Sales News – Week Ending – 07/21/16

With 86% of reports in, we are headed for another split chart. Half of the top 10 in album sales are debut albums (or albums that were off the chart last week), but that diminishes to just two after all the streamers push the new albums out. Christian Rockers NEEDTOBREATHE will reach new peaks and have the top selling album of the week. Behind them, are those amusing lyric changers, Kidz Bop now up to album 32 (how will they de-sex “Cake by the Ocean”? I bet then when they are 11 in “7 Years” they aren’t smoking herb and drinking burning liquor). Former Idol judge Steven Tyler tries his hand at Country to come in 3rd while Logic (Rapper) is 5th (off chart last week) and Dirty Heads (Hip Hop/Ska Punk) are 6th. The rest are the usual suspects: Beyonce 4th, Chris Stapleton 7th, Drake 8th, Adele 9th and Hamilton 10th.

We scramble that line-up up (and switch a few) when it comes to the Sales Plus Streaming. Drake continues to dominate (yawn) based on his massive streaming appeal. NEEDTOBREATHE has to settle for second and Kidz Bop are third (people just cannot get enough of their sanitized versions). Logic is 4th, Beyonce 5th, Adele 6th, Schoolboy Q (last week’s best seller) is 7th, Rihanna is 8th, Twenty One Pilots 9th and Hamilton holds on for 10th.

Carrie is the lone solo reality singer in the top 50 of sales. Her “Storyteller” is at 48th. She’s also on Keith Urban’s “Ripcord” with a duet. Kelly Clarkson and Zayn are on Now 58 at 33rd. On SPS, Fifth Harmony rise onto the chart at 28th as does Melanie Martinez at 41st.

The new music for the tracking week was dropped around midnight. Heading the iTunes chart is Major Lazer’s “Cold Water” f. Justin Bieber & MØ. Gucci Mane is topping the album download chart.

Hits Daily Double Sales (86%)
— 1 NEEDTOBREATHE H A R D L O V E WMG 29,834
— 2 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 32 RAZOR & TIE 21,682
— 3 STEVEN TYLER WE’RE ALL SOMEBODY FROM SOMEWHERE DOT 13,069
4 4 BEYONCE LEMONADE COLUMBIA 12,850
— 5 LOGIC BOBBY TARANTINO DEF JAM 12,775
— 6 DIRTY HEADS DIRTY HEADS FIVE SEVEN MUSIC 11,048
8 7 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER MERCURY NASHVILLE 10,238
7 8 DRAKE VIEWS YMCMB/REPUBLIC 9,665
6 9 ADELE 25 XL/COLUMBIA 9,634
9 10 HAMILTON ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST UPTOWN 8,050

28 26 KEITH URBAN RIPCORD CAPITOL NASHVILLE 3,723 [Carrie Underwood]

15 33 NOW 58 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW 3,110 [Kelly Clarkson, Zayn]

45 48 CARRIE UNDERWOOD STORYTELLER 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 2,116

HDD SPS (86%)
1 1 DRAKE VIEWS YMCMB/REPUBLIC 42,173
— 2 NEEDTOBREATHE H A R D L O V E WMG 30,634
— 3 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 32 RAZOR & TIE 22,282
19 4 LOGIC BOBBY TARANTINO DEF JAM 17,839
4 5 BEYONCE LEMONADE COLUMBIA 17,456
6 6 ADELE 25 XL/COLUMBIA 16,396
2 7 SCHOOLBOY Q BLANK FACE LP INTERSCOPE 16,313
9 8 RIHANNA ANTI WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION 15,537
7 9 TWENTY ONE PILOTS BLURRYFACE FUELED BY RAMEN 15,335
10 10 HAMILTON ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST UPTOWN 14,364
,,,
27 28 FIFTH HARMONY 7/27 EPIC 6,952

40 38 KEITH URBAN RIPCORD CAPITOL NASHVILLE 5,401 [Carrie Underwood]

34 41 MELANIE MARTINEZ CRY BABY WMG 5,179

About Kirsten 3060 Articles
Kirsten has had a long love affair with numbers. Marry that with her love of cheese and the Numbers Threads at MJs were born.