Update:<\/b> It’s official: Katy Perry’s “Witness” is #1 on this week’s Billboard Top Album Sales and Billboard 200 charts.<\/p>\n
It tops the former thanks to what Billboard reports as 162K pure first-week US sales. The inclusion of TEA (track sales\/10) and SEA (track streams\/1500) yields an opening week consumption total of 180K units, which is enough for a convincing #1 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
In addition to the obvious enthusiasm expected for a new Katy Perry album, “Witness” benefited from a promotion in which albums were bundled with tickets for Perry’s upcoming tour.<\/p>\n
Credited with 69K units, Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” takes #2 on this week’s Billboard 200. SZA’s new “Ctrl” debuts at #3 with 60K units (25K from sales), while Lady Antebellum’s new “Heart Break” starts at #4 with 53K units (47K from sales).<\/p>\n
Drake’s “More Life,” which generated another 41K in weekly consumption units, grabs #5 on this week’s Billboard 200.
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Katy Perry’s “Witness” predictably won this week’s US album sales and consumption races.<\/p>\n
According to BuzzAngle Music and Hits Daily Double, “Witness” sold approximately 169,522 pure US copies during the June 9-15 tracking period. By far the week’s best, the figure will earn “Witness” the #1 spot on this week’s Billboard Top Album Sales chart.<\/p>\n
With TEA (track sales\/10) and SEA (track streams\/1500) included, “Witness” generated 187,338 total US consumption units. The consumption sum will position “Witness” atop the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
Due Sunday, Billboard’s more authoritative data will differ slightly from that reported by BuzzAngle\/Hits. The discrepancies will not, however, be nearly enough to jeopardize its #1 position on the two charts.<\/p>\n
“Witness” will be Perry’s third #1 album in the US. Her 2013 release “PRISM” and 2010 album “Teenage Dream” also debuted at #1.<\/p>\n
This week’s top pure sales performers (via BuzzAngle):
\n1) Katy Perry – Witness (~169,522 pure US sales)
\n2) Lady Antebellum – Heart Break (~53,027)
\n3) Rise Against – Wolves (~24,695)
\n4) The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (~24,685)
\n5) SZA – Ctrl (~23,787)<\/p>\n
This week’s top consumption performers (via BuzzAngle):
\n1) Katy Perry – Witness (~187,338 total US units)
\n2) Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. (~71,125)
\n3) Lady Antebellum – Heart Break (~60,133)
\n4) SZA – Ctrl (~55,209)
\n5) Ed Sheeran – Divide (~45,087)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katy Perry scores her third #1 album as “Witness” dominates the sales and consumption races.","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":[314,486,700,104,2573,5832,803,9002],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n