Billboard 200 - 3/5/22

[Gary]

‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Has Most Weeks at No. 1 in Nearly a Year on Billboard 200
Plus: Yeat's '2 Alive' debuts in the top 10.


By Keith Caulfield


The Encanto soundtrack scores a seventh nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard 200 chart (dated March 5) – making it the album with the most weeks at No. 1 in nearly a year. The last album with more weeks at No. 1 was Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which ruled for 10 straight weeks between the Jan. 23 and March 27, 2021-dated charts.



In the last five years, only two albums have spent more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 than Encanto: Dangerous and Taylor Swift’s Folklore (eight weeks)


Encanto earned 90,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 24 (down 8%), according to MRC Data.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multimetric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by MRC Data. 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 March 5, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on March 1. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Encanto’s 90,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 77,000 (down 7%, equaling 114.67 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 11,000 (down 9%), and TEA units comprise 2,000 (down 15%).

Encanto is one of only five soundtracks to spend at least seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in the last 30 years. Before Encanto, there was Frozen (13 weeks, 2014), Titanic (16, 1998), The Lion King (10, 1994-95) and the Whitney Houston-led The Bodyguard (20, 1992-93). (Before that, the last soundtrack with at least seven weeks at No. 1 was Dirty Dancing in 1987-88, with 18.) The soundtrack – and overall album – with the most weeks at No. 1 is West Side Story, with 54 weeks atop the list in 1962-63.

Gunna’s former No. 1 DS4Ever holds at No. 2 with just over 41,000 equivalent album units earned (down 10%).

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album is a non-mover at No. 3, collecting 41,000 equivalent album units (down 3%).

Dangerous: The Double Album has now accumulated 58 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 – tying Taylor Swift’s Fearless for the most weeks in the top 10 among country albums. Fearless clocked 58 weeks in the region in 2008-10.

The Weeknd’s The Highlights bumps 5-4 with 33,000 units (down 1%), and Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour climbs 10-5 with 32,000 units (up 5%).

Yeat lands his first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as 2 Alive bows at No. 6 with nearly 32,000 equivalent album units earned. SEA units comprise almost the entirety of that sum, equaling 44.81 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 20 songs. Album sales and TEA units comprise a negligible number of units.

Drake’s chart-topping Certified Lover Boy falls 4-7 with just under 32,000 equivalent album units earned (down 7%), Doja Cat’s Planet Her dips 6-8 with 28,000 units (down 8%), Eminem’s Curtain Call: The Hits slips 8-9 with 26,000 units (down 17%), and Adele’s former leader 30 falls 7-10 with 25,000 units (down 20%).

MRC Data, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes an exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. MRC Data reviews and authenticates data, removing any suspicious or unverifiable activity using established criteria before final chart calculations are made and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to the final calculation.

[Gary]

Not a good sign. I just hope that Billboard did not discontinue the album charts.

Reposting this from the Hot 100 thread - someone's reaction to how late the top 10 preview is...

[Gary]

1. Encanto 90,000 (11K sales)
2. Gunna 41,000
3. Morgan Wallen 41,000
4. Highlights 33,000
5. Olivia Rodriga 32,000
6. Yeat 32,000 (salles almost nothing)
7. Drake 32,000
8. Doja Cat 28,000
9. Eminem 26,000
10. Adele 25,000

[Gary]

Weeks in the top 10

top 10 ARTIST
58 MORGAN WALLEN
37 OLIVIA RODRIGO
30 DOJA CAT
23 DRAKE
17 THE WEEKND
14 EMINEM
14 ADELE
9 ENCANTO
7 GUNNA
1 YEAT

[Gary]

Weeks in the top 10 - 1956 - Present

(1959-1963 there were separate stereo and mono charts) - Pre 1963 charts for this list based on Mono - to avoid double counting


MY FAIR LADY, ORIGINAL CAST 110
The Sound Of Music, Soundtrack 109
West Side Story, Soundtrack 99
Thriller, Michael Jackson 78---*(plus 13 weeks in the 2003-2009 Comprehensive chart)
Peter Paul & Mary, Peter, Paul And Mary 84
Born In The U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen 84
21, Adele 84
Hysteria, Def Leppard 78
OKLAHOMA!, SOUNDTRACK 73
Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette 72
Dr. ZhIVago, Soundtrack 71
THE KING AND I, SOUNDTRACK 67
Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul 64
THE SOUND OF MUSIC, ORIGINAL CAST 62
Whipped Cream & Other Delights, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 61
Falling Into You, Celine Dion 61
Camelot, Original Cast 59
Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie 59
1989, Taylor Swift 59
Fearless, Taylor Swift 58
CALYPSO, HARRY BELAFONTE 58
Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 58

[Gary]

Longest running albums in the top 5 (for pre 1963 - using "mono" charts rather than "stereo")


80 MY FAIR LADY, ORIGINAL CAST
73 West Side Story, Soundtrack
73 The Sound Of Music, Soundtrack
71 Thriller, Michael Jackson
68 21, Adele
66 Born In The U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
55 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
49 CALYPSO, HARRY BELAFONTE
47 Falling Into You, Celine Dion
47 Dr. ZhIVago, Soundtrack
46 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
44 Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em, M.C. Hammer
43 Mariah Carey, Mariah Carey
43 Dirty Dancing, Soundtrack
43 Camelot, Original Cast
42 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen

[Gary]

Soundtracks at #1 -- 7 plus eeeks


54 WEST SIDE STORY
31 SOUTH PACIFIC
24 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
24 PURPLE RAIN
20 BLUE HAWAII
20 THE BODYGAURD
18 DIRTY DANCING
17 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
16 TITANIC
14 EXODUS
14 A HARD DAYS NIGHT
14 MARY POPPINS
13 FROZEN
12 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
12 GREASE
11 MIAMI VICE
10 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
10 LOVING YOU
10 GIGI
10 G.I. BLUES
10 FOOTLOOSE
10 THE LION KING
9 HELP!
9 THE GRADUATE
7 ENCANTO

[areyoureadytojump]

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[fridayteenage]

I believe that Olivia's Sour now ties Views for weeks in the top 5, moving ahead of Hollywood's Bleeding.

It's gonna look real weird on the year end chart when weeknd's new album is crushed by his compilation from last year.

[thegreatdivine]

Feb 28, 2022 22:49:43 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

I believe that Olivia's Sour now ties Views for weeks in the top 5, moving ahead of Hollywood's Bleeding.

It's gonna look real weird on the year end chart when weeknd's new album is crushed by his compilation from last year.

Serves him right. It was a dumb move to release a greatest hits album this early in his career. Every album he's ever released up to After Hours will keep suffering on the Billboard 200 as a result.

[Gary]

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 13 Encanto, Soundtrack 1
2 2 - 7 DS4EVER, Gunna 1
3 3 - 59 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
4 5 - 54 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
5 10 - 40 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
6 - - 1 2 Alive, Yeat 6
7 4 - 25 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
8 6 - 35 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
9 8 - 569 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
10 7 - 14 30, Adele 1
11 12 - 17 =, Ed Sheeran 1
12 - - 1 Once Twice Melody, Beach House 12
13 11 - 7 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 2
14 13 - 5 Colors, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 2
15 15 - 15 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
16 9 - 170 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
17 18 - 104 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
18 17 - 487 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
19 19 - 37 Hall Of Fame, Polo G 1
20 16 - 11 Fighting Demons, Juice WRLD 2
21 20 - 26 Donda, Kanye West 1
22 25 - 104 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
23 - - 1 Texas Moon (EP), Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 23
24 24 - 86 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
25 23 - 83 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
26 21 - 30 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
27 26 - 197 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
28 34 - 49 Justice, Justin Bieber 1
29 27 - 23 Montero, Lil Nas X 2
30 30 - 465 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
31 28 - 129 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
32 35 - 99 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
33 32 - 120 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
34 117 - 63 Thats What They All Say, Jack Harlow 5
35 22 - 411 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
36 109 - 97 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
37 36 - 85 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
38 39 - 48 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
39 40 - 479 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
40 47 - 247 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
41 33 - 254 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
42 51 - 335 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
43 48 - 83 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
44 43 - 16 Still Over It, Summer Walker 1
45 45 - 44 A Gangsta's Pain, Moneybagg Yo 1
46 44 - 224 Diamonds, Elton John 7
47 49 - 65 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 1
48 41 - 12 Who Is Nardo Wick?, Nardo Wick 19
49 42 - 5 Country Stuff: The Album, Walker Hayes 9
50 53 - 178 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
51 54 - 68 Dreamland, Glass Animals 7
52 52 - 155 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
53 57 - 152 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
54 50 - 15 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 2
55 81 - 168 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
56 68 - 215 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
57 59 - 235 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
58 56 - 469 Take Care, Drake 1
59 55 - 337 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
60 - - 1 Cowboy Tears, Oliver Tree 60
61 60 - 115 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
62 58 - 67 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
63 70 - 191 Scorpion, Drake 1
64 72 - 560 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
65 61 - 24 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
66 62 - 38 The Voice Of The Heroes, Lil Baby & Lil Durk 1
67 71 - 578 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
68 108 - 212 Graduation, Kanye West 1
69 64 - 564 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
70 73 - 377 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
71 69 - 719 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
72 67 - 131 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
73 74 - 186 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
74 83 - 51 Currents, Tame Impala 4
75 37 - 3 CM10: Free Game, Yo Gotti 3
76 63 - 115 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
77 76 - 103 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 1
78 78 - 200 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
79 79 - 124 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
80 80 - 93 The GOAT, Polo G 2
81 14 - 2 Good Morning Gorgeous, Mary J. Blige 14
82 89 - 125 Over It, Summer Walker 2
83 65 - 7 Up 2 Me, Yeat 58
84 85 - 63 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
85 77 - 68 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
86 86 - 450 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
87 90 - 701 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
88 99 - 383 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 31
89 95 - 376 1989, Taylor Swift 1
90 107 - 268 Moana, Soundtrack 2
91 82 - 246 Ctrl, SZA 3
92 96 - 206 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
93 101 - 302 Views, Drake 1
94 84 - 22 Sincerely, Kentrell, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
95 92 - 121 Hot Pink, Doja Cat 9
96 98 - 563 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
97 87 - 41 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
98 105 - 99 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
99 88 - 55 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
100 94 - 259 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
101 111 - 11 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 9
102 97 - 9 Euphoria: Original Score From The HBO Series (Soundtrack), Labrinth 79
103 103 - 55 Shiesty Season, Pooh Shiesty 3
104 102 - 69 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
105 115 - 272 Stoney, Post Malone 4
106 112 - 504 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
107 118 - 266 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
108 124 - 77 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
109 100 - 108 Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem 1
110 106 - 74 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 1
111 123 - 35 Vice Versa, Rauw Alejandro 17
112 121 - 451 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
113 122 - 75 Top, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
114 174 - 171 The Life Of deleted, Kanye West 1
115 129 - 62 The Voice, Lil Durk 2
116 119 - 117 Die Lit, Playboi Carti 3
117 144 - 16 Human: The Double Album, Cody Johnson 19
118 116 - 9 Sing 2, Soundtrack 41
119 131 - 510 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
120 46 - 18 Heaux Tales, Jazmine Sullivan 4
121 - - 32 Kid Krow, Conan Gray 5
122 148 - 18 The Lockdown Sessions, Elton John 10
123 114 - 86 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
124 140 - 244 More Life, Drake 1
125 128 - 206 25, Adele 1
126 139 - 181 Swimming, Mac Miller 3
127 134 - 304 ANTI, Rihanna 1
128 130 - 144 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
129 136 - 75 Ready To Die, The Notorious B.I.G. 15
130 141 - 530 21, Adele 1
131 133 - 50 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time, Giveon 5
132 145 - 218 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 14
133 149 - 51 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 115
134 147 - 410 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
135 155 - 415 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
136 143 - 149 X 100PRE, Bad Bunny 11
137 146 - 266 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
138 153 - 509 1, The Beatles 1
139 - - 100 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance 28
140 137 - 188 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
141 152 - 179 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
142 120 - 4 Me Vs. Me, NLE Choppa 14
143 132 - 128 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
144 172 - 241 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
145 179 - 38 Still Sleep?, Sleepy Hallow 16
146 167 - 162 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
147 156 - 648 Metallica, Metallica 1
148 184 - 240 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
149 75 - 177 24K Magic, Bruno Mars 2
150 161 - 219 17, XXXTENTACION 2
151 166 - 106 Ghetto Gospel, Rod Wave 10
152 169 - 92 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2, Lil Durk 2
153 158 - 80 Goldmine, Gabby Barrett 27
154 150 - 29 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
155 159 - 260 American Teen, Khalid 4
156 163 - 286 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
157 176 - 170 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
158 165 - 28 KG0516, Karol G 20
159 151 - 45 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
160 170 - 64 Good News, Megan Thee Stallion 2
161 171 - 39 Free Dem Boyz, 42 Dugg 8
162 162 - 17 Something For Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives, Megan Thee Stallion 5
163 - - 119 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
164 185 - 33 Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith, Aerosmith 33
165 188 - 72 Strait Out Of The Box, George Strait 43
166 183 - 116 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch 1
167 173 - 83 High Off Life, Future 1
168 193 - 173 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne 1
169 181 - 165 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
170 168 - 85 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 106
171 175 - 181 DS2, Future 1
172 180 - 111 AI YoungBoy 2, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
173 178 - 421 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
174 186 - 203 Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B 1
175 91 - 97 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 3
176 154 - 10 Live Life Fast, Roddy Ricch 4
177 182 - 92 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
178 198 - 251 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
179 - - 1 Bobby Weir And Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros 179
180 191 - 265 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
181 200 - 333 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1
182 157 - 11 From The Bayou, YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Birdman 19
183 189 - 97 Chilombo, Jhene Aiko 2
184 - - 41 Late Registration, Kanye West 1
185 195 - 13 Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren, Anuel AA 30
186 - - 138 The Stranger, Billy Joel 2
187 - - 120 Born Sinner, J. Cole 1
188 - - 152 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
189 196 - 210 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
190 197 - 100 Meet The Woo, V.2, Pop Smoke 7
191 - - 367 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
192 - - 1 Imagination And The Misfi Kid, Labrinth 192
193 - - 349 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
194 192 - 26 Trip At Knight, Trippie Redd 2
195 160 - 322 Recovery, Eminem 1
196 - - 202 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
197 - - 158 Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande 1
198 190 - 82 "Awaken, My Love!", Childish Gambino 5
199 - - 275 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott 1
200 - - 1 Continuance, The Alchemist / Curren$y 200

[Gary]

Current


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Once Twice Melody, Beach House 1
2 - - 1 Texas Moon (EP), Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 2
3 5 - 11 Encanto, Soundtrack 1
4 6 - 14 30, Adele 1
5 11 - 40 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
6 - - 1 Bobby Weir And Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros 6
7 - - 2 Thats What They All Say, Jack Harlow 7
8 3 - 2 Good Morning Gorgeous, Mary J. Blige 3
9 15 - 82 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
10 - - 1 Cowboy Tears, Oliver Tree 10
11 4 - 2 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Big Thief 4
12 8 - 3 Laurel Hell, Mitski 1
13 2 - 2 Lucifer On The Sofa, Spoon 2
14 7 - 2 4, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators 7
15 18 - 30 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
16 13 - 15 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
17 20 - 10 Universe: The 3rd Album, Neo Culture Technology (2021), NCT 4
18 1 - 2 Earthling, Eddie Vedder 1
19 23 - 23 Sticker: The 3rd Album, NCT 127 1
20 29 - 63 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
21 16 - 7 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 1
22 25 - 6 Brightside, The Lumineers 1
23 33 - 151 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
24 - - 1 Endwalker: Final Fantasy XIV, Soundtrack 24
25 26 - 115 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
26 24 - 17 =, Ed Sheeran 1
27 27 - 340 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
28 30 - 4 NOW That's What I Call Music! 2000's Hip Hop, Various Artists 23
29 12 - 7 Donda, Kanye West 2
30 10 - 2 The Dream, alt-J 10
31 31 - 10 Sing 2, Soundtrack 8
32 32 - 15 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 3
33 34 - 4 NOW 81, Various Artists 8
34 21 - 6 DIMENSION : ANSWER, ENHYPEN 2
35 22 - 3 Marry Me (Soundtrack), Jennifer Lopez & Maluma 22
36 19 - 3 Ants From Up There, Black Country, New Road 10
37 - - 1 Manticore, Shovels & Rope 37
38 40 - 223 Diamonds, Elton John 6
39 14 - 3 Requiem, Korn 2
40 37 - 46 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
41 39 - 5 Country Stuff: The Album, Walker Hayes 2
42 - - 1 Life On Earth, Hurray For The Riff Raff 42
43 57 - 5 Marvel Studios Wandavision: Music From, Soundtrack 26
44 51 - 18 SEVENTEEN 9th Mini Album: Attacca (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
45 70 - 2 FTHC, Frank Turner 45
46 - - 1 Rakshak, Bloodywood 46
47 47 - 59 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
48 - - 1 Fascination, The Birthday Massacre 48
49 41 - 67 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
50 - - 1 Acts Of God, Immolation 50
51 - - 2 Bobby Tarantino III, Logic 27
52 - - 6 King's Disease II, Nas 3
53 49 - 37 The Highlights, The Weeknd 4
54 50 - 14 Raise The Roof, Robert Plant / Alison Krauss 3
55 52 - 31 Scaled And Icy, twenty one pilots 2
56 68 - 6 Healer, Casting Crowns 9
57 59 - 39 The Chaos Chapter : FREEZE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
58 38 - 17 Inside (The Songs), Bo Burnham 3
59 - - 1 Continuance, The Alchemist / Curren$y 59
60 73 - 35 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 38
61 72 - 66 BE, BTS 1
62 - - 2 Manic, Wage War 30
63 - - 232 This One's For You, Luke Combs 2
64 63 - 24 Star-Crossed, Kacey Musgraves 1
65 - - 1 Let's Just Praise The Lord, Gaither Vocal Band 65
66 64 - 4 Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Soundtrack 34
67 77 - 120 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
68 53 - 34 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
69 48 - 11 West Side Story (2021), Soundtrack 25
70 - - 1 Digital Roses Don't Die, Big K.R.I.T. 70
71 43 - 2 20, matchbox 20 43
72 65 - 6 Richer Than I Ever Been, Rick Ross 21
73 83 - 18 Blue Banisters, Lana Del Rey 2
74 - - 4 29, Carly Pearce 17
75 - - 1 Nightroamer, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers 75
76 - - 5 Time, Tequila & Therapy, Old Dominion 10
77 28 - 2 Merge, Lawrence Flowers & Intercession 28
78 76 - 4 #1's, George Strait 61
79 93 - 128 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
80 - - 14 I Don't Live Here Anymore, The War On Drugs 4
81 86 - 325 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
82 87 - 43 Chemtrails Over The Country Club, Lana Del Rey 1
83 17 - 2 Cold As Weiss, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio 17
84 69 - 4 Frayed At Both Ends, Aaron Lewis 5
85 88 - 88 After Hours, The Weeknd 1
86 44 - 3 Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs Of John Prine, Vol. 2, Various Artists 40
87 84 - 44 The Battle At Garden’s Gate, Greta Van Fleet 2
88 66 - 7 Dominion, Skillet 5
89 71 - 16 Man On The Moon III: The Chosen, Kid Cudi 4
90 46 - 2 Blue In The Sky, Dustin Lynch 46
91 - - 12 Inhale (Exhale), MercyMe 10
92 91 - 51 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 3
93 - - 89 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 4
94 85 - 31 Sob Rock, John Mayer 1
95 - - 1 Revel In Time, Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One 95
96 - - 21 Gold-Diggers Sound, Leon Bridges 3
97 - - 47 My Savior, Carrie Underwood 1
98 - - 13 Kidz Bop 2022, Kidz Bop Kids 46
99 97 - 69 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
100 - - 45 Justice, Justin Bieber 2

[Gary]

Sales

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Once Twice Melody, Beach House 1
2 - - 1 Texas Moon (EP), Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 2
3 5 - 10 Encanto, Soundtrack 1
4 6 - 14 30, Adele 1
5 15 - 40 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
6 - - 1 Bobby Weir And Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros 6
7 8 - 285 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 6
8 - - 1 Thats What They All Say, Jack Harlow 8
9 3 - 2 Good Morning Gorgeous, Mary J. Blige 3
10 17 - 238 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
11 20 - 83 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
12 - - 1 Cowboy Tears, Oliver Tree 12
13 14 - 409 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
14 - - 3 Kid Krow, Conan Gray 2
15 4 - 2 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Big Thief 4
16 9 - 3 Laurel Hell, Mitski 1
17 23 - 199 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 2
18 2 - 2 Lucifer On The Sofa, Spoon 2
19 - - 1 Wild In The Streets, Circle Jerks 19
20 7 - 2 4, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators 7
21 24 - 30 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
22 18 - 15 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
23 28 - 10 Universe: The 3rd Album, Neo Culture Technology (2021), NCT 4
24 38 - 30 Currents, Tame Impala 5
25 25 - 561 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
26 49 - 123 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
27 44 - 58 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
28 35 - 231 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
29 - - 28 Discovery, Daft Punk 15
30 1 - 2 Earthling, Eddie Vedder 1
31 29 - 383 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
32 36 - 52 "Awaken, My Love!", Childish Gambino 4
33 45 - 441 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
34 37 - 23 Sticker: The 3rd Album, NCT 127 1
35 47 - 63 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
36 21 - 6 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 1
37 51 - 629 Metallica, Metallica 1
38 33 - 105 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 3
39 41 - 68 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 7
40 40 - 6 Brightside, The Lumineers 1
41 56 - 152 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
42 - - 1 The Stranger, Billy Joel 42
43 34 - 21 Let It Be (Soundtrack), The Beatles 1
44 - - 1 Endwalker: Final Fantasy XIV, Soundtrack 44
45 42 - 115 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
46 39 - 17 =, Ed Sheeran 1
47 53 - 424 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
48 30 - 120 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
49 61 - 284 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
50 43 - 332 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
51 48 - 4 NOW That's What I Call Music! 2000's Hip Hop, Various Artists 35
52 16 - 5 Donda, Kanye West 2
53 12 - 2 The Dream, alt-J 12
54 50 - 10 Sing 2, Soundtrack 11
55 54 - 15 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 3
56 59 - 4 NOW 81, Various Artists 11
57 64 - 444 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
58 52 - 134 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
59 - - 217 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
60 67 - 269 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
61 31 - 6 DIMENSION : ANSWER, ENHYPEN 2
62 32 - 3 Marry Me (Soundtrack), Jennifer Lopez & Maluma 32
63 55 - 93 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
64 26 - 3 Ants From Up There, Black Country, New Road 12
65 - - 1 Manticore, Shovels & Rope 65
66 70 - 186 Diamonds, Elton John 6
67 62 - 351 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
68 19 - 3 Requiem, Korn 2
69 78 - 129 Map Of The Soul: PERSONA, BTS 1
70 13 - 91 24K Magic, Bruno Mars 2
71 69 - 288 Thriller, Michael Jackson 9
72 57 - 104 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
73 58 - 381 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
74 65 - 35 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
75 - - 90 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
76 83 - 399 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
77 84 - 161 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 8
78 68 - 5 Country Stuff: The Album, Walker Hayes 3
79 71 - 283 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
80 74 - 296 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
81 77 - 154 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
82 - - 1 Inner Urge, Joe Henderson 82
83 72 - 197 Back In Black, AC/DC 20
84 95 - 62 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
85 - - 1 Life On Earth, Hurray For The Riff Raff 85
86 - - 2 Marvel Studios Wandavision: Music From, Soundtrack 45
87 93 - 18 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Soundtrack 13
88 82 - 88 Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Wu-Tang Clan 41
89 96 - 16 SEVENTEEN 9th Mini Album: Attacca (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
90 - - 1 Caramba!, Lee Morgan 90
91 - - 1 FTHC, Frank Turner 91
92 - - 1 Songs To Learn & Sing, Echo & The Bunnymen 92
93 - - 19 1999, Prince 6
94 - - 2 Storm Front, Billy Joel 94
95 - - 1 Rakshak, Bloodywood 95
96 89 - 39 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
97 80 - 15 What's Going On, Marvin Gaye 6
98 - - 1 Fascination, The Birthday Massacre 98
99 73 - 65 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
100 - - 164 Blurryface, twenty one pilots 1

[Gary]

Vinyl

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Once Twice Melody, Beach House 1
2 - - 1 Texas Moon (EP), Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 2
3 12 - 27 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
4 3 - 249 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
5 - - 1 Thats What They All Say, Jack Harlow 5
6 - - 1 Bobby Weir And Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros 6
7 7 - 171 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
8 - - 2 Kid Krow, Conan Gray 8
9 10 - 244 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 1
10 8 - 52 Nevermind, Nirvana 3
11 11 - 53 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
12 - - 1 Wild In The Streets, Circle Jerks 12
13 1 - 2 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Big Thief 1
14 24 - 22 Currents, Tame Impala 1
15 6 - 3 Laurel Hell, Mitski 1
16 - - 15 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
17 16 - 457 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
18 - - 4 Discovery, Daft Punk 12
19 21 - 29 "Awaken, My Love!", Childish Gambino 3
20 22 - 30 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
21 2 - 2 Lucifer On The Sofa, Spoon 2
22 25 - 6 Because The Internet, Childish Gambino 1
23 - - 9 The College Dropout, Kanye West 6
24 20 - 309 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
25 9 - 14 30, Adele 1

[Gary]

Catalog


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 441 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
2 2 - 49 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
3 3 - 333 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
4 5 - 9 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 3
5 6 - 402 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
6 4 - 334 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
7 40 - 12 The College Dropout, Kanye West 3
8 8 - 810 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
9 7 - 85 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 6
10 22 - 22 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 10
11 12 - 82 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 11
12 9 - 300 Take Care, Drake 1
13 15 - 361 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
14 14 - 1145 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
15 39 - 55 Graduation, Kanye West 14
16 11 - 270 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
17 16 - 246 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
18 13 - 1506 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
19 24 - 7 Currents, Tame Impala 19
20 10 - 76 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
21 18 - 24 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 8
22 20 - 25 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 16
23 21 - 10 The GOAT, Polo G 10
24 26 - 9 Over It, Summer Walker 13
25 19 - 8 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 6
26 25 - 779 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
27 27 - 1341 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
28 34 - 424 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
29 30 - 245 1989, Taylor Swift 1
30 38 - 103 Moana, Soundtrack 6
31 23 - 161 Ctrl, SZA 1
32 31 - 59 ?, XXXTENTACION 5
33 36 - 151 Views, Drake 4
34 33 - 557 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
35 37 - 11 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 18
36 29 - 60 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 9
37 32 - 4 Euphoria: Original Score From The HBO Series (Soundtrack), Labrinth 18
38 44 - 58 Stoney, Post Malone 7
39 41 - 1109 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
40 45 - 99 Blonde, Frank Ocean 2
41 48 - 38 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 11
42 35 - 14 Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem 26
43 47 - 537 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
44 - - 51 The Life Of deleted, Kanye West 4
45 46 - 27 Die Lit, Playboi Carti 18
46 - - 543 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
47 - - 1 Kid Krow, Conan Gray 47
48 43 - 7 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 31
49 50 - 82 25, Adele 1
50 - - 53 Swimming, Mac Miller 14

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, Gary.

30 at No. 10 in its 14th week- that is disappointing, at least when compared to its predecessors. Top 40 radio has dropped the second single big time, so a third single at any time now would be welcome.

[areyoureadytojump]

I don't think Adele gives a f*ck about 30 or touring for the album.

Columbia must be pissed.

[Gary]

Beach House Scores First No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart
Plus, albums from Khruangbin & Leon Bridges, Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros and Jack Harlow debut in the top 10.

By Keith Caulfield

03/1/2022

Beach House scores its first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated March 5) as Once Twice Melody enters atop the list. The set, which was released on Feb. 18, sold 20,300 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 24, according to MRC Data. Over 70% of the album’s first-week sales were on vinyl LP.


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 sole measurement 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 Once Twice Melody’s 20,300 copies sold in the week end Feb. 17, physical sales comprise 18,200 (14,500 on vinyl; 2,900 on CD and 800 on cassette) and digital sales comprise 2,100. Once Twice Melody also enters at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums sales chart – Beach House’s fifth No. 1 on the 11-year-old tally.

Once Twice Melody also debuts at No. 1 on Top Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Tastemaker Albums and Top Current Album Sales.

Top Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums rank the week’s most popular alternative and rock releases, respectively, by equivalent album units. Tastemaker Albums reflects the best-selling albums at independent and small chain record stores. Top Current Album Sales ranks the week’s biggest-selling current albums (not including catalog – older – releases).

Khruangbin and Leon Bridges’ second collaborative project, Texas Moon, arrives at No. 2 on Top Album Sales with 16,400 copies sold – largely from vinyl LP sales. It sold 12,900 on wax. The pair’s first effort, Texas Sun, debuted and peaked at No. 4 in 2020.

The chart-topping Encanto soundtrack climbs 5-3 with a little over 11,000 sold (down 9%) while Adele’s former leader 30 rises 6-4 with 8,000 sold (down 33%).

Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour jumps back into the top 10, rising 15-5 with a little over 7,000 sold (up 32%). Most the set’s increase is owed to sturdy sales at mass merchants, such as Target, which accounted for 50% of the album’s total sales for the week. Sour saw a 99% gain in sales at mass merchants.

Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros’ Live in Colorado starts at No. 6 with 7,000 sold and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours moves 8-7 with nearly 7,000 (down 14%). Jack Harlow’s Thats What They All Say – which was originally released in December of 2020 – debuts at No. 8 with nearly 6,000 sold, following its Feb. 18 release on vinyl LP. Nearly all of its 6,000 sales were on vinyl. The album was initially released via streaming services and as a digital download. It has yet to be released on CD.

Rounding out the new top 10 on Top Album Sales are Mary J. Blige’s Good Morning Gorgeous (falling 3-9 in its second week with just over 5,000 sold; down 63%) and Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city (rising 17-10 with 5,000; down 11%).

In the week ending Feb. 24, there were 1.648 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 7.7% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.26 million (down 8.2%) and digital albums comprised 388,000 (down 5.8%).

There were 574,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Feb. 24 (down 9.6% week-over-week) and 675,000 vinyl albums sold (up down 7.5%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 4.859 million (down 8.3% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 5.624 million (down 2.6%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 13.808 million (down 7.9% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 10.551 million (down 5.2%) and digital album sales total 3.257 million (down 15.7%).


and...


www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/beach-house-first-number-1-top-album-sales-chart-1235037605/

[Gary]

Prior #1 vinyl albums for Beach House

Bloom, Beach House
Depression Cherry, Beach House
Thank Your Lucky Stars, Beach House
B-Sides And Rarities, Beach House

[fridayteenage]

40k+ weeks
sour 29
planet her 19
30 9

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Beach House Scores First No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart

3/1/2022

By Keith Caulfield

Beach House scores its first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated March 5) as Once Twice Melody enters atop the list. The set, which was released on Feb. 18, sold 20,300 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 24, according to MRC Data. Over 70% of the album’s first-week sales were on vinyl LP.

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 sole measurement 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 Once Twice Melody’s 20,300 copies sold in the week end Feb. 17, physical sales comprise 18,200 (14,500 on vinyl; 2,900 on CD and 800 on cassette) and digital sales comprise 2,100. Once Twice Melody also enters at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums sales chart – Beach House’s fifth No. 1 on the 11-year-old tally.

Once Twice Melody also debuts at No. 1 on Top Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Tastemaker Albums and Top Current Album Sales.

Top Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums rank the week’s most popular alternative and rock releases, respectively, by equivalent album units. Tastemaker Albums reflects the best-selling albums at independent and small chain record stores. Top Current Album Sales ranks the week’s biggest-selling current albums (not including catalog – older – releases).

Khruangbin and Leon Bridges’ second collaborative project, Texas Moon, arrives at No. 2 on Top Album Sales with 16,400 copies sold – largely from vinyl LP sales. It sold 12,900 on wax. The pair’s first effort, Texas Sun, debuted and peaked at No. 4 in 2020.

The chart-topping Encanto soundtrack climbs 5-3 with a little over 11,000 sold (down 9%) while Adele’s former leader 30 rises 6-4 with 8,000 sold (down 33%).

Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour jumps back into the top 10, rising 15-5 with a little over 7,000 sold (up 32%). Most the set’s increase is owed to sturdy sales at mass merchants, such as Target, which accounted for 50% of the album’s total sales for the week. Sour saw a 99% gain in sales at mass merchants.

Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros’ Live in Colorado starts at No. 6 with 7,000 sold and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours moves 8-7 with nearly 7,000 (down 14%). Jack Harlow’s Thats What They All Say – which was originally released in December of 2020 – debuts at No. 8 with nearly 6,000 sold, following its Feb. 18 release on vinyl LP. Nearly all of its 6,000 sales were on vinyl. The album was initially released via streaming services and as a digital download. It has yet to be released on CD.

Rounding out the new top 10 on Top Album Sales are Mary J. Blige’s Good Morning Gorgeous (falling 3-9 in its second week with just over 5,000 sold; down 63%) and Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city (rising 17-10 with 5,000; down 11%).

In the week ending Feb. 24, there were 1.648 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 7.7% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.26 million (down 8.2%) and digital albums comprised 388,000 (down 5.8%).

There were 574,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Feb. 24 (down 9.6% week-over-week) and 675,000 vinyl albums sold (up down 7.5%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 4.859 million (down 8.3% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 5.624 million (down 2.6%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 13.808 million (down 7.9% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 10.551 million (down 5.2%) and digital album sales total 3.257 million (down 15.7%).

[iHype.]

Fun fact: There's already been 7 albums this decade with 5+ weeks #1. 

There was only 12 in the entirety of the 2010s -- 4 by this point in 2012. We are even past 2000s pace (the 7th album hit 5 weeks #1 in June 2002). 

[WolfSpear]

At this rate, Encanto could be locked in for 10-15 weeks. It may well surprise us all...

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

With ‘Donda 2’ Stem Player Release, Kanye West Skips Streamers — And the Charts

3/4/2022

By Colin Stutz

The album and the $200 devices that play it fail to meet Billboard's chart eligibility requirements.

AAfter releasing 16 tracks from Donda 2 to his Stem Player last week, Kanye West is so far staying true to his promise to hold back the album from streaming services.

The artist and entrepreneur, who now goes by Ye, reported $1.3 million in Stem sales via Instagram in the 24 hours after announcing Donda 2 would be released exclusively on his $200 proprietary hockey-puck-sized streaming devices, which allow users to remix songs as they listen. While new Stem purchases appear to come preloaded with 2019’s Jesus Is King, last year’s Donda and Donda 2, anyone who purchased the device when it was released last year can also upload the Donda 2 songs — or others — using their computer and a USB-C cable.

Ye said at time of his Feb. 18 Instagram post that he had sold 39,500 Stem Players to date — for total net sales topping $8.6 million.

While that revenue far surpasses what an artist can earn from streaming or sales in the same time period, one thing this release strategy will not be earning Ye is placement on the Billboard charts. That’s because the album is being sold with a device that can be used for other means besides the playing of the album. As such, the Stem/Donda package would fall within Billboard’s latest merch bundle policy, where albums sold with merchandise are not chart eligible.

Since the Stem Player is a fairly new concept, however, people familiar with the matter from both Billboard and MRC say they plan to continue to monitor its evolution as it relates to chart eligibility.

Ye released four Donda 2 tracks to his Stem Player on Feb. 23 following a listening party and live performance in Miami the night prior. The next day, he released 12 more songs, calling the 16-track collection the “Miami Version.”

When Ye released Donda on Aug. 29, it topped the Billboard 200 albums chart with 309,000 equivalent album units moved, according to MRC Data, becoming 2021’s top single-week release to that point. He was later surpassed by Drake’s Certified Lover Boy and Adele’s 30 and ended 2021 with the calendar year’s 39th biggest album, according to the Billboard 200 year-end chart.