Posted August 26, 20159 yr Well, Luke Bryan remains the only country artist who can have an album at #1 for 2 weeks these days. Seeing as the last time it happened was two years ago with his previous album. In other news, Straight Outta Compton unbelievably earns itself a new peak...in fact this happened last week too seeing as it originally peaked at #37! It's a long overdue top 5 placing for a record that has now sold 3.5 million. Much further down, B.o.B. debuts at #97. To think he had a #1 album 5 years ago! 01 01 02 Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights (99,000 (83,000 | 16,000 SEA/TEA)) 02 06 61 Ed Sheeran, x (97,000 (80,000 | 17,000 SEA/TEA)) 03 02 02 Dr. Dre, Compton (51,000) 04 30 85 N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton (44,000) 05 03 02 Various Artists, NOW 55 (40,000) 06 NE 01 Melanie Martinez, Cry Baby (40,000) 07 05 43 Taylor Swift, 1989 (32,000) 08 NE 01 Bullet For My Valentine, Venom (28,000 (26,000 | 2,000 SEA/TEA)) 09 07 05 Future, DS2 (28,000) 10 09 43 Sam Hunt, Montevallo (28,000) 11 NE 01 Elvis Presley, Elvis Forever 12 08 03 Soundtrack, Descendants 13 15 62 Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour 14 10 28 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late 15 11 14 twenty one pilots, Blurryface 16 12 32 Meghan Trainor, Title 17 NE 01 Neck Deep, Life's Not Out To Get You 18 14 31 Fall Out Boy, American Beauty / American Psycho 19 17 19 Shawn Mendes, Handwritten 20 13 08 Meek Mill, Dreams Worth More Than Money 21 NE 01 Chinx, Welcome To JFK 22 NE 01 Various Artists, Wondaland Presents: The Eephus (EP) 23 16 17 Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde 24 04 02 tobyMac, This Is Not A Test 25 20 37 J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive 26 NE 01 Grace Potter, Midnight 27 23 12 Jason Derulo, Everything Is 4 28 26 51 Maroon 5, V 29 24 80 Eric Church, The Outsiders 30 18 12 Major Lazer, Peace Is The Mission 31 35 15 Rachel Platten, Fight Song (EP) 32 RE 91 Eazy-E, Eazy-Duz-It 33 29 23 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly 34 19 04 Jill Scott, Woman 35 31 36 Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint 36 33 26 Big Sean, Dark Sky Paradise 37 36 46 Hozier, Hozier 38 75 91 Dr. Dre, The Chronic 39 NE 01 Dillon Francis, This Mixtape Is Fire (EP) 40 40 45 Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes 41 32 56 Sia, 1000 Forms Of Fear 42 41 33 Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife 43 27 06 Tyrese, Black Rose 44 48 38 WALK THE MOON, TALKING IS HARD 45 43 28 Soundtrack, Fifty Shades Of Grey 46 45 29 Fifth Harmony, Reflection 47 51 10 Charlie Puth, Some Type Of Love EP 48 47 09 Tori Kelly, Unbreakable Smile 49 NE 01 Pat Green, Home 50 53 08 X Ambassadors, VHS 51 42 26 Skrillex & Diplo, Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack U 52 34 44 Little Big Town, Pain Killer 53 56 16 Mumford & Sons, Wilder Mind 54 81 20 Flo Rida, My House (EP) 55 62 125 Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre -- 2001 56 59 09 Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn 57 39 29 Andy Grammer, Magazines Or Novels 58 46 106 Luke Bryan, Crash My Party 59 50 06 Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 29 60 54 13 A$AP Rocky, At.Long.Last.A$AP 61 58 23 Soundtrack, Furious 7 62 38 05 Alan Jackson, Angels And Alcohol 63 NE 01 FKA twigs, M3LL155X (EP) 64 68 240 Michael Jackson, Thriller 65 70 17 Elle King, Love Stuff 66 57 66 Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am 67 60 41 Zac Brown Band, Greatest Hits So Far... 68 66 129 Drake, Take Care 69 22 54 Trey Songz, Trigga 70 55 46 Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt 71 65 56 Soundtrack, Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 72 72 53 twenty one pilots, Vessel 73 129 108 2Pac, Greatest Hits 74 77 186 Lana Del Rey, Born To Die 75 73 97 Drake, Nothing Was The Same 76 67 27 Imagine Dragons, Smoke + Mirrors 77 74 229 Eminem, The Eminem Show 78 112 158 Ed Sheeran, + 79 80 147 Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city 80 71 142 Florida Georgia Line, Here's To The Good Times 81 28 05 Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free 82 78 52 Ariana Grande, My Everything 83 61 05 Tame Impala, Currents 84 64 39 Pitbull, Globalization 85 NE 01 United Pursuit, Simple Gospel 86 93 99 Fleetwood Mac, Greatest Hits 87 90 77 The Weeknd, Trilogy 88 63 12 Florence + The Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 89 88 155 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions 90 44 04 Soundtrack, Southpaw: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture 91 91 378 Bob Marley And The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers 92 21 02 Michael Ray, Michael Ray 93 RE 13 N.W.A., Greatest Hits 94 79 47 Tove Lo, Queen Of The Clouds 95 85 37 Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits: Decade #1 96 76 40 One Direction, Four 97 NE 01 B.o.B, Psycadelik Thoughtz 98 86 21 Kid Rock, First Kiss 99 RE 34 Ice Cube, Death Certificate 100 121 106 Foo Fighters, Greatest Hits 101 102 56 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5 Seconds Of Summer 102 95 48 Kenny Chesney, The Big Revival 103 87 38 David Guetta, Listen 104 84 03 Lil Dicky, Professional Rapper 105 99 32 Mark Ronson, Uptown Special 106 NE 01 Soundtrack, True Detective: Music From The HBO Series 107 98 47 Blake Shelton, Bringing Back The Sunshine 108 101 15 Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be 109 107 370 Journey, Journey's Greatest Hits 110 103 51 Chase Rice, Ignite The Night 111 83 08 Miguel, Wildheart 112 94 18 Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color 113 114 06 Cam, Welcome To Cam Country (EP) 114 96 10 Tim McGraw, 35 Biggest Hits 115 NE 01 Various Artists, 21 Classic #1 Hits 116 97 126 OneRepublic, Native 117 111 77 Cole Swindell, Cole Swindell 118 RE 17 Ice Cube, Greatest Hits 119 RE 03 N.W.A., The Best Of N.W.A.: The Strength Of Street Knowledge 120 122 122 Fall Out Boy, Save Rock And Roll 121 110 240 Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans 122 123 94 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 123 108 30 George Ezra, Wanted On Voyage 124 120 58 G-Eazy, These Things Happen 125 116 15 Soundtrack, Pitch Perfect 2 126 105 04 Bea Miller, Not An Apology 127 104 08 Soundtrack, Home 128 125 05 Queen, Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection 129 NE 01 New Politics, Vikings 130 NE 01 Soulfly, Archangel 131 119 255 Eminem, Curtain Call: The Hits 132 127 127 Michael Jackson, Bad 133 109 203 Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines 134 136 89 Beyoncé, Beyoncé 135 133 123 Taylor Swift, Red 136 25 02 Mac DeMarco, Another One 137 82 04 Lamb Of God, VII: Sturm Und Drang 138 149 14 Zedd, True Colors 139 150 17 Josh Groban, Stages 140 153 114 Green Day, American Idiot 141 132 60 Kelly Clarkson, Greatest Hits: Chapter One 142 135 235 Adele, 21 143 126 16 Various Artists, NOW 54 144 144 132 Amy Winehouse, Back To Black 145 141 97 Metallica, Master Of Puppets 146 142 143 Michael Jackson, The Essential Michael Jackson 147 157 14 Kelsea Ballerini, The First Time 148 158 07 Old Dominion, Old Dominion (EP) 149 134 09 Leon Bridges, Coming Home 150 RE 27 Ice Cube, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted 151 117 10 James Taylor, Before This World 152 145 95 Metallica, ...And Justice For All 153 139 09 Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material 154 140 22 James Bay, Chaos And The Calm 155 151 302 Nirvana, Nevermind 156 147 10 Adam Lambert, The Original High 157 148 64 Miranda Lambert, Platinum 158 163 91 Soundtrack, Frozen 159 RE 21 Soundtrack, Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1 160 160 102 Arctic Monkeys, AM 161 155 53 Wiz Khalifa, Blacc Hollywood 162 159 192 AC/DC, Back In Black 163 162 11 Of Monsters And Men, Beneath The Skin 164 143 76 One Direction, Midnight Memories 165 172 201 Eminem, Recovery 166 154 31 J. Cole, Born Sinner 167 115 13 Hillsong UNITED, Empires 168 167 81 Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1 169 166 26 Travis Tritt, The Very Best Of Travis Tritt 170 169 242 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits 171 171 327 Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits 172 178 32 Destiny's Child, #1's 173 RE 47 Jim Croce, Photographs & Memories/His Greatest Hits 174 128 11 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 8 175 137 43 Billy Joel, The Essential Billy Joel 176 175 95 Katy Perry, Prism 177 164 40 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas 178 152 126 Blake Shelton, Based On A True Story ... 179 161 41 J. Cole, Cole World: The Sideline Story 180 174 48 Chris Brown, X 181 176 27 Omarion, Sex Playlist 182 170 42 Calvin Harris, Motion 183 191 06 R5, Sometime Last Night 184 181 25 Kelly Clarkson, Piece By Piece 185 185 225 Katy Perry, Teenage Dream 186 184 241 Taylor Swift, Fearless 187 RE 143 Madonna, The Immaculate Collection 188 NE 01 Emily West, All For You 189 187 18 Frank Sinatra, Ultimate Sinatra 190 168 46 Echosmith, Talking Dreams 191 RE 42 The Notorious B.I.G., Greatest Hits 192 189 86 Childish Gambino, Because The Internet 193 197 913 Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon 194 RE 32 Britney Spears, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative 195 92 19 Led Zeppelin, Coda 196 186 134 Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox 197 193 33 NEEDTOBREATHE, Rivers In The Wasteland 198 182 12 Def Leppard, Mirrorball: Live & More 199 RE 132 Taylor Swift, Speak Now 200 89 44 Led Zeppelin, In Through The Out Door
August 26, 20159 yr Author Luke Bryan's 'Kill the Lights' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 By Keith Caulfield | August 23, 2015 Luke Bryan scores a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with his Kill the Lights album. The set shifted another 99,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 20, according to Nielsen Music. A week ago it debuted atop the list with 345,000 units. 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 Sept. 5-dated chart (where Bryan is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s Web sites on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Kill the Lights is the first country album to spend more than one week at No. 1 in two years. The feat last occurred with Bryan’s own previous album, Crash My Party, which spent its second and final frame at No. 1 on the chart dated Sept. 7, 2013. In two weeks, Kill the Lights has sold 403,000 in pure album sales. Behind Bryan is a surging Ed Sheeran, who sees his X album jump 6-2 with 97,000 units (up 196 percent). It rallies thanks to publicity generated by his NBC TV concert special Ed Sheeran -- Live at Wembley Stadium (which aired Aug. 18) and sales spurred by the album’s temporary 99-cent discount pricing in the Google Play store. The set’s album sales rose to 80,000 for the week (up 378 percent). Of that figure, download sales equated to 72,000 (up 607 percent). This is the album’s highest rank on the Billboard 200 since the Feb. 14-dated chart, when it also placed at No. 2. The album debuted atop the list 61 weeks ago and has never left the Top 30. It has been in the Top 10 for the past 14 consecutive weeks. Dr. Dre’s Compton slips to No. 3 with 51,000 units (down 83 percent) in its second week. Dre can also be found at No. 4 as a member of N.W.A, as the group zooms 30-4 with Straight Outta Compton (44,000 units; up 254 percent). The latter album reaches a new chart high and benefits from the opening weekend (Aug. 14-16) of the theatrical film of the same name. N.W.A was last this high on the chart 23 years ago, when their No. 1 album Efil4zaggin was in the top three (charts dated June 15-29, 1991). The Now 55 compilation descends 3-5 with 40,000 units (down 254 percent). Singer Melanie Martinez (a former contestant on The Voice) starts at No. 6 with her debut full-length album Cry Baby (40,000 units). She had previously visited the Heatseekers Albums chart with her 2014 Dollhouse EP, which reached No. 4 on that developing artists tally. Cry Baby also bows at No. 1 on the Alternative Albums chart. Taylor Swift’s 1989 dips 5-7 with 32,000 units (down 4 percent). The album has spent all 43 of its chart weeks in the Top 10. Rock band Bullet for My Valentine launches at No. 8 with its latest album, Venom, moving 28,000 units (of which 26,000 are pure album sales). It’s the second Top 10 album from the band, which also hit the region with 2009’s Scream Aim Fire (No. 4) and 2010’s Fever (No. 3). Venom also starts at No. 1 on the Hard Rock Albums charts. The Nos. 8-10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart are only separated by a few hundred units, but when their sums for the week are rounded to the nearest thousand, they all end up totaling 28,000. That said, closing out the Top 10 are Future’s DS2 (7-9 with nearly 28,000 units; down 11 percent) and Sam Hunt’s Montevallo (9-10 with almost 28,000 as well; up 1 percent).
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