Billboard Top 200 Albums This Week (April 30, 2015)
Here is this week’s Billboard Top 200 Albums (Update: April 30, 2015). Rock band Alabama Shakes earns its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart as its new album, Sound & Color, arrives in the top slot. The set, which was released April 21 on ATO Records, moved 96,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 26, according to Nielsen Music.
See other Billboard charts here.
1 New 1 Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes – ATO
2 2 6 Furious 7 – Soundtrack – Universal Studios/Atlantic | AG
3 New 1 Love Story – YelaWolf – EST19XX/Shady/Interscope | IGA
4 10 11 If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake – Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
5 6 11 Fifty Shades Of Grey – Soundtrack – Universal Studios | Republic
6 7 26 1989 – Taylor Swift – Big Machine | BMLG
7 8 45 In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith – Capitol
8 9 44 x – Ed Sheeran – Atlantic | AG
9 13 26 Montevallo – Sam Hunt – MCA Nashville | UMGN
10 12 15 Title – Meghan Trainor – Epic
11 11 34 V – Maroon 5 – 222/Interscope | IGA
12 17 27 Pain Killer – Little Big Town – Capitol Nashville | UMGN
13 3 2 Love Somebody – Reba – Nash Icon/Valory | BMLG
14 14 6 To Pimp A Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar – Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
15 New 1 Cama Incendiada – Mana – Warner Latina
16 16 21 TALKING IS HARD – WALK THE MOON – RCA
17 1 2 Handwritten – Shawn Mendes – Island
18 New 1 Tomorrow We Live – KB – Reach
19 15 7 Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1 – Soundtrack – 20th Century Fox TV | Columbia
20 20 28 Anything Goes – Florida Georgia Line – Republic Nashville | BMLG
21 19 19 The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj – Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
22 23 9 Dark Sky Paradise – Big Sean – G.O.O.D. | Def Jam
23 New 1 Kindred – Passion Pit – Columbia
24 24 29 Hozier – Hozier – Rubyworks | Columbia
25 26 14 American Beauty / American Psycho – Fall Out Boy – DCD2 | Island
26 40 47 Platinum – Miranda Lambert – RCA Nashville | SMN
27 29 24 Nick Jonas – Nick Jonas – Safehouse | Island
28 28 35 My Everything – Ariana Grande – Republic
29 31 63 The Outsiders – Eric Church – EMI Nashville | UMGN
30 25 15 Uptown Special – Mark Ronson – RCA
31 27 3 My House (EP) – Flo Rida – Poe Boy/Atlantic | AG
32 New 1 Ultimate Sinatra – Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe
33 21 4 The Album About Nothing – Wale – EBM Music/Maybach/Atlantic | AG
34 33 20 2014 Forest Hills Drive – J. Cole – Dreamville/Roc Nation | Columbia
35 41 21 Listen – David Guetta – What A Music/Parlophone/Atlantic | AG
36 38 30 Queen Of The Clouds – Tove Lo – Island
37 New 1 Hold My Beer, Vol. 1 – Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen – Lil’ Buddy Toons | Good Time
38 48 29 Old Boots, New Dirt – Jason Aldean – Broken Bow | BBMG
39 37 10 Smoke + Mirrors – Imagine Dragons – KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
40 39 89 Crash My Party – Luke Bryan – Capitol Nashville | UMGN
41 4 2 Cherry Bomb – Tyler, The Creator – Odd Future
42 5 2 Into The Wild Life – Halestorm – Atlantic | AG
43 22 2 Barter 6 – Young Thug – 300/Atlantic | AG
44 46 39 1000 Forms Of Fear – Sia – Monkey Puzzle | RCA
45 44 12 Reflection – Fifth Harmony – SYCO | Epic
46 51 60 Cole Swindell – Cole Swindell – Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
47 53 16 SremmLife – Rae Sremmurd – Eardruma/Interscope | IGA
48 59 30 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE – Blake Shelton – Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
49 45 7 Spring Break… Checkin’ Out – Luke Bryan – Capitol Nashville | UMGN
50 52 20 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 – Carrie Underwood – 19/Arista Nashville | SMN
51 35 4 Ludaversal – Ludacris – DTP | Def Jam
52 56 12 Magazines Or Novels – Andy Grammer – S-Curve
53 36 4 Southern Style – Darius Rucker – Capitol Nashville | UMGN
54 49 13 Wanted On Voyage – George Ezra – Columbia
55 18 2 Second Hand Heart – Dwight Yoakam – Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
56 47 5 Kidz Bop 28 – Kidz Bop Kids – Razor & Tie
57 54 12 NOW 53 – Various Artists – Universal/Sony Music | Legacy
58 New 1 Even More Saturday Night Car Tunes (EP) – Curren$Y – Atlantic | AG
59 57 9 Skrillex & Diplo Present Jack U – Skrillex & Diplo – Mad Decent/OWSLA | AG
60 61 58 Riser – Dierks Bentley – Capitol Nashville | UMGN
61 42 4 NOW That’s What I Call ACM Awards: 50 Years – Various Artists – Universal/Sony Music | UMe
62 67 125 Here’s To The Good Times – Florida Georgia Line – Republic Nashville | BMLG
63 79 19 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates – Daryl Hall John Oates – RCA | Legacy
64 34 3 Future Hearts – All Time Low – Hopeless
65 55 8 Piece By Piece – Kelly Clarkson – 19 | RCA
66 New 1 From Birth To Burial – 10 Years – Palehorse | Megaforce
67 New 1 Glean – They Might Be Giants – Idlewild
68 68 39 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 – Soundtrack – Marvel | Hollywood
69 63 22 Globalization – Pitbull – Mr. 305/Polo Grounds | RCA
70 New 1 To The Stars… Demos, Odds And Ends – Tom DeLonge – To The Stars
71 72 29 Talking Dreams – Echosmith – Warner Bros.
72 69 138 Night Visions – Imagine Dragons – KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA
73 60 33 Dream Your Life Away – Vance Joy – F-Stop/Atlantic | AG
74 65 25 Motion – Calvin Harris – Fly Eye | Columbia
75 70 9 Fan Of A Fan: The Album – Chris Brown & Tyga – Young Money/Cash Money | RCA
76 71 34 Ignite The Night – Chase Rice – Columbia Nashville | Dack Janiels
77 50 4 Carrie & Lowell – Sufjan Stevens – Asthmatic Kitty
78 96 353 Journey’s Greatest Hits – Journey – Columbia | Legacy
79 64 4 Human – Three Days Grace – RCA
80 30 2 How Can It Be – Lauren Daigle – Centricity | Capitol CMG
81 66 23 FOUR – One Direction – SYCO | Columbia
82 New 1 Confessions – Alesana – Revival
83 83 31 The Big Revival – Kenny Chesney – Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN
84 74 18 Reclassified – Iggy Azalea – Turn First/Hustle Gang | Def Jam
85 76 33 I Dont Dance – Lee Brice – Curb
86 80 82 Greatest Hits – Fleetwood Mac – Warner Bros.
87 62 4 Kintsugi – Death Cab For Cutie – Barsuk/Atlantic | AG
88 137 24 Greatest Hits So Far… – Zac Brown Band – ROAR/Southern Ground/Atlantic | AG
89 102 31 Sundown Heaven Town – Tim McGraw – McGraw/Big Machine | BMLG
90 75 141 + – Ed Sheeran – Elektra | AG
91 85 80 Nothing Was The Same – Drake – Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
92 81 361 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers – Bob Marley And The Wailers – Tuff Gong/Island | UMe
93 84 223 Doo-Wops & Hooligans – Bruno Mars – Elektra | AG
94 87 169 Born To Die – Lana Del Rey – Polydor/Interscope | IGA
95 82 74 Frozen – Soundtrack – Walt Disney
96 New 1 Untethered Moon – Built To Spill – Warner Bros.
97 119 28 Greatest Hits 1974-78 – The Steve Miller Band – Capitol | UMe
98 93 212 The Eminem Show – Eminem – Web/Aftermath/Interscope | UMe
99 90 72 Beyonce – Beyonce – Parkwood | Columbia
100 88 130 good kid, m.A.A.d city – Kendrick Lamar – Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
101 99 112 Take Care – Drake – Young Money/Cash Money | Republic
102 95 109 Native – OneRepublic – Mosley/Interscope | IGA
103 92 60 Trilogy – The Weeknd – XO | Republic
104 109 6 Run – AWOLNATION – Red Bull
105 86 78 PRISM – Katy Perry – Capitol
106 Re-Entry 34 Welcome To The New – MercyMe – Fair Trade | PLG
107 101 218 21 – Adele – XL | Columbia
108 78 9 First Kiss – Kid Rock – Top Dog | Warner Bros.
109 100 36 Blacc Hollywood – Wiz Khalifa – Rostrum/Atlantic | AG
110 New 1 Carry The Fire – Dustin Kensrue – Vagrant
111 151 45 Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits – Aerosmith – Columbia | Legacy
112 127 8 Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship – Third Day – Essential | PLG
113 111 10 Sex Playlist – Omarion – Maybach/Atlantic | AG
114 112 39 Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You – Queen – Hollywood
115 159 225 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fantasy | Concord
116 125 49 Just As I Am – Brantley Gilbert – Valory | BMLG
117 104 64 The Wrong Side Of Heaven…Volume 1 – Five Finger Death Punch – Prospect Park
118 Re-Entry 74 Boys & Girls – Alabama Shakes – ATO
119 107 77 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem – Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
120 106 29 Going To Hell – The Pretty Reckless – Goin’ Down | Razor & Tie
121 108 41 These Things Happen – G-Eazy – G-Eazy/RVG | BPG
122 121 85 AM – Arctic Monkeys – Domino
123 115 48 It Goes Like This – Thomas Rhett – Valory | BMLG
124 122 56 Fuse – Keith Urban – Hit Red/Capitol Nashville | UMGN
125 New 1 Live At Carnegie Hall – Ryan Adams – PAX.AM | Blue Note
126 89 6 Strangers To Ourselves – Modest Mouse – Epic
127 118 13 Non-Fiction – Ne-Yo – Compound Entertainment/Motown | Capitol
128 120 105 Save Rock And Roll – Fall Out Boy – Decaydance | Island
129 Re-Entry 18 Man Against Machine – Garth Brooks – Pearl/RCA Nashville | SMN
130 77 7 Rebel Heart – Madonna – Live Nation/Interscope | IGA
131 New 1 The Truth – Casey J – Marquis Boone/Tyscot | Taseis
132 117 117 Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars – Atlantic | AG
133 New 1 Ringling Road – William Clark Green – Bill Grease | Thirty Tigers
134 154 7 Bombs Away – Sheppard – Empire Of Song/Chugg/Decca/SchoolBoy | Republic
135 126 32 X – Chris Brown – RCA
136 130 186 Tailgates & Tanlines – Luke Bryan – Capitol Nashville | UMGN
137 116 109 Based On A True Story … – Blake Shelton – Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN
138 157 80 Master Of Puppets – Metallica – Blackened | Warner Bros.
139 136 238 Curtain Call: The Hits – Eminem – Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
140 163 20 Love Ran Red – Chris Tomlin – sixsteps/Sparrow | Capitol CMG
141 105 15 The Very Best Of – Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons – Warner Strategic Marketing | Rhino
142 73 4 I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album By Earl Sweatshirt – Earl Sweatshirt – Tan Cressida | Columbia
143 110 97 Greatest Hits II – Kenny Chesney – BNA | SMN
144 131 93 Greatest Hits – 2Pac – Amaru/Death Row/Interscope | UMe
145 New 1 Ultimate Sinatra: The Centennial Collection – Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra Enterprises/Capitol | UMe
146 143 142 Chief – Eric Church – EMI Nashville | UMGN
147 139 84 Love In The Future – John Legend – G.O.O.D. | Columbia
148 123 175 Back In Black – AC/DC – Columbia | Legacy
149 134 27 Sadnecessary – Milky Chance – Lichtdicht/Neon | Republic
150 189 5 Chaos And The Calm – James Bay – Republic
151 153 208 Number Ones – Michael Jackson – MJJ/Epic | Legacy
152 164 87 50 Number Ones – George Strait – MCA Nashville | UMGN
153 145 24 747 – Lady Antebellum – Capitol Nashville | UMGN
154 165 34 The Essential Billy Joel – Billy Joel – Columbia | Legacy
155 142 82 Pure Heroine – Lorde – Lava | Republic
156 Re-Entry 44 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! – Panic! At The Disco – Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen | AG
157 144 19 Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition – Kevin Gates – Bread Winners’ Association/Gangsta Grillz/Atlantic | AG
158 141 61 Thrive – Casting Crowns – Beach Street/Reunion | PLG
159 New 1 Never Happy, Ever After – As It Is – Fearless
160 Re-Entry 6 Exiliados Es La Bahia: Lo Mejor de Mana – Mana – Warner Latina
161 149 42 Trigga – Trey Songz – Songbook/Atlantic | AG
162 132 40 5 Seconds Of Summer – 5 Seconds Of Summer – Hey Or Hi | Capitol
163 168 103 Number One Hits – Tim McGraw – Curb
164 98 4 The Past, The Present, The Future – Jodeci – Sphnix | Epic
165 171 137 Boston – Boston – Epic | Legacy
166 180 106 Red – Taylor Swift – Big Machine | BMLG
167 New 1 Que Suenen Los Tambores – Victor Manuelle – Kiyavi | Sony Music Latin
168 129 36 Vessel – twenty one pilots – Fueled By Ramen | AG
169 103 5 Home – Soundtrack – DreamWorks/Westbury Road | Roc Nation
170 146 312 Greatest Hits – Guns N’ Roses – Geffen | UMe
171 140 18 The Very Best Of Travis Tritt – Travis Tritt – Warner Bros. Nashville | Rhino
172 166 80 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 – Elton John – Rocket/UTV | UMe
173 Re-Entry 2 The Who Hits 50! – The Who – Polydor/Geffen | UMe
174 155 12 Full Speed – Kid Ink – Tha Alumni Group/88 Classic | RCA
175 152 26 Sweet Talker – Jessie J – Lava | Republic
176 158 69 Because The Internet – Childish Gambino – Glassnote
177 114 4 Day Of The Dead – Hollywood Undead – Interscope | IGA
178 138 170 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton – Blake Shelton – Reprise Nashville | WMN
179 160 344 Metallica – Metallica – Blackened | Warner Bros.
180 161 208 Teenage Dream – Katy Perry – Capitol
181 Re-Entry 18 Playlist: The Offspring Greatest Hits – The Offspring – Columbia | Legacy
182 124 5 Mr. Wonderful – Action Bronson – Vice/Atlantic | AG
183 192 115 Pitch Perfect – Soundtrack – UMe
184 173 52 Talk Dirty – Jason Derulo – Beluga Heights | Warner Bros.
185 148 5 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards ZinePak – Various Artists – ZinePak
186 Re-Entry 195 Mothership – Led Zeppelin – Swan Song/Atlantic | Rhino
187 162 91 Halcyon – Ellie Goulding – Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA
188 183 112 Bad – Michael Jackson – MJJ/Epic | Legacy
189 190 101 Babel – Mumford & Sons – Gentlemen Of The Road | Glassnote
190 New 1 Shadowmaker – Apocalyptica – Better Noise
191 New 1 On The Other Hand: All The Number Ones – Randy Travis – Warner Bros. | WMN
192 181 259 Ten – Pearl Jam – Epic | Legacy
193 176 146 Songs About Jane – Maroon 5 – A&M/Octone | UMe
194 Re-Entry 292 Nevermind – Nirvana – Sub Pop/DGC/Geffen | UMe
195 195 187 Recovery – Eminem – Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA
196 188 904 The Dark Side Of The Moon – Pink Floyd – Parlophone | Rhino
197 174 14 The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam – Dwight Yoakam – Reprise Nashville | Rhino
198 172 205 All The Right Reasons – Nickelback – Roadrunner | AG
199 Re-Entry 128 The Essential Michael Jackson – Michael Jackson – Epic | Legacy
200 Re-Entry 28 Family – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Geffen/Hip-O | UMe