Billboard 200 - 11/25/17 - The Thrill Of It All

[Gary]

Sam Smith's 'The Thrill of It All' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

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By Keith Caulfield | November 12, 2017 3:00 PM EST

Plus: Maroon 5, Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini and Kid Rock debut in top 10.

Sam Smith scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as The Thrill of It All debuts atop the list.

The set earned 237,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 9, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 185,000 were in traditional album sales. The album is Smith’s second full-length studio effort, and was released on Nov. 3 through Capitol Records. It follows his debut studio set, In the Lonely Hour, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the July 5, 2014-dated chart.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Nov. 25-dated chart (where The Thrill of It All debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday (Nov. 14).

Smith claims his best sales week ever with the arrival of The Thrill of It All -- 185,000 copies sold. That trumps his previous best week, when In the Lonely Hour debuted with 166,000. (In the Lonely Hour has sold a total of 2.4 million copies.)

The Thrill of It All’s starting unit sum of 237,000 is the seventh largest bow for an album in 2017, and the third biggest for a pop album. Among pop album debuts this year, it trails only Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (451,000 units on the March 25-dated chart) and P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma (408,000; Nov. 4). The largest debut of the year among all genres belongs to Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., with 603,000 units (May 6). Following Lamar: Drake’s More Life (505,000; April 8), Sheeran, P!nk, JAY-Z’s 4:44 (262,000; July 29), Logic’s Everybody (247,000; May 27) and Smith.

Smith’s album was led by the single “Too Good at Goodbyes,” which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking his fifth top 10 song on the tally.
At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Maroon 5 collects its sixth top 10 album, as Red Pill Blues debuts at No. 2. The set earned 122,000 equivalent album units, of which 94,000 were in traditional album sales. The band’s last album launched at No. 1 in 2014, starting with 164,000 copies sold (before the chart transitioned to a units-ranked list later that year).


The debut sales frames of both Maroon 5’s album as well as Sam Smith’s The Thrill of It All were aided by concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotions in association with the acts’ respective upcoming tours.  
Chris Brown’s Heartbreak on a Full Moon holds steady at No. 3, with 73,000 units (up 7 percent). The album debuted a week ago with 68,000 units, but with only three full tracking days of activity, following its release on Tuesday, Oct. 31. In its second chart week, the album’s sales and TEA units are down (20,000 sold; down 22 percent, and 3,000 TEA units; down 11 percent), but its SEA units gained (50,000; up 28 percent).

Blake Shelton arrives at No. 4 with his latest album, Texoma Shore, starting with 63,000 units (55,000 in traditional album sales). It’s Shelton’s 11th top 10 album, stretching back to 2003’s The Dreamer, which debuted and peaked at No. 8.

This year marks Shelton’s eighth consecutive year where he’s debuted at least one new album on the chart. Before Texoma Shore, he hit the chart with If I’m Honest (No. 3, 2016), Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits (No. 5, 2015), Bringing Back the Sunshine (No. 1, 2014), Based on a True Story (No. 3, 2013), Cheers, It’s Christmas (No. 8, 2012), Red River Blue (No. 1, 2011) and a trio of titles in 2010: Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton (which peaked at No. 11 in 2011), All About Tonight (No. 6, 2010), and Hillbilly Bone (No. 3, 2010).

Back on the new Billboard 200, 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin’s Without Warning slips one rung to No. 5 in its second week (56,000 units; up 4 percent). Its gain is owed to streaming activity, and how the set only had three days of tracking on the previous week’s chart -- as, like Brown’s Heartbreak album, Without Warning was also released on Oct. 31. While Without Warning takes a dive in traditional album sales (4,000; down 64 percent) and TEA units (2,000; down 11 percent), it rallies in SEA units (50,000; up 25 percent).

Kenny Chesney’s Live in No Shoes Nation falls from No. 1 to No. 6 in its second week, earning 52,000 units (down 76 percent). It also falls 76 percent in traditional album sales (sliding to 51,000 sold).
Kelsea Ballerini gets her first top 10 album, as her second studio effort, Unapologetically, debuts at No. 7 (44,000 units, 35,000 in traditional album sales). It follows her first album, the appropriately titled The First Time, which debuted and peaked at No. 31 in 2015.


Ballerini is only the fourth female country act to reach the top 10 in 2017. She follows: Shania Twain (Now, No. 1, Oct. 21-dated chart), Alison Krauss (Windy City, No. 9, March 11) and Reba McEntire (Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope, No. 4, Feb. 25).

Kid Rock nabs his ninth top 10 album with the No. 8 debut of Sweet Southern Sugar (43,000 units; 41,000 in traditional album sales). It follows Kid Rock’s 2015 effort First Kiss, which launched with 146,000 units (137,000 in traditional album sales).

Rounding out the top 10: Post Malone’s Stoney (5-9 with 40,000 units; down 3 percent) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (8-10 with 36,000 units; up 14 percent).

[Gary]

1. Sam Smith 237,000
2. Maroon 5 122,000
3. Chris Brown 73,000
4. Blake Shelton 63,000
5. 21 Savage 56,000
6. Kenny Chesney 52,000
7. Kelsea Ballerini 44,000
8. Kid Rock 43,000
9. Post Malone 40,000
10. Ed Sheeran 36,000

[scrohr424]

So how long has Divide been in the Top 10 of the chart? It must be around 24K Magic's 34 or so weeks.

[Glove Slap]

Nov 13, 2017 7:36:53 GMT -5 scrohr424 said:

So how long has Divide been in the Top 10 of the chart? It must be around 24K Magic's 34 or so weeks.

It's one week off from matching it, it's only been out of the top 10 for 3 weeks so far.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^The fact that those two albums were in the top 10 reflect the help they got from the sales and streaming of their hits.

[areyoureadytojump]

#1 Albums on the Billboard 200 in 2017:

1/21: 69,000 STARBOY The Weeknd
1/28: 63,000 STARBOY The Weeknd
2/04: 61,000 STARBOY The Weeknd
2/11: 56,000 STARBOY The Weeknd
2/18: 131,000 CULTURE Migos
2/25: 151,000 I DECIDED Big Sean
3/04: 123,000 FIFTY SHADES DARKER Soundtrack
3/11: 140,000 FUTURE Future
3/18: 121,000 HNDRXX Future
3/25: 451,000 ÷ Ed Sheeran
4/01: 180,000 ÷ Ed Sheeran
4/08: 505,000 MORE LIFE Drake
4/15: 226,000 MORE LIFE Drake
4/22: 136,000 MORE LIFE Drake
4/29: 221,000 MEMORIES…DO NOT OPEN Chainsmokers
5/06: 603,000 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar
5/13: 239,000 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar
5/20: 173,000 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar
5/27: 247,000 EVERYBODY Logic
6/03: 230,000 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles
6/10: 111,000 ONE MORE LIGHT Linkin Park
6/17: 107,000 TRUE TO SELF Bryson Tiller
6/24: 106,000 HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM Halsey
7/01: 180,000 WITNESS Katy Perry
7/08: 109,000 MELODRAMA Lorde
7/15: 149,000 GRATEFUL DJ Khaled
7/22: 70,000 GRATEFUL DJ Khaled
7/29: 262,000 4:44 Jay-Z
8/05: 87,000 4:44 Jay-Z
8/12: 107,000 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Rey
8/19: 100,000 EVERYTHING NOW Arcade Fire
8/26: 47,000 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar
9/02: 116,000 RAINBOW Kesha
9/09: 58,000 SCIENCE FICTION Brand New
9/16: 135,000 LUV IS RAGE 2 Lil Uzi Vert
9/23: 85,000 AMERICAN DREAM LCD Soundsystem
9/30: 123,000 LIFE CHANGES Thomas Rhett
10/07: 127,000 CONCRETE AND GOLD Foo Fighters
10/14: 118,000 WONDERFUL WONDERFUL The Killers
10/21: 137,000 NOW Shania Twain
10/28: 55,000 PERCEPTION NF
11/04: 408,000 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk
11/11: 152,000 FLCKER Niall Horan
11/18: 219,000 LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION Kenny Chesney
11/25: 237,000 THE THRILL OF IT ALL Sam Smith

[areyoureadytojump]

www.vintagevinylnews.com/2017/11/did-kid-rocks-politics-stunt-hurt-sales.html

Did Kid Rock's Politics Stunt Hurt Sales of His New Album?
by VVN Music

Kid Rock implied he was running for congress and the far right cheered. A few months later, he said it was all a joke and that same group moaned while other American citizens breathed a sign of relief.

That lengthy publicity stunt may have taken a toll on the sales of Kid Rock's new album, Sweet Southern Sugar. Sales have been a bit lackluster at around 40,000 according to Hits Daily Double and that's only enough to give him around number 5 on the pure sales chart. Add in streaming and he only moves up to 41,700, putting him at number 8 on their chart and an almost guaranteed lower top ten debut when the final charts come out on Tuesday.

If number 8 becomes the final resting place for the album in its first week out, it will be the singers lowest charting since 2003's Kid Rock, which peaked at the same spot in a tie for his lowest charting album since the 1998 breakthrough, Devil Without a Cause.

Looking back, his last album, First Kiss, went to number 2, the two previous sets, Born Free and Rebel Soul peaked at 5, and 2007's Rock n Roll Jesus remains his biggest ever, topping the Billboard 200.

Kid Rock won't even have the highest charting album of the week by a veteran artist with the spotlight continuing to shine on Kenny Chesney's Live in a No Shoes Nation which both outsold him and did better with sales and streams together. Chesney sold 50,700 in his second week for number 4 while, with streaming, he totaled 51,500 for number 6.

Bob Dylan's thirteenth volume in his Bootleg Series, concentrating on his religious-based music years, sold around 8,200 copies for 18 on the pure sales chart but didn't pick up enough in streaming to make the top 50 for the week. It appears it will be the lowest charting of the series.

Other veteran artists (only Petty had enough sales + streams to make the top 50):

Greatest Hits - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Sales - 10,000 (#14)
Sales + Streaming - 13,000 (#42)

When Was the Last Time - Darius Rucker
Sales - 6,600 (#22)

A Love So Beautiful - Roy Orbison
Sales - 5,800 (#24)

Red Before Black - Cannibal Corpse
Sales - 5,750 (#25)

Pacific Daydream - Weazer
Sales - 5,300 (#27)

Colors - Beck
Sales - 4,900 (#33)

Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 2 - Various Artists
Sales - 4,700 (#34)

4:44 - Jay-Z
Sales - 4,500 (#37)

Now - Shania Twain
Sales - 3,900 (#41)

Concrete & Gold - Foo Fighters
Sales - 3,700 (#42)

Ripcord - Keith Urban
Sales - 3,650 (#44)

Metallica - Metallica
Sales - 3,400 (#47)

Final numbers will be out on Tuesday.

[85la]

^ I doubt it. His numbers are low because he's not relevant anymore, and I doubt the announcement helped or hurt him in any significant way.

[iHype.]

Nov 13, 2017 17:32:41 GMT -5 85la said:

^ I doubt it. His numbers are low because he's not relevant anymore, and I doubt the announcement helped or hurt him in any significant way.

His 2015 album did 146,000 first week. He's not any less relevant in 2017 than in 2015, and his 2015 album didn't have a real hit either. 

I don't really see how he could go from 146,000 to 43,000 that quickly. I think the politics may have affected his sales, or atleast overshadowed his music.

[Brazilian Guy]

Nov 13, 2017 10:51:30 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

#1 Albums on the Billboard 200 in 2017:

1/21: 69,000 STARBOY The Weeknd
1/28: 63,000 STARBOY The Weeknd
2/04: 61,000 STARBOY The Weeknd
2/11: 56,000 STARBOY The Weeknd
2/18: 131,000 CULTURE Migos
2/25: 151,000 I DECIDED Big Sean
3/04: 123,000 FIFTY SHADES DARKER Soundtrack
3/11: 140,000 FUTURE Future
3/18: 121,000 HNDRXX Future
3/25: 451,000 ÷ Ed Sheeran
4/01: 180,000 ÷ Ed Sheeran
4/08: 505,000 MORE LIFE Drake
4/15: 226,000 MORE LIFE Drake
4/22: 136,000 MORE LIFE Drake
4/29: 221,000 MEMORIES…DO NOT OPEN Chainsmokers
5/06: 603,000 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar
5/13: 239,000 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar
5/20: 173,000 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar
5/27: 247,000 EVERYBODY Logic
6/03: 230,000 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles
6/10: 111,000 ONE MORE LIGHT Linkin Park
6/17: 107,000 TRUE TO SELF Bryson Tiller
6/24: 106,000 HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM Halsey
7/01: 180,000 WITNESS Katy Perry
7/08: 109,000 MELODRAMA Lorde
7/15: 149,000 GRATEFUL DJ Khaled
7/22: 70,000 GRATEFUL DJ Khaled
7/29: 262,000 4:44 Jay-Z
8/05: 87,000 4:44 Jay-Z
8/12: 107,000 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Rey
8/19: 100,000 EVERYTHING NOW Arcade Fire
8/26: 47,000 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar
9/02: 116,000 RAINBOW Kesha
9/09: 58,000 SCIENCE FICTION Brand New
9/16: 135,000 LUV IS RAGE 2 Lil Uzi Vert
9/23: 85,000 AMERICAN DREAM LCD Soundsystem
9/30: 123,000 LIFE CHANGES Thomas Rhett
10/07: 127,000 CONCRETE AND GOLD Foo Fighters
10/14: 118,000 WONDERFUL WONDERFUL The Killers
10/21: 137,000 NOW Shania Twain
10/28: 55,000 PERCEPTION NF
11/04: 408,000 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk
11/11: 152,000 FLCKER Niall Horan
11/18: 219,000 LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION Kenny Chesney
11/25: 237,000 THE THRILL OF IT ALL Sam Smith

Do you have the top 20 in pure sales of the week? Thanks in advance.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Nope. It may not leak this week.

The Christmas albums are back on the Billboard 20 this week. Ugh

[Deleted]

Nov 13, 2017 19:12:53 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Nov 13, 2017 17:32:41 GMT -5 85la said:

^ I doubt it. His numbers are low because he's not relevant anymore, and I doubt the announcement helped or hurt him in any significant way.

His 2015 album did 146,000 first week. He's not any less relevant in 2017 than in 2015, and his 2015 album didn't have a real hit either. 

I don't really see how he could go from 146,000 to 43,000 that quickly. I think the politics may have affected his sales, or atleast overshadowed his music.

Exactly.

The same way politics hurt KP's last album, hurt him.

[areyoureadytojump]

Politics did not hurt Katy Perry's Witness album. Stop. Katty Perry fans are Trump fans? Stop.

[Deleted]

Nov 14, 2017 10:54:09 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Politics did not hurt Katy Perry's Witness album. Stop. Katty Perry fans are Trump fans? Stop.

Well something happened sis. How does someone who's been one of radio's biggest darlings suddenly stop getting airplay with material just as commercial as her previous?

People got turned off by something.

[pnobelysk]

Nov 14, 2017 10:54:09 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Politics did not hurt Katy Perry's Witness album. Stop. Katty Perry fans are Trump fans? Stop.

Not going to say that it derailed the entire campaign, but it could at least play a factor. And while I’m sure she has a majority fan base that aren’t trump fans, Katy has always had a pretty big casual fan base who just viewed her music as breezy pop music.

[areyoureadytojump]

Sometimes a record label listens to an artists' new album and goes 'well, we'll release it but we won't support it like we have before.'

Katy released the album she wanted, not the album her label wanted.

[areyoureadytojump]

^There are a lot of songs that are hits worldwide and have little impact in the USA.

[areyoureadytojump]

roughstock.com/news/2017/11/42518-top-10-country-albums-chart-november-13-2017

Top 10 Country Albums Chart: November 13, 2017
© RoughStock: Posted By Matt Bjorke

Blake Shelton scores another #1 and out-paces new albums from Kelsea Ballerini, Ned LeDoux, Amanda Cook, Lee Brice and Kid Rock.

Place - Artist - Album - Week - ( Total Scans )

1 - BLAKE SHELTON - TEXOMA SHORE - 55,000 - ( 55,000 )
2 - KENNY CHESNEY - LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION - 51,300 - ( 268,100 )
3 - KID ROCK - SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR - 40,800 - ( 40,800 )
4 - KELSEA BALLERINI - UNAPOLOGETICALLY - 34,900 - ( 34,900 )
5 - LEE BRICE - LEE BRICE - 12,200 - ( 12,200 )
6 - CHRIS STAPLETON - FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 - 11,100 - ( 564,800 )
7 - CHRIS STAPLETON - TRAVELLER - 7,400 - ( 2,110,300 )
8 - DARIUS RUCKER - WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME - 6,700 - ( 46,400 )
9 - KANE BROWN - KANE BROWN - 6,100 - ( 250,400 )
10 - LUKE COMBS - THIS ONE'S FOR YOU - 5,500 - ( 145,100 )
11 - JESSIE JAMES DECKER - SOUTHERN GIRL CITY LIGHTS - 5,300 - ( 27,100 )
12 - SHANIA TWAIN - NOW - 5,000 - ( 173,500 )
13 - THOMAS RHETT - LIFE CHANGES - 4,500 - ( 163,800 )
14 - ROY ORBISON - LOVE SO BEAUTIFUL: ROY ORBIS - 4,500 - ( 4,500 )
15 - CHRIS YOUNG - LOSING SLEEP - 4,500 - ( 43,600 )

-- - NED LEDOUX - SAGEBRUSH - 4,000 - ( 4,000 )
-- - ALAN JACKSON - PRECIOUS MEMORIES COL (2CD) - 3,800 - ( 84,600 )
-- - BROTHERS OSBORNE - PAWN SHOP - 3,700 - ( 174,200 )
-- - MIRANDA LAMBERT - WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS - 3,600 - ( 399,500 )
-- - KEITH URBAN - RIPCORD - 3,500 - ( 677,600 )
-- - JON PARDI - CALIFORNIA SUNRISE - 2,800 - ( 194,600 )
-- - BRETT YOUNG - BRETT YOUNG - 2,600 - ( 154,400 )
-- - OLD DOMINION - HAPPY ENDINGS - 2,500 - ( 55,100 )
-- - ERIC CHURCH - MR. MISUNDERSTOOD - 2,500 - ( 567,500 )
-- - GRANGER SMITH - WHEN THE GOOD GUYS WIN - 2,300 - ( 17,100 )
-- - LITTLE BIG TOWN - BREAKER - 2,300 - ( 146,200 )
-- - DUSTIN LYNCH - CURRENT MOOD - 2,100 - ( 50,700 )
-- - ALABAMA - AMERICAN CHRISTMAS - 2,000 - ( 7,200 )
-- - ZAC BROWN BAND - WELCOME HOME - 2,000 - ( 282,300 )
-- - LADY ANTEBELLUM - HEART BREAK - 1,900 - ( 139,300 )
-- - MIDLAND - ON THE ROCKS - 1,800 - ( 34,500 )
-- - WILLIE NELSON - WILLIE AND THE BOYS: WILLIE'S - 1,700 - ( 9,200 )
-- - CARLY PEARCE - EVERY LITTLE THING - 1,600 - ( 16,200 )
-- - MAREN MORRIS - HERO - 1,600 - ( 261,400 )
-- - BRETT ELDREDGE - BRETT ELDREDGE - 1,500 - ( 65,700 )
-- - KIP MOORE - SLOWHEART - 1,200 - ( 38,800 )
-- - DOLLY PARTON - I BELIEVE IN YOU - 1,100 - ( 11,100 )
-- - JASON ISBELL/400 UNIT - NASHVILLE SOUND - 1,100 - ( 106,300 )
-- - MARGO PRICE - ALL AMERICAN MADE - 1,100 - ( 10,000 )
-- - JASON ALDEAN - THEY DON'T KNOW - 1,100 - ( 419,700 )
-- - TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS - LONG WAY FROM YOUR HEART - 1,100 - ( 19,700 )
-- - LEE ANN WOMACK - LONELY, LONESOME & GONE - 1,000 - ( 4,200 )
-- - BLAKE SHELTON - IF I'M HONEST - 1,000 - ( 627,300 )
-- - CHRIS JANSON - EVERYBODY - 900 - ( 17,100 )
-- - FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE - DIG YOUR ROOTS - 900 - ( 430,900 )
-- - KENNY CHESNEY - COSMIC HALLELUJAH - 800 - ( 236,600 )
-- - HOME FREE - TIMELESS - 700 - ( 24,600 )
-- - CHARLIE DANIELS - MEMORIES, MEMOIRS & MILES: SON - 700 - ( 2,300 )
-- - REBA MCENTIRE - SING IT NOW:SONGS OF FAITH - 700 - ( 200,400 )
-- - DYLAN SCOTT - DYLAN SCOTT - 700 - ( 51,800 )
-- - WILLIE NELSON - GOD'S PROBLEM CHILD - 600 - ( 97,100 )
-- - TOBY KEITH - BUS SONGS - 600 - ( 23,900 )
-- - BRAD PAISLEY - LOVE AND WAR - 600 - ( 69,000 )
-- - LUKAS NELSAN/PTR - LUKAS NELSAN/PTR - 600 - ( 11,800 )
-- - DIERKS BENTLEY - BLACK - 600 - ( 275,900 )
-- - AARON LEWIS - SINNER - 600 - ( 135,700 )
-- - TYLER CHILDERS - PURGATORY - 500 - ( 13,700 )
-- - BRANTLEY GILBERT - THE DEVIL DON'T SLEEP - 500 - ( 196,600 )
-- - JOEY MARTIN FEEK - IF NOT FOR YOU - 500 - ( 57,000 )
-- - RUSSELL DICKERSON - YOURS - 500 - ( 9,400 )
-- - AMANDA COOK - DEEP WATER - 500 - ( 500 )
-- - BIG & RICH - DID IT FOR THE PARTY - 400 - ( 38,000 )

[areyoureadytojump]

Retailer Report: Top 200 Albums
Region: Total U.S. Week Ending: 11/09/17

SMITH*SAM|THE THRILL OF IT ALL( 1) 184,700
MAROON 5|RED PILL BLUES ( 2) 93,700
SHELTON*BLAKE|TEXOMA SHORE ( 3) 54,900
CHESNEY*KENNY|LIVE IN NO SHOES( 4) 51,200
KID ROCK|SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR ( 5) 40,700
BALLERINI*KELSE|UNAPOLOGETICAL( 6) 34,800
VARIOUS ARTISTS|NOW 64 ( 7) 30,300
P!NK|BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA ( 8) 20,000
BROWN*CHRIS|HEARTBREAK ON A FU( 9) 19,500
VANDERWAAL*GRAC|JUST THE BEGIN( 10) 17,200

CLARKSON*KELLY|MEANING OF LIFE( 11) 17,200
LEE BRICE|LEE BRICE ( 12) 12,200
PENTATONIX|A PENTATONIX CHRIST( 13) 11,800
DYLAN*BOB|TROUBLE NO MORE: BOO( 14) 11,700
STAPLETON*CHRIS|FROM A ROOM: V( 15) 11,000
SHEERAN*ED|DIVIDE ( 16) 10,300
GROBAN*JOSH|NOEL ( 17) 10,000
PETTY*TOM & THE|GREATEST HITS ( 18) 9,700
CONVERGE|DUSK IN US ( 19) 9,500
IMAGINE DRAGONS|EVOLVE ( 20) 8,800

Top 200 total 1,178,000

[Deleted]

Nov 15, 2017 8:26:32 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Sometimes a record label listens to an artists' new album and goes 'well, we'll release it but we won't support it like we have before.'

Katy released the album she wanted, not the album her label wanted.

The album sure, but the singles released were just as commercial as per usual.

People knock T Swift, but there's a reason a lot of popstars choose not to openly address politics.

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks to oldbloke!

ALBUM SALES WEEK 45

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

01 - 919,000 - ÷ - Ed Sheeran ( 919,000 )
02 - 841,000 - DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar ( 841,000 )
03 - 654,000 - MOANA - Soundtrack ( 849,000 )
04 - 640,000 - 24K MAGIC - Bruno Mars ( 1,119,000 )
05 - 570,000 - HARDWIRED...TO SELF-DESTRUCT - Metallica ( 1,087,000 )
06 - 565,000 - FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 - Chris Stapleton ( 565,000 )
07 - 529,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2: AWESOME MIX VOL.2 - Soundtrack ( 529,000 )
08 - 484,000 - TROLLS - Soundtrack ( 786,000 )
09 - 474,000 - BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA - P!nk ( 474,000 )
10 - 383,000 - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Soundtrack ( 383,000 )
11 - 374,000 - 4:44 - Jay-Z ( 374,000 )
12 - 360,000 - HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL - Original Cast ( 1,348,000 )
13 - 359,000 - MORE LIFE - Drake ( 359,000 )
14 - 356,000 - HARRY STYLES - Harry Styles ( 356,000 )
15 - 340,000 - TRAVELLER - Chris Stapleton ( 2,110,000 )
16 - 328,000 - LA LA LAND - Soundtrack ( 356,000 )
17 - 316,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,994,000 )
18 - 312,000 - EVOLVE - Imagine Dragons ( 312,000 )
19 - 285,000 - MEMORIES…DO NOT OPEN - Chainsmokers ( 285,000 )
20 - 282,000 - WELCOME HOME - Zac Brown Band ( 282,000 )
21 - 268,000 - LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION - Kenny Chesney ( 268,000 )
22 - 267,000 - WITNESS - Katy Perry ( 267,000 )
23 - 265,000 - RIPCORD - Keith Urban ( 678,000 )
24 - 263,000 - EVERYBODY - Logic ( 263,000 )
25 - 262,000 - STARBOY - The Weeknd ( 635,000 )
26 - 260,000 - SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - Beatles ( 5,058,000 )
27 - 249,000 - LEMONADE - Beyoncé ( 1,803,000 )
28 - 248,000 - NOW 61 - Various ( 248,000 )
29 - 241,000 - ONE MORE LIGHT - Linkin Park ( 241,000 )
30 - 241,000 - SING - Soundtrack ( 284,000 )
31 - 228,000 - 25 - Adele ( 9,400,000 )
32 - 227,000 - BLURRYFACE - Twenty One Pilots ( 1,556,000 )
33 - 219,000 - JOANNE - Lady Gaga ( 589,000 )
34 - 219,000 - GREATEST HITS - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ( 8,683,000 )
35 - 212,000 - HUMANZ - Gorillaz ( 212,000 )
36 - 206,000 - NOW 62 - Various ( 206,000 )
37 - 201,000 - SING IT NOW: SONGS OF FAITH & HOPE - Reba McEntire ( 201,000 )
38 - 199,000 - THE SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING - John Mayer ( 199,000 )
39 - 197,000 - THE DEVIL DON'T SLEEP - Brantley Gilbert ( 197,000 )
40 - 185,000 - THE THRILL OF IT ALL - Sam Smith ( 185,000 )
41 - 184,000 - METALLICA - Metallica ( 16,670,000 )
42 - 178,000 - RATHER YOU THAN ME - Rick Ross ( 178,000 )
43 - 177,000 - CONCRETE AND GOLD - Foo Fighters ( 177,000 )
44 - 174,000 - FIFTY SHADES DARKER - Soundtrack ( 174,000 )
45 - 174,000 - NOW - Shania Twain ( 174,000 )
46 - 169,000 - KANE BROWN - Kane Brown ( 250,000 )
47 - 164,000 - LIFE CHANGES - Thomas Rhett ( 164,000 )
48 - 159,000 - STRENGTH OF A WOMAN - Mary J Blige ( 159,000 )
49 - 159,000 - THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS - Miranda Lambert ( 399,000 )
50 - 154,000 - BRETT YOUNG - Brett Young ( 154,000 )

51 - 152,000 - 4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY - J Cole ( 604,000 )
52 - 152,000 - RAINBOW - Kesha ( 152,000 )
53 - 151,000 - LUST FOR LIFE - Lana Del Rey ( 151,000 )
54 - 151,000 - MELODRAMA - Lorde ( 151,000 )
55 - 149,000 - I DECIDED - Big Sean ( 149,000 )
56 - 148,000 - HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM - Halsey ( 148,000 )
57 - 147,000 - FLICKER - Niall Horan ( 147,000 )
58 - 147,000 - PURPLE RAIN - Prince & the Revolution ( 3,717,000 )
59 - 147,000 - DEATH OF A BACHELOR - Panic At The Disco ( 685,000 )
60 - 146,000 - THE BREAKER - Little Big Town ( 146,000 )
61 - 145,000 - THIS ONE'S FOR YOU - Luke Combs ( 145,000 )
62 - 144,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 12,248,000 )
63 - 144,000 - THE LEGEND OF - Johnny Cash ( 3,719,000 )
64 - 139,000 - HEART BREAK - Lady Antebellum ( 139,000 )
65 - 138,000 - DESCENDANTS 2 - Soundtrack ( 138,000 )
66 - 137,000 - THE ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks ( 3,129,000 )
67 - 135,000 - WONDERFUL WONDERFUL - Killers ( 135,000 )
68 - 134,000 - DEAR EVAN HANSEN - Original Cast ( 134,000 )
69 - 132,000 - EVERYTHING NOW - Arcade Fire ( 132,000 )
70 - 129,000 - 2017 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 129,000 )
71 - 128,000 - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - Garth Brooks ( 549,000 )
72 - 127,000 - NOW COUNTRY 10 - Various ( 127,000 )
73 - 127,000 - CULTURE - Migos ( 127,000 )
74 - 124,000 - FUTURE - Future ( 124,000 )
75 - 123,000 - PTX VOL.IV: CLASSICS - Pentatonix ( 123,000 )
76 - 123,000 - PRETTY GIRLS LIKE TRAP MUSIC - 2 Chainz ( 123,000 )
77 - 122,000 - NOW 63 - Various ( 122,000 )
78 - 122,000 - WINDY CITY - Alison Krauss ( 122,000 )
79 - 121,000 - HYBRID THEORY - Linkin Park ( 10,551,000 )
80 - 121,000 - ILLUMINATE - Shawn Mendes ( 338,000 )
81 - 121,000 - SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM - Soundtrack ( 592,000 )
82 - 121,000 - LIFER - MercyMe ( 121,000 )
83 - 121,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 9,146,000 )
84 - 119,000 - VESSEL - Twenty One Pilots ( 820,000 )
85 - 119,000 - IN IT TO WIN IT - Charlie Wilson ( 119,000 )
86 - 118,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 2,242,000 )
87 - 116,000 - GRATEFUL - DJ Khaled ( 116,000 )
88 - 116,000 - AMERICAN TEEN - Khalid ( 116,000 )
89 - 115,000 - AFTER LAUGHTER - Paramore ( 115,000 )
90 - 114,000 - THEY DON'T KNOW - Jason Aldean ( 420,000 )
91 - 113,000 - CLEOPATRA - Lumineers ( 466,000 )
92 - 111,000 - MASTER OF PUPPETS - Metallica ( 5,326,000 )
93 - 111,000 - HOW CAN IT BE - Lauren Daigle ( 641,000 )
94 - 110,000 - THE JOSHUA TREE - U2 ( 3,759,000 )
95 - 110,000 - VILLAINS - Queens Of Ths Stone Age ( 110,000 )
96 - 110,000 - AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - Metallica ( 6,044,000 )
97 - 110,000 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 6,902,000 )
98 - 109,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 1,362,000 )
99 - 109,000 - KIDZ BOP 34 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 109,000 )
100 - 109,000 - AWAKEN MY LOVE - Childish Gambino ( 219,000 )

101 - 109,000 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd ( 10,162,000 )
102 - 108,000 - VIEWS - Drake ( 1,716,000 )
103 - 107,000 - AMERICAN DREAM - LCD Soundsystem ( 107,000 )
104 - 106,000 - THE NASHVILLE SOUND - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit ( 106,000 )
105 - 106,000 - DIG YOUR ROOTS - Florida Georgia Line ( 431,000 )
106 - 106,000 - FEED THE MACHINE - Nickelback ( 106,000 )
107 - 104,000 - HERO - Maren Morris ( 261,000 )
108 - 103,000 - GREATEST HITS - 2Pac ( 5,390,000 )
109 - 103,000 - STONEY - Post Malone ( 132,000 )
110 - 103,000 - ICON: LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 686,000 )
111 - 100,000 - RIDE THE LIGHTNING - Metallica ( 4,934,000 )
112 - 100,000 - THE EMINEM SHOW - Eminem ( 10,847,000 )
113 - 99,000 - CTRL - SZA ( 99,000 )
114 - 99,000 - 8 - Incubus ( 99,000 )
115 - 99,000 - FLOWER BOY - Tyler The Creator ( 99,000 )
116 - 99,000 - ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS - Neil Diamond ( 402,000 )
117 - 99,000 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses ( 5,992,000 )
118 - 99,000 - 21 - Adele ( 11,873,000 )
119 - 98,000 - THE GETAWAY - Red Hot Chili Peppers ( 480,000 )
120 - 97,000 - GOD'S PROBLEM CHILD - Willie Nelson ( 97,000 )
121 - 97,000 - BLUE AND LONESOME - Rolling Stones ( 345,000 )
122 - 97,000 - NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A WORKOUT 2017 - Various ( 103,000 )
123 - 97,000 - CALIFORNIA SUNRISE - Jon Pardi ( 195,000 )
124 - 96,000 - KILL THE LIGHTS - Luke Bryan ( 1,191,000 )
125 - 96,000 - TREMAINE THE ALBUM - Trey Songz ( 96,000 )
126 - 95,000 - 4EVER - Prince ( 163,000 )
127 - 95,000 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson ( 6,825,000 )
128 - 95,000 - GREATEST HITS - Simon & Garfunkel ( 3,668,000 )
129 - 94,000 - RED PILL BLUES - Maroon 5 ( 94,000 )
130 - 92,000 - RUMOURS - Fleetwood Mac ( 3,711,000 )
131 - 90,000 - SPIRIT - Depeche Mode ( 90,000 )
132 - 87,000 - IF I'M HONEST - Blake Shelton ( 627,000 )
133 - 87,000 - I SEE YOU - The xx ( 87,000 )
134 - 86,000 - TELL ME YOU LOVE ME - Demi Lovato ( 86,000 )
135 - 86,000 - SWEETSEXYSAVAGE - Kehlani ( 86,000 )
136 - 85,000 - ANTI - Rihanna ( 688,000 )
137 - 85,000 - MEANING OF LIFE - Kelly Clarkson ( 85,000 )
138 - 84,000 - SLEEP WELL BEAST - The National ( 84,000 )
139 - 84,000 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson ( 2,635,000 )
140 - 84,000 - GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY - Kendrick Lamar ( 1,681,000 )
141 - 84,000 - THE FAME - Lady Gaga ( 4,788,000 )
142 - 83,000 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse ( 3,214,000 )
143 - 83,000 - THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975 - Eagles ( 6,216,000 )
144 - 82,000 - PRISONER - Ryan Adams ( 82,000 )
145 - 82,000 - WE GOT IT FROM HERE...THANK YOU 4 YOUR SERVICE - A Tribe Called Quest ( 321,000 )
146 - 81,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 6,082,000 )
147 - 81,000 - TANGLED UP - Thomas Rhett ( 604,000 )
148 - 81,000 - ABBEY ROAD - Beatles ( 5,402,000 )
149 - 81,000 - EMPEROR OF SAND - Mastodon ( 81,000 )
150 - 81,000 - SCIENCE FICTION - Brand New ( 81,000 )

151 - 81,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars ( 2,649,000 )
152 - 80,000 - MR MISUNDERSTOOD - Eric Church ( 568,000 )
153 - 80,000 - A GIRL A BOTTLE A BOAT - Train ( 80,000 )
154 - 79,000 - PAWN SHOP - Brothers Osbourne ( 174,000 )
155 - 79,000 - BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC ( 3,542,000 )
156 - 78,000 - HNDRXX - Future ( 78,000 )
157 - 78,000 - THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE - Various ( 330,000 )
158 - 78,000 - CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - Eminem ( 4,190,000 )
159 - 77,000 - FAITH - George Michael ( 1,292,000 )
160 - 77,000 - NOW 60 - Various ( 228,000 )
161 - 76,000 - AMERICAN IDIOT - Green Day ( 6,579,000 )
162 - 76,000 - TURN UP THE QUIET - Diana Krall ( 76,000 )
163 - 76,000 - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - Guns N'Roses ( 5,627,000 )
164 - 76,000 - NEVERMIND - Nirvana ( 9,536,000 )
165 - 76,000 - ICON: ERIC CLAPTON - Eric Clapton ( 435,000 )
166 - 76,000 - BABY DRIVER: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE - Soundtrack ( 76,000 )
167 - 75,000 - TRUE TO SELF - Bryson Tiller ( 75,000 )
168 - 74,000 - WOW HITS 2017 - Various ( 191,000 )
169 - 74,000 - LICENSED TO ILL - Beastie Boys ( 6,227,000 )
170 - 74,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac ( 5,302,000 )
171 - 74,000 - GREATEST HITS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band ( 9,673,000 )
172 - 73,000 - THE FIRST TIME - Kelsea Ballerini ( 311,000 )
173 - 73,000 - RUN THE JEWELS 3 - Run The Jewels ( 90,000 )
174 - 72,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons ( 2,766,000 )
175 - 72,000 - HYMNS - Joey + Rory ( 589,000 )
176 - 71,000 - KILL 'EM ALL - Metallica ( 3,014,000 )
177 - 71,000 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Abba ( 1,643,000 )
178 - 71,000 - BADLANDS - Halsey ( 546,000 )
179 - 69,000 - BAD - Michael Jackson ( 2,214,000 )
180 - 69,000 - LOVE AND WAR - Brad Paisley ( 69,000 )
181 - 68,000 - OFF THE WALL - Michael Jackson ( 2,431,000 )
182 - 68,000 - IMMORTALIZED - Disturbed ( 601,000 )
183 - 68,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar ( 1,025,000 )
184 - 68,000 - BLOOM - Machine Gun Kelly ( 68,000 )
185 - 68,000 - DANGEROUS WOMAN - Ariana Grande ( 389,000 )
186 - 68,000 - THIS IS MY TOWN: SONGS OF NEW YORK - Barry Manilow ( 68,000 )
187 - 67,000 - IS THIS THE LIFE WE REALLY WANT - Roger Waters ( 67,000 )
188 - 67,000 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band ( 967,000 )
189 - 67,000 - A MOMENT APART - Odesza ( 67,000 )
190 - 67,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Prince ( 2,823,000 )
191 - 67,000 - WINS & LOSSES - Meek Mill ( 67,000 )
192 - 67,000 - CRY BABY - Melanie Martinez ( 407,000 )
193 - 67,000 - THE VERY NEXT THING - Casting Crowns ( 183,000 )
194 - 66,000 - THERE IS A CLOUD - Elevation Worship ( 66,000 )
195 - 66,000 - VAQUERO - Aaron Watson ( 66,000 )
196 - 66,000 - BACK TO US - Rascal Flatts ( 66,000 )
197 - 66,000 - BRETT ELDREDGE - Brett Eldredge ( 66,000 )
198 - 66,000 - ULTIMATE SINATRA - Frank Sinatra ( 254,000 )
199 - 65,000 - PLAYLIST: THE VERY BEST OF - Creedence Clearwater Revisited ( 65,000 )
200 - 65,000 - CALIFORNIA - Blink-182 ( 396,000 )

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www.billboard.com/biz/articles/8039385/billboard-200-chart-moves-josh-grobans-noel-michael-bubles-christmas-albums

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Josh Groban's 'Noel' & Michael Buble's 'Christmas' Albums Return
By Keith Caulfield | November 17, 2017

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

— Various Artists, Now 64 - No. 12 — The latest installment of the long-running hits compilation series bows at No. 12 with 30,000 equivalent album units -- all from traditional album sales. It also launches at No. 7 on the Top Album Sales chart, where every one of the 64 volumes have reached the top 10, stretching back to the first Now album in 1998.

— Grace VanderWaal, Just the Beginning – No. 22 — The 13-year-old singer debuts with her first full-length album, Just the Beginning. The set opens with 21,000 units -- with 17,000 of that in traditional album sales. It follows her debut EP, Perfectly Imperfect, which debuted and peaked at No. 9 in Dec. 2016 (52,000 units in its first week; 47,000 in album sales).

— Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1 – No. 31 — Thanks to Stapleton’s pair of wins at the Country Music Association Awards last week, his album surges 70-31 with an 80 percent gain in units. The title won the award for album of the year, while Stapleton took home the male vocalist of the year trophy. From A Room: Volume 1 earned 16,000 units in the week, with 11,000 of that sum coming from album sales (up 91 percent).

— Bob Dylan, Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 13 / 1979-1981 – No. 49 — Bob Dylan notches his 71st charting effort with this new archival effort, which starts with 12,000 units (nearly all from album sales). It’s his second title to debut on the list in 2017, following Triplicate (No. 37; April 22).

— Josh Groban, Noel – No. 54 & Michael Bublé, Christmas - No. 65 — 'Tis the season for all things holiday to make their seasonal return to the chart! The two biggest selling holiday albums of the past decade re-enter the Billboard 200, as Josh Groban’s Noel (No. 54) and Michael Bublé’s Christmas (No. 65) return to the tally. The former was reissued on Nov. 3 with six bonus tracks -- four of which were previously unreleased.

In the latest tracking frame, Noel earned 11,000 units (up 426 percent) with 10,000 in traditional album sales (up 419 percent). Christmas, meanwhile, tallied 9,000 units (up 174 percent) and 5,000 in album sales (up 311 percent).

Noel, released in 2007, spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in late 2007 and early 2008, and has sold 5.96 million copies. Christmas bowed in 2011 and ruled for five weeks later that year and in early 2012. It has sold 4.1 million.

— Shawn Mendes, MTV Unplugged – No. 71 — Shawn Mendes earns his second charting live album on the list, as MTV Unplugged bows at No. 71 with 9,000 units (3,000 in traditional album sales). It follows his Live at Madison Square Garden effort, which spent one week on the list at No. 200 (Jan. 14).