Update:<\/b> An opening week total of 93,000 powers Disturbed’s “Immortalized” to the top of the Billboard Top Album Sales chart.<\/p>\n
While down from the 179,000 moved by predecessor “Asylum,” the 93,000 total easily exceeds the 70-75,000 initially projected by the industry. It also established “Immortalized” as the week’s clear top seller during the August 21-27 tracking week.<\/p>\n
With Track Equivalent Albums (10 single sales = 1 album equivalent unit) and Streaming Equivalent Albums (1500 single streams = 1 album equivalent unit) included, the album posted an opening week consumption total of 98,000 units. That earns it the top spot on the consumption-oriented Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
The Top 10 of this week’s Billboard 200 follows (note: data is subject to change ahead of Tuesday’s final publication):<\/p>\n
1) Disturbed – Immortalized – 98K total units (93K from sales)
\n2) Luke Bryan – Kill The Lights – 67K total units
\n3) Dr. Dre – Compton – 61K total units (55K from sales)
\n4) Kip Moore – Wild Ones – 40K total units
\n5) Ed Sheeran – x – 32K total units
\n6) Rob Thomas – The Great Unknown – 31K total units
\n7) Taylor Swift – 1989 – 30K total units
\n8) Ghost – Meliora – 29K total units (29K from sales)
\n9) NWA – Straight Outta Compton – 29K total units
\n10) NOW 55 – 27K total units
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Disturbed’s “Immortalized” exceeded the initial industry forecast and easily won the weekly album sales race.<\/p>\n
According to Hits Daily Double, the band’s first studio album since 2010’s “Asylum” sold approximately 88,642 pure copies during its initial week of release (August 21-27). While down sharply from the 179,000 moved by “Asylum,” the tally comfortably tops the industry’s initial 70-75,000 forecast.<\/p>\n
It also gives “Immortalized” a convincing win in the weekly album sales race. Luke Bryan’s “Kill The Lights,” the week’s next-best-seller, followed with approximately 47,253 weekly sales.<\/p>\n
Due Sunday night (and said to go final Tuesday), Billboard’s sales data will differ slightly from that reported by Hits. The disparity will not, however, affect the ultimate conclusion: “Immortalized” won the weekly sales race and will debut at #1 on Top Album Sales.<\/p>\n
It will also debut at #1 on the consumption-oriented Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
With Track Equivalent Albums (10 single sales = 1 album equivalent unit) and Streaming Equivalent Albums (1500 single streams = 1 album equivalent unit) included, Hits estimates that “Immortalized” posted a first-week consumption total of ~92,007 units.<\/p>\n
The aforementioned “Kill The Lights” follows with ~58,629.<\/p>\n
From a pure sales standpoint, the week’s other key performers included Dr. Dre’s “Compton” (~43,678 pure sales), Kip Moore’s “Wild Ones” (~32,816), Rob Thomas’ “The Great Unknown” (~30,223), NOW 55 (~27,448), Bon Jovi’s “Burning Bridges” (~24,541), Ghost’s “Meliora” (~21,814), NWA’s “Straight Outta Compton” (~18,794), Taylor Swift’s “1989” (~17,597), Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats’ “Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats” (~17,501), Elvis Presley’s “Elvis Forever” (~17,105), “Descendants” (~16,990), Carly Rae Jepsen’s “E-MO-TION” (~15,815), and Pop Evil’s “Up” (~15,063).<\/p>\n
From a total consumption standpoint, other top performers included “Compton” (~49,466 total units), “Wild Ones” (~37,070), “The Great Unknown” (~32,122), NOW 55 (~27,448), Taylor Swift’s “1989” (~27,312), Ed Sheeran’s “x” (~26,916), “Straight Outta Compton” (~26,710), Future’s “DS2” (~25,654), Bon Jovi’s “Burning Bridges” (~25,643), Sam Hunt’s “Montevallo” (~24,838), “Meliora” (~24,269), Drake’s “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” (~23,098), and “Descendants” (~21,490).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46134,"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":[3788,2838,4698,4417,698,176,2102,2818,4854,1915,598,4853,4796,4818,4293,2434,145],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n