The HDD numbers are in and Taylor is on top…again. Actually, I’m pleasantly surprised by this first week of 2015 report. Taylor’s got almost 180K in sales. The second album on the chart saw an uptick in sales and it is at 76K. Top 5 albums all above 50K? Lately, that would be a good week any week let alone in January. Even the massive drop that Pentatonix saw was expected and not really all that bad for a Christmas album (see any other Christmas albums even in the top 50?) Percentage drops and SPS numbers below.
1 (1) Taylor Swift “1989” 178,975 (328K, -45%)
2 (6) Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack 76,469 (76K, +1%)
3 (13) Into the Woods Sountrack 52,118 (49K, +6%)
4 (5) Nicki Minaj “The PinkPrint” 50,889 (104K, -51%)
5 (7) Sam Smith “In the Lonely Hour” 50,776 (76K, -33%)
6 (4) J. Cole “2014 Forest Hills Drive” 47,458 (105K, -45%)
7 (12) Ed Sheeran “X” 41,706 (55K, -24%)
8 (3) One Direction “Four” 32,450 (106K, -69%)
9 (10) Frozen Soundtrack 30,734 (57K, -46%)
10 (-) NOW 52 28,847 (-)
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— 16 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 19,851 — GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1
— 25 MAROON 5 222/INTERSCOPE 11,589 — V
— 33 (2) PENTATONIX RCA 10,532 — THAT’S CHRISTMAS TO ME (119K, -91%)
— 43 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 8,007 — BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHIN
*Note percentage drops are estimates because we only got rounded numbers for the top 15 last week. Now 52 was not in the top 15 so its former position and sales drop are unavailable.
SPS CHart CHART DATE: CHART DATE: 01/06/15
LW TW Artist Title Label SPS Index % change (SEA/TEA)
— 1 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 238,975 — (60K)
— 2 ED SHEERAN X ATLANTIC 86,706 — (45K)
— 3 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR CAPITOL 81,076 — (30.3K)
— 4 NICKI MINAJ PINKPRINT YMCMB/REPUBLIC 78,889 — (28K)
— 5 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1 SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD 76,469 — (0K)
— 6 HOZIER HOZIER COLUMBIA 61,440 — (35K)
— 7 J. COLE 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 58,958 — (11.5K)
— 8 INTO THE WOODS SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY 56,268 — (4.1K)
— 9 ONE DIRECTION FOUR SYCO/COLUMBIA 50,950 — (18.5K)
— 10 FROZEN SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY 35,000 — (2.5K)
— 15 NOW 52 VARIOUS NOW 28,847 — (0K)
— 16 MAROON 5 V 222/INTERSCOPE 28,272 — (16.7K)
— 18 CARRIE UNDERWOOD GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 25,951 — (5.7K)
— 44 PENTATONIX THAT’S CHRISTMAS TO ME RCA 12,732 — (2.2K)
— 46 BLAKE SHELTON BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 12,430 (4.4K)
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