Mills 446 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Welcome to the 2015 year-to-date US album (and digital song) sales thread wherein I’ll update the best-selling albums (and digital singles) this 2015 (so far) in a weekly basis, using the available album (and digital song) sales provided by Nielsen Music (NM) and HITS Daily Double (HDD). For newbies, both HDD and NM are releasing actual US album sales in a weekly basis, and not estimated sales. Week 10: Best-selling albums in 2015 so far, for the week ending March 8, 2015:Albums selling 500,000 units or more this year so far = 2Albums selling 400,000 units or more this year so far = 6Albums selling 200,000 units or more this year so far = 15Note: HDD+NM = Sales from HDD for the past weeks are added with the last reported NM 2015 sales for those albums which NM sales for the past weeks were not released yet. Those albums without the [HDD+NM] after their total 2015 sales so far in this list are entirely sales provided by NM, the source of Billboard for their charts. Rank / Title (Year released) / Artist / TW sales / LW sales / total sales in 20151. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 43,991 / 46,843 / 843,3522. If You’re Reading It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake - 38,496 / 58,640 / 721,0003. In The Lonely Hour (2014) - Sam Smith - 29,818 / 38,842 / 472,884 [HDD+NM]4. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 58,267 / 67,245 / 451,0005. Title (2015) - Meghan Trainor - 19,660 / 22,178 / 446,838 [HDD+NM]6. x (2014) - Ed Sheeran - 32,375 / 40,203 / 443,578 [HDD+NM]7. American Beauty / American Psycho (2015) - Fall Out Boy - 13,816 / 15,000 / 316,816 [HDD+NM]8. NOW 53 (2015) - Various Artists - 27,331 / 31,695 / 270,261 [HDD+NM]9. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (2014) - Various Artists - 12,697 / 14,884 / 260,442 [HDD+NM]10. The Pinkprint (2014) - Nicki Minaj - 12,164 / 14,850 / 248,88811. Smoke + Mirrors (2015) - Imagine Dragons - 23,774 / 43,013 / 239,165 [HDD+NM]12. 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014) - J. Cole - 13,612 / 16,213 / 238,30213. 2015 GRAMMY Nominees (2015) - Various Artists - 10,915 / 16,290 / 233,666 [HDD+NM]14. Kidz Bop 27 (2015) - Kidz Bop Kids - 10,234 / 10,814 / 226,560 [HDD+NM]15. Hozier (2014) - Hozier - 19,000 / 17,700 / 208,814 [HDD+NM]16. Dark Sky Paradise (2015) - Big Sean - 35,359 / 139,427 / 174,78617. First Kiss (2015) - Kid Rock - 31,089 / 136,785 / 167,874 [HDD+NM]18. V (2014) - Maroon 5 - 21,000 / 18,000 / 164,58919. Montevallo (2014) - Sam Hunt - 15,700 / 15,400 / 153,00020. Morning Phase (2014) - Beck - 23,846 / 7,327 / 119,220 [HDD+NM]Bubbling Under:Frozen Soundtrack (2013) - Various Artists - 7,042 / 8,435 / 118,595 [HDD]Four (2014) - One Direction - 3,552 / 5,519 / 118,236 [HDD]Into The Woods OST (2014) - Various Artists - OUT / OUT / 117,249 [HDD+NM]Old Boots, New Dirt (2014) - Jason Aldean - 8,000 / 8,600 / 115,700Shadows in the Night (2015) - Bob Dylan - 8,030 / 8,549 / 113,197 [HDD+NM]Non-Fiction (2015) - Ne-Yo - 7,514 / 8,314 / 108,592Uptown Special (2015) - Mark Ronson - 4,248 / 4,317 / 106,989Greatest Hits: Decade #1 (2014) - Carrie Underwood - 6,000 / 6,600 / 98,800NOW 52 (2014) - Various Artists - OUT / OUT / 92,458 [HDD]StremmLife (2015) - Rae Sremmurd - 8,405 / 4,613 / 89,941Anything Goes (2014) - Florida Georgia Line - 6,200 / 7,300 / 85,800Man Against The Machine (2014) - Garth Brooks - 4,100 / 3,900 / 85,500Piece By Piece (2015) - Kelly Clarkson - 82,856 [DEBUT]1000 Forms of Fear (2014) - Sia - 6,034 / 6,140 / 80,966 [HDD+NM]Reflection (2015) - Fifth Harmony - OUT / OUT / 77,892 (HDD+NM]My Everything (2014) - Ariana Grande - 6,871 / 6,683 / 74,554 [HDD+NM]Crash My Party (2013) - Luke Bryan - 4,700 / 5,100 / 74,500Fan Of A Fan: The Album (2015) - Chris Brown & Tyga - 12,781 / 51,345 / 64,126The Outsiders (2014) - Eric Church - 5,300 / 4,800 / 57,400Platinum (2014) - Miranda Lambert - 4,700 / 4,600 / 50,700BEYONCE (2013) - Beyonce - OUT / 3,997 / 48,148Full Speed (2015) - Kid Ink - OUT / OUT / 41,880The Firewatcher’s Daughter (2015) - Brandi Carlile - 41,556 [DEBUT]Globalization (2014) - Pitbull - OUT / 2,963 / 33,983Cheek to Cheek (2014) - Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett - OUT / OUT / 30,000Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack U (2015) – Skrillex & Diplo – 7,167 / 14,440 / 21,607 [HDD+NM]Quick Guide:TW = This weekLW = Last weekOUT = no album sales provided after it dropped out of the chartsTBA = album sales for the week still to be announced[HDD] = album sales from HDD only since there are currently no NM 2015 sales available[DEBUT] = first week sales of an albumAbout Nielsen Music:Popularly known as SoundScan, it’s the leading music sales measurement company which collects and tracks over-the-counter record sales at music retail stores, both in-store and digitally, and is the official source of Billboard for their record popularity charts. About HITS Daily Double:It’s a Los Angeles-based website which publishes their own weekly US album sales, the latest music industry news and innuendo, and record popularity updates based on digital sales, radio presence, and streams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Adrenaline 1,518 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 yay for FOB and Nicki both being in the top 10 It's much more fun to have hizophrenia... u never get lonely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsy45 86 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 How are sales compared to week 10 last year? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 10. The Pinkprint (2014) - Nicki Minaj - 12,164 / 14,850 / 248,888 yay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo 40,746 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Where's Cheek to Cheek? Its 2015 total is over 56,000 copiesWeek 15: 8.000 (40|92)Week 16: 5.000 (46|130)Week 17: 3.500 (75|188)Week 18: 3.500 (94|X)Week 19: 3.500 (90|183)Week 20: 5.500 (57|139)Week 21: 10.000 (41|58)Week 22: 5.000 (52|115)Week 23: 11.000 (31|51)Week 24: 5.000 (62|132) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisGuyTony 23,649 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Meghan is doing well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills 446 Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 How are sales compared to week 10 last year?Almost the same. Both have 2 albums selling 500,000 units or more by week 10 (Frozen and Beyonce for 2014). As for albums selling 200,000 units or more, this year is looking better with 5 more than last year's. Where's Cheek to Cheek? Its 2015 total is over 56,000 copiesWeek 15: 8.000 (40|92)Week 16: 5.000 (46|130)Week 17: 3.500 (75|188)Week 18: 3.500 (94|X)Week 19: 3.500 (90|183)Week 20: 5.500 (57|139)Week 21: 10.000 (41|58)Week 22: 5.000 (52|115)Week 23: 11.000 (31|51)Week 24: 5.000 (62|132)Didn't include sales estimates once an album leaves HDD's top 50 + if no specific NM sales were released for that week to be fair to every release. But here are LG's NM sales I've so far:Cheek to Cheek (2014) - Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett - 30,000 (as of the week ending 2/22/15)ARTPOP (2013) - Lady Gaga - 3,000 (as of the week ending 3/1/15) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills 446 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Despite a #2 debut for Madonna's Rebel Heart on the Billboard 200 chart due to low album equivalents from track sales and streams, Madonna's 13th studio album still entered the Top Album Sales chart at #1 for the week ending March 15, 2015 with 116,000 pure album sales, making it the year's 11th highest sales week so far and the 8th biggest among debuts. Here are the largest Nielsen Music-reported sales weeks in 2015 so far: Rank / Title (Year released) / Artist / Sales / Week Ending 1. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake - 494,746 - 2/15/15 [DEBUT]2. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 210,431 - 2/15/15 [DEBUT]3. Title (2015) - Meghan Trainor - 194,522 - 1/18/15 [DEBUT]4. American Beauty / American Psycho (2015) - Fall Out Boy - 191,698 - 1/25/15 [DEBUT]5. Smoke + Mirrors (2015) - Imagine Dragons - 172,378 - 2/22/15 [DEBUT]6. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 171,925 - 1/4/157. Dark Sky Paradise (2015) - Big Sean - 139,427 - 3/1/15 [DEBUT]8. First Kiss (2015) - Kid Rock - 136,785 - 3/1/15 [DEBUT]9. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake -129,118 - 2/22/1510. In The Lonely Hour (2014) - Sam Smith - 124,224 - 2/15/15 11. Rebel Heart (2015) - Madonna - 116,115 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]12. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 114,937 - 2/22/1513. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 110,977 - 1/11/1514. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 109,584 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]15. NOW 53 (2015) - Various Artists - 99,324 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]16. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,196 - 1/18/1517. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,000 - 2/15/1518. x (2014) - Ed Sheeran - 89,000 - 2/15/1519. Spring Break… Checkin Out (2015) - Luke Bryan - 88,782 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]20. Piece By Piece (2015) - Kelly Clarkson - 82,856 - 3/8/15 [DEBUT] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 It ain't even at 121k pure sales? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTUNiCORN 367 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 tragic sales Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Life 118,907 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The Queen of Pop still having the highest female one-week sales of the year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The Queen of Pop still having the highest female one-week sales of the year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versace 7,409 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Far from Tragic , I predicted it would sell 85k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haroon 49,685 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Sam Smith and Taylor swift in the Top 10 of these 2015 lists with their 2014 albums Let's see if Drake can keep his crown throughout 2015 Congratulations to Madonna too, she did well in the current pop climate Omg a quarter of these 20 entries are Taylor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaStefi 1,231 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Let me just remind you guys that the album leaked like 3 months in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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