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Riser View member profile	7th April 2016, 04:15 AM Post #1
The horrors persist, but so do I Joined: 14 July 2013 Posts: 21,941 User: 19,534	Gwen Stefani drops from #1 to #17 and Jordan Smith drops from #2 to #24, making plenty of room for another pair of top-2 debuts. Zayn gets a slightly more respectable total than he did in the UK, with 157K units sold and 112K in pure sales. It's kind of interesting for Zayn to replace Gwen at #1 when he was formerly in One Direction and she was formerly in No Doubt. K. Michelle gets her second #2 album (with another that reached #6 in between the two). Beautiful Lies is Birdy's lowest-charting album at #68; her last one debuted at #24 and her self-titled debut peaked at #62. The numbers after each album title are: Total units, % change, last week's units, sales, track-equivalent units and stream-equivalent units. 01 NE 01 Zayn, Mind Of Mine 156,929 999 139 112,247 174,888 40,791,054 02 NE 01 K. Michelle, More Issues Than Vogue 59,158 999 992 54,066 17,910 4,951,727 03 03 10 Rihanna, ANTI 50,151 -4 52,471 14,632 133,116 33,313,353 04 05 20 Justin Bieber, Purpose 47,988 3 46,781 16,157 135,339 27,447,747 05 04 19 Adele, 25 46,913 -9 51,349 37,297 61,579 5,189,704 06 07 46 twenty one pilots, Blurryface 41,188 28 32,303 20,752 105,512 14,828,077 07 NE 01 Young Thug, Slime Season 3 38,349 0 22,124 36,471 18,868,274 08 06 29 Chris Stapleton, Traveller 30,623 -6 32,629 23,746 42,017 4,014,918 09 NE 01 Asking Alexandria, The Black 30,306 999 913 28,124 8,595 1,985,709 10 13 31 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness 29,819 18 25,233 13,385 52,966 16,707,310 11 11 09 Kevin Gates, Islah 27,626 3 26,734 8,616 76,758 17,003,361 12 NE 01 Joe Bonamassa, Blues Of Desperation 26,309 999 113 25,413 7,324 246,207 13 12 27 Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L 25,868 -0 25,987 6,049 41,871 23,448,962 14 14 17 G-Eazy, When It's Dark Out 25,007 9 22,940 4,721 83,697 17,876,368 15 NE 01 Anthony Hamilton, What I'm Feelin' 24,500 999 146 23,090 7,140 1,044,541 16 36 09 Sia, This Is Acting 24,019 95 12,311 13,314 53,610 8,016,684 17 01 02 Gwen Stefani, This Is What The Truth Feels Like 22,805 -73 83,797 18,656 25,615 2,383,050 18 10 07 Joey + Rory, Hymns 21,683 -21 27,413 21,485 1,439 83,003 19 NE 01 Amon Amarth, Jomsviking 20,574 999 137 20,011 1,901 560,109 20 15 27 Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical 19,722 -5 20,775 11,178 12,119 10,999,771 21 18 27 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 19,472 6 18,425 3,706 61,546 14,418,223 22 22 08 Future, EVOL 19,214 20 16,073 5,133 33,090 16,158,087 23 20 52 Flo Rida, My House (EP) 18,703 8 17,365 1,721 114,497 8,299,906 24 02 02 Jordan Smith, Something Beautiful 18,157 -67 55,385 17,305 6,610 286,857 25 19 75 Taylor Swift, 1989 18,152 1 17,950 8,352 79,316 2,804,094 26 29 11 Panic! At The Disco, Death Of A Bachelor 18,106 22 14,836 9,370 41,610 6,862,922 27 33 32 Disturbed, Immortalized 16,804 27 13,237 10,253 48,087 2,615,697 28 23 09 Charlie Puth, Nine Track Mind 16,155 3 15,721 4,433 72,370 6,728,264 29 27 75 Sam Hunt, Montevallo 16,013 7 15,029 6,648 42,396 7,690,134 30 21 08 Various Artists, NOW 57 15,827 -4 16,534 15,827 0 0 31 30 27 Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up 15,203 5 14,489 5,464 62,502 5,234,572 32 26 37 Future, DS2 15,003 -1 15,180 2,505 27,079 14,686,811 33 28 25 Selena Gomez, Revival 14,918 -0 14,968 3,335 52,679 9,475,049 34 16 04 Kendrick Lamar, untitled unmastered. 14,856 -28 20,580 8,881 8,909 7,628,938 35 31 69 J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive 14,854 4 14,300 4,073 22,860 12,742,797 36 55 85 twenty one pilots, Vessel 14,772 40 10,532 6,182 43,329 6,388,340 37 32 28 Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive 14,354 1 14,238 1,375 27,504 15,343,767 38 46 31 Halsey, Badlands 14,165 24 11,399 5,696 28,615 8,412,048 39 35 17 Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood 13,793 11 12,409 3,865 45,996 7,993,772 40 34 10 Mike Posner, The Truth (EP) 13,571 4 13,092 53 77,096 8,714,059 41 53 33 Melanie Martinez, Cry Baby 13,417 26 10,664 5,571 30,969 7,125,091 42 52 54 James Bay, Chaos And The Calm 12,990 20 10,827 5,059 43,330 5,397,505 43 49 47 Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be 12,820 15 11,114 9,970 19,279 1,385,861 44 50 04 2 Chainz, Collegrove 12,614 15 10,997 6,590 14,979 6,791,055 45 08 02 Soundtrack, The Passion: New Orleans, Music From The Television Event 12,575 -60 31,311 11,159 12,715 217,586 46 57 17 Jeremih, Late Nights: The Album 12,417 20 10,373 1,424 38,659 10,692,045 47 40 60 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late 12,378 2 12,079 2,540 17,838 12,082,921 48 47 06 Yo Gotti, The Art Of Hustle 12,341 9 11,318 4,795 30,517 6,742,556 49 38 64 Meghan Trainor, Title 12,296 1 12,160 4,778 38,425 5,515,168 50 51 20 One Direction, Made In The A.M. 11,892 9 10,872 4,319 28,282 7,118,351 51 44 51 Shawn Mendes, Handwritten 11,881 2 11,610 2,587 37,515 8,315,666 52 25 02 Soundtrack, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice 11,747 -23 15,332 9,610 13,441 1,190,719 53 42 267 Adele, 21 11,571 -1 11,658 6,929 15,612 4,621,666 54 54 16 DNCE, Swaay (EP) 11,525 9 10,539 996 65,734 5,934,791 55 45 93 Ed Sheeran, x 11,236 -2 11,435 3,538 24,236 7,912,697 56 48 20 Alessia Cara, Know-It-All 10,855 -3 11,184 2,202 32,890 8,046,108 57 NE 01 Metal Church, XI 10,822 0 10,771 355 24,948 58 43 15 Chris Brown, Royalty 10,749 -8 11,623 3,378 21,846 7,781,578 59 60 34 Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights 10,490 7 9,840 4,612 33,328 3,819,293 60 64 17 Tim McGraw, Damn Country Music 9,324 2 9,150 4,203 40,224 1,648,736 61 67 23 Blake Shelton, Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits 9,271 6 8,767 3,122 30,263 4,684,525 62 63 05 The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It 9,012 -5 9,444 4,789 9,595 4,897,041 63 56 17 Coldplay, A Head Full Of Dreams 8,994 -14 10,493 4,195 17,471 4,578,039 64 59 55 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly 8,936 -9 9,860 4,203 7,547 5,969,464 65 66 22 The Chainsmokers, Bouquet (EP) 8,913 2 8,773 994 34,237 6,744,866 66 106 86 Sia, 1000 Forms Of Fear 8,868 47 6,036 3,625 26,536 3,885,558 67 65 11 Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 31 8,726 -4 9,060 7,944 2,708 768,106 68 NE 01 Birdy, Beautiful Lies 8,578 999 603 6,555 8,642 1,739,106 69 100 24 Brett Eldredge, Illinois 8,462 37 6,184 2,365 43,087 2,684,282 70 69 94 Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour 8,433 3 8,163 2,359 16,120 6,693,253 71 73 90 G-Eazy, These Things Happen 8,409 8 7,797 1,789 19,027 7,077,453 72 68 161 Drake, Take Care 8,405 3 8,167 1,305 13,608 8,611,485 73 78 63 Fall Out Boy, American Beauty / American Psycho 8,288 11 7,444 2,839 25,672 4,323,655 74 71 23 Carrie Underwood, Storyteller 8,110 -0 8,150 4,801 19,015 2,112,665 75 128 19 Ty Dolla $ign, Free TC 8,038 52 5,291 1,061 21,165 7,292,395 76 76 20 Chris Young, I'm Comin' Over 7,617 1 7,517 2,796 31,149 2,561,438 77 82 129 Drake, Nothing Was The Same 7,603 4 7,277 1,069 10,333 8,252,204 78 75 179 Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city 7,546 -2 7,723 1,788 10,718 7,031,005 79 RE 37 Kelsea Ballerini, The First Time 7,470 97 3,789 2,373 40,656 1,549,445 80 RE 104 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Ultimate Hits 7,455 202 2,468 6,363 10,909 4,101 81 88 21 Old Dominion, Meat And Candy 7,447 7 6,967 2,678 27,157 3,081,528 82 NE 01 Bob Mould, Patch The Sky 7,446 0 7,217 1,068 185,239 83 87 77 Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes 7,410 6 6,990 2,143 25,324 4,103,485 84 119 04 Ruth B, The Intro (EP) 7,281 29 5,630 1,539 43,632 2,069,286 85 24 02 Jaheim, Struggle Love 7,219 -53 15,391 6,858 1,564 308,211 86 101 261 Eminem, The Eminem Show 7,123 15 6,176 2,233 21,276 4,145,274 87 161 106 Beyoncé, I Am...Sasha Fierce 7,111 64 4,328 607 40,961 3,613,322 88 79 21 Ellie Goulding, Delirium 7,106 -3 7,313 1,805 18,731 5,142,152 89 77 13 Rachel Platten, Wildfire 7,074 -6 7,499 2,307 29,649 2,705,562 90 89 49 Elle King, Love Stuff 7,065 2 6,903 2,780 27,169 2,353,889 91 86 78 Hozier, Hozier 7,062 -0 7,087 2,330 10,944 5,458,076 92 72 05 Various Artists, OWSLA World Wide Broadcast 7,020 -12 7,944 33 35,012 5,229,180 93 93 68 Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint 6,890 4 6,633 807 16,668 6,625,729 94 94 43 Major Lazer, Peace Is The Mission 6,840 4 6,600 567 13,602 7,370,328 95 142 68 Zac Brown Band, Greatest Hits So Far... 6,827 38 4,934 1,296 32,289 3,455,420 96 99 22 Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood 6,775 8 6,281 3,850 14,984 2,141,595 97 91 410 Bob Marley And The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers 6,664 -1 6,701 3,179 11,149 3,557,137 98 58 28 Shinedown, Threat To Survival 6,585 -34 10,015 5,264 7,039 927,334 99 95 15 Simon & Garfunkel, The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel 6,530 -0 6,560 4,104 12,481 1,767,115 100 81 35 David Bowie, Best Of Bowie 6,514 -11 7,302 3,349 16,313 2,301,372 101 114 402 Journey, Journey's Greatest Hits 6,478 12 5,791 2,705 19,919 2,673,286 102 85 116 Beyoncé, Beyoncé 6,477 -9 7,087 885 15,245 6,102,695 103 92 372 Metallica, Metallica 6,458 -3 6,680 4,447 11,286 1,325,727 104 102 31 Queen, Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection 6,451 5 6,135 1,376 25,861 3,734,575 105 107 58 Big Sean, Dark Sky Paradise 6,381 6 6,010 679 13,218 6,571,734 106 97 218 The Beatles, 1 6,299 0 6,292 2,202 13,473 4,125,298 107 116 136 2Pac, Greatest Hits 6,253 9 5,712 1,627 21,979 3,644,644 108 118 65 Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife 6,239 11 5,643 625 16,530 5,942,559 109 104 21 Daya, Daya (EP) 6,186 2 6,087 464 21,614 5,341,676 110 NE 01 Domo Genesis, Genesis 6,171 0 4,425 4,492 1,946,259 111 09 02 Kane Brown, Chapter I (EP) 6,169 -79 29,850 3,461 20,005 1,062,260 112 98 83 Maroon 5, V 6,120 -3 6,285 1,540 15,804 4,500,122 113 RE 66 Lionel Richie, The Definitive Collection 6,068 519 981 4,925 6,749 704,690 114 108 49 Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde 6,028 1 5,940 2,085 20,344 2,863,966 115 133 283 Eminem, Curtain Call: The Hits 6,017 18 5,117 1,602 18,617 3,832,042 116 115 10 Maren Morris, Maren Morris (EP) 6,015 4 5,774 1,456 36,342 1,388,652 117 83 32 Tori Kelly, Unbreakable Smile 6,007 -17 7,264 1,990 12,704 4,121,761 118 120 24 Demi Lovato, Confident 5,997 7 5,583 1,900 21,622 2,902,555 119 62 03 Randy Houser, Fired Up 5,952 -37 9,492 4,126 9,757 1,277,309 120 144 184 Ed Sheeran, + 5,942 23 4,826 2,450 14,587 3,051,134 121 127 32 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 5,912 11 5,306 3,546 15,918 1,163,267 122 61 03 Bethel Music, Have It All: Live At Bethel Church 5,910 -39 9,655 5,415 4,212 112,373 123 90 05 Bonnie Raitt, Dig In Deep 5,842 -15 6,880 5,675 886 119,729 124 112 40 X Ambassadors, VHS 5,823 0 5,812 1,712 21,104 3,002,038 125 80 05 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, This Unruly Mess I've Made 5,801 -21 7,310 3,134 7,759 2,839,463 126 145 260 Michael Jackson, Thriller 5,784 20 4,815 2,995 14,153 2,061,991 127 122 187 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions 5,746 5 5,491 1,503 14,849 4,139,793 128 124 170 Florida Georgia Line, Here's To The Good Times 5,737 6 5,403 1,656 14,017 4,020,073 129 113 30 Travi$ Scott, Rodeo 5,735 -1 5,810 936 10,809 5,579,158 130 135 69 Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits: Decade #1 5,731 13 5,089 1,554 21,513 3,039,992 131 96 04 Granger Smith, Remington 5,659 -10 6,318 3,758 8,788 1,534,662 132 126 218 Lana Del Rey, Born To Die 5,656 6 5,312 1,775 8,270 4,581,911 133 NE 01 dvsn, Sept. 5th 5,584 0 3,837 6,155 1,698,521 134 174 258 AC/DC, Back In Black 5,549 33 4,180 3,338 12,752 1,404,459 135 RE 42 Lee Brice, I Don't Dance 5,448 53 3,572 974 30,373 2,156,761 136 132 138 Luke Bryan, Crash My Party 5,442 6 5,148 1,666 13,199 3,686,017 137 RE 60 Billy Joel, The Essential Billy Joel 5,415 138 2,279 1,084 23,497 2,974,485 138 NE 01 Bri (Briana Babineaux), Keys To My Heart 5,397 999 179 5,070 1,982 193,567 139 138 20 Logic, The Incredible True Story 5,378 7 5,027 1,843 4,759 4,590,966 140 129 30 Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six 5,304 1 5,241 3,522 8,424 1,411,405 141 140 29 Lil Dicky, Professional Rapper 5,299 7 4,974 1,289 16,427 3,553,198 142 131 109 The Weeknd, Trilogy 5,275 1 5,203 693 7,538 5,743,692 143 154 315 Nirvana, Nevermind 5,232 14 4,582 2,300 12,649 2,502,599 144 147 96 Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am 5,204 9 4,792 2,014 15,654 2,438,095 145 175 04 Soundtrack, Zootopia 5,163 24 4,163 1,266 34,618 654,652 146 103 04 Loretta Lynn, Full Circle 5,110 -16 6,101 4,864 1,789 102,738 147 160 223 Johnny Cash, The Legend Of Johnny Cash 5,110 18 4,330 2,530 15,160 1,596,398 148 121 51 A Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory 5,030 -9 5,506 3,163 5,595 1,962,313 149 110 18 Third Day, Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship 5,021 -15 5,887 4,098 6,112 468,675 150 168 148 Fall Out Boy, Save Rock And Roll 5,016 18 4,237 2,152 11,424 2,583,782 151 111 31 Kelly Clarkson, Piece By Piece 5,015 -14 5,859 1,553 24,226 1,561,469 152 141 44 A$AP Rocky, AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP 4,999 1 4,945 751 5,767 5,508,549 153 RE 78 Panic! At The Disco, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out 4,995 37 3,650 1,688 18,200 2,230,556 154 152 122 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 4,971 6 4,692 1,041 11,914 4,109,043 155 134 179 Michael Jackson, Off The Wall 4,916 -4 5,102 3,928 4,871 752,893 156 17 02 Iggy Pop, Post Pop Depression 4,887 -74 18,514 4,660 645 244,951 157 70 03 Killswitch Engage, Incarnate 4,835 -41 8,157 4,265 1,535 626,313 158 137 211 Adele, 19 4,823 -5 5,062 3,203 5,130 1,661,767 159 RE 28 Nickelback, The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 4,800 31 3,665 945 22,496 2,410,257 160 RE 164 Guns N' Roses, Appetite For Destruction 4,762 32 3,613 2,508 10,877 1,751,287 161 172 53 The Notorious B.I.G., Greatest Hits 4,729 13 4,180 775 17,942 3,240,218 162 136 161 Eagles, The Very Best Of The Eagles 4,707 -7 5,075 2,509 9,770 1,832,430 163 167 28 for KING & COUNTRY, RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG. 4,690 10 4,252 3,276 8,494 847,775 164 139 187 Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 4,660 -7 4,997 2,845 8,450 1,456,341 165 180 94 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 4,653 14 4,098 2,182 12,089 1,895,549 166 RE 08 3 Doors Down, The Greatest Hits 4,653 68 2,763 1,053 25,841 1,525,299 167 189 262 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits 4,650 18 3,938 1,704 15,705 2,065,002 168 198 112 Usher, Confessions 4,645 22 3,812 1,068 19,417 2,455,242 169 RE 77 My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade 4,638 31 3,537 1,988 12,504 2,101,300 170 195 65 Panic! At The Disco, Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! 4,630 20 3,851 1,967 10,921 2,357,287 171 190 201 Fleetwood Mac, Rumours 4,548 16 3,931 2,167 11,492 1,849,049 172 84 03 3 Doors Down, Us And The Night 4,534 -36 7,098 4,051 2,525 347,587 173 178 76 Kanye West, Graduation 4,526 10 4,127 1,145 9,645 3,626,993 174 RE 30 A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders 4,524 27 3,571 2,877 4,393 1,812,949 175 157 154 Michael Jackson, Bad 4,515 2 4,416 2,728 9,178 1,306,409 176 156 58 J. Cole, Born Sinner 4,480 0 4,465 728 5,525 4,801,437 177 153 08 Wiz Khalifa, Khalifa 4,454 -3 4,596 782 6,418 4,547,279 178 151 76 Ariana Grande, My Everything 4,451 -6 4,757 747 9,002 4,206,234 179 150 25 tobyMac, This Is Not A Test 4,447 -7 4,787 3,068 8,034 864,682 180 155 62 Vance Joy, Dream Your Life Away 4,445 -1 4,491 1,263 9,895 3,290,469 181 125 12 David Bowie, Blackstar 4,441 -17 5,325 4,163 759 305,726 182 182 226 Eminem, Recovery 4,430 9 4,058 984 11,692 3,416,897 183 158 107 Elton John, Greatest Hits 1970-2002 4,416 1 4,393 1,280 16,137 2,284,647 184 177 59 Imagine Dragons, Smoke + Mirrors 4,388 6 4,129 1,260 10,451 3,125,181 185 192 144 Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre -- 2001 4,346 11 3,915 1,170 11,804 2,995,077 186 173 77 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greatest Hits 4,346 4 4,181 1,554 9,549 2,757,316 187 RE 72 Beyoncé, 4 4,322 44 3,005 918 10,916 3,469,951 188 162 66 J. Cole, Cole World: The Sideline Story 4,309 -0 4,325 1,426 4,920 3,587,245 189 NE 01 Margo Price, Midwest Farmer's Daughter 4,294 0 4,002 1,739 179,125 190 166 66 A$AP Rocky, Long.Live.A$AP 4,287 1 4,255 794 5,563 4,406,143 191 185 81 Soundtrack, Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 4,278 6 4,025 4,278 0 0 192 NE 01 Kiiara, Low Kii Savage (EP) 4,262 744 505 1,173 4,756 3,921,087 193 159 44 Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color 4,233 -2 4,340 2,870 2,656 1,648,022 194 179 128 Metallica, Master Of Puppets 4,176 2 4,113 3,544 2,690 544,844 195 181 95 Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1 4,165 3 4,061 1,190 12,192 2,634,581 196 143 318 Carole King, Tapestry 4,158 -15 4,890 3,601 2,736 427,375 197 123 03 Flatbush Zombies, 3001: A Laced Odyssey 4,148 -24 5,430 2,325 2,054 2,427,389 198 164 269 Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans 4,141 -3 4,268 950 12,448 2,921,854 199 171 163 Michael Jackson, The Essential Michael Jackson 4,134 -1 4,194 1,999 9,335 1,803,813 200 165 134 Green Day, American Idiot 4,123 -3 4,260 2,688 4,907 1,418,260


Riser View member profile	7th April 2016, 04:17 AM Post #2
The horrors persist, but so do I Joined: 14 July 2013 Posts: 21,941 User: 19,534	Zayn Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'Mind of Mine' 4/3/2016 by Keith Caulfield Zayn debuts straight in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with his debut solo effort, Mind of Mine. The set, released on March 25 through RCA Records, earned 157,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 31 in the U.S. Of that sum, it sold 112,000 in pure album sales. 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 16-dated chart (where Mind of Mine is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, April 5. Zayn -- born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England -- is the first male U.K. solo artist to debut at No. 1 with their first album. Further, Zayn is the first male U.K. artist to reach No. 1 with their first album since George Michael climbed to the top of the list in 1988 with Faith. (Faith didn’t debut at No. 1 -- it started at No. 41, and rose to the top in its ninth week on the chart.) Zayn is also the first U.K. act (solo or otherwise) to debut at No. 1 with their first album since his former group, One Direction, launched atop the list in 2012 with Up All Night (on the March 31, 2012-dated chart). One Direction scored three further leaders with Zayn as part of its lineup: Take Me Home, Midnight Memories and Four. Speaking of One Direction, Zayn is now one of the relative few solo artists to have achieved a No. 1 as part of a group and also as a soloist. He stands alongside artists like Justin Timberlake (who topped the list with *NSYNC and on his own), Gwen Stefani (with No Doubt) and Beyonce (with Destiny’s Child). In even more firsts: Zayn is the first U.K. act to bow at No. 1 with their first album on both the Billboard 200 and the Official U.K. Albums Chart since Susan Boyle started atop both lists with I Dreamed a Dream in 2009. Mind of Mine was led by the single “Pillowtalk,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Feb. 20). The achievement made Zayn the first U.K. artist to bow at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with their first charted single. Coming in at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 chart is K. Michelle with More Issues Than Vogue (59,000 units; 54,000 in pure album sales). The start matches her high-water mark on the list, first achieved with her debut effort, Rebellious Soul, when it opened at No. 2 on the Aug. 31, 2013 list. More Issues Than Vogue is the singer’s third top 10 effort. Following Rebellious Soul, she notched a second top 10 with Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? in 2014 (debuting and peaking at No. 6). In a bit of chart trivia, the word vogue has barely registered on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Previous to this week, the last time the word appeared in the title of a charting album on the Billboard 200 was way back in 1970, when The Vogues’ The Vogues’ Greatest Hits completed a nine-week run on the chart. (It peaked at No. 148 on Feb. 14, 1970.) Of course, “Vogue” has been the title of a No. 1 song for Madonna on the Hot 100 -- the word’s only appearance on the list, in fact. Back on the new Billboard 200, Rihanna’s Anti holds at No. 3 (50,000 units; down 4 percent), Justin Bieber’s Purpose rises 5-4 (48,000; up 3 percent), Adele’s 25 slips 4-5 (47,000; down 9 percent) and Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface climbs 7-6 (41,000; up 27 percent). The latter title is also up 52 percent in pure album sales (to 21,000 sold for the week), thanks largely to a $6.99 sale price in the iTunes Store. (A promotion that the band made their fans aware of through both Twitter and Facebook.) Young Thug claims his highest charting album yet (and first top 10) with the arrival of Slime Season 3 at No. 7 (38,000 units; 22,000 in sales). He previously charted with a pair of No. 22-peaking sets: I’m Up in 2016 and Barter 6 in 2015. Chris Stapleton’s Traveller dips 6-8 with 31,000 units (down 6 percent). Rock band Asking Alexandria earns its third top 10 album with the bow of The Black at No. 9 (30,000 units; 28,000 in pure album sales). It follows From Death to Destiny (No. 5 in 2013) and Reckless & Relentless (No. 9 in 2011). Rounding out the top 10 is The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness at No. 10 (up three spots) with just under 30,000 units (up 18 percent).


Scene View member profile	7th April 2016, 04:49 PM Post #3
Baby Reindeer Joined: 9 March 2008 Posts: 13,264 User: 5,567	Great news for Zayn. QUOTE(Riser @ Apr 7 2016, 05:17 AM) Further, Zayn is the first male U.K. artist to reach No. 1 with their first album since George Michael climbed to the top of the list in 1988 with Faith. (Faith didn’t debut at No. 1 -- it started at No. 41, and rose to the top in its ninth week on the chart.) Didn't James Blunt reach #1 with his first album?


Riser View member profile	8th April 2016, 03:30 AM Post #4
The horrors persist, but so do I Joined: 14 July 2013 Posts: 21,941 User: 19,534	QUOTE(Scene @ Apr 7 2016, 12:49 PM) Great news for Zayn. Didn't James Blunt reach #1 with his first album? It seems he did! Thanks for pointing that out.


Hayzayy View member profile	11th April 2016, 10:31 AM Post #5
Who's Daniel btw ? Joined: 28 October 2006 Posts: 15,593 User: 1,804	Ouch that's a bit of a drop for Gwen Wonder if Zayn will drop even further


Noahspike View member profile	12th April 2016, 06:46 AM Post #6
There's a frisbee in my brunch Joined: 29 September 2013 Posts: 3,748 User: 19,860	I hadn't realised Zayn's been racking up so many impressive-looking chart records with his single and album debuting at #1. First UK artist to begin atop the Hot 100 with their first single is quite an accolade on paper (when you ignore the fanbase dynamics of how that'd be achieved etc). It definitely seems off that he's joining the likes of Justin, Gwen and Beyoncé in having a #1 album both in and out of a group though when it's such an exclusive club.