#1 Billboard Album Only Sold 17,000 Physical Copies This Week

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Times and technology they are "a changin'" as the song goes. Even with downloads, it is the lowest sales of a #1 record.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...0-albums-chart

Rihanna's 'Anti' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

the lowest sales figure for a #1 album ever

Rihanna’s Anti moves back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, collecting its second week at the top. The diva’s set earned another 54,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 17, according to Nielsen Music.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new April 2-dated chart (where Anti is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, March 22.

Anti is Rihanna’s second No. 1 album (following her previous studio effort, Unapologetic, in 2012) and her first to spend more than one week at No. 1.

Of Anti’s total units for the week, 17,000 were in pure album sales. The rest of its sum -- a sizable 69 percent -- was comprised of TEA and SEA units, thanks to the popularity of its tracks (like the smash single “Work,” which has spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart).

Adele’s former No. 1 album, 25, holds at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 with 51,000 units (down 15 percent), while Justin Bieber’s Purpose climbs 5-3 with 48,000 units (down 9 percent).

Biggest selling album of all time was Michael Jackson's Thriller at 29 million copies. http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0151020.html If she maintains her current pace, Rihanna can get to that figure in 537 weeks or ten years.

Adele's album "25" sold a reported 3.38 million copies in its first week- but only did 51,000 units this week. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.2449855

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