Update:<\/b> Billboard has made the news official: The Weeknd’s “Starboy” is #1 on the Top Album Sales and Billboard 200 charts.<\/p>\n
It tops the former with what Billboard reports as 209K pure US album sales. It tops the latter with 348K total consumption units (pure album sales + track sales\/10 + track streams\/1500).<\/p>\n
Pentatonix’s “A Pentatonix Christmas” rises to #2 on the Billboard 200 with 131K units, while Metallica’s “Hardwired … To Self-Destruct” falls two places to #3 with 75K. Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” drops two spots to #2 with 73K, and the “Moana” soundtrack soars eleven places to #5 with 66K.
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\nThe Weeknd’s “Starboy” predictably dominated the opening week US album sales race. It also posted the week’s best consumption total by a considerable margin.<\/p>\n
According to BuzzAngleMusic\/HDD, “Starboy” sold approximately 227,396 pure US copies during the November 25-December 1 tracking week. The addition of TEA (track sales\/10) and SEA (track streams\/1500) yields an opening week consumption tally of 366,309 units.<\/p>\n
Due Sunday, Billboard’s more authoritative data will differ slightly from the BuzzAngle figures. The discrepancy will not, however, change the outcomes. The sales total will earn “Starboy” #1 on Top Album Sales, while the consumption tally will slot the album atop the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
“Starboy” will be the second straight #1 album for The Weeknd, who previously topped the Billboard 200 with 2015’s “Beauty Behind The Madness.”<\/p>\n
This week’s other top pure sales performers: Pentatonix’s “A Pentatonix Christmas” (~117,049 sales), Garth Brooks’ “The Ultimate Collection” (~102,601 sales), Metallica’s “Hardwired … To Self-Destruct” (~67,399 sales) and Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” (~51,921 sales)<\/p>\n
This week’s other top consumption performers: “A Pentatonix Christmas” (~128,934 units), “The Ultimate Collection” (~102,601 units), “24K Magic” (~72,499 units), and “Hardwired … To Self-Destruct” (~71,539 units)<\/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],"tags":[40,1316,912,1142,7406,791],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n