[stevenisFADING]

I've purchased a few Rih albums and have even highly debated to go see her since she never did a proper tour for TTT... but after ANTi's messy campaign I said I won't purchase it no matter what. Thank you Samsung for that free legal copy tho.

[Eternium]

Originally posted by Shelter

If the album leaked on it's own, you would've known about it right? Adele leaked, you don't think a lot of people downloaded that because she didn't give the direct link? lol

1D and Bieber leaked and there was loads of sites saying their albums leaked early.

I leaked Justin Bieber's album and it was only like 14 hours prior to release

[aaronsmithjune1]

Originally posted by Schoolin' Life

It's counted as US sales cause Samsung US bought the copies. On this very forum are people that downloaded it from outside of US. Don't play dumb that Samsung bought over a Million copies then only tracked US ones and never mentioned the rest

If I buy an album from Amazon US it's still US sale no matter it travels to Europe

So, what you're saying is that they basically lied to get a platinum plaque? And that is was no 1.4M giveaways worldwide, but 1M giveaways?

[Fantasea]

ANTI's numbers are abysmal no matter how you try to spin it

[M A R C]

Originally posted by I'mRihannaFan

So you think album sales = fans. Lol
Leaking and giving it away for free it's not the same, and it's not hard to understand. When an album leaks mostly fans who spend hours on the web listen it, if you tweet "Download my album for free" even a casual follower could download and listen it.
Plus, it's an unusual thing in fact you don't see sites reporting an album leak, but when you are a superstar and you give your album for free, it makes headlines.

This.
People acting like they don't know the difference.

[blackbeatxx]

BUILDING ALBUM SALES CHART
UPDATED DAILY TUESDAY-FRIDAYChart Date: 03/04/2016Last Updated: 03/03/2016 17:06:08Status: Building 89% - Updated Daily TUESDAY-FRIDAY
LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index

-- 1
THE 1975
I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP, FOR YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNAWARE OF IT
DIRTY HIT/INTERSCOPE 88,287
1 2
ADELE
25
XL/COLUMBIA 45,649
-- 3
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
THIS UNRULY MESS I'VE MADE
MACKLEMORE 42,606
3 4
CHRIS STAPLETON
TRAVELLER
MERCURY NASHVILLE 26,142
-- 5
BONNIE RAITT
DIG IN DEEP
REDWING 24,938
6 6 NOW 57
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW/LEGACY 18,764
7 7 JUSTIN BIEBER
PURPOSE
DEF JAM 16,501
5 8 JOEY + RORY
HYMNS
GAITHER 15,799
-- 9 KELLY CLARKSON
PIECE BY PIECE
RCA 15,577
-- 10 ANTHRAX
FOR ALL KINGS
MEGAFORCE 14,213
4 11 RIHANNA
ANTI
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION 13,836
12 FROM ASHES TO NEW
DAY ONE
BETTER NOISE 10,370
8 13 2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES
VARIOUS ARTISTS
REPUBLIC 10,086
12 14 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
BLURRYFACE
FUELED BY RAMEN 9,993
9 15 THE WEEKND
BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS
XO/REPUBLIC 9,795
-- 16 WILLIE NELSON
SUMMERTIME: WILLIE NELSON SINGS GERSHWIN
LEGACY 9,651
21 17 PANIC! AT THE DISCO
DEATH OF A BACHELOR
DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN 9,412
-- 18 HILLSONG YOUNG & FREE
YOUTH REVIVAL
HILLSONG 8,923
10 19 TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 8,333
17 20 KEVIN GATES
ISLAH
BREAD WINNER'S ASSOCIATION 7,745
2 21 YO GOTTI
THE ART OF HUSTLE
EPIC 7,671
14 22 HAMILTON
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST
UPTOWN 7,589
15 23 ADELE
21
XL/COLUMBIA 7,507
16 24 SAM HUNT
MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 7,486
22 25 COLDPLAY
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS
PARLOPHONE 7,444
-- 26 TWEET
CHARLENE
EONE 6,686
20 27 BRYSON TILLER
T R A P S O U L
RCA 6,558
34 28 THOMAS RHETT
TANGLED UP
VALORY/BMLG 6,410
33 29 SIA
THIS IS ACTING
RCA 6,230
27 30 KIDZ BOP KIDS
KIDZ BOP 31
RAZOR & TIE 6,061
32 31 CHARLIE PUTH
NINE TRACK MIND
ARTIST PARTNER GROUP 5,274
-- 32 HANDS LIKE HOUSES
DISSONANTS
RISE 4,879
38 33 ED SHEERAN
X
ASYLUM UK 4,766
39 34 CHRIS BROWN
ROYALTY
RCA 4,736
49 35 G-EAZY
WHEN IT'S DARK OUT
RCA 4,684
24 36 KENDRICK LAMAR
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 4,629
37 37 DAVID BOWIE
BEST OF BOWIE
RHINO/PARLOPHONE 4,318
-- 38 MICHAEL JACKSON
OFF THE WALL
EPIC 4,217
45 39 CARRIE UNDERWOOD
STORYTELLER
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 4,093
30 40 FUTURE
EVOL
EPIC 4,060
35 41 ADELE
19
XL/COLUMBIA 3,904
19 42 DAUGHTRY
IT'S NOT OVER...THE HITS SO FAR
RCA 3,853
29 43 JAMES BAY
CHAOS & THE CALM
REPUBLIC 3,757
-- 44 LUKE BRYAN
KILL THE LIGHTS
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 3,717
-- 45 ELTON JOHN
WONDERFUL CRAZY NIGHT
ISLAND 3,708
41 46 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 3,677
-- 47 SELENA GOMEZ
REVIVAL
INTERSCOPE 3,503
44 48 EAGLES
THE VERY BEST OF EAGLES
RHINO 3,497
-- 49 FETTY WAP
FETTY WAP
WMG 3,474
42 50 J. COLE
2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 3,469

[MardinBeksloy]

Omg 1989 that drop

NR need to come faster and help sell the album.

[Starkboy]

SALES ONLY
1 THE 1975
I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP, FOR YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNAWARE OF IT
DIRTY HIT/INTERSCOPE 98,096

1 2 ADELE
25
XL/COLUMBIA 58,985

-- 3 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
THIS UNRULY MESS I'VE MADE
MACKLEMORE 45,813

3 4 CHRIS STAPLETON
TRAVELLER
MERCURY NASHVILLE 30,715

5 5 JOEY + RORY
HYMNS
GAITHER 30,065

-- 6 BONNIE RAITT
DIG IN DEEP
REDWING 27,100

-- 7 ANTHRAX
FOR ALL KINGS
MEGAFORCE 22,390

4 8 RIHANNA
ANTI
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION 21,270

6 9 NOW 57
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW/LEGACY 20,685

7 10 JUSTIN BIEBER
PURPOSE
DEF JAM 20,162

-- 11 KELLY CLARKSON
PIECE BY PIECE
RCA 18,576

10 12 TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 15,115

Rest of top50 (sales only)

17 13 KEVIN GATES
ISLAH
BREAD WINNER'S ASSOCIATION 14,180
12 14 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
BLURRYFACE
FUELED BY RAMEN 13,889
21 15 PANIC! AT THE DISCO
DEATH OF A BACHELOR
DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN 12,732
9 16 THE WEEKND
BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS
XO/REPUBLIC 12,554
-- 17 WILLIE NELSON
SUMMERTIME: WILLIE NELSON SINGS GERSHWIN
LEGACY 12,338
13 18 DAVID BOWIE
BLACKSTAR
COLUMBIA 11,635
-- 19 FROM ASHES TO NEW
DAY ONE
BETTER NOISE 11,522
2 20 YO GOTTI
THE ART OF HUSTLE
EPIC 11,358
8 21 2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES
VARIOUS ARTISTS
REPUBLIC 11,323
-- 22 HILLSONG YOUNG & FREE
YOUTH REVIVAL
HILLSONG 9,914
14 23 HAMILTON
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST
UPTOWN 9,697
15 24 ADELE
21
XL/COLUMBIA 9,443
38 25 ED SHEERAN
X
ASYLUM UK 9,341
22 26 COLDPLAY
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS
PARLOPHONE 9,029
-- 27 OLD DOMINION
MEAT AND CANDY
RCA NASHVILLE 9,009
16 28 SAM HUNT
MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 8,679
20 29 BRYSON TILLER
T R A P S O U L
RCA 8,534
39 30 CHRIS BROWN
ROYALTY
RCA 8,205
24 31 KENDRICK LAMAR
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 7,774
34 32 THOMAS RHETT
TANGLED UP
VALORY/BMLG 7,661
33 33 SIA
THIS IS ACTING
RCA 7,443
-- 34 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
VESSEL
FUELED BY RAMEN 7,433
-- 35 TWEET
CHARLENE
EONE 7,429
-- 36 MICHAEL JACKSON
OFF THE WALL
EPIC 6,965
27 37 KIDZ BOP KIDS
KIDZ BOP 31
RAZOR & TIE 6,794
43 38 LAUREN DAIGLE
HOW CAN IT BE
CENTRICITY 6,687
-- 39 SAM SMITH
IN THE LONELY HOUR
CAPITOL 6,584
32 40 CHARLIE PUTH
NINE TRACK MIND
ARTIST PARTNER GROUP 6,579
36 41 DEADPOOL
VARIOUS ARTISTS
MILAN 6,233
49 42 G-EAZY
WHEN IT'S DARK OUT
RCA 6,181
46 43 METALLICA
METALLICA
BLACKENED 5,949
-- 44 FETTY WAP
FETTY WAP
WMG 5,753
37 45 DAVID BOWIE
BEST OF BOWIE
RHINO/PARLOPHONE 5,706
41 46 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 5,343
42 47 J. COLE
2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 5,322
30 48 FUTURE
EVOL
EPIC 5,315
45 49 CARRIE UNDERWOOD
STORYTELLER
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 5,158
29 50 JAMES BAY
CHAOS & THE CALM
REPUBLIC 5,012

WITH SPS
W TW Artist / Album Label SPS Index % Change
-- 1 THE 1975
I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP, FOR YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNAWARE OF IT
DIRTY HIT/INTERSCOPE 107,634 --

1 2 ADELE
25
XL/COLUMBIA 73,975 -26%

2 3 RIHANNA
ANTI
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION 64,687 -15%

-- 4 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
THIS UNRULY MESS I'VE MADE
MACKLEMORE 56,023 --

3 5 JUSTIN BIEBER
PURPOSE
DEF JAM 53,719 -17%

-- 6 KELLY CLARKSON
PIECE BY PIECE
RCA 39,613 --

5 7 CHRIS STAPLETON
TRAVELLER
MERCURY NASHVILLE 37,167 -28%

7 8 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
BLURRYFACE
FUELED BY RAMEN 32,880 -15%

6 9 THE WEEKND
BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS
XO/REPUBLIC 30,608 -24%

8 10 JOEY + RORY
HYMNS
GAITHER 30,377 -29%

Rest of the top50 (with SPS)

11 11 KEVIN GATES
ISLAH
BREAD WINNER'S ASSOCIATION 28,488 -9%
-- 12 BONNIE RAITT
DIG IN DEEP
REDWING 27,999 --
9 13 BRYSON TILLER
T R A P S O U L
RCA 26,358 -11%
10 14 G-EAZY
WHEN IT'S DARK OUT
RCA 25,176 -9%
-- 15 ANTHRAX
FOR ALL KINGS
MEGAFORCE 22,859 --
4 16 YO GOTTI
THE ART OF HUSTLE
EPIC 22,274 -57%
14 17 FUTURE
EVOL
EPIC 21,664 -8%
16 18 FETTY WAP
FETTY WAP
WMG 20,825 -10%
13 19 NOW 57
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW/LEGACY 20,685 -18%
24 20 PANIC! AT THE DISCO
DEATH OF A BACHELOR
DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN 19,107 22%
17 21 SELENA GOMEZ
REVIVAL
INTERSCOPE 18,166 -14%
28 22 CHRIS BROWN
ROYALTY
RCA 18,109 17%
25 23 ED SHEERAN
X
ASYLUM UK 17,809 11%
-- 24 FLO RIDA
MY HOUSE
ATLANTIC 17,675 --
15 25 SAM HUNT
MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 17,398 -24%
12 26 TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 17,030 -38%
19 27 CHARLIE PUTH
NINE TRACK MIND
ARTIST PARTNER GROUP 16,541 -6%
21 28 COLDPLAY
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS
PARLOPHONE 16,160 -12%
22 29 J. COLE
2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 15,646 -10%
23 30 THOMAS RHETT
TANGLED UP
VALORY/BMLG 15,324 0%
30 31 HAMILTON
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST
UPTOWN 15,062 -9%
-- 32 DRAKE & FUTURE
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC/EPIC 14,781 --
20 33 ADELE
21
XL/COLUMBIA 14,262 -23%
32 34 SIA
THIS IS ACTING
RCA 13,791 -10%
-- 35 FUTURE
DS2
EPIC 13,579 --
-- 36 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
VESSEL
FUELED BY RAMEN 13,275 66%
27 37 KENDRICK LAMAR
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 13,060 -25%
29 38 ONE DIRECTION
MADE IN THE A.M.
SYCO/COLUMBIA 12,708 -9%
-- 39 WILLIE NELSON
SUMMERTIME: WILLIE NELSON SINGS GERSHWIN
LEGACY 12,644 --
-- 40 OLD DOMINION
MEAT AND CANDY
RCA NASHVILLE 12,443 --
-- 41 FROM ASHES TO NEW
DAY ONE
BETTER NOISE 12,438 --
45 42 SHAWN MENDES
HANDWRITTEN
ISLAND 12,052 22%
-- 43 TROYE SIVAN
BLUE NEIGHBOURHOOD
CAPITOL 11,955 --
-- 44 HILLSONG YOUNG & FREE
YOUTH REVIVAL
HILLSONG 11,832 --
33 45 DRAKE
IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 11,712 -8%
49 46 JAMES BAY
CHAOS & THE CALM
REPUBLIC 11,481 40%
34 47 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 11,390 -14%
-- 48 MIKE POSNER
THE TRUTH
ISLAND 11,375 --
18 49 2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES
VARIOUS ARTISTS
REPUBLIC 11,323 -44%
46 50 HALSEY
BADLANDS
ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL 11,152 12%

Sales are really dead. I expected +100k for The 1975 at least. Not even 60k for Legend Adele? Rih doing only 21k?
I expected 25k for Kelly at least as well. Ugh

[umich]

Updated

[WeFoundWill]

Physical sales will be over within the next 5 years.

[WeFoundWill]

Rihanna is at 1.5M SPS in the US now, right ?

[clairebear23]

Originally posted by WeFoundWill

Rihanna is at 1.5M SPS in the US now, right ?

*giggles hysterically* Isn't it lovely. Multimillion dollar deal. 1.4million albums purchased in the U.S. alone. Work smashing on the charts.

While these "posters" count change in their piggy banks. I absolutely loves it. Westbury Road. Masters Owned. Will the others own their own masters? *giggles on the floor hysterically*

[Temporal]

That SPS figure added about 21k to Kelly's album sales. Do y'all think/know if the piano version counted to that or not since it wasn't on the album until after the tracking week?

[blackbeatxx]

pretty bad week overall but Legend Laurie Blue is still top 2, she keeps selling, and 21 aswell too bad 19 is out of top 50 in sales for the first time in ages

and AMAZING hold for king of country Chris Stapleton
listen to Adele's cover of his song "if it hadn't been for love", it's amazing. real bluegrass, outlaw country, no glitzy nashville pop-crap

iirc, 25 has only been out of top 2 once, the week Anti and Kevin Gates albums were released

[UnusualBoy]

Overall tragic sales for almost everyone. If there aren't major releases for next week the #1 will be a battle between Adele & Rihanna.

[Blues]

Originally posted by UnusualBoy

Overall tragic sales for almost everyone. If there aren't major releases for next week the #1 will be a battle between Adele & Rihanna.

Kendrick will be #1

[smoothkarmel]

Originally posted by WeFoundWill

Rihanna is at 1.5M SPS in the US now, right ?

Umm, I think a little over 500k sps and about 250k pure sales. Tragic.

If this was Taylor, Beyonce or Gaga they would of been dragged to the pits of hell.

[Pop]

Originally posted by smoothkarmel

Umm, I think a little over 500k sps and about 250k pure sales. Tragic.

If this was Taylor, Beyonce or Gaga they would of been dragged to the pits of hell.

These low numbers!

[Nerevanin]

Slay Kelly!

[blackbeatxx]

and @ Anthrax


and yeah what about Kendrick's album? will it be tidal or traditional release? is it out?