General Charts Discussion - Taylor's 1989 is swiftly coming for 5M+

[GagaMyBlood95 9,899]

I hope her third single smashes. And what's the deal with R8. No release date yet?

​Nope, still nothing on the album...

It's weird, could be a surprise release, but why all the singles then? Idk..

[Klou 2,414]

LMLYD repeaking at #3

[Mills 446]

Largest Nielsen Music-reported sales weeks in 2015 so far:

Albums selling over 300,000 units in one week this year so far = 2
Albums selling over 200,000 units in one week this year so far = 3
Albums selling over 100,000 units in one week this year so far = 12

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. To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) - Kendrick Lamar - 106,551 - 3/29/15
17. NOW 53 (2015) - Various Artists - 99,324 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]
18. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,196 - 1/18/15
19. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,000 - 2/15/15
20. x (2014) - Ed Sheeran - 89,000 - 2/15/15

21. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 88,971 - 3/22/15
22. Spring Break… Checkin Out (2015) - Luke Bryan - 88,782 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]
23. The Album About Nothing (2015) - Wale - 88,210 - 4/5/15 [DEBUT]
24. Piece By Piece (2015) - Kelly Clarkson - 82,856 - 3/8/15 [DEBUT]
25. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 81,662 - 1/25/15 
26. Kidz Bop 27 (2015) - Kidz Bop Kids - 77,380 - 1/18/15 [DEBUT]
27. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 76,769 - 2/8/15
28. Stranders To Ourselves (2015) - Modest Mouse - 73,099 - 3/22/15 [DEBUT]
29. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 70,704 - 2/1/15
30. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (2014) - Various Artists - 70,014 - 1/4/15

31. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 67,245 - 3/1/15
32. Ludaversal (2015) - Ludacris - 62,289 - 4/5/15 [DEBUT]
33. Reflection (2015) - Fifth Harmony - 61,854 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]
34. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake - 58,640 - 3/1/15
35. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 58,267 - 3/8/15

Wale gets the 13th biggest debut this year. He's also only the 40th act (and the 23rd male solo) to score 2 or more #1 albums on the Billboard 200 this decade. 

[Arturo 40,746]

Kworb is predicting 477,000 for See You Again this week....wut.

[OBEY 57,109]

US

25 Tove Lo - Talking Body 0.1084 0.1077 0.1056 0.1044 0.1040 0.1034 0.1031

 

[Whispering 18,865]

Kworb is predicting 477,000 for See You Again this week....wut.

I can see this song being huge way into the summer. It is a good song for the upcoming Graduation season. 

[JustPokeHerFace 2,564]

So will See You Again be the song to topple UF? I wonder how many weeks UF will end up with at the top of the Hot 100. 

[PicklePower 1,649]

So will See You Again be the song to topple UF? I wonder how many weeks UF will end up with at the top of the Hot 100. 

​I'm gonna say this is it's last week. :lollipop:

[Fizzy 2,192]

So will See You Again be the song to topple UF? I wonder how many weeks UF will end up with at the top of the Hot 100. 

This was its last week. 14. Done and sealed

[Arturo 40,746]

Nah. UF will be #1 for 1 more week. See You Again still doesn't have enough radio traction. Remember, not even 500k selling Roar could topple Blurred Lines even once it began falling on radio.

[Mills 446]

Updated Digital Songs for the week ending April 5, 2015:

Title  / Artist / TW sales / LW sales / RTD sales

Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - 163,451 / 164,739 / 5,233,763

Sugar - Maroon 5 - 146,588 / 143,329 / 2,000,352 [NEW 2X PLATINUM]

Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding - 118,370 / 113,810 / 1,658,096

FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney - 104,802 / 100,359 / 1,544,046

Style - Taylor Swift - 73,163 / 67,994 / 1,366,069

G.D.F.R. - Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini - 125,865 / 99,540 / 1,261,984

Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) - The Weeknd - 124,564 / 106,835 / 1,181,983

Time Of Our Lives - Pitbull & Ne-Yo - 57,658 / 60,222 / 1,132,259

Ghost - Ella Henderson - 19,734 / 21,281 / 1,129,320

Only - Nicki Minaj ft. Drake, Lil Wayne - 24,212 / 21,154 / 1,108,557

Shut Up + Dance - Walk the Moon - 107,189 / 93,009 / 827,807

I Bet My Life - Imagine Dragons - 22,214 / 23,609 / 775,460

Night Changes - One Direction - 29,665 / 31,927 / 765,285

Chains - Nick Jonas - 99,294 / 74,632 / 708,290

Heroes - Alesso ft. Tove Lo - 9,200 / 9,218 / 707,492

She Knows - Ne-Yo ft. Juicy J - 22,432 / 24,762 / 690,530

Truffle Butter - Nicki Minaj ft. Drake & Lil Wayne - 53,202 / 52,444 / 665,842

7/11 - Beyonce - 15,170 / 14,852 / 628,863

Trap Queen - Fetty Wap - 114,212 / 90,939 / 616,243

Dear Future Husband - Meghan Trainor - 45,739 / 26,305 / 574,550

Geronimo - Sheppard - 34,134 / 34,588 / 563,708

Somebody - Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih - 74,390 / 67,939 / 552,587 [NEW GOLD]

Aint Worth The Whiskey - Cole Swindell - 45,618 / 27,232 / 539,541 [NEW GOLD]

Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - 68,821 / 35,324 / 527,170 [NEW GOLD]

Outside - Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding - 31,031 / 33,511 / 508,237 [NEW GOLD]

Talking Body - Tove Lo - 51,768 / 45,861 / 387,530

Girl Crush - Little Big Town - 51,228 / 59,925 / 381,402

One Last Time - Ariana Grande - 49,634 / 44,336 / 371,644

I Want You to Know - Zedd ft. Selena Gomez - 39,831 / 40,991 / 318,437

See You Again - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - 168,419 / 28,639 / 256,844

Uma Thurman - Fall Out Boy - 16,950 / 12,454 / 206,899

I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen - 21,771 / 11,715 / 100,220

Wiz's SYA will likely pass 1 million by its 7th week at the latest, the same week 45S reached that mark. I've been hearing a lot of TOY comparisons. This should at least be a 3M seller by the end of its run then.

[Arturo 40,746]

Digital sales have fallen so much. I think it's safe to say that 2M+ constitutes a big hit while 3M+ constitutes a smash.
2 years ago the numbers for a big hit were 3M+ and 4M+ for a smash. But even Top 3 hits like LMLYD and Sugar will struggle for 3M it seems.....
I mean has the #2 hit Bang Bang even sold 3M yet?

[luckythisway 2,602]

Nah. UF will be #1 for 1 more week. See You Again still doesn't have enough radio traction. Remember, not even 500k selling Roar could topple Blurred Lines even once it began falling on radio.

 

[luckythisway 2,602]

Updated Digital Songs for the week ending April 5, 2015:

Title  / Artist / TW sales / LW sales / RTD sales

Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - 163,451 / 164,739 / 5,233,763

Sugar - Maroon 5 - 146,588 / 143,329 / 2,000,352 [NEW 2X PLATINUM]

Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding - 118,370 / 113,810 / 1,658,096

FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney - 104,802 / 100,359 / 1,544,046

Style - Taylor Swift - 73,163 / 67,994 / 1,366,069

G.D.F.R. - Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini - 125,865 / 99,540 / 1,261,984

Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) - The Weeknd - 124,564 / 106,835 / 1,181,983

Time Of Our Lives - Pitbull & Ne-Yo - 57,658 / 60,222 / 1,132,259

Ghost - Ella Henderson - 19,734 / 21,281 / 1,129,320

Only - Nicki Minaj ft. Drake, Lil Wayne - 24,212 / 21,154 / 1,108,557

Shut Up + Dance - Walk the Moon - 107,189 / 93,009 / 827,807

I Bet My Life - Imagine Dragons - 22,214 / 23,609 / 775,460

Night Changes - One Direction - 29,665 / 31,927 / 765,285

Chains - Nick Jonas - 99,294 / 74,632 / 708,290

Heroes - Alesso ft. Tove Lo - 9,200 / 9,218 / 707,492

She Knows - Ne-Yo ft. Juicy J - 22,432 / 24,762 / 690,530

Truffle Butter - Nicki Minaj ft. Drake & Lil Wayne - 53,202 / 52,444 / 665,842

7/11 - Beyonce - 15,170 / 14,852 / 628,863

Trap Queen - Fetty Wap - 114,212 / 90,939 / 616,243

Dear Future Husband - Meghan Trainor - 45,739 / 26,305 / 574,550

Geronimo - Sheppard - 34,134 / 34,588 / 563,708

Somebody - Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih - 74,390 / 67,939 / 552,587 [NEW GOLD]

Aint Worth The Whiskey - Cole Swindell - 45,618 / 27,232 / 539,541 [NEW GOLD]

Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson - 68,821 / 35,324 / 527,170 [NEW GOLD]

Outside - Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding - 31,031 / 33,511 / 508,237 [NEW GOLD]

Talking Body - Tove Lo - 51,768 / 45,861 / 387,530

Girl Crush - Little Big Town - 51,228 / 59,925 / 381,402

One Last Time - Ariana Grande - 49,634 / 44,336 / 371,644

I Want You to Know - Zedd ft. Selena Gomez - 39,831 / 40,991 / 318,437

See You Again - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - 168,419 / 28,639 / 256,844

Uma Thurman - Fall Out Boy - 16,950 / 12,454 / 206,899

I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen - 21,771 / 11,715 / 100,220

Wiz's SYA will likely pass 1 million by its 7th week at the latest, the same week 45S reached that mark. I've been hearing a lot of TOY comparisons. This should at least be a 3M seller by the end of its run then.

what's TOY?

[ARTPOPisaChoice 946]

Digital sales have fallen so much. I think it's safe to say that 2M+ constitutes a big hit while 3M+ constitutes a smash.
2 years ago the numbers for a big hit were 3M+ and 4M+ for a smash. But even Top 3 hits like LMLYD and Sugar will struggle for 3M it seems.....
I mean has the #2 hit Bang Bang even sold 3M yet?

No it's at 2.92M