official chart Final: #1 Khaled 68k #2 Calvin 63k SPS

[Duca]

CHART STORY: KHALED STILL KING

 

DJ Khaled’s Grateful (We the Best/Epic) remains #1 on the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart this week with approximately 68k. Columbia’s Calvin Harris follows at #2, as Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1—another star-studded set—scores the highest debut with 63k.

Showcasing impressive stamina, Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. (TDE/Interscope) continues to rack up huge streams, holding at #3 with 56k, while the also-dependable Ed Sheeran breaks back into the Top 5 with 36k for Atlantic set Divide.

As for the other noteworthy debuts, Stone Sour’s Hydrograd (Roadrunner) bows at #6 with 33k, while Columbia’s soundtrack to Baby Driver, which is being widely praised for its use of music, makes its entrance at #25. On a related note, we at HITS remain stoned and sour.

Shawn Mendes’ Illuminate (Island) makes one of this week’s more noteworthy moves, jumping #29-20. Single “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” was put on sale for 69-cents on iTunes, where it’s currently sitting at #4. The hit is also about to climb into the Top 10 at Pop radio.

When it comes to the SPS marketshare battle, UMG is #1 with 49% and SME is #2 with 31%, while WMG follows with 19%.

Streeting this week are new albums from Columbia’s HAIM and Slaughter Gang/Epic’s 21 Savage, as well as the wide-release of Jay-Z’s 4:44 (Roc Nation), which actually dropped last week, but as a Tidal exclusive.

 

YOUR POST-HOLIDAY HANGOVER TOP 20: DJ BATTLE?

 

It may be another battle for #1 this week, as DJ Khaled looks to repeat against the debuting Calvin Harris. This may change if Tidal reports streams and sales for Jay-Z’s new album. At this point it appears 4:44 won’t be reported, as no daily info has yet appeared. The album is exclusive to Tidal in its first week and is expected to go wide on Friday.

 

1. (*) Calvin Harris (Columbia) 57-62k SPS, 22-25k sales
2. DJ Khaled (We The Best/Epic) 55-60k, 12-15k
3. Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope) 50-55K, 10-12K
4. Imagine Dragons (Kidinakorner/Interscope) 40-45k, 13-15k
5. 2 Chainz (Def Jam) 33-37k, 7-9k
6. Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 30-35k, 1-2k
7. (*) Stone Sour (Roadrunner) 30-35k, 28-32k
8. Bruno Mars (Atlantic) 30-35k, 12-14k
9. Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 30-35k, 9-11k
10. Moana (Walt Disney) 27-30k, 13-15k
11. Post Malone (Republic) 27-30k, 1-2k
12. SZA (TDE/RCA) 24-27k, 4-5k
13. Khalid (Right Hand Music/RCA) 24-27k, 2-4k
14. Migos (Quality Control) 21-24k, 1-3k
15. Lorde (Lava/Republic) 18-21k, 8-10k
16. Trolls (RCA) 18-20k, 9-11k
17. The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 17-19k, 2-4k
18. Future (Epic) 16-18k, <1k
19. Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 15-17k, 12-14k
20. The Chainsmokers (Disruptor/Columbia) 15-17k, 2-3k

 

(*) Debuts  

 

NEW RELEASES IN OVERTIME

 

While We The Best/Epic's DJ Khaled and KIDinaKORNER/Interscope's Imagine Dragons remain deadlocked in the battle for #1, both label teams are lobbying hard and aggressively challenging what does and doesn't get counted. There's more high drama in this contest than in any in recent memory as both sides roll out the heavy artillery. Stay tuned for the final count as soon as it's available. 

 

In the meantime, let's take a look at early reads on two brand new releases.

 

Calvin Harris (Columbia) 55-65k SPS, 19-24k sales
Superfruit (RCA) 13-18k, 11-15k

 

DJ/producer Harris' full-length features such guests as Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, Future, Ariana Grande, Khalid, Travis Scott and Big Sean. Superfruit's new EP (with a sequel slated to follow) showcases the playful pop of Penatonix harmonizers Scott Hoying and Mitch Grassi.

 

Edited July 8, 2017 by Duca

[Sonny]

N. 

[Roberto]

 Pop girls are over. 

[GoneHome]

55-65K SPS is decent, considering Motion (which is 100x better) only sold 70K copies in the US in total and 35K in first week  

[heartbeats]

what

[blackbeatxx]

D.

[Divine]

 

Expected the low pure sales, but 55-65K SPS is still lower than what I expected.

[igetfilthy]

65k max with SPS? Jay will only need 99M streams to go #1 then. Which is very likely going to happen. 

[Mezter]

Well damn  

[Princedele25]

Just now, Duca said:

While We The Best/Epic's DJ Khaled and KIDinaKORNER/Interscope's Imagine Dragons remain deadlocked in the battle for #1, both label teams are lobbying hard and aggressively challenging what does and doesn't get counted. There's more high drama in this contest than in any in recent memory as both sides roll out the heavy artillery. Stay tuned for the final count as soon as it's available. 

[Divine]

2 minutes ago, igetfilthy said:

65k max with SPS? Jay will only need 99M streams to go #1 then. Which is very likely going to happen. 

On Tidal?

 

And not when they're locking it off from new subscribers.

Edited July 1, 2017 by Divine

[DELE2125]

5 minutes ago, Duca said:

NEW RELEASES IN OVERTIME

 

While We The Best/Epic's DJ Khaled and KIDinaKORNER/Interscope's Imagine Dragons remain deadlocked in the battle for #1, both label teams are lobbying hard and aggressively challenging what does and doesn't get counted. There's more high drama in this contest than in any in recent memory as both sides roll out the heavy artillery.

What does this mean?

Edited July 1, 2017 by DELE2125

[igetfilthy]

Just now, Divine said:

On Tidal?

 

And not when they're locking it off from new subscribers.

Lemonade did 115M off Tidal. And a lot of people signed up before the lock out cause Complex tweeted it out before. 

[QueenofCopyPaste]

Easy #1 for JAY Z based on streams alone

[Same Ol' Mistakes]

Y'all are doing too much. Did you expect a dance album to sell like 150k? It's fine for him, considering he was planning to release a song every month and not an album. Hope he continues with the Vol. 2.

 

EDIT: I just realized #1 for Jay is on lock.

Edited July 1, 2017 by Same Ol' Mistakes

[GoneHome]

Just now, DELE2125 said:

What does this mean?

I believe both used several tactics throughout the week to pull ahead. I think DJ Khaled used some discounts, ID started releasing videos near the end of the week, etc. etc. They want that #1.

[Monster Megamind]

1 minute ago, Same Ol' Mistakes said:

Y'all are doing too much. Did you expect a dance album to sell like 150k? It's fine for him, considering he was planning to release a song every month and not an album. Hope he continues with the Vol. 2

Yes! 

[umich]

2 minutes ago, DELE2125 said:

What does this mean?

Mess  

 

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Calvin's #s are decent. He did less with Summer (which was a hit) in 2014. 

[NX127]

That's what you get for releasing goddamn awful music

[Duca]

1 minute ago, igetfilthy said:

Lemonade did 115M off Tidal. And a lot of people signed up before the lock out cause Complex tweeted it out before. 

that still doesn't seem likely a year later

[Communion]

2 minutes ago, Same Ol' Mistakes said:

Y'all are doing too much. Did you expect a dance album to sell like 150k? It's fine for him, considering he was planning to release a song every month and not an album. Hope he continues with the Vol. 2

It's not a dance album, it's like funk.

[JBJT2786]

8 minutes ago, GoneHome said:

55-65K SPS is decent, considering Motion (which is 100x better) only sold 70K copies in the US in total and 35K in first week  

All of this. Especially with Jay-Z sucking all the air out the room. It probably would've done the same any other week.

[DELE2125]

2 minutes ago, GoneHome said:

I believe both used several tactics throughout the week to pull ahead. I think DJ Khaled used some discounts, ID started releasing videos near the end of the week, etc. etc. They want that #1.

Yeah, those video streams won't count towards the BB200, so I don't get why they did that.

 

Anyways, rooting for ID 

[Aleks]

He was never a big album seller, so not a big surprise there. SPS could have been higher though.

 

 

[AlexStexaul]

9 minutes ago, Roberto said:

 Pop girls are over. 

Calvin is not girl