'Fantom', the ninth studio album by Japanese/American Singer and
Songwriter Hikaru Utada, rockets to the top of this week's Global Album
Chart after selling 265,000 copies in its initial week, 252,581 of these
in Japan alone, according to Oricon. 17 years ago, in 1999, Utada's
second album 'First Love' sold nearly eight million copies in Japan and
became the best selling Japanese-language album of all time by far!
Hikaru also held the record for the highest first-week sales of an album
globally in 2001 when her third album 'Distance' debuted with sales of
3,002,720, according to Oricon. For over fourteen years this record
remained undefeated, till Adele's '25' exploded in November 2015,
selling 5,706,000 units the first week.

Another important J-pop act debuts at No.2 this week. The 19-member boy
group Exile's sixth best-of compilation 'Extreme Best' sold 178,401
copies in its debut week.

Justin Vernon and his band Bon Iver's third Album, '22, A Million'
debuts at no.3 globally with overall sales of 115,000, 57,900 of it in
the United States, another 19,000 in United Kingdom, around 8,000 in
Germany, 7,000 in Canada and 5,300 in Australia.

Only one album from last week's Top 10 reappears on the current tally.
It's the former no.1 album 'Illuminate' by Shawn Mendes, which slips to
no.9 after a 78% sales decline to 47,000.

WORLD'S TOP 10 BEST-SELLING ALBUMS
1. Fantôme - Hikaru Utada - 265.000 sales 1st Week
2. Extreme Best - EXILE - 178.000 sales 1st week
3. 22, A Million - Bon Iver - 115.000 sales 1st week
4. Flight Log: Turbulence - GOT7 - 81.000 sales 1st week
5. Keep Me Singing - Van Morrison (Official)
6. Walkure Trap! - @Walker - 56.000 sales 1st week
7. A Seat At The Table - Solange - 54.000 sales 1st Week
8. Sorceress - Opeth - 52,000 Sales 1st Week
9. Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - 47,000 this week/255,000 in total
10. The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - 45,000/1.029.000 in total

MORE ALBUM SALES OUTSIDE THE TOP 10
'Chapter And Verse' by Bruce Springsteen 45,000 / 133,000
'A Moon Shaped Pool' by Radiohead 36,000 / 1,056,000
'Encore Un Soir' by Celine Dion 31,000 / 628,000
'25' by Adele 30,000 / 19,108,000
Suicide Squad' soundtrack 30,000 / 600,000
'Blurryface' by Twenty One Pilots 29,000 / 1,906,000
Young As The Morning Old As The Sea' by Passenger 23,000 / 78,000
'Live At The Hollywood Bowl' by the Beatles 22,000 / 185,000
'Skeleton Tree' by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 22,000 / 186,000 the
'Suicide
'Dangerous Woman' by Ariana Grande 20,000 / 845,000
Justin Bieber 19,000 / 5,047,000
'Lemonade' by Beyoncé 19,000 / 2,509,000
'View' by Drake 19,000 / 2,426,000
'Wild World' by Bastille 19,000 / 178,000
'A Head Full Of Dreams' by Coldplay 18,000 / 3,639,000
'Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway' by Barbra Streisand 16,000 /
386,000
'This Is Acting' by Sia 16,000 / 1,030,000
'California' by Blink 182 16,000 / 547,000
'X' by Ed Sheeran 13,000 / 8,580,000
'Glory' by Britney Spears 13,000 / 257,000
'Immortalized' by Disturbed 12,000 / 1,002,000
'Anti' by Rihanna 10,000 / 1,348,000
'Blonde' by Frank Ocean 10,000 / 487,000
'21' by Adele 8,000 / 28,253,000
'Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie' by Volbeat 8,000 / 507,000
'Beauty Behind The Madness' by The Weeknd 7,000 / 2,265,000
'7/27' by Fifth Harmony 7,000 / 365,000
'1989' by Taylor Swift 6,000 / 9,710,000
'Cleopatra' by the Lumineers 6,000 / 464,000
'Revival' by Selena Gomez 3,000 / 827,000

The Chainsmokers "Closer" ft. Halsey tops the global track chart for a
5th non consecutive week!

'Let Me Love You' by DJ SNAKE ft. Justin Bieber remains at No.2 with a a
3% decrease and 'Cold Water' by Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber and MØ
stays at no.3 with a 7% drop.

Close behind at no.4 is this week's highest debut, 'Starboy', the new
smash hit by Canadian musician The Weeknd. The song is featured by
French electronic duo Daft Punk.

'One Dance' by Drake ft. Wizkid & KYLA is still the World's best-selling
Song of 2016 so far, followed by 'Can't Stop The Feeling!' by Justin
Timberlake and 'Cheap Thrills' by Sia ft. Sean Paul. All three songs are
still in the Top 20 after months!

Shawn Mendes's 'Illuminate' debuts at No.1 on the World's best-selling
Albums chart with sales of 208,000, 120,900 of which are in the US
alone, with another 17,000 in Canada. The album is driven by the single
smash 'Treat You Better', which is at no.6 on the Global Track Chart
this week. Shawn's first album, 'Handwritten', also debuted at No.1 in
2015 with 139,000 copies sold. 'Illuminate' leads seven debuts on this
week's Top 10. At No.2 is the 'N Album' by the Kinki Kids, a Japanese
duo consisting of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto under the talent
agency Johnny & Associates. Their new album debuted at no.1 in Japan
with sales of 130,959 sales, according to Oricon. Kinki Kids hold the
Guinness World Records for having the most number of consecutive no.1
singles since their debut. The 3rd highest new-entry is Bruce
Springsteen's new Album 'Chapter & Verse'. The LP bows at no.3 on the
chart with sales of 88,000. Passenger debuts at No.5 with 'Young As The
Morning, Old As The Sea' with sales of 55,000. This is his seventh
studio album.
WORLD'S TOP 10 BEST-SELLING ALBUMS
1. Illuminate - Shawn Mendes - 208.000 sales 1st week
2. N Album - 堂本剛(KinKi Kids) - 131.000 sales
3. Chapter And Verse - Bruce Springsteen - 88.000 sales 1st week
4. Infinite Only: Mini Album 6 (House+Limited Edition) - INFINITE -
64.000 sales 1st week
5. Young As The Morning Old As The Sea - 55.000 sales 1st week
6. Daydream - Aimer(エメ) - 40.000 sales 1st week
7. Kimi No Na Wa - RADWIMPS - 35.000 sales this week - 221.000
8. Farm Tour: Here's To The Farmer EP - Luke Bryan - 34.000 sales 9.
Suicide Squad: The Album - Soundtrack - 32.000 - 570.000
10. Encore Un Soir - Céline Dion - 32.000 sales this week - 597.000

Flower's new greatest hits compilation debuted at No.1 this week on the World's best-selling Album chart with sales of 87,595, according to Oricon. At No.2 is French rap duo PNL, brothers Tarik and Nabil Andrieu, from Paris. Their 3rd album 'Dans La Légende' debuts at no.1 in France and Belgium, charting also in Switzerland and Canada, selling 59,000 copies in its first week at retail. Celine Dion's 'Encore Un Soir' by Celine Dion moves up two slots to No.3 In its 4th week on the chart after selling 49,000 copies and a total of 565,000 so far. 'Divine Feminine', the fourth studio album by American rapper Mac Miller, debuts at no.6 with sales of 41,000 sales. 'Hard II Love', the 8th studio album by American R&B star Usher, debuts at no.8 on the global Album chart with 40,000 copies and 'Sinner' by Aaron Lewis lands at no.9.


WORLD'S TOP 10 BEST-SELLING ALBUMS
1. This Is Flower, This Is Best - Flower - 88.000 1st week
2. Dans La Légende - PNL - 59.000 1st week
3. Encore Un Soir - Céline Dion - 49.000 this week - 565.000 total
4. Live At The Hollywood Bowl - 43.000 this week - 136.000 total
5. Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 42.000 - 137.000
6. Divine Feminine - Mac Miller - 41.000 1st week
7. Kimi No Na Wa - RADWIMPS - 41.000 1st week - 186.000 in total
8. Hard II Love - Usher - 40.000 1st week
9. Sinner - Aaron Lewis - 40.000 1st week
10. They Don't Know - Jason Aldean - 38.000 - 181.000 in total


TOP SELLING ALBUMS OF THE PAST WEEK OUTSIDE THE TOP 10
The 'Suicide Squad' soundtrack - 38,000 sales this week - 538,000 sales in total
Wild World - Bastille - 35,000 - 136,000
25 - Adele - 34,000 - 19,048,000
Blurryface - twenty one pilots - 32,000 - 1,848,000
Encore - Barbra Streisand - 30,000 - 349,000
Lemonade - Beyoncé - 27,000 - 2,469,000
View - Drake - 24,000 - 2,385,000
Glory - Britney Spears - 20,000 - 230,000
A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay - 20,000 - 3,606,000
The Getaway - Red Hot Chili Peppers - 20,000 - 953,000
Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande - 18,000 - 808,000
Purpose - Justin Bieber - 18,000 - 5,010,000
Blonde - Frank Ocean - 16,000 - 466,000
This Is Acting - Sia - 15,000 - 1,001,000
Immortalized - Disturbed - 14,000 - 977,000
Anti - Rihanna - 12,000 - 1,328,000
X - Ed Sheeran - 12,000 - 8,556,000
A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead - 10,000 - 1,012,000
21 - Adele - 9,000 - 28,237,000
Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie - Volbeat - 9,000 - 491,000
7/27 - Fifth Harmony - 8,000 - 351,000
California - blink-182 - 7,000 - 523,000
1989 - Taylor Swift - 6,000 - 9,698,000
Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd - 6,000 - 2,253,000
Cleopatra - The Lumineers - 5,000 - 453,000
Revival - Selena Gomez - 5,000 - 820,000
Get Weird - Little Mix - 3,000 - 823,000