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In its debut week, the fourth album from the Ohio duo sold
134,000 albums, 68,000 songs and was streamed 9.7 million times,
totaling 147,000 units, according to figures from Nielsen
SoundScan. Twenty One Pilots, which broke out with the 2013
album "Vessel", is a relative unknown compared with other recent
chart toppers Mumford & Sons, Josh Groban and David Guetta, all
Grammy nominees or winners. According to Billboard, "Vessel" has
sold steadily, suggesting the band built up a fan base before
the May 18 release of "Blurryface".
Taylor Swift's 1989, out since October, climbed back into the
top five at No. 2 after the singer won eight awards at the
Billboard Music Awards on May 17. The album sold 91,000 units
for the week ending May 24.
The soundtrack for song-infused comedy "Pitch Perfect 2" slid
from No. 1 to No. 3 after the film's second weekend in theaters.
Another soundtrack, for steamy "Fifty Shades of Grey," dropped
from No. 3 to No. 11.
The Billboard 200 chart tallies album sales, song sales (10
songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams
equal one album).
Actor Jamie Foxx's new record "Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen
Roses" debuted at No. 10, his fourth album to reach the top 10,
according to Billboard.
Russian-German DJ Zedd entered the chart at No. 4 with his
recent release, "True Colors."
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online sales, Taylor
Swift's recent single with rapper Kendrick Lamar, "Bad Blood,"
moved up 25 slots to No. 1, with 385,000 downloads.
(Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon, Editing by Mary Milliken,
David Gregorio and Ken Wills)
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