Posted August 12, 20159 yr Brace yourselves, we have the lowest album sales for a #1 in Billboard 200 history. That's pure album sales though, the 42K unit total for the Descendants soundtrack is not a record low but the 30K sales figure is. It continues to be a great year for soundtracks though, with this being the fourth to reach #1. 01 NE 01 Soundtrack, Descendants (42,000 (30,000 | 12,000 SEA/TEA)) 02 02 03 Future, DS2 (37,000) 03 04 41 Taylor Swift, 1989 (35,000) 04 06 59 Ed Sheeran, x (30,000) 05 01 02 Jill Scott, Woman (27,000) 06 09 41 Sam Hunt, Montevallo (27,000) 07 NE 01 Lil Dicky, Professional Rapper (26,000 (22,000 | 4,000 SEA/TEA)) 08 20 12 twenty one pilots, Blurryface (25,000) 09 RE 42 Led Zeppelin, In Through The Out Door (24,000 (23,000 | 1,000 SEA/TEA)) 10 13 26 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late (23,000) 11 08 06 Meek Mill, Dreams Worth More Than Money 12 RE 17 Led Zeppelin, Coda 13 RE 31 Led Zeppelin, Presence 14 14 30 Meghan Trainor, Title 15 15 60 Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour 16 19 29 Fall Out Boy, American Beauty / American Psycho 17 NE 01 Migos, Yung Rich Nation 18 10 04 Tyrese, Black Rose 19 35 44 Hozier, Hozier 20 26 15 Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde 21 05 02 Soundtrack, Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture 22 87 39 Zac Brown Band, Greatest Hits So Far... 23 18 49 Maroon 5, V 24 27 10 Major Lazer, Peace Is The Mission 25 28 35 J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive 26 29 78 Eric Church, The Outsiders 27 31 13 Rachel Platten, Fight Song (EP) 28 23 17 Shawn Mendes, Handwritten 29 NE 01 Saint Asonia, Saint Asonia 30 25 34 Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint 31 34 42 Little Big Town, Pain Killer 32 16 03 Alan Jackson, Angels And Alcohol 33 33 24 Big Sean, Dark Sky Paradise 34 NE 01 Joss Stone, Water For Your Soul 35 22 04 Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 29 36 32 36 WALK THE MOON, TALKING IS HARD 37 66 08 Charlie Puth, Some Type Of Love EP 38 39 43 Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes 39 03 02 Lamb Of God, VII: Sturm Und Drang 40 24 27 Andy Grammer, Magazines Or Novels 41 37 26 Soundtrack, Fifty Shades Of Grey 42 38 24 Skrillex & Diplo, Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack U 43 43 31 Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife 44 60 44 Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt 45 36 27 Fifth Harmony, Reflection 46 52 21 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly 47 97 49 Chase Rice, Ignite The Night 48 40 03 Tame Impala, Currents 49 78 38 One Direction, Four 50 50 11 A$AP Rocky, At.Long.Last.A$AP 51 75 15 Elle King, Love Stuff 52 NE 01 Lianne La Havas, Blood 53 41 03 Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free 54 49 64 Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am 55 55 10 Jason Derulo, Everything Is 4 56 53 21 Soundtrack, Furious 7 57 44 54 Sia, 1000 Forms Of Fear 58 45 07 Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn 59 42 06 X Ambassadors, VHS 60 NE 01 Buddy Guy, Born To Play Guitar 61 NE 01 Knuckle Puck, Copacetic 62 63 104 Luke Bryan, Crash My Party 63 73 07 Tori Kelly, Unbreakable Smile 64 57 14 Mumford & Sons, Wilder Mind 65 118 104 Foo Fighters, Greatest Hits 66 103 45 Blake Shelton, Bringing Back The Sunshine 67 21 02 Prince Royce, Double Vision 68 82 10 Florence + The Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 69 07 02 Bea Miller, Not An Apology 70 74 376 Bob Marley And The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers 71 62 37 Pitbull, Globalization 72 59 25 Imagine Dragons, Smoke + Mirrors 73 58 18 Flo Rida, My House (EP) 74 77 06 Miguel, Wildheart 75 70 45 Tove Lo, Queen Of The Clouds 76 64 50 Ariana Grande, My Everything 77 85 95 Drake, Nothing Was The Same 78 71 52 Trey Songz, Trigga 79 91 35 Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits: Decade #1 80 93 51 twenty one pilots, Vessel 81 RE 110 Kenny Chesney, Greatest Hits II 82 94 14 Various Artists, NOW 54 83 68 08 James Taylor, Before This World 84 79 54 Soundtrack, Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 85 69 153 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions 86 76 140 Florida Georgia Line, Here's To The Good Times 87 95 127 Drake, Take Care 88 54 184 Lana Del Rey, Born To Die 89 72 36 David Guetta, Listen 90 65 28 George Ezra, Wanted On Voyage 91 104 227 Eminem, The Eminem Show 92 109 46 Kenny Chesney, The Big Revival 93 99 75 The Weeknd, Trilogy 94 88 97 Fleetwood Mac, Greatest Hits 95 96 141 Michael Jackson, The Essential Michael Jackson 96 83 30 Mark Ronson, Uptown Special 97 173 83 N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton 98 RE 06 Soundtrack, Home 99 113 13 Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be 100 100 145 Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city 101 108 13 Soundtrack, Pitch Perfect 2 102 84 238 Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans 103 80 130 Amy Winehouse, Back To Black 104 143 74 One Direction, Midnight Memories 105 115 54 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 106 119 75 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 107 128 11 Hillsong UNITED, Empires 108 11 02 We Came As Romans, We Came As Romans 109 67 368 Journey, Journey's Greatest Hits 110 48 02 Israel & New Breed, Covered: Alive In Asia 111 RE 16 Dwight Yoakam, The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam 112 NE 01 Bethel Music, Without Words: Synesthesia 113 92 07 Soundtrack, Teen Beach 2 114 105 120 Fall Out Boy, Save Rock And Roll 115 126 08 Tim McGraw, 35 Biggest Hits 116 114 156 Ed Sheeran, + 117 112 07 Leon Bridges, Coming Home 118 101 07 Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material 119 123 253 Eminem, Curtain Call: The Hits 120 116 03 Queen, Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection 121 120 15 Josh Groban, Stages 122 146 16 Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color 123 30 02 Ashley Monroe, The Blade 124 139 56 G-Eazy, These Things Happen 125 141 95 Metallica, Master Of Puppets 126 129 209 Led Zeppelin, Mothership 127 136 124 Blake Shelton, Based On A True Story ... 128 51 02 Warren Haynes Featuring Railroad Earth, Ashes & Dust 129 144 106 2Pac, Greatest Hits 130 134 92 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 131 110 124 OneRepublic, Native 132 98 08 Adam Lambert, The Original High 133 153 125 Michael Jackson, Bad 134 106 41 Billy Joel, The Essential Billy Joel 135 102 121 Taylor Swift, Red 136 NE 01 Insane Clown Posse, Marvelous Missing Link (Found) 137 122 233 Adele, 21 138 184 93 Metallica, ...And Justice For All 139 RE 123 Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre -- 2001 140 161 04 Cam, Welcome To Cam Country (EP) 141 138 87 Beyoncé, Beyoncé 142 132 13 Kari Jobe, Majestic 143 142 09 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8 144 NE 01 Josh Wilson, That Was Then, This Is Now 145 147 201 Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines 146 169 24 Travis Tritt, The Very Best Of Travis Tritt 147 81 02 Lynyrd Skynyrd, One More For The Fans 148 130 44 Echosmith, Talking Dreams 149 149 12 Zedd, True Colors 150 111 04 R5, Sometime Last Night 151 89 172 Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 152 167 112 Green Day, American Idiot 153 RE 23 George Strait, Icon: George Strait 154 145 12 Kelsea Ballerini, The First Time 155 163 05 Old Dominion, Old Dominion (EP) 156 121 09 Of Monsters And Men, Beneath The Skin 157 179 22 Luke Bryan, Spring Break... Checkin' Out 158 148 89 Soundtrack, Frozen 159 133 132 Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox 160 155 51 Wiz Khalifa, Blacc Hollywood 161 137 20 James Bay, Chaos And The Calm 162 157 93 Katy Perry, Prism 163 154 190 AC/DC, Back In Black 164 NE 01 Titus Andronicus, The Most Lamentable Tragedy 165 RE 10 Def Leppard, Mirrorball: Live & More 166 151 325 Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits 167 150 40 Calvin Harris, Motion 168 159 62 Miranda Lambert, Platinum 169 NE 01 Kristene DiMarco, Mighty 170 168 199 Eminem, Recovery 171 NE 01 Gunplay, Living Legend 172 177 25 Omarion, Sex Playlist 173 140 240 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits 174 165 100 Arctic Monkeys, AM 175 171 79 Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1 176 175 29 J. Cole, Born Sinner 177 160 95 Lorde, Pure Heroine 178 RE 05 Alabama, Ultimate Alabama: 20 #1 Hits 179 181 223 Katy Perry, Teenage Dream 180 125 239 Taylor Swift, Fearless 181 189 164 Blake Shelton, Red River Blue 182 182 46 Chris Brown, X 183 193 39 J. Cole, Cole World: The Sideline Story 184 156 31 NEEDTOBREATHE, Rivers In The Wasteland 185 158 07 Canaan Smith, Bronco 186 RE 109 Kid Rock, Devil Without A Cause 187 NE 01 Dave Koz, Collaborations: 25th Anniversary Collection 188 162 14 Tech N9ne, Special Effects 189 196 87 Kid Cudi, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day 190 RE 71 Dierks Bentley, Riser 191 187 23 Kelly Clarkson, Piece By Piece 192 199 16 Frank Sinatra, Ultimate Sinatra 193 RE 32 Lady Antebellum, 747 194 RE 108 Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet 195 RE 50 Thomas Rhett, It Goes Like This 196 191 911 Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon 197 188 84 Childish Gambino, Because The Internet 198 RE 89 Dr. Dre, The Chronic 199 RE 104 One Direction, Up All Night 200 RE 15 Darius Rucker, Southern Style
August 12, 20159 yr Author 'Descendants' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart By Keith Caulfield | August 09, 2015 3:00 PM EDT The soundtrack to Disney Channel's Descendants debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, marking the fourth soundtrack to hit No. 1 in 2015. The set starts with 42,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 6. It's the companion album to the TV movie of the same name, which premiered July 31 on the network. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Aug. 22-dated chart (where Descendants debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard's websites on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The arrival of the Descendants album atop the chart came in a very soft week for both new album releases and sales. The soundtrack's overall 42,000 unit total is the smallest weekly sum for a No. 1 album since the chart began ranking titles by equivalent units in Dec. 2014. Further, of its 42,000 start, just 30,000 were pure album sales. (It also enters at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.) That's the lowest sales figure for a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, or Top Album Sales, since Nielsen Music began powering the charts' rankings in 1991. It falls below the previous low, when Amos Lee's Mission Bell debuted at No. 1 with just over 40,000 sold (week ending Jan. 30, 2011). The Billboard 200 should perk up next week, when Luke Bryan's Kill the Lights and Dr. Dre's Compton (both released on Aug. 7) are expected to post strong debuts at the top of the list. Descendants is a fairy tale-inspired live action film about the children of some of Disney's classic villains. The movie was directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega (who also helmed the three High School Musical films). The music-driven film earned 10.5 million total viewers in its first four days, according to Disney. That makes it the fourth biggest cable TV movie since 2007, behind three other Disney Channel films: High School Musical 2 (18.2 million), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (13.3 million) and Teen Beach Movie (11.9 million). Descendants is the fourth soundtrack to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2015 (following Empire, Furious 7 and Pitch Perfect 2) -- the most to lead the list since 2009. That year, four soundtracks also topped the chart: Hannah Montana: The Movie, Fabolous' Loso's Way, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Michael Jackson's This Is It. As for the rest of the Billboard 200's new top 10, Future's former No. 1 DS2 holds at No. 2 with 37,000 units (down 30 percent) and Taylor Swift's 1989 rises 4-3 with 35,000 (down 25 percent). Ed Sheeran's X climbs 6-4 with 30,000 (down 13 percent). Sam Hunt's Montevallo ascends 9-5 with just over 27,000 (down just 1 percent). Last week's No. 1, Jill Scott's Woman, slides to No. 6 with 27,000 (down 57 percent). Lil Dicky's Professional Rapper is the second and final debut in the top 10, arriving at No. 7 with 26,000 units (of which 22,000 are pure album sales). The comedian/rapper's set was funded by a Kickstarter campaign, which also fuels its debut sales week. In addition, Professional Rapper enters at No. 1 on the Comedy Albums chart with the largest sales week for a comedy album in just over a year. The last to sell more in a week was when "Weird Al" Yankovic's Mandatory Fun was in its second week at No. 1 (week ending July 27, 2014; chart dated Aug. 9) with 33,000 sold. Twenty One Pilots' Blurryface zooms 20-8 with 25,000 units (up 45 percent). The rise is owed to the vinyl LP release of the set on July 31. The LP edition sold 7,000 copies for the week, aiding the album's overall 75 percent sales gain (to 17,000 copies), and enables its No. 1 debut on the Vinyl Albums chart. Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door reenters the top 10 on the Billboard 200, jumping back on the list at No. 9 after it was reeisued on July 31. The album, first released in 1979, shifted 24,000 units for the week (23,000 from pure album sales). In Through the Out Door originally spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 1979, and was last on the chart in 1980. Closing out the new top 10 is Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late, which moves 13-10 with 23,000 (up 6 percent).
August 12, 20159 yr Very bad sales indeed... 30000 for a number 1 in the US is atrocious... Even in the UK it would have been considered as a low selling number 1... At this point not even streaming can mask those hideous sales...
August 12, 20159 yr I make that 45 consecutive top 75 weeks for Tove Lo's album! Anyone have any idea how much it's sold in total?
August 12, 20159 yr Those sales are AWFUL :puke2: So much for streaming making sales look healthy again.
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