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Coldplay, which like Adele initially held back its album from
streaming service Spotify and other free platforms, sold some
209,000 copies in its debut week, according to data from Nielsen
Music on Monday.
The British rock band, which is to play the coveted halftime
show at the 2016 Super Bowl in February, said last week it would
stream "A Head Full of Dreams" on Spotify in its second week of
release.
Adele's "25," already the biggest selling album in the U.S. for
2015, has sold some 5.19 million copies since its Nov. 20
release.
The singer on Monday announced her first North American tour in
five years. She will play 56 dates starting in July in St. Paul,
Minnesota and end on Nov. 15 in Mexico City. Her UK and European
tour is already sold out.
The strong showing by Adele and Coldplay pushed Justin Bieber's
"Purpose" into 3rd place on the Billboard 200, with about
150,000 copies sold for the week. A cappella group Pentatonix
slipped to 4th place with "That's Christmas To Me."
The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from album sales, song
sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500
streams equal one album).
New entries by rappers G-Eazy ("When It's Dark Out") and Rick
Ross ("Black Market") landed at No. 5 and 6, respectively. South
African-born Australian actor and singer Troye Sivan, 20, took
7th place with his album "Blue Neighborhood."
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online download
sales, Adele's single "Hello" was ousted from the No.1 spot by
Jordan Smith, a finalist on TV competition show "The Voice,"
whose rendition of the Queen classic "Somebody to Love" sold
more than 164,000 copies compared with 158,000 for "Hello."
(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Alan Crosby)
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