BILLBOARD 200

 

(billboard chart date 29th March 2014)

 

LW TW ARTIST - TITLE - TW SALES

 

03 01 Frozen Soundtrack - 99,242 (1,431,280)

** 02 Luke Bryan - Spring Break 6 … Like We Ain't Ever EP - 74,296 (NEW)

01 03 Rick Ross - Mastermind - 49,020 (228,235)

** 04 Aloe Blacc - Lift Your Spirit - 45,277 (NEW)

02 05 Pharrell Williams - G I R L - 45,242 (157,776)

** 06 311 - Stereolithic - 41,147 (NEW)

** 07 Young Money - Rise Of An Empire - 31,490 (NEW)

07 08 Lorde - Pure Heroine - 27,000 (1,093,000)

** 09 Sara Evans - Slow Me Down - 26,509 (NEW)

09 10 Eric Church - The Outsiders - 23,000 (458,000)

 

12 11 Beyonce - Beyonce - 22,000 (1,870,000)

11 12 Now 49

06 13 Beck - Morning Phase

** 14 Ledisi - The Truth - 19,711 (NEW)

08 15 ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron - 16,000 (185,000)

17 16 Katy Perry - PRISM - 15,000 (1,260,000)

20 17 Imagine Dragons - Night Vision (2,080,000)

23 18 Luke Bryan - Crash My Party - 14,000 (1,711,000)

26 19 Florida Georgia Line - Here’s To The Good Times - 14,000 (1,704,000)

19 20 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 13,278 (2,003,749)

 

24 21 John Legend - Love In The Future - 13,000 (378,000)

21 22 Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2,166,000)

14 23 Romeo Santos - Formula: Vol. 2

27 24 Cole Swindell - Cole Swindell - 12,000 (107,000)

28 25 Miley Cyrus - Bangerz - 12,000 (955,000)

18 26 Dierks Bentley - Riser - 11,000 (96,000)

35 27 Bastille - Bad Blood

29 28 Toni Braxton & Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds - Love, Marriage & Divorce - 10,000 (158,000)

** 29 Divergent Soundtrack - 10,182 (NEW)

30 30 Arctic Monkeys - AM

 

** 31 KXM - KXM - 9,836 (NEW)

04 32 Lea Michele - Louder (70,000)

38 33 Jhene Aiko - Sail Out EP

05 34 Eli Young Band - 10,000 Towns - 9,000 (45,000)

36 35 Kidz Bop 25

** 36 Juanes - Loco De Amour - 8,553 (NEW)

33 37 Drake - Nothing Was The Same - 8,300 (1,508,000)

31 38 2014 Grammy Nominees

13 39 David Nail - I'm A Fire - 8,000 (31,000)

39 40 Casting Crowns - Thrive

 

37 41 OneRepublic - Native (548,000)

40 42 One Direction - Midnight Memories - 1,282,000

10 43 Ashanti - Braveheart

15 44 American Authors - Oh What A Life

25 45 Thirty Seconds To Mars - Love, Lust, Faith + Dreams

46 46 Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city - 6,800 (1,214,000)

49 49 Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience, 2 of 2(2 Of 2) - 6,200 (915,000)

 

103 51 Ellie Goulding - Halcyon - 6,000

53 53 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 5,500 (1,371,458)

43 56 St. Vincent - St. Vincent

57 57 Blake Shelton - Based On A True Story - 5,000 (1,177,000)

75 59 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die - 5,000 (996,000)

69 60 Avicii - True (244,000)

 

60 62 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans

55 63 Passenger - All The Little Lights

72 64 Jennifer Nettles - 5,000 (135,000)

71 65 Kid Ink - My Own Lane - 4,700 (113,000)

111 68 HAIM - Days Are Gone

99 70 Keith Urban - Fuse - 4,000 (310,000)

76 72 Adele - 21

58 74 P!nk - The Truth About Love (1,954,000)

68 75 Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (964,000)

47 77 The Fray - Helios

 

109 83 Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything

34 84 Real Estate - Atlas

129 85 The 1975 - The 1975

120 86 The Neighbourhood - I Love You

92 88 Childish Gambino - because the internet

93 95 The Beatles - 1

42 98 Kid Cudi - Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon

 

RE 101 Ruben Studdard - Unconditional Love

136 108 Hunter Hayes - Hunter Hayes - 3,000 (1,114,000)

113 109 Paramore - Paramore

95 112 Panic! At The Disco - Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!

84 113 Tamar Braxton - Love And War (368,000)

122 117 Mumford & Sons - Babel

181 120 Ariana Grande - Yours Truly (414,000)

 

** 124 Don Williams - Reflections - 3,000 (NEW)

** 125 Architects UK - Lost Forever // Lost Together (NEW)

156 129 Of Monsters And Men - My Head Is An Animal - 2,800 (1,001,000)

133 130 Scotty McCreery - See You Tonight - 3,000 (214,000)

101 136 Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest (299,000)

RE 138 Dr. Dre - 2001

106 139 Despicable Me 2 soundtrack

 

74 142 Candice Glover - Music Speaks

145 145 Taylor Swift - Red - 3,000 (4,014,000)

134 148 Black Sabbath - Paranoid

126 149 Jay Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail

112 155 Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (716,000)

140 156 Lady GaGa - ARTPOP - 2,000 (677,000)

91 158 Little Mix - Salute (69,000)

 

153 161 Demi Lovato - Demi - 2,000 (357,000)

121 162 The Lego Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

RE 168 Luke Bryan - Spring Break... Here To Party

RE 174 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

190 177 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

RE 179 Led Zeppelin - Mothership

 

RE 183 Lana Del Rey - Paradise (EP)

194 184 Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

174 190 Foreigner - Juke Box Heroes

RE 195 Zedd - Clarity

198 197 Arcade Fire - Reflektor

191 200 The Beatles - Abbey Road

 

Danielle Bradbery - Danielle Bradbery - 1,800 (126,000)

Cassadee Pope - Frame By Frame - 1,200 (164,000)

Soko - I Thought I Was an Alien - 1,000

 

Britney Spears - Britney Jean (244,000)

 

 

 

Umi's Chart highlights:

• With its latest weekly sales sum, "Frozen" becomes the first album to sell a million units in 2014 (1.1 million this year). Its total sales stand at 1.4 million.
• Since SoundScan began powering the Billboard 200 with its point-of-sale data in May 1991, "Frozen" is one of just four soundtracks with six or more weeks at No. 1.
• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending March 16) totaled 4.6 million units, down 8% compared with the sum last week (5 million) and down 18% compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (5.6 million).
• Year-to-date album sales stand at 52.3 million, down 15% compared with the same total at this point last year (61.4 million).

With Miley selling 11k this week and being 45k short of a million, should be Platinum within 5 weeks? The tour seems to be keeping her afloat for the moment but its US run ends on April 25th, so plenty of time for her to rack up sales before the boost wears off.

 

Any reason HAIM are rising so much lately? :o

BILLBOARD 200

** 125 Architects UK - Lost Forever // Lost Together (NEW)

Wikipedia says they are a:

 

"... British metalcore band from Brighton"

 

Have they ever had any chart success on the UK charts?

 

 

Wikipedia says they are a:

 

"... British metalcore band from Brighton"

 

Have they ever had any chart success on the UK charts?

 

This album was #16 in the UK last week! (They also made #57 with 'The Here And Now' and #42 with 'Daybreaker'). They are just 'Architects' here though, I assume they are marketed as 'Architects UK' in the States to avoid confusion with another band of the same name.

Some more interesting totals from this week:

 

Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox: 2,166,000

Imagine Dragons - Night Visions: 2,080,000

Pink - The Truth About Love: 1,954,000

One Direction - Midnight Memories: 1,282,000

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories: 964,000

Bastille - Bad Blood: 309,000

Arctic Monkeys - AM: 286,000

Britney Spears - Britney Jean: 244,000

 

I hadn't noticed Imagine Dragons passing 2 million, nor Pink sneaking up so close to the same mark, but it is really great to see healthy album sales like that. I remember a couple of years ago feeling like the vast majority of albums would scrape to a million at best, but I feel like we've seen improvements in that regard lately. Very impressive for Daft Punk to be nearing a million based on a single hit too, and Bastille could very well go Gold even if they never have another hit which is also wonderful.