Billboard 200 -- 11/12 -- Taylor Swift

[Gary]

The Contenders: Could the Fab Four Unseat Taylor Swift at No. 1 This Week?
A classic Beatles album reissue should send it back towards the top of the Billboard 200, while debuts from the country and rap worlds could also make big entrances.


By Andrew Unterberger



Welcome to The Contenders, a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week (for the upcoming Billboard 200 albums chart dated Nov. 12): Taylor Swift’s record-setting Midnights enters its second frame, facing competition from rap star Kodak Black, rising country singer-songwriter Lainey Wilson, and a quartet of up-and-comers from Liverpool.

11/02/2022
The Beatles, Revolver: Special Edition (Apple)

It was No. 1 for six weeks in September and October 1966, and 56 years later it could top the Billboard 200 again. The Beatles’ Revolver, widely regarded as one of the greatest rock albums of all time, was reissued on Oct. 28 in a new Special Edition, centered around a stereo remix of the album from Giles Martin (son of original Revolver producer George Martin) and Sam Okell.

The set comes in a variety of different packages: a five-CD (or four-LP plus one 7-inch vinyl) super deluxe version featuring dozens of bonus demos and sessions, a two-CD/LP deluxe version with 15 bonus “Revolver Sessions Highlights,” and a one-CD/LP version with just the original remixed album. (All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes.) The Beatles have already released ambitious box sets dedicated to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (The White Album), Abbey Road and Let It Be — all of which returned to the Billboard 200’s top 10.

Kodak Black, Kutthroat Bill, Vol. 1 (Atlantic)

Billboard reported last week that hip-hop star Kodak Black will head to Capitol Records when his current deal with Atlantic is through — but he still owes the latter label two albums. The first of them dropped Friday: Kutthroat Bill, Vol. 1, the Florida rapper’s second 2022 release, following February’s Back for Everything.

Kodak is familiar with the Billboard 200’s top spot, as his 2018 album Dying to Live reigned for one week, while Back for Everything debuted at No. 2 behind the Encanto soundtrack. Kutthroat doesn’t have a crossover single as massive as those sets’ “ZEZE” and “Super Gremlin,” respectively — both of which reached the Billboard Hot 100‘s top five — but it does have a streaming-friendly 19 tracks, and a recent Hot 100 debut with the woozy advance single “Walk.”

Lainey Wilson, Bell Bottom Country (BBR)

“Lainey Wilson is the next superstar for the format,” proclaimed Charlie Cook, vp Country Format at Cumulus, to Billboard in September. Wilson will show how close she’s gotten to fulfilling that prediction with the release of Bell Bottom Country, her second album since signing to BBR. The set — which like her previous release is produced by Jay Joyce — is preceded by two hit Wilson duets from earlier this year: “Never Say Never” with Cole Swindell (a Country Airplay No. 1) and “Wait in the Truck” with HARDY. Neither cut appears on Bell Bottom Country, but her own “Heart Like a Truck” does — hitting a new peak of No. 23 on Country Airplay this week — as does a cover of ’90s rockers 4 Non Blondes’ karaoke classic “What’s Up?”

IN THE MIX

Baby Keem, The Melodic Blue (pgLang/Columbia): Reigning best new artist Grammy winner Baby Keem’s debut album has been on the Billboard 200 since it debuted at No. 5 in Sept. 2021, sitting at No. 105 on the current week’s chart. Expect it to climb higher next week, thanks to a deluxe reissue with seven new bonus tracks, including guest spots from streaming fixtures Don Toliver, PinkPantheress and Lil Uzi Vert.

The Grateful Dead, Dave’s Picks Vol. 44 (Rhino): The legendary jam band is a regular on the Billboard 200 with the Dave’s Picks series, which features live shows selected by Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux. The most recent set, July’s Vol. 43, was the highest-charting on the Billboard 200 to date, reaching No. 11; if Vol. 44 makes the chart’s top 10, it would be the first Dead album to score that high since In the Dark hit No. 6 in 1987.

Smino, Luv 4 Rent (Zero Fatigue/Motown): The acclaimed R&B singer-songwriter’s third album is also his first since announcing the new partnership between his indie/collective Zero Fatigue and the iconic Motown label. The 15-track set includes collaborations with R&B sensations Lucky Daye and Ravyn Lanae, as well as rap superstars J. Cole and (again) Lil Uzi Vert.

Michael Jackson, Thriller (Epic): The best-selling original album in pop music history remains a Billboard 200 fixture; it’s No. 61 this week, in its 545th week on the chart. But it’s also a Spooky Season perennial, thanks largely to its eerie, Vincent Price-narrated title track. Last year the set jumped to No. 25 on the chart following Halloween, and it should be due for another big leap this November.

[Gary]

Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200
Also in the top 10: Reissues spur returns for The Beatles' Revolver and Baby Keem's The Melodic Blue, while Kodak Black's latest debuts.


By Keith Caulfield
www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-midnights-number-one-billboard-200-2nd-week-1235167312/
11/7/2022

Taylor Swift’s Midnights easily tops the Billboard 200 chart (dated Nov. 12) for a second week, following its blockbuster debut at No. 1 a week earlier. The set earned 342,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 3 (down 78%). A week ago, the album barged in at No. 1 with 1.578 million units, the largest weekly total since Adele’s 25 debuted with 3.482 million units (Dec. 12, 2015 chart).

Midnights has the largest second-week total for any album since Adele’s 25 tallied 1.162 million units in is second frame (Dec. 19, 2015, chart). Plus, Midnights’ second-week sum is the third-largest overall week of the year for any album. In 2022, the three largest weeks are Midnights’ debut (1.578 million), the debut of Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (521,000) and Midnights’ second week (342,000). One more note about the size of Midnights’ second-week – it’s so big, it’s larger than the total units earned by the Nos. 2-7 albums on the latest chart combined. A week ago, Midnights’ first week was larger than the Nos. 2-88 albums’ totals combined.

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 Nov. 12, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Nov. 8. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Midnights‘ 342,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 224,000 (down 46%, equaling 294 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 114,000 (down 90%) and TEA units comprise 4,000 (down 79%).

Lil Baby’s former No. 1 It’s Only Me is a non-mover at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (81,000 equivalent album units; down 26%), while Bad Bunny’s chart-topping Un Verano Sin Ti is stationary at No. 3 (62,000; down 7%).

The Beatles’ former No. 1 Billboard 200 album Revolver re-enters the chart at No. 5 following its deluxe special edition reissue on Oct. 28. The set earned 54,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 3 (up 1,963%). Of that sum, album sales comprise 46,000 (up 6,346%), SEA units comprise 7,000 (up 280%; equaling 8.78 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (up 1,237%).

Revolver was first released in 1966 and spent six weeks atop the chart (Sept. 10 – Oct. 15, 1966-dated charts). For its special edition, the album was reintroduced in a variety of expanded formats and editions, including many with previously unreleased tracks. All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes.

The rerelease of Revolver is part of the ongoing series of expanded reissues of select studio albums by The Beatles. It follows reissues of Let It Be in 2021 (first released in 1970), Abbey Road in 2019 (first released in 1969), The Beatles in 2018 (often referred to as the White Album, first released in 1968) and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 2017 (first released in 1967). All five albums originally hit No. 1 shortly after their release, and returned to the top 10 after their expanded reissues.

Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping Dangerous: The Double Album falls 4-5 on the Billboard 200 with 41,000 equivalent album units earned (down 6%), and The Weeknd’s The Highlights dips 5-6 with nearly 41,000 (up 3%).

Baby Keem’s The Melodic Blue returns to the top 10 after more than a year, vaulting 105-7, following the set’s expanded reissue and debut on vinyl (both on Oct. 28). Ten additional tracks were added to the album (bringing its total to 26 tracks), while the set’s original standard tracklist of 16 tracks bowed on vinyl LP.

The Melodic Blue earned 37,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 3 (up 267%). Of that sum, SEA units comprise 26,000 (equaling 35.76 million on-demand official streams of the set’s collected tracks), album sales comprise 11,000 (essentially all in vinyl sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

The Melodic Blue previously spent one week in the top 10, when it debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Sept. 25, 2021-dated chart.

Kodak Black collects his fifth top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as Kutthroat Bill: Vol. 1 debuts at No. 8 with 37,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 34,000 (equaling 45.67 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 2,500 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

Rounding out the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 are two former No. 1s: Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, falling 8-9 with 31,000 equivalent album units (down 3%), and Beyoncé’s Renaissance, steady at No. 10 with 26,000 (down 12%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

[Gary]

1. Taylor Swift 342,000 (114K sales)
2. Lil Baby 81,000
3. Bad Bunny 62,000
4. Beatles 54,000 (sales 46K)
5. Morgan Wallen 41,000
6.  The Weeknd 41,000
7. Baby Keem 37,000
8. Kodak Black 37,000 (sales 2500)
9. Harry Styes 31,000
10. Beyonce 26,000

[Gary]

Weeks in the top 10

94 MORGAN WALLEN
35 THE WEEKND
26 BAD BUNNY
24 HARRY STYLES
15 BEATLES
14 BEYONCE
3 LIL BABY
2 TAYLOR SWIFT
2 BABY KEEM

[Gary]

Weeks overall at #1

1. Beatles 132
2. Elvis Presley 67
3. Taylor Swift 57
Michael Jackson 57 also (Incl comprehensive chart run in 2009)

[Gary]

Talor Swift weeks at #1 by album


11 FEARLESS
11 1989
8 FOLKLORE
7 RED
6 SPEAK NOW
4 REPUTATION
4 EVERMORE
2 FEARLESS(TAYLOR'S VERSION)
2 MIDNIGHTS
1 LOVER
1 RED(TAYLOR'S VERSION)

[areyoureadytojump]

I guess Keith was on vacation?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Midnights second week's equivalent albums in the Billboard 200 slightly edged those of Scorpion, 342k vs 335k. In terms of SEAs, both Scorpion and CLB had higher second weeks, 288k and 227k vs 224k.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

FYI that second week for 25 was 1.16 million equivalent albums.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[Gary]

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 2 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 2 - 3 It's Only Me, Lil Baby 1
3 3 - 26 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 1
4 - - 86 Revolver, The Beatles 1
5 4 - 95 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
6 5 - 90 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
7 105 - 60 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
8 - - 1 Kutthroat Bill: Vol. 1, Kodak Black 8
9 8 - 24 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
10 10 - 14 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
11 12 - 24 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 5
12 84 - 4 Only Built For Infinity Links, Quavo & Takeoff 7
13 - - 1 Dave's Picks, Volume 44: Autzen Stadium, U. Of Oregon, Eugene, OR - 6/23/90, Grateful Dead 13
14 13 - 3 Leave The Light On, Bailey Zimmerman 9
15 18 - 27 I Never Liked You, Future 1
16 17 - 61 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
17 15 - 16 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 7
18 20 - 12 Beautiful Mind, Rod Wave 1
19 61 - 546 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
20 - - 1 From Seed To Sale, Berner 20
21 23 - 140 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
22 131 - 20 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Soundtrack 22
23 22 - 76 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
24 11 - 523 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
25 26 - 165 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
26 7 - 2 Ma' I Got A Family (A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition Hosted By DJ Drama), YoungBoy Never Broke Again 7
27 21 - 119 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
28 30 - 34 7220, Lil Durk 1
29 33 - 13 Curtain Call 2, Eminem 6
30 29 - 131 Indigo, Chris Brown 1
31 39 - 282 Ctrl, SZA 3
32 31 - 233 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
33 - - 1 Remember That You Will Die, Polyphia 33
34 28 - 48 Who Is Nardo Wick?, Nardo Wick 16
35 37 - 515 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
36 35 - 20 Honestly, Nevermind, Drake 1
37 24 - 51 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
38 32 - 22 Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone 2
39 25 - 167 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
40 16 - 2 Takin' It Back, Meghan Trainor 16
41 34 - 501 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
42 - - 1 The Essential Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters 42
43 36 - 283 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
44 38 - 214 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
45 42 - 71 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
46 41 - 260 Diamonds, Elton John 7
47 45 - 122 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
48 59 - 614 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
49 9 - 2 Snofall, Jeezy & DJ Drama 9
50 - - 1 Luv 4 Rent, Smino 50
51 51 - 19 Growin' Up, Luke Combs 2
52 43 - 156 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
53 50 - 604 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
54 49 - 140 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
55 48 - 8 Different Man, Kane Brown 5
56 40 - 25 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 1
57 47 - 248 Graduation, Kanye West 1
58 53 - 17 Wasteland, Brent Faiyaz 2
59 54 - 121 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
60 46 - 412 1989, Taylor Swift 1
61 64 - 6 This Is What ____ Feels Like (Vol.1-4), JVKE 61
62 44 - 3 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 14
63 56 - 53 =, Ed Sheeran 1
64 57 - 227 Scorpion, Drake 1
65 68 - 47 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 9
66 52 - 21 Proof, BTS 1
67 55 - 505 Take Care, Drake 1
68 58 - 290 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
69 - - 1 Bin Reaper 3: Old Testament, BabyTron 69
70 67 - 413 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
71 75 - 49 Encanto, Soundtrack 1
72 70 - 373 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
73 69 - 447 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
74 72 - 191 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
75 66 - 13 The Last Slimeto, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 2
76 77 - 135 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
77 79 - 236 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
78 95 - 540 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
79 83 - 84 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
80 82 - 188 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
81 99 - 410 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 31
82 65 - 13 Gangsta Art, Various Artists 11
83 78 - 119 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
84 74 - 103 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
85 76 - 151 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
86 73 - 215 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
87 87 - 222 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
88 62 - 99 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
89 89 - 271 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
90 97 - 47 Fighting Demons, Juice WRLD 2
91 122 - 340 ANTI, Rihanna 1
92 91 - 161 Over It, Summer Walker 2
93 100 - 7 Born Pink, BLACKPINK 1
94 80 - 371 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
95 88 - 737 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
96 123 - 15 Danado, Ivan Cornejo 95
97 92 - 302 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
98 85 - 66 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
99 - - 1 Marvelous, Yung Gravy 99
100 - - 1 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 100
101 119 - 12 Traumazine, Megan Thee Stallion 4
102 93 - 43 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 2
103 96 - 10 Queen Radio: Volume 1, Nicki Minaj 10
104 101 - 338 Views, Drake 1
105 98 - 160 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
106 81 - 16 Special, Lizzo 2
107 102 - 43 DS4EVER, Gunna 1
108 106 - 598 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
109 109 - 73 Hall Of Fame, Polo G 1
110 103 - 139 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
111 128 - 74 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1
112 86 - 223 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
113 113 - 308 Stoney, Post Malone 4
114 107 - 241 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
115 127 - 85 Justice, Justin Bieber 1
116 - - 108 Culture II, Migos 1
117 14 - 2 ANTIFRAGILE (EP), LE SSERAFIM 14
118 110 - 599 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
119 - - 312 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
120 - - 101 Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna 2
121 145 - 287 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
122 111 - 596 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
123 120 - 280 More Life, Drake 1
124 124 - 219 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
125 112 - 121 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 98
126 108 - 10 God Did, DJ Khaled 1
127 118 - 486 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
128 117 - 14 Sing Me A Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation, $uicideBoy$ 7
129 104 - 9 Realer 2, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 6
130 153 - 87 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 108
131 129 - 295 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
132 94 - 4 Charlie, Charlie Puth 10
133 - - 8 The Original Monster Mash, Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers 133
134 132 - 101 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 1
135 114 - 23 Top Gun: Maverick, Soundtrack 17
136 136 - 139 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 1
137 139 - 26 Come Home The Kids Miss You, Jack Harlow 3
138 143 - 129 The GOAT, Polo G 2
139 147 - 91 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
140 140 - 301 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
141 135 - 111 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
142 138 - 292 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
143 142 - 135 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
144 115 - 456 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
145 137 - 19 Breezy, Chris Brown 4
146 150 - 254 17, XXXTENTACION 2
147 141 - 428 The Eminem Show, Eminem 1
148 148 - 246 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
149 152 - 50 30, Adele 1
150 116 - 18 Give Or Take, Giveon 11
151 151 - 91 Shiesty Season, Pooh Shiesty 3
152 125 - 69 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
153 27 - 4 Maxident, Stray Kids 1
154 154 - 446 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
155 146 - 251 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
156 134 - 8 Lyfe, Yeat 10
157 - - 1 Greatest Hits, Ray Parker Jr. 157
158 162 - 77 I Am > I Was, 21 Savage 1
159 172 - 156 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
160 167 - 217 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
161 144 - 755 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
162 130 - 94 Greatest Hits, Blink-182 6
163 160 - 55 Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith, Aerosmith 33
164 156 - 104 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
165 155 - 150 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
166 149 - 204 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
167 158 - 304 Moana, Soundtrack 2
168 - - 1 Blackout, Money Man 168
169 60 - 3 Being Funny In A Foreign Language, The 1975 7
170 161 - 362 In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith 2
171 171 - 180 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
172 165 - 684 Metallica, Metallica 1
173 176 - 122 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
174 173 - 111 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
175 169 - 52 Still Over It, Summer Walker 1
176 163 - 50 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 2
177 196 - 396 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
178 168 - 198 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
179 174 - 142 Die Lit, Playboi Carti 3
180 193 - 179 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
181 181 - 277 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
182 178 - 451 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
183 - - 1 10, Westside Gunn 183
184 177 - 262 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
185 183 - 177 X 100PRE, Bad Bunny 11
186 192 - 108 Top, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 1
187 175 - 205 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
188 164 - 238 Hozier, Hozier 2
189 - - 11 The Last Rocket, TakeOff 4
190 187 - 80 A Gangsta's Pain, Moneybagg Yo 1
191 170 - 62 Donda, Kanye West 1
192 - - 1 Andrew Gold's Halloween Howls: Fun & Scary Music, Andrew Gold 192
193 - - 108 Culture, Migos 1
194 - - 280 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
195 157 - 133 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
196 - - 284 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
197 199 - 394 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
198 179 - 104 Dreamland, Glass Animals 7
199 189 - 148 Confessions, Usher 1
200 - - 1 Exile, Demon Hunter 200

[Gary]

Current

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 2 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 1 Dave's Picks, Volume 44: Autzen Stadium, U. Of Oregon, Eugene, OR - 6/23/90, Grateful Dead 2
3 - - 1 From Seed To Sale, Berner 3
4 - - 2 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 4
5 - - 1 Remember That You Will Die, Polyphia 5
6 3 - 2 ANTIFRAGILE (EP), LE SSERAFIM 3
7 - - 1 The Essential Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters 7
8 10 - 24 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
9 - - 1 Exile, Demon Hunter 9
10 4 - 4 Maxident, Stray Kids 1
11 - - 1 The Hell We Create, Fit For A King 11
12 13 - 2 A Family Christmas, Matteo, Andrea & Virginia Bocelli 12
13 23 - 7 Born Pink, BLACKPINK 1
14 - - 1 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 14
15 7 - 2 I Love: 5th Mini Album (EP), (G)I-DLE 7
16 12 - 118 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
17 15 - 14 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
18 - - 1 Waiting To Spill, The Backseat Lovers 18
19 2 - 2 The Car, Arctic Monkeys 2
20 - - 2 Vince Staples, Vince Staples 20
21 6 - 2 Takin' It Back, Meghan Trainor 6
22 18 - 7 2 Baddies, NCT 127 2
23 - - 1 Holidays Around The World, Pentatonix 23
24 - - 1 NOW 84, Various Artists 24
25 16 - 3 A Very Backstreet Christmas, Backstreet Boys 4
26 19 - 155 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
27 21 - 10 Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
28 17 - 51 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
29 22 - 14 Manifesto : Day 1 (EP), ENHYPEN 1
30 - - 1 II, Dead Cross 30
31 24 - 21 Proof, BTS 1
32 - - 1 GarciaLive, Volume 19: Oakland Coliseum Arena, October 31, 1992, Jerry Garcia Band 32
33 8 - 3 Return Of The Dream Canteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers 1
34 - - 1 Alpenglow, Trampled By Turtles 34
35 - - 4 Blue Water Road, Kehlani 7
36 - - 1 Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022), Fred again.. 36
37 - - 1 Kutthroat Bill: Vol. 1, Kodak Black 37
38 - - 1 A Neil Diamond Christmas, Neil Diamond 38
39 25 - 76 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
40 14 - 3 Being Funny In A Foreign Language, The 1975 3
41 26 - 22 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
42 - - 1 Changes, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 42
43 5 - 2 The Loneliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen 5
44 28 - 4 Give Or Take, Giveon 18
45 - - 1 NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock (2022), Various Artists 45
46 47 - 376 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
47 - - 1 Marble Hunting, Tipper 47
48 - - 1 Welcome To Faith City, Tim Bowman Jr. & Faith City Music 48
49 30 - 25 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 2
50 39 - 151 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
51 29 - 5 The End, So Far, Slipknot 1
52 - - 1 NOW That's What I Call A Wonderful Christmas, Various Artists 52
53 33 - 8 Patient Number 9, Ozzy Osbourne 1
54 53 - 4 Snow Waltz, Lindsey Stirling 18
55 46 - 66 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
56 40 - 44 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 3
57 45 - 50 30, Adele 1
58 - - 1 Fever Dream, Palaye Royale 58
59 44 - 16 Special, Lizzo 1
60 - - 1 El Bueno y El Malo, Hermanos Gutierrez 60
61 - - 1 Astral Fortress, Darkthrone 61
62 - - 3 Laminated Denim (EP), King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 62
63 - - 2 Traumazine, Megan Thee Stallion 4
64 - - 2 Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 64
65 - - 1 Car Therapy Sessions (EP), Faye Webster 65
66 - - 2 Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, Ashley McBryde 32
67 35 - 3 Pawns & Kings, Alter Bridge 5
68 - - 1 Bluenothing (EP), Worm 68
69 64 - 16 Checkmate: Mini Album (EP), iTZY 2
70 - - 1 10, Westside Gunn 70
71 65 - 259 Diamonds, Elton John 6
72 69 - 5 Crazy Times, Sammy Hagar And The Circle 5
73 37 - 4 Blue Rev, Alvvays 6
74 9 - 2 Always Only Jesus, MercyMe 9
75 - - 1 All Souls, Siouxsie And The Banshees 75
76 - - 1 A Night Of A Thousand Vampires: Live In London, The Damned 76
77 - - 4 I Never Liked You, Future 8
78 - - 1 Trouble The Water, Show Me The Body 78
79 - - 1 Anti-Hero, Jerry Only 79
80 66 - 92 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
81 11 - 2 The Final Battle, Stryper 11
82 54 - 43 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 1
83 42 - 19 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 3
84 63 - 17 Denim & Rhinestones, Carrie Underwood 4
85 51 - 6 5SOS5, 5 Seconds Of Summer 1
86 55 - 5 Cool It Down, Yeah Yeah Yeahs 4
87 - - 1 Hi-Fi Drive By, Jeremiah Johnson 87
88 68 - 3 Pain Remains, Lorna Shore 11
89 61 - 5 Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven, Tyler Childers 3
90 - - 1 Nobody's Fool, Joanne Shaw Taylor 90
91 77 - 5 Magic Man, Jackson Wang 3
92 - - 1 Marvelous, Yung Gravy 92
93 - - 98 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
94 92 - 7 (Self-Titled), Marcus Mumford 5
95 59 - 2 Reason In Decline, Archers Of Loaf 59
96 - - 3 Home, Before And After, Regina Spektor 25
97 - - 1 Songs For Sleep : A Contemplative Journey, Brian Hardin 97
98 70 - 4 Omens, Lamb Of God 3
99 72 - 11 AfterLife, Five Finger Death Punch 2
100 - - 3 Punk, Young Thug 6

[Gary]

Sales


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 2 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 17 Revolver, The Beatles 2
3 - - 1 Dave's Picks, Volume 44: Autzen Stadium, U. Of Oregon, Eugene, OR - 6/23/90, Grateful Dead 3
4 - - 1 From Seed To Sale, Berner 4
5 - - 1 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
6 - - 1 Remember That You Will Die, Polyphia 6
7 3 - 2 ANTIFRAGILE (EP), LE SSERAFIM 3
8 - - 1 The Essential Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters 8
9 12 - 24 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
10 - - 1 Exile, Demon Hunter 10
11 5 - 4 Maxident, Stray Kids 1
12 - - 1 The Hell We Create, Fit For A King 12
13 15 - 2 A Family Christmas, Matteo, Andrea & Virginia Bocelli 13
14 27 - 7 Born Pink, BLACKPINK 1
15 - - 1 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 15
16 4 - 274 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
17 9 - 2 I Love: 5th Mini Album (EP), (G)I-DLE 9
18 21 - 321 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 6
19 14 - 119 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
20 17 - 14 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
21 - - 1 Waiting To Spill, The Backseat Lovers 21
22 2 - 2 The Car, Arctic Monkeys 2
23 - - 2 Vince Staples, Vince Staples 23
24 7 - 2 Takin' It Back, Meghan Trainor 7
25 20 - 7 2 Baddies, NCT 127 2
26 - - 1 Holidays Around The World, Pentatonix 26
27 31 - 122 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 6
28 - - 1 NOW 84, Various Artists 28
29 18 - 3 A Very Backstreet Christmas, Backstreet Boys 4
30 22 - 135 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
31 25 - 10 Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
32 19 - 51 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
33 26 - 14 Manifesto : Day 1 (EP), ENHYPEN 1
34 - - 1 II, Dead Cross 34
35 39 - 459 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
36 23 - 94 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
37 28 - 19 Proof, BTS 1
38 - - 1 GarciaLive, Volume 19: Oakland Coliseum Arena, October 31, 1992, Jerry Garcia Band 38
39 10 - 3 Return Of The Dream Canteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers 1
40 - - 1 Alpenglow, Trampled By Turtles 40
41 - - 3 Blue Water Road, Kehlani 7
42 58 - 25 A Holly Dolly Christmas, Dolly Parton 3
43 - - 1 Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022), Fred again.. 43
44 - - 1 Kutthroat Bill: Vol. 1, Kodak Black 44
45 59 - 107 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
46 - - 1 A Neil Diamond Christmas, Neil Diamond 46
47 30 - 76 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
48 16 - 3 Being Funny In A Foreign Language, The 1975 3
49 73 - 477 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
50 40 - 127 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
51 32 - 22 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
52 - - 1 Changes, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 52
53 6 - 2 The Loneliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen 6
54 53 - 323 Thriller, Michael Jackson 9
55 35 - 3 Give Or Take, Giveon 18
56 - - 1 NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock (2022), Various Artists 56
57 29 - 49 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
58 72 - 368 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
59 52 - 664 Metallica, Metallica 1
60 - - 1 Marble Hunting, Tipper 60
61 69 - 267 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
62 60 - 227 Back In Black, AC/DC 20
63 - - 1 Welcome To Faith City, Tim Bowman Jr. & Faith City Music 63
64 37 - 24 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 2
65 51 - 151 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
66 36 - 5 The End, So Far, Slipknot 1
67 57 - 9 Animals, Pink Floyd 3
68 49 - 108 Dirt, Alice In Chains 3
69 54 - 331 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
70 - - 1 NOW That's What I Call A Wonderful Christmas, Various Artists 70
71 42 - 8 Patient Number 9, Ozzy Osbourne 1
72 67 - 166 Master Of Puppets, Metallica 7
73 45 - 170 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
74 86 - 4 Snow Waltz, Lindsey Stirling 21
75 - - 12 When Christmas Comes Around..., Kelly Clarkson 8
76 62 - 232 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revolution 2
77 - - 1 United By Fate, Rival Schools 77
78 - - 98 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
79 70 - 66 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
80 68 - 596 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
81 76 - 227 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Soundtrack 2
82 55 - 36 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 3
83 66 - 50 30, Adele 1
84 - - 228 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
85 - - 1 Fever Dream, Palaye Royale 85
86 65 - 16 Special, Lizzo 1
87 - - 1 El Bueno y El Malo, Hermanos Gutierrez 87
88 80 - 416 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
89 - - 474 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
90 - - 1 Astral Fortress, Darkthrone 90
91 64 - 120 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
92 - - 113 Love Yourself: Her, BTS 6
93 - - 1 Laminated Denim (EP), King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 93
94 - - 2 Traumazine, Megan Thee Stallion 4
95 - - 1 Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard 95
96 - - 20 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Soundtrack 13
97 - - 15 Their Greatest Hits: Volumes 1 & 2, Eagles 45
98 99 - 201 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 13
99 82 - 159 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
100 - - 1 Car Therapy Sessions (EP), Faye Webster 100

[Gary]

Vinyl


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 2 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 16 Revolver, The Beatles 2
3 - - 1 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 3
4 6 - 24 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
5 3 - 206 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
6 - - 1 Vince Staples, Vince Staples 6
7 - - 1 The Essential Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters 7
8 12 - 73 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 1
9 - - 1 Waiting To Spill, The Backseat Lovers 9
10 11 - 284 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
11 8 - 80 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
12 - - 1 Blue Water Road, Kehlani 12
13 2 - 2 The Car, Arctic Monkeys 2
14 14 - 28 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
15 10 - 5 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
16 - - 172 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
17 - - 1 The Hell We Create, Fit For A King 17
18 17 - 22 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
19 13 - 20 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
20 22 - 94 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 2
21 - - 7 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
22 15 - 2 Give Or Take, Giveon 15
23 - - 1 Changes, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 23
24 - - 1 Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022), Fred again.. 24
25 18 - 32 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1

[Gary]

Catalog


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 54 Revolver, The Beatles 1
2 13 - 576 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
3 43 - 9 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Soundtrack 2
4 1 - 369 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
5 2 - 25 Indigo, Chris Brown 2
6 5 - 197 Ctrl, SZA 1
7 4 - 846 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
8 3 - 438 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
9 12 - 1181 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
10 9 - 475 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
11 8 - 45 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 1
12 7 - 91 Graduation, Kanye West 7
13 6 - 281 1989, Taylor Swift 1
14 10 - 336 Take Care, Drake 1
15 11 - 121 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 2
16 15 - 282 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
17 16 - 370 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
18 24 - 1145 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
19 18 - 9 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 17
20 26 - 451 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
21 17 - 54 reputation, Taylor Swift 7
22 14 - 11 Evermore, Taylor Swift 9
23 37 - 131 ANTI, Rihanna 6
24 22 - 45 Over It, Summer Walker 13
25 20 - 1377 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
26 23 - 120 Blonde, Frank Ocean 2
27 27 - 187 Views, Drake 4
28 25 - 61 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 6
29 29 - 592 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
30 28 - 171 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
31 40 - 3 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 31
32 19 - 60 AM, Arctic Monkeys 14
33 34 - 94 Stoney, Post Malone 7
34 30 - 94 ?, XXXTENTACION 5
35 - - 18 Culture II, Migos 22
36 31 - 305 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
37 - - 255 Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. 1
38 - - 10 Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna 12
39 - - 51 The Fame, Lady Gaga 1
40 32 - 397 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
41 38 - 141 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
42 33 - 33 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 17
43 36 - 815 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
44 - - 44 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 34
45 41 - 92 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 9
46 - - 4 The Original Monster Mash, Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers 28
47 44 - 23 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 31
48 47 - 52 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 8
49 - - 31 The GOAT, Polo G 10
50 - - 1 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 50

[Gary]

Thriller at #19 -- Highest Billboard 200 position since 1984
Revolver - first chart appearance since 2014

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, Gary.

Three albums drop 100-plus positions on the Billboard 200 this week: Stray Kids' Maxident, down 126 spots to No. 153; The 1975's Being Funny In A Foreign Language, sliding 109 spots to No. 160; and LE SSERAFIM's ANTIFRAGILE (EP), down 103 spots to No. 114.

Of note: Both Arctic Monkeys' The Car, which debuted at No. 6 last week, and Carly Rae Jepsen's The Loneliest Time, which debuted at No. 19, drop off the Billboard 200 this week.

[iHype.]

2022 Billboard 200 Artist Year-End (Week 52)

Ranking	Artist	Units
1	Taylor Swift	7,492,000
2	Drake	4,888,000
3	Bad Bunny	4,617,000
4	Morgan Wallen	3,235,000
5	Juice WRLD	3,194,000
6	Adele	3,079,000
7	The Weeknd	3,046,000
8	Harry Styles	2,891,000
9	Kendrick Lamar	2,675,000
10	Post Malone	2,663,000
11	Kanye West	2,453,000
12	Luke Combs	2,150,000
13	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	2,112,000
14	Rod Wave	1,960,000
15	Billie Eilish	1,902,000
16	Lil Durk	1,846,000
17	Doja Cat	1,820,000
18	Lil Baby	1,703,000
19	Future	1,689,000
20	Olivia Rodrigo	1,648,000
21	Ed Sheeran	1,563,000
22	Eminem	1,504,000
23	Summer Walker	1,492,000
24	Polo G	1,406,000
25	Chris Stapleton	1,404,000
26	Tyler, The Creator	1,274,000
27	Lil Uzi Vert	1,164,000
28	Gunna	1,142,000
29	J. Cole	1,112,000
30	Elton John	1,005,000
31	Jack Harlow	970,000
32	XXXTENTACION	966,000
33	Pop Smoke	964,000
34	The Beatles	938,000
35	Fleetwood Mac	931,000
36	Beyonce	926,000
37	Bruno Mars	913,000
38	The Kid LAROI	891,000
39	Imagine Dragons	887,000
40	Michael Jackson	872,000
41	Playboi Carti	861,000
42	Queen	859,000
43	Justin Bieber	830,000
44	Frank Ocean	820,000
45	Machine Gun Kelly	812,000
46	Dua Lipa	803,000
47	Zach Bryan	756,000
48	BTS	745,000
49	Lil Nas X	704,000
50	SZA	696,000
51	Nardo Wick	693,000
52	Creedence Clearwater Revival	692,000
53	Travis Scott	690,000
54	Nirvana	672,000
55	2Pac	652,000
56	Yeat	646,000
57	Moneybagg Yo	629,000
58	Kid Cudi	629,000
59	ABBA	625,000
60	Glass Animals	619,000
61	Ariana Grande	615,000
62	Elvis Presley	605,000
63	Baby Keem	599,000
64	Giveon	593,000
65	Chris Brown	585,000
66	Megan Thee Stallion	581,000
67	Bob Marley & The Wailers	578,000
68	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	572,000
69	Metallica	549,000
70	Guns N' Roses	545,000
71	Journey	534,000
72	AC/DC	531,000
73	Pooh Shiesty	530,000
74	Kodak Black	503,000
75	Mac Miller	498,000
76	Walker Hayes	494,000
77	Arctic Monkeys	479,000
78	Tyler Childers	467,000
79	Lizzo	449,000
80	Lana Del Rey	445,000
81	Foo Fighters	444,000
82	Michael Buble	424,000
83	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	409,000
84	The Beach Boys	405,000
85	Nickelback	402,000
86	Rihanna	401,000
87	Lewis Capaldi	398,000
88	Lynyrd Skynyrd	398,000
89	Pitbull	395,000
90	Dr. Dre	395,000
91	Anderson .Paak	394,000
92	Steve Lacy	388,000
93	Roddy Ricch	386,000
94	Khalid	381,000
95	Red Hot Chili Peppers	370,000
96	George Strait	368,000
97	Whitney Houston	367,000
98	Tame Impala	367,000
99	TWICE	366,000
100	The Notorious B.I.G.	360,000

[Gary]

The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Reissue Tops Multiple Charts, Hits No. 2 on Album Sales
Plus: Grateful Dead, Berner, Baby Keem, Polyphia, Foo Fighters and Demon Hunter debut in Top Album Sales' top 10.


By Keith Caulfield

11/9/2022


The Beatles’ Revolver album, first released in 1966, rushes to No. 1 on multiple Billboard charts following its deluxe expanded reissue on Oct. 28. The set re-enters at No. 1 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Catalog Albums (all dated Nov. 12) – its first week at No. 1 on all three lists. Revolver also re-enters Top Album Sales, Vinyl Albums and Tastemaker Albums at No. 2.

On the Billboard 200, the former No. 1 – which spent six weeks atop the list in 1966 – re-enters the list at No. 4.

For Revolver’s special edition, the album was reintroduced and remixed in a variety of expanded formats and editions, including many with previously unreleased tracks. The range included a standard digital album priced at $9.99 in the iTunes Store up through a boxed set boasting four vinyl LPs and two seven-inch singles that sold for $200 or more, depending on the retailer.

All versions of Revolver, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes. In the tracking week ending Nov. 3, Revolver earned 54,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. (up 1,963%). Of that sum, traditional album sales comprise 46,000 (up 6,346%).

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. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Catalog Albums rank the week’s most popular rock and alternative albums, rock albums and catalog albums, respectively, by equivalent album units. (Catalog albums are older albums, generally those at least 18-months old.) Tastemaker Albums ranks the week’s best-selling albums at independent and small chain record stores. Vinyl Albums tallies the top-selling vinyl albums of the week.

Of Revolver’s 46,000 in album sales for the week, physical sales comprise 42,000 (18,000 on vinyl and 24,000 on CD) and digital album download sales comprise 4,000.

The rerelease of Revolver is part of the ongoing series of expanded reissues of select studio albums by The Beatles. It follows reissues of Let It Be in 2021 (first released in 1970), Abbey Road in 2019 (first released in 1969), The Beatles in 2018 (often referred to as the White Album, first released in 1968) and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 2017 (first released in 1967).

Taylor Swift’s Midnights holds at No. 1 on Top Album Sales for a second week, selling 114,000 copies (down 90%). In its debut frame a week ago, the set exploded atop the list with 1.140 million copies sold.

Grateful Dead’s Dave’s Picks, Volume 44: Autzen Stadium, U. of Oregon, Eugene, OR – 6/23/90 debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales with 22,000 sold. Dave’s Picks is the act’s continuing live archival release series, named for the group’s archivist, David Lemieux, that has been going strong since its first release in 2012. Releases in the series are issued exclusively on CD and in limited quantities.

On the Billboard 200 chart, Dave’s Picks, Vol. 44 debuts at No. 3 – marking the band’s 54th top 40-charting album on the list. The act continues to have the most top 40 albums among groups since the chart began regularly publishing on a weekly basis in March of 1956. The acts with the most top 40 albums on the Billboard 200 are: Frank Sinatra (58), Elvis Presley (58), Barbra Streisand (54), Grateful Dead (54) and Bob Dylan (51). (Thirty-six of Grateful Dead’s 53 top 40-charting albums are from the Dave’s Picks series.)

A trio of debuts is next up on Top Album Sales as Berner’s From Seed to Sale (14,000), Baby Keem’s The Melodic Blue (11,000) and Polyphia’s Remember That You Will Die (10,000) bow at Nos. 4-6, respectively. It’s the first top 10-charting set for the latter two acts, while Berner notches his second top 10 effort. The Melodic Blue was initially released a little over a year ago as a digital download album, but makes its belated debut on Top Album Sales following its vinyl LP release on Oct. 28; nearly all of its sales for the week were on vinyl. The album has yet to be issued on CD or any other physical format.

LE SSERAFIM’s ANTIFRAGILE falls 3-7 on Top Album Sales in its second week (7,000; down 65%).

Foo Fighters’ new greatest hits compilation The Essential Foo Fighters debuts at No. 8 on Top Album Sales with 7,000 sold. Of that sum, physical sales comprise 6,500 (3,500 on vinyl and 3,000 on CD) and digital album downloads comprise 500. The album also bows in the top 10 across a variety of other charts, including Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums. The set also launches at No. 42 on the Billboard 200.

The 21-track The Essential Foo Fighters includes such hit songs as “All My Life,” “Best of You,” “Learn to Fly,” “Long Road to Ruin,” “Rope,” “The Pretender” and “Walk” – all of which hit No. 1 on the Alternative Airplay chart.

The Essential brand is the long-running compilation series from Sony Music’s catalog division, Legacy, and has charted dozens of charting titles on the Billboard 200 and Top Album Sales since the early 2000s from artists such as Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and Barbra Streisand.

The Essential Foo Fighters is the first in the Essential series to reach the top 10 on Top Album Sales. Previously, the highest-charting effort in the Essential series on Top Album Sales was The Essential Bruce Springsteen, when it debuted and peaked at No. 14 on the Nov. 29, 2003-dated chart.

The Essential Foo Fighters is the highest charting Essential album on the Billboard 200 since The Essential Michael Jackson rose to No. 31 on the Sept. 8, 2018-dated chart. The Essential Foo Fighters is also the highest debut from the Essential line since The Essential Leonard Cohen debuted and peaked at No. 13 on the Dec. 3, 2016 chart, following his death.

Harry Styles’ former No. 1 Harry’s House climbs 12-9 with a little over 6,000 sold (down 2%), while Demon Hunter clocks its fourth top 10 with the No. 10 arrival of Exile (6,000).

In the week ending Nov. 3, there were 1.618 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 42.1% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.237 million (up 46%) and digital albums comprised 381,000 (up 24.4%).

There were 621,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Nov. 3 (down 37.8% week-over-week) and 606,000 vinyl albums sold (down 52.3%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 29.021 million (down 7.1% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 32.574 million (up 3.7%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 79.244 million (down 6.5% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 62.049 million (down 1.6%) and digital album sales total 17.194 million (down 21%).

[HolidayGuy]

Some typos in the sales article- Grateful Dead debut at 13 on the 200, not 3. And, physical and digital album sales are down, not up.

[85la]

Nov 8, 2022 11:49:15 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Thanks, Gary.

Three albums drop 100-plus positions on the Billboard 200 this week: Stray Kids' Maxident, down 126 spots to No. 153; The 1975's Being Funny In A Foreign Language, sliding 109 spots to No. 160; and LE SSERAFIM's ANTIFRAGILE (EP), down 103 spots to No. 114.

Of note: Both Arctic Monkeys' The Car, which debuted at No. 6 last week, and Carly Rae Jepsen's The Loneliest Time, which debuted at No. 19, drop off the Billboard 200 this week.

That's too bad for Carly, how does this compare to her other releases? This seems like it might be her weakest performance yet.

Also surprised by Arctic Monkeys. Which other non-Christmas albums completely fell off the chart from the top 10 from one week to the next?

[HolidayGuy]

^Recently, Madonna's Finally Enough Love, though that's a compilation of mostly dance mixes. There have been others. Lionel Richie's most recent live set dropped off from No. 2.

As for Carly and two of her other top 20 studio albums- Emotion spent four weeks on the chart, while Dedicated spent two.

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Album Sales article link:

www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/the-beatles-revolver-reissue-tops-multiple-charts-1235168606/