Billboard 200 - 10/16/21 - Taylor Swift

[Gary]

Taylor Swift's 'Fearless (Taylor's Version)' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield
10/10/2021
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Plus: Meek Mill's 'Expensive Pain' and Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's 'Love for Sale' debut in the top 10.
Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second nonconsecutive week atop the list. The album surges from No. 157 to No. 1 with 152,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 7 (up 1,931%), according to MRC Data. The set vaults back to No. 1 after the Oct. 1 release of a signed CD available only in Swift’s webstore and its vinyl LP. Fearless (Taylor’s Version) debuted at No. 1 nearly six months ago, on the April 24-dated Billboard 200 chart.

Also in the new top 10: Meek Mill’s Expensive Pain arrives at No. 3, while Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s second collaborative album, Love for Sale, bows at No. 8.

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 Oct. 16, 2021-dated chart [where Fearless (Taylor’s Version) returns to No. 1] will be posted in full on Billboard's website on Oct. 12. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’s 152,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 7, album sales comprise 146,000 (up 15,807%), SEA units comprise 6,000 (down 1%, equaling 8.72 million streams of the album’s tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible number.

Of the 146,000 copies sold for the week, CD sales comprise 77,000, while vinyl LP sales total 67,000. The album sold about 1,000 in cassettes and 1,000 in digital downloads, too. (The album was discounted at digital retail, which spurred a 268% increase in digital album sales, but only 1,000 copies sold for the week.)

Strikingly, 29% of the album’s to-date CD sales were generated in the week ending Oct. 7, concurrent with the availability of its signed CD. The signed CD was only sold via Swift’s webstore, for a limited time, during a pre-order window in late September. (Swift apparently signed so many copies, she “may never write the same again,” as her hand “is now frozen in the permanent shape of a claw.”) Of Fearless (Taylor's Version)'s 400,000 total album sales to-date, CD sales comprise 264,000 of that sum -- with 77,000 of those CDs sold in the latest tracking week.

As for the vinyl LP sales of Fearless (Taylor’s Version), its 67,000 sold marks the fourth-largest sales week for a vinyl album since MRC Data began tracking music sales in 1991. Her own Evermore holds the record, with 102,000 sold in its first week of availability on vinyl (June 12-dated chart). The debut frames of Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (76,000; Sept. 4) and Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever (73,000; Aug. 14) are in second and third place, respectively.

Fearless (Taylor’s Version) was issued in two vinyl editions: a gold-colored version that was sold through Swift’s webstore and widely available to all retailers and a red-colored edition exclusive to Target.

With the rush in sales for Fearless (Taylor’s Version), its release-to-date sales now climb to 400,000 in the U.S. That makes it the No. 2-selling album of 2021, second only to Swift’s own 2020 release Evermore, which has sold 434,000 copies in 2021. The No. 3-selling album of 2021 is Rodrigo’s 2021 release Sour, with 378,000. Thus, Swift has both the Nos. 1 and 2-selling albums of 2021, as well as the year’s top-selling album released in 2021: Fearless (Taylor’s Version).

For good measure, Swift has three albums among the top 10-sellers of 2021, as Folklore is the No. 7 best-selling album of the year, with 228,000.

With the return of Fearless (Taylor’s Version) to No. 1 after nearly six months, it’s the first album to wait that long between weeks on top since last November, when Luke Combs’ What You See Is What You Get returned to No. 1 after nearly a year. (Earlier in 2021, on the June 12-dated chart, Swift’s own Evermore returned to No. 1 for a fourth week, after nearly five months, following its vinyl LP release.)

Further, with Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’s leap from No. 157 to No. 1, it has the largest positional jump to No. 1 since the April 12, 1997, chart, when The Notorious B.I.G.’s Life After Death rose 176-1 after street date violation sales enabled its debut on the chart a week early.

Lastly, Swift’s total weeks at No. 1, across all nine of her No. 1 albums, now rises to 53. She continues to have the third-most weeks atop the list dating to the chart’s 1956 start. The Beatles have the most, with 132, while Elvis Presley is in second place with 67.

Fearless (Taylor’s Version) is a re-recorded version of Swift’s No. 1 2008 album Fearless. The re-recorded album has 26 tracks, including re-recordings of the original 13 songs on Fearless, along with the six bonus songs added to a 2009 reissue of Fearless (dubbed the Platinum Edition) and the 2010 single “Today Was a Fairytale.” Beyond those 20 re-recordings, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) also has six newly recorded “from the vault” songs that were written for the original Fearless album but were never recorded and released until 2021.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Drake’s Certified Lover Boy is a non-mover with 110,000 equivalent album units earned (down 19%). The album spent its first three weeks on the chart at No. 1.

Meek Mill collects his seventh top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Expensive Pain debuts at No. 3. The set earned 95,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Oct. 7. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 82,000 (equaling 110.53 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 10,000 and TEA units comprise 3,000.

YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s Sincerely, Kentrell falls from No. 1 to No. 4 in its second week with 71,000 equivalent album units earned (down 48%). Lil Nas X’s Montero dips 3-5 (45,000; down 22%), Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour moves 5-6 (just over 43,000; down 5%) and Doja Cat’s Planet Her is down 6-7 (43,000; down 2%).

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s second collaborative album, Love for Sale, debuts at No. 8 on the Billboard 200. The pair’s first project, Cheek to Cheek, debuted at No. 1 in 2014.

Love for Sale is a covers collection of songs written by Cole Porter. Cheek to Cheek featured renditions of favorites from the American songbook by an assortment of songwriters. Love for Sale starts with 41,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 38,000; SEA units comprise 3,000 (equaling 3.85 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible number.

Love for Sale marks Bennett’s sixth top 10 album on the Billboard 200, and Lady Gaga’s 10th top 10.

Bennett achieved his first top 10 in 1962 with I Left My Heart in San Francisco. It climbed from No. 11 to No. 7 on the Monoaural LP’s chart dated Oct. 6, 1962. (At the time, there were two main album charts, a Monoaural LP’s chart, and a Stereo LP’s chart.) Gaga’s first top 10 came on the March 7, 2009-dated Billboard 200, when The Fame rose 26-10.

With Love for Sale’s top 10 arrival, Bennett has a 59-year span of top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 – the longest span of top 10s for a living artist.

Only Nat “King” Cole, who died in 1965, has a greater span of top 10s among all acts: a 63-year and eight-month span between his first top 10, Love Is the Thing, in April of 1957 and his most recent top 10, The Christmas Song, in January of 2021.

The 95-year-old Bennett made his Billboard 200 debut with the simply-titled Tony on Feb. 23, 1957 (when the chart was known as Best Selling Pop Albums).

Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 is a pair of former No. 1s: Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album falls 7-9 (40,000 equivalent album units; up 2%) and Kanye West’s Donda drops 4-10 (39,000; down 20%).

[Gary]

1. Taylor Swift 152,000 (146,000 website sales)
2. Drake 110,000
3. Meek Mill 95,00 (10,000 sales)
4. Youngboy Never Broke Again 71,000
5. Lil Nas X 45,000
6. Olivia Rodrigo 43,000
7. Doja Cat 43,000
8. Tony Bennett 41,000 (38,000 sales)
9. Morgan Wallen 40,000
10 Kanye West 39,000

[Gary]

WEEKS IN THE TOP 10

top 10 ARTIST
39 MORGAN WALLEN
20 OLIVIA RODRIGO
15 DOJA CAT
6 KANYE WEST
5 DRAKE
4 TAYLOR SWIFT
3 LIL NAS X
2 YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAIN
1 MEEK MILL
1 TONY BENNETT & LADY GAGA

[fridayteenage]

The last 4 album releases with multiple 100k sales weeks:
Reputation.
Folklore.
Evermore.
Fearless TV.

[Gary]

The 95-year-old Bennett made his Billboard 200 debut with the simply-titled Tony on Feb. 23, 1957 (when the chart was known as Best Selling Pop Albums).

A little clarification here

The album was not on Best Selling Pop Albums for that week


Best Selling Pop Albums 2-23-1957

1 1 CALYPSO Harry Belafonte
2 2 ELVIS Elvis Presley
3 6 JERRY LEWIS JUST SINGS Jerry Lewis
4 3 KING AND I SOUNDTRACK Soundtrack
5 4 MY FAIR LADY Cast
6 5 EDDY DUCHIN STORY Soundtrack
7 8 BELAFONTE Harry Belafonte
8 7 OKLAHOMA SOUNDTRACK Soundtrack
9 9 HYMNS Tennessee Ernie Ford
10 11 THIS IS SINATRA Frank Sinatra
11 10 HIGH SOCIETY SOUNDTRACK Soundtrack
12 14 DAY BY DAY Doris Day
13 12 SAY IT WITH MUSIC Lawrence Welk
14 13 PLATTERS Platters
15 15 ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis Presley

However on Most played albums by Jockeys -- Tony Bennett debuted at #8

Most Played by Jockeys-2/23/1957

Albums aro ranked lo order or the greatest numb. of play, on disc
jockey radio shows throughout the country. Results are based on The
Billboard's weekly survey among the nations disc jockeys.

1. CALYPSO -Harry Belafonte RCA Victor LPM 1248
2. ELVIS -Elvis Presley RCA Victor LPM 1382
3. DAY BY DAY -Doris Day Columbia CL 942
4. 'S WONDERFUL -Ray Conniff Columbia CL 925
5. FOUR FRESHMEN AND FIVE TRUMPETS -
Four Freshmen Capitol T 763
6. CLOSE TO YOU -Frank Sinatra Capitol W 789
7. AFTER MIDNIGHT -Nat (King) Cole Capitol W 782
8. TONY -Tony Bennett Columbia CL 938
9. JERRY LEWIS JUST SINGS -Jerry Lewis Decca DL 8410
10. CASA LOMA LN HI FI -Glen Gray Capitol W 782

Billboard Mono Charts 10-6-1962

1 - - 50 West Side Story, Soundtrack 1
2 - - 25 Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, Ray Charles 1
3 - - 24 Peter Paul & Mary, Peter, Paul And Mary 3
4 - - 9 The Music Man, Soundtrack 4
5 - - 8 Ray Charles' Greatest Hits, Ray Charles 5
6 - - 15 The Stripper & Other Fun Songs For The Family, David Rose And His Orchestra 3
7 - - 14 I Left My Heart In San Francisco, Tony Bennett 7
8 - - 3 Ramblin' Rose, Nat "King" Cole 8
9 - - 10 Roses Are Red, Bobby Vinton 5
10 - - 13 Pot Luck, Elvis Presley 4

[thegreatdivine]

ALBUMS WITH AT LEAST 5 WEEKS OVER 100 MILLION STREAMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200
More Life — 5 weeks
Beerbongs and Bentleys — 5 weeks
Hollywood's Bleeding — 5 weeks
Eternal Atake — 5 weeks
Certified Lover Boy — 5 weeks
Please Forgive Me For Being Antisocial — 6 weeks
Dangerous — 8 weeks
Views — 9 weeks
Scorpion — 10 weeks

[Gary]

Lastly, Swift’s total weeks at No. 1, across all nine of her No. 1 albums, now rises to 53. She continues to have the third-most weeks atop the list dating to the chart’s 1956 start. The Beatles have the most, with 132, while Elvis Presley is in second place with 67.

54

11-Fearless
6 - Speak Now
7 - Red
11- 1989
4 - Reputation
1 - Lover
8 - Folklore
4 - Evermore
2 - Fearless

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Cool that four albums by women have the four biggest selling vinyl weeks and those occurred in less than five months. If somebody could confirm, but does this mean that the previous record holder Lazaretto now has the fifth biggest week with 40k?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

I believe I found than answer to my own question and more.

Based on these two articles , Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour' Sells 76,000 Vinyl Copies in U.S., Returns to No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart and Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’ Posts Big Vinyl Sales, Jumps 79-2 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart, and the current top 10 article, the top album vinyl selling weeks so far, would be:

#1 Evermore 102k

#2 Sour 76k

#3 Happier than Ever 73k

#4 Fearless (Taylor's Version) 67k

#5 Lazaretto 40k

#6 Vitalogy <34k

#7 Positions >32k

#8 McCartney III <32k

#9 Chemtrails Over the Country Club <32k

I would assume whenever Adele's new album comes out on vinyl, it will set a new record. Red (Taylor's Version could set a new record just before it.

[Enigma.]

Legendary for Tony!!

Also

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Pretty interesting article with probably #1, #2 (both to Fearless Taylor's Version) and #3 (maybe Brand Carlile's new album could have debuted in the top 10 if she had a bundle that counted) applying to this week:

Five Ways the Billboard 200 Has Changed in the Year Since Bundles Were Removed From Chart Calculations

By Andrew Unterberger
10/11/2021

On Oct. 9, 2020, Billboard officially announced that the controversial act of "bundling" album sales with concert tickets and artist merchandise -- selling these items along with a copy of the artist's album, with the cost of the new album baked into the overall sale price -- would no longer be counted towards an album's chart performance. This change of policy eliminated a practice that had long affected the charts, where bundling became increasingly common practice over the prior decade for artists and labels looking to offset the steep overall decline in both physical and digital music sales, and still produce relatively robust first-week figures.

One year later, the impact of the change in Billboard chart calculations is clearly noticeable and quantifiable, most prominently on the flagship all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart. Here are five ways in which the impact is most obvious:

1. Lower first-week numbers for No. 1 albums on the whole

Unsurprisingly, the average first-week performance of No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 has dropped over the past 12 months on the chart from the previous year. Over the period starting the chart week dated Oct. 26, 2019 and ending on the week dated Oct. 17, 2020, the 52 weeks' worth of No. 1 albums moved an average of 174,000 equivalent album units. Over the most recent 52-week period, the No. 1 albums moved an average of 151,000 such units, a 23,000-per-week difference. (These and all other figures in this piece are according to MRC Data.)

The biggest difference in overall numbers comes largely via the number of true blockbuster first weeks. In the past year, just one album has posted a single-week performance greater than 400,000 equivalent album units: Drake's Certified Lover Boy (613,000). However, there were five albums in the prior 52-week period that moved over 400,000 units in one week: Taylor Swift's Folklore (846,000), Juice WRLD's Legends Never Die (497,000), Harry Styles' Fine Line (478,000), The Weeknd's After Hours (444,000) and BTS' MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 (422,000) -- all but the last of which benefited heavily from bundles.

2. Albums rebounding to No. 1 due to physical copies shipping

The increased emphasis on physical copies as fan collectibles has also led to more blockbuster albums returning to No. 1 album months later on the chart -- thanks to another rule change enacted at the same time as bundle elimination a year ago, which declared that physical media sold in conjunction with digital sales would only be tabulated as proper album sales once the physical copies actually shipped. (This eliminated the practice of "spontaneous" physical media sales impacting first-week chart performance -- often for albums with surprise releases and/or short rollouts -- when in fact, the physical copies would not be sent out to consumers until long after.)

As a result, four albums in the past year have rebounded to No. 1 more than a month after most recently falling from the position -- Taylor Swift's Evermore and Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Olivia Rodrigo's Sour all did so thanks to the long-awaited shipping of their physical copies, months after the LPs' digital release, while Luke Combs' What You See Is What You Get returned via a deluxe reissue. (Lil Baby's My Turn was the lone album to return to the top after a month-plus break in the year prior, due to its consistent streaming presence during some slow release weeks at the pandemic's height in summer 2020.) The two Swift albums and Sour now lay claim to three of the four biggest weeks for vinyl sales since 1991, topped by the 102,000 records sold by Evermore on the chart dated June 12. (Fearless (Taylor's Version) was also helped greatly by Swift-signed CDs, available on her website for a limited period, which also shipped the same week.)
Interestingly, though, the number of No. 1 albums to post mid-level first weeks has not been tremendously affected. There have been 32 No. 1 albums in the past year with equivalent album units over the 100,000 mark, down just three from the 35 No. 1 albums with six-digit first-week performances in the year before that. This can be attributed in large part due to artists and labels getting creative with new varieties of packaging, boxed sets and increased availability of physical format albums -- giving these sets additional value as collectors' items, as their practical utility as playable works of music continues to decline in the streaming age.

While this rule change has likely dampened first-week performance for star artists like Swift and Rodrigo, who still sell a strong number of physical copies, it also has allowed them to extend their runs at No. 1 -- with the artists now able to position their shipping weeks strategically to best ensure their returns to the top spot months after the album's initial release, giving the albums extra relevance later in their promotional cycles.

3. Fewer debuts in the chart's top 10

Ticket and merchandise bundles rarely had an extended impact on an album's chart performance, as the impact was traditionally concentrated mostly (if not entirely) towards the set's debut week. This resulted in a high number of albums with strong first-week debuts on the Billboard 200, which would then plummet immediately after, making room for new albums in the chart's top tier the following week. As a result, the overall number of albums to debut in the Billboard 200's top 10 has noticeably shrank over the past year without any short-lasting bundling boost -- with 92 albums bowing in the region in the past 52 weeks, compared to 118 in the year-long period prior, a 28% decrease.

4. No legacy pop acts at No. 1

While pop hitmakers remain a fixture atop the Billboard 200 even in the post-bundle age -- Swift and Rodrigo, as well as Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, BTS and others have all topped the chart in the past year -- there has been less of a presence from older pop acts, whose contemporary relevance is mostly tied to their continued live prowess. In the two years prior to this past 52-week period, pop veterans Backstreet Boys, Madonna, P!nk and Celine Dion all had No. 1 albums, despite none of those albums launching a single top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. No such pop albums hit No. 1 in the past year.

In fact, only two albums total in the past year have hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 without sending at least one song from the set to the Hot 100's top 40: AC/DC's Power Up and Playboi Carti's Whole Lotta Red. It's indicative of how without ticket and merch bundles, the Billboard 200 is more closely tied to contemporary hit songs (and the streaming prowess that most often drives such success) than ever before.

5. Not many rock artists at No. 1 -- but plenty in the top 10

While top rock acts remain a top live draw in the music industry, their relevance as contemporary hitmakers has also largely dulled in recent years, and few of them perform as well as top pop or hip-hop acts on streaming services. Ticket bundles were a great way for legacy artists like Bon Jovi and Dave Matthews Band (both of whom scored No. 1 albums in 2018) to regularly compete for the chart's top spot, since their ticket sales remained robust even as they (along with the majority of the industry) saw their traditional LP sales decline significantly.

With the elimination of bundles from chart calculations, only one album classified primarily as "Rock" on the Billboard charts -- AC/DC's previously mentioned Power Up -- has topped the chart in the past year. While that's the same number as the year prior (Machine Gun Kelly's Tickets to My Downfall was the lone rock No. 1 over that period, and was boosted by bundling), it's significantly down from the late '10s, when as recently as 2019, albums by artists like the Raconteurs, Slipknot, Hozier and Vampire Weekend were still topping the Billboard 200 with help from bundles.

The No. 1 start for Power Up is illustrative, however, of how legacy rock acts have adjusted their strategy to remain competitive on the charts even in the post-bundle age, with elaborate limited-edition deluxe CD packages and multiple different types of vinyl releases enticing direct purchasers who might not otherwise often spend money on physical albums just to listen to them. While AC/DC are the only rock act to debut at No. 1 the past year, other such veteran acts have been propelled to top 10 debuts using similar practices -- including Paul McCartney (McCartney III, No. 2), Rob Zombie (The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy, No. 9), John Mayer (Sob Rock, No. 2), The Killers (Pressure Machine, No. 9) and Iron Maiden (Senjutsu, No. 3), the last of which also marked their highest-ever debut on the chart.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

The musical chairs game continues for the Weeknd on the Billboard 200. The Highlights rose 20-15, Beauty Behind the Madness re-entered at #79 and After Hours dropped out this week.

[Gary]

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 157 153 25 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
2 2 1 5 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
3 - - 1 Expensive Pain, Meek Mill 3
4 1 - 2 Sincerely, Kentrell, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
5 3 2 3 Montero, Lil Nas X 2
6 5 5 20 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
7 6 6 15 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
8 - - 1 Love For Sale, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 8
9 7 7 39 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
10 4 4 6 Donda, Kanye West 1
11 - - 1 In These Silent Days, Brandi Carlile 11
12 8 8 63 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
13 9 9 10 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
14 10 11 28 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
15 20 100 35 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
16 12 14 66 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
17 14 15 100 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
18 15 18 84 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
19 16 17 79 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
20 13 12 4 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
21 17 16 18 The Voice Of The Heroes, Lil Baby & Lil Durk 1
22 21 21 109 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
23 24 23 65 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
24 31 32 95 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
25 18 25 24 A Gangsta's Pain, Moneybagg Yo 1
26 - - 1 La 167, Farruko 26
27 26 30 177 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
28 23 28 21 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
29 27 27 29 Justice, Justin Bieber 1
30 29 29 48 Dreamland, Glass Animals 7
31 28 26 17 Hall Of Fame, Polo G 1
32 35 36 227 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
33 33 31 459 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
34 34 33 63 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
35 - - 1 Trust Fund Babies, Lil Wayne Featuring Rich The Kid 35
36 38 37 315 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
37 30 24 7 Trip At Knight, Trippie Redd 2
38 25 10 4 Star-Crossed, Kacey Musgraves 3
39 39 35 16 Country Stuff (EP), Walker Hayes 32
40 42 41 549 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
41 48 34 4 Jose, J Balvin 12
42 43 43 158 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
43 40 39 445 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
44 65 69 105 Over It, Summer Walker 2
45 41 38 54 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 1
46 50 48 544 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
47 46 46 204 Diamonds, Elton John 7
48 37 22 628 Metallica, Metallica 1
49 45 42 166 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
50 52 60 43 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
51 56 59 357 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
52 47 44 49 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
53 54 57 317 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
54 59 66 47 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
55 51 47 73 The GOAT, Polo G 2
56 49 49 132 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
57 58 55 135 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
58 53 53 84 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
59 60 54 467 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
60 62 62 111 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
61 57 56 180 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
62 61 67 43 Thats What They All Say, Jack Harlow 5
63 63 61 171 Scorpion, Drake 1
64 55 52 30 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time, Giveon 5
65 85 99 79 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
66 66 74 83 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 1
67 73 76 215 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
68 70 72 240 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
69 71 84 45 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 1
70 78 80 101 Hot Pink, Doja Cat 9
71 75 77 484 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
72 80 88 252 Stoney, Post Malone 4
73 69 64 20 Free Dem Boyz, 42 Dugg 8
74 68 65 35 Shiesty Season, Pooh Shiesty 3
75 76 85 689 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
76 74 75 449 Take Care, Drake 1
77 67 63 356 1989, Taylor Swift 1
78 72 68 15 Made In Lagos, Wizkid 28
79 - 73 285 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 1
80 64 51 6 We Love You Tecca 2, Lil Tecca 10
81 84 79 42 The Voice, Lil Durk 2
82 79 78 226 Ctrl, SZA 3
83 174 - 186 25, Adele 1
84 86 89 699 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
85 87 98 186 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
86 81 87 391 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
87 77 70 19 Still Sleep?, Sleepy Hallow 38
88 32 3 3 Sticker: The 3rd Album, NCT 127 3
89 19 - 2 These Things Happen Too, G-Eazy 19
90 90 97 234 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
91 110 118 491 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
92 97 107 369 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 31
93 93 102 125 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
94 96 91 8 Good Things, Dan + Shay 6
95 91 93 15 Vice Versa, Rauw Alejandro 17
96 94 104 282 Views, Drake 1
97 100 101 46 Good News, Megan Thee Stallion 2
98 101 95 430 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
99 11 - 2 Crazy In Love: The 1st Album, iTZY 11
100 98 81 336 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
101 92 94 23 Khaled Khaled, DJ Khaled 1
102 83 92 17 Culture III, Migos 2
103 - - 2 The Metallica Blacklist, Various Artists 103
104 103 114 540 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
105 118 128 89 Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem 1
106 102 82 56 Top, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
107 113 122 62 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
108 105 110 192 Graduation, Kanye West 1
109 99 71 16 Back Of My Mind, H.E.R. 6
110 107 116 295 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
111 127 137 35 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
112 111 111 493 1, The Beatles 1
113 106 103 195 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
114 104 106 15 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
115 120 131 36 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 115
116 116 129 240 American Teen, Khalid 4
117 158 - 2 CKay The First, CKay 117
118 112 112 147 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
119 198 - 510 21, Adele 1
120 114 120 96 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch 1
121 44 125 544 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
122 109 109 161 Swimming, Mac Miller 3
123 95 58 5 King Of Killbranch, BIG30 13
124 140 139 111 The Greatest Hits Collection, Brooks & Dunn 4
125 123 121 255 Appetite For Destruction, Guns N' Roses 1
126 121 119 27 Destined 2 Win, Lil Tjay 5
127 130 174 100 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
128 88 45 6 If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey 2
129 132 124 252 Moana, Soundtrack 2
130 119 108 18 Inside (The Songs), Bo Burnham 7
131 126 132 179 Red, Taylor Swift 1
132 137 142 396 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
133 124 130 139 Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande 1
134 108 136 395 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
135 129 126 74 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2, Lil Durk 2
136 122 113 12 Faith, Pop Smoke 1
137 125 127 17 Jordi, Maroon 5 8
138 134 134 431 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
139 133 138 248 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
140 136 150 198 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 14
141 195 - 4 Corta Venas, Eslabon Armado 56
142 146 154 97 Die Lit, Playboi Carti 3
143 142 133 190 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
144 117 105 5 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 9
145 - - 1 Carnegie Hall 1970, Neil Young 145
146 135 140 289 ANTI, Rihanna 1
147 139 149 83 Chilombo, Jhene Aiko 2
148 163 162 224 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
149 131 123 20 Shottaz 4Eva, MO3 36
150 143 158 366 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
151 138 143 230 More Life, Drake 1
152 - - 1 Never Land II, Andy Mineo 152
153 154 170 46 Hey World, Lee Brice 45
154 141 147 262 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott 1
155 150 156 20 Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith, Aerosmith 33
156 171 195 247 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
157 149 146 154 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
158 128 117 12 Bigger Than Life Or Death, EST Gee 7
159 151 165 114 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
160 147 155 87 Meet The Woo, V.2, Pop Smoke 7
161 156 144 101 AI YoungBoy 2, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
162 145 152 77 BLAME IT ON BABY, DaBaby 1
163 144 171 294 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
164 161 172 49 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1
165 160 167 131 Free Spirit, Khalid 1
166 167 161 71 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
167 - - 4 Ugly Is Beautiful, Oliver Tree 14
168 155 173 160 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
169 175 164 8 Long Term Effects Of Suffering, $uicideBoy$ 7
170 159 159 9 Buy Dirt (EP), Jordan Davis 86
171 168 163 68 Goldmine, Gabby Barrett 27
172 170 166 168 DS2, Future 1
173 166 180 58 Street Gossip, Lil Baby 2
174 - - 17 Sin Miedo (Del Amor y Otros Demonios), Kali Uchis 52
175 152 148 11 Moon Boy, Yung Bleu 12
176 176 190 110 The Search, NF 1
177 89 90 12 Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits, Fall Out Boy 77
178 173 181 183 Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B 1
179 165 169 73 High Off Life, Future 1
180 153 141 4 The Anxiety, THE ANXIETY: WILLOW & Tyler Cole 141
181 172 178 62 Strait Out Of The Box, George Strait 43
182 - - 28 Ones, Selena 42
183 182 157 228 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
184 181 183 202 17, XXXTENTACION 2
185 164 186 69 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 106
186 177 185 168 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
187 178 187 90 Manic, Halsey 2
188 180 188 256 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
189 - - 169 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne 1
190 - - 104 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
191 189 179 273 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
192 162 - 84 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
193 192 177 149 Hotel California, Eagles 1
194 197 191 200 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
195 - 197 148 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
196 193 189 120 Die A Legend, Polo G 6
197 194 196 87 Ghetto Gospel, Rod Wave 10
198 200 194 220 Hozier, Hozier 2
199 - 135 324 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
200 179 184 71 Wunna, Gunna 1

[iHype.]

Halsey's album is already out the top 100, yikes.

[Gary]

Sales

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 15 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 1 Love For Sale, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 2
3 - - 1 In These Silent Days, Brandi Carlile 3
4 - - 1 Expensive Pain, Meek Mill 4
5 2 1 3 Sticker: The 3rd Album, NCT 127 1
6 6 7 20 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
7 - - 2 The Metallica Blacklist, Various Artists 7
8 8 11 10 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
9 - - 1 Carnegie Hall 1970, Neil Young 9
10 5 6 609 Metallica, Metallica 1
11 1 - 2 Crazy In Love: The 1st Album, iTZY 1
12 - - 1 Sermons Of The Sinner, KK's Priest 12
13 10 4 4 Star-Crossed, Kacey Musgraves 1
14 4 - 2 Sincerely, Kentrell, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 4
15 20 20 95 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
16 12 - 2 Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!, Steely Dan 12
17 - - 20 Buena Vista Social Club, Buena Vista Social Club 17
18 98 81 99 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 7
19 - - 1 No Time To Die, Soundtrack 19
20 - - 1 Garden Of Burning Apparitions, Full Of Hell 20
21 - - 10 Fair & Square, John Prine 21
22 15 17 63 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
23 28 27 422 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
24 13 10 5 Senjutsu, Iron Maiden 1
25 18 35 43 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
26 31 31 361 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
27 22 22 265 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 6
28 - - 1 Technical Ecstasy, Black Sabbath 28
29 32 34 211 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
30 21 33 85 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
31 23 21 13 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
32 39 37 541 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
33 - - 1 Stand, newsboys 33
34 36 28 179 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 2
35 - - 2 Temporary Highs In The Violet, Snoh Aalegra 35
36 - - 1 Moral Hygiene, Ministry 36
37 27 - 2 Donald Fagen's The Nightfly: Live, The Steely Dan Band 27
38 16 15 6 If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey 1
39 72 50 38 Ones, Selena 7
40 56 65 312 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
41 45 45 185 Back In Black, AC/DC 20
42 34 26 21 The Battle At Garden’s Gate, Greta Van Fleet 2
43 - - 1 See What’s On The Inside, Asking Alexandria 43
44 59 49 276 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
45 46 74 79 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
46 51 47 272 Thriller, Michael Jackson 9
47 - - 1 Manic, Wage War 47
48 49 30 5 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 4
49 65 46 363 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
50 - - 1 Yasuke, Flying Lotus 50
51 - - 1 The Daptone Super Soul Revue: LIVE! At The Apollo, Various Artists 51
52 60 52 265 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
53 48 40 132 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
54 50 38 404 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
55 - - 2 MM..Food, MF Doom 11
56 58 53 115 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
57 3 - 2 Lifeforms, Angels & Airwaves 3
58 - - 1 Light Into Ashes: Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO Oct. 18 1972, Grateful Dead 58
59 78 67 98 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
60 - - 1 Big Bend (An Original Soundtrack For Public Television), Explosions In The Sky 60
61 79 73 387 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
62 - 99 124 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
63 71 54 46 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
64 40 3 3 Eternal Blue, Spiritbox 3
65 - - 1 In Heaven, Strand Of Oaks 65
66 93 69 218 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
67 41 94 177 MTV Unplugged In New York, Nirvana 1
68 77 61 81 Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Wu-Tang Clan 41
69 - - 1 Never Land II, Andy Mineo 69
70 - - 1 Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71, Grateful Dead 70
71 - - 1 Liberte, The Doobie Brothers 71
72 74 59 143 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 8
73 70 60 250 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
74 - - 1 Jose, J Balvin 74
75 47 42 18 The Chaos Chapter : FREEZE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
76 - - 1 Half A Hundred Years, Asleep At The Wheel 76
77 89 87 167 Diamonds, Elton John 6
78 - - 10 Where Have You Gone, Alan Jackson 3
79 94 64 15 Your Choice: 8th Mini Album (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
80 - - 1 Trying Not To Think About It, JoJo 80
81 - - 1 Trust Fund Babies, Lil Wayne Featuring Rich The Kid 81
82 91 56 90 Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves 2
83 73 83 108 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
84 - - 182 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 13
85 61 80 28 My Savior, Carrie Underwood 1
86 - - 117 All-Time Greatest Hits, Neil Diamond 15
87 66 - 28 From Nothin' To Somethin', Fabolous 2
88 - 78 57 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
89 55 25 3 It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi 25
90 69 58 61 Swimming, Mac Miller 2
91 - 84 74 Greatest Hits, Motley Crue 15
92 95 68 46 BE, BTS 1
93 - 43 88 No More Tears, Ozzy Osbourne 7
94 - 98 9 Dirty Dancing, Soundtrack 77
95 96 93 45 Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis 44
96 - - 3 The Many Faces Of Pink Floyd, Various Artists 96
97 90 62 66 Ride The Lightning, Metallica 4
98 83 72 114 Map Of The Soul: PERSONA, BTS 1
99 68 85 68 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
100 80 51 42 KIDS SEE GHOSTS, KIDS SEE GHOSTS 3

[Gary]

Current


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 91 74 26 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 1 Love For Sale, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 2
3 - - 1 In These Silent Days, Brandi Carlile 3
4 - - 1 Expensive Pain, Meek Mill 4
5 2 1 3 Sticker: The 3rd Album, NCT 127 1
6 5 6 20 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
7 - - 2 The Metallica Blacklist, Various Artists 7
8 7 10 10 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
9 - - 1 Carnegie Hall 1970, Neil Young 9
10 1 - 2 Crazy In Love: The 1st Album, iTZY 1
11 - - 1 Sermons Of The Sinner, KK's Priest 11
12 9 4 4 Star-Crossed, Kacey Musgraves 1
13 4 - 2 Sincerely, Kentrell, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 4
14 18 19 95 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
15 11 - 2 Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!, Steely Dan 11
16 - - 1 No Time To Die, Soundtrack 16
17 - - 1 Garden Of Burning Apparitions, Full Of Hell 17
18 13 16 63 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
19 12 9 5 Senjutsu, Iron Maiden 1
20 16 27 43 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
21 19 20 15 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
22 - - 1 Stand, newsboys 22
23 - - 2 Temporary Highs In The Violet, Snoh Aalegra 18
24 - - 1 Moral Hygiene, Ministry 24
25 21 - 2 Donald Fagen's The Nightfly: Live, The Steely Dan Band 21
26 14 14 6 If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey 1
27 37 38 320 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
28 25 23 25 The Battle At Garden’s Gate, Greta Van Fleet 2
29 - - 1 See What’s On The Inside, Asking Alexandria 29
30 - - 1 Manic, Wage War 30
31 33 25 5 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 4
32 - - 1 Yasuke, Flying Lotus 32
33 - - 1 The Daptone Super Soul Revue: LIVE! At The Apollo, Various Artists 33
34 32 30 131 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
35 3 - 2 Lifeforms, Angels & Airwaves 3
36 - - 1 Light Into Ashes: Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO Oct. 18 1972, Grateful Dead 36
37 45 40 108 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
38 - - 1 Big Bend (An Original Soundtrack For Public Television), Explosions In The Sky 38
39 43 34 47 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
40 28 3 3 Eternal Blue, Spiritbox 3
41 - - 1 In Heaven, Strand Of Oaks 41
42 - - 1 Never Land II, Andy Mineo 42
43 - - 1 Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71, Grateful Dead 43
44 - - 1 Liberte, The Doobie Brothers 44
45 - - 2 Jose, J Balvin 45
46 31 32 19 The Chaos Chapter : FREEZE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
47 - - 1 Half A Hundred Years, Asleep At The Wheel 47
48 50 48 203 Diamonds, Elton John 6
49 65 - 20 Where Have You Gone, Alan Jackson 3
50 52 37 16 Your Choice: 8th Mini Album (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
51 - - 1 Trying Not To Think About It, JoJo 51
52 - - 1 Trust Fund Babies, Lil Wayne Featuring Rich The Kid 52
53 39 46 28 My Savior, Carrie Underwood 1
54 53 41 46 BE, BTS 1
55 24 5 3 Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 16, 1980-1985, Bob Dylan 5
56 35 67 4 Worship Forever, Michael W. Smith 17
57 - - 1 Let Me Do One More, Illuminati Hotties 57
58 15 - 2 Dear Evan Hansen, Soundtrack 15
59 8 - 2 A Beginner's Mind, Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 8
60 62 43 53 The Album, BLACKPINK 1
61 27 18 5 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 2
62 10 - 2 Marching In Time, Tremonti 10
63 58 45 9 NOW 79, Various Artists 9
64 44 50 12 Sob Rock, John Mayer 1
65 57 47 10 Welcome 2 America, Prince 2
66 - - 8 Inhale (Exhale), MercyMe 10
67 - - 1 Outsider, Roger Taylor 67
68 6 - 2 Renewal, Billy Strings 6
69 83 80 39 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
70 38 7 3 Dearly Beloved, Daughtry 7
71 41 82 7 The Bob's Burgers Music Album, Vol. 2, Soundtrack 22
72 69 54 49 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
73 30 13 3 Same Truck, Scotty McCreery 13
74 61 68 27 40th Anniversary Celebration, Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers 33
75 - - 1 I'll Meet You Here, Dar Williams 75
76 72 55 73 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 4
77 67 53 27 Justice, Justin Bieber 2
78 - - 5 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 14
79 - - 2 SoulFly, Rod Wave 21
80 68 64 11 Gold-Diggers Sound, Leon Bridges 3
81 - - 2 When You Speak, Jeremy Camp 18
82 89 62 8 Good Things, Dan + Shay 3
83 26 - 2 Remember Her Name, Mickey Guyton 26
84 42 12 3 Lindsey Buckingham, Lindsey Buckingham 12
85 - - 1 The Quest, Yes 85
86 81 69 305 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
87 78 72 106 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
88 66 15 3 Torn Arteries, Carcass 15
89 86 78 99 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
90 29 - 2 Love Is The New Black., Anthony Hamilton 29
91 22 - 2 Change The World (EP), Ringo Starr 22
92 49 2 3 Montero, Lil Nas X 2
93 - 75 3 My Bluegrass Heart, Bela Fleck 29
94 79 66 8 Respect (Soundtrack), Jennifer Hudson 5
95 55 28 4 Hey What, Low 10
96 - - 11 Rescue Story, Zach Williams 17
97 73 49 7 Solar Power, Lorde 3
98 - 63 3 Faster, Samantha Fish 23
99 87 81 9 NOW That's What I Call A Decade: 1980s, Various Artists 17
100 93 96 8 Pressure Machine, The Killers 2

[Gary]

Catalog

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 2 790 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
2 4 4 421 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
3 3 3 382 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
4 6 5 1125 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
5 2 1 944 Metallica, Metallica 1
6 7 7 226 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
7 8 6 313 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
8 9 11 5 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 8
9 11 9 43 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 9
10 13 13 1094 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
11 16 18 41 Stoney, Post Malone 7
12 14 16 1329 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
13 12 12 283 Take Care, Drake 1
14 10 8 230 1989, Taylor Swift 1
15 - 10 162 Beauty Behind The Madness, The Weeknd 2
16 15 14 142 Ctrl, SZA 1
17 - - 63 25, Adele 13
18 18 19 1486 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
19 19 24 42 ?, XXXTENTACION 5
20 17 17 318 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
21 21 23 65 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 13
22 32 34 533 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
23 23 27 413 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
24 22 26 138 Views, Drake 4
25 25 21 759 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
26 24 15 165 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 1
27 26 32 346 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
28 38 40 9 Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem 26
29 35 37 26 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 11
30 27 29 42 Graduation, Kanye West 14
31 29 33 241 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
32 33 30 711 1, The Beatles 1
33 28 25 68 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 16
34 39 43 17 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 34
35 37 41 53 American Teen, Khalid 10
36 - - 1 CKay The First, CKay 36
37 34 31 291 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 2
38 - - 275 21, Adele 1
39 36 35 10 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch 26
40 5 39 250 Nevermind, Nirvana 2
41 31 28 43 Swimming, Mac Miller 14
42 - 50 147 The Greatest Hits Collection, Brooks & Dunn 6
43 40 36 528 Appetite For Destruction, Guns N' Roses 1
44 43 - 20 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 18
45 44 38 90 Moana, Soundtrack 6
46 42 44 72 Red, Taylor Swift 2
47 49 - 930 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
48 41 42 15 Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande 29
49 30 48 151 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 9
50 46 46 517 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1

[Gary]

Vinyl

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 1 In These Silent Days, Brandi Carlile 2
3 - - 1 Love For Sale, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 3
4 2 3 7 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
5 7 5 10 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
6 - - 1 Carnegie Hall 1970, Neil Young 6
7 - - 55 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 1
8 - - 1 Fair & Square, John Prine 8
9 10 8 93 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
10 - - 1 Buena Vista Social Club, Buena Vista Social Club 10
11 9 6 36 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
12 - - 1 Garden Of Burning Apparitions, Full Of Hell 12
13 5 4 10 Metallica, Metallica 2
14 12 13 438 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
15 6 2 4 Star-Crossed, Kacey Musgraves 1
16 - - 1 Temporary Highs In The Violet, Snoh Aalegra 16
17 13 11 224 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
18 18 - 12 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
19 - - 1 Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!, Steely Dan 19
20 - - 93 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 6
21 20 22 294 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
22 - - 1 Light Into Ashes: Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO Oct. 18 1972, Grateful Dead 22
23 - - 1 Yasuke, Flying Lotus 23
24 21 - 35 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
25 15 12 6 The Off-Season, J. Cole 5

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

All-Star 'The Metallica Blacklist' Tribute Hits Top 10 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart

By Keith Caulfield
10/12/2021

The Metallica Blacklist compilation -- the all-star tribute to Metallica’s self-titled 1991 album -- hits the top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Oct. 16), selling 8,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 7, according to MRC Data.

It’s actually the second week on the list for the 53-track album, which was previously only available to purchase as a download. It spent one week on the list dated Sept. 25 at No. 73. The physical editions of the album, on CD and vinyl LP, were released Oct. 1. Among the artists on The Metallica Blacklist: Phoebe Bridgers, Miley Cyrus, Ghost, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Darius Rucker, Chris Stapleton, Weezer and Volbeat.

The Metallica Blacklist also soars to No. 1 on the Compilation Albums chart for the first time, while also hitting new highs on Top Rock Albums (No. 12), Hard Rock Albums (No. 4) and the Billboard 200 (No. 103).

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.

Of The Metallica Blacklist’s sales of 8,000 in the latest tracking week, physical album sales comprise effectively all of that sum. The CD edition sold about 6,300 copies while the vinyl LP edition sold nearly 1,400 copies. In Metallica’s official webstore, the four-CD set retails for $29.98 while the seven-LP vinyl collection sells for $159.98.

Also on the new Top Album Sales chart, Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) swoops back in, re-entering at No. 1 with 146,000 sold (up 15,807%). It’s the second nonconsecutive week at No. 1 for the album, which debuted atop the list dated April 24. The album surges back onto the list following its signed CD and vinyl LP release on Oct. 1.

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s Love for Sale starts at No. 2 with 38,000 copies sold – the largest sales week for a jazz album in nearly three years. The last jazz set to sell more in a single week was Michael Bublé’s Love, in its second week of release, on the Dec. 8, 2018 chart, when it sold 56,000 copies.

Love for Sale also launches at No. 1 on both the overall Jazz Albums chart, as well as the Traditional Jazz Albums list. On the latter, its Bennett’s 15th No. 1 – breaking him out of a tie with Harry Connick, Jr. for the most No. 1s in the history of the chart.

Brandi Carlile captures her fourth top 10 on Top Album Sales, as her latest release, In These Silent Days, bows at No. 3 with 32,000 sold. It also begins at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums, Americana/Folk Albums and Tastemaker Albums. The latter ranks the top-selling albums of the week at independent and small chain record stores.

Meek Mill’s Expensive Pain debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales (10,000 sold) while a pair of former No. 1s are next up on the list, as NCT 127’s Sticker: The 3rd Album falls 2-5 (9,000; down 37%) and Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour is a non-mover at No. 6 (8,000; down 6%).

Billie Eilish’s former No. 1 Happier Than Ever is also stationary at No. 8 (7,500 sold; up 6%), Neil Young’s new archival release Carnegie Hall 1970 debuts at No. 9 (just over 7,000) and Metallica’s self-titled album falls 5-10 (7,000; down 20%).

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks for posting the charts, Gary, and Baby Y, the Album Sales article. Looks like Did Keith C. didn't include the No. 7 ranking for the Metallica tribute album, unless the eyes are deceiving moi.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^You're welcome. No, they didn't mention the position explicitly. But that position was the only one left over after all mentioned, so ... Interestingly both the 'Tribute' and 'Metallica' album managed to be in the top 10 of Top Album Sales at the same time. I wonder if that has happened before either on Top Album Sales or when the Billboard 200 was pure sales-based.

[WolfSpear]

I’m very happy for Tony Bennett. If this is his final release, I’m glad it was a noteworthy one. Not a bad showing in any way.

[Gary]

At 95 he is close to oldest living artist ever for any chart.

There was a.96 year old on the hot 100 a couple years back

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Oct 12, 2021 8:33:51 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

The musical chairs game continues for the Weeknd on the Billboard 200. The Highlights rose 20-15, Beauty Behind the Madness re-entered at #79 and After Hours dropped out this week.

I think The Highlights is getting a vinyl release so we can expect it to have a resurgence again whenever that is.

[iHype.]

Because After Hours being less popular than Beauty Behind the Madness this week makes sense…

It’s crazy they’ve let this rule with assigning streams the way they do go on so long.