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Chart News: 1D 470k; Biebs 620k: biggest SPS number ever
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1D 470k; Biebs 620k: biggest SPS number ever
THIS CHART STORY HAS PURPOSE
Def Jam’s Justin Bieber is this week’s sales champ, prevailing over SYCO/Columbia’s One Direction, as his Purpose tops the HITS Album Sales Chart with 504k and the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart with 620k. FYI, those numbers signify the biggest debut of 2015 (in both categories)—until next week—as well as the biggest sales-plus-streaming number ever.
1D landed at #2 with 414k in sales and 470k at SPS.
Justin Bieber vs. One Direction: Neck-in-Neck for No. 1, But Will Digital Sales Tip the Scales?
As of press time, Purpose, released by Def Jam, is projected to reach 450,000 units in sales with another 100,000 in TEA (or track-*equivalent albums, whereby 10 individual downloads of songs from an album equal one album unit) and SEA (or stream-equivalent albums, whereby 1,500 streams equal one album) anticipated for a total of 550,000 units. Meanwhile, One Direction's Made in the A.M. is expected to scan about 425,000, with potentially another 50,000 consumption-equivalent units for a total of 475,000.
As for traditional retailers, Target offered *customers five different One Direction album covers. As a result of that *marketing tactic, Made in the A.M. outsold Purpose (81,000 to 28,000 units) in sales gathered over Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the discount chain. 1D and Bieber were neck and neck at Walmart, where Bieber sold 22,000 units to the band's 19,000.
At iTunes, Bieber scanned 270,000 units during the weekend, versus 190,000 One Direction downloads. A week earlier, 1D was in the lead, with 170,000 in preorders during a six-week availability period, while Bieber had 110,000 in a three-week period. Usually, artists with shorter preorder windows have a bigger lift during the debut week, but the one experienced by Bieber is greater than anticipated.
TOP 15: IT'S NOT CLOSE. IT'S OVER.
Justin Bieber Will Score a Decisive Win This Week
Justin Bieber will score a decisive win over One Direction on this week’s album and SPS charts. The Bieber-1D face-off also marks the first time two albums have debuted over 400k in the same week since 2007, when Kanye West and 50 Cent squared off. Meanwhile, as many as nine debuts may land in the Top 15 this week, with Def Jam leading—not only at #1 but with three other new entries, two of them looking set to land in the Top 5. Here’s how it looks at midweek.
1. *Justin Bieber (Def Jam) 470-490k Sales, 560-580k SPS
2. *One Direction (SYCO/Columbia) 410-430k Sales, 460-480k SPS
3. *Logic (Def Jam) 100-110k Sales, 105-115k SPS
4. *Jeezy (Def Jam) 80-85k Sales, 88-93k SPS
5. *Chris Young (Sony Nashville/RCA) 55-60k Sales, 63-68k SPS
6. Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 30-35k Sales, 52-57k SPS
7. *Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Lava/Republic) 30-35k Sales, 32-37k SPS
8. Now 56 (NOW) 27-32k Sales, 27-32k SPS
9. *Kirk Franklin (RCA) 27-32k Sales, 29-34k SPS
10. Eric Church (EMI Nashville) 24-28k Sales, 29-33k SPS
11. Pentatonix, That’s Christmas to Me (RCA) 23-27k Sales, 25-29k SPS
12. *Alessia Cara (Def Jam) 18-22k Sales, 26-30k SPS
13. Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 16-19k Sales, 21-24k SPS
14. *Ty Dolla Sign (WMG) 16-19k Sales, 19-22k SPS
15. The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 14-17k Sales, 41-44k SPS
*Debuts
WE HAVE A WINNER
Justin Bieber will win this week’s race for #1 with what may end up with the year’s biggest debut.
Bieber’s Purpose (RBMG/Def Jam) is currently trending to top Drake’s 535k first week of his album, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. Bieber could see as much as 100k of his total coming from track downloads and streams.
One Direction will land at #2 with Made in the A.M. (SYCO/Columbia).Their fifth and final set will easily eclipse the 387k first week of last year’s Four.
Here are this week’s updated new releases:
Justin Bieber (Def Jam) 425-450k albums, 525-550k SPS
One Direction (SYCO/Columbia) 400-425k albums, 475-500k SPS
Logic (Def Jam) 90-95k albums, 95-100k SPS
Jeezy (Def Jam) 60-65k albums, 65-70k SPS
Chris Young (RCA Nashville) 55-60k albums, 60-65k SPS
Kirk Franklin (RCA) 27-30k albums, 28-31k SPS
Alessia Cara (Def Jam) 19-22k albums, 27-30k SPS
Jeff Lynne’s ELO (Columbia) 17-20k albums, 18-21k SPS
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Hmmm i kinda feel like both predictions are gonna be lowered but not by much.
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1D's sales will be rubbish compared to King Bieber's
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expected. 1d will do about 350k. I think Bieber will fall short of the 300k mark tho.
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I think Bieber's #s will go up, and 1D's will stay roughly the same.
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I'm disgusted.
Rooting for Justin.
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Talent prevails 
So proud of Zayn's friends
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I think it'll be a closer than that.
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The thread for this shall be massive. 
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Quote:
Originally posted by umich
I think Bieber's #s will go up, and 1D's will stay roughly the same.
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"Sorry" will put him ahead since it should generate more streams, sales & pre-orders than any 1D's single
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 I know Biebs is going up, he's having nothing but more acclaim by GP this era with each single (he's really getting better and better)
Hope the pure sales difference is small, 'cause Bieber is going to slay TEA/SEA 
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I was hoping Justin would win. He put out the better music, better videos and better performances. I don't get 1D's appeal.
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Adele will do in in 1 hour :P But good luck to them  I'm team Bieber.
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I'm thinking of getting Bieber's cause I really like Sorry. 
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GO 1D! 
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Bieber's music has been better this era so he deserves the 1 anyway, his comeback era feels bigger that 1D's, Where Are You Now alone>>>>
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