Billboard Magazine
CHART BEAT Setting The Pace Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You Do” continues to crown Billboard’s airplay charts, becoming her first No. 1 on Adult 29% 16% 28% Top 40 (see page 68). The Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack hit leads THIS WEEK THIS WEEK THIS WEEK the Mainstream Top 40 tally for a third week and Dance/Mix Show Goulding Airplay for a fifth frame. It topped the all-format Radio Songs chart SILENTO’S “WATCH ME” JESS GLYNNE’S “HOLD MY DAVID GUETTA’S “HEY MAMA” dated May 2. The track’s success should provide solid momentum for SALES HAND” STREAMS AUDIENCE Goulding’s upcoming music. According to her parent label Interscope, 26,000 972,000 43.8 MILLION the British pop singer, 28, is in the studio with a new single expected for a fall release. —GARY TRUST MARKET WATCH A WEEKLY NATIONAL MUSIC SALES REPORT Weekly Unit Sales Zac Brown Band Lands ALBUMS DIGITAL DIGITAL ALBUMS* TRACKS This Week 4,224,000 1,827,000 18,626,000 First No. 1 Country Album Last Week 4,232,000 1,913,000 19,435,000 The group’s new set, Jekyll + Hyde, rules the Billboard 200 thanks Change -0.2% -4.5% -4.2% to chart-topping singles on both country and rock airplay charts This Week Last Year 4,379,000 1,914,000 21,920,000 Change -3.5% -4.5% -15.0% BY KEITH CAULFIELD *Digital album sales are also counted within album sales. Weekly Album Sales (Million Units) Rock tally, while “Homegrown” led Country 2015 Airplay for three weeks in April.
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