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2 WKS. LAST THIS PEAK WKS. ON 2 WKS. LAST THIS PEAK WKS. ON ARTIST CERTIFICATION TITLE ARTIST CERTIFICATION TITLE AGO WEEK WEEK POS. CHART AGO WEEK WEEK POS. CHART IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL 11 WorldMags.net410 BROOKS & DUNN 489 4 75 84 101 NICKELBACK No Fixed Address RE-ENTRY Q The Greatest Hits Collection REPUBLIC ARISTA NASHVILLE/LEGACY 218 SOUNDTRACK 36 3 113 114 The Big Revival 36 46 124 Empire: Music From The Pilot (EP) Q BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN 20TH CENTURY FOX TV/COLUMBIA

347 ¡ 199 102 86 103 COLE SWINDELL Cole Swindell 114 121 125 DRAKE Take Care Bjork’s WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 104 1 15 23 BORNS Candy (EP) NEIL DIAMOND All-Time Greatest Hits Rush- NEW 0 92 93 126 Release INTERSCOPE/IGA CAPITOL/UME 98 3 2170 45 68 105 MARY J. BLIGE The Sessions RE-ENTRY JASON ALDEAN My Kinda Party Debuts MATRIARCH/CAPITOL BROKEN BOW/BBMG Less than a week after 42 26 0 136 Bjork (above) announced QUEEN Greatest Hits: We Will Rock 84 125 128 Ghost Stories HOLLYWOOD PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC/AG her new , Vulnicura, on Jan. 13, the set leaked The band’s three biggest- 1225 online a week later, EMINEM 2 Curtain Call: The Hits selling of the 40 92 129 prompting the singer to oCti:EEN SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA rush-release the effort as Nielsen era (1991-present) 38 6 a download on Jan. 20. are hits compilations: KEVIN GATES Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition r 103 102 130 That was months before BREAD WINNERS’ ASSOCIATION/GANGSTA GRILLZ/ATLANTIC/AG its original release date in 1992’s Greatest Hits March. (7.2 million), Classic Queen 4, 978 0 Halcyon Perhaps the publicity - 138 153 Q (3.5 million) and this We r CHERRYTREE/INTERSCOPE/IGA surrounding the leak and the accelerated release Will Rock You set from 160 helped spur sales for the ¡ 2004 (1.3 million). 85 122 132 Midnight Memories set, which enters at No. 20 111:11w01 SYCO/COLUMBIA on the with 10 340 263 slightly more than 23,000 JOURNEY f Journey’s Greatest Hits WHITNEY HOUSTON 5 Whitney: The Greatest Hits 76 109 107 - 147 0 album-equivalent units, and COLUMBIA/LEGACY ARISTA at No. 15 on Top Album Sales with 23,000 sold. It’s BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS 5348 418 101 108 f Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers ALT-J This Is All Yours a stronger start than Bjork’s 73 80 117 134 tions. TUFF GONG/ISLAND/UME INFECTIOUS/CANVASBACK/ATLANTIC/AG last studio effort, 2011’s Biophilia, which launched 22 9 4 6133 at No. 27 on the Billboard 63 83 109 Listen 194 150 Q Songs About Jane 200 with 15,000 sold in its WHAT A MUSIC/PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC/AG A&M/OCTONE/UME first week. Vulnicura, which Bjork 714 23 17 142 112 110 LITTLE BIG TOWN Pain Killer 148 130 136 VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Hits 2015 describes on her website CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN PROVIDENT/WORD-CURB/CAPITOL CMG as a “complete heartbreak album,” will be released 34 4 251 BILLY JOEL The Hits FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH The Wrong Side Of ...Volume 1 March 3 on CD and vinyl. RE-ENTRY 0 135 131 137 COLUMBIA/LEGACY PROSPECT PARK Despite her lengthy career, high-charting albums 0 39 645 continue to elude Bjork, 55 71 112 VARIOUS ARTISTS ShadyXV 132 141 138 DIERKS BENTLEY Riser for complete rules and explana Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend who has notched only one SHADY/INTERSCOPE/IGA CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN top 10 set on the Billboard 200 in a dozen visits to the 214 140 82 97 113 T.I. Paperwork 126 137 139 SCHOOLBOY Q Oxymoron list: 2007’s Volta debuted GRAND HUSTLE/COLUMBIA TOP DAWG/INTERSCOPE/IGA and peaked at No. 9. —Keith Caulfield 72 6 236 74 96 114 I LOVE MAKONNEN I LOVE MAKONNEN (EP) 116 135 140 BRANTLEY GILBERT 0 Just As I Am OVO SOUND/WARNER BROS. VALORY/BMLG

2 5202 141 1 127 103 115 JOHNNY CASH The Legend Of Johnny Cash NEW 0 JASON NELSON Jesus Revealed LEGACY/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/AMERICAN/ISLAND/UME RCA INSPIRATION/RCA

4 193 28 6 albums, according to Nielsen Entertainment. from f tracks See 89 108 116 Red 72 94 142 CHARLI XCX Sucker BIG MACHINE/BMLG NEON GOLD/ATLANTIC/AG

132 13 6 104 113 117 LANA DEL REY Ultraviolence 37 132 143 LIVESOS POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE/IGA HEY OR HI/CAPITOL

211 651

65 88 118 FOO FIGHTERS Sonic Highways (Soundtrack) 189 163 0 CASTING CROWNS Thrive ROSWELL/RCA BEACH STREET/REUNION/PLG

411 49 2 101 107 119 LOGIC - 49 145 RAELYNN Me (EP) VISIONARY/DEF JAM VALORY/BMLG

217 396 183 PS BRAD PAISLEY Moonshine In The Trunk 111 134 146 BLAKE SHELTON ¡ Based On A True Story ... C ARISTA NASHVILLE/SMN WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN

The album rises with a 36 percent 13 197 RE-ENTRY 0 MICHAEL JACKSON 4 Number Ones gain in equivalent units, bolstered MJJ/EPIC/LEGACY by a 101 percent jump in pure 597 album sales (3,000 for the week, of 152 151 148 P!NK ¡ Greatest Hits... So Far!!! LAFACE/JIVE/RCA the set’s weekly 5,000 total units). 13 105 RE-ENTRY 0 KENNY CHESNEY 4 Greatest Hits BNA/LEGACY The week’s most popular albums across all genres, ranked by album sales, audio on-demand streaming activity and digital sales o by album sales, audio on-demand streaming ranked all genres, most popular albums across The week’s © 2015, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. reserved. All rights Global Media, LLC © 2015, Prometheus

3102 114 172 SOUNDTRACK ¡ Pitch Perfect 129 149 150 SLIPKNOT .5: The Gray Chapter UME ROADRUNNER/AG

245 12 71 83 119 122 PHARRELL WILLIAMS 0 G I R L 91 82 151 ELTON JOHN 5 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 I AM OTHER/COLUMBIA ROCKET/UTV/UME SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED SALES DATA WorldMags.net 58 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data Data for week of 02.07.2015