what Billboard reports<\/a> as 180K in pure opening week US sales. The sales figure includes a boost from a tour bundle, in which consumers were able to redeem for an album with their ticket purchases.<\/p>\nWith TEA (track sales\/10) and SEA (track streams\/1500) included, “Songs Of Experience” generated 189K in opening week consumption units. That figure is enough for #1 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
Chris Stapleton’s new “From A Room, Volume 2” takes #2 on the Billboard 200 with 125K units, while Taylor Swift’s “reputation” slips to #3 courtesy of its 112K tracking week units.<\/p>\n
Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” (68K) and Pentatonix’s “A Very Pentatonix Christmas” (66K) take #4 and #5, respectively.
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Making good on mid-week projections, U2’s “Songs Of Experience” won this week’s US album sales and consumption races.<\/p>\n
According to Hits Daily Double and BuzzAngle, “Songs Of Experience” sold approximately 169,991 pure US copies during the December 2-8 tracking week.<\/p>\n
The inclusion of TEA (track sales\/10) and SEA (track streams\/1500) yields a first-week consumption total of ~176,475.<\/p>\n
Due Sunday, Billboard’s more authoritative data may differ slightly from that reported by Hits and BuzzAngle. The discrepancies should not, however, affect the overall outcomes.<\/p>\n
The pure sales total will earn “Song Of Experience” #1 on Billboard Top Album Sales, while the consumption figure will be enough for #1 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
In addition to the enthusiasm expected for a new U2 release, “Songs Of Experience” benefited from a concert ticket\/album bundle promotion. Albums redeemed as part of the bundle count toward sales.<\/p>\n
This week’s pure sales leaders (via Hits\/BuzzAngle):
\nU2 – Songs Of Experience (169,991 pure US sales)
\nChris Stapleton – From A Room, Volume 2 (121,551)
\nTaylor Swift – reputation (62,950)
\nPentatonix – A Pentatonix Christmas (49,207)
\nDemi Lovato – Tell Me You Love Me (45,947) [this week’s figure includes redemptions on a ticket bundle]<\/p>\n
This week’s total consumption leaders (via Hits\/BuzzAngle):
\nU2 – Songs Of Experience (176,475 total US units)
\nChris Stapleton – From A Room, Volume 2 (130,950)
\nTaylor Swift – reputation (99,411)
\nEd Sheeran – Divide (65,795)
\nPentatonix – A Pentatonix Christmas (65,519)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U2’s new album earns #1 on this week’s US album charts.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[183,1047],"tags":[4085,204,314,10112,1142,10132,145,1560],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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