HITS 12/18: Taylor 331k. Cudi 148k. Taylor 128k.

[fridayteenage]

Dec 15, 2020 23:20:40 GMT -5 daysintheeast said:

considering how weak some weeks are on the BB200, artists can def game the system by releasing just enough shipping orders to get a #1 to maximize the number of #1 weeks for the album

Artists named Taylor Swift.
And, like, Adele.

[fengyu]

i wonder if it's possible for taylor to get two weeks of >300k/400k in a row. next week's biggest release is paul mccartney? i think?
anyway i assume the last time two massive weeks back to back happened was for adele.

[iHype.]

Dec 16, 2020 4:06:42 GMT -5 fengyu said:

i wonder if it's possible for taylor to get two weeks of >300k/400k in a row. next week's biggest release is paul mccartney? i think?
anyway i assume the last time two massive weeks back to back happened was for adele.

Beyoncé’s Lemonade, Drake’s Views, and Drake’s Scorpion all did 300k+ their first two chart weeks.

[shayonce]

she will need +180k from physical sales alone to pull +300k. (If her SEA do -50% and digital -80%)
it will be interesting to see her number as evermore only have 1 version for each.
CD, Vinyl, Cassette. (+1 for clean version CD.) no target exclusive.

folklore still have signed deluxe album on her store, priced at $13.
she's probably doing this for Grammy visibility.

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 16, 2020 4:06:42 GMT -5 fengyu said:

i wonder if it's possible for taylor to get two weeks of >300k/400k in a row. next week's biggest release is paul mccartney? i think?
anyway i assume the last time two massive weeks back to back happened was for adele.

Lemonade debuted with 653K and did 321K in it's second week. Views debuted with 1.04M and did 313K in it's second week. Scorpion debuted with 732K and did 335K in it's second week, so no.

[HolidayGuy]

With the physicals hitting Target on Friday (not sure about elsewhere), I'd think evermore will be a lock to hold for a second week on top.

[Push The Button]

I just got an email from Amazon that my physical copy of evermore won’t be delivered until January.

[fengyu]

Dec 16, 2020 20:35:13 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

I just got an email from Amazon that my physical copy of evermore won’t be delivered until January.

maybe they'll just hold it off until she drops yet another surprise album 

[Taylor.]

I'll let someone else make it pretty but final numbers are in: hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

Evermore 331k
Cudi 148k
Folklore 126k

[strongerq]

hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

LW	TW	Artist	Title	Label	Total	Change	Albums	TEA	SEA
--	1	TAYLOR SWIFT	EVERMORE	REPUBLIC	331,033	--	156,668	6,029	168,336
--	2	KID CUDI	MAN ON THE MOON III: THE CHOSEN	REPUBLIC	148,011	--	16,478	1,113	130,420
16	3	TAYLOR SWIFT	FOLKLORE	REPUBLIC	128,522	293%	100,328	908	27,286
3	4	MICHAEL BUBLE	CHRISTMAS	REPRISE	54,569	-2%	9,491	1,298	43,780
--	5	JACK HARLOW	THATS WHAT THEY ALL SAY	GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC	51,570	--	2,419	899	48,253
5	6	CARRIE UNDERWOOD	MY GIFT	CAPITOL NASHVILLE	45,131	-12%	25,739	1,059	18,333
2	7	BAD BUNNY	EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO	RIMAS	44,193	-22%	589	312	43,292
6	8	POP SMOKE	SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON	VICTOR VICTOR/REPUBLIC	43,978	-2%	371	578	43,029
7	9	NAT KING COLE	CHRISTMAS SONG	CAPITOL	42,108	5%	3,694	776	37,638
4	10	ARIANA GRANDE	POSITIONS	REPUBLIC	41,883	-24%	4,558	649	36,676
11	11	MARIAH CAREY	MERRY CHRISTMAS	COLUMBIA	40,616	14%	5,362	1,404	33,850
8	12	PENTATONIX	THE BEST OF PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS	RCA	38,628	0%	10,536	1,196	26,896
21	13	HARRY STYLES	FINE LINE	COLUMBIA	37,639	29%	21,767	591	15,281
9	14	MEGAN THEE STALLION	GOOD NEWS	ATLANTIC	37,629	3%	1,870	1,113	34,646
17	15	VINCE GUARALDI TRIO	CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS	CONCORD	37,135	15%	11,163	473	25,500
14	16	BING CROSBY	WHITE CHRISTMAS	GEFFEN	33,841	1%	2,050	958	30,833
13	17	LUKE COMBS	WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET	RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE	32,664	-2%	6,722	1,198	24,744
12	18	JUICE WRLD	LEGENDS NEVER DIE	GRADE A/INTERSCOPE	32,403	-9%	565	236	31,602
10	19	MILEY CYRUS	PLASTIC HEARTS	RCA	30,803	-15%	5,208	889	24,706
15	20	THE KID LAROI	F*CK LOVE	COLUMBIA	30,761	-7%	109	315	30,338
20	21	LIL BABY	MY TURN	QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN/CAPITOL	28,787	-3%	153	198	28,436
18	22	BTS	BE	BIGHIT/COLUMBIA	28,536	-7%	14,723	3,507	10,305
22	23	PHIL SPECTOR	A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU	LEGACY	27,949	2%	1,066	263	26,620
1	24	SHAWN MENDES	WONDER	ISLAND	27,601	-71%	9,442	525	17,634
32	25	PERRY COMO	CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM	RCA	26,991	24%	473	140	26,378
19	26	DOLLY PARTON	A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS	12TONE	26,984	-9%	22,895	238	3,851
23	27	PENTATONIX	WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS	RCA	25,786	-3%	14,518	377	10,891
25	28	POST MALONE	HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING	REPUBLIC	24,661	-1%	3,040	402	21,219
39	29	BRENDA LEE	ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE	MCA NASHVILLE	23,963	28%	322	1,057	22,584
26	30	CHRIS STAPLETON	STARTING OVER	MERCURY NASHVILLE	23,906	-3%	14,419	703	8,785
28	31	HAMILTON	ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST	UPTOWN/ATLANTIC	23,839	-1%	5,670	202	17,967
38	32	ELVIS PRESLEY	THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM	RCA	23,813	25%	4,303	403	19,108
29	33	FRANK SINATRA	ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS	CAPITOL	23,348	-3%	1,800	447	21,100
30	34	BILLIE EILISH	WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?	DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE	23,221	1%	10,495	348	12,377
27	35	FUTURE & LIL UZI VERT	PLUTO X BABY PLUTO	FREEBANDZ/EPIC/GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC	20,911	-13%	63	160	20,688
34	36	KELLY CLARKSON	WRAPPED IN RED	RCA	20,883	3%	3,810	781	16,291
24	37	THE WEEKND	AFTER HOURS	XO/REPUBLIC	20,834	-18%	1,882	808	18,144
35	38	ANDY WILLIAMS	CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM	COLUMBIA	20,663	2%	707	267	19,688
33	39	JUICE WRLD	GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE	GRADE A/INTERSCOPE	20,435	-4%	358	104	19,973
--	40	BOBBY HELMS	THE BEST OF BOBBY HELMS	INTERSCOPE	20,176	--	2	688	19,486
41	41	DEAN MARTIN	THE DEAN MARTIN CHRISTMAS ALBUM	LEGACY	19,676	7%	1,464	183	18,029
36	42	DABABY	BLAME IT ON BABY	SCMG/INTERSCOPE	19,269	-3%	79	241	18,949
37	43	QUEEN	GREATEST HITS 1	HOLLYWOOD	19,039	-3%	9,099	396	9,544
--	44	BURL IVES	THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION	GEFFEN	18,876	--	1,027	628	17,221
40	45	BING CROSBY	CHRISTMAS CLASSICS	CAPITOL	18,300	-2%	1,262	299	16,739
--	46	FLEETWOOD MAC	GREATEST HITS	WARNER	17,709	--	8,104	636	8,970
46	47	POLO G	THE GOAT	COLUMBIA	17,606	-1%	228	90	17,289
44	48	BAD BUNNY	YHLQMDLG	RIMAS	17,228	-4%	187	90	16,951
50	49	LUKE COMBS	THIS ONE'S FOR YOU	RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE	17,216	3%	3,292	298	13,626
42	50	AC/DC	POWER UP	COLUMBIA	16,949	-7%	15,597	87	1,265

[HolidayGuy]

Would HITS' estimate on TEA include Swift sales from her website? If so, that would be just 60K from all tracks.

[ificanthaveyou]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that folklore sold 100k in its 23rd week?! Who is even opening with those numbers?! Just wow.

[jenglisbe]

Dec 18, 2020 17:14:30 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that folklore sold 100k in its 23rd week?! Who is even opening with those numbers?! Just wow.

Isn't this a misleading statement/post? I thought a lot of these numbers were due to albums ordered previously just now being shipped?

[ificanthaveyou]

Dec 18, 2020 17:53:03 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Dec 18, 2020 17:14:30 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that folklore sold 100k in its 23rd week?! Who is even opening with those numbers?! Just wow.

Isn't this a misleading statement/post? I thought a lot of these numbers were due to albums ordered previously just now being shipped?

You are just a Taylor Swift Party-Pooper this week Jeng... lol I think those were calculated into the first week since it was before the rule was made. But I’m not 100% sure

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Dec 18, 2020 17:53:03 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Dec 18, 2020 17:14:30 GMT -5 ificanthaveyou said:

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that folklore sold 100k in its 23rd week?! Who is even opening with those numbers?! Just wow.

Isn't this a misleading statement/post? I thought a lot of these numbers were due to albums ordered previously just now being shipped?

I'd say you're partially right. Swift's team is definitely being shifty (idk to what extent), but folklore had fairly substantial streaming & sales gains after evermore was announced.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

CHART STORY: REPUBLIC RULES

Friday, December 18, 2020

Christmas came early for Swifties and Republic with the surprise release of superstar Taylor Swift’s second 2020 studio album, evermore. The new arrival—a sister set to the year’s biggest debut, Tay’s folklore—takes the #1 spot on the HITS Top 50 with 331k. Her folklore, which surged to 128k as Swiftmania overtook the land, lands at #3. This marks the ninth week Taylor has topped the album chart this year; she’s claimed that spot more frequently than any other artist in 2020. Since she sealed her 2018 pact with UMG and Republic, Swift has released three #1 albums—within a time frame of 16 months—that have combined for 5m+ in total activity.

Sandwiched between Tay’s albums is labelmate Kid Cudi, who dropped the third chapter of his Man on the Moon series a full decade after its predecessor. The highly anticipated MOTM III: The Chosen, debuts at #2 with 148k. Add perpetually hot projects from Pop Smoke and Ariana Grande to the mix and Republic holds five of the Top 10 albums.

Michael Bublé’s Christmas (Reprise) and Carrie Underwood’s My Gift (Capitol Nashville) lead the pack of holiday titles crowding the chart. They’re positioned on the tree at #4 and #6, respectively. Seasonal favorites Pentatonix (RCA) land two albums inside the Top 30.

On its one-year anniversary, Harry Styles’ Fine Line (Columbia) jumps back into the Top 15 (+29%), lining up at #13.

Want more data? You'll have to find it yourself. Dig into the whole chart here.

Streeting this week are new releases from Capitol’s Paul McCartney, Shady/Aftermath/Interscope’s Eminem and Ingrooves’ Eslabon Armado.

Now pass the eggnog so we can get holly-jolly shit-faced.

[ddlz]

''Republic holds five of the Top 10 albums.''

[areyoureadytojump]

Cudi would have been #1 without Taylor.

How much will Eminem's surprise album sell next week?

[xyz]

Taylor team were going for the top 2 with Evenmore and Folkflore. Impressive numbers from Kid Cudi.

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 18, 2020 19:42:57 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Cudi would have been #1 without Taylor.

How much will Eminem's surprise album sell next week?

Doubt it does much. The original album did 279K, thanks to bundles. I doubt this new one crossed 160K.

[Night Senses]

Impressive debut for Kid Cudi. I still need to check out the album. Excited to listen to Carrie Underwood’s Christmas album as well, to complete my journey of her discography. She’s doing great numbers!

Dec 18, 2020 19:00:55 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

On its one-year anniversary, Harry Styles’ Fine Line (Columbia) jumps back into the Top 15 (+29%), lining up at #13.

Double platinum, here we come!

[iHype.]

Y'all are forgetting this is a re-release for Eminem, and the highest song isn't even top 20 on Apple Music.

I really doubt this album is even doing more than 50-100k.

[Enigma.]

Amazing numbers for Taylor, two albums in top 3 and she is alive and kicking! Who was the last one to do this while still with us? Maybe someone with double release (like Nelly and GNR)?

[kacpi]

I wonder if there's a chance of Taylor having #1 & #2 albums with evermore and folklore next week.

[myhouse911]

Dec 19, 2020 6:17:18 GMT -5 kacpi said:

I wonder if there's a chance of Taylor having #1 & #2 albums with evermore and folklore next week.

No. Folklore is going to see a big drop in units.

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 19, 2020 6:17:18 GMT -5 kacpi said:

I wonder if there's a chance of Taylor having #1 & #2 albums with evermore and folklore next week.

Folklore sold that many units this week because all the orders from the last 3 weeks got shipped this week. It should see a considerable drop next week so it won't be #2 next week.

[thegreatdivine]

Dec 18, 2020 21:04:04 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Y'all are forgetting this is a re-release for Eminem, and the highest song isn't even top 20 on Apple Music.

I really doubt this album is even doing more than 50-100k.

Whatever it ends up doing, it should be enough to push the album to #2 next week.

[shayonce]

foklore deluxe singed album has been on sale since Nov.30.
you can still buy it from her web store.

so we will see signed CD effect for next few wks I guess.
but not dramatic as this week.

[jthentic]

Dec 18, 2020 21:04:04 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Y'all are forgetting this is a re-release for Eminem, and the highest song isn't even top 20 on Apple Music.

I really doubt this album is even doing more than 50-100k.

Spotify day1 data in, not looking good

[jenglisbe]

Dec 19, 2020 7:42:10 GMT -5 shayonce said:

foklore deluxe singed album has been on sale since Nov.30.
you can still buy it from her web store.

so we will see signed CD effect for next few wks I guess.
but not dramatic as this week.

How many fans are left to buy these? Or is it the same people buying them again?