English rockers Radiohead will top the album sales chart, but will they be able to fend off Drake’s streaming numbers to top the BB200? We may have a split chart this week. “Moon Shaped Pool” has already exceeded the equivalent album prediction BB had of 150K with pure sales according to HDD….so we’ll see. Canadian rapper Drake released the physical version of his album this week and he is second in sales. Beyonce is third in her third week and released a physical version of her album this week as well.
Idol judge Keith Urban is headed to the top of the Country Album charts with “Ripcord” debuting 4th in sales. Prince continues to sell well with two albums in the top 10 – “The Very Best of Prince” and “Purple Rain” at 5th/9th respectively. Cole Swindell (Country) is currently debuting in 6th with Adele at 7th, Now 58 (featuring Kelly Clarkson and Zayn) at 8th and Chris Stapleton making it 3 country acts in the top 10.
Carrie Underwood is 34th with “Storyteller” and Jordan Smith’s “Something Beautiful” is 41st.
Rapper Chance decided to suddenly release a surprise album this week, but it won’t be topping the sales chart next week. He offers his albums for free and SS won’t count them. It may still chart on the BB200 based on streams. Chance is lobbying to have free albums eligible for Grammys. I can see why free doesn’t count on sales charts, but I’m with him that they should be eligible for awards even if I don’t totally understand his business model. He earns money at concerts? Prince once gave away his album free in a British newspaper.
Hits Daily Double Sales (89%)
— 1 RADIOHEAD A MOON SHAPED POOL XL 165,220
1 2 DRAKE VIEWS YMCMB/REPUBLIC 112,080
2 3 BEYONCE LEMONADE COLUMBIA 78,458
— 4 KEITH URBAN RIPCORD CAPITOL NASHVILLE 60,668
4 5 PRINCE THE VERY BEST OF PRINCE WARNER BROS. 47,189
— 6 COLE SWINDELL YOU SHOULD BE HERE WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 45,068
8 7 ADELE 25 XL/COLUMBIA 23,402
5 8 NOW 58 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW 16,686 [Kelly Clarkson, Zayn]
3 9 PRINCE PURPLE RAIN WARNER BROS. 16,621
7 10 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER MERCURY NASHVILLE 14,970
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40 34 CARRIE UNDERWOOD STORYTELLER 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 3,587
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46 41 JORDAN SMITH SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL REPUBLIC 2,795
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11 50 PANIC! AT THE DISCO DEATH OF A BACHELOR DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN 2,018
