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Chart Listings: 2015 Nielsen Soundscan Report
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2015 Nielsen Soundscan Report
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In total for 2015, Nielsen reports that 549.35 million equivalent album units were consumed -- up 15.2 percent compared to 2014’s haul (476.93 million). The increase is owed to a 93 percent lift in on-demand streams (SEA). Pure album sales were down 6 percent -- more on that in a moment -- while track equivalent albums (TEA) fell by 13 percent.
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TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2015 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS
| Rank | Artist, Title | Total Units | | 1 | Adele, 25 | 8,008,000 | | 2 | Taylor Swift, 1989 | 3,105,000 | | 3 | Justin Bieber, Purpose | 2,225,000 | | 4 | Ed Sheeran, X | 2,206,000 | | 5 | The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness | 2,045,000 | | 6 | Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late | 1,919,000 | | 7 | Meghan Trainor, Title | 1,795,000 | | 8 | Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour | 1,741,000 | | 9 | Sam Hunt, Montevallo | 1,378,000 | | 10 | Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap | 1,295,000
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TOP 10 SELLING ALBUMS OF 2015 IN U.S.
| Rank | Artist, Title | Total Sales | | 1 | Adele, 25 | 7,441,000 | | 2 | Taylor Swift, 1989 | 1,993,000 | | 3 | Justin Bieber, Purpose | 1,269,000 | | 4 | Ed Sheeran, X | 1,162,000 | | 5 | Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late | 1,142,000 | | 6 | Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour | 1,018,000 | | 7 | Meghan Trainor, Title | 1,007,000 | | 8 | The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness | 862,000 | | 9 | Soundtrack, Fifty Shades of Grey | 861,000 | | 10 | Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights | 851,000 |
TOP 10 SELLING DIGITAL SONGS OF 2015 IN U.S.
| Rank | Artist, Title | Total Sales | | 1 | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk!" | 5,529,000 | | 2 | Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud" | 3,976,000 | | 3 | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, "See You Again" | 3,801,000 | | 4 | Adele, "Hello" | 3,712,000 | | 5 | Maroon 5, "Sugar" | 3,343,000 | | 6 | Walk the Moon, "Shut Up and Dance" | 2,986,000 | | 7 | Fetty Wap, "Trap Queen" | 2,730,000 | | 8 | OMI, "Cheerleader" | 2,698,000 | | 9 | The Weekend, "The Hills" | 2,586,000 | | 10 | Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar, "Bad Blood" | 2,580,000 |
On-Demand Streams (Audio + Video Combined)
1. Fetty Wap - Trap Queen 616,463,000
2. Silentó - Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae) 563,406,000
3. Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk! f/Bruno Mars 555,808,000
4. Wiz Khalifa - See You Again f/Charlie Puth 472,264,000
5. The Weeknd - The Hills 444,018,000
6. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud 350,579,000
7. Adele - Hello 334,799,000
8. Omi - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit) 328,365,000
9. Fetty Wap - 679 f/Remy Boyz 322,176,000
10. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face 314,499,000
Audio Streams
1. Fetty Wap - Trap Queen 214,842,000
2. The Weeknd - The Hills 207,504,000
3. Drake - Hotline Bling 177,413,000
4. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face 174,451,000
5. Major Lazer - Lean On f/DJ Snake & MØ 167,819,000
6. Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk! f/Bruno Mars 160,763,000
7. Fetty Wap - 679 f/Remy Boyz 155,994,000
8. Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean? 154,446,000
9. Skrillex & Diplo - Where Are Ü Now f/Justin Bieber 153,575,000
10. The Weeknd - Earned It 151,941,000
Video Streams
1. Silentó - Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae) 487,490,000
2. Fetty Wap - Trap Queen 401,621,000
3. Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk! f/Bruno Mars 395,045,000
4. Wiz Khalifa - See You Again f/Charlie Puth 327,156,000
5. Taylor Swift - Shake It Off 237,745,000
6. The Weeknd - The Hills 236,514,000
7. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud 204,804,000
8. Adele - Hello 198,963,000
9. Taylor Swift - Blank Space 192,930,000
10. Omarion - Post To Be f/Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko 192,681,000
Album Consumption (TEA+SEA):
2015 - 549.4 million (476.9 million in 2014, ⇑15.2%)
Album Sales:
2015 - 241.39 million (257.02 million in 2014, ⇓6%)
Track Sales (TEA):
2015 - 964.8 million (1,102.5B in 2014, ⇓12%)
Digital Album Sales:
2015 - 103.33 million (106.47 million in 2014, ⇓3.3%)
Physical Album Sales:
2015 - 137.5 million (150 million in 2014, ⇓8.3%)
Streaming:
2015 - 317.2 billion (164.5 billion in 2014, ⇑92.8%)
Audio Streaming:
2015 - 144.9 billion (78.6 billion in 2014, ⇑84.35%)
Vinyl:
2015 - 11.92 million (9.2 million in 2014, ⇑30%)
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Year-End Radio Chart (All Formats)
1. Uptown Funk! 854K spins
2. Shut Up And Dance 706K
3. Thinking Out Loud 632K
4. Sugar 618K
5. Want To Want Me 568K
6. See You Again 564K
7. Style 550K
8. Earned It 543K
9. Love Me Like You Do 530K
10. Can't Feel My Face 528K
T10 ranked by impressions
1. UF! 4.80 billion
2. Shut Up And Dance 3.98 billion
3. Thinking Out Loud 3.59 billion
4. Sugar 3.47 billion
5. Style 3.16 billion
6. See You Again 3.14 billion
7. Want To Want Me 3.07 billion
8. Earned It 2.9284 billion
9. Love Me Like You Do 2.9280 billion
10. Can't Feel My Face 2.90 billion |
Through the Years of US Music Industry
| Album Sales | Digital Sales | Streaming | Album + TEA + SEA | Vinyl | 1996: 616.6 million
1997: 651.8 million
1998: 711 million
1999: 754.8 million
2000: 785 million
2001: 763 million
2002: 681 million
2003: 687 million
2004: 667 million
2005: 618.9 million
2006: 542.4 million
2007: 500.5 million
2008: 428.4 million
2009: 373.9 million
2010: 326.15 million
2011: 330.57 million
2012: 315.96 million
2013: 289.41 million
2014: 257 million
2015: 241.39 million | 2004: 141 million
2005: 353 million
2006: 582 million
2007: 844.1 million
2008: 1.07 billion
2009: 1.16 billion
2010: 1.17 billion
2011: 1.27 billion
2012: 1.336 billion
2013: 1.26 billion
2014: 1.1 billion
2015: 964.8 million | 2013: 118.1 billion
2014: 164 billion
2015: 317.2 billion | 2013: 486.1 million
2014: 476.5 million
2015: 549.4 million | 1994: 625,000
1995: 794,000
1996: 1,145,000
1997: 1,092,000
1998: 1,376,000
1999: 1,405,000
2000: 1,533,000
2001: 1,246,000
2002: 1,339,000
2003: 1,404,000
2004: 1,187,000
2005: 857,000
2006: 858,000
2007: 990,000
2008: 1,877,000
2009: 2.5 million
2010: 2.8 million
2011: 3.9 million
2012: 4.55 million
2013: 6.1 million
2014: 9.2 million
2015: 11.92 million |
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Mess at Adele's actual sales being almost equal to her equivalent sales 
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At this rate, she'll reach Diamond by June.
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Seven albums over 1 million 
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In total, 61 songs sold at least a million downloads in 2015 (down from 82 in 2014 and 106 in 2013). Seventeen moved at least two million in 2015 (down from 25 in 2014 and 38 in 2013).
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Not some albums having over half of their sales consist of TEA and SEA
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Streaming and vinyl records their power 
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take that Taylor
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She outsold everyone but Adele with a 2014 alber.
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Not 25 selling the same as #2-7 combined in just two months. 
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Who would have thought that Justin would be the top male of the year 
Taylor, Meghan
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vinyl sold 11M units last year? 
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7 Meghan Trainor, Title 1,795,000
7 Meghan Trainor, Title 1,007,000
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25's sales are the equivalent of doing 24 million with 2000's market.
7,441,000 copies of 25 were sold in 2015 while 241.39M albums were sold overall. 3.08% of all album sales this year.
3.08% of all album sales in 2000 (785M) would be 24,198,123.
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Vinyl 
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Not streaming doubling.
And yeah I knew vinyl is having ha 25 era as well.
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The Music Industry is dying
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Even Adele couldn't save the industry 
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