Billboard 200 - 6/3/2023 - Morgan Wallen - 12 weeks #1

[Gary]

Can Dave Matthews Band Keep Its Streak Going Atop the Billboard 200?
In this week's The Contenders, DMB goes for its eighth straight No. 1 albums, while new sets from Lewis Capaldi and Summer Walker also get in the game.


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 June 4), a veteran rock group looks to score its first Billboard 200 No. 1 of the 2020s, with competition from a U.K. singer-songwriter, a couple hard rock outfits, and – of course – Morgan Wallen.

Dave Matthews Band, Walk Around the Moon (RCA): It might not be the first group that comes to mind when naming the biggest acts of the past 30 years, but few rock bands have ever enjoyed as consistent success as the Dave Matthews Band on the Billboard 200. The group has reached No. 1 with each of their last seven studio albums — a streak dating back to 1998’s Before These Crowded Streets – and hopes to make it eight with the release of last Friday’s (May 19) Walk Around the Moon, its first album of the 2020s.

However, the DMB’s chances to unseat Morgan Wallen (11 weeks and counting with his One Thing at a Time) will be impacted by a change in Billboard’s charts since the last time it released an album: the 2020 elimination of ticket bundles from Billboard 200 calculations, which previously provided a big boost to the exceedingly popular live outfit. (Recent rule changes have reintroduced “fan pack” bundles to Billboard chart calculations, but through merch rather than tickets, and with much stricter rules about eligibility.) Instead, the band will have to rely largely on physical sales — to which end, it has released multiple vinyl variants, including exclusive color variants for the band’s fan club, Barnes & Noble, independent record stores and Target.

Lewis Capaldi, Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent (Vertigo/Universal/Capitol): Though Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi reached the apex of the Billboard Hot 100 with his late-’10s breakthrough hit “Someone You Loved,” he topped out at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 with debut album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. After a few years of steady fanbase building, he may fare a little better with sophomore set Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent — which features a more modest Hot 100 success with lead single “Forget Me” (No. 58) but has multiple vinyl LPs, four CD editions and even five cassette variants available for purchase.

Summer Walker, Clear 2: Soft Life (LVRN/Interscope): R&B star Summer Walker is on her way to being one of the most consistent LP artists of her generation — 2019 debut set Over It hit No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and its 2021 sequel, Still Over It, made it to No. 1, both also drawing considerable critical acclaim – but her EP success has been less resounding, with 2020’s Life on Earth tapping out at No. 8, with no real breakout hits. Her latest EP is Clear 2: Soft Life, a nine-track offering with a pair of big-name guests in J. Cole and Childish Gambino — but again, the set’s songs have not performed on the streaming charts the way Still Over It’s tracks did in their first week, suggesting fans still want to enjoy a longer Summer.

In the Mix
Ghost, Phantomine (Loma Vista) / Sleep Token, Take Me Back to Eden (Spinefarm): The streaming era has not been particularly generous to hard rock and heavy metal, but two bands from those genres that have found real success are Ghost and Sleep Token. Both will impact the charts next week with new releases: Ghost with a covers EP (featuring takes on Genesis, Iron Maiden and Tina Turner) and Sleep Token with their first LP since going viral with advance track “The Summoning” earlier this year. Those built-in streaming numbers will boost Eden, while Phantomine is aided by multiple vinyl LP variants and (somewhat ironically) a Spotify-exclusive cassette.

Beyoncé, Renaissance (Parkwood/Columbia): Whether it can spark the kind of extended catalog-wide gains that Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has in its first couple months remains to be seen, but the launch of Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour has already given its titular album a nice bump on the Billboard 200, lifting it 49-34 on this week’s chart. It may rise even higher next week with the Friday release of her new “America Has a Problem” remix, featuring rap superstar Kendrick Lamar, which is off to a good start on streaming and whose metrics will be rolled in with the original Renaissance album cut.

[Gary]

Morgan Wallen’s ‘One Thing’ Has Most Weeks at No. 1 for a Country Album in Over 30 Years
Plus: Dave Matthews Band and Ghost debut in top 10.

www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-one-thing-has-most-weeks-number-one-for-a-country-album-in-over-30-years-1235342035/
By Keith Caulfield

05/28/2023


Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time spends a 12th week in a row, and in total, atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated June 3) – the most weeks at No. 1 for a country album in over 30 years. As the album surpasses the 11-week reign of Taylor Swift’s Fearless in 2008-09, Wallen’s set has the most weeks at No. 1 for a country album since Billy Ray Cyrus’ Some Gave All, which notched 17 weeks, all consecutively, atop the list (June 13-Oct. 3, 1992-dated charts). (Country albums are those that have charted on, or are eligible for, Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.)


One Thing at a Time earned 129,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending May 25 (down 4%), according to Luminate.

One Thing at a Time continues to have the most weeks in a row at No. 1 since the Titanic soundtrack ruled at No. 1 for 16 consecutive weeks in 1998 (its entire run at No. 1, Jan. 24-May 9 of that year). The last album to spend at least 12 weeks in total at No. 1 was Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti, which notched 13 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list in May-October 2022.

One Thing at a Time debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated March 18 and has yet to yield the top slot. As it has now spent its first 12 weeks at No. 1, One Thing at a Time is just the second album to rule for its first 12 weeks on the chart, after Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life logged its first 13 weeks at No. 1 (of a total of 14 weeks in the top slot) in late 1976 and early 1977. (For context, today, it’s common for albums to debut at No. 1. However, before 1991, when the Billboard 200 began utilizing Luminate’s electronically monitored tracking information, only six albums debuted at No. 1, including Songs In the Key of Life.)

Wallen has now spent a total of 22 weeks at No. 1 across his two chart-topping albums (One Thing at a Time, with 12 weeks, and his last album, Dangerous: The Double Album, with 10). Among acts with the most weeks at No. 1 this decade (2020-onwards), Wallen pulls further ahead of the act with the second-most weeks at No. 1 in that span of time – Taylor Swift, with 20.

Notably, Swift’s most recent No. 1, Midnights (which spent five weeks atop the list in late 2022), was reissued in multiple formats on May 26 (on vinyl, CD, digital download and via streaming services), with some iterations containing additional bonus tracks. The sales and streaming impact of those new variations will be reflected on next week’s Billboard 200 chart, dated June 10.

Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 albums chart, Dave Matthews Band earns its 14th top 10-charting effort with the debut of Walk Around the Moon at No. 5. Plus, Ghost logs it fourth top 10, and second in a little over a year, as its new five-song covers set Phantomime bows at No. 7.

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 June 3, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on May 31 (a day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. on May 29). For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of One Thing at a Time’s 129,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending May 25, SEA units comprise 121,000 (down 3%, equaling 162.52 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 36 songs), album sales comprise 6,000 (down 30%) and TEA units comprise 2,000 (up less than 1%).

SZA’s chart-topping SOS jumps 5-2 with 77,000 equivalent album units earned (up 52%) following the album’s release on CD and vinyl on May 19. The set sold 29,000 copies across all formats (physical and digital) – up 22,963% from a negligible sum the previous week. SOS was released on Dec. 9, 2022, via streaming services and to purchase as a digital download album.

Swift’s Midnights falls 2-3 with 58,000 equivalent album units (down 4%), while Wallen’s Dangerous climbs 6-4 with 47,000 units (down 2%).

Dave Matthews Band achieves its 14th top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200 as its new studio effort Walk Around the Moon debuts at No. 5. It’s the act’s first new studio set since 2018. The new album earned 44,000 equivalent album units in its first week. Of that sum, album sales comprise 40,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 5.45 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The album’s first-week sales were supported by multiple vinyl editions, including exclusive color variants for the band’s fan club and webstore, Barnes & Noble, independent record stores and Target.

Dave Matthews Band notched its first top 10 with Crash (No. 2 in 1996) and has earned at least one new top 10 album in every decade since (three total in the 1990s, eight in the 2000s, two in the ‘10s and one so far in the ‘20s). In addition, Matthews himself has three solo top 10s.

Dave Matthews Band is the 11th group to have tallied a new top 10 in each of those four decades, joining AC/DC, Def Leppard, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Marilyn Manson, Megadeth, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers and U2.

Swift’s former No. 1 Lover jumps 10-6 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (up 1%). That’s the highest rank for the 2019 set since that December, sparked by Swift performing songs from it live for the first time on her ongoing juggernaut The Eras Tour.

Ghost’s five-song covers project Phantomime debuts at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the fourth top 10 for the band, and second in a little over a year, following Impera, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 (March 26, 2022-dated chart).

Of Phantomime’s 36,000 units earned, album sales comprise 34,000, SEA units comprise 2,000 (equaling 2.67 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The set’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across a variety of physical formats, including multiple vinyl LPs (including exclusives color variants for independent record stores, Target and Urban Outfitters) and even a cassette tape.

Phantomime boasts covers of Genesis (“Jesus He Knows Me”), Iron Maiden (“Phantom of the Opera”) and the late Tina Turner (“We Don’t Need Another Hero [Thunderdome]”).

Luke Combs’ Gettin’ Old rises 12-8 on the Billboard 200 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned (down 3%), Bad Bunny’s former No. 1, Un Verano Sin Ti, ascends 11-9 with nearly 34,000 (down 4%) and Zach Bryan’s American Heartbreak bumps 15-10 with 32,000 (up 5%).

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

[Gary]

1. Morgan Wallen 129,000 sales 6000
2. SZA 77,000 (sales 29,000)
3. Taylor Swift 58,000
4. Morgan Wallen 47,000
5. Dave Matthews 44,000 (sales 40,000)
6. Taylor Swift 38,000
7. Ghost 36,000 (sales 34,000)
8. Luke Combs 34,000
9. Bad Bunny 34,000
10. Zach Bryan 32,000

[Gary]

Weeks in the top 10

top 10 ARTIST
121 MORGAN WALLEN
50 BAD BUNNY
31 TAYLOR SWIFT
24 SZA
24 TAYLOR SWIFT
15 ZACH BRYAN
12 MORGAN WALLEN
8 LUKE COMBS

[Gary]

Most weeks #1 - Decade

1. Mogan Wallen 22
2. Taylor Swift 20

[Gary]

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 June 3, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on May 31 (a day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. on May 29). For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

[thegreatdivine]

Hey Gary, do you know how many weeks Lover has spent in the top 10 this decade?

[Gary]

2 weeks 2020 plus the last 6

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[Gary]

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 12 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
2 5 - 24 SOS, SZA 1
3 2 - 31 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
4 6 - 124 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
5 - - 1 Walk Around The Moon, Dave Matthews Band 5
6 10 - 196 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
7 - - 1 Phantomime (EP), Ghost 7
8 12 - 9 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
9 11 - 55 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 1
10 15 - 53 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 5
11 7 - 2 Religiously. The Album., Bailey Zimmerman 7
12 19 - 441 1989, Taylor Swift 1
13 13 - 25 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 1
14 - - 1 Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, Lewis Capaldi 14
15 14 - 148 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
16 - - 1 Take Me Back To Eden, Sleep Token 16
17 17 - 13 Manana Sera Bonito, Karol G 1
18 18 - 29 Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage 1
19 4 - 2 Richest Opp, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 4
20 20 - 119 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
21 16 - 4 Desvelado, Eslabon Armado 6
22 23 - 244 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
23 9 - 3 -, Ed Sheeran 2
24 22 - 80 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
25 34 - 43 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
26 - - 1 Clear 2: Soft Life Ep, Summer Walker 26
27 59 - 262 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
28 24 - 169 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
29 25 - 290 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
30 29 - 53 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
31 26 - 32 It's Only Me, Lil Baby 1
32 30 - 289 Diamonds, Elton John 7
33 28 - 128 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
34 31 - 11 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 3
35 41 - 194 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
36 35 - 90 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
37 27 - 181 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
38 36 - 312 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
39 32 - 98 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
40 48 - 643 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
41 - - 1 I Feel (EP), (G)I-DLE 41
42 38 - 243 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
43 37 - 530 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
44 40 - 4 SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML (EP), SEVENTEEN 2
45 - - 1 All The Best: The Hits, Tina Turner 45
46 39 - 544 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
47 61 - 8 Portals, Melanie Martinez 2
48 43 - 552 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
49 66 - 633 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
50 45 - 56 I Never Liked You, Future 1
51 44 - 319 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
52 53 - 185 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
53 54 - 105 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
54 - - 1 Drastic Symphonies, Def Leppard With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 54
55 52 - 311 Ctrl, SZA 3
56 73 - 277 Graduation, Kanye West 1
57 55 - 442 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
58 49 - 86 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
59 50 - 485 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
60 60 - 256 Scorpion, Drake 1
61 62 - 534 Take Care, Drake 1
62 57 - 476 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
63 63 - 189 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
64 58 - 18 The Mockingbird & The Crow, HARDY 4
65 46 - 3 Unforgiven, LE SSERAFIM 6
66 47 - 5 Don't Try This At Home, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 5
67 69 - 63 7220, Lil Durk 1
68 67 - 140 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
69 65 - 784 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
70 91 - 151 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
71 64 - 369 ANTI, Rihanna 1
72 68 - 402 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
73 71 - 14 Bluebird Days, Jordan Davis 19
74 70 - 48 Growin' Up, Luke Combs 2
75 75 - 367 Views, Drake 1
76 76 - 103 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1
77 83 - 251 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
78 84 - 763 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
79 - - 1 FAST X, Soundtrack 79
80 88 - 164 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
81 80 - 46 Wasteland, Brent Faiyaz 2
82 33 - 3 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack 15
83 82 - 21 Pa Que Hablen.: I., Fuerza Regida 60
84 77 - 3 Lucky, Megan Moroney 38
85 100 - 265 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
86 74 - 12 Red Moon In Venus, Kali Uchis 4
87 81 - 100 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
88 3 - 2 The Album, Jonas Brothers 3
89 92 - 515 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
90 90 - 82 =, Ed Sheeran 1
91 87 - 48 Nirvana, Nirvana 3
92 - - 1 KAYTRAMINE, KAYTRAMINE 92
93 79 - 37 Different Man, Kane Brown 5
94 86 - 331 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
95 98 - 400 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
96 78 - 7 Hope, NF 2
97 85 - 20 Rave & Roses, Rema 81
98 105 - 4 Nate Smith, Nate Smith 30
99 96 - 132 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
100 89 - 9 LPM (La Perreo Mixtape), Yng Lvcas 57
101 103 - 306 More Life, Drake 1
102 104 - 626 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
103 72 - 27 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 51
104 107 - 238 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
105 97 - 323 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
106 8 - 56 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
107 122 - 337 Stoney, Post Malone 4
108 95 - 275 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
109 113 - 221 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
110 108 - 89 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
111 109 - 320 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
112 112 - 150 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
113 110 - 430 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 31
114 114 - 15 Tyler Hubbard, Tyler Hubbard 40
115 120 - 180 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
116 106 - 575 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
117 116 - 625 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
118 117 - 325 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
119 111 - 113 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
120 99 - 18 Like..? (EP), Ice Spice 15
121 118 - 54 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 1
122 - - 215 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
123 119 - 300 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
124 102 - 6 Cottonwood 2, NLE Choppa 21
125 133 - 190 Over It, Summer Walker 2
126 123 - 139 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
127 142 - 474 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
128 128 - 36 Queen Radio: Volume 1, Nicki Minaj 10
129 126 - 220 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
130 124 - 227 Swimming, Mac Miller 3
131 51 - 5 D-Day, Agust D 2
132 132 - 364 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
133 121 - 150 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
134 160 - 17 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
135 115 - 9 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 3
136 143 - 252 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
137 140 - 316 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
138 130 - 169 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
139 135 - 160 Indigo, Chris Brown 1
140 125 - 126 Meteora, Linkin Park 1
141 138 - 111 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 108
142 153 - 51 Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone 2
143 139 - 49 Honestly, Nevermind, Drake 1
144 134 - 41 Beautiful Mind, Rod Wave 1
145 136 - 127 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
146 149 - 267 Hozier, Hozier 2
147 137 - 174 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
148 148 - 217 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
149 155 - 26 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 14
150 147 - 148 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
151 144 - 72 DS4EVER, Gunna 1
152 150 - 109 Currents, Tame Impala 4
153 - - 1 Seven Psalms, Paul Simon 153
154 141 - 95 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
155 146 - 66 All I Want Is You, Miguel 37
156 154 - 300 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
157 131 - 35 This Is What ____ Feels Like (Vol.1-4), JVKE 40
158 156 - 150 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 89
159 158 - 196 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
160 152 - 77 Who Is Nardo Wick?, Nardo Wick 16
161 167 - 328 Moana, Soundtrack 2
162 176 - 291 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
163 157 - 245 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
164 159 - 45 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 7
165 129 - 8 The Record, boygenius 4
166 161 - 295 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
167 56 - 2 Never Enough, Parker McCollum 56
168 171 - 203 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
169 173 - 569 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
170 151 - 119 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
171 166 - 156 The GOAT, Polo G 2
172 172 - 226 DS2, Future 1
173 186 - 196 California Sunrise, Jon Pardi 11
174 162 - 155 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
175 163 - 163 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
176 170 - 270 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
177 169 - 408 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
178 93 - 3 If Looks Could Kill, Destroy Lonely 18
179 180 - 279 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
180 190 - 225 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
181 194 - 38 Stereotype, Cole Swindell 48
182 179 - 713 Metallica, Metallica 1
183 174 - 55 Human: The Double Album, Cody Johnson 19
184 189 - 237 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
185 178 - 43 Danado, Ivan Cornejo 28
186 - - 215 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne 1
187 - - 1 Gag Order, Kesha 187
188 177 - 469 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
189 188 - 196 Sublime, Sublime 13
190 175 - 565 21, Adele 1
191 183 - 168 Confessions, Usher 1
192 181 - 102 Hall Of Fame, Polo G 1
193 - - 1 The Little Mermaid (2023), Soundtrack 193
194 165 - 13 Love Sick, Don Toliver 8
195 191 - 297 [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 2
196 184 - 323 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
197 - - 1 Can You Imagine?, Elevation Worship 197
198 193 - 76 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 9
199 182 - 102 I Am > I Was, 21 Savage 1
200 187 - 2 Don't Stop The Magic, Grupo Marca Registrada 187

[Gary]

Top current Albums

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Walk Around The Moon, Dave Matthews Band 1
2 - - 1 Phantomime (EP), Ghost 2
3 - - 5 SOS, SZA 3
4 - - 1 Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, Lewis Capaldi 4
5 5 - 4 SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
6 - - 1 Take Me Back To Eden, Sleep Token 6
7 - - 1 I Feel (EP), (G)I-DLE 7
8 - - 1 Drastic Symphonies, Def Leppard With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 8
9 4 - 4 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack 3
10 7 - 31 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
11 - - 1 Seven Psalms, Paul Simon 11
12 9 - 3 Unforgiven, LE SSERAFIM 2
13 3 - 3 -, Ed Sheeran 1
14 29 - 8 Portals, Melanie Martinez 1
15 13 - 17 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
16 8 - 5 D-Day, Agust D 1
17 15 - 184 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
18 16 - 11 Ready To Be: 12th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
19 10 - 12 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
20 - - 1 Mirror To The Sky, Yes 20
21 17 - 147 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
22 14 - 6 72 Seasons, Metallica 1
23 22 - 33 Maxident, Stray Kids 1
24 20 - 9 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 2
25 - - 1 Gag Order, Kesha 25
26 25 - 79 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
27 21 - 8 The Record, boygenius 2
28 - - 1 Now, Graham Nash 28
29 1 - 2 The Album, Jonas Brothers 1
30 - - 1 The Little Mermaid (2023), Soundtrack 30
31 2 - 2 Lauren Daigle, Lauren Daigle 2
32 - - 1 Live At Stubb's, Khruangbin & Friends 32
33 - - 1 Clear 2: Soft Life Ep, Summer Walker 33
34 - - 1 Deathwish Blues, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton 34
35 37 - 53 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
36 38 - 9 FACE (EP), Jimin 1
37 - - 1 Can You Imagine?, Elevation Worship 37
38 - - 1 Altitude, Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives 38
39 27 - 28 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 14
40 36 - 4 First Two Pages Of Frankenstein, The National 3
41 34 - 11 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 2
42 33 - 9 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
43 - - 1 Brandy Clark, Brandy Clark 43
44 - - 2 Tell Me I'm Alive, All Time Low 23
45 23 - 2 The Muppets Mayhem: Music From The Disney+ Original Series (Soundtrack), Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem 23
46 41 - 38 Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
47 40 - 12 Ay-Yo: The 4th Album Repackage, NCT 127 2
48 - - 1 Journey Through Time, Neal Schon Featuring Gregg Rolie, Deen Castrounovo, Marco Mendoza & John Varn 48
49 51 - 29 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 3
50 - - 1 Heart & Sacrifice, Sweet & Lynch 50
51 - - 2 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Soundtrack), "Weird Al" Yankovic 29
52 44 - 12 Red Moon In Venus, Kali Uchis 3
53 - - 1 Glacial Domination, Frozen Soul 53
54 - - 77 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 35
55 45 - 405 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
56 70 - 15 This Is Why, Paramore 1
57 49 - 43 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
58 6 - 6 Smithereens, Joji 2
59 54 - 104 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
60 12 - 2 Religiously. The Album., Bailey Zimmerman 12
61 - - 3 Become (EP), Beach House 19
62 - - 1 Calm Ya Farm, The Murlocs 62
63 46 - 3 NOW 86, Various Artists 20
64 48 - 14 Trustfall, P!nk 1
65 62 - 179 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
66 - - 1 The Beautiful Letdown (Our Version), Switchfoot 66
67 - - 2 MTV Unplugged, twenty one pilots 13
68 52 - 13 Cracker Island, Gorillaz 1
69 18 - 2 Terrasite, Cattle Decapitation 18
70 - - 1 Grass Roots, Leftover Salmon 70
71 61 - 13 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 14
72 74 - 29 Being Funny In A Foreign Language, The 1975 3
73 - - 2 Lucky, Megan Moroney 40
74 57 - 121 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
75 - - 1 God Of War: Ragnarok, Soundtrack 75
76 64 - 287 Diamonds, Elton John 6
77 28 - 2 [m]other, Veil Of Maya 28
78 55 - 9 So Much (For) Stardust, Fall Out Boy 3
79 66 - 7 Hope, NF 1
80 - - 2 Bebe, Bebe Rexha 46
81 56 - 3 NOW That's What I Call Music! Disco, Various Artists 39
82 - - 2 Maps, billy woods And Kenny Segal 24
83 - - 1 I Only See The Moon, The Milk Carton Kids 83
84 58 - 9 The Dark Side Of The Moon: Live At Wembley, London, 1974, Pink Floyd 8
85 88 - 28 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 6
86 78 - 33 Born Pink, BLACKPINK 1
87 60 - 12 Aurora (Soundtrack), Daisy Jones & The Six 9
88 - - 1 Live At Levitation, Thee Oh Sees 88
89 77 - 7 Sing Me A Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation, $uicideBoy$ 18
90 - - 6 Rich White Honky Blues, Hank Williams Jr. 9
91 65 - 4 Bluey: Dance Mode!, Soundtrack 33
92 - - 1 I've Seen A Way, Mandy, Indiana 92
93 50 - 3 ATUM: A Rock Opera In Three Acts, The Smashing Pumpkins 8
94 69 - 53 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 2
95 - - 55 Impera, Ghost 1
96 19 - 2 Not Without My Ghosts, The Amity Affliction 19
97 - - 1 A New Chapter, Vahagn Stepanyan 97
98 - - 1 FAST X, Soundtrack 98
99 73 - 7 Never Enough, Daniel Caesar 9
100 76 - 17 The Mockingbird & The Crow, HARDY 1

[Gary]

Sales

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Walk Around The Moon, Dave Matthews Band 1
2 - - 1 Phantomime (EP), Ghost 2
3 - - 4 SOS, SZA 3
4 - - 1 Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, Lewis Capaldi 4
5 6 - 4 SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
6 - - 1 Take Me Back To Eden, Sleep Token 6
7 - - 1 I Feel (EP), (G)I-DLE 7
8 - - 1 Drastic Symphonies, Def Leppard With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 8
9 5 - 3 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack 3
10 8 - 31 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
11 - - 1 Seven Psalms, Paul Simon 11
12 10 - 3 Unforgiven, LE SSERAFIM 2
13 4 - 3 -, Ed Sheeran 1
14 38 - 8 Portals, Melanie Martinez 1
15 14 - 17 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
16 9 - 5 D-Day, Agust D 1
17 16 - 164 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
18 18 - 11 Ready To Be: 12th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
19 2 - 73 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
20 74 - 129 1989, Taylor Swift 1
21 11 - 12 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
22 - - 1 Mirror To The Sky, Yes 22
23 19 - 148 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
24 23 - 123 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
25 15 - 6 72 Seasons, Metallica 1
26 27 - 26 Maxident, Stray Kids 1
27 - - 1 All The Best: The Hits, Tina Turner 27
28 20 - 330 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
29 34 - 78 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
30 25 - 9 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 2
31 - - 1 Gag Order, Kesha 31
32 31 - 80 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
33 26 - 8 The Record, boygenius 2
34 24 - 444 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
35 42 - 156 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
36 - - 2 Talon Of The Hawk, The Front Bottoms 36
37 32 - 350 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 2
38 28 - 254 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Soundtrack 2
39 - - 1 Now, Graham Nash 39
40 1 - 2 The Album, Jonas Brothers 1
41 - - 1 The Little Mermaid (2023), Soundtrack 41
42 3 - 2 Lauren Daigle, Lauren Daigle 3
43 48 - 76 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
44 - - 1 Live At Stubb's, Khruangbin & Friends 44
45 41 - 488 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
46 45 - 624 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
47 43 - 352 Thriller, Michael Jackson 2
48 69 - 42 Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers 6
49 - - 1 Clear 2: Soft Life Ep, Summer Walker 49
50 44 - 442 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
51 - - 1 Deathwish Blues, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton 51
52 57 - 53 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
53 58 - 505 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
54 59 - 9 FACE (EP), Jimin 1
55 62 - 303 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
56 - - 1 Can You Imagine?, Elevation Worship 56
57 51 - 74 Swimming, Mac Miller 2
58 - - 1 Altitude, Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives 58
59 50 - 360 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
60 36 - 13 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 15
61 56 - 4 First Two Pages Of Frankenstein, The National 3
62 54 - 693 Metallica, Metallica 1
63 53 - 11 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 2
64 61 - 51 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
65 65 - 90 Ctrl, SZA 5
66 49 - 9 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
67 64 - 74 Currents, Tame Impala 5
68 46 - 116 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
69 - - 1 Brandy Clark, Brandy Clark 69
70 - - 2 Tell Me I'm Alive, All Time Low 37
71 29 - 2 The Muppets Mayhem: Music From The Disney+ Original Series (Soundtrack), Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem 29
72 67 - 29 Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
73 - - 31 The Battle At Garden’s Gate, Greta Van Fleet 2
74 60 - 64 ANTI, Rihanna 1
75 66 - 11 Ay-Yo: The 4th Album Repackage, NCT 127 2
76 - - 1 Journey Through Time, Neal Schon Featuring Gregg Rolie, Deen Castrounovo, Marco Mendoza & John Varn 76
77 92 - 21 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 4
78 77 - 109 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
79 90 - 198 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
80 82 - 423 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
81 99 - 3 Playlist: The Very Best Of Foreigner, Foreigner 81
82 - - 1 Heart & Sacrifice, Sweet & Lynch 82
83 - - 2 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Soundtrack), "Weird Al" Yankovic 55
84 73 - 12 Red Moon In Venus, Kali Uchis 3
85 88 - 255 Back In Black, AC/DC 20
86 - - 72 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 5
87 85 - 222 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 13
88 - - 1 Glacial Domination, Frozen Soul 88
89 - - 8 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 81
90 81 - 55 Nirvana, Nirvana 3
91 - - 8 Grace, Jeff Buckley 91
92 79 - 99 Ride The Lightning, Metallica 4
93 - - 462 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
94 75 - 396 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
95 - - 8 MM..Food, MF Doom 11
96 87 - 32 Discovery, Daft Punk 15
97 - - 12 This Is Why, Paramore 1
98 - - 18 Simply The Best, Tina Turner 98
99 84 - 37 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
100 - - 22 Stranger In The Alps, Phoebe Bridgers 7

[Gary]

Vinyl

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 SOS, SZA 1
2 - - 1 Phantomime (EP), Ghost 2
3 - - 1 Walk Around The Moon, Dave Matthews Band 3
4 - - 1 Take Me Back To Eden, Sleep Token 4
5 5 - 31 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
6 - - 1 Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, Lewis Capaldi 6
7 3 - 3 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol.3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack 2
8 - - 74 1989, Taylor Swift 1
9 - - 7 Portals, Melanie Martinez 2
10 1 - 27 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
11 7 - 232 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
12 - - 1 Talon Of The Hawk, The Front Bottoms 12
13 11 - 8 The Record, boygenius 1
14 15 - 59 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
15 20 - 120 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 2
16 13 - 107 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
17 22 - 42 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
18 - - 1 Live At Stubb's, Khruangbin & Friends 18
19 - - 1 Drastic Symphonies, Def Leppard With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 19
20 17 - 312 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
21 - - 24 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
22 9 - 4 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 6
23 18 - 9 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 1
24 16 - 309 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
25 - - 36 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1

[Gary]

Catalog

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 2 - 309 1989, Taylor Swift 1
2 3 - 80 reputation, Taylor Swift 2
3 4 - 130 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
4 6 - 40 Evermore, Taylor Swift 4
5 5 - 68 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
6 7 - 20 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 6
7 12 - 1210 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
8 8 - 467 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
9 - - 1 All The Best: The Hits, Tina Turner 9
10 9 - 875 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
11 10 - 398 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
12 22 - 504 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
13 11 - 150 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 2
14 15 - 226 Ctrl, SZA 1
15 24 - 117 Graduation, Kanye West 7
16 16 - 309 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
17 13 - 8 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
18 14 - 155 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
19 18 - 363 Take Care, Drake 1
20 17 - 396 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
21 19 - 90 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 6
22 23 - 19 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 15
23 21 - 1562 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
24 30 - 22 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 8
25 20 - 154 ANTI, Rihanna 1
26 25 - 210 Views, Drake 4
27 26 - 27 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 15
28 27 - 1400 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
29 31 - 838 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
30 29 - 28 Nirvana, Nirvana 6
31 28 - 143 Blonde, Frank Ocean 2
32 34 - 23 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording 20
33 36 - 615 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
34 38 - 151 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
35 33 - 110 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 9
36 1 - 2 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
37 48 - 110 Stoney, Post Malone 7
38 32 - 542 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 1
39 44 - 326 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 2
40 39 - 3 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 37
41 40 - 129 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 2
42 43 - 4 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 39
43 41 - 467 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
44 37 - 605 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
45 45 - 423 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 1
46 46 - 77 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
47 42 - 24 SoulFly, Rod Wave 21
48 - - 125 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 1
49 - - 60 Over It, Summer Walker 13
50 49 - 83 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 11

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks for posting the charts, Gary.

All the Best: The Hits looks to be the single-disc version of All the Hits. Interesting that it's being tracked separately, as single-disc versions of double-disc compilations often were combined with the double disc.

[iHype.]

Did anyone realize how nonsensical the Catalog Albums chart has gotten?...

How is Chris Stapleton's Traveller (2015) not eligible for the chart?? It hasn't fallen out the top 100 yet, but this is a near decade-old album.

Also Taylor Swift's Evermore (2020) is on Catalog Albums, but Lover (2019) is not, and Lover had fallen out the top 100 multiple times.

Juice WRLD's posthumous Legends Never Die (2020) is on Catalog Albums, but his *pre-death* album Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018) is apparently still a Current release lmao.

[Gary]

Catalog rules are 78 weeks and have fallen out of the top 100

If it never falls out of the top 100 it will never go catalog

[iHype.]

Jun 1, 2023 20:51:32 GMT -5 Gary said:

Catalog rules are 78 weeks and have fallen out of the top 100

If it never falls out of the top 100 it will never go catalog

As said, Lover (2019) has fallen out of the top 100 and isn't on Catalog.

Drake's Scorpion (2018), Post Malone's Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018) also have fallen out of the top 100 in the past year.

Drake's More Life (2017) is out of the top 100 as of this week and yet is not on Catalog Albums.

So no, this chart is not based on anything logical or factual at this point.

[Gary]

As you wish

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lewis-capaldi-broken-top-10-billboard-album-sales-chart-1235344590/

Lewis Capaldi’s ‘Broken’ Bows In Top 10 Billboard’s Album Sales Chart
By Keith Caulfield
06/1/2023

Plus: Dave Matthews Band, Ghost, Sleep Token, (G)I-DLE and Def Leppard debut in top 10, while SZA's "SOS" surges after physical release.

Lewis Capaldi claims his first top 10-charting effort on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated June 3) as his second studio album, Broken By Desire to Be Heavenly Sent, debuts at No. 4 with his best sales week ever — 20,000 copies sold in the United States in the week ending May 25, according to Luminate.

Capaldi’s first studio album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, saw its largest sales week in its opening frame, when it sold about 3,500 copies (bowing and peaking at No. 26 on the June 1, 2019-dated chart).

Also in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, Dave Matthews Band notches its eighth No. 1 with the chart-topping bow of Walk Around the Moon, Ghost’s five-song covers set Phantomime enters at No. 2, SZA’s SOS re-enters at No. 3 after its physical release on CD and vinyl, Sleep Token’s Take Me Back to Eden bows at No. 6, (G)I-DLE’s I Feel starts at No. 7 and Def Leppard’s Drastic Symphonies, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, rocks in at No. 8.

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.

Of Broken By Desire…’s 20,000 sold, physical sales comprise 15,000 (8,000 on CD, 7,000 on vinyl) and digital download sales comprise 5,000. The set’s first-week sales were supported by its availability across multiple vinyl LPs (including exclusive color variants for Target, independent record stores, Spotify and the artist’s official webstore; as well as a signed vinyl sold through the artist’s webstore), four CD editions (including a Target-exclusive with two bonus tracks, a signed edition sold in his webstore and an Amazon-exclusive variant with an alternative cover), and an iTunes Store-exclusive digital album with two bonus tracks.

Dave Matthews Band’s Walk Around the Moon lands at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, marking the eighth chart-topper for the group. It launches with 40,000 copies sold. The album’s sales were bolstered by its availability across multiple vinyl variants, including exclusive color variants for the band’s fan club, Barnes & Noble, independent record stores and Target.

Ghost’s five-song covers project Phantomime bows at No. 3 on Top Album Sales with 34,000 copies sold, supported by its availability across multiple vinyl variants (resulting in 16,500 copies sold on the format – the week’s second-largest selling album on vinyl).

SZA’s SOS, released in December, re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 3 – its first week in the top 10 – following the set’s debut on physical formats (CD and vinyl). It surges back onto the chart with 29,000 copies sold across all of its retail formats. The bulk of that figure comprises vinyl LPs – with 25,000 copies sold on vinyl, marking the largest sales week on vinyl in 2023 for an R&B/hip-hop album. It debuts at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart.

SEVENTEEN’s former No. 1 SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML rises 6-5 with a little over 16,000 copies sold (up 2%).

Sleep Token’s Take Me Back to Eden debuts at No. 6 with 16,000.

(G)I-DLE’s I Feel bows at No. 7 with 16,000, while

Def Leppard’s Drastic Symphonies, with the Philharmonic Orchestra, starts at No. 8 with 15,000 sold.

The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol. 3 soundtrack falls 5-9 with 12,000 (down 37%) and

Taylor Swift’s chart-topping Midnights dips 8-10 with 12,000 (down 5%).

In the week ending May 25, there were 1.795 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 1% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.436 million (down 0.8%) and digital albums comprised 359,000 (up 8.6%).

There were 625,000 CD albums sold in the week ending May 25 (up 0.9% week-over-week) and 799,000 vinyl albums sold (down 2.2%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 13.918 million (up 4.3% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 19.588 million (up 25.8%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 41.127 million (up 9.3% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 33.726 million (up 15.8%) and digital album sales total 7.402 million (down 12.8%).

[WolfSpear]

I think the Catalog chart should be 78 weeks regardless if its below or above 100; that would easily eliminate those oddities.

[iHype.]

Jun 2, 2023 11:20:52 GMT -5 WolfSpear said:

I think the Catalog chart should be 78 weeks regardless if its below or above 100; that would easily eliminate those oddities.

I think Catalog to begin with should be changed to 24 months minimum instead of 18 months since everything burns so slowly and can peak so late in the streaming ecosystem nowadays.

A more appropriate classification for Catalog Albums today imo would be any album becomes Catalog once it is at 24 months + no longer has a song charting on Hot 100 (or high on any genre chart).

If an album still has individual songs charting every week at 2 years old, then in that instance it would make sense to still be considered a 'Current' album/era for the artist and label. However these albums from literally last decade that haven't had a song chart in years are obviously Catalog at this point, regardless of if they continue to chart high every week.

[Gary]

The Current albums was the BB200 through 2009
Catalog rules were created and revised accordingly for that era.

The rules that I remember (78 and 100) were in place for that era. since they kept both charts, not sure what it is now

[HolidayGuy]

I noted prior that the catalog chart is a meh one has been a meh one to follow since late 2009. With catalog titles taking up decent space on the Billboard 200, it's not as interesting to track as it once was.