BILLBOARD 200

 

(billboard chart date 14th February 2015)

 

LW TW ARTIST - TITLE - TW UNITS - [SALES + TEA + SEA] * - (TOTAL SALES)

 

02 01 Taylor Swift - 1989 - 101,000 - [70,704 + 30,000] - (4,188,166)

04 02 Ed Sheeran - X - 74,000

03 03 Meghan Trainor - Title - 68,000 - [42,542 + 25,000] - (291,514)

09 04 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour - 60,000

** 05 Ne-Yo - Non-Fiction - 59,475 - [48,666 + 8,001 + 2,808] (NEW)

01 06 Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho - 55,000

10 07 Mark Ronson - Uptown Special - 49,000 - [12,000 + 37,000] - (52,000)

06 08 Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint - 48,457 - [20,424 + 19,486 + 8,547] - (466,453)

11 09 Maroon 5 - V - 43,000

12 10 2015 Grammy Nominees - 34,000

 

15 11 Hozier - Hozier

** 12 Bethel Music - We Will Not Be Shaken - --,--- - [29,811] (NEW)

13 13 Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 27

16 14 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 28,904 - [19,746 + 3,818 + 5,340] - (728,240)

** 15 Papa Roach - F.E.A.R - --,--- - [24,425] (NEW)

17 16 Sam Hunt - Montevallo - --,--- - [14,000] - (287,600)

** 17 Charlie Wilson - Forever Charlie - 25,233 - [24,624 + 552 + 57] (NEW)

21 18 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1

** 19 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage - 20,000 - [14,770] (NEW)

22 20 Ariana Grande - My Everything

 

19 21 One Direction - Four

** 22 Periphery Juggernaut: Alpha - --,--- - [18,127] (NEW)

23 Sia - 1000 Forms Of Fear

27 24 Carrie Underwood - Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - --,--- - [9,500] - (262,500)

** 25 Periphery Juggernaut: Omega - --,--- - [16,960] (NEW)

32 26 Pitbull - Globalization - 16,835 - [3,821 + 10,623 + 2,391] - (105,174)

24 27 Rae Sremmurd - Stremmlife - 16,314 - [6,117 + 6,579 + 3,618] - (59,272)

57 28 Katy Perry - PRISM - 16,000 - [9,000 + 7,000]

** 29 Twiztid - The Darkness - --,--- - [15,524] (NEW)

36 30 Nick Jonas - Nick Jonas

 

07 31 The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

35 32 Blake Shelton - Bringing Back The Sunshine - --,--- - [9,200] - (317,100)

152 33 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream - 14,000 - [8,000 + 6,000]

30 34 Jason Aldean - Old Boots, New Dirt - --,--- - [10,000] - (817,600)

33 35 Frozen Soundtrack

08 36 Marilyn Manson - Pale Emperor - --,--- - [12,275]

** 37 Punch Brothers - Phosphorescent Blues - --,--- - [12,554] (NEW)

14 38 Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth - 12,941 - [10,851 + 756 + 1,334] - (50,132)

26 39 OneRepublic - Native

29 40 Florida Georgia Line - Anything Goes - --,--- - [7,100] - (548,400)

 

05 41 Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$[/color] - 12,493 - [10,262 + 689 + 1,542] - (64,252)

37 42 Luke Bryan - Crash My Party - --,--- - [5,300] - (2,364,200)

25 43 Ella Henderson - Chapter One

** 44 The Lone Bellow - Then Came The Morning - --,--- - [10,023] (NEW)

43 45 Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away

56 46 D'Angelo And The Vanguard - Black Messiah - 10,655 - [5,672 + 4,423 + 560]

** 47 Drew Holcomb & Neighbors - Medicine - --,--- - [9,621] (NEW)

48 48 Ed Sheeran - +

45 49 Harris*Calvin - Motion

46 50 Beyonce - Beyonce

 

44 51 Selena Gomez - For You

87 53 Robin Schulz - Prayer

52 56 Arctic Monkeys - AM

53 57 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

55 58 Eric Church - The Outsiders - Eric Church - --,--- - [4,400] - (838,600)

61 60 Tove Lo - Queen Of The Clouds

58 65 AC/DC - Rock Or Bust - --,--- - [7,400]

60 69 Jessie J - Sweet Talker

72 73 Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

20 78 Bjork - Vulnicura

59 79 Garth Brooks - Man Against Machine - --,--- - [6,800] - (576,300)

18 83 Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love

75 84 Lee Brice - I Don't Dance - --,--- - [2,900] - (143,600)

73 85 Zac Brown Band - Greatest Hits So Far... - --,--- - [3,200] - (104,800)

** 86 Kenny G - Brazilian Nights - 7,000 (NEW)

78 97 Lorde - Pure Heroine

100 99 Miranda Lambert - Platinum - --,--- - [3,800] - (620,700)

 

103 101 Cole Swindell - Cole Swindell - -,--- - [2,400] - (319,200)

91 104 91 Adele - 21

89 106 Bastille - Bad Blood

79 109 Brett Eldredge - Bring You Back - --,--- - [2,800] - (157,700)

110 110 Little Big Town - Pain Killer - --,--- - [2,800] - (133,100)

86 112 Chase Rice - Ignite The Night - --,--- - [3,400] - (163,700)

RE 113 Katy Perry - One Of The Boys - 5,000 - [4,000 + 1,000]

106 116 Queen - Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You

140 123 Brantley Gilbert - Just As I Am - -,--- - [3,300] - (725,600)

109 124 David Guetta - Listen

161 128 Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music - --,--- - [4,700] - (97,200)

96 130 The 1975 - The 1975

128 134 Coldplay - Ghost Stories

131 136 Ellie Goulding - Halcyon

 

117 142 Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

134 143 alt-J - This Is All Yours

118 146 Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (Soundtrack) - --,--- - [3,950]

132 148 One Direction - Midnight Memories

28 151 Belle & Sebastian – Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance

150 152 Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter - --,--- - [3,575]

** 154 Jamie Cullum - Interlude (NEW)

188 165 Dustin Lynch - Where It's At - -,--- - [2,700] - (88,900)

142 172 Charli XCX - Sucker

163 174 George Strait - The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium - -,--- - [3,000] - (299,300)

184 187 The Beatles - 1

180 192 Miley Cyrus - Bangerz

169 194 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

RE 195 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

RE 200 Led Zeppelin - Mothership

 

Aphex Twin - Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt 2 - -,--- - [3,000]

 

 

 

Chart Highlights

• Taylor Swift's "1989" returns to #1 with 101,000 billboard units (71,000 sales).

• It marks her 10th non-consecutive week on top, just one week short of the 11 weeks "Fearless" spent at #1.

• Taylor is only the second woman to have two albums spend 10+ weeks at #1. Whitney Houston's debut "Whitney Houston" spent 14 weeks at #1 in 1986 while "Whitney" spent 11 weeks at #1 in 1987.

 

 

Top Album Sales (the old Billboard 200)

 

(billboard chart date 14th February 2015)

 

LW TW ARTIST ALBUM - TW SALES (TOTAL SALES)

 

02 01 Taylor Swift - 1989 - 70,704 (4,188,166)

** 02 Ne-Yo - Non-Fiction - 48,666 (NEW)

03 03 Meghan Trainor - Title - 42,542 (291,514)

11 04 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour

10 05 Ed Sheeran - x

01 06 Fall Out Boy - American Beauty / American Psycho

07 07 Grammy 2015 Nominees

08 08 Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 27

** 09 Bethel Music - We Will Not Be Shaken - 29,811 (NEW)

** 10 Charlie Wilson - Forever Charlie - 24,624 (NEW)

 

** 11 Papa Roach - F.E.A.R. - 24,425 (NEW)

12 12 Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint - 20,424 (466,453)

14 13 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1

16 14 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive - 19,746 (728,240)

** 15 Periphery - Juggernaut: Alpha - 18,127 (NEW)

** 16 Periphery - Juggernaut: Omega - 16,960 (NEW)

** 17 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage - 14,770 (NEW)

** 18 Twiztid - The Darkness - 15,524 (NEW)

17 19 Maroon 5 - V

19 20 Hozier - Hozier

 

18 21 Sam Hunt - Montevallo - 14,000 (287,600)

05 22 The Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

** 23 Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues - 12,554 (NEW)

06 24 Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor - 12,275

09 25 Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth - 10,851 (50,132)

04 26 Joey Bada$$ - B4.Da.$$ - 10,262 (64,252)

23 27 One Direction - FOUR

** 28 The Lone Bellow - Then Came The Morning - 10,023 (NEW)

25 29 Jason Aldean - Old Boots, New Dirt - 10,000 (817,600)

** 30 Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors - Medicine - 9,621 (NEW)

 

39 31 D'Angelo And The Vanguard - Black Messiah - 5,672

33 32 Carrie Underwood - Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - 9,500 (262,500)

28 33 Frozen Soundtrack

34 34 Blake Shelton - Bringing Back The Sunshine - 9,200 (317,100)

85 35 Katy Perry - PRISM - 9,000

24 36 Sia - 1000 Forms Of Fear

** 37 Derek Minor - Empire (NEW)

RE 38 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream - 8,000

32 39 NOW 52

31 40 Mark Ronson - Uptown Special - 12,000 (52,000)

 

36 42 AC/DC - Rock Or Bust - 7,400

37 44 Florida Georgia Line - Anything Goes - 7,100 (548,400)

35 47 Garth Brooks - Man Against Machine - 6,800 (576,300)

38 52 Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife - 6,117 (59,272)

51 56 Ed Sheeran - +

45 59 Luke Bryan - Crash My Party - 5,300 (2,364,200)

46 62 Arctic Monkeys - AM

53 63 Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

65 66 Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music - 4,700 (97,200)

56 70 Eric Church - The Outsiders - 4,400 (838,600)

 

41 71 Ella Henderson - Chapter One

** 72 Jamie Cullum - Interlude (NEW)

RE 75 Katy Perry - One Of The Boys - 4,000

58 77 Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways - 3,950

20 79 Belle And Sebastian - Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance

93 82 Pitbull - Globalization - 3,821 (105,174)

90 85 Miranda Lambert - Platinum - 3,800 (620,700)

88 91 Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter - 3,575

73 93 Chase Rice - Ignite The Night - 3,400 (163,700)

62 94 Pink Floyd - The Endless River

RE 96 Brantley Gilbert - Just As I Am - 3,300 (725,600)

99 98 Adele - 21

89 99 Zac Brown Band - Greatest Hits So Far... - 3,200 (104,800)

 

 

How is Nicki holding up so well right now? She really should be long gone from the top 10.

How is Nicki holding up so well right now? She really should be long gone from the top 10.

TEA & SEA.

 

She only sold approx 20,000 albums.

 

 

So did the albums around her. In fact the one above sold far less.

 

She's hung around because Only became a sleeper hit and she's already got another with Truffle Butter. Urban smashes sell albums better than pop radio hits.

So did the albums around her. In fact the one above sold far less.

 

She's hung around because Only became a sleeper hit and she's already got another with Truffle Butter. Urban smashes sell albums better than pop radio hits.

She's #12 on the Top Album sales chart (old Billboard 200).

 

 

 

Some Super Bowl album sales:

• Katy Perry - 21,000 albums

  - PRISM - 9,000

  - Teenage Dream - 8,000

  - One of the Boys - 4,000

• Missy Elliott - 2,000 albums

• Lenny Kravitz - 2,000 albums

 

Is that total for The Pinkprint correct? Thought it will be way above 600k given it was released in December and opened with 244k.

Is that total for The Pinkprint correct? Thought it will be way above 600k given it was released in December and opened with 244k.

The total I listed is correct.

 

You're getting confused between her opening units (244k) and her opening sales (198k).

 

 

 

Aphex Twin - Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt 2 - 3,000

 

Just missed the Top Album Sales chart (old Billboard 200), as #99 sold 3,200 (rundown only has 100 positions), and he's not on the Billboard 200.

 

New BB200 formula definitely not helping him.

 

 

Slaylor coming for her own wig *.*

The total I listed is correct.

 

You're getting confused between her opening units (244k) and her opening sales (198k).

 

But I don't really care about sales, it's the units figure that count in my books... so that could be 600k-ish then?

But I don't really care about sales, it's the units figure that count in my books... so that could be 600k-ish then?

Billboard still uses sales when referring to totals, they don't use their hybrid units at all, eg, when Taylor passed 4 million, it was 4 million sales.

 

 

The system is a joke because you can't rank albums according to "units" and say one album is number one despite accumulating fewer sales, but then discount those extra units later on. Either they count as part of an album's total (weekly total and running total) or they don't.

Indeed. I'm sure this is temporary for Billboard though and I hope it's a transition period for Soundscan too.

 

In the future hope that they give only total units, both TEA+SEA and sales, or nothing at all.

Edited February 8, 201510 yr by SKOB

Indeed. I'm sure this is temporary for Billboard though and I hope it's a transition period for Soundscan too.

 

In the future hope that they give only total units, both TEA+SEA and sales, or nothing at all.

I don't think they will because the Billboard 200 is the only chart that uses SEA/TEA. All the other album charts that billboard publishes eg, catalogue, rock, county, hip-hop, etc use sales. The current incarnation of the BB200 is just Billboard's way of making it look like albums are selling more than they are.

 

If Billboard started counting their made up unit totals in total sales, no-one would ever take Billboard seriously again.

 

And while you want the SEA/TEA enhanced totals to stand for Nicki cos you're a fan, you won't be saying that when someone like Flo Rida, Pitbull or LMFAO are Top 10 for months because of it :lol:

 

 

LOL what are you talking about, of course anyone who charts top ten should be there.

 

I stream 90% of the music I listen to, I don't want things to be that ancient that only traditional sales count.

Edited February 8, 201510 yr by SKOB

I'm still a bit confused on TEA's. Do sales of these tracks count towards both the individual tracks total sales and the parent album's total sales?

 

For example, if I was to purchase Nicki Minaj's Anaconda would its sale count towards Anaconda's total sales and part (I believe the ratio is 10 track downloads make up 1 TEA) of a TEA sale for the Pink Print album?

 

I hope that made sense!

Edited February 8, 201510 yr by Rob

For example, if I was to purchase Nicki Minaj's Anaconda would its sale count towards Anaconda's total sales and part (I believe the ratio is 10 track downloads make up 1 TEA) of a TEA sale for the Pink Print album?

Correct.

 

The sale counts twice - hot 100 and billboard 200, but it's the "Top Album Sales" chart that counts towards total sales.