BILLBOARD 200 Week ending January 28, 2017

 

TW LW 2W Wks Title - Artist - Label

1 1 2 7 Starboy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic (63,000 (18,000 sales))

2 15 52 5 La La Land - Soundtrack - Summit/Interscope | IGA (42,000 (30,000 sales)

3 2 6 8 Moana - Soundtrack - Walt Disney (39,000)

4 3 3 8 24K Magic - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG (36,000)

5 5 4 5 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole - Dreamville | Roc Nation (30,000)

6 6 5 68 Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG (29,000)

7 4 8 37 Views - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic (28,000)

8 ** 1 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory - Dropkick Murphys - Dropkick Murphys | Born & Bred (26,000 (24,000 sales))

9 14 25 5 Stoney - Post Malone - Republic (23,000)

10 22 31 70 Traveller - Chris Stapleton - Mercury Nashville | UMGN (22,000 (12,000 sales))

11 16 28 51 ANTI - Rihanna - Westbury Road | Roc Nation

12 11 23 10 Collage (EP) - The Chainsmokers - Disruptor | Columbia

13 7 7 87 Blurryface - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

14 10 14 16 Trolls - Soundtrack - Villa 40/DreamWorks | RCA

15 9 10 23 Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - DC/Atlas/WaterTower/Atlantic | AG

16 17 19 22 Sremmlife 2 - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

17 12 11 16 Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - Island

18 13 24 34 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - Republic

19 19 39 19 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott - Grand Hustle | Epic

20 8 21 5 Sing - Soundtrack - Universal Studios/Illumination | Republic

21 25 62 10 The RCA-List, Vol. 2 - Various Artists - RCA

22 20 17 60 25 - Adele - XL | Columbia

23 ** 1 ReAniMate 3.0: The CoVeRs eP - Halestorm - Atlantic | AG

24 24 37 26 Savage Mode - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Slaughter Gang

25 28 36 25 The Human Condition - Jon Bellion - Visionary | Capitol

26 71 116 134 x - Ed Sheeran - Atlantic | AG

27 29 45 50 This Is Acting - Sia - Monkey Puzzle | RCA

28 30 47 4 The Return Of East Atlanta Santa - Gucci Mane - Guwop/Atlantic | AG

29 23 13 8 Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica - Blackened

30 63 74 8 Epic Lit (Version 2) - Various Artists - Epic

31 46 78 35 Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper - Chance The Rapper

32 33 41 36 Ripcord - Keith Urban - Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN

33 27 65 72 Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

34 21 27 52 Death Of A Bachelor - Panic! At The Disco - DCD2/Fueled By Ramen | AG

35 32 50 61 Know-It-All - Alessia Cara - EP | Def Jam

36 26 46 6 "Awaken, My Love!" - Childish Gambino - mcDJ | Glassnote

37 43 48 33 Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

38 47 69 68 T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller - TrapSoul | RCA

39 RE 40 The Life Of Pablo - Kanye West - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

40 34 38 38 Lemonade - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

41 195 84 26 Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael - George Michael - Epic | Legacy

42 38 33 74 Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez - Atlantic | AG

43 51 59 110 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole - Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia

44 36 51 23 Encore - DJ Snake - DJ Snake/Interscope | IGA

45 40 63 61 Purpose - Justin Bieber - SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Def Jam

46 50 64 68 Tangled Up - Thomas Rhett - Valory | BMLG

47 31 29 126 Vessel - twenty one pilots - Fueled By Ramen | AG

48 18 15 6 Blue & Lonesome - The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones/Promotone B.V./Polydor/Interscope | IGA

49 52 43 20 Dig Your Roots - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

50 49 34 12 Joanne - Lady Gaga - Streamline/Interscope | IGA

51 54 61 6 Darkness And Light - John Legend - Columbia

52 69 159 10 Back From The Edge - James Arthur - Columbia

53 53 30 6 The Hamilton Mixtape - Various Artists - Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic | AG

54 64 85 58 When It's Dark Out - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

55 48 49 12 Big Baby D.R.A.M. - D.R.A.M. - #1EpicCheck | EMPIRE Recordings

56 62 57 4 Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' - Kid Cudi - Wicked Awesome | Republic

57 56 56 50 Islah - Kevin Gates - Bread Winners' Association/Atlantic | AG

58 57 67 72 Badlands - Halsey - Astralwerks

59 59 71 40 Cleopatra - The Lumineers - Dualtone

60 65 100 202 Take Care - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

61 66 103 173 Greatest Hits - 2Pac - Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe

62 58 124 180 The Essential Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Epic | Legacy

63 68 104 101 If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

64 39 16 3 White Friday (CM9) - Yo Gotti - Cocaine Muzik | Epic

65 44 42 6 Perfectly Imperfect (EP) - Grace VanderWaal - SYCO | Columbia

66 110 – 7 The Singles - Phil Collins - Atlantic | Rhino

67 RE 194 + - Ed Sheeran - Elektra | AG

68 73 98 116 Montevallo - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville | UMGN

69 55 40 8 The Weight Of These Wings - Miranda Lambert - Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN

70 76 – 2 Pink Season - Pink Guy - Pink Records

71 77 101 220 good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

72 72 97 302 The Eminem Show - Eminem - Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe

73 84 87 22 The Perfect LUV Tape - Lil Uzi Vert - Generation Now/Atlantic | AG

74 60 54 18 They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - Macon/Broken Bow | BBMG

75 RE 13 Revolution Radio - Green Day - Reprise | Warner Bros.

76 94 114 14 Artist - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG

77 75 88 15 A Seat At The Table - Solange - Saint | Columbia

78 86 44 21 Blonde - Frank Ocean - Boys Don't Cry

79 95 140 78 DS2 - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

80 89 113 323 Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem - Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

81 80 94 443 Journey's Greatest Hits - Journey - Columbia | Legacy

82 108 170 169 Nothing Was The Same - Drake - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

83 78 91 452 Legend: The Best Of... - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Tuff Gong/Island | UMe

84 37 32 9 We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest - Epic

85 91 82 308 21 - Adele - XL | Columbia

86 83 107 306 Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars - Elektra | AG

87 90 122 24 Major Key - DJ Khaled - We The Best | Epic

88 138 – 79 The Essential Billy Joel - Billy Joel - Columbia | Legacy

89 109 133 135 In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith - Capitol

90 142 184 6 Legacy - David Bowie - ISO/Columbia | Legacy

91 RE 70 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection - Queen - Hollywood

92 107 152 68 What A Time To Be Alive - Drake & Future - A-1/Freebandz/Young Money/Cash Money | Epic/Republic

93 100 130 28 California Sunrise - Jon Pardi - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

94 96 123 11 DC4 - Meek Mill - Maybach/Atlantic | AG

95 70 68 12 Sit Still, Look Pretty - Daya - Artbeatz

96 101 118 67 Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap - RGF/300 | AG

97 92 147 35 Lukas Graham - Lukas Graham - Warner Bros.

98 93 92 75 Kill The Lights - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

99 42 76 34 If I'm Honest - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

100 82 125 33 7/27 - Fifth Harmony - SYCO | Epic

101 ** 1 NOW That's What I Call A Workout 2017 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe

102 99 135 382 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses - Geffen | UMe

103 104 110 88 How Can It Be - Lauren Daigle - Centricity | Capitol CMG

104 146 – 4 FREE 6LACK - 6LACK - LVNR/Interscope | IGA

105 124 179 155 Beyonce - Beyonce - Parkwood | Columbia

106 61 35 3 Run The Jewels 3 - Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels

107 102 108 91 Handwritten - Shawn Mendes - Island

108 RE 109 The Joshua Tree - U2 - Island/Interscope | UMe

109 133 169 112 Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

110 85 80 64 Storyteller - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

111 88 72 116 1989 - Taylor Swift - Big Machine | BMLG

112 122 115 30 The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Warner Bros.

113 106 73 6 Kane Brown - Kane Brown - Zone 4/RCA Nashville | SMN

114 123 – 128 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - Elton John - Rocket/UTV | UMe

115 67 131 32 Hero - Maren Morris - Columbia Nashville | SMN

116 143 – 148 Trilogy - The Weeknd - XO | Republic

117 121 121 413 Metallica - Metallica - Blackened | Warner Bros.

118 98 93 4 This Is A Challenge - Various Artists - Atlantic | AG

119 119 153 28 Skin - Flume - Future Classic | Mom + Pop

120 117 166 48 Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth - Artist Partners Group/Atlantic | AG

121 150 – 25 A / B - Kaleo - Elektra/Atlantic | AG

122 118 164 198 Abbey Road - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

123 113 95 255 1 - The Beatles - Apple/Capitol | UMe

124 74 70 8 4Ever - Prince - NPG | Warner Bros.

125 135 – 103 The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj - Young Money/Cash Money | Republic

126 131 – 45 EVOL - Future - A-1/Freebandz | Epic

127 139 – 114 Hozier - Hozier - Rubyworks | Columbia

128 126 154 80 VHS - X Ambassadors - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

129 116 146 154 Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars - Atlantic | AG

130 130 158 64 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

131 81 55 10 NOW 60 - Various Artists - Sony Music/Universal | UMe

132 125 148 31 Black - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

133 145 187 21 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) - PARTYNEXTDOOR - OVO Sound | Warner Bros.

134 134 162 104 SremmLife - Rae Sremmurd - Ear Drumner/Interscope | IGA

135 129 165 258 Born To Die - Lana Del Rey - Polydor/Interscope | IGA

136 159 – 4 Lil Big Pac - Kodak Black - Dollaz N Dealz

137 87 79 211 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles - Asylum/Elektra | Rhino

138 ** 1 No Plan (EP) - David Bowie - ISO | Columbia

139 128 128 63 Mr. Misunderstood - Eric Church - EMI Nashville | UMGN

140 156 – 6 TBA (EP) - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Highbridge The Label | AG

141 152 – 157 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

142 103 105 35 Thank You - Meghan Trainor - Epic

143 141 – 17 I Told You - Tory Lanez - Mad Love/Interscope | IGA

144 155 – 85 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

145 115 109 45 I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It - The 1975 - Dirty Hit/Interscope | IGA

146 167 – 114 Because The Internet - Childish Gambino - Glassnote

147 127 171 58 A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay - Parlophone/Atlantic | AG

148 136 150 78 The First Time - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River

149 160 182 126 These Things Happen - G-Eazy - G-Eazy/RVG/BPG | RCA

150 161 – 53 Late Nights: The Album - Jeremih - Mick Schultz | Def Jam

151 147 167 224 Night Visions - Imagine Dragons - KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA

152 164 – 261 Recovery - Eminem - Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

153 166 – 297 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fantasy | Concord

154 RE 135 Greatest Hits - Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros.

155 111 83 92 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! - Panic! At The Disco - Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen | AG

156 178 – 92 Dark Sky Paradise - Big Sean - G.O.O.D. | Def Jam

157 174 – 91 Born Sinner - J. Cole - Roc Nation | Columbia

158 149 156 73 Immortalized - Disturbed - Reprise | Warner Bros.

159 137 120 250 The Legend Of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash - Columbia Nashville/Legacy/American/Island | UMe

160 153 191 63 Revival - Selena Gomez - Interscope | IGA

161 157 – 141 Nothing But The Best - Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe

162 165 195 106 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 - Carrie Underwood - 19/Arista Nashville | SMN

163 170 178 23 Lil' Boat - Lil Yachty - Lil Boat Sailing Team/Quality Control/Motown | Capitol

164 189 – 264 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 - The Rolling Stones - ABKCO

165 151 117 124 The Ultimate Hits - Garth Brooks - Pearl

166 144 77 11 Cosmic Hallelujah - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN

167 162 174 38 us (EP) - gnash - :): | AG

168 199 – 108 Graduation - Kanye West - Roc-A-Fella | Def Jam

169 185 – 123 The Lumineers - The Lumineers - Dualtone

170 191 – 90 To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar - Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA

171 200 – 137 I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce - Music World | Columbia

172 79 142 35 You Should Be Here - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN

173 RE 22 Bobby Tarantino - Logic - Def Jam

174 176 – 58 Meat And Candy - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville | SMN

175 196 – 70 Greatest Hits - The Notorious B.I.G. - Bad Boy | Rhino

176 182 189 345 Nevermind - Nirvana - Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe

177 186 – 101 Greatest Hits So Far... - Zac Brown Band - ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG

178 RE 926 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd | Legacy

179 148 180 180 The Very Best Of The Eagles - Eagles - Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino

180 190 – 205 Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line - BMLG

181 120 144 87 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack - Marvel | Hollywood

182 197 – 174 Crash My Party - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville | UMGN

183 RE 107 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day - Kid Cudi - Dream On/G.O.O.D. | Republic

184 194 – 52 Under Pressure - Logic - Visionary | Def Jam

185 172 – 98 Title - Meghan Trainor - Epic

186 41 1 12 A Pentatonix Christmas - Pentatonix - RCA

187 114 – 29 The Very Best Of Chicago: Only The Beginning - Chicago - Rhino

188 RE 6 Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends - A$AP Mob - A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds | RCA

189 193 – 218 Greatest Hits - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - MCA | UMe

190 97 – 4 DNCE - DNCE - Republic

191 RE 114 V - Maroon 5 - 222/Interscope | IGA

192 181 – 2 Maranatha! Music: Top 25 Praise Songs, 2017 Edition - Various Artists - Maranatha! | Capitol CMG

193 RE 21 35 Biggest Hits - Tim McGraw - Curb

194 179 175 90 American Beauty / American Psycho - Fall Out Boy - DCD2 | Island

195 154 136 81 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Panic! At The Disco - Decaydance | Fueled By Ramen

196 RE 16 Fitz And The Tantrums - Fitz And The Tantrums - dangerbird/Elektra | AG

197 163 129 92 The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance - Reprise | Warner Bros.

198 RE 68 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection - Bon Jovi - Island | UMe

199 RE 21 California - Blink-182 - Viking Wizard Eyes | BMG

200 RE 2 Malibu - Anderson .Paak - OBE/ARTclub/Steel Wool | EMPIRE Recordings

'La La Land' Soundtrack Dances to No. 2 on Billboard 200 Chart, Weeknd Spends Third Week at No. 1

By Keith Caulfield | January 15, 2017

 

The Weeknd’s Starboy stays steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, collecting a third nonconsecutive week atop on the Billboard 200 chart. Meanwhile, following La La Land’s big night at the Golden Globe Awards, the film’s soundtrack flies from No. 15 to No. 2. Starboy earned 63,000 equivalent album units (down 10 percent) in the week ending Jan. 12, according to Nielsen Music, while La La Land jumps to the runner-up slot with 42,000 units (up 83 percent).

 

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 Jan. 28, 2017-dated chart (where the Weeknd captures a third week at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Wednesday, Jan. 18 (one day later due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday on Jan. 16).

 

Of Starboy’s units earned for the week, traditional album sales comprised 14,000 of that sum. The bulk of the set’s units were generated by streams -- as streaming equivalent units totaled 38,000 of its total.

 

As for La La Land, most of its units were powered by traditional album sales, as 42,000 (*probably a typo*) copies of the album were sold (up 88 percent). It was the top selling album of the week, and climbs to No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

 

The Moana soundtrack slips from No. 2 to No. 3 with 39,000 units (down 40 percent), thus the chart has two soundtracks within the top three for the first time in more than a year-and-a-half. It last occurred on the chart dated May 30, 2015, when the Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack debuted at No. 1, while the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack rose from No. 6 to No. 3.

 

Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic descends one spot to No. 4 on the new Billboard 200 (36,000 units; down 20 percent); J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only holds at No. 5 (30,000 units; down 22 percent); the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: American Musical is stationary at No. 6 (29,000 units; down 10 percent); and Drake’s Views falls 4-7 (28,000 units; down 32 percent).

 

Rock band Dropkick Murphys scores its third straight top 10 album, as 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory debuts at No. 8 with 26,000 units (mostly from album sales, as 24,000 copies of the album were sold during the week). The set follows their first two top 10s: Signed and Sealed in Blood (it bowed and peaked at No. 9 in 2013 with 33,000 sold), and the act’s highest charting album, Going Out in Style (it debuted and peaked at No. 6 in 2011 with 43,000 sold -- their best sales week ever).

 

Post Malone's Stoney returns to the top 10, stepping 14-9 with 23,000 units — though down 3 percent.

 

Closing out the top 10 is Chris Stapleton’s surging Traveller album, which vaults from No. 22 to No. 10 with 22,000 units (up 21 percent). The former No. 1 set gain in album sales (12,000 sold; up 11 percent), track equivalent album units (5,000; up 63 percent) and streaming equivalent album units (5,000; up 15 percent). One of the album’s songs, Stapleton’s cover of “Tennessee Whiskey,” reenters the Digital Song Sales chart at No. 24 with 26,000 downloads sold (up 208 percent).

 

The rise of both the album and the song follows the success of a viral video on Facebook, where a father sings along to Stapleton’s version of “Tennessee Whiskey” in his car, while his daughter records the performance (and sweetly reacts to her dad’s singing). The original Facebook video was uploaded on Jan. 1 and has collected more than 20 million views. It’s likely that interest in the viral video encouraged fans to buy Stapleton’s version of the song, as well as his Traveller album.

 

How Many Albums Do You Need to Sell to Have a #1 Record in America This Week? Lower. No, Lower. Lower…

Published on January 17th, 2017 | by Alan Cross

 

This week is another indication of how people are moving away from buying their music in physical form and opting instead to go with streaming.

 

Looking at the American SoundScan charts for the week ending January 12, 2017, the soundtrack to the film La La Land finished on top by selling 29,893 copies. That isn’t a typo. That’s how many copies of the album were sold via CD and digital download.

 

It wasn’t that long ago that an album with ten times that number would be lucky to finish in the top five. Now Metallica’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct scrapped at #10 with a hair over 10,000 copies. All albums below that mark sold less than 10K. And scrolling down the chart, we see it was possible to make the Top 200 by selling 737 records.

 

In a country of 320 million. Wow.