Billboard 200 -12/31/2022 - SZA

[Gary]

SZA’s ‘SOS’ Spends Second Week Atop Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Plus, RM's 'Indigo' re-enters chart in top five after its CD release.


By Keith Caulfield

12/26/2022

SZA’s SOS spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Dec. 31), as the album earned 180,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 22 (down 43% from its opening frame a week ago), according to Luminate. The set debuted atop the list with 318,000 units.

Also in the top 10, BTS member RM scores his first top 10-charting album, as Indigo re-enters the list at No. 3 following its CD release on Dec. 16. The set debuted on the Dec. 17-dated chart at No. 15 after its initial release via streaming services and as a digital download album. RM becomes the first member of BTS to earn a solo top 10 album on the Billboard 200.

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. 31, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Dec. 28 (one day later than usual, due to the Christmas Day holiday on Dec. 25). For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of SOS’ 180,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 179,000 (down 42%, equaling 236.52 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 1,000 (down 87% and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 (down 49%).

Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Midnights is a non-mover at No. 2 — though up 12% to 155,000 equivalent album units earned. The set’s sales were up 31% to 97,000, owed to holiday shopping as the chart reflects the sales week ending Dec. 22. (We’ll still see holiday gift-giving purchases impacting next week’s chart, dated Jan. 7, 2023, as that chart will reflect the tracking week of Dec. 23-29.) The bulk of Midnights’ sales were vinyl-driven, with 68,000 on vinyl sold for the week — up 41%. That also marks the third-largest sales week for any vinyl album in 2022, following the debut weeks of Midnights (575,000) and Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (182,000). Midnights continues to profit from its availability across five vinyl variants — all colored vinyl editions, including one exclusive to Target.

RM’s Indigo re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 3 with 83,000 equivalent album units earned (up 1,290%) following its CD release on Dec. 16. It’s a new high for the set, and RM’s first top 10 album as a soloist. (The seven-member group BTS, of which RM is a member, has logged seven top 10s, six of which reached No. 1.)

RM is the first member of BTS to earn a solo top 10 album on the Billboard 200, and the second to reach the chart in 2022 with a solo project, following the No. 17 debut and peak of J-Hope’s Jack in the Box (July 30 chart).

Indigo debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 dated Dec. 17 with 31,000 equivalent album units, following the set’s initial release via streaming services and as a digital download album for purchase. It slipped off the chart the following week, only to return on the new list after its CD release.

Of the album’s 83,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 22, album sales comprise 79,000 (up from less than 500 sales the week previous), while SEA units comprise 4,000 (down 28%; equaling 5.3 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum (down 32%).

CDs comprise 77,500 of Indigo’s sales for the week, while digital album purchases comprise 1,500. Like many K-pop releases, the CD configuration of Indigo was issued in collectible deluxe packages (three, including exclusive versions for Target and the Weverse webstore), each with a standard set of items and one randomized element (a photocard).

A trio of former No. 1s is next on the Billboard 200, as Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains falls 3-4 with 76,000 equivalent album units earned (down 25%), Michael Bublé’s Christmas is a non-mover at No. 5 with 72,000 (up 16%), and Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss dips 4-6 with 60,000 (down 10%).

Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song jingles 8-7 (59,000 equivalent album units earned; up 24%), Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack glows 9-8 (56,000; up 20%) and Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas dashes 11-9 (53,000; up 18%).

Bad Bunny’s former No. 1 Un Verano Sin Ti closes out the new top 10, as it falls 7-10 with 52,000 equivalent album units earned (though up 2%).

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.

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[Gary]

1. SZA 180,000 (sales 1000)
2. Taylor Swift 155,000 (sales 97,000)
3. RM 83,000 (Sales 79,000)
4. Metro Boomin 76,000
5. Michael Buble 72,000
6. Drake/21 60,000
7. Nat King Cole 59,000
8. Vince Guaraldi 56,000
9. Mariah Carey 53,000
10. Bad Bunny 52,000

[Gary]

Weeks in the top 10

top 10 ARTIST
48 MICHAEL BUBLE
33 BAD BUNNY
19 MARIAH CAREY
11 NAT KING COLE
9 TAYLOR SWIFT
9 VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
7 DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE
3 METRO BOOMIN
2 SZA

[areyoureadytojump]

Morgan Wallen out. He'll be back!

[Gary]

Yep. No worries there. The album consistently pulls 40-45k a week and has done so since early 2021

The top 10 that includes several Christmas albums is all above 50K

The last time this album was out of the top 10 was 1/1/22. One year ago

[onebuffalo]

Dec 26, 2022 10:59:38 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Morgan Wallen out. He'll be back!

I was ready to say the same. He should be out of the top ten next week and then return there just in time for the album's second anniversary. This is on top his chart breaking You Proof on the Country Airplay chart.

[areyoureadytojump]

One chart week left in the calendar year.

hitsdailydouble.com/ytd_project_activity

Chart Date: 12/23/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 12/22/2022)

Can someone put this into a table that is easy to read? Thanks!

strongerq ?

[iHype.]

Top Sales Weeks, 2022 Dated Charts

Rank	Artist	Album	Units	Chart Date
1	Taylor Swift	Midnights	1,578,000	11/5/22
2	Harry Styles	Harry's House	521,500	6/4/22
3	Drake & 21 Savage	Her Loss	404,000	11/19/22
4	Taylor Swift	Midnights	342,000	11/12/22
5	Beyonce	Renaissance	332,000	8/13/22
6	SZA	SOS	318,000	12/24/22
7	BTS	Proof	314,000	6/25/22
8	Taylor Swift	Midnights	299,000	11/19/22
9	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers	295,500	5/28/22
10	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	274,000	5/21/22
11	Future	I Never Liked You	222,000	5/14/22
12	Lil Baby	It's Only Me	216,000	10/29/22
13	Adele	30	212,000	1/1/22
14	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	204,000	7/2/22
15	Taylor Swift	Midnights	204,000	11/26/22
16	Metro Boomin	Heroes & Villains	185,000	12/17/22
17	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	182,000	5/28/22
18	Taylor Swift	Midnights	177,000	12/3/22
19	Drake & 21 Savage	Her Loss	170,000	11/26/22
20	Harry Styles	Harry's House	160,500	6/11/22
21	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	155,000	6/4/22
22	Taylor Swift	Midnights	151,000	12/10/22
23	Gunna	DS4EVER	150,300	1/22/22
24	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	148,000	1/22/22
25	Taylor Swift	Midnights	143,000	12/17/22
26	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	141,500	6/11/22
27	Taylor Swift	Midnights	139,000	12/24/22
28	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	137,000	6/18/22
29	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	129,000	6/25/22
30	Post Malone	Twelve Carat Toothache	121,000	6/18/22
31	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	121,000	7/2/22
32	Lil Durk	7220	120,500	3/26/22
33	Drake & 21 Savage	Her Loss	119,000	12/3/22
34	Stray Kids	Maxident	117,000	10/22/22
35	Future	I Never Liked You	116,000	5/21/22
36	Soundtrack	Encanto	115,000	2/5/22
37	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	115,000	7/9/22
38	Rod Wave	Beautiful Mind	115,000	8/27/22
39	Harry Styles	Harry's House	113,500	6/18/22
40	Soundtrack	Encanto	113,000	2/12/22
41	Jack Harlow	Come Home The Kids Miss You	113,000	5/21/22
42	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	111,000	7/16/22
43	Soundtrack	Encanto	110,000	2/19/22
44	Stray Kids	Stray Kids Mini Album: Oddinary (EP)	110,000	4/2/22
45	Lil Baby	It's Only Me	110,000	11/5/22
46	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	108,800	8/20/22
47	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	The Last Slimeto	108,400	8/20/22
48	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	108,000	8/27/22
49	DJ Khaled	God Did	107,500	9/10/22
50	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	106,000	9/10/22

Top Debut Weeks, 2022 Dated Charts

Rank	Artist	Album	Units	Chart Date
1	Taylor Swift	Midnights	1,578,000	11/5/22
2	Harry Styles	Harry's House	521,500	6/4/22
3	Drake & 21 Savage	Her Loss	404,000	11/19/22
4	Beyonce	Renaissance	332,000	8/13/22
5	SZA	SOS	318,000	12/24/22
6	BTS	Proof	314,000	6/25/22
7	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers	295,500	5/28/22
8	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	274,000	5/21/22
9	Future	I Never Liked You	222,000	5/14/22
10	Lil Baby	It's Only Me	216,000	10/29/22
11	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	204,000	7/2/22
12	Metro Boomin	Heroes & Villains	185,000	12/17/22
13	Gunna	DS4EVER	150,300	1/22/22
14	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	148,000	1/22/22
15	Post Malone	Twelve Carat Toothache	121,000	6/18/22
16	Lil Durk	7220	120,500	3/26/22
17	Stray Kids	Maxident	117,000	10/22/22
18	Rod Wave	Beautiful Mind	115,000	8/27/22
19	Jack Harlow	Come Home The Kids Miss You	113,000	5/21/22
20	Stray Kids	Stray Kids Mini Album: Oddinary (EP)	110,000	4/2/22
21	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	The Last Slimeto	108,400	8/20/22
22	DJ Khaled	God Did	107,500	9/10/22
23	BLACKPINK	Born Pink	102,000	10/1/22
24	TWICE	Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album (EP)	100,000	9/10/22
25	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Unlimited Love	97,500	4/16/22
26	Machine Gun Kelly	Mainstream Sellout	93,000	4/9/22
27	Brent Faiyaz	Wasteland	88,000	7/23/22
28	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Colors	79,000	2/5/22
29	Luke Combs	Growin' Up	74,000	7/9/22
30	Chris Brown	Breezy	72,000	7/9/22
31	Zach Bryan	American Heartbreak	71,500	6/4/22
32	Ghost	Impera	70,000	3/26/22
33	Lizzo	Special	69,000	7/30/22
34	TOMORROW X TOGETHER	Minisode 2: Thursday's Child (EP)	68,500	5/28/22
35	NAV	Demons Protected By Angels	67,000	9/24/22
36	Megan Thee Stallion	Traumazine	63,000	8/27/22
37	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Return Of The Dream Canteen	63,000	10/29/22
38	Roddy Ricch	Live Life Fast	62,000	1/1/22
39	Kodak Black	Back For Everything	60,000	3/12/22
40	King Von	What It Means To Be King	59,000	3/19/22
41	Slipknot	The End, So Far	59,000	10/15/22
42	NCT 127	2 Baddies	58,500	10/1/22
43	NAYEON	IM NAYEON: The 1st Mini Album (EP)	57,000	7/9/22
44	Joji	Smithereens	57,000	11/19/22
45	aespa	Girls: The 2nd Mini Album (EP)	56,000	7/23/22
46	Ozzy Osbourne	Patient Number 9	56,000	9/24/22
47	Pusha T	It's Almost Dry	55,000	5/7/22
48	Florence + The Machine	Dance Fever	54,000	5/28/22
49	A Boogie Wit da Hoodie	Me Vs. Myself	53,000	12/24/22
50	ATEEZ	The World EP.1 : Movement	50,000	8/13/22

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#1 Albums on the Billboard 200 in 2022

01/15 72,000 ENCANTO Soundtrack
01/22 150,300 DS4EVER Gunna
01/29 104,000 ENCANTO Soundtrack

02/05 115,000 ENCANTO Soundtrack
02/12 113,000 ENCANTO Soundtrack
02/19 110,000 ENCANTO Soundtrack
02/26 98,000 ENCANTO Soundtrack

03/05 90,000 ENCANTO Soundtrack
03/12 80,000 ENCANTO Soundtrack
03/19 72,500 ENCANTO Soundtrack
03/26 120,500 7220 Lil Durk

04/02 110,000 ODDINARY Stray Kids
04/09 93,000 MAINSTREAM SELLOUT Machine Gun Kelly
04/16 97,500 UNLIMITED LOVE Red Hot Chili Peppers
04/23 47,000 7220 Lil Durk
04/30 59,000 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler The Creator

05/07 55,000 IT'S ALMOST DRY Pusha T
05/14 222,000 I NEVER LIKED YOU Future
05/21 274,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
05/28 295,500 MR MORALE AND THE BIG STEPPERS Kendrick Lamar

06/04 521,500 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles
06/11 160,500 HARRY'S HOUSE Harry Styles
06/18 137,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
06/25 314,000 PROOF BTS

07/02 204,000 HONESTLY, NEVERMIND Drake
07/09 115,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
07/16 111,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
07/23 105,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
07/30 103,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny

08/06 98,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
08/13 332,000 RENAISSANCE Beyonce
08/20 108,800 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
08/27 115,000 BEAUTIFUL MIND Rod Wave

09/03 105,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
09/10 107,500 GOD DID DJ Khaled
09/17 99,500 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
09/24 97,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny

10/01 102,000 BORN PINK Blackpink
10/08 87,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
10/15 84,000 UN VERANO SIN TI Bad Bunny
10/22 117,000 MAXIDENT Stray Kids
10/29 216,999 IT'S ONLY ME Lil Baby

11/05 1,578,000 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift
11/12 342,000 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift
11/19 404,000 HER LOSS Drake & 21 Savage
11/26 204,000 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift

12/03 177,000 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift
12/10 151,000 MIDNIGHTS Taylor Swift
12/17 185,000 HEROES & VILLAINS Metro Boomin
12/24 318,000 SOS SZA
12/31 180,000 SOS SZA

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

The Dark Side of tbe Moon managed to re-enter the Billboard at #117 to extend its record to 963 weeks charted. Bob Marley's Legend is currently 201 weeks away from tying that record. That would presumably happen in about 4 years.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

RM’s ‘Indigo’ Reaches No. 2 on Top Album Sales Chart After CD Release

12/29/2022

By Keith Caulfield

Plus: A deluxe vinyl pressing of Bo Burnham's Inside (The Songs) returns the set to the top 10.

RM’s Indigo re-enters Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Dec. 31) at a new peak of No. 2 following the set’s CD release on Dec. 16. The album bounds back onto the list with 79,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 22 (up from less than 500 sales the week previous), according to Luminate. Of that 79,000 sales figure, CD sales comprise 77,500, while digital download album sales comprise 1,500.

Indigo debuted at No. 10 on the Top Album Sales chart dated Dec. 17 with 10,500 sold, following the set’s initial retail release as a digital download album. It slipped off the chart the following week, only to return on the new list after its CD release. 

Like many K-pop releases, the CD configuration of Indigo was issued in collectible deluxe packages (three, including exclusive versions for Target and the Weverse webstore), each with a standard set of items and one randomized element (a photocard).

Also on Top Album Sales, Taylor Swift’s Midnights becomes the first album to spend its first nine weeks at No. 1 since the list launched in 1991. And, Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs) re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 8 following its deluxe vinyl release.

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.

Swift’s Midnights holds at No. 1 on Top Album Sales for a ninth week — the entirety of it chart run. The effort sold 97,000 copies in the week ending Dec. 22 (up 31%). Midnights is the first album to spend its first nine weeks on the chart at No. 1 since the list launched with the May 25, 1991-dated chart.

Midnights is not the first title on Top Album Sales with nine weeks at No. 1 in a row, nor nine weeks in total at No. 1. The last album with nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 was Adele’s 21, which linked together 10 straight weeks (of its total 24) in 2012. And, the last album with nine weeks in total at No. 1, nonconsecutively, on Top Album Sales was Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack, with 10 weeks at No. 1 in 2018-19.

Midnights’ sales gain of 31% is owed to holiday shopping, as the chart reflects the sales week ending Dec. 22. (We’ll still see holiday gift-giving purchases impacting next week’s chart, dated Jan. 7, 2023, as that chart will reflect the tracking week of Dec. 23-29.) The bulk of Midnights’ sales were vinyl-driven, with 68,000 on vinyl sold for the week — up 41%. That also marks the third-largest sales week for any vinyl album in 2022, following the debut weeks of Midnights (575,000) and Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (182,000). Midnights continues to profit from its availability across five vinyl variants — all colored vinyl editions, including one exclusive to Target.

Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack falls 2-3 on Top Album Sales with just over 23,000 sold (up 33%) — its largest sales week of 2022. Harry Styles’ former No. 1 Harry’s House moves 3-4 with 23,000 (up 41%); Michael Jackson’s Thriller rises 6-5 with nearly 23,000 (up 67%); Matteo, Andrea and Virginia Bocelli’s A Family Christmas dips 5-6 with 20,000 (up 43%), and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is a non-mover at No. 7 with nearly 20,000 (up 55%).

Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs) re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 8 with 19,000 sold following the album’s release in a deluxe triple-vinyl set on Dec. 16. The new expanded edition of the set includes 26 additional tracks and was offered in six variants (a standard black vinyl; plus four color variants, one of which included a signed insert by Burnham). Vinyl sales comprise the majority of the album’s total sales for the week, with 18,500 on wax.

Inside (The Songs) debuted at No. 43 on the June 29, 2021-dated chart and first reached the top 10 on the Jan. 1, 2022-dated list, when it re-entered at No. 3 after its initial vinyl LP release. The album has been absent from Top Album Sales since June. 

Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city jumps 19-9 on Top Album Sales with 15,000 sold (up 97%), owed to stock replenishment of his recently released 10th anniversary edition of the album. Taylor Swift’s Evermore rounds out the top 10, falling 8-10 with 14,000 (up 23%).

In the week ending Dec. 22, there were 3.897 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 33.9% compared to the previous week). That’s the biggest week of 2022 and the largest for album sales since the week ending Dec. 23, 2021, when 4.231 million were sold.

In the week ending Dec. 22, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 3.526 million (up 39%) and digital albums comprised 371,000 (down 1.1%).

There were 1.276 million CD albums sold in the week ending Dec. 22 (up 27.5% week-over-week) and 2.232 million vinyl albums sold (up 46.7%). It’s the largest week for CD album sales in 2022, and the biggest since the week ending Dec. 23, 2021, when there were 1.584 million CD albums sold.

Further, the 2.231 million vinyl albums sold in the week ending Dec. 22 marks the largest week for vinyl album sales since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. It surpasses the 2.115 million vinyl albums sold in the week ending Dec. 23, 2021.

Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 35.098 million (down 11.6% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 41.891 million (up 3.6%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 97.359 million (down 8.4% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 77.539 million (down 3.9%) and digital album sales total 19.821 million (down 22.8%).

[Gary]

Weekly US Vinyl Album Sales Break Modern-Era Single-Week Record
More than 2.2 million vinyl albums were sold in the week ending Dec. 22 – the largest week for the format since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991.


BY KEITH CAULFIELD


UU.S. vinyl album sales hit a modern-era high in the week ending Dec. 22, as 2.232 million copies were sold according to Luminate. That marks the single-largest sales week for vinyl albums since Luminate began electronically tracking music sales in 1991. It’s also only the second time in the modern era (1991-onwards) that weekly vinyl LP sales have exceeded 2 million. It last happened a year ago, when vinyl had its previous modern-era-high, when 2.115 million were sold in the week ending Dec. 23, 2021.

Vinyl album sales grew by 46.7% in week ending Dec. 22 (as compared to the previous week), powered by holiday gift shopping. The top-selling vinyl album of the week was Taylor Swift’s Midnights, which sold 68,000 copies – the third-largest sales week of the year for an album on vinyl. (Midnights’ vinyl sales profits from its availability across five vinyl variants – all colored vinyl editions, including one exclusive to Target.)

Vinyl album sales comprised 57% of overall album sales in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 22 (2.232 million of 3.897 million) and 63% of all physical album sales (2.232 million of 3.526 million). (Overall album sales combine both physical and digital download album purchases. Physical album sales comprise vinyl LPs, CDs, cassettes and so forth.)

Year-to-date vinyl album sales stand at 41.891 million – up 3.6% compared to the same point in 2021.

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^ www.billboard.com/pro/vinyl-album-sales-break-single-week-record-us/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

[HolidayGuy]

Oooh- will album sales top 2.6 million the week after Christmas? That's what it needs to top 100 million.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Last year in the comparable week, there were 2.653 million sold. Given that this year's numbers are a bit below last year's numbers, it is quite probable that 2022 will fall slightly short of 100 million.

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, Baby It will be very close. Will having one more day (I think) leading up to Christmas in the tracking period help? Stay tuned.

EDIT: I erroneously posted the new HITS chart in this thread.