6/12 Billboard 200: Taylor Swift #1: 202k

[kanimal]

Jun 7, 2021 11:27:54 GMT -5 Kris said:

Jun 6, 2021 20:08:12 GMT -5 leoapp said:

when was the last time an artist topped the chart with x album, followed up by y album, and then with x album again?

I assume this has happened when an artist passes away. 

One thing I'm curious about because I don't buy music, why do people buy digital copies of albums anyways anymore? If you're already getting the entire album on Spotify/Apple Music/Youtube/etc, why pay for it again? Just something I've thought about for a while.

edit: Aside from the people that only buy digitally and do not stream. 

I think it falls into a few categories:

1) People, like you said, who still prefer iTunes to streaming platforms. As silly as this may seem in 2021, this is still a non-trivial demographic. Also, this category isn't just people who've "never heard of Spotify" but also people who are worried about sound quality/internet issues, people who don't know about the "download" feature, people who don't like how streaming services organize libraries, and people know that some of their favorite songs aren't available to stream - and feel like they could lose access to more music in the future.

2) People who may or may not stream but also want to own an organized "collection" of songs/albums.

3) People who may or may not stream but also want to show support for the artist and/or project.

4) With the rise of NFTs as well as Taylor Swift's "digitally signed" effort this past week, it wouldn't surprise me if we also see a growing movement toward "collectible downloads" that would be purchased with the same mindset as rare vinyls, etc.


There's also a wildcard: the fact that people react so heavily to iTunes discounts (69-cent songs, 6.99 or less albums). It really paints a gray area regarding presumed demographics. If they're "older" fans or music collectors, you'd think they'd already own major hits by Fleetwood Mac, Bryan Adams, etc that we've seen soar in response to lower pricing. And if they're younger fans, 69 cents or 6.99 is still more than the 0 they have to pay to stream ... so clearly they're also getting SOME utility from "owning" the music.

[Gary]

BB200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 74 61 25 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
2 1 - 2 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
3 2 1 3 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
4 4 4 21 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
5 5 3 6 A Gangsta's Pain, Moneybagg Yo 1
6 7 5 61 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
7 30 29 159 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
8 - - 1 Exodus, DMX 8
9 12 12 59 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
10 11 11 82 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
11 9 7 11 Justice, Justin Bieber 1
12 10 10 48 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
13 6 32 17 Shiesty Season, Pooh Shiesty 3
14 17 15 66 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
15 14 8 5 Khaled Khaled, DJ Khaled 1
16 15 13 10 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
17 8 - 2 Free Dem Boyz, 42 Dugg 8
18 20 17 47 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
19 21 19 91 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
20 22 21 441 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
21 19 14 7 Young Stoner Life: Slime Language 2, Young Thug & Various Artists 1
22 3 - 2 Scaled And Icy, twenty one pilots 3
23 28 27 36 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 1
24 25 26 77 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
25 24 20 45 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 3
26 58 55 17 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
27 26 24 55 The GOAT, Polo G 2
28 31 31 209 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
29 34 28 12 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time, Giveon 5
30 29 23 31 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
31 27 22 9 Destined 2 Win, Lil Tjay 5
32 16 2 3 Beam Me Up Scotty, Nicki Minaj 2
33 36 34 427 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
34 50 43 45 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
35 33 30 24 The Voice, Lil Durk 2
36 37 37 114 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
37 32 33 28 Good News, Megan Thee Stallion 2
38 35 36 27 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 1
39 41 73 71 Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem 1
40 38 40 66 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
41 39 42 140 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
42 40 38 297 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
43 44 45 526 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
44 - - 19 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
45 49 46 186 Diamonds, Elton John 7
46 57 53 681 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
47 46 44 531 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
48 43 41 83 Hot Pink, Doja Cat 9
49 52 48 148 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
50 51 49 153 Scorpion, Drake 1
51 55 47 449 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
52 56 51 117 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
53 53 50 162 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
54 48 39 339 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
55 - - 1 You Hear Georgia, Blackberry Smoke 55
56 60 56 299 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
57 45 35 8 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
58 65 57 671 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
59 62 54 29 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
60 18 - 2 Body Language, Blake Shelton 18
61 67 64 466 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
62 61 59 65 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 1
63 63 63 234 Stoney, Post Malone 4
64 64 60 25 Thats What They All Say, Jack Harlow 5
65 59 58 93 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
66 66 62 61 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
67 13 - 2 All I Know So Far: Setlist, P!nk 13
68 73 65 532 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
69 - - 81 RIOT!, Paramore 15
70 87 80 16 Life Rolls On, Florida Georgia Line 21
71 69 66 59 BLAME IT ON BABY, DaBaby 1
72 68 76 30 Dreamland, Glass Animals 7
73 80 72 373 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
74 85 81 412 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
75 96 89 307 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
76 75 74 87 Over It, Summer Walker 2
77 79 79 38 Top, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
78 78 68 522 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
79 84 75 222 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
80 81 69 208 Ctrl, SZA 3
81 82 83 78 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch 1
82 89 77 180 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 14
83 71 85 473 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
84 77 70 107 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
85 101 88 239 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
86 92 87 29 Pluto x Baby Pluto, Future & Lil Uzi Vert 2
87 94 91 197 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
88 91 86 431 Take Care, Drake 1
89 90 71 50 Goldmine, Gabby Barrett 27
90 - - 70 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 90
91 72 67 57 SOUTHSIDE, Sam Hunt 5
92 95 84 216 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
93 97 82 32 Born Here Live Here Die Here, Luke Bryan 5
94 113 99 222 American Teen, Khalid 4
95 76 123 67 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
96 99 96 277 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
97 105 98 56 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2, Lil Durk 2
98 100 103 264 Views, Drake 1
99 115 110 129 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
100 106 94 10 KG0516, Karol G 20
101 70 161 28 BE, BTS 1
102 104 100 168 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
103 111 - 356 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 31
104 108 101 234 Moana, Soundtrack 2
105 83 52 19 Ones, Selena 42
106 119 102 338 1989, Taylor Swift 1
107 154 135 475 1, The Beatles 1
108 123 117 255 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
109 114 105 65 Chilombo, Jhene Aiko 2
110 142 132 413 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
111 129 113 527 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
112 112 104 103 Die A Legend, Polo G 6
113 144 - 362 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
114 121 119 57 Dark Lane Demo Tapes, Drake 2
115 118 92 5 Country Again (Side A), Thomas Rhett 10
116 120 112 44 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
117 133 128 10 OK Orchestra, AJR 10
118 128 124 55 High Off Life, Future 1
119 134 121 121 Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande 1
120 122 115 54 Wunna, Gunna 1
121 124 120 165 Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B 1
122 125 114 28 Hey World, Lee Brice 45
123 164 148 378 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
124 136 131 210 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
125 126 126 212 More Life, Drake 1
126 143 141 277 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
127 127 116 10 El Dorado, 24kGoldn 22
128 103 - 2 Most Wanted, SpotemGottem 103
129 176 186 92 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith 2
130 131 122 113 Free Spirit, Khalid 1
131 135 154 206 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
132 138 136 72 Manic, Halsey 2
133 157 167 8 Shottaz 4Eva, MO3 36
134 139 138 174 Graduation, Kanye West 1
135 117 106 6 Soul, Eric Church 4
136 132 118 35 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1
137 130 168 306 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
138 147 130 111 Cuz I Love You, Lizzo 4
139 152 153 18 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 139
140 151 147 172 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
141 - - 50 Strait Out Of The Box, George Strait 43
142 156 151 244 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott 1
143 153 140 150 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
144 - - 1 Still Sleep?, Sleepy Hallow 144
145 146 134 39 Wildcard, Miranda Lambert 4
146 174 166 89 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
147 162 162 177 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
148 141 145 69 Meet The Woo, V.2, Pop Smoke 7
149 148 142 127 X 100PRE, Bad Bunny 11
150 54 9 3 Where Have You Gone, Alan Jackson 9
151 171 149 131 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
152 160 157 99 Indigo, Chris Brown 1
153 180 169 182 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
154 178 - 145 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
155 163 164 86 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance 28
156 155 155 84 True 2 Myself, Lil Tjay 5
157 161 156 271 ANTI, Rihanna 1
158 149 125 13 Only The Family Presents: Loyal Bros Compilation, Various Artists 12
159 166 177 396 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
160 86 - 2 Buy Dirt (EP), Jordan Davis 86
161 158 146 31 Welcome To O'Block, King Von 5
162 165 180 150 DS2, Future 1
163 159 129 191 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
164 194 183 98 The Greatest Hits Collection, Brooks & Dunn 4
165 181 144 15 Sin Miedo (Del Amor y Otros Demonios), Kali Uchis 52
166 177 171 73 Time Served, Moneybagg Yo 3
167 167 165 87 KIRK, DaBaby 1
168 172 - 258 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
169 179 163 610 Metallica, Metallica 1
170 169 182 132 Harder Than Ever, Lil Baby 3
171 189 - 246 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
172 107 143 10 Clouds (The Mixtape), NF 3
173 173 - 174 Sublime, Sublime 13
174 187 176 143 Swimming, Mac Miller 3
175 - - 58 Greatest Hits, Blink-182 6
176 184 192 377 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
177 192 200 55 9, Jason Aldean 2
178 175 137 33 Heaven & Hell, Ava Max 27
179 188 188 84 AI YoungBoy 2, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
180 197 185 232 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
181 185 189 206 Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits, Blake Shelton 5
182 170 150 27 Plastic Hearts, Miley Cyrus 2
183 - 172 14 The Best Of DMX, DMX 2
184 183 174 81 Frozen II, Soundtrack 1
185 - - 86 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
186 - 184 5 T-Pain Presents Happy Hour: The Greatest Hits, T-Pain 184
187 102 6 3 Delta Kream, The Black Keys 6
188 - - 143 A Decade Of Destruction, Five Finger Death Punch 29
189 195 173 136 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
190 - 194 52 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 106
191 186 175 182 The Greatest Showman, Soundtrack 1
192 - - 104 The Definitive Collection, Stevie Wonder 35
193 182 139 96 Dreamville & J. Cole: Revenge Of The Dreamers III, Various Artists 1
194 - 195 81 Ghetto Gospel, Rod Wave 10
195 - 198 57 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
196 - - 34 The Essential Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 35
197 - - 193 17, XXXTENTACION 2
198 140 - 133 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk 5
199 196 187 96 The Search, NF 1
200 198 197 92 So Much Fun, Young Thug 1

[Gary]

TCA

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 45 36 25 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
2 1 - 2 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
3 - - 1 Exodus, DMX 3
4 - - 1 You Hear Georgia, Blackberry Smoke 4
5 - - 2 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 5
6 2 - 2 Scaled And Icy, twenty one pilots 2
7 21 15 45 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
8 10 12 77 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
9 7 3 3 Where Have You Gone, Alan Jackson 3
10 3 - 2 All I Know So Far: Setlist, P!nk 3
11 9 2 3 Delta Kream, The Black Keys 2
12 5 - 2 Body Language, Blake Shelton 5
13 - - 1 Cavalcade, black midi 13
14 18 14 67 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
15 29 18 113 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
16 19 11 10 My Savior, Carrie Underwood 1
17 24 13 34 Resonance, Pt. 1, NCT 2
18 14 4 3 Border : Carnival (EP), ENHYPEN 4
19 - - 1 Cruella, Soundtrack 19
20 30 22 28 BE, BTS 1
21 22 - 2 Stand By Me, Mat & Savanna Shaw 21
22 33 21 132 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 8
23 - - 1 The Width Of A Circle, David Bowie 23
24 93 - 3 L.W., King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 24
25 4 - 2 Long Lost, Lord Huron 4
26 - 84 3 Super What?, CZARFACE / MF Doom 24
27 25 28 90 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
28 32 20 8 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
29 37 10 55 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 4
30 13 - 2 Symphony Of Sinners And Saints, Kitt Wakeley 13
31 31 19 5 NOW 78, Various Artists 9
32 - - 1 Reprise, Moby 32
33 20 5 3 Daddy's Home, St. Vincent 5
34 28 17 31 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
35 - - 1 Makeover, k.d. lang 35
36 39 27 29 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
37 46 32 35 The Album, BLACKPINK 1
38 38 24 7 The Battle At Garden’s Gate, Greta Van Fleet 2
39 40 37 21 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
40 53 39 33 Black Pumas, Black Pumas 8
41 - - 1 Live In Stuttgart 1975, Can 41
42 60 58 185 Diamonds, Elton John 6
43 - - 2 Nurture, Porter Robinson 9
44 - - 1 Lustful Sacraments, Perturbator 44
45 56 48 81 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
46 73 - 18 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 43
47 51 42 35 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 2
48 54 43 302 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
49 6 - 2 Greatest Hits, Waterparks 6
50 - - 1 Reason To Live, Lou Barlow 50
51 - - 3 Surface Sounds, KALEO 8
52 58 40 5 NOW That's What I Call A Decade: 1990s, Various Artists 27
53 - - 1 Point Of Know Return: Live & Beyond, Kansas 53
54 55 47 63 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
55 52 38 11 Chemtrails Over The Country Club, Lana Del Rey 1
56 47 16 4 Van Weezer, Weezer 1
57 - - 2 Life Support, Madison Beer 28
58 43 29 6 Soul, Eric Church 1
59 81 46 10 The Bitter Truth, Evanescence 3
60 48 23 5 Fortitude, Gojira 1
61 62 41 5 Country Again (Side A), Thomas Rhett 6
62 67 52 88 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
63 34 1 3 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
64 - - 1 The Chaos Chapter : FREEZE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER 64
65 - - 1 Fatal Mistakes, Del Amitri 65
66 63 62 26 Triple Live Deluxe, Garth Brooks 16
67 44 76 9 Good News, Megan Thee Stallion 8
68 64 45 29 Born Here Live Here Die Here, Luke Bryan 2
69 78 81 17 The Highlights, The Weeknd 4
70 70 73 207 This One's For You, Luke Combs 2
71 12 - 2 Leftover Feelings, John Hiatt With The Jerry Douglas Band 12
72 71 79 33 Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers 6
73 - - 1 Avow, Portal 73
74 57 8 3 Evangelion: Finally (Soundtrack), Yoko Takahashi & Megumi Hayashibara 8
75 - - 1 The Best Of Philadelphia International Records, Various Artists 75
76 68 53 5 Guess Who (EP), iTZY 20
77 82 64 17 Medicine At Midnight, Foo Fighters 1
78 - - 2 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time, Giveon 43
79 85 78 29 Power Up, AC/DC 1
80 50 33 7 Heart, Eric Church 1
81 74 61 40 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
82 15 - 2 Butter Miracle: Suite One, Counting Crows 15
83 11 34 60 Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem 2
84 49 51 5 Inhale (Exhale), MercyMe 10
85 84 66 36 Super One: The 1st Album, SuperM 1
86 90 72 26 The White Stripes Greatest Hits, The White Stripes 4
87 80 67 11 Justice, Justin Bieber 2
88 - - 1 The Disc With No Name (EP), Gwar 88
89 - - 1 Doomin' Sun, Bachelor 89
90 - - 1 Still Wish You Were Here: A Tribute To Pink Floyd, Various Artists 90
91 26 - 2 Afrique Victime, Mdou Moctar 26
92 - - 1 U P P E R H A N D, indie tribe. 92
93 - - 139 Look Up Child, Lauren Daigle 2
94 79 98 9 40th Anniversary Celebration, Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers 47
95 - - 1 The Witch Of The North, Burning Witches 95
96 36 - 7 Clouds (The Mixtape), NF 2
97 - 100 16 NOW 77, Various Artists 4
98 - - 26 C A L M, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
99 97 - 7 OK Orchestra, AJR 4
100 - 74 4 I Burn (EP), (G)I-DLE 33

[Gary]

Sales


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 73 73 25 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
2 1 - 2 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
3 - - 1 Exodus, DMX 3
4 - - 1 You Hear Georgia, Blackberry Smoke 4
5 - - 2 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 5
6 2 - 2 Scaled And Icy, twenty one pilots 2
7 25 21 45 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
8 - - 79 RIOT!, Paramore 8
9 11 12 77 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
10 7 3 3 Where Have You Gone, Alan Jackson 3
11 3 - 2 All I Know So Far: Setlist, P!nk 3
12 17 17 386 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
13 10 2 3 Delta Kream, The Black Keys 2
14 5 - 2 Body Language, Blake Shelton 5
15 - - 67 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 15
16 - - 1 Cavalcade, black midi 16
17 22 20 67 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
18 26 16 247 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 6
19 28 26 161 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 2
20 19 18 254 Thriller, Michael Jackson 9
21 40 28 114 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
22 35 22 523 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
23 23 11 10 My Savior, Carrie Underwood 1
24 33 23 200 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
25 36 29 404 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
26 30 24 343 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
27 31 19 33 Resonance, Pt. 1, NCT 2
28 16 4 3 Border : Carnival (EP), ENHYPEN 4
29 - - 1 Cruella, Soundtrack 29
30 41 34 28 BE, BTS 1
31 52 43 76 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
32 27 - 2 Stand By Me, Mat & Savanna Shaw 27
33 46 32 126 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 8
34 - - 1 The Width Of A Circle, David Bowie 34
35 - - 1 L.W., King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 35
36 4 - 2 Long Lost, Lord Huron 4
37 49 37 258 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
38 54 49 167 Back In Black, AC/DC 20
39 - - 2 Super What?, CZARFACE / MF Doom 36
40 48 36 107 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
41 32 51 80 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
42 67 54 193 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
43 56 45 97 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
44 45 31 8 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
45 60 10 34 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 4
46 58 55 233 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
47 14 - 2 Symphony Of Sinners And Saints, Kitt Wakeley 14
48 43 30 5 NOW 78, Various Artists 12
49 - - 1 Reprise, Moby 49
50 59 59 105 Love Yourself: Tear, BTS 1
51 42 42 105 Love Yourself: Answer, BTS 1
52 24 5 3 Daddy's Home, St. Vincent 5
53 47 48 97 Map Of The Soul: PERSONA, BTS 1
54 39 27 26 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
55 63 52 248 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
56 15 13 3 Deja Vu, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 13
57 - - 1 Makeover, k.d. lang 57
58 62 50 29 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
59 77 65 35 The Album, BLACKPINK 1
60 61 41 7 The Battle At Garden’s Gate, Greta Van Fleet 2
61 84 - 63 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
62 - - 4 Madvillainy, Madvillain 62
63 69 - 176 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Soundtrack 2
64 - - 102 Up All Night, One Direction 1
65 37 33 7 What's Going On, Marvin Gaye 6
66 64 74 21 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
67 81 53 427 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
68 - 78 371 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
69 70 60 348 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
70 78 61 294 Ten, Pearl Jam 2
71 - - 1 Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon 71
72 75 47 89 Love Yourself: Her, BTS 6
73 - 84 104 Weezer, Weezer 16
74 - 76 26 KIDS SEE GHOSTS, KIDS SEE GHOSTS 3
75 79 58 592 Metallica, Metallica 1
76 91 63 97 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
77 89 79 25 Black Pumas, Black Pumas 8
78 76 67 66 Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Wu-Tang Clan 41
79 - - 1 Live In Stuttgart 1975, Can 79
80 - - 151 Diamonds, Elton John 6
81 65 40 168 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 13
82 - - 2 Nurture, Porter Robinson 11
83 - - 1 Lustful Sacraments, Perturbator 83
84 - 70 381 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
85 93 93 77 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
86 - - 1 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 86
87 87 82 18 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 2
88 90 85 296 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
89 6 - 2 Greatest Hits, Waterparks 6
90 - 97 37 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 44
91 - - 1 Reason To Live, Lou Barlow 91
92 - - 2 Surface Sounds, KALEO 10
93 96 80 5 NOW That's What I Call A Decade: 1990s, Various Artists 34
94 51 56 56 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
95 - - 10 Their Greatest Hits: Volumes 1 & 2, Eagles 45
96 95 - 174 MTV Unplugged In New York, Nirvana 1
97 - - 1 Point Of Know Return: Live & Beyond, Kansas 97
98 92 92 56 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
99 88 75 11 Chemtrails Over The Country Club, Lana Del Rey 1
100 80 25 4 Van Weezer, Weezer 1

[Gary]

Catalog


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 1 772 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
2 2 2 364 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
3 3 5 1107 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
4 8 8 1468 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
5 4 4 403 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
6 7 6 295 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
7 6 3 208 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
8 10 9 1311 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
9 11 11 1076 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
10 9 10 23 Stoney, Post Malone 7
11 13 12 533 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
12 - - 57 RIOT!, Paramore 3
13 15 15 300 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
14 19 17 741 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
15 23 22 168 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 5
16 14 13 328 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
17 18 16 25 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 9
18 16 14 124 Ctrl, SZA 1
19 12 19 515 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
20 27 21 162 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 1
21 20 20 265 Take Care, Drake 1
22 - - 34 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 18
23 22 18 47 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 13
24 33 26 36 American Teen, Khalid 10
25 25 24 223 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
26 26 30 120 Views, Drake 4
27 34 33 273 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 2
28 28 27 24 ?, XXXTENTACION 5
29 31 - 400 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
30 29 28 72 Moana, Soundtrack 6
31 17 7 9 Ones, Selena 5
32 35 29 212 1989, Taylor Swift 1
33 - 44 693 1, The Beatles 1
34 37 36 248 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 1
35 47 43 499 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
36 39 35 233 Nevermind, Nirvana 2
37 32 31 22 Die A Legend, Polo G 20
38 49 - 568 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
39 36 34 8 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 11
40 42 38 10 Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande 29
41 38 37 75 Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B 3
42 - 50 915 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
43 44 42 60 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 1
44 48 48 186 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 2
45 - - 8 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith 12
46 41 39 32 Free Spirit, Khalid 16
47 43 - 95 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 1
48 45 45 27 Graduation, Kanye West 15
49 40 - 90 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 7
50 - 41 26 Cuz I Love You, Lizzo 26

[Gary]

Vinyl


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 1 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 2
3 - - 1 RIOT!, Paramore 3
4 14 21 24 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
5 5 8 77 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
6 8 14 150 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
7 9 11 207 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
8 - - 1 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 8
9 11 9 148 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
10 - - 1 Cavalcade, black midi 10
11 23 16 107 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
12 7 10 229 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
13 19 18 52 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 2
14 15 12 220 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 2
15 16 15 101 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 1
16 18 19 29 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 6
17 25 - 198 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
18 21 20 124 AM, Arctic Monkeys 1
19 - 24 297 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
20 - - 423 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
21 - - 1 L.W., King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 21
22 - - 1 Super What?, CZARFACE / MF Doom 22
23 13 - 14 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
24 - - 280 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
25 - - 2 Up All Night, One Direction 2

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01 17.02 METALLICA Metallica 16xP
02 15.70 COME ON OVER Shania Twain 20xP
03 15.15 JAGGED LITTLE PILL Alanis Morissette 16xP
04 13.02 1 Beatles 11xP
05 12.58 LEGEND Bob Marley and the Wailers 15xP
06 12.29 MILLENNIUM Backstreet Boys 13xP
07 12.25 THE BODYGUARD Soundtrack 18xP
08 12.01 21 Adele 14xP
09 11.96 SUPERNATURAL Santana 15xP
10 11.75 HUMAN CLAY Creed 11xP

11 11.24 COME AWAY WITH ME Norah Jones 10xP
12 11.18 NO STRINGS ATTACHED 'NSync 11xP
13 11.17 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP Eminem 10xP
14 10.96 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 2002 10xP
15 10.86 FALLING INTO YOU Celine Dion 12xP
16 10.75 HYBRID THEORY Linkin Park 12xP
17 10.64 BABY ONE MORE TIME Britney Spears 14xP
18 10.46 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Pink Floyd 15xP
19 10.45 TEN Pearl Jam 13xP
20 10.41 CONFESSIONS Usher 10xP

[HolidayGuy]

Some of those bothered by evermore being No. 1 for this chart week must be under the impression that the Billboard 200= Top 200 Streamed Albums. It's a multi-metric chart, in which the activities of one individual purchasing an album still carries a lot more weight than that same individual streaming the heck out of their favorite songs.

Is there any doubt that without several months of pre-orders, evermore - if released on vinyl and shipped in this most recent tracking week, still wouldn have sold bucketloads?

[Gary]

Well with a month of preorders dumped into one tracking week, the numbers are inflated for that week.

With one week of shipments rather than 4, it would not have been number one

[neverduplicated]

Jun 9, 2021 10:02:41 GMT -5 Gary said:

Well with a month of preorders dumped into one tracking week, the numbers are inflated for that week.

With one week of shipments rather than 4, it would not have been number one

People have been pre-ordering albums for decades now. Why is it suddenly an issue? Should albums chart based on pre-orders?

[Gary]

Jun 9, 2021 10:17:50 GMT -5 neverduplicated said:

Jun 9, 2021 10:02:41 GMT -5 Gary said:

Well with a month of preorders dumped into one tracking week, the numbers are inflated for that week.

With one week of shipments rather than 4, it would not have been number one

People have been pre-ordering albums for decades now. Why is it suddenly an issue? Should albums chart based on pre-orders?

I don't care one way or the other

As I posted the numbers for the week were inflated by the help of 4 weeks of pre orders that were included in the totals for the tracking week

Had this been just one week of sales rather than 4, the album would not have been #1

[kimberly]

Jun 9, 2021 10:17:50 GMT -5 neverduplicated said:

Jun 9, 2021 10:02:41 GMT -5 Gary said:

Well with a month of preorders dumped into one tracking week, the numbers are inflated for that week.

With one week of shipments rather than 4, it would not have been number one

People have been pre-ordering albums for decades now. Why is it suddenly an issue? Should albums chart based on pre-orders?

pre-orders don't give you access to the album. it's a pre-order, not an order. it's in the name. a vinyl order does get you a digital download immediately, but the chart impact can be saved and used when it ships. (this is Billboard's fault, but it has made it so that last week's chart leader was an inaccurate representation of who ordered/received the album within the week.)

[neverduplicated]

Jun 9, 2021 13:48:15 GMT -5 kimberly said:

Jun 9, 2021 10:17:50 GMT -5 neverduplicated said:

People have been pre-ordering albums for decades now. Why is it suddenly an issue? Should albums chart based on pre-orders?

pre-orders don't give you access to the album. it's a pre-order, not an order. it's in the name. a vinyl order does get you a digital download immediately, but the chart impact can be saved and used when it ships. (this is Billboard's fault, but it has made it so that last week's chart leader was an inaccurate representation of who ordered/received the album within the week.)

Do vinyl pre-orders still give you a digital download? I thought that stopped happening when the bundle rules changed. I could be mistaken.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Paramore's 'Riot!' Hits Top 10 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart After Vinyl Reissue

By Keith Caulfield
6/10/2021

Paramore’s 2007 album Riot! reaches the top 10 of Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart for the first time, thanks to a new pressing on silver colored vinyl.

The set re-enters the chart dated June 12 at No. 8 with 7,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending June 3 (up 1,380%), according to MRC Data, nearly all from sales of the new vinyl edition. Riot! had previously debuted and peaked at No. 20 on the June 30, 2007-dated chart. The album was issued on silver colored vinyl on May 28 as part of the Fueled by Ramen record label’s ongoing 25th-anniversary festivities.

Elsewhere on the new Top Album Sales chart, as earlier reported, Taylor Swift’s Evermore returns to No. 1 (jumping 73-1) with the largest sales week of 2021 (192,000; up 8,307%). Its sales surge is owed to the album’s release on vinyl, Swift-signed CDs and deep discounting on its digital album.

Plus, new albums from Blackberry Smoke and DMX debut in the top 10, while Playboi Carti’s Whole Lotta Red hits a new chart high, following its release on vinyl.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The 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 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.

Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour slips 1-2 in its second week on Top Album Sales, with 24,000 copies sold (down 67%).

DMX’s posthumous album Exodus debuts at No. 3 with 14,000 sold, while Blackberry Smoke’s new You Hear Georgia starts at No. 4 with 12,000 sold. It’s the eighth top 10 for DMX, and the third for Blackberry Smoke. It’s also the highest-charting effort yet for the latter act, eclipsing the No. 6 peak of 2016’s Like an Arrow.

Playboi Carti’s Whole Lotta Red re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 5 with 8,500 sold (up 7,203%) following the set’s May 28 release on vinyl LP. The album initially debuted and peaked at No. 6 from its digital downloads upon its release on Dec. 25, 2020. (The set has yet to be issued on CD.)

Twenty One Pilots’ Scaled and Icy falls 2-6 in its second week (8,000 sold; down 84%), Swift’s former No. 1 Folklore jumps 25-7 (7,000; up 59% thanks to a surge in vinyl LP sales), Harry Styles’ chart-topping Fine Line rises 11-9 (6,000; down 11%) and Alan Jackson’s Where Have You Gone dips 7-10 (nearly 6,000; down 48%).

[areyoureadytojump]

From oldbloke:

www.billboard.com/articles/deep-dive/how-vinyl-got-its-groove-back/9584127/vinyl-albums-sales-genre-leaders-data

Some YTD info snippets from Billboard…

Week 22 – Top 5 Selling Vinyl Albums
1. Harry Styles – Fine Line (109,000)
2. Taylor Swift – Evermore (102,000)
3. Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid M.A.A.D City (83,000)
4. Billie Eilish – When We All Go To Sleep Where Do We Go (72,000)
5. Billie Eilish – Dont Smile At Me (70,000)

Week 22 – Top 5 Selling Vinyl Albums Released In 2021
1. Taylor Swift – Evermore (102,000)
2. Ariana Grande – Positions (53,000)
3. Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails Over The Country Club (53,000)
4. Foo Fighters – Medicine At Midnight (43,000)
5. Greta Van Fleet – The Battle At Garden’s Gate (26,000)

Week 22 – Top 5 Selling CDs
1. Taylor Swift – Evermore (159,000)
2. Carrie Underwood – My Savior (139,000)
3. Taylor Swift – Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (136,000)
4. BTS – Be (112,000)
5. NCT – Resonance Pt.1 (96,000)