Billboard 200 - 6/10/23- Taylor Swift

[Gary]

Taylor Swift vs. Morgan Wallen: Will the Biggest Album of Late 2022 Dethrone the Biggest Album of Early 2023?
In this week's The Contenders, Midnights striking again may present the greatest threat yet to One Thing at a Time's continued reign.


BY ANDREW UNTERBERGER


The 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 11), Morgan Wallen’s 12-week No. 1 faces formidable challenges from a deluxified Taylor Swift blockbuster and a new Lil Durk album.

Taylor Swift, Midnights (Republic): Remember this one? It’s not as though Taylor Swift’s massive Midnights has ever fallen far from the top spot after its seismic, 1.57 million-unit-moving debut week last October – as recently as the chart dated May 27, it was perched in the runner-up spot. But next week, it may have its best chance yet at getting back to No. 1 since it ceded the Billboard 200‘s top spot to Metro Boomin’s Heroes and Villains set last December.

That’s for several reasons, including new physical and digital re-issues of Midnights that came out last Friday (May 26). For vinyl enthusiasts, she debuted the new Love Potion purple marble variant of Midnights, which is available in independent stores (and was also briefly for preorder sale on her webstore earlier in the week). Fans more comfortable with DSPs and MP3s can get the Til Dawn edition of Midnights, which includes three bonus tracks: another version of the original album’s Lana Del Rey-featuring “Snow on the Beach” (this time with more Lana), a remix of “Karma” featuring buzzy rapper Ice Spice and “Hits Different,” previously available only on the Target-exclusive physical edition of Midnights.

If all that isn’t enough, there’s also Midnights (The Late Night Edition) — which was also very briefly for sale as a digital download on Swift’s webstore, as well as in CD form at her three live shows at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium over the weekend. This version also includes the new takes on “Snow” and “Karma,” and an original bonus cut, “You’re Losing Me,” which is not yet available for streaming. Between all these new editions of Midnights – already one of the best-performing albums of the 2020s — the clock may finally be ticking for Morgan Wallen’s continuous run at No. 1 with One Thing at a Time.

Lil Durk, Almost Healed (Only the Family/Alamo/Sony): If not for Midnights re-entering the discussion, we’d likely be talking about the latest album from hip-hop superstar Lil Durk as having the best chance of unseating One Thing at No. 1. The Chicago rapper’s Almost Healed is his first LP since last year’s 7220, which brought him to the top of the Billboard 200 for the first time as an unaccompanied solo artist.

Durk is also riding his biggest Billboard Hot 100 success to date as a lead artist, with Almost Healed’s J. Cole-featuring advance single “All My Life” debuting at No. 2 on the Hot 100 last week. Beyond Cole, the 21-track set also features a wide variety of big-name guests, including Future, 21 Savage, Alicia Keys, Kodak Black, the late Juice WRLD – and even Wallen himself, who teams up again with his old “Broadway Girls” co-star for this album’s “Stand by Me.”

IN THE MIX

Kodak Black, Pistolz & Pearlz (Atlantic/Sniper Gang): Speaking of Kodak Black: The Florida rapper is also back, with his own follow-up to a smash 2022 LP (the “Super Gremlin”-featuring Back for Everything) in new set Pistolz & Pearlz. The new album, which has no A-list features and also lacks a physical release (or a lead single on the level of the top five-peaking Hot 100 hit “Gremlin”) may be Kodak’s final one for Atlantic — with the chart-topping rapper inking a new deal in 2022 to move to Capitol after his contract was done.

Matchbox Twenty, Where the Light Goes (Atlantic): The last time we heard from turn-of-the-century pop/rock superstars Matchbox Twenty, in 2012, they were topping the Billboard 200 with the band’s fourth album, North. A lot has changed about the industry and about the top 40 landscape since, but the group returns this year with fifth album Where the Light Goes and is offering multiple vinyl variants with alternate cover art (as well as cassette, CD and digital releases) for the album, to hopefully still put up a first-week number worthy of the group’s best-selling ‘00s days.

Tina Turner, All the Best: The Hits (Parlophone): Tina Turner’s death last week at age 83 sent the music industry into mourning, and fans to DSPs and online retailers to consume the legendary performer’s classic catalog. The set of hers that has received the bulk of the attention so far is her 2004 compilation All the Best, which assembles 18 of her signature hits, with most of the focus on her ‘80s and ‘90s solo material. The collection debuts at No. 45 on the Billboard 200 this week and will likely climb even higher in the first full week following her passing.

[Gary]

Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ Jumps Back to No. 1 on Billboard 200 After Release of Deluxe Editions
Plus: Lil Durk's "Almost Heated" debuts at No. 3.


By Keith Caulfield

06/4/2023


Taylor Swift’s Midnights jumps back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated June 10), for a sixth nonconsecutive week atop the list. The set bumps 3-1 after the May 26 release of two deluxe editions of the album, along with a new color vinyl variant of the original standard album.

Midnights earned 282,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending June 1 (up 389%), according to Luminate – the second-largest week of 2023 for any album. Only the debut frame of Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time posted a bigger week this year, when it launched at No. 1 with 501,000 (chart dated March 18).


Midnights debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Nov. 5, 2022, and spent its first two weeks at No. 1. It then notched three further weeks at No. 1 on the charts dated Nov. 26-Dec. 10, 2022. The album has never left the top 10 in its 32 weeks on the chart.

Midnights’ return to No. 1 halts the chart-topping run of Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time, which falls to No. 2 after spending its first 12 weeks at No. 1 – the most weeks atop the chart for a country album in over 30 years. (Country albums are those that have charted on, or are eligible for, Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.)

Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 chart, rapper Lil Durk score his sixth top 10, as Almost Heated starts at No. 3.

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 10, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on June 6. For all chart news, follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Midnights’ 282,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June 1, album sales comprise 196,000 (up 1,529% — the largest sales week for any album in 2023 and the biggest since Midnights itself debuted with 1.114 million sold on the Nov. 5-dated chart), SEA units comprise 80,000 (up 79%, equaling 107.6 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 6,000 (down 30%) and TEA units comprise 6,000 (up 618%).

Midnights had an array of drivers assisting its return to No. 1 on the Billboard 200. On May 26, Swift released a new deluxe edition of Midnights, dubbed The Til Dawn Edition, through digital retailers, Swift’s webstore and streaming services. The 23-track set includes the original standard album’s 13 tracks, plus the seven bonus tracks from the earlier-released Midnights (The 3am Edition; originally released on Oct. 21, 2022, shortly after the standard album), and three bonus tracks: “Hits Different,” which was previously only on the Target-exclusive CD edition of the standard edition of Midnights; a new version of the standard album’s “Snow on the Beach,” featuring Lana Del Rey, and a remix of the standard set’s “Karma,” adding Ice Spice as a featured artist.

The “Karma” remix, alongside its official music video, also premiered across streamers and digital retailers as a single on May 26. Swift and Ice Spice gave the first live performance of the track at Swift’s May 26 The Eras Tour concert at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

In addition to the Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition), on May 26 Swift introduced a further iteration of the album, named Midnights (The Late Night Edition). The 21-track set contains the original standard album’s 13 tracks, plus five of the seven bonus tracks from The 3am Edition and three bonus tracks: the previously noted new versions of “Snow on the Beach” and “Karma,” along with a previously unreleased track titled “You’re Losing Me (From the Vault).” The Late Night Edition version of the album is available only as a CD sold at merch stands at Swift’s The Eras Tour stops (having started on May 26) for $10 and was briefly sold through Swift’s webstore (for 24 hours only) as a digital download album for $5.99 (from 8 p.m. ET on May 26 to 8 p.m. ET on May 27). “You’re Losing Me” is exclusive to The Late Night edition of the album and is not available to stream anywhere officially, nor sold as a stand-alone track.

There is no word on when, or if, The Late Night Edition will be widely released, nor if “You’re Losing Me” will be released a la carte.

Beyond the above drivers, the standard Midnights vinyl album was reissued in a color variant on May 26. The day, the Love Potion purple marble color variant of Midnights was available in select independent record stores, after being previously sold in a short pre-order window through Swift’s webstore (with orders shipping out starting May 26).

Wallen’s One Thing at a Time surrenders the No. 1 slot after spending its first 12 weeks at No. 1, as the album dips to No. 2 with 126,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%).

Lil Durk notches his sixth top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as Almost Heated debuts at No. 3 with 125,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 122,000 (equaling 167.82 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 2,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000. Notably, the 125,000-unit start marks Durk’s best week, outside of his collaborative set with Lil Baby, which bowed at No. 1 with 150,000 (June 19, 2021, chart).

A trio of former No. 1s is next on the Billboard 200, as SZA’s SOS dips 2-4 (55,000 equivalent album units earned; down 29%), Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album falls 4-5 (48,000; up 2%) and Swift’s Lover is a non-mover at No. 6 (38,000; down 1%). Luke Combs’ Gettin’ Old rises one rung to No. 7 with 33,000 (down 4%).

Bad Bunny’s chart-topping Un Verano Sin Ti climbs one spot to No. 8 (nearly 33,000 equivalent album units; down 3%), Zach Bryan’s American Heartbreak bumps 10-9 (31,000; down 1%) and Bailey Zimmerman’s Religiously. The Album. climbs back to the top 10, up 11-10 (30,000; down 4%).

As the top 10 contains Wallen’s two albums (One Thing at a Time and Dangerous at Nos. 2 and 5), Combs’ Gettin’ Old (No. 7), Bryan’s American Heartbreak (No. 9) and Zimmerman’s Religiously. The Album. (No. 10), there are five country albums in the top 10 for the first time in nearly a decade. The chart last had at least five country sets in the top 10 on the Oct. 5, 2013-dated list. That week, Justin Moore’s Off the Beaten Path debuted at No. 2, Chris Young’s A.M. launched at No. 3, Luke Bryan’s former leader Crash My Party fell 4-6, Keith Urban’s Fuse fell 1-8 and Billy Currington’s We Are Tonight debuted at No. 10.

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

[Gary]

1. Taylor Swift 282,000 (sales 196,000)
2. Morgan Wallen 126,000
3. Lil Durk 125,000 (sales 2000)
4. SZA 55,000
5. Morgan Wallen 48,000
6. Taylor Swift 38,000
7. Luke Combs 33,000
8. Bad Bunny 33,000
9. Zach Bryan 31,000
10. Bailey Zimmerman 30,000


first time since 10/5/13 there are 5 country albums in the top 10 (Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryn, Luke Combs, Bailey Zimmerman)

[xtynaaguilera99]

The funniest thing about Lover’s resurgence is how the narrative around this album has completely changed since its year of release.
At the time it surely was a commercial success - it turned around to be the third biggest selling album of 2019, behind Billie Eilish and Post Malone - but it was seen as a representation of Taylor’s last glory days before an eventual and physiological decline in popularity.
Nowadays Lover has cemented its place as a classic album of Mrs. Swift, with her being at an all-time high in terms of popularity and respectability and coming off of a HUGE tour which celebrates her legacy and cements her as the biggest popstar of her generation and one of the most successful acts of all time.
And even the growing success that Cruel Summer is getting represents a sort of redemption arc for Taylor’s poor single choices at the time of Lover’s promotional campaign.

Wow. I hope evermore gets this treatment someday…

[Gary]

Weeks in the toop 10

top 10 ARTIST
122 MORGAN WALLEN
51 BAD BUNNY
32 TAYLOR SWIFT
25 SZA
25 TAYLOR SWIFT
16 ZACH BRYAN
13 MORGAN WALLEN
9 LUKE COMBS
2 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN

[Gary]

Next week - Bad Bunny's album will be the 40th to spend a year in the top 10

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[Gary]

Billboard 200

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 3 - 32 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 1 - 13 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
3 - - 1 Almost Healed, Lil Durk 3
4 2 - 25 SOS, SZA 1
5 4 - 125 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
6 6 - 197 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
7 8 - 10 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
8 9 - 56 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 1
9 10 - 54 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 5
10 11 - 3 Religiously. The Album., Bailey Zimmerman 7
11 12 - 442 1989, Taylor Swift 1
12 13 - 26 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 1
13 15 - 149 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
14 17 - 14 Manana Sera Bonito, Karol G 1
15 20 - 120 The Highlights, The Weeknd 2
16 18 - 30 Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage 1
17 21 - 5 Desvelado, Eslabon Armado 6
18 22 - 245 reputation, Taylor Swift 1
19 - - 1 Pistolz & Pearlz, Kodak Black 19
20 24 - 81 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
21 193 - 2 The Little Mermaid (2023), Soundtrack 21
22 25 - 44 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
23 32 - 290 Diamonds, Elton John 7
24 28 - 170 My Turn, Lil Baby 1
25 29 - 291 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
26 19 - 3 Richest Opp, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 4
27 43 - 531 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
28 38 - 313 This One's For You, Luke Combs 4
29 30 - 54 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
30 42 - 244 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 10
31 40 - 644 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 18
32 23 - 4 -, Ed Sheeran 2
33 46 - 545 Greatest Hits, Queen 8
34 31 - 33 It's Only Me, Lil Baby 1
35 33 - 129 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
36 35 - 195 Hollywood's Bleeding, Post Malone 1
37 34 - 12 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 3
38 36 - 91 Certified Lover Boy, Drake 1
39 39 - 99 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
40 27 - 263 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 4
41 48 - 553 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
42 49 - 634 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
43 50 - 57 I Never Liked You, Future 1
44 52 - 186 What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs 1
45 37 - 182 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
46 45 - 2 All The Best: The Hits, Tina Turner 45
47 51 - 320 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 1
48 53 - 106 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
49 59 - 486 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
50 56 - 278 Graduation, Kanye West 1
51 55 - 312 Ctrl, SZA 3
52 64 - 19 The Mockingbird & The Crow, HARDY 4
53 - - 1 Where The Light Goes, matchbox twenty 53
54 57 - 443 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 1
55 69 - 785 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
56 60 - 257 Scorpion, Drake 1
57 73 - 15 Bluebird Days, Jordan Davis 19
58 72 - 403 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
59 58 - 87 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
60 68 - 141 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
61 47 - 9 Portals, Melanie Martinez 2
62 61 - 535 Take Care, Drake 1
63 62 - 477 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 3
64 44 - 5 SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML (EP), SEVENTEEN 2
65 63 - 190 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
66 65 - 4 Unforgiven, LE SSERAFIM 6
67 89 - 516 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 2
68 74 - 49 Growin' Up, Luke Combs 2
69 78 - 764 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 10
70 67 - 64 7220, Lil Durk 1
71 80 - 165 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 3
72 75 - 368 Views, Drake 1
73 16 - 2 Take Me Back To Eden, Sleep Token 16
74 71 - 370 ANTI, Rihanna 1
75 77 - 252 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 1
76 76 - 104 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 1
77 140 - 127 Meteora, Linkin Park 1
78 109 - 222 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 56
79 102 - 627 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
80 99 - 133 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 3
81 132 - 365 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 20
82 93 - 38 Different Man, Kane Brown 5
83 90 - 83 =, Ed Sheeran 1
84 87 - 101 Planet Her, Doja Cat 2
85 81 - 47 Wasteland, Brent Faiyaz 2
86 103 - 28 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 51
87 83 - 22 Pa Que Hablen.: I., Fuerza Regida 60
88 104 - 239 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
89 85 - 266 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 1
90 158 - 151 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 89
91 97 - 21 Rave & Roses, Rema 81
92 - - 1 Six Jewels 23, Yng Lvcas 92
93 66 - 6 Don't Try This At Home, YoungBoy Never Broke Again 5
94 70 - 152 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 1
95 95 - 401 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast 2
96 105 - 324 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 1
97 86 - 13 Red Moon In Venus, Kali Uchis 4
98 94 - 332 Blonde, Frank Ocean 1
99 118 - 326 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
100 101 - 307 More Life, Drake 1
101 113 - 431 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 31
102 98 - 5 Nate Smith, Nate Smith 30
103 127 - 475 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
104 108 - 276 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 25
105 - - 1 Petals To Thorns, d4vd 105
106 122 - 216 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters 11
107 84 - 4 Lucky, Megan Moroney 38
108 - - 621 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
109 82 - 4 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack 15
110 110 - 90 The Melodic Blue, Baby Keem 5
111 115 - 181 Fine Line, Harry Styles 1
112 116 - 576 Thriller, Michael Jackson 1
113 135 - 10 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 3
114 133 - 151 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
115 141 - 112 Greatest Hits, Pitbull 108
116 111 - 321 T R A P S O U L, Bryson Tiller 8
117 96 - 8 Hope, NF 2
118 117 - 626 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
119 112 - 151 Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD 1
120 134 - 18 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
121 121 - 55 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 1
122 107 - 338 Stoney, Post Malone 4
123 120 - 19 Like..? (EP), Ice Spice 15
124 196 - 324 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys 16
125 126 - 140 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1, Nickelback 21
126 137 - 317 The Fame, Lady Gaga 2
127 - - 39 Curtain Call 2, Eminem 6
128 123 - 301 Luv Is Rage 2, Lil Uzi Vert 1
129 119 - 114 SoulFly, Rod Wave 1
130 156 - 301 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection, Bon Jovi 5
131 125 - 191 Over It, Summer Walker 2
132 136 - 253 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
133 159 - 197 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates 34
134 152 - 110 Currents, Tame Impala 4
135 26 - 2 Clear 2: Soft Life Ep, Summer Walker 26
136 145 - 128 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
137 177 - 409 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles 1
138 128 - 37 Queen Radio: Volume 1, Nicki Minaj 10
139 149 - 27 Stick Season, Noah Kahan 14
140 139 - 161 Indigo, Chris Brown 1
141 162 - 292 The Essential Billy Joel, Billy Joel 15
142 143 - 50 Honestly, Nevermind, Drake 1
143 130 - 228 Swimming, Mac Miller 3
144 129 - 221 Death Race For Love, Juice WRLD 1
145 - - 122 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith 2
146 147 - 175 Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent 1
147 124 - 7 Cottonwood 2, NLE Choppa 21
148 114 - 16 Tyler Hubbard, Tyler Hubbard 40
149 138 - 170 YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny 2
150 181 - 39 Stereotype, Cole Swindell 48
151 148 - 218 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish 1
152 184 - 238 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw 27
153 163 - 246 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 14
154 142 - 52 Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone 2
155 173 - 197 California Sunrise, Jon Pardi 11
156 169 - 570 Back In Black, AC/DC 4
157 150 - 149 F*ck Love, The Kid LAROI 1
158 155 - 67 All I Want Is You, Miguel 37
159 189 - 197 Sublime, Sublime 13
160 161 - 329 Moana, Soundtrack 2
161 164 - 46 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 7
162 144 - 42 Beautiful Mind, Rod Wave 1
163 - - 410 Hot Rocks 1964-1971, The Rolling Stones 4
164 157 - 36 This Is What ____ Feels Like (Vol.1-4), JVKE 40
165 151 - 73 DS4EVER, Gunna 1
166 154 - 96 Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish 1
167 41 - 2 I Feel (EP), (G)I-DLE 41
168 146 - 268 Hozier, Hozier 2
169 - - 11 Ballads Of The Broken, Jelly Roll 159
170 174 - 156 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley 1
171 88 - 3 The Album, Jonas Brothers 3
172 166 - 296 Evolve, Imagine Dragons 2
173 160 - 78 Who Is Nardo Wick?, Nardo Wick 16
174 191 - 169 Confessions, Usher 1
175 183 - 56 Human: The Double Album, Cody Johnson 19
176 179 - 280 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi 4
177 182 - 714 Metallica, Metallica 1
178 - - 11 Summertime Blues, Zach Bryan 34
179 188 - 470 Nothing Was The Same, Drake 1
180 - - 3 Elisabeth, Zach Bryan 180
181 176 - 271 ?, XXXTENTACION 1
182 186 - 216 Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne 1
183 - - 112 Justice, Justin Bieber 1
184 170 - 120 Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti 1
185 175 - 164 Pray 4 Love, Rod Wave 2
186 - - 227 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre 2
187 200 - 3 Don't Stop The Magic, Grupo Marca Registrada 187
188 199 - 103 I Am > I Was, 21 Savage 1
189 171 - 157 The GOAT, Polo G 2
190 198 - 77 Mercury - Act 1, Imagine Dragons 9
191 190 - 566 21, Adele 1
192 168 - 204 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, Lewis Capaldi 20
193 14 - 2 Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, Lewis Capaldi 14
194 180 - 226 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West 1
195 172 - 227 DS2, Future 1
196 - - 28 Saturno, Rauw Alejandro 25
197 - - 274 17, XXXTENTACION 2
198 194 - 14 Love Sick, Don Toliver 8
199 185 - 44 Danado, Ivan Cornejo 28
200 - - 538 1, The Beatles 1

[Gary]

Current

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 10 - 32 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 1 Where The Light Goes, matchbox twenty 2
3 5 - 5 SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
4 9 - 5 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack 3
5 3 - 6 SOS, SZA 3
6 30 - 2 The Little Mermaid (2023), Soundtrack 6
7 12 - 4 Unforgiven, LE SSERAFIM 2
8 15 - 18 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
9 13 - 4 -, Ed Sheeran 1
10 7 - 2 I Feel (EP), (G)I-DLE 7
11 21 - 148 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
12 18 - 12 Ready To Be: 12th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
13 14 - 9 Portals, Melanie Martinez 1
14 2 - 2 Phantomime (EP), Ghost 2
15 19 - 13 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
16 16 - 6 D-Day, Agust D 1
17 23 - 34 Maxident, Stray Kids 1
18 24 - 10 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 2
19 - - 1 Congregation Of Annihilation, Metal Church 19
20 22 - 7 72 Seasons, Metallica 1
21 26 - 80 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
22 6 - 2 Take Me Back To Eden, Sleep Token 6
23 1 - 2 Walk Around The Moon, Dave Matthews Band 1
24 - - 1 Disposable Everything, AJJ 24
25 36 - 10 FACE (EP), Jimin 1
26 27 - 9 The Record, boygenius 2
27 11 - 2 Seven Psalms, Paul Simon 11
28 39 - 29 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 14
29 - - 1 The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte, Sparks 29
30 8 - 2 Drastic Symphonies, Def Leppard With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 8
31 - - 1 War Against All, Immortal 31
32 - - 1 Change The Way You Think About Pain, Incendiary 32
33 - - 1 My Soft Machine, Arlo Parks 33
34 - - 1 Almost Healed, Lil Durk 34
35 - - 1 Pistolz & Pearlz, Kodak Black 35
36 42 - 10 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
37 35 - 54 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
38 31 - 3 Lauren Daigle, Lauren Daigle 2
39 46 - 39 Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
40 4 - 2 Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, Lewis Capaldi 4
41 47 - 13 Ay-Yo: The 4th Album Repackage, NCT 127 2
42 41 - 12 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 2
43 45 - 3 The Muppets Mayhem: Music From The Disney+ Original Series (Soundtrack), Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem 23
44 29 - 3 The Album, Jonas Brothers 1
45 - - 1 ICYMI, EDEN 45
46 49 - 30 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 3
47 40 - 5 First Two Pages Of Frankenstein, The National 3
48 52 - 13 Red Moon In Venus, Kali Uchis 3
49 59 - 105 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
50 - - 1 Horns For A Halo, Elegant Weapons 50
51 55 - 406 Traveller, Chris Stapleton 1
52 68 - 14 Cracker Island, Gorillaz 1
53 54 - 78 Goodbye & Good Riddance, Juice WRLD 35
54 - - 2 Live At Bush Hall, Black Country, New Road 54
55 20 - 2 Mirror To The Sky, Yes 20
56 71 - 14 Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin 14
57 57 - 44 Renaissance, Beyonce 1
58 56 - 16 This Is Why, Paramore 1
59 58 - 7 Smithereens, Joji 2
60 78 - 10 So Much (For) Stardust, Fall Out Boy 3
61 64 - 15 Trustfall, P!nk 1
62 63 - 4 NOW 86, Various Artists 20
63 89 - 8 Sing Me A Lullaby, My Sweet Temptation, $uicideBoy$ 18
64 60 - 3 Religiously. The Album., Bailey Zimmerman 12
65 85 - 29 Gemini Rights, Steve Lacy 6
66 76 - 288 Diamonds, Elton John 6
67 84 - 10 The Dark Side Of The Moon: Live At Wembley, London, 1974, Pink Floyd 8
68 81 - 4 NOW That's What I Call Music! Disco, Various Artists 39
69 79 - 8 Hope, NF 1
70 87 - 13 Aurora (Soundtrack), Daisy Jones & The Six 9
71 - - 1 Freak Of Nature, Heart Attack Man 71
72 74 - 122 Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen 1
73 82 - 3 Maps, billy woods And Kenny Segal 24
74 94 - 54 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar 2
75 86 - 34 Born Pink, BLACKPINK 1
76 100 - 18 The Mockingbird & The Crow, HARDY 1
77 - - 4 Intellectual Property, Waterparks 2
78 72 - 30 Being Funny In A Foreign Language, The 1975 3
79 - - 14 Linger Awhile, Samara Joy 5
80 25 - 2 Gag Order, Kesha 25
81 - - 1 To Learn, Leith Ross 81
82 95 - 56 Impera, Ghost 1
83 38 - 2 Altitude, Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives 38
84 37 - 2 Can You Imagine?, Elevation Worship 37
85 34 - 2 Deathwish Blues, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton 34
86 32 - 2 Live At Stubb's, Khruangbin & Friends 32
87 66 - 2 The Beautiful Letdown (Our Version), Switchfoot 66
88 - - 49 =, Ed Sheeran 1
89 - - 9 Memento Mori, Depeche Mode 5
90 - - 40 Special, Lizzo 1
91 - - 1 Based On A Feeling, Sabrina Claudio 91
92 - - 3 NOW That's What I Call Proud, Various Artists 72
93 - - 17 Melt My Eyez See Your Future, Denzel Curry 2
94 69 - 3 Terrasite, Cattle Decapitation 18
95 61 - 4 Become (EP), Beach House 19
96 - - 1 Home Again, Carole King 96
97 48 - 2 Journey Through Time, Neal Schon Featuring Gregg Rolie, Deen Castrounovo, Marco Mendoza & John Varn 48
98 - - 23 Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection, Dolly Parton 6
99 - - 26 The Essential Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters 7
100 73 - 3 Lucky, Megan Moroney 40

[Gary]

Sales


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 10 - 32 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 1 Where The Light Goes, matchbox twenty 2
3 5 - 5 SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML (EP), SEVENTEEN 1
4 9 - 4 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack 3
5 3 - 5 SOS, SZA 3
6 41 - 2 The Little Mermaid (2023), Soundtrack 6
7 12 - 4 Unforgiven, LE SSERAFIM 2
8 15 - 18 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP), TOMORROW X TOGETHER 1
9 13 - 4 -, Ed Sheeran 1
10 7 - 2 I Feel (EP), (G)I-DLE 7
11 23 - 149 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
12 17 - 165 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
13 18 - 12 Ready To Be: 12th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
14 14 - 9 Portals, Melanie Martinez 1
15 2 - 2 Phantomime (EP), Ghost 2
16 21 - 13 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen 1
17 16 - 6 D-Day, Agust D 1
18 26 - 27 Maxident, Stray Kids 1
19 24 - 124 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
20 - - 2 Historian, Lucy Dacus 20
21 30 - 10 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 2
22 28 - 331 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
23 20 - 130 1989, Taylor Swift 1
24 - - 1 Congregation Of Annihilation, Metal Church 24
25 25 - 7 72 Seasons, Metallica 1
26 32 - 81 Red (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
27 35 - 157 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 1
28 29 - 79 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
29 37 - 351 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 2
30 43 - 77 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 2
31 6 - 2 Take Me Back To Eden, Sleep Token 6
32 1 - 2 Walk Around The Moon, Dave Matthews Band 1
33 34 - 445 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
34 - - 1 Disposable Everything, AJJ 34
35 54 - 10 FACE (EP), Jimin 1
36 - - 1 True Romance, Charli XCX 36
37 33 - 9 The Record, boygenius 2
38 38 - 255 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, Soundtrack 2
39 45 - 489 Greatest Hits, Queen 3
40 50 - 443 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 10
41 11 - 2 Seven Psalms, Paul Simon 11
42 27 - 2 All The Best: The Hits, Tina Turner 27
43 - - 1 Guitar Romantic, The Exploding Hearts 43
44 53 - 506 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 10
45 60 - 14 Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson 15
46 55 - 304 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
47 - - 1 Countdown To Ecstasy, Steely Dan 47
48 - - 1 The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte, Sparks 48
49 46 - 625 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 5
50 19 - 74 Random Access Memories, Daft Punk 1
51 47 - 353 Thriller, Michael Jackson 2
52 64 - 52 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
53 67 - 75 Currents, Tame Impala 5
54 48 - 43 Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers 6
55 8 - 2 Drastic Symphonies, Def Leppard With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 8
56 65 - 91 Ctrl, SZA 5
57 62 - 694 Metallica, Metallica 1
58 - - 1 War Against All, Immortal 58
59 - - 16 Lonerism, Tame Impala 34
60 59 - 361 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 6
61 - - 1 Change The Way You Think About Pain, Incendiary 61
62 68 - 117 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7, BTS 1
63 - - 1 My Soft Machine, Arlo Parks 63
64 57 - 75 Swimming, Mac Miller 2
65 - - 1 Almost Healed, Lil Durk 65
66 - - 1 Pistolz & Pearlz, Kodak Black 66
67 - - 69 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots 1
68 66 - 10 Gettin' Old, Luke Combs 4
69 52 - 54 Harry's House, Harry Styles 1
70 42 - 3 Lauren Daigle, Lauren Daigle 3
71 79 - 199 AM, Arctic Monkeys 6
72 72 - 30 Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album (EP), TWICE 1
73 4 - 2 Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, Lewis Capaldi 4
74 78 - 110 To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 1
75 80 - 424 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 8
76 - - 2 The Cars, The Cars 76
77 75 - 12 Ay-Yo: The 4th Album Repackage, NCT 127 2
78 85 - 256 Back In Black, AC/DC 20
79 63 - 12 Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus 2
80 71 - 3 The Muppets Mayhem: Music From The Disney+ Original Series (Soundtrack), Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem 29
81 40 - 3 The Album, Jonas Brothers 1
82 - - 1 ICYMI, EDEN 82
83 - - 142 The Sound Of Madness, Shinedown 8
84 - - 1 Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane 84
85 - - 70 No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls, Simple Plan 35
86 77 - 22 American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan 4
87 86 - 73 Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez 5
88 61 - 5 First Two Pages Of Frankenstein, The National 3
89 74 - 65 ANTI, Rihanna 1
90 84 - 13 Red Moon In Venus, Kali Uchis 3
91 100 - 23 Stranger In The Alps, Phoebe Bridgers 7
92 95 - 9 MM..Food, MF Doom 11
93 - - 491 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 3
94 93 - 463 Nevermind, Nirvana 1
95 87 - 223 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac 13
96 90 - 56 Nirvana, Nirvana 3
97 - - 95 Siamese Dream, The Smashing Pumpkins 10
98 92 - 100 Ride The Lightning, Metallica 4
99 - - 100 Sour, Olivia Rodrigo 1
100 - - 1 Horns For A Halo, Elegant Weapons 100

[Gary]

Vinyl


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 5 - 32 Midnights, Taylor Swift 1
2 1 - 2 SOS, SZA 1
3 - - 1 The Little Mermaid (2023), Soundtrack 3
4 - - 1 Historian, Lucy Dacus 4
5 7 - 4 Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol.3: Awesome Mix Vol.3, Soundtrack 2
6 16 - 108 Folklore, Taylor Swift 1
7 11 - 233 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 1
8 8 - 75 1989, Taylor Swift 1
9 15 - 121 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 2
10 - - 34 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 3
11 - - 1 True Romance, Charli XCX 11
12 17 - 43 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
13 14 - 60 Evermore, Taylor Swift 1
14 23 - 10 Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey 1
15 20 - 313 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
16 13 - 9 The Record, boygenius 1
17 21 - 25 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 1
18 - - 1 Guitar Romantic, The Exploding Hearts 18
19 9 - 8 Portals, Melanie Martinez 2
20 24 - 310 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack 1
21 - - 1 Countdown To Ecstacy, Steely Dan 21
22 2 - 2 Phantomime (EP), Ghost 2
23 - - 42 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
24 - - 198 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
25 - - 1 Where The Light Goes, matchbox twenty 25

[Gary]

Catalog


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Lover, Taylor Swift 1
2 1 - 310 1989, Taylor Swift 1
3 2 - 81 reputation, Taylor Swift 2
4 3 - 131 Starboy, The Weeknd 1
5 8 - 468 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 1
6 - - 1 If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen 6
7 7 - 1211 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival 1
8 10 - 876 Greatest Hits, Queen 1
9 4 - 41 Evermore, Taylor Swift 4
10 6 - 21 Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor Swift 6
11 11 - 399 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 1
12 12 - 505 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem 1
13 5 - 69 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
14 9 - 2 All The Best: The Hits, Tina Turner 9
15 13 - 151 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar 2
16 18 - 156 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 3
17 15 - 118 Graduation, Kanye West 7
18 14 - 227 Ctrl, SZA 1
19 16 - 310 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole 2
20 23 - 1563 Legend: The Best Of..., Bob Marley And The Wailers 1
21 - - 6 Scorpion, Drake 1
22 17 - 9 Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator 1
23 22 - 20 Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator 15
24 19 - 364 Take Care, Drake 1
25 20 - 397 Greatest Hits, 2Pac 2
26 21 - 91 IGOR, Tyler, The Creator 6
27 29 - 839 Greatest Hits, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1
28 28 - 1401 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey 1
29 - - 1 Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa 29
30 26 - 211 Views, Drake 4
31 25 - 155 ANTI, Rihanna 1
32 - - 1 ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott 32
33 27 - 28 Savage Mode II, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin 15
34 - - 51 Meteora, Linkin Park 1
35 39 - 327 All Time Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 2
36 33 - 616 Greatest Hits, Guns N' Roses 1
37 - - 1 Starting Over, Chris Stapleton 37
38 - - 197 Greatest Hits So Far..., Zac Brown Band 5
39 34 - 152 50 Number Ones, George Strait 1
40 - - 1 beerbongs & bentleys, Post Malone 40
41 - - 46 Purgatory, Tyler Childers 17
42 24 - 23 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, Pop Smoke 8
43 32 - 24 Hamilton: An American Musical, Original Broadway Cast Recording 20
44 35 - 111 ÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran 9
45 31 - 144 Blonde, Frank Ocean 2
46 46 - 78 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
47 - - 1 More Life, Drake 47
48 43 - 468 The Essential Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson 1
49 - - 940 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1
50 38 - 543 Gold: Greatest Hits, ABBA 1

[Gary]

ABBA Gold - The #50 catalog album is #104 on the BB200


126 albums this week have charted 78 or more weeks

[iHype.]

LMAO, I see the Catalog chart was completely re-evaluated after my observations last week.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Yeah, noticed that as well ...

[Gary]

I don't think this thread caused any changes though

[Gary]

They must have different catalog rules now than hey did before or they revised them this week


If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen has never left the Top 100(or at least since 2020 in chart week 65) and debuted on catalog this week as well as the Lover album.   Lover  - under old rules should have been catalog at week 136 (when it was outside the top 100)

[iHype.]

Jun 6, 2023 11:50:07 GMT -5 Gary said:

They must have different catalog rules now than hey did before or they revised them this week


If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen has never left the Top 100(or at least since 2020 in chart week 65) and debuted on catalog this week as well as the Lover album.   Lover  - under old rules should have been catalog at week 136 (when it was outside the top 100)

No rules changed. I reached out to them and they effectively re-evaluated the chart run of every album on Billboard 200 and updated albums should have already been Catalog.

If I Know Me is obviously a mistake.

Lover, Scorpion, Future Nostalgia, ASTROWORLD, Starting Over, Beerbongs & Bentleys, and More Life had all fallen out the top 100 prior at some point after week 78 and should've been on Catalog already. They realized this and now put them on this week going forward.

[thirddegree50123]

Dang...Matchbox not even top 50

[areyoureadytojump]

Billboard does not proofread their charts. Billboard publishes them and lets their readers inform them of the errors.

[85la]

Jun 7, 2023 19:51:22 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Billboard does not proofread their charts. Billboard publishes them and lets their readers inform them of the errors.

That can't be for most of the charts, usually there aren't very many mistakes. Maybe just for some lesser-known charts that people don't care about as much, like Catalog now.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Matchbox Twenty’s ‘Light’ Shines in Top 10 on Album Sales Chart

6/9/2023

By Keith Caulfield

Plus: Taylor Swift's "Midnights" now has the most weeks at No. 1 on Top Album Sales since Adele's "21" in 2012.

Matchbox Twenty returns with its first studio album in a decade, as Where the Light Goes debuts at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated June 10). The set marks the group’s sixth top 10-charting effort on the tally and its second-highest charting title ever, second only to the No. 1 North (the band’s last studio set) in 2013.

Light bows with 12,000 copies sold in the United States in the week ending June 1, according to Luminate. 

Also in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, Taylor Swift’s Midnights rushes 10-1, logging its 14th nonconsecutive week atop the list after new deluxe editions and a color vinyl variant of the album were released. Midnights sold 196,000 copies in the week ending June 1 (up 1,529%) – the largest sales week of 2023. With a 14th week at No. 1, Midnights surpasses the Frozen soundtrack (13 weeks at No. 1 in 2014) for the most weeks atop the chart since Adele’s 21 spent 24 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2011-12.

Plus, the soundtrack to the live-action The Little Mermaid film swims 41-6 on Top Album Sales (9,000; up 172%).

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.

SEVENTEEN’s former No. 1 SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML rises 5-3 (12,000; down 26%), the Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol. 3 climbs 9-4 (10,000; down 15%), SZA’s SOS falls 3-5 (10,000; down 65%), LE SSERAFIM’s Unforgiven jumps 12-7 (9,000; down 3%), TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s The Name Chapter: Temptation bumps 15-8 (8,000; up 1%), Ed Sheeran’s chart-topping – (Subtract) ascends 13-9 (7,000; down 25%) and (G)I-DLE’s I Feel falls 7-10 (nearly 7,000; down 59%).

In the week ending June 1, there were 1.802 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 0.3% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.358 million (down 5.4%) and digital albums comprised 443,000 (up 23.5%).

There were 602,000 CD albums sold in the week ending June 1 (down 3.6% week-over-week) and 747,000 vinyl albums sold (down 6.5%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 14.520 million (up 4.1% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 20.335 million (up 24.7%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 42.929 million (up 9.1% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 35.084 million (up 15.1%) and digital album sales total 7.846 million (down 11.5%).

[WolfSpear]

Anyone check out the new Matchbox Twenty album? It's not bad but it's a change of direction compared to North. More like a Rob Thomas solo piece than Matchbox Twenty to me. Not surprised by the Billboard 200 ranking (#53) but glad to a #2 showing in Sales this week. Still... 12,000 isn't a good showing for any artist without a heavy streaming presence. I think the 10 year absence really hurt them and a lack of a hit in today's society, but they are still one of my favorite bands. Definitely my least favorite album by them though...

[HolidayGuy]

Thank for posting the charts, Gary.

Two albums that debuted inside the prior week's top 20- Dave Matthews Band's Walk Around the Moon and Ghost's Phantomime (EP) - drop off the Billboard 200, from Nos. 5 and 7, respectively. Meanwhile, Lewis Capaldi's Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent manages to hold on, and in doing so, joins the running list of biggest drops on the chart, falling 179 spots to No. 193.

I've looked out for 176-plus-spots drops in recent times, though not sure if any were missed.

200 6 A Pentatonix Christmas, Pentatonix The Billboard 200 2018-01-13 ||| 194
195 5 Number Ones, Bee Gees The Billboard 200 2012-08-25 ||| 190
189 3 Africa Speaks, Santana The Billboard 200 2019-06-29 ||| 186
190 6 30 Greatest Hits, Aretha Franklin The Billboard 200 2018-09-08 ||| 184
192 8 Nat King Cole The Christmas Song The Billboard 200 2020-01-11 ||| 184
193 9 Chevelle Niratias The Billboard 200 2021-03-27 ||| 184
199 16 Book Of Bad Decisions, Clutch The Billboard 200 2018-09-29 ||| 183
192 10 Somebody To You Ep, The Vamps The Billboard 200 2014-08-30 ||| 182
199 17 Homegrown, Neil Young The Billboard 200 2020-07-11 ||| 182
192 11 Gotta Be Me, Cody Johnson The Billboard 200 2016-09-03 ||| 181
194 13 Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, Lewis Capaldi The Billboard 200 2023-06-10 ||| 179
196 18 The $5.98 Ep: Garage Days Re-ReVisited, Metallica The Billboard 200 2018-05-05 ||| 178
194 17 The Violent Sleep Of Reason, Meshuggah The Billboard 200 2016-11-05 ||| 177
185 8 Free Yourself Up, Lake Street Dive The Billboard 200 2018-05-26 ||| 177
187 10 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection, Queen The Billboard 200 2019-01-26 ||| 177
199 22 Revelacion (EP), Selena Gomez The Billboard 200 2021-04-03 ||| 177
189 12 2 Once Twice Melody, Beach House The Billboard 200 2022-03-12 ||| 177
200 24 Tomorrow Never Knows, The Beatles The Billboard 200 2012-08-18 ||| 176
193 17 Marvelous Missing Link (Lost), Insane Clown Posse The Billboard 200 2015-05-23 ||| 176
196 20 Headspace, Issues The Billboard 200 2016-06-18 ||| 176
194 18 Ride Me Back Home , Willie Nelson The Billboard 200 2019-07-13 ||| 176