Billboard 200 - 3/10/18 - Bon Jovi #1

[Gary]

Bon Jovi's Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Plus: 6ix9ine and Vance Joy debut in the top 10 with new albums.

​Bon Jovi’s former No. 1 album, This House Is Not for Sale, is back atop the Billboard 200 chart for a second week.

The set re-enters the tally with 120,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 1, according to Nielsen Music, up from a negligible figure in the previous week. Essentially all of its sum is traditional album sales. The surge back to No. 1 is owed nearly entirely to sales generated by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with Bon Jovi’s upcoming U.S. arena tour.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 10-dated chart (where Bon Jovi returns to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday (March 6).

This House Is Not for Sale first led the Billboard 200 on Nov. 26, 2016, when it opened in the penthouse with 129,000 units (128,000 in album sales), also driven by a ticket/album sale redemption offer. The set marked the band’s sixth chart-topper.

Bon Jovi’s tour kicks off on March 14 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. The 24-date U.S. trek is slated to wrap on May 24 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. In total, Billboard estimates the tour may sell between 350,000 and 375,000 tickets.

For the tour’s ticket/album sale redemption offer, the price of the standard CD edition of This House Is Not for Sale was bundled into the purchase price of each ticket sold online to the tour. Customers received, via email, a redemption offer for the album, where they could choose to redeem the CD and have it mailed to them. The only sales that count towards the charts are those albums that are redeemed by customers. Many ticket buyers never redeem the offer.

This House Is Not for Sale is the second album to re-enter the Billboard 200 straight in at No. 1, following Chris Stapleton’s Traveller. The latter returned to the list on Nov. 21, 2015, jumping in at No. 1 for the first time, thanks to buzz generated by Stapleton’s big night on the 2015 Country Music Association Awards. Further, This House Is Not for Sale’s 15-month gap between stints at No. 1 is the longest amount of time for an album to reclaim the summit.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Black Panther: The Album moves down a slot after two weeks atop the list. The set earned 99,000 units (down 24 percent). Migos’ Culture II dips 2-3 with 59,000 units (down 7 percent).

Rapper 6ix9ine arrives at No. 4 with his debut effort, Day69, earning 55,000 units. Of that sum, 20,000 were in traditional album sales and 2,000 were in TEA units. Streams drove the bulk of the debut, as the set garnered 33,000 SEA units, equaling 50 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tracks in the week ending March 1.

The 21-year-old artist (born Daniel Hernandez) only recently made his Billboard chart debut with the hit single “Gummo.” The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated Dec. 2, 2017, on its way to a No. 12 peak (Dec. 30). Through Feb. 22, the song had generated 312 million on-demand audio and video streams.

Following “Gummo,” he dropped two further tracks -- “Kooda,” and “Keke,” with Fetty Wap and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie.” Both tunes also hit the Hot 100, and combined, the three tracks have amassed more than a half-billion on-demand streams. All three songs are featured on the 11-track Day69 album.

The soundtrack to The Greatest Showman falls 3-5 with 53,000 units (down 14 percent). It’s likely the album could see a rise on next week’s chart, following the 90th Academy Awards broadcast on ABC March 4. The show will feature a performance of the album’s “This Is Me,” which is nominated for best original song.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) rises 7-6 with a little more than 39,000 units (up 5 percent), while Post Malone’s Stoney climbs 9-7 with 39,000 units (up 24 percent). The latter likely gains due to excitement surrounding his new single “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, which was released on Feb. 23 -- but is not included on Stoney. (As previously reported, “Psycho” should start in the top five, perhaps as high as No. 2, on the March 10-dated Billboard Hot 100.)

Imagine Dragons’ Evolve ascends 13-8 on the Billboard 200 with 31,000 units (up 32 percent), following the album’s reissue on Feb. 21 with the band’s new track, “Next to Me,” and sale pricing for the set in the iTunes Store. Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. moves 8-9 with 29,000 units (down 11 percent).


Singer-songwriter Vance Joy earns his first Billboard 200 top 10 album, as his second effort, Nation of Two, bows at No. 10 with 28,000 units (18,000 in album sales). He first reached the list with his first set, Dream Your Life Away, which debuted and peaked at No. 17 on Sept. 17, 2014, and has earned 1 million in equivalent album units (339,000 in traditional album sales).

Dream launched his hit single “Riptide,” which peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 for five weeks on Alternative Songs, No. 2 on Hot Rock Songs, and went top 10 on Adult Alternative Songs and Adult Pop Songs. The new album was led by the single “Lay It on Me,” which premiered last July, and spent three weeks atop the Adult Alternative Songs chart, and went top five on Alternative Songs. The set’s newest single, “Saturday Sun,” is scaling both the Alternative Songs and Adult Alternative Songs tallies.

[Gary]

1. Bon Jovi 120,000
2. Black Panther 99,000
3. Migos 59,000
4. 6ix9ine 55,000
5. Greatest SHowman 53,000
6. Ed Sheeran 39,000
7. Post Malone 39,000
8. Imagine Dragons 31,000
9. Kendrick Lamar 29,000
10. Vance Joy 28,000

[Gary]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8230391/bon-jovis-back-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart
www.billboard.com/biz/articles/8230693/bon-jovis-back-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart

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This House Is Not for Sale is the second album to re-enter the Billboard 200 straight in at No. 1, following Chris Stapleton’s Traveller. "

Didn't Prince also re-enter?

[onebuffalo]

Mar 4, 2018 16:12:52 GMT -5 Gary said:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8230391/bon-jovis-back-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart


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This House Is Not for Sale is the second album to re-enter the Billboard 200 straight in at No. 1, following Chris Stapleton’s Traveller. "

Didn't Prince also re-enter?

Yeppers:

The Very Best of Prince sold 179,000 album-equivalent units (100,000 in pure album sales) in the week following Prince's death, thus allowing the album to re-enter the Billboard 200 at number one; this makes the album Prince's fifth number-one on the chart.

[85la]

I think Bon Jovi's case is unique because their album is the first to re-enter at #1 that was also previously #1.

God but if you really want my honest opinion, this case clearly shows how the ticket-bundling scheme has become ridiculous. Label manipulation at its finest, nothing less. I predict there's going to be more funny cases like this happening again (as if falling to the 20's, 30's and below during an album's second week isn't funny enough) that will cause Billboard to rethink or eventually do away with allowing these bundles.

Funny though that even when labels are practically giving albums away for free, some people still refuse them. Or, maybe not exactly for free, but since the cost of the CD's seem to be absorbed by all ticket buyers even if they don't choose to receive the album, I wonder if the additional amount each ticket buyer ends up paying is 3.49 or less, which would be below Billboard's minimum price threshold for counting first week sales. If so, they shouldn't count should they? (this wouldn't apply to Bon Jovi's case of course)

[shayonce]

Mar 4, 2018 21:37:20 GMT -5 85la said:

I think Bon Jovi's case is unique because their album is the first to re-enter at #1 that was also previously #1.

God but if you really want my honest opinion, this case clearly shows how the ticket-bundling scheme has become ridiculous. Label manipulation at its finest, nothing less. I predict there's going to be more funny cases like this happening again (as if falling to the 20's, 30's and below during an album's second week isn't funny enough) that will cause Billboard to rethink or eventually do away with allowing these bundles.

Funny though that even when labels are practically giving albums away for free, some people still refuse them. Or, maybe not exactly for free, but since the cost of the CD's seem to be absorbed by all ticket buyers even if they don't choose to receive the album, I wonder if the additional amount each ticket buyer ends up paying is 3.49 or less, which would be below Billboard's minimum price threshold for counting first week sales. If so, they shouldn't count should they? (this wouldn't apply to Bon Jovi's case of course)

they have rules on price. I'm sure it follow the billboard's general price rule.
"There must be satisfactory proof provided to Nielsen SoundScan that the manufacturer or distributer received a reasonable and customary payment for each unit from the concert promoter\venue or ticketing company."

also label have to contact billboard/soundscan and get approval for bundle at least 15 days before bundle event.

[Enigma.]

The most bizarre #1 of 2018!

[renfield75]

Will be interesting to see if this falls completely off the BB200 without the bundle next week. The album plunged 1-43 on release; I can't imagine how bad it's going to be next week. New record set?

[Gary]

Don't know about that one, but it is already the first album title and first anything since "The Twist" to top a chart in two separate chart runs.

That ought to be worth something

[renfield75]

It was a different recording, but honorable mention to Dolly Parton for taking "I Will Always Love You" to the top of the country chart two different times. Bing Crosby did the same thing with two different recordings of "White Christmas" in 1942 and 1947.

[areyoureadytojump]

Retailer Report: Top 200 Albums
Region: Total U.S. Week Ending: 03/01/18

Total = Chain, Independent, Mass Merchants, Non Traditional

BON JOVI|THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR( 1) 119965 32 4 30 119898 60255707221
VARIOUS ARTISTS|THE GREATEST S( 2) 32978 1227 166 8086 23497 07567865927
VARIOUS ARTIST|BLACK PANTHER: ( 3) 23375 2733 1091 4181 15370 60256736430
6IX9INE|DAY69 ( 4) 20184 0 0 0 20184 84281210592
VANCE JOY|NATION OF TWO ( 5) 18101 194 258 0 17649 07567988048
TIMBERLAKE*JUST|MAN OF THE WOO( 6) 14482 1378 379 7327 5397 19075813212
SHEERAN*ED|DIVIDE ( 7) 13273 1151 367 4999 6755 19029585128
PASSION|WHOLE HEART (LIVE) ( 8) 12065 0 0 0 12065 60255764604
VARIOUS ARTISTS|NOW 65 ( 9) 11848 405 43 9124 2276 19075808642
IMAGINE DRAGONS|EVOLVE ( 10) 9678 568 195 2504 6411 60255768086

BRYAN*LUKE|WHAT MAKES YOU COUN( 11) 9208 247 76 4015 4871 60255770521
NIPSEY HUSSLE|VICTORY LAP ( 12) 8598 805 832 0 6961 07567865903
STAPLETON*CHRIS|FROM A ROOM: V( 13) 8500 598 265 4417 3219 60255742069
MARS*BRUNO|24K MAGIC ( 14) 8289 1178 923 3106 3080 07567866273
STAPLETON*CHRIS|FROM A ROOM: V( 15) 8159 452 326 3958 3423 60255797059
JHOPE|HOPE WORLD ( 16) 8003 0 0 0 8003 19256224466
VARIOUS ARTISTS|ZOMBIES (ORIGI( 17) 7859 372 8 2912 4567 05008738436
STAPLETON*CHRIS|TRAVELLER ( 18) 7583 376 324 3208 3677 60253757743
CARLILE*BRANDI|BY THE WAY I FO( 19) 7195 245 1009 0 5941 07567865917
LAMAR*KENDRICK|d**n. ( 20) 7032 1386 1491 1380 2775 60255761175

FIFTY SHADES FR|FIFTY SHADES F( 21) 6949 491 38 2981 3439 60256734900
MIGOS|CULTURE II ( 22) 6475 533 1514 1339 3090 60256735981
HAMILTON / O.B.|HAMILTON / O.B( 23) 6384 403 114 571 5296 07567866843
BEATLES|SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY H( 24) 6236 571 510 1100 4055 07777026532
P!NK|BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA ( 25) 5870 412 313 2401 2744 88985474691
EMINEM|REVIVAL ( 26) 5624 1126 429 1895 2175 60256714644
BROWN*KANE|KANE BROWN ( 27) 5356 193 62 3057 2044 88644573394
SWIFT*TAYLOR|REPUTATION ( 28) 5201 428 179 2250 2344 84393003310
DESSA|CHIME ( 29) 5162 0 460 0 4702 19264100137
JERRY GARCIA BA|GARCIA LIVE VO( 30) 4997 79 234 0 4683 88088232202

VARIOUS ARTISTS|ONCE ON THIS I( 31) 4842 35 7 0 4800 88829567521
METALLICA|METALLICA ( 32) 4798 570 147 3045 1037 07559611132
SMITH*SAM|THE THRILL OF IT ALL( 33) 4763 419 335 1426 2583 60255785578
KIDZ BOP KIDS|KIDZ BOP 37 ( 34) 4722 71 4 3304 1343 88807203669
VARIOUS ARTISTS|NOW 64 ( 35) 4671 234 162 3333 943 60075380214
PRINCE|VERY BEST OF PRINCE ( 36) 4658 80 4 566 4008 08122742722
KID ROCK|SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR ( 37) 4579 259 33 1184 3103 07559793318
FIVE FINGER DEA|A DECADE OF DE( 38) 4532 627 96 2425 1384 81006701011
SMITH*MICHAEL W|SURROUNDED ( 39) 4261 0 3 0 3606 76218342552
ASSAD*AUDREY|EVERGREEN ( 40) 4237 0 0 0 4228 85972401356

VARIOUS ARTIST|COCO ( 41) 4173 96 6 1764 2305 05008737496
SOUNDTRACK|GUARDIANS OF THE GA( 42) 4170 704 206 1045 2216 05008731085
JACKSON*ALAN|PRECIOUS MEMORIES( 43) 4080 0 9 1164 2515 60255721819
VARIOUS ARTISTS|2018 GRAMMY NO( 44) 4060 309 56 3182 513 88644679700
VARIOUS ARTISTS|VOL. 2 GUARDIA( 45) 3807 573 163 974 2098 05008736877
VARIOUS ARTISTS|MOANA / O.S.T.( 46) 3769 145 46 1116 2463 05008734913
CARR*JEKALYN|ONE NATION UNDER ( 47) 3730 0 39 0 3590 86949000041
POST MALONE|STONEY ( 48) 3690 349 307 232 2802 60255726165
GRETA VAN FLEET|FROM THE FIRES( 49) 3631 186 419 123 2903 60256712603
PETTY*TOM & THE|GREATEST HITS ( 50) 3597 294 234 1600 1470 00881108132

GREENE*TRAVIS|CROSSOVER:LIVE F( 51) 3459 7 27 29 3307 88985419052
CABELLO*CAMILA|CAMILA ( 52) 3424 139 44 1368 1874 88985472222
METALLICA|MASTER OF PUPPETS ( 53) 3299 548 264 1866 624 85611500449
SZA|CTRL ( 54) 3258 395 673 505 1684 88644654843
U2|SONGS OF EXPERIENCE ( 55) 3257 161 188 240 2670 60255797699
BTS|LOVE YOURSELF ( 56) 3223 199 150 2272 603 80477508328
GORANSSON*LUDWI|BLACK PANTHER ( 57) 3162 0 0 0 3162 05008738848
SEGER*BOB|GREATEST HITS ( 58) 3157 298 130 2134 592 72438303342
VARIOUS ARTISTS|CONCERT FOR GE( 59) 3084 93 616 0 2375 88807203002
CHESNEY*KENNY|LIVE IN NO SHOES( 60) 3046 40 21 445 2540 88875134972

VARIOUS ARTISTS|STEVEN UNIVERS( 61) 3024 0 0 0 3024 85972073489
RHETT*THOMAS|LIFE CHANGES ( 62) 2971 131 45 1556 1240 84393003266
JOHN*ELTON|DIAMONDS ( 63) 2877 252 76 1153 1395 60255768187
GRANGER SMITH|WHEN THE GOOD GU( 64) 2868 12 1 53 2801 19029696031
JACKSON*MICHAEL|THRILLER ( 65) 2859 333 307 747 1470 07464381122
LINKIN PARK|HYBRID THEORY ( 66) 2811 550 38 1622 601 09362477552
TURNSTILE|TIME & SPACE ( 67) 2771 0 611 0 2162 01686174422
IMAGINE DRAGONS|NIGHT VISIONS ( 68) 2761 184 154 1132 1290 60253712683
FALL OUT BOY|MANIA ( 69) 2675 373 186 887 1231 60255766373
SCREAMING FEMAL|ALL AT ONCE ( 70) 2642 1 511 0 2130 63445785182

SHEERAN*ED|X ( 71) 2627 227 81 1102 1216 82564628453
RICHIE*LIONEL|DEFINITIVE COLLE( 72) 2554 52 10 713 1779 04400681402
VARIOUS ARTISTS|WOW GOSPEL 201( 73) 2549 95 97 1715 366 19075802172
JOURNEY|GREATEST HITS ( 74) 2539 220 95 1006 1219 07464444932
CASH*JOHNNY|LEGEND OF JOHNNY C( 75) 2526 354 52 1811 310 60249884340
I'M WITH HER|SEE YOU AROUND ( 76) 2515 67 256 0 2192 88807204072
DAVID YAZBEK|THE BAND'S VISIT ( 77) 2486 184 44 0 2257 79155881543
NICKELBACK|ALL THE RIGHT REASO( 78) 2475 141 9 2099 227 01686183002
CREEDENCE CLEAR|VOL. 1-CHRONIC( 79) 2467 363 128 953 1025 02521800022
TROLLS|ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE( 80) 2450 82 16 851 1502 88985370201

YFN LUCCI|FREDA'S SON - EP ( 81) 2433 0 0 0 2433 09362490677
SHELTON*BLAKE|TEXOMA SHORE ( 82) 2407 91 7 1060 1249 09362490958
LYNYRD SKYNYRD|ICON ( 82) 2407 303 50 2037 17 60252743806
NF|PERCEPTION ( 84) 2373 112 104 0 2128 60254793591
CLARKSON*KELLY|MEANING OF LIFE( 85) 2369 158 10 942 1260 07567865984
KHALID|AMERICAN TEEN ( 86) 2366 262 244 403 1459 88985414322
COMBS*LUKE|THIS ONE'S FOR YOU ( 87) 2365 52 20 1083 1210 88644627040
WILLIAMS*ZACH|CHAIN BREAKER ( 87) 2365 3 3 37 1721 08306110532
BEYONCE|LEMONADE ( 89) 2307 163 214 186 1744 88644588499
METALLICA|AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ( 90) 2275 339 122 1370 445 85611500450

DIAMOND*NEIL|ALL TIME GREATEST( 91) 2243 96 49 1644 453 60253783981
MARLEY*BOB & TH|LEGEND ( 92) 2241 415 181 621 1023 73145489042
NICKS*STEVIE|CRYSTAL VISIONS:V( 93) 2240 159 39 1923 120 09362499981
ABBA|BEST OF ABBA-MILLENNIUM C( 94) 2227 300 31 1840 56 60249843229
VARIOUS ARTISTS|WOW HITS 2018 ( 95) 2161 40 9 536 733 60255710327
LOW ANTHEM|SALT DOLL WENT TO M( 96) 2154 0 85 0 2069 71427069187
LOVATO*DEMI|TELL ME YOU LOVE M( 96) 2154 147 46 735 1227 60255798687
WINEHOUSE*AMY|BACK TO BLACK ( 98) 2139 225 400 176 1337 60251722967
JACKSON*MICHAEL|BAD ( 99) 2126 273 171 1439 243 07464406002
FLEETWOOD MAC|RUMOURS (100) 2105 308 391 518 890 07599273132

DR. DRE|CHRONIC (101) 2086 692 231 476 687 72870630002
SIMON & GARFUNK|GREATEST HITS (102) 2063 287 1 1440 335 07464313502
MAROON 5|RED PILL BLUES (103) 2060 228 37 574 1222 60255761809
EMINEM|CURTAIN CALL (104) 2052 276 123 1305 348 60249887893
EARTH WIND & FI|GREATEST HITS (105) 2014 108 -1 276 1630 07464657792
METALLICA|RIDE THE LIGHTNING (106) 2000 342 184 980 497 07559603962
GUNS N'ROSES|GREATEST HITS (107) 1984 165 59 1236 525 60249861369
YOUNG*CHRIS|LOSING SLEEP (108) 1973 28 8 373 1565 88985442572
LO MOON|LO MOON (109) 1963 23 185 0 1756 88985497462
ALLMAN BROTHERS|DECADE OF HITS(110) 1947 248 23 1427 249 73145111562

MERCYME|LIFER (111) 1929 11 2 32 1670 69685931019
STEVENS*CAT|ICON (112) 1900 215 9 1673 4 60075333042
DOORS|DOORS (113) 1896 352 63 1240 239 07559606542
AC/DC|BACK IN BLACK (114) 1894 254 147 786 708 69699802072
EMINEM|EMINEM SHOW (114) 1894 176 122 1288 308 60694932902
TWENTY ONE PILO|BLURRYFACE (116) 1887 218 150 749 769 07567866922
G-EAZY|BEAUTIFUL & d**nED (117) 1880 286 194 334 1068 88644676588
AEROSMITH|BEST OF AEROSMITH-MI(118) 1863 149 2 1673 39 60249860751
ABOVE & BEYOND|COMMON GROUND (119) 1852 0 0 0 1852 03906023342
MGMT|LITTLE DARK AGE (120) 1845 129 621 -1 1095 88985476052

MONEYBAGG YO|2 HEARTLESS (121) 1840 0 0 0 1840 60256741087
BEA MILLER|AURORA (121) 1840 0 0 0 1840 05008732914
BOWIE*DAVID|HEROES (123) 1822 110 688 0 1025 72435219080
AGUST D|AGUST D (124) 1803 0 0 0 1803 19256221973
BLAC YOUNGSTA|223 (125) 1795 0 0 0 1795 88644696660
BROOKS*GARTH|ULTIMATE HITS (126) 1776 47 17 1157 555 85420600121
MY CHEMICAL ROM|THE BLACK PARA(127) 1764 382 118 916 350 09362444272
TUPAC|GREATEST HITS (128) 1763 146 73 657 887 60694903072
LAMAR*KENDRICK|GOOD KID M.A.A.(129) 1758 471 487 70 727 60253715653
GREEN DAY|AMERICAN IDIOT (130) 1754 240 51 1162 301 09362487772

CAR SEAT HEADRE|TWIN FANTASY (130) 1754 7 956 -1 792 74486110922
PETTY*TOM|WILDFLOWERS (132) 1752 227 35 1247 243 09362457592
GUNS N'ROSES|APPETITE FOR DEST(133) 1742 292 116 859 476 72064241482
ASBURY*CORY|RECKLESS LOVE (134) 1738 0 756 0 930 61087792958
POISON|ICON (135) 1718 2 0 1713 1 09999284142
THE WEEKND|BEAUTY BEHIND THE M(135) 1718 98 152 9 1459 60254750330
POP EVIL|POP EVIL (137) 1689 392 113 180 1005 09992387442
BEATLES|ABBEY ROAD (138) 1685 357 258 240 830 07777464462
SANTANA|PLAYLIST: THE VERY BES(139) 1681 432 0 1243 6 88697413412
BOWIE*DAVID|LOW (140) 1680 123 800 0 756 72435219070

PINK FLOYD|DARK SIDE OF THE MO(141) 1667 146 189 364 968 88644561326
JOURNEY|PLAYLIST: THE VERY BES(142) 1666 303 0 1360 2 88843026462
REGGIE AND THE |41 (143) 1662 2 179 0 1481 81054003000
TUPAC|ALL EYEZ ON ME (144) 1645 571 175 169 729 72870630081
COOPER*ALICE|SOUND OF A (145) 1633 152 374 0 1107 02975912674
DOOBIE BROTHERS|BEST OF THE DO(146) 1622 112 5 1228 277 07599031122
BIG SMO|SPECIAL RESERVE (147) 1620 24 30 828 739 89671099938
JACKSON*MICHAEL|ESSENTIAL MICH(147) 1620 126 27 967 500 82796942872
CHILDISH GAMBIN|AWAKEN MY LOVE(149) 1619 259 296 330 734 81059902140
LANCO|HALLELUJAH NIGHTS (150) 1608 29 12 1097 470 88985305832

BEATLES|BEATLES 1 (151) 1601 175 55 615 756 72435293252
PENROD*GUY|BLESSED ASSURANCE (152) 1596 0 0 4 635 61788493572T
DEF LEPPARD|VAULT-GREATEST HIT(153) 1579 92 15 677 792 73145287182
JAY-Z|4:44 (154) 1575 242 246 290 797 85424200758
PRINCE|PURPLE RAIN (155) 1573 351 274 241 707 07599251102
EAGLES|GREATEST HITS '71-75 (156) 1568 88 73 659 747 07559605112
CLAPTON*ERIC|ICON (157) 1561 338 0 1216 7 60075332927
SOUNDTRACK|PITCH PERFECT 3 (158) 1559 55 184 441 879 60256713038
KIDZ BOP KIDS|KIDZ BOP GREATES(159) 1544 17 1 1174 352 88807239383
CREEDENCE CLEAR|PLAYLIST: THE (160) 1531 137 0 1394 0 88985335612

YOUNG*BRETT|BRETT YOUNG (161) 1518 56 16 817 629 84393002810
NICOLE*DANIELLE|CRY NO MORE (161) 1518 9 41 0 1468 88807204037
CROCE*JIM|PHOTOGRAPHS & MEMORI(163) 1516 87 22 1127 280 07567904672
BEASTIE BOYS|LICENSED TO ILL (164) 1515 361 212 507 436 73145273512
BON JOVI|SLIPPERY WHEN WET (165) 1513 165 50 1118 181 73145380892
FLEETWOOD MAC|VERY BEST OF FLE(166) 1496 116 34 1058 288 08122737752
PANIC! AT THE D|DEATH OF A BAC(167) 1483 273 90 475 645 07567866673
P!NK|GREATEST HITS SO FAR (168) 1481 86 36 838 522 88697806572
NIRVANA|UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK (169) 1478 180 339 555 406 72064247272
CHICAGO|IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW (A(170) 1473 321 14 1134 5 08122797409

TUPAC|BEST OF 2PAC-PART 1: THU(171) 1467 31 19 1382 36 60251747852
ADELE|25 (171) 1467 188 90 623 567 88875175952
AWOLNATION|HERE COME THE RUNTS(173) 1466 135 81 215 1036 84494205191
QUEEN|PLATINUM COLLECTION (174) 1452 146 7 701 597 72061623602
PARDI*JON|CALIFORNIA SUNRISE (175) 1436 57 14 689 677 60254782444
HALSEY|HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGD(176) 1434 159 60 295 920 60255749922
LED ZEPPELIN|MOTHERSHIP (177) 1432 164 44 525 698 08122798927
ADELE|21 (178) 1425 225 124 471 605 88697446992
BAD COMPANY|PLAYLIST: THE VERY(179) 1405 173 0 1225 5 88875188832
PEARL JAM|TEN (180) 1401 157 256 570 418 01355478572

FLEETWOOD MAC|GREATEST HITS (181) 1396 177 191 403 626 07599258012
ABBA|GOLD-GREATEST HITS (182) 1385 71 81 255 978 73145170072
DAIGLE*LAUREN|HOW CAN IT BE (183) 1384 9 4 250 544 82961912802
SKILLET|UNLEASHED (184) 1381 102 13 270 818 07567866434
CREED|GREATEST HITS (185) 1377 22 5 1134 215 60150131032
SMITH*MICHAEL W|A MILLION LIGH(186) 1375 5 11 51 931 76218342542
BROOKS*GARTH|ANTHOLOGY PART I (186) 1375 0 0 0 1375 85420600174
BRYAN*LUKE|CRASH MY PARTY (188) 1370 52 8 1073 237 60253744526
PINK FLOYD|WALL (189) 1366 172 119 406 670 07464685192
SHEERAN*ED|+ (190) 1365 89 68 575 634 82564665864

FEVER RAY|PLUNGE (190) 1365 25 611 0 728 72459697015
ASKING ALEXANDR|ASKING ALEXAND(192) 1362 143 77 54 1087 81742401809
DARLINGSIDE|EXTRALIFE (193) 1357 0 96 0 1260 88644687820
LED ZEPPELIN|LED ZEPPELIN 4 (194) 1353 167 257 234 694 07567815282
EAGLES|THEIR GREATEST HITS VOL(195) 1346 158 76 890 222 08122793414
URBAN*KEITH|RIPCORD (196) 1339 99 42 806 393 60254744465
VARIOUS ARTISTS|NOW 63 (197) 1327 48 1 956 322 88644654833
JENNINGS*WAYLON|ULTIMATE WAYLO(198) 1324 18 31 1034 242 82876572672
NELSON*WILLIE|SUPER HITS (199) 1323 151 2 1164 8 07464641842
SING / O.S.T.|SING / O.S.T. (200) 1322 60 17 370 875 60255725123

Top 200 total: 793,343 = 46,870 33,066 206,750 501,330

[chartfreak]

I have less issues with ticket bundles compared to streaming. If 120,000 people decided to redeem the album then it should be counted. Not sure why some consider it manipulation.

[85la]

Mar 5, 2018 1:38:10 GMT -5 shayonce said:

Mar 4, 2018 21:37:20 GMT -5 85la said:

I think Bon Jovi's case is unique because their album is the first to re-enter at #1 that was also previously #1.

God but if you really want my honest opinion, this case clearly shows how the ticket-bundling scheme has become ridiculous. Label manipulation at its finest, nothing less. I predict there's going to be more funny cases like this happening again (as if falling to the 20's, 30's and below during an album's second week isn't funny enough) that will cause Billboard to rethink or eventually do away with allowing these bundles.

Funny though that even when labels are practically giving albums away for free, some people still refuse them. Or, maybe not exactly for free, but since the cost of the CD's seem to be absorbed by all ticket buyers even if they don't choose to receive the album, I wonder if the additional amount each ticket buyer ends up paying is 3.49 or less, which would be below Billboard's minimum price threshold for counting first week sales. If so, they shouldn't count should they? (this wouldn't apply to Bon Jovi's case of course)

they have rules on price. I'm sure it follow the billboard's general price rule.
"There must be satisfactory proof provided to Nielsen SoundScan that the manufacturer or distributer received a reasonable and customary payment for each unit from the concert promoter\venue or ticketing company."

also label have to contact billboard/soundscan and get approval for bundle at least 15 days before bundle event.

But the concert promoter/venue, or ticketing company is not the end consumer. That is the concert-goer. The Concert promoter or ticketing company would be like the retailer in this scenario.

[shayonce]

Mar 6, 2018 0:43:47 GMT -5 85la said:

Mar 5, 2018 1:38:10 GMT -5 shayonce said:

they have rules on price. I'm sure it follow the billboard's general price rule.
"There must be satisfactory proof provided to Nielsen SoundScan that the manufacturer or distributer received a reasonable and customary payment for each unit from the concert promoter\venue or ticketing company."

also label have to contact billboard/soundscan and get approval for bundle at least 15 days before bundle event.

But the concert promoter/venue, or ticketing company is not the end consumer. That is the concert-goer. The Concert promoter or ticketing company would be like the retailer in this scenario.

hmmm.. yeah. but that wasn't your question. it's messed up rule and things.
hopefully billboard will do something soon.

[areyoureadytojump]

3/10 Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC Title Artist

1 Re-Entry 8 This House Is Not For Sale - Bon Jovi
2 1 1 3 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By - Soundtrack
3 2 4 5 Culture II - Migos
4 Hot Shot Debut 1 DAY69 - 6ix9ine
5 3 3 12 The Greatest Showman - Soundtrack
6 7 6 52 Divide - Ed Sheeran
7 9 8 64 Stoney - Post Malone
8 13 13 36 Evolve - Imagine Dragons
9 8 9 46 DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
10 New 1 Nation Of Two - Vance Joy
11 6 2 4 Man Of The Woods - Justin Timberlake
12 12 10 7 Camila - Camila Cabello
13 11 7 67 24K Magic - Bruno Mars
14 4 – 2 Victory Lap - Nipsey Hussle
15 14 12 52 American Teen - Khalid
16 15 11 27 Luv Is Rage 2 - Lil Uzi Vert
17 10 5 3 Fifty Shades Freed - Soundtrack
18 18 16 8 Life Of A Dark Rose - Lil Skies
19 17 15 11 The Beautiful & Damned - G-Eazy
20 21 17 38 Ctrl - SZA
21 22 20 127 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording
22 27 26 65 Kane Brown - Kane Brown
23 24 23 50 More Life - Drake
24 23 14 16 Reputation - Taylor Swift
25 26 18 21 Perception - NF
26 33 28 129 Traveller - Chris Stapleton
27 28 22 18 Heartbreak On A Full Moon - Chris Brown
28 19 19 11 Revival - Eminem
29 30 32 35 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa
30 49 45 12 What Makes You Country - Luke Bryan
31 29 30 22 Tell Me You Love Me - Demi Lovato
32 20 25 17 The Thrill Of It All - Sam Smith
33 16 31 3 2 Heartless - Moneybagg Yo
34 34 36 17 Red Pill Blues - Maroon 5
35 32 34 18 Without Warning - 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin
36 31 39 96 Views - Drake
37 New 1 Whole Heart - Passion
38 35 29 27 17 - XXXTentacion
39 36 38 25 Life Changes - Thomas Rhett
40 38 33 43 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton
41 37 40 66 Starboy - The Weeknd
42 New 1 223 - Blac Youngsta
43 42 47 27 Odisea - Ozuna
44 39 27 4 NOW 65 - Various Artists
45 25 48 3 Heart Break Kodak - Kodak Black
46 41 46 67 Moana - Soundtrack
47 40 21 28 Project Baby Two - Kodak Black
48 47 37 20 Beautiful Trauma - P!nk
49 45 50 24 All Your Fault, Pt. 2 (EP) - Bebe Rexha
50 44 43 39 hopeless fountain kingdom - Halsey

51 46 41 10 Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho - Huncho Jack
52 48 49 57 Culture - Migos
53 50 44 193 x - Ed Sheeran
54 53 54 39 This One's For You - Luke Combs
55 51 52 261 Take Care - Drake
56 55 – 2 ZOMBIES - Soundtrack
57 43 24 13 From A Room: Volume 2 - Chris Stapleton
58 54 92 382 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem
59 52 51 12 Quality Control: Control The Streets, Vol. 1 - Various Artists
60 58 63 13 A Decade Of Destruction - Five Finger Death Punch
61 56 55 22 The Bigger Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie
62 60 62 13 War & Leisure - Miguel
63 New 1 Hope World (EP) - J-Hope
64 72 91 283 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons
65 62 61 78 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott
66 73 75 19 H.E.R. - H.E.R.
67 61 57 75 Trolls - Soundtrack
68 Re-Entry 113 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen
69 Re-Entry 220 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
70 172 185 231 Greatest Hits - 2Pac
71 71 83 131 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd
72 70 67 43 There's Really A Wolf - Russ
73 77 68 55 Brett Young - Brett Young
74 New 1 Gangin - SOB X RBE
75 66 65 279 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
76 5 – 2 By The Way, I Forgive You - Brandi Carlile
77 81 77 30 AI YoungBoy - YoungBoy Never Broke Again
78 65 60 16 Diamonds - Elton John
79 84 79 46 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album - Soundtrack
80 76 69 28 A Love Letter To You - Trippie Redd
81 67 66 28 Still Striving - A$AP Ferg
82 74 73 34 Issa Album - 21 Savage
83 69 – 66 The Very Best Of Prince - Prince
84 88 80 43 Everybody - Logic
85 96 100 25 Freudian - Daniel Caesar
86 68 64 21 Lil Pump - Lil Pump
87 112 106 23 Trip - Jhene Aiko
88 82 84 146 Blurryface - twenty one pilots
89 109 120 472 Metallica - Metallica
90 83 90 169 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
91 79 70 20 Mr. Davis - Gucci Mane
92 75 87 110 ANTI - Rihanna
93 97 93 256 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
94 101 108 501 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey
95 80 114 21 Love Yourself: Her - BTS
96 85 74 194 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
97 90 99 226 Nothing Was The Same - Drake
98 87 85 23 GEMINI - Macklemore
99 98 98 87 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi
100 94 104 94 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper

101 95 88 158 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake
102 102 112 511 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers
103 91 56 6 Kidz Bop 37 - Kidz Bop Kids
104 110 102 127 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller
105 103 89 32 Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator
106 100 113 97 The Life Of deleted - Kanye West
107 93 97 37 Woodstock - Portugal. The Man
108 119 197 241 Mothership - Led Zeppelin
109 116 119 175 Montevallo - Sam Hunt
110 115 124 78 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line
111 104 105 168 1989 - Taylor Swift
112 89 110 47 Memories...Do Not Open - The Chainsmokers
113 131 127 323 Thriller - Michael Jackson
114 114 111 37 Pretty Girls Like Trap Music - 2 Chainz
115 122 125 356 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
116 129 139 23 Happy Endings - Old Dominion
117 120 126 74 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes
118 107 86 29 Rainbow - Kesha
119 124 128 54 FUTURE - Future
120 185 – 10 Coco - Soundtrack
121 111 107 364 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
122 134 103 63 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino
123 123 121 36 Grateful - DJ Khaled
124 117 109 259 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
125 149 153 306 1 - The Beatles
126 118 141 74 Blonde - Frank Ocean
127 121 130 61 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK
128 128 94 4 Drip Season 3 - Gunna
129 126 118 119 25 - Adele
130 127 – 433 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses
131 132 131 46 Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti
132 108 71 6 M A N I A - Fall Out Boy
133 140 155 198 [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park
134 125 116 12 Double Or Nothing - Big Sean & Metro Boomin
135 135 134 111 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco
136 146 72 117 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G.
137 130 133 19 Flicker - Niall Horan
138 145 140 255 Abbey Road - The Beatles
139 New 1 Chime - Dessa
140 137 136 54 I Decided. - Big Sean
141 138 148 119 Purpose - Justin Bieber
142 139 149 45 digital druglord - Blackbear
143 142 150 47 Painting Pictures - Kodak Black
144 155 147 11 Too Hard - Lil Baby
145 147 154 131 Badlands - Halsey
146 144 123 6 Hallelujah Nights - LANCO
147 143 146 16 Come Over When You're Sober (EP) - Lil Peep
148 152 145 239 + - Ed Sheeran
149 167 – 2 Freda's Son (EP) - YFN Lucci
150 163 160 95 Ripcord - Keith Urban

151 106 – 6 Humble Beast - G Herbo
152 153 144 366 21 - Adele
153 New 1 GarciaLive, Volume 10: May 20th, 1990 Hilo Civic Auditorium - Jerry Garcia Band
154 151 159 35 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 - Calvin Harris
155 141 169 11 No_One Ever Really Dies - N*E*R*D
156 Re-Entry 11 Losing Sleep - Chris Young
157 159 143 15 Catch These Vibes - PnB Rock
158 Re-Entry 12 Sweet Southern Sugar - Kid Rock
159 148 137 31 Jungle Rules - French Montana
160 171 182 12 The Click - AJR
161 New 1 Once On This Island: The Musical - The New Broadway Cast Recording
162 176 195 215 Icon: Greatest Hits - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
163 Re-Entry 14 Meaning Of Life - Kelly Clarkson
164 170 152 31 Wins And Losses - Meek Mill
165 175 170 159 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers
166 166 165 87 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert
167 165 129 14 From The Fires - Greta Van Fleet
168 156 151 307 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
169 150 156 99 Cleopatra - The Lumineers
170 169 188 153 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band
171 194 199 132 DS2 - Future
172 160 135 15 SYRE - Jaden Smith
173 174 183 121 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett
174 158 158 201 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars
175 Re-Entry 14 Texoma Shore - Blake Shelton
176 64 – 2 Black Panther: Original Motion Picture Score - Soundtrack
177 178 178 62 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole
178 179 180 9 #SANTANAWORLD (+) - Tay-K
179 181 173 165 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce
180 193 189 102 Islah - Kevin Gates
181 188 – 71 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack
182 177 176 30 Perfect Timing - NAV And Metro Boomin
183 Re-Entry 96 Smoke + Mirrors - Imagine Dragons
184 136 115 29 Fifty Shades Darker - Soundtrack
185 183 191 88 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande
186 168 – 18 Greatest Hits - Earth, Wind & Fire
187 190 172 19 Super Slimey - Future & Young Thug
188 New 1 Surrounded - Michael W. Smith
189 199 – 124 Greatest Hits... So Far!!! - P!nk
190 Re-Entry 350 The Eminem Show - Eminem
191 Re-Entry 212 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan
192 Re-Entry 15 NOW 64 - Various Artists
193 Re-Entry 21 Precious Memories Collection - Alan Jackson
194 189 167 35 Melodrama - Lorde
195 Re-Entry 15 Current Mood - Dustin Lynch
196 Re-Entry 206 All The Right Reasons - Nickelback
197 192 171 9 Therapy Session - NF
198 Re-Entry 46 HNDRXX - Future
199 Re-Entry 304 Back In Black - AC/DC
200 191 200 10 Dont Smile At Me - Billie Eilish

[rfucom]

I remember how eagles stole britneys album to be no.1. It's just effin not right.

[areyoureadytojump]

Meanwhile The Eagles perform live and sound great every night while Britney continues her lip sync tour.

[rfucom]

Mar 6, 2018 9:57:15 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Meanwhile The Eagles perform live and sound great every night while Britney continues her lip sync tour.

how come you disrespect the queen.

[Gary]

I am seeing the Eagles in concert this summer

[Deleted]

Mar 5, 2018 20:25:04 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

I have less issues with ticket bundles compared to streaming. If 120,000 people decided to redeem the album then it should be counted. Not sure why some consider it manipulation.

I agree.  I know plenty of people who buy concert tickets with the album download add-on but don't redeem it because they aren't interested.  It requires interest, which is what the charts really monitor, not gross revenue.

I also agree with the minimum pricing policy that's in place.  Buying an entire (especially high-profile) album for less than $3 is basically giving it away and creates a sense of unfairness.

I also recognize that the two things I've just stated may sound contradictory.  It's complicated.

The regular cost of the album is included in said concert tickets, so it's not discounted, even if it seems like it's entirely free.  It's simply included in the overall ticket cost but doesn't count for the charts unless you actually show interest and redeem it.  There is a clear difference in my mind.

[KeepDeanWeird]

Mar 6, 2018 9:47:54 GMT -5 rfucom said:

I remember how eagles stole britneys album to be no.1. It's just effin not right.

Right. 711,000 v 290,000 definitely 'stolen.' And this is coming from someone who thinks Blackout is modern day pop classic. If only she hadn't performed her Stepford Striptease.

I'm not sure why ppl are pressed over the ticket-bundle when streaming is getting far too much credit on the charts over a long period of time. If you actually buy the album, you're 'hurting' that artist on the chart because it's a one-time chart event, no matter how many times you play it. However, if you stream it, it counts every time. Anyway, I'd love to see the BB200 and H100 move to a revenue chart.

[Gary]

On the whole Eagles v Britney thing from a decade ago ---- time to move on


On the ticket bundle- as this results in a conscious effort by the ticket buyer to purchase the album ,it should mean the same as if it was done at Best Buy

This is no different an an in-store promo, well... a little, the ticket bundle promo is aimed at people already making a purchase on the artist, so the return rate would be higher

[areyoureadytojump]

www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bon-jovis-album-back-no-1-two-years-later-fair-180141960.html

Why is Bon Jovi’s album back at No. 1, two years later — and is that fair?
Yahoo Music
Paul Grein, Writer
March 5, 2018

Bon Jovi’s 2016 album This House Is Not for Sale re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 1, dislodging the hot-selling soundtrack to the blockbuster film Black Panther. How can that be? Bon Jovi’s album was boosted by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer, in which fans who bought a ticket to Bon Jovi’s upcoming arena tour could also opt to get the album. A similar redemption offer enabled the album to debut at No. 1 back in November 2016.


Many other albums have benefited from such offers. Just since last summer, such promotions boosted Arcade Fire’s Everything Now, LCD Soundsystem’s American Dream, the Killers’ Wonderful Wonderful, Shania Twain’s Now, and P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma, all of which debuted at No. 1.

But while these bundles are an established practice in the music industry, they raise fairness issues. Is Bon Jovi’s album really the most popular album in America this week, or did the band’s team just capitalize on a quirk in chart methodology?


The album owes almost all of its success to the two promotions. It sold 128K copies in traditional album sales in its first week. It sold 120K copies this week. But get this: In the 67 weeks between those tent-pole weeks, it sold just 78K copies — on average, just a little more than 1K copies a week. Last week, without the promotion, the album sold just 175 copies.

Keith Caulfield, Billboard‘s co-director of charts, explained how these offers work in his chart recap this week. “For the tour’s ticket/album sale redemption offer, the price of the standard CD edition of This House Is Not for Sale was bundled into the purchase price of each ticket sold online to the tour. Customers received, via email, a redemption offer for the album, where they could choose to redeem the CD and have it mailed to them. The only sales that count towards the charts are those albums that are redeemed by customers. Many ticket buyers never redeem the offer.”

In a previous column, he explained the rationale behind the promotions. “Artists and record labels have increasingly turned to offering ticket/album bundles as a way to sell music, as the traditional retail landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, and as album sales continue to shrink. Not only are a growing number of fans turning to streaming in order to consume albums (instead of buying them), but the brick-and-mortar retailers that remain in business have dramatically reduced the number of titles they sell in stores (as well as the physical floor space for those albums). In turn, artists have found new ways to sell their music — from selling them bundled with merchandise, to offering them with concert tickets.”

Fair or not fair, This House Is Not for Sale will go down as Bon Jovi’s first album to log multiple weeks at No. 1 since New Jersey in 1988. That album, the band’s follow-up to their commercial breakthrough Slippery When Wet, spawned five top 10 hits on the Hot 100. This House Is Not for Sale has yet to spawn any Hot 100 hits.

This House Is Not for Sale returns to No. 1 following a 67-week gap. That’s the longest gap between appearances at No. 1 for any album since Bing Crosby’s Merry Christmas returned to No. 1 in January 1958, seven years after its most recent No. 1 appearance. (That album contained his immortal “White Christmas.”)

This House Is Not for Sale is the third album to re-enter the Billboard 200 at No. 1, following Chris Stapleton’s Traveller (following his big night at the CMA Awards in 2015) and Prince’s The Very Best of Prince (following his death in 2016). This House Is Not for Sale has been in release for 69 weeks, but this is just its eighth week on the Billboard 200. The album charted for seven weeks in late 2016 and early 2017.

Bon Jovi’s tour kicks off on March 14 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. The 24-date U.S. trek is slated to conclude on May 24 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.

Bon Jovi will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 14. Howard Stern is set to do the honors.


Top Albums

Black Panther: The Album dips from No. 1 to No. 2 in its third week. It spent two weeks on top. The album is No. 1 on Top Soundtracks for the third week.

Migos’s Culture II dips from No. 2 to No. 3 in its fifth week. The album debuted at No. 1.

6ix9ine’s Day 69 debuts at No. 4. It’s the rapper’s debut mixtape. The 21-year-old reached No. 12 on the Hot 100 in December with “Gummo.”

The Greatest Showman soundtrack drops from No. 3 to No. 5 in its 12th week. The album spent two weeks at No. 1.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ inches up from No. 7 to No. 6 in its 52nd week. The album spent its first two weeks at No. 1.

Post Malone’s Stoney rebounds from No. 9 to No. 7 in its 64th week. The album peaked at No. 4.

Imagine Dragons’ Evolve rebounds from No. 13 to No. 8 in its 36th week. The album debuted and peaked at No. 2. The album was reissued on Feb. 21 with a new track, “Next to Me.” It also was on sale in the iTunes Store.

Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. drops from No. 7 to No. 9 in its 46th week. The album spent four weeks at No. 1.

Vance Joy lands his first top 10 album as his sophomore album, Nation of Two, debuts at No. 10. His first album, Dream Your Life Away, debuted and peaked at No. 17 in September 2014. That album included his top 30 hit “Riptide.”


Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap drops from No. 4 to No. 14. Brandi Carlile’s By the Way, I Forgive You plummets from No. 5 to No. 76. Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods drops from No. 6 to No. 11. The Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack drops from No. 10 to No. 17.

Kane Brown’s Kane Brown rebounds from No. 27 to No. 22 in its 65th week. The album peaked at No. 5. The album logs its seventh week at No. 1 on Top Country Albums.

Ed Sheeran’s x drops from No. 50 to No. 53 in its 193rd chart week. The album debuted at No. 1. The album logs its 12th week at No. 1 on Top Catalog Albums.

[onebuffalo]

Another chart where Bon Jovi returns to the top:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8236277/bon-jovi-billboard-artist-100

[Gary]

makes sense

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^HDD's SPS chart was updated today and no This House is Not for Sale in the top 50. Interestingly, no Building Album chart update ...

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8237466/billboard-200-chart-moves-luke-bryan-kelly-clarkson-adam-levine

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Luke Bryan, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine & Blake Shelton Gain in Wake of 'Voice' & 'American Idol' Promo
3/7/2018 by Keith Caulfield

— Luke Bryan, What Makes You Country – No. 30 — Luke Bryan, one of the three judges on the revived American Idol, shifts 49-30 with his latest album, What Makes You Country (14,000 units earned in the week ending March 1, according to Nielsen Music; up 33 percent). The set likely benefits from promotion surrounding Idol's return to TV on ABC, following its 15-year run on Fox (2002-2016). Bryan also returns to the chart with Crash My Party at No. 191 (5,000 units; up 10 percent). The other two judges on ABC TV’s rebooted Idol — Katy Perry and Lionel Richie — are not on the chart. The relaunched Idol premieres on March 11.

— Kelly Clarkson, Meaning of Life – No. 163 — Kelly Clarkson’s Meaning of Life jumps back onto the list with 5,000 units (up 30 percent), amid her publicity tour in support of her debut as a coach on NBC’s The Voice. The new season of the reality competition series premiered on Feb. 26. Two of her fellow Voice coaches, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, also see gains on the chart. Levine’s band Maroon 5 notches a 4 percent unit increase with Red Pill Blues (holding at No. 34; 14,000 units) while Shelton’s Texoma Shore reenters the list at No. 175 with a 20 percent lift (to 5,000 units). The fourth Voice coach, Alicia Keys, is not currently on the chart.

— The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – No. 69 — The Beatles’ former No. 1 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band scores its best sales week outside of the Christmas season since the week ending July 20, 2017, as the set re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 69 with 6,000 copies sold in the week ending March 1 (of its 8,000 equivalent album units earned in the week). The album is up 37 percent in sales and 122 percent in units following a CBS Sunday Morning feature about the album on Feb 25.

— Daniel Caesar, Freudian – No. 85 — As Freudian’s single “Get You,” featuring Kali Uchis, continues to gain in popularity (23-20 on R&B Streaming Songs), the album climbs to its highest rank since Sept. 30 (No. 71) with 8,000 units (up 14 percent).

— The New Broadway Cast Recording, Once on This Island – No. 154 — The new Broadway cast recording of Once on This Island arrives at No. 161 on the Billboard 200, marking the first cast recording to debut on the list since last July. Once on This Island launches with 5,000 equivalent album units earned. Nearly all of that sum was driven by traditional album sales. The set also bows at No. 31 on Top Album Sales and No. 2 on Cast Albums. The last cast recording to hit the Billboard 200 was the original Broadway cast recording of Anastasia: The New Broadway Musical, which debuted at No. 56 on July 1, 2017. Anastasia was one of only four cast albums to bow on the tally in 2017, in addition to the original Broadway cast recordings of Dear Evan Hansen (peaking at No. 8), Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (No. 87) and the Bette Midler-led new Broadway cast recording of Hello, Dolly! (No. 60).

[chartfreak]

Why can't they give us more specific numbers....so all the albums between #163 and #175 sold 5,000 units??

[Gary]

units includes streaming -- Kelly Clarkson for instance had about 2300 sold from the Soundscan post above