Posted December 23, 20159 yr Adele's 25 passes 6 million in sales this week and climbs to #2 on the decade-to-date list. Justin Bieber's Purpose reaches 1 million in sales, becoming his fastest million-seller in just five weeks. 01 01 04 Adele, 25 (825,000 (790,000 | 35,000 SEA/TEA)) 02 03 05 Justin Bieber, Purpose (166,000) 03 04 20 Pentatonix, That's Christmas To Me (141,000) 04 08 05 One Direction, Made In The A.M. (67,000) 05 10 16 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness (63,000) 06 09 14 Chris Stapleton, Traveller (62,000) 07 02 02 Coldplay, A Head Full Of Dreams (61,000) 08 11 45 Michael Bublé, Christmas (50,000) 09 12 60 Taylor Swift, 1989 (49,000) 10 14 252 Adele, 21 (49,000 (40,000 | 9,000 SEA/TEA)) 11 NE 01 Jordan Smith, The Voice: The Complete Season 9 Collection 48,000 (8,000 | 40,000 SEA/TEA) 12 NE 01 Cam, Untamed 13 15 31 twenty one pilots, Blurryface 14 NE 01 August Alsina, This Thing Called Life 15 16 09 Pentatonix, Pentatonix 16 NE 01 R. Kelly, The Buffet 17 13 10 Selena Gomez, Revival 18 05 02 G-Eazy, When It's Dark Out 19 24 60 Sam Hunt, Montevallo 20 18 07 Various Artists, NOW 56 21 20 08 Carrie Underwood, Storyteller 22 23 19 Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights 23 17 12 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 24 21 49 Meghan Trainor, Title 25 22 12 Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L 26 40 34 Josh Groban, Stages 27 27 12 Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up 28 26 78 Ed Sheeran, x 29 33 08 Blake Shelton, Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits 30 19 08 Chris Tomlin, Adore: Christmas Songs Of Worship 31 28 36 Shawn Mendes, Handwritten 32 37 09 Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 30 33 06 02 Rick Ross, Black Market 34 46 66 Josh Groban, Noel 35 64 25 Frank Sinatra, Ultimate Sinatra 36 48 196 Adele, 19 21,000 (18,000 | 3,000 SEA/TEA) 37 41 07 Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood 38 25 13 Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive 39 44 49 Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) 40 35 08 Andrea Bocelli, Cinema 41 60 12 Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical 42 43 57 Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas 43 NE 01 Emily Ann Roberts, The Voice: The Complete Season 9 Collection 44 07 02 Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood 45 45 06 Ellie Goulding, Delirium 46 34 04 Enya, Dark Sky Island 47 49 79 Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour 48 50 16 Halsey, Badlands 49 51 22 Future, DS2 50 38 06 MercyMe, MercyMe, It's Christmas! 51 68 28 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, Cheek To Cheek 52 55 54 J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive 53 56 45 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late 54 57 51 Elvis Presley, It's Christmas Time 55 32 04 Soundtrack, Empire: Original Soundtrack, Season 2, Volume 1 56 52 34 Elle King, Love Stuff 57 67 08 5 Seconds Of Summer, Sounds Good Feels Good 58 70 203 The Beatles, 1 59 53 19 Pentatonix, PTXmas (EP) 60 54 05 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Letters From The Labyrinth 61 65 12 Various Artists, WOW Hits 2016 62 63 09 Demi Lovato, Confident 63 58 05 Alessia Cara, Know-It-All 64 81 70 twenty one pilots, Vessel 65 92 04 Frank Sinatra, Icon Christmas: Frank Sinatra 66 76 05 Mannheim Steamroller, Live 67 79 48 Fall Out Boy, American Beauty / American Psycho 68 66 17 Disturbed, Immortalized 69 172 05 Casting Crowns, A Live Worship Experience 70 82 63 Hozier, Hozier 71 59 40 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly 72 61 05 Logic, The Incredible True Story 73 69 05 Chris Young, I'm Comin' Over 74 101 16 Muse, Drones 75 77 53 Céline Dion, These Are Special Times 76 74 19 The Piano Guys, A Family Christmas 77 86 15 Travi$ Scott, Rodeo 78 83 42 Various Artists, Disney Karaoke Series: Frozen (EP) 79 39 02 Babyface, Return Of The Tender Lover 80 75 05 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Country Christmas 81 85 21 Kelly Clarkson, Wrapped In Red 82 93 27 Bing Crosby, White Christmas 83 102 17 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 84 RE 09 Ryan Adams, 1989 85 31 02 Bruce Springsteen, Ties That Bind: The River Collection 86 73 23 Leon Bridges, Coming Home 87 100 15 Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six 88 87 58 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Lost Christmas Eve 89 111 34 Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde 90 80 30 Chris Tomlin, Love Ran Red 91 90 46 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Christmas Eve And Other Stories 92 42 02 Jeremih, Late Nights: The Album 93 98 35 Carpenters, Christmas Portrait 94 143 19 tobyMac, This Is Not A Test 95 94 05 Kirk Franklin, Losing My Religion 96 RE 03 Grimes, Art Angels 97 99 28 Justin Bieber, Under The Mistletoe 98 118 18 Melanie Martinez, Cry Baby 99 72 24 Frank Sinatra, Christmas Songs By Sinatra 100 116 29 Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color 101 114 68 Maroon 5, V 102 123 116 Fleetwood Mac, Greatest Hits 103 106 61 Little Big Town, Pain Killer 104 127 07 Various Artists, We Love Disney 105 105 40 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Christmas Attic 106 NE 01 Jeffery Austin, The Voice: The Complete Season 9 Collection 107 137 12 Don Henley, Cass County 108 108 32 Blake Shelton, Cheers, It's Christmas 109 117 22 Elvis Presley, The Classic Christmas Album 110 126 03 Elvis Presley, Elvis: Ultimate Christmas 111 109 20 Soundtrack, Descendants 112 120 07 The Chainsmokers, Bouquet (EP) 113 135 71 Soundtrack, Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 114 NE 01 Juan Gabriel, Los Duo 2 115 104 51 Andrea Bocelli, My Christmas 116 130 14 Idina Menzel, Holiday Wishes 117 78 75 G-Eazy, These Things Happen 118 115 43 Big Sean, Dark Sky Paradise 119 157 33 Mumford & Sons, Wilder Mind 120 165 12 George Strait, Cold Beer Conversation 121 112 16 Johnny Mathis, Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration 122 132 22 Nat King Cole, The Christmas Song 123 142 62 Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes 124 150 13 Lana Del Rey, Honeymoon 125 121 146 Drake, Take Care 126 163 32 Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be 127 140 06 Tim McGraw, Damn Country Music 128 91 12 Darius Rucker, Home For The Holidays 129 129 30 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton, Once Upon A Christmas 130 128 37 Flo Rida, My House (EP) 131 125 20 Burl Ives, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 132 148 42 Andy Grammer, Magazines Or Novels 133 154 19 Various Artists, NOW 55 134 131 53 Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint 135 138 34 Soundtrack, Elf 136 160 97 Eric Church, The Outsiders 137 NE 01 Barrett Baber, The Voice: The Complete Season 9 Collection 138 147 203 Lana Del Rey, Born To Die 139 97 50 Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife 140 133 114 Drake, Nothing Was The Same 141 168 395 Bob Marley And The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers 142 190 387 Journey, Journey's Greatest Hits 143 113 15 The Temptations, The Best Of The Temptations Christmas 144 166 13 Shinedown, Threat To Survival 145 141 15 Francesca Battistelli, Christmas 146 182 94 The Weeknd, Trilogy 147 RE 180 The Beatles, Abbey Road 148 103 164 Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city 149 164 63 Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt 150 107 03 india.arie & Joe Sample, Christmas With Friends 151 110 37 Martina McBride, White Christmas 152 RE 357 Metallica, Metallica 153 29 02 Various Artists, Revenge Of The Dreamers II 154 149 15 Andy Williams, Personal Christmas Collection 155 NE 01 Soundtrack, The Wiz Live!: Original Soundtrack Of The NBC Television Event 156 89 05 Jeezy, Church In These Streets 157 179 17 Kidz Bop Kids, Kidz Bop 29 158 183 123 Luke Bryan, Crash My Party 159 119 05 Ty Dolla $ign, Free TC 160 155 44 Imagine Dragons, Smoke + Mirrors 161 153 20 'N Sync, Home For Christmas 162 156 25 X Ambassadors, VHS 163 144 07 Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, If I Can Dream 164 134 27 Lady Antebellum, On This Winter's Night 165 169 20 Queen, Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection 166 171 25 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) (EP) 167 152 140 Amy Winehouse, Back To Black 168 84 04 Jadakiss, Top 5 Dead Or Alive 169 159 04 Rush, R40 Live 170 62 13 Mac Miller, GO:OD AM 171 167 54 Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits: Decade #1 172 191 920 Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon 173 175 06 Home Free, Full Of Cheer 174 139 35 Kids Choir, 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing 175 189 114 Metallica, Master Of Puppets 176 181 172 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions 177 146 18 Various Artists, NOW Christmas 178 RE 02 DNCE, Swaay (EP) 179 177 246 Eminem, The Eminem Show 180 173 39 James Bay, Chaos And The Calm 181 185 06 Old Dominion, Meat And Candy 182 162 29 Major Lazer, Peace Is The Mission 183 136 41 Casting Crowns, Peace On Earth 184 88 03 LeAnn Rimes, Today Is Christmas 185 NE 01 Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, It's A Holiday Soul Party 186 193 06 Sara Bareilles, What's Inside: Songs From Waitress 187 158 15 Michael W. Smith, Michael W. Smith & Friends: The Spirit Of Christmas 188 RE 56 One Direction, Four 189 124 30 A$AP Rocky, At.Long.Last.A$AP 190 151 16 Elvis Presley, Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis 191 RE 55 Zac Brown Band, Greatest Hits So Far... 192 RE 12 James Taylor, Before This World 193 RE 10 Janet, Unbreakable 194 RE 15 Third Day, Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship 195 RE 05 Various Artists, NOW That's What I Call Disney Princess 196 200 30 Straight No Chaser, Holiday Spirits 197 174 20 Bing Crosby, The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection 198 RE 141 Michael Jackson, Bad 199 RE 09 Mannheim Steamroller, 30/40 200 RE 81 Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am
December 23, 20159 yr Author Adele's '25' Biggest Selling Album Released Since 2011, Spends Fourth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 12/20/2015 by Keith Caulfield ‘25’ has sold more copies in the U.S. than any album released since Adele's own ‘21,’ which bowed in 2011. As expected, Adele’s 25 holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a fourth week -- and by a large margin. The set earned 825,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 17 (up 13 percent), according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 790,000 were in pure album sales (up 14 percent). 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 Jan. 2, 2016-dated chart (where Adele is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Dec. 22. In 25’s first four weeks of release, it sold 5.98 million copies. With its most recent sales week, 25 has surpassed the sales of Taylor Swift’s 1989 (5.57 million) to become the biggest selling album released in the U.S. since Adele’s last album, 21, which was issued in 2011. It has sold 11.37 million. 25 is also now the largest selling album of any calendar year since 2004, when Usher’s Confessions sold 7.98 million. Further, 25 is the only album to sell in excess of 695,000 copies in four different weeks (or three, for that matter) since Nielsen Music began tracking point-of-sale purchases in 1991. The album bowed with 3.38 million sold in its first week, then sold 1.11 million in its second frame, and then 695,000 in week three. There are still two more tracking weeks left in the 2015 calendar year -- the weeks ending Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. As the Dec. 24 week closes on the day before Christmas -- thus capturing a full seven days of last-minute holiday shopping -- 25’s sales are sure to surge. 25 could even capture another million-selling week. In other Adele news, 21 returns to the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200, climbing 14-10 with 49,000 units (up 42 percent) and 40,000 in pure album sales (up 46 percent). Her first album, 19, is also in the top 40, as it rises 48-36 with 21,000 units (up 29 percent) and 18,000 in pure sales (up 36 percent). Adele’s cumulative album sales -- for her three studio efforts and two digital-only live sets for iTunes -- jump past 20 million: to 20.28 million. As for artists not named Adele in the top 10… Justin Bieber’s Purpose ascends a spot to No. 2 (166,000 units; up 10 percent), while Pentatonix’s That’s Christmas to Me is up 4-3 (141,000 units; up 1 percent). One Direction’s Made in the A.M. vaults 8-4 (67,000 units; up 11 percent), The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness steps 10-5 (63,000 units; up 29 percent) and Chris Stapleton’s Traveller moves 9-6 (62,000 units; up 22 percent). Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams falls 2-7 in its second week (61,000 units; down 71 percent) while both Michael Buble’s Christmas (11-8 with 50,000 units; up 5 percent) and Taylor Swift’s 1989 (12-9 with 49,000 units; up 28 percent) return to the top 10. Just outside the top 10, The Voice winner Jordan Smith arrives at No. 11 with The Complete Season 9 Collection (48,000 units; 8,000 in pure album sales). The set had the highest track equivalent unit total of an album on the chart this week: 40,000 units, owed to the strong sales of the tracks on the album. It’s no surprise then to see that Smith dominates the top of the Digital Songs chart, with four titles in the top 20, including the No. 1: “Mary, Did You Know” (a debut with 161,000 downloads). Justin Bieber's 'Purpose' Becomes His Fifth Million-Selling Album in U.S. 12/21/2015 by Keith Caulfield Justin Bieber has earned his fifth million-selling album in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. The pop star's latest album, Purpose, has now surpassed 1 million total copies sold. The set sold another 100,000 copies in the latest tracking week, bringing its total sum in pure album sales to 1.01 million. Bieber's other million sellers are: Believe (released in 2012, 1.61 million), Under the Mistletoe (2011, 1.51 million), My World 2.0 (2010, 3.33 million) and My World (2009, 2.08 million). Purpose is just the third album released in 2015 to sell one million copies. It joins Adele's 25 (5.98 million) and Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late (1.12 million). Additionally, Purpose only took five weeks to reach a million sold -- the quickest trip to a million for Bieber thus far. His previous quickest rise to a million sold with an album was with Under the Mistletoe, which took seven weeks to reach the mark. Purpose debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Dec. 5, giving Bieber his sixth chart-topping album. It bowed with 649,000 equivalent album units and 522,000 in pure album sales.
December 23, 20159 yr Adele's heading for another 1M+ week :') Adele's '25' Set for Historic Third Million-Selling Week in U.S. Adele’s 25 is set for a historic third million-selling week in the U.S., according to industry forecasters. Those in the know suggest that her red-hot 25 could sell slightly more than a million copies in pure album sales in the week ending Dec. 24 -- its fifth week on sale. That would give the title its third frame of million-plus sales, following its debut week (3.38 million, according to Nielsen Music) and second stanza (1.11 million). 25 is the first album to earn multiple million-plus sales weeks since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991. As earlier reported, through its fourth week on sale, 25 sold 5.98 million copies, making it the biggest-selling album released in the U.S. since Adele’s last album, 21, which bowed in 2011. The latter title has sold 11.37 million. 25’s sales total for the week ending Dec. 24 is scheduled to be announced on Sunday, Dec. 27, after Nielsen has completed processing its sales data for the week. so that's 7M for the year on lock, and we still have one more full tracking week to go so it could be approaching 8M for the calendar year when all is said and done. Edited December 23, 20159 yr by dhwe
December 24, 20159 yr So '25' has now already passed the total sales to date of '1989' - once again showing how different a league Adele is in compared to every single other artist, considering Taylor herself is pretty much in a league of her own compared to all non-Adele artists!
December 24, 20159 yr Author So '25' has now already passed the total sales to date of '1989' - once again showing how different a league Adele is in compared to every single other artist, considering Taylor herself is pretty much in a league of her own compared to all non-Adele artists!That comparison is especially apt now as 'Fearless', still Taylor's best-selling album here, has just this week passed 7 million copies sold. That album's been out for 7 years whereas '25' will have that many sales in just five weeks! ------------------------------ Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Taylor Swift's 'Fearless' Surpasses 7 Million Sold in U.S. 12/23/2015 by Keith Caulfield On the most recent Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Jan. 2, 2016; but reflecting data for the week ending Dec. 17, 2015), Adele’s 25 held firm at No. 1 while the top debut on the list was The Voice winner Jordan Smith at No. 11. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular albums based on their overall consumption. That overall unit figure combines pure album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Let’s take a closer look at some of the action on the chart: — Pentatonix, That’s Christmas To Me - No. 3 — The album sold another 127,000 copies in the week ending Dec. 17 (up 1 percent), bringing its cumulative total to over 1.5 million – 1.62 million to be more precise. The 2014 release (which was reissued in 2015 with bonus tracks) has sold more than the combined total of the group’s six other albums and EPs (1.34 million). — Taylor Swift, 1989 – No. 9 — The former No. 1 album -- now in its 60th week on the chart -- returns to the top 10 (rising 12-9) to snag a 55th nonconsecutive week in the region. The album lingered in the top 10 for its first 53 chart weeks. Since the Billboard 200 combined its mono and stereo albums charts in 1963 into one all-encompassing weekly albums chart, Swift is the only act to have earned more than one album with more than 50 weeks in the top 10, with both 1989 and Fearless (58 weeks in the top 10). The record for the most weeks in the top 10 during that span of time is held by The Sound of Music film soundtrack, with 109 weeks. In other Swift news, her Fearless album surpasses 7 million in total U.S. sales, as it moved another 3,000 copies in the week ending Dec. 17 to bring its total to 7,001,000. The album, released in 2008, continues to rule as Swift’s biggest-selling effort. — Ryan Adams, 1989 – No. 84 — Ryan Adams’ interpretation of Taylor Swift’s 1989 returns to the list, reentering at No. 84, thanks to the vinyl LP release of his album. It debuts at No. 2 on the Vinyl Albums chart with 7,000 copies sold, which helps the album’s overall rank on the Billboard 200 (10,000 units; up 236 percent, and nearly 10,000 in pure album sales; up 296 percent). — Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface - No. 13 — The album’s total sales rise past a half-million, as it sold another 29,000 in the week ending Dec. 17. The set’s cumulative sum now stands at 505,000 and is their first half-million seller. (Their previous album, Vessel, has moved 375,000 copies.) — Soundtrack, The Wiz Live! - No. 155 — The companion album to NBC live staging of the musical arrives with 7,000 units and 6,000 in pure album sales. The Wiz was the network’s third yearly live musical staging following The Sound of Music Live! in 2013 and Peter Pan Live! in 2014. While The Sound of Music Live! soundtrack reached No. 17 on the Billboard in 2013 (and has sold 121,000 copies to date), the Peter Pan Live! album missed all of Billboard’s charts (and has moved just 3,000).
