Billboard 200: 12/10 --- Taylor Swift week 5

[Gary]

The Contenders: Will Christmas Come Early to the Billboard 200?

Holiday albums from Michael Bublé, Mariah Carey and the Vince Guaraldi Trio may come dashing through the charts next week.





BY ANDREW UNTERBERGER






WWelcome 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 Dec. 10): Tis the season for holiday albums to invade the top of the charts, but albums from Taylor Swift, Drake and 21 Savage, and Bad Bunny could push back the tree-lighting for a week.


Michael Bublé, Christmas (143/Reprise): It’s beginning to look a lot like Michael Bublé season on the Billboard 200 once again. The 21st century crooner peaks his head into the chart’s top tier this week with his 2011 Christmas set, which climbs 19-10 on the listing dated Dec. 3, and should continue its ascent in the weeks to come.



Christmas, featuring Bublé’s velvety versions of holiday standards like “Jingle Bells,” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” and “White Christmas” (the latter a duet with Shania Twain), is no stranger to the top of the Billboard 200: The album spent five weeks at No. 1 across 2011 and 2012, and finished No. 2 on the Year-End Billboard 200 for 2012, behind Adele’s 21. Last holiday season, Adele was once again the Grinch who stole the Christmas No. 1, as Bublé’s album rose to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 dated Jan. 1, 2022, after her 30.



This year Bublé will face a different challenger: Taylor Swift’s Midnights, which has reigned on the Billboard 200 for four of the past five weeks, posting equivalent album units in the six digits each frame. Time will tell if the Christmas spirit is strong enough to prevail. (Last holiday season, Christmas‘ biggest one-week unit sum was 77,000.)



Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas (Columbia): No artist of the last 30 years is as synonymous with the holiday season as Mariah Carey. However, while Carey’s Billboard Hot 100 dominance has become an annual event – her perennial “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has bested the chart each of the last three holiday seasons, ruling for a combined eight weeks – she has yet to top the Billboard 200 with that single’s parent album.



Merry Christmas climbed as high as No. 3 when it came out in 1994 – Kenny G’s less enduring seasonal set Miracles: The Holiday Album ruled the Dec. 17 chart – but has yet to return to a higher perch than No. 4, which it reached on the chart dated Jan. 4, 2020. (The album’s sequel, Merry Christmas II You, also reached No. 4 upon its Nov. 2010 release.) This week, Merry Christmas jumps 40-19 — still behind Bublé, but you can never count out the Queen of Christmas.



Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack (Fantasy): It’s not all seasonal pop standards on the Billboard 200: The sentimental pull of jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi’s 1965 soundtrack to the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas special spans generations, and makes the set an annual chart contender in the streaming era. The album hit the Billboard 200’s top 10 for the first time two holiday seasons ago, on the chart dated Jan. 2, 2021, then reached a new peak of No. 6 on the Jan. 1 chart this year. Now it’s once again on the rise, climbing from No. 43 to No. 17 on this week’s chart.



IN THE MIX



Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Live at the Fillmore 1997 (Warner): This new 58-track live set from Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, which spans the group’s 20-night residency at the storied San Francisco venue a quarter-century ago and is available in 2-CD and 3-LP regular editions, 4-CD and 6-LP deluxe editions, plus a limited edition 6xLP Uber Deluxe — should also make a sizeable debut.



Quando Rondo and YoungBoy Never Broke Again, 3860 (Quando Rondo, LLC/Never Broke Again/Atlantic): It’s been five whole weeks since we last covered YoungBoy Never Broke Again in The Contenders, but before the holidays get into full swing, he’s got one more set to sneak into his already project-strewn 2022. This time, it’s a collaborative mixtape with fellow southern rapper Quando Rondo, who is signed to YoungBoy’s label (called Never Broke Again), and takes center stage on the release, with solo showcases on five of its 16 tracks.



Brockhampton, TM (Question Everything/RCA): Brockhampton pulled double duty last week with a pair of farewell releases, The Family and TM. The former set debuted at No. 15 on the most recent Billboard 200 (dated Dec. 3), but the latter was nowhere to be found – a state of affairs that should change this week, as sales of signed CDs available on the band’s website will likely boost the set’s totals to charting levels.

[Gary]

Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ No. 1 on Billboard 200 for Fifth Week, Holiday Albums Jingle Into Top 10
Nat King Cole's 'The Christmas Song' and Vince Guaraldi Trio's 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' return to top 10.

www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-midnights-number-one-billboard-200-chart-fifth-week-1235180839/
By Keith Caulfield

12/4/2022

Taylor Swift’s Midnights logs a fifth week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Dec. 10), while a flurry of holiday albums jingles in the top 10. Midnights earned 151,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week ending Dec. 1 in the U.S. (down 15%), according to Luminate. The last Swift album with more weeks at No. 1 is Folklore, which notched eight nonconsecutive weeks atop the list in 2020. Since then, she’s claimed four more chart-topping albums: Evermore (four weeks at No. 1 in 2020-21), Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (two weeks, 2021), Red (Taylor’s Version) (one week in 2021) and Midnights (five weeks so far).


Also in the top 10, catalog holiday albums powered by streaming activity make waves as Michael Bublé’s former No. 1 Christmas rises 10-4, Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song vaults 18-8 and Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack jumps 17-10.

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 Dec. 10, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Dec. 6). For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Midnights’ 151,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 89,000 (down 24%, equaling 117.93 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 60,000 (up 5%) and SEA units comprise 2,000 (down 6%).

Five former No. 1s are Nos. 2-6 on the latest Billboard 200 chart. Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss holds at No. 2 (93,000 equivalent album units earned; down 22%), Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti is stationary at No. 3 (52,000 units; down 7%), Bublé’s Christmas climbs 10-4 (47,000 units; up 55%), Lil Baby’s It’s Only Me falls 4-5 (43,000 units; down 10%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album dips 5-6 (40,000 units; down 3%). The Weeknd’s compilation The Highlights descends 6-7 with 40,000 units (up 2%).

Cole’s The Christmas Song rises 18-8 with 36,000 equivalent album units (up 58%). The album, which includes such seasonal favorites like the title track and “O Holy Night,” peaked at No. 6 two holiday seasons ago, on the Jan. 2, 2021-dated chart. Harry Styles’ chart-topping Harry’s House falls 8-9 with 35,000 units (up 5%). Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack jumps 17-10 with 33,000 units (up 45%). The seasonal set peaked at No. 6 nearly a year ago on the Jan. 1, 2022-dated list.

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]

i Taylor Swift 151,000 (sales 60,000)
2. Drake/21 93,000
3. Bad Bunny 52,000
4. Michael Buble 47,000
5. Lil Baby 43,000
6. Morgan Wallen 40,000
7. The Weeknd 40,000
8. Nat King Cole 36,000
9. Harry Styles 35,000
10. Vince Guaraldi 33,000

[Gary]

99th chart week for Morgan Wallen

98 weeks top 10

95 weeks at 40K or more units


3 weeks between 38,500 and 39,499
59 weeks between 39,500 and 49,499
24 weeks between 49,500 and 59,499
13 weeks above 60K


Total units > 5.4M

[Gary]

Midnights - totals

Units 2.751M
sales 1.524M

[Gary]

Weeks in the top 10

top 10 ARTIST
98 MORGAN WALLEN
45 MICHAEL BUBLE
39 THE WEEKND
30 BAD BUNNY
28 HARRY STYLES
8 NAT KING COLE
7 LIL BABY
7 VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
6 TAYLOR SWIFT
4 DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE

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This HITS YTD stats use Luminate data and include this BB200 chart and pre-release SPS:

hitsdailydouble.com/ytd_project_activity

Chart Date: 12/02/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 12/01/2022)
MARKETSHARE: UMG 55% SME 33% WMG 11% OTHERS 1%

RANK ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL YTD ACTIVITY ALBUMS SONGS AOD STREAMS VOD STREAMS

1 BAD BUNNY | UN VERANO SIN TI RIMAS (THE ORCHARD) 3,196,000 63,000 139,000 4,009,046,000 363,033,000

2 TAYLOR SWIFT | MIDNIGHTS REPUBLIC (UMG) 2,744,000 1,520,000 637,000 1,472,624,000 52,789,000

3 MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM BIG LOUD/REPUBLIC (UMG) 2,237,000 81,000 375,000 2,716,637,000 203,408,000

4 HARRY STYLES | HARRY'S HOUSE COLUMBIA (SME) 2,048,000 676,000 282,000 1,737,841,000 70,008,000

5 ENCANTO | SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY (UMG) 1,803,000 225,000 378,000 1,829,564,000 409,262,000

6 THE WEEKND | THE HIGHLIGHTS XO/REPUBLIC (UMG) 1,718,000 55,000 216,000 2,162,588,000 211,337,000

7 FUTURE | I NEVER LIKED YOU FREEBANDZ/EPIC (SME) 1,385,000 20,000 69,000 1,736,523,000 164,878,000

8 OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR GEFFEN (UMG) 1,350,000 319,000 98,000 1,405,184,000 76,950,000

9 LIL DURK | 7220 ALAMO (SME) 1,302,000 6,000 84,000 1,639,542,000 245,747,000

10 DRAKE | CERTIFIED LOVER BOY OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG) 1,251,000 3,000 49,000 1,640,603,000 82,272,000

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[Gary]

Billboard 200


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 6 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 2 - 4 Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage 1
3 3 - 30 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 1
4 10 - 104 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
5 4 - 7 It's Only Me, Lil Baby 1
6 5 - 99 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
7 6 - 94 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
8 18 - 69 The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole 6
9 8 - 28 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
10 17 - 103 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 6
11 19 - 112 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 3
12 12 - 28 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 5
13 71 - 27 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector, Various Artists 10
14 46 - 46 Christmas Classics, Bing Crosby 14
15 20 - 123 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
16 7 - 550 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
17 11 - 264 Diamonds, Elton John 7
18 43 - 34 Ultimate Christmas, Frank Sinatra 12
19 38 - 30 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas, Pentatonix 7
20 32 - 505 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
21 52 - 24 The Andy Williams Christmas Album, Andy Williams 14
22 21 - 55 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
23 22 - 80 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
24 60 - 52 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives 16
25 64 - 22 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings, Brenda Lee 17
26 16 - 18 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
27 24 - 20 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 7
28 40 - 527 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
29 29 - 171 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
30 - - 27 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics, Gene Autry 21
31 26 - 31 I Never Liked You, Future 1
32 39 - 519 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
33 35 - 65 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
34 34 - 608 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
35 - - 1 Live At The Fillmore, 1997, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 35
36 42 - 103 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
37 87 - 15 The Best Of Bobby Helms, Bobby Helms 27
38 76 - 70 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
39 91 - 59 Wrapped In Red, Kelly Clarkson 3
40 28 - 7 Leave The Light On, Bailey Zimmerman 9
41 33 - 16 Beautiful Mind, Rod Wave 1
42 107 - 51 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley 28
43 25 - 8 Only Built For Infinity Links, Quavo & Takeoff 7
44 50 - 237 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
45 - - 27 Wish, The Cure 2
46 45 - 144 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
47 9 - 2 Jupiter's Diary: 7 Day Theory, Rod Wave 9
48 128 - 47 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 2
49 23 - 4 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: Music From And Inspired By, Soundtrack 12
50 132 - 50 White Christmas, Bing Crosby 34
51 41 - 416 1989, Taylor Swift 1
52 56 - 286 Ctrl, SZA 3
53 - - 1 A Family Christmas, Matteo, Andrea & Virginia Bocelli 53
54 51 - 29 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 1
55 47 - 169 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
56 53 - 17 Curtain Call 2, Eminem 6
57 62 - 155 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
58 139 - 28 The Dean Martin Christmas Album, Dean Martin 36
59 31 - 23 Growin' Up, Luke Combs 2
60 49 - 287 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
61 70 - 25 Proof, BTS 1
62 - - 1 3860, Quando Rondo & YoungBoy Never Broke Again 62
63 55 - 54 30, Adele 1
64 59 - 38 7220, Lil Durk 1
65 44 - 4 Smithereens, Joji 5
66 63 - 75 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
67 36 - 3 Anyways, Life’s Great..., GloRilla 11
68 69 - 73 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
69 57 - 218 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
70 - - 21 Last Christmas (Soundtrack), George Michael & Wham! 43
71 48 - 377 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
72 58 - 135 Indigo, Chris Brown 1
73 106 - 164 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
74 83 - 192 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
75 122 - 227 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
76 61 - 160 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
77 54 - 618 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
78 68 - 64 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
79 66 - 57 =, Ed Sheeran 1
80 72 - 126 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
81 81 - 294 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
82 84 - 125 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
83 144 - 460 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
84 92 - 21 Wasteland, Brent Faiyaz 2
85 86 - 509 Take Care, Drake 1
86 65 - 6 Takin' It Back, Meghan Trainor 16
87 78 - 10 This Is What ____ Feels Like (Vol.1-4), JVKE 56
88 67 - 219 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
89 80 - 24 Honestly, Nevermind, Drake 1
90 82 - 52 Who Is Nardo Wick?, Nardo Wick 16
91 79 - 26 Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone 2
92 77 - 144 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
93 175 - 3 Greatest Christmas Songs, Perry Como 68
94 95 - 417 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
95 93 - 231 Scorpion, Drake 1
96 117 - 195 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
97 - - 13 The Jackson 5 Christmas Album, Jackson 5 53
98 - - 220 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
99 143 - 603 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
100 - - 1 TM, BrockHampton 100
101 99 - 139 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
102 104 - 88 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
103 74 - 3 Saturno, Rauw Alejandro 25
104 94 - 451 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
105 123 - 544 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
106 - - 10 When Christmas Comes Around..., Kelly Clarkson 22
107 110 - 252 Graduation, Kanye West 1
108 - - 206 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
109 14 - 2 Feed Tha Streets III, Roddy Ricch 14
110 85 - 107 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
111 89 - 12 Different Man, Kane Brown 5
112 183 - 7 2 Baddies, NCT 127 3
113 126 - 275 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
114 109 - 240 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
115 140 - 51 Fighting Demons, Juice WRLD 2
116 125 - 226 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
117 102 - 375 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
118 134 - 78 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1
119 90 - 5 Encanto (Highlights), Soundtrack 19
120 - - 18 Feliz Navidad, Jose Feliciano 54
121 118 - 90 Revolver, The Beatles 1
122 113 - 20 Special, Lizzo 2
123 127 - 123 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
124 124 - 165 Over It, Summer Walker 2
125 161 - 759 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
126 146 - 306 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
127 108 - 125 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 98
128 153 - 47 DS4EVER, Gunna 1
129 96 - 600 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
130 120 - 51 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 9
131 - - 4 A Perry Como Christmas, Perry Como 70
132 156 - 64 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
133 119 - 7 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 14
134 138 - 17 The Last Slimeto, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 2
135 - - 84 Currents, Tame Impala 4
136 135 - 250 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
137 - - 157 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
138 - - 1 Dream Widow, Dream Widow 138
139 148 - 342 Views, Drake 1
140 166 - 11 Born Pink, BLACKPINK 1
141 151 - 245 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
142 129 - 490 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
143 103 - 602 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
144 133 - 688 Metallica, Metallica 1
145 149 - 19 Danado, Ivan Cornejo 64
146 179 - 242 Hozier, Hozier 2
147 - - 61 Under The Mistletoe, Justin Bieber 1
148 - - 1 Paris Blues, The Doors 148
149 73 - 3 Only The Strong Survive, Bruce Springsteen 8
150 101 - 5 Kutthroat Bill: Vol. 1, Kodak Black 8
151 - - 70 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 48
152 - - 740 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
153 27 - 2 Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection, Dolly Parton 27
154 - - 8 Manifesto : Day 1 (EP), ENHYPEN 6
155 159 - 77 Hall Of Fame, Polo G 1
156 142 - 27 Top Gun: Maverick, Soundtrack 17
157 174 - 481 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
158 - - 115 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
159 189 - 95 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
160 154 - 344 ANTI, Rihanna 1
161 130 - 54 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 2
162 193 - 98 The Essential Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley 42
163 196 - 245 Dont Smile At Me, Billie Eilish 14
164 - - 7 How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Soundtrack), Boris Karloff / Thurl Ravenscroft 79
165 157 - 312 Stoney, Post Malone 4
166 - - 142 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
167 167 - 7 Being Funny In A Foreign Language, The 1975 7
168 168 - 296 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
169 162 - 35 Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits, Fall Out Boy 77
170 - - 23 My Gift, Carrie Underwood 5
171 178 - 143 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 1
172 185 - 258 17, XXXTENTACION 2
173 170 - 139 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
174 160 - 89 Justice, Justin Bieber 1
175 136 - 160 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
176 150 - 291 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
177 158 - 299 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
178 - - 136 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
179 182 - 133 The GOAT, Polo G 2
180 181 - 284 More Life, Drake 1
181 - - 4 Impera, Ghost 2
182 - - 13 Cigarettes After Sex, Cigarettes After Sex 158
183 186 - 103 Positions, Ariana Grande 1
184 88 - 115 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
185 191 - 18 Sing Me A Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation, $uicideBoy$ 7
186 13 - 2 Divisive, Disturbed 13
187 171 - 115 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
188 141 - 23 Breezy, Chris Brown 4
189 - - 265 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
190 176 - 30 Come Home The Kids Miss You, Jack Harlow 3
191 177 - 105 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, Bad Bunny 1
192 - - 46 A Pentatonix Christmas, Pentatonix 1
193 147 - 126 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
194 - - 10 The Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The Beach Boys 107
195 - - 105 Noel, Josh Groban 1
196 199 - 255 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
197 - - 80 I Am > I Was, 21 Savage 1
198 - - 206 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
199 - - 19 Everyday Is Christmas, Sia 27
200 145 - 223 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1

[Gary]

Current


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 6 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 1 Live At The Fillmore, 1997, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
3 26 - 6 A Family Christmas, Matteo, Andrea & Virginia Bocelli 3
4 8 - 28 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
5 10 - 122 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
6 14 - 55 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
7 16 - 11 2 Baddies, NCT 127 2
8 - - 1 TM, BrockHampton 8
9 - - 2 Dream Widow, Dream Widow 9
10 - - 1 Paris Blues, The Doors 10
11 31 - 70 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
12 22 - 18 Manifesto : Day 1 (EP), ENHYPEN 1
13 18 - 79 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
14 7 - 3 Only The Strong Survive, Bruce Springsteen 3
15 19 - 159 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
16 17 - 54 30, Adele 1
17 49 - 35 Impera, Ghost 1
18 81 - 47 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 1
19 46 - 12 Patient Number 9, Ozzy Osbourne 1
20 29 - 155 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
21 15 - 17 Stranger Things: Soundtrack From The Netflix Series, Season 4, Soundtrack 3
22 2 - 2 Divisive, Disturbed 2
23 6 - 2 Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection, Dolly Parton 6
24 37 - 5 NOW That's What I Call A Wonderful Christmas, Various Artists 24
25 40 - 25 Proof, BTS 1
26 28 - 26 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
27 34 - 4 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 6
28 41 - 14 Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
29 44 - 11 Born Pink, BLACKPINK 1
30 38 - 7 A Very Backstreet Christmas, Backstreet Boys 4
31 30 - 8 Snow Waltz, Lindsey Stirling 13
32 5 - 2 Get Rollin', Nickelback 5
33 77 - 7 Return Of The Dream Canteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers 1
34 24 - 380 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
35 35 - 18 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
36 33 - 29 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 2
37 11 - 3 Faith In The Future, Louis Tomlinson 2
38 - - 1 The Alternate Collection, Fleetwood Mac 38
39 20 - 263 Diamonds, Elton John 6
40 4 - 2 Me / And / Dad, Billy Strings 4
41 9 - 2 And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, Weyes Blood 9
42 65 - 20 Checkmate: Mini Album (EP), iTZY 2
43 - - 1 Jazz Dispensary: Haunted High, Various Artists 43
44 58 - 5 Holidays Around The World, Pentatonix 23
45 - - 1 Cheek To Cheek: Live!, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 45
46 43 - 20 Special, Lizzo 1
47 - - 1 The Legendary Typewriter Tape: 06/25/64 Jorma's House, Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen 47
48 39 - 6 ANTIFRAGILE (EP), LE SSERAFIM 3
49 36 - 48 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 3
50 62 - 6 Takin' It Back, Meghan Trainor 6
51 47 - 7 Being Funny In A Foreign Language, The 1975 3
52 42 - 8 Maxident, Stray Kids 1
53 76 - 5 NOW That's What I Call Classic Rock (2022), Various Artists 45
54 - - 1 Live At Budokan: 2/23/84 Tokyo, Willie Nelson 54
55 54 - 3 Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule, Louis Armstrong 6
56 13 - 2 Los Angeles Forum - April 26, 1969, The Jimi Hendrix Experience 13
57 25 - 19 Growin' Up, Luke Combs 2
58 - - 1 Live At The Greek Theater 2019, Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band 58
59 - - 1 Live At Music Millennium: Nov. 2, 1999, Joe Strummer 59
60 99 - 4 Santa Baby, Alicia Keys 37
61 71 - 6 The Car, Arctic Monkeys 2
62 63 - 4 Live At The Bon Soir: Greenwich Village, NY/November 1962, Barbra Streisand 7
63 45 - 14 Encanto (Highlights), Soundtrack 2
64 75 - 96 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
65 64 - 4 Country Christmas Greatest Hits, Various Artists 64
66 70 - 20 Top Gun: Maverick, Soundtrack 7
67 - - 2 Every Shade Of Blue, The Head And The Heart 54
68 - - 1 Girls, Girls, Girls Tour EP, Motley Crue 68
69 - - 59 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 38
70 55 - 5 The Essential Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters 7
71 - - 19 Superache, Conan Gray 3
72 - - 1 A Philly Special Christmas, Various Artists 72
73 - - 1 Watchmen: Music From The Motion Picture / Original Motion Picture Score, Soundtrack 73
74 - - 1 Homework: Remixes, Daft Punk 74
75 - - 1 Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse 1963-1964, Ahmad Jamal 75
76 93 - 5 NOW 84, Various Artists 24
77 23 - 2 World Record, Neil Young With Crazy Horse 23
78 95 - 5 A Neil Diamond Christmas, Neil Diamond 38
79 32 - 13 Elvis (Soundtrack), Elvis Presley & Various Artists 9
80 - - 1 Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse 1965-1966, Ahmad Jamal 80
81 - - 1 Greatest Hits, Florida Georgia Line 81
82 79 - 23 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 3
83 - - 20 Denim & Rhinestones, Carrie Underwood 4
84 21 - 14 IM NAYEON: The 1st Mini Album (EP), NAYEON 1
85 - - 27 In These Silent Days, Brandi Carlile 3
86 96 - 58 The Highlights, The Weeknd 4
87 74 - 6 I Love: 5th Mini Album (EP), (G)I-DLE 7
88 51 - 4 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: Music From And Inspired By, Soundtrack 51
89 85 - 102 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 2
90 27 - 2 The Number Of The Beast / Beast Over Hammersmith, Iron Maiden 27
91 - - 6 Melt My Eyez See Your Future, Denzel Curry 2
92 72 - 4 Smithereens, Joji 2
93 - - 8 The End, So Far, Slipknot 1
94 - - 1 One More Ride, Old 97's 94
95 - - 9 Love Sux, Avril Lavigne 2
96 - - 1 Tommy Boy's Baddest Beats, Various Artists 96
97 - - 26 Stray Kids Mini Album: Oddinary (EP), Stray Kids 1
98 - - 1 The Lost Tapes: Live In Malmo, We Are Motorhead Tour 2000, Motorhead 98
99 - - 1 The Complete Vinyl Collection, Eric Burdon & War 99
100 - - 1 On A Clear Day: The Oscar Peterson Trio, Live In Zurich, 1971, Oscar Peterson 100

[Gary]

Album Sales


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 6 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 2 - 327 Thriller, Michael Jackson 2
3 - - 1 Live At The Fillmore, 1997, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 3
4 - - 27 Wish, The Cure 2
5 38 - 6 A Family Christmas, Matteo, Andrea & Virginia Bocelli 5
6 9 - 28 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
7 11 - 126 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 6
8 13 - 123 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
9 17 - 55 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
10 21 - 325 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 6
11 22 - 11 2 Baddies, NCT 127 2
12 - - 1 TM, BrockHampton 12
13 27 - 102 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
14 - - 2 Dream Widow, Dream Widow 14
15 - - 1 Paris Blues, The Doors 15
16 46 - 70 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
17 26 - 98 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
18 31 - 278 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
19 33 - 18 Manifesto : Day 1 (EP), ENHYPEN 1
20 25 - 80 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
21 8 - 3 Only The Strong Survive, Bruce Springsteen 3
22 28 - 139 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
23 19 - 21 Revolver, The Beatles 2
24 24 - 54 30, Adele 1
25 30 - 53 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
26 48 - 463 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
27 93 - 15 Impera, Ghost 1
28 - - 36 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 1
29 87 - 12 Patient Number 9, Ozzy Osbourne 1
30 43 - 155 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
31 20 - 11 Stranger Things: Soundtrack From The Netflix Series, Season 4, Soundtrack 4
32 60 - 131 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
33 3 - 2 Divisive, Disturbed 3
34 7 - 2 Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection, Dolly Parton 7
35 62 - 5 NOW That's What I Call A Wonderful Christmas, Various Artists 35
36 88 - 174 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
37 47 - 29 A Holly Dolly Christmas, Dolly Parton 3
38 65 - 23 Proof, BTS 1
39 42 - 26 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
40 56 - 4 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 7
41 - - 305 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
42 70 - 14 Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
43 74 - 11 Born Pink, BLACKPINK 1
44 63 - 7 A Very Backstreet Christmas, Backstreet Boys 4
45 73 - 102 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 3
46 78 - 271 Abbey Road, The Beatles 1
47 44 - 7 Snow Waltz, Lindsey Stirling 18
48 - - 2 Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, England (4/8/72), Grateful Dead 23
49 66 - 420 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
50 - - 56 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 5
51 6 - 2 Get Rollin', Nickelback 6
52 - - 1 Live At Hammersmith '82!, Duran Duran 52
53 - - 6 Return Of The Dream Canteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers 1
54 35 - 372 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
55 39 - 668 Metallica, Metallica 1
56 57 - 18 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
57 75 - 231 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Soundtrack 2
58 - - 1 Pure Jerry: Hampton Coliseum Hampton, VA November 9, 1991, Jerry Garcia Band 58
59 81 - 182 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
60 95 - 124 Harry Styles, Harry Styles 1
61 - - 599 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
62 - - 51 Currents, Tame Impala 5
63 55 - 28 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 2
64 90 - 231 Back In Black, AC/DC 20
65 - - 1 Burning Desire, Jimi Hendrix 65
66 14 - 3 Faith In The Future, Louis Tomlinson 2
67 45 - 481 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
68 - - 1 The Next Day E-P, David Bowie 68
69 - - 1 The Alternate Collection, Fleetwood Mac 69
70 97 - 20 Christmas Classics, Bing Crosby 44
71 - - 303 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse 2
72 79 - 335 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
73 29 - 210 Diamonds, Elton John 6
74 5 - 2 Me / And / Dad, Billy Strings 5
75 - - 51 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
76 - - 112 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
77 - - 36 The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole 46
78 - - 441 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
79 12 - 2 And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, Weyes Blood 12
80 - - 16 Checkmate: Mini Album (EP), iTZY 2
81 - - 1 Jazz Dispensary: Haunted High, Various Artists 81
82 - - 202 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 13
83 - - 127 1989, Taylor Swift 1
84 23 - 111 The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2
85 - - 3 Holidays Around The World, Pentatonix 26
86 - - 1 Cheek To Cheek: Live!, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 86
87 69 - 417 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
88 72 - 18 Special, Lizzo 1
89 36 - 61 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 7
90 92 - 117 Love Yourself: Tear, BTS 1
91 - - 13 When Christmas Comes Around..., Kelly Clarkson 8
92 - - 1 The Legendary Typewriter Tape: 06/25/64 Jorma's House, Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen 92
93 64 - 6 ANTIFRAGILE (EP), LE SSERAFIM 3
94 58 - 40 An Evening With Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) 3
95 - - 51 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley 39
96 - - 77 Hozier, Hozier 2
97 - - 162 The College Dropout, Kanye West 2
98 - - 28 My Gift, Carrie Underwood 2
99 - - 5 Takin' It Back, Meghan Trainor 7
100 - - 1 Lust In Phaze: The Best Of Soul Coughing, Soul Coughing 100

[Gary]

Vinyl


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 6 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 2 - 258 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
3 5 - 28 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
4 6 - 77 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 1
5 9 - 84 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
6 - - 1 Dream Widow, Dream Widow 6
7 - - 1 Paris Blues, The Doors 7
8 - - 1 Wish, The Cure 8
9 - - 48 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
10 21 - 210 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
11 13 - 26 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
12 12 - 288 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
13 17 - 36 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
14 14 - 63 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
15 15 - 16 30, Adele 1
16 - - 174 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
17 - - 5 Impera, Ghost 1
18 - - 19 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
19 - - 17 Christmas, Michael Buble 10
20 - - 1 Live At The Fillmore, 1997, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 20
21 - - 121 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
22 - - 96 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 2
23 - - 3 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 3
24 8 - 4 Stranger Things: Soundtrack From The Netflix Series, Season 4, Soundtrack 2
25 - - 6 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 1

[Gary]

Catalog


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 2 - 95 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
2 4 - 144 The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole 2
3 3 - 203 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 1
4 5 - 195 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 1
5 23 - 27 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector, Various Artists 4
6 14 - 39 Christmas Classics, Bing Crosby 6
7 1 - 580 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
8 13 - 25 Ultimate Christmas, Frank Sinatra 4
9 8 - 19 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas, Pentatonix 3
10 6 - 442 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
11 15 - 20 The Andy Williams Christmas Album, Andy Williams 6
12 19 - 109 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives 4
13 20 - 19 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings, Brenda Lee 9
14 10 - 373 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
15 - - 24 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics, Gene Autry 9
16 9 - 850 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
17 7 - 479 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
18 12 - 15 Evermore, Taylor Swift 9
19 28 - 15 The Best Of Bobby Helms, Bobby Helms 11
20 30 - 46 Wrapped In Red, Kelly Clarkson 3
21 41 - 36 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley 9
22 - - 1 Wish, The Cure 22
23 - - 150 White Christmas, Bing Crosby 3
24 11 - 285 1989, Taylor Swift 1
25 17 - 201 Ctrl, SZA 1
26 - - 25 The Dean Martin Christmas Album, Dean Martin 16
27 22 - 6 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 21
28 - - 6 Last Christmas (Soundtrack), George Michael & Wham! 20
29 18 - 29 Indigo, Chris Brown 2
30 40 - 65 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 6
31 26 - 13 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 17
32 46 - 64 AM, Arctic Monkeys 14
33 16 - 1185 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
34 25 - 125 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 2
35 - - 130 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
36 27 - 340 Take Care, Drake 1
37 21 - 58 reputation, Taylor Swift 7
38 24 - 49 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 1
39 - - 2 Greatest Christmas Songs, Perry Como 24
40 32 - 286 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
41 - - 12 The Jackson 5 Christmas Album, Jackson 5 22
42 - - 606 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 1
43 - - 308 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
44 39 - 2 SoulFly, Rod Wave 39
45 31 - 374 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
46 47 - 1149 Back In Black, AC/DC 1
47 - - 1 When Christmas Comes Around..., Kelly Clarkson 47
48 43 - 95 Graduation, Kanye West 7
49 - - 119 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 1
50 37 - 2 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording 37

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, Gary.

Two albums dropped 100-plus positions on the Billboard 200: Disturbed's Divisive plunged 173 spots to No. 186- just falling short of our running list of 176-plus-position droppers; and Dolly Parton's latest compilation dips 126 spots to No. 153.

Of note: Brockhampton's The Family, which debuted at No. 15 the prior week, drops off the chart.

[Gary]

Tom Petty’s ‘Live at the Fillmore’ Lights up Billboard Charts, Debuts In Top 10 on Album Sales
Plus: Taylor Swift's "Midnights" surpasses 1.5 million sold in U.S., The Cure's "Wish" returns & the Bocelli "Family Christmas" hits the top 10.


By Keith Caulfield

12/9/2022

Tom Petty at the Fillmore in San Francisco January 10, 1997.
Karl Mondon/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via GI

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ archival release Live at the Fillmore, 1997 debuts in the top 10 across a range of Billboard charts (all dated Dec. 10), including Top Album Sales, where it bows at No. 3, Top Current Album Sales, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Tastemaker Albums. It also launches in the top 40 of the all-genre Billboard 200, arriving at No. 35 — Petty’s 21st top 40 album.

Also in the top 10 on Top Album Sales: Taylor Swift’s Midnights holds at No. 1 for a sixth consecutive week as it surpasses 1.5 million in U.S. sales while the Cure’s Wish re-enters at No. 4 after its 30th anniversary reissue. Plus, Matteo, Andrea and Virginia Bocelli’s A Family Christmas hits the top 10 for the first time as it jumps 38-5 following the trio’s appearance on CBS’ Sunday Morning (Nov. 27) and NBC’s Christmas at Rockefeller Center special (Nov. 30).

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 Current Album Sales lists the week’s best-selling current (not catalog, or older albums) albums by traditional album sales. Independent Albums reflects the week’s most popular albums, by units, released by independent record labels. Vinyl Albums tallies the top-selling vinyl albums of the week. Tastemaker Albums ranks the week’s best-selling albums at independent and small chain record stores.

Live at the Fillmore, 1997 – which commemorates Petty’s 20-show run at the historic theater in 1997 – sold 16,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 1, according to Luminate. Live at the Fillmore was available in multiple configurations (with either 33 tracks on a standard edition or 58 tracks on an expanded version) that ranged in price from a basic $20 digital download album to a $550 uber deluxe collector’s boxed set with six vinyl LPs. All versions of the album are tracked together for sales and charting purposes.

Of Live at the Fillmore’s 16,000 sold, physical sales comprise 14,000 (with 9,000 on CD and 5,000 on vinyl) and digital album download sales comprise 2,000. The set features live takes of such songs as “American Girl,” “Free Fallin’” and “Mary Jane’s Last Dance.”

At No. 1 on Top Album Sales, Swift’s Midnights holds atop the list for a sixth straight week (60,000 sold; up 5%). It’s the first album to sell at least 50,000 copies in each of its first six weeks of release in nearly a year, since Adele’s 30 also sold 50,000-plus in its first six frames (Dec. 4, 2021-Jan. 8, 2022-dated charts).

Midnights’ total U.S. sales now stand at 1.525 million – more than twice the sales of year’s second-largest selling album, Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (678,000).

Michael Jackson’s Thriller is a non-mover at No. 2 on Top Album Sales with 18,000 sold (down 35%).

The Cure’s Wish re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 4 with 15,000 sold (up from a negligible sum the previous week) following its 30th anniversary reissue. The set, originally released in 1992, debuted and peaked at No. 2 on Top Album Sales and the Billboard 200. It’s the highest-charting effort for the act on the latter list.

Matteo, Andrea and Virginia Bocelli’s A Family Christmas vaults from No. 38 to No. 5 on Top Album Sales — its first week in the top 10 — with its best sales week yet, 14,000 (up 169%). The gain comes after the trio appeared on CBS’ Sunday Morning (Nov. 27) and NBC’s Christmas at Rockefeller Center special (Nov. 30). (The album’s title is truth in advertising: Matteo and Virginia are Andrea’s children, ages 24 and 10.)

Styles’ Harry’s House rises 9-6 on Top Album Sales with nearly 14,000 (up 28%), Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack climbs 11-7 with 13,000 (up 35%), Swift’s Folklore bumps 13-8 with 13,000 (up 57%) and another Swift set, Red (Taylor’s Version) rises 17-9 with 11,000 (up 33%). Most albums in the top 10 also benefit from Black Friday sale pricing and promotion at major retailers, as the tracking week reflected on the latest chart covers the Nov. 25 – Dec. 1 time frame (with Nov. 25 Black Friday).

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours rounds out the top 10 of Top Album Sales, vaulting 21-10 with 10,000 sold (up 31%) following the death of the band’s Christine McVie on Nov. 30.

In the week ending Dec. 1, there were 2.708 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 17.3% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 2.361 million (up 22.4%) and digital albums comprised 348,000 (down 8.8%).

There were 862,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Dec. 1 (up 18.1% week-over-week) and 1.485 vinyl albums sold (up 25%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 31.892 million (down 10.3% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 36.871 million (up 3.4%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 87.949 million (down 8.1% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 69.265 million (down 3.3%) and digital album sales total 18.683 million (down 22.5%).