Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams. It’s likely that interest in the viral video encouraged fans to buy Stapleton’s version of the song, as well as his Traveller album.Written and directed by Damien Chazelle, La La Land tells the story of Mia, an aspiring actress, and Sebastian, a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. 1 and has collected more than 20 million views. The original Facebook video was uploaded on Jan. The rise of both the album and the song follows the success of a viral video on Facebook, where a father sings along to Stapleton’s version of “Tennessee Whiskey” in his car, while his daughter records the performance (and sweetly reacts to her dad’s singing). 24 with 26,000 downloads sold (up 208 percent). One of the album’s songs, Stapleton’s cover of “Tennessee Whiskey,” reenters the Digital Song Sales chart at No. 1 set gain in album sales (12,000 sold up 11 percent), track equivalent album units (5,000 up 63 percent) and streaming equivalent album units (5,000 up 15 percent). SalesĬlosing out the top 10 is Chris Stapleton’s surging Traveller album, which vaults from No. Post Malone's Stoney returns to the top 10, stepping 14-9 with 23,000 units - though down 3 percent.īillboard 200 Chart Moves: 'Hamilton' Cast Album Surpasses 1 Million in U.S. 6 in 2011 with 43,000 sold - their best sales week ever). 9 in 2013 with 33,000 sold), and the act’s highest charting album, Going Out in Style (it debuted and peaked at No.
The set follows their first two top 10s: Signed and Sealed in Blood (it bowed and peaked at No. 8 with 26,000 units (mostly from album sales, as 24,000 copies of the album were sold during the week). Rock band Dropkick Murphys scores its third straight top 10 album, as 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory debuts at No. 6 (29,000 units down 10 percent) and Drake’s Views falls 4-7 (28,000 units down 32 percent). 5 (30,000 units down 22 percent) the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: American Musical is stationary at No. 4 on the new Billboard 200 (36,000 units down 20 percent) J. 3.īruno Mars’ 24K Magic descends one spot to No. 1, while the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack rose from No. It last occurred on the chart dated May 30, 2015, when the Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack debuted at No.
3 with 39,000 units (down 40 percent) thus, the chart has two soundtracks within the top three for the first time in more than a year-and-a-half. It was the top-selling album of the week, and climbs to No. 'La La Land' Breaks Golden Globes Record for Most Wins by a FilmĪs for La La Land, most of its units were powered by traditional album sales, as 30,000 copies of the album were sold (up 88 percent). The bulk of the set’s units were generated by streams - as streaming equivalent units totaled 38,000 of its total. Of Starboy’s units earned for the week, traditional album sales comprised 14,000 of that sum. 18 (one day later due to the Martin Luther King, Jr.
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1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2017-dated chart (where the Weeknd captures a third week at No. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. 12, according to Nielsen Music, while La La Land jumps to the runner-up slot with 42,000 units (up 83 percent). Starboy earned 63,000 equivalent album units (down 10 percent) in the week ending Jan. Meanwhile, following La La Land’s big night at the Golden Globe Awards, the film’s soundtrack flies from No.
1 on the Billboard 200 chart, collecting a third nonconsecutive week on top.