Billboard 200: 12/23: U2 #1 186k/180k. Stapleton125k/116k.

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U2 Scores Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Songs of Experience'
12/10/2017 by Keith Caulfield

The band is now the only group with No. 1s in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

U2 achieves its eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the rock band’s new Songs of Experience debuts atop the tally. The set bows with 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 7, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 180,000 were in traditional album sales.

Songs of Experience nets the biggest week for a rock album in 2017, both in terms of overall units, as well as album sales. The last rock set to log a larger frame was Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct, which launched at No. 1 on the Dec. 10, 2016-dated chart with 291,000 units, of which 282,000 were in 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 Dec. 23-dated chart (where Songs of Experience debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday (Dec. 12).

Songs of Experience’s debut benefits from a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion in association with the act’s 2018 Experience + Innocence Tour, which begins in May.

Songs of Experience is a companion album to the band’s last studio effort, 2014’s Songs of Innocence. The latter title was initially released as a free download exclusively through Apple’s iTunes program on Sept. 9, 2014, but was not eligible to chart until it was commercially released on Oct. 14. In its first tracking week of sales, it sold 28,000 copies, and debuted and peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200.

U2 last topped the Billboard 200 with 2009’s No Line on the Horizon, which bowed with 484,000 copies sold in its first week, according to Nielsen Music. (The Billboard 200 transitioned to a consumption units-ranked tally in late 2014.)

In total, U2 has now led the Billboard 200 with Songs of Experience, No Line on the Horizon, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004), Pop (1997), Zooropa (1993), Achtung Baby (1991), the Rattle and Hum soundtrack (1988) and The Joshua Tree (1987).

Songs of Experience is also the seventh rock album to lead the Billboard 200 in 2017, following The Killers’ Wonderful Wonderful, Foo Fighters’ Concrete and Gold, LCD Soundsystem’s American Dream, Brand New’s Science Fiction, Arcade Fire’s Everything Now and Linkin Park’s One More Light. (In all of 2016, 10 rock sets led the list.)

Also, among all acts with the most No. 1s in the history of the Billboard 200 chart, U2 is now tied with Kenny Chesney and Madonna for the sixth-most leaders (and third-most among groups). Ahead of them are The Beatles (with 19), JAY-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand (each with 11), Elvis Presley (10), and Garth Brooks and The Rolling Stones (both with nine). U2 is also just the fourth act — and only group — to have earned No. 1s in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, following Janet Jackson, Springsteen and Streisand.

Songs of Experience was led by the single “You’re the Best Thing About Me,” which reached No. 5 on the Hot Rock Songs tally in September, spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart (the act’s record-breaking 13th leader on the tally) and hit No. 21 on the Alternative Songs airplay chart (the band’s record-extending 42nd entry).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Chris Stapleton bows with his second studio effort of 2017, From a Room: Volume 2. It starts with 125,000 units, of which 116,000 were in pure album sales. It follows From a Room: Volume 1, which also opened (and peaked) at No. 2 (on the list dated May 27), with 219,000 units, of which 202,000 were in traditional album sales.

Stapleton is the first country act to notch two top-two charting albums in a calendar year on the Billboard 200 since 2013. That year, Luke Bryan claimed a pair of No. 1s with Spring Break… Here to Party and Crash My Party.

Taylor Swift’s Reputation slides to No. 3 on the new Billboard 200, after three weeks at No. 1. In its fourth week, the set collected 112,000 units (down 24 percent), with 70,000 of that figure in album sales (down 47 percent). The album’s SEA units rally by 344 percent (to 34,000 units) following the entire set’s release to streaming services on Dec. 1. Previously, only the album’s four pre-release tracks were available to stream.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) climbs one rung to No. 4 with 68,000 units (up 64 percent), with gains in album sales (19,000; 17 percent), TEA units (22,000; up 163 percent) and SEA units (27,000 units; up 61 percent). The set gains in the wake of the Nov. 30 release of the album’s new remix of its song “Perfect,” which is now a duet with Beyoncé.

Pentatonix’s A Pentatonix Christmas dips from No. 2 to No. 5 with 66,000 units (down 5 percent), while Demi Lovato’s Tell Me You Love Me (which debuted at its No. 3 peak in October) vaults from No. 21 to No. 6 with 63,000 units (up 168 percent), of which 46,000 were in traditional album sales (up 340 percent). Lovato’s album sales benefit from a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with Lovato’s upcoming tour with DJ Khaled.

Sam Smith’s The Thrill of It All falls from No. 3 to No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with 47,000 units (down 24 percent), while Michael Bublé’s Christmas climbs from No. 9 to No. 8 with 42,000 units (up 24 percent).

Miguel’s new War & Leisure bows at No. 9 with 40,000 units (16,000 in album sales), marking the R&B singer-songwriter’s third top 10 effort. He previously visited the region with Wildheart (No. 2 in 2015) and Kaleidoscope Dream (No. 3 in 2012). Like U2 and Lovato, Miguel also generated sales from a ticket/album bundle promotion for his upcoming tour.

Rounding out the top 10 is Garth Brooks’ The Anthology: Part I, The First Five Years, which falls from No. 4 to No. 10 with 40,000 units (down 30 percent).

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Most #1 Albums on the Billboard 200

1. The Beatles (19)
2. JAY-Z (14)
3. Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand ( 11)
4. Elvis Presley (10)
5. Garth Brooks and The Rolling Stones (9)
6. Madonna and Kenny Chesney and U2 (8)

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Question: Are the TEA and SEA points from the duet version of Perfect factored into the album? I'm curious because that version isn't on the album, and wasn't added to it. The original version was put up for sale and got a spike as well, so I'm not sure what increase is coming from where.

[rimetm]

Not a fan of how they're seemingly counting the Beyoncé remix for the TEA/SEA of Divide, considering there is no release of the album with that version of the song.

[shayonce]

Dec 10, 2017 17:57:24 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Question: Are the TEA and SEA points from the duet version of Perfect factored into the album? I'm curious because that version isn't on the album, and wasn't added to it. The original version was put up for sale and got a spike as well, so I'm not sure what increase is coming from where.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) climbs one rung to No. 4 with 68,000 units (up 64 percent), with gains in album sales (19,000; 17 percent), TEA units (22,000; up 163 percent) and SEA units (27,000 units; up 61 percent). The set gains in the wake of the Nov. 30 release of the album’s new remix of its song “Perfect,” which is now a duet with Beyoncé.

different edits, remix sales are counted together to original sales. so.. that's it.
it's messed up situation since they count everything with no regulation.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Yeah. As long as there is a version of the song in the album, any tracks derived from it are counted in the TEAs from the album.


Even messier will be next week when the remix is no longer the biggest selling version of Perfect and the duet continues to be the charting version in the Hot 100.

[kcdawg13]

So Taylor will probably move up to #2 next week since it's back in the Top 3 on iTunes again, I don't understand why it fell so hard a couple days ago. It was like #26 at one point, now it's back up for some odd reason.

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#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
12/02: 1,238,000 REPUTATION Taylor Swift
12/09: 256,000 REPUTATION Taylor Swift
12/16: 147,000 REPUTATION Taylor Swift
12/23: 186,000 SONGS OF EXPERIENCE U2

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Retailer Report: Top 200 Albums
Region: Total U.S. Week Ending: 12/07/17

U2|SONGS OF EXPERIENCE ( 1) 179,700
STAPLETON*CHRIS|FROM A ROOM: V( 2) 115,800
SWIFT*TAYLOR|REPUTATION ( 3) 70,100
PENTATONIX|A PENTATONIX CHRIST( 4) 48,400
LOVATO*DEMI|TELL ME YOU LOVE M( 5) 45,800
BROOKS*GARTH|ANTHOLOGY PART I ( 6) 39,700
SMITH*SAM|THE THRILL OF IT ALL( 7) 22,700
PENTATONIX|THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO( 8) 20,900
SHEERAN*ED|DIVIDE ( 9) 19,400
BUBLE*MICHAEL|CHRISTMAS ( 10) 19,300

STIRLING*LINDSE|WARMER IN THE ( 11) 17,700
GROBAN*JOSH|NOEL ( 12) 17,000
P!NK|BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA ( 13) 15,900
MIGUEL|WAR & LEISURE ( 14) 15,700
STAPLETON*CHRIS|FROM A ROOM: V( 15) 15,500
STEFANI*GWEN|YOU MAKE IT FEEL ( 16) 15,400
VARIOUS ARTISTS|NOW 64 ( 17) 14,600
ROLLING STONES*|ON AIR ( 18) 13,700
SHELTON*BLAKE|TEXOMA SHORE ( 19) 13,300
FIVE FINGER DEA|A DECADE OF DE( 20) 12,600

Top 200 total: 1,583,000

[shayonce]

so hdd had 63k foe taykor while billboard has 70k.
much better result.

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12/23 Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC Title Artist Imprint | label

1 Hot Shot Debut 1 Songs Of Experience - U2 - Island/Interscope | IGA
2 New 1 From A Room: Volume 2 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
3 1 1 4 Reputation - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
4 5 9 40 Divide - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
5 2 5 19 A Pentatonix Christmas - Pentatonix - RCA
6 21 19 10 Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato - Hollywood/Safehouse | Island
7 3 3 5 The Thrill Of It All - Sam Smith - Capitol
8 9 23 61 Christmas - Michael Buble - 143/Reprise | Warner Bros.
9 New 1 War & Leisure - Miguel - ByStorm | RCA
10 4 4 3 The Anthology: Part I, The First Five Years - Garth Brooks - Pearl
11 6 10 52 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic
12 16 33 39 That's Christmas To Me - Pentatonix - RCA
13 8 8 15 Luv Is Rage 2 - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG
14 11 11 6 Heartbreak On A Full Moon - Chris Brown - RCA
15 13 12 24 Evolve - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
16 15 15 34 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
17 12 43 16 Project Baby Two - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG
18 18 18 40 American Teen - Khalid - Right Hand | RCA
19 17 14 6 Without Warning - 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin - Boominati/Quality Control/Motown/Slaughter Gang | Republic/Capitol/Epic
20 31 67 71 Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey - Columbia | Legacy
21 19 16 9 Lil Pump - Lil Pump - Lyfetime/Tha Lights Global | Warner Bros.
22 28 58 79 Noel - Josh Groban - 143/Reprise | Warner Bros.
23 7 6 8 Beautiful Trauma - P!nk - RCA
24 29 28 115 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG
25 27 52 55 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG
26 22 40 7 Warmer In The Winter - Lindsey Stirling - Lindseystomp | Concord
27 23 44 5 You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Gwen Stefani - Interscope | IGA
28 64 53 31 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
29 New 1 A Decade Of Destruction - Five Finger Death Punch - Prospect Park
30 14 7 5 Red Pill Blues - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA
31 33 30 26 Ctrl - SZA - Top Dawg | RCA
32 41 80 62 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) - Vince Guaraldi Trio - Fantasy | Concord
33 57 48 117 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN
34 37 36 38 More Life - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
35 34 34 27 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey - Astralwerks
36 30 31 15 17 - XXXTentacion - Bad Vibes Forever | EMPIRE Recordings
37 24 13 5 Texoma Shore - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
38 32 32 8 Mr. Davis - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG
39 51 54 9 Perception - NF - NF Real Music/Capitol | Caroline
40 38 35 10 The Bigger Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label/Atlantic | AG
41 New 1 I Don't Believe We've Met - Danielle Bradbery - BMLG
42 25 22 5 NOW 64 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
43 35 41 13 Life Changes - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG
44 46 37 53 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN
45 43 46 55 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
46 45 45 54 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
47 New 1 On Air - The Rolling Stones - ABKCO/BBC/Promotone B.V./Polydor/Interscope | UMe
48 26 29 6 Meaning Of Life - Kelly Clarkson - Atlantic | AG
49 54 94 4 Ultimate Christmas - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe
50 53 50 45 Culture - Migos - Quality Control/300 | AG

51 20 2 3 The Rest Of Our Life - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - McGraw/Arista Nashville | SMN
52 49 79 5 My Kind Of Christmas - Reba - Nash Icon | BMLG
53 60 128 32 The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole - Capitol | UMe
54 40 17 3 Catch These Vibes - PnB Rock - EMPIRE Recordings/Atlantic | AG
55 66 98 63 It's Christmas Time - Elvis Presley - RCA Special Products/Sony Commercial Music Group | Legacy
56 56 51 22 Issa Album - 21 Savage - Slaughter Gang | Epic
57 New 1 The Good Parts - Andy Grammer - S-Curve | BMG
58 36 26 7 Flicker - Niall Horan - Neon Haze | Capitol
59 10 – 2 Friday On Elm Street - Fabolous & Jadakiss - Desert Storm | Def Jam
60 84 149 13 The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Lava/Atlantic | Rhino
61 72 120 67 These Are Special Times - Celine Dion - 550 Music/Epic | Legacy
62 67 97 39 Cheers, It's Christmas - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
63 61 57 84 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
64 106 103 5 That's Christmas To Me / PTXmas: Deluxe - Pentatonix - RCA
65 95 142 4 NOW That's What I Call Merry Christmas (2017) - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe
66 62 56 31 Everybody - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam
67 69 62 66 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic
68 59 47 7 Super Slimey - Future & Young Thug - 300/Atlantic/A-1/Freebandz | AG/Epic
69 92 175 26 The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection - Bing Crosby - MCA/Geffen/Chronicles | UMe
70 39 21 3 Fed Baby's - Moneybagg Yo & YoungBoy Never Broke Again - N-Less/Never Broke Again/Interscope | IGA
71 58 129 13 Behold: A Christmas Collection - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG
72 79 66 244 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA/Geffen | UMe
73 71 64 16 Still Striving - A$AP Ferg - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA
74 47 – 2 Cybersex - Blackbear - Beartrap/Alamo/Interscope | IGA
75 80 77 182 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol
76 90 87 181 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG
77 68 27 3 Everyday Is Christmas - Sia - Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic | AG
78 52 24 3 SYRE - Jaden Smith - MSFTSMusic | Roc Nation
79 78 70 31 There's Really A Wolf - Russ - Diemon/Russ My Way | Columbia
80 New 1 Too Hard - Lil Baby - Quality Control
81 New 1 Twiztid Presents: Year of the Sword - Twiztid - Majik Ninja
82 134 63 370 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
83 70 68 63 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA
84 88 82 34 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG
85 76 69 23 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa - Warner Bros.
86 96 119 4 Christmas Together - The Piano Guys - Portrait | Sony Masterworks
87 83 61 27 This One's For You - Luke Combs - River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN
88 198 – 9 Christmas Together - Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood - Gwendolyn | Pearl
89 74 81 249 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
90 85 73 15 Odisea - Ozuna - VP Entertainment | Sony Music Latin
91 55 – 2 Coco - Soundtrack - Pixar | Walt Disney
92 New 1 Say Less - Roy Woods - OVO Sound | Warner Bros.
93 93 95 134 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG
94 125 – 14 Christmas Classics - Bing Crosby - Capitol | UMe
95 63 55 4 Diamonds - Elton John - Rocket/Island | UMe
96 94 83 43 Brett Young - Brett Young - BMLG
97 New 1 Dedication - Chief Keef - Glo Gang | RBC
98 50 198 9 Love Yourself: Her - BTS - BigHit Entertainment
99 155 – 29 Wrapped In Red - Kelly Clarkson - 19 | RCA
100 87 60 11 GEMINI - Macklemore - Bendo

101 98 75 25 Woodstock - Portugal. The Man - Atlantic | AG
102 99 84 25 Pretty Girls Like Trap Music - 2 Chainz - The Real University | Def Jam
103 91 71 156 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG
104 171 – 28 PTXmas (EP) - Pentatonix - RCA
105 86 76 17 Rainbow - Kesha - Kemosabe | RCA
106 101 139 30 Harry Styles - Harry Styles - Erskine | Columbia
107 131 – 27 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Burl Ives - MCA Special Products/Geffen | UMe
108 81 38 4 Come Over When You're Sober (EP) - Lil Peep - Lil Peep | Kobalt
109 175 – 42 Christmas Portrait - Carpenters - A&M | UMe
110 44 – 110 Hotel California - Eagles - Asylum/Elektra | Rhino
111 105 91 12 All Your Fault, Pt. 2 (EP) - Bebe Rexha - Warner Bros.
112 117 173 22 4:44 - JAY-Z - S. Carter Enterprises | Roc Nation
113 161 – 30 The Classic Christmas Album - Elvis Presley - RCA | Legacy
114 141 – 37 Under The Mistletoe - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam
115 102 107 267 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
116 115 108 16 A Love Letter To You - Trippie Redd - EG
117 119 117 157 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia
118 108 86 62 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island
119 New 1 Versatile - Van Morrison - Exile | Legacy
120 104 93 33 digital druglord - Blackbear - Beartrap/Alamo/Interscope | IGA
121 112 89 24 Grateful - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic
122 89 115 33 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
123 121 102 82 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper
124 113 105 18 AI YoungBoy - YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Never Broke Again | AG
125 New 1 Victory - Wisin - Sony Music Latin
126 82 74 5 Sweet Southern Sugar - Kid Rock - Top Dog/BMG | BBMG
127 100 39 3 Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band - Green Day - Reprise | Warner Bros.
128 133 – 5 Classic Christmas Album - Andy Williams - Columbia | Legacy
129 New 1 ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Vol. 19 - Various Artists - WXRT
130 127 110 98 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation
131 138 174 245 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
132 97 92 10 Precious Memories Collection - Alan Jackson - ARC/EMI Nashville | UMGN
133 114 136 51 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA
134 135 109 42 FUTURE - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic
135 132 150 117 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood
136 118 96 6 Live In No Shoes Nation - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN
137 124 99 271 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
138 129 112 119 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic
139 73 – 2 Elvis Christmas With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - RCA | Legacy
140 Re-Entry 26 Home For Christmas - 'N Sync - RCA/Sony Commercial Music Group | Legacy
141 103 72 6 I Still Am - Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik | Epic
142 Re-Entry 102 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood
143 126 116 83 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN
144 123 104 34 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti - AWGE/Interscope | IGA
145 143 123 107 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia
146 136 124 115 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA
147 Re-Entry 25 A Family Christmas - The Piano Guys - Portrait | Sony Masterworks
148 137 126 7 H.E.R. - H.E.R. - RCA
149 120 101 11 Trip - Jhene Aiko - ARTclub/ARTium | Def Jam
150 142 121 20 Wins And Losses - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG

151 77 25 3 I Knew You When - Bob Seger - Hideout | Capitol
152 140 114 35 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia
153 182 164 20 Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator - Odd Future | Columbia
154 148 132 20 Perfect Timing - NAV And Metro Boomin - XO/Boominati | Republic
155 144 125 23 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 - Calvin Harris - Columbia
156 111 88 6 Beach House 3 - Ty Dolla $ign - Atlantic | AG
157 152 151 99 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG
158 167 168 247 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. | Rhino
159 149 127 75 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN
160 163 152 460 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Rhino
161 151 134 36 Painting Pictures - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG
162 Re-Entry 18 Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship - Chris Tomlin - sixsteps/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
163 166 158 15 Freudian - Daniel Caesar - Golden Child
164 164 144 87 The Life Of deleted - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
165 65 59 5 Unapologetically - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River
166 162 145 216 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
167 New 1 The Visitor - Neil Young + Promise Of The Real - Reprise | Warner Bros.
168 154 131 163 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN
169 176 147 44 I Decided. - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
170 197 – 37 Once Upon A Christmas - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - RCA Nashville/Sony BMG CMG/Sony Commercial Music Group | Legacy
171 168 166 87 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone
172 Re-Entry 6 Kidz Bop Christmas (2016) - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord
173 169 141 108 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam
174 177 154 119 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks
175 170 140 220 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe
176 183 – 34 Christmas Songs By Sinatra - Frank Sinatra - Columbia/Sony Commercial Music Group | Legacy
177 190 188 353 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG
178 173 157 344 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty - Fantasy | Concord
179 159 133 67 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG
180 New 1 It's Finally Christmas (EP) - Casting Crowns - Beach Street/Reunion | PLG
181 145 148 53 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote
182 128 78 4 From The Fires - Greta Van Fleet - Lava | Republic
183 156 122 21 Jungle Rules - French Montana - Coke Boys/Bad Boy | Epic
184 147 153 148 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
185 157 180 25 Melodrama - Lorde - Lava | Republic
186 New 1 The Dean Martin Christmas Album - Dean Martin - The Dean Martin Family Trust/Sony Commercial Music Group | Legacy
187 174 161 499 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
188 130 156 18 Descendants 2 - Soundtrack - Walt Disney
189 189 176 52 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation
190 187 – 213 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe
191 192 – 24 Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration - Johnny Mathis - Columbia | Legacy
192 Re-Entry 44 Peace On Earth - Casting Crowns - Beach Street/Reunion | PLG
193 New 1 Christmas After Midnight - Fantasia - Rock Soul | Concord
194 New 1 The Best Of The Jackson 5: 20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection - Jackson 5 - Motown/Chronicles | UMe
195 Re-Entry 354 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia
196 Re-Entry 52 Christmas Eve And Other Stories - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Lava | Rhino
197 New 1 Jingle Bell Rock - Brenda Lee - MCA Special Products/Geffen | UMe
198 178 – 4 Kidz Bop 36 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop/Razor & Tie | Concord
199 Re-Entry 489 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy
200 Re-Entry 10 Glow - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN

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Thanks to oldbloke for these pure album sales estimates!

ALBUM SALES WEEK 49

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 4
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 10 / last year - 13
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 31 / last year - 45
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 133 / last year - 169

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

01 - 1,651,000 - REPUTATION - Taylor Swift ( 1,651,000 )
02 - 981,000 - ÷ - Ed Sheeran ( 981,000 )
03 - 866,000 - DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar ( 866,000 )
04 - 682,000 - MOANA - Soundtrack ( 877,000 )
05 - 673,000 - 24K MAGIC - Bruno Mars ( 1,152,000 )
06 - 611,000 - FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 - Chris Stapleton ( 611,000 )
07 - 576,000 - HARDWIRED...TO SELF-DESTRUCT - Metallica ( 1,093,000 )
08 - 569,000 - BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA - P!nk ( 569,000 )
09 - 558,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2: AWESOME MIX VOL.2 - Soundtrack ( 558,000 )
10 - 504,000 - TROLLS - Soundtrack ( 805,000 )
11 - 392,000 - HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL - Original Cast ( 1,381,000 )
12 - 389,000 - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Soundtrack ( 389,000 )
13 - 388,000 - 4:44 - Jay-Z ( 388,000 )
14 - 374,000 - TRAVELLER - Chris Stapleton ( 2,145,000 )
15 - 368,000 - HARRY STYLES - Harry Styles ( 368,000 )
16 - 363,000 - EVOLVE - Imagine Dragons ( 363,000 )
17 - 361,000 - MORE LIFE - Drake ( 361,000 )
18 - 340,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 2,019,000 )
19 - 336,000 - LA LA LAND - Soundtrack ( 364,000 )
20 - 322,000 - LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION - Kenny Chesney ( 322,000 )
21 - 310,000 - THE THRILL OF IT ALL - Sam Smith ( 310,000 )
22 - 290,000 - MEMORIES…DO NOT OPEN - Chainsmokers ( 290,000 )
23 - 287,000 - WELCOME HOME - Zac Brown Band ( 287,000 )
24 - 280,000 - RIPCORD - Keith Urban ( 692,000 )
25 - 277,000 - WITNESS - Katy Perry ( 277,000 )

26 - 272,000 - SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - Beatles ( 5,070,000 )
27 - 269,000 - STARBOY - The Weeknd ( 642,000 )
28 - 268,000 - EVERYBODY - Logic ( 268,000 )
29 - 261,000 - LEMONADE - Beyoncé ( 1,816,000 )
30 - 251,000 - SING - Soundtrack ( 295,000 )
31 - 250,000 - ONE MORE LIGHT - Linkin Park ( 250,000 )
32 - 248,000 - NOW 61 - Various ( 248,000 )
33 - 246,000 - GREATEST HITS - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ( 8,710,000 )
34 - 238,000 - BLURRYFACE - Twenty One Pilots ( 1,568,000 )
35 - 238,000 - 25 - Adele ( 9,410,000 )
36 - 228,000 - JOANNE - Lady Gaga ( 598,000 )
37 - 216,000 - HUMANZ - Gorillaz ( 216,000 )
38 - 213,000 - A PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS - Pentatonix ( 1,128,000 )
39 - 212,000 - NOW 62 - Various ( 212,000 )
40 - 204,000 - SING IT NOW: SONGS OF FAITH & HOPE - Reba McEntire ( 204,000 )
41 - 202,000 - THE SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING - John Mayer ( 202,000 )
42 - 199,000 - METALLICA - Metallica ( 16,685,000 )
43 - 199,000 - THE DEVIL DON'T SLEEP - Brantley Gilbert ( 199,000 )
44 - 195,000 - KANE BROWN - Kane Brown ( 276,000 )
45 - 194,000 - CONCRETE AND GOLD - Foo Fighters ( 194,000 )
46 - 189,000 - NOW - Shania Twain ( 189,000 )
47 - 188,000 - LIFE CHANGES - Thomas Rhett ( 188,000 )
48 - 180,000 - SONGS OF EXPERIENCE - U2 ( 180,000 )
49 - 179,000 - RATHER YOU THAN ME - Rick Ross ( 179,000 )
50 - 179,000 - FLICKER - Niall Horan ( 179,000 )

51 - 177,000 - FIFTY SHADES DARKER - Soundtrack ( 177,000 )
52 - 168,000 - THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS - Miranda Lambert ( 409,000 )
53 - 165,000 - BRETT YOUNG - Brett Young ( 165,000 )
54 - 164,000 - RED PILL BLUES - Maroon 5 ( 164,000 )
55 - 163,000 - STRENGTH OF A WOMAN - Mary J Blige ( 163,000 )
56 - 162,000 - RAINBOW - Kesha ( 162,000 )
57 - 161,000 - HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM - Halsey ( 161,000 )
58 - 161,000 - THIS ONE'S FOR YOU - Luke Combs ( 161,000 )
59 - 159,000 - LUST FOR LIFE - Lana Del Rey ( 159,000 )
60 - 157,000 - PURPLE RAIN - Prince & the Revolution ( 3,726,000 )
61 - 156,000 - DESCENDANTS 2 - Soundtrack ( 156,000 )
62 - 156,000 - MELODRAMA - Lorde ( 156,000 )
63 - 156,000 - TELL ME YOU LOVE ME - Demi Lovato ( 156,000 )
64 - 156,000 - 4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY - J Cole ( 608,000 )
65 - 155,000 - THE LEGEND OF - Johnny Cash ( 3,730,000 )
66 - 154,000 - DEATH OF A BACHELOR - Panic At The Disco ( 692,000 )
67 - 153,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 12,257,000 )
68 - 152,000 - THE BREAKER - Little Big Town ( 152,000 )
69 - 150,000 - THE ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks ( 3,143,000 )
70 - 150,000 - I DECIDED - Big Sean ( 150,000 )
71 - 150,000 - THE ANTHOLOGY: PART 1: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS - Garth Brooks ( 150,000 )
72 - 144,000 - TEXOMA SHORE - Blake Shelton ( 144,000 )
73 - 144,000 - HEART BREAK - Lady Antebellum ( 144,000 )
74 - 143,000 - WONDERFUL WONDERFUL - Killers ( 143,000 )
75 - 143,000 - DEAR EVAN HANSEN - Original Cast ( 143,000 )

76 - 138,000 - MASTER OF PUPPETS - Metallica ( 5,353,000 )
77 - 138,000 - NOW COUNTRY 10 - Various ( 138,000 )
78 - 136,000 - NOW 63 - Various ( 136,000 )
79 - 136,000 - EVERYTHING NOW - Arcade Fire ( 136,000 )
80 - 134,000 - MEANING OF LIFE - Kelly Clarkson ( 134,000 )
81 - 132,000 - HYBRID THEORY - Linkin Park ( 10,562,000 )
82 - 131,000 - THE REST OF OUR LIFE - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill ( 131,000 )
83 - 131,000 - CULTURE - Migos ( 131,000 )
84 - 130,000 - 2017 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 130,000 )
85 - 130,000 - PTX VOL.IV: CLASSICS - Pentatonix ( 130,000 )
86 - 129,000 - LIFER - MercyMe ( 129,000 )
87 - 128,000 - AMERICAN TEEN - Khalid ( 128,000 )
88 - 128,000 - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - Garth Brooks ( 549,000 )
89 - 127,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 2,251,000 )
90 - 127,000 - PRETTY GIRLS LIKE TRAP MUSIC - 2 Chainz ( 127,000 )
91 - 127,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 9,153,000 )
92 - 126,000 - ILLUMINATE - Shawn Mendes ( 343,000 )
93 - 126,000 - FUTURE - Future ( 126,000 )
94 - 124,000 - VESSEL - Twenty One Pilots ( 825,000 )
95 - 124,000 - WINDY CITY - Alison Krauss ( 124,000 )
96 - 123,000 - SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM - Soundtrack ( 595,000 )
97 - 121,000 - IN IT TO WIN IT - Charlie Wilson ( 121,000 )
98 - 120,000 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 6,912,000 )
99 - 120,000 - GRATEFUL - DJ Khaled ( 120,000 )
100 - 120,000 - CLEOPATRA - Lumineers ( 473,000 )

[areyoureadytojump]

^Trolls Sdtk. crosses the 500k mark. Can Eminem?

Ed Sheeran will scan 1 million sold.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8070689/billboard-200-chart-moves-charlie-brown-christmas-soundtrack

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: 'Charlie Brown Christmas' Soundtrack Back in Top 40
12/15/2017 by Keith Caulfield

Plus: Brenda Lee returns to the chart for the first time since 1969.

On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Dec. 23), U2 notched its eighth No. 1 album with the debut of Songs of Experience. It bowed with 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 7, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 180,000 were driven by traditional album sales. Two more albums debuted in the top 10: Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 2 (at No. 2) and Miguel’s War & Leisure (No. 9).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular albums based on their overall consumption. That overall unit figure combines pure album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

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

— Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) – No. 32 — The classic animated TV special’s soundtrack returns to the top 40 for the third straight holiday season, as it steps 41-32 with 18,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 8 (up 17 percent), according to Nielsen Music, of which 10,000 were in traditional album sales (up 30 percent). The set, which was originally released in 1965, is the seventh-biggest-selling Christmas album of the Nielsen era (1991-present), with 3.7 million copies sold.

— The Rolling Stones, On Air – No. 47 — The Rolling Stones notch their 54th charting set on the Billboard 200 with the arrival of the archival set On Air (14,000 units; nearly all from traditional album sales). The band has charted at least one new album on the list every year from 2012 to the present.

— Various Artists, ONXRT: Live From the Archives, Vol. 19 – No. 129 — The long-running charity compilation album series visits the list again, as its 19th volume starts at No. 129 with 8,000 units (all from pure album sales). The latest title in the series, compiled and presented by WXRT Chicago, was released exclusively in Target stores in the Chicago area. Proceeds from the album -- which boasts live recordings for the station from Sting, Portugal. The Man, and others -- benefit the Alliance for the Great Lakes and World Bicycle Relief. It’s the seventh charting title in a row for the Live From the Archives series.

— Dean Martin, The Dean Martin Christmas Album – No. 186 — Martin’s 1966 holiday set, The Dean Martin Christmas Album, finally debuts on the chart, bowing at No. 186. From 1963 through 1973, holiday albums were not eligible to chart on the Billboard 200. Instead, they charted on the seasonal Holiday Albums chart. Martin’s album topped the Holiday Albums list for one week on the chart dated Dec. 3, 1966.

— Brenda Lee, Jingle Bell Rock - No. 197 — Lee is back on the list for the first time since 1969’s Johnny One Time, as her 1993 Jingle Bell Rock album -- powered by streams of her classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” -- debuts on the list at No. 197.

[areyoureadytojump]

roughstock.com/news/2017/12/42589-top-10-country-albums-chart-december-14-2017

Top 10 Country Albums Chart: December 14, 2017
© RoughStock: Posted By Matt Bjorke

Place Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 - CHRIS STAPLETON - FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 - 115,900 - ( 11,600 )
2 - GARTH BROOKS - ANTHOLOGY PART 1:1ST5YRS - 39,800 - ( 149,700 )
3 - CHRIS STAPLETON - FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 - 15,600 - ( 611,100 )
4 - BLAKE SHELTON - TEXOMA SHORE - 13,400 - ( 144,000 )
5 - TIM MCGRAW/FAITH HILL - THE REST OF OUR LIFE - 11,500 - ( 131,200 )
6 - CHRIS STAPLETON - TRAVELLER - 11,200 - ( 2,144,500 )
7 - DANIELLE BRADBERY - I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET - 11,100 - ( 11,100 )
8 - KID ROCK - SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR - 7,100 - ( 78,500 )
9 - ALAN JACKSON - PRECIOUS MEMORIES COL (2CD) - 7,000 - ( 115,900 )
10 - KENNY CHESNEY - LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION - 6,900 - ( 321,600 )
11 - THOMAS RHETT - LIFE CHANGES - 5,800 - ( 188,200 )
12 - KANE BROWN - KANE BROWN - 5,800 - ( 275,600 )
13 - KELSEA BALLERINI - UNAPOLOGETICALLY - 4,000 - ( 63,300 )
14 - KEITH URBAN - RIPCORD - 3,800 - ( 692,400 )
15 - SHANIA TWAIN - NOW - 3,700 - ( 189,200 )

-- - DARIUS RUCKER - WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME - 3,600 - ( 62,500 )
-- - LUKE COMBS - THIS ONE'S FOR YOU - 3,600 - ( 161,300 )
-- - VARIOUS ARTISTS - WINTER WONDERLAND (2017) - 3,300 - ( 12,600 )
-- - ALABAMA - AMERICAN CHRISTMAS - 3,300 - ( 18,800 )
-- - BRETT YOUNG - BRETT YOUNG - 3,000 - ( 165,300 )
-- - CHRIS YOUNG - LOSING SLEEP - 2,900 - ( 57,200 )
-- - MIRANDA LAMBERT - THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS - 2,700 - ( 409,100 )
-- - MIDLAND - ON THE ROCKS - 2,200 - ( 43,000 )
-- - JON PARDI - CALIFORNIA SUNRISE - 2,100 - ( 202,700 )
-- - BROTHERS OSBORNE - PAWN SHOP - 2,000 - ( 183,600 )
-- - DUSTIN LYNCH - CURRENT MOOD - 1,800 - ( 57,900 )
-- - ERIC CHURCH - MR. MISUNDERSTOOD - 1,700 - ( 573,700 )
-- - WILLIE NELSON - WILLIE AND THE BOYS: - 1,600 - ( 57,900 )
-- - OLD DOMINION - HAPPY ENDINGS - 1,500 - ( 61,500 )
-- - GARTH BROOKS - GUNSLINGER - 1,500 - ( 135,100 )
-- - CALHOUN & HOSIER - MADE IN AMERICA - 1,400 - ( 1,400 )
-- - REBA MCENTIRE - SING IT NOW:SONGS OF FAITH - 1,400 - ( 204,500 )
-- - LITTLE BIG TOWN - THE BREAKER - 1,400 - ( 152,100 )
-- - HOME FREE - TIMELESS - 1,400 - ( 28,200 )
-- - FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE - DIG YOUR ROOTS - 1,400 - ( 435,200 )
-- - LADY ANTEBELLUM - HEART BREAK - 1,400 - ( 144,200 )
-- - JASON ISBELL/400 UNIT - THE NASHVILLE SOUND - 1,300 - ( 110,900 )
-- - LEE BRICE - LEE BRICE - 1,200 - ( 20,400 )
-- - ROY ORBISON - LOVE SO BEAUTIFUL/PHILHARMONIC - 1,200 - ( 10,000 )
-- - DOLLY PARTON - I BELIEVE IN YOU - 1,100 - ( 15,000 )
-- - CARLY PEARCE - EVERY LITTLE THING - 1,000 - ( 20,900 )
-- - CHASE RICE - LIONS & LAMBS - 1,000 - ( 14,700 )
-- - MARGO PRICE - ALL-AMERICAN MADE - 1,000 - ( 14,000 )
-- - BRETT ELDREDGE - BRETT ELDREDGE - 1,000 - ( 69,300 )
-- - ZAC BROWN BAND - WELCOME HOME - 1,000 - ( 286,800 )
-- - JASON ALDEAN - THEY DON'T KNOW - 900 - ( 423,100 )
-- - TOBY KEITH - BUS SONGS - 900 - ( 27,100 )
-- - JAKE OWEN - GREATEST HITS - 900 - ( 3,400 )
-- - JOEY MARTIN FEEK - IF NOT FOR YOU - 800 - ( 59,500 )
-- - LUKAS NELSAN/PTR - LUKAS NELSAN/PTR - 800 - ( 15,100 )
-- - GARTH BROOKS - ULTIMATE COLLECTION - 700 - ( 552,400 )
-- - TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS - LONG WAY FROM YOUR HEART - 700 - ( 22,700 )
-- - GRANGER SMITH - WHEN THE GOOD GUYS WIN - 700 - ( 20,800 )
-- - CHRIS JANSON - EVERYBODY - 700 - ( 20,000 )
-- - GEORGE STRAIT - Strait Out Of The Box 2 - 700 - ( 106,900 )
-- - BRANTLEY GILBERT - THE DEVIL DON'T SLEEP - 700 - ( 198,900 )
-- - HILLARY SCOTT/FAMILY - LOVE REMAINS - 700 - ( 165,000 )
-- - KIP MOORE - SLOWHEART - 700 - ( 41,700 )
-- - NED LEDOUX - SAGEBRUSH - 600 - ( 6,000 )
-- - AARON LEWIS - SINNER - 600 - ( 138,300 )
-- - ALISON KRAUSS - WINDY CITY - 600 - ( 123,300 )
-- - COLE SWINDELL - DOWNHOME SESSIONS IV - 500 - ( 3,200 )
-- - BRADLEY WALKER - CALL ME OLD FASHIONED - 500 - ( 44,900 )

[jenglisbe]

Sales are obviously terrible, and considering some of those totals, I don't even see how labels are getting a return on their investment. Country industry seems to work radio more than any format, so where are they making money back?

[Linnethia Monique]

6 21 19 10 Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato - Hollywood/Safehouse | Island

Look at Demi outlasting Miley and Shania

[thewp]

Dec 15, 2017 11:56:50 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Sales are obviously terrible, and considering some of those totals, I don't even see how labels are getting a return on their investment. Country industry seems to work radio more than any format, so where are they making money back?

I don’t know. This confuses me too. I saw someone say that artists have to give a % of their touring. Otherwise, I’m clueless.

[Choco]

Dec 15, 2017 12:14:48 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

6 21 19 10 Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato - Hollywood/Safehouse | Island

Look at Demi outlasting Miley and Shania

And only 30k or so before it outsells Shania. Good for her.

[Ling-Ling]

What caused Demi's big jump? Was there a discount or something?

*whoops, nevermind. Just realized there was a ticket bundle.

[onebuffalo]

Dec 15, 2017 12:14:48 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

6 21 19 10 Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato - Hollywood/Safehouse | Island

Look at Demi outlasting Miley and Shania

It's not hard to outdo Shania Twain these days. Mercury Records really screwed her comeback this year. This isn't Come On Over all over again.

[areyoureadytojump]

3 weeks left in the year:

ALBUM SALES WEEK 49 (PART 2)

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

101 - 119,000 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd ( 10,173,000 )
102 - 119,000 - AFTER LAUGHTER - Paramore ( 119,000 )
103 - 118,000 - THEY DON'T KNOW - Jason Aldean ( 423,000 )
104 - 117,000 - HOW CAN IT BE - Lauren Daigle ( 648,000 )
105 - 117,000 - AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - Metallica ( 6,051,000 )
106 - 117,000 - VILLAINS - Queens Of Ths Stone Age ( 117,000 )
107 - 117,000 - AWAKEN MY LOVE - Childish Gambino ( 228,000 )
108 - 116,000 - FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 - Chris Stapleton ( 116,000 )
109 - 115,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 1,368,000 )
110 - 115,000 - STONEY - Post Malone ( 144,000 )
111 - 114,000 - THE JOSHUA TREE - U2 ( 3,763,000 )
112 - 112,000 - VIEWS - Drake ( 1,720,000 )
113 - 111,000 - AMERICAN DREAM - LCD Soundsystem ( 111,000 )
114 - 111,000 - THE NASHVILLE SOUND - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit ( 111,000 )
115 - 110,000 - FEED THE MACHINE - Nickelback ( 110,000 )
116 - 110,000 - CTRL - SZA ( 110,000 )
117 - 110,000 - DIG YOUR ROOTS - Florida Georgia Line ( 435,000 )
118 - 110,000 - ICON: LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 693,000 )
119 - 109,000 - KIDZ BOP 34 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 109,000 )
120 - 109,000 - HERO - Maren Morris ( 266,000 )
121 - 109,000 - RIDE THE LIGHTNING - Metallica ( 4,942,000 )
122 - 109,000 - GREATEST HITS - 2Pac ( 5,396,000 )
123 - 107,000 - THE EMINEM SHOW - Eminem ( 10,854,000 )
124 - 105,000 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses ( 5,999,000 )
125 - 105,000 - 21 - Adele ( 11,880,000 )

126 - 105,000 - NOW 64 - Various ( 105,000 )
127 - 105,000 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson ( 6,835,000 )
128 - 105,000 - CALIFORNIA SUNRISE - Jon Pardi ( 203,000 )
129 - 104,000 - ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS - Neil Diamond ( 407,000 )
130 - 103,000 - KILL THE LIGHTS - Luke Bryan ( 1,198,000 )
131 - 103,000 - FLOWER BOY - Tyler The Creator ( 103,000 )
132 - 102,000 - RUMOURS - Fleetwood Mac ( 3,720,000 )
133 - 101,000 - GREATEST HITS - Simon & Garfunkel ( 3,675,000 )
134 - 100,000 - 8 - Incubus ( 100,000 )
135 - 100,000 - NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A WORKOUT 2017 - Various ( 106,000 )
136 - 100,000 - GOD'S PROBLEM CHILD - Willie Nelson ( 100,000 )
137 - 99,000 - THE GETAWAY - Red Hot Chili Peppers ( 482,000 )
138 - 99,000 - BLUE AND LONESOME - Rolling Stones ( 347,000 )
139 - 98,000 - 4EVER - Prince ( 166,000 )
140 - 97,000 - TREMAINE THE ALBUM - Trey Songz ( 97,000 )
141 - 94,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 6,094,000 )
142 - 92,000 - ABBEY ROAD - Beatles ( 5,413,000 )
143 - 92,000 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse ( 3,222,000 )
144 - 91,000 - SPIRIT - Depeche Mode ( 91,000 )
145 - 91,000 - GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY - Kendrick Lamar ( 1,688,000 )
146 - 90,000 - IF I'M HONEST - Blake Shelton ( 630,000 )
147 - 90,000 - SLEEP WELL BEAST - The National ( 90,000 )
148 - 90,000 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson ( 2,642,000 )
149 - 89,000 - PRECIOUS MEMORIES COLLECTION - Alan Jackson ( 116,000 )
150 - 89,000 - BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC ( 3,552,000 )

151 - 89,000 - ANTI - Rihanna ( 692,000 )
152 - 89,000 - PAWN SHOP - Brothers Osbourne ( 184,000 )
153 - 88,000 - THE FAME - Lady Gaga ( 4,792,000 )
154 - 88,000 - I SEE YOU - The xx ( 88,000 )
155 - 88,000 - THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975 - Eagles ( 6,221,000 )
156 - 87,000 - SWEETSEXYSAVAGE - Kehlani ( 87,000 )
157 - 86,000 - WARMER IN THE WINTER - Lindsey Stirling ( 86,000 )
158 - 86,000 - MR MISUNDERSTOOD - Eric Church ( 574,000 )
159 - 86,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars ( 2,654,000 )
160 - 86,000 - SCIENCE FICTION - Brand New ( 86,000 )
161 - 85,000 - CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - Eminem ( 4,198,000 )
162 - 84,000 - TANGLED UP - Thomas Rhett ( 607,000 )
163 - 83,000 - WE GOT IT FROM HERE...THANK YOU 4 YOUR SERVICE - A Tribe Called Quest ( 323,000 )
164 - 83,000 - PRISONER - Ryan Adams ( 83,000 )
165 - 82,000 - ICON: ERIC CLAPTON - Eric Clapton ( 441,000 )
166 - 82,000 - AMERICAN IDIOT - Green Day ( 6,584,000 )
167 - 82,000 - BABY DRIVER: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE - Soundtrack ( 82,000 )
168 - 82,000 - EMPEROR OF SAND - Mastodon ( 82,000 )
169 - 81,000 - GREATEST HITS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band ( 9,681,000 )
170 - 81,000 - THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE - Various ( 333,000 )
171 - 81,000 - FAITH - George Michael ( 1,296,000 )
172 - 81,000 - A GIRL A BOTTLE A BOAT - Train ( 81,000 )
173 - 81,000 - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - Guns N'Roses ( 5,632,000 )
174 - 81,000 - NEVERMIND - Nirvana ( 9,541,000 )
175 - 80,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons ( 2,775,000 )

176 - 80,000 - LICENSED TO ILL - Beastie Boys ( 6,233,000 )
177 - 79,000 - COLORS - Beck ( 79,000 )
178 - 79,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac ( 5,307,000 )
179 - 79,000 - HNDRXX - Future ( 79,000 )
180 - 79,000 - SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR - Kid Rock ( 79,000 )
181 - 78,000 - TURN UP THE QUIET - Diana Krall ( 78,000 )
182 - 77,000 - NOW 60 - Various ( 228,000 )
183 - 76,000 - TRUE TO SELF - Bryson Tiller ( 76,000 )
184 - 76,000 - BAD - Michael Jackson ( 2,222,000 )
185 - 76,000 - WOW HITS 2017 - Various ( 193,000 )
186 - 76,000 - THE FIRST TIME - Kelsea Ballerini ( 314,000 )
187 - 76,000 - HYMNS - Joey + Rory ( 594,000 )
188 - 76,000 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Abba ( 1,648,000 )
189 - 76,000 - KILL 'EM ALL - Metallica ( 3,018,000 )
190 - 75,000 - OFF THE WALL - Michael Jackson ( 2,437,000 )
191 - 75,000 - A MOMENT APART - Odesza ( 75,000 )
192 - 74,000 - RUN THE JEWELS 3 - Run The Jewels ( 91,000 )
193 - 74,000 - BADLANDS - Halsey ( 549,000 )
194 - 73,000 - SOUTHERN BLOOD - Gregg Allman ( 73,000 )
195 - 73,000 - ULTIMATE SINATRA - Frank Sinatra ( 261,000 )
196 - 72,000 - IMMORTALIZED - Disturbed ( 605,000 )
197 - 72,000 - THE VERY NEXT THING - Casting Crowns ( 188,000 )
198 - 72,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar ( 1,029,000 )
199 - 71,000 - LOVE AND WAR - Brad Paisley ( 71,000 )
200 - 71,000 - THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME - Pentatonix ( 2,118,000 )

[shayonce]

and about 69% (191k) are from tour bundle.

[Deleted]

Dec 17, 2017 15:34:26 GMT -5 Codex said:

25 - 277,000 - WITNESS - Katy Perry ( 277,000 )

Considering how much flack she got, Witness is pretty high on the year end chart!

... which is also kind of sad with 277k

To me Katy is more of a singles artist which is why this was a really disappointing era, at least relative to her singles success from previous albums.  The not-so-friendly airwaves for the vet female pop stars lately didn't help, but I think it was the lackluster material on this album, personally.  I tend to like her album tracks more than her singles, but this album didn't give me anything to latch onto.

Ready for a career rebound whenever she is.