Billboard 200 9/9/2017 - Brand New

[Gary]

Brand New Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Science Fiction'

The rock band leads the list with its first release in nearly eight years.

Rock band Brand New nabs its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Science Fiction starts atop the tally with 58,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 24, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 55,000 were in traditional album sales. The set was released Aug. 18 through the band's own Procrastinate! Music Traitors label, and is the first album from the band in nearly eight years.

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 Sept. 9-dated chart (where Science Fiction debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday (Aug. 29).

Science Fiction is currently only available through streaming services and for sale as a digital album. A physical release on CD and vinyl LP is due Oct. 18. (A number of other albums have topped the chart in 2017 without a physical album release, including Drake's More Life, Future's self-titled album and HNDRXX, Migos' Culture and Big Sean's I Decided.)

Science Fiction is the third rock album to lead the Billboard 200 in 2017, following Arcade Fire's Everything Now (Aug. 19) and Linkin Park's One More Light (June 10).

Further, Science Fiction also debuts at No. 1 on the Independent Albums chart, as the set was self-released by the band. It is the first independently distributed album to top the Billboard 200 in 2017.

In 2016, five independently distributed albums led the chart: Metallica's Hardwired… To Self-Destruct (Dec. 10, 2016; released on the band's Blackened Records, distributed via Alternative Distribution Alliance [ADA]), Jason Aldean's They Don't Know (Oct. 1; on Broken Bow Records, distributed through RED Distribution), Frank Ocean's initially self-released Blonde (Sept. 10; on Ocean's own Boys Don't Cry), Blink-182's California (July 23; released through the band's Viking Wizard Eyes LLC, licensed to BMG and distributed by ADA) and The Lumineers' Cleopatra (April 30; on Dualtone via ADA).

Brand New made its Billboard 200 debut in 2003 with Deja Entendu, which arrived on the list dated July 5 of that year, debuting and peaking at No. 63. The group returned in 2006 with The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (No. 31) and then in 2009 with its previous studio set, Daisy (No. 6).

Brand New scores its first No. 1 a long 14 years, two months and four days after the act's chart debut back on July 5, 2003. The last act to wait longer for its first No. 1 was David Bowie, when Blackstar debuted at No. 1 on Jan. 30, 2016 -- 43 years, nine months and 15 days after he debuted on the list with Hunky Dory on April 15, 1972. Blackstar, of course, was released two days before Bowie died on January 10, 2016. Previous to Bowie, the last longer wait (than Brand New's 14-year gap) was tallied by Tyrese, when his Black Rose bowed at No. 1 on the Aug. 1, 2015-dated list -- 16 years, eight months and 18 days after his self-titled album hit the chart dated Nov. 14, 1998.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, rapper Kodak Black scores his highest-charting album yet, and second top 10, as Project Baby Two launches with 50,000 units (8,000 in traditional album sales). The mixtape album is powered largely by streams, as the title garnered 39,000 SEA units, translating to 58.6 million on-demand audio streams of the album's tracks. Kodak Black previously notched a No. 3-peaking set earlier in 2017 with his debut studio effort, Painting Pictures (71,000 units in its first week, 15,000 in album sales).

Kendrick Lamar's former No. 1 DAMN. moves 2-3 with 41,000 units (down 5 percent).

Rock band Neck Deep notches its first top 10 effort with The Peace and the Panic bowing at No. 4 with 32,000 units (mostly from traditional album sales, as the set sold 29,000 copies). The Welsh act previously reached No. 17 in 2015 with Life's Not Out to Get You (19,000 units in its first week, with 18,000 in sales).

The Peace and the Panic was released through Hopeless Records, and the set is the highest charting effort for the label in more than two years. All Time Low's Future Hearts was the last Hopeless release to go higher, when it debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the April 25, 2015-dated list.

Kesha's Rainbow falls from No. 1 to No. 5 with 31,000 units (down 74 percent), Khalid's American Teen retreats two spots from its No. 4 peak, as it moves to No. 6 with 29,000 units (down 8 percent), and DJ Khaled's Grateful -- which led the list for two weeks in July -- falls 3-7 with 27,000 units (down 20 percent).

Also, this week's top 10 is apparently brought to you by the letter "K": Kodak Black is No. 2, Kendrick Lamar is No. 3, Kesha is No. 5, Khalid is No. 6 and DJ Khaled is No. 7.
In other artist chart news: Ed Sheeran's former leader ÷ (Divide) slips 6-8 with 26,000 units (down 7 percent).

Rapper Dave East scores his first top 10 effort, as Paranoia: A True Story, arrives at No. 9 with just under 26,000 units (12,000 in traditional album sales). East previously hit the chart with Kairi Chanel in 2016, which debuted and peaked at No. 38.

Closing out the top 10 is Imagine Dragons' Evolve, slipping one rung to No. 10 with 25,000 units (down 2 percent).

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[Gary]

1. Brand New 58,000
2. Kodak Black 50,000
3. Kendrick Lamar 41,000
4. Neck Deep 32,000
5. Kesha 31,000
6. Khalid 29,000
7. DJ Khaled 27,000
8. Ed Sheeran 26,000
9. Dave East 26,000
10. Imagine Dragons 25,000

[forg]

Ooh Brand New was purely digital, very impressive.

[Anticonformity]

Aug 27, 2017 17:47:25 GMT -5 Gary said:

1. Brand New 58,000
2. Kodak Black 50,000
3. Kendrick Lamar 41,000
4. Neck Deep 32,000
5. Kesha 31,000
6. Khalid 29,000
7. DJ Khaled 27,000
8. Ed Sheeran 26,000
9. Dave East 26,000
10. Imagine Dragons 25,000

Just gotta say I love that you do it like this so when I can get a chance I can read the full report, it's nice to have this for a quick reference...

[Deleted]

That's not as big of a drop as I expected for Kesha. I thought she'd be in 10-20k territory due to the ticket bundle. Maybe this album can outsell Warrior.

[areyoureadytojump]

Compiled by oldbloke. These are pure album sales:

ALBUM SALES WEEK 34

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 0 / last year - 3
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 5 / last year - 7
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 18 / last year - 23
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 72 / last year - 103

Rank - Estimated 2017 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )

01 - 826,000 - ÷ - Ed Sheeran ( 826,000 )
02 - 777,000 - DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar ( 777,000 )
03 - 587,000 - MOANA - Soundtrack ( 781,000 )
04 - 575,000 - 24K MAGIC - Bruno Mars ( 1,054,000 )
05 - 531,000 - HARDWIRED...TO SELF-DESTRUCT - Metallica ( 1,048,000 )
06 - 496,000 - FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 - Chris Stapleton ( 496,000 )
07 - 440,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2: AWESOME MIX VOL.2 - Soundtrack ( 440,000 )
08 - 437,000 - TROLLS - Soundtrack ( 739,000 )
09 - 364,000 - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Soundtrack ( 364,000 )
10 - 351,000 - MORE LIFE - Drake ( 351,000 )

11 - 332,000 - HARRY STYLES - Harry Styles ( 332,000 )
12 - 321,000 - 4:44 - Jay-Z ( 321,000 )
13 - 311,000 - LA LA LAND - Soundtrack ( 339,000 )
14 - 297,000 - HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL - Original Cast ( 1,285,000 )
15 - 278,000 - TRAVELLER - Chris Stapleton ( 2,048,000 )
16 - 273,000 - MEMORIES…DO NOT OPEN - Chainsmokers ( 273,000 )
17 - 260,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,939,000 )
18 - 256,000 - WELCOME HOME - Zac Brown Band ( 256,000 )
19 - 244,000 - NOW 61 - Various ( 244,000 )
20 - 238,000 - EVERYBODY - Logic ( 238,000 )

21 - 237,000 - STARBOY - The Weeknd ( 610,000 )
22 - 235,000 - RIPCORD - Keith Urban ( 647,000 )
23 - 234,000 - SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - Beatles ( 5,032,000 )
24 - 224,000 - WITNESS - Katy Perry ( 224,000 )
25 - 215,000 - SING - Soundtrack ( 258,000 )
26 - 211,000 - ONE MORE LIGHT - Linkin Park ( 211,000 )
27 - 211,000 - LEMONADE - Beyoncé ( 1,765,000 )
28 - 206,000 - 25 - Adele ( 9,378,000 )
29 - 204,000 - BLURRYFACE - Twenty One Pilots ( 1,534,000 )
30 - 201,000 - HUMANZ - Gorillaz ( 201,000 )

31 - 200,000 - EVOLVE - Imagine Dragons ( 200,000 )
32 - 193,000 - SING IT NOW: SONGS OF FAITH & HOPE - Reba McEntire ( 193,000 )
33 - 189,000 - THE DEVIL DON'T SLEEP - Brantley Gilbert ( 189,000 )
34 - 188,000 - JOANNE - Lady Gaga ( 559,000 )
35 - 188,000 - THE SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING - John Mayer ( 188,000 )
36 - 182,000 - NOW 62 - Various ( 182,000 )
37 - 168,000 - RATHER YOU THAN ME - Rick Ross ( 168,000 )
38 - 167,000 - FIFTY SHADES DARKER - Soundtrack ( 167,000 )
39 - 147,000 - METALLICA - Metallica ( 16,632,000 )
40 - 146,000 - I DECIDED - Big Sean ( 146,000 )

41 - 146,000 - STRENGTH OF A WOMAN - Mary J Blige ( 146,000 )
42 - 142,000 - THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS - Miranda Lambert ( 383,000 )
43 - 140,000 - 4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY - J Cole ( 593,000 )
44 - 134,000 - THE BREAKER - Little Big Town ( 134,000 )
45 - 131,000 - DEATH OF A BACHELOR - Panic At The Disco ( 669,000 )
46 - 130,000 - MELODRAMA - Lorde ( 130,000 )
47 - 128,000 - PURPLE RAIN - Prince & the Revolution ( 3,698,000 )
48 - 127,000 - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - Garth Brooks ( 548,000 )
49 - 126,000 - 2017 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 126,000 )
50 - 125,000 - BRETT YOUNG - Brett Young ( 125,000 )

51 - 122,000 - HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM - Halsey ( 122,000 )
52 - 122,000 - FUTURE - Future ( 122,000 )
53 - 122,000 - HEART BREAK - Lady Antebellum ( 122,000 )
54 - 121,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 12,224,000 )
55 - 118,000 - CULTURE - Migos ( 118,000 )
56 - 116,000 - THE LEGEND OF - Johnny Cash ( 3,691,000 )
57 - 116,000 - WINDY CITY - Alison Krauss ( 116,000 )
58 - 115,000 - DEAR EVAN HANSEN - Original Cast ( 115,000 )
59 - 113,000 - EVERYTHING NOW - Arcade Fire ( 113,000 )
60 - 113,000 - THE ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks ( 3,106,000 )

61 - 113,000 - LUST FOR LIFE - Lana Del Rey ( 113,000 )
62 - 113,000 - PTX VOL.IV: CLASSICS - Pentatonix ( 113,000 )
63 - 113,000 - IN IT TO WIN IT - Charlie Wilson ( 113,000 )
64 - 111,000 - SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM - Soundtrack ( 583,000 )
65 - 106,000 - VESSEL - Twenty One Pilots ( 807,000 )
66 - 106,000 - KIDZ BOP 34 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 106,000 )
67 - 106,000 - ILLUMINATE - Shawn Mendes ( 323,000 )
68 - 105,000 - LIFER - MercyMe ( 105,000 )
69 - 103,000 - KANE BROWN - Kane Brown ( 184,000 )
70 - 103,000 - RAINBOW - Kesha ( 103,000 )

71 - 102,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 9,128,000 )
72 - 101,000 - PRETTY GIRLS LIKE TRAP MUSIC - 2 Chainz ( 101,000 )
73 - 99,000 - HYBRID THEORY - Linkin Park ( 10,529,000 )
74 - 98,000 - THEY DON'T KNOW - Jason Aldean ( 404,000 )
75 - 98,000 - AWAKEN MY LOVE - Childish Gambino ( 209,000 )
76 - 97,000 - VIEWS - Drake ( 1,705,000 )
77 - 97,000 - GRATEFUL - DJ Khaled ( 97,000 )
78 - 96,000 - CLEOPATRA - Lumineers ( 450,000 )
79 - 96,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 2,218,000 )
80 - 96,000 - HOW CAN IT BE - Lauren Daigle ( 626,000 )

81 - 96,000 - THE JOSHUA TREE - U2 ( 3,745,000 )
82 - 95,000 - AFTER LAUGHTER - Paramore ( 95,000 )
83 - 95,000 - THIS ONE'S FOR YOU - Luke Combs ( 95,000 )
84 - 94,000 - BLUE AND LONESOME - Rolling Stones ( 342,000 )
85 - 93,000 - THE GETAWAY - Red Hot Chili Peppers ( 475,000 )
86 - 93,000 - DIG YOUR ROOTS - Florida Georgia Line ( 418,000 )
87 - 93,000 - NOW COUNTRY 10 - Various ( 93,000 )
88 - 93,000 - TREMAINE THE ALBUM - Trey Songz ( 93,000 )
89 - 91,000 - THE NASHVILLE SOUND - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit ( 91,000 )
90 - 91,000 - MASTER OF PUPPETS - Metallica ( 5,306,000 )

91 - 90,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 1,342,000 )
92 - 90,000 - HERO - Maren Morris ( 246,000 )
93 - 89,000 - AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - Metallica ( 6,023,000 )
94 - 89,000 - 8 - Incubus ( 89,000 )
95 - 88,000 - GOD'S PROBLEM CHILD - Willie Nelson ( 88,000 )
96 - 88,000 - FEED THE MACHINE - Nickelback ( 88,000 )
97 - 88,000 - FLOWER BOY - Tyler The Creator ( 88,000 )
98 - 87,000 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 6,880,000 )
99 - 87,000 - SPIRIT - Depeche Mode ( 87,000 )
100 - 87,000 - NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A WORKOUT 2017 - Various ( 93,000 )

[forg]

ed and lamar will get to 1M pure sales but it's gonna take a while

Glad Bruno Mars sold 1M pure sales with 2K Magic!

[pnobelysk]

^moana should also make it to 1 million with them

And crazy enough the original guardians of the galaxy soundtrack might top 2 million this year

[deepston]

Taylor will probably be the only album with 1M+ sales this year, sad :(

[pnobelysk]

Aug 30, 2017 11:07:11 GMT -5 deepston said:

Taylor will probably be the only album with 1M+ sales this year, sad :(

Ed will probably get there if perfect takes off & is promoted. Holiday sales should keep him up there

[deepston]

Aug 30, 2017 12:48:30 GMT -5 pnobelysk said:

Aug 30, 2017 11:07:11 GMT -5 deepston said:

Taylor will probably be the only album with 1M+ sales this year, sad :(

Ed will probably get there if perfect takes off & is promoted. Holiday sales should keep him up there

That's true! Even if Perfect doesn't take off, I can see it selling more 150k till the end of the year.

[areyoureadytojump]

Aug 30, 2017 11:07:11 GMT -5 deepston said:

Taylor will probably be the only album with 1M+ sales this year, sad :(

Eminem will have an album out.

Justin Timberlake may have an album out.

Both should be easy 1 million sellers.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/7949811/billboard-200-chart-moves-hamilton-cast-album-hits-100th-chart-week-surpasses

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: 'Hamilton' Cast Album Hits 100th Chart Week & Surpasses 'Rent' in Total Sales
By Keith Caulfield | August 31, 2017 11:07 AM EDT

Plus: Bonnie Tyler returns to chart after more than 30 years, thanks to the total solar eclipse.

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

Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical – No. 24 — The original Broadway cast recording notches its 100th consecutive week on the list, and also surpasses the total album sales of the original Broadway cast album to Rent.

In the latest tracking week (ending Aug. 24), Hamilton sold another 7,000 copies, bringing its total sales to 1.285 million – slightly more than the 1.284 million of Rent (released in 1996).

Hamilton is now the sixth largest selling cast album of the Nielsen Music era (which started in 1991, when the company began electronically tracking music sales).

The top selling cast album in Nielsen Music’s history is the highlights edition of the original London cast recording of The Phantom of the Opera, with 4.97 million sold. (The complete recording of The Phantom of the Opera — which is tracked and charts separately — has sold 503,000 since 1991.)

The Phantom of the Opera (Highlights) is followed by the original Broadway cast recording of Wicked (2.7 million), the original cast recording of Mamma Mia! (1.72 million), the original Broadway cast recording of Les Miserables (1.66 million), the original Broadway cast recording of Jersey Boys (1.44 million) and Hamilton.

Further, Hamilton has sold 297,000 in 2017. It is one of only two cast albums to sell 100,000 copies this year; Dear Evan Hansen, at 116,000, is the other. Those totals also make 2017 the first calendar year since 2011 where two cast albums have cleared 100,000. That year, The Book of Mormon and Wicked respectively sold 182,000 and 133,000.

Taylor Swift, 1989 - No. 64 — Certainly, interest in Taylor Swift spiked during the tracking week, as the superstar cleared her social networks and began teasing fans with cryptic postings. Ultimately, those messages led to a new single, “Look What You Made Me Do,” which was released on Aug. 25. It’s the first single from her upcoming album, Reputation, due out on Nov. 10. Her previous studio set, 1989, climbs from No. 80 to No. 64 with 9,000 units (up 9 percent).

Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon - No. 89 — The total solar eclipse on Aug. 21 boosts Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon album, as it climbs from No. 173 to No. 89 – its highest rank in nearly two years. It last was higher on the Oct. 17, 2015-dated list, when it placed at No. 76. The album climbs on the latest list with 7,000 equivalent album units (up 56 percent).

Shania Twain, Greatest Hits – No. 119 — As promotion ramps up for Twain’s upcoming studio album (Now, due Sept. 29), her Greatest Hits album jumps onto the list at No. 119 (6,000 units; up 88 percent) – its highest rank in more than five years (May 5, 2012; No. 114).

Bonnie Tyler, The Very Best of Bonnie Tyler - No. 180 — Bonnie Tyler returns to the Billboard 200 for the first time in more than 30 years, thanks to the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. The eclipse generated interest in Tyler’s hit single “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” which in turn moves Tyler’s The Very Best of Bonnie Tyler (which features “Total”) to a debut on the chart at No. 180. It enters with nearly 5,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 24 – nearly all from TEA and SEA generated by “Total.” In the tracking week, “Total” sold 31,000 downloads and earned 1.4 million on-demand audio streams.

Tyler has been absent from the Billboard 200 since 1986, when Secret Dreams & Forbidden Fire spent eight weeks on the list, peaking at No. 106. Tyler has notched two top 40-charting albums with 1978’s It’s a Heartache (No. 16) and 1983’s Faster Than the Speed of Night (No. 4). The latter set is the studio album that houses “Total,” which spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.