QuoteNo, this isn?t a tryptophan-induced hallucination. Yes, Adele has topped the HITS Album Sales Chart with a remarkable and jaw-dropping 3.4m. Meanwhile, with 3.5m, her much sought after 25 also topped the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart.
Adele?s sales number pulverizes the 2.4m first-week record that?s been held by NSYNC since 2000.
In fact, XL/Columbia?s silver-throated songstress sold more in one week than NSYNC sold in their first two, as No Strings Attached dropped to around 800k in its sophomore week. Will she be the only artist to sell more than 1m copies two weeks in a row? With the power of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, anything seems possible.
Could 25 sell as many as 6m copies by the end of the year? Let?s just say we know what?ll be in your stocking next month.
Speaking of stocking stuffers, Pentatonix?RCA?s Grammy-winning a cappella stars?have taken another big leap. With no other new Christmas albums from major artists this year, their 2014 platinum-plus set, That?s Christmas to Me, moves #10-4 this week, earning another 61k. Their self-titled chart-topper, which dropped this October, leapt #29-14.
In their second weeks out, RBMG/Def Jam?s Justin Bieber and SYCO/Columbia?s One Direction slide to the #2 and #3 spots with 169k and 81k, respectively. At SPS, Bieber notches an impressive 291k.
As for the remaining debuts, Def Jam?s Jadakiss rounds out the Top 5 with the aptly titled Top 5 Dead or Alive, while Reprise?s Enya (#7), NOW/Legacy?s NOW 56 (#8) and Columbia?s Empire Season 2 soundtrack (#15) bow in the Top 15.
In other Adele news, 25?s predecessor, 21, rocketed #27-10, while her debut release, 19, appears at #16. Looks like we?re gonna need a bigger stocking.
Chris Stapleton?s Traveller (Mercury Nashville), which dropped in May and recently enjoyed two weeks at #1 thanks to a huge look at the CMAs, is up again this week with a 14% bump at #6.
With no big releases streeting this week, Adele will continue to be the one to watch. You can also expect Pentatonix to grow throughout the holidays. Oh, and don?t forget about Rihanna?s mysterious ANTI and any other possible surprises.
Pass the vape and the leftover stuffing.
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ADELE
25
XL/COLUMBIA 3,354,773 --1 2
JUSTIN BIEBER
PURPOSE
DEF JAM 169,000 --
2 3
ONE DIRECTION
MADE IN THE A.M.
SYCO/COLUMBIA 80,858 --
10 4
PENTATONIX
THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME
RCA 60,624 133%
-- 5
JADAKISS
TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE
DEF JAM 50,722 --
7 6 CHRIS STAPLETON
TRAVELLER
MERCURY NASHVILLE 49,333 14%
-- 7 ENYA
DARK SKY ISLAND
REPRISE 41,643 --
11 8 NOW 56
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW/LEGACY 40,553 59%
15 9 THE WEEKND
BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS
XO/REPUBLIC 37,779 146%
27 10 ADELE
21
COLUMBIA 35,062 179%
16 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD
STORYTELLER
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 30,786 114%
17 12 TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 28,700 102%
9 13 ERIC CHURCH
MR. MISUNDERSTOOD
EMI NASHVILLE 22,614 -10%
29 14 PENTATONIX
PENTATONIX
RCA 21,273 132%
-- 15 EMPIRE CAST
SEASON 2, VOL. 1
COLUMBIA 20,977 --
-- 16 ADELE
19
XL/COLUMBIA 20,725 280%
-- 17 TECH N9NE COLLABOS
STRANGEULATION, VOL. II
STRANGE MUSIC 20,458 --
5 18 CHRIS YOUNG
I'M COMIN OVER
RCA NASHVILLE 19,342 -69%
4 19 JEEZY
CHURCH IN THESE STREETS
DEF JAM 18,486 --
25 20 SAM HUNT
MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 17,461 62%
19 21 KIDZ BOP KIDS
KIDZ BOP 30
RAZOR & TIE 17,316 58%
3 22 LOGIC
THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY
DEF JAM 16,856 --
40 23 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 16,604 155%
24 24 LUKE BRYAN
KILL THE LIGHTS
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 14,931 34%
38 25 MICHAEL BUBLE
CHRISTMAS
REPRISE 14,594 45%
-- 26 CHRIS TOMLIN
ADORE: CHRISTMAS SONGS OF WORSHIP
SIXSTEPSRECORDS 14,335 --
-- 27 ANDREA BOCELLI
CINEMA
VERVE 14,332 207%
43 28 SELENA GOMEZ
REVIVAL
INTERSCOPE 14,212 117%
20 29 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
SOUNDS GOOD FEELS GOOD
CAPITOL 13,279 20%
8 30 KIRK FRANKLIN
LOSING MY RELIGION
RCA 13,143 --
26 31 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
LETTERS FROM THE LABYRITH
LAVA/REPUBLIC 13,004 --
26 32 THOMAS RHETT
TANGLED UP
VALORY/BMLG 12,768 14%
-- 33 SHAWN MENDES
HANDWRITTEN
ISLAND 12,730 219%
-- 34 WE LOVE DISNEY
VARIOUS ARTISTS
VERVE 12,646 214%
32 35 BLAKE SHELTON
RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS
WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 11,642 62%
50 36 DEMI LOVATO
CONFIDENT
SAFEHOUSE/HOLLYWOOD/ISLAND 10,447 126%
-- 37 ELLE KING
LOVE STUFF
RCA 10,432 240%
42 38 SAM SMITH
IN THE LONELY HOUR
CAPITOL 10,091 23%
23 39 ED SHEERAN
X
ASYLUM UK 9,902 238%
-- 40 MARIAH CAREY
MERRY CHRISTMAS
COLUMBIA 9,681 --
45 41 HALSEY
BADLANDS
ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL 8,969 39%
-- 42 BEATLES
1 (2015 VERSION)
CAPITOL 8,889 -34%
35 43 HAMILTON
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST
UPTOWN 8,677 -6%
22 44 TIM MCGRAW
DAMN COUNTRY MUSIC
BIG MACHINE/BMLG 8,642 -29%
12 45 ALESSIA CARA
KNOW-IT-ALL
DEF JAM 8,635 --
33 46 BRYSON TILLER
T R A P S O U L
RCA 8,608 2%
34 47 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
BLURRYFACE
FUELED BY RAMEN 8,554 18%
-- 48 DRAKE
IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 8,448 159%
36 49 ELLIE GOULDING
DELIRIUM
INTERSCOPE 7,954 -3%
-- 50 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
GOT YOUR SIX
PROSPECT PARK
