Billboard 200 - 5/6/23 - Morgan Wallen, Agust D

[Gary]

Will It Be Agust D’s ‘Day’ on the Billboard 200?
www.billboard.com/pro/agust-d-d-day-morgan-wallen-no-1-on-billboard-200/
In this week's The Contenders, the debut album from BTS' Suga under his Agust D alias marks the latest threat to Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time supremacy.


BY ANDREW UNTERBERGER

TThe Contenders is 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 charts dated May 5), it’s the sales of Agust D’s debut LP vs. the streams for Morgan Wallen’s 36-track juggernaut in a race for the Billboard 200 crown.

Agust D, D Day (Big Hit): Just a few weeks ago, the top debut on the Billboard 200 came from a BTS alum: Jimin, who debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 with his single “Like Crazy” and came one spot from doing the same on the Billboard 200 with the album FACE. This week, the biggest new release may again come from the K-pop superstars’ ranks, as Suga releases his much-anticipated first LP, D-Day, under his Agust D alias.

The album is expected to sell well – helped by a variety of physical releases, which like FACE, came out the same day as the album’s digital release. (Recent album releases from BTS groupmates RM and J-Hope initially arrived as digital-only.) D-Day is available as multiple different collectible CDs (including exclusive editions for Target, Walmart and the Weverse store) — once again with both standard elements (including a sticker, postcard and poster) and randomized photo cards — plus four digital albums (one standard, plus three alternative cover editions sold in Agust D’s official webstore).

The 10-track album will have to sell very well to compete with the continued streaming dominance of Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time – which posted 166,000 equivalent album units in its seventh week at No. 1, boosted by sales of a new vinyl edition of the 36-track album. But if D-Day can get in range of FACE’s first-week numbers (164,000 units), it could be Wallen’s Time to vacate the top spot.

YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Don’t Try This at Home (Never Broke Again/Motown/UMG): He’s back. Three months after his first album of 2022, January’s I Rest My Case, YoungBoy returns with his second full-length release for Motown, Don’t Try This at Home. There’s no physical release yet for the 33-track set, but the tracklist is his longest yet, and features big-name features from Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, The Kid LAROI and Mariah the Scientist — which may help the new album pass the somewhat underwhelming No. 9 Billboard 200 peak for I Rest My Case earlier this year.

Taylor Swift, Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (Republic): Taylor Swift already has two albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 this week with 2022’s Midnights and 2019’s Lover, and she may add another next week with the Record Store Day-only Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions. The vinyl RSD release of the 17-track set — consisting of acoustic live performances of the tracks from Swift’s Grammy-winning Folklore album, previously featured in Swift’s Disney+ special of the same name and available to purchase digitally as part of the Folklore deluxe edition — is limited to 75,000 copies, but that alone would likely be enough to secure a debut in the top 10 if it to sells out, as anything Swift-related seems to do in 2023. (Other titles by the big-name likes of Pearl Jam, Elton John and The 1975 may also factor on the chart next week.)

Mac DeMarco, One Wayne G (Mac’s Record Label): There aren’t many albums on the Billboard 200 you could fall asleep listening to and still be hearing when you wake up the next morning – but Mac DeMarco’s nine-and-a-half hour (!!) new collection is certainly one. The epic set, mostly consisting of instrumentals and demos, is unsurprisingly unavailable for physical release and is probably unlikely to produce a breakout hit. But with 199 tracks, its streaming numbers should still be enough to make it a factor on the Billboard 200 next week.

Twenty One Pilots, MTV Unplugged (Fueled by Ramen): Alt-pop duo Twenty One Pilots are no stranger to the top of the Billboard 200, which they topped with 2015’s Blurryface and revisiting the top three with follow-ups Trench (2018) and Scaled and Icy (2021). The outfit might not get quite so high with MTV Unplugged, but the duo has maintained a devout fanbase since their mid-’10s breakthrough and may see good sales for the CD and LP-released set.

Everything But the Girl, Fuse (Buzzin’ Fly/Virgin): It’s been nearly a quarter-century since the last album from genre-bending U.K. duo Everything But the Girl, who notched a trio of acclaimed albums in the top half of the Billboard 200 in the ‘90s — most recently 1999’s No. 65-peaking Temperamental. This month’s Fuse looks to make it four in a row, with a variety of vinyl and CD options for purchase, and reviews as strong as the pair received at their commercial peak three decades ago.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Record Store Day 2023: Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Release Brings Long Lines, Sellouts at Retailers

04/27/2023 

By Ed Christman

The RSD-special double album was the highlight of this year's event, as fans scrambled to obtain one of the set's 75,000 copies.

Record Store Day already has a magnificent track record of bringing music fans out to stores, but this year, the event received an added boost from Taylor Swift’s folklore, the long pond studio sessions — a double LP that resulted in longer-than-usual lines at retailers.

While the spread of Record Store Day (RSD) releases is now a major draw unto itself, the Swift release, which enjoyed a 75,000-unit distribution to stores across the U.S., was the best-selling title by far. Or as Stu Goldberg, owner of Mr. Cheapo CD & Record Exchange on Long Island, N.Y., put it: “Today, it was all about Taylor Swift.”

An assessment of Record Store Day wouldn’t be complete without a call to its administrator and co-founder, Michael Kurtz, who noted that RSD is on course to break the sales record for the most vinyl sold in a single day. When RSD “began 16 years ago, we had 30 releases that sold about 80,000 copies,” Kurtz says. “On Saturday, we had one record, Taylor Swift, selling 75,000 or almost that amount, and plenty of sales from other releases.” It’s likely that her release could be a Top 5 record on next next week’s Billboard 200.

Likewise, Rough Trade store manager George Flanagan said the store’s line was “informed by Taylor Swift fans,” while Newbury Comics store manager Therrien Dolby says the Swift release was the “big draw.” And In Patchogue, NY, Jeff Berg, the owner of Record Stop, says there were so many Swift fans, the store had to create two lines: one for fans seeking her release and one for everybody else. The Swift line had its own dedicated cash register too.

In acknowledgement of the day’s impact, Alliance Entertainment, the largest music wholesaler, says that more than 800,000 units of vinyl were created and shipped for RSD, with retail sales expected to surpass $32 million. “Record Store Day has been a long-time partner to Alliance Entertainment, always collaborating to benefit the independent record store community,” Alliance senior vp of sales Ken Glaser said in a statement.
RSD In NYC

Billboard began its New York City-area Record Store Day trek by driving out to Newbury Comics at Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island. Upon arrival at 9 a.m., about 40 people were lined up outside. Like other stores later in the day, store manager Dolby positioned himself at the front door, regulating entry to make sure the store didn’t get too crowded and overwhelm the staff. At the 8 a.m. opening time, about 150 people were waiting, Dolby reported, including one customer who arrived at 1 a.m. (Dolby added that mall management, the Simon Property Group, was very helpful and accommodating to the store for the event.)

Inside the store, a quick scan revealed that roughly 25% of its bin floor space is devoted to music, with 17 bins dedicated to vinyl and two dedicated to CDs. The store also carries a healthy stock of music merch, mainly artists-t-shirts, and music titles also enjoy a prominent position in front-of-the-store end caps.

Upon leaving Newbury Comics, Billboard headed to Mr. Cheapo CD & Record Exchange in Mineola (the store has a second location in Commack, Long Island). When co-owner Goldberg arrived at the store on Saturday morning, he found a line around the block due in large part to the Swift record, though he admitted that the store underbought the title and quickly ran out of it as a result. That was the store’s number one title for the day, he says, and “if we had more, it would have been the biggest by a mile.”

Fortunately for Goldberg, most people stayed in line after learning the Swift release had sold out. The other big sellers on Saturday were Billy Joel‘s Live at the Great American Music Hall, 1975 and Eric Carr’s Rockology, because “Kiss is always a great seller here,” he adds. Behind the counter, store staffer Jessica commanded the cash register and bagged purchases while touting her band T.O.Y.S.’ next gig with a bag-stuffer flyer for their set supporting hardcore punk band Urban Waste at the Amityville Music Hall on May 5.

Beyond the vinyl explosion, Goldberg noted that CDs are again becoming a big deal because young fans “want something tangible” from their favorite artists.

While at Mr. Cheapo, Billboard ran into respected sales/commerce executive Ken Gullic, who was doing his best to support RSD by picking up Soul Asylum‘s MTV Unplugged 1993 and Tori Amos‘ Little Earthquakes – The B-Sides. Most recently with MNRK, Gullic is entertaining freelance options; entertainment suppliers can reach him at [e-mail].

After Long Island, Billboard decided to hit record stores in Ridgewood, Queens and then Bushwick, Brooklyn, on the way to Rough Trade Records on Sixth Avenue near 49th Street in Manhattan. Trying Google for Ridgewood, Billboard hit Scorpio Records and then Deep Cut Records, but things didn’t work out so well. At 11:30 a.m., Scorpio Records was closed and, as it turns out, generally doesn’t open until 2 p.m.

While Deep Cut Records was open and had about 20 people in line, the owner effectively told Billboard to get lost by slamming the door after being asked what his best-selling title was.

Onward Octopus Records in Bushwick. While Octopus didn’t stock any RSD titles, Nigel, who identified himself as the store owner, says it wasn’t for a lack of trying. He explained that his store is relatively new, having opened last summer and that an e-mail to the Record Store Day website was never returned. Nevertheless, the store advertised a 10%-off sale for RSD on a sign placed outside to celebrate the event. Nigel says Octopus Records has a deep selection of electronica music and is now building out other genres.

Down the block from Octopus, Brooklyn Vintage, a clothing store that also sells other merchandise, including records, was getting some Record Store Day action too, with crates of vinyl set outside the door (where a DJ was spinning tunes) and a bin of vinyl inside.

Finally, Billboard headed to Rough Trade in Manhattan, where things were still swinging at 2 p.m. Upon arrival, at least 150 people were still in line, which ran to the corner of 6th Avenue and then a third of the way down 49th Street. The size of the line held steady throughout most of the day, as security never let more than eight or so customers in the store at one time to allow staff to handle sales in an orderly manner.

Store manager Flanagan reports that the first customer lined up sometime before 8 p.m. on Friday night and that the same customer has been the first person in line for at Rough Trade on RSD for at least five years. Meanwhile, beyond the hundreds of copies of the Swift record sold by the store, The 1975’s Dirty Hit release, Live With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, was its second most popular, having sold out by 3 p.m.

After Rough Trade, Billboard called it a day but is sorry to have bypassed Record Stop in Patchogue on Long Island, as that store put on an old-school Record Store Day bash reminiscent of the early days when stores threw parties for the annual event. “The town of Patchogue is very pro-business, so we did a block party, getting permits and had the street closed off from cars,” Record Stop owner Berg reports. “We had a food truck and the nearby Burgerology restaurant was hawking Blue Point beer, while we had five bands and a DJ.” According to a Record Stop flyer, the bands were Thee Unsung, the Detonators, Bang For Your Buc and War Pigs, while the DJ set was supplied by Vinyl Guy Tom.

Berg says he decided to make this year special because he wanted to thank his customers as well as his staff. “Record Store Day is about a celebration of what we do,” he says.

[Gary]

Morgan Wallen’s ‘One Thing at a Time’ Hits Eighth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200
Plus: Suga's Agust D, Taylor Swift and YoungBoy Never Broke Again debut in top 10.

www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time-eighth-week-number-one-billboard-200-1235319270/
By Keith Caulfield

05/1/2023


Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time clocks an eighth consecutive and total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated May 6). The set earned 149,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 27 (down 10%) in the United States, according to Luminate. The album opened at No. 1 on the chart dated March 18 and has yet to cede the summit.



The last album to notch eight consecutive weeks at No. 1 was the Encanto soundtrack. It logged eight weeks in a row, of its total nine nonconsecutive frames at No. 1, between the Jan. 29-March 19, 2022-dated charts. Meanwhile, the last album to spend its first eight weeks at No. 1, like One Thing at a Time, was Wallen’s last release, Dangerous: The Double Album, which spent its first 10 weeks at No. 1 (its total run atop the list), from the Jan. 23-March 27, 2021-dated charts.



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Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, Agust D (an alias of BTS’ Suga), Taylor Swift and YoungBoy Never Broke Again all arrive with new releases.



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 May 6, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on May 2. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.



Of One Thing at a Time’s 149,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending April 27, SEA units comprise 141,000 (down 8%, equaling 188.51 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 36 songs), album sales comprise 5,500 (down 52%) and TEA units comprise 2,500 (down 5%).



If One Thing at a Time can spend 10 weeks at No. 1 – matching Dangerous’ No. 1 run – Wallen will become the only act with at least two country albums to have spent 10 or more weeks at No. 1. (Country albums are those that have charted on, or are eligible for, Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.)



Further, if One Thing at a Time nets a 10th week at No. 1, Wallen would become only the third solo male artist overall to have at least two albums spend 10 or more weeks at No. 1 each, since the Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March of 1956. He would join Elvis Presley and Henry Mancini. The former did it four times (his self-titled album [10 weeks in 1956] and the soundtracks for Loving You [10, 1957], G.I. Blues [10, 1960-61] and Blue Hawaii [20, 1961-62]) and the latter did so twice (the soundtracks The Music From Peter Gunn [10, 1959] and Breakfast at Tiffany’s [12, 1962]).



Suga’s solo debut studio effort D-Day, under the alias Agust D, debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, with 140,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the first top 10 for the artist, thus making him the third member of BTS to score a solo top 10 on the Billboard 200. Earlier this year, Jimin also bowed at No. 2 with his solo debut, FACE (April 8-dated chart), while in December, RM peaked at No. 3 with Indigo (Dec. 31). BTS itself has clocked seven top 10s, of which six hit No. 1.



Of D-Day’s 140,000 units, album sales comprise 122,000 (it’s the top-selling album of the week and claims the fourth-largest sales week of 2023), SEA units comprise 12,500 (equaling 17.9 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 5,500.



Like many K-pop releases, the CD edition of D-Day was issued in collectible CD packages (seven total, including exclusives for Target, Walmart and the Weverse webstore) each containing a standard set of items and randomized elements (in this case, photo cards). It was also available as a standard digital download album, as well as three alternative cover digital download variants that were sold exclusively through the artist’s official webstore. Of D-Day’s first-week sales, 90% were CDs, while the remaining 10% were digital album downloads. The set was not available in any other retail format (such as vinyl or cassette).



Taylor Swift makes a splash in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, as her buzzy new Record Store Day-exclusive vinyl release Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions launches at No. 3 with 75,000 equivalent album units earned – all from sales of its vinyl LP. (It’s the single-largest sales week for an album on vinyl in 2023.)



The live acoustic album, which was previously available only as bonus tracks on a deluxe digital and streaming edition of her Folklore studio album (released in 2020), was issued on vinyl LP (its first physical release of any kind) for Record Store Day (April 22) at participating independent record stores. It was previously announced that Long Pond’s production run for Record Store Day would be 75,000 copies in the United States, and the set sold out instantly. (It’s typical for many albums and singles to garner unique and limited edition runs exclusively for the annual independent record store day celebration.)



Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions is the companion album to the Disney+ documentary film of the same name, released in November 2020 about the making of the Folklore album.



Typically, high-profile Record Store Day-exclusive titles might have a production run of 10,000 to 20,000 in the United States. For Record Store Day 2022, there were 10 titles that had pressings ranging from 10,000 to 18,000, but nothing larger. For Record Store Day 2023, Swift’s Long Pond title had by far the largest production run of any RSD title. Pearl Jam’s live concert album Give Way had the second-biggest production run, with 15,500 vinyl LPs pressed.



Swift is no stranger to Record Store Day festivities, as she was the Global Ambassador for Record Store Day in 2022 and has released titles exclusively for Record Store Day in previous years.



Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions marks Swift’s 14th top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200.



Plus, with the Long Pond debut, Swift has three albums in the top 10 concurrently for the first time, as former No. 1s Midnights and Lover are Nos. 4 and 10, respectively. The last act to have at least three albums in the top 10 at the same time was Prince in 2016, following his death. That year, there were two weeks when Prince placed at least three weeks in the top 10: the chart dated May 14 (with five titles at Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7) and the May 7 chart (three titles at Nos. 1, 2 and 6). Before Prince, Led Zeppelin had three albums in the top 10 on the June 21, 2014-dated chart, when reissues of its self-titled album, Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin III re-entered the chart at Nos. 7, 9 and 10, respectively, following the release of expanded deluxe editions of the albums.



Swift’s Midnights is a non-mover at No. 4 on the new Billboard 200 with 62,000 equivalent album units earned (though up 3% in activity).



YoungBoy Never Broke Again notches his 14th top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200 (and second of 2023) as his 33-track Don’t Try This at Home bows at No. 5 with 60,000 equivalent album units earned. Streaming activity powers the bulk of the album’s debut, as SEA units comprise 59,000 of that sum (equaling 87.71 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks). Album sales comprise 1,000 units while TEA units comprise a negligible sum.



SZA’s former No. 1 SOS falls 3-6 on the Billboard 200 with 59,000 equivalent album units earned (down 10%), while Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album drops 5-7 with 48,000 (down 2%). Luke Combs’ Gettin’ Old falls 6-8 with 39,000 units (down 9%), Metro Boomin’s former leader Heroes & Villains dips 7-9 with 37,000 units (down less than 1%) and Swift’s Lover descends 9-10 with 36,000 units (though up 8%).



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.

[iHype.]

It was more than likely the Folklore sales that caused the delay.

HITS had the new Vinyl edition at 68k, and they use Luminate numbers.

The fact all 75k copies were sold at Indie stores was probably the reason for the huge discrepancy. No way Luminate tracks every single one of those small stores.

Taylor’s label probably contested the numbers and showed she sold all 75K.

[renfield75]

Crazy that Taylor and YoungBoy NBA both have 14 top ten albums. His insane output the last couple of years, and its continued success, has been wild to see.

[thegreatdivine]

Gary it seems like Billboard has corrected the error now on their site but in the article you posted, you have One Thing at a Time with the exact same data this week as with last week.

[Darkest Hour]

[Deleted]

Apparently the last time a living act placed three albums simultaneously inside the Top 10 was during the 50’s and 60’s. She’s the first solo artist to do it

So overnight, she looks like a 60's queen indeed

[Gary]

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 8 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
2 - - 1 D-Day, Agust D 2
3 - - 1 Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (Soundtrack), Taylor Swift 3
4 4 - 27 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
5 - - 1 Don't Try This At Home, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 5
6 3 - 20 SOS, SZA 1
7 5 - 120 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
8 6 - 5 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
9 7 - 21 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 1
10 9 - 192 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
11 8 - 51 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 1
12 14 - 144 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
13 10 - 4 Portals, Melanie Martinez 2
14 2 - 2 72 Seasons, Metallica 2
15 11 - 25 Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage 1
16 49 - 115 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
17 13 - 9 Manana Sera Bonito, Karol G 1
18 16 - 49 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 5
19 18 - 286 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
20 19 - 165 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
21 23 - 437 1989, Taylor Swift 1
22 24 - 240 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
23 17 - 82 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
24 20 - 7 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 3
25 22 - 28 It's Only Me, Lil Baby 1
26 - - 1 Give Way, Pearl Jam 26
27 25 - 76 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
28 12 - 3 Hope, NF 2
29 31 - 124 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
30 26 - 49 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
31 29 - 86 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
32 28 - 239 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
33 30 - 526 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
34 27 - 285 Diamonds, Elton John 7
35 39 - 548 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
36 34 - 307 Ctrl, SZA 3
37 32 - 540 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
38 45 - 5 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 3
39 36 - 308 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
40 46 - 315 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
41 53 - 94 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
42 35 - 190 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
43 40 - 52 I Never Liked You, Future 1
44 43 - 122 Meteora, Linkin Park 1
45 44 - 28 Leave The Light On, Bailey Zimmerman 9
46 48 - 101 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
47 21 - 2 Cottonwood 2, NLE Choppa 21
48 77 - 4 The Record, boygenius 4
49 50 - 185 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
50 72 - 481 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
51 66 - 8 Red Moon In Venus, Kali Uchis 4
52 51 - 181 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
53 52 - 639 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
54 67 - 136 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
55 69 - 365 ANTI, Rihanna 1
56 - - 1 One Wayne G, Mac DeMarco 56
57 54 - 14 The Mockingbird & The Crow, HARDY 4
58 15 - 14 Like..? (EP), Ice Spice 15
59 57 - 5 LPM (La Perreo Mixtape), Yng Lvcas 57
60 59 - 258 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
61 37 - 327 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
62 70 - 472 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
63 60 - 17 Pa Que Hablen.: I., Fuerza Regida 60
64 55 - 39 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
65 63 - 530 Take Care, Drake 1
66 64 - 177 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
67 68 - 780 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
68 62 - 252 Scorpion, Drake 1
69 61 - 44 Growin' Up, Luke Combs 2
70 58 - 5 FACE (EP), Jimin 2
71 65 - 438 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
72 85 - 147 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
73 73 - 398 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
74 75 - 99 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1
75 74 - 96 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
76 82 - 160 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
77 - - 7 Show, The Cure 42
78 78 - 363 Views, Drake 1
79 76 - 59 7220, Lil Durk 1
80 41 - 629 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
81 79 - 247 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
82 56 - 10 Bluebird Days, Jordan Davis 19
83 42 - 3 Never Enough, Daniel Caesar 14
84 83 - 273 Graduation, Kanye West 1
85 81 - 42 Wasteland, Brent Faiyaz 2
86 80 - 759 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
87 - - 1 Drive, Tiesto 87
88 71 - 123 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
89 91 - 396 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
90 127 - 223 Swimming, Mac Miller 3
91 94 - 85 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
92 86 - 261 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
93 87 - 511 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
94 153 - 146 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
95 93 - 128 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
96 98 - 16 Rave & Roses, Rema 96
97 115 - 105 Currents, Tame Impala 4
98 96 - 146 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
99 90 - 109 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
100 95 - 302 More Life, Drake 1
101 89 - 33 Different Man, Kane Brown 5
102 - - 619 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
103 108 - 271 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
104 100 - 571 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
105 105 - 333 Stoney, Post Malone 4
106 97 - 622 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
107 109 - 50 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 1
108 92 - 37 Beautiful Mind, Rod Wave 1
109 101 - 17 The Essential Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters 42
110 114 - 31 This Is What ____ Feels Like (Vol.1-4), JVKE 40
111 102 - 11 Tyler Hubbard, Tyler Hubbard 40
112 122 - 248 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
113 99 - 78 =, Ed Sheeran 1
114 120 - 621 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
115 - - 1 Fuse, Everything But The Girl 115
116 121 - 216 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
117 - - 33 Beggars Banquet, The Rolling Stones 5
118 116 - 176 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
119 126 - 144 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
120 104 - 165 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
121 124 - 321 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
122 88 - 9 Love Sick, Don Toliver 8
123 123 - 62 All I Want Is You, Miguel 37
124 128 - 213 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
125 103 - 156 Indigo, Chris Brown 1
126 - - 1 Bella Donna: Live 1981, Stevie Nicks 126
127 119 - 217 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
128 130 - 312 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
129 117 - 296 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
130 142 - 263 Hozier, Hozier 2
131 138 - 319 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
132 113 - 45 Honestly, Nevermind, Drake 1
133 129 - 135 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
134 136 - 316 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
135 131 - 24 Saturno, Rauw Alejandro 25
136 147 - 41 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 7
137 148 - 91 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
138 146 - 68 DS4EVER, Gunna 1
139 139 - 186 Over It, Summer Walker 2
140 110 - 23 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 51
141 125 - 709 Metallica, Metallica 1
142 132 - 470 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
143 137 - 199 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
144 106 - 32 Queen Radio: Volume 1, Nicki Minaj 10
145 143 - 275 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
146 133 - 47 Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone 2
147 - - 1 MTV Unplugged, twenty one pilots 147
148 157 - 561 21, Adele 1
149 141 - 170 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
150 135 - 73 Who Is Nardo Wick?, Nardo Wick 16
151 140 - 266 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
152 161 - 146 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 89
153 112 - 234 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
154 107 - 7 Ready To Be: 12th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 2
155 150 - 241 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
156 - - 1 Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5.7.77, Grateful Dead 156
157 154 - 169 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 6
158 151 - 39 Danado, Ivan Cornejo 28
159 159 - 324 Moana, Soundtrack 2
160 156 - 107 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 108
161 149 - 222 DS2, Future 1
162 160 - 115 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
163 152 - 159 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
164 171 - 68 Dawn FM, The Weeknd 2
165 144 - 13 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
166 167 - 152 The GOAT, Polo G 2
167 155 - 360 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
168 170 - 108 Justice, Justin Bieber 1
169 162 - 565 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
170 164 - 98 Hall Of Fame, Polo G 1
171 177 - 98 I Am > I Was, 21 Savage 1
172 173 - 26 Encanto (Highlights), Soundtrack 19
173 - - 1 Little Earthquakes: B-Sides, Tori Amos 173
174 168 - 72 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 9
175 163 - 296 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
176 169 - 214 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne 1
177 175 - 224 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
178 - - 1 The Sound Emporium EP, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires 178
179 134 - 319 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
180 182 - 221 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
181 166 - 192 California Sunrise, Jon Pardi 11
182 172 - 192 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
183 174 - 465 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
184 179 - 404 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
185 184 - 291 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
186 178 - 162 Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert 1
187 187 - 11 Sigan Hablando.: II., Fuerza Regida 65
188 186 - 164 Confessions, Usher 1
189 191 - 96 Ready To Die, The Notorious B.I.G. 15
190 200 - 981 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 1
191 - - 280 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, Travis Scott 1
192 - - 68 30, Adele 1
193 145 - 3 The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Soundtrack 123
194 - - 26 Cigarettes After Sex, Cigarettes After Sex 151
195 194 - 157 Die Lit, Playboi Carti 3
196 - - 1 You (EP), Larry Lovestein & The Velvet Revival 196
197 - - 535 1, The Beatles 1
198 195 - 233 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
199 196 - 72 Fighting Demons, Juice WRLD 2
200 165 - 6 3MEN2 KBRN, Eladio Carrion 16

[Gary]

Current

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 D-Day, Agust D 1
2 - - 1 Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (Soundtrack), Taylor Swift 2
3 1 - 2 72 Seasons, Metallica 1
4 - - 1 Give Way, Pearl Jam 4
5 4 - 27 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
6 3 - 4 Portals, Melanie Martinez 1
7 7 - 5 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 2
8 13 - 4 The Record, boygenius 2
9 - - 1 Bella Donna: Live 1981, Stevie Nicks 9
10 - - 1 Fuse, Everything But The Girl 10
11 - - 1 Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5.7.77, Grateful Dead 11
12 14 - 143 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
13 - - 1 MTV Unplugged, twenty one pilots 13
14 - - 1 Little Earthquakes: B-Sides, Tori Amos 14
15 - - 1 The Sound Emporium EP, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires 15
16 16 - 180 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
17 11 - 5 FACE (EP), Jimin 1
18 9 - 7 Ready To Be: 12th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
19 - - 1 Become (EP), Beach House 19
20 10 - 13 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
21 - - 1 Live At The Great American Music Hall, 1975, Billy Joel 21
22 - - 1 Syria Mosque Pittsburgh, PA January 17, 1971, The Allman Brothers Band 22
23 - - 1 American Life: Mixshow Mix (Honoring Peter Rauhofer), Madonna 23
24 - - 1 RokFlote, Jethro Tull 24
25 - - 1 $5.00 At The Door: Live At Tressel Tavern, 1994, Sublime 25
26 5 - 8 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
27 - - 1 Turnaround: Rare Miles From The Complete On The Corner Sessions, Miles Davis 27
28 - - 1 The Monument Singles Collection: 1964-1968, Dolly Parton 28
29 - - 1 Live At Beachland Tavern March 31, 2002, The Black Keys 29
30 - - 1 Blur Present The Special Collectors Edition, Blur 30
31 22 - 76 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
32 - - 1 The 1975 Live The 1975 With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, The 1975 With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 32
33 - - 1 Bluey: Dance Mode!, Soundtrack 33
34 - - 1 Jazz Dispensary: Hotel Jolie Dame, Various Artists 34
35 - - 1 Crosseyed Strangers: An Alternate Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco 35
36 - - 1 Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 50th Aniv., Various Artists 36
37 - - 1 Defiance Part 1, Ian Hunter 37
38 - - 1 Doolittle - Live in Brussels, 2009, Pixies 38
39 - - 1 Treasures: Solo, Trio & Orchestra Recordings From Denmark (1965-1969), Bill Evans 39
40 - - 1 Burning Love: The RCA Rehearsals, Elvis Presley 40
41 - - 1 Live At Knoxville Civic Auditorium: November 15, 1972, Yes 41
42 24 - 9 Cracker Island, Gorillaz 1
43 - - 1 Live In Fresno 1983, Dio 43
44 23 - 7 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 2
45 21 - 5 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
46 - - 1 Tonite Longhorn, Husker Du 46
47 15 - 3 Hope, NF 1
48 - - 1 Angels In Science Fiction, St. Paul & The Broken Bones 48
49 34 - 11 This Is Why, Paramore 1
50 - - 1 The Complete Unplugged NYC '93, Soul Asylum 50
51 30 - 5 So Much (For) Stardust, Fall Out Boy 3
52 37 - 8 Red Moon In Venus, Kali Uchis 3
53 - - 1 Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions In Holland, Chet Baker 53
54 33 - 49 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
55 - - 1 Rio Carnival (EP), Duran Duran 55
56 - - 1 The Stiff Records B-Sides (1984-1987), The Pogues 56
57 - - 1 Burst & Decay (Live From New York), The Wonder Years 57
58 29 - 5 The Dark Side Of The Moon: Live At Wembley, London, 1974, Pink Floyd 8
59 25 - 8 Ay-Yo: The 4th Album Repackage, NCT 127 2
60 - - 3 So Help Me God, Brantley Gilbert 60
61 - - 1 In Between Thoughts...A New Wo, Rodrigo y Gabriela 61
62 - - 1 A Decade In Love: Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day - Volume 10, Various Artists 62
63 - - 1 Off Cuts (EP), Frou Frou 63
64 - - 1 The Long Lost Bird Live Afro-Cubop Recordings!, Charlie Parker 64
65 - - 1 Made You Look: God's Son Live 2002, Nas 65
66 - - 1 MTV Unplugged: Live In London, Bastille 66
67 - - 1 Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon, The Mars Volta 67
68 - - 1 Hollywood Blues Summit: Live At The Ash Grove July 30, 1971, Muddy Waters 68
69 20 - 2 Glorious Game, El Michels Affair & Black Thought 20
70 - - 1 Live At Columbia Studio A (EP), Amanda Shires 70
71 32 - 10 Trustfall, P!nk 1
72 - - 1 Collected, Our Lady Peace 72
73 43 - 401 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
74 - - 11 Bronco, Orville Peck 8
75 - - 1 Drive, Tiesto 75
76 46 - 9 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 14
77 12 - 2 Scorched, Overkill 12
78 - - 1 Live At Levitation, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 78
79 26 - 8 Aurora (Soundtrack), Daisy Jones & The Six 9
80 27 - 29 Maxident, Stray Kids 1
81 35 - 5 Memento Mori, Depeche Mode 5
82 - - 1 Easy On My Eyes, Stephen Sanchez 82
83 - - 1 Forever Voiceless, Brian Eno 83
84 - - 1 FLSD EP, OFF! 84
85 - - 1 Live At The Murmrr Theatre, 8/17/17, DIIV 85
86 - - 2 Permanent.Radiant (EP), Crosses 65
87 49 - 100 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
88 - - 1 50 Years of TV's Greatest Hits, Various Artists 88
89 38 - 25 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 3
90 - - 1 At The Jazz Workshop, 1970, Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 90
91 - - 1 Egg In The Backseat, Em Beihold 91
92 41 - 24 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 14
93 - - 1 The Lost Tapes Vol. 4 Live At Sporthalle, Heilbronn, 29th December 1984, Motorhead 93
94 31 - 3 Never Enough, Daniel Caesar 9
95 - - 1 Day Of The Doug: The Songs Of Doug Sahm, Son Volt 95
96 51 - 117 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
97 - - 1 A Kiss For The Whole World, Enter Shikari 97
98 55 - 39 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
99 - - 1 The London Suede Demos, The London Suede 99
100 - - 1 Witness To Your Love (EP), Garbage 100

[Gary]

Sales


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 D-Day, Agust D 1
2 - - 1 Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (Soundtrack), Taylor Swift 2
3 1 - 2 72 Seasons, Metallica 1
4 - - 1 Give Way, Pearl Jam 4
5 4 - 27 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
6 3 - 4 Portals, Melanie Martinez 1
7 7 - 5 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 2
8 13 - 4 The Record, boygenius 2
9 - - 7 Show, The Cure 9
10 - - 1 Bella Donna: Live 1981, Stevie Nicks 10
11 - - 1 Fuse, Everything But The Girl 11
12 - - 1 Beggars Banquet, The Rolling Stones 12
13 - - 1 Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5.7.77, Grateful Dead 13
14 14 - 144 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
15 - - 1 MTV Unplugged, twenty one pilots 15
16 - - 1 Little Earthquakes: B-Sides, Tori Amos 16
17 - - 1 The Sound Emporium EP, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires 17
18 16 - 160 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
19 11 - 5 FACE (EP), Jimin 1
20 - - 1 You (EP), Larry Lovestein & The Velvet Revival 20
21 9 - 7 Ready To Be: 12th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
22 - - 1 Pleasant Dreams, The Ramones 22
23 - - 1 Become (EP), Beach House 23
24 10 - 13 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
25 20 - 119 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
26 - - 1 Live At The Great American Music Hall, 1975, Billy Joel 26
27 - - 1 Syria Mosque Pittsburgh, PA January 17, 1971, The Allman Brothers Band 27
28 - - 24 Live: Right Here, Right Now, Van Halen 5
29 - - 22 Return To The 36 Chambers, Ol' Dirty Bastard 7
30 - - 6 How Sweet It Is..., Jerry Garcia Band 30
31 - - 1 American Life: Mixshow Mix (Honoring Peter Rauhofer), Madonna 31
32 - - 1 RokFlote, Jethro Tull 32
33 - - 1 $5.00 At The Door: Live At Tressel Tavern, 1994, Sublime 33
34 5 - 8 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
35 - - 1 Turnaround: Rare Miles From The Complete On The Corner Sessions, Miles Davis 35
36 27 - 326 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
37 - - 1 Chet, Chet Baker 37
38 - - 1 The Monument Singles Collection: 1964-1968, Dolly Parton 38
39 21 - 346 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 2
40 - - 2 Red Rose Speedway, Paul McCartney And Wings 33
41 - - 1 Live At Beachland Tavern March 31, 2002, The Black Keys 41
42 - - 1 Blur Present The Special Collectors Edition, Blur 42
43 - - 1 Tom Tom Club, Tom Tom Club 43
44 26 - 76 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
45 - - 1 The 1975 Live The 1975 With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, The 1975 With The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 45
46 32 - 74 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
47 - - 6 12 Bar Blues, Scott Weiland 42
48 19 - 152 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
49 - - 112 The Chronic, Dr. Dre 3
50 - - 1 Bluey: Dance Mode!, Soundtrack 50
51 - - 1 Jazz Dispensary: Hotel Jolie Dame, Various Artists 51
52 - - 1 The Reptile House E.P., Sisters Of Mercy 52
53 - - 1 Crosseyed Strangers: An Alternate Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco 53
54 - - 1 Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 50th Aniv., Various Artists 54
55 46 - 70 Swimming, Mac Miller 2
56 - - 1 Defiance Part 1, Ian Hunter 56
57 - - 1 Rockology, Eric Carr 57
58 - - 1 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player, Elton John 58
59 - - 1 Doolittle - Live in Brussels, 2009, Pixies 59
60 - - 5 Wake Up And Smell The Coffee, The Cranberries 46
61 - - 1 Treasures: Solo, Trio & Orchestra Recordings From Denmark (1965-1969), Bill Evans 61
62 29 - 299 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
63 - - 1 Burning Love: The RCA Rehearsals, Elvis Presley 63
64 - - 1 Live At Knoxville Civic Auditorium: November 15, 1972, Yes 64
65 30 - 620 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
66 31 - 484 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
67 38 - 9 Cracker Island, Gorillaz 1
68 35 - 438 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
69 47 - 70 Currents, Tame Impala 5
70 - - 1 Live In Fresno 1983, Dio 70
71 36 - 47 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
72 - - 4 Gods Of The Earth, The Sword 72
73 28 - 72 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
74 37 - 86 Ctrl, SZA 5
75 34 - 7 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 2
76 25 - 5 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
77 22 - 689 Metallica, Metallica 1
78 33 - 348 Thriller, Michael Jackson 2
79 - - 38 Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers 6
80 - - 1 Tonite Longhorn, Husker Du 80
81 - - 1 The Legendary Demos, Carole King 81
82 - - 8 Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes 82
83 - - 19 The Wind, Warren Zevon 12
84 - - 7 MM..Food, MF Doom 11
85 15 - 3 Hope, NF 1
86 - - 1 Angels In Science Fiction, St. Paul & The Broken Bones 86
87 62 - 11 This Is Why, Paramore 1
88 - - 1 The Complete Unplugged NYC '93, Soul Asylum 88
89 50 - 5 So Much (For) Stardust, Fall Out Boy 3
90 69 - 8 Red Moon In Venus, Kali Uchis 3
91 - - 1 Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions In Holland, Chet Baker 91
92 57 - 49 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
93 - - 1 Rio Carnival (EP), Duran Duran 93
94 - - 1 The Stiff Records B-Sides (1984-1987), The Pogues 94
95 - - 1 Burst & Decay (Live From New York), The Wonder Years 95
96 54 - 356 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
97 - - 1 Vintage Vinos, Keith Richards 97
98 - - 1 Altar (EP), Sunn O))) & Boris 98
99 45 - 5 The Dark Side Of The Moon: Live At Wembley, London, 1974, Pink Floyd 8
100 39 - 8 Ay-Yo: The 4th Album Repackage, NCT 127 2

[Gary]

Vinyl

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (Soundtrack), Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 1 Give Way, Pearl Jam 2
3 2 - 27 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
4 - - 1 Bella Donna: Live 1981, Stevie Nicks 4
5 - - 1 Show, The Cure 5
6 - - 1 Beggar's Banquet, The Rolling Stones 6
7 1 - 2 72 Seasons, Metallica 1
8 - - 1 Boston Garden, Boston, MA 5.7.77, Grateful Dead 8
9 6 - 4 The Record, boygenius 1
10 4 - 5 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 1
11 - - 1 Little Earthquakes: B-Sides, Tori Amos 11
12 - - 1 The Sound Emporium EP, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires 12
13 5 - 4 Portals, Melanie Martinez 2
14 - - 1 You (EP), Larry Lovestein & The Velvet Revival 14
15 - - 1 Pleasant Dreams, The Ramones 15
16 - - 1 Become (EP), Beach House 16
17 - - 1 Live At The Great American Music Hall, 1975, Billy Joel 17
18 - - 1 Syria Mosque Pittsburgh, PA January 17, 1971, The Allman Brothers Band 18
19 8 - 103 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
20 - - 1 Live: Right Here, Right Now, Van Halen 20
21 - - 1 Return To The 36 Chambers, Ol' Dirty Bastard 21
22 - - 1 How Sweet It Is..., Jerry Garcia Band 22
23 - - 1 American Life: Mixshow Mix (Honoring Peter Rauhofer), Madonna 23
24 - - 1 Turnaround: Rare Miles From The Complete On The Corner Sessions, Miles Davis 24
25 - - 1 The Monument Singles Collection: 1964-1968, Dolly Parton 25

[Gary]

Catalog

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 2 - 126 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
2 3 - 305 1989, Taylor Swift 1
3 4 - 76 reputation, Taylor Swift 3
4 1 - 4 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
5 6 - 36 Evermore, Taylor Swift 5
6 5 - 463 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
7 10 - 394 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
8 8 - 222 Ctrl, SZA 1
9 7 - 871 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
10 13 - 146 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 2
11 16 - 16 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 11
12 12 - 48 Meteora, Linkin Park 1
13 14 - 86 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 6
14 25 - 151 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
15 15 - 1206 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
16 20 - 15 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 16
17 22 - 150 ANTI, Rihanna 1
18 9 - 139 Blonde, Frank Ocean 2
19 23 - 392 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
20 17 - 359 Take Care, Drake 1
21 18 - 64 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 2
22 21 - 1558 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
23 19 - 305 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
24 31 - 18 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 8
25 26 - 23 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 15
26 - - 1 Show, The Cure 26
27 27 - 206 Views, Drake 4
28 11 - 500 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
29 29 - 113 Graduation, Kanye West 7
30 28 - 1396 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
31 24 - 20 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 6
32 34 - 19 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording 20
33 50 - 58 Swimming, Mac Miller 14
34 32 - 834 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
35 - - 13 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 22
36 42 - 22 Currents, Tame Impala 12
37 33 - 20 SoulFly, Rod Wave 21
38 - - 323 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
39 40 - 538 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 1
40 36 - 601 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
41 39 - 107 Stoney, Post Malone 7
42 35 - 611 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
43 45 - 85 AM, Arctic Monkeys 11
44 44 - 419 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
45 - - 35 Beggar's Banquet, The Rolling Stones 19
46 49 - 18 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 11
47 38 - 65 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 1
48 47 - 73 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
49 46 - 16 All I Want Is You, Miguel 13
50 - - 33 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 16

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Taylor Swift Lands a Record 10 Albums in the Top 100 of Billboard 200 Chart

5/2/2023

By Keith Caulfield

Among those 10 albums, nine are in the top 50, eight sit in the top 40, and three are in the top 10.

Taylor Swift puts an impressive stamp on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated May 6), as the superstar has 10 albums on the list at the same time. And all of them are in the top 100 of the 200-position tally, which ranks the most popular albums of the week in the United States.

Among those 10 albums, nine are in the top 50, eight sit in the top 40, and three are in the top 10.

Since the Billboard 200 was combined from its previously separate mono and stereo LP charts into one all-encompassing list in August 1963, Swift is:

the first living female artist with at least three albums simultaneously in the top 10
the only act to have at least eight albums simultaneously in the top 40
the only act with at least nine albums simultaneously in the top 50
the only living artist with at least 10 albums simultaneously in the top 100

On the Billboard 200 dated May 6, Swift charts the following titles:

No. 3 – Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
No. 4 – Midnights
No. 10 – Lover
No. 12 – Folklore
No. 21 – 1989
No. 22 – reputation
No. 27 – Red (Taylor’s Version)
No. 29 – Evermore
No. 41 – Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
No. 66 – Speak Now

Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions debuts at No. 3 with 75,000 equivalent album units earned (all from vinyl LP sales) in the week ending April 27, according to Luminate, following its buzzy release on vinyl for the first time, for Record Store Day 2023 (April 22).

The May 6-dated Billboard 200 chart reflects the tracking week of April 21-27 – a little over a month after Swift launched her career-spanning The Eras Tour on March 17. The stadium-filling trek has aided exposure of her catalog of music, as she performs dozens of hits songs from most of her albums each night of the tour. Below Long Pond in the top 10, Midnights, her most recent studio album, ranks at No. 4, followed by Lover at No. 10. The latter was released in 2019 and, due to the pandemic, is now being spotlighted by Swift on tour for the first time. (She had planned to tour in support of Lover in 2020, but COVID-19 forced her to cancel the shows.)

While the Billboard 200 has ranked the country’s most popular albums each week for decades, dating back to its March 1956 inception, the chart’s rules have changed dramatically over the years – making it easier for some albums to linger on the tally in recent years than in decades past.

For example, older albums (known as catalog albums, generally regarded as those at least 18 months old) were mostly barred from charting on the Billboard 200 from mid-1991 through the end of 2009. Then, at the end of 2014, the chart transitioned from a pure-album sales formula to a multimetric methodology – and adding streaming activity. Because of the changes in the chart’s methodology (primarily the inclusion of streaming data) and the ability for catalog albums to chart, many albums now continue to rank on the list (including Swift’s bevy of titles) for a much longer time than albums in previous… eras (pun intended), when the chart was effectively a sales-only chart for current and/or new releases.

Three in the top 10: The last act with at least three albums in the top 10 at the same time before Swift this week was Prince, following his death, when he had five albums in the top 10 on the May 14, 2016, chart (he also placed three in the top 10 on the May 7, 2016 chart). Before Prince, Led Zeppelin had three in the top 10 on the June 21, 2014, chart with a trio of deluxe reissues of the band’s first three albums. And before that, Whitney Houston did it, after her death, on the March 17 and March 10, 2012-dated charts (three in the top 10 on each chart). And prior to Houston, one must scroll all the way back to Herb Alpert on the Dec. 24, 1966-dated list, when he had three in the top 10 (a feat he achieved more than a dozen times that year, led by four for a week that April; he and Prince are the only acts with more than three top 10s in a single week since August 1963).

10 in the Top 100: In terms of 10 albums in the top 100, that’s been done only twice since August 1963 – Swift on the latest chart, and Prince with 15 albums on the May 14, 2016, chart.

10 Albums on the Billboard 200 at the Same Time: Swift has now placed at least 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart at the same time – twice. She did it earlier this year on the March 4-dated chart. The last act before Swift to notch 10 albums on the list at the same time was Prince, following his death in 2016, including a one-week record 19 (May 14, 2016).

Here are the acts who have placed at least 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart at the same time (since August 1963):

Taylor Swift – May 6, 2023 (10 albums)
Taylor Swift – March 4, 2023 (10)
Prince – May 28, 2016 (13)
Prince – May 21, 2016 (10)
Prince – May 14, 2016 (19)
David Bowie – Jan. 30, 2016 (10)
The Beatles – March 1, 2014 (13)
Whitney Houston – March 10, 2012 (10)
The Beatles – Dec. 4, 2010 (14)
The Beatles – Jan. 9, 2010 (11)

Prince, Bowie and Houston’s achievements came shortly after they died, following a surge of interest in their respective catalogs from music fans.

The Beatles placed 13 titles on the March 1, 2014, chart thanks in large part to gains reaped from the CBS-TV concert special The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles, which aired that Feb. 9 (and repeated Feb. 12). The special celebrated 50 years of The Beatles’ success in the U.S., specifically commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four’s first live American TV performance on The Ed Sullivan Show (Feb. 9, 1964).

The Beatles also logged 14 and 11 titles, respectively, on the Dec. 4 and Jan. 9, 2010-dated charts. On the Dec. 4, 2010, list, The Beatles logged 12 re-entries and two debuts, following the band’s belated bow in the iTunes Store. (The group had been a holdout to selling digital downloads of its albums and songs on the service until Nov. 16, 2010.)

As for The Beatles’ feat on the Jan. 9, 2010, chart, that week came shortly after the Billboard 200 began allowing older (catalog) albums to appear, beginning with the Dec. 5, 2009-dated chart. It was also not long after the band’s catalog was digitally remastered for CD reissues in September 2009.

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

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Record Store Day 2023 Gives Indie Stores Biggest Boost in 15 Years

5/4/2023

By Keith Caulfield

RSD helped drive a modern-era record of 1.426 million vinyl albums sold in the U.S. at independent shops during the week ending April 27.

Record Store Day once again spurred big sales of music on vinyl and at independent record stores in the United States, according to data tracking firm Luminate – resulting in some eye-popping numbers.

This year’s edition of the indie record store celebration, held on April 22, helped sell 1.809 million vinyl albums in total across all retailers and sellers (not just indie stores) in the U.S. in the week ending April 27, according to Luminate. That sum marks a record number of vinyl albums sold in a Record Store Day (RSD) week (including Black Friday-related RSD celebrations), and the fourth-largest week for vinyl album sales since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991.

RSD 2023 also drove a modern-era record of 1.426 million vinyl albums sold in the U.S. at independent record stores April 21-27. That is the largest week ever for the format at the indie sector in Luminate history, since the company began tracking sales in 1991. It surpasses the previous Luminate-era high for weekly vinyl album sales at indies, with 1.012 million sold in the week ending April 28, 2022 (during RSD 2022). (Vinyl was so big at indies – 79% of all vinyl albums sold that week, industry-wide, were sold through indie record stores.)

Further, independent record stores sold 1.673 million albums in total across all formats (vinyl, CD, cassette, etc.) in the week ending April 27 – marking the biggest album sales week at indie stores since at least before January 2008, when Luminate began archiving data specific to this sector. Fifty-seven percent of all albums sold in the U.S. (across all formats, both physical and digital) in the week ending April 27 were sold via independent record stores.

Traditionally, Record Store Day is held on one Saturday in the springtime, when hundreds of albums (and many singles) are released specifically for the event, and available only at participating independent record stores. (In 2020 and 2021, RSD celebrations were heavily altered and spread across multiple events [dubbed “Drops”] due to COVID-19, while the event was mostly back to its pre-pandemic self for the 2022 edition, and it was business as usual for the 2023 installment.)

Among the unique titles that hit shelves for Record Store Day 2023: the vinyl debut of Taylor Swift’s acoustic live set Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (pressed on grey-colored double vinyl, in a massive 75,000-production run in the U.S. – an unusually high quantity for a RSD title), the vinyl and CD debut of Pearl Jam’s 1998 concert recording Give Way, the vinyl premiere of Stevie Nicks’ Bella Donna: Live 1981 concert recording, Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes: B-Sides on vinyl and a reissue of The Rolling Stones’ Beggars Banquet on grey, blue, black and white swirl-colored vinyl. All five releases are among the top-selling RSD-exclusive titles for the week (see lists, below).

The husband-and-wife team of Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires (Record Store Day Ambassadors for 2023) gifted RSD with two releases: a four-track EP from the duo (The Sound Emporium EP) and a four-track EP from Shires (Live at Columbia Studio A) that includes a guest appearance from Isbell.

Here are some facts on Record Store Day 2023’s impact, plus a look at the top-selling Record Store Day-exclusive albums and singles:

(All data is according to Luminate, for the week ending April 27, 2023, in the U.S, unless otherwise indicated. Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991. References to the Luminate era mean from 1991-onwards.)

Industry-wide total album sales in U.S. across all formats (physical [including CD, vinyl, cassettes, etc.] and digital downloads): 2.923 million – up 44.4% compared to the previous week (2.02 million). It’s the largest album sales week in 2023.

The last larger week was the week ending Dec. 22, 2022, when 3.897 million albums were sold. (Outside of the holiday shopping season – from the week containing Thanksgiving through the end of the year – the last larger week was the frame ending April 26, 2018, during RSD 2018, when 3.267 million albums were sold.)

Industry-wide total physical album sales in U.S. (CD, vinyl, cassette, etc.): 2.583 million – up 54.3% compared to the previous week (1.675 million). It’s the largest sales week for physical album sales in 2023.

The last bigger week was the week ending Dec. 22, 2022, when 3.526 million physical albums were sold. (Outside of the holiday shopping season – from the week containing Thanksgiving through the end of the year – the last larger week was the frame ending Feb. 18, 2016, when 2.710 million physical albums were sold.)

Industry-wide CD album sales in U.S.: 760,000 – up 9.6% compared to the previous week (693,000).

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Suga’s Agust D Project Debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, Record Store Day Releases Rush Onto Chart

5/4/2023

By Keith Caulfield

D-Day arrives atop the Album Sales chart, while four RSD 2023 titles hit the top 10, led by Taylor Swift.

Agust D (an alias of BTS’ Suga) sees his solo debut studio effort D-Day bow at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated May 6), selling 122,000 copies in the United States in the week ending April 27, according to Luminate. That marks the fourth-largest sales week for an album in 2023. 

D-Day is the first leader for Agust D, and he’s the second member of BTS to achieve a No. 1 on Top Album Sales. He follows Jimin, who bowed at No. 1 earlier this year with FACE (April 8-dated chart). BTS itself has notched six No. 1s on Top Albums Sales, most recently with the retrospective collection Proof in 2022. 

Like many K-pop releases, the CD edition of D-Day was issued in collectible CD packages (seven total, including exclusives for Target, Walmart and the Weverse webstore) each containing a standard set of items and randomized elements (in this case, photo cards). It was also available as a standard digital download album, as well as three alternative cover digital download variants that were sold exclusively through the artist’s official webstore. Of D-Day’s first-week sales, 90% were CDs, while the remaining 10% were digital album downloads. The set was not available in any other retail format (such as vinyl or cassette).

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.

Taylor Swift’s Record Store Day-exclusive vinyl release Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions launches at No. 3 on Top Album Sales with 75,000 sold – all from sales of its vinyl LP. It’s the single-largest sales week for an album on vinyl in 2023. It’s the 15th top 10 for Swift on Top Album Sales.

The live acoustic album, which was previously available only as bonus tracks on a deluxe digital and streaming edition of her Folklore studio album (released in 2020), was issued on vinyl LP (its first physical release of any kind) for Record Store Day (RSD) (April 22) at participating independent record stores. It was previously announced that Long Pond’s production run for Record Store Day would be 75,000 copies in the United States, and the set sold out instantly. It’s typical for many albums and singles to garner unique and limited edition runs exclusively for the annual independent record store day celebration.

Typically, high-profile Record Store Day-exclusive titles might have a production run of 10,000-to-20,000 in the United States. For Record Store Day 2022, there were 10 titles that had pressings ranging from 10,000 to 18,000, but nothing larger. For Record Store Day 2023, Swift’s Long Pond title had by far the largest production run of any RSD title. Pearl Jam’s live concert album Give Way had the second-biggest production run, with 15,500 vinyl LPs pressed.

Metallica’s former leader 72 Seasons falls 1-3 in its second week on Top Album Sales with 25,000 sold (down 81%).

Pearl Jam’s Give Way starts at No. 4 with 22,000 copies sold – representing vinyl, CD and digital download sales combined. The set made its retail debut on both vinyl LP (one set available at indie retailers and one sold through the band’s fan club) and CD (exclusive to indie stores), as well as a digital download. The album was recorded in 1998 during the group’s Yield Tour. Give Way is the 17th top 10 effort on Top Album Sales for Pearl Jam.

Swift has a second title in the top 10, as her chart-topping Midnights dips 4-5 with a little over 15,000 sold (up 20%). Melanie Martinez’s former No. 1 Portals falls 3-6 with 14,000 (up 5%), Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. is a non-mover at No. 7 with 11,000 sold (up 25%) and Boygenius’ The Record climbs 13-8 with 10,000 (up 47%).

Coming in at No. 9 is a re-entry from The Cure with its live album Show, and Stevie Nicks debuts at No. 10 with Bella Donna: Live 1981.

Show’s sales (just over 10,000) are driven almost entirely from a new picture disc vinyl release of the album for Record Store Day. The set was originally released widely in 1993 and initially peaked at No. 42. Show was recorded during The Cure’s 1992 Wish album tour.

For Nicks, Bella Donna: Live 1981 made its debut as stand-alone album for Record Store Day, and only on vinyl. It sold 10,000 copies. Its tracks were originally commercially released on an album as part of a deluxe edition of Nicks’ 1981 studio album Bella Donna, released in 2016. The Bella Donna: Live 1981 album was recorded during Nicks’ White Winged Dove Tour on Dec. 13, 1981.

In the week ending April 27, there were 2.927 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 44.4% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 2.583 million (up 54.3%) and digital albums comprised 339,000 (down 2.8%).

There were 760,000 CD albums sold in the week ending April 27 (up 9.6% week-over-week) and 1.809 vinyl albums sold (up 87.5%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 11.224 million (up 4.9% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 16.296 million (up 28.7%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 33.707 million (up 10.9% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 27.699 million (up 17.8%) and digital album sales total 6.009 million (down 12.5%).