BILLBOARD 200
There's no stopping Taylor Swift, as the superstar notches a ninth week at No. 1 on the
Billboard 200 chart with her 1989 album.
1989 sold 155,000 equivalent units in the week ending Jan. 11, according to Nielsen Music (down 36 percent). The Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).
Swift also easily leads the Top Album Sales chart, which ranks the best selling albums of the week based on pure album sales. 1989 sold 111,000 copies last week (down 35 percent). The set has now sold 3.94 million, and is on the verge of becoming Swift's fifth album to sell 4 million copies. (Each of her studio efforts have exceeded four million in U.S. sales.)
1. 1989 (111,000 pure album sales; 155,000 albums+SEA+TEA)
2. x (34,000; 76,000)
3. The Pinkprint (34,000; 60,000)
4. In The Lonely Hour (30,000; 57,000)
5. SremmLife (34,000; 49,000)
6. Hozier (20,000; 49,000)
7. 2014 Forest Hills Drive (34,000; 45,000)
8. Guardians of the Galaxy (35,000; 35,000)
9. FOUR (17,000; 32,000)
10. My Everything (7,000; 28,000)
BILLBOARD HOT 100
Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk!," featuring Bruno Mars, could be settling in for a long run at No. 1 on the
Billboard Hot 100, as it leads the chart for a second week. As it rules again, it also rises 2-1 on both the Streaming Songs and On-Demand Songs charts, further solidifying its spot atop the Hot 100.
"Funk!," released on RCA Records, spends a third week atop Digital Songs with 341,000 downloads sold (down 11 percent) in the week ending Jan. 11, according to Nielsen Music. It also passes 2 million in sales to date (2.1 million). The track crowns two additional tallies, lifting
2-1 on both Streaming Songs, with a 15 percent surge to 11.6 million U.S. streams, and the subscription services-based On-Demand Songs chart (4.7 million, up 15 percent). The advances grant the song the Hot 100's top Streaming Gainer award.
On Radio Songs, "Funk" climbs 9-6 with a 37 percent blast to 103 million in all-format audience, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100, as well.
The momentum of "Funk" should only continue as Ronson's new album, Uptown Special, arrived this week and is due for a likely lofty debut on next week's Billboard 200 album chart. In addition to Mars, the set features Stevie Wonder on two tracks (with all 11 cuts collaborations).
Hot 100
1. Uptown Funk (=)
2. Blank Space (=)
3. Take Me To Church (=)
4. Thinking Out Loud (=)
5. I'm Not The Only One (+3)
6. Lips Are Movin (-1)
7. Jealous (+2)
8. Love Me Harder (+3)
9. Shake It Off (-2)
10. All About That Bass (-4)
Digital Songs
1. Uptown Funk 341,000
2. Thinking Out Loud 224,000
3. Take Me To Church 199,000
4. Black Space 176,000
7. I'm Not The Only One 92,000