2019 Nielsen Music Report

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www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreport.pdf

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'Hollywood's Bleeding' Is Nielsen Music/MRC Data's Top Album of 2019, 'Old Town Road' Most-Streamed Song

1/9/2020 by Keith Caulfield 

Plus: Album equivalent audio music consumption increased 11.4%, on-demand streams cross 1 trillion mark for first time & vinyl album sales hit a Nielsen-era high (again!).

Post Malone closed out 2019 with the most popular album of the year in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The data-tracking company reports that the genre-blending artist’s Hollywood’s Bleeding effort, his third release, earned 3.001 million equivalent album units during the year, with 357,000 of that sum coming from album sales.

2019 marks the fourth year in a row where Nielsen Music/MRC Data’s top album was by a male artist. In 2018, Drake's Scorpion was Nielsen Music’s biggest album, earning 3.91 million units. Ed Sheeran's ÷ (Divide) was tops in 2017 (with 2.76 million units), Drake’s Views led in 2016 (4.14 million units) and Adele's 25 ruled in 2015 (8.01 million units).

Hollywood’s Bleeding’s 3.001 million equivalent album units is a multi-metric consumption total, which includes album sales, on-demand audio streaming equivalent album units (SEA), and track equivalent album units (TEA). The multi-metric formula is also used to compile the weekly Billboard 200 albums chart, which ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. In 2019, one equivalent album unit equaled: one album sale; or one SEA unit (1,250 paid subscription or 3,750 ad-supported on-demand audio streams of tracks from an album), or one TEA unit (10 digital tracks sold from an album).

Nielsen Music/MRC Data’s 2019 tracking year ran from Jan. 4, 2019 through Jan. 2, 2020. Due to a quirk in the calendar, there were 53 weeks in 2018, instead of the usual 52. So, for 2019 volume comparisons to 2018, a corresponding 52-week period is used by Nielsen Music for 2018: Jan. 5, 2018 through Jan. 3, 2019. (Historical references to volume in 2017 and earlier years used the traditional 52-week period as stated in earlier Billboard stories.)

Numbers in this story are rounded. Nielsen Music began electronically tracking sales and data in 1991 (so a reference in this story to the “Nielsen Music era” means from 1991 to the present). In December 2019, Nielsen Music was acquired by Valence Media, Billboard’s parent company as the anchor unit for the company’s newly established MRC Data division.

Hollywood’s Bleeding was a monster in terms of streaming activity in 2019, garnering 2.452 million in SEA units (which translates to 3.371 billion on-demand audio streams for the set’s songs in 2019). Hollywood’s Bleeding is also by far the most-streamed album of the year in terms of total audio on-demand song streams, and the only set to cross 3 billion streams for its tracks in 2019.

Hollywood’s Bleeding notched Post Malone his second No. 1 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart, and has ruled the tally for five non-consecutive weeks. Post Malone previously logged a No. 1 on the chart with his second album, 2018’s beerbongs & bentleys.

Hollywood’s Bleeding contains five songs that hit the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse),” a co-billed collaboration with Swae Lee (No. 1 for one week); “Wow.” (No. 2); “Goodbyes,” featuring Young Thug (No. 3); “Take What You Want,” featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott (No. 8) and “Circles” (No. 1 for three weeks).

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2019 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS
Rank Artist, Title Total Units Album Sales TEA Units SEA Units
1 Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding 3,001,000 357,000 192,000 2,452,000
2 Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 2,518,000 676,000 123,000 1,719,000
3 Taylor Swift, Lover 2,191,000 1,085,000 103,000 1,003,000
4 Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next 2,056,000 279,000 96,000 1,681,000
5 Khalid, Free Spirit 1,587,000 226,000 74,000 1,287,000
6 Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys 1,380,000 85,000 49,000 1,246,000
7 Lil Nas X, 7 1,306,000 12,000 169,000 1,125,000
8 Drake, Scorpion 1,249,000 51,000 27,000 1,171,000
9 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) 1,213,000 486,000 152,000 575,000
10 Travis Scott, Astroworld 1,201,000 54,000 30,000 1,117,000

Source: Nielsen Music/MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 4, 2019 through Jan. 2, 2020

Post Malone lands two albums in the year-end top 10 albums tally, as beerbongs & bentleys ranks at No. 6 with 1.38 million units. A year ago, he also had two albums in the year-end top 10 roundup, as beerbongs placed at No. 2, while his debut studio effort Stoney was No. 10.

Also in the 2019 year-end top five: Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (No. 2, 2.518 million units), Taylor Swift’s Lover (No. 3, 2.191 million), Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (No. 4, 2.056 million) and Khalid’s Free Spirit (No. 5, 1.587 million).

ALBUM EQUIVALENT AUDIO CONSUMPTION CLIMBS 11.4%: Album equivalent audio consumption in 2019 increased 11.4%, rising to 677.97 million units (up from 618.04 million). Those figures blend album sales, TEA units and SEA units from on-demand audio streams.

R&B/HIP-HOP IS KING: R&B/hip-hop music continued to dominate all other genres in terms of consumption, as it did in 2018. In 2019, the genre represented 27.4% of album equivalent audio consumption – the largest of any genre. In second place for 2019 was rock music, with 21.3% of the market.

‘LOVER’ RULES IN SALES: Taylor Swift’s Lover was the top-selling album of 2019, with 1.09 million copies sold. It also marks the only album to sell a million copies during the year. In 2018, there was also just one album to surpass the million sales mark: The Greatest Showman soundtrack (with 1.49 million). 2019 marks just the second year in the Nielsen Music era where there was only one album that sold 1 million copies. It only previous happened in 2018, with The Greatest Showman.

In 2019, just two albums sold at least 500,000 copies: Lover and Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep (676,000). In 2018, there were also just two half-million sellers (Showman, and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack, with 704,000).

Swift has now earned the top-selling album of the year four times. In addition to Lover in 2019, she also finished with the best-seller in 2017 (reputation, 1.9 million), 2014 (1989, 3.66 million) and 2009 (Fearless, 3.22 million).

TOP 10 SELLING ALBUMS OF 2019 IN U.S.
Rank Artist, Title Sales
1 Taylor Swift, Lover 1,085,000
2 Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 676,000
3 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) 486,000
4 Jonas Brothers, Happiness Begins 469,000
5 Harry Styles, Fine Line 458,000
6 BTS, Map of the Soul: Persona 454,000
7 Tool, Fear Inoculum 388,000
8 Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack) 366,000
9 Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding 357,000
10 The Beatles, Abbey Road 333,000

Source: Nielsen Music, for the tracking period Jan. 4, 2019 through Jan. 2, 2020.

ALBUM SALES DROP 18.7%: Overall album sales, across all formats (CD, digital album, vinyl LP, cassettes, etc.) fell by 18.7% to 112.75 million copies. It’s the fourth year in a row where album sales fell by at least 10%. Album sales dropped 17.7% in 2018, 17.7% in 2017, 16.7% in 2016, 6% in 2015, and 11% in 2014. Album sales last posted a yearly gain in 2011, when volume was up by 1.3%.

Physical album sales (CD, vinyl, cassette, etc.) in 2019 decreased by 15% to 73.5 million. CD album sales comprised 54.19 million of that sum (down 22.1%). The CD format is still the leading format for album purchases, while the digital format is in second-place with 39.3 million digital albums sold in 2019 (down 24.9%).

Swift’s Lover was the top-selling physical album (699,000) and the top selling digital format album (386,000).

Lover was also the top-selling album on the CD format (647,000). The top-selling vinyl LP was The Beatles’ Abbey Road (246,000).

VINYL VICTORY: For the 14th consecutive year, vinyl album sales grew to a new yearly high, climbing to 18.84 million sold in 2019 (up 14.5%).

Impressively, vinyl LP sales represented 16.7% of all album sales in 2019. In 2018, the format accounted for 11.9% of all album sales.

Further, vinyl LPs comprised over a quarter of all physical album sales (CD, vinyl LP, cassettes, etc.) in 2019 — 25.6%. That’s a new Nielsen Music-era record share for the format, up from 19.1% in 2018.

Overall, there were 23 albums that sold at least 50,000 copies on vinyl in 2019 – up from 14 titles in 2018, and eight titles in 2017.

In the Nielsen Music era, of the top 10 largest selling weeks for vinyl albums in total, five of them occurred in 2019. Further, the top two biggest vinyl weeks came this past December: 973,000 sold in the week ending Dec. 19, and 1.24 million sold in the week ending Dec. 26.

TOP 10 SELLING VINYL ALBUMS OF 2019 IN U.S.
Rank Artist, Title Sales
1 The Beatles, Abbey Road 246,000
2 Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 176,000
3 Queen, Greatest Hits 139,000
4 Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 123,000
5 Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack) 108,000
6 Beach Boys, Sounds of Summer: The Very Best Of… 107,000
7 Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon 92,000
8 Michael Jackson, Thriller 88,000
9 Bob Marley and The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of… 84,000
10 Fleetwood Mac, Rumours 78,000

Source: Nielsen Music/MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 4, 2019 through Jan. 2, 2020.

‘OLD TOWN,’ RECORD STREAMS: Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” easily gallops away as the most-streamed song of 2019, with a stunning 2.5 billion on-demand streams (audio and video combined). The track, which was originally released as a solo effort by Lil Nas X, was greatly enhanced by a later-issued remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. All versions of the song (including other alternative versions with RM of BTS, Young Thug and Mason Ramsey, and a Diplo-helmed remix) are combined into the 2.5 billion figure.

“Old Town Road” also makes history as the first song to exceed more than 2 billion on-demand streams in a calendar year. Previously, the most-streamed tune of any calendar year was Drake’s “God’s Plan,” with 1.566 billion streams tallied in 2018.

“Old Town Road” was also 2019’s most-streamed in terms of audio-only on-demand streams (1.002 billion) and video-only on-demand streams (1.498 billion).

Overall on-demand streams (audio and video combined) grew by 29.3% in 2019, surpassing the 1 trillion mark for the first time in a calendar year. In total for 2019, there were 1.147 trillion on-demand streams registered. Of that sum, 745.75 billion were in on-demand audio streams (up 23.8%) and 401.23 billion were in on-demand video streams (up 40.7%).

The R&B/hip-hop genre continued to hold the largest share in terms of on-demand streams, as compared to all other genres. R&B/hip-hop streams accounted for 30.7% of all on-demand streams in 2019 – up from 29.7% in 2018. The second-largest genres in 2019 were rock and pop, each with a 14.7% slice of the on-demand streaming market.

TOP 10 MOST STREAMED SONGS OF 2019 IN U.S., ON-DEMAND AUDIO & VIDEO COMBINED
Rank Artist, Title Streams
1 Lil Nas X, "Old Town Road" 2,499,608,000
2 Post Malone & Swae Lee, "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" 1,474,828,000
3 Billie Eilish, "Bad Guy" 1,294,072,000
4 Ariana Grande, "7 Rings" 1,129,767,000
5 Pinkfong, "Baby Shark" 980,514,000
6 Travis Scott, "Sicko Mode" 962,144,000
7 Lil Tecca, "Ran$om" 959,093,000
8 Halsey, "Without Me" 939,993,000
9 Post Malone, "Wow." 918,382,000
10 J. Cole, "Middle Child" 859,521,000

Source: Nielsen Music/MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 4, 2019 through Jan. 2, 2020.

TOP 10 ON-DEMAND STREAMS OF 2019 IN U.S., AUDIO-ONLY
Rank Artist, Title Streams
1 Lil Nas X, "Old Town Road" 1,001,658,000
2 Post Malone & Swae Lee, "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse") 800,726,000
3 Post Malone, "Wow." 644,384,000
4 Billie Eilish, "Bad Guy" 595,891,000
5 J. Cole, "Middle Child" 578,272,000
6 Ariana Grande, "7 Rings" 575,880,000
7 Lil Tecca, "Ran$om" 536,291,000
8 Lizzo, "Truth Hurts" 511,930,000
9 Meek Mill featuring Drake, "Going Bad" 495,391,000
10 Halsey, "Without Me" 478,006,000

Source: Nielsen Music/MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 4, 2019 through Jan. 2, 2020.

TOP 10 ON-DEMAND STREAMS OF 2019 IN U.S., VIDEO-ONLY
Rank Artist, Title Streams
1 Lil Nas X, "Old Town Road" 1,497,950,000
2 Pinkfong, "Baby Shark" 783,943,000
3 Billie Eilish, "Bad Guy" 698,181,000
4 Post Malone & Swae Lee, "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" 674,102,000
5 Ariana Grande, "7 Rings" 553,887,000
6 Travis Scott, "Sicko Mode" 532,728,000
7 Marshmello & Bastille, "Happier" 498,511,000
8 Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg, "The Next Episode" 484,782,000
9 Halsey, "Without Me" 461,987,000
10 Blueface, "Thotiana" 442,395,000

Source: Nielsen Music/MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 4, 2019 through Jan. 2, 2020.

DIGITAL DIP: For the seventh year in a row, overall digital song sales fell. In 2019, there was a total of 301.08 million digital songs sold – a decline of 25% as compared to 2018. From 2004 through 2012, digital song sales grew yearly. The biggest year for the format was in 2012, when 1.336 billion songs were sold.

The top-selling digital song of 2019 was Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” with 1.536 million downloads sold. It was the only tune to surpass 1 million in download sales. A year ago, there were three million-sellers.

TOP 10 SELLING DIGITAL SONGS OF 2019 IN U.S.
Rank Artist, Title Sales
1 Lil Nas X, "Old Town Road" 1,536,000
2 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, "Shallow" 832,000
3 Lizzo, "Truth Hurts" 686,000
4 Post Malone & Swae Lee, "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" 668,000
5 Billie Eilish, "Bad Guy" 577,000
6 Blake Shelton, "God's Country" 513,000
7 Jonas Brothers, "Sucker" 511,000
8 Lewis Capaldi, "Someone You Loved" 501,000
9 Ariana Grande, "7 Rings" 476,000
10 Halsey, "Without Me" 471,000

Source: Nielsen Music/MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 4, 2019 through Jan. 2, 2020.

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Top 10 SoundScan Albums 1992 - 2018
Compiled by Chris Bigham

2018:

1. 1,491,000 Soundtrack, The Greatest Showman
2. 704,000 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)
3. 493,000 Eminem, Kamikaze
4. 464,000 Travis Scott, Astroworld
5. 463,000 Jason Aldean, Rearview Town
6. 422,000 Justin Timberlake, Man of the Woods
7. 401,000 Carrie Underwood, Cry Pretty
8. 374,000 Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys
9. 369,000 Dave Matthews Band, Come Tomorrow
10. 367,000 Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide)

2017:

1. 1,903,000 Taylor Swift, Reputation
2. 1,102,000 Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide)
3. 910,000 Kendrick Lamar, d**n.
4. 710,000 Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
5. 709,000 Soundtrack, Moana
6. 658,000 Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1
7. 628,000 P!nk, Beautiful Trauma
8. 600,000 Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2
9. 585,000 Metallica, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct
10. 522,000 Soundtrack, Trolls

2016:

1. 1,731,000 Adele, 25
2. 1,608,000 Drake, Views
3. 1,554,000 Beyonce, Lemonade
4. 1,085,000 Chris Stapleton, Traveller
5. 904,000 Pentatonix, A Pentatonix Christmas
6. 820,000 Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical
7. 738,000 Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
8. 668,000 Prince, The Very Best of Prince
9. 603,000 Rihanna, Anti
10. 554,000 Justin Bieber, Purpose

2015:

1. 7,441,000 Adele, 25
2. 1,993,000 Taylor Swift, 1989
3. 1,269,000 Justin Bieber, Purpose
4. 1,162,000 Ed Sheeran, X
5. 1,142,000 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late
6. 1,018,000 Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
7. 1,007,000 Meghan Trainor, Title
8. 862,000 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
9. 861,000 Soundtrack, Fifty Shades of Grey
10. 851,000 Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights

2014:

1. 3,661,000 Taylor Swift, 1989
2. 3,527,000 Frozen Sdtk.
3. 1,208,000 Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
4. 1,143,000 Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me
5. 898,000 Guardians of the Galaxy Sdtk.
6. 878,000 Beyonce, Beyonce
7. 856,000 Barbra Streisand, Partners
8. 841,000 Lorde, Pure Heroine
9. 814,000 One Direction, FOUR
10. 811,000 Eric Church, The Outsiders

2013:

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

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, Blown Away
8. 1,100,000 Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines
9. 1,070,000 Lionel Richie, Tuskegee
10. 1,020,000 Jason Aldean, 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. 3,415,000 Eminem, Recovery
2. 3,089,000 Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
3. 2,960,000 Taylor Swift, Speak Now
4. 2,319,000 Justin Bieber, My World 2.0
5. 1,852,000 Susan Boyle, The Gift
6. 1,591,000 Lady Gaga, The Fame
7. 1,300,000 Sade, Soldier of Love
8. 1,269,000 Drake, Thank Me Later
9. 1,143,000 Usher, Raymond V Raymond
10. 1,143,000 Ke$ha, Animal

2009:

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

2008:

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

2007:

1 3,698,934 Josh Groban, Noel
2 2,956,799 High School Musical 2 Sdtk.
3 2,608,338 Eagles, Long Road Out Of Eden
4 2,543,224 Alicia Keys, As I Am
5 2,497,457 Daughtry, Daughtry
6 2,487,346 Hannah Montana 2 Sdtk., Miley Cyrus
7 2,098,941 Linkin Park, Minutes To Midnight
8 2,063,572 Fergie, The Duchess
9 1,950,641 Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift
10 1,891,918 Kanye West, Graduation

2006:

1. 3.720,000 High School Musical
2. 3.480,000 Rascal Flatts, Me and My Gang
3. 3.020,000 Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts
4. 2.690,000 Nickelback, All the Right Reasons
5. 2.380,000 Justin Timberlake, Futuresex/Lovesounds
6. 2.140,000 James Blunt, Back to Bedlam
7. 2.010,000 Beyonce, B'Day
8. 1.990,000 Hannah Montana Sdtk.
9. 1.860,000 Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
10. 1.820,000 Hinder, Extreme Behavior

2005:

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

2004:

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

2003:

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

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

2000:

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

1999

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

1998

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

1997

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

1996

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

1995

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

1994

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

1993

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

1992

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

[areyoureadytojump]

Decade charts:

Nielsen Music for 2010-2019

TOP 10 ALBUMS - ALBUM SALES

1 Adele 21 12,009,000
2 Adele 25 9,517,000
3 Taylor Swift 1989 6,215,000
4 Eminem Recovery 4,867,000
5 Taylor Swift Speak Now 4,694,000
6 Taylor Swift Red 4,465,000
7 Michael Buble Christmas 4,379,000
8 Frozen Frozen 4,314,000
9 Lady Antebellum Need You Now 4,221,000
10 Justin Timberlake 20/20 Experience 3,743,000

and...

TOP 10 SONGS - SONG SALES

1 Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk! 8,126,000
2 Pharrell Williams Happy 7,688,000
3 John Legend All Of Me 5,993,000
4 Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud 5,959,000
5 Meghan Trainor All About That Bass 5,752,000
6 Taylor Swift Shake It Off 5,428,000
7 Katy Perry Dark Horse 5,088,000
8 Adele Hello 5,037,000
9 Hozier Take Me to Church 4,757,000
10 Sam Smith Stay with Me 4,632,000

[areyoureadytojump]

Decade charts:

Nielsen Music for 2010 - 2019

TOP 10 ARTISTS - ALBUM SALES

1 Adele 23,924,000
2 Taylor Swift 22,972,000
3 Eminem 13,862,000
4 Justin Bieber 12,098,000
5 Drake 10,526,000
6 Beatles 10,309,000
7 Luke Bryan 9,572,000
8 Lady Antebellum 9,452,000
9 Michael Buble 9,444,000
10 Elvis Presley 9,278,000

and...

TOP 10 ARTISTS - SONG SALES

1 Taylor Swift 75,893,000
2 Eminem 63,501,000
3 Rihanna 62,022,000
4 Katy Perry 61,532,000
5 Drake 59,674,000
6 Maroon 5 50,535,000
7 Bruno Mars 49,722,000
8 Glee Cast 43,827,000
9 Justin Bieber 42,188,000
10 Adele 41,813,000

[somelikeitwhen]

Jan 9, 2020 12:03:55 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

TOP 10 ON-DEMAND STREAMS OF 2019 IN U.S., VIDEO-ONLY
Rank Artist, Title Streams
1 Lil Nas X, "Old Town Road" 1,497,950,000
2 Pinkfong, "Baby Shark" 783,943,000
3 Billie Eilish, "Bad Guy" 698,181,000
4 Post Malone & Swae Lee, "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" 674,102,000
5 Ariana Grande, "7 Rings" 553,887,000
6 Travis Scott, "Sicko Mode" 532,728,000
7 Marshmello & Bastille, "Happier" 498,511,000
8 Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg, "The Next Episode" 484,782,000
9 Halsey, "Without Me" 461,987,000
10 Blueface, "Thotiana" 442,395,000

Was this in a meme or something

[Enigma.]

Blah only top tens for 2019.. Thank you for sharing anyway!

Also, I still don't get how they can count all streams of Sunflower for HB when it was first released on Spider-Man sdtk. Those #'s for HB aren't real.

[Mauricio]

Jan 9, 2020 13:06:17 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Decade charts:

Nielsen Music for 2010-2019

TOP 10 SONGS - SONG SALES

1 Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk! 8,126,000
2 Pharrell Williams Happy 7,688,000
3 John Legend All Of Me 5,993,000
4 Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud 5,959,000
5 Meghan Trainor All About That Bass 5,752,000
6 Taylor Swift Shake It Off 5,428,000
7 Katy Perry Dark Horse 5,088,000
8 Adele Hello 5,037,000
9 Hozier Take Me to Church 4,757,000
10 Sam Smith Stay with Me 4,632,000

This part doesn't make sense. What about Call me maybe, Somebody that I used to know and the rest?. Looking at this I guess it's only about songs from 2013 onwards

[Enigma.]

Yea, for instance Tik Tok is 8xplatinum so has surely sold more than 5M. Party Rock Anthem is diamond...

[areyoureadytojump]

I cannot find the thread that has the best selling digital songs. Wasn't it a Daniel Collins thread?

EDIT:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/85409/best-selling-digital-songs-era?page=33

And there's this from Chart Data:

chartdata.org/best-selling-digital-songs-us/

Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know 8,141,800 7/12/18

LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem 8,100,000 3/28/16

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop 7,900,000 3/3/16

Florida Georgia Line – Cruise 7,791,500 7/12/18

Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe 7,600,000 3/28/16

Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines 7,530,000 3/28/16

Katy Perry – Firework 7,309,000

Flo Rida – Low 7,300,000 1/5/16

Fun. – We Are Young 7,150,000 3/22/16

They really messed this one up.

[neverduplicated]

Mariah is the #9 airplay artist by audience impressions for the decade with 77 billion impressions! Go Mimi!

[areyoureadytojump]

Did you see this in the report?

Decade charts

Nielsen Music for 2010 - 2019

TOP 10 SONGS - AIRPLAY AUDIENCE

1 Police Every Breath You Take 11,545,047,000 - 1983
2 Santana Feat. Rob Thomas Smooth 11,145,352,000 - 1999
3 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 10,926,634,000 - 1998
4 Faith Hill Breathe 9,753,529,000 - 1999
5 Natalie Imbruglia Torn 9,744,210,000 - 1998
6 Green Day Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) 9,540,862,000 - 1997
7 Carrie Underwood Before He Cheats 9,520,306,000 - 2006
8 No Doubt Don't Speak 9,488,999,000 - 1996
9 Usher Yeah! 9,436,653,000 - 2004
10 Journey Don't Stop Believin' 9,435,064,000 - 1981

[areyoureadytojump]

Decade charts

Nielsen Music for 2010 - 2019

TOP 10 ARTISTS - AIRPLAY SPINS

1 Kenny Chesney 15,752,000
2 Tim McGraw 15,740,000
3 Maroon 5 15,581,000
4 Taylor Swift 14,505,000
5 George Strait 13,304,000
6 Rihanna 13,002,000
7 P!nk 11,891,000
8 Toby Keith 11,838,000
9 Alan Jackson 11,740,000
10 Keith Urban 11,593,000

[areyoureadytojump]

Decade charts

Nielsen Music for 2010 - 2019

TOP 10 SONGS - AIRPLAY SPINS

1 Ed Sheeran Shape Of You 1,689,000
2 Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk! 1,582,000
3 Carrie Underwood Before He Cheats 1,516,000
4 Green Day Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) 1,473,000
5 Lady Antebellum Need You Now 1,464,000
6 Walk The Moon Shut Up and Dance 1,460,000
7 Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are 1,444,000
8 Kid Rock All Summer Long 1,405,000
9 Red Hot Chili Peppers Under The Bridge 1,400,000
10 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 1,399,000

[WolfSpear]

Don’t forget Lady Antebellum with “Need You Now” at roughly 6.5 million copies. At one time, that was your top digital seller for country music, but I see that Florida Georgia Line surpassed it. For a song that didn’t benefit from a remix, it was a massive crossover hit in its own right. Lady Antebellum was truly one of the top acts at that time because they actually had great music.

It was commonplace during the first half to witness 4, 5 and 6+ million sellers since the digital song sales were comfortably cresting through 2013. If you sold 1 or 2 million, there’s no doubt you’d be forgotten in the shuffle.

[areyoureadytojump]

Nielsen Music Decade Charts for 2010-2019

Top 10 Top 40 Radio Songs - Spins

1 Ed Sheeran Shape Of You 640,000
2 Dua Lipa New Rules 614,000
3 Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey Closer 581,000
4 Pitbull Feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer Give Me Everything 574,000
5 Bruno Mars That's What I Like 544,000
6 benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid Eastside 525,000
7 Khalid & Normani Love Lies 525,000
8 Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk! 525,000
9 Halsey Without Me 523,000
10 Charlie Puth Attention 522,000

Top 10 Rhythmic Radio Songs - Spins

1 Jeremih Feat. YG Don't Tell 'Em 169,000
2 Jay Z & Kanye West Ni**as in Paris 166,000
3 French Montana Feat. Swae Lee Unforgettable 160,000
4 J. Cole Work Out 159,000
5 Travis Scott Sicko Mode 158,000
6 Jeremih Feat. 50 Cent Down On Me 153,000
7 Drake Feat. Majid Jordan Hold On, We're Going Home 151,000
8 Kendrick Lamar HUMBLE. 144,000
9 Drake Feat. WizKid & Kyla One Dance 142,000
10 Fetty Wap Feat. Remy Boyz 679 140,000

Top 10 Latin Radio Songs - Spins

1 Marc Anthony Vivir Mi Vida 158,000
2 Banda Los Recoditos Ando Bien Pedo 158,000
3 Fidel Rueda Me Encantaria 152,000
4 Don Omar & Lucenzo Danza Kuduro 151,000
5 Banda Los Recoditos Mi Ultimo Deseo 150,000
6 Voz De Mando Y Ahora Resulta 146,000
7 Enrique Iglesias Feat. Descemer Bueno, Sean
Paul & Gente De Zona
Bailando 145,000
8 Banda El Recodo Dime Que Me Quieres 145,000
9 Banda Sinaloense MS De Sergio Lizarraga Hermosa Experiencia 140,000
10 La Original Banda El Limon Al Menos 137,000


Top 10 MAINSTREAM R&B/HIP HOP Radio Songs - Spins

1 Miguel Adorn 214,000
2 Bryson Tiller Don't 174,000
3 Waka Flocka Flame Feat. Roscoe Dash & WaleNo Hands 172,000
4 GoldLink Feat. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy Crew 169,000
5 Rihanna Pour It Up 165,000
6 Jay Z & Kanye West Ni**as in Paris 164,000
7 Chris Brown Feat. Lil Wayne & French
Montana OR Too $hort Loyal 164,000
8 J. Cole Feat. Miguel Power Trip 162,000
9 Rihanna Needed Me 161,000
10 Kelly Rowland Feat. Lil Wayne Motivation 160,000

TOP 10 COUNTRY RADIO SONGS - SPINS

1 Jake Owen Barefoot Blue Jean Night 442,000
2 Sam Hunt Body Like A Back Road 440,000
3 Blake Shelton Honey Bee 431,000
4 Thompson Square Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not 402,000
5 Florida Georgia Line Cruise 401,000
6 Eric Church Springsteen 389,000
7 Darius Rucker Wagon Wheel 389,000
8 Eric Church Drink In My Hand 384,000
9 Dustin Lynch Small Town Boy 376,000
10 Zac Brown Band Feat. Jimmy Buffett Knee Deep 373,000

TOP 10 ADULT CONTEMPORARY RADIO SONGS - SPINS

1 Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are 308,000
2 Train Hey, Soul Sister 300,000
3 Lady Antebellum Need You Now 290,000
4 Adele Rolling In The Deep 251,000
5 Kelly Clarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) 247,000
6 Jason Mraz I'm Yours 242,000
7 Lumineers Ho Hey 240,000
8 Katy Perry Firework 237,000
9 Gotye Feat. Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know 233,000
10 Justin Timberlake Can't Stop The Feeling! 230,000

TOP 10 ADULT TOP 40 RADIO SONGS - SPINS

1 Walk The Moon Shut Up And Dance 353,000
2 Ed Sheeran Shape Of You 343,000
3 Justin Timberlake Can't Stop The Feeling! 335,000
4 Lumineers Ho Hey 334,000
5 OneRepublic Counting Stars 321,000
6 Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk! 320,000
7 Adele Rolling In The Deep 309,000
8 Train Hey, Soul Sister 298,000
9 Ed Sheeran Perfect 297,000
10 Gotye Feat. Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know 294,000

TOP 10 MAINSTREAM ROCK RADIO SONGS - SPINS

1 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit! 145,000
2 Alice In Chains Man In The Box 142,000
3 Nirvana Come As You Are 134,000
4 Stone Temple Pilots Plush 133,000
5 Pearl Jam Even Flow 132,000
6 Offspring Self Esteem 131,000
7 Nirvana In Bloom 131,000
8 Metallica Enter Sandman 126,000
9 Soundgarden Black Hole Sun 125,000
10 Nirvana Lithium 123,000

TOP 10 ALTERNATIVE ROCK RADIO SONGS - SPINS

1 Cold War Kids First 214,000
2 AWOLNATION Sail 207,000
3 Arctic Monkeys Do I Wanna Know? 204,000
4 Portugal. The Man Feel It Still 195,000
5 Milky Chance Stolen Dance 184,000
6 Vance Joy Riptide 181,000
7 Imagine Dragons Radioactive 177,000
8 Neighbourhood Sweater Weather 171,000
9 Muse Madness 169,000
10 Bastille Pompeii 168,000

TOP 10 TRIPLE A ROCK RADIO SONGS - SPINS

1 Lumineers Ho Hey 43,000
2 Of Monsters And Men Little Talks 40,000
3 Gotye Feat. Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know 39,000
4 Revivalists Wish I Knew You 39,000
5 Portugal. The Man Feel It Still 39,000
6 Lumineers Ophelia 39,000
7 Mumford & Sons I Will Wait 38,000
8 Vance Joy Riptide 38,000
9 Florence + The Machine Dog Days Are Over 38,000
10 Adele Rolling In The Deep 37,000

[areyoureadytojump]

Nielsen Music Decade Charts for 2010-2019

TOP 10 LP VINYL - SALES

1 Beatles Abbey Road 558,000
2 Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon 376,000
3 Soundtrack-Guardians Of The Ga Guardians Of The Galaxy: Aweso 367,000
4 Bob Marley & The Wailers Legend 364,000
5 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 351,000
6 Michael Jackson Thriller 334,000
7 Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Cl 313,000
8 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 304,000
9 Davis, Miles Kind Of Blue 286,000
10 Lana Del Rey Born To Die 283,000

[Enigma.]

Abbey Road has gone gold in VINYL sales in last ten years, insane!!!

[areyoureadytojump]

^It was last certified 12xP with the RIAA in Feb. 2001! It could be 15xP+.

[owenlovesmusic]

NBA Youngboy 😧

[HolidayGuy]

That Top 10 in audience is pretty crazy- not a single new release from the decade in the top 10.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Not to mention that six of the songs are from 1990s.

[jenglisbe]

Jan 9, 2020 16:46:08 GMT -5 neverduplicated said:

Mariah is the #9 airplay artist by audience impressions for the decade with 77 billion impressions! Go Mimi!

Impressive! Get that recurrent play...

[areyoureadytojump]

2019 Nielsen Music Year End Charts

TOP 10 PHYSICAL ALBUMS

1 Taylor Swift Lover 699,000
2 Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 395,000
3 Jonas Brothers Happiness Begins 379,000
4 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born Soundtrack 294,000
5 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 293,000
6 Queen Greatest Hits 1 227,000
7 Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 210,000
8 Khalid Free Spirit 181,000
9 Queen Platinum Collection 135,000
10 Elton John Diamonds 124,000

and...

TOP 10 DIGITAL ALBUMS

1 Taylor Swift Lover 386,000
2 Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 281,000
3 Tool Fear Inoculum 224,000
4 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born Soundtrack 192,000
5 Ariana Grande thank u, next 160,000
6 Kanye West Jesus is King 149,000
7 Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 147,000
8 Lizzo Cuz I Love You 141,000
9 Soundtrack The Greatest Showman 120,000
10 Harry Styles Fine Line 104,000

and...

TOP 10 LP VINYL ALBUMS

1 Beatles Abbey Road 246,000
2 Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 176,000
3 Queen Greatest Hits 1 139,000
4 Soundtrack Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 123,000
5 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack) 108,000
6 Beach Boys Sounds Of Summer: Very Best Of 107,000
7 Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon 92,000
8 Michael Jackson Thriller 88,000
9 Bob Marley & The Wailers Legend 84,000
10 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 78,000

[areyoureadytojump]

2019 Nielsen Music Year End Charts

www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreport.pdf

THE YEAR IN POP(January 4, 2019 - January 2, 2020)

Top 5 Genre Artists
ALBUM + TEA + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SEA

1 Billie Eilish 3,936,000
2 Taylor Swift 3,810,000
3 Ariana Grande 3,412,000
4 Ed Sheeran 2,115,000
5 Jonas Brothers 1,420,000

Top 5 Albums
ALBUM + TEA + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SEA

1 Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 2,518,000
2 Taylor Swift Lover 2,191,000
3 Ariana Grande thank u, next 2,056,000
4 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born Soundtrack 1,213,000
5 Jonas Brothers Happiness Begins 1,157,000

Top 5 Songs
Artist, Song, Sings with SES On Demand

1 Billie Eilish bad guy 4,847,000
2 Ariana Grande 7 Rings 4,681,000
3 Halsey Without Me 3,898,000
4 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello Senorita 3,285,000
5 Lewis Capaldi Someone You Loved 3,222,000

Top 5 Radio Songs
Artist, Song, Audience, Spins

1 Jonas Brothers Sucker 3,486,467,000 849,000
2 Sam Smith & Normani Dancing With a Stranger 3,134,451,000 772,000
3 Halsey Without Me 3,009,267,000 751,000
4 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber I Don't Care 2,898,665,000 731,000
5 benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid Eastside 2,655,414,000 648,000

[jenglisbe]

Wow. For the top album at least, physical sales are still higher than digital sales.

[neverduplicated]

Taylor’s catalog is so strong. Even without Lover, she moved 1,619,000 SPS units which would have been enough to be the #4 pop artist of the year (neglecting the impact Lover’s release had on her catalog).

[areyoureadytojump]

Rock is dead. Elton John? Old Queen/Imagine Dragon songs. Panic! at the Disco?

2019 Nielsen Music Year End Charts

www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreport.pdf

THE YEAR IN ROCK (January 4, 2019 - January 2, 2020)

Top 5 Genre Artists
ALBUM + TEA + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SEA

1 Queen 2,717,000
2 Beatles 2,262,000
3 Imagine Dragons 1,557,000
4 Panic! At the Disco 1,415,000
5 Twenty One Pilots 1,085,000

Top 5 Albums
ALBUM + TEA + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SEA

1 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Soundtrack 1,162,000
2 Elton John Diamonds 787,000
3 Queen Greatest Hits Vol 1 732,000
4 Panic! At the Disco Pray For the Wicked 620,000
5 Beatles Abbey Road 611,000

Top 5 Songs
Artist, Song, Sings with SES On Demand

1 Panic! At The Disco High Hopes 2,380,000
2 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1,773,000
3 Imagine Dragons Believer 1,550,000
4 Imagine Dragons Natural 1,474,000
5 Imagine Dragons Thunder 1,403,000

Top 5 Radio Songs
Artist, Song, Audience, Spins

1 Panic! At the Disco High Hopes 3,268,351,300 798,000
2 Panic! At the Disco Hey Look Ma, I Made It 1,638,511,900 470,000
3 LovelyTheBand Broken 954,965,000 275,000
4 Portugal. the Man Feel It Still 933,330,300 262,000
5 Journey Don't Stop Believin 853,903,300 132,000

[areyoureadytojump]

2019 Nielsen Music Year End Charts

www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreport.pdf

THE YEAR IN R&B/HIP-HOP (January 4, 2019 - January 2, 2020)

Top 5 Genre Artists
ALBUM + TEA + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SEA

1 Post Malone 4,583,000
2 Drake 4,532,000
3 YoungBoy Never Broke Again 2,557,000
4 Khalid 2,502,000
5 Juice WRLD 2,443,000

Top 5 Albums
ALBUM + TEA + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SEA

1 Post Malone Hollywood's Bleeding 3,001,000
2 Khalid Free Spirit 1,587,000
3 Post Malone beerbongs & bentleys 1,380,000
4 Lil Nas X 7 - EP 1,306,000
5 Drake Scorpion 1,249,000

Top 5 Songs
Artist, Song, Sings with SES On Demand

1 Lil Nas X Old Town Road 8,735,000
2 Post Malone & Swae Lee Sunflower 6,327,000
3 Post Malone Wow. 5,015,000
4 Lizzo Truth Hurts 4,504,000
5 J. Cole Middle Child 4,162,000

Top 5 Radio Songs
Artist, Song, Audience, Spins

1 Khalid Talk 3,321,442,100 821,000
2 Lizzo Truth Hurts 2,482,047,200 674,000
3 Post Malone Wow. 2,377,942,300 651,000
4 Post Malone & Swae Lee Sunflower 2,123,653,300 539,000
5 Chris Brown No Guidance 1,586,631,300 351,000

[areyoureadytojump]

2019 Nielsen Music Year End Charts

www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreport.pdf

THE YEAR IN COUNTRY (January 4, 2019 - January 2, 2020)

Top 5 Genre Artists
ALBUM + TEA + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SEA

1 Luke Combs 2,048,000
2 Jason Aldean 1,315,000
3 Thomas Rhett 1,144,000
4 Chris Stapleton 1,057,000
5 Luke Bryan 1,051,000

Top 5 Albums
ALBUM + TEA + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SEA

1 Luke Combs This One's For You 1,163,000
2 Dan + Shay Dan + Shay 759,000
3 Luke Combs What You See Is What You Get 741,000
4 Chris Stapleton Traveller 586,000
5 Morgan Wallen If I Know Me 535,000

Top 5 Songs
Artist, Song, Sings with SES On Demand

1 Luke Combs Beautiful Crazy 2,427,000
2 Morgan Wallen Whiskey Glasses 2,338,000
3 Dan + Shay Speechless 2,288,000
4 Blake Shelton God's Country 2,096,000
5 Dan + Shay Tequila 2,095,000

Top 5 Radio Songs
Artist, Song, Audience, Spins

1 Dan + Shay Speechless 1,616,879,600 445,000
2 Luke Combs Beautiful Crazy 1,358,801,100 342,000
3 Morgan Wallen Whiskey Glasses 1,350,819,300 356,000
4 Dan + Shay Tequila 1,185,098,500 303,000
5 Chase Rice Eyes On You 1,113,948,400 302,000