[UNNAMI]

Originally posted by Superpower

The system the UK has is better. The 2 biggest songs streams don't count for the album chart.

this would hurt her more than him and he still would be winning

[Ryann]

Originally posted by GenieBaby

Don't be sad guys, a #2 with 176k SPS and over 130k pure sales is awesome!

Congratulations to Drake for another week at #1 too, he's slaying the game right now! Blake also doing amazing numbers.

DW will be included in the list of the great #2 albums, which include

Ray Of Light - Madonna
Erotica - Madonna
Come On Over - Shania Twain (one of the best selling albums ever)
Rainbow - Mariah Carey
Stripped - Christina Aguilera
The Fame - Lady Gaga
Blackout - Britney Spears
These Are The Special Times - Celine Dion
Destiny Fulfilled - Destiny's Child
In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
N Sync- NSYNC
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

This. The only thing she's lost is her streak but Justin lost it then PUNCHED with Purpose afterwards so

[Lithium9]

So close

[Bribe]

MESS @ less than 2k copies. I would have rather had her lose by a landslide
Billboard better pull through for Ari

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

Urgh this always has to happen to Ari. She missed the #1 spot with Problem by like 0.812652627% and now losing the top spot by like 2k

Billboard needs to pull the **** thru for Ari. The label also may want to do something since both of Drake and Ari are under them. Having 2 #1s albums will do more for the label than 1. I think labels can organise this, especially if the difference in copies is not that big.

[MonsterNavy]

ARIANA please

[simmnfierzig]

Originally posted by UNNAMI

this would hurt her more than him and he still would be winning

Lol?
One Dance alone has way more on-demand streams than Dangerous Woman and Into You(?) combined.

With the UK system Ariana would be #1.

[hellocory]

Have the copies sold on her website been counted? Remember when HDD didn't count a ton of copies of a CD Barbara Streisand sold on her site and she ended up being #1 on billboard? I know Ariana sold a couple thousand there

[Goofy]

Originally posted by hellocory

Have the copies sold on her website been counted? Remember when HDD didn't count a ton of copies of a CD Barbara Streisand sold on her site and she ended up being #1 on billboard? I know Ariana sold a couple thousand there

that's what we're praying for but we don't know yet, we'll find out on Sunday

[NewRihannaStan]

[Kings.]

Can someone break down how they track certain sales for example they counted Kanye's upfront but not Barbra's

[MonsterNavy]

Ariana should be #1 she's high on both streaming & sales

Drake only has streaming

Blake only has sales

This is unfair

[Fentydelspears]

Hopefully Billboard will come thru for Ariana. She deserves.

[SlayianaGrenade]

Still very impressive for her considering she didn't have a HUGE hit this era and can still debut with over 100k pure sales!!!

[iHype.]

With this tight a margin, we’re re-crunching all the numbers before posting final stats. We say this often, but it’s now more true than ever—this puppy is too close to call.

They removed this bit from the article.

I guess they got lazy, and didn't decide to recount the numbers. We wait for Sunday!

[Kings.]

Originally posted by iHype.

They removed this bit from the article.

I guess they got lazy, and didn't decide to recount the numbers. We wait for Sunday!

A mess

Either way this was a tight race and if she doesn't get #2 at least we could say she gave Aubrey a ran for his money

[Reverie]

If Frankie had just done his job right

[Tristan]

NoT 2k

I am deceasedT

[DRjuss06]

Meh if she ends up at #1 is still not a true #1. Blake tho, that was awesome. But congrats she did amazing and didnt even have a top 5 like last time

[Kkamjong]

Originally posted by iHype.

They removed this bit from the article.

I guess they got lazy, and didn't decide to recount the numbers. We wait for Sunday!