Today’s thread is brought to you by the numbers 2, 21 and 56K.
The BB200 features debuts from A Tribe Called Quest and Sting. Pentatonix rises to second in their fourth week. This is a new high for “A Pentatonix Christmas” and it is their third album to reach top 2.
1 (NEW) A Tribe Called Quest “We Got it From Here….Thank You 4 Your Service” 135K, 112K in sales
2 (4) Pentatonix “A Pentatonix Christmas” 56K (+21%), 50K (+21%)
3 (3) “Trolls” Soundtrack 48K (+2%)
4 (5) Rae Sremmurd “Sremmlife 2” 43K (+9%)
5 (8) Drake “Views” 32K (-2%)
6 (9) “Hamilton” 30K (-1%)
7 (48) Leonard Cohen “You Want it Darker” 30K (+197%), 28K in sales (+188%)
8 (6) The Chainsmokers “Collage” 29K (-25%)
9 (NEW) Sting “57th & 9th” 28K, 27K in sales
10 (12) “Suicide Squad” Soundtrack 24K (-3%)
Garth Brook’s Box Set sold well, but is not eligible because it only costs $29.99 dropping it below the $3.49 per disc cost. Thanks to Lady Gaga’s 99 cent album a few years ago, BB had to limit how cheaply albums could be sold.
Over on the Hot 100, Rae Sremmurd gets a second week with their meme sensation “Black Beatles”. The rest of the songs shuffle around a little.
1 (9) Rae Sremmurd “Black Beatles” f. Gucci Mane 154K [#1] (+7%); 54.1M streams [#1] (+25%); 41M AI (+63%); 28.4M YouTube, 15.4M Spotify, 25.3M On-Demand [#1] (+13%)
2 (2) The Chainsmokers “Closer” feauring Halsey 58K (0%), 26.2M streams (-4%), 147M AI [#1] (-2%)
3 (3) The Weeknd “Starboy” featuring Daft Punk 84K (+34%), 24.8M streams (+6%), 127M AI (0%)
4 (7) Ariana Grande “Side to Side” featuring Nikki Minaj 51K (+10%), 168.M streams (+5%), 97M AI (+18%)
5 (4) Twenty One Pilots “Heathens”
6 (6) Bruno Mars “24 Magic”
7 (5) DJ Snake “Let Me Love You” featuring Justin Beiber
8 (8) Zay Hilfigerrr & Zaylon McCall “Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem)”
9 (9) D.R.A.M. “Broccoli” featuring Lil Yachty
10 (10) Maroon 5 “Don’t Wanna Know” featuring Kendrick Lamar 78M (+9%)
