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

[Haroon 49,685]

In a few short weeks Taylor Swift will be hitting the 1 million mark with '1989' in 2015  

[Wolf 1,328]

Title and Kidz Bop on the list 

[Yves 1,891]

​i find soundtrack to 50SOG quite impressive... Ellie, Beyonce, Sia, The Weeknd etc. songs are really good.

The movie though 

​The movie was a tragic mess, like Maleficent.  I hope they hire a new director for Darker and Freed.

On topic: Meghan  

[Vernier 3,786]

Fifty Shades of Grey, seriously?

​For a movie spawned from horrendous books, the OST actually had some great songs

[HoneyBaby 17]

​The movie was a tragic mess, like Maleficent.  I hope they hire a new director for Darker and Freed.

On topic: Meghan  ​

Maleficent? i loved it , but i guess everybody has a different taste  

[Supersonic 49,376]

Those are seriously tragic numbers.

[Gypsy Life 118,907]

6. Title (2015) - Meghan Trainor - 23,926 / 21,489 / 492,253 [HDD+NM]

 

Queen of Pop gold next week. 

[Mills 446]

Week 12: Best-selling albums in 2015 so far, as of the week ending March 22, 2015:

Albums selling 500,000 units or more this year so far = 4
Albums selling 400,000 units or more this year so far = 6
Albums selling 200,000 units or more this year so far = 18

Rank / Title (Year of Release) / Artist / TW sales / LW sales / total sales in 2015

1. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 34,341 / 39,145 / 916,838 [HDD+NM]
2. If You’re Reading It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake - 24,457 / 28,509 / 774,420
3. In The Lonely Hour (2014) - Sam Smith - 24,173 / 29,234 / 526,291 [HDD+NM]
4. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 28,527 / 36,606 / 516,133 [HDD+NM]
5. x (2014) - Ed Sheeran - 25,960 / 28,088 / 497,626 [HDD+NM]
6. Title (2015) - Meghan Trainor - 23,926 / 21,489 / 492,253 [HDD+NM]
7. American Beauty / American Psycho (2015) - Fall Out Boy - 11,250 / 13,091 / 341,157 [HDD+NM]
8. To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) - Kendrick Lamar - 324,403 [DEBUT]
9. NOW 53 (2015) - Various Artists - 18,836 / 24,281 / 313,378 [HDD+NM]
10. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (2014) - Various Artists - 11,140 / 12,571 / 284,153 [HDD+NM]

11. Smoke + Mirrors (2015) - Imagine Dragons - 13,394 / 19,786 / 272,345 [HDD+NM]
12. The Pinkprint (2014) - Nicki Minaj - 8,719 / 9,799 / 267,406
13. 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014) - J. Cole - 12,131 / 10,787 / 261,220
14. 2015 GRAMMY Nominees (2015) - Various Artists - 7,032 / 8,648 / 249,346 [HDD+NM]
15. Kidz Bop 27 (2015) - Kidz Bop Kids - 9,182 / 9,576 / 245,318 [HDD+NM]
16. Hozier (2014) - Hozier - 12,898 / 14,918 / 236,630 [HDD+NM]
17. Dark Sky Paradise (2015) - Big Sean - 18,424 / 20,389 / 213,599
18. First Kiss (2015) - Kid Rock - 15,539 / 21,226 / 204,639 [HDD+NM]
19. V (2014) - Maroon 5 - 16,788 / 18,080 / 199,457 [HDD+NM]
20. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 88,971 / 109,585 / 198,556

Bubbling Under:
Montevallo (2014) - Sam Hunt - 15,300 / 15,200 / 183,500
Rebel Heart (2015) - Madonna - 22,800 / 116,115 / 138,915 [HDD+NM]
Frozen Soundtrack (2013) - Various Artists - 7,327 / 8,681 / 134,603 [HDD]
Old Boots, New Dirt (2014) - Jason Aldean - 6,800 / 7,300 / 129,800
Four (2014) - One Direction - 4,240 / 4,619 / 127,095 [HDD]
Piece By Piece (2015) - Kelly Clarkson - 15,510 / 25,911 / 124,277 [HDD+NM]
Shadows in the Night (2015) - Bob Dylan - OUT / 6,181 / 119,378 [HDD+NM]
Morning Phase (2014) - Beck - OUT / OUT / 119,220 [HDD+NM]
Spring Break… Checkin Out (2015) - Luke Bryan - 30,000 / 88,800 / 118,900
Into The Woods OST (2014) - Various Artists - OUT / OUT / 117,249 [HDD+NM]
Non-Fiction (2015) - Ne-Yo - OUT / 8,006 / 116,598
Uptown Special (2015) - Mark Ronson - 3,613 / 3,824 / 114,426
Greatest Hits: Decade #1 (2014) - Carrie Underwood - 4,600 / 5,000 / 108,400
StremmLife (2015) - Rae Sremmurd - 3,781 / 7,469 / 101,191
Anything Goes (2014) - Florida Georgia Line - 6,400 / 6,100 / 98,300
NOW 52 (2014) - Various Artists - OUT / OUT / 92,458 [HDD]
Man Against The Machine (2014) - Garth Brooks - 2,800 / 3,400 / 91,700
1000 Forms of Fear (2014) - Sia - 4,356 / 5,450 / 90,772 [HDD+NM]
My Everything (2014) - Ariana Grande - 5,592 / 5,755 / 85,901 [HDD+NM]
Crash My Party (2013) - Luke Bryan - 4,100 / 4,300 / 82,900
Fan Of A Fan: The Album (2015) - Chris Brown & Tyga - 6,635 / 7,800 / 78,561
Reflection (2015) - Fifth Harmony - OUT / OUT / 77,892 (HDD+NM]
Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - Modest Mouse - 73,000 [DEBUT]
The Outsiders (2014) - Eric Church - 5,400 / 5,200 / 68,000
Platinum (2014) - Miranda Lambert - 4,400 / 4,900 / 60,000
The Firewatcher’s Daughter (2015) - Brandi Carlile - 6,927 / 9,470 / 57,953 [HDD+NM]
BEYONCE (2013) - Beyonce - OUT / OUT / 48,148
Froot (2015) - Marina and the Diamonds - 43,000 [DEBUT]

[Mills 446]

Kendrick Lamar's sorta-surprise album To Pimp a Butterfly arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, giving the Compton rapper his first No. 1 on the chart. With 324,000 copies sold, he bested the chart peak of good kid, m.A.A.d city (which stopped at No. 2) and its first-week total (241,000 units).

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6509698/kendrick-lamar-first-week-album-sales-comparison

Here are the largest Nielsen Music-reported sales weeks in 2015 so far:

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. 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 - 1/4/15
8. 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 - 2/15/15
12. Rebel Heart (2015) - Madonna - 116,115 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]
13. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 114,937 - 2/22/15
14. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 110,977 - 1/11/15
15. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 109,584 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]
16. NOW 53 (2015) - Various Artists - 99,324 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]
17. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,196 - 1/18/15
18. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,000 - 2/15/15
19. x (2014) - Ed Sheeran - 89,000 - 2/15/15
20. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 88,971 - 3/22/15

21. Spring Break… Checkin Out (2015) - Luke Bryan - 88,782 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]
22. Piece By Piece (2015) - Kelly Clarkson - 82,856 - 3/8/15 [DEBUT]
23. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 81,662 - 1/25/15 
24. Kidz Bop 27 (2015) - Kidz Bop Kids - 77,380 - 1/18/15 [DEBUT]
25. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 76,769 - 2/8/15
26. Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - Modest Mouse - 73,099 - 3/22/15 [DEBUT]
27. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 70,704 - 2/1/15
28. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (2014) - Various Artists - 70,014 - 1/4/15
29. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 67,245 - 3/1/15
30. Reflection (2015) - Fifth Harmony - 61,854 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]

[OBEY 57,109]

Taylor slaying that top 30 with her 2014 release  

[Hellspont 1,468]

Deserved every copy, truly a revolutionary album.

[ThisGuyTony 29,337]

Meghan still holds the best sales by a female artist in 2015.  

[xoxo cupcakke 4,781]

It's a pretty epic album even though I prefer the previous one but this one is superior in every aspect. This is instantly a classic. Good job Kendrick

[MikeGoneGaga 86]

Can we take a moment to note that someone out there buys kids bop?

[Arturo 40,746]

I definitely did not expect 10 100K+ debuts in quarter 1