Billboard 200 11/28: AC/DC #1: 117k

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AC/DC’s ‘Power Up’ Charges In at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
By Keith Caulfield
11/22/2020

AC/DC’s Power Up debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, giving the legendary rock band its third chart-topping set.

The new studio effort was released via Columbia Records on Nov. 13 and starts with 117,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 19, according to Nielsen Music. AC/DC previously hit No. 1 with 2008’s Black Ice and 1981’s For Those About to Rock (We Salute You). All told, Power Up is AC/DC’s 26th charting album, and 10th top 10.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Nov. 28-dated chart (where Power Up debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's website on Nov. 24. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Power Up’s 117,000 units earned in the tracking week ending Nov. 19, album sales comprise 111,000, SEA units comprise 5,000 (equaling 7.8 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs) and 1,000 comprise TEA units.

AC/DC ‘Power Up’ With 17th Album: ‘We Waited Until the World Hit a Misery Level’
Power Up charges in with the largest sales week of 2020 for a rock album. The last rock set to log a larger sales frame was Tool’s Fear Inoculum (248,000; chart dated Sept. 14, 2019).

Power Up’s sales were assisted by some retailer exclusive editions, vinyl variants and an elaborate limited edition deluxe CD package that retails for $49. (The track list across all versions of the album -- CD, vinyl and digital download -- is identical.)

The limited edition deluxe CD package is a pricey affair because the CD is housed in a box that features a red light-up AC/DC logo on its cover and has a built-in speaker that plays the opening bars of the album’s lead single, “Shot in the Dark.” (The company that made this deluxe set also made the similarly priced limited edition CD package for Tool’s Fear Inoculum, which was released with a 4-inch HD screen, exclusive video footage and a speaker.)

Overall, Power Up sold 71,000 on CD across all of its editions, 23,000 as a digital download album and 16,000 on vinyl LP. Power Up is the first hard rock album to hit No. 1 in over a year, since Tool’s Fear Inoculum bowed at No. 1 on the Sept. 14, 2019-dated chart.

Further, Power Up is the first Columbia release of 2020 to reach No. 1. The label last held court atop the list with Harry Styles’ Fine Line, which was released in December 2019. It ruled for two weeks (charts dated Dec. 28, 2019 and Jan. 4, 2020).

Power Up is the band’s 17th studio album and its first since 2014’s Rock or Bust and the death of founding member Malcolm Young in 2017. Power Up also brings singer Brian Johnson, drummer Phil Rudd and bassist Cliff Williams all back to the fold, alongside lead guitarist Angus Young and rhythm guitarist Stevie Young (who replaced his uncle, Malcolm, in 2014). Johnson was sidelined in 2016 (during the Rock or Bust World Tour) due to hearing loss issues, Rudd served a home-detention sentence in 2015 for methamphetamine possession and threatening to kill a former staff member and Williams announced his retirement in 2016.

Power Up was announced on Oct. 6 and was led by the single “Shot in the Dark.” The track raced to No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart dated Nov. 14 -- marking the group’s fifth leader, and first No. 1 since 2008. The tune has also climbed to No. 13 on the airplay-, sales- and streaming-based Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.

The album was ushered in with interviews with an array of press and media outlets, including Apple Music’s Zane Lowe (Nov. 10), Associated Press (Nov. 12), USA Today (Nov. 13) and NPR’s Morning Edition (Nov. 18).

Lastly, with Power Up bowing at No. 1, AC/DC has now claimed top 10-charting albums in the 1980s, '90s, '00s, '10s and '20s. The band is the fifth act to achieve top 10s in each of the last five decades (alongside Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Springsteen and James Taylor) and second band or group to do so (after Metallica).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Future and Lil Uzi Vert’s first collaborative album, the surprise release Pluto x Baby Pluto, bows with 105,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 99,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 136.11 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), 5,500 comprise album sales and a little over 500 comprise TEA units. The set was announced and released on Nov. 13, and got a mid-week bounce by the release of a deluxe edition on Nov. 17 with eight additional tracks, bringing its total track count to 24.

Pluto x Baby Pluto is the second top 10 album for Future in 2020, following his No. 1 High Off Life (May 30). As for Lil Uzi Vert, he too clocks his second top 10 of 2020, as he bowed at No. 1 with Eternal Atake on March 21.

Pluto x Baby Pluto is Future’s fourth collaborative set to chart, following joint efforts with Juice WRLD (Future & Juice WRLD Present… WRLD on Drugs, No. 2 in 2018), Young Thug (Super Slimey, No. 2 in 2017) and Drake (What a Time to Be Alive, No. 1 in 2015). Lil Uzi Vert has never released a collaborative album until now.

All told, Future has now tallied 14 top 10 albums -- the most among all acts in the span since his first, Pluto, in May 2012 -- while Lil Uzi Vert has three.

Chris Stapleton’s new studio album Starting Over debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 103,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the fourth top 10 album for the singer-songwriter, and all four have reached the top three on the tally.

Of Starting Over’s first-week units, 75,000 comprise album sales, 25,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 33.01 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs) and 3,000 comprise TEA units. The 33 million streaming number represents the second-biggest debut streaming week for a country album in 2020, following Sam Hunt’s start of 36.82 million with Southside (April 18 chart).

Outside of debut weeks in 2020, Luke Combs’ 2019 release What You See Is What You Get logged five streaming weeks larger than Stapleton in 2020, and four bigger than Hunt. What You See Is What You Get tallied 34.15 million on the May 16 chart, and then surged to a genre-record of 102.26 million on Nov. 7 (following its deluxe reissue with bonus tracks). It then continued to post big streaming numbers in the following chart weeks: 59.95 million, Nov. 14; 52.87 million, Nov. 21 and 47.93 million, Nov. 28 (the current chart).

With Power Up, Pluto x Baby Pluto and Starting Over all clearing 100,000 units in their debut frames, this is the first week in which three albums have bowed with at least 100,000 units since the Feb. 29-dated chart. That week, Justin Bieber’s Changes (231,000), A Boogie Wit da Hoodie’s Artist 2.0 (111,000) and Tame Impala’s The Slow Rush (110,000) all launched with at least 100,000 (also at Nos. 1-3, respectively).

A quartet of former No. 1s follows on the new Billboard 200, as

Ariana Grande’s Positions falls 1-4 in its third week (75,000 equivalent album units; down 10%),

Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon dips 2-5 (53,000; down 6%),

Luke Combs’ What You See Is What You Get descends 4-6 (42,000; down 8%) and

Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die is steady at No. 7 (37,000; down 7%).

With Stapleton’s Starting Over and Combs’ What You See Is What You Get Both in the top 10 at the same time, it’s the first time since Dec. 7, 2019 that two country albums have occupied the top 10 concurrently. That week, Jason Aldean’s 9 debuted at No. 2, while What You See Is What You Get sat at No. 9.


Nearly 40 years after its initial release, Queen’s Greatest Hits reaches the top 10, as the set bolts from No. 36 to No. 8 with a 133% gain in units earned (rising to 36,000). The surge is largely owed to massive vinyl sale on Nov. 14 at Walmart, where all vinyl albums in-store were marked down to $15.

In the week ending Nov. 19, Greatest Hits sold 24,000 copies across all formats (up 737%), with vinyl LPs accounting for 23,000 (up 1,006%) of that sum.

The vinyl sales were so big for Greatest Hits, it’s the top selling vinyl album in the U.S. for the week (and jumps 20-1 on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums chart) and has the second-largest sales week of 2020 for any vinyl release. It’s runner-up only to the debut frame of Tame Impala’s The Show Rush, which sold 26,000 vinyl copies on the chart dated Feb. 29.

Greatest Hits was first released in October of 1981 and has been reissued multiple times over the ensuing decades. Before this week, a 1992 edition of Greatest Hits brought the album closest to the top 10, peaking at No. 11 on Oct. 10, 1992.

Greatest Hits includes songs like “Bohemian Rhapsody” (a No. 9 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1976, later peaking at No. 2 in 1992 thanks to its revival from its inclusion in the box office hit Wayne’s World), “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” (No. 1, 1980) and “Another One Bites the Dust” (No. 1 in 1980). Greatest Hits marks the ninth top 10 album for the band, joining the Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack (No. 2 in 2019), Greatest Hits I, II & III: The Platinum Collection (No. 6, 2019), Classic Queen (No. 4, 1992), The Game (No. 1, 1980), Jazz (No. 6, 1979), News of the World (No. 3, 1978), A Day at the Races (No. 5, 1977) and A Night at the Opera (No. 4, 1976).

Back on the new Billboard 200, The Kid Laroi’s F*ck Love slides from its high of No. 3 to No. 9 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned (down 32%).

Closing out the top 10 is YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s new surprise mixtape Until I Return, which bows at No. 10 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned. Of Until I Return’s first-week units, 31,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 47.49 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), 500 comprise album sales and a negligible sum comprises TEA units.

Until I Return, announced and released on Nov. 13, is YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s fourth top 10 of 2020, and sixth top 10 overall. He previously hit the region with Top (No. 1; Sept. 26), 38 Baby 2 (No. 1, May 9), Still Flexin, Still Steppin (No. 2, March 7), AI YoungBoy 2 (No. 1; Oct. 26, 2019) and Until Death Call My Name (No. 7; May 12, 2018).

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

I'm glad AC/DC got the #1 and that Queen's Greatest Hits finally managed to be in the top 10.

[HolidayGuy]

That's a nice-looking AC/DC package- and, agreed, nice to see the band top the chart. Likewise for Queen's GH and making the top 10- 23K on vinyl is super.

[at40fansince1984]

Sadly, Snap, Krackle, K-Pop & their $50 piece of sh!t will be #1 next week.

[Gary]

Queen at 413 weeks is the oldest album as measured by chart weeks to hit the top 10, breaking the month old record by Rumours that was in the top 10 at 394 weeks

[forg]

Nice to see the top 3 with 100K+ units. Ariana also had a good hold.

[Gary]

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Power Up, AC/DC 1
2 - - 1 Pluto x Baby Pluto, Future & Lil Uzi Vert 2
3 - - 1 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
4 1 1 3 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
5 2 3 20 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
6 4 4 54 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
7 7 6 19 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
8 36 44 413 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
9 3 81 17 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 3
10 - - 1 Until I Return, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 10
11 8 8 38 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
12 23 23 399 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
13 12 17 49 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
14 5 13 3 Welcome To O'Block, King Von 5
15 - - 1 So Help Me God!, 2 Chainz 15
16 9 10 269 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
17 13 12 63 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
18 65 60 498 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
19 79 83 653 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
20 61 111 7 A Holly Dolly Christmas, Dolly Parton 16
21 16 15 31 BLAME IT ON BABY, DaBaby 1
22 15 11 7 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1
23 54 131 85 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
24 11 16 8 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 1
25 29 39 8 My Gift, Carrie Underwood 8
26 - - 1 Believe, Andrea Bocelli 26
27 31 33 86 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
28 24 24 35 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
29 10 27 17 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
30 - - 1 We Need A Little Christmas, Pentatonix 30
31 19 20 33 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
32 21 26 131 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
33 20 21 27 The GOAT, Polo G 2
34 27 28 181 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
35 22 22 38 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
36 - - 38 Nirvana, Nirvana 3
37 18 14 10 Top, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
38 17 5 3 Love Goes, Sam Smith 5
39 60 100 94 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 3
40 14 2 3 Pegasus, Trippie Redd 2
41 30 36 112 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 13
42 52 - 2 Bill Israel, Kodak Black 42
43 6 - 2 Emergency Tsunami, NAV 6
44 28 29 12 B4 The Storm, Internet Money 10
45 68 170 13 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas, Pentatonix 7
46 35 35 89 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
47 32 40 28 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2, Lil Durk 2
48 93 89 512 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
49 37 47 33 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 4
50 38 37 79 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
51 33 31 37 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 1
52 59 68 271 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
53 51 56 158 Diamonds, Elton John 7
54 - - 1 Spirit World Field Guide, Aesop Rock 54
55 84 198 83 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 13
56 46 49 120 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
57 48 51 59 Over It, Summer Walker 2
58 43 45 134 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
59 71 79 152 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 14
60 49 57 44 Manic, Halsey 2
61 162 164 497 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
62 50 52 37 Chilombo, Jhene Aiko 2
63 44 43 50 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch 1
64 137 - 51 The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole 7
65 34 110 13 Papi Juancho, Maluma 34
66 42 34 9 Code Red, Moneybagg Yo & Blac Youngsta 6
67 56 54 125 Scorpion, Drake 1
68 47 41 26 Wunna, Gunna 1
69 45 42 7 The Album, BLACKPINK 2
70 178 176 49 Fully Loaded: God's Country, Blake Shelton 2
71 40 - 4 Levon James, King Von 40
72 58 55 206 Stoney, Post Malone 4
73 74 73 643 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
74 39 9 3 Missunderstood, Queen Naija 9
75 - - 1 Afrodisiaco, Rauw Alejandro 75
76 57 53 27 High Off Life, Future 1
77 63 64 503 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
78 83 67 438 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
79 104 137 388 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
80 64 66 140 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
81 69 63 93 Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande 1
82 76 72 421 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
83 41 18 4 Letter To You, Bruce Springsteen 2
84 72 74 65 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
85 - - 138 Boston, Boston 3
86 73 71 53 Frozen II, Soundtrack 1
87 152 - 29 Christmas Classics, Bing Crosby 19
88 67 61 14 Mixtape, Vol. 1 (EP), Kane Brown 15
89 91 107 447 1, The Beatles 1
90 66 62 29 Dark Lane Demo Tapes, Drake 2
91 86 96 384 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
92 77 76 194 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
93 75 91 22 Goldmine, Gabby Barrett 27
94 112 38 445 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
95 53 - 4 Grandson, Vol. 1, King Von 53
96 103 94 169 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
97 95 106 311 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
98 70 59 8 Nectar, Joji 3
99 89 98 154 The Greatest Showman, Soundtrack 1
100 98 101 194 American Teen, Khalid 4
101 88 95 180 Ctrl, SZA 3
102 92 84 403 Take Care, Drake 1
103 78 75 25 Emmanuel, Anuel AA 8
104 87 78 169 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
105 62 32 4 Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Ty Dolla $ign 4
106 80 70 45 Time Served, Moneybagg Yo 3
107 - - 369 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
108 - - 27 Love Gun, KISS 4
109 101 108 85 Free Spirit, Khalid 1
110 82 77 41 Meet The Woo, V.2, Pop Smoke 7
111 - - 1 Inlet, Hum 111
112 25 - 2 Minisode1: Blue Hour (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 25
113 90 82 55 Hot Pink, Doja Cat 9
114 100 119 39 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
115 - - 20 Ultimate Christmas, Frank Sinatra 12
116 94 92 208 Moana, Soundtrack 2
117 145 148 149 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
118 105 179 246 ANTI, Rihanna 1
119 138 120 492 21, Adele 1
120 - - 169 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
121 - - 36 Smash Hits, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 6
122 113 116 272 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
123 106 114 208 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
124 97 90 349 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
125 96 85 55 Ghetto Gospel, Rod Wave 10
126 99 93 188 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
127 - - 10 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector, Various Artists 12
128 - - 1 Star Wars: The Mandalorian: Music From The Original Series, Soundtrack 128
129 195 - 115 Swimming, Mac Miller 3
130 150 165 63 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
131 120 130 249 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
132 118 124 83 Cuz I Love You, Lizzo 4
133 108 103 137 Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B 1
134 134 139 310 1989, Taylor Swift 1
135 102 86 36 Sweet Action, Jack Harlow 20
136 116 121 164 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
137 110 102 73 Indigo, Chris Brown 1
138 - - 951 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
139 129 149 178 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
140 180 184 73 The Essential Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley 42
141 107 113 60 KIRK, DaBaby 1
142 166 177 130 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 32
143 - - 1 F*ck Everybody 3, Blac Youngsta 143
144 130 154 205 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
145 - - 5 Kiss 5, K Camp 29
146 147 158 169 17, XXXTENTACION 2
147 122 125 69 The Search, NF 1
148 124 126 100 X 100PRE, Bad Bunny 11
149 127 140 76 Die A Legend, Polo G 6
150 123 134 33 SOUTHSIDE, Sam Hunt 5
151 114 99 58 AI YoungBoy 2, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
152 - - 60 Facelift, Alice In Chains 42
153 128 127 238 Views, Drake 1
154 126 123 58 True 2 Myself, Lil Tjay 5
155 117 104 66 So Much Fun, Young Thug 1
156 109 87 15 Top Shotta, NLE Choppa 10
157 121 118 11 A Rock, HARDY 24
158 135 128 47 JACKBOYS, JACKBOYS 1
159 - - 37 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley 90
160 - - 45 Wrapped In Red, Kelly Clarkson 3
161 136 173 89 GIRL, Maren Morris 4
162 148 159 66 Back From The Edge, James Arthur 39
163 171 181 284 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
164 - - 74 Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj 1
165 131 136 25 Chromatica, Lady Gaga 1
166 - - 31 The Essential Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 35
167 149 150 313 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
168 139 132 40 Artist 2.0, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie 2
169 140 129 11 ENOC, Ozuna 17
170 - - 1 A Better Time, DaVido 170
171 161 117 52 A Love Letter To You 4, Trippie Redd 1
172 200 196 355 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
173 151 162 23 Kid Krow, Conan Gray 5
174 156 161 107 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
175 164 171 27 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 106
176 125 122 45 9, Jason Aldean 2
177 - - 155 The Wall, Pink Floyd 1
178 159 155 44 Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem 1
179 157 147 40 Changes, Justin Bieber 1
180 141 141 9 Heaven & Hell, Ava Max 27
181 170 146 353 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
182 154 138 29 Slime & B, Chris Brown & Young Thug 24
183 163 152 37 Suga, Megan Thee Stallion 7
184 155 153 219 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott 1
185 189 - 43 Circles, Mac Miller 3
186 187 - 97 Love Yourself: Answer, BTS 1
187 167 - 147 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
188 173 156 156 H.E.R., H.E.R. 23
189 - - 8 Last Christmas (Soundtrack), George Michael & Wham! 43
190 153 135 9 Poetic Pain, Toosii 17
191 177 190 266 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
192 165 163 229 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
193 144 142 239 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
194 - - 584 Metallica, Metallica 1
195 - - 281 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
196 168 167 72 Dreamville & J. Cole: Revenge Of The Dreamers III, Various Artists 1
197 - - 21 Classic Christmas Album, Andy Williams 23
198 - - 67 7 (EP), Lil Nas X 2
199 143 115 11 Detroit 2, Big Sean 1
200 - - 14 The Classic Christmas Album, Perry Como 18

[Gary]

TCA

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Power Up, AC/DC 1
2 - - 1 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
3 6 12 7 A Holly Dolly Christmas, Dolly Parton 3
4 - - 1 Believe, Andrea Bocelli 4
5 3 7 8 My Gift, Carrie Underwood 3
6 - - 1 We Need A Little Christmas, Pentatonix 6
7 - - 1 Spirit World Field Guide, Aesop Rock 7
8 7 19 49 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
9 8 1 3 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
10 5 2 4 Letter To You, Bruce Springsteen 1
11 - - 3 Inlet, Hum 11
12 - - 1 Star Wars: The Mandalorian: Music From The Original Series, Soundtrack 12
13 1 - 2 Minisode1: Blue Hour (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
14 93 91 46 Fully Loaded: God's Country, Blake Shelton 2
15 - - 1 #1's, Volume 1, Luke Bryan 15
16 15 16 54 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
17 - - 1 Pluto x Baby Pluto, Future & Lil Uzi Vert 17
18 21 22 5 Live From The Forum MMXVIII, Eagles 3
19 27 41 85 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
20 12 15 7 The Album, BLACKPINK 1
21 - - 1 Jewel Box, Elton John 21
22 10 13 6 Resonance, Pt. 1, NCT 2
23 35 47 104 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 8
24 38 58 274 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
25 14 8 3 A Drummer Boy Christmas, for KING & COUNTRY 8
26 4 29 17 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
27 11 4 3 Love Goes, Sam Smith 4
28 2 - 2 Disco, Kylie Minogue 2
29 23 34 39 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
30 44 62 157 Diamonds, Elton John 6
31 - - 2 Powderhorn Suites, Prof 30
32 25 38 269 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
33 34 14 3 A Very Trainor Christmas, Meghan Trainor 14
34 26 33 8 Super One: The 1st Album, SuperM 1
35 40 50 35 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
36 - - 1 Live At The Hollywood Palladium: December 15, 1988, Keith Richards And The X-Pensive Winos 36
37 16 9 4 Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, Gorillaz 3
38 - - 2 Picture This, Mat & Savanna Shaw 7
39 - - 1 Monument, Molchat Doma 39
40 32 26 4 Now 76, Various Artists 26
41 13 54 8 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 2
42 73 89 179 This One's For You, Luke Combs 2
43 39 69 9 The Speed Of Now, Part 1, Keith Urban 3
44 54 86 65 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
45 - - 1 So Help Me God!, 2 Chainz 45
46 60 70 77 Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande 1
47 37 10 3 Existential Reckoning, Puscifer 10
48 36 52 14 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
49 41 36 4 Royal Tea, Joe Bonamassa 5
50 55 76 4 Kidz Bop 2021, Kidz Bop Kids 50
51 53 - 40 Manic, Halsey 1
52 - - 1 From Exile, The Menzingers 52
53 61 73 37 Circles, Mac Miller 3
54 47 43 12 S&M2, Metallica And San Francisco Symphony 1
55 22 5 3 ELE 2: The Wrath Of God, Busta Rhymes 5
56 82 92 63 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
57 56 71 13 RTJ4, Run The Jewels 2
58 - - 1 Johnny Cash And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Johnny Cash And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 58
59 33 6 3 The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo, Mr. Bungle 6
60 - - 1 Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987, Various Artists 60
61 50 40 4 Beastie Boys Music, Beastie Boys 14
62 45 68 37 NCT #127: Neo Zone, The 2nd Album, NCT 127 1
63 18 - 2 The Christmas Album, Leslie Odom Jr. 18
64 67 80 62 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
65 59 24 3 Hey Clockface, Elvis Costello 24
66 70 81 53 Frozen II, Soundtrack 1
67 - - 1 F*ck Everybody 3, Blac Youngsta 67
68 68 87 24 Chromatica, Lady Gaga 1
69 48 17 3 Live In Concert: The 24 Karat Gold Tour, Stevie Nicks 17
70 72 74 15 Born Here Live Here Die Here, Luke Bryan 2
71 71 61 22 The New Abnormal, The Strokes 1
72 76 - 2 Christmas Party!, Kidz Bop Kids 72
73 - - 1 A Legendary Vocals Christmas, Volume 1, Various Artists 73
74 29 - 2 Metrobolist: Nine Songs By David Bowie, David Bowie 29
75 - - 5 Walls, Louis Tomlinson 4
76 - 100 5 The Symbol Remains, Blue Oyster Cult 10
77 64 - 11 Alfredo, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist 4
78 79 - 30 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 36
79 - - 2 More Love: Songs From Little Voice, Season One, Sara Bareilles 22
80 42 28 7 MTV Unplugged, Pearl Jam 5
81 - - 1 Circadian, Intervals 81
82 - - 1 A Ben Rector Christmas, Ben Rector 82
83 63 51 7 2020, Bon Jovi 5
84 - - 1 AK Concerto No. 47, 11th Movement In G Major, KING 810 84
85 52 49 8 Ohms, Deftones 3
86 - - 1 GarciaLive, Volume 15: May 21st 1971, Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders 86
87 80 90 114 Look Up Child, Lauren Daigle 2
88 - 53 5 Skeletons, Brothers Osborne 6
89 - - 1 Jolly Holiday, Andre Rieu And His Johann Strauss Orchestra 89
90 - - 9 Smile, Katy Perry 3
91 17 - 2 Warmest Winter, Home Free 17
92 85 - 2 Motown Christmas 1's, Various Artists 85
93 - - 1 An Ode To Escapism, Ghost Funk Orchestra 93
94 - - 1 Survival Kit, Goodie Mob 94
95 20 - 2 Social Christmasing, Straight No Chaser 20
96 - - 1 Carnival Of Killers, Macabre 96
97 - - 1 Share The Wealth, The Nels Cline Singers 97
98 89 - 22 Now That's What I Country, Volume 13, Various Artists 9
99 30 - 2 Return To Greendale, Neil Young / Crazy Horse 30
100 - 39 3 Only For Dolphins, Action Bronson 39

[Gary]

Sales

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Power Up, AC/DC 1
2 - - 1 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
3 46 71 358 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
4 6 14 7 A Holly Dolly Christmas, Dolly Parton 4
5 - - 1 Believe, Andrea Bocelli 5
6 18 25 221 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 6
7 3 8 8 My Gift, Carrie Underwood 3
8 - - 1 We Need A Little Christmas, Pentatonix 8
9 48 66 495 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
10 59 63 376 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
11 - - 34 Nirvana, Nirvana 3
12 - - 1 Spirit World Field Guide, Aesop Rock 12
13 7 23 49 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
14 8 1 3 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
15 5 2 4 Letter To You, Bruce Springsteen 1
16 - - 1 Love Gun, KISS 16
17 - - 2 Inlet, Hum 17
18 - - 1 Star Wars: The Mandalorian: Music From The Original Series, Soundtrack 18
19 90 93 403 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
20 - - 4 Boston, Boston 20
21 13 35 88 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 7
22 1 - 2 Minisode1: Blue Hour (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
23 37 77 82 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
24 - - 215 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
25 - - 35 Fully Loaded: God's Country, Blake Shelton 2
26 62 84 229 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
27 - - 56 Facelift, Alice In Chains 27
28 36 50 165 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
29 - - 1 Smash Hits, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 29
30 38 51 315 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
31 - - 1 #1's, Volume 1, Luke Bryan 31
32 16 19 49 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
33 - - 1 Pluto x Baby Pluto, Future & Lil Uzi Vert 33
34 25 52 13 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas, Pentatonix 3
35 20 29 85 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 3
36 49 62 321 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
37 26 27 5 Live From The Forum MMXVIII, Eagles 5
38 33 56 86 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
39 12 17 7 The Album, BLACKPINK 1
40 89 - 205 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
41 - - 1 Jewel Box, Elton John 41
42 10 15 5 Resonance, Pt. 1, NCT 2
43 54 72 98 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 8
44 61 97 269 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
45 53 55 226 Thriller, Michael Jackson 20
46 40 42 149 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 13
47 15 9 3 A Drummer Boy Christmas, for KING & COUNTRY 9
48 67 70 139 Back In Black, AC/DC 24
49 4 37 17 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
50 11 5 3 Love Goes, Sam Smith 5
51 23 18 63 Wildflowers, Tom Petty 3
52 - - 117 Core, Stone Temple Pilots 3
53 55 75 359 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
54 2 - 2 Disco, Kylie Minogue 2
55 88 - 399 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 18
56 72 98 133 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 2
57 52 67 44 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley 39
58 28 44 39 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
59 79 - 129 Diamonds, Elton John 6
60 - - 2 Powderhorn Suites, Prof 36
61 29 3 3 American Beauty, Grateful Dead 3
62 41 36 5 Skool Luv Affair, BTS 4
63 66 89 148 MTV Unplugged In New York, Nirvana 1
64 63 78 172 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
65 58 88 234 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
66 31 49 252 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
67 83 - 322 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
68 51 16 3 A Very Trainor Christmas, Meghan Trainor 16
69 68 95 42 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
70 - - 83 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
71 - - 250 1, The Beatles 1
72 32 41 8 Super One: The 1st Album, SuperM 1
73 70 80 35 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
74 - - 53 The Wall, Pink Floyd 17
75 - - 150 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Soundtrack 2
76 - - 1 Live At The Hollywood Palladium: December 15, 1988, Keith Richards And The X-Pensive Winos 76
77 82 - 75 Ultimate Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 20
78 - - 72 Appetite For Destruction, Guns N' Roses 4
79 - 94 284 21, Adele 1
80 - - 20 The Essential Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 35
81 17 10 4 Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, Gorillaz 3
82 - - 566 Metallica, Metallica 1
83 99 - 24 The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole 52
84 - - 10 Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd 33
85 - - 5 Their Greatest Hits: Volumes 1 & 2, Eagles 45
86 - 99 353 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
87 - - 122 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 1
88 - - 92 No Need To Argue, The Cranberries 6
89 56 - 9 Christmas Classics, Bing Crosby 56
90 87 100 49 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
91 - - 2 Picture This, Mat & Savanna Shaw 8
92 - - 31 Swimming, Mac Miller 2
93 - - 269 Ten, Pearl Jam 2
94 - - 1 Disney Ultimate Hits, Various Artists 94
95 - - 31 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 7
96 98 - 3 Merry Christmas, Bing Crosby 96
97 - - 1 Monument, Molchat Doma 97
98 44 32 4 Now 76, Various Artists 30
99 - - 19 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 59
100 - - 222 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16

[Gary]

Catalog

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 2 4 744 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
2 1 2 338 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
3 6 6 1079 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
4 10 12 1440 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
5 3 37 76 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
6 - - 18 Nirvana, Nirvana 6
7 4 24 177 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 1
8 7 - 2 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas, Pentatonix 7
9 19 15 513 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
10 13 - 185 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 1
11 - - 306 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
12 42 - 128 The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole 2
13 8 11 1283 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
14 5 7 375 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
15 12 8 1048 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
16 27 38 477 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
17 9 10 267 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
18 - - 36 Boston, Boston 13
19 49 - 23 Christmas Classics, Bing Crosby 7
20 17 28 666 1, The Beatles 1
21 14 21 715 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
22 32 3 487 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
23 26 19 591 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
24 21 27 180 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
25 16 23 23 The Greatest Showman, Soundtrack 4
26 23 25 8 American Teen, Khalid 17
27 15 20 98 Ctrl, SZA 7
28 18 13 242 Take Care, Drake 1
29 - - 101 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
30 - - 2 Love Gun, KISS 30
31 25 29 7 Free Spirit, Khalid 16
32 - - 12 Ultimate Christmas, Frank Sinatra 4
33 20 17 49 Moana, Soundtrack 6
34 45 43 36 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 16
35 28 - 100 ANTI, Rihanna 6
36 43 32 274 21, Adele 1
37 - - 112 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 1
38 - - 65 Smash Hits, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 2
39 33 31 154 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 2
40 29 30 64 Starboy, The Weeknd 3
41 22 16 280 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
42 24 18 22 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 13
43 - - 10 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector, Various Artists 4
44 - - 8 Swimming, Mac Miller 31
45 48 - 8 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 18
46 36 36 201 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
47 35 34 5 Cuz I Love You, Lizzo 26
48 30 26 52 Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B 3
49 41 39 189 1989, Taylor Swift 1
50 34 33 102 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Dark Side of the Moon re-entered the Billboard 200 for a record extending 951th week. Also, holiday albums are back in full force there. I expect many of the albums containing older songs to reach new peaks for the chart whose tracking week ends the day before Christmas.

[Gary]

A couple fun facts - Dark Side of The Moon is #138 on BB200 but failed to make the catalog chart (close though, would actually be #51)

From a record standpoint

just looking at Billboard 200+Catalog weeks

Billboard 200 pre 1991

Dark Side Of The Moon 741 weeks

Catalog chart since 1991

Dark Side Of The Moon 1207 weeks

For 1948 weeks

[jamatthews83]

Impressive of Dolly to return to the Top 20, Carrie will join her there next week.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

U.S. Vinyl Album Sales Score Best Week of 2020, Thanks to Walmart Sale

By Keith Caulfield
11/25/2020

On Nov. 14, Walmart discounted all vinyl albums in-store to $15 -- including Walmart-exclusive variants, like colored vinyl.

U.S. vinyl album sales vaulted to their best week of the year, thanks largely to sale pricing and promotion at Walmart. In the week ending Nov. 19, vinyl album sales increased 55.5% to 943,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. That also marks the third-largest week for vinyl since 1991, when Nielsen Music/MRC Data began electronically tracking music sales.

Sales of vinyl albums at mass merchant stores (which include the Walmart chain) comprised 315,000 of the week’s total. On Nov. 14, Walmart discounted all vinyl albums in-store to $15 -- including Walmart-exclusive variants (like colored vinyl).

The last time overall U.S. vinyl album sales were higher was in the week ending Dec. 26, 2019, when volume hit 1.24 million sold -- the largest week for vinyl album sales in the Nielsen Music/MRC Data era.

Among the biggest beneficiaries of Walmart’s promotion are Queen’s Greatest Hits (23,000 vinyl LPs sold, industry-wide, up 1,006%), Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours (16,000; up 369%) and Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Legend (15,000; up 639%).

The increase in vinyl sales helped Queen’s Greatest Hits, first released in 1981, reach the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart for the first time, Rumours rose 23-12 and Marley’s Legend jumped 79-19.

Queen's 'Greatest Hits' Took 39 Years to Crack Billboard 200 Top 10 -- And Only One Album Has Taken Longer

It’s expected that vinyl sales will continue to post some sizable numbers through the rest of 2020. Target launched its own discount promotion on vinyl on Nov. 22 (pricing vinyl as low as $20, along with a buy-two, get-one free offer) while Record Store Day Black Friday festivities at independent records stores on Nov. 27 will offer up exclusive and hard-to-find albums only at indie retailers. After that, the usual holiday shopping season rush is sure to keep vinyl sales sturdy through Christmas.

[Gary]

Queen's 'Greatest Hits' Took 39 Years to Crack Billboard 200 Top 10 -- And Only One Album Has Taken Longer
By Paul Grein
11/25/2020
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www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9490287/queen-greatest-hits-top-10-billboard-200/
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Eleven albums have taken 10 years or more to finally break into the top 10 on the Billboard 200 for the first time.
Queen's Greatest Hits finally enters the top 10 on the Billboard 200 this week, 39 years and one month after its release. That’s the record for a non-holiday album. The record among all albums is held by another legendary act with a royal name: Nat King Cole, whose The Christmas Song took 55 years to finally crack the top 10.

Greatest Hits was first released in October 1981 and has been reissued multiple times over the ensuing decades. Before this week, a 1992 edition of Greatest Hits brought the album closest to the top 10, peaking at No. 11 on Oct. 10, 1992.

At Long Last, Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ Reaches the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Chart


Queen’s album leaps from No. 36 to No. 8 on the Billboard 200 dated Nov. 28. The surge is linked to a vinyl sale on Nov. 14 at Walmart, where all vinyl albums in-store were marked down to $15. In the week ending Nov. 19, Greatest Hits sold 24,000 copies across all formats, with vinyl LPs accounting for 23,000 of that sum.

The Queen and Cole albums are two of 11 albums that took 10 years or more to finally break into the top 10 on the Billboard 200 for the first time. Here’s a complete list. Each entry shows the album’s release date, the date it finally entered the top 10 and the “boost factor” that brought it into the top 10.

1. Nat King Cole, The Christmas Song (55 years)

Released: 1963

Entered top 10: Jan. 5, 2019

Boost factor: Audio streams, especially of the classic title track

2. Queen, Greatest Hits (39 years and one month)

Released: Oct. 26, 1981

Entered top 10: Nov. 28, 2020

Boost factor: Vinyl sale at Walmart

3. Aretha Franklin, 30 Greatest Hits (approx. 33 years)

Released: 1985

Entered top 10: Aug. 25, 2018

Boost factor: Franklin's death at age 76

Aretha Franklin Nets Highest-Charting Album in 46 Years on Billboard 200 as '30 Greatest Hits' Re-Enters at No. 7

4. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Legend (30 years, four months and two weeks)

Released: May 8, 1984

Entered top 10: Sept. 20, 2014

Boost factor: 99 cent digital sale

5. N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton (27 years, one month)

Released: Aug. 8, 1988

Entered top 10: Sept. 5, 2015

Boost factor: Release of film of the same name

6. Prince, The Hits/The B-Sides (22 years, seven months and three weeks)

Released: Sept. 14, 1993

Entered top 10: May 7, 2016

Boost factor: Prince's death at age 57

How Bob Marley's 30-Year Old 'Legend' Album Finally Hit the Top 10

7. Queen, The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III (18 years)

Released: Nov. 13, 2000

Entered top 10: Nov. 17, 2018

Boost factor: Release of film Bohemian Rhapsody

8. Prince, The Very Best of Prince (14 years, nine months and one week)

Released: July 31, 2001

Entered top 10: May 7, 2016

Boost factor: Prince's death

9. Phil Collins, ...Hits (13 years, 10 months)

Released: Oct. 5, 1998

Entered top 10: Aug. 4, 2012

Boost factor: 99 cent digital sale

10. David Bowie, Best of Bowie (13 years, three months and one week)

Released: Oct. 22, 2002

Entered top 10: Jan. 30, 2016

Boost factor: Bowie's death at age 69

11. Avenged Sevenfold, Waking the Fallen (11 years, two weeks)

Released: Aug. 26, 2003

Entered top 10: Sept. 13, 2014

Boost factor: Album reissued with bonus tracks

[WolfSpear]

Taking this from my Album Sales analysis thread:


The November 28, 2020 issue has 4 catalog titles entering the top 10 on Top Album Sales, thanks to Walmart. On November 14, Walmart discounted all vinyl albums down to $15, and vinyl sales accounted for 943,000 copies sold that week, the third largest sales for vinyl in the Nielsen era. Rumours had already been climbing the chart, but the other 3 catalog titles gain largely from this sale.


TOP ALBUM SALES (W/E NOVEMBER 28, 2020)
TAS Position. Title - Artist [BB POS]

*Indicates a new peak position in the referenced chart.

3*. Greatest Hits - Queen [#8*]
6. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac [#12]
9. Legend - Bob Marley [#19]
10*. Chronicle - Creedence Clearwater [#18*]

[The December 14, 2019 issue hosted 6 titles within the top 10 sellers, the most in a single week to date]

[areyoureadytojump]

I missed this article last week:

www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9490497/andrea-bocelli-top-10-album-sales-chart-believe-classical-albums/

Andrea Bocelli Earns 10th Top 10 on Album Sales Chart With ‘Believe,’ Bows at No. 1 on Classical Albums
By Keith Caulfield
11/25/2020

Plus: AC/DC, Chris Stapleton and Pentatonix debut in the top 10 on Album Sales.

Andrea Bocelli earns his 10th top 10 on Billboard’s Album Sales chart (dated Nov. 28), as his latest release, Believe, bows at No. 5. The set was released on Nov. 13 via Sugar/Decca Records, and sold 20,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 19, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

Also in the top 10, AC/DC’s Power Up launches at No. 1, Chris Stapleton’s Starting Over debuts at No. 2, Pentatonix’s We Need a Little Christmas arrives at No. 8 and a flurry of catalog titles see major gains thanks to sale pricing at Walmart.

Billboard’s Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The Album Sales chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Pure album sales were the measurement solely utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.


Bocelli got his first top 10 on the Album Sales chart in 1999 with Sogno, which debuted and peaked at No. 4. He landed his first No. 1 with 2018’s Si.

Through his career, Bocelli has sold 24.3 million albums in the U.S. Believe also gives Bocelli his 20th No. 1 on the Classical Albums chart and his 14th No. 1 on the Classical Crossover Albums tally. He extends his own record for the most No. 1 albums on both charts.

The Classical Albums ranks the most popular classical albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, combining album sales, track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. The Classical Crossover Albums chart ranks the top-selling classical crossover titles of the week.

Back in the top 10 of the new Album Sales list, AC/DC’s Power Up debuts at No. 1 with 111,000 copies sold. As earlier reported, the album also enters at No. 1 on the multi-metric consumption Billboard 200 chart – the band’s first No. 1 since 2008.

Chris Stapleton’s latest effort Starting Over starts at No. 2 with 75,000 copies sold, while

Queen’s Greatest Hits blasts 46-3 (a new peak) with 24,000 sold (up 737%) – its best sales week since 2007. The bulk of the latter’s sales (23,000 in fact) came from vinyl LP sales, thanks in large part to a Walmart sale where all vinyl in-store on Nov. 14 was marked down to $15. Greatest Hits, which was initially released in 1981, also reaches the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for the first time.

Greatest Hits logs its best sales week since the Dec. 8, 2007-dated chart, when it sold 36,000 copies (in the tracking week ending Nov. 25 – which reflected the busy Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping holidays that year).

Dolly Parton’s A Holly Dolly Christmas returns to its peak of No. 4 on Album Sales, as it rises two spots with 21,000 copies sold (up 90%).

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours jumps 18-6 with 17,000 sold (up 261%), with vinyl LP sales comprising 16,000 of that sum (up 369%). Rumours was also a beneficiary of Walmart’s $15 sale pricing. Rumours additionally reaches the top 10 on the Album Sales chart (whose history dates to May 25, 1991) for the first time, and marks the band’s first top 10 since the 2003 album Say You Will debuted and peaked at No. 3 (May 3, 2003-dated chart). Rumours also tallies its best sales week since the May 21, 2011-dated chart, when it sold 30,000 copies in the wake of the premiere of the Glee TV episode dedicated to the album (May 3).

Carrie Underwood’s holiday set My Gift is pushed down 3-7 on the new Album Sales chart, but posts a gain, as it sold just under 17,000 copies (up 17%).

Pentatonix’s latest holiday album We Need a Little Christmas bows at No. 8 with 16,000 sold. It’s the 11th top 10 for the vocal group. Of those 11 top 10s, six have been Christmas titles.

Bob Marley and The Wailers’ Legend: The Best Of… vaults 48-9 with 15,500 sold (up 453%). It also was goosed by the Walmart vinyl sale, as the title sold nearly 15,000 on vinyl LP (up 639%).

Legend logs its best overall sales week since the Sept. 20, 2014-dated chart, when the album sold 41,000 copies after it was discounted to 99-cents in the Google Play store.

Closing out the new top 10 on the Album Sales chart is another title that gets a lift from Walmart, as Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits rises 59-10 with 14,000 copies sold (up 485%). Of that sum, 13,000 are in vinyl LP sales (up 776%). Chronicle nets its best sales week since the Aug. 17, 2013-dated chart, when it moved 15,000 copies.