2015 YTD Album Sales - Week 22 - 1989 hits 1.2M+

[Fame Romance 10,517]

So here for an 80's-inspired album 

Edit: how can I delete this post from mobile? 

[Fame Romance 10,517]

​I'm expecting more from this second album and I'm sure she'll deliver.

So here for an 80's-inspired album 

[Mills 446]

Updated Week 20: Best-selling digital songs in 2015 so far, as of the week ending May 17, 2015

Songs selling 4,000,000 units or more this year so far = 1
Songs selling 2,000,000 units or more this year so far = 5
Songs selling 1,000,000 units or more this year so far = 14
Songs selling 500,000 units or more this year so far = 53

Note: Those digital songs which Nielsen Music-reported sales have not been released yet for the most recent weeks are accompanied with the week ending for their last reported year-to-date (YTD) sales.

Rank / Title (Year of Release) / Artist / YTD sales (as of week ending)
1. Uptown Funk! (2014) - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - 4,483,000
2. Thinking Out Loud (2014) - Ed Sheeran - 3,173,000
3. Sugar (2014) - Maroon 5 - 2,552,000
4. See You Again (2015) - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - 2,179,000
5. Love Me Like You Do (2015) - Ellie Goulding - 2,081,000
6. Take Me To Church (2013) - Hozier - 1,800,000 (5/10/15)
7. FourFiveSeconds (2015) - Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney - 1,790,000
8. Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) (2014) - The Weeknd - 1,678,000
9. G.D.F.R. (2014) - Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini - 1,523,000
10. Shut Up + Dance (2014) - Walk the Moon - 1,480,000

11. Blank Space (2014) - Taylor Swift - 1,450,000 (5/10/15)
12. Style (2014) - Taylor Swift - 1,322,000
13. Trap Queen (2014) - Fetty Wap - 1,256,000
14. Lips Are Movin (2014) - Meghan Trainor - 1,106,000 (4/5/15)
15. Take Your Time (2014) - Sam Hunt - 980,000
16. Time Of Our Lives (2014) - Pitbull & Ne-Yo - 975,000 (4/5/15)
17. Chains (2014) - Nick Jonas - 951,000 (5/10/15)
18. Centuries (2014) - Fall Out Boy - 945,000 (4/5/15)
19. Shake It Off (2014) - Taylor Swift - 876,000 (4/5/15)
20. Somebody (2014) - Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih - 886,000

21. Truffle Butter (2015) - Nicki Minaj ft. Drake, Lil Wayne - 854,000
22. I’m Not The Only One (2014) - Sam Smith - 809,000 (4/5/15)
23. Talking Body (2015) - Tove Lo - 798,000
24. I Don’t Mind (2014) - Usher ft. Juicy J - 718,000 (4/5/15)
25. The Hanging Tree (2014) - James Howard ft. Jennifer Lawrence - 717,000 (4/5/15)
26. All About That Bass (2014) - Meghan Trainor - 699,000 (4/5/15)
27. Ghost (2014) - Ella Henderson - 680,000 (4/5/15)
28. Hey Mama (2015) - David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj, Afrojack - 670,000
29. Stay With Me (2014) - Sam Smith - 659,000 (4/5/15)
30. Jealous (2014) - Nick Jonas - 657,000 (4/5/15)

Bubbling Under:
Animals (2014) - Maroon 5 - 582,000 (4/5/15)
Only (2014) - Nicki Minaj ft. Drake, Lil Wayne - 578,000 (4/5/15)
Hey Mama (2015) - David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj, Afrojack - 670,000
Bitch Better Have My Money (2015) - Rihanna - 515,000
I Want You to Know (2015) - Zedd ft. Selena Gomez - 400,000 (4/26/15)
All Day (2015) - Kanye West feat. Paul McCartney - 346,000
I Really Like You (2015) - Carly Rae Jepsen - 246,000
 

[Mills 446]

Twenty One Pilots soared high as their 4th studio album titled "Blurryface" debuted, wide and clear, at #1 on the Billboard 200 and Top Album Sales charts. It's the 15th album to debut with more than 100,000 units in Nielsen Music-reported pure album sales this 2015 so far, securing the year's 12th biggest opening yet. 

In other major news, Taylor Swift continues to dominate the Billboard charts as her smash album, 1989 returns to the top two of the Billboard 200 thanks to her latest single, 'Bad Blood', now featuring Kendrick Lamar, rising to #1 on Digital Songs, her 10th #1 on the said chart which is the most among all artists this decade so far (2010-present).

Biggest Nielsen Music-reported album sales weeks in 2015 so far:

Albums selling over 500,000 units in a week = 0
Albums selling over 400,000 units in a week = 1
Albums selling over 300,000 units in a week = 2
Albums selling over 200,000 units in a week = 5
Albums selling over 100,000 units in a week = 17
Albums selling over 50,000 units in a week = 47

Rank / Title (Year of Release) / Artist / Sales / Week Ending
1. 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. Wilder Mind (2015) - Mumford & Sons - 231,438 - 5/10/15 [DEBUT]
4. Jekyll + Hyde (2015) - Zac Brown Band - 214,224 - 5/3/15 [DEBUT]
5. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 210,431 - 2/15/15 [DEBUT]
6. Title (2015) - Meghan Trainor - 194,522 - 1/18/15 [DEBUT]
7. American Beauty / American Psycho (2015) - Fall Out Boy - 191,698 - 1/25/15 [DEBUT]
8. Stages (2015) - Josh Groban - 176,153 - 5/3/15 [DEBUT]
9. Smoke + Mirrors (2015) - Imagine Dragons - 172,378 - 2/22/15 [DEBUT]
10. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 171,925 - 1/4/15

11. Dark Sky Paradise (2015) - Big Sean - 139,427 - 3/1/15 [DEBUT]
12. First Kiss (2015) - Kid Rock - 136,785 - 3/1/15 [DEBUT]
13. Blurryface (2015) - Twenty One Pilots - 134,000 - 5/24/15 [DEBUT]
14. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake -129,118 - 2/22/15
15. In The Lonely Hour (2014) - Sam Smith - 124,224 - 2/15/15
16. Rebel Heart (2015) - Madonna - 116,115 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]
17. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 114,937 - 2/22/15
18. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 110,977 - 1/11/15
19. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 109,584 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]
20. To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) - Kendrick Lamar - 106,551 - 3/29/15

21. Handwritten (2015) - Shawn Mendes - 105,878 - 4/19/15 [DEBUT]
22. NOW 53 (2015) - Various Artists - 99,324 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]
23. Stages (2015) - Josh Groban - 98,625 - 5/10/15
24. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,196 - 1/18/15
25. Pitch Perfect 2 OST (2015) - Various Artists - 92,077 - 5/17/15 [DEBUT]
26. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,000 - 2/15/15
27. Sound & Color (2015) - Alabama Shakes - 90,888 - 4/26/15 [DEBUT]
28. x (2014) - Ed Sheeran - 89,000 - 2/15/15
29. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 88,971 - 3/22/15
30. Spring Break… Checkin Out (2015) - Luke Bryan - 88,782 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]

31. The Album About Nothing (2015) - Wale - 88,210 - 4/5/15 [DEBUT]
32. Piece By Piece (2015) - Kelly Clarkson - 82,856 - 3/8/15 [DEBUT]
33. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 81,662 - 1/25/15 
34. Kidz Bop 27 (2015) - Kidz Bop Kids - 77,380 - 1/18/15 [DEBUT]
35. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 76,769 - 2/8/15
36. Future Hearts (2015) - All Time Low - 75,375 - 4/12/15 [DEBUT]
37. Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - Modest Mouse - 73,099 - 3/22/15 [DEBUT]
38. NOW 53 (2015) - Various Artists - 72,000 - 2/15/15
39. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 70,704 - 2/1/15
40. NOW 54 (2015) - Various Artists - 70,613 - 5/10/15 [DEBUT]

41. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (2014) - Various Artists - 70,014 - 1/4/15
42. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 67,245 - 3/1/15
43. GRAMMY 2015 Nominees (2015) - 66,000 - 2/15/15
44. Morning Phase (2014) - Beck - 64,000 - 2/15/15
45. Ludaversal (2015) - Ludacris - 62,289 - 4/5/15 [DEBUT]
46. Reflection (2015) - Fifth Harmony - 61,854 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]
47. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake - 58,640 - 3/1/15
48. Special Effects (2015) - Tech N9ne - 58,388 - 5/10/15 [DEBUT]
49. Love Somebody (2015) - Reba McEntire - 58,351 - 4/19/15 [DEBUT]
50. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 58,267 - 3/8/15

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6576138/twenty-one-pilots-first-no-1-album-billboard-200

 

About 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. 

[Ray of Light 8,134]

Was about to freak out thinking this was the Hot 100. MESS

[Haroon 49,685]

Will she be able to hit #1 with her album over half a year after its release?  Stay tuned for next week's episode  

[Pop 4,541]

 

Does the slayage ever stop? 

[Yanko 9,860]

hot 100? 

[JeffSwift 314]

and the queen of pop has 3 #1 singles from one album. 2 more to match kathy 

[HausOfMiklaus 1,803]

Blurryface is such an epic album. 

[moonboywow 3,136]

Blurryface is such an epic album. 

So is American beauty American psycho. More monsters should really get into that genre. It's so much more fun than pop imo. Pop is boring. It follows the same formula of being a hit. Why make a song if you just want it to sound disposable? Yeah it'll be on top for a while but then it gets stale. Twenty one pilots and fall out boy and even panics music sounds fresh all the time 

[FrankGutz 9,529]

Good for TOP :clap:

[retroglamx 5,087]

So is American beauty American psycho. More monsters should really get into that genre. It's so much more fun than pop imo. Pop is boring. It follows the same formula of being a hit. Why make a song if you just want it to sound disposable? Yeah it'll be on top for a while but then it gets stale. Twenty one pilots and fall out boy and even panics music sounds fresh all the time 

​I have never listened to Twenty One Pilots but I have to agree with you on FOB. What I love the most about them and Paramore is that they actually managed to survive the end of the emo/punk era and they're still around and are very relevant to this day.

[moonboywow 3,136]

​I have never listened to Twenty One Pilots but I have to agree with you on FOB. What I love the most about them and Paramore is that they actually managed to survive the end of the emo/punk era and they're still around and are very relevant to this day.

Monsters. There's more to music than repetitive dance music. 

[retroglamx 5,087]

Monsters. There's more to music than repetitive dance music. 

​I know right? Pop is my roots though, I was born in it, molded by it. I can't deny what I love the most and the genre that made me fall in love with music but there is nothing wrong with a little diversity you know? I like to get high and play a random playlist on Spotify and then take a shower. It's really surprising to realize how there's so much great music out there that people are not paying attention to.