Chart Listings: BB200: 25 1.19M; Chris Brown 184K

December 28, 2015 4:59 am 0 comments Views: 2

Adele’s ’25′ Sells Another 1.15 Million in U.S., Spends Fifth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

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Adele’s 25 locks up its third million-selling week in the U.S., as the set sold 1.15 million in pure album sales in the week ending Dec. 24, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the five-week old set’s second-biggest frame yet, following its 3.38 million bow in the week ending Nov. 26.

25 also sold more than a million in its second week on sale, when it shifted 1.11 million. 25 was already the first album to sell a million copies in two different weeks, and now it’s the first to score three million-selling frames.

Chris Brown’s new Royalty album clocks the top debut of the week, bowing at No. 3 with 184,000 units (162,000 in pure album sales).

In terms of straight sales, Royalty nets Brown his largest sales week since his 2011, when his F.A.M.E. album started at No. 1 with 270,000 sold.

Royalty is Brown’s eighth consecutive top 10 album (and all of his releases have made the top 10). It follows his collaborative album Fan of a Fan: The Album (with Tyga) earlier in 2015, which debuted and peaked at No. 7 (with 51,000 sold in its first week). Previous to that, Brown released the solo set X in 2014, which bowed and peaked at No. 2 (145,000 sold first week).

The soundtrack to Star Wars: The Force Awakens beams in at No. 5 with 100,000 units (94,000 in pure album sales). The companion set to the mega-successful new movie is the highest debut for a score-only soundtrack since 1999, when Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, started at No. 3.


POSITION ARTIST ALBUM UNITS (PURE) CHANGE
#1 Adele 25 1,190,000 (1,150,000) -
#2 Justin Bieber Purpose 229,000 (153,000) +38%
#3 Chris Brown Royalty 184,000 (162,000) DEBUT
#4 Pentatonix That’s Christmas to Me 140,000 -1%
#5 Soundtrack Star Wars: The Force Awakens 100,000 (94,000) DEBUT
#6 One Direction Made in the A.M. 92,000 +38%
#7 Chris Stapleton Traveller 87,000 +41%
#8 Taylor Swift 1989 73,000 +49%
#9 The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness 72,000 +13%
#10 Adele 21 71,000 +46%

Total Sales:
25 – 7,126,000
Purpose – 1,167,000

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