'Closer' rules an 11th week on the Global Track Chart although the gap
between 'Closer' and The Weeknd's 'Starboy' is becoming smaller and
smaller. 'Starboy' remains at No. 2 for a sixth week.

Next week Japanese girl Band 乃木坂46 (nogizaka46) is probably going to
replace The Chainsmokers with their new single 'Sayonara No Imi' which
has had a huge debut this week!

'Black Beatles' by American rap duo Rae Sremmurd shoots to no.5 on the
Global Track Chart with the highest debut of the week thanks to the
Mannequin Challenge, a viral internet video trend, where people remain
frozen in action like mannequins while a video is recorded, usually with
tthe song 'Black Beatles' playing in the background. That's why this
tune makes an impressive jump on the charts this week, even though it
was originally released in September 2016!

Arashi's 15th studio album 'Are You Happy?' debuts atop the Global Album
Chart with huge sales of 637,000! Exactly one year ago the band's former
set 'Japonism' debuted at No.1 with 820,000 sales. The most successful
international debut of the week is 'The Stage', the 7th release by
American heavy metal act Avenged Sevenfold. The LP debuts at No. 2 after
shifting 111,000 copies, 72,100 in the US alone, another 9,600 copies in
Canada. Last week's best seller, 'Joanne' by Lady GaGa, slips two slots
to no.3 after selling another 104,000 copies, down 67% sales. The 3rd
highest debut of the week is Twice from South Korea with their new EP
'TwiceCoaster: Lane 1' at no.4 and sales of 102,000. Together with
Arashi at no.1, BTS at no.9, and Ketsumeishi at no.10, there are 4 acts
from Asia in this week's Top 10!

WORLD'S TOP 10 BEST-SELLING ALBUMS
1. Are You Happy? - Arashi - 638.000 sales 1st week
2. The Stage - Avenged Sevenfold - 111.000 sales 1st week
3. Joanne - Lady Gaga - 104.000 this week - 418.000 in total
4. TwiceCoaster: Lane 1 - TWICE - 102.000 sales 1st week
5. Cosmic Hallelujah - Kenny Chesney - 82.000 sales 1st week
6. Nobody But Me - Michael Bublé - 79.000 - 262.000 in total
7. Trap Or Die 3 - Jeezy - 74.000 1st week
8. You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen - 58.000 - 173.000 in total
9. Wings - BTS - 56.000 - 537.000 in total
10. Ketsunopolis 10 - Ketsumeishi - 56.000 sales 1st week

TOP SELLING ALBUMS OUTSIDE THE TOP 10
The Wonder Of You - ELVIS PRESLEY & The R.P.O. - 53,000 - 133,000
My Way - M Pokora - 43,000 - 130,000
Fantôme - Utada Hikaru - 34,000 - 530,000
Day Breaks - Norah Jones - 33,000 - 237,000
This Is Acting - Sia - 26,000 - 1,112,000
Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - 26,000 - 379,000
Revolution Radio - Green Day - 26,000 - 333,000
Blurry face - twenty one pilots - 25,000 - 2,014,000
25 - Adele - 24,000 - 19,208,000
Suicide Squad - Soundtrack - 19,000 - 697,000
Views - Drake - 17,000 - 2,496,000
Chapter And Verse - Bruce Springsteen - 17,000 - 229,000
Purpose - Justin Bieber - 16,000 - 5,122,000
A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay - 16,000 - 3,713,000
Christmas - Michael Bublé - 15,000 - 10,398,000
The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - 15,000 - 1,101,000
Oh My My - OneRepublic - 14,000 - 134,000
Lemonade - Beyoncé - 13,000 - 2,565,000
Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - 13,000 - 906,000
22, A Million - Bon Iver - 12,000 - 198,000
Keep Me Singing - Van Morrison (Official) - 12,000 - 132,000
Encore Un Soir - Céline Dion - 11,000 - 701,000
Skeleton Tree' - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 9,000 - 235,000
X - Ed Sheeran - 8,000 - 8,617,000
Immortalised - Disturbed - 8,000 - 1,042,000
Anti - Rihanna - 7,000 - 1,380,000
Encore: Movie Partners Sing - Barbra Streisand - 7,000 - 433,000
21 - Adele - 6,000 - 28,279,000
Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - 6,000 - 2,289,000
1989 - Taylor Swift - 5,000 - 9,730,000
A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead - 5,000 - 1,080,000
7/27 - Fifth Harmony - 5,000 - 389,000
Glory - Britney Spears - 5,000 - 285,000

"Closer" was released on July 29, 2016, by Disruptor and Columbia
Records. The song was written by Andrew Taggart, Ashley Frangipane,
Shaun Frank, Frederic Kennett, Isaac Slade and Joe King and produced by
the Chainsmokers.

In the United States, "Closer" remains the top-selling, most-streamed
and most-heard radio song in the U.S. this week, and one of just 17
songs ever to lead the Billboard Hot 100 for at least 12 weeks! The
Chainsmokers became the first act to have four songs ("Closer" being the
fourth) that top the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, passing Calvin Harris,
who held the previous record with three. Outside of the United States,
"Closer" topped the charts in more than ten countries including
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom, making
it both The Chainsmokers' and Halsey's first number-one single in all
six countries.

'Starboy' by The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk remains at No. 2 for a fifth
week!

'Let Me Love You' by DJ SNAKE feat. Justin Bieber holds tight at no.3
for a fifth week!

Lady Gaga's 'Joanne' sells 314,000 copies in its first week, 170,000 in
the US alone and rockets to No.1 on the global Album Chart!

Michael Bublé's new LP 'Nobody But Me' is the 2nd best-selling Album of
the week with sales of 183,000.

Leonard Cohen's 'You Want It Darker' is No.3!

BTS slips to No. 4 and French Superstar M Pokora's 'My Way' debuts at
No. 6!


WORLD'S TOP 10 BEST-SELLING ALBUMS
1. Joanne - Lady Gaga - 314.000 sales 1st week
2. Nobody But Me - Michael Bublé - 183.000 sales 1st week
3. You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen - 115.000 sales 1st week
4. Wings - BTS - 99.000 sales this week - 481.000 total
5. The Serenity Of Suffering - Korn - 93.000 sales 1st week
6. My Way - M Pokora - 87.000 sales 1st week
7. The Wonder Of You - ELVIS PRESLEY & Royal Philharmonic - 80.000 sales
1st week
8. A Pentatonix Christmas - Pentatonix - 63.000 sales 1st week
9. Walls - Kings Of Leon - 57.000 sales this week - 222.000 total
10. Miss Me? - L.O.I. - 51.000 sales 1st week


BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OUTSIDE THE TOP 10
Fantôme - Hikaru Utaka - 50,000 - 496,000
Day Breaks - Norah Jones - 40,000 - 204,000
Revolution Radio - Green Day - 38,000 - 307,000
This Is Acting - Sia - 29,000 - 1,086,000
Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - 29,000 - 353,000
Blurry face - Twenty One Pilots - 26,000 - 1,989,000
Suicide Squad - soundtrack - 24,000 - 678,000
25 - Adele - 23,000 - 19,184,000
Chapter And Verse - Bruce Springsteen - 20,000 - 212,000
Purpose - Justin Bieber - 18,000 - 5,106,000
A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay - 18,000 - 3,697,000
Oh My My - OneRepublic - 18,000 - 120,000
Views - Drake - 17,000 - 2,479,000
22, A Million - Bon Iver - 17,000 - 186,000
Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - 15,000 - 893,000
Encore Un Soir - Celine Dion - 14,000 - 690,000
Encore: Movie Partners Sing - Barbra Streisand - 13,000 - 426,000
Keep Me Singing' by Van Morrison - 14,000 - 120,000
Lemonade' - Beyoncé - 12,000 - 2,552,000
The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - 11,000 - 1,086,000
Immortalised - Disturbed - 10,000 - 1,034,000
Christmas - Michael Bublé - 9,000 - 10,383,000
Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 9,000 - 226,000
X - Ed Sheeran - 8,000 - 8,609,000
Wild World - Bastille 8,000 - 211,000
Anti - Rihanna 7,000 - 1,373,000
Young As The Morning Old As The Sea - Passenger - 7,000-111,000
21 - Adele - 6,000 - 28,273,000
Blonde by Frank Ocean - 6,000 - 508,000
7/27 - Fifth Harmony - 6,000 - 384,000
Glory by Britney Spears - 6,000 - 280,000
Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weekend - 5,000 - 2,283,000
A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead - 5,000 - 1,075,000
1989 - Taylor Swift - 4,000 - 9,725,000