Update 2: The new tracking week seems to be causing significant calculation problems for Nielsen Music.
Since the July 10-16 sales numbers first went to print, the music tracking service has twice revised the data.
Based on the newest data, the top ten of the Billboard 200 is as follows. All data is reported in terms of total album equivalent units (pure sales + track sales/10 + track streams/1500).
While updated pure sales data has not yet been released for any album, each album’s pure sales ranking is also listed below.
1) Tyrese – Black Rose – 77K total units (pure sales ranking: #1)
2) Taylor Swift – 1989 – 55K total units (pure sales ranking: #5)
3) Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More Than Money – 53K total units (pure sales ranking: #3)
4) Kids Bop 29 – 38K total units (pure sales ranking: #2)
5) Ed Sheeran – x – 34K total units (pure sales ranking: #10)
6) R5 – Sometime Last Night – 31K total units (pure sales ranking: #4)
7) Sam Hunt – Montevallo – 30K total units (pure sales ranking: #11)
8) Meghan Trainor – Title – 22K total units (pure sales ranking: #18)
9) Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – 20K total units (pure sales ranking: #30)
10) Maroon 5 – V – 19K total units (pure sales ranking: #45)
While not in the Top 10 on the consumption driven Billboard 200, Between The Buried and Me’s “Coma Ecliptic” (#6), Owl City’s “Mobile Orchestra” (#7), the “Magic Mike XXL” soundtrack (#8) and James Taylor’s “Before This World” (#9) all appear in the Top 10 on the pure sales Top Album Sales chart.
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Update: An uncharacteristically sizable disparity exists between Billboard’s data and Hits Daily Double’s sales data, but the result is still the same: Tyrese’s “Black Rose” is the week’s #1 album.
According to Billboard, “Black Rose” moved roughly 83,000 pure copies during the July 10-16 tracking week. That easily earns it the #1 spot on this week’s Top Album Sales chart.
Hits Daily Double, which also identified “Black Rose” as the week’s #1 album, reported the sales total at only 65,047.
With Track Equivalent Albums (10 single sales = 1 album sale) and Streaming Equivalent Albums (1500 single streams = 1 album sale) included, the album debuted with a consumption total of approximately 86,000 units.
That earns it the #1 spot on this week’s revamped, consumption-oriented Billboard 200. It is the first Tyrese album to ever top the chart.
This week’s Billboard 200 top ten follows. Pure sales data will be included upon availability.
1) Tyrese – Black Rose – 86K total units (83K from pure sales)
2) Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More Than Money – 63K total units
3) Taylor Swift – 1989 – 62K total units
4) Kidz Bop 29 – 43K total units
5) Ed Sheeran – x – 40K total units
6) Sam Hunt – Montevallo – 34K total units
7) R5 – Sometime Last Night – 34K total units
8) Meghan Trainor – Title – 26K total units
9) Maroon 5 – V – 22K total units
10) Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour – 22K total units
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Thanks to his new “Black Rose,” Tyrese has finally won a weekly album sales race.
According to Hits Daily Double, “Black Rose” moved approximately 65,047 US copies during the July 10-16 tracking week. In addition to exceeding the industry’s 50-55,000 forecast, the tally also establishes “Black Rose” as the week’s best-selling album.
While Billboard’s more authoritative data will differ slightly, its Top Album Sales chart will reveal the same outcome. “Black Rose” won the weekly sales race.
With Track Equivalent Albums (10 single sales = 1 album sale) and Streaming Equivalent Albums (1500 single streams = 1 album sale) included, the album debuted with a consumption total of approximately 77,290 units. It will land atop the revamped, consumption-oriented Billboard 200.
Other top performers from a pure sales standpoint: Kidz Bop 29 (~37,914), Meek Mill’s “Dreams Worth More Than Money” (~33,110), Taylor Swift’s “1989” (~29,212), and R5’s “Sometime Last Night” (~27,792).
Other top performers from a consumption standpoint: “Dreams Worth More Than Money” (~54,430), “1989” (~49,995), Kidz Bop 29 (~38,932) and Ed Sheeran’s “x” (~35,456).