The Top Five:

Luke Bryan’s Crash My Party debuts at #1 (528K). It’s his fourth top 10 album.
K. Michelle’s Rebellious Soul debuts at #2 (68K). It’s her first top 10 album.
Now 47 dips from #2 to #3 in its second week (51K).
Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines dips from #3 to #4 in its third week (47K). It has been in the top five the entire time.
The Civil Wars’ The Civil Wars drops from #1 to #5 in its second week (40K).

The Second Five:

Jay Z’s Magna Carta…Holy Grail drops from #4 to #6 in its sixth week (37K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time.
The Teen Beach Movie soundtrack dips from #6 to #7 in its fifth week (32K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time.
Florida Georgia Line’s Here’s To The Good Times rebounds from #10 to #8 in its 37th week (31K). This is its 11th week in the top 10.
Imagine Dragons’ Night Visions drops from #7 to #9 in its 50th week (25K). This is its 18th week in the top 10.
Five Finger Death Punch’s The Wrong Side Of Heaven & The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1 drops from #8 to #10 in its third week (21K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time.

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-w...012350972.html

Robin doing really well.

Wow

King of Country

Still sold less than half of what the Queen of Country sold in her first week

YASSSSSS, Luke Bryan
My favorite male star is finally burning up the albums charts the way he deserves. He's come a long way from 2007, when that glorious nose made its debut in the musical world. King!!

Congrats Luke

As reported yesterday, country star Luke Bryan nabs his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with "Crash My Party." The album bows atop the list with nearly 528,000 sold in the week ending Sunday, Aug. 18, according to Nielsen SoundScan.



"Crash My Party" follows his previous chart-topper, "Spring Break . . . Here to Party," which opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated March 23.



The new album logs the third-largest sales week of 2013, surpassed only by the debuts of Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" (968,000) and Jay Z's "Magna Carta . . . Holy Grail" (slightly more than 528,000).



"Crash My Party" also claims the largest week for an album by a male country artist since 2004. Tim McGraw was the last male country artist to sell more copies in a week, when his "Live Like You Were Dying" bowed with 766,000 in November 2004.



More Details Into Luke Bryan's Huge Chart Bow

Bryan is miles ahead of the No. 2 album this week, K. Michelle's "Rebellious Soul." The set opens in the runner-up slot with 72,000 and also lands at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top R&B Albums charts.



The artist (familiar to fans of VH1's "Love and Hip-Hop: Atlanta") nets the highest debut on the Billboard 200 for a female R&B singer's first album since March 2011. That month, Marsha Ambrosius' "Late Nights & Early Mornings" also debuted at No. 2. (Ambrosius is formerly of the duo Floetry, which charted three albums before Ambrosius went solo.)



After we leave the top two rungs on the Billboard 200, the rest of the top 10 is fairly uneventful. The "Now 47" album slips 2-3 (52,000; down 27%), and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" descends 3-4 (48,000; down 26%). Last week's No. 1, the Civil Wars' self-titled album, falls to No. 5 with 39,000 (down 66%).



Jay Z's "Magna Carta . . . Holy Grail" falls 4-6 (37,000; down 23%), the "Teen Beach Movie" soundtrack moves 6-7 (33,000; down 13%), and Florida Georgia Line's "Here's to the Good Times" rises 10-8 (31,000; up 19%). Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" (7-9 with 27,000; down 26%) and Five Finger Death Punch's "The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell" (8-10 with 22,000; down 38%) close out the top 10.



http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...-digital-songs

72k is really good for K. Michelle. It actually puts her first week sales ahead of some recent R&B efforts from more established acts. Especially good considering she didn't even have a hit single from this album.

Congrats to her

#2. K. Michelle - Rebellious Soul - 72,000 (72,000)

#4. Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines - 48,000 (291,000)

#6. Jay Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail - 37,000 (882,000)

#14. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 16,000 (998,000)

#28. Hoodie Allen - Americoustic EP - 11,000 (11,000)

#33. Tech N9ne - Something Else - 10,000 (85,000)

#36. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city - 9,000 (1,000,000)

#61. Kanye West - Yeezus - 6,000 (510,000)

#76. Stevie Stone - 2 Birds, 1 Stone - 4,700 (4,700)

#131. Aubrey O'Day - Between Two Evils - 3,000 (3,000)

#61. Kanye West - Yeezus - 6,000 (510,000)

Not this possibly not even going platinum.

K. Michelle has done well.

Hopefully, Robin goes gold soon.

Maybe one million worldwide.

Wait! K. Michelle sold more than Ciara? I'm really surprised.

At least it's gone gold.

Wtf i thought it had scanned 800k already.
Great hold! Gold in about a month or so.
Do u guys see it going Platinum in the long run?

Actually, I thought that it sold like 300k.

It's not that bad. He might climb up the charts after the VMAs and some other promo spots.

Who do you think will win this battle? John or Luke?

Congratulations Luke