The chainsmokers' 'Closer' remains for a sixth week at the top of the
Global Track Chart. Their former smash 'Don't Let Me Down' ranks a 28th
week on the chart and slips to no.16. Finally, their brand new single
'All We Know', a cooperation with Amercian singer / songwriter Phoebe
Ryan, debuts at no.19.


'Starboy', the new smash by Canadian musician The Weeknd, jumps to No.2
in its second week on the list.


Rounding out the top three is 'Let Me Love You' by DJ SNAKE feat. Justin
Bieber.


The Biggest winner of the week is 'This Town', the debut solo single by
One Direction member Niall Horan. The song rockets from no.39 to no.12.

'Fantom', the ninth studio album by Japanese/American Singer and
Songwriter Hikaru Utada, rockets to the top of this week's Global Album
Chart after selling 265,000 copies in its initial week, 252,581 of these
in Japan alone, according to Oricon. 17 years ago, in 1999, Utada's
second album 'First Love' sold nearly eight million copies in Japan and
became the best selling Japanese-language album of all time by far!
Hikaru also held the record for the highest first-week sales of an album
globally in 2001 when her third album 'Distance' debuted with sales of
3,002,720, according to Oricon. For over fourteen years this record
remained undefeated, till Adele's '25' exploded in November 2015,
selling 5,706,000 units the first week.

Another important J-pop act debuts at No.2 this week. The 19-member boy
group Exile's sixth best-of compilation 'Extreme Best' sold 178,401
copies in its debut week.

Justin Vernon and his band Bon Iver's third Album, '22, A Million'
debuts at no.3 globally with overall sales of 115,000, 57,900 of it in
the United States, another 19,000 in United Kingdom, around 8,000 in
Germany, 7,000 in Canada and 5,300 in Australia.

Only one album from last week's Top 10 reappears on the current tally.
It's the former no.1 album 'Illuminate' by Shawn Mendes, which slips to
no.9 after a 78% sales decline to 47,000.

WORLD'S TOP 10 BEST-SELLING ALBUMS
1. Fantôme - Hikaru Utada - 265.000 sales 1st Week
2. Extreme Best - EXILE - 178.000 sales 1st week
3. 22, A Million - Bon Iver - 115.000 sales 1st week
4. Flight Log: Turbulence - GOT7 - 81.000 sales 1st week
5. Keep Me Singing - Van Morrison (Official)
6. Walkure Trap! - @Walker - 56.000 sales 1st week
7. A Seat At The Table - Solange - 54.000 sales 1st Week
8. Sorceress - Opeth - 52,000 Sales 1st Week
9. Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - 47,000 this week/255,000 in total
10. The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - 45,000/1.029.000 in total

MORE ALBUM SALES OUTSIDE THE TOP 10
'Chapter And Verse' by Bruce Springsteen 45,000 / 133,000
'A Moon Shaped Pool' by Radiohead 36,000 / 1,056,000
'Encore Un Soir' by Celine Dion 31,000 / 628,000
'25' by Adele 30,000 / 19,108,000
Suicide Squad' soundtrack 30,000 / 600,000
'Blurryface' by Twenty One Pilots 29,000 / 1,906,000
Young As The Morning Old As The Sea' by Passenger 23,000 / 78,000
'Live At The Hollywood Bowl' by the Beatles 22,000 / 185,000
'Skeleton Tree' by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 22,000 / 186,000 the
'Suicide
'Dangerous Woman' by Ariana Grande 20,000 / 845,000
Justin Bieber 19,000 / 5,047,000
'Lemonade' by Beyoncé 19,000 / 2,509,000
'View' by Drake 19,000 / 2,426,000
'Wild World' by Bastille 19,000 / 178,000
'A Head Full Of Dreams' by Coldplay 18,000 / 3,639,000
'Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway' by Barbra Streisand 16,000 /
386,000
'This Is Acting' by Sia 16,000 / 1,030,000
'California' by Blink 182 16,000 / 547,000
'X' by Ed Sheeran 13,000 / 8,580,000
'Glory' by Britney Spears 13,000 / 257,000
'Immortalized' by Disturbed 12,000 / 1,002,000
'Anti' by Rihanna 10,000 / 1,348,000
'Blonde' by Frank Ocean 10,000 / 487,000
'21' by Adele 8,000 / 28,253,000
'Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie' by Volbeat 8,000 / 507,000
'Beauty Behind The Madness' by The Weeknd 7,000 / 2,265,000
'7/27' by Fifth Harmony 7,000 / 365,000
'1989' by Taylor Swift 6,000 / 9,710,000
'Cleopatra' by the Lumineers 6,000 / 464,000
'Revival' by Selena Gomez 3,000 / 827,000

The Chainsmokers "Closer" ft. Halsey tops the global track chart for a
5th non consecutive week!

'Let Me Love You' by DJ SNAKE ft. Justin Bieber remains at No.2 with a a
3% decrease and 'Cold Water' by Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber and MØ
stays at no.3 with a 7% drop.

Close behind at no.4 is this week's highest debut, 'Starboy', the new
smash hit by Canadian musician The Weeknd. The song is featured by
French electronic duo Daft Punk.

'One Dance' by Drake ft. Wizkid & KYLA is still the World's best-selling
Song of 2016 so far, followed by 'Can't Stop The Feeling!' by Justin
Timberlake and 'Cheap Thrills' by Sia ft. Sean Paul. All three songs are
still in the Top 20 after months!

Shawn Mendes's 'Illuminate' debuts at No.1 on the World's best-selling
Albums chart with sales of 208,000, 120,900 of which are in the US
alone, with another 17,000 in Canada. The album is driven by the single
smash 'Treat You Better', which is at no.6 on the Global Track Chart
this week. Shawn's first album, 'Handwritten', also debuted at No.1 in
2015 with 139,000 copies sold. 'Illuminate' leads seven debuts on this
week's Top 10. At No.2 is the 'N Album' by the Kinki Kids, a Japanese
duo consisting of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto under the talent
agency Johnny & Associates. Their new album debuted at no.1 in Japan
with sales of 130,959 sales, according to Oricon. Kinki Kids hold the
Guinness World Records for having the most number of consecutive no.1
singles since their debut. The 3rd highest new-entry is Bruce
Springsteen's new Album 'Chapter & Verse'. The LP bows at no.3 on the
chart with sales of 88,000. Passenger debuts at No.5 with 'Young As The
Morning, Old As The Sea' with sales of 55,000. This is his seventh
studio album.
WORLD'S TOP 10 BEST-SELLING ALBUMS
1. Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - 208.000 sales 1st week
2. N Album - 堂本剛(KinKi Kids) - 131.000 sales
3. Chapter And Verse - Bruce Springsteen - 88.000 sales 1st week
4. Infinite Only: Mini Album 6 (House+Limited Edition) - INFINITE -
64.000 sales 1st week
5. Young As The Morning Old As The Sea - 55.000 sales 1st week
6. Daydream - Aimer(エメ) - 40.000 sales 1st week
7. Kimi No Na Wa - RADWIMPS - 35.000 sales this week - 221.000
8. Farm Tour: Here's To The Farmer EP - Luke Bryan - 34.000 sales 9.
Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - 32.000 - 570.000
10. Encore Un Soir - Céline Dion - 32.000 sales this week - 597.000