Three weeks ago 'Tomêi Na Iro' by Nogizaka 46 opened at no.1 globally with 222,000 sales, a fortnight ago 'Tree' by Sekai No Owari topped with 248,000 copies, last week 'Koko Ga Rhodes Da, Koko De Tobe!' by AKB 48 reached the top spot with stellar 747,000 sales and now another J-pop release shoots at the summit of the Global Album Chart. It's 'Planet Seven', the fifth effort of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, and it moved massive 508,000 units in its initial week, according to Oricon. By the way, last week's no.1, AKB 48's 'Koko' throws down outside the Top 40 at no.53 with only 14,000 second-week sales. That's a record-breaking 98% sales collapse compared to the previous week! Back to the upper region of this week's tally, where Taylor Swift's '1989' climbs back at no.2 with another 120,000 sales. After only 14 weeks the album breaks through the 6 million border with a total of 6,040,000 sales. Ed Sheeran's 'X' also crawls up one slot at no.3 with 101,000 copies, a total of 4,514,000 sales after 32 weeks on the hitlist. 'Planet Seven' leads 12 debuts on the current countdown, the next follows at no.7, American R&B singer Ne-Yo enters there with his sixth set 'Non-Fiction' and 54,000 sales, 48,700 of it in the USA, 4,100 in United Kingdom and 1,300 in Canada. Shy behind California-based Nu Metal band Papa Roach starts with the eighth album 'F.E.A.R.' and 52,000 sales. Some additional sales stats: 'Night Visions' by Imagine Dragons sold 9,000 copies last week and reaches a total of 4,272,000 so far, 'Prism' by Katy Perry sold 16,000 units last week, 3,466,000 so far, 'Sonic Highways' by the Foo Fighters sold 15,000 units last week and has a total of 1,163,000 copies so far, 'Racine Carrée' by Stromae sold 2,712,000 copies so far, 'Farbenspiel' by Helene Fischer 1,947,000, and 'Wanted On Voyage' by George Ezra 1,158,000.
After 10 weeks on the charts and seven weeks at no.1, Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk!' is still the big leader on the World's best-selling Singles chart. Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' is at no.2 and Hozier's 'Take Me To Church' at no.3. Maroon 5's new single 'Sugar' is this week's biggest Gainer, and jumps from no.14 to no.8. It's the ninth global Top 10 success for the band. The Highest debut comes from Japanese boy group Kat-Tun. Their 23rd single release 'Dead Or Alive' debuts at no.12.
Two songs from the 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' soundtrack enter the hitlist: Ellie Goulding's 'Love Me Like You Do' jumps to no.19 and The Weeknd's 'Earned It' debuts at no.34. 'I Have To Forget You' by Jung Seung Hwan & Park Yoon Ha is the first song from South Korea, to enter the Top 40 this year. The tune is from the successful TV-show 'K-pop Star Season 4' (comparable to 'American Idol') and reaches no.35. Outside the Top 40 is Davichi's 'Cry Again' at no.43, Taylor Swift's 'Style' at no.44, Avicii's 'The Nights' at no.46, Usher feat. Juicy J's 'I Don't Mind' at no.47, and Clean Bandit's 'Real Love' at no.55 for the first time on the chart.
It's the sixth studio album of the Japanese pop phenomenon AKB 48 and the fifth to debut at No.1 on the World's Best-selling Albums Chart. 'Koko Ga Rhodes Da, Koko De Tobe!' sold an incredible 747.000 copies in its first week out, according to Oricon. One year ago their previous LP 'Tsugi No Ashiato' went to no.1 with 962.000 units. 'Koko' is one of 16 new entries this week. The second highest entry is the new Album from the Californian punk band Fall Out Boy. 'American Beauty / American Psycho' debuts at no.2 globally with sales of 266.000, 191.000 of it in the USA, 31.500 in the United Kingdom, 14.000 in Canada, and 8.700 in Japan. Taylor Swift's '1989', remains at no.3 with sales of 135.000 copies, and a total of 5.920.000 Albums sold so far and Ed Sheeran's 'X' remains at no.4 after selling 102.000 copies this past week, and a total of 4.413.000 Albums to date. Marilyn Manson's new LP 'Pale Emperor' debuts at no.5 this week with 95.000 copies sold.
Four years after their last album 'The King Is Dead', the American indie-folk band The Decemberists return with their seventh album 'What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World' at no.9 with 70.000 sales.
Some additional sales stats: 'AM' by the Arctic Monkeys sold 13.000 copies last week and reaches a total of 2.325.000 so far, 'Ghost Stories' by Coldplay sold 15.000 units last week, and is at 3.211.000 so far: 'Partners' by Barbra Streisand sold 16.000 units last week and has a total of 1.599.000, 'Prism' by Katy Perry sold 3.450.000 copies so far, 'No Fixed Address' by Nickelback 623.000, and 'Cheek To Cheek' by Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 915.000.
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk!' leads a fifth straight week.
Hozier's Grammy-nominated 'Take Me To Church' climbs to second position in the world's best-selling Singles chart this week. Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud’ rises to no.3. Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space', slides to no.4 and her other no.1, 'Shake It Off’ closes the top five.
This week's highest debut comes from Japanese boy group News. Their 18th single release, 'Kaguya', debuts at no.25. One Republic's new smash 'I Lived’ debuts at n°40.
Last year's big winner, Pharrell Williams' 'Happy', is at no.27 in its 52nd week on the chart and is no.4 in the All Time Chart.
AKB 48's sister group Nogizaka 46 is top of the World’s best-selling Album Chart this week with their first LP 'Tômei Na Iro’ and sales of 222.000 sales, according to Oricon. And it's also the first new no.1 on the Global Chart in 2015. Taylor Swift's smash '1989' slides at no.2 with another 194.000 sales.
Ed Sheeran's 'X’ has sales of 116.000 this week; Sam Smith's 'In The Lonely Hour' shifts 92.000 copies and AC/DC's 'Rock Or Bust' sells 70.000 units.
American hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd (backward for Ear Drummers), consisting of 19 year-old Swae Lee and 13 year-old Slim Jimmy. Their debut album 'SremmLife’ is no.15 globally with 36.000 sales (34.000 from the USA and nearly 2.000 from Canada). Third and final new-entry this week comes from Babymetal, a Japanese metal idol group. Their second album 'Live At Budokan: Red Night' debuts at no.3 in Japan with 24.000 sales, according to Oricon, enough for a no.25 debut globally. Some additional sales stats: 'Cheek To Cheek' by Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa sold 12.000 copies last week and has sold a total of 901.000 copies globally, '21' by Adele sold 8.000 units last week, huge 26,7 million so far, 'Prism' by Katy Perry sold another 8.000 units last week and has sold a total of 3.434.000 copies so far, 'Take Me Home' by One Direction has sold 5,6 million copies, 'Up All Night' by One Direction 5,4 million, and 'Red' by Taylor Swift 6,2 million
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