2013 SoundScan Best Sellers; Justin #1 Album/Robin #1 Single

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Justin Timberlake's '20/20' 2013's Best Selling Album, 'Blurred Lines' Top Song

By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | January 02, 2014

Final sales totals are in; how did 2013 stack up against previous years?

Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" finish 2013 as the year's top selling album and song in the United States, respectively, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Timberlake's "20/20," which was released on March 19, sold 2.43 million in 2013 and is the only album that sold more than 2 million copies this past year.

The 2013 sales tracking year began on Dec. 31, 2012 ended on Dec. 29, 2013.

"20/20" is also the smallest-selling year-end No. 1 album since SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991. Previously, the SoundScan-era low was set in 2008, when Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" was the top seller, with 2.87 million. ("20/20" and "Tha Carter III" are the only year-end SoundScan No. 1 albums to finish a year with less than 3 million.)

A year ago, the top selling album of 2012 was Adele's "21," with 4.41 million sold in 2012. "21" also reigned in 2011 as the top selling release, with 5.82 million that year.

2013's second-biggest selling album is Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," with 1.73 million. It's the sixth time Eminem has placed an album among a year's top 10 sellers. In 2010, he owned the No. 1 album of the year with "Recovery" (3.41 million), while he was also the champ of 2002 with "The Eminem Show" (7.61 million). He also finished among the top 10 in 2009 (No. 9 with "Relapse"), 2004 (No. 3 with "Encore") and 2000 (No. 2 with "The Marshall Mathers LP").

Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" is 2013's third-biggest album, with 1.52 million sold. It's the highest-ranked year-end album by a male country artist since 1992, when Billy Ray Cyrus' "Some Gave All" and Garth Brooks' "Ropin' the Wind" finished as that year's Nos. 1 and 2 albums (4.83 million and 4.10 million, respectively).

"Crash My Party" was one of two No. 1 albums for Bryan in 2013 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart. It followed his compilation "Spring Break… Here to Party," which also debuted at No. 1 in March. It finishes 2013 as the No. 39 overall seller, with 543,000.

Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" is 2013's fourth-biggest album, with 1.4 million sold in the year. The set was released in 2012, and sold 417,000 that year (making it the No. 61 album of 2012).


"Night Visions" is also the top selling rock album of 2013, while Timberlake's set is the best selling R&B/hip-hop set. "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" is naturally the biggest rap album of 2013, while Bryan's "Crash" is the year's best selling country release.

"Night Visions" is also the highest-ranked album on the year-end best sellers list that did not hit No. 1 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart. It debuted and peaked at No. 2.

Bruno Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" is No. 5 on the year-end list, with just under 1.40 million, while Florida Georgia Line's "Here's to the Good Times" is No. 6 with 1.35 million. Both albums were released in 2012. Mars' set sold 480,000 in 2012 (making it the No. 47 album of that year) while "Here's to the Good Times" sold 181,000 in 2012.

Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" is the No. 7 album of 2013, with 1.34 million, while Beyonce's self-titled album is ranked at No. 8 with 1.3 million. "Beyonce" is also the youngest title among the top 10 albums of 2013, having only been released on Dec. 14.

"Beyonce" is also 2013's best selling album by a woman. The next-highest ranked leading lady is Katy Perry, with "PRISM," at No. 14 for the year (969,000).

Blake Shelton's "Based On a True Story" is the No. 9 seller of 2013 (1.11 million), while Beyonce's husband -- Jay Z -- is No. 10 with "Magna Carta…Holy Grail" (1.1 million). This is the first time in the SoundScan era that a husband and wife have both separately placed albums among the top 10 sellers in a calendar year.

During the 52 weeks that ended Dec. 29, overall album sales in the U.S. fell by 8% to 289.41 million from 315.96 million in 2012.

Physical CD sales were down 14% in 2012 while digital album downloads were also down -- for the first time -- by less than 1% to 117.58 million. (2012 marked the best year for album downloads, with 117.68 million.)

SoundScan began tracking digital album sales in 2004.

41% of all albums sold in 2013 were downloads -- up from 37% in 2012 (and 31% in 2011). The top selling digital album of 2013 was "The 20/20 Experience," with 1.03 million. It is the only album sell a million downloads in 2013.

For the sixth straight year, more vinyl albums were sold than in any other year since SoundScan launched in 1991. In 2013, 6.1 million vinyl LPs were sold -- up 33% compared to 2012's haul of 4.55 million. 64% of all vinyl albums sold in 2012 were purchased at an independent music store (3% less than compared to indie stores' share in 2012). Notably -- and not surprisingly -- 75% of all vinyl albums sold in 2013 were rock albums.

The top selling vinyl album of 2013 was Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories," having sold 49,000 last year. Vampire Weekend's "Modern Vampires of the City" was in second place with 34,000. (A year ago, the top selling vinyl album was Jack White's "Blunderbuss" with 34,000 LPs sold.)

As for digital songs, 2013 was the first year that download sales declined. 1.26 billion songs were sold last year -- down 6% compared to the record of 1.34 billion sold in 2012. SoundScan began tracking song download sales in the summer of 2003, shortly after Apple's iTunes Music Store launched in April of that year.

Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," featuring Pharrell and T.I., was 2013's top selling song, with 6.5 million sold. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop," featuring Wanz, was the year's second-biggest song, with 6.15 million.

They were the only two songs to sell more than 6 million in 2013, and are among the only 26 cuts to have moved more than 6 million in history. (The biggest selling digital song ever remains the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling," with 8.44 million.)

Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" was the year's third biggest song (5.5 million), followed by Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" (4.69 million) and Lorde's "Royals" (4.42 million).

Katy Perry's "Roar" is No. 6 with 4.41 million, while P!nk's "Just Give Me a Reason," featuring Nate Ruess, is No. 7 with 4.32 million.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Can't Hold Us" finishes the year at No. 8 with 4.26 million, while Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" is No. 9 with 3.93 million. Rihanna's "Stay," featuring Mikky Ekko, closes out the top 10 with 3.85 million.

A total of 106 songs sold more than 1 million downloads in 2013 -- down from the 108 that did it in 2012 (and 112 in 2011). 38 moved 2 million in 2013 (vs. 41 in 2012 and 38 in 2011).

[josh]

I thought "Thrift Shop" was still in the lead. When did that happen? lol

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Top 10 SoundScan Albums 1992 - 2013

2013:

1, Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience 2,427,000
2. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 1,727,000
3. Luke Bryan, Crash My Party 1,521,000
4. Imagine Dragons, Night Visions 1,402,000
5. Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox 1,399,000
6. Florida Georgia Line, Here's to the Good Times 1,350,000
7. Drake, Nothing Was the Same 1,344,000
8. Beyonce, Beyonce 1,301,000
9. Blake Shelton, Based On a True Story 1,109,000
10. Jay Z, Magna Carta…Holy Grail 1,099,000

2012:

1. 4,410,000 Adele "21"
2. 3,110,000 Taylor Swift "Red"
3. 1,620,000 One Direction "Up All Night"
4. 1,460,000 Mumford & Sons' "Babel"
5. 1,340,000 One Direction "Take Me Home"
6. 1,340,000 Justin Bieber "Believe,"
7. 1,200,000 Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away"
8. 1,100,000 Luke Bryan's "Tailgates & Tanlines"
9. 1,070,000 Lionel Richie's "Tuskegee"
10. 1,020,000 Jason Aldean's "Night Train"

2011:

01 5,824,000 Adele, 21
02 2,452,000 Michael Buble, Christmas
03 2,101,000 Lady GaGa, Born This Way
04 1,917,000 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV
05 1,576,000 Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party
06 1,420,000 Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
07 1,247,000 Drake, Take Care
08 1,245,000 Justin Bieber, Under the Mistletoe
09 1,232,000 Jay-Z & Kanye West, Watch the Throne
10 1,204,000 Lady Antebellum, Own the Night

2010:

1. Eminem – Recovery 3,415,000
2. Lady Antebellum – Need You Now 3,089,000
3. Taylor Swift – Speak Now 2,960,000
4. Justin Bieber – My World 2.0 2,319,000
5. Susan Boyle – The Gift 1,852,000
6. Lady Gaga – Fame 1,591,000
7. Sade – Soldier of Love 1,300,000
8. Drake – Thank Me Later 1,269,000
9. Usher – Raymond V Raymond 1,143,000
10. Ke$ha - Animal 1,143,000

2009:

1 Fearless Taylor Swift 3,217,000
2 I Dreamed A Dream Susan Boyle 3,103,828
3 Number Ones Michael Jackson 2,355,000
4 Fame Lady Gaga 2,238,000
5 My Christmas Andrea Bocelli 2,207,000
6 Hannah Movie Soundtrack Hanna Montana 1,823,000
7 The E.N.D. Black Eyed Peas 1,786,852
8 Relapse Enimen 1,735,358
9 Blueprint 3 Jay-Z 1,514,800
10 Only By the Night Kings of Leon 1,398,000

2008:

1 Tha Carter III/ Lil Wayne 2,874,000
2 Viva La Vida/ Coldplay 2,144,000
3 Fearless/Taylor Swift 2,112,000
4 Rock N Roll Jesus/ Kid Rock 2,018,000
5 Black Ice/ AC/DC 1,915,000
6 Taylor Swift/Taylor Swift 1,597,000
7 Death Magnetic/ Metallica 1,565,000
8 Paper Trail/ T.I. 1,522,000
9 Sleep Through the Static/ Jack Johnson 1,492,000
10 I Am…Sasha Fierce/ Beyonce 1,459,000

2007:

1 NOEL JOSH GROBAN 3,698,934
2 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 SOUNDTRACK 2,956,799
3 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN EAGLES 2,608,338
4 AS I AM ALICIA KEYS 2,543,224
5 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 2,497,457
6 HANNAH MONTANA 2(SOUNDTRACK):MEET MILEY CYRUS MILEY CYRUS 2,487,346
7 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT LINKIN PARK 2,098,941
8 THE DUTCHESS FERGIE 2,063,572
9 TAYLOR SWIFT TAYLOR SWIFT 1,950,641
10 GRADUATION KANYE WEST 1,891,918

2006:

1. High School Musical: 3.72 million
2. Rascal Flatts Me and My Gang: 3.48 million
3. Carrie Underwood Some Hearts: 3.02 million
4. Nickelback All the Right Reasons: 2.69 million
5. Justin Timberlake Futuresex/Lovesounds: 2.38 million
6. James Blunt Back to Bedlam: 2.14 million
7. Beyonce B'day: 2.01 million
8. Hannah Montana: 1.99 million
9. Dixie Chicks Taking the Long Way: 1.86 million
10. Hinder Extreme Behavior: 1.82 million

2005:

1. CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 4,968,606
2. 50 CENT MASSACRE 4,852,744
3. CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 3,496,192
4. GREEN DAY AMERICAN IDIOT 3,360,394
5. BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 3,037,251
6. COLDPLAY X&Y 2,615,280
7. RASCAL FLATTS FEELS LIKE TODAY 2,511,209
8. STEFANI*GWEN LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY 2,505,390
9. WEST*KANYE LATE REGISTRATION 2,413,580
10. GAME DOCUMENTARY 2,275,646

2004:

1. "Confessions," Usher: 7,978,594
2. "Feels Like Home," Norah Jones: 3,842,920
3. "Encore," Eminem: 3,517,097
4. "When The Sun Goes Down," Kenny Chesney: 3,072,224
5. "Here for the Party," Gretchen Wilson: 2,931,097
6. "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim McGraw: 2,786,840
7. "Songs About Jane," Maroon 5: 2,708,415
8. "Fallen," Evanesence: 2,614,226
9. "Autobiography," Ashlee Simpson: 2,576,945
10. "Now 16: Now That's What I Call Music!": 2,560,316

2003:

1. 50 Cent Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 6,535,809
2. Jones Norah Come Away With Me 5,137,468
3. Linkin Park Meteora 3,478,361
4. Evanescence Fallen 3,364,738
5. Outkast Speakerboxx-Love 3,089,849
6. Beyonce Dangerously In Love 2,527,485
7. Kelly R. Chocolate Factory 2,439,536
8. Duff Hilary Metamorphosis 2,405,544
9. Keith Toby Shock N Y'all 2,324,437
10. Coldplay Rush Of Blood To The Head 2,183,997

2002:

1. 7.607.925 Eminem - Eminem Show
2. 4.916.073 Nelly - Nellyville
3. 4.121.396 Avril Lavigne - Let Go
4. 3.690.413 Dixie Chicks - Home
5. 3.498.497 Soundtrack - 8 Mile
6. 3.144.947 Pink - M!ssundaztood
7. 3.099.216 Ashanti - Ashanti
8. 3.054.736 Alan Jackson - Drive
9. 2.909.499 Shania Twain - Up
10. 2.736.049 Soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2001:

1. Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 4,812,852
2. Hotshot Shaggy 4,507,568
3. Celebrity N Sync 4,421,231
4. Day Without Rain Enya 4,410,053
5. Break the Cycle Staind 4,242,507
6. Songs In A Minor Alicia Keys 4,102,482
7. Survivor Destiny's Child 3,718,446
8. Weathered Creed 3,581,344
9. Soundtrack O Brother Where Art Thou? 3,460,852
10. Vol.6-Now That's What I Call Va-Now 3,133,462

2000:

1. N Sync- No Strings Attached- 9.936.104
2. Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP- 7.921.107
3. Britney Spears- Oops!...I Did it Again- 7.893.544
4. Creed- Human Clay- 6.587.834
5. Santana- Supernatural- 5.857.824
6. The Beatles- 1- 5.068.300
7. Nelly- Country Grammar- 5.067.529
8. Backstreet Boys- Black and Blue- 4.289.865
9. Dr Dre- 2001- 3.992.311
10. Destiny's Child- The Writing's on the Wall- 3.802.165

1999

1 MILLENNIUM Backstreet Boys 9,445,732
2 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME Britney Spears 8,358,619
3 RICKY MARTIN Ricky Martin 5,981,155
4 COME ON OVER Shania Twain 5,618,134
5 SIGNIFICANT OTHER Limp Bizkit 4,952,890
6 SUPERNATURAL Santana 4,732,589
7 DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE Kid Rock 4,259,736
8 FANMAIL TLC 4.186,685
9 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Christina Aguilera 3,662,905
10 WIDE OPEN SPACES Dixie Chicks 3,463,642

1998

1 TITANIC Soundtrack 9,338,061
2 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE Celine Dion 5,859,421
3 BACKSTREET BOYS Backstreet Boys 5,709,369
4 COME ON OVER Shania Twain 4,872,841
5 'N SYNC 'N Sync 4,385,148
6 CITY OF ANGELS Soundtrack 4,120,508
7 DOUBLE LIVE Garth Brooks 3,892,288
8 BIG WILLIE STYLE Will Smith 3,687,568
9 SAVAGE GARDEN Savage Garden 3,247,406
10 ARMAGEDDON Soundtrack 3,222,603

1997

1. Spice Spice Girls: 5,300,000
2. Pieces of You Jewel: 4,300,000
3. No Way Out Puff Daddy & The Family: 3,400,000
4. Sevens Garth Brooks: 3,300,000
5. Middle of Nowhere Hanson: 3,200,000
6. Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G.: 3,100,000
7. Bringing Down The House The Wallflowers: 3,100,000
8. Falling Into You Celine Dion: 3,000,000
9. Space Jam Soundtrack: 2,900,000
10.You Light Up My Life LeAnn Rimes: 2,900,000

1996

1. Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette: 7,400,000
2. Falling Into You Celine Dion: 6,000,000
3. The Score The Fugees: 4,500,000
4. Tragic Kingdom No Doubt: 4,400,000
5. Daydream Mariah Carey: 3,000,000
6. All Eyez On Me 2Pac: 3,000,000
7. Load Metallica: 3,000,000
8. Secrets Toni Braxton: 2,900,000
9. The Woman In Me Shania Twain: 2,800,000
10. What's The Story Morning Glory? Oasis: 2,600,000

1995

1 CRACKED REAR VIEW Hootie & The Blowfish 7.0m
2 CRAZYSEXYCOOL TLC 4.8m
3 JAGGED LITTLE PILL Alanis Morissette 4.2m
4 DAYDREAM Mariah Carey 3.9m
5 THE HITS Garth Brooks 3.8m
6 THROWING COPPER Live 3.5m
7 II Boyz II Men 3.4m
8 ANTHOLOGY 1 The Beatles 2.9m
9 HELL FREEZES OVER Eagles 2.8m
10 THE WOMAN IN ME Shania Twain 2.8m

1994

1 THE LION KING Soundtrack 4.9m
2 THE SIGN Ace Of Base 4.9m
3 II Boyz II Men 4.3m
4 AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER Counting Crows 3.8m
5 DOOKIE Green Day 3.4m
6 NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON Tim McGraw 3.2m
7 PURPLE Stone Temple Pilots 3.1m
8 MIRACLES:THE HOLIDAY ALBUM Kenny G 3.0m
9 SMASH Offspring 2.9m
10 MUSIC BOX Mariah Carey 2.7m

1993

1 THE BODYGUARD Soundtrack 5.5m
2 JANET Janet Jackson 4.3m
3 VS Pearl Jam 3.8m
4 BREATHLESS Kenny G 3.8m
5 MUSIC BOX Mariah Carey 3.3m
6 THE CHRONIC Dr Dre 2.9m
7 UNPLUGGED Eric Clapton 2.9m
8 IN PIECES Garth Brooks 2.8m
9 CORE Stone Temple Pilots 2.7m
10 BAT OUT OF HELL II-BACK INTO HELL Meat Loaf 2.6m

1992

1 SOME GAVE ALL Billy Ray Cyrus 4.7m
2 ROPIN' THE WIND Garth Brooks 4.0m
3 TEN Pearl Jam 3.4m
4 THE BODYGUARD Soundtrack 3.3m
5 TOTALLY KROSSED OUT Kris Kross 3.2m
6 NO FENCES Garth Brooks 3.1m
7 THE CHASE Garth Brooks 3.1m
8 NEVERMIND Nirvana 2.7m
9 ADRENALIZED Def Leppard 2.7m
10 METALLICA Metallica 2.6m

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www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5855162/digital-music-sales-decrease-for-first-time-in-2013

Digital Music Sales Decrease For First Time in 2013

By Ed Christman, New York | January 03, 2014 9:21 AM EST

For the first time since the iTunes store opened its doors, the U.S. music industry finished the year with a decrease in digital music sales.

While the digital track sales decline had been expected due to weaker sales in the first three quarters, the digital album downturn comes as more of a surprise as the album bundle had started out the year with a strong first quarter.

Overall for the full year 2013, digital track sales fell 5.7% from 1.34 billion units to 1.26 billion units while digital album sales fell 0.1% to 117.6 million units from the previous year’s total of 117.7 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

While industry executives initially refused to attribute the early signs this year of digital sales weakness to the consumer's growing appetite for streaming, in the second half of the year many were conceding that ad-supported and paid subscription services were indeed cannibalizing digital sales.

While SoundScan has not yet released its annual streaming numbers numbers, so far industry executives have been reporting that the growth in streaming revenue has been offsetting the decline in digital sales revenue.

Overall, album sales suffered an 8.4% decline, dipping to 289.4 million units from nearly 316 million units in 2012. The CD declined 14.5% to 165.4 million units, down from 193.4 million in the prior year, while vinyl continued its ascension rising to 6 million units from the 4.55 million the format tallied in 2012.

That means vinyl is now 2% of album sales in the U.S; digital albums comprise 40.6% and the CD is 57.2% and cassettes and DVDs 0.2%.

Meanwhile, album plus track equivalent albums fell to 415.3 million units, down from 449.5 million units in 2012, which represents a 7.6% drop.

Despite the decline in album sales, million sellers increased in 2013 to 13 titles versus the 10 that passed that milestone the prior year when Adele’s “21” led the way with 4.4 million units followed by Taylor’s Swift;s “Red,” which scanned 3.1 million units. In 2013, only one album sold more than two million units, Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience, with 2.4 million units.

The top selling track in 2013 was Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” featuring T.I. & Pharrell, which scanned nearly 6.5 million units, followed by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop,” featuring Wanz with 6.1 million units and Imagine Dragon’s “Radioactive" with 5.5 million units. Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” featuring Kimbra was the top selling digital song with 6.8 million units the prior year.

In 2013, 106 songs hit million units mark, versus 108 titles that achieved that feat in 2012.

Moving over to market share, the Universal Music Group came in first with 38.9% in albums plus TEA, thanks to its acquisition of the Capitol Music Group, while Sony Music Entertainment finished with 29.5%, and the Warner Music Group tallied 18.7%. While these market share totals are by distribution ownership, where indie labels collectively are calculated as having a 12.3% share, next week’s Billboard will also show market share by label ownership where the indies are expected to have nearly 35% market share.

Moving over to genres, R&B which includes rap was the only genre to post an increase in 2013, with album sales growing 1.2% to 50.7 million from 50.1 million units in 2012, which all things considered is pretty impressive in a year where album sales declined 8.4%. The only other genres to outperform the U.S. album market were EDM, which declined 0.3% to 8.8 million units; and rock, down 5.9% for the year to 100.8 million units.

Despite the decline in digital album sales, download stores like iTunes gained market share growing to 40.6% of U.S album sales, while mass merchants like Target and Walmart saw sales drop 16.3% to about 78 million units and now comprise nearly 27% market share; with chain stores like Best Buy and Trans World seeing sales decline by nearly 20% to 39 million album units to comprise 13.5% market share.

Meanwhile non-traditional CD merchants like Amazon, Starbucks and concert venues saw album sales increase by 2.4% to 36.5 million units; and indie merchants dropped by nearly 12% to 18.3 million units. Respectively, the former comprises 12.6% of album sales while the latter accounts for 6.3%.

[Enigma.]

Could somebody post Paul Grein's writings about this here, please?

Makes easier to compile things for own bookkeeping..

[Agent Yoncé]

Not surprised about the sales decline.

I just realized something: Usher's "CONFESSIONS" album was released back in March of 2004 & sold nearly 8m for that year. In July of 2012, he officially scanned 10m. It took him nearly 8 more years to sell 2 more million? IDK how I feel about that.

[Enigma.]

Jan 3, 2014 14:48:16 GMT -5 Agent Yoncé said:

Not surprised about the sales decline.

I just realized something: Usher's "CONFESSIONS" album was released back in March of 2004 & sold nearly 8m for that year. In July of 2012, he officially scanned 10m. It took him nearly 8 more years to sell 2 more million? IDK how I feel about that.

Seems that 2004 was a big year for album sales.. The whole top ten outsold previous year's 6-10.

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Jan 3, 2014 14:46:45 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Could somebody post Paul Grein's writings about this here, please?

Makes easier to compile things for own bookkeeping..

music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-top-10-albums-songs-2013-184702481.html

Chart Watch: The Top 10 Albums and Songs of 2013
By Paul Grein, Yahoo Music

Justin Timberlake may have been shut out in the marquee categories at the Grammys, but he cleaned up on the music charts. The multi-media star has the year's best-selling album, "The 20/20 Experience." And he's the only artist with two albums in the year-end top 20. (The sequel, "2 of 2," ranks #20.) Also, he's the only artist with three of the year's top 20 digital hits: "Mirrors" (#12), "Suit & Tie" (#17) and "Holy Grail" (#19). (The latter two songs, of course, are collabos with Jay Z, who also has an album in the year's top 10.)

Timberlake is the first artist in chart history to wind up with the #1 album of the year both as a solo artist and as a group member. *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached was the #1 album of 2000.

Alas, Timberlake's album sets a new record for the lowest sales tally for the year's #1 album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991. The album sold 2,427,000 copies during the year. The previous low (and the only other year-end #1 to fall below 3 million) was Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III," which was the #1 seller of 2008, despite sales that year of just 2,874,000 copies.

Here's some better news: Timberlake's album sold 1,026,000 digital copies. It's only the second album in digital history (following Adele's "21") to sell 1 million digital copies in a calendar year.

Another "blue-eyed soul" star, Robin Thicke, has the year's #1 single, "Blurred Lines." The song, which features T.I. + Pharrell, sold 6,498,000 copies. This is down from last year's champ, "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, which sold 6,801,000 during that year.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis is the only act with two songs in the year-end top 10. "Thrift Shop" (featuring Wanz) is #2 (6,148,000 copies sold in 2013, on top of 1,118,000 copies sold in 2012. "Can't Hold Us" (featuring Ray Dalton) is #8 (4,260,000, on top of 123K sold in 2012).

Eight songs sold more than 4 million copies each in 2013, more than in any previous year. The old record was five in 2010.

The top 10 includes six collaborations, more than in any previous year. Again, the old record was five in 2010.

Imagine Dragons is the only act to appear in the top five on both the year-end albums and singles charts. Florida Georgia Line and Bruno Mars also appear in the top 10 on both charts.

The list of the year's top 10 albums begins just like the 2000 year-end chart, with Timberlake (solo now, in a group then) at #1 and Eminem at #2. For Eminem, that was the year of the original "The Marshall Mathers LP." This year, he is represented by the sequel.

This is the sixth time that Eminem has placed an album in the year-end top 10. This puts him in a tie with Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey and Beyonce for the most years with an album in the year-end top 10 in the Nielsen SoundScan era.

Beyonce's "Beyonce" winds up as the eighth-best-selling album of 2013, even though it was available for just the last three weeks of the year. It's the first album to wind up in the year-end top 10 based on just three weeks of sales availability in the Nielsen SoundScan era. The former record-holder is Garth Brooks' "Sevens," which ranked among the top 10 albums of 1997 even though it was available for just the last five weeks of that year.

With Beyonce and Jay Z both securing slots in the year-end top 10, this marks the first time in chart history that a husband and wife have separately made the year-end top 10.

This is the fifth time that Timberlake has placed an album in the year-end top 10 (counting his work with *NSYNC.)

The Year's Top 10 Albums

I've already given you the details about #1, "The 20/20 Experience." Here's the rest of the top 10.

Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" is #2 (1,727,000). It's the year's top rap album. This marks the fourth time that Eminem has ranked either #1 or #2 on the year-end chart, a first in Nielsen SoundScan history.

Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" is #3 (1,521,000). It's the year's top country album. This is the second year in a row that Bryan has had an album in the year-end top 10.

Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" is #4 (1,402,000). It's the year's top rock album, the year's top debut album and the year's top album by a group or duo. It sold an additional 417K copies in 2012.

Bruno Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" is #5 (1,399,000). This is the year's best-selling album that was released in 2012. It sold an additional 480K copies that year.

Florida Georgia Line's "Here's To The Good Times" is #6 (1,350,000). This sold an additional 181K copies in 2012.

Drake's "Nothing Was The Same" is #7 (1,344,000). It's the year's top album by a foreign-born artist. (Drake was born in Canada.) This is the third time in the past four years that Drake has had an album in the year-end top 10.

Beyonce's "Beyonce" is #8 (1,301,000). This is the year's top album by a female artist and the year's top (non-rap) R&B album. This marks the sixth time that Beyonce has had an album in the year-end top 10 (counting her work with Destiny's Child).

Blake Shelton's "Based On A True Story…" is #9 (1,109,000).

Jay Z's "Magna Carta…Holy Grail" is #10 (1,099,000). This is the third time in the past five years that the rap icon has placed an album in the year-end top 10.

Mumford & Sons' "Babel" (very) narrowly withstood a challenge from One Direction's "Midnight Memories" to become the year's top-selling album by a British artist. It's #11 (1,096,000, on top of 1,463,000 copies sold in 2012). "Midnight Memories" also sold 1,096,000, to finish #12.

"Pitch Perfect" is the year's top soundtrack. It's #19 (793K, on top of 212K in 2012). A sidebar report on the year's top soundtracks will go up today.

Kelly Clarkson's "Wrapped In Red" is the year's top Christmas album. It's #22 (763K). A sidebar report on the year's top Christmas albums will go up today.

"Now 45" is highest-ranking album in the long-running "Now" franchise. It's #48 (492K). That's the lowest year-end ranking for the year's top "Now" title since 1998, when the first volume in the series ranked #111 for the year.

Top 10 Songs

I've already told you about #1, "Blurred Lines"; #2, "Thrift Shop"; and #8, "Can't Hold Us." Here's the rest of the top 10.

Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" is #3 (5,496,000). This has sold more copies in a calendar year than any other song by a rock act in digital history. This sold an additional 546K copies in 2012.

"Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly is #4 (4,691,000). This has sold more copies in a calendar year than any other song by a country act in digital history. This sold an additional 1,636,000 copies in 2012.

Lorde's "Royals" is #5 (4,415,000). This is the year's top-selling song by a female artist. (It edges out Katy Perry's "Roar" by just 5K copies.) Lorde, 17, is the youngest artist to have a song in the year-end top 10 since Miley Cyrus, then also 17, had the #6 song of 2009, "Party In The U.S.A."

Katy Perry's "Roar" is #6 (4,410,000).This is the fourth time that Perry has had a song in the year-end top 10.

"Just Give Me A Reason" by P!nk featuring Nate Ruess is #7 (4,321,000). P!nk had the #10 hit of 2008, "So What." With fun., Ruess had two songs in the top 10 of 2012. This sold an additional 84K copies in 2012.

Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" is #9 (3,928,000). This is the second time Mars has had a song in the year-end top 10. This sold an additional 195K copies in 2012.

"Stay" by Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko is #10 (3,854,000). This is the third time Rihanna has had a song in the year-end top 10 since 2008 (when Nielsen SoundScan's songs recap originated). This sold an additional 57K copies in 2012.

Miley Cyrus is the only female artist with two songs in the year-end top 20. "We Can't Stop" is #15. "Wrecking Ball" is #16. Cyrus had two of the year-end top 20 in 2009: "Party In The U.S.A." at #6 and "The Climb" at #12. (For Cyrus, who spent much of 2013 letting the world know that she is All Grown Up, that must seem like a lifetime ago.)

As a featured artist, Pharrell Williams also has two songs in the year's top 20. In addition to the #1-ranked "Blurred Lines," he's featured on Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" (#13).

Here are other songs, not already mentioned, that rank in the year-end top 20: #11, Avicii's "Wake Me Up!"; #14, OneRepublic's "Counting Stars"; #18, Fall Out Boy's "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up)"; #20, Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble."

[Enigma.]

Does anyone know the sales for songs ranked 11-20?

[areyoureadytojump]

from oldbloke:

From USAToday.com

2013 YEAR END TOP SELLING ALBUMS

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 2,427,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
02 - 1,727,000 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem
03 - 1,521,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan
04 - 1,402,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons
05 - 1,399,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars
06 - 1,350,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line
07 - 1,344,000 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake
08 - 1,301,000 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé
09 - 1,109,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton
10 - 1,099,000 - MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL - Jay-Z

2013 YEAR END TOP SELLING DIGITAL ALBUMS

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 1,026,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
02 - 972,000 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé
03 - 833,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons
04 - 777,000 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem
05 - 689,000 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake
06 - 658,000 - THE HEIST - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
07 - 640,000 - MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL - Jay-Z
08 - 559,000 - PITCH PERFECT - Soundtrack
09 - 556,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
10 - 524,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars

2013 YEAR END TOP SELLING CD ALBUMS

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 1,381,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
02 - 1,065,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan
03 - 950,000 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem
04 - 902,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line
05 - 871,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars
06 - 771,000 - BLAME IT ALL ON MY ROOTS - Garth Brooks
07 - 765,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton
08 - 714,000 - MIDNIGHT MEMORIES - One Direction
09 - 686,000 - PRISM - Katy Perry
10 - 677,000 - DUCK THE HALLS: A ROBERTSON FAMILY CHRISTMAS - Robertsons

2013 YEAR END TOP SELLING VINYL ALBUMS

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 49,000 - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - Daft Punk
02 - 34,000 - MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY - Vampire Weekend
03 - 31,000 - REFLEKTOR - Arcade Fire
04 - 27,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
05 - 27,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
06 - 27,000 - ...LIKE CLOCKWORK - Queens Of The Stone Age
07 - 23,000 - FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO - Bon Iver
08 - 22,000 - THE LUMINEERS - Lumineers
09 - 22,000 - TROUBLE WILL FIND ME - National
10 - 21,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake

2013 YEAR END TOP SELLING DIGITAL SONGS

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 6,498,000 - BLURRED LINES - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell
02 - 6,148,000 - THRIFT SHOP - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
03 - 5,496,000 - RADIOACTIVE - Imagine Dragons
04 - 4,691,000 - CRUISE - Florida Georgia Line
05 - 4,415,000 - ROYALS - Lorde
06 - 4,410,000 - ROAR - Katy Perry
07 - 4,321,000 - JUST GIVE ME A REASON - P!nk feat. Nate Ruess
08 - 4,260,000 - CAN'T HOLD US - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
09 - 3,928,000 - WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN - Bruno Mars
10 - 3,854,000 - STAY - Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko

2013 YEAR END MOST STREAMED SONGS

Rank - Streams - TITLE - Artist
01 - 489,674,000 - HARLEM SHAKE - Baauer
02 - 279,949,000 - GANGNAM STYLE - Psy
03 - 256,954,000 - THRIFT SHOP - Macklemore Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
04 - 187,648,000 - WRECKING BALL - Miley Cyrus
05 - 171,286,000 - RADIOACTIVE - Imagine Dragons
06 - 155,356,000 - WE CAN’T STOP - Miley Cyrus
07 - 138,790,000 - BLURRED LINES - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams
08 - 135,758,000 - CAN’T HOLD US - Macklemore Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
09 - 134,483,000 - SAIL - AWOLNATION
10 - 125,465,000 - STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM - Drake

and from Paul Grein's Chartwatch

2013 YEAR END TOP SELLING HOLIDAY ALBUMS

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 763,000 - WRAPPED IN RED - Kelly Clarkson
02 - 750,000 - DUCK THE HALLS: A ROBERTSON FAMILY CHRISTMAS - Robertsons
03 - 328,000 - A MARY CHRISTMAS - Mary J Blige
04 - 314,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé
05 - 208,000 - HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - Susan Boyle
06 - 168,000 - PTXMAS (EP) - Pentatonix
07 - 135,000 - A FAMILY CHRISTMAS - Piano Guys
08 - 132,000 - A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS - Vince Guaraldi Trio
09 - 122,000 - CHRISTMAS SYMPHONY II - Mannheim Steamroller
10 - 117,000 - NOEL - Josh Groban list is incorrect.)

(This list is incorrect.)

2013 YEAR END TOP SELLING SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 793,000 - PITCH PERFECT - Soundtrack
02 - 538,000 - THE GREAT GATSBY - Soundtrack
03 - 512,000 - LES MISÉRABLES: HIGHLIGHTS… - Soundtrack
04 - 407,000 - TEEN BEACH - Soundtrack
05 - 338,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack
06 - 198,000 - THE MUSIC OF NASHVILLE S1 V1 - Soundtrack
07 - 151,000 - HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE - Soundtrack
08 - 138,000 - SHAKE IT UP: I <3 DANCE - Soundtrack
09 - 132,000 - A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS - Vince Guaraldi Trio
10 - 120,000 - THE MUSIC OF NASHVILLE S1 V2 - Soundtrack

[areyoureadytojump]

thanks to oldbloke for these!!!!!

WEEK 52 DIGITAL SONGS

Here's the top 10 as reported by Billboard

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 6,498,000 - BLURRED LINES - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell
02 - 6,148,000 - THRIFT SHOP - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
03 - 5,496,000 - RADIOACTIVE - Imagine Dragons
04 - 4,691,000 - CRUISE - Florida Georgia Line
05 - 4,415,000 - ROYALS - Lorde
06 - 4,410,000 - ROAR - Katy Perry
07 - 4,321,000 - JUST GIVE ME A REASON - P!nk feat. Nate Ruess
08 - 4,260,000 - CAN'T HOLD US - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
09 - 3,928,000 - WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN - Bruno Mars
10 - 3,854,000 - STAY - Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko

Paul Grein also provided #'s 11-20 without sales - I've added some broad estimates…

Rank - Estimated Sales - TITLE - Artist
11 - 3,370,000 - WAKE ME UP - Avicii
12 - 3,160,000 - MIRRORS - Justin Timberlake
13 - 3,000,000 - GET LUCKY - Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams
14 - 2,990,000 - COUNTING STARS - OneRepublic
15 - 2,940,000 - WRECKING BALL - Miley Cyrus
16 - 2,920,000 - WE CAN'T STOP - Miley Cyrus
17 - 2,910,000 - SUIT & TIE - Justin Timberlake feat. Jay Z
18 - 2,750,000 - MY SONGS KNOW WHAT YOU DID IN THE DARK - Fall Out Boy
19 - 2,710,000 - HOLY GRAIL - Jay-Z feat. Justin Timberlake
20 - 2,700,000 - I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE - Taylor Swift

Billboard also reported a total of 38 songs sold over 2,000,000 in 2013…I think these are the remaining 18…

Rank - Estimated Sales - TITLE - Artist
21 - 2,650,000 - I LOVE IT - Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX
22 - 2,560,000 - CUPS - Anna Kendrick
23 - 2,510,000 - SAIL - Awolnation
24 - 2,500,000 - WAGON WHEEL - Darius Rucker
25 - 2,470,000 - SCREAM AND SHOUT - will.i.am feat. Britney Spears
26 - 2,460,000 - DEMONS - Imagine Dragons
27 - 2,370,000 - HO HEY - Lumineers
28 - 2,280,000 - COME & GET IT - Selena Gomez
29 - 2,230,000 - MONSTER - Eminem feat. Rihanna
30 - 2,220,000 - BOYS 'ROUND HERE - Blake Shelton feat. Pistol Annies & Friends
31 - 2,200,000 - FEEL THIS MOMENT - Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera
32 - 2,170,000 - LET HER GO - Passenger
33 - 2,160,000 - LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN - Bruno Mars
34 - 2,150,000 - SAME LOVE - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert
35 - 2,090,000 - APPLAUSE - Lady Gaga
36 - 2,090,000 - TREASURE - Bruno Mars
37 - 2,050,000 - CLARITY - Zedd feat. Foxes
38 - 2,000,000 - STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM - Drake

Just missing the 2 million sold is the current #1 from Pitbull feat. Ke$ha on sales of almost 1,980,000.

Here's a look back over previous years…

2005

01 - 1,171,672 - HOLLABACK GIRL - Gwen Stefani
02 - 1,089,665 - GOLD DIGGER - Kanye West
03 - 961,988 - BEVERLY HILLS - Weezer
04 - 960,341 - SINCE U BEEN GONE - Kelly Clarkson
05 - 917,807 - MY HUMPS - Black Eyed Peas
06 - 889,323 - MR BRIGHTSIDE - Killers
07 - 830,835 - SUGAR, WE'RE GOIN' DOWN - Fall Out Boy
08 - 815,753 - DON'T PHUNK WITH MY HEART - Black Eyed Peas
09 - 808,991 - YOU AND ME - Lifehouse
10 - 803,790 - BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS - Green Day

2006

01 - 2,015,594 - BAD DAY - Daniel Powter
02 - 1,709,274 - PROMISCUOUS - Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
03 - 1,657,798 - SEXYBACK - Justin Timberlake
04 - 1,629,467 - CRAZY - Gnarls Barkley
05 - 1,623,417 - YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL - James Blunt
06 - 1,570,207 - OVER MY HEAD (CABLE CAR) - Fray
07 - 1,559,704 - HOW TO SAVE A LIFE - Fray
08 - 1,533,362 - TEMPERATURE - Sean Paul
09 - 1,417,178 - RIDIN - Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone
10 - 1,410,237 - HIPS DON'T LIE - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean

2007

01 - 2,909,263 - CRANK THAT - Soulja Boy
02 - 2,565,954 - HEY THERE DELILAH - Plain White T's
03 - 2,524,542 - BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY - Fergie
04 - 2,415,159 - GIRLFRIEND - Avril Lavigne
05 - 2,370,921 - APOLOGIZE - Timbaland feat. OneRepublic
06 - 2,358,721 - UMBRELLA - Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
07 - 2,327,981 - STRONGER - Kanye West
08 - 2,251,527 - SWEET ESCAPE - Gwen Stefani feat. Akon
09 - 2,168,978 - GLAMOROUS - Fergie feat. Ludacris
10 - 1,943,354 - THE WAY I ARE - Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & DOE

2008

01 - 3,419,836 - BLEEDING LOVE - Leona Lewis
02 - 3,161,234 - LOLLIPOP - Lil Wayne feat. Static Major
03 - 2.978,556 - LOW - Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
04 - 2,977,230 - I KISSED A GIRL - Katy Perry
05 - 2,914,004 - VIVA LA VIDA - Coldplay
06 - 2,766,329 - DISTURBIA - Rihanna
07 - 2,682,075 - WHATEVER YOU LIKE - T.I.
08 - 2,655,325 - I'M YOURS - Jason Mraz
09 - 2,611,821 - NO AIR - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
10 - 2,590,147 - SO WHAT - P!nk

2009

01 - 4.762.382 - BOOM BOOM POW - Black Eyed Peas
02 - 4.425.940 - I GOTTA FEELING - Black Eyed Peas
03 - 4.381.310 - POKER FACE - Lady Gaga
04 - 4.134.569 - RIGHT ROUND - Flo Rida feat. Ke$ha
05 - 3.200.376 - JUST DANCE - Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis
06 - 3.157.419 - PARTY IN THE USA - Miley Cyrus
07 - 3.052.355 - DOWN - Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne
08 - 2.880.000 - GIVES YOU HELL - All American Rejects
09 - 2.748.086 - FIREFLIES - Owl City
10 - 2.712.258 - WHATCHA SAY - Jason DeRulo

2010

01 - 4,398,212 - CALIFORNIA GURLS - Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg
02 - 4,314,449 - HEY, SOUL SISTER - Train
03 - 4,245,354 - LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - Eminem feat. Rihanna
04 - 4,082,995 - DYNAMITE - Taio Cruz
05 - 4,004,148 - AIRPLANES - B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams
06 - 3,762,654 - OMG - Usher feat. will.i.am
07 - 3,413,584 - NOT AFRAID - Eminem
08 - 3,275,854 - JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - Bruno Mars
09 - 3,244,533 - BREAK YOUR HEART - Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris
10 - 3,181,553 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum

2011

01 - 5,813,215 - ROLLING IN THE DEEP - Adele
02 - 5,468,305 - PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
03 - 4,828,749 - E.T. - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
04 - 4,111,003 - MOVES LIKE JAGGER - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
05 - 3,874,909 - GIVE ME EVERYTHING - Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Naya
06 - 3,843,271 - PUMPED UP KICKS - Foster The People
07 - 3,750,259 - SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Adele
08 - 3,723,787 - F**K YOU (FORGET YOU) - Cee Lo Green
09 - 3,607,970 - SUPER BASS - Nicki Minaj
10 - 3,475,613 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa

2012
01 - 6,801,412 - SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - Gotye feat. Kimbra
02 - 6,472,329 - CALL ME MAYBE - Carly Rae Jepsen
03 - 5,947,590 - WE ARE YOUNG - Fun. feat. Janelle Monae
04 - 4,757,278 - PAYPHONE - Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
05 - 3,978,500 - STARSHIPS - Nicki Minaj
06 - 3,880,958 - WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - One Direction
07 - 3,839,397 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
08 - 3,823,050 - WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU (STRONGER) - Kelly Clarkson
09 - 3,591,863 - GANGNAM STYLE - Psy
10 - 3,460,950 - ONE MORE NIGHT - Maroon 5

[Enigma.]

Huge thanks! The gap between #10 and #11 is very big.

[areyoureadytojump]

Country year end SoundScan sales charts:

www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/country_update_0106.pdf

Top Selling Country Albums 2013:

1. Luke Bryan, Crash My Party 1,521,000
2. Florida Georgia Line, Here's to the Good Times 1,350,000
3. Blake Shelton, Based On a True Story 1,109,000
4. Taylor Swift, Red 865,000
5. Garth Brooks, Blame It All On My Roots 771,000
6. The Robertsons, Duck The Halls 745,000
7. Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes 556,000
8. Lady Antebellum, Golden 548,000
9. Luke Bryan, Spring Break 543,000
10. Jason Aldean, Night Train 523,000

[HolidayGuy]

At least Billboard made mention of The Robertsons' album in the text- "a figure that balloons when to 808,000 when sales at Christian retail outlets are added." And then the top 10 quarterly sales list the 808,000, with a note indicating that "quarterly sales include unit totals from Christian SoundScan, "which the data provider does not factor into into its yearly sales totals."

[Arabella21]

The whole business with not including the Christian outlet totals makes them looks stupid. If they do have a way of measuring the sales, why not count them across the board?

[areyoureadytojump]

For overall sales, of course they should include them.

But, since the DD albums were sold at Christian retailers and not regular country retailers, I can understand why they were not included in Country sales.

We'll see what the SS press release says this week.

[areyoureadytojump]

Here's the press release:

dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67270545/2014%20twim/Jan%208/Nielsen%20Entertainment%202013%20U%20S%20%20Year-End_FINAL.pdf?utm_source=getresponse&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=know&utm_content=This+Week+In+Music+-+January+8,+2014

[areyoureadytojump]

thanks to oldbloke:

TOP ALBUM ARTISTS 2013

Rank - Sales - Artist
01 - 3,445,000 - Justin Timberlake
02 - 2,740,000 - Luke Bryan
03 - 2,518,000 - Eminem
04 - 1,970,000 - One Direction
05 - 1,720,000 - Blake Shelton
06 - 1,708,000 - Bruno Mars
07 - 1,605,000 - Drake
08 - 1,573,000 - Beyoncé
09 - 1,534,000 - Mumford & Sons
10 - 1,434,000 - Imagine Dragons

…a look back at previous years…

2012

Rank - Sales - Artist
01 - 5,167,000 - Adele
02 - 4,062,000 - Taylor Swift
03 - 2,978,000 - One Direction
04 - 2,149,000 - Mumford & Sons
05 - 1,897,000 - Justin Bieber
06 - 1,855,000 - Jason Aldean
07 - 1,789,000 - Whitney Houston
08 - 1,540,000 - Maroon 5
09 - 1,497,000 - Carrie Underwood
10 - 1,432,000 - Luke Bryan

2011

Rank - Sales - Artist
01 - 6,744,000 - Adele
02 - 3,393,000 - Justin Bieber
03 - 2,985,000 - Michael Bublé
04 - 2,828,000 - Lady GaGa
05 - 2,651,000 - Lil Wayne
06 - 2,180,000 - Lady Antebellum
07 - 2,104,000 - Glee Cast
08 - 1,884,000 - Jason Aldean
09 - 1,847,000 - Taylor Swift
10 - 1,591,000 - Drake

2010

Rank - Sales - Artist
01 - 4,470,000 - Taylor Swift
02 - 4,317,000 - Eminem
03 - 3,848,000 - Lady Antebellum
04 - 3,728,000 - Justin Bieber
05 - 3,603,000 - Glee Cast
06 - 2,711,000 - Susan Boyle
07 - 2,591,000 - Lady GaGa
08 - 2,118,000 - Michael Jackson
09 - 1,824,000 - Zac Brown Band
10 - 1,697,000 - Beatles

2009

Rank - Sales - Artist
01 - 8,286,000 - Michael Jackson
02 - 4,643,000 - Taylor Swift
03 - 3,282,000 - Beatles
04 - 3,104,000 - Susan Boyle
05 - 2,813,000 - Lady GaGa
06 - 2,668,000 - Andrea Bocelli
07 - 2,280,000 - Michael Bublé
08 - 2,166,000 - Eminem
09 - 1,895,000 - Carrie Underwood
10 - 1,881,000 - Black Eyed Peas

2008

Rank - Sales - Artist
01 - 4,003,000 - Taylor Swift
02 - 3,418,000 - AC/DC
03 - 3,382,000 - Lil Wayne
04 - 2,691,000 - Coldplay
05 - 2,466,000 - Metallica
06 - 2,405,000 - Kid Rock
07 - 2,340,000 - Jonas Brothers
08 - 2,063,000 - Sugarland
09 - 1,953,000 - Nickelback
10 - 1,895,000 - Jack Johnson

2007

Rank - Sales - Artist
01 - 4,835,000 - Josh Groban
02 - 3,854,000 - Hannah Montana
03 - 3,583,000 - Eagles
04 - 3,231,000 - Carrie Underwood
05 - 3,129,000 - Rascal Flatts
06 - 2,699,000 - Alicia Keys
07 - 2,624,000 - Linkin Park
08 - 2,530,000 - Michael Bublé
09 - 2,506,000 - Daughtry
10 - 2,369,000 - Tim McGraw

2006

Rank - Sales - Artist
01 - 4,971,000 - Rascal Flatts
02 - 4,826,000 - Johnny Cash
03 - 3,160,000 - Nickelback
04 - 3,016,000 - Carrie Underwood
05 - 2,813,000 - Beatles
06 - 2,658,000 - Tim McGraw
07 - 2,525,000 - Andrea Bocelli
08 - 2,486,000 - Mary J Blige
09 - 2,443,000 - Keith Urban
10 - 2,438,000 - Justin Timberlake

[areyoureadytojump]

TOP SELLING ALBUMS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA
(Based on Album Sales from 1991 – 12/29/2013) (Based on Album Sales from 1991 – 12/29/2013)
Artist/Title Units Sold

1 METALLICA / METALLICA 15,948,000
2 TWAIN*SHANIA / COME ON OVER 15,547,000
3 MORISSETTE*ALANIS / JAGGED LITTLE PILL 14,895,000
4 BEATLES / BEATLES 1 12,281,000
5 BACKSTREET BOYS / MILLENNIUM 12,241,000
6 BODYGUARD / SOUNDTRACK 12,085,000
7 SANTANA / SUPERNATURAL 11,792,000
8 CREED / HUMAN CLAY 11,674,000
9 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS / LEGEND 11,458,000
10 ‘N SYNC / NO STRINGS ATTACHED 11,152,000

TOP SELLING ARTISTS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA
(Based on Album Sales from 1991 – 12/29/2013) (Based on Album Sales from 1991 – 12/29/2013)
Artist Units Sold

1 GARTH BROOKS 69,424,000
2 BEATLES 65,111,000
3 MARIAH CAREY 54,209,000
4 METALLICA 54,129,000
5 DION*CELINE 52,159,000
6 STRAIT*GEORGE 44,781,000
7 EMINEM 44,469,000
8 MCGRAW*TIM 41,844,000
9 JACKSON*ALAN 40,361,000
10 PINK FLOYD 38,508,000


TOP SELLING DIGITAL ALBUMS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA
(Based on Album Sales from 2003 – 12/29/2013)
Artist/Title Units Sold

1 ADELE / 21 3,009,000
2 MUMFORD & SONS / SIGH NO MORE 1,676,000
3 MUMFORD & SONS / BABEL 1,334,000
4 EMINEM / RECOVERY 1,300,000
5 IMAGINE DRAGONS / NIGHT VISIONS 1,157,000
6 SWIFT*TAYLOR / RED 1,135,000
7 LADY GAGA / FAME 1,086,000
8 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN / 20/20 EXPERIENCE 1,026,000
9 BEYONCE / BEYONCE 972,000
10 LUMINEERS / LUMINEERS 956,000

[when the pawn...]

Wow, Taylor's track record is insane! Over 19 million albums since 2008.

Top Album Artists of Decade so far?
1 Adele
2 Taylor Swift
3 Justin Bieber
...
Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Drake, Rihanna, One Direction, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Mumford & Sons, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan...

[Push The Button]

21's total sales now stands at ~10,842,000. She's only 310,000 copies away from the all-time top 10. If she releases a new album this year, she might be able to make it by the end of 2014.

[areyoureadytojump]

The 2012 press release:

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130104005149/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2012-Music-Industry-Report#.Us4Ye7TMC1t

The 2011 press release:

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120105005547/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2011-Music-Industry-Report#.Us4YA7TMC1t

The 2010 press release:

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110106006565/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2010-Music-Industry-Report#.Us4Z_bTMC1s

[areyoureadytojump]

The Beatles' overall SS total has been fixed by Soundscan.

thanks to blackbird for this:

SoundScan Era 1991 - 2013: Top Ten Selling Artists

Rank | Total Sales | Artist | 2013 Sales | 2012 Sales | 2011 Sales | 2010 Sales | 2009 Sales

1 69,424,000 Garth Brooks - 807,000 - 56,000 - 48,000 - 150,000 - 220,000
2 65,111,000 Beatles - 953,000 - 859,000 - 1,233,000 - 1,696,000 - 3,282,000
3 54,209,000 Mariah Carey - 270,000- 327,000 - 427,000 - 797,000 - 819,000
4 54,129,000 Metallica - 487,000 - 472,000 - 498,000 - 512,000 - 1,024,000
5 52,129,000 Celine Dion - 370,000 - 267,000 - 330,000 - 229,000 - 362,000
6 44,781,000 George Strait - 849,000 - 622,000 - 914,000 - 553,000 - 1,224,000
7 44,469,000 Eminem - 2,518,000 - 784,000 - 1,523,000 - 4,317,000 - 2,166,000
8 41,844,000 Tim McGraw - 851,000 - 824,000 - 773,000 - 719,000 - 1,086,000
9 40,361,000 Alan Jackson - 731,000 - 770,000 - 585,000 - 828,000 - 927,000
10 38,508,000 Pink Floyd - 539,000 - 741,000 - 799,000 - 562,000 - 654,000

[CookyMonzta]

Jan 5, 2014 9:30:58 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

2006

01 - 2,015,594 - BAD DAY - Daniel Powter

I must admit, you do a much better job of maintaining a sales database than I ever could.

It should be noted here, that Daniel Powter's apparent one-hit wonder was the first official digital hit to go double-platinum, just as Cher's "Believe" (1998-99) was the last physical hit to do the same; and that was at a time when the industry tried to kill off the single to force people into buying full albums.

Big mistake. What they did, by attempting to kill the single (which hit full stride in 2000), was energize the file-sharing movement; and instead of working with the file-sharing community, they tried to kill that as well. The sales decline we've been seeing since its peak in 2000 is the result of it.

[Gary]

Year to year sales of the top 10 albums


1 Metallica/ Metallica 15,948,000 15,948,000
Thru 1999 11,716,000 11,716,000
2000 726,000 12,442,000
2001 540,000 12,982,000
2002 350,000 13,332,000
2003 471,000 13,803,000
2004 400,000 14,203,000
2005 342,000 14,545,000
2006 275,000 14,820,000
2007 257,000 15,077,000
2008 242,000 15,319,000
2009 181,000 15,500,000
2010 120,000 15,620,000
2011 115,000 15,735,000
2012 110,000 15,845,000
2013 103,000 15,948,000


2 Come On Over/ Shania Twain 15,547,000 15,547,000
Thru 1999 12,111,000 12,111,000
2000 1,541,000 13,652,000
2001 495,000 14,147,000
2002 343,000 14,490,000
2003 406,000 14,897,000
2004 365,000 15,262,000
2005 93,000 15,355,000
2006 54,000 15,409,000
2007 40,000 15,449,000
2008 24,000 15,473,000
2009 14,000 15,487,000
2010 12,000 15,499,000
2011 14,000 15,513,000
2012 11,000 15,524,000
2013 23,000 15,547,000

3 Jagged Little Pill/ Alanis Morissette 14,895,000 14,895,000
Thru 1999 13,542,000 13,542,000
2000 187,000 13,730,000
2001 160,000 13,890,000
2002 204,000 14,094,000
2003 106,000 14,201,000
2004 142,000 14,343,000
2005 110,000 14,453,000
2006 60,000 14,513,000
2007 44,000 14,557,000
2008 50,000 14,607,000
2009 35,000 14,642,000
2010 31,000 14,673,000
2011 41,000 14,714,000
2012 92,000 14,806,000
2013 89,000 14,895,000

4 Beatles 1/ Beatles 12,281,000 12,281,000

Thru 1999 0 0
2000 5,068,000 5,068,000
2001 2,910,000 7,978,000
2002 692,000 8,670,000
2003 560,000 9,230,000
2004 634,000 9,864,000
2005 506,000 10,370,000
2006 451,000 10,821,000
2007 276,000 11,097,000
2008 248,000 11,345,000
2009 219,000 11,564,000
2010 139,000 11,703,000
2011 282,000 11,985,000
2012 154,000 12,139,000
2013 142,000 12,281,000


5 Millennium/ Backstreet Boys 12,241,000 12,241,000
Thru 1999 9,446,000 9,446,000
2000 2,260,000 11,705,000
2001 266,000 11,971,000
2002 60,000 12,031,000
2003 26,000 12,057,000
2004 12,000 12,069,000
2005 14,000 12,083,000
2006 8,000 12,091,000
2007 8,000 12,099,000
2008 5,000 12,104,000
2009 5,000 12,109,000
2010 6,000 12,115,000
2011 53,000 12,168,000
2012 41,000 12,209,000
2013 32,000 12,241,000


6 Soundtrack/ Bodyguard 12,085,000 12,085,000
Thru 1999 11,606,000 11,606,000
2000 50,000 11,656,000
2001 33,000 11,689,000
2002 25,000 11,714,000
2003 27,000 11,742,000
2004 20,000 11,762,000
2005 16,000 11,778,000
2006 12,000 11,790,000
2007 8,000 11,798,000
2008 7,000 11,805,000
2009 10,000 11,815,000
2010 8,000 11,823,000
2011 6,000 11,829,000
2012 227,000 12,056,000
2013 29,000 12,085,000


7 Supernatural/ Santana 11,792,000 11,792,000

Thru 1999 4,733,000 4,733,000
2000 5,858,000 10,590,000
2001 371,000 10,961,000
2002 205,000 11,166,000
2003 168,000 11,334,000
2004 103,000 11,437,000
2005 93,000 11,530,000
2006 58,000 11,588,000
2007 55,000 11,643,000
2008 30,000 11,673,000
2009 14,000 11,687,000
2010 22,000 11,709,000
2011 63,000 11,772,000
2012 -40,000 11,732,000
2013 60,000 11,792,000


8 Human Clay/ Creed 11,674,000 11,674,000

1999 2,100,000 2,100,000
2000 6,600,000 8,700,000
2001 1,791,000 10,491,000
2002 587,000 11,078,000
2003 213,000 11,291,000
2004 131,000 11,422,000
2005 41,000 11,463,000
2006 21,000 11,484,000
2007 20,000 11,504,000
2008 21,000 11,525,000
2009 22,000 11,547,000
2010 16,000 11,563,000
2011 11,000 11,574,000
2012 58,000 11,632,000
2013 42,000 11,674,000


9 Legend/ Bob Marley & The Wailers 11,458,000 11,458,000

2010
2011 10,953,000 10,953,000
2012 267,000 11,220,000
2013 238,000 11,458,000


10 No Strings Attached/ N Sync 11,152,000 11,152,000

Thru 1999 0 0
2000 9,936,000 9,936,000
2001 955,000 10,892,000
2002 132,000 11,023,000
2003 47,000 11,070,000
2004 15,000 11,085,000
2005 8,000 11,093,000
2006 6,000 11,099,000
2007 5,000 11,104,000
2008 5,000 11,109,000
2009 4,000 11,113,000
2010 4,000 11,117,000
2011 5,000 11,122,000
2012 15,000 11,137,000
2013 15,000 11,152,000

[HolidayGuy]

How exactly did Santana's album lose sales in one year? :)

Come on Over had a decent year compared to the last several.

[Gary]

I double checked that before I posted it. The 2012 year end report shows a decrease over 2011

[wunderkind]

Interesting that many of the top 10 albums of the Soundscan era had yearly sales "lows" from 2006-2011 but are back up in the last year or two (Nsync, Creed, Alanis, Shania, BackstreetBoys, and the Bodyguard soundtrack, although that was largely due to Whitney's death). Just an interesting trend :)

[areyoureadytojump]

Jan 12, 2014 0:56:59 GMT -5 wunderkind said:

Interesting that many of the top 10 albums of the Soundscan era had yearly sales "lows" from 2006-2011 but are back up in the last year or two (Nsync, Creed, Alanis, Shania, BackstreetBoys, and the Bodyguard soundtrack, although that was largely due to Whitney's death). Just an interesting trend :)

Most is due to $5-$7 album prices at Target/Best Buy/Walmart.

[Lockheart]

Jan 8, 2014 17:40:33 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

Wow, Taylor's track record is insane! Over 19 million albums since 2008.

Top Album Artists of Decade so far?
1 Adele
2 Taylor Swift
3 Justin Bieber
...
Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Drake, Rihanna, One Direction, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Mumford & Sons, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan...

You mean 2006, not 2008. But impressive regardless.

I dont think Bieber is anywhere near the top 3. Some of his sales would account for the other decade I believe.