chart feel like Hot 100 feat. Some Old Acts. I suppose we can thank Mask Off and Despacito for forming a double-throng of SEA and TEA that made the issue unavoidable.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Regarding the rule change regarding compilations, I think it's only fair that the rule changed for those mostly streaming albums. Why? Compilations that could be bought, such as those from the NOW series have charted only from album sales and didn't benefit from SEAs and TEAs. So in essence, the streaming mostly albums were getting benefited as an exception.

Also, I'm aware that Vessels by Starset fell out of the Billboard 200 after debuting at #5 earlier this year. Anybody know if that the Epic AF dropout from #3 is the biggest ever?

[kanimal]

I notice that Billboard didn't mention the Katy Perry ticket/album bundle. They have in the past for The Chainsmokers, Metallica, etc.

Is this simply a bias/label politics thing? Or is there some reason why the bundle didn't count?

[areyoureadytojump]

^I'm sure the bundle counted. The label may have asked Billboard not to mention it?

Paul Grein may comment on it in his column.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Agreed. There's no way the album could have gotten the reported pure album sales it got based on what was seen during the week in iTunes.

[areyoureadytojump]

Retailer Report: Top 200 Albums
Region: Total U.S. Week Ending: 06/15/17

PERRY*KATY|WITNESS ( 1) 162.0k
LADY ANTEBELLUM|HEART BREAK ( 2) 46.9k
RISE AGAINST|WOLVES ( 3) 27.2k
BEATLES|SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY H( 4) 25.1k
SZA|CTRL ( 5) 24673 1028 660 36 22.9k
BUCKINGHAM*LIND/MCVIE|LINDSEY BUCKIN( 6) 22.0k
STAPLETON*CHRIS|FROM A ROOM: V( 7) 20.1k
RANCID|TROUBLE MAKER ( 8) 18.3k
VARIOUS ARTISTS|NOW COUNTRY 10( 9) 16.7k
HILLSONG UNITED|WONDER ( 10) 15.9k

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke:

TOP SALES WEEKS 2017

Number of 100,000+ sales weeks: this year - 10 / last year - 22

Rank - Chart Date - Sales - Title - Artist

01 - 05-06-17 - 352,766 - DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
02 - 03-25-17 - 322,307 - ÷ - Ed Sheeran
03 - 04-08-17 - 225,513 - MORE LIFE - Drake
04 - 05-27-17 - 202,154 - FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 - Chris Stapleton
05 - 05-27-17 - 195,993 - EVERYBODY - Logic
06 - 06-03-17 - 193,364 - HARRY STYLES - Harry Styles
07 - 04-29-17 - 166,044 - MEMORIES…DO NOT OPEN - Chainsmokers
08 - 07-01-17 - 162,071 - WITNESS - Katy Perry
09 - 06-03-17 - 138,780 - WELCOME HOME - Zac Brown Band
10 - 05-20-17 - 115,063 - HUMANZ - Gorillaz

[areyoureadytojump]

www.yahoo.com/music/chart-watch-katy-perrys-disappointing-debut-203500490.html

Chart Watch: Katy Perry's Disappointing Debut
by Paul Grein
Writer, Yahoo Music
June 19, 2017

Katy Perry’s fourth major-label album, Witness, enters the Billboard 200 at No. 1, but with sales tallies that are nothing to “roar” about. The album moved 180K in equivalent units in its first week, including 162K in traditional album sales. Perry’s previous studio album, PRISM, sold 286K in trad sales when it debuted in November 2013. Her album before that, Teenage Dream, sold 192K in trad sales when it debuted in September 2010.

Witness is Perry’s first album since the Billboard 200 converted to a “multi-metric” formula in late 2014. The new formula incorporates digital track sales and streaming as well as traditional album sales.

Witness is Perry’s third consecutive studio album to enter The Billboard 200 at No. 1. But the initial singles from the album haven’t matched the success of the initial singles from Perry’s past albums. The lead singles from each of her first three major-label albums reached No. 1 on the Hot 100. But the lead single Perry’s current album, “Chained to the Rhythm,” peaked at No. 4. Worse, the two follow-up singles that have been released—”Bon Appétit” and “Swish Swish”—have yet to crack the top 40.

What’s the problem? After nine years of stardom, it’s the natural arc of a career that sales taper off. Perry’s career peaked with Teenage Dream, which famously became just the second album in history (following Michael Jackson’s Bad) to spawn five No. 1 singles.

Perry continues to set records—just not with her new music. More than 49 million fans from 190 countries reportedly tuned in to her Witness livestream in a four-day period last week. In another indication of Perry’s ability to connect on a massive scale, last week she became the first person to reach 100 million Twitter followers.

This, too, is a common pattern. Fans may turn out for a concert tour by a veteran artist, but surprisingly few of them will spring for a new album—even though it probably costs less than parking at the concert.

Witness enters The Official U.K. Albums Chart at a ho-hum No. 6. Teenage Dream and PRISM both reached No. 1 in that country.

The feminist in Perry will take cheer from the following items. On The Billboard 200, Witness displaces Halsey’s hopeless fountain kingdom, which debuted at No. 1 last week. This marks the first time that female solo artists have debuted at No. 1 in back-to-back weeks since October 2015, when Janet Jackson’s Unbreakable and Selena Gomez’s Revival achieved the feat.

Look for Lorde’s Melodrama to debut at No. 1 next week. That would mark the first time that female solo artists have debuted at No. 1 in three consecutive weeks since September 2009, when Reba McEntire’s Keep on Loving You, Colbie Caillat’s Breakthrough and Whitney Houston’s I Look to You did this.

Top Albums

Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. holds at No. 2 in its ninth week. The album spent its first three weeks at No. 1.

SZA’s debut album, Ctrl, opens at No. 3. This is the highest ranking for the debut album by a female soul singer since Kehlani’s SweetSexySavage opened at No. 3 in February. (This week marks the first time that two female artists have entered the chart inside the top five in the same week since September, when albums by Barbra Streisand and Britney Spears debuted at No. 1 and No. 3, respectively.)

Lady Antebellum lands its seventh top 10 album as Heart Break debuts at No. 4. The album enters Top Country Albums at No. 1, displacing Luke Combs’ This One’s for You. This is the trio’s fifth No. 1 country album.


Drake’s More Life inches up from No. 6 to No. 5 in its 13th week. It spent its first three weeks on top.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ inches up from No. 7 to No. 6 in its 15th week. It spent its first two weeks at No. 1.

Halsey’s hopeless fountain kingdom drops from No. 1 to No. 7 in its second week.

Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic jumps from No. 10 to No. 8 in its 30th week. The album has yet to fall out of the top 10. It logged four weeks at No. 2.

Rise Against lands its fifth consecutive top 10 album as Wolves debuts at No. 9.

Post Malone’s Stoney rebounds from No. 12 to No. 10 in its 27th week. The album has climbed as high as No. 6.

Five albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Three of them fall completely off the chart. They are: All Time Low’s Last Young Renegade and a pair of compilations, EPIC AF (Yellow/Pink) and Summer Latin Hits 2017. The compilations fell off the chart because of a change in chart methodology. Starting this week, only traditional sales will count toward the charting of compilations by Various Artists.

Two other albums fell out of the top 10, but they remained on the chart. The Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers’ Lonely Hearts Club Band drops from No. 4 to No. 11 in its 197th chart week. The album is No. 1 on Top Catalog Albums for the fourth non-consecutive week. Luke Combs’ This One’s for You drops from No. 5 to No. 33.

The Moana soundtrack rebounds from No. 19 to No. 16 in its 30th week. The album peaked at No. 2. Moana logs its 11th week at No. 1 on the Top Soundtracks chart.

Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie debuts at No. 17. The two stars first cracked the top 20 the week of Sept. 6, 1975 with Fleetwood Mac’s breakthrough album, Fleetwood Mac.

The Broadway cast album from Dear Evan Hansen vaults from No. 147 to No. 44 in the wake of the Tony Awards, where the show won six awards, including Best Musical. The album debuted and peaked at No. 8 in February. But you know what? Even with this surge, it’s still behind the cast album of Hamilton (which inches up from No. 26 to No. 25). Hamilton, of course, won Best Musical at the 2016 Tonys.

Glen Campbell’s final studio album, Adios, debuts at No. 40. The country legend first cracked the top 40 in April 1968 with By the Time I Get to Phoenix.

Metallica’s 1988 album, …And Justice for All, tops the 6 million mark in traditional album sales this week. The band’s following studio album, 1991’s Metallica, is the sales leader since Nielsen began tracking sales in 1991. It has sold 16,594,000 copies in traditional album sales.

Coming Attractions: Look for big debuts next week by Lorde’s Melodrama and 2 Chainz’s Pretty Girls Like Trap Music.

[85la]

Are there any indications or estimates anywhere of what Katy's ticket-bundle number might be? It couldn't have made up almost all of the sales, because it was #1 on iTunes for at least a couple days. Regardless, the overall number isn't all that worrisome, because her albums always start with lower than projected numbers. The thing to worry about is that the singles haven't done well.

[Enigma.]

"Fans may turn out for a concert tour by a veteran artist, but surprisingly few of them will spring for a new album—even though it probably costs less than parking at the concert." LMAO funny even though everyone knows that streaming also exists

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Jun 20, 2017 2:31:11 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

"Fans may turn out for a concert tour by a veteran artist, but surprisingly few of them will spring for a new album—even though it probably costs less than parking at the concert." LMAO funny even though everyone knows that streaming also exists

It really depends on if the artist is still relevant, as well as how hardcore their fanbase is. Look at the millions who were eagerly waiting to buy/stream More Life and DAMN and anything that Bieber puts out. And I fully expect the next 21P album to do at least a 350k week with how rabid their fanbase is. And Metallica fans will show up in droves to buy their albums.

[KeepDeanWeird]

So 4 albums = 'Veteran Artist' who has to rely on 'oldies' to tour. Good to know. KP is not surprised. There's a reason why she took the AI gig. I don't think she's done yet. She should talk to The Ga and P!nk

[shayonce]

Jun 18, 2017 20:55:53 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^I'm sure the bundle counted. The label may have asked Billboard not to mention it?

Paul Grein may comment on it in his column.

Billboard doesn't mention bundle anymore in their chart article unless that happened after album release and got huge jump.(metallica)
chainsmokers and halsey didn't get the mention too.

Jun 20, 2017 1:38:27 GMT -5 85la said:

Are there any indications or estimates anywhere of what Katy's ticket-bundle number might be? It couldn't have made up almost all of the sales, because it was #1 on iTunes for at least a couple days. Regardless, the overall number isn't all that worrisome, because her albums always start with lower than projected numbers. The thing to worry about is that the singles haven't done well.

I guess ticket bundle sales are usually avg 30% of ticket sales.
Katy probably had like 90k ticket bundle sales.

[Enigma.]

Did Halsey have a ticket bundle?

[shayonce]

Jun 20, 2017 7:15:51 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Did Halsey have a ticket bundle?

A pre-sale for the tour starts May 8th, with the general on-sale to follow on May 12th. Each fan that purchases a pair of tickets online will receive a physical copy of Hopeless Fountain Kingdom when that album arrives June 2nd.

www.rollingstone.com/music/news/halsey-sets-headlining-hopeless-fountain-kingdom-tour-w480440

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7/1 Billboard 200

1 New 1 Witness - Katy Perry - Capitol
2 2 2 9 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
3 New 1 Ctrl - SZA - Top Dawg | RCA
4 New 1 Heart Break - Lady Antebellum - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
5 6 4 13 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
6 7 6 15 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
7 1 – 2 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey - Astralwerks
8 10 7 30 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG
9 New 1 Wolves - Rise Against - Virgin | Capitol
10 12 13 27 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic
11 4 3 197 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
12 17 14 20 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG
13 15 8 6 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
14 18 10 5 Harry Styles - Harry Styles - Erskine | Columbia
15 21 19 15 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA
16 19 18 30 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
17 New 1 Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie - Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie - LMJC/Merry Go Round/East West/Atlantic | Rhino
18 20 17 17 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
19 23 20 10 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia
20 25 21 29 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
21 New 1 Wonder - Hillsong UNITED - Hillsong/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
22 13 1 3 True To Self - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA
23 New 1 Trouble Maker - Rancid - Hellcat | Epitaph
24 27 25 9 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti - AWGE/Interscope | IGA
25 26 24 90 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG
26 37 33 38 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA
27 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 10 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | Capitol
28 30 27 59 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
29 31 28 41 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic
30 43 48 58 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN
31 Re-Entry 131 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
32 39 68 14 Beauty And The Beast (2017) - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
33 5 – 2 This One's For You - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN
34 28 31 5 Welcome Home - Zac Brown Band - Southern Ground/Elektra | AG
35 New 1 Revolution Come... Revolution Go - Gov't Mule - Fantasy | Concord
36 36 35 28 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote
37 24 16 8 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
38 34 26 11 Painting Pictures - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG
39 40 23 38 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island
40 New 1 Adios - Glen Campbell - UMe
41 33 22 6 Everybody - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam
42 New 1 Ti Amo - Phoenix - Loyaute | Glassnote
43 46 32 6 There's Really A Wolf - Russ - Diemon/Russ My Way | Columbia
44 147 136 14 Dear Evan Hansen - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Autumn Smile Broadway Limited Liability/Atlantic | AG
45 38 29 92 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
46 54 115 30 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened
47 48 36 19 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
48 32 12 3 Droptopwop - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG
49 New 1 Chuck - Chuck Berry - Dualtone
50 51 47 42 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

51 47 37 6 NOW 62 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
52 50 41 109 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
53 49 44 57 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper
54 29 5 3 Teenage Emotions - Lil Yachty - Quality Control/Motown | Capitol
55 45 40 18 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG
56 New 1 Anastasia: The New Broadway Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Broadway Records
57 55 46 73 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation
58 16 127 115 The Joshua Tree - U2 - Island/Interscope | UMe
59 60 52 138 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN
60 62 42 16 HNDRXX - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
61 New 1 The Click - AJR - AJR | BMG
62 58 43 9 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
63 63 88 345 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
64 66 69 156 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
65 67 51 32 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia
66 52 38 99 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
67 57 62 474 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
68 11 – 2 Is This The Life We Really Want? - Roger Waters - Columbia
69 76 53 5 Revenge - XXXTENTACION - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings
70 65 56 201 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy
71 71 59 242 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
72 72 54 27 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation
73 59 79 195 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe
74 79 67 94 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
75 75 63 82 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia
76 64 60 56 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic
77 81 66 32 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia
78 78 70 26 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA
79 68 57 44 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA
80 61 15 3 El Dorado - Shakira - Sony Music Latin
81 73 45 5 bloom - Machine Gun Kelly - EST19XX/Bad Boy/Interscope | IGA
82 77 50 90 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA
83 70 73 90 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG
84 97 74 328 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
85 83 65 55 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
86 35 30 4 One More Light - Linkin Park - Machine Shop | Warner Bros.
87 89 71 224 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
88 Re-Entry 140 Red - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
89 74 87 465 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
90 84 64 8 digital druglord - blackbear - Beartrap
91 94 84 123 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG
92 92 77 132 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia
93 102 80 62 The Life Of deleted - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
94 93 81 83 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam
95 87 89 94 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks
96 103 83 10 My Moment - Tee Grizzley - 300 | AG
97 98 76 16 NAV - NAV - XO | Republic
98 90 58 7 Humanz - Gorillaz - Parlophone | Warner Bros.
99 101 78 45 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG
100 95 75 74 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

101 118 96 11 Long Live Nut - YFN Lucci - Lucci | Think It's A Game
102 104 99 50 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
103 82 49 5 After Laughter - Paramore - Fueled By Ramen | AG
104 New 1 Planetarium - Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, & James McAlister - 4AD
105 108 93 275 Greatest Hits - Queen - Hollywood
106 105 104 97 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
107 107 92 100 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
108 96 123 403 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe
109 114 94 28 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN
110 112 107 246 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
111 109 91 44 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
112 119 102 22 GTTM: Goin Thru The Motions - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG
113 100 110 30 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN
114 113 105 435 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.
115 110 101 123 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
116 106 82 27 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic
117 111 98 227 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino
118 85 – 2 Gotti Made-it - Yo Gotti & Mike WiLL Made-It - Cocaine Muzik/Ear Drumner | Gotti Made-It
119 Re-Entry 251 Fearless - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
120 116 85 18 Fifty Shades Darker - Soundtrack - Universal Studios | Republic
121 123 90 12 Tremaine The Album - Trey Songz - Atlantic | AG
122 124 113 148 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
123 128 114 72 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG
124 130 103 319 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord
125 122 111 40 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG
126 126 121 191 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
127 New 1 Sage And Stone (EP) - Avriel & The Sequoias - Avriel & The Sequoias
128 14 – 2 Relaxer - alt-J - Infectious/Canvasback/Atlantic | AG
129 New 1 Truth Is A Beautiful Thing - London Grammar - Ministry Of Sound/Metal & Dust | Columbia
130 131 118 72 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA
131 115 119 277 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
132 127 109 13 So Good - Zara Larsson - Record Company TEN | Epic
133 Re-Entry 135 Speak Now - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
134 138 112 13 Rather You Than Me - Rick Ross - Maybach | Epic
135 121 117 62 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone
136 Re-Entry 37 The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.
137 134 116 48 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang
138 125 130 220 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
139 132 143 85 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino
140 135 153 56 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
141 137 189 85 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
142 139 147 56 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
143 166 178 15 Pawn Shop - Brothers Osborne - EMI Nashville | UMGN
144 146 131 176 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG
145 91 – 2 Know No Better EP - Major Lazer - Mad Decent
146 129 144 134 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.
147 149 137 227 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG
148 120 55 4 Back To Us - Rascal Flatts - Big Machine | BMLG
149 165 145 43 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry
150 53 – 2 Wonder Woman - Soundtrack - DC | WaterTower

151 133 134 53 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
152 144 125 83 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam
153 150 142 112 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
154 136 86 9 The Search For Everything - John Mayer - Columbia
155 148 128 20 SweetSexySavage - Kehlani - Tsunami Mob/Atlantic | AG
156 157 95 156 Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - Simon & Garfunkel - Columbia | Legacy
157 New 1 Under Your Spell - The Birthday Massacre - Metropolis
158 Re-Entry 36 Death Certificate - Ice Cube - Priority | UMe
159 151 148 157 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol
160 154 141 96 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG
161 143 179 224 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA | UMe
162 164 132 26 The Return Of East Atlanta Santa - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG
163 169 156 196 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
164 153 150 330 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia
165 160 149 80 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA
166 162 151 36 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG
167 New 1 You Don't Own Me Anymore - The Secret Sisters - New West
168 Re-Entry 176 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
169 152 61 324 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
170 163 155 47 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol
171 159 154 71 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
172 173 165 54 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN
173 141 159 265 The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash - Columbia Nashville/Legacy/American/Island | UMe
174 161 138 34 Joanne - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Interscope | IGA
175 New 1 Blackbird Sessions (EP) - Jessie James Decker - Epic
176 167 120 7 Strength Of A Woman - Mary J. Blige - Capitol
177 155 135 20 The Devil Dont Sleep - Brantley Gilbert - Valory | BMLG
178 180 174 170 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
179 194 – 6 Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits - Bee Gees - Capitol | UMe
180 175 157 90 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic
181 179 182 128 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote
182 Re-Entry 215 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles - Asylum/Elektra | Rhino
183 181 158 89 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG
184 174 160 280 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA
185 158 122 27 La La Land - Soundtrack - Summit/Interscope | IGA
186 172 166 283 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
187 168 162 191 The Fame - Lady Gaga - Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA
188 22 – 2 Steven Universe, Volume 1 - Soundtrack - Cartoon Network
189 140 126 60 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia
190 185 172 77 Rocket Man: Number Ones - Elton John - Chronicles/Rocket/Island/Mercury | UMe
191 186 – 213 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG
192 New 1 Binary - Ani DiFranco - Righteous Babe
193 177 – 8 All Time Greatest Hits - Lynyrd Skynyrd - MCA | UMe
194 170 169 100 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River
195 187 152 84 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN
196 196 163 20 Fenix - Nicky Jam - La Industria | Sony Music Latin
197 188 167 70 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
198 193 175 292 Back In Black - AC/DC - Columbia | Legacy
199 171 129 7 SHINE - Wale - Maybach/Atlantic | AG
200 191 170 366 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

[badrobot]

I'm not sure anyone would've guessed a year or so ago that Gaga and Katy's album eras would perform so similarly:

Joanne - #1 (201k)
Million Reasons - #4
Perfect Illusion - #15
A-Yo - #66

Witness - #1 (180k)
Chained to the Rhythm - #4
Swish Swish - #46
Bon Appetit - #59

In fact Gaga has the edge for now, although it remains to be seen if Katy can pull out a bigger single.

[Choco]

To be fair to Lady GaGa, A-YO wasn't sent to radio, unlike Bon Appetit and Swish Swish.

[Deleted]

Are Adele's albums on streaming services?

[Deleted]

I wonder why they don't impose a recurrent rule for billboard 200 (like 100/100, 200/50 or whatever). I know they have catalog album chart or whatever, but there're a lot of old albums loitering about below top 50 for hundreds of weeks. Why are they okay with that if they seem to flip out over a song's 52+ weeks of stay?

[Gary]

Jun 20, 2017 13:34:32 GMT -5 @holden said:

I wonder why they don't impose a recurrent rule for billboard 200 (like 100/100, 200/50 or whatever). I know they have catalog album chart or whatever, but there're a lot of old albums loitering about below top 50 for hundreds of weeks. Why are they okay with that if they seem to flip out over a song's 52+ weeks of stay?

They had that from 1991 to 2009. Then Michael Jackson spent 6 weeks with the best selling album in the country at his death with an album that was not represented on the chart. So they changed the rule

[Enigma.]

Jun 20, 2017 13:29:49 GMT -5 @holden said:

Are Adele's albums on streaming services?

Yes, at least on Spotify

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^25 became available for streaming at both Apple Music and Spotify almost exactly a year ago.

[kanimal]

Jun 20, 2017 7:13:29 GMT -5 shayonce said:

Jun 18, 2017 20:55:53 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^I'm sure the bundle counted. The label may have asked Billboard not to mention it?

Paul Grein may comment on it in his column.

Billboard doesn't mention bundle anymore in their chart article unless that happened after album release and got huge jump.(metallica)
chainsmokers and halsey didn't get the mention too.

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7760506/the-chainsmokers-memories-album-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200

Billboard mentioned it for The Chainsmokers, but that WAS two months ago.  So it's possible Billboard has stopped mentioning the bundles to appease the labels.

It's also possible that there's some bias at play.

[divasummer]

Jun 20, 2017 4:32:37 GMT -5 @zach808 said:

Jun 20, 2017 2:31:11 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

"Fans may turn out for a concert tour by a veteran artist, but surprisingly few of them will spring for a new album—even though it probably costs less than parking at the concert." LMAO funny even though everyone knows that streaming also exists

It really depends on if the artist is still relevant, as well as how hardcore their fanbase is. Look at the millions who were eagerly waiting to buy/stream More Life and DAMN and anything that Bieber puts out. And I fully expect the next 21P album to do at least a 350k week with how rabid their fanbase is. And Metallica fans will show up in droves to buy their albums.

I'm not sure how old you are but not many consider Drake, Bieber or even Katy Perry as a veteran artist yet.
If the media is than they are still obsessed with what's the newest thing out there.
I'm not sure if your point about relevant artists and veteran artists were just combined and i missed understood but only Metallica qualify's for veteran artists. (in my opinion)

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/7841938/billboard-200-chart-moves-glen-campbell-debuts-in-top-40-with-final-album-adios

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Glen Campbell Debuts in Top 40 With Final Album, 'Adios'
By Keith Caulfield | June 22, 2017

Now, let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the latest Billboard 200 chart:

— Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie – No. 17 — Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie arrive together in their first duo project, launching at No. 17 with 23,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June 15, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 22,000 were in traditional album sales.

The Buckingham/McVie album surpasses the
 chart highs of any of the two artists’ solo projects. Buckingham has gone as high as No. 32 on his own with Law and Order in 1981. McVie scaled to No. 26 in 1984 with her self-titled set. Their album is practically a Fleetwood Mac recording, as it includes contributions from four of the band’s five members: Drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie are also featured on the set, while vocalist Stevie Nicks is absent. The last time those members gathered for a Fleetwood Mac studio album was for 1987’s No. 7-peaking Tango in the Night.

— Soundtrack, Trolls - No. 26 — The soundtrack benefits from sale pricing at digital retail, including in the iTunes Store, where it was promoted prominently and featured for $7.99. The album earned 18,000 units (up 24 percent) for the week, with 8,000 of that sum in traditional album sales (up 24 percent). Further, its digital album sales grew 58 percent to 4,000 for the week. (Its physical sales were up too, but by a much smaller amount: 4 percent, lifting the album to a little more than 4,000 physical CDs sold during the tracking frame.)

— Taylor Swift, 1989 - No. 31 — Four of Taylor Swift’s studio albums re-enter the chart, following her much-publicized return to all streaming services on June 9. Her highest charting effort on the new chart is her most recent album, 2014’s 1989, which bounces back onto the list at No. 31. The album generated 18.9 million on-demand audio streams for its songs in the tracking week ending June 15. The set returns to list with 16,000 equivalent album units earned (mainly generated from streaming equivalent album units). 1989 was last in the top 40 on June 4, 2016, when it ranked at No. 26.

— Glen Campbell, Adios – No. 40 —Adios says hello at No. 40, bowing with 14,000 units – nearly all from traditional album sales. The set is billed as the ailing star’s final album. It was recorded in 2012, a year after it was announced he had Alzheimer’s disease. Adios grants Campbell his 16th top 40 album, while on Top Country Albums (where it bows at No. 7), it’s his 19th top 10 effort.

— Original Broadway Cast Recording, Dear Evan Hansen – No. 44 — Following the musical’s six Tony Award wins on June 11, the show’s original Broadway cast recording rockets from No. 147 to No. 44 with 14,000 units (up 155 percent). The album’s sales grew 192 percent – rising from 6,000 to nearly 10,000. In total, sales of cast albums grew 7 percent in the week ending June 15 (rising to 756,000; up from 707,000 in the week previous). Meanwhile, at No. 56, the original Broadway cast recording of Anastasia starts with 11,000 units and 10,000 in album sales. The latter figure is the second-largest sales debut for a cast album in 2017 -- second only to the arrival of Dear Evan Hansen, which launched with 25,000 sold.

— Chuck Berry, Chuck - No. 49 — Chuck Berry’s first album of mostly new music since 1979’s Rock It grants the late legend his best sales week (12,000 copies sold in the week ending June 15) since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991. The new effort is Berry’s highest charting album of new music since 1972, when The London Chuck Berry Sessions peaked at No. 8. (That album consisted of five studio recordings and three live tracks. The latter batch of live takes included an 11-minute version of “My Ding-a-Ling,” which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October of 1972.)

[areyoureadytojump]

roughstock.com/news/2017/06/41978-top-10-country-albums-sales-chart-june-19-2017

Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: June 19, 2017
Posted By Matt Bjorke on Monday June 19, 2017

Lady Antebellum leads a pack of newcomers including the final Glen Campbell album, Jessie James Decker and The Secret Sisters debuting inside the Top 15 of this week's chart.

In addition to the artists mentioned above, the chart finds newcomers including Ray Scott, Amanda Anne Platte and The Honeycutters, the 10th edition of Now Country Music, Chris Janson's EP, Jessica Rose and Trea Landon all making an appearance on our rundown this week.

Place Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 Lady Antebellum Heart Break 47,100 47,100
2 Chris Stapleton From A Room: Volume 1 20,100 384,600
3 Various Artists Now Country 10 16,900 16,900
4 Glen Campbell Adios 13,800 13,800
5 Zac Brown Band Welcome Home 12,800 201,900
6 Luke Combs This One's For You 8,500 43,600
7 Keith Urban Ripcord 7,900 602,600
8 Chris Stapleton Traveller 8,500 1,979,900
9 The Secret Sisters You Don't Own Me Anymore 4,700 4,700
10 Brett Young Brett Young 4,200 89,800
11 Jessie James Decker Blackbird Sessions EP 4,000 4,000
12 Rascal Flatts Back To Us 3,700 40,600
13 Willie Nelson God's Problem Child 3,100 67,200
14 Miranda Lambert The Weight Of These Wings 2,600 361,900
15 Florida Georgia Line Dig Your Roots 2,600 399,400

-- Luke Bryan Kill The Lights 2,200 1,153,600
-- Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop 2,200 129,000
-- Kane Brown Kane Brown 2,200 159,500
-- Little Big Town The Breaker 1,900 118,400
-- Wheeler Walker Jr Ol Wheeler 1,800 9,700
-- Jon Pardi California Sunrise 1,800 154,900
-- Brad Paisley Love And War 1,600 50,900
-- Joey Martin Feek If Not For You 1,600 39,700
-- Cole Swindell You Should Be Here 1,500 280,000
-- Blake Shelton If I'm Honest 1,500 604,300
-- Ray Scott Guitar For Sale 1,500 1,500
-- Maren Morris Hero 1,400 229,000
-- Eric Church Mr. Misunderstood 1,300 535,300
-- Kelsea Ballerini The First Time 1,300 287,700
-- Joey+Rory Hymns 1,200 564,100
-- Garth Brooks Gunslinger 1,200 106,100
-- Old Crow Medicine Show 50 Years of Blonde On Blonde 1,100 15,200
-- Dierks Bentley Black 1,100 264,300
-- Kenny Chesney Cosmic Hallelujah 1,000 219,400
-- Josh Turner Deep South 1,000 47,900
-- Justin Moore Kinda Don't Care 1,000 121,800
-- Midland Midland EP 900 12,000
-- Colt Ford Love Hope Faith 900 16,700
-- Chris Janson The Fix A Drink EP 900 900
-- Drake White Spark 800 51,400
-- Dylan Scott Dylan Scott 800 32,000
-- Raelynn Wildhorse 600 31,800
-- The Lacs American Rebelution 600 18,600
-- Aaron Watson Vaquero 500 59,500
-- Lauren Alaina Road Less Traveled 500 26,200
-- Jessica Rose Wild Hearts 500 600
-- A.A Platte/Honeycutters A.A Platte/Honeycutters 400 400
-- Dan+Shay Obsessed 400 91,500
-- The Macvericks Brand New Day 400 11,800
-- Margo Price Midwest Farmer's Daughter 300 52,600
-- William Michael Morgan Vinyl 300 29,000
-- Trea Landon Trea Landon 300 300