Billboard 200 - 7/21/18 -- Drake week 2(300,000+)

[pnobelysk]

^his album actually sold more than 4 times that

[Gary]

A New Sales Low for the Week's Top Selling-Album in the U.S.
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By Keith Caulfield | July 20, 2018 5:19 PM EDT




Drake's "Scorpion" sold 29,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending July 12, the smallest sum for the week's top-selling album in the 27-year history of Nielsen Music.

While Drake’s Scorpion rules the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week (dated July 21), the set also claims a woeful distinction at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

With just a little over 29,000 copies sold in the week ending July 12, according to Nielsen Music, Scorpion logs the smallest sum for the week’s top-selling album since Nielsen began tracking data in 1991.

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 Album Sales chart tallies the top selling albums of the week, based on only traditional album sales.

Helping play into Scorpion's small sales sum is how nearly all of its sales are only from digital downloads, as the set’s CD did not reach retail until July 13. (There are a handful of CDs among the 29,000 sum, as some retailers began selling the CD in advance of its official street date.)

Further, this is just the third time that the week’s top seller sold less than 30,000 copies. It also happened with the Jan. 28, 2017-dated charts, when the soundtrack to La La Land was tops (just under 30,000), and on the Aug. 22, 2015 list, when another soundtrack, to Disney Channel’s Descendants, led with a handful of copies under 30,000.

The July 6 release schedule (which impacted the July 21-dated charts) was light in terms of big releases, and even lighter when looking for titles that would generate decent sales figures. The highest-selling new album of the week was Meek Mill’s four-song EP, Legends of the Summer, which launches at No. 12 on the Top Album Sales chart with just 6,000 copies sold.

So far in 2018, through July 12, overall album sales stand at just 72.73 million -- down 17 percent compared to the same point a year ago. Further, CD album sales are off by 19 percent (to 35 million), while digital album sales are down 21 percent (to 29.44 million). On the bright side, vinyl album sales grew 19 percent to 8.07 million.

[Gary]

Rap Scores Record Week in Top 10 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
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By Keith Caulfield | July 20, 2018 1:18 PM EDT




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For the first time, the entire top six albums and nine out of the top 10 are rap titles.

For the first time ever, the top six albums on the Billboard 200 chart (dated July 21) are rap sets, while a record nine rap titles populate the top 10. The chart reflects the top 10 most popular albums in the U.S. in the week ending July 12.
The record rap run in the top 10 was encouraged by a slim release schedule on July 6, absent of any major pop, rock or country albums, along with rap’s dominance with streaming services.

The lone non-rap effort among the top 10 is at No. 7: the pop soundtrack to The Greatest Showman.

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 Billboard 200 dates back to 1956, when Billboard launched its first regularly published weekly albums chart, Best Selling Popular Albums. The chart would eventually become known as the Billboard 200.
Leading the way on the July 21 Billboard 200 chart is Drake’s Scorpion, which sits at No. 1 for a second week. Post Malone’s former No. 1 beerbongs & bentleys is No. 2, followed by Future’s debuting Beastmode 2 at No. 3.

XXXTentacion’s ? is No. 4, while Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy and Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance are at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively.

Skipping past Showman at No. 7, The Carters’ Everything Is Love ranks at No. 8, followed by Meek Mill’s arriving Legends of Summer at No. 9 and Lil Baby’s Harder Than Ever at No. 10.

As previously reported, R&B/hip-hop is the most popular genre of music in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. At the mid-year point (reflecting the tracking period of Dec. 29, 2017-June 28, 2018), the genre held a 31 percent marketshare of the combined sector of album sales, TEA and SEA on-demand audio and video. (On-demand video streams are not counted towards the tabulation of Billboard’s album charts.)

In the first half of 2018, equivalent album units (album sales plus TEA plus on-demand SEA) for the R&B/hip-hop genre totaled 70.13 million -- up 21.6 percent as compared to the first six months of 2017. R&B/hip-hop on-demand streams (audio and video combined) grew 46.3 percent to 121.3 billion.

[Gary]

Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Gets Tour-Fueled Boost
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By Keith Caulfield | July 20, 2018 4:25 PM EDT


On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 21), Drake’s Scorpion held at No. 1 for a second week, while Future and Meek Mill saw their latest albums start in the top 10.

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:

— Taylor Swift, reputation – No. 15 — Taylor Swift’s former No. 1, reputation, climbs 30-15 with a 32 percent gain in units earned in the week ending July 12, according to Nielsen Music. The gain comes courtesy of sales of the album generated at merch stands at stops of Swift’s reputation Stadium Tour. The trek returned to the U.S. on June 30 after a month in England and Ireland. The set earned 22,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 12, with 8,000 of that sum driven by traditional album sales (up 92 percent). The album has sold 2.09 million copies thus far, and has earned 2.97 million units overall.

— Years & Years, Palo Santo – No. 75 — The pop trio collects its third entry on the tally, as its second full-length studio album arrives at No. 75 with 9,000 units (4,000 in traditional album sales). Over on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart, it launches at No. 1, granting the act its second leader on the list (following 2015’s Communion).

— Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface – No. 76 — The band’s last album rallies 102-76 with a 17 percent unit gain thanks to excitement generated by their new songs, which were released on July 11. The tracks — “Jumpsuit” and “Nico and the Niners” — debut on the Hot Rock Songs chart dated July 21.

— Alan Jackson, The Essential Alan Jackson – No. 145 — The country king collects his 30th charting effort on the tally, as this 2012 release finally arrives on the list (5,000 units; up 57 percent). Most of 37-track set’s activity is driven by streams of its many hit singles.

— Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston – No. 179 — The best-of returns to the list (5,000 units; up 7 percent) after eight months, perhaps owed to buzz generated by the new documentary about Houston, titled Whitney, which bowed in theaters on July 6.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

A New Sales Low for the Week's Top Selling-Album in the U.S.

7/20/2018 by Keith Caulfield

Drake's "Scorpion" sold 29,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending July 12, the smallest sum for the week's top-selling album in the 27-year history of Nielsen Music.

While Drake’s Scorpion rules the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week (dated July 21), the set also claims a woeful distinction at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

With just a little over 29,000 copies sold in the week ending July 12, according to Nielsen Music, Scorpion logs the smallest sum for the week’s top-selling album since Nielsen began tracking data in 1991.

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 Album Sales chart tallies the top selling albums of the week, based on only traditional album sales.

Helping play into Scorpion's small sales sum is how nearly all of its sales are only from digital downloads, as the set’s CD did not reach retail until July 13. (There are a handful of CDs among the 29,000 sum, as some retailers began selling the CD in advance of its official street date.)

Further, this is just the third time that the week’s top seller sold less than 30,000 copies. It also happened with the Jan. 28, 2017-dated charts, when the soundtrack to La La Land was tops (just under 30,000), and on the Aug. 22, 2015 list, when another soundtrack, to Disney Channel’s Descendants, led with a handful of copies under 30,000.

The July 6 release schedule (which impacted the July 21-dated charts) was light in terms of big releases, and even lighter when looking for titles that would generate decent sales figures. The highest-selling new album of the week was Meek Mill’s four-song EP, Legends of the Summer, which launches at No. 12 on the Top Album Sales chart with just 6,000 copies sold.

So far in 2018, through July 12, overall album sales stand at just 72.73 million -- down 17 percent compared to the same point a year ago. Further, CD album sales are off by 19 percent (to 35 million), while digital album sales are down 21 percent (to 29.44 million). On the bright side, vinyl album sales grew 19 percent to 8.07 million.

[Gary]

Jul 20, 2018 18:10:16 GMT -5 Gary said:

A New Sales Low for the Week's Top Selling-Album in the U.S.
News
By Keith Caulfield | July 20, 2018 5:19 PM EDT




Drake's "Scorpion" sold 29,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending July 12, the smallest sum for the week's top-selling album in the 27-year history of Nielsen Music.

While Drake’s Scorpion rules the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week (dated July 21), the set also claims a woeful distinction at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

With just a little over 29,000 copies sold in the week ending July 12, according to Nielsen Music, Scorpion logs the smallest sum for the week’s top-selling album since Nielsen began tracking data in 1991.

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 Album Sales chart tallies the top selling albums of the week, based on only traditional album sales.

Helping play into Scorpion's small sales sum is how nearly all of its sales are only from digital downloads, as the set’s CD did not reach retail until July 13. (There are a handful of CDs among the 29,000 sum, as some retailers began selling the CD in advance of its official street date.)

Further, this is just the third time that the week’s top seller sold less than 30,000 copies. It also happened with the Jan. 28, 2017-dated charts, when the soundtrack to La La Land was tops (just under 30,000), and on the Aug. 22, 2015 list, when another soundtrack, to Disney Channel’s Descendants, led with a handful of copies under 30,000.

The July 6 release schedule (which impacted the July 21-dated charts) was light in terms of big releases, and even lighter when looking for titles that would generate decent sales figures. The highest-selling new album of the week was Meek Mill’s four-song EP, Legends of the Summer, which launches at No. 12 on the Top Album Sales chart with just 6,000 copies sold.

So far in 2018, through July 12, overall album sales stand at just 72.73 million -- down 17 percent compared to the same point a year ago. Further, CD album sales are off by 19 percent (to 35 million), while digital album sales are down 21 percent (to 29.44 million). On the bright side, vinyl album sales grew 19 percent to 8.07 million.

How low can it go

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

IDK. It seems likely a new low would be set for the tracking week that just started. If Mac Miller's album were able to surpass that the week he's releas9ing, I'd guess the record low would probably be safe until at least the week after Carrie Underwood released.