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Elite 100 Artists Week Ending 8/17/2017
Kesha storms to the top with the release of a new album. Eminem has quietly sat near the top 10 for a while now, with rumblings of new music coming.
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Ed Sheeran, No. 4 on this week’s Elite 100 chart and a mainstay since January, continues to be a powerhouse both recorded and on stage. He’s been on the road since March when his Divide album dropped and, other than a short break in December, won’t be done until August of 2018. It would be no surprise if he stays near the top of the chart for much (or all) of that period.
Pollstar, with the BuzzAngle Music-powered Elite 100 Artists Chart, gives a snapshot of the week’s top-selling artists based on music sales and streaming, counting data from the U.S. and Canada.
All product, not just current releases, by that artist are included in the figures and the total for ranking purposes is based on an album sale equaling 1, 10 song sales equal 1 album, and 1,500 on-demand streams equal 1 album.