Norah Jones' 'Visions' Debuts Top 10 Album Sales, No. 1 on Jazz Charts

Norah Jones Visions bows at No. 9 on Advertising signTop Selling Albums chart (as of March 23) and at No. 1 on the overall Jazz Albums and Contemporary Jazz Albums charts. It is the eighth top 10 on the album sales chart for Jones and her fourth leader on both the Jazz Albums and Contemporary Jazz Albums.

Visions also enters at No. 40 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart, her first chart debut since December 2013, when Foreverher collaborative album with Billie Joe Armstrong, opened at No. 7 on its way to a No. 4 peak in January 2014.

Visions It was preceded by the radio-promoted single “Running,” which has so far peaked at No. 7 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart – marking her eighth top 10 song and highest charting single on the list in over a decade; from “Happy Pills” reached No. 4 in 2012.

Also in the top 10 of the new top album sales chart: here comes the latest releases from Ariana Grande, Judas Priest, xikers and Bleachers.

Advertising signThe Top Albums Sales chart ranks the best-selling albums of the week based on traditional album sales only. The history of the chart dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Advertising sign began charting electronically tracked track count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Net album sales was the sole metric used by the Billboard 200 album chart through the list dated December 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that combines album sales with track-equivalent album units and album-equivalent units flow. For all the new charts, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

In the tracking week ending March 14 (which is reflected in the chart of top album sales dated March 23), Visions sold 7,000 copies in the US, according to Luminate. Of that amount, physical sales make up 5,500 (3,500 on CD and 2,000 on vinyl) and digital download sales make up 1,500. The album was available on four vinyl variants (including exclusive reissues for Barnes & Noble, indie retailers and Spotify), a standard CD, an exclusive CD (with a bonus track and a poster) and a signed CD (available at Jones' online store ).

At No. 1 on Top Selling Albums, Ariana Grande's Eternal sunshine It debuts with 77,000 copies sold – earning Grande her sixth number one on the chart. The set was available in twelve physical configurations and two digital download offerings.

Veteran rock band Judas Priest starts at No. 2 with Invincible Shield (23,000 sales), marking the band's third set of top 10 albums sales. (The list began in 1991, long after Judas Priest began their overall Billboard chart career in 1978 on the Billboard 200 with Colored class.) The new album's first week sales were boosted by its availability on six vinyl variants, a standard CD and an exclusive lenticular CD.

South Korean pop group xikers claim their highest-charting attempt at Top album Sales and their second set of top 10s as House of Tricky: Trial and Error debuts at No. 3 with 12,500 sales (the act's best-selling week). Sales of the set were almost entirely from CDs, with minimal sales from digital downloads. The album was released on 10 CD collector's editions, all including branded paper merchandise (some randomized).

TWICE Together with YOU falls 1-4 in its third week on the chart, selling 10,500 copies (down 37%).

Bleachers' new self-titled album opens at No. 5 with 9,500 sales. It is the second top 10 chart effort for the act, fronted by Jack Antonoff. The album was available in a standard 14-track edition on digital download, CD and cassette. It was also available on 10 vinyl editions, all with bonus tracks and most on colored vinyl.

Rounding out the rest of the top 10 on the new chart for top album sales: Taylor Swift tops 1989 (Taylor Edition) falls 3-6 (9,000, up 2%), former leader Swift Lover is steady at No. 7 (8,000, up 8%), LE SSERAFIM's Comfortably falls 2-8 (7,000, down 30%) and Swift tops Folklore falls 8-10 (6,000, up 4%).

In the week ending March 14, 1.196 million albums were sold in the US (up 3.7% compared to the previous week). Of that amount, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) made up 909,000 (up 7%) and digital albums made up 287,000 (down 5.5%).

474,000 CD albums were sold in the week ending March 14 (up 7.3% week-on-week) and 430,000 vinyl albums (up 6.7%). Year-to-date CD album sales total 4.792 million (down 30.8% year-over-year) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 5.031 million (down 48%).

Total year-to-date album sales are 13.132 million (down 36.3% from the same time period a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales total 9.872 million (down 40.9%) and digital album sales total 3.260 million (down 16.5%).