Weekly Register: Adele, Chris Stapleton Reign In Albums Rankings

Adele continues her albums chart reign, with 25 selling 728K units in its third week of release to mark over 5 million units moved in total. The British singer-songwriter’s concert special is set to air on NBC today (Dec. 14) in tandem with an announcement of her North American tour dates for 2016, including two shows in October at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

Meanwhile, Coldplay‘s A Head Full of Dreams debuted at No. 2 on the overall albums rankings, with 210K sold.

Chris Stapleton‘s Traveller travels back up the country albums chart to the No. 1 slot again (No. 9 overall). Sales for Traveller have now jumped the 500K mark (44K this week). Following Stapleton is Carrie Underwood‘s Storyteller at No. 2 (23K), Luke Bryan‘s Kill The Lights at No. 3 (19K), Eric Church‘s Mr. Misunderstood at No. 4 (16K), and Blake Shelton‘s Reloaded hits collection at No. 5 (15K).

Overall album sales have dropped 5 percent TYD, while overall digital album sales have dropped 1.6 percent. Country album sales are down 3.7 percent from last year, though country digital sales are up four percent YTD.

Top country debuts this week include Jessie James Decker‘s This Christmas at No. 16, and Music of Nashville Season 4 at No. 17. “Burning House” singer-songwriter Cam‘s debut album for Arista Nashville/RCA will make its debut on the chart next week.

Jordan Smith. Photo: Tyler Golden/NBC.

On the overall tracks rankings, The Voice‘s Jordan Smith debuts at No. 1; Smith’s cover of Queen’s “Somebody To Love” has sold 164K. Adele’s “Hello” is at No. 2 with 158K sold (3 million RTD).

Thomas Rhett

On the country tracks rankings, Thomas Rhett‘s “Die A Happy Man” is No. 1, with 48K sold. The Voice‘s Emily Ann Roberts‘ version of Dolly Parton’s “9-5” debuts at No. 2 with 35K units sold. Sam Hunt‘s “Break Up In A Small Town” is at No. 3 with 29K, while two more debuts from The Voice contestants enter the Top 5, with Zach Seabaugh‘s rendition of “The Climb” at No. 4 (27K), and Barrett Baber‘s “Ghost” at No. 5 (24K).

Overall digital track sales are down 12 percent, while country digital tracks sales are down 16.1 percent YTD.

Information provided by Neilsen Soundscan

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