Of course Adele is #1 with the biggest one-week total in the Nielsen Soundscan era. Her last album 21 is at #9 and debut 19 is at #20. Justin Bieber has his strongest second week to date, outdoing Believe which had dropped to #3 on sales of 115K. I'm not sure if this is 1D's best second week but I'd imagine they've surpassed 100K in week 2 before. Jadakiss releases an album with "Top 5" in the title and sure enough maintains his streak of top five albums. He now has a #1, #3, #4, and #5 album to his name. Enya matches the peak of her previous album from 2008, and it's her fifth top 10 album in a row.

 

Here's Adele's day-by-day sales breakdown, from Pulse:

Day 1: 1.49 million

Day 2: 1.9 million (+410k)

Day 3: 2.3 million (+400k)

Day 4: 2.56 million (+260k)

Day 5: 2.8 million (+240k)

Day 6: 3.1 million (+300k)

Day 7: 3.38 million (+280k)

 

01 NE 01 Adele, 25 (3,484,000 (3,380,000 | 96,000 TEA | 8,000 SEA))

02 01 02 Justin Bieber, Purpose (290,000 (184,000 | 106,000 SEA/TEA))

03 02 02 One Direction, Made In The A.M. (108,000 (77,000 | 31,000 SEA/TEA))

04 NE 01 Jadakiss, Top 5 Dead Or Alive (66,000 (60,000 | 6,000 SEA/TEA))

05 08 13 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness (65,000)

06 13 17 Pentatonix, That's Christmas To Me (61,000)

07 06 11 Chris Stapleton, Traveller (58,000)

08 NE 01 Enya, Dark Sky Island (48,000 (46,000 | 2,000 SEA/TEA))

09 25 249 Adele, 21 (46,000 (34,000 | 12,000 SEA/TEA))

10 11 09 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap (38,000)

11 18 57 Taylor Swift, 1989

12 16 04 Various Artists, NOW 56

13 33 33 Shawn Mendes, Handwritten

14 26 05 Carrie Underwood, Storyteller

15 27 46 Meghan Trainor, Title

16 NE 01 Soundtrack, Empire: Original Soundtrack, Season 2, Volume 1

17 24 07 Selena Gomez, Revival

18 04 02 Jeezy, Church In These Streets

19 21 57 Sam Hunt, Montevallo

20 55 193 Adele, 19 (27,000 (20,000 | 7,000 SEA/TEA))

21 03 02 Logic, The Incredible True Story

22 37 06 Pentatonix, Pentatonix

23 12 04 Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood

24 NE 01 Rush, R40 Live

25 NE 01 Tech N9ne Collabos, Strangeulation II

26 05 02 Chris Young, I'm Comin' Over

27 17 10 Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive

28 41 42 Michael Bublé, Christmas

29 20 09 Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L

30 22 09 Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up

31 15 75 Ed Sheeran, x

32 09 02 Alessia Cara, Know-It-All

33 29 16 Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights

34 34 05 Blake Shelton, Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits

35 45 31 Elle King, Love Stuff

36 30 28 twenty one pilots, Blurryface

37 19 03 Ellie Goulding, Delirium

38 07 02 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Letters From The Labyrinth

39 47 06 Demi Lovato, Confident

40 42 42 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late

41 31 19 Future, DS2

42 43 06 Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 30

43 32 76 Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour

44 38 13 Halsey, Badlands

45 39 05 5 Seconds Of Summer, Sounds Good Feels Good

46 46 51 J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive

47 NE 01 Grateful Dead, Fare Thee Well: Chicago, IL, Soldier Field, July 3rd, 4th, 5th, 2015

48 44 09 Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical

49 10 02 Kirk Franklin, Losing My Religion

50 125 04 Various Artists, We Love Disney

51 48 05 Chris Tomlin, Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship

52 52 45 Fall Out Boy, American Beauty / American Psycho

53 109 54 Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas

54 106 05 Andrea Bocelli, Cinema

55 14 02 Ty Dolla $ign, Free TC

56 54 60 Hozier, Hozier

57 128 53 Zac Brown Band, Greatest Hits So Far...

58 51 12 Travi$ Scott, Rodeo

59 RE 47 The Notorious B.I.G., Greatest Hits

60 40 03 Tim McGraw, Damn Country Music

61 35 200 The Beatles, 1

62 95 26 Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color

63 RE 198 Fleetwood Mac, Rumours

64 NE 01 The Raging Idiots, The Raging Idiots Presents... The Raging Kidiots (EP)

65 58 03 MercyMe, MercyMe, It's Christmas!

66 23 02 Jeff Lynne's ELO, Alone In The Universe

67 60 12 Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six

68 81 63 Josh Groban, Noel

69 61 14 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

70 74 31 Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde

71 72 40 Big Sean, Dark Sky Paradise

72 102 46 Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack)

73 150 31 Josh Groban, Stages

74 NE 01 Frank Sinatra, Icon Christmas: Frank Sinatra

75 59 47 Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife

76 NE 01 Freddie Gibbs, Shadow Of A Doubt

77 RE 18 Kelly Clarkson, Wrapped In Red

78 108 48 Elvis Presley, It's Christmas Time

79 67 58 Little Big Town, Pain Killer

80 71 67 twenty one pilots, Vessel

81 RE 13 Muse, Drones

82 65 65 Maroon 5, V

83 149 10 Lana Del Rey, Honeymoon

84 70 111 Drake, Nothing Was The Same

85 62 143 Drake, Take Care

86 RE 39 Andy Grammer, Magazines Or Novels

87 77 50 Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint

88 RE 41 Soundtrack, Fifty Shades Of Grey

89 RE 43 Nick Jonas, Nick Jonas

90 56 03 Old Dominion, Meat And Candy

91 142 50 Céline Dion, These Are Special Times

92 RE 03 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Disney Princess

93 68 22 X Ambassadors, VHS

94 181 14 Lil Dicky, Professional Rapper

95 94 94 Eric Church, The Outsiders

96 36 52 WALK THE MOON, TALKING IS HARD

97 87 37 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly

98 80 59 Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes

99 190 16 Pentatonix, PTXmas (EP)

100 97 09 Don Henley, Cass County

101 96 27 A$AP Rocky, At.Long.Last.A$AP

102 79 04 Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, If I Can Dream

103 50 08 Janet, Unbreakable

104 93 72 Casting Crowns, Thrive

105 NE 01 Tracy Chapman, Greatest Hits

106 99 15 Melanie Martinez, Cry Baby

107 RE 25 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, Cheek To Cheek

108 85 09 Various Artists, WOW Hits 2016

109 154 02 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Country Christmas

110 91 72 G-Eazy, These Things Happen

111 136 02 Mannheim Steamroller, Live

112 143 120 Luke Bryan, Crash My Party

113 117 10 Shinedown, Threat To Survival

114 88 113 Fleetwood Mac, Greatest Hits

115 64 36 James Bay, Chaos And The Calm

116 107 04 The Chainsmokers, Bouquet (EP)

117 86 26 Major Lazer, Peace Is The Mission

118 127 34 Flo Rida, My House (EP)

119 126 30 Mumford & Sons, Wilder Mind

120 104 51 Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits: Decade #1

121 122 60 Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt

122 78 03 Sara Bareilles, What's Inside: Songs From Waitress

123 63 07 The Game, The Documentary 2

124 RE 55 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Lost Christmas Eve

125 170 21 Frank Sinatra, Christmas Songs By Sinatra

126 103 243 Eminem, The Eminem Show

127 132 17 Soundtrack, Descendants

128 RE 43 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Christmas Eve And Other Stories

129 124 41 Imagine Dragons, Smoke + Mirrors

130 NE 01 Grateful Dead, The Best Of Fare Thee Well Chicago-IL, Soldier Field, July 3rd-4th-5th-2015

131 73 54 Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2)

132 110 161 Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city

133 RE 14 Third Day, Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship

134 NE 01 Roger Waters, Roger Waters The Wall (Soundtrack)

135 105 09 George Strait, Cold Beer Conversation

136 NE 01 Calibre 50, Historias De La Calle

137 NE 01 We The Kings, Strange Love

138 145 14 Disturbed, Immortalized

139 84 04 Chris Janson, Buy Me A Boat

140 RE 72 Elton John, Rocket Man: Number Ones

141 123 200 Lana Del Rey, Born To Die

142 112 91 The Weeknd, Trilogy

143 RE 08 Bing Crosby, Christmas Classics

144 NE 01 Kalin And Myles, Kalin And Myles

145 98 22 Meek Mill, Dreams Worth More Than Money

146 RE 28 Soundtrack, Pitch Perfect 2

147 RE 06 Various Artists, Top 25 Praise Songs: 2016 Edition

148 113 10 Mac Miller, GO:OD AM

149 133 169 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions

150 165 122 2Pac, Greatest Hits

151 138 172 Ed Sheeran, +

152 130 16 Various Artists, NOW 55

153 144 392 Bob Marley And The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers

154 134 269 Eminem, Curtain Call: The Hits

155 RE 11 Jeremy Camp, I Will Follow

156 120 70 Sia, 1000 Forms Of Fear

157 RE 34 Martina McBride, White Christmas

158 RE 48 MercyMe, Welcome To The New

159 129 29 Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be

160 166 05 Soundtrack, The Peanuts Movie

161 114 04 Def Leppard, Def Leppard

162 RE 22 Frank Sinatra, Ultimate Sinatra

163 161 137 Taylor Swift, Red

164 76 09 Disclosure, Caracal

165 155 384 Journey, Journey's Greatest Hits

166 162 105 Soundtrack, Frozen

167 186 123 Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill

168 92 27 Chris Tomlin, Love Ran Red

169 177 254 Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans

170 RE 68 Soundtrack, Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1

171 179 111 Metallica, Master Of Puppets

172 RE 13 Johnny Mathis, Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration

173 173 66 Ariana Grande, My Everything

174 182 17 Bing Crosby, The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection

175 NE 01 Blue October, Things We Do At Night (Live From Texas)

176 RE 32 Soundtrack, Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1

177 164 11 Bring Me The Horizon, That's The Spirit

178 RE 25 Justin Bieber, Under The Mistletoe

179 146 16 tobyMac, This Is Not A Test

180 RE 38 Casting Crowns, Peace On Earth

181 169 32 Kids Choir, 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing

182 172 61 Tove Lo, Queen Of The Clouds

183 152 156 Florida Georgia Line, Here's To The Good Times

184 115 19 Logic, Under Pressure

185 178 23 Breaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn

186 RE 29 Blake Shelton, Cheers, It's Christmas

187 NE 01 Yellow Claw, Blood For Mercy

188 53 02 Casting Crowns, A Live Worship Experience

189 141 54 One Direction, Four

190 131 07 R. City, What Dreams Are Made Of

191 180 07 Daya, Daya (EP)

192 RE 21 Leon Bridges, Coming Home

193 159 80 Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am

194 RE 19 Elvis Presley, The Classic Christmas Album

195 195 109 Metallica, ...And Justice For All

196 RE 02 Matthew West, Live Forever

197 RE 48 Andrea Bocelli, My Christmas

198 RE 17 Burl Ives, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

199 140 18 Queen, Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection

200 163 68 Trey Songz, Trigga

Adele's '25' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart, '21' Returns to Top 10

11/29/2015 by Keith Caulfield

 

As earlier reported, Adele’s 25 album makes a truly historic debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The set -- released on Nov. 20 through XL/Columbia Records -- earned 3.48 million equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 26, according to Nielsen Music. Of that figure, 3.38 million were in pure album sales ­-- the single largest sales week for an album since Nielsen began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991.

 

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 Dec. 12-dated chart (where Adele is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Dec. 1.

 

It almost goes without saying that 25’s equivalent album unit figure of 3.48 million is also the largest registered since the chart began tracking weekly popularity based on overall units in December of 2014. (A week ago, Justin Bieber set the former record of 649,000 units, when his Purpose album debuted at No. 1.)

 

25’s overall equivalent unit figure is comprised mostly of pure album sales, along with 96,000 in track equivalent album units, and another 8,000 in streaming equivalent album units. (All of 25’s streaming units come from streams of the single “Hello,” as it is the only song from the album available on streaming services.)

 

25 is Adele’s second No. 1 album, and follows the chart-topping 21, which returns to the top 10 for the first time in nearly two-and-a-half years, and to its highest rank in over three. It climbs 25-9 with 46,000 units (up 125 percent) and 34,000 in pure album sales (up 163 percent). 21 was last in the top 10 on the March 16, 2013-dated list, when it ranked at No. 10. It last ranked at No. 9 on the Nov. 3, 2012 chart.

 

21 has now spent 82 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10. It was recently named the No. 1 all-time album on the Billboard 200 chart.

 

21 previously spent 24 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the chart -- the most weeks atop the list for an album by a woman in history. 21 is also the tenth-largest selling album of the Nielsen era, with 11.2 million sold.

 

It’s been more than a year since an artist last had two concurrent top 10 albums, when Prince debuted two titles in the region on the Oct. 18, 2014-dated list (Art Official Age at No. 5 and Plectrumelectrum at No. 8). Before that, Led Zeppelin did it (with three albums) on June 21, 2014 when reissues of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin III reentered the list at Nos. 7, 9 and 10, respectively.

 

If we exclude instances where an act debuted two new albums or returned to the chart with newly reissued product, then we have to scroll back to March 17, 2012, when both Adele and Whitney Houston (in the wake of her death) each had multiple titles in the top 10. That week, Adele was Nos. 1 and 7 with 21 and 19, while Houston was Nos. 2, 5 and 10 with Whitney: The Greatest Hits, The Bodyguard soundtrack and her self-titled album.

 

The Adele party continues at No. 20 on the latest Billboard 200, where her first album, 19, rises 35 spots with 27,000 units (up 208 percent) and 20,000 in pure album sales (up 252 percent).

 

The last act to earn three simultaneous top 20-charting sets was Led Zeppelin on the Aug. 22-dated list, when its reissues of In Through the Out Door, Coda and Presence reentered the list at Nos. 9, 12 and 13, respectively. Barring reissue scenarios, the last act to tally three concurrent top 20 albums was Zac Brown Band on July 28, 2012. That week, the group’s Uncaged debuted at No. 1, while You Get What You Give rose 51-16 and The Foundation climbed 73-19.

 

Back on this week’s Billboard 200, Justin Bieber’s Purpose slips from No. 1 to No. 2 in its second week with 290,000 units (down 55 percent). It sold 184,000 in traditional album sales (down 65 percent).

 

One Direction’s Made In the A.M. falls from No. 2 to No. 3 with 108,000 units (down 76 percent) and 77,000 in album sales (down 81 percent).

 

Rapper Jadakiss tallies the second-highest debut of the week, as his Top 5 Dead Or Alive -- his first studio album in more that six years -- enters at No. 4 with 66,000 units (with 60,000 of that in pure album sales). It’s his fourth top 10 album, following The Last Kiss (No. 3 in 2009), Kiss of Death (No. 1 in 2004) and Kiss Tha Game Goodbye (No. 5 in 2001).

 

The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness climbs 8-5 with 65,000 units (up 48 percent), Pentatonix’s That’s Christmas To Me jumps 13-6 with 61,000 units (up 93 percent) and Chris Stapleton’s Traveller descends 6-7 with 58,000 units (though it is up 9 percent).

 

Enya returns to the top 10 for the first time in seven years as her new album Dark Sky Island debuts at No. 8 (48,000 units; 46,000 in pure album sales). The set is her first collection of new recordings since the holiday effort And Winter Came… debuted and peaked at No. 8 on the Nov. 29, 2008-dated list. Before that, she visited the top 10 with Amarantine (No. 6 in 2005), A Day Without Rain (No. 2 in 2001) and The Memory of Trees (No. 9 in 1996).

 

Rounding out the top 10 is Fetty Wap’s self-titled album, which climbs 11-10 with 38,000 units (up 15 percent).

Great to see '21' back in the top 10 - interesting to read in the article some of the stats its run is continuing to set. To think '25' debuted with nearly 10 times its first week sales is just mind-blowing!

 

I'm not sure if this is 1D's best second week but I'd imagine they've surpassed 100K in week 2 before.

Just looked this up and it's actually their second worst, with 'Four''s second week even outselling it:

 

'TMH': 540k, 176k

'Four': 387k, 125k (105k pure sales)

'MM': 547k, 117k

'MITAM': 459k, 108k (77k pure sales)

'UAN': 176k, 55k

 

I'd imagine the steeper decline for this album (compared to 'Four') points particularly to its debut sales being inflated through the competition with Bieber. Definitely seems like that strategy paid off.

 

 

Adele set to top 1 million US sales this week.

From hits daily double.

79%

Adele (XL/Columbia) 1m+ albums, 1.03m-1.05m SPS [25]