Three weeks ago 'Tomêi Na Iro' by Nogizaka 46 opened at no.1 globally with 222,000 sales, a fortnight ago 'Tree' by Sekai No Owari topped with 248,000 copies, last week 'Koko Ga Rhodes Da, Koko De Tobe!' by AKB 48 reached the top spot with stellar 747,000 sales and now another J-pop release shoots at the summit of the Global Album Chart. It's 'Planet Seven', the fifth effort of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, and it moved massive 508,000 units in its initial week, according to Oricon. By the way, last week's no.1, AKB 48's 'Koko' throws down outside the Top 40 at no.53 with only 14,000 second-week sales. That's a record-breaking 98% sales collapse compared to the previous week! Back to the upper region of this week's tally, where Taylor Swift's '1989' climbs back at no.2 with another 120,000 sales. After only 14 weeks the album breaks through the 6 million border with a total of 6,040,000 sales. Ed Sheeran's 'X' also crawls up one slot at no.3 with 101,000 copies, a total of 4,514,000 sales after 32 weeks on the hitlist. 'Planet Seven' leads 12 debuts on the current countdown, the next follows at no.7, American R&B singer Ne-Yo enters there with his sixth set 'Non-Fiction' and 54,000 sales, 48,700 of it in the USA, 4,100 in United Kingdom and 1,300 in Canada. Shy behind California-based Nu Metal band Papa Roach starts with the eighth album 'F.E.A.R.' and 52,000 sales. Some additional sales stats: 'Night Visions' by Imagine Dragons sold 9,000 copies last week and reaches a total of 4,272,000 so far, 'Prism' by Katy Perry sold 16,000 units last week, 3,466,000 so far, 'Sonic Highways' by the Foo Fighters sold 15,000 units last week and has a total of 1,163,000 copies so far, 'Racine Carrée' by Stromae sold 2,712,000 copies so far, 'Farbenspiel' by Helene Fischer 1,947,000, and 'Wanted On Voyage' by George Ezra 1,158,000.
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