Billboard 200 12/8/18: Travis Scott #1. 6ix9ine #2. #3 Buble

[shayonce]

Dec 3, 2018 1:42:12 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

I'm not a Nicki Minaj fan, but it's that pressure that drove her to do all she could to score a #1 debut. When Jay Z and Beyonce's album debuted at #2, people mocked them so much so that they sent a formal request to Billboard to list the album under "the Carter's" and not "Jay Z & Beyoncè" or "Beyoncè & Jay Z." If the album had performed much better, I'm sure they wouldn't have made it a point to make that distinction because that would added one more #1 album to each of their total.

Artists already deal with enough pressure in ensuring they make songs/albums that fans and critics will love, now there's the added pressure of how said album will perform - at least in it's first week and if some artists didn't care before, they sure as hell will now.

You're absolutely right. All it does is create unnecessary pressure for certain artists. I'm surprised Billboard is just folding their arms and watching it happen.

lol the album was released as "the carters", so it was charted as "the carters". that's all. stop with atrl/stan twitter fantasy.

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 3, 2018 6:09:18 GMT -5 shayonce said:

Dec 3, 2018 1:42:12 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

I'm not a Nicki Minaj fan, but it's that pressure that drove her to do all she could to score a #1 debut. When Jay Z and Beyonce's album debuted at #2, people mocked them so much so that they sent a formal request to Billboard to list the album under "the Carter's" and not "Jay Z & Beyoncè" or "Beyoncè & Jay Z." If the album had performed much better, I'm sure they wouldn't have made it a point to make that distinction because that would added one more #1 album to each of their total.

Artists already deal with enough pressure in ensuring they make songs/albums that fans and critics will love, now there's the added pressure of how said album will perform - at least in it's first week and if some artists didn't care before, they sure as hell will now.

You're absolutely right. All it does is create unnecessary pressure for certain artists. I'm surprised Billboard is just folding their arms and watching it happen.

lol the album was released as "the carters", so it was charted as "the carters". that's all. stop with atrl/stan twitter fantasy.







When I got the album off iTunes, it was credited as Beyonce & Jay Z, although I can see that it's credited as The Carters now. Also, I could have sworn I saw a tweet from chartdata that stated that the album wouldn't count towards Beyonce and Jay Z's album count and that happened like a day after Billboard posted the final numbers. Here's the tweet.

Kanye and Jay Z released Watch the Throne as the name of their collaborative album together and they were referred to as the Throne during that period, but that album counts for the both of them as Jay Z and Kanye. Same thing with Eminem and Royce da 5'9'' and their Bad and Evil album. Their group is called Bad and Evil, but their album counted for the both of them. Again with Kanye and Kid Cudi with Kids See Ghosts - name of album and group, but the album counts for both Kanye and Kid Cudi. ATRL fantasy aside, I believe Beyonce and Jay Z would have had the album count for the both of them under their respective names if it had debuted at #1, but that's just me.

[shayonce]

Dec 3, 2018 6:27:13 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Dec 3, 2018 6:09:18 GMT -5 shayonce said:

lol the album was released as "the carters", so it was charted as "the carters". that's all. stop with atrl/stan twitter fantasy.


When I got the album off iTunes, it was credited as Beyonce & Jay Z, although I can see that it's credited as The Carters now. Also, I could have sworn I saw a tweet from chartdata that stated that the album wouldn't count towards Beyonce and Jay Z's album count and that happened like a day after Billboard posted the final numbers. Here's the tweet.

Kanye and Jay Z released Watch the Throne as the name of their collaborative album together and they were referred to as the Throne during that period, but that album counts for the both of them as Jay Z and Kanye. Same thing with Eminem and Royce da 5'9'' and their Bad and Evil album. Their group is called Bad and Evil, but their album counted for the both of them. Again with Kanye and Kid Cudi with Kids See Ghosts - name of album and group, but the album counts for both Kanye and Kid Cudi. ATRL fantasy aside, I believe Beyonce and Jay Z would have had the album count for the both of them under their respective names if it had debuted at #1, but that's just me.

again, the album was released "officially" as the carters "from the begining". it wasn't changed. lol
you're mixing with some service having extra tag, beyonce/jay-z for better search.
also that tweet say nothing but we already know, just like DC's hit/chart credit is not included in Beyonce's Billboard credit.

you clearly don't understand this situation. official credit goes by the official release artist name.

www.billboard.com/music/kid-cudi/chart-history/billboard-200
no kids see ghost

www.billboard.com/music/eminem/chart-history/billboard-200
no Bad Meets Evil

watch the trone album was "officially" released as by "jay-z and kanye west" from the beginning too which is why it's on their credit. lol

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Dec 2, 2018 23:58:23 GMT -5 ddlz said:

Believe it or not, there are still no-bulls**t artists out there who play clean and this is unfair to them. Billboard is basically forcing them to join the gimmick or get run over by it. It's an unnecessary pressure on artists.

Hey, you fool, writing and producting your own music isn't enough. Hit songs and albums are not enough. You and your team better come up with the freshest hats, t-shirts, hoodies, chains, makeup, perfumes, condoms,/sex toys (?) etc. or this kid right here might take #1 album away from you. 

How can anyone be ok with this? These gimmicks are already out of control and they will get much worse if Billboard doesn't do something.

It stopped behind enough when people started downloading music for free, and now streaming music for a subscription which essentially makes music worthless in the eye of the consumer. Most artists know the music is promotion for things like merch and tours. Few musicians make money off of the actual music.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Also, The “official” credit stuff is bullshit anyway. Regardless of what Billboard or Hits dictates, we can count the Carters album toward their total just like we would Watch The Throne.

[Enigma.]

Dec 3, 2018 8:19:47 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Dec 2, 2018 23:58:23 GMT -5 ddlz said:

Believe it or not, there are still no-bulls**t artists out there who play clean and this is unfair to them. Billboard is basically forcing them to join the gimmick or get run over by it. It's an unnecessary pressure on artists.

Hey, you fool, writing and producting your own music isn't enough. Hit songs and albums are not enough. You and your team better come up with the freshest hats, t-shirts, hoodies, chains, makeup, perfumes, condoms,/sex toys (?) etc. or this kid right here might take #1 album away from you. 

How can anyone be ok with this? These gimmicks are already out of control and they will get much worse if Billboard doesn't do something.

It stopped behind enough when people started downloading music for free, and now streaming music for a subscription which essentially makes music worthless in the eye of the consumer. Most artists know the music is promotion for things like merch and tours. Few musicians make money off of the actual music.

Yes, same goes with all the art available on the internet!

[areyoureadytojump]

@chartdata is just a chart fan with a Twitter account. He gets all his info from chart message boards/websites.

[ddlz]

Dec 3, 2018 8:19:47 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Dec 2, 2018 23:58:23 GMT -5 ddlz said:

Believe it or not, there are still no-bulls**t artists out there who play clean and this is unfair to them. Billboard is basically forcing them to join the gimmick or get run over by it. It's an unnecessary pressure on artists.

Hey, you fool, writing and producting your own music isn't enough. Hit songs and albums are not enough. You and your team better come up with the freshest hats, t-shirts, hoodies, chains, makeup, perfumes, condoms,/sex toys (?) etc. or this kid right here might take #1 album away from you. 

How can anyone be ok with this? These gimmicks are already out of control and they will get much worse if Billboard doesn't do something.

It stopped behind enough when people started downloading music for free, and now streaming music for a subscription which essentially makes music worthless in the eye of the consumer. Most artists know the music is promotion for things like merch and tours. Few musicians make money off of the actual music.

I'm sorry, but smoke and mirrors games are not a solution - the only thing they accomplish is make Billboard charts more meaningless and unreliable. 

I'm not against artist doing discounts, selling CDs on their web sites or tours, as long as the product is sold individually. But tour and merch bundles are a big no.

The fact that artists and labels feel the need to attach album to a ticket, t-shirt, hat or whatnot proves that they don't have confidence in product. So they indulge is shady shenanigans.

Call it manipulation, inflation, cheating, whatever. It needs to stop.

[renfield75]

The charts are a game. Lots of artists release music and tour with no interest in or expectation of getting to number one. Artists upset at "gimmicks" are the same ones who play the same game and just don't play it as well. Was it unfair to 70s rock bands when telegenic stars like Duran Duran and Madonna made music videos? Was it fair when Mariah Carey sold her singles for 49 cents? Was it fair when artists released multiple music videos and remixes to get to number one? I'm sure lots of people bought Travis' merch because they wanted the album and saw that bundles as a deal they couldn't pass up. If Travis is popular enough to pull that off then more power to him. If Tekashi cared THAT much about a number one album he wouldn't have released on Tuesday. But of course he has bigger concerns right now, so playing the chart game is not his priority.

If Travis doesn't have the number one single, then it's probably partly due to the non-stop teaser videos Ariana released, and the speculation over which Kardashian would be in the video. Is that fair to him? It doesn't matter, it just means she played the singles game better than anyone else this week. And he played the album game well. That's how it works. People wanted the album, people bought the album, and he's number one. Artists have to do whatever they can to sell records these days.

[ddlz]

Making a music video equals this gimmick?

The antiquated Nielsen rules governing ticket bundles have some loopholes, but the ones surrounding merch are infinitely murkier and subject to much greater exploitation. Unlike ticket bundles, merch bundles don’t require redemptions—an arbitrary and inconsistent distinction that opens up huge opportunities for abuse. (What’s permitted from D2C and what’s tossed out, meanwhile, is often incredibly subjective.) What kind of abuse? Insiders say that in some cases there are bundles for posters and T-shirts that are never printed, “purchased” by phony email accounts that have been bought in bulk—no redemptions needed—and that anyone with a checkbook can hire a call center to drive the whole sham enterprise.

Good to know!

[renfield75]

If the sales are fake then that should be discounted, but if people are buying a t-shirt and get the album with it then they still have the album. It's promotion and a sale...no one forced them to buy the march. How is "buy a t-shirt and get my album" any different than "buy my album and get a t-shirt"? Artists have added incentives for decades including posters, stickers, t-shirts, etc. with CDs (back when people bought physical product).

[Gary]

With everybody streaming these days, traditional buy the album for 9.99 as a stand alone item won't work for all anymore.

They obviously have to find new ways to move the product as the old ways aren't working anymore


It is moving music and getting exposure for the artist, none of this is a bad thing

[shayonce]

Dec 3, 2018 10:38:21 GMT -5 renfield75 said:

The charts are a game. Lots of artists release music and tour with no interest in or expectation of getting to number one. Artists upset at "gimmicks" are the same ones who play the same game and just don't play it as well. Was it unfair to 70s rock bands when telegenic stars like Duran Duran and Madonna made music videos? Was it fair when Mariah Carey sold her singles for 49 cents? Was it fair when artists released multiple music videos and remixes to get to number one? I'm sure lots of people bought Travis' merch because they wanted the album and saw that bundles as a deal they couldn't pass up. If Travis is popular enough to pull that off then more power to him. If Tekashi cared THAT much about a number one album he wouldn't have released on Tuesday. But of course he has bigger concerns right now, so playing the chart game is not his priority.

If Travis doesn't have the number one single, then it's probably partly due to the non-stop teaser videos Ariana released, and the speculation over which Kardashian would be in the video. Is that fair to him? It doesn't matter, it just means she played the singles game better than anyone else this week. And he played the album game well. That's how it works. People wanted the album, people bought the album, and he's number one. Artists have to do whatever they can to sell records these days.

so in another words, life is not fair so shut up and move on?

Billboard have rules and regulations and always make new one to prevent "gaming". that's all some are asking. make it more fair.
just like they made new minum price rule or decide not to count club sales or samsung sales and ticket sales as album sales and so on.
(also no travis fan bought merch thinking album when they use streaming. lol)

and for other post. yes, buying t shirt and CD is different action for "music chart".
the act is different, which has been used many times by billboard not to count ticket sales and samsung sales and many more.
just use same rule for merch bundle(which currently don't need redeem), is it really too much to ask?

[Gary]

Artist 100

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 1 31 #1 3 wks Queen , Hollywood 1
2 4 4 199 Ariana Grande , Republic 1
3 3 – 30 Michael Buble , Reprise | Warner Bros. 3
4 12 15 134 Travis Scott , Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle | Epic 1
5 5 3 199 Imagine Dragons , KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA 1
6 19 43 55 Pentatonix , RCA 1
7 11 9 112 BTS , BigHit Entertainment 1
8 6 5 231 Drake , Young Money/Cash Money | Republic 1
9 7 6 127 Post Malone , Republic 1
10 9 11 155 Halsey , Astralwerks 1
11 53 60 46 6ix9ine , ScumGang | TenThousand Projects 11
12 14 17 115 Panic! At The Disco , DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | EMG 1
13 10 12 72 Cardi B , The KSR Group/Atlantic | AG 1
14 20 36 14 Billie Eilish , Darkroom/Interscope | IGA 14
15 17 18 91 Khalid , Right Hand | RCA 7
16 8 53 29 Mariah Carey , Butterfly MC | Epic 8
17 15 7 91 Lady Gaga , Interscope | IGA 1
18 13 8 68 XXXTENTACION , Bad Vibes Forever 1
19 27 21 39 Lauren Daigle , Centricity | Capitol CMG 3
20 16 13 28 Juice WRLD , Grade A/Interscope | IGA 8
21 18 19 91 Luke Combs , River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN 5
22 21 2 76 Kane Brown , Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN 2
23 22 25 53 Dan + Shay , Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN 11
24 23 24 32 Ella Mai , 10 Summers/Interscope | IGA 6
25 26 22 225 Ed Sheeran , Atlantic | AG 1
26 30 30 29 Lil Baby , Quality Control/Motown | Capitol 12
27 59 – 29 Trans-Siberian Orchestra , Lava | Republic 19
28 24 28 231 Eminem , Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA 1
29 28 20 9 Bradley Cooper , Interscope | IGA 3
30 36 33 199 Shawn Mendes , Island 1
31 25 41 75 Kodak Black , Dollaz N Dealz/Atlantic | AG 6
32 29 34 59 Marshmello , Joytime Collective 25
33 31 32 88 5 Seconds Of Summer , One Mode | Capitol 1
34 37 38 103 Camila Cabello , SYCO | Epic 1
35 41 42 189 twenty one pilots , Fueled By Ramen | EMG 1
36 32 31 162 Chris Stapleton , Mercury Nashville | UMGN 1
37 40 10 57 The Beatles , Apple/Capitol | UMe 5
38 44 40 227 Taylor Swift , Big Machine | BMLG 1
39 64 – 19 Andy Williams , Columbia | Legacy 39
40 58 78 43 Elvis Presley , RCA | Legacy 20
41 34 29 231 Maroon 5 , 222/Interscope | IGA 1
42 35 35 219 Bruno Mars , Atlantic | AG 1
43 38 44 10 Sheck Wes , Cactus Jack/G.O.O.D./Interscope | IGA 38
44 78 – 23 Frank Sinatra , Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe 33
45 42 26 28 Lil Wayne , Young Money | Republic 1
46 63 – 9 Casting Crowns , Beach Street/Reunion | PLG 20
47 61 – 22 Bing Crosby , Decca/MCA/Geffen | UMe 35
48 47 48 37 Bastille , Virgin | Capitol 15
49 0 Re-Entry 13 Nat King Cole , Capitol | UMe 49
50 97 72 11 Andrea Bocelli , Sugar/Verve | VLG 1
51 76 – 18 Burl Ives , MCA/Geffen | UMe 51
52 82 86 107 John Legend , Columbia 15
53 45 45 37 Bad Bunny , Hear This Music | Rimas 23
54 46 46 200 Thomas Rhett , Valory | BMLG 1
55 50 55 44 Bazzi , ZZZ/iamcosmic/Atlantic | AG 34
56 65 – 4 NCT 127 , SM 56
57 49 50 60 NF , NF Real Music/Capitol | Caroline 8
58 52 49 209 Jason Aldean , Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG 1
59 1 – 29 Mumford & Sons , Gentlemen Of The Road | Glassnote 1
60 84 – 10 Gene Autry , Columbia Nashville | Legacy 60
61 48 54 202 Kendrick Lamar , Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA 1
62 57 56 17 lovelytheband , RED 54
63 93 – 15 Vince Guaraldi Trio , Fantasy | Concord 63
64 60 67 220 Nicki Minaj , Young Money/Cash Money | Republic 2
65 39 16 7 Trippie Redd , TenThousand Projects 13
66 0 Re-Entry 8 Dean Martin , Capitol | UMe 65
67 0 Re-Entry 20 Josh Groban , Reprise | Warner Bros. 2
68 54 52 231 Florida Georgia Line , BMLG 1
69 69 65 6 Swae Lee , Eardrumma/Interscope | IGA 65
70 68 58 107 DJ Snake , DJ Snake/Geffen | IGA 16
71 0 Re-Entry 10 Brenda Lee , MCA Nashville | UMe 62
72 71 59 8 Gunna , Young Stoner Life/300 | AG 22
73 75 71 168 Carrie Underwood , Capitol Nashville | UMGN 1
74 90 84 214 Blake Shelton , Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN 1
75 0 Re-Entry 6 for KING & COUNTRY , Curb-Word | Curb 13
76 0 Re-Entry 32 Meek Mill , Maybach/Atlantic | AG 1
77 62 51 104 Brett Young , BMLG 26
78 56 47 93 Bebe Rexha , Warner Bros. 23
79 72 61 7 Jimmie Allen , Stoney Creek/BMG | BBMG 61
80 43 63 157 The Chainsmokers , Disruptor | Columbia 1
81 0 Re-Entry 32 Eagles , ERC 10
82 55 57 66 Dua Lipa , Warner Bros. 10
83 86 89 3 Flipp Dinero , Cinematic/We The Best | Epic 83
84 73 62 200 Selena Gomez , Interscope | IGA 2
85 0 Re-Entry 74 Kelly Clarkson , Atlantic | AG 2
86 0 Re-Entry 32 MercyMe , Fair Trade | PLG 15
87 0 Re-Entry 3 Bobby Helms , Decca/MCA Nashville | UMe 86
88 81 70 31 Lauv , Lauv | AWAL-Kobalt 43
89 70 39 14 Metro Boomin , Boominati | Republic 14
90 74 68 36 Tyga , Last Kings | EMPIRE 27
91 0 Re-Entry 4 Wham! , Columbia 24
92 92 80 6 Mitchell Tenpenny , Riser House/Columbia Nashville | SMN 80
93 0 Re-Entry 10 Eric Clapton , EPC/Bushbranch | Surfdog 15
94 77 97 79 Gucci Mane , Guwop/Atlantic | AG 5
95 0 Re-Entry 9 Johnny Mathis , Columbia 72
96 83 91 215 The Weeknd , XO | Republic 1
97 0 New 1 Perry Como , RCA | Legacy 97
98 0 Re-Entry 194 Michael Jackson , MJJ | Epic 20
99 79 90 112 Migos , Quality Control/300 | AG 1
100 0 Re-Entry 8 Mac Miller , Warner Bros. 6

[Gary]

Top Album Sales

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 – 2 #1 1 wks Love , Michael Buble 1
2 7 14 5 Christmas Is Here! , Pentatonix 2
3 5 5 8 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 1
4 89 – 11 ASTROWORLD , Travis Scott 1
5 16 9 12 Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 2
6 14 15 51 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
7 8 8 6 Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack) , Queen 4
8 20 38 26 A Pentatonix Christmas , Pentatonix 1
9 3 – 2 The Greatest Showman: Reimagined , Various Artists 3
10 11 3 29 The Beatles [White Album] , The Beatles 3
11 19 39 67 Christmas , Michael Buble 1
12 22 19 5 Si , Andrea Bocelli 1
13 1 – 2 Delta , Mumford & Sons 1
14 21 20 8 Trench , twenty one pilots 2
15 12 2 3 Origins , Imagine Dragons 2
16 23 28 5 A Legendary Christmas , John Legend 5
17 17 12 255 Greatest Hits , Queen 11
18 13 – 2 Only Jesus , Casting Crowns 13
19 40 58 6 Happy Xmas , Eric Clapton 19
20 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 DUMMY BOY , 6ix9ine 20
21 9 6 3 Simulation Theory , Muse 6
22 4 – 2 Caution , Mariah Carey 4
23 18 1 3 Experiment , Kane Brown 1
24 0 Re-Entry 7 Burn The Ships , for KING & COUNTRY 5
25 38 74 16 Warmer In The Winter , Lindsey Stirling 7
26 39 42 86 Noel , Josh Groban 1
27 35 33 11 Cry Pretty , Carrie Underwood 1
28 0 Re-Entry 10 Swimming , Mac Miller 2
29 27 37 13 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
30 24 46 212 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
31 0 Re-Entry 35 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 6
32 25 13 12 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection , Queen 7
33 37 26 6 Anthem Of The Peaceful Army , Greta Van Fleet 1
34 30 78 67 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) , Vince Guaraldi Trio 23
35 33 45 15 Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1
36 56 75 12 My Kind Of Christmas , Reba 16
37 28 30 5 NOW 68 , Various Artists 12
38 0 Re-Entry 8 An American Treasure , Tom Petty 4
39 60 84 3 NOW That's What I Call Merry Christmas (2018) , Various Artists 39
40 48 44 165 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 2
41 52 60 23 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
42 36 – 63 Abbey Road , The Beatles 34
43 0 Re-Entry 9 Slip Stitch And Pass , Phish 17
44 49 31 10 Bridges , Josh Groban 1
45 97 65 7 The Elements , tobyMac 3
46 46 22 6 Evolution , Disturbed 2
47 58 41 5 I Serve A Savior , Josh Turner 11
48 88 76 21 Behold: A Christmas Collection , Lauren Daigle 20
49 69 – 40 Cheers, It's Christmas , Blake Shelton 8
50 74 – 70 Merry Christmas , Mariah Carey 3
51 59 61 9 Dancing Queen , Cher 1
52 63 79 14 Christmas Together , Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood 6
53 0 Re-Entry 14 The Tree Of Forgiveness , John Prine 4
54 78 – 39 The Christmas Attic , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 52
55 80 96 70 It's Christmas Time , Elvis Presley 39
56 0 Re-Entry 42 That's Christmas To Me , Pentatonix 2
57 6 – 2 Down The Road Wherever , Mark Knopfler 6
58 47 – 44 American Teen , Khalid 11
59 72 94 149 Thriller , Michael Jackson 41
60 54 52 168 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
61 43 48 69 This One's For You , Luke Combs 3
62 77 73 91 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
63 81 83 70 These Are Special Times , Celine Dion 2
64 0 New 1 Live & Rare , Rage Against The Machine 64
65 53 47 8 Desperate Man , Eric Church 3
66 0 Re-Entry 7 WOW Hits 2019 , Various Artists 32
67 82 97 118 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 11
68 51 21 4 Walls , Barbra Streisand 2
69 50 98 392 Legend: The Best Of... , Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
70 91 – 2 Kidz Bop Christmas (2018) , Kidz Bop Kids 70
71 0 New 1 Playing In The Band: Seattle, Washington 5/21/74 , Grateful Dead 71
72 42 27 4 Interstate Gospel , Pistol Annies 3
73 73 70 20 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 1
74 0 New 1 Almost Acoustic: Recorded Live , The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band 74
75 86 67 75 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
76 98 – 52 My Christmas , Andrea Bocelli 2
77 71 71 32 The Classic Christmas Album , Elvis Presley 51
78 62 68 14 Love Yourself: Answer , BTS 1
79 0 Re-Entry 9 Love Is Here To Stay , Tony Bennett & Diana Krall 3
80 0 Re-Entry 6 Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith , Casting Crowns 33
81 99 – 12 You Make It Feel Like Christmas , Gwen Stefani 9
82 75 59 8 Traces , Steve Perry 4
83 15 – 2 SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN. , The Smashing Pumpkins 15
84 92 34 53 Beautiful Trauma , P!nk 1
85 94 – 219 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd 10
86 0 Re-Entry 28 Lifer , MercyMe 4
87 55 – 44 Appetite For Destruction , Guns N' Roses 4
88 84 – 69 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) , Prince And The Revolution 2
89 0 Re-Entry 11 Let It Be Christmas , Alan Jackson 27
90 0 New 1 The Bela Session (EP) , Bauhaus 90
91 44 10 3 I Know A Ghost , Crowder 10
92 0 New 1 Phoenix , Rita Ora 92
93 0 Re-Entry 12 Bloody Kisses , Type O Negative 93
94 0 Re-Entry 24 Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
95 68 – 275 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits , Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty 22
96 0 Re-Entry 48 The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas , Various Artists 25
97 0 Re-Entry 2 Own It , Francesca Battistelli 26
98 85 82 80 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 , Soundtrack 2
99 10 – 2 Oxnard , Anderson .Paak 10
100 64 – 160 Back To Black , Amy Winehouse 2

[Gary]

Current

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 – 2 #1 1 wks Love , Michael Buble 1
2 7 11 5 Christmas Is Here! , Pentatonix 2
3 5 4 8 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 1
4 59 – 13 GG ASTROWORLD , Travis Scott 1
5 15 8 12 Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 2
6 13 12 51 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
7 8 7 6 Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack) , Queen 4
8 3 – 2 The Greatest Showman: Reimagined , Various Artists 3
9 18 16 5 Si , Andrea Bocelli 1
10 1 – 2 Delta , Mumford & Sons 1
11 17 17 8 Trench , twenty one pilots 2
12 11 2 3 Origins , Imagine Dragons 2
13 19 24 5 A Legendary Christmas , John Legend 5
14 12 – 2 Only Jesus , Casting Crowns 12
15 30 48 7 Happy Xmas , Eric Clapton 15
16 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 DUMMY BOY , 6ix9ine 16
17 9 5 3 Simulation Theory , Muse 5
18 4 – 2 Caution , Mariah Carey 4
19 16 1 3 Experiment , Kane Brown 1
20 93 52 8 PS Burn The Ships , for KING & COUNTRY 5
21 28 29 11 Cry Pretty , Carrie Underwood 1
22 0 Re-Entry 13 Swimming , Mac Miller 2
23 21 33 13 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
24 0 Re-Entry 38 I Can Only Imagine: The Very Best Of MercyMe , MercyMe 6
25 29 22 6 Anthem Of The Peaceful Army , Greta Van Fleet 1
26 26 37 15 Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1
27 22 26 5 NOW 68 , Various Artists 12
28 85 73 9 An American Treasure , Tom Petty 4
29 47 66 4 NOW That's What I Call Merry Christmas (2018) , Various Artists 29
30 38 36 166 Hamilton: An American Musical , Original Broadway Cast Recording 2
31 41 50 23 Pray For The Wicked , Panic! At The Disco 1
32 39 27 10 Bridges , Josh Groban 1
33 65 55 7 The Elements , tobyMac 3
34 36 19 6 Evolution , Disturbed 2
35 45 35 5 I Serve A Savior , Josh Turner 11
36 46 51 9 Dancing Queen , Cher 1
37 0 Re-Entry 17 The Tree Of Forgiveness , John Prine 4
38 6 – 2 Down The Road Wherever , Mark Knopfler 6
39 37 – 69 American Teen , Khalid 11
40 43 42 171 Traveller , Chris Stapleton 1
41 33 39 78 This One's For You , Luke Combs 2
42 56 62 91 ÷ (Divide) , Ed Sheeran 1
43 0 New 1 Live & Rare , Rage Against The Machine 43
44 42 38 8 Desperate Man , Eric Church 3
45 70 59 8 WOW Hits 2019 , Various Artists 32
46 40 18 4 Walls , Barbra Streisand 2
47 61 74 3 Kidz Bop Christmas (2018) , Kidz Bop Kids 47
48 0 New 1 Playing In The Band: Seattle, Washington 5/21/74 , Grateful Dead 48
49 32 23 4 Interstate Gospel , Pistol Annies 3
50 53 60 20 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again , Soundtrack 1
51 58 57 75 Evolve , Imagine Dragons 1
52 49 58 14 Love Yourself: Answer , BTS 1
53 82 82 11 Love Is Here To Stay , Tony Bennett & Diana Krall 3
54 54 49 8 Traces , Steve Perry 4
55 14 – 2 SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN. , The Smashing Pumpkins 14
56 62 30 54 Beautiful Trauma , P!nk 1
57 0 Re-Entry 45 Lifer , MercyMe 4
58 0 New 1 The Bela Session (EP) , Bauhaus 58
59 34 9 3 I Know A Ghost , Crowder 9
60 0 New 1 Phoenix , Rita Ora 60
61 75 85 27 Shawn Mendes , Shawn Mendes 1
62 0 Re-Entry 2 Own It , Francesca Battistelli 26
63 10 – 2 Oxnard , Anderson .Paak 10
64 31 – 2 Chris Cornell , Chris Cornell 31
65 64 31 4 More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14 , Bob Dylan 5
66 0 Re-Entry 53 From The Fires , Greta Van Fleet 13
67 66 – 16 NOW 67 , Various Artists 3
68 0 New 1 Extinction(s) , Unearth 68
69 0 New 1 Dicaprio 2 , J.I.D 69
70 69 63 102 Kane Brown , Kane Brown 3
71 57 61 5 NOW That's What I Call Music! 20th Anniversary , Various Artists 39
72 79 – 8 Piano & A Microphone 1983 , Prince 3
73 51 65 22 Golden Hour , Kacey Musgraves 2
74 95 – 52 reputation , Taylor Swift 1
75 74 86 28 Love Yourself: Tear , BTS 1
76 71 80 46 Love Yourself: Her , BTS 5
77 99 – 13 Kidz Bop 38 , Kidz Bop Kids 5
78 0 New 1 Live In Glasgow: December 19, 1977 , Ramones 78
79 67 72 52 From A Room: Volume 2 , Chris Stapleton 2
80 60 70 7 Ella Mai , Ella Mai 4
81 55 46 9 Tha Carter V , Lil Wayne 2
82 78 75 31 beerbongs & bentleys , Post Malone 1
83 0 Re-Entry 3 Holy Roar , Chris Tomlin 22
84 86 81 7 Christmas Party , The Monkees 60
85 76 77 22 Scorpion , Drake 1
86 72 97 102 24K Magic , Bruno Mars 2
87 90 100 20 Dan + Shay , Dan + Shay 3
88 92 – 4 Ingrid Michaelson's Songs For The Season , Ingrid Michaelson 18
89 0 New 1 Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas , Soundtrack 89
90 0 New 1 Live From The Astroturf , Alice Cooper 90
91 0 Re-Entry 26 And Justice For None , Five Finger Death Punch 2
92 94 71 4 Winter In The Air , David Archuleta 24
93 0 Re-Entry 2 Limitless , The Piano Guys 13
94 68 41 4 EXO 5: Don't Mess Up My Tempo , EXO 6
95 84 93 55 Diamonds , Elton John 11
96 73 – 14 Stranger Things: Music From The Netflix Original Series , Soundtrack 33
97 50 – 2 50 Years: Don't Stop , Fleetwood Mac 50
98 0 Re-Entry 10 Egypt Station , Paul McCartney 1
99 0 New 1 Rare Power , Iggy And The Stooges 99
100 89 94 24 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 11 , Various Artists 8

[Gary]

Vinyl


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wks Swimming , Mac Miller 1
2 0 New 1 Slip Stitch And Pass , Phish 2
3 1 9 305 Abbey Road , The Beatles 1
4 6 5 30 Greatest Hits , Queen 4
5 2 8 156 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 , Soundtrack 1
6 0 New 1 Live & Rare , Rage Against The Machine 6
7 4 25 24 American Teen , Khalid 3
8 0 New 1 Playing In The Band: Seattle, Washington 5/21/74 , Grateful Dead 8
9 9 1 21 The Beatles [White Album] , The Beatles 1
10 12 7 107 Thriller , Michael Jackson 3
11 3 13 33 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) , Vince Guaraldi Trio 1
12 0 New 1 Almost Acoustic: Recorded Live , The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band 12
13 0 New 1 Bloody Kisses , Type O Negative 13
14 14 15 121 Rumours , Fleetwood Mac 3
15 11 12 106 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) , Prince And The Revolution 1
16 7 21 182 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers , Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
17 0 New 1 An American Treasure , Tom Petty 17
18 0 New 1 Remain In Light , Talking Heads 18
19 15 16 88 The Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd 2
20 0 New 1 Catch A Fire , The Wailers 20
21 10 – 9 Appetite For Destruction , Guns N' Roses 4
22 0 New 1 Live In Glasgow: December 19, 1977 , Ramones 22
23 8 – 182 Back To Black , Amy Winehouse 1
24 0 New 1 Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! , Devo 24
25 19 11 8 Trench , twenty one pilots 1

[Gary]

Digital Albums


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Re-Entry 6 #1 3 wks ASTROWORLD , Travis Scott 1
2 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 DUMMY BOY , 6ix9ine 2
3 3 – 2 Love , Michael Buble 3
4 7 14 51 The Greatest Showman , Soundtrack 1
5 6 6 8 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 1
6 15 25 5 Christmas Is Here! , Pentatonix 4
7 8 8 4 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection , Queen 3
8 25 24 8 GG Trench , twenty one pilots 2
9 1 – 2 The Greatest Showman: Reimagined , Various Artists 1
10 2 – 2 Delta , Mumford & Sons 2
11 21 – 41 Christmas , Michael Buble 1
12 13 9 5 Greatest Hits , Queen 6
13 0 Re-Entry 2 A Legendary Christmas , John Legend 11
14 0 Re-Entry 18 The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas , Various Artists 4
15 0 Re-Entry 19 A Pentatonix Christmas , Pentatonix 1
16 0 New 1 Phoenix , Rita Ora 16
17 10 1 3 Origins , Imagine Dragons 1
18 0 New 1 Dicaprio 2 , J.I.D 18
19 16 12 12 Look Up Child , Lauren Daigle 2
20 0 Re-Entry 9 Warmer In The Winter , Lindsey Stirling 8
21 19 13 5 Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack) , Queen 5
22 24 – 12 Kamikaze , Eminem 1
23 0 Re-Entry 30 That's Christmas To Me , Pentatonix 1
24 0 Re-Entry 5 Behold: A Christmas Collection , Lauren Daigle 15
25 0 Re-Entry 10 Sweetener , Ariana Grande 1

[Enigma.]

Why the sudden climb for Trench in digital albums?

EDIT: Chart hasn't updated yet, major corrections incoming??

[iHype.]

What. A. Shitshow.

That seems to be the industry-wide refrain in response to the latest Billboard chart flap, as the Bible’s prior anointing of Travis Scott as #1 on its Top 200 after a squeaker of a race with 6ix9ine will now be re-run and may be reversed after a challenge.

An email in response to the initial challenge from Drew Bennett at Nielsen reads, "Our team has done a deep dive and found the cause of the initial discrepancy. We've since then reprocessed the jobs necessary and re-finalized the charts. As a result, 6ix9ine's "Dummy Boy" will be moving to #1... Our team is working quickly to identify the root cause of this discrepancy to ensure that we get it right the first time."

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=314433&title=THE-BIBLE%E2%80%99S-LATEST-CHART-FIASCO


Are we about to witness the first revoked #1 ever?

[Mayman]

Oh wow.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Still no refreshed Holiday Songs chart ...

[Glove Slap]

Why does HITS hate Billboard? Is it because one is the standard and the other isn't? Or is there something else?

[Gary]

This explains why the chart is not up - LOL

[Naos]

Dec 3, 2018 13:39:20 GMT -5 renfield75 said:

If the sales are fake then that should be discounted, but if people are buying a t-shirt and get the album with it then they still have the album. It's promotion and a sale...no one forced them to buy the march. How is "buy a t-shirt and get my album" any different than "buy my album and get a t-shirt"? Artists have added incentives for decades including posters, stickers, t-shirts, etc. with CDs (back when people bought physical product).

Yeah... Not comparable. I just bought 'Christmas is Here!' from Target. It came with a poster that was basically a blown-up version of the album cover. It's just an extra in the case. Whereas, the album has become the free product. The merchandise is the draw. Not the music. Not the album. At least with ticket bundles, it's still the music.

As others have pointed out, this is a slippery slope. At this point, Phillip Defranco could release an album and sell a ton of copies because he bundled it with merch. Smosh should've done it too. They could've been Top 10 on the album charts instead being regulated to the comedy charts. Kendall Jenner should put out some makeup and clothing and give an album for free.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Interesting to note that the Billboard 200 for this week is not available now ...

[Gary]

Well now we know why

[mackattack]

I have to laugh

[chartfreak]

This is getting very interesting...awaits.....

[MitchWolf: Super Chart Genius]

Dec 2, 2018 18:47:08 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8487688/travis-scott-astroworld-returns-to-no-1-billboard-200

Travis Scott's 'Astroworld' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart, 6ix9ine's 'Dummy Boy' Debuts at No. 2
12/2/2018 by Keith Caulfield


Plus: Michael Bublé has two albums in the top five, “Love” and “Christmas.”

Travis Scott’s Astroworld album takes advantage of a sleepy chart week in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, as his former leader returns to the No. 1 slot for a third nonconsecutive week in charge.

The set earned 71,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 29 (up 60 percent), according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 31,000 were in album sales (up 816 percent).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Dec. 8-dated chart -- where Astroworld returns to No. 1 -- will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday, Dec. 4.

Astroworld, which spent its first two weeks at No. 1 (Aug. 18-25), has yet to depart the top 10 in its 17 weeks on the list. Its move to No. 1 on the new chart was prompted largely by Scott releasing more than two dozen merchandise/album bundles for Cyber Monday (Nov. 26) through his official website. Each of items -- including a keychain, hats, T-shirts, hoodies and so forth ­-- came bundled with a digital copy of the Astroworld album.

Astroworld sold 31,000 albums in the latest tracking week -- up 816 percent. Of that sum, 29,000 were in download sales (up 4,285 percent).

Also aiding Astroworld’s gain: the Nov. 28 arrival of a new Skrillex remix of the set’s smash single “Sicko Mode,” which held at its No. 2 high on the most recently published Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Dec. 1).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, 6ix9ine’s Dummy Boy debuts from just three days of activity in the tracking week. The 13-track set was released on Tuesday, Nov. 27 and starts with 66,000 equivalent album units (of which 10,000 were in album sales).

The set was previously slated for release on Nov. 23, but was delayed due to 6ix9ine’s incarceration. On Nov. 18, 6ix9ine was arrested by ATF and Homeland Security agents on six counts of various racketeering, firearms, assault with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy murder charges. On Nov. 26, he pleaded not guilty to the charges and will face trial in September 2019.

Michael Bublé has a bountiful week on the Billboard 200, as he places two albums in the top five. His new studio set Love dips from No. 2 to No. 3 in its second week (58,000 units; down 48 percent)

while Michael Bublé 's former No. 1 album Christmas, originally released in 2011, zooms from No. 20 to No. 5 (44,000 units; up 56 percent).

Bublé is just the second act in 2018 to chart two concurrent titles in the top five, following XXXTentacion, who logged a pair of albums in the region on the list dated July 7, following his death on June 18. On the July 7 chart, his former No. 1 album ? was No. 2, while his 17 album ranked at No. 5.

Christmas spent five weeks in a row at No. 1 on the Dec. 10, 2011 through Jan. 7, 2012-dated charts. The album has returned to the top 10 of the Billboard 200 every holiday season since its release. Christmas hadn’t ranked as high as it does this week since the Jan. 5, 2013 chart, when it also placed at No. 5.

Since December of 2016, only four acts have had two albums in the top five at the same time, as, in addition to Bublé and XXXTentacion this year, Future and Pentatonix also achieved the feat in that span.

Future did it twice (March 18 and 25, 2017) as a result of him releasing two new studio albums in back-to-back weeks, and both of them debuted at No. 1. His self-titled effort bowed atop the list dated March 11, 2017, while HNDRXX opened at No. 1 on March 18, 2017. On March 18, HDRNXX was No. 1, while Future was at No. 2. Then, on March 25, the Future album fell to No. 4, while HNDRXX dropped to No. 5.

Pentatonix also went two weeks in a row with two albums in the top five: Dec. 31, 2016 and Jan. 7, 2017. On the Dec. 31-dated list, the act’s then-new release A Pentatonix Christmas moved 3-2, while its 2014 holiday set That’s Christmas to Me climbed 8-5. Then, on the Jan. 7-dated tally, A Pentatonix Christmas rose 2-1 (for its first of two weeks in charge), and That’s Christmas to Me held at No. 5.

Back in the top five of the new Billboard 200, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack stays steady at No. 4. The former No. 1 tallied 53,000 units (down 14 percent) in the latest tracking frame.

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack is also a non-mover, as it holds at No. 6 with a little more than 43,000 units (down 11 percent).

Pentatonix collects its ninth top 10 album, as its new 2018 release Christmas Is Here! rises 17-7 with 43,000 units (up 38 percent). Pentatonix’s nine top 10 albums have come in just over five years, as the vocal group logged their first top 10 with PTX: Vol. II on the Nov. 23, 2013-dated list when it peaked at No. 10.

Rounding out the new top 10 are Drake’s former No. 1 Scorpion (holding at No. 8 with 39,000 units; down 10 percent),

previous chart-topper The Greatest Showman Soundtrack (climbing 19-9 with 35,000 units; up 22 percent)

and Lil Baby and Gunna’s Drip Harder (up 12-10 with 34,000 units; down 10 percent).

The Showman album rises thanks to SEA and TEA units earned by a deluxe edition of the set that includes the new tracks from The Greatest Showman: Reimagined compilation (which falls 3-31 in its second week).

Yeah ...indeed sketchy