Billboard 200 July 2: Drake #1: 204k

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Drake Achieves 11th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Honestly, Nevermind’
By Keith Caulfield
06/26/2022

He's one of only five acts with more than 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart.

Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind debuts atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 2), giving the superstar his 11th No. 1 on the chart. The surprise release was announced on June 16, and the album dropped at midnight on June 17. The set is a sonic left-turn from the hip-hop giant, as it is “almost entirely composed of moody electronic atmospherics and body-moving dancefloor heat” and “leans on the house music scene” with collaborations from “seven house music producers with varying degrees of mainstream fame.”

Drake becomes the fifth act with more than 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 since the chart began regularly publishing on a weekly basis in 1956. He joins The Beatles (who lead with a record 19 No. 1s), Jay-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand (each with 11).

Honestly, Nevermind launches with 204,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 23, according to Luminate. Streaming activity powered 94% of the album’s first week sum.

Also in the new top 10, Kevin Gates collects his fifth top 10 on the Billboard 200, as Khaza arrives 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, compiled by Luminate. 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 July 2, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on June 28. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Honestly, Nevermind’s 204,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 191,000 (equaling 250.23 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 11,000 and TEA units comprise 2,000.

The 14-track Honestly, Nevermind bows with the fourth-largest streaming week for an album in 2022, by on-demand official streams: 250.23 million. Notably, the three larger weeks this year were all scored by albums with a longer tracklist (all in their debuts weeks): Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti (356.55 million from 23 tracks), Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (343.02 million; 18 tracks) and Future’s I Never Liked You (283.75 million; 22 tracks).


In fact, the last time an album as short (or shorter) as Honestly, Nevermind had a larger streaming week was over a year ago, when Olivia Rodrigo’s 11-track Sour bowed with 300.73 million on-demand official streams (chart dated June 5, 2021).

The most-streamed cut on Honestly, Nevermind, by on-demand official streams, is its closing track “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, with 39.59 million. The second-and-third-most streamed tracks are the album’s opening song “Falling Back” (27.05 million) and “Sticky” (26.16 million). “Falling” is the only song from the album with an official music video, and 3.03 million of its streams came from video plays. (Looking only at on-demand official audio streams, the two most-streamed tracks on the set are “Jimmy Cooks,” with 37.93 million and “Sticky,” with 25.37 million.)

“Jimmy Cooks” and “Sticky” are the most rap-forward cuts on the album. Combined, the two songs accounted for 26% of the album’s first-week on-demand official streams (65.75 million of 250.23 million).

In total, Honestly, Nevermind is Drake’s 14th top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200. From 2009, when he first charted, onwards, he’s logged at least one new top 10 in every year except for 2012 and 2014. Honestly gives Drake an eighth consecutive year with a new top 10 album (stretching back to 2015’s What a Time to Be Alive, with Future, and If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – both No. 1s). No other act has notched a new top 10 in every year since 2015.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Bad Bunny’s chart-topping Un Verano Sin Ti is a non-mover with 121,000 equivalent album units (down 8%). Un Verano Sin Ti has tallied over 100,000 in each of its first seven weeks on the chart. The last title to do so was Drake’s Scorpion, which saw its first seven weeks all exceed 100,000 units (July 28-Aug 25. 2018, charts).


Harry Styles’ former leader Harry’s House is stationary at No. 3 with 79,000 equivalent album units (down 13%),

BTS’ Proof falls 1-4 in its second week with 75,000 units (down 76%) and

Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album rises 6-5 with 52,000 units (up less than 1%).

Future’s former No. 1 I Never Liked You dips 5-6 with 49,000 units (down 11%), and

Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache descends 4-7 with 44,000 units (down 26%).

Kevin Gates nabs his fifth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Khaza arrives at No. 8 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 34,000 (equaling 47.05 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 3,000 and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Closing out the new top 10 are two former No. 1s:

Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (7-9 with 36,000 equivalent album units; down 14%) and

Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (8-10 with 32,000 units; up 1%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate 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.

[magik]

Numbers are pretty meh, no matter how you slice it. But I'd give him the benefit of the doubt because this album isn't truly a Hip Hop album. But this just proves that he's not unstoppable in every single aspect.

[fridayteenage]

The most-streamed cut on Honestly, Nevermind, by on-demand official streams, is its closing track “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, with 39.59 million. The second-and-third-most streamed tracks are the album’s opening song “Falling Back” (27.05 million) and “Sticky” (26.16 million).

Jimmy was close to wait for you's debut.

[Music Fan]

Obviously what counts is the total streams for the album. But I think a better and more accurate measure of success during debut week is the per song average. This would rank the top 4 most streams albums like this:

Kendrick Lamar: 19,056,667 streams per song
Drake: 17,873,571 streams per song
Bad Bunny: 14,262,000 streams per song
Future: 12,897,727 streams per song

[jerry]

Jun 26, 2022 15:28:24 GMT -5 Music Fan said:

Obviously what counts is the total streams for the album. But I think a better and more accurate measure of success during debut week is the per song average. This would rank the top 4 most streams albums like this:

Kendrick Lamar: 19,056,667 streams per song
Drake: 17,873,571 streams per song
Bad Bunny: 14,262,000 streams per song
Future: 12,897,727 streams per song

I don't think this is completely accurate either though. Longer albums will have lower per song averages since it takes longer to get through the entire album. Also, most people only listen to their favorite songs after the first listen, therefore the length doesn't really affect the total streams as much as you'd think. Regardless, in the amount of time spent streaming 20 songs once, a listener will stream 10 songs twice.

[Enigma.]

In streaming era, it is impossible to compare a 12-track album with 24-track album, no matter how you look at. Both can be driven by one or two big hits, but the foundations comes from amount of tracks available.

Even if the album tracks #13-24 got 500k streams/week on average, it's still extra 6M streams every week.

[HolidayGuy]

No matter how you look at it, though, people are listening to those releases in good amounts. Take Wallen's album- that collection of 30-odd tracks are still getting impressive streams week to week. It's not like any and every act can out put a lengthy album and see the same or similar results.

[iHype.]

I wonder why they continue to only reference stuff as 'albums'. They're saying Drake has 11 #1 albums, when he has billed some as mixtapes. Jay-Z, Weeknd, Bieber, etc have debuted #1 with EPs yet they keep referencing their amount of #1 albums in lists. Mixtapes, EPs, etc can chart so it's not strictly an album chart.

I would've thought they'd start calling stuff 'projects' as that makes more sense.

[daneeis]

Jun 27, 2022 12:36:36 GMT -5 iHype. said:

I wonder why they continue to only reference stuff as 'albums'. They're saying Drake has 11 #1 albums, when he has billed some as mixtapes. Jay-Z, Weeknd, Bieber, etc have debuted #1 with EPs yet they keep referencing their amount of #1 albums in lists. Mixtapes, EPs, etc can chart so it's not strictly an album chart.

I would've thought they'd start calling stuff 'projects' as that makes more sense.

There's no difference between a mixtape and an album today. 10 years ago, mixtapes consisted of artists singing over other artists' songs and was typically available as a free download or it was a project that an underground artist released independently. Drake called If You Are Reading This It's Too Late and What a Time to Be Alive mixtapes but they were full length albums that were promoted as such. Nowadays, it's common for signed artists to refer to their first albums as mixtapes if they are released when the artists are still gaining momentum. 

[thegreatdivine]

Jun 27, 2022 12:36:36 GMT -5 iHype. said:

I wonder why they continue to only reference stuff as 'albums'. They're saying Drake has 11 #1 albums, when he has billed some as mixtapes. Jay-Z, Weeknd, Bieber, etc have debuted #1 with EPs yet they keep referencing their amount of #1 albums in lists. Mixtapes, EPs, etc can chart so it's not strictly an album chart.

I would've thought they'd start calling stuff 'projects' as that makes more sense.

I think sticking to calling everything that charts on the Billboard 200 an "album" is apt in today's music market. You have people like Kanye West releasing 7-track "albums" that could also be billed as EPs. You have people like Drake releasing "mixtapes" of entirely original songs that are performing better than most albums. At the end of the day, it's really all the same thing. Mostly, I think they're doing that for uniformity/continuity.

At the end of the day, a #1 on the Billboard 200 is a #1 on the Billboard 200. No one really cares if it's an EP/album/mixtape/compilation/playlist. Plus the Billboard 200 is technically Billboard's "albums" chart.

[iHype.]

Jun 27, 2022 12:51:07 GMT -5 daneeis said:

Jun 27, 2022 12:36:36 GMT -5 iHype. said:

I wonder why they continue to only reference stuff as 'albums'. They're saying Drake has 11 #1 albums, when he has billed some as mixtapes. Jay-Z, Weeknd, Bieber, etc have debuted #1 with EPs yet they keep referencing their amount of #1 albums in lists. Mixtapes, EPs, etc can chart so it's not strictly an album chart.

I would've thought they'd start calling stuff 'projects' as that makes more sense.

There's no difference between a mixtape and an album today. 10 years ago, mixtapes consisted of artists singing over other artists' songs and was typically available as a free download or it was a project that an underground artist released independently. Drake called If You Are Reading This It's Too Late and What a Time to Be Alive mixtapes but they were full length albums that were promoted as such. Nowadays, it's common for signed artists to refer to their first albums as mixtapes if they are released when the artists are still gaining momentum. 

There is a difference between an album and mixtape today. It's evolved from free/sale, to moreso simply being a side-project that does not serve the same purpose as a studio album.

And no, those Drake mixtapes weren't promoted as full length albums nor received similar push to any of his projects billed as studio albums. If You're Reading had no songs pushed to radio, no songs pre-released (prior to 2016 and a streaming era world this was rare), no tour, etc.

What A Time had only 1 single after it took off, zero music videos.

Just as we have evolved from a song being individually available for sale/consumption does not simply mean it is a single anymore. Thus the Hot 100 is not referred to as a 'singles chart' anymore, and songs that chart on it are not automatically billed singles.

There is now full bodies of work that aren't specifically meant to have the purpose, expectations, or push of a studio album.

[fridayteenage]

I remember blackpink finally releasing their first "full album" and it was 24 minutes.

When billie's "ep" was 26.

[Gary]

Billboard 200


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Honestly, Nevermind, Drake 1
2 2 - 7 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 1
3 3 - 5 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
4 1 - 2 Proof, BTS 1
5 6 - 76 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
6 5 - 8 I Never Liked You, Future 1
7 4 - 3 Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone 2
8 - - 1 Khaza, Kevin Gates 8
9 7 - 6 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 1
10 8 - 57 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
11 11 - 5 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 5
12 - - 1 Vinyl Days, Logic 12
13 14 - 52 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
14 15 - 42 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
15 16 - 71 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
16 13 - 7 Come Home The Kids Miss You, Jack Harlow 3
17 24 - 2 Look At Me: The Album. (Soundtrack), XXXTENTACION 17
18 17 - 15 7220, Lil Durk 1
19 - - 1 A Light For Attracting Attention, The Smile 19
20 18 - 30 Encanto, Soundtrack 1
21 20 - 121 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
22 26 - 137 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
23 22 - 146 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
24 21 - 34 =, Ed Sheeran 1
25 9 - 263 Ctrl, SZA 3
26 28 - 264 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
27 25 - 195 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
28 27 - 496 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
29 30 - 482 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
30 19 - 31 Hounds Of Love, Kate Bush 12
31 108 - 303 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
32 29 - 504 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
33 - - 16 Live On Two Legs, Pearl Jam 15
34 33 - 132 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
35 31 - 103 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
36 36 - 116 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
37 39 - 148 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
38 35 - 214 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
39 - - 1 So Icy Gang: The Reup, Gucci Mane 39
40 34 - 24 DS4EVER, Gunna 1
41 32 - 4 Top Gun: Maverick, Soundtrack 17
42 38 - 247 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
43 45 - 595 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
44 51 - 354 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
45 44 - 32 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
46 37 - 100 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
47 - - 9 The Gold Experience, The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince) 6
48 49 - 486 Take Care, Drake 1
49 42 - 47 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
50 41 - 121 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
51 40 - 66 Justice, Justin Bieber 1
52 52 - 241 Diamonds, Elton John 7
53 47 - 102 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
54 50 - 84 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
55 59 - 208 Scorpion, Drake 1
56 46 - 271 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
57 63 - 736 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
58 61 - 393 1989, Taylor Swift 1
59 56 - 428 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
60 71 - 467 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
61 55 - 585 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
62 67 - 227 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
63 57 - 24 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 2
64 48 - 65 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
65 81 - 319 Views, Drake 1
66 54 - 28 Fighting Demons, Juice WRLD 2
67 62 - 352 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
68 53 - 54 Hall Of Fame, Polo G 1
69 60 - 229 Graduation, Kanye West 1
70 58 - 217 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
71 68 - 141 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
72 10 - 2 Denim & Rhinestones, Carrie Underwood 10
73 78 - 521 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
74 72 - 169 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
75 76 - 22 Country Stuff: The Album, Walker Hayes 9
76 79 - 581 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
77 84 - 100 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
78 66 - 172 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
79 77 - 580 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
80 69 - 40 Montero, Lil Nas X 2
81 93 - 527 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
82 123 - 109 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
83 75 - 85 Dreamland, Glass Animals 7
84 65 - 72 Shiesty Season, Pooh Shiesty 3
85 119 - 13 Mainstream Sellout, Machine Gun Kelly 1
86 83 - 252 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
87 80 - 394 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
88 109 - 261 More Life, Drake 1
89 73 - 17 Back For Everything, Kodak Black 2
90 82 - 203 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
91 106 - 114 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
92 23 - 3 SEVENTEEN 4th Album: Face The Sun, SEVENTEEN 7
93 87 - 577 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
94 149 - 28 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 9
95 88 - 718 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
96 176 - 203 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
97 86 - 289 Stoney, Post Malone 4
98 43 - 6 Minisode 2: Thursday's Child (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 4
99 92 - 142 Over It, Summer Walker 2
100 91 - 306 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 18
101 125 - 125 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
102 96 - 138 Hot Pink, Doja Cat 9
103 133 - 125 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
104 110 - 179 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
105 94 - 55 The Voice Of The Heroes, Lil Baby & Lil Durk 1
106 98 - 31 30, Adele 1
107 74 - 4 I Used To Think I Could Fly, Tate McRae 13
108 - - 30 Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits, Fall Out Boy 77
109 130 - 468 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
110 117 - 340 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
111 89 - 61 A Gangsta's Pain, Moneybagg Yo 1
112 122 - 432 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
113 129 - 104 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance 28
114 113 - 32 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 2
115 107 - 276 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
116 103 - 11 Stereotype, Cole Swindell 48
117 102 - 82 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 1
118 97 - 43 Donda, Kanye West 1
119 111 - 68 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 108
120 99 - 29 Who Is Nardo Wick?, Nardo Wick 19
121 104 - 232 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
122 - - 18 Sin Miedo (Del Amor y Otros Demonios), Kali Uchis 52
123 100 - 110 The GOAT, Polo G 2
124 105 - 321 ANTI, Rihanna 1
125 101 - 120 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 1
126 120 - 285 Moana, Soundtrack 2
127 90 - 116 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
128 95 - 33 Still Over It, Summer Walker 1
129 121 - 93 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
130 127 - 196 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
131 118 - 96 "Awaken, My Love!", Childish Gambino 5
132 124 - 258 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
133 - - 1 Vaudeville Villain, Viktor Vaughn AKA MF Doom 133
134 136 - 427 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
135 116 - 41 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
136 114 - 80 Thats What They All Say, Jack Harlow 5
137 - - 207 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
138 112 - 13 777, Latto 15
139 167 - 24 Nectar, Joji 3
140 186 - 135 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
141 131 - 86 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
142 132 - 185 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
143 144 - 437 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
144 126 - 8 Palomino, Miranda Lambert 4
145 - - 1 Songs About You, Brett Eldredge 145
146 153 - 665 Metallica, Metallica 1
147 128 - 414 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
148 139 - 80 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
149 85 - 30 Inside (The Songs), Bo Burnham 7
150 140 - 68 Currents, Tame Impala 4
151 - - 1 Kingdom: Book One, Maverick City Music X Kirk Franklin 151
152 - - 75 BALLADS 1, Joji 3
153 157 - 91 Tickets To My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly 1
154 145 - 102 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 106
155 146 - 219 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
156 - - 89 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie 21
157 137 - 198 DS2, Future 1
158 135 - 283 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
159 156 - 282 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
160 162 - 268 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
161 147 - 85 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
162 134 - 58 The Off-Season, J. Cole 1
163 148 - 113 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith 2
164 143 - 103 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
165 159 - 382 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
166 138 - 137 Cuz I Love You, Lizzo 4
167 141 - 257 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
168 179 - 205 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
169 166 - 165 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
170 169 - 187 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
171 151 - 277 American Teen, Khalid 4
172 154 - 187 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
173 158 - 131 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
174 - - 4 The Royal Tenenbaums, Soundtrack 162
175 152 - 92 Top, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
176 150 - 72 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
177 142 - 18 2 Alive, Yeat 6
178 160 - 33 Human: The Double Album, Cody Johnson 19
179 184 - 526 1, The Beatles 1
180 165 - 63 Hey World, Lee Brice 45
181 182 - 383 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
182 177 - 79 Greatest Hits, Blink-182 6
183 - - 1 Rich White Honky Blues, Hank Williams Jr. 183
184 155 - 24 Up 2 Me, Yeat 58
185 163 - 39 Sincerely, Kentrell, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
186 170 - 235 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 14
187 - - 51 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
188 173 - 161 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
189 - - 14 Beam Me Up Scotty, Nicki Minaj 2
190 171 - 43 KG0516, Karol G 20
191 164 - 52 Vice Versa, Rauw Alejandro 17
192 196 - 209 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
193 191 - 127 The Greatest Hits Collection, Brooks & Dunn 4
194 190 - 18 A Rock, HARDY 24
195 200 - 29 Greatest Hits, Earth, Wind & Fire 40
196 183 - 194 24K Magic, Bruno Mars 2
197 175 - 186 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne 1
198 185 - 305 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
199 - - 48 Late Registration, Kanye West 1
200 192 - 89 Goldmine, Gabby Barrett 27

[Gary]

TCA


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 2 Proof, BTS 1
2 2 - 5 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
3 - - 2 A Light For Attracting Attention, The Smile 3
4 - - 1 Honestly, Nevermind, Drake 4
5 7 - 57 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
6 - - 1 Vinyl Days, Logic 6
7 6 - 7 Minisode 2: Thursday's Child (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
8 5 - 4 SEVENTEEN 4th Album: Face The Sun, SEVENTEEN 1
9 - - 1 Rich White Honky Blues, Hank Williams Jr. 9
10 - - 1 Miles Davis Live: What It Is, Montreal 7/7/83, Miles Davis 10
11 4 - 2 Denim & Rhinestones, Carrie Underwood 4
12 10 - 4 Diamond Star Halos, Def Leppard 2
13 - - 1 Kingdom: Book One, Maverick City Music X Kirk Franklin 13
14 13 - 136 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
15 - - 2 Cruel Country, Wilco 15
16 14 - 6 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 3
17 - - 1 Songs About You, Brett Eldredge 17
18 11 - 4 Top Gun: Maverick, Soundtrack 7
19 16 - 132 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
20 21 - 32 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
21 22 - 15 Planet Her, Doja Cat 4
22 18 - 47 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
23 - - 1 Live From RCA Studio A (Jim James Acoustic) (EP), My Morning Jacket 23
24 - - 1 The Sounds Of Lockdown, Home Free 24
25 - - 1 Khaza, Kevin Gates 25
26 8 - 3 Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone 3
27 29 - 99 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
28 31 - 357 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
29 - - 5 Beam Me Up Scotty, Nicki Minaj 7
30 - - 1 Sun's Signature (EP), Sun's Signature 30
31 - - 1 Working Class Dog: 40th Anniversary Special Live Edition, Rick Springfield 31
32 - - 1 Orange Blood, Mt. Joy 32
33 26 - 24 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 1
34 25 - 3 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 15, Various Artists 19
35 33 - 31 30, Adele 1
36 9 - 11 Bad Reputation, Kid Rock 9
37 3 - 2 Scoring The End Of The World, Motionless In White 3
38 32 - 12 Unlimited Love, Red Hot Chili Peppers 1
39 34 - 168 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
40 - - 1 Look At Me: The Album. (Soundtrack), XXXTENTACION 40
41 24 - 6 Dance Fever, Florence + The Machine 2
42 38 - 11 Fear Of The Dawn, Jack White 1
43 - - 7 Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Soundtrack 34
44 - - 1 50 Years Of TV's Greatest Hits, Various Artists 44
45 40 - 6 Dropout Boogie, The Black Keys 4
46 27 - 8 Palomino, Miranda Lambert 2
47 - - 1 Life Is Yours, Foals 47
48 - - 1 Live At Red Rocks, Mt. Joy 48
49 46 - 240 Diamonds, Elton John 6
50 - - 1 Strange Horizons 2021: Live From Los Angeles, Greta Van Fleet 50
51 - - 1 Strange Horizons 2021: Live From Chicago, Greta Van Fleet 51
52 - - 1 Strange Horizons 2021: Live From Nashville, Greta Van Fleet 52
53 - - 1 Strange Horizons 2021: Live From Bridgeport, Greta Van Fleet 53
54 30 - 14 17, XXXTENTACION 3
55 39 - 28 Encanto, Soundtrack 1
56 36 - 3 NOW That's What I Call Country Classics 80s, Various Artists 26
57 51 - 84 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
58 - - 1 Bridges, Calum Scott 58
59 - - 1 Live At Studios 60, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators 59
60 37 - 3 Big Time, Angel Olsen 7
61 66 - 9 Just Like That..., Bonnie Raitt 1
62 55 - 63 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
63 48 - 15 Who Cares?, Rex Orange County 3
64 61 - 28 If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, Halsey 1
65 59 - 13 Tell Me That It’s Over, Wallows 7
66 65 - 7 We, Arcade Fire 1
67 - - 1 Greatest Hits: Revisited Remixed Remastered MMXXII, Whitesnake 67
68 56 - 32 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 3
69 35 - 3 Beatbox: The 2nd Album Repackage, NCT DREAM 35
70 - - 1 Second Skin, Iconic 70
71 - - 1 deception falls, exociety 71
72 - - 1 Ugly Season, Perfume Genius 72
73 54 - 11 Wet Leg, Wet Leg 4
74 67 - 91 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
75 69 - 106 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 4
76 - - 22 We Are, Jon Batiste 3
77 52 - 7 NOW 82, Various Artists 11
78 43 - 2 40 Oz. To Fresno, Joyce Manor 43
79 49 - 7 NOW That's What I Call A Decade 2000s, Various Artists 31
80 - - 1 Platinum Rare 2, Sweet 80
81 - - 1 Zappa/Erie, Frank Zappa 81
82 80 - 14 The Tipping Point, Tears For Fears 1
83 71 - 19 Laurel Hell, Mitski 1
84 53 - 34 SEVENTEEN 9th Mini Album: Attacca (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
85 - - 1 Music Is Here: Live At Studio 104 Maison De La Radio (ORTF) Paris 1973, Freddie Hubbard 85
86 - - 11 Stray Kids Mini Album: Oddinary (EP), Stray Kids 1
87 78 - 11 Encanto (Highlights), Soundtrack 2
88 - - 1 Unwanted Man, Aaron Watson 88
89 - - 28 Blue Banisters, Lana Del Rey 2
90 73 - 15 Impera, Ghost 1
91 57 - 75 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
92 - - 1 Speed Of Heat, Skunk Baxter 92
93 86 - 48 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 38
94 - - 3 Wallows Singles Collection 2017-2020, Wallows 5
95 76 - 7 Back From The Dead, Halestorm 2
96 74 - 39 Sticker: The 3rd Album, NCT 127 1
97 - - 11 Crash, Charli XCX 2
98 84 - 46 Scaled And Icy, twenty one pilots 2
99 79 - 33 =, Ed Sheeran 1
100 15 - 2 Licked Live In NYC, Rolling Stones 15

[Gary]

Sales

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 2 Proof, BTS 1
2 2 - 5 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
3 - - 2 A Light For Attracting Attention, The Smile 3
4 - - 16 Live On Two Legs, Pearl Jam 4
5 - - 9 The Gold Experience, The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince) 5
6 - - 1 Honestly, Nevermind, Drake 6
7 7 - 57 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
8 - - 1 Vinyl Days, Logic 8
9 6 - 6 Minisode 2: Thursday's Child (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
10 5 - 3 SEVENTEEN 4th Album: Face The Sun, SEVENTEEN 1
11 68 - 300 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 11
12 - - 1 Vaudeville Villain, Viktor Vaughn AKA MF Doom 12
13 - - 4 The Royal Tenenbaums, Soundtrack 13
14 - - 1 Rich White Honky Blues, Hank Williams Jr. 14
15 - - 7 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie 8
16 - - 2 Sin Miedo (Del Amor y Otros Demonios), Kali Uchis 16
17 - - 1 Miles Davis Live: What It Is, Montreal 7/7/83, Miles Davis 17
18 4 - 2 Denim & Rhinestones, Carrie Underwood 4
19 17 - 302 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 6
20 33 - 45 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
21 12 - 4 Diamond Star Halos, Def Leppard 2
22 - - 1 Ragged But Right, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band 22
23 - - 4 Hesitant Alien, Gerard Way 16
24 - - 27 Disciplined Breakdown, Collective Soul 16
25 - - 1 Kingdom: Book One, Maverick City Music X Kirk Franklin 25
26 16 - 255 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
27 - - 1 It's Hard, The Who 27
28 41 - 74 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
29 15 - 117 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
30 20 - 108 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
31 - - 2 Cruel Country, Wilco 31
32 18 - 6 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 3
33 - - 1 Live Blood, Peter Gabriel / The New Blood Orchestra Conducted By Ben Foster 33
34 - - 1 Songs About You, Brett Eldredge 34
35 13 - 4 Top Gun: Maverick, Soundtrack 7
36 - - 99 Load, Metallica 1
37 38 - 304 Thriller, Michael Jackson 9
38 25 - 458 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
39 - - 51 Death Magnetic, Metallica 1
40 22 - 132 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
41 28 - 101 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
42 29 - 32 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
43 - - 45 Garage Inc., Metallica 2
44 31 - 8 Planet Her, Doja Cat 4
45 - - 76 ReLoad, Metallica 1
46 42 - 248 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
47 - - 65 Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), Slipknot 2
48 24 - 47 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
49 34 - 440 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
50 - - 1 Live From RCA Studio A (Jim James Acoustic) (EP), My Morning Jacket 50
51 - - 1 The Sounds Of Lockdown, Home Free 51
52 - - 24 St. Anger, Metallica 1
53 43 - 400 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
54 - - 1 Khaza, Kevin Gates 54
55 30 - 69 "Awaken, My Love!", Childish Gambino 4
56 10 - 3 Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone 3
57 37 - 312 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
58 59 - 397 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
59 58 - 140 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
60 49 - 100 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
61 50 - 216 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 2
62 54 - 349 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
63 - - 3 Beam Me Up Scotty, Nicki Minaj 7
64 53 - 645 Metallica, Metallica 1
65 60 - 426 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
66 - - 1 Sun's Signature (EP), Sun's Signature 66
67 - - 1 Trio '65, Bill Evans Trio 67
68 - - 1 Working Class Dog: 40th Anniversary Special Live Edition, Rick Springfield 68
69 45 - 147 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 7
70 - - 1 Waterloo Sunset (EP), The Kinks 70
71 - - 1 Orange Blood, Mt. Joy 71
72 44 - 19 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 1
73 21 - 3 Prince And The Revolution: Live, Prince And The Revolution 4
74 62 - 208 Back In Black, AC/DC 20
75 94 - 63 Is This It, The Strokes 33
76 84 - 84 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance 27
77 40 - 3 NOW That's What I Call Country, Volume 15, Various Artists 28
78 56 - 31 30, Adele 1
79 11 - 7 Bad Reputation, Kid Rock 11
80 3 - 2 Scoring The End Of The World, Motionless In White 3
81 55 - 12 Unlimited Love, Red Hot Chili Peppers 1
82 - - 69 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
83 57 - 169 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
84 66 - 73 Ride The Lightning, Metallica 4
85 81 - 151 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
86 - - 1 Nothingface, Voivod 86
87 - - 103 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars 1
88 - - 1 Look At Me: The Album. (Soundtrack), XXXTENTACION 88
89 52 - 208 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Soundtrack 2
90 72 - 577 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
91 92 - 3 Be The Cowboy, Mitski 11
92 36 - 6 Dance Fever, Florence + The Machine 2
93 - - 16 Sweet Relief: A Benefit For Victoria Williams, Various Artists 93
94 - - 6 Stranger In The Alps, Phoebe Bridgers 59
95 69 - 284 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
96 98 - 365 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
97 74 - 11 Fear Of The Dawn, Jack White 1
98 63 - 124 1989, Taylor Swift 1
99 - - 43 Late Registration, Kanye West 1
100 - - 2 Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Soundtrack 61

[Gary]

Vinyl

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Live On Two Legs, Pearl Jam 1
2 - - 1 A Light For Attracting Attention, The Smile 2
3 1 - 5 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
4 - - 1 The Gold Experience, The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince) 4
5 - - 1 Vaudeville Villain, Viktor Vaughn AKA MF Doom 5
6 - - 1 The Royal Tenenbaums, Soundtrack 6
7 2 - 44 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
8 - - 17 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie 1
9 - - 1 Sin Miedo (Del Amor y Otros Demonios), Kali Uchis 9
10 - - 1 Miles Davis Live: What It Is, Montreal 7/7/83, Miles Davis 10
11 - - 1 Ragged But Right, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band 11
12 12 - 21 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 12
13 - - 2 Hesitant Alien, Gerard Way 4
14 - - 1 It's Hard, The Who 14
15 7 - 265 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
16 4 - 187 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
17 - - 1 Live Blood, Peter Gabriel / The New Blood Orchestra Conducted By Ben Foster 17
18 18 - 24 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
19 - - 1 Load, Metallica 19
20 - - 1 Death Magnetic, Metallica 20
21 - - 1 Disciplined Breakdown, Collective Soul 21
22 - - 1 Garage Inc., Metallica 22
23 - - 1 ReLoad, Metallica 23
24 8 - 76 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 2
25 6 - 26 Lover, Taylor Swift 1

[Gary]

Catalog

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 178 Ctrl, SZA 1
2 3 - 827 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
3 5 - 419 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
4 2 - 4 Hounds Of Love, Kate Bush 1
5 39 - 265 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 1
6 4 - 350 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
7 - - 1 Live On Two Legs, Pearl Jam 7
8 6 - 98 Starboy, The Weeknd 3
9 8 - 1162 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
10 - - 1 The Gold Experience, The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince) 10
11 10 - 317 Take Care, Drake 1
12 7 - 26 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 1
13 9 - 102 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 2
14 15 - 1523 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
15 14 - 262 1989, Taylor Swift 1
16 12 - 351 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
17 19 - 796 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
18 11 - 456 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
19 17 - 504 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 1
20 24 - 168 Views, Drake 4
21 13 - 72 Graduation, Kanye West 8
22 18 - 42 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 6
23 21 - 1126 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
24 22 - 287 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
25 20 - 574 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
26 31 - 557 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
27 49 - 9 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 16
28 23 - 263 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
29 37 - 29 The College Dropout, Kanye West 1
30 26 - 378 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
31 27 - 1358 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
32 - - 127 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
33 25 - 75 Stoney, Post Malone 7
34 30 - 26 Over It, Summer Walker 13
35 29 - 196 Greatest Hits, Red Hot Chili Peppers 2
36 - - 32 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 18
37 - - 157 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
38 40 - 303 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 2
39 - - 15 Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits, Fall Out Boy 17
40 - - 540 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
41 44 - 190 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 5
42 48 - 937 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
43 - - 8 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance 28
44 38 - 77 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 9
45 34 - 4 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 34
46 41 - 30 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 34
47 35 - 99 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 11
48 - - 1 Sin Miedo (Del Amor y Otros Demonios), Kali Uchis 48
49 32 - 27 The GOAT, Polo G 10
50 36 - 123 ANTI, Rihanna 6

[WolfSpear]

Album, EP, mixtape…

Most “albums” back in the day would technically be EPs by today’s time standards. The word itself just means a collection of music, typically longer than a two-sided single. There’s a long history of how to chart extended plays that dates back to the 50’s… first, a short-lived EP chart but then the format faded in the States during the early-mid 60’s. When the disco era brought the revolution of the 12” single, the EP made a slight return (and would then chart on the BB200).

They definitely have existed since then, but it hasn’t been until this era that major acts have used it to their advantage. It’s an easy catch grab and it allows them to be flexible/experiment without committing to a full project. I wouldn’t be shocked if anyone uses this method to easily rack up #1’s, but the time itself isn’t really the factor…

[Gary]

Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Is Now the Longest-Running Debut Album in Billboard 200 Top 10 This Century
It surpasses the 51 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 for Lady Gaga's debut effort 'The Fame.'


By Keith Caulfield

06/27/2022

Olivia Rodrigo adds another accolade to her still-young career, as her Sour album becomes the longest-running debut album in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart this century. On the July 2-dated chart, the set spends a 52nd nonconsecutive week in the top 10 (it’s No. 10). It surpasses the 51 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 for Lady Gaga’s debut effort The Fame (2009-17).



Sour debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated June 5, 2021, and has spent five nonconsecutive weeks atop the tally. The set spun off four top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart: “Drivers License” (No. 1 for eight weeks), “Deja Vu” (No. 3), “Good 4 U” (No. 1 for one week) and “Traitor” (No. 9).


Rodrigo closed 2021 as Billboard’s top new artist and top female artist, while the Sour album finished at No. 2 on the 2021 year-end Billboard 200 Albums tally.

Rodrigo took home three Grammy Awards at the 2022 ceremony on April 3: best new artist, best pop vocal album (for Sour), and best pop solo performance (“Drivers License”). Then, at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards on May 15, Rodrigo was the biggest winner of the night, taking home seven trophies, including top Billboard 200 album (for Sour), top new artist, as well as top female artist.

In total, Sour has earned 3.7 million equivalent album units in the United States (through June 23), according to Luminate. Of that sum, traditional album sales comprise 767,000. (Her debut release finished 2021 as the No. 2 most popular album in the U.S., according to Luminate, with 2.86 million units earned.)

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, Gary. On quick view, the biggest Billboard 200 dropper looks to be SEVENTEEN's 4th Album: Face The Sun, down 69 spots to No. 92. Of note, though, is that Motionless In White's Scoring The End Of The World drops off the chart from last week's No. 12 debut ranking.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/pro/record-store-day-2022-drop-million-weekly-us-vinyl-album-sales/

Record Store Day 2022 Drop Sparks Over 1 Million in Weekly U.S. Vinyl Album Sales
BY KEITH CAULFIELD

Plus: The top 25-selling RSD 2022 Drop albums, including sets from Pearl Jam, Prince, Kali Uchis, Miles Davis, Gerard
Way & Nicki Minaj.

For the second time in 2022, weekly vinyl album sales in the U.S. exceeded 1 million, both thanks to Record Store Day-related festivities.

Following Record Store Day’s June 18 Drop event, U.S. vinyl album sales increased by 51.3% week-over-week to 1.014 million sold in the week ending June 23, according to Luminate. Earlier in the year, following the official Record Store Day (RSD) event on April 23, weekly vinyl album sales surged 74.8% to 1.316 million.

Comparably, the median volume of weekly vinyl album sales thus far in 2022 is 710,000.

The two largest weeks this year for vinyl album sales have, thus far, both been RSD-related (the 1.316 million after Record Store Day, and 1.014 million after the Drop event). The year’s third-largest week for vinyl album sales was the week ending May 26, when 831,000 vinyl albums were sold – pumped largely by the debut of Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, which accounted for 22% of all vinyl albums sold that week: 182,000 of that 831,000. Harry’s House broke the modern-era record for single-week vinyl album sales in the U.S.

The June 18 Drop event was described by Record Store Day organizers as a “safety net, for titles that are part of the Record Store Day celebration, but for any number of reasons beyond controlling, [couldn’t] make it into stores on April 23.” (Many albums and singles are released specifically for the independent music retailer celebration, including unique vinyl pressings and limited-edition releases.)

Two key titles that were initially slated for Record Store Day on April 23 but were shifted to June 18 were vinyl pressings of Pearl Jam’s Live on Two Legs and Prince’s The Gold Experience. They were the top two-selling RSD-exclusive albums among the June 18 Drop titles (see list, below).

Live on Two Legs was originally released in 1998 and captured performances from Pearl Jam’s U.S. tour that year. The new vinyl pressing is on crystal-clear double vinyl. Thanks to the sales of the new RSD-exclusive variant, Live on Two Legs re-enters the Billboard 200 chart at No. 33 (it debuted and peaked at No. 15 in 1998) and jumps back onto Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart at No. 5 (a new high). It also debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums and Tastemaker Albums charts (which rank the week’s top selling vinyl releases, and top-selling albums overall [across all formats] at independent and small chain stores, respectively).

First released in 1995, The Gold Experience was reissued as a double LP on gold-colored vinyl (paying homage to a promotional version of the set released on vinyl in the U.S. in 1995). On Billboard’s charts, The Gold Experience continues to be credited to The Artist (Formerly Known as Prince), as the album was originally billed to his then-stage name, an unpronounceable symbol. Its new vinyl pressing also credits the symbol.

In the week ending June 23, vinyl comprised 48.1% of all albums sold in the U.S. (1.014 of 2.107 million). Vinyl’s share of physical album sales for the week totaled 58.8% (1.014 million of 1.726 million). Year-to-date, vinyl albums comprise 41.4% of all albums sold in the U.S. (18.651 million of 45.096 million). Vinyl’s share of physical album sales, year-to-date, stands at 53.1% (18.651 million of 35.098 million).

Meanwhile, 36.7% of all albums sold in the U.S. in the week ending June 23 were sold via independent record stores (771,000 of 2.107 million). Further, 58.6% of all vinyl albums sold in the week were sold at indie record stores (594,000 of 1.014 million). Year-to-date, 29.9% of all albums sold in the U.S. were sold via independent record stores (13.457 million of 45.096 million). And, 51.9% of all vinyl albums sold in the U.S. thus far in 2022 have been sold at indie record stores (9.683 million of 18.651 million).

Top Record Store Day June 18 Drop Exclusive Albums at Independent Record Stores in U.S.
Rank, Artist, Title

1. Pearl Jam, Live on Two Legs (crystal clear double vinyl)
2. The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince), The Gold Experience (translucent gold colored double vinyl)
3. Viktor Vaughn AKA MF Doom, Vaudeville Villain (double vinyl)
4. Soundtrack, The Royal Tenenbaums (sky blue and olive green colored double vinyl)
5. Kali Uchis, Sin Miedo (Del Amor y Otros Demonios) (clear vinyl)
6. Miles Davis, Miles Davis Live: What It Is, Montreal 7/7/83 (double vinyl)
7. The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Ragged But Right (double vinyl)
8. Gerard Way, Hesitant Alien (blue colored vinyl)
9. The Who, It’s Hard (orange and yellow colored double vinyl)
10. Peter Gabriel/The New Blood Orchestra Conducted by Ben Foster, Live Blood (blood red colored triple vinyl)
11. Wilco, Cruel Country (double CD)
12. Collective Soul, Disciplined Breakdown (translucent red colored vinyl)
13. My Morning Jacket, Live From RCA Studio A (Jim James Acoustic) (vinyl)
14. Nicki Minaj, Beam Me Up Scotty (red marbled colored double vinyl)
15. Sun’s Signature, Sun’s Signature (vinyl)
16. The Kinks, Waterloo Sunset (yellow colored vinyl)
17. Voivod, Nothing Face (pink with blue swirl colored vinyl)
18. Various Artists, Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams (double vinyl)
19. Various Artists, 50 Years of TV’s Greatest Hits (multicolor splatter colored double vinyl)
20. Various Artists, Go Ahead Punk …Make My Day (orange splatter colored vinyl)
21. The Brand New Heavies, Heavy Rhyme Experience: Vol. 1 (orange vinyl)
22. Paul Butterfield, The Original Lost Elektra Sessions (triple vinyl)
23. Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company (double vinyl)
24. Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, Live at Studios 60 (double vinyl)
25. Billy Bragg, Life’s a Riot With Spy Vs Spy (colored vinyl)

Source: Luminate, for the week ending June 23, 2022.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

The Smile’s ‘A Light for Attracting Attention’ Tops Alternative Albums, Hits Top 10 on Album Sales Chart

6/26/2022

By Keith Caulfield

Also in the top 10 on Top Album Sales: Drake and Logic debut, while Pearl Jam and Prince return with Record Store Day Drops.

The Smile’s A Light for Attracting Attention surges into the top 10 across multiple Billboard album charts following the set’s release on CD and vinyl on June 17.

The set reaches the top 10 on Top Album Sales, Top Rock Albums, Vinyl Albums, Tastemaker Albums, Independent Albums and Top Current Album Sales. It also debuts at No. 1 on Top Alternative Albums. (All charts dated July 2.)

A Light for Attracting Attention is the debut project from the trio, comprising Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, with Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner. The album was initially released on May 13 via streaming services and digital retailers.

Also in the top 10 on Top Album Sales: the latest albums from Drake and Logic arrive, while catalog titles from Pearl Jam and Prince return to the tally thanks to new Record Store Day Drop releases.

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 Luminate. 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.

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A Light for Attracting Attention re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 3 with nearly 20,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending June 23, according to Luminate (up from a negligible sales figure the week previous). Of that sum, physical sales comprised a little over 19,000 (15,000 on vinyl; 4,000 on CD) and digital download sales comprised the remainder of the week’s sales. Previous to the latest tracking week, the album had sold a little more than 5,000 – essentially all from digital album sales. (There were a handful of early sales of the vinyl album a week ago.)

Light had spent one week on Top Album Sales previously, at No. 18 on the May 28-dated chart, following its digital retail release. The set also re-enters Top Current Album Sales at No. 3 (after spending one week on the list in May at No. 13 after its digital bow). Top Current Album Sales ranks the week’s biggest-selling current albums (not including catalog – older – releases).

On the Vinyl Albums chart, which lists the week’s top-selling vinyl LPs, Light debuts at No. 2. The set was issued in two vinyl variants – a standard black vinyl pressing and a yellow-colored edition.

Light also starts at No. 1 on Top Alternative Albums, No. 2 on Top Rock Albums, No. 2 on Independent Albums and No. 3 on Tastemaker Albums.

Top Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums rank the week’s most popular alternative and rock releases, respectively, by equivalent album units. Independent Albums reflects the week’s most popular albums, by units, released by independent record labels. Tastemaker Albums ranks the best-selling albums at independent and small chain record stores.

At No. 1 on Top Album Sales, BTS’ Proof holds atop the list for a second week, selling 53,000 copies (down 80%). The album has now sold 319,000 copies in the U.S. after two weeks on sale. Harry Styles’ former No. 1, Harry’s House, is a non-mover at No. 2 with 23,000 sold (down 13%). It continues to reign as 2022’s top-selling album in the U.S., with 468,000 copies sold.

Two catalog albums return to the top 10, following new vinyl pressings for Record Store Day’s Drop on June 18. Pearl Jam’s Live On Two Legs, first released in 1998, jumps back onto the chart at No. 4 (a new peak) with 16,000 sold (up from a negligible sum the week previous). It also debuts at No. 1 on Vinyl Albums.

Prince returns with The Gold Experience, originally released in 1995, re-entering at No. 5 on Top Album Sales (a new peak) with 14,000 sold (up from basically nothing a week earlier). Nearly all of the sales for both Live On Two Legs and Gold came from vinyl. (On Billboard’s charts, The Gold Experience continues to be credited to The Artist [Formerly Known As Prince], as the album was originally billed to his then-stage name, an unpronounceable symbol. Its new vinyl pressing also credits the symbol.)

Live On Two Legs was reissued in a double LP gatefold package on crystal clear vinyl, while The Gold Experience was reissued as a double LP on gold-colored vinyl (paying homage to a promotional version of the set released on vinyl in the U.S. in 1995). Live On Two Legs originally debuted and peaked at No. 16 on Top Album Sales (Oct. 12, 1998), while The Gold Experience had debuted and peaked at No. 6 (Oct. 14, 1995). Total U.S. album sales for Live On Two Legs is nearly 1 million, as the set’s cumulative sales now climb to 985,000. As for The Gold Experience, it surpasses a half-million sold, as its sales rise to 509,000.

Drake’s new studio album Honestly, Nevermind debuts at No. 6 on Top Album Sales with 11,000 sold – all from digital downloads. No physical release for the set has been announced. Drake has not released an album in a physical format in the U.S. since 2018’s Scorpion. Since then, he’s issued five further titles that have only been available to purchase as a digital download (So Far Gone and Care Package in 2019, Dark Lane Demo Tapes in 2020, Certified Lover Boy in 2021 and Honestly, Nevermind).

Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour is stationary at No. 7 on Top Album Sales with 10,000 sold (up 2%).

Logic’s latest album Vinyl Days starts at No. 8 with 9,000 sold (all from digital downloads and CD sales). Despite the album’s title, it was not available on vinyl LP.

Rounding out the new top 10 are a pair of former leaders: TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child falls 6-9 (9,000; down 30%) and SEVENTEEN’s SEVENTEEN 4th Album: Face the Sun dips 5-10 (9,000; down 47%).

In the week ending June 23, there were 2.107 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 7.5% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.726 million (up 8.7%) and digital albums comprised 381,000 (up 2.4%).