Shawn Mendes debuts at #1, scores 17th biggest sales week of 2015

[Mills 446]

Sixteen-year old Shawn Mendes has grown from Vine stardom to topping the Billboard 200 chart, as his debut full-length album Handwritten arrives at No. 1.

 

The set, which was released on April 14 through Island Records, starts with 119,000 units earned in the week ending April 19, according to Nielsen Music. Traditional album sales comprised the bulk of Mendes’ album launch with 106,000 copies sold. It also bows at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

 

Mendes is the youngest artist to have a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart in nearly five years. The last younger artist with a No. 1 was Justin Bieber on the May 29, 2010-dated chart, when his My World 2.0 was in its fourth and final week at the top. (Bieber was 16 years and 2 months old at the time -- younger than Mendes, who is 16 years and 8 months old.)

His album "Handwritten" is also only the 13th album this year to sell more than 100,000 pure album units in one week. It's also the year's 11th biggest debut.

Here are the biggest 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. To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) - Kendrick Lamar - 106,551 - 3/29/15
17. Handwritten (2015) - Shawn Mendes - 105,878 - 4/19/15 [DEBUT]
18. NOW 53 (2015) - Various Artists - 99,324 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]
19. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,196 - 1/18/15
20. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,000 - 2/15/15

21. x (2014) - Ed Sheeran - 89,000 - 2/15/15
22. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 88,971 - 3/22/15
23. Spring Break… Checkin Out (2015) - Luke Bryan - 88,782 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]
24. The Album About Nothing (2015) - Wale - 88,210 - 4/5/15 [DEBUT]
25. Piece By Piece (2015) - Kelly Clarkson - 82,856 - 3/8/15 [DEBUT]
26. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 81,662 - 1/25/15 
27. Kidz Bop 27 (2015) - Kidz Bop Kids - 77,380 - 1/18/15 [DEBUT]
28. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 76,769 - 2/8/15
29. Future Hearts (2015) - All Time Low - 75,375 - 4/12/15
30. Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - Modest Mouse - 73,099 - 3/22/15 [DEBUT]

31. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 70,704 - 2/1/15
32. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (2014) - Various Artists - 70,014 - 1/4/15
33. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 67,245 - 3/1/15
34. Ludaversal (2015) - Ludacris - 62,289 - 4/5/15 [DEBUT]
35. Reflection (2015) - Fifth Harmony - 61,854 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6538916/shawn-mendes-handwritten-debut-no-1-billboard-200-chart

[OBEY 57,109]

SLAY ME KING HIS ALBUM IS A  M  A  Z  I  N  G

Rising star !!!

 

BUY HANDWRITTEN ON ITUNES!

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/handwritten-deluxe/id963404245

 

 

[venusian 4,686]

slay ig he's hot af and has big **** so yay 

[PicklePower 1,649]

17th highest sales week

woo

[1986 629]

who?

[Spock 20,290]

Can't believe this daddy is 16 years old

[Teal Ambition 47,805]

Congrats to him, he's very talented! 

[Spock 20,290]

who?

​Can you not read the op?

[Ladey Gagz 2,512]

Wait I didn't know he was 16  

[OBEY 57,109]

Congrats to him, he's very talented! 

​slay! he's a true talent!

 

[Dangerous Man 9,245]

When will me at 16. Vine, ha power.

Btw, he is definitely the teen version of Ed Sheeran. Congrats dad.

 

[Michael 533]

slay ig he's hot af and has big **** so yay 

​How do you know?

[OBEY 57,109]

Wait I didn't know he was 16  

​repent by buying his debut album on itunes  

[Ladey Gagz 2,512]

​How do you know?

Mte :rip: 

​repent by buying his debut album on itunes  

I won't but I'll say that the sales are pretty impressive  

[Guest]

He's 16? Holy ****