Billboard 200 4/14/18 - The Weeknd - 169k

[Gary]

The Weeknd's 'My Dear Melancholy' Heading for No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

News

By Keith Caulfield | April 02, 2018 8:30 PM EDT



Plus, Kacey Musgraves and Rich the Kid aiming for top 10 bows.


The Weeknd’s surprise album, My Dear Melancholy, is aiming for No. 1 on next week’s Billboard 200 chart.

According to industry forecasters, the set -- which was released on March 30 via XO/Republic Records -- may earn around 150,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 5.

The six-song album appeared with little warning, following a cryptic Instagram post on March 27, which led to a confirmation of an album two days later.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The top 10 of the new April 14-dated Billboard 200 chart (where The Weeknd will likely debut at No. 1) is scheduled to be revealed on Billboard’s websites on Sunday, April 8.

If My Dear Melancholy arrives at No. 1, it will give The Weeknd his third consecutive chart topper. It would follow his previous leaders, 2016’s Starboy and 2015’s Beauty Behind the Madness. Starboy bowed with 348,000 units in its first week, according to Nielsen Music (of which 209,000 were in traditional album sales), while Beauty Behind the Madness launched with 412,000 units (326,000 in album sales). Both titles were available in their first weeks on streaming services, and at retail as a digital album and CD.


My Dear Melancholy is currently only available via streamers and as a digital album. A CD version of the set is expected in the coming weeks.

Also on course for top 10 debuts next week: Rich the Kid’s The World Is Yours and Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour. The former may bow with perhaps 50,000 units, while the latter could enter with 40,000 units.

[Gary]

The Weeknd's 'Call Out My Name' Headed for Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 Debut

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By Gary Trust | April 06, 2018 3:53 PM EDT


Concurrently, parent set "My Dear Melancholy" is slated to launch atop the Billboard 200.

The Weeknd's "Call Out My Name" is aiming to debut in the top 10, and perhaps the top five, of next week's Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 14), as parent set My Dear Melancholy is headed for a No. 1 launch on the Billboard 200.

Based on preliminary data projecting the tracking period feeding next week's Hot 100, the song, on XO/Republic Records, should bow in the top five of both the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts, with over 35 million U.S. streams and over 30,000 downloads sold in the week ending April 5.

The song is from The Weeknd's new album, which looks primed to open atop the Billboard 200 with around 150,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 5.

The Weeknd is seeking his eighth Hot 100 top 10. He notched his seventh in February, when "Pray for Me," his Kendrick Lamar duet from the soundtrack Black Panther: The Album, debuted at its No. 7 peak (marking his highest entrance).

Meanwhile, My Dear Melancholy should arrive as The Weeknd's third Billboard 200 No. 1 (all earned consecutively), following Beauty Behind the Madness in 2015 and Starboy in 2016.

Highlights of next week's Hot 100, which blends streaming, airplay and sales data, according to Nielsen Music, will post on Billboard.com Monday (April 9), with all charts posting the following day (April 10).

[Enigma.]

Wut? Surely 'Melancholy' will do better than 150k? HDD never predicted that low and it's been steady for all week on streaming.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Remember that usually these Billboard articles tend to have very conservative numbers. They seem to have to copy and pasted the earlier prediction for the latter article. As a matter of fact, I see HDD has just over 167k SPS as their final number for My Dear Melancholy,.

[Gary]

LOL - They copy and paste quite a bit

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8298065/the-weeknd-no-1-album-billboard-200-my-dear-melancholy

The Weeknd Scores Third Consecutive No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'My Dear Melancholy'
4/8/2018 by Keith Caulfield

Plus: Top 10 debuts from Rich The Kid and Kacey Musgraves.

The Weeknd logs his third No. 1 in a row on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as his latest project, My Dear Melancholy, debuts atop the list.

The surprise release, which arrived on March 30 via XO/Republic Records, earned 169,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 5, according to Nielsen Music -- the biggest week for an R&B album in over a year, since his own last album. Of that sum, 68,000 were in traditional album sales.

The six-song album appeared with little warning, following a cryptic Instagram post on March 27, which led to a confirmation of an album two days later. My Dear Melancholy follows The Weeknd’s two previous No. 1s: 2016’s Starboy and 2015’s Beauty Behind the Madness.

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 April 14-dated chart (where The Weeknd debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday, April 10.

Notably, My Dear Melancholy logs the largest week for an R&B album -- by equivalent album units -- in over a year. The last R&B set to post a bigger frame was Starboy, on the list dated Dec. 17, 2016, when it tallied 209,000 units in its debut week.

Further, My Dear Melancholy notches the highest sales week for an R&B album in nearly a year. The last R&B set to sell more was Mary J. Blige’s Strength of a Woman, which started with 72,000 copies sold on the chart dated May 20, 2017.

My Dear Melancholy is currently only available to purchase as a digital download, as its CD counterpart is slated for an April 13 release. (Most surprise albums don’t see their CD editions arrive until a couple weeks after their initial digital release due to the amount of time it takes to manufacture product.)


Though My Dear Melancholy’s sales were solid, the album’s debut saw more than half of its units driven by streams. The title bows with 94,000 SEA units, which equates to 140.8 million on-demand audio streams of the set’s songs (each SEA unit is equal to 1,500 streams). My Dear Melancholy’s streaming start of 94,000 SEA units is the third-biggest streaming week for an album in 2018, following the debut frames of Migos’ Culture II (150,000 SEA units) and XXXTentacion’s ? (106,000 SEA units). My Dear Melancholy’s streaming sum is even more impressive, considering it was achieved with only six songs. Comparably, Culture II had 24 tracks assisting its big streaming start, while ? had 18.

The biggest song on My Dear Melancholy appears to be its lead-off track, “Call Out My Name.” The tune is likely headed for a top 10 debut on the Billboard Hot 100 dated April 14.

Finally, My Dear Melancholy is the shortest album -- by track count -- to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in nearly eight years. In 2010, the Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals soundtrack, which also had just six tracks, bowed at No. 1 on the list dated June 26. For the last six-track (or shorter) No. 1 album by an artist, one has to scroll back to the Dec. 18, 2004 chart, when JAY-Z and Linkin Park teamed up for the six-track MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents: Collision Course. (The album was initially only available in a CD/DVD edition, where the DVD included the MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups: Linkin Park vs. JAY-Z TV special and other video footage.) Previous to Collision Course, the last six-track No. 1 set was George Benson’s Breezin’, way back on the July 31 and Aug. 7-dated charts in 1976.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 chart, rapper Rich The Kid sees his full-length debut studio album The World Is Yours arrive with 59,000 units earned. Of that sum, just 6,000 were in traditional album sales. The set’s SEA units were unsurprisingly large: 50,000. The album is currently enjoying a top 20 hit on the Hot 100 with “Plug Walk,” which is Rich The Kid’s highest-charting hit.

XXXTentacion’s former No. 1, ?, dips from No. 2 to No. 3 with 57,000 units (down 25 percent).

Singer Kacey Musgraves collects her third top 10 album, as her seventh studio album Golden Hour bows at No. 4 with 49,000 units (with 39,000 of that sum powered by traditional album sales). Musgraves previously visited the top 10 with Pageant Material (No. 3 in 2015) and Same Trailer Different Park (No. 2, 2013).

Golden Hour is the highest charting country album since Luke Bryan’s What Makes You Country launched at No. 1 on the Dec. 30, 2017-dated list.

The soundtrack to The Greatest Showman slips one spot to No. 5 with 46,000 units (down 3 percent).

As for the rest of the top 10:

Black Panther: The Album falls 3-6 with 43,000 units (down 9 percent)

Migos’ Culture II drops 5-7 with 41,000 units (down 8 percent)

Post Malone’s Stoney descends 7-8 with 29,000 units (down 3 percent)

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) moves 8-9 with 28,000 units (down 4 percent)

Logic’s Bobby Tarantino II slides 6-10 with 27,000 units (down 20 percent)

[Gary]

1. The Weeknd 169,000
2. Rich The Kid 59,000
3. XXXTentacion 57,000
4. Kacey Musgraves 49,000
5. The Greatest Showman 46,000
6. Black Panther 43,000
7. Migos 41,000
8. Post Malone 29,000
9. Ed Sheeran 28,000
10. Logic 27,000

[Gary]

album sales

11. Hamilton Musical - 7,591 (1,514,914 total)
10. Jack White 7,843
9. Imagine Dragons 7,993
8. Ed Sheeran - Divide -- 8366
7. Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere -- 8957
6. Very Best of MercyMe - 10.,695
5. Steff Gretz - 10,738
4. Hayley Kiyoko -- 17,169
3. Greatest Showman 29,047
2. Kacey Musgraves 38,810
1. The Weeknd 68,480

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

That's more than a 93% pure sales drop for Jack White's album. I wonder what that will translate into in terms of the Billboard 200 drop from #1.

[iHype.]

Apr 9, 2018 21:59:23 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

That's more than a 93% pure sales drop for Jack White's album. I wonder what that will translate into in terms of the Billboard 200 drop from #1.

8-9k SPS gets you #60-#80.

[areyoureadytojump]

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Top 10 Country Album Sales Chart: April 9, 2018
Posted By Matt Bjorke

This week we find Kacey Musgraves taking the #1 slot by a wide margin (almost 30,000 albums) from the #1 to #2 slot. Musgraves' Golden Hour debuts at #1 with just under 39,000 scanned while Ashley McBryde's Girl Going Nowhere sitting at #2 with 9,000 albums sold. Sitting at #3 after two weeks at #1 is Scotty McCreery's Seasons Change. The album has now sold over 49,000 actual albums to date. Chris Stapleton's From A Room: Volume 1 is at #4 with sales of 759,300 to date At #5 is Alan Jackson's Precious Memories two disc set. It has sold over 217,500 to date.

Luke Bryan's What Makes You Country sits at #6 with sales approaching 264,000 copies. Chris Stapleton's Traveller has sold 2.263 million copies to date while Kane Brown's self-titled album has sold 359,500. Stapleton's second volume of From A Room has sold 360,400 while Kenny Chesney's final Sony Nashville release, Live In No Shoes Nation has scanned nearly 408,000 to date (and is a double disc set so it's nearly Platinum).

Notable debuts include Kim Richey, Red Shahan, Pat Green, Buddy Brown, Caroline Jones, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. We also update recent releases from the likes of Jordan Davis, Lindi Ortega, Lanco, Devin Dawson, Courtney Marie Andrews, Carly Pearce, Morgan Wallen and Walker Hayes.

Place Artist Album Week Total Scans

1 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR 38,900 38,900
2 ASHLEY McBRYDE GIRL GOING NOWHERE 9,000 9,000
3 SCOTTY McCREERY SEASONS CHANGE 6,100 49,300
4 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 5,900 759,300
5 ALAN JACKSON PRECIOUS MEMORIES COL (2CD) 5,800 217,500
6 LUKE BRYAN WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY 5,800 263,700
7 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER 5,500 2,263,000
8 KANE BROWN KANE BROWN 5,200 359,500
9 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 5,100 360,400
10 KENNY CHESNEY LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION 4,500 407,900
11 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER SOMETIMES JUST THE SKY 4,000 4,000
12 THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGES 2,500 255,400
13 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW COUNTRY INSPIRATIONAL 2,300 8,000
14 LUKE COMBS THIS ONE'S FOR YOU 2,000 206,200
15 BLAKE SHELTON TEXOMA SHORE 2,000 216,800

-- JORDAN DAVIS HOME STATE 1,800 7,600
-- BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG 1,800 197,800
-- PAT GREEN DANCEHALL DREAMIN': TRIBUTE 1,700 1,700
-- JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE 1,600 229,100
-- KID ROCK SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR 1,400 150,700
-- KELSEA BALLERINI UNAPOLOGETICALLY 1,300 95,200
-- TIM MCGRAW/FAITH HILL THE REST OF OUR LIFE 1,300 202,300
-- CHRIS YOUNG LOSING SLEEP 1,200 92,900
-- DARIUS RUCKER WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME 1,200 93,800
-- KEITH URBAN RIPCORD 1,200 724,600
-- LANCO HALLELUJAH NIGHTS 1,100 30,600
-- LINDI ORTEGA LIBERTY 1,000 1,600
-- RED SHAHAN CULBERTSON COUNTY 1,000 1,000
-- MIDLAND ON THE ROCKS 1,000 67,300
-- BROTHERS OSBORNE PAWN SHOP 900 201,900
-- MAREN MORRIS HERO 700 281,200
-- CAROLINE JONES BARE FEET 700 700
-- THE OAK RIDGE BOYS 17TH AVENUE REVIVAL 700 5,100
-- SHOTGUN RIDER PALO DURO 700 700
-- HOME FREE TIMELESS 700 38,500
-- DOLLY PARTON I BELIEVE IN YOU 600 25,500
-- OLD DOMINION HAPPY ENDINGS 600 79,700
-- DUSTIN LYNCH CURRENT MOOD 600 72,300
-- LEE BRICE LEE BRICE 600 32,300
-- SHANIA TWAIN NOW 600 221,800
-- DEVIN DAWSON DARK HORSE 600 14,600
-- KIM RICHEY EDGELAND 600 600
-- BRETT ELDREDGE HERE'S TO YOU 500 81,400
-- MIRANDA LAMBERT THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS 500 428,700
-- COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS MAY YOUR KINDNESS REMAIN 500 1,600
-- CHRIS JANSON EVERYBODY 500 30,400
-- BUDDY BROWN JUST SAYIN' 400 400
-- WALKER HAYES boom. 400 30,900
-- CARLY PEARCE EVERY LITTLE THING 400 30,100
-- MARGO PRICE ALL-AMERICAN MADE 400 24,400
-- JOEY MARTIN FEEK IF NOT FOR YOU 400 65,800
-- MORGAN WALLEN MORGAN WALLEN EP 400 1,300

[Gary]

bb200

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks My Dear Melancholy, (EP) , The Weeknd 1
2 0 New 1 The World Is Yours , Rich The Kid 2
3 2 1 3 ? , XXXTentacion 1
4 0 New 1 Golden Hour , Kacey Musgraves 4
5 4 6 17 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
6 3 3 8 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By , Soundtrack 1
7 5 5 10 Culture II , Migos 1
8 7 10 69 Stoney , Post Malone 4
9 8 8 57 Divide , Ed Sheeran 1
10 6 4 4 Bobby Tarantino II , Logic 1
11 9 12 41 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 2
12 0 New 1 Expectations , Hayley Kiyoko 12
13 10 13 12 Camila , Camila Cabello 1
14 14 16 132 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 3
15 13 14 51 DAMN. , Kendrick Lamar 1
16 17 19 21 Reputation , Taylor Swift 1
17 15 15 57 American Teen , Khalid 4
18 12 17 72 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
19 19 21 70 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 5
20 16 18 32 Luv Is Rage 2 , Lil Uzi Vert 1
21 18 20 13 Life Of A Dark Rose , Lil Skies 10
22 11 11 4 Lil Boat 2 , Lil Yachty 2
23 36 30 5 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 23
24 20 25 6 DAY69 , 6ix9ine 4
25 25 27 43 Ctrl , SZA 3
26 21 23 32 17, XXXTentacion 2
27 23 22 9 Man Of The Woods , Justin Timberlake 1
28 43 46 71 Starboy , The Weeknd 1
29 24 28 55 More Life , Drake 1
30 27 35 27 Tell Me You Love Me , Demi Lovato 3
31 26 29 23 Heartbreak On A Full Moon , Chris Brown 3
32 28 36 134 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
33 29 33 40 Dua Lipa , Dua Lipa 27
34 31 31 16 The Beautiful & Damned , G-Eazy 3
35 30 34 23 Without Warning , 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin 4
36 0 New 1 Blackout , Steffany Gretzinger 36
37 42 44 30 Life Changes , Thomas Rhett 1
38 0 New 1 Kolorblind , DJ ESCO 38
39 41 43 29 All Your Fault, Pt. 2 (EP) , Bebe Rexha 39
40 39 59 22 The Thrill Of It All , Sam Smith 1
41 40 41 22 Red Pill Blues , Maroon 5 2
42 35 42 101 Views , Drake 1
43 0 New 1 Face Yourself , BTS 43
44 34 38 26 Perception , NF 1
45 49 56 44 This One's For You , Luke Combs 5
46 38 39 33 Project Baby Two , Kodak Black 2
47 45 50 17 What Makes You Country , Luke Bryan 1
48 44 48 72 Moana , Soundtrack 2
49 0 New 1 Girl Going Nowhere , Ashley McBryde 49
50 33 26 5 Memories Don't Die , Tory Lanez 3
51 48 53 32 Odisea , Ozuna 22
52 53 45 44 hopeless fountain kingdom , Halsey 1
53 52 58 266 Take Care , Drake 1
54 46 37 3 Love, Simon , Soundtrack 37
55 51 54 48 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 2
56 89 95 136 PS Beauty Behind The Madness , The Weeknd 1
57 0 New 1 Just Cause Y'all Waited , Lil Durk 57
58 50 49 18 A Decade Of Destruction , Five Finger Death Punch 29
59 37 7 3 Seasons Change , Scotty McCreery 7
60 60 66 60 Brett Young , Brett Young 18
61 56 67 24 H.E.R. , H.E.R. 56
62 1 – 2 Boarding House Reach , Jack White 1
63 57 61 198 x , Ed Sheeran 1
64 64 70 288 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 2
65 158 140 19 GG From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 36
66 58 62 62 Culture , Migos 1
67 59 55 16 Revival , Eminem 1
68 111 86 48 Everybody , Logic 1
69 70 123 116 Death Of A Bachelor , Panic! At The Disco 1
70 66 68 27 The Bigger Artist , A Boogie Wit da Hoodie 4
71 67 63 25 Beautiful Trauma , P!nk 1
72 79 72 21 Diamonds , Elton John 23
73 69 71 83 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight , Travis Scott 1
74 81 81 7 ZOMBIES , Soundtrack 55
75 61 77 28 Trip , Jhene Aiko 5
76 74 79 80 Trolls , Soundtrack 3
77 76 78 48 There's Really A Wolf , Russ 7
78 82 97 516 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
79 80 101 92 California Sunrise , Jon Pardi 11
80 91 90 151 Blurryface , twenty one pilots 1
81 63 98 79 Illuminate , Shawn Mendes 1
82 86 – 282 Greatest Hits , Queen 11
83 65 57 8 Fifty Shades Freed , Soundtrack 5
84 78 83 284 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 2
85 95 119 264 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 1
86 73 76 15 No_One Ever Really Dies , N*E*R*D 31
87 100 99 199 In The Lonely Hour , Sam Smith 2
88 87 91 9 Drip Season 3 , Gunna 55
89 109 110 180 Montevallo , Sam Hunt 3
90 96 106 9 NOW 65 , Various Artists 10
91 88 82 115 ANTI , Rihanna 1
92 0 Re-Entry 351 The Eminem Show , Eminem 1
93 112 108 173 1989, Taylor Swift 1
94 126 100 477 Metallica , Metallica 1
95 84 84 18 War & Leisure , Miguel 9
96 94 93 174 2014 Forest Hills Drive , J. Cole 1
97 83 75 17 Quality Control: Control The Streets, Vol. 1 , Various Artists 5
98 90 92 33 A Love Letter To You , Trippie Redd 64
99 110 107 311 1, The Beatles 1
100 0 Re-Entry 102 Jesus Christ Superstar , Various Artists 31
101 77 73 15 Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho , Huncho Jack 3
102 99 87 30 Freudian , Daniel Caesar 25
103 121 125 83 Dig Your Roots , Florida Georgia Line 2
104 102 104 506 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 10
105 55 60 387 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem 1
106 97 80 18 From A Room: Volume 2 , Chris Stapleton 2
107 93 88 35 AI YoungBoy , YoungBoy Never Broke Again 24
108 125 – 25 Precious Memories Collection , Alan Jackson 33
109 108 114 261 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
110 101 96 231 Nothing Was The Same , Drake 1
111 115 112 51 The Fate Of The Furious: The Album , Soundtrack 10
112 85 74 8 2 Heartless , Moneybagg Yo 16
113 105 139 11 Kidz Bop 37 , Kidz Bop Kids 16
114 122 129 221 The Essential Michael Jackson , Michael Jackson 46
115 127 127 361 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 22
116 107 94 39 Issa Album , 21 Savage 2
117 75 64 7 Victory Lap , Nipsey Hussle 4
118 0 Re-Entry 108 The Essential Billy Joel , Billy Joel 15
119 106 105 102 The Life Of deleted , Kanye West 1
120 138 133 37 Flower Boy , Tyler, The Creator 2
121 124 118 132 T R A P S O U L , Bryson Tiller 8
122 47 – 2 Home State , Jordan Davis 47
123 119 111 163 If You're Reading This It's Too Late , Drake 1
124 117 103 33 Still Striving , A$AP Ferg 12
125 123 115 99 Coloring Book , Chance The Rapper 8
126 0 New 1 Resurrection Letters, Volume I , Andrew Peterson 126
127 71 47 4 Ray Ray From Summerhill , YFN Lucci 14
128 120 109 25 Mr. Davis , Gucci Mane 2
129 128 128 369 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars 3
130 131 121 52 Memories...Do Not Open , The Chainsmokers 1
131 129 116 42 Woodstock , Portugal. The Man 32
132 0 New 1 No Mercy In This Land , Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite 132
133 92 85 15 Coco , Soundtrack 39
134 0 New 1 CZARFACE Meets Metal Face , CZARFACE / MF Doom 134
135 134 117 26 Lil Pump , Lil Pump 3
136 132 137 122 Greatest Hits , The Notorious B.I.G. 1
137 159 162 158 Greatest Hits So Far... , Zac Brown Band 20
138 142 158 183 Appetite For Destruction , Guns N' Roses 1
139 148 144 24 Flicker , Niall Horan 1
140 143 132 42 Pretty Girls Like Trap Music , 2 Chainz 2
141 135 134 328 Thriller , Michael Jackson 1
142 137 155 20 The Best Of 2Pac - Part 1: Thug , 2Pac 65
143 153 150 219 Icon: Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
144 146 135 124 25, Adele 1
145 140 138 59 FUTURE , Future 1
146 145 124 28 GEMINI , Macklemore 2
147 0 New 1 Pain & Pleasure (EP) , Tink 147
148 150 180 4 Decades , Nightwish 119
149 141 141 41 Grateful , DJ Khaled 1
150 154 147 16 Too Hard , Lil Baby 80
151 0 New 1 Virtue , The Voidz 151
152 164 176 15 Dont Smile At Me , Billie Eilish 126
153 152 145 66 FREE 6LACK , 6LACK 34
154 0 Re-Entry 106 How Can It Be , Lauren Daigle 28
155 180 175 393 Nevermind , Nirvana 1
156 136 – 10 Pitch Perfect 3 , Soundtrack 20
157 175 157 203 [Hybrid Theory] , Linkin Park 2
158 155 149 124 Purpose , Justin Bieber 1
159 162 151 40 Melodrama , Lorde 1
160 114 51 4 Both Sides Of The Sky , Jimi Hendrix 8
161 157 102 246 Mothership , Led Zeppelin 7
162 116 113 4 Only Human , Calum Scott 66
163 168 153 17 The Click , AJR 61
164 189 178 126 Tangled Up , Thomas Rhett 6
165 174 159 34 Rainbow , Kesha 1
166 160 152 79 Blonde , Frank Ocean 1
167 171 168 136 Badlands , Halsey 2
168 0 Re-Entry 16 Live In No Shoes Nation , Kenny Chesney 1
169 0 New 1 Revival , Light The Torch 169
170 172 173 100 Ripcord , Keith Urban 4
171 149 131 68 "Awaken, My Love!" , Childish Gambino 5
172 156 156 51 Playboi Carti , Playboi Carti 12
173 161 171 87 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection , Bon Jovi 5
174 170 164 105 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits , Blake Shelton 5
175 103 32 3 Rich As In Spirit , Rich Homie Quan 32
176 118 120 19 Texoma Shore , Blake Shelton 4
177 166 166 371 21, Adele 1
178 197 – 19 Current Mood , Dustin Lynch 7
179 176 199 217 Crash My Party , Luke Bryan 1
180 177 167 28 Happy Endings , Old Dominion 7
181 163 161 59 I Decided. , Big Sean 1
182 22 – 2 Sex & Cigarettes , Toni Braxton 22
183 182 187 164 Greatest Hits , Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
184 179 172 50 digital druglord , Blackbear 14
185 200 – 17 All Time Greatest Hits , Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
186 165 163 52 Painting Pictures , Kodak Black 3
187 0 Re-Entry 3 Carry Fire , Robert Plant 14
188 183 179 93 Dangerous Woman , Ariana Grande 2
189 193 – 88 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out , Panic! At The Disco 13
190 185 184 170 I Am...Sasha Fierce , Beyonce 1
191 62 – 2 California (EP) , Diplo 62
192 199 189 310 Recovery , Eminem 1
193 192 185 21 Come Over When You're Sober (EP) , Lil Peep 38
194 181 174 40 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 , Calvin Harris 2
195 169 170 141 Graduation , Kanye West 1
196 184 183 104 Cleopatra , The Lumineers 1
197 0 Re-Entry 242 Here's To The Good Times , Florida Georgia Line 4
198 0 Re-Entry 4 Wonder , Hillsong UNITED 21
199 0 Re-Entry 109 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! , Panic! At The Disco 2
200 0 Re-Entry 100 Smoke + Mirrors , Imagine Dragons 1

[Gary]

Sales

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks My Dear Melancholy, (EP) , The Weeknd 1
2 0 New 1 Golden Hour , Kacey Musgraves 2
3 2 4 17 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
4 0 New 1 Expectations , Hayley Kiyoko 4
5 0 New 1 Blackout , Steffany Gretzinger 5
6 11 11 5 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 6
7 0 New 1 Girl Going Nowhere , Ashley McBryde 7
8 5 10 57 Divide , Ed Sheeran 1
9 8 13 41 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
10 1 – 2 Boarding House Reach , Jack White 1
11 9 15 131 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 2
12 10 18 9 NOW 65 , Various Artists 3
13 43 36 21 From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 13
14 0 New 1 The World Is Yours , Rich The Kid 14
15 7 2 3 Seasons Change , Scotty McCreery 2
16 17 19 48 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 1
17 14 16 9 Man Of The Woods , Justin Timberlake 1
18 24 48 30 Precious Memories Collection , Alan Jackson 9
19 23 25 17 What Makes You Country , Luke Bryan 1
20 20 24 7 ZOMBIES , Soundtrack 11
21 0 New 1 Resurrection Letters, Volume I , Andrew Peterson 21
22 13 12 8 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By , Soundtrack 2
23 0 New 1 No Mercy In This Land , Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite 23
24 19 23 134 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
25 0 New 1 Jesus Christ Superstar , Various Artists 25
26 33 32 21 Reputation , Taylor Swift 1
27 29 35 4 Decades , Nightwish 24
28 26 30 62 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 4
29 27 20 18 From A Room: Volume 2 , Chris Stapleton 2
30 25 26 71 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
31 18 9 4 Both Sides Of The Sky , Jimi Hendrix 3
32 0 Re-Entry 6 Carry Fire , Robert Plant 4
33 0 Re-Entry 20 Live In No Shoes Nation , Kenny Chesney 1
34 32 41 11 Kidz Bop 37 , Kidz Bop Kids 3
35 0 New 1 Revival , Light The Torch 35
36 38 37 178 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
37 0 New 1 CZARFACE Meets Metal Face , CZARFACE / MF Doom 37
38 46 40 446 Metallica , Metallica 1
39 0 New 1 Virtue , The Voidz 39
40 34 28 18 A Decade Of Destruction , Five Finger Death Punch 20
41 0 New 1 Face Yourself , BTS 41
42 0 New 1 Sometimes Just The Sky , Mary Chapin Carpenter 42
43 41 34 25 Beautiful Trauma , P!nk 1
44 40 31 5 Whistle Down The Wind , Joan Baez 18
45 48 44 50 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 , Soundtrack 2
46 31 8 4 Firepower , Judas Priest 2
47 0 New 1 I Am Human , Escape The Fate 47
48 53 45 226 Icon: Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
49 50 46 71 Moana , Soundtrack 1
50 22 3 3 I'll Be Your Girl , The Decemberists 3
51 39 5 3 ? , XXXTentacion 5
52 44 38 51 DAMN. , Kendrick Lamar 1
53 4 – 2 Sex & Cigarettes , Toni Braxton 4
54 0 New 1 Thread , Red Sun Rising 54
55 36 39 17 Coco , Soundtrack 9
56 12 – 18 How The West Was Won , Led Zeppelin 1
57 35 14 4 Tearing At The Seams , Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 6
58 56 43 12 Camila , Camila Cabello 2
59 67 66 163 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 2
60 55 93 12 Pitch Perfect 3 , Soundtrack 6
61 73 60 115 Master Of Puppets , Metallica 13
62 64 75 359 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
63 62 53 10 Culture II , Migos 3
64 86 – 77 Death Of A Bachelor , Panic! At The Disco 1
65 65 64 22 NOW 64 , Various Artists 7
66 71 99 29 Appetite For Destruction , Guns N' Roses 58
67 80 33 4 Bobby Tarantino II , Logic 4
68 77 56 16 Revival , Eminem 1
69 63 62 233 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
70 81 – 43 Icon: Lynyrd Skynyrd , Lynyrd Skynyrd 68
71 0 Re-Entry 97 How Can It Be , Lauren Daigle 16
72 96 98 30 Life Changes , Thomas Rhett 1
73 16 1 47 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct , Metallica 1
74 76 50 21 Diamonds , Elton John 12
75 0 Re-Entry 18 Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks , Stevie Nicks 21
76 0 New 1 Gumboot Soup , King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 76
77 82 86 86 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 11
78 66 – 7 Atomic Blonde , Soundtrack 19
79 0 New 1 Off To The Races , Jukebox The Ghost 79
80 70 54 3 NOW That's What I Call Country Songs Of Inspirational , Various Artists 54
81 69 65 12 2018 Grammy Nominees , Various Artists 4
82 0 Re-Entry 6 By The Way, I Forgive You , Brandi Carlile 1
83 0 Re-Entry 5 The Best Of ABBA: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection , ABBA 83
84 85 – 24 Tell Me You Love Me , Demi Lovato 3
85 30 85 22 The Thrill Of It All , Sam Smith 1
86 99 72 32 Stoney , Post Malone 19
87 0 Re-Entry 182 [Hybrid Theory] , Linkin Park 2
88 87 89 253 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 22
89 75 80 13 Love Yourself: Her , BTS 6
90 89 67 34 Ctrl , SZA 5
91 0 New 1 Pain & Pleasure (EP) , Tink 91
92 94 88 43 Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits , Simon & Garfunkel 36
93 0 New 1 Ready Player One: Songs From The Motion Picture , Soundtrack 93
94 0 Re-Entry 19 Icon: Eric Clapton , Eric Clapton 80
95 47 6 3 Stone Temple Pilots (2018) , Stone Temple Pilots 6
96 0 Re-Entry 8 American Prodigal , Crowder 5
97 0 Re-Entry 209 All The Right Reasons , Nickelback 1
98 88 70 96 Lemonade , Beyonce 1
99 83 – 78 Trolls , Soundtrack 3
100 68 27 3 Love, Simon , Soundtrack 27

[Gary]

Vinyl


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wks Golden Hour , Kacey Musgraves 1
2 0 New 1 Expectations , Hayley Kiyoko 2
3 3 5 4 Decades , Nightwish 3
4 0 New 1 Virtue , The Voidz 4
5 1 – 2 Boarding House Reach , Jack White 1
6 7 8 5 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
7 5 6 74 Thriller , Michael Jackson 3
8 9 13 88 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 3
9 0 New 1 No Mercy In This Land , Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite 9
10 0 New 1 Freedom , Amen Dunes 10
11 13 9 123 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
12 11 12 35 DAMN. , Kendrick Lamar 1
13 8 7 11 "Awaken, My Love!" , Childish Gambino 3
14 21 14 13 Ctrl , SZA 5
15 15 18 158 Back To Black , Amy Winehouse 1
16 19 22 73 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) , Prince And The Revolution 1
17 16 16 93 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , The Beatles 1
18 14 23 153 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers , Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
19 20 – 17 American Teen , Khalid 3
20 18 – 61 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 3
21 12 4 4 Both Sides Of The Sky , Jimi Hendrix 1
22 24 25 18 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 17
23 0 Re-Entry 56 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd 2
24 0 Re-Entry 45 Divide , Ed Sheeran 1
25 0 New 1 Hellbilly Deluxe , Rob Zombie 25

[Gary]

Catalog

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 108 #1 5 wks Take Care , Drake 1
2 13 17 23 GG Beauty Behind The Madness , The Weeknd 2
3 3 3 88 x , Ed Sheeran 1
4 4 5 119 Night Visions , Imagine Dragons 1
5 5 25 37 Death Of A Bachelor , Panic! At The Disco 5
6 7 10 1303 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
7 8 – 613 Greatest Hits , Queen 2
8 6 7 138 good kid, m.A.A.d city , Kendrick Lamar 1
9 11 24 203 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 1
10 14 11 70 In The Lonely Hour , Sam Smith 1
11 19 19 70 Montevallo , Sam Hunt 1
12 9 6 18 ANTI , Rihanna 6
13 0 Re-Entry 261 The Eminem Show , Eminem 2
14 21 18 61 1989, Taylor Swift 1
15 27 12 847 Metallica , Metallica 1
16 10 8 47 2014 Forest Hills Drive , J. Cole 2
17 20 16 542 1, The Beatles 1
18 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Jesus Christ Superstar , Various Artists 18
19 23 26 6 Dig Your Roots , Florida Georgia Line 19
20 16 14 1146 Journey's Greatest Hits , Journey 1
21 2 2 276 Curtain Call: The Hits , Eminem 1
22 18 21 593 Greatest Hits , Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
23 15 9 60 Nothing Was The Same , Drake 9
24 24 28 274 The Essential Michael Jackson , Michael Jackson 1
25 29 29 942 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 1
26 0 Re-Entry 47 The Essential Billy Joel , Billy Joel 1
27 17 15 24 The Life Of deleted , Kanye West 15
28 26 23 57 T R A P S O U L , Bryson Tiller 2
29 22 20 61 If You're Reading This It's Too Late , Drake 4
30 25 22 18 Coloring Book , Chance The Rapper 13
31 28 27 219 Doo-Wops & Hooligans , Bruno Mars 1
32 30 32 78 Greatest Hits , The Notorious B.I.G. 1
33 37 38 55 Greatest Hits So Far... , Zac Brown Band 10
34 33 37 467 Appetite For Destruction , Guns N' Roses 1
35 31 30 406 Thriller , Michael Jackson 1
36 32 35 6 The Best Of 2Pac - Part 1: Thug , 2Pac 18
37 35 33 799 Icon: Greatest Hits , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
38 34 31 29 25, Adele 13
39 0 New 1 How Can It Be , Lauren Daigle 39
40 47 44 155 Nevermind , Nirvana 2
41 45 36 373 [Hybrid Theory] , Linkin Park 1
42 36 13 212 Mothership , Led Zeppelin 1
43 0 Re-Entry 16 Tangled Up , Thomas Rhett 22
44 38 34 7 Blonde , Frank Ocean 26
45 43 41 50 Badlands , Halsey 9
46 39 43 32 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection , Bon Jovi 1
47 42 39 24 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits , Blake Shelton 29
48 40 40 222 21, Adele 1
49 46 – 42 Crash My Party , Luke Bryan 17
50 48 – 97 Greatest Hits , Red Hot Chili Peppers 2

[Gary]

digital

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks My Dear Melancholy, (EP) , The Weeknd 1
2 0 New 1 Golden Hour , Kacey Musgraves 2
3 1 3 17 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
4 0 New 1 Expectations , Hayley Kiyoko 4
5 0 New 1 Blackout , Steffany Gretzinger 5
6 0 New 1 Girl Going Nowhere , Ashley McBryde 6
7 0 New 1 The World Is Yours , Rich The Kid 7
8 0 New 1 Jesus Christ Superstar , Various Artists 8
9 23 25 12 GG From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 4
10 0 New 1 Face Yourself , BTS 10
11 5 10 115 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 1
12 0 New 1 Resurrection Letters, Volume I , Andrew Peterson 12
13 6 12 41 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
14 4 1 3 ? , XXXTentacion 1
15 0 New 1 Revival , Light The Torch 15
16 10 9 8 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By , Soundtrack 1
17 12 8 4 Bobby Tarantino II , Logic 1
18 0 New 1 CZARFACE Meets Metal Face , CZARFACE / MF Doom 18
19 0 New 1 I Am Human , Escape The Fate 19
20 13 16 57 Divide , Ed Sheeran 1
21 9 14 3 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 9
22 0 New 1 Pain & Pleasure (EP) , Tink 22
23 0 Re-Entry 6 ZOMBIES , Soundtrack 8
24 0 New 1 Thread , Red Sun Rising 24
25 0 New 1 Ready Player One: Songs From The Motion Picture , Soundtrack 25

[Gary]

Current

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks My Dear Melancholy, (EP) , The Weeknd 1
2 0 New 1 Golden Hour , Kacey Musgraves 2
3 2 4 17 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
4 0 New 1 Expectations , Hayley Kiyoko 4
5 0 New 1 Blackout , Steffany Gretzinger 5
6 11 11 5 GG I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 6
7 0 New 1 Girl Going Nowhere , Ashley McBryde 7
8 5 10 57 Divide , Ed Sheeran 1
9 8 13 41 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
10 1 – 2 Boarding House Reach , Jack White 1
11 9 15 132 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 2
12 10 18 9 NOW 65 , Various Artists 3
13 41 36 21 From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 13
14 0 New 1 The World Is Yours , Rich The Kid 14
15 7 2 3 Seasons Change , Scotty McCreery 2
16 16 19 48 From A Room: Volume 1 , Chris Stapleton 1
17 13 16 9 Man Of The Woods , Justin Timberlake 1
18 23 45 32 Precious Memories Collection , Alan Jackson 9
19 22 25 17 What Makes You Country , Luke Bryan 1
20 19 24 7 ZOMBIES , Soundtrack 11
21 0 New 1 Resurrection Letters, Volume I , Andrew Peterson 21
22 12 12 8 Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By , Soundtrack 2
23 0 New 1 No Mercy In This Land , Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite 23
24 18 23 137 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
25 32 32 21 Reputation , Taylor Swift 1
26 28 35 4 Decades , Nightwish 24
27 25 30 68 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 3
28 26 20 18 From A Room: Volume 2 , Chris Stapleton 2
29 24 26 72 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
30 17 9 4 Both Sides Of The Sky , Jimi Hendrix 3
31 0 Re-Entry 7 Carry Fire , Robert Plant 4
32 91 70 22 PS Live In No Shoes Nation , Kenny Chesney 1
33 31 39 11 Kidz Bop 37 , Kidz Bop Kids 3
34 0 New 1 Revival , Light The Torch 34
35 0 New 1 CZARFACE Meets Metal Face , CZARFACE / MF Doom 35
36 0 New 1 Virtue , The Voidz 36
37 33 28 18 A Decade Of Destruction , Five Finger Death Punch 16
38 0 New 1 Face Yourself , BTS 38
39 0 New 1 Sometimes Just The Sky , Mary Chapin Carpenter 39
40 39 34 25 Beautiful Trauma , P!nk 1
41 38 31 5 Whistle Down The Wind , Joan Baez 18
42 45 42 50 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 , Soundtrack 2
43 30 8 4 Firepower , Judas Priest 2
44 0 New 1 I Am Human , Escape The Fate 44
45 47 43 72 Moana , Soundtrack 1
46 21 3 3 I'll Be Your Girl , The Decemberists 3
47 37 5 3 ? , XXXTentacion 5
48 42 37 51 DAMN. , Kendrick Lamar 1
49 4 – 2 Sex & Cigarettes , Toni Braxton 4
50 0 New 1 Thread , Red Sun Rising 50
51 35 38 20 Coco , Soundtrack 9
52 34 14 4 Tearing At The Seams , Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 6
53 52 41 12 Camila , Camila Cabello 2
54 51 77 15 Pitch Perfect 3 , Soundtrack 6
55 58 50 10 Culture II , Migos 3
56 59 59 22 NOW 64 , Various Artists 7
57 71 33 4 Bobby Tarantino II , Logic 4
58 68 53 16 Revival , Eminem 1
59 77 81 30 Life Changes , Thomas Rhett 1
60 15 1 50 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct , Metallica 1
61 67 47 21 Diamonds , Elton John 11
62 0 New 1 Gumboot Soup , King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 62
63 60 – 9 Atomic Blonde , Soundtrack 19
64 0 New 1 Off To The Races , Jukebox The Ghost 64
65 63 51 3 NOW That's What I Call Country Songs Of Inspirational , Various Artists 51
66 62 60 12 2018 Grammy Nominees , Various Artists 4
67 85 64 7 By The Way, I Forgive You , Brandi Carlile 1
68 73 85 27 Tell Me You Love Me , Demi Lovato 2
69 29 74 22 The Thrill Of It All , Sam Smith 1
70 79 65 51 Stoney , Post Malone 17
71 66 71 17 Love Yourself: Her , BTS 5
72 74 61 42 Ctrl , SZA 4
73 0 New 1 Pain & Pleasure (EP) , Tink 73
74 0 New 1 Ready Player One: Songs From The Motion Picture , Soundtrack 74
75 44 6 3 Stone Temple Pilots (2018) , Stone Temple Pilots 6
76 0 Re-Entry 18 American Prodigal , Crowder 5
77 72 83 80 Trolls , Soundtrack 3
78 61 27 3 Love, Simon , Soundtrack 27
79 78 82 26 WOW Hits 2018 , Various Artists 20
80 0 New 1 Things Have Changed , Bettye LaVette 80
81 46 – 3 Whole Heart , Passion 8
82 81 91 57 American Teen , Khalid 11
83 0 Re-Entry 28 Lifer , MercyMe 4
84 82 90 44 This One's For You , Luke Combs 2
85 49 48 22 Texoma Shore , Blake Shelton 3
86 0 Re-Entry 2 Snoop Dogg Presents: Bible Of Love , Snoop Dogg & Various Artists 49
87 0 Re-Entry 5 Wonder , Hillsong UNITED 9
88 0 New 1 Freedom , Amen Dunes 88
89 0 Re-Entry 9 WOW Gospel 2018 , Various Artists 39
90 75 44 4 Outsider , Three Days Grace 7
91 95 98 147 Blurryface , twenty one pilots 1
92 70 63 13 Chain Breaker , Zach Williams 58
93 89 92 11 M A N I A , Fall Out Boy 1
94 20 – 2 Home State , Jordan Davis 20
95 56 – 2 Forbidden , Todrick Hall 56
96 0 Re-Entry 56 Brett Young , Brett Young 12
97 76 69 23 Meaning Of Life , Kelly Clarkson 2
98 0 Re-Entry 21 Red Pill Blues , Maroon 5 2
99 0 New 1 Kolorblind , DJ ESCO 99
100 36 – 2 The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 , Miles Davis & John Coltrane 36

[Gary]

Kacey Musgraves Clocks No. 1 Debut on Top Country Albums Chart With 'Golden Hour'

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By Jim Asker | April 10, 2018 11:22 AM EDT


The set also starts atop Americana/Folk Albums.

Singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves' third full-length, Golden Hour, debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart (dated April 14), earning 49,000 equivalent album units in its first week ending April 5, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 39,000 are from traditional album sales.


The set, with all 13 tracks co-authored by Musgraves, also debuts at No. 1 on Americana/Folk Albums.


Golden Hour marks Musgraves' third No. 1 on Top Country Albums. Her debut, Same Trailer Different Park, bowed atop the list dated April 6, 2013, with 43,000 sold, followed by Pageant Material, which debuted atop the July 11, 2015-dated tally with 55,000 sold, marking Musgraves' biggest sales week. (She additionally reached No. 11 in December 2016 with A Very Kacey Christmas.)


Despite her impressive album chart success, Musgraves has garnered modest support at country radio. Says MCA Nashville vp of promotion Katie Dean, "We took a slightly different approach to launching Golden Hour at radio. We identified both 'Butterflies' and 'Space Cowboy' as potential lead singles and serviced the two tracks simultaneously, because they're an integral part of the narrative of this record. We've received airplay on both, in addition to [the set's] 'High Horse.' "


On Billboard's Country Airplay chart, "Butterflies" debuts at No. 56 with 574,000 impressions. "I'm going to make 'Butterflies' a single whether it's a [label-sanctioned] single or not," says WCOL Columbus, Ohio, program director Dan Zuko. "I've always been a huge fan of her music and I think 'Butterflies' is a perfect fit for our audience. It's a beautiful song from a beautiful voice."


Says Kevin Christopher, pd of KJKE Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which leads all stations with 177 plays of "Butterflies" to date, "Simply, 'Butterflies' is a great song and Golden Hour is such a cool album. Musgraves has always done well for KJKE, and 'Butterflies' feels like a hit."


"Butterflies" marks Musgraves' seventh Country Airplay appearance. She's earned one top 10 so far, her debut single as a lead artist, "Merry Go 'Round," which peaked at No. 10 in 2013.


On the Hot Country Songs chart, which blends streaming, airplay and sales data, "Butterflies" re-enters at its No. 32 high, followed by the new LP's "High Horse," up 39-36, "Space Cowboy," a re-entry at No. 40, and "Slow Burn," new at No. 42.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Board House Reach got the third largest drop so far from #1 in the Billboard 200.

[Gary]

The Weeknd Rules Billboard Artist 100, BTS Blasts to No. 2

News

By Xander Zellner | April 11, 2018 12:39 PM EDT

The Weeknd leads for a 15th week, while BTS hits a new high, for the group or any K-pop act.

The Weeknd returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated April 14) for a 15th total week on top, and for the first time since February 2017, as his new set My Dear Melancholy launches atop the Billboard 200 with 169,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music.

The Artist 100, which launched in July 2014, measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media fan interaction to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.

The Weeknd also lands seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including all six tracks from Melancholy. "Call Out My Name" places highest, debuting at No. 4, while his Black Panther soundtrack hit "Pray for Me," with Kendrick Lamar, follows at No. 15 (after previously reaching No. 7).

In the nearly four-year history of the Artist 100, only Taylor Swift and Drake have spent more weeks at No. 1 than The Weeknd:

Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Artist 100
36, Taylor Swift
25, Drake
15, The Weeknd
11, Justin Bieber
10, Adele
10, Ed Sheeran


BTS vaults from No. 31 to No. 2 on the Artist 100, a new peak, as the K-pop kings' new set Face Yourself debuts at No. 1 on World Albums and No. 43 on the Billboard 200, with 12,000 equivalent album units.

BTS bests its prior No. 5 Artist 100 high, the previous top rank for any K-pop act.

Rounding out the chart’s top five, Imagine Dragons holds at No. 3, Drake is steady at No. 4 and Ed Sheeran drops 2-4.

Also in the top 10, Kacey Musgraves re-enters at No. 9, matching her peak 2015 peak, as her third studio album Golden Hour arrives at No. 1 on Top Country Albums and Americana/Folk Albums and No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 49,000 units.

[Gary]

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Hayley Kiyoko's 'Expectations' Arrives in Top 20

News

By Keith Caulfield | April 11, 2018 8:30 PM EDT


Plus: MercyMe's new greatest-hits album ascends to the top 25.
On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 14), The Weeknd notches his third straight No. 1 with My Dear Melancholy, which bowed with 169,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending April 5, according to Nielsen Music.

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 rest of the Billboard 200:

— Hayley Kiyoko, Expectations – No. 12 — Seven years after Hayley Kiyoko made her Billboard chart debut with songs from the Disney Channel TV movie Lemonade Mouth, she scores her first entry on the Billboard 200 with Expectations.
The set is Kiyoko’s first full-length studio release, and starts at No. 12 with 24,000 equivalent-album units earned in the week ending April 5, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 17,000 are in traditional album sales, which yields a No. 4 bow on the Top Album Sales tally.
Kiyoko’s first chart action was on April 30, 2011, when a flurry of songs from Lemonade Mouth, in which she co-starred and sang in, arrived on the tallies.

— MercyMe, I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best of MercyMe – No. 23 — The best-of reaches a new peak, as it rises 36-23 with 16,000 units (up 27 percent) . Further, only two greatest-hits albums released in the last two years have gone as high: Elton John’s Diamonds (No. 23, 2017) and Paul McCartney’s Pure McCartney (No. 15, 2016).

— BTS, Face Yourself – No. 43 — BTS logs its sixth entry on the Billboard 200 in less than three years as Face Yourself debuts at No. 43. The Japanese-language album from the Korean group starts with 12,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 4,000 were in traditional album sales. On the World Albums chart, Face Yourself marks the act’s fifth No. 1 — the most among K-pop acts. The band previously was tied with B. A .P., GOT7 and Red Velvet, with four each.

— Greta Van Fleet, From the Fires – No. 65 — The set zooms (158-65) to its highest rank since its debut at No. 36 on the list dated Dec. 2, 2017. The album (9,000 units; up 68 percent) likely profits from increased visibility in the iTunes Store and on Spotify.

— Various Artists, Jesus Christ Superstar – No. 100 — Following NBC’s presentation of Jesus Chris Superstar Live in Concert on Easter Sunday, April 1, the original 1970 Jesus Christ Superstar concept album returns to the Billboard 200 at No. 100 -- the former chart-topper’s first placing on the list since 1972. The set earned 7,000 equivalent-album units (up 286 percent), with 5,000 of that sum in traditional album sales (up 298 percent). The various- artists album spent three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1971.  Jesus Christ Superstar was conceived as a stage production, but creators Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber couldn’t find a producer. “The only interest we could get on Superstar was as a record,” Rice told Craig Rosen in Billboard Book of Number One Albums. “As a second-best, we agreed we would do it as an album for MCA.” The release became a huge hit, bumping George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass from No. 1 and later earned a 1971 Grammy Award nomination for album of the year.