Update 2:<\/b> The new tracking week seems to be causing significant calculation problems for Nielsen Music.<\/p>\n
Since the July 10-16 sales numbers first went to print, the music tracking service has twice<\/i> revised the data.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
While updated pure sales data has not yet been released for any album, each album’s pure sales ranking<\/i> is also listed below.<\/p>\n
1) Tyrese – Black Rose – 77K total units (pure sales ranking: #1)
\n2) Taylor Swift – 1989 – 55K total units (pure sales ranking: #5)
\n3) Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More Than Money – 53K total units (pure sales ranking: #3)
\n4) Kids Bop 29 – 38K total units (pure sales ranking: #2)
\n5) Ed Sheeran – x – 34K total units (pure sales ranking: #10)
\n6) R5 – Sometime Last Night – 31K total units (pure sales ranking: #4)
\n7) Sam Hunt – Montevallo – 30K total units (pure sales ranking: #11)
\n8) Meghan Trainor – Title – 22K total units (pure sales ranking: #18)
\n9) Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – 20K total units (pure sales ranking: #30)
\n10) Maroon 5 – V – 19K total units (pure sales ranking: #45)<\/p>\n
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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<\/b>Update:<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Hits Daily Double, which also identified “Black Rose” as the week’s #1 album, reported the sales total at only 65,047.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
This week’s Billboard 200 top ten follows. Pure sales data will be included upon availability.<\/p>\n
1) Tyrese – Black Rose – 86K total units (83K from pure sales)
\n2) Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More Than Money – 63K total units
\n3) Taylor Swift – 1989 – 62K total units
\n4) Kidz Bop 29 – 43K total units
\n5) Ed Sheeran – x – 40K total units
\n6) Sam Hunt – Montevallo – 34K total units
\n7) R5 – Sometime Last Night – 34K total units
\n8) Meghan Trainor – Title – 26K total units
\n9) Maroon 5 – V – 22K total units
\n10) 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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":[4522,314,4519,4476,2606,145,4479],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n