BILLBOARD 200

 

(billboard chart date 7th June 2014)

 

LW TW ARTIST - TITLE - TW SALES

 

** 01 Coldplay - Ghost Stories - 382,665 (NEW)

** 02 Brantley Gilbert - Just As I Am - 211,288 (NEW)

02 03 Michael Jackson - Xscape - 66,751 (224,009)

04 04 Frozen Soundtrack - 65,000

01 05 The Black Keys - Turn Blue - 54,000

03 06 Now 50 - 51,000

** 07 Phillip Phillips - Behind The Light - 42,407 (NEW)

** 08 The Fault In Our Stars Soundtrack - 34,286 (NEW)

14 09 Iggy Azalea - The New Classic - 21,683 (127,341)

05 10 Rascal Flatts - Rewind - 22,000 (83,000)

 

** 11 The Roots - And Then You Shoot Your Cousin - 19,786 (NEW)

34 12 OneRepublic - Native (628,000)

15 13 Florida Georgia Line - Here's To The Good Times - 16,000 (1,855,000)

12 14 Luke Bryan - Crash My Party - 16,000 (1,898,000)

22 15 Imagine Dragons - Night Vision - 14,000 (2,199,000)

19 16 Lorde - Pure Heroine - 13,000 (1,272,000)

13 17 Pharrell Williams - G I R L - 12,444 (399,639)

21 18 John Legend - Love In The Future - 11,822 (511,484)

** 19 Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain - 10,674 (NEW)

08 20 Sarah McLachlan - Shine On

 

** 21 R.E.M - Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions (NEW)

35 22 Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty - 9,314 (90,404)

09 23 Hunter Hayes - Storyline - 9,000 (95,000)

25 24 Lindsey Stirling - Shatter Me

** 25 Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Goin' Home - 8,816 (NEW)

26 26 Katy Perry - PRISM - 9,000 (1,379,000)

30 27 Eric Church - The Outsiders - 8,000 (590,000)

29 28 Now 49

83 29 Paramore - Paramore (412,000)

17 30 Santana - Corazon

 

31 31 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 7,565 (2,115,315)

** 32 Afrojack - Forget The World - 8,000 (NEW)

28 33 Michael Jackson - Number Ones - 7,515 (5,048,548)

38 34 Arctic Monkeys - AM

32 35 Future - Honest - 7,244 (100,195)

06 36 Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke - 8,000 (44,000)

42 37 Shakira - Shakira - 7,000 (203,000)

** 38 Mud Digger - Mud Digger 5 - 7,202 (NEW)

36 39 Bastille - Bad Blood (405,000)

62 40 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die - 6,500 (1,052,000)

 

56 41 Dierks Bentley - Riser - 6,400 (147,000)

47 42 Blake Shelton - Based On A True Story - 6,400 (1,245,000)

43 44 Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience, (2 Of 2) - 6,181 (982,025)

44 45 Beyonce - Beyonce - 6,000 (1,981,000)

41 46 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect (EP)

10 48 Michael W. Smith - Sovereign

79 50 Cole Swindell - Cole Swindell - 5,200 (169,000)

148 55 Ed Sheeran - +

54 56 Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox (2,244,000)

 

07 65 Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines

72 70 Drake - Nothing Was The Same - Drake (1,567,000)

73 72 One Direction - Midnight Memories (1,340,000)

89 73 Ariana Grande - Yours Truly (439,000)

99 74 The 1975 - The 1975

91 83 Adele - 21 (10,942,000)

87 90 Miley Cyrus - Bangerz - 3,000 (1,019,000)

154 91 Aloe Blacc - Lift Your Spirit

11 98 Chromeo - White Women

 

137 105 Jake Owen - Days Of Gold - 3,100 (145,000)

120 115 Enrique Iglesias - Sex And Love

RE 117 Oasis - Definitely Maybe

183 120 Justin Moore - Off The Beaten Path - 2,800 (289,000)

170 132 Phil Collins - ...Hits

RE 140 Ellie Goulding - Halcyon (447,000)

155 144 Metallica - Metallica - 3,000 (16,002,000)

RE 146 Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

163 148 George Strait - Love Is Everything - 2,500 (428,000)

142 149 P!nk - The Truth About Love (1,988,000)

 

RE 151 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head

172 154 Led Zeppelin - Mothership

139 156 Avicii - True

65 157 Lily Allen - Sheezus

112 158 Passenger - All The Little Lights

150 162 Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce (201,000)

RE 171 Disclosure - Settle

24 172 Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband

199 174 R. Kelly - Black Panties (415,000)

RE 177 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

189 180 Mumford & Sons - Babel

RE 185 Miranda Lambert - Four The Record - 2,200 (992,000)

RE 187 Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

 

 

I'm really surprised in general by The Black Keys falling behind Michael Jackson despite outcharting him first week. I would have thought MJ would naturally be most front-loaded?

I'm really surprised in general by The Black Keys falling behind Michael Jackson despite outcharting him first week. I would have thought MJ would naturally be most front-loaded?

i was expecting the opposite :kink: obviously Black Keys are quite big now, but not really to the same extent as MJ in terms of 'casual album buyer' appeal (at least that's how i saw things oop.)

 

i was expecting the opposite :kink: obviously Black Keys are quite big now, but not really to the same extent as MJ in terms of 'casual album buyer' appeal (at least that's how i saw things oop.)

Well I mean it's hard to imagine MJ picking up many new fans with a posthumous release :unsure: Then again The Black Keys aren't exactly storming radio so I suppose there's not much to keep them afloat either.

I don't think Michael Jackson particularly has to pick up new fans though, as he's obviously already so established. A lot more so than The Black Keys, so as Seven says, casual buyers are more likely to check out an album from Michael Jackson than The Black Keys, I guess.

Great numbers for Coldplay. Hitting over 200k in the US is a big thing at this point. I remember when the albums sitting at the lower end of the top 10 had sales over 200k. 380k is huge considering the lead single has barely made any waves.

 

And I hope Iggy continues to increase her sales like this! Loving the stability. I say they better go ahead and prepare "Black Widow" for single treatment. Send it to radio as soon as "Fancy" starts to decrease (which could take weeks!), and have that video ready for the best possible moment.

 

I also think she should re-release "Work" towards the end of the era.

Wouldn't 'Work' be best considering it's so high on iTunes at the moment? Certainly seems to have the most buzz.

 

I don't think Michael Jackson particularly has to pick up new fans though, as he's obviously already so established. A lot more so than The Black Keys, so as Seven says, casual buyers are more likely to check out an album from Michael Jackson than The Black Keys, I guess.

Well I would have thought the fact that he's not picking up more fans would have meant he was more inclined to be frontloaded, but I suppose you are right that casual buyers will lean more towards him.

I think "Black Widow" would do better commercially.

 

Release that with a bangin' video in mid-late June. Release "Work" with a new video and a killer VMA performance. But, either would be just dandy with me, both are amazing songs.

Fancy is going to clear up at the VMAs :D