HDD: Madonna's Rebel Heart drops out of Top 15 in second week

[ViviLittleM 3]

YOUR NEW RELEASES (AND NEXT WEEK'S NUMBERS)
One-Day Sales and Next Week's Chart Forecasts

Physical copies of Kendrick Lamar’s How to Pimp a Butterfly are just now arriving in many stores, making today’s projections somewhat tenuous; those projections are likely to grow throughout the week. Here are this week’s key debuts, with both Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) numbers first, followed by albums:

Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 350-375k SPS (300-325k albums)
Modest Mouse (Epic) 70-7k SPS (65-70k albums)
Marina & The Diamonds (Atlantic) 45-50k SPS (40-45k albums)
Sleeping With Sirens (Epitaph) 40-45k SPS (35-40k albums)
AWOLNATION (Red Bull) 35-40k SPS (30-35k albums)

Kendrick Lamar will top next week's albums and SPS charts with the year's second-largest debut, behind only Drake. This will be the 10th album this year to debut over 100k. By this time last year, only four albums had hit six figures. Here's how it looks in Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) and albums as we head into the weekend:

*Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 340-365k SPS (300-325k albums)
Empire ST (Twentieth Century Fox/Columbia) 80-85k SPS (60-65k albums)
*Modest Mouse (Epic) 65-70k SPS (60-65k albums)
Fifty Shades of Grey (Republic) 60-65k SPS (25-28k albums)
Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 50-55k SPS (24-27k albums)
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 50-55k SPS (30-35k albums)
Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 50-55k SPS (25-28k albums)
*Marina and the Diamonds (Atlantic) 45-50k SPS (40-45k albums)
Sam Smith (Capitol) 45-50k SPS (23-26k albums)
Maroon 5 (222/Interscope) 40-45k SPS (13-16k albums)
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 40-45k SPS (30-35k albums)
*Sleeping With Sirens (Epitaph) 40-45k SPS (35-40k albums)
Meghan Trainor (Epic) 35-40k SPS (21-24k albums)
*Mark Knopfler (Verve) 35-40k SPS (35-40k albums)
Big Sean (G.O.O.D./Def Jam) 30-35k SPS (17-20k albums)
*Passion (sixstepsrecords) 28-32k SPS (28-32k albums)
*Debuts

 

[ViviLittleM 3]

Oh and Marina

[gagzus 15,931]

effortless king of rap Kanye who?

 

[Haroon 49,685]

It seems like surprise releases really are the way forward for the music industry right now (Taylor Swift being the exception  ). I wonder how long it'll last though, like will it eventually slump down to just 50-100k? And if so, how long will it take until it gets there?  

[Phoenix 17,395]

It's funny how today those sales are HUGE for an opening week, and few years ago they were considered as a huge FLOP by people who use that word. :wow: 

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

WOW The industry is alive again.. 

[Supersonic 49,376]

Slay Kendrick. And slay Marina What kind of a number for a UK indie artist with literally no promo in the US

[SlayedForTheGod 665]

these numbers are only gonna come from Taylor and hiphop/r&b. gaga better start working on an urban infused pop record lol

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

It's funny how today those sales are HUGE for an opening week, and few years ago they were considered as a huge FLOP by people who use that word. :wow: 

​That is not true tho. 375k as a debut was never a flop or something..Even in 2005 it was a good debut

[Phoenix 17,395]

​That is not true tho. 375k as a debut was never a flop or something..Even in 2005 it was a good debut

​Like I said, people who use that word "flop" and who expect the artists to always open with more and more. Remember ARTPOP maybe?  

[Whispering 18,865]

It seems like surprise releases really are the way forward for the music industry right now (Taylor Swift being the exception  ). I wonder how long it'll last though, like will it eventually slump down to just 50-100k? And if so, how long will it take until it gets there?  

Artists who are in high demand by the audiences who still buy albums, will continue to do well...whether they have s surprise release or a traditional one. 

[KaanBTW 5,244]

It deserves much more.

 

[ItsTommyBitch 12,640]

40-50k for Marina in the US?

Thats exactly as much as I wanted for her  

 

Does this count the preorders that wont ship until April in the US? I imagine that happened for a good # of people who preordered the deluxe if not all. That would make this mostly digital sales... anyone know?

 

[Henry 2,374]

And slay Marina  with no promo in the US

[Yanko 9,860]

 well deserved