6, where R&B singer Joe bows with Doubleback: Evolution of R&B.

The lone debut in the top 10 this week is at No. 5 peak, which was first established three weeks ago. Its current pop radio single, “Radioactive,” concurrently rises 5-4 on the Pop Songs airplay chart (known as Mainstream Top 40 on ).įlorida Georgia Line’s Here’s to the Good Times rounds out the top five, as it steps 6-5 with 32,000 (up 3%). The rise comes courtesy of a 23% spike in sales, as the set sold 36,000 last week. Imagine Dragons’ Night Visions jumps 8-4-its highest rank since its No. 12, 2011, chart, when Amos Lee‘s Mission Bell debuted atop the list with just 40,000 sold. 4, 2012, chart, when Zac Brown Band’s Uncaged sold 48,000 in its second week at No. The last time a chart-topper moved fewer copies in a week was on the Aug.

1, this is the sixth-smallest sales week for the top-selling album in the SoundScan era-and the smallest sum at No. Of those, only 13% (76 titles) did not debut at No. Since SoundScan started powering the chart, there have been 583 albums that reached No. And many albums cannot sustain momentum after their debut-at least not enough to compete with newer albums. It’s unusual for an album to rise to the top, as most titles have their best sales weeks during their debut frame. 1 albums were chart-toppers because they debuted there. Since the chart started using more exact Nielsen SoundScan sales data on May 25, 1991, the vast majority of No. To date, Born Sinner has sold 439,000 copies, this week surpassing the cumulative sum of his original competition, Yeezus (431,000).Īlbums rarely climb to No.

2-first stuck behind an also-debuting Yeezus from Kanye West, and then lodged behind Wale‘s The Gifted a week ago.

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