Sales News – Week Ending – 06/30/16

Happy Canada Day!

To celebrate, Canadian Drake is going to top the combined album chart – again. Folk Rockers The Avett Brothers will be second with about 45-50K in combined sales. How much longer before albums become a rarity and they just release singles? Beyonce’s “Lemonade” is currently second with just 21K in sales with 87% of reports in. Drake is 4th in sales. Chris Stapelton and Adele are content to stay near the top of the chart each week and the Red Hot Chili Peppers fall from 1st in sales to 6th. Hamilton is still enjoying it’s post-Tony success and is at 7th. Twenty One Pilots see a surge due to sale pricing and another hit riding up the chart. Meghan Trainor is 9th and Voice coach Blake Shelton is 10th.

Carrie Underwood is the sole singing competitor in the top 50 and she sits at 48th with her solo album. She also has a duet on Keith Urban’s album at 14th. Kelly Clarkson and Zayn aper on Now 58.

Billboard reports on the top YouTube songs for Independence Day.

Hits Daily Double Sales (87%)
— 1 THE AVETT BROTHERS TRUE SADNESS REPUBLIC AMERICAN 34,831
5 2 BEYONCE LEMONADE COLUMBIA 20,545
4 3 DRAKE VIEWS YMCMB/REPUBLIC 13,535
9 4 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER MERCURY NASHVILLE 10,849
14 5 ADELE 25 XL/COLUMBIA 10,190
1 6 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS THE GETAWAY WARNER BROS. 9,627
6 7 HAMILTON ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST UPTOWN 8,505
16 8 TWENTY ONE PILOTS BLURRYFACE FUELED BY RAMEN 7,954
10 9 MEGHAN TRAINOR THANK YOU EPIC 7,728
13 10 BLAKE SHELTON IF I’M HONEST WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 7,341

11 14 KEITH URBAN RIPCORD CAPITOL NASHVILLE 5,123 [Carrie Underwood]

28 20 NOW 58 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW 4,557 [Kelly Clarkson, Zayn]

— 48 CARRIE UNDERWOOD STORYTELLER 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 2,180

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