YOUR TOP 15: It looks like a race is brewing for the #1 best-selling album next week. Taylor Swift and Pentatonix are both hovering around 190k in sales. Tay Tay will take a wide lead once track sales and streaming are added in, however. Here’s how it looks with only three weekends left before Christmas. Sigh.
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 185-195k / 235-245k SPS
Pentatonix (RCA) 185-195k / 200-210k SPS
* AC/DC (Columbia) 135-145k / 140-150k SPS
Idina Menzel (Warner Bros.) 70-75k / 75-80k SPS
Michael Buble (Reprise) 60-65k / 65-70k SPS
Garth Brooks (Pearl/RCA Nashville) 55-60k / 55-60k SPS
One Direction (SYCO/Columbia) 50-55k / 65-70k SPS
Sam Smith (Capitol) 40-45k / 60-65k SPS
* Mary J. Blige (Capitol) 40-45k / 40-45k SPS
Pink Floyd (Parlophone) 40-45k / 45-50k SPS
Michael W. Smith (Sparrow) 30-35k / 30-35k SPS
Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 30-35k / 30-35k SPS
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Columbia/Interscope) 30-35k / 30-35k SPS
Frozen (Walt Disney) 28-32k / 30-35k SPS
SHADYXV (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 27-30k / 30-35k SPS
YOUR TOP 15: It looks like a race is brewing for the #1 best-selling album next week. Taylor Swift and Pentatonix are both hovering around 190k in sales. Tay Tay will take a wide lead once track sales and streaming are added in, however. Here’s how it looks with only three weekends left before Christmas. Sigh.
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 185-195k / 235-245k SPS
Pentatonix (RCA) 185-195k / 200-210k SPS
* AC/DC (Columbia) 135-145k / 140-150k SPS
Idina Menzel (Warner Bros.) 70-75k / 75-80k SPS
Michael Buble (Reprise) 60-65k / 65-70k SPS
Garth Brooks (Pearl/RCA Nashville) 55-60k / 55-60k SPS
One Direction (SYCO/Columbia) 50-55k / 65-70k SPS
Sam Smith (Capitol) 40-45k / 60-65k SPS
* Mary J. Blige (Capitol) 40-45k / 40-45k SPS
Pink Floyd (Parlophone) 40-45k / 45-50k SPS
Michael W. Smith (Sparrow) 30-35k / 30-35k SPS
Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 30-35k / 30-35k SPS
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Columbia/Interscope) 30-35k / 30-35k SPS
Frozen (Walt Disney) 28-32k / 30-35k SPS
SHADYXV (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 27-30k / 30-35k SPS
Mediatraffic will include streaming from January, too. Useless.
YOUR TOP 15: It looks like a race is brewing for the #1 best-selling album next week. Taylor Swift and Pentatonix are both hovering around 190k in sales. Tay Tay will take a wide lead once track sales and streaming are added in, however. Here’s how it looks with only three weekends left before Christmas. Sigh.
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 185-195k / 235-245k SPS
Pentatonix (RCA) 185-195k / 200-210k SPS
* AC/DC (Columbia) 135-145k / 140-150k SPS
Idina Menzel (Warner Bros.) 70-75k / 75-80k SPS
Michael Buble (Reprise) 60-65k / 65-70k SPS
Garth Brooks (Pearl/RCA Nashville) 55-60k / 55-60k SPS
One Direction (SYCO/Columbia) 50-55k / 65-70k SPS
Sam Smith (Capitol) 40-45k / 60-65k SPS
* Mary J. Blige (Capitol) 40-45k / 40-45k SPS
Pink Floyd (Parlophone) 40-45k / 45-50k SPS
Michael W. Smith (Sparrow) 30-35k / 30-35k SPS
Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 30-35k / 30-35k SPS
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Columbia/Interscope) 30-35k / 30-35k SPS
Frozen (Walt Disney) 28-32k / 30-35k SPS
SHADYXV (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 27-30k / 30-35k SPS
It's horrible. Just a sea of numbers that no one cares about.
Yeah, it does show you how little revenue streaming really is generating right now. Hopefully YouTube going official makes those figures better, we'll see.