Posted April 28, 20169 yr I have no idea who Sturgill Simpson is but he was set to have a #1 album up until the final 12 hours of the chart week, when Prince passed away. The Very Best of Prince originally peaked at #66 when it debuted in 2001. It's now his fifth #1 album, and his first one since 2006. Purple Rain logs its 100th week on the chart, having originally been #1 for twenty-four consecutive weeks! Adele can't even stay top ten for that many weeks, as the Prince albums push 25 out of the top 10 for the first time, a lot sooner than I would have expected! A total of 8 Prince albums have re-entered, and interestingly four Michael Jackson albums have as well. I don't think that's a coincidence. The Lumineers drop from #1 to #9; Deftones drop from #2 to #40. Look at Snakehips' "All My Friends" just sneaking into the top 200, some redemption for the song not charting on the Hot 100 :cheer: 01 RE 40 Prince, The Very Best Of Prince (179,000 (100,000 | 79,000 SEA/TEA)) 02 RE 100 Prince And The Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack) (69,000 (63,000 | 6,000 SEA/TEA)) 03 NE 01 Sturgill Simpson, Sailor's Guide To Earth (55,000 (52,000 | 3,000 SEA/TEA)) 04 05 13 Rihanna, ANTI (48,000) 05 NE 01 Santana, Santana IV (42,000 (40,000 | 2,000 SEA/TEA)) 06 RE 13 Prince, The Hits/The B-Sides (41,000 (24,000 | 17,000 SEA/TEA)) 07 03 32 Chris Stapleton, Traveller (37,000) 08 04 03 Kanye West, The Life Of Pablo (37,000) 09 01 02 The Lumineers, Cleopatra (36,000) 10 06 23 Justin Bieber, Purpose (36,000) 11 07 49 twenty one pilots, Blurryface 12 09 22 Adele, 25 13 11 12 Kevin Gates, Islah 14 10 03 Lukas Graham, Lukas Graham 15 08 04 Zayn, Mind Of Mine 16 15 30 Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical 17 13 20 G-Eazy, When It's Dark Out 18 12 30 Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L 19 22 30 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 20 14 34 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness 21 25 11 Future, EVOL 22 NE 01 Royce Da 5'9", Layers 23 NE 01 Ace Frehley, Origins, Vol. 1 24 23 35 Disturbed, Immortalized 25 24 30 Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up 26 17 14 Panic! At The Disco, Death Of A Bachelor 27 NE 01 Musiq Soulchild, Life On Earth 28 40 57 James Bay, Chaos And The Calm 29 21 31 Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive 30 28 34 Halsey, Badlands 31 RE 154 Prince, 1999 32 162 84 The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death 33 20 78 Taylor Swift, 1989 34 27 78 Sam Hunt, Montevallo 35 35 12 Sia, This Is Acting 36 30 40 Future, DS2 37 29 55 Flo Rida, My House (EP) 38 16 10 Joey + Rory, Hymns 39 32 13 Mike Posner, The Truth (EP) 40 02 02 Deftones, Gore 41 34 72 J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive 42 38 63 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late 43 36 36 Melanie Martinez, Cry Baby 44 37 37 Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights 45 43 20 Jeremih, Late Nights: The Album 46 39 05 Jordan Smith, Something Beautiful 47 41 28 Selena Gomez, Revival 48 RE 51 Metallica, Ride The Lightning 49 44 88 twenty one pilots, Vessel 50 94 413 Bob Marley And The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers 51 48 11 Various Artists, NOW 57 52 49 67 Meghan Trainor, Title 53 47 20 Tim McGraw, Damn Country Music 54 59 09 Yo Gotti, The Art Of Hustle 55 33 03 TWENTY88, TWENTY88 56 54 23 Alessia Cara, Know-It-All 57 42 12 Charlie Puth, Nine Track Mind 58 52 20 Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood 59 31 26 Carrie Underwood, Storyteller 60 46 19 DNCE, Swaay (EP) 61 RE 07 Prince, Ultimate 62 53 05 Gwen Stefani, This Is What The Truth Feels Like 63 NE 01 PJ Harvey, The Hope Six Demolition Project 64 57 96 Ed Sheeran, x 65 45 07 Kendrick Lamar, untitled unmastered. 66 NE 01 Metallica, Kill 'Em All 67 58 270 Adele, 21 68 72 26 Blake Shelton, Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits 69 67 164 Drake, Take Care 70 55 349 Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits 71 64 07 2 Chainz, ColleGrove 72 60 18 Chris Brown, Royalty 73 56 50 Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be 74 74 04 K. Michelle, More Issues Than Vogue 75 73 93 G-Eazy, These Things Happen 76 177 11 Wiz Khalifa, Khalifa 77 NE 01 J Dilla, The Diary 78 62 20 Coldplay, A Head Full Of Dreams 79 66 25 Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood 80 61 04 Young Thug, Slime Season 3 81 68 23 Chris Young, I'm Comin' Over 82 65 54 Shawn Mendes, Handwritten 83 69 23 One Direction, Made In The A.M. 84 80 375 Metallica, Metallica 85 81 24 Old Dominion, Meat And Candy 86 78 132 Drake, Nothing Was The Same 87 71 52 Elle King, Love Stuff 88 84 07 Ruth B, The Intro (EP) 89 75 97 Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour 90 91 34 Queen, Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection 91 85 46 Major Lazer, Peace Is The Mission 92 88 25 The Chainsmokers, Bouquet (EP) 93 NE 01 Graham Nash, This Path Tonight 94 93 119 Beyoncé, Beyoncé 95 RE 55 Prince, Sign 'O' The Times 96 87 58 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly 97 98 80 Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes 98 96 182 Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city 99 99 08 Various Artists, OWSLA World Wide Broadcast 100 RE 07 Bonnie Raitt, Dig In Deep 101 95 22 Ty Dolla $ign, Free TC 102 102 81 Hozier, Hozier 103 160 164 Eagles, The Very Best Of The Eagles 104 106 71 Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint 105 86 139 2Pac, Greatest Hits 106 108 221 The Beatles, 1 107 63 72 Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits: Decade #1 108 107 24 Ellie Goulding, Delirium 109 NE 01 Otep, Generation Doom 110 120 08 The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It 111 97 264 Eminem, The Eminem Show 112 131 23 Logic, The Incredible True Story 113 51 03 Weezer, Weezer (White Album) 114 129 24 Daya, Daya (EP) 115 128 68 Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife 116 121 38 David Bowie, Best Of Bowie 117 110 405 Journey, Journey's Greatest Hits 118 116 61 Big Sean, Dark Sky Paradise 119 122 286 Eminem, Curtain Call: The Hits 120 112 89 Sia, 1000 Forms Of Fear 121 103 43 X Ambassadors, VHS 122 NE 01 They Might Be Giants, Phone Power 123 117 66 Fall Out Boy, American Beauty / American Psycho 124 111 190 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions 125 123 71 Zac Brown Band, Greatest Hits So Far... 126 136 173 Florida Georgia Line, Here's To The Good Times 127 114 45 Mumford & Sons, Wilder Mind 128 113 16 Rachel Platten, Wildfire 129 125 27 Demi Lovato, Confident 130 NE 01 Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zero, PersonA 131 100 04 Anthony Hamilton, What I'm Feelin' 132 126 35 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 133 132 86 Maroon 5, V 134 135 141 Luke Bryan, Crash My Party 135 153 52 Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde 136 138 221 Lana Del Rey, Born To Die 137 92 113 The Lumineers, The Lumineers 138 83 40 Kelsea Ballerini, The First Time 139 124 318 Nirvana, Nevermind 140 148 47 A$AP Rocky, AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP 141 142 112 The Weeknd, Trilogy 142 141 33 Travi$ Scott, Rodeo 143 140 13 Maren Morris, Maren Morris (EP) 144 79 34 Kelly Clarkson, Piece By Piece 145 171 33 Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six 146 156 99 Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am 147 RE 04 Prince, HITnRUN: Phase One 148 143 60 Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 149 173 68 Panic! At The Disco, Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! 150 NE 01 Todd Dulaney, A Worshippers Heart 151 26 02 M83., Junk 152 RE 262 Michael Jackson, Thriller 153 163 125 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 154 127 27 Brett Eldredge, Illinois 155 154 46 Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color 156 76 65 Kelly Clarkson, Greatest Hits: Chapter One 157 155 63 Billy Joel, The Essential Billy Joel 158 150 35 Tori Kelly, Unbreakable Smile 159 RE 129 Metallica, Master Of Puppets 160 RE 29 Prince, Prince 161 168 61 J. Cole, Born Sinner 162 183 69 A$AP Rocky, Long.Live.A$AP 163 119 04 Joe Bonamassa, Blues Of Desperation 164 137 10 Soundtrack, Star Wars: The Force Awakens 165 RE 260 AC/DC, Back In Black 166 178 272 Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans 167 166 61 Imagine Dragons, Smoke + Mirrors 168 152 134 Sublime, Sublime 169 161 265 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits 170 186 80 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greatest Hits 171 157 79 Kanye West, Graduation 172 NE 01 Boosie BadAzz And C-Murder, Penitentiary Chances 173 NE 01 Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop, Love Letter For Fire 174 191 25 Logic, Under Pressure 175 170 121 Arctic Monkeys, AM 176 184 110 Elton John, Greatest Hits 1970-2002 177 133 109 Beyoncé, I Am...Sasha Fierce 178 187 229 Eminem, Recovery 179 158 73 Little Big Town, Pain Killer 180 169 147 Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre -- 2001 181 134 03 Cheap Trick, Bang Zoom Crazy...Hello 182 NE 01 Merle Haggard, 16 Biggest Hits 183 167 51 MercyMe, Welcome To The New 184 RE 33 Meek Mill, Dreams Worth More Than Money 185 192 79 Ariana Grande, My Everything 186 NE 01 WALK THE MOON, You Are Not Alone: Live At The Greek 187 RE 02 Ninja Sex Party, Under The Covers 188 RE 164 Michael Jackson, The Essential Michael Jackson 189 NE 01 Marie Osmond, Music Is Medicine 190 RE 156 Michael Jackson, Bad 191 RE 180 Michael Jackson, Off The Wall 192 195 09 BORNS, Dopamine 193 NE 01 gnash, us 194 RE 02 Kiiara, Low Kii Savage (EP) 195 RE 31 Kevin Gates, Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition 196 172 187 Ed Sheeran, + 197 181 04 Simon & Garfunkel, Playlist: The Very Best Of Simon & Garfunkel 198 RE 05 Etta James, At Last! 199 RE 97 Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1 200 NE 01 Snakehips, All My Friends (EP)
April 28, 20169 yr Author Prince Rules at No. 1 & 2 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'The Very Best Of' & 'Purple Rain' 4/24/2016 by Keith Caulfield Prince rules the Nos. 1 and 2 slots on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the greatest hits set The Very Best of Prince and the Purple Rain soundtrack, as both titles re-enter the chart in the wake of his death on April 21. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new May 7-dated chart (where The Very Best of Prince is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, April 26. The Very Best of Prince marks the Purple One’s fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, and first since 3121 debuted atop the list on April 8, 2006, spending one week at No. 1. The Very Best of Prince earned 179,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 21 (up 10,872 percent compared to the previous week). Of that sum, 100,000 were in traditional album sales (up 11,232 percent). As for Purple Rain, it shifted 69,000 units (63,000 in pure album sales; up 3,101 percent). Prince died on April 21, the final day of the latest tracking week for the new chart, meaning that fans rushed to purchase his music in the roughly half-day left in the tracking week (after the news broke around 10 a.m. PT), enough to send him to Nos. 1 and 2. We will see continued impact from the icon’s passing on the following week’s chart, dated May 14 (reflecting activity in the week ending April 28). Another Prince set hits the top 10, as his triple album The Hits/The B-Sides re-enters at No. 6 with 41,000 units (up 8,203 percent), with 24,000 of that sum in album sales (up 10,351 percent). The album originally debuted and peaked at No. 19 on Oct. 2, 1993. The three titles are also the Nos. 1, 2 and 7 selling albums of the week, as reflected on the Top Album Sales chart (which tallies the week’s best selling albums). Incredibly, in the week ending April 21, Prince’s overall catalog of albums sold 256,000 copies -- an increase of 5,298 percent compared to the previous week (5,000). As noted in Billboard's earlier story forecasting the likely No. 1 coronation of The Very Best of Prince, his albums are selling incredibly well not just because of the artist’s extraordinary popularity, but also because his music has limited availability on streaming services and YouTube. The only streaming service with access to his songs is Tidal. And, as noted in Billboard magazine’s cover story about Prince in 2013, finding classic videos or performance footage of Prince on YouTube or anywhere else on the Web is difficult. "I have a team of female black lawyers who keep an eye on such transgressions," Prince said at the time. "And you know they’re sharp," he added with a laugh. Thus, for many -- outside of listening to his music on the radio -- the primary way to experience Prince’s music is to purchase his albums and songs. Here are some fast facts about Prince on the new Billboard 200 chart: – Prince’s Fifth No. 1 Album: The Very Best of Prince is the Purple One’s fifth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and first since 3121 bowed atop the list on April 8, 2006, spending one week at No. 1. He previously led the chart with the Batman soundtrack (six weeks in 1989), Around the World in a Day (three weeks in 1985) and Purple Rain (24 weeks at No. 1 in 1984 and 1985). The Very Best of Prince previously debuted and peaked at No. 66 on the Aug. 18, 2001-dated chart. – First Act With Nos. 1 & 2 Albums in More Than 10 Years: Prince is the first act to concurrently chart the Nos. 1 and 2 albums on the Billboard 200 since Nelly’s simultaneously released Suit and Sweat albums debuted at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Oct. 2, 2004-dated chart. Before that, Guns N’ Roses also released a pair of albums at the same time, which also started at Nos. 1 and 2 the same week: Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. They launched at Nos. 2 and 1, respectively on Oct. 5, 1991, and remained in those positions, side-by-side, for a second week (Oct. 12). Prior to Guns N’ Roses, the feat last occurred on Feb. 2, 1974, when Jim Croce held down the top rungs with You Don’t Mess Around With Jim, and his posthumously released I Got a Name (No. 2). Croce died on Sept. 20, 1973, and subsequently, his You Don’t Mess Around With Jim album (powered by the posthumous Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single “Time In a Bottle”) rose to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Jan. 12, 1974, and spent five weeks at No. 1. His fifth and final studio album, I Got a Name, was released in late 1973, and climbed to its peak of No. 2 on Jan. 26, 1974. – The First Greatest Hits Album at No. 1 since 2007: The Very Best of Prince is the first greatest hits compilation to reach No. 1 in more than nine years. The last traditional hits compilation from an artist to top the tally was The Notorious B.I.G.’s Greatest Hits on March 24, 2007. Since then, the chart’s top slot has housed a couple albums which are somewhat like a hits package, but aren’t traditional best-of sets. The soundtrack to Michael Jackson’s This Is It debuted at No. 1 on Nov. 14, 2009, and included many of Jackson’s biggest singles, but operated as a soundtrack -- not an authoritative best-of. Then, in 2013, Garth Brooks’ box set Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences, hit No. 1. The six-CD package, exclusively sold through Walmart and Sam’s Club, boasted four discs of Brooks covering songs that influenced his career. The remaining two discs were his previously released The Ultimate Hits best-of, first issued as a stand-alone album in 2007. – Purple Rain’s 100th Week on the Chart: The smash soundtrack to Prince’s first film returns to the list for a 100th cumulative week. The album was last on the chart dated Nov. 8, 2014, and has appeared frequently on the chart since 2012. The album’s original chart run lasted from July 14, 1984 (where it debuted at No. 11), through Nov. 23, 1985. The set didn’t return to the list until 2012. (Note: Between May of 1991 and December of 2009, older albums -- referred to as catalog -- were mostly barred from charting on the Billboard 200. In December 2009, the chart began allowing catalog titles back onto the chart, clearing the way for Purple Rain’s return in 2012.) With 24 weeks at No. 1, Purple Rain is tied with Saturday Night Fever for the third-most weeks at No. 1 by a soundtrack. Ahead of them: only South Pacific (31 weeks at No. 1) and West Side Story (54 weeks). – 18 Top 10 Albums: With The Very Best of Prince and The Hits/The B-Sides visiting the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for the first time, Prince ups his total of top 10 albums to 18. – Eight Prince Albums Are on the Billboard 200: In addition to his trio of titles in the top 10, Prince also returns to the chart with 1999 (No. 31), another greatest hits package, Ultimate (No. 61), Sign ‘O’ the Times (No. 95), HITnRun: Phase One (No. 147) and his self-titled album (No. 160). Sturgill Simpson and Santana Debut in Top 10 on Billboard 200 Chart 4/24/2016 by Keith Caulfield As the late Prince re-enters the top 10 of the Billboard 200 albums chart with three albums -- including at Nos. 1 and 2 with The Very Best of Prince and the Purple Rain soundtrack, respectively -- both Sturgill Simpson and Santana collect new top 10 efforts with their latest releases. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new May 7-dated chart (where The Very Best of Prince is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, April 26. Following Prince’s death on April 21, his The Very Best of Prince and Purple Rain soundtrack return to the chart at Nos. 1 and 2, earning 179,000 equivalent album units (up 10,872 percent) and 69,000 units (up 2,540 percent), respectively, in the week ending April 21, according to Nielsen Music. The Very Best of Prince sold 100,000 in traditional album sales (up 11,232 percent), while Purple Rain sold 63,000 copies (up 3,101 percent). Another Prince album, the best-of collection The Hits/The B-Sides, re-enters the chart at No. 6 (a new peak) with 41,000 units (up 8,203 percent). The set sold 24,000 in pure album sales (up 10,351 percent). At No. 3 on the new Billboard 200, the highest debut of the week is from singer/songwriter Sturgill Simpson, as his new Sailor’s Guide to Earth enters with 55,000 units (52,000 in pure album sales). It’s the first top 40-charting album for the singer-songwriter, who previously went as high as No. 59 the week his last album, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, debuted (May 31, 2014). Metamodern went on to sell 195,000 copies in the U.S. and garnered a Grammy Award nomination for best Americana album. His first album, High Top Mountain, was released in 2013 and reached No. 11 on the Heatseekers Albums chart the following year (it missed the Billboard 200). Rihanna’s former No. 1, Anti, climbs one rung to No. 4 with 48,000 units (up 10 percent). Rock band Santana scores its 14th top 10 album with the bow of Santana IV at No. 5 (42,000 units; 40,000 in pure album sales). The new album is the first to feature the group’s early 1970s lineup since the 1971 release Santana III. The latter set spent five weeks at No. 1. Chris Stapleton’s Traveller dips 3-7 with 37,000 units (down 22 percent) while Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo falls 4-8 (a little more than 37,000 units; down 21 percent). Notably, West’s album sold a negligible number of copies last week: Its sales fell 94 percent -- from a little over 1,000 to almost nothing. And, with none of its songs available to purchase a la carte, the album is charting almost entirely from streaming equivalent units. The album is only available to purchase from Tidal and West’s official website. As for the rest of the top 10, The Lumineers’ Cleopatra dives 1-9 (just over 36,000 units; down 71 percent) and Justin Bieber’s Purpose descends 6-10 (36,000 units; down 4 percent).
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