November is a good month to be Chris Stapleton. Following his sweep of the 2015 CMA Awards, Stapleton's debut album Traveller reentered the charts at No. 1 last week, and now it continues to top the charts for a second frame. Stapleton's chart dominance leads new releases from Ellie Goulding, the Beatles, Tim McGraw and more.
Stapleton easily nabbed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, according to Billboard, by moving 124,000 album equivalent units of Traveller. Originally released in May, Traveller has gotten new life this fall thanks to Stapleton's high profile performance and wins at the CMA Awards. Of those 124,000 units, the vast majority of them (97,000 copies) were pure album sales as people continue to discover Stapleton's music.
Country music dominated the top 10 of the Billboard 200 this week. Eric Church's surprise release album Mr. Misunderstood rose one spot to No. 2, though his albums moved decreased by 14 percent to 65,000 units. Other country music appearances on the chart come courtesy of the debut of Tim McGraw's Damn Country Music at No. 5 with 43,000 albums moved and Carrie Underwood's Storyteller, which slipped to No. 9 after spending two weeks at No. 2.
Outside of the world of country music, the highest debut this week went to Ellie Goulding's third studio album Delirium. Featuring singles "On My Mind" and "Love Me Like You Do," Delirium had a solid start at No. 3 with 61,000 units, a new high for Goulding. Goulding's chart debut is followed by her fellow Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack contributor, The Weeknd, with Beauty Behind the Madness at No. 4.
Beyond Goulding and McGraw, two other new albums popped up in the top 10. The Beatles' best-of compilation 1, which was reissued on Nov. 6, sold 39,000 copies and landed at No. 6. Sara Bareilles' new album What's Inside: Songs from Waitress moved 30,000 units and debuted at No. 10.
The final two albums in the top 10 are familiar to chart followers; the pop music compilation album Now 56 slipped down three spots to No. 7 with 38,000 copies sold and Fetty Wap's self-titled album dropped two spots to No. 8 with 37,000 copies.
