HITS: #1 Taylor 141k; #4 Rod 77k; #5 Luke Bryan 65k

[iHype.]

Taylor Swift's folklore will spend a third week at #1 and in six-digit territory as physical copies hit the stores. Rod Wave's deluxe edition of Pray 4 Love will likely triple in total activity and shoot back into the Top 10. He'll battle Capitol Nashville's Luke Bryan for the top new title of the week.

Rod Wave (Alamo/Geffen/Interscope) 60-65k total activity, 1-2k albums
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 55-60k, 45-50k
NLE Choppa (Warner) 40-45k, 19-21k
Glass Animals (Wolf Tone/Republic) 30-35k,
Amine (Republic) 19-24k, 1-2k

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=322672&title=NEW-RELEASES%253A-MEET-THE-NEW-WAVE

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Pretty good boost for Pray 4 Love. NLE Choppa's pure sales I'm guessing come from D2C since it is only #25 in ITunes. Luke Bryan will barely manage to do over half of its previous album.

[kimberly]

3 consecutive weeks will match reputation, though that one got an additional week later on in its run.

[ificanthaveyou]

Aug 8, 2020 19:00:32 GMT -5 kimberly said:

3 consecutive weeks will match reputation, though that one got an additional week later on in its run.

I feel like folklore will have some legs during the Fall/Winter/Holiday months. If exile hits hard, or folklore gets some Grammy love, she may have a few more weeks in the bag.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

The next assured bump will be when folklore is released on vinyl.

[fridayteenage]

Aug 8, 2020 20:43:54 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

The next assured bump will be when folklore is released on vinyl.

In time for the holiday season I guess.

[Deleted]

3 weeks at no. 1 is pretty solid for any album, and now hopefully Cardigan can do well enough followed by Exile so that Folklore can linger in the top ten at least until Christmas. Even a radio hit can help an album stay in the top ten like Watermelon Sugar did it with Fine Line, so it doesn't really matter that Cardigan is basically tanking on Spotify.

[areyoureadytojump]

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=322717&title=TOP-20%253A-WAVE-ELECTION

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

TOP 20: WAVE ELECTION

Taylor Swift’s Folklore (Republic) hangs on to #1 for a third week thanks to the availability of physical CDs. Rod Wave’s Pray 4 Love Deluxe sends the Alamo/Geffen/Interscope release back into the Top 5. Luke Bryan has the sole Top 5 debut, while Glass Animals and NLE Choppa are likely to bow in the Top 10.


1. Taylor Swift (Republic) 125-135k total activity, 50-60k albums
2. Juice WRLD (Grade A/Interscope) 100-110k, 12-15k
3. Pop Smoke (Victor Victor/Republic) 90-95k, ~1k
4. Rod Wave (Alamo/Geffen/Interscope) 67-72k, 1-2k
5. *Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 62-67k, 50-55k
6. Hamilton (Uptown/Atlantic) 60-65k, 7-9k
7. *Glass Animals (Wolf Tone/Republic) 47-52k, 33-38k
8. DaBaby (SCMG/Interscope) 48-53k, <1k
9. Lil Baby (Quality Control/Motown/Capitol) 45-50k, <1k
10. *NLE Choppa (Warner) 35-40k, 7-9k

11. Post Malone (Republic) 30-35k, ~2k
12. Harry Styles (Columbia) 29-33k, 8-10k
13. Gunna (Young Stoner Life) 25-28k, <1k
14. *Amine (Republic) 24-27k, 8-10k
15. The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 24-27k, 2-3k
16. Polo G (Columbia) 21-24k, <1k
17. Lil Uzi Vert (Generation Now/Atlantic) 20-23k, <1k
18. Lil Durk (Alamo/Geffen/Interscope) 19-22k, <1k
19. Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville) 19-22k, 1-2k
20. Jhene Aiko (Def Jam) 19-22k, <1k

*Debuts

[monkeydluffy]

Considering Luke Bryan's track record for the last 7ish years, this has a to be seen as a disappointment for him. His last 3 studio albums went number one and this new album is getting the same numbers as his Spring Break records and EP's are. He's barely making half of his last album and he didn't even have a hit single off that album compared to how Knockin' Boots and One Margarita has done for this one.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Phil Collins' The Singles is up to #4 in iTunes, boosted by the In the Air Tonight's resurgence.

[strongerq]

hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

LW	TW	Artist	Title	Label	Total	Change	Albums	TEA	SEA
1	1	TAYLOR SWIFT	FOLKLORE	REPUBLIC	140,739	6%	68,889	1,434	70,416
3	2	JUICE WRLD	LEGENDS NEVER DIE	GRADE A/INTERSCOPE	123,118	35%	29,051	1,731	92,336
2	3	POP SMOKE	SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON	VICTOR VICTOR/REPUBLIC	96,002	0%	1,089	1,164	93,749
25	4	ROD WAVE	PRAY 4 LOVE	ALAMO/GEFFEN/INTERSCOPE	77,218	276%	1,736	781	74,702
--	5	LUKE BRYAN	BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE	CAPITOL NASHVILLE	64,473	--	50,183	2,444	11,846
4	6	HAMILTON	ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST	UPTOWN/ATLANTIC	63,834	-4%	7,578	916	55,340
6	7	DABABY	BLAME IT ON BABY	SCMG/INTERSCOPE	54,983	27%	972	1,720	52,291
--	8	GLASS ANIMALS	DREAMLAND	WOLF TONE/REPUBLIC	54,941	--	36,802	332	17,807
5	9	LIL BABY	MY TURN	QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN/CAPITOL	47,431	-5%	242	433	46,756
--	10	NLE CHOPPA	TOP SHOTTA	WARNER	32,769	--	2,433	425	29,912
9	11	POST MALONE	HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING	REPUBLIC	32,739	0%	1,943	856	29,940
7	12	GUNNA	WUNNA	YOUNG STONER LIFE	32,481	-19%	56	170	32,255
8	13	HARRY STYLES	FINE LINE	COLUMBIA	32,274	-14%	6,760	1,442	24,072
--	14	BTS	MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 ~ THE JOURNEY ~	BIGHIT/UME	27,765	--	26,142	68	1,555
12	15	THE WEEKND	AFTER HOURS	XO/REPUBLIC	26,841	7%	2,542	1,297	23,003
--	16	AMINE	LIMBO	REPUBLIC	25,711	--	7,350	170	18,191
18	17	MORGAN WALLEN	IF I KNOW ME	BIG LOUD	24,023	10%	1,244	858	21,922
13	18	POLO G	THE GOAT	COLUMBIA	22,938	-4%	77	108	22,753
14	19	LIL UZI VERT	ETERNAL ATAKE	GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC	22,363	-5%	166	66	22,132
19	20	LUKE COMBS	WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET	RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE	21,968	3%	1,542	903	19,523
24	21	JUICE WRLD	GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE	GRADE A/INTERSCOPE	21,682	4%	498	165	21,019
27	22	BAD BUNNY	YHLQMDLG	RIMAS	20,684	1%	221	144	20,320
22	23	LIL DURK	JUST CAUSE Y'ALL WAITED 2	ALAMO/GEFFEN/INTERSCOPE	20,448	-3%	35	240	20,174
17	24	BILLIE EILISH	WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?	DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE	20,072	-12%	3,435	417	16,221
26	25	RODDY RICCH	PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR BEING ANTISOCIAL	BIRD VISION/ATLANTIC	19,858	-3%	238	194	19,427
28	26	DRAKE	DARK LANE DEMO TAPES	OVO/REPUBLIC	19,543	-2%	64	195	19,284
31	27	LUKE COMBS	THIS ONE'S FOR YOU	RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE	19,491	3%	1,132	504	17,856
21	28	JHENE AIKO	CHILOMBO	DEF JAM	19,468	-9%	431	244	18,794
23	29	FUTURE	HIGH OFF LIFE	FREEBANDZ/EPIC	18,704	-11%	39	180	18,486
32	30	LEWIS CAPALDI	DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT	VERTIGO BERLIN/CAPITOL	17,924	-3%	652	903	16,368
15	31	THE KID LAROI	F*CK LOVE	COLUMBIA	17,747	-23%	124	82	17,541
38	32	QUEEN	GREATEST HITS 1	HOLLYWOOD	17,733	4%	2,702	698	14,333
37	33	POST MALONE	BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS	REPUBLIC	17,700	2%	651	296	16,754
34	34	JACK HARLOW	SWEET ACTION	GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC	17,443	-4%	88	454	16,901
30	35	JUICE WRLD	DEATH RACE FOR LOVE	GRADE A/INTERSCOPE	16,791	-12%	363	119	16,309
35	36	TRAVIS SCOTT	ASTROWORLD	CACTUS JACK/GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC	16,705	-7%	641	123	15,941
10	37	BEYONCE & VARIOUS ARTISTS	THE LION KING: THE GIFT	PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA	16,342	-39%	1,506	762	14,074
36	38	TAYLOR SWIFT	LOVER	REPUBLIC	15,978	-9%	2,842	262	12,874
--	39	LIL KEED	TRAPPED ON CLEVELAND 3	YOUNG STONER LIFE	15,732	--	190	88	15,454
45	40	DUA LIPA	FUTURE NOSTALGIA	WARNER	15,322	4%	1,023	920	13,379
46	41	MEGAN THEE STALLION	SUGA	ATLANTIC	15,258	7%	256	703	14,300
41	42	SUMMER WALKER	OVER IT	LVRN/INTERSCOPE	14,774	-3%	236	121	14,417
--	43	DOJA CAT	HOT PINK	KEMOSABE/RCA	14,664	--	204	537	13,923
48	44	ELTON JOHN	DIAMONDS	ISLAND	14,444	4%	1,803	716	11,926
42	45	LADY GAGA	CHROMATICA	INTERSCOPE	14,383	-4%	2,365	609	11,410
43	46	POST MALONE	STONEY	REPUBLIC	14,206	-5%	431	181	13,595
47	47	DRAKE	SCORPION	YMCMB/REPUBLIC	13,889	-2%	118	118	13,653
50	48	BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS	LEGEND	TUFF GONG/ISLAND	13,811	2%	3,465	319	10,027
49	49	MONEYBAGG YO	TIME SERVED	N-LESS/INTERSCOPE	13,365	-3%	44	167	13,154
--	50	FROZEN 2	SOUNDTRACK	WALT DISNEY	13,334	--	1,624	262	11,448

[iHype.]

I just realized After Hours is only up 7% after that TikTok concert.

Guess the concert didn't really make much impact even with TikTok in the news so much this month. Fortnite remains the go-to virtual concert option for A-listers.

[strongerq]

Aug 14, 2020 16:03:21 GMT -5 iHype. said:

I just realized After Hours is only up 7% after that TikTok concert.

Guess the concert didn't really make much impact even with TikTok in the news so much this month. Fortnite remains the go-to virtual concert option for A-listers.

Funny you should say, Fortnite is removed from the App Store (iOS) and Play Store (Android) as of yesterday. The owner 'Epic' is suing both Apple & Google.

[ificanthaveyou]

Taylor killing it... any new releases next week that would end her reign?

[Nick]

Aug 14, 2020 16:42:54 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

Taylor killing it... any new releases next week that would end her reign?

She should be up there for a 4th week. 


August 21, 2020

The Killers - Imploding The Mirage
Tim McGraw - Here On Earth

August 28, 2020

Jason Mraz - Look For The Good
Jojo - Good To Know (Deluxe)
Katy Perry - Smile
Toni Braxton - Spell My Name

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Aug 14, 2020 16:42:54 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

Taylor killing it... any new releases next week that would end her reign?

Maybe. folklore's main threat to not being #1 would be the loses in sales and streaming and the streaming stability of the rap albums already charting. If isn't #1 for a fourth week, either Legends Never Die or Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon could return to #1 if their streaming remains strong enough. Since Legends Never Die only returned to #2 thanks to its deluxe edition, it would say Shoot For the Stars Aim for the Moon would be #1 if folklore isn't.

[ificanthaveyou]

Aug 14, 2020 17:18:58 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

Aug 14, 2020 16:42:54 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

Taylor killing it... any new releases next week that would end her reign?

Maybe. folklore's main threat to not being #1 would be the loses in sales and streaming and the streaming stability of the rap albums already charting. If isn't #1 for a fourth week, either Legends Never Die or Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon could return to #1 if their streaming remains strong enough. Since Legends Never Die only returned to #2 thanks to its deluxe edition, it would say Shoot For the Stars Aim for the Moon would be #1 if folklore isn't.

Good stuff, thank you for the breakdown! The fact that it’s still challenging for the top spot in the 4th week is really good news. Imagine the drama if Taylor drops the vinyl and signed copies on week 5 and blocks Katy... haha Bad Blood 2.0

Are tour bundles still allowed or did Billboard change the rule?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Just checked: "The new policies do not affect albums that are part of a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer bundle, where the price of an album is part of the cost of a ticket and the album's inclusion is promoted to the customer at the beginning of their purchase experience. Then, after purchasing the ticket, the customer will receive an offer to redeem the album and have it mailed to them or to download it. Only the albums that are redeemed count toward Billboard's charts, indicating a desire by a consumer to receive the album."

So basically, nothing has changed for those.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

CHART STORY: TAY GOES FOR A TREY

Friday, August 14, 2020

Taylor Swift lands her third consecutive week at #1 on the HITS Top 50, as folklore (Republic) adds 141k more to its total—the set grew 6% after physical CDs hit retailers. Swift’s eighth studio LP, the fastest album YTD to reach 1m, is now at 1.1m in activity. She joins The Weeknd, Lil Baby and Roddy Ricch as the only acts to score at least three weeks atop the album chart this year.

Dearly departed stars Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke continue to trade spots at the #2 and #3 positions. Juice’s Legends Never Die (Grade A/Interscope) moves up a notch with a 30k increase behind the addition of a new single featuring The Weeknd, while Pop’s Shoot For The Stars, Aim for the Moon (Victor Victor/Republic) holds steady with 96k.

Alamo/Geffen/Interscope’s Rod Wave rides a deluxe package of Pray 4 Love to #4, up 276% to 77k. Luke Bryan follows at #5 with the week’s top debut, Born Here Live Here Die Here (Capitol Nashville) earning 64k.

Other top bows go to Glass Animals’ Dreamland (Polydor/Republic) at #8, NLE Choppa’s Top Shotta (NLE Choppa Ent./Warner) at #10, BTS’ Japanese-language album Map of the Soul 7: The Journey (Big Hit/UMe) at #14 and Aminé’s Limbo (Republic) at #16.

Streeting this week are projects from RCA Nashville’s Kane Brown, Sub Pop/Columbia’s Orville Peck, Capitol Nashville’s Caylee Hammack, This Is Hit/Stoney Creek’s Lindsay Ell and Def Jam’s Dave East (Mass Appeal) and Kaash Paige.

[ificanthaveyou]

Aug 14, 2020 19:02:11 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

^Just checked: "The new policies do not affect albums that are part of a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer bundle, where the price of an album is part of the cost of a ticket and the album's inclusion is promoted to the customer at the beginning of their purchase experience. Then, after purchasing the ticket, the customer will receive an offer to redeem the album and have it mailed to them or to download it. Only the albums that are redeemed count toward Billboard's charts, indicating a desire by a consumer to receive the album."

So basically, nothing has changed for those.

You are a wealth of knowledge, thank you for sharing!

[NeRD]

Aug 11, 2020 20:44:58 GMT -5 monkeydluffy said:

Considering Luke Bryan's track record for the last 7ish years, this has a to be seen as a disappointment for him. His last 3 studio albums went number one and this new album is getting the same numbers as his Spring Break records and EP's are. He's barely making half of his last album and he didn't even have a hit single off that album compared to how Knockin' Boots and One Margarita has done for this one.

It should be considered that at least two of his previous albums had bundles to boost the sales while this one didn't due to the rule change.

[Enigma.]

Yay at Chromatica being top 50 still!

[WolfSpear]

Taylor is holding on steadily.

Could “folklore” outperform “Lover” ?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^One thing that's folklore is that it did better on streaming during its first three weeks than Lover, so there's a good chance it could in the long run, specially if a few songs have decent chart runs in the Hot 100. The second single from it should do decently during fall/winter.

[shayonce]

Aug 14, 2020 18:41:52 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

Are tour bundles still allowed or did Billboard change the rule?

billboard's new merch/ticket album bundle rule will go into effect on October.9.

[Gary]

Taylor Swifts weeks at #1 career total stands at 42 - 6th all time

4 weeks shy of #5 (Kingston Trio 46 weeks)

[shayonce]

oh. here are two album bundle rule happened on Aug.7

1. "+Digital Album"
physical+digital album no longer counted as digital sales but physical sales when physical is shipped.

Katy Perry's physical album pre-order is no longer bundled with +digital album from her store (still same price..lol)
she sold collectible different cover versions with +digital album til Aug.6.


2. "Signed bundle"
signed item must be live on first day of album release day or won't be counted.

[85la]

Aug 11, 2020 20:44:58 GMT -5 monkeydluffy said:

Considering Luke Bryan's track record for the last 7ish years, this has a to be seen as a disappointment for him. His last 3 studio albums went number one and this new album is getting the same numbers as his Spring Break records and EP's are. He's barely making half of his last album and he didn't even have a hit single off that album compared to how Knockin' Boots and One Margarita has done for this one.

Maybe so, although since his peak with Crash My Party in 2013, which opened with about 500k, his opening weeks for his next two #1's declined by about 200k each time, so this is sort of in line with that, and maybe in a more favorable week his current album would have been a spot or two higher. His last album, What Makes You Country, did actually have a lead #1 Country Airplay single, and I don't think any of his albums ever had ticket bundles, which of course many artists need to maintain high sales.

Edit: Nope, I was wrong, according to the Billboard article Born Here Live Here Die Here does have a ticket bundle, so you probably do have somewhat of a point lol.

[lady𝓐fan]

Aug 15, 2020 5:20:24 GMT -5 NeRD said:

Aug 11, 2020 20:44:58 GMT -5 monkeydluffy said:

Considering Luke Bryan's track record for the last 7ish years, this has a to be seen as a disappointment for him. His last 3 studio albums went number one and this new album is getting the same numbers as his Spring Break records and EP's are. He's barely making half of his last album and he didn't even have a hit single off that album compared to how Knockin' Boots and One Margarita has done for this one.

It should be considered that at least two of his previous albums had bundles to boost the sales while this one didn't due to the rule change.

Which albums are you talking about? I don’t remember his 2017 album having bundles, and they weren’t really a thing before that. Luke was just extremely popular when his 2013 and 2015 albums came out, hence the high sales weeks.

[HolidayGuy]

Why the gain for BTS?