Posted January 18, 201213 yr Hits Daily Double - US Top 50 Albums Building Albums Sales Chart - Now in: 100% LAST UPDATE: 01/17/2012 14:41:03 PST LW TW artist / label album 1 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 107,354 -13% 21 -- 2 DAVID CROWDER BAND SIX STEPS RECORDS 42,005 -- GIVE US REST OR (REQUIEM MASS) 3 3 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 34,278 -15% EL CAMINO 2 4 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 32,399 -26% TAKE CARE -- 5 SNOW PATROL ISLAND/IDJMG 29,846 -- FALLEN EMPIRES 4 6 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM/IDJ 23,425 -24% TM 103: HUSTLER AMBITION 5 7 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 22,875 -17% TALK THAT TALK 11 8 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 20,039 -9% HERE AND NOW 7 9 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 18,869 -28% MYLO XYLOTO 8 10 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 40 CAPITOL/EMI 18,306 -25% VARIOUS ARTISTS 16 11 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 16,542 -8% STRONGER 18 12 TOBY KEITH SHOW DOG 15,641 -12% CLANCY'S TAVERN 10 13 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 15,568 -34% CEREMONIALS -- 14 YO GOTTI RCA 15,200 -- LIVE FROM THE KITCHEN 14 15 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 14,886 -25% 19 13 16 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 14,847 -25% OWN THE NIGHT 9 17 LMFAO INTERSCOPE 14,119 -42% SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING 27 18 ANTHONY HAMILTON RCA 13,995 +5% BACK TO LOVE -- 19 LANA DEL REY INTERSCOPE 13,905 -- LANA DEL REY EP -- 20 JOYFUL NOISE WATERTOWER MUSIC 13,875 -- SOUNDTRACK 19 21 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 13,675 -23% TAILGATES & TANLINES 15 22 SKRILLEX BIG BEAT 13,562 -30% BANGARANG 17 23 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 13,275 -26% MY KINDA PARTY 24 24 THE BAND PERRY REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 13,238 -8% THE BAND PERRY -- 25 REBELUTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 13,118 -- PEACE OF MIND 20 26 JAY Z & KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 12,992 -26% WATCH THE THRONE 23 27 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 12,641 -16% MY LIFE II-THE JOURNEY CONTINUES 21 28 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC 11,985 -30% THA CARTER IV 22 29 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 11,898 -23% SIGH NO MORE 12 30 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,252 -44% LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES -- 31 NIGHTWISH ROADRUNNER 11,125 -- IMAGINAERUM 26 32 FOSTER THE PEOPLE STARTIME/COLUMBIA 11,059 -22% TORCHES 33 33 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 10,968 -3% 4 25 34 SCOTTY MCCREERY MERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE 10,404 -26% CLEAR AS DAY 32 35 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 9,305 -19% HANDS ALL OVER 30 36 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA 9,191 -26% BREAK THE SPELL 48 37 COMMON WARNER BROS. 8,886 +3% THE DREAMER THE BELIEVER 28 38 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 8,682 -34% BORN THIS WAY -- 39 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 8,276 -- EVANESCENCE 29 40 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 8,097 -36% TEENAGE DREAM 39 41 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 8,047 -13% DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS 41 42 BRANTLEY GILBERT BIG MACHINE 7,918 -13% HALFWAY TO HEAVEN -- 43 STEVE AOKI ULTRA 7,910 -- WONDERLAND -- 44 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 7,797 -- BROTHERS 31 45 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 7,708 -35% LUNGS 44 46 MIRANDA LAMBERT RCA NASHVILLE 7,644 -14% FOUR THE RECORD 35 47 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 7,582 -24% CHIEF 34 48 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 7,554 -31% SPEAK NOW 42 49 KORN ROADRUNNER 7,443 -18% PATH OF TOTALITY 43 50 SKRILLEX BIG BEAT 7,223 -20% SCARY MONSTERS & NICE SPRITES
January 18, 201213 yr That's good for Snow Patrol given that "A Hundred Million Suns" only made #9. Appalling sales though, I usually say a 333% or 10/3 multiplier for the US given platinum is one million so 30k is the equivalent of 9k over here. And that gets you top 5.
January 18, 201213 yr But then Gold is a 500% multiplier, the certifications aren't perfectly to scale. It could be even worse then a 9k equivalent. Surely comparing the populations is better than certifications? I would generally use the Platinum certification to make an estimated comparison but it could be inaccurate.
January 18, 201213 yr According to Billboard this week had the lowest top 10 sales threshold in chart history. Ouch. (Overall sales were still actually up on the same week in 2011 though!) Sixteenth week at #1 for '21', meaning it matches the run of the Titanic soundtrack :D It's the twentieth album in chart history to get to 16 weeks. And by selling over 100,000 for a 33rd time it matches the achievement of Usher's 'Confessions' in 2004/5. Will be interesting to see how much further back it can push this achievement if it manages a 34th week over 100k (which it's surely guaranteed to do, what with the Grammys coming up). Snow Patrol's first top 5 album :D
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