Mills 446 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Sixteen-year old Shawn Mendes has grown from Vine stardom to topping the Billboard 200 chart, as his debut full-length album Handwritten arrives at No. 1. The set, which was released on April 14 through Island Records, starts with 119,000 units earned in the week ending April 19, according to Nielsen Music. Traditional album sales comprised the bulk of Mendes’ album launch with 106,000 copies sold. It also bows at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. Mendes is the youngest artist to have a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart in nearly five years. The last younger artist with a No. 1 was Justin Bieber on the May 29, 2010-dated chart, when his My World 2.0 was in its fourth and final week at the top. (Bieber was 16 years and 2 months old at the time -- younger than Mendes, who is 16 years and 8 months old.) His album "Handwritten" is also only the 13th album this year to sell more than 100,000 pure album units in one week. It's also the year's 11th biggest debut. Here are the biggest Nielsen Music-reported sales weeks in 2015 so far: Rank / Title (Year of Release) / Artist / Sales / Week Ending1. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake - 494,746 - 2/15/15 [DEBUT]2. To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) - Kendrick Lamar - 324,403 - 3/22/15 [DEBUT]3. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 210,431 - 2/15/15 [DEBUT]4. Title (2015) - Meghan Trainor - 194,522 - 1/18/15 [DEBUT]5. American Beauty / American Psycho (2015) - Fall Out Boy - 191,698 - 1/25/15 [DEBUT]6. Smoke + Mirrors (2015) - Imagine Dragons - 172,378 - 2/22/15 [DEBUT]7. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 171,925 - 1/4/158. Dark Sky Paradise (2015) - Big Sean - 139,427 - 3/1/15 [DEBUT]9. First Kiss (2015) - Kid Rock - 136,785 - 3/1/15 [DEBUT]10. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake -129,118 - 2/22/15 11. In The Lonely Hour (2014) - Sam Smith - 124,224 - 2/15/1512. Rebel Heart (2015) - Madonna - 116,115 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]13. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 114,937 - 2/22/1514. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 110,977 - 1/11/1515. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 109,584 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]16. To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) - Kendrick Lamar - 106,551 - 3/29/1517. Handwritten (2015) - Shawn Mendes - 105,878 - 4/19/15 [DEBUT]18. NOW 53 (2015) - Various Artists - 99,324 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]19. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,196 - 1/18/1520. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,000 - 2/15/15 21. x (2014) - Ed Sheeran - 89,000 - 2/15/1522. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 88,971 - 3/22/1523. Spring Break… Checkin Out (2015) - Luke Bryan - 88,782 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]24. The Album About Nothing (2015) - Wale - 88,210 - 4/5/15 [DEBUT]25. Piece By Piece (2015) - Kelly Clarkson - 82,856 - 3/8/15 [DEBUT]26. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 81,662 - 1/25/15 27. Kidz Bop 27 (2015) - Kidz Bop Kids - 77,380 - 1/18/15 [DEBUT]28. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 76,769 - 2/8/1529. Future Hearts (2015) - All Time Low - 75,375 - 4/12/1530. Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - Modest Mouse - 73,099 - 3/22/15 [DEBUT] 31. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 70,704 - 2/1/1532. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (2014) - Various Artists - 70,014 - 1/4/1533. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 67,245 - 3/1/1534. Ludaversal (2015) - Ludacris - 62,289 - 4/5/15 [DEBUT]35. Reflection (2015) - Fifth Harmony - 61,854 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT] http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6538916/shawn-mendes-handwritten-debut-no-1-billboard-200-chart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBEY 57,109 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 SLAY ME KING HIS ALBUM IS A M A Z I N G Rising star !!! BUY HANDWRITTEN ON ITUNES! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/handwritten-deluxe/id963404245 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
venusian 4,686 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 slay ig he's hot af and has big **** so yay WELCOME TO THE TRAGIC KINGDOM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicklePower 1,649 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 17th highest sales weekwoo MEGHAN TRAINOR | Katy Perry | Taylor Swift | Lady Gaga | Rihanna | Ariana Grande | Beyoncé | Nicki Minaj | Sam Smith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986 629 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 who? BUY BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS ON ITUNES. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock 20,290 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Can't believe this daddy is 16 years old who will love me when the night is over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Ambition 47,805 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Congrats to him, he's very talented! ▌│█║▌║▌║ before I am Canadian, I am Chromatican ║▌║▌║█│▌ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock 20,290 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 who?Can you not read the op? who will love me when the night is over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladey Gagz 2,512 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Wait I didn't know he was 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBEY 57,109 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Congrats to him, he's very talented! slay! he's a true talent! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Man 9,245 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 When will me at 16. Vine, ha power. Btw, he is definitely the teen version of Ed Sheeran. Congrats dad. "A little less conversation and a little more touch my body." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 533 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 slay ig he's hot af and has big **** so yay How do you know? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBEY 57,109 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Wait I didn't know he was 16 repent by buying his debut album on itunes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladey Gagz 2,512 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 How do you know? Mte :rip: repent by buying his debut album on itunes I won't but I'll say that the sales are pretty impressive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 He's 16? Holy **** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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