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Metallica lands their 6th number one album on the charts last week with “Hardwired…to Self-Destruct”. The album is also the third largest debut of 2016 after Drake (1.04M, 852K in sales) and Beyonce (653K, 485K in sales). Bruno Mars has his biggest sales week ever, but must settle for the number 2 album. Debuting in the third spot is Miranda Lambert who got her start on the reality singing show, Nashville Star. She was also married to Voice judge Blake Shelton and helped to mentor contestants. Pentatonix drops to 4th, but they see an 80% increase in sales. They have not been out of the top 10 since they dropped the album.
1 (NEW) Metallica “Hardwired…to Self-Destruct” 291K, 282K sales
2 (NEW) Bruno Mars “24K Magic” 231K, 194K in sales
3 (NEW) Miranda Lambert “The Weight of These Wings” 133K, 122K in sales
4 (2) Pentatonix “A Pentatonix Christmas” 101K (+80%)
5 (1) A Tribe Called Quest”We Got it From Here…Thank you 4 Your Service” 59K (-56%)
6 (3) “Trolls” Soundtrack 53K (+12%)
7 (11) Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood “Christmas Together” 39K (+84%)
8 (4) Rae Sremmurd “Sremmlife 2” 38K (-11%)
9 (6) “Hamilton” 38K (+24%)
10 (5) Drake “Views” 34K (+8%)
“Black Beatles” tops the Hot 100 for a 3rd week as it continues to be part of an internet meme. There is some shuffling in the top 10, but no new entries.
1 (1) Rae Sremmurd “Black Beatles” f. Gucci Mane 138K [#1] (-11%); 59.9M streams [#1] (+3%); 58M AI (+43%); 33.5M YouTube, 14.3M Spotify, 22.1M On-Demand [#1] (-13%)
2 (2) The Chainsmokers “Closer” feauring Halsey 75K (+11%), 26.4M streams (+1%), 146M AI [#1] (0%)
3 (3) The Weeknd “Starboy” featuring Daft Punk 84K (+34%), 28.3M streams (+14%), 127M AI (0%)
4 (6) Bruno Mars “24 Magic” 79K (+38%), 17M streams (+40%), 112M AI (+4%)
5 (8) Zay Hilfigerrr & Zaylon McCall “Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem)” 36K (-10%), 35.1M AI (+46%), 17M AI (-2%)
6 (4) Ariana Grande “Side to Side” featuring Nikki Minaj 61K (+20%), 19.2M streams (+14%), 109M AI (+13%)
7 (5) Twenty One Pilots “Heathens” 45K (+7%)
8 (7) DJ Snake “Let Me Love You” featuring Justin Beiber 48K (+12%)
9 (9) D.R.A.M. “Broccoli” featuring Lil Yachty
10 (10) Maroon 5 “Don’t Wanna Know” featuring Kendrick Lamar 72K (+64%)
