Update: Thanks to an opening week sales figure of 92,000, “Pitch Perfect 2” debuts at #1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart.
That tally comfortably tops the 60-65,000 that insiders had been projecting.
With Track Equivalent Albums (10 single sales = 1 album sale) + Streaming Equivalent Albums (1500 single sales = 1 album sale) included, the album’s first week consumption unit total registers at 107,000 units. That earns it a #1 position on the Billboard 200.
The top 10 of this week’s Billboard 200 chart is as follows:
1) Pitch Perfect 2 – 107K total units (92K from pure sales)
2) Mumford & Sons – Wilder Mind – 58K total units (47K from pure sales)
3) 50 Shades of Grey – 48K total units
4) David Guetta – Listen – 43K total units (29K from pure sales)
5) Furious 7 – 41K total units
6) Incubus – Trust Fall (Side A) – 40K total units (39K from pure sales)
7) Zac Brown Band – Jekyll + Hyde – 39K total units
8) Josh Groban – Stages – 38K total units
9) Taylor Swift – 1989 – 37K total units
10) Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour – 36K total units
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Last week’s sales projections for “Pitch Perfect 2” came with an important disclaimer: the impact of the movie, which was unknown at the time the first projection was issued, would greatly affect the opening week sales total.
Indeed it did. The film, which overperformed at the box office, drove immense late-week interest in the official soundtrack. Instead of moving the 60-65,000 that Hits Daily Double first reported, the “Pitch Perfect” soundtrack actually moved about ~90,920 copies in its first week.
It easily won the weekly sales race.
While Billboard’s more authoritative data will differ slightly from that reported by Hits, the hierarchy will be unchanged. The “Pitch Perfect 2” soundtrack will top the Billboard Top Album Sales chart.
It will also top the consumption-oriented Billboard 200. According to Hits Daily Double, the inclusion of Track Equivalent Album (10 single sales = 1 album sale) and Streaming Equivalent Album (1500 single streams = 1 album sale) data produces a first week consumption total of ~107,562 units.
From a pure sales standpoint, other top weekly performers included Mumford & Sons’ “Wilder Mind” (~50,301 pure sales), Incubus’ “Trust Fall (Side A)” (~37,512 pure sales), Josh Groban’s “Stages” (~36,926 pure sales) and “NOW 54” (~34,417 pure sales).
From a consumption standpoint, other top weekly performers include “Wilder Mind” (~62,777 total units), the “50 Shades of Grey” soundtrack (~47,288 total units), David Guetta’s “Listen” (~43,405 total units) and Zac Brown Band’s “Jekyll + Hyde” (~40,957 total units).
