Dangerous Man 9,245 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Prince rules the Nos. 1 and 2 slots on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the greatest hits set The Very Best of Prince and the Purple Rain soundtrack, as both titles re-enter the chart in the wake of his death on April 21. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new May 7-dated chart (where The Very Best of Prince is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, April 26. The Very Best of Prince marks the Purple One’s fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, and first since 3121 debuted atop the list on April 8, 2006, spending one week at No. 1. Sturgill Simpson and Santana Debut in Top 10 of Billboard 200 Chart The Very Best of Prince earned 179,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 21 (up 10,872 percent compared to the previous week). Of that sum, 100,000 were in traditional album sales (up 11,232 percent). As for Purple Rain, it shifted 69,000 units (63,000 in pure album sales; up 3,101 percent). Prince died on April 21, the final day of the latest tracking week for the new chart, meaning that fans rushed to purchase his music in the roughly half-day left in the tracking week (after the news broke around 10 a.m. PT), enough to send him to Nos. 1 and 2. We will see continued impact from the icon’s passing on the following week’s chart, dated May 14 (reflecting activity in the week ending April 28). http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7341816/prince-number-1-and-2-on-billboard-200-albums-chart-very-best-of-purple-rain-albums "A little less conversation and a little more touch my body." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory 2,247 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendablethyn 536 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 King! I mean, Prince! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 It's sad that people buy music from dead people. I mean..just like Amy, everyone was bashing her and then everyone bought her music Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I'm not saying we shouldn't but it would be better to support artists and show them love ALWAYS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Ryan 1,468 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Congrats to Prince! Gracing the top of the charts even after death. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychedelic 1,098 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Congratulations from here to Heaven Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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