BILLBOARD 200

 

(billboard chart date 6th December 2014)

 

LW TW ARTIST TITLE - TW SALES

 

** 01 One Direction - Four - 387,098 (NEW)

01 02 Swift*Taylor 1989 - 213,744 (2,214,558)

08 03 Pentatonix That's Christmas To Me - 99,018 (191,000)

** 04 Nickelback - No Fixed Address - 79,520 (NEW)

04 05 Brooks*Garth Man Against Machine - 62,000 (192,000)

03 06 Pink Floyd - Endless River 45 (215,000)

02 07 Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways - 36,475 (226,000)

** 08 In This Moment - Black Widow - 36,179 (NEW)

13 09 Michael Buble - Christmas - 35,000

16 10 Menzel*Idina - Holiday Wishes - 33,000

 

09 11 Smith*Sam - In The Lonely Hour - 33,000 (836,000)

07 12 Now 52

18 13 Frozen Soundtrack - 24,000 (3,608,000)

11 14 Jason Aldean - Old Boots, New Dirt - 24,000 (556,000)

14 15 Streisand*Barbra - Partners - 24,000 (631,000)

28 16 Frozen: The Songs

12 17 Bette Midler - It's The Girls

** 18 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 1 - 21,293 (NEW)

** 19 Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 6 - 20,006 (NEW)

** 20 Interstellar Soundtrack - 19,610 (NEW)

 

26 21 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1

** 22 TV On The Radio - Seeds - 18,648 (NEW)

17 23 Florida Georgia Line - Anything Goes - 18,000 (364,000)

71 24 Pentatonix - PTXmas (EP)

25 25 Hozier - Hozier

10 26 Strait*George - The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium 17,000 (176,000)

** 27 The Art Of McCartney - 16,779 (NEW)

27 28 Sheeran*Ed - X - 14,000 (600,000)

35 29 Manilow*Barry - My Dream Duets

31 30 Rucker*Darius - Home For The Holidays - 13,000 (44,000)

 

22 31 Hunt*Sam - Montevallo - 13,000 (125,000)

24 32 Maroon 5 - V - 13,000 (450,000)

** 33 Trisha Yearwood - PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit - 12,898 (NEW)

48 34 Frozen: Disney Karaoke Series

23 35 The New Basement Tapes - Lost On The River

** 36 Cole Swindell - Down Home Sessions EP - 12,000 (NEW)

20 37 Zac Brown Band - Greatest Hits So Far... - 12,000 (33,000)

30 38 Bennett*Tony & Lady GaGa - Cheek To Cheek - 11,000 (333,000)

36 39 Grande*Ariana - My Everything - 10,000 (360,000)

29 40 Slipknot - 5: The Gray Chapter - 10,275

 

42 42 Ellen's The Only Holiday Album You'll Ever Need - Volume 1

05 43 Big K.R.I.T. Cadillactica - 9,136 (53,053)

** 44 Christmas At Downtown Abbey (NEW)

19 45 Whitney Houston - Live: Her Greatest Performances

06 49 Jonas*Nick Nick Jonas

34 50 T.I - Paperwork - 8,348 (141,361)

72 51 Groban*Josh - Noel

39 52 Bryan*Luke - Crash My Party - 8,000 (2,223,000)

58 53 Mannheim Steamroller

45 54 5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer - 7,000 (543,000)

50 56 Smith*Michael W - Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit Of Christmas

**57 David Bowie - Nothing Has Changed (NEW)

63 58 Shelton*Blake - Cheers, It's Christmas - 7,500 (554,100)

41 60 Positively Christmas 2014

 

** 61 The Rend Collective - Campfire Christmas. Volume I (NEW)

74 62 Presley*Elvis - It's Christmas Time

** 63 The Ghost Inside - Dear Youth - 6,825 (NEW)

116 66 Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Christmas Attic

63 67 Shelton*Blake - Bringing Back The Sunshine - 6,300 (207,800)

54 68 Chris Brown - X - 6,043 (273,711)

15 70 Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy

66 73 Lecrae - Anomaly - 5,816 (196,876)

105 74 The Robertsons - Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas - 5,700 (761,700)

132 75 Kelly Clarkson - Wrapped In Red - 5,700 (785,300)

 

97 76 Merry & Bright

61 77 Boyle*Susan - Hope

55 78 Brooks*Garth Man Against Machine - 5,600 (61,300)

43 79 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 4

95 85 Boyle*Susan - Home For Christmas

98 86 NOW Christmas

100 88 Dion*Celine - These Are Special Times

148 91 Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve

52 94 Miranda Lambert - Platinum - 4,800 (526,400)

78 95 Alt-J - This Is All Yours

120 96 Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack)

87 97 Arctic Monkeys - AM - 5,000 (544,000)

56 98 Lennox*Annie - Nostalgia

112 100 Ives*Burl - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

 

125 102 Coldplay - Ghost Stories - 5,000 (757,000)

162 105 Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas

104 106 Iggy Azalea - New Classic - 4,504 (409,849)

127 107 Presley*Elvis - Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis

40 108 Harris*Calvin - Motion

129 110 Lady Antebellum - On This Winter's Night - 4,400 (550,700)

122 112 Nashville Cast - Christmas With Nashville - 4,300 (11,800)

86 113 Jeezy - Seen It All - 4,277 (246,971)

178 115 Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas

147 117 The Piano Guys - A Family Christmas

64 118 Lorde - Pure Heroine - 4,000 (1,479,000)

21 119 Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds - 4,125

124 120 Sinatra*Frank - Christmas Songs By Sinatra

 

67 122 Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy

144 123 Johnny Mathis - Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration

89 124 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions - 4,000 (2,362,000)

141 125 Tove Lo - Queen Of The Clouds

165 126 The 1975 - The 1975

136 127 Elf Soundtrack

155 128 Elvis Presley - The Classic Christmas Album

118 130 U2 - Songs Of Innocence

RE 131 The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas

73 132 Logic - Under Pressure - 3,755 (99,186)

137 133 McBride*Martina - White Christmas

** 135 Sara Evans - At Christmas - 3,700 (NEW)

93 140 Adele - 21 - 4,000 (11,027,000)

 

RE 143 G-Eazy - These Things Happen - 3,579 (131,469)

150 144 Barbra Streisand - Classic Christmas Album

157 145 Bastille - Bad Blood

RE 151 Straight No Chaser - Under The Influence: Holiday Edition (EP)

192 152 Do You Hear What I Hear?: Women Of Christmas

140 153 Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood - 3,388 (204,381)

111 154 Black Veil Brides - Black Veil Brides - 3,375

RE 156 Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) (EP)

RE 161 Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve And Other Stories

** 163 The Countdown Kids - Santa Claus Music Puzzle (NEW)

196 167 The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection

** 172 deadmau5 - 5 Years Of mau5 (NEW)

168 175 One Direction - Midnight Memories

 

RE 176 Casting Crowns - Peace On Earth

160 178 Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence - 3,000 (405,000)

RE 177 The Temptations - The Best Of The Temptations Christmas

RE 180 Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Extraordinaire

RE 181 Andy Williams - Personal Christmas Collection

109 183 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

RE 185 Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album

80 188 Anthony Hamilton - Home For The Holidays

RE 190 Kenny G - Holiday Collection

RE 192 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Once Upon A Christmas

RE 195 Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Celebration

** 196 Classic Christmas (NEW)

38 198 Queen - Forever

177 199 Beyonce - Beyonce - 3,000 (2,103,000)

RE 200 Bing Crosby - White Christmas

 

 

 

One Direction's Chart Highlights

• One Direction's fourth album "Four" debuts at #1 on sales on 387,000, making them just the 3rd act to debut at #1 with their first 4 albums (Britney Spears, DMX 5 albums), and the first group to do so.

• One Direction have racked up four #1 albums in just 2 years, 8 months and 1 week. Their first album, "Up All Night" debuted at #1 in March 2012 on sales of 176,175. Their second album, "Take Me Home" debuted on top in November 2012 with 539,665, while their third album "Midnight Memories" debuted at #1 on 546,230 in December 2013.

• "Four" registers the 3rd biggest sales week this year behind Taylor Swift (1,286,544 & 401,599 for "1989") and the largest for a group this year, only just ahead of Coldplay (382,665 for "Ghost Stories"). In fact, One Direction's sales are the biggest for a group in the last 12 months, since "Midnight Memories" debuted.

• They are the 4th act to reach #1 with their first four albums (Britney Spears, DMX 5 albums, The Monkees), and the 6th act to reach #1 with their first 4 studio albums (Beyonce 5 albums, Britney Spears, DMX 5 albums, The Monkees, The Kingston Trio 5 albums).

• This week's total album sales were 5.49 million - up +2% on last week and up +4% compared with same week last year. Approximately one in 14 of all albums sold last week was "Four". YTD stands at 215.01 million - down -12% on same point last year.

 

 

Lower than expected for 1D.

 

 

I was going to ask the same - hadn't they predicted 400K? What were the first week sales for their 2nd and 3rd albums?

 

 

I was going to ask the same - hadn't they predicted 400K? What were the first week sales for their 2nd and 3rd albums?

See chart highlights above.

 

 

 

55 christmas albums on the chart this week :o

 

There were 50 on the equivalent chart last year.

 

 

Big decline for them but it's still a great first week and they're not as frontloaded as most artists are in the US. Should clear a million fairly comfortably.

Big decline for them but it's still a great first week and they're not as frontloaded as most artists are in the US. Should clear a million fairly comfortably.

It doesn't feel like there's been a big hit to promote this album.

 

"Steal My Girl" sounds like 5 drunk lads singing after a night out :lol:

 

 

In fairness they've only actually had two big hits in 'What Makes You Beautiful' and 'Story of my Life'. It's not too surprising 'Steal My Girl' hasn't smashed but it's at least done better than 'Live While We're Young'.

In fairness they've only actually had two big hits in 'What Makes You Beautiful' and 'Story of my Life'. It's not too surprising 'Steal My Girl' hasn't smashed but it's at least done better than 'Live While We're Young'.

"Live While We're Young" is no different to "What Makes You Beautiful".

 

And while "Best Song Ever" isn't that great (the various cover versions sound so MUCH better), it's a better song than "Steal My Girl", IMO :lol: .

 

 

 

177 199 Beyonce - Beyonce - 3,000 (2,103,000)

Beyonce tops 2.1m (either this week or last depending on rounding up/down).

 

 

Nice to see her back in multi-platinum (very deserved). Quite interested to see how her next album will do, wonder will the new fanbase stay?

Beyonce tops 2m (either this week depending on rounding up/down).

 

She's actually on 2,103,000 :P

 

 

She's actually on 2,103,000 :P

Why did I read that wrong - too many zeros :lol:

 

 

 

It's cool to see Kelly Clarkson doing really well again. Wonder will she get Platinum this year? Probably not unless she gets amazing promo, but I think she should get somewhat close. 900k by year end? Could be Plat in ... 2016 in that case?

It's cool to see Kelly Clarkson doing really well again. Wonder will she get Platinum this year? Probably not unless she gets amazing promo, but I think she should get somewhat close. 900k by year end? Could be Plat in ... 2016 in that case?

 

Yeah, I hope she manages it. I read she has a televised concert thing which should hopefully give it a good boost. I'd love her to do a bit of promo over here this time. Some great songs on that album.