Idol Sales News – Week Ending 04/19/15

Shawn (not Shane) Mendes easily sails to the top of the sales and combined chart this week. Nobody is close. Furious 7 continues to crush on the singles chart which boosts their combined total significantly. Reba slides down a spot to open at third on the BB200 followed in the pattern by Tyler the Creator and Halestorm. Taylor Swift actually drops on the combined as well because Fifty Shades of Grey moves ahead of her due to single performance. Ed and Sam are separated by Drake on the final chart to round out the top of the 10.

Only reality singing competitor on the sales chart is Kelly Clarkson and she clings to the bottom of the combined chart. Fifth Harmony appear on the combined chart. Now 53 appears on both charts and features X-Factorers One Direction. Now ACM features Kelly and Carrie.

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LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index % Change
— 1 SHAWN MENDES HANDWRITTEN ISLAND 108,573 —
— 2 REBA MCENTIRE LOVE SOMEBODY NASHVILLE ICON 56,661 —
— 3 TYLER THE CREATOR CHERRY BOMB COLUMBIA 48,776 —
— 4 HALESTORM INTO THE WILD LIFE ATLANTIC 44,983 —
2 5 FURIOUS 7 SOUNDTRACK ATLANTIC 25,974 -42%
4 6 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 23,898 -11%
7 7 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR CAPITOL 18,825 -10%
3 8 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 18,767 -31%
1 9 ALL TIME LOW FUTURE HEARTS HOPELESS 18,743 -73%
10 DWIGHT YOAKAM SECOND HEART HEART WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 17,993 —
5 12 EMPIRE CAST SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 17,723 -27%
33 18 NOW ACM AWARDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/UME 13,549 71%
8 23 MAROON 5 V 222/INTERSCOPE 11,638 -39%
22 27 NOW 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 10,105 -27%
— 35 MIRANDA LAMBERT PLATINUM RCA NASHVILLE 8,630 —
38 49 KELLY CLARKSON PIECE BY PIECE RCA 5,629 -24%

Sales Plus Streaming Chart (sales+track equivalent albums+stream equivalent albums)
LW TW Artist / Album Label SPS Index % Change [TEAs/SEAS, Position Change]
— 1 SHAWN MENDES HANDWRITTEN ISLAND 117,365 — [9K, 0]
1 2 FURIOUS 7 SOUNDTRACK ATLANTIC 76,838 -29% [51K, +3]
— 3 REBA MCENTIRE LOVE SOMEBODY NASHVILLE ICON 59,344 — [3K, -1]
— 4 TYLER THE CREATOR CHERRY BOMB COLUMBIA 56,172 — [7.5K, -1]
— 5 HALESTORM INTO THE WILD LIFE ATLANTIC 45,562 — [1K, -1]
17 6 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SOUNDTRACK REPUBLIC 43,865 109% [27K, +8]
3 7 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 39,286 -12% [15K, -1]
6 8 ED SHEERAN X ATLANTIC 32,496 -12% [14.8K, +5]
7 9 DRAKE IF YOU’RE READING THIS, IT’S TOO LATE YMCMB/REPUBLIC 32,484 -12% [20K, +11]
8 10 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR CAPITOL 32,414 -6%[13.6K, -3]
4 11 MAROON 5 V 222/INTERSCOPE 30,549 -29% [19K, +12]
10 15 EMPIRE CAST SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 23,875 -21% [8K, -3]
— 33 NOW ACM AWARDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/UME 13,549 71% [0, -15]
— 34 MIRANDA LAMBERT PLATINUM RCA NASHVILLE 13,223 — [4.6K +1]
37 43 FIFTH HARMONY REFLECTION EPIC 10,999 -19% [Off sales chart]
35 49 NOW 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 10,105 -27% [0K, -22]
36 50 KELLY CLARKSON PIECE BY PIECE RCA 9,771 -29% [4K, -1]

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