The weekly US album race again produces a split-chart scenario.<\/p>\n
Metallica’s “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct” claims #1 for pure sales, while XXXTentacion’s “?” leads for overall consumption.<\/p>\n
According to Hits Daily Double and BuzzAngle, Metallica’s fall 2016 album sold approximately 64,571 pure US copies during the March 16-22 tracking period.<\/p>\n
The count, which was aided greatly by a new round of concert ticket-album bundle redemptions (the redemptions count as sales), convincingly ranks as the week’s best pure sales total.<\/p>\n
While “?” only sold about 20,647 pure US copies, it received a significant amount of opening week TEA (track sales\/10) and SEA (track streams\/1500). The album’s sales, TEA and SEA figures combine for ~133,520 in total US units; that figure easily ranks as the week’s best consumption tally.<\/p>\n
A relative non-factor on the TEA and SEA fronts, the Metallica album generated about 66,253 in tracking week consumption.<\/p>\n
Due Sunday, Billboard’s more authoritative data will differ slightly from that reported by Hits. The discrepancies should not, however, be enough to change the landscape atop either chart.<\/p>\n
The pure sales total will earn “Hardwired” #1 on Billboard Top Album Sales, while the consumption tally will position “?” atop the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
This week’s pure sales leaders (via Hits\/BuzzAngle):<\/strong> This week’s consumption leaders (via Hits\/BuzzAngle):<\/strong>
\nMetallica – Hardwired… To Self-Destruct (64,571 pure US sales)
\nScotty McCreery – Seasons Change (37,479 pure US sales)
\nThe Greatest Showman – Soundtrack (24,583 pure US sales)
\nThe Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl (24,066 pure US sales)
\nXXXTentacion – ? (20,647 pure US sales)<\/p>\n
\nXXXTentacion – ? (133,520 total US units)
\nMetallica – Hardwired… To Self-Destruct (66,253 total US units)
\nBlack Panther: The Album – Soundtrack (53,850 total US units)
\nLogic – Bobby Tarantino II (49,352 total US units)
\nMigos – Culture II (44,608 total US units)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Hardwired… To Self-Destruct” and “?” claim the top spots on this week’s album charts.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[183,1047,206],"tags":[10684,10445,7836,2984,912,2588,975,3506,10114,8348],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n