The Grammys floated a lot of boats this week and leading the flotilla is the HMS Adele. Adele may have gotten ensnared by piano wires, but there is no stopping her trajectory. Chris Stapleton thrives on live performances rising from 8th to 2nd. Justin Bieber got caught in a hurricane of mixed reviews (he was on many best and worst lists), but increased his buyers. Taylor Swift speeds into the top 10 at 7th, The Weeknd parties to 9th, Sam Hunt motored all the way from 29th to 10th and Kendrick Lamar was almost out of the top 50 last week and raised sails with his critically acclaimed performance to get to 11th this week.
The top debut of the week is Joey and Rory. They are a Country wife and husband duo who released this album on their own label. They appeared on the CMT competition singing show “Can You Duet” back in 2008 and finished 3rd (Rory also wrote one of Blake Shelton’s number one hits). This album will top the Christian music chart and come in second on Country which is a nice present for the couple. Joey has terminal cancer and is in hospice. They have a two year old daughter.
Daughter’s Greatest Hits album is also debuting this week and is at 22nd. Carrie Underwood gets a Grammy boost to 22nd with Storyteller and also appears on the Grammy compilation album which is 6th. Tori Kelly’s performance on the Grammys was well received and she moves back into the top 50 at 35th. One Direction is 42nd. Last year’s Idol Winner Nick Fradiani is on the Now 56 album which is 43rd.
In other news, Pizza Hut UK is tweaking Kayne on twitter about his money trouble:
Pizza Hut UK @pizzahutuk
Stop telling everyone you need dough and try kneading some dough. We got your C.V. today. You start at 9am tomorrow.
Pizza Hut UK ?@pizzahutuk
.@kanyewest We’re sorry Kanye. We just can’t accept this. Please give us a call. pic.twitter.com/NpuAX7vbry
HDD Sales Chart (89%)
2 1 ADELE 25 XL/COLUMBIA 85,481
8 2 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER MERCURY NASHVILLE 32,622
5 3 NOW 57 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 31,905
9 4 JUSTIN BIEBER PURPOSE DEF JAM 26,518
— 5 JOEY + RORY HYMNS FARMHOUSE 23,874
14 6 2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES VARIOUS ARTISTS REPUBLIC 23,713 [Carrie Underwood]
18 7 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 20,070
7 8 RIHANNA ANTI WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION 18,782
15 9 THE WEEKND BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS XO/REPUBLIC 17,730
29 10 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO MCA NASHVILLE 15,942
47 11 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 15,895
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— 22 DAUGHTRY IT’S NOT OVER?. THE HITS SO FAR RCA 9,190
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36 27 CARRIE UNDERWOOD STORYTELLER 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 7,037
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— 35 TORI KELLY UNBREAKABLE SMILE CAPITOL 4,743
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38 42 ONE DIRECTION MADE IN THE A.M. SYCO/COLUMBIA 4,030
43 43 NOW 56 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 4,015 [Nick Fradiani]
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— 50 ED SHEERAN X ASYLUM UK 3,546
