2015 Nielsen Sales Report

[ViviLittleM 3]

For the tracking period of Dec. 29, 2014 through June 28, 2015, Swift’s mega-selling 1989 is both the top selling album and the most consumed set (when considering equivalent album units). The effort has sold 1.33 million in pure album sales in 2015, while it has earned just over 2 million in overall equivalent album units (2.01 million).

1. Taylor Swift, 1989 (2,011,000 units)
2. Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (1,431,000)
3. Ed Sheeran, X (1,428,000)
4. Soundtrack, Fifty Shades of Grey (1,402,000)
5. Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour (1,296,000)
6. Meghan Trainor, Title (1,209,000)
7. Soundtrack, Furious 7 (971,000)
8. Maroon 5, V (966,000)
9. Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint (825,000)
10. Fall Out Boy, American Beauty / American Psycho (813,000)

2015’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Albums

1. Taylor Swift, 1989 (1,328,000 sold)
2. Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (965,000)
3. Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour (788,000)
4. Ed Sheeran, X (763,000)
5. Soundtrack, Fifty Shades of Grey (763,000)
6. Meghan Trainor, Title (727,000)
7. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly (627,000)
8. Fall Out Boy, American Beauty / American Psycho (478,000)
9. Various Artists, Now 53 (451,000)
10. Josh Groban, Stages (420,000)
 

Overall album sales are down by 4 percent compared to a year ago (116.1 million versus 120.9 million)

2015’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital Songs

1. Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk!” (4,883,000)
2. Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud” (3,450,000)
3. Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, “See You Again” (3,073,000)
4. Maroon 5, “Sugar” (2,884,000)
5. Ellie Goulding, “Love Me Like You Do” (2,294,000)
6. Walk the Moon, “Shut Up and Dance” (2,155,000)
7. The Weeknd, “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” (1,966,000)
8. Hozier, “Take Me To Church” (1,925,000)
9. Rihanna & Kanye West & Paul McCartney, “FourFiveSeconds” (1,868,000)
10. Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen” (1,864,000)

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6613318/taylor-swifts-1989-and-mark-ronsons-uptown-funk-top-nielsens-mid

Overall digital song sales slipped by 10.4 percent compared to a year ago (197 million versus 160 million).

“Uptown Funk!” is also the year’s most streamed song, both in audio and video streams. It has garnered 368 million streams overall (109.9 million in audio on-demand streams, and 258.1 million in video on-demand streams). “Uptown” is also the most played song on the radio, with 646,000 plays across all U.S. radio, network and satellite stations monitored by Nielsen.

[Bt1 5,213]

How comes Taylor doesnt have a single in top 10?

[Didymus 34,379]

lmao I know three songs in that Top 10 Selling Digital Songs list

I'm so not aware of what the kids are listening to these days. Sad to see FFS as 9.

[Ladey Gagz 2,512]

Meghan  one hit wonder they said