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BuzzJack Music Forum _ UK Charts _ YTD T100 Albums (with estimated sales)
Posted by: vidsanta 29th December 2018, 08:22 AM
V2 :
YTD Sales : Please read these guidelines before you request sales estimates, it makes my task a lot easier.
1. Be specific - please name the artist and title for each entry you'd like an estimate for.
2. I log sales for all albums that have charted this year, but only update those that have sold enough to reach my 200 position tracking range
3. If an album isn't in the current Top 100, I won't be able to update its sales until Tues. Also, please don't ask about ex-T100 albums too often - once a month at most)
4. Remember to check the thread before requesting estimates - they may already have been answered. Also, no more than half-a-dozen requests at a time, thanks.
5. Please note my figures are combined sales & streams, and since I have no way of separating them, I cannot provide a split.
6. While I am no longer estimating singles sales, I can provide YTD singles positions from C+, and I am still maintaining my sales archive based on published figures (PM me if you want to see it)
Thank you.
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Albums
Pos - LW - YTD - Total - Artist - Title - New - Hst
1 - 1 - 1,622,000 - 1,629,000 - Motion Picture Cast Recording - Greatest Showman - 04/01/18 - 1
2 - 2 - 691,250 - 691,250 - George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's - 05/04/18 - 1
3 - 3 - 510,000 - 3,213,000 - Ed Sheeran - ÷ - 16/03/17 - 1
4 - 4 - 374,250 - 374,250 - Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again - 26/07/18 - 1
5 - 5 - 298,750 - 298,750 - Drake - Scorpion - 12/07/18 - 1
6 - 6 - 281,000 - 281,000 - Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys - 10/05/18 - 1
7 - 7 - 271,750 - 271,750 - Lady Gaga - A Star Is Born - 18/10/18 - 1
8 - 9 - 263,500 - 263,500 - Michael Bublé - Love - 07/12/18 - 1
9 - 8 - 250,500 - 386,000 - Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa - 15/06/17 - 3
10 - 10 - 232,500 - 232,500 - Eminem - Kamikaze - 13/09/18 - 1
11 - 11 - 232,250 - 232,250 - Take That - Odyssey - 06/12/18 - 1
12 - 12 - 213,250 - 213,250 - Andrea Bocelli - Si - 08/11/18 - 1
13 - 13 - 210,250 - 210,250 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (OST) - 02/11/18 - 3
14 - 14 - 203,750 - 203,750 - Jess Glynne - Always In Between - 25/10/18 - 1
15 - 16 - 198,250 - 198,250 - Rod Stewart - Blood Red Roses - 02/11/18 - 1
16 - 15 - 195,500 - 195,500 - Ariana Grande - Sweetener - 30/08/18 - 1
17 - 20 - 179,750 - 390,000 - Paloma Faith - Architect - 30/11/17 - 9
18 - 17 - 173,750 - 173,750 - Arctic Monkeys - Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino - 24/05/18 - 1
19 - 18 - 173,500 - 1,174,500 - Rag'n'bone Man - Human - 16/02/17 - 3
20 - 21 - 173,500 - 4,787,250 - Abba - Gold - Greatest Hits - 03/10/92 - 6
21 - 19 - 171,750 - 673,750 - Sam Smith - Thrill Of It All - 16/11/17 - 2
22 - 22 - 169,500 - 3,417,500 - Ed Sheeran - X - 05/07/14 - 10
23 - 33 - 168,750 - 168,750 - Roy Orbison with the RPO - Unchained Melodies - 06/12/18 - 3
24 - 24 - 168,750 - 2,038,000 - Queen - Greatest Hits I, II & III (Platinum Coll.) - 25/11/00 - 5
25 - 26 - 167,500 - 167,500 - Little Mix - LM5 - 06/12/18 - 3
26 - 23 - 165,000 - 165,000 - Anne-Marie - Speak Your Mind - 10/05/18 - 3
27 - 36 - 163,750 - 2,906,750 - Michael Bublé - Christmas - 05/11/11 - 5
28 - 34 - 160,250 - 160,250 - Olly Murs - You Know I Know - 22/11/18 - 2
29 - 25 - 155,000 - 2,175,500 - Eminem - Curtain Call - Greatest Hits - 10/12/05 - 13
30 - 27 - 150,750 - 1,028,000 - Little Mix - Glory Days - 01/12/16 - 9
31 - 29 - 146,500 - 146,500 - XXXTENTACION - ? - 29/03/18 - 3
32 - 28 - 146,000 - 330,250 - Eminem - Revival - 28/12/17 - 4
33 - 30 - 139,750 - 139,750 - Kylie Minogue - Golden - 19/04/18 - 1
34 - 31 - 137,250 - 509,250 - Pink - Beautiful Trauma - 26/10/17 - 7
35 - 32 - 137,250 - 1,006,000 - Oasis - Time Flies : 1994-2009 - 26/06/10 - 14
36 - 38 - 135,750 - 290,000 - Elton John - Diamonds - 23/11/17 - 10
37 - 35 - 135,500 - 343,000 - Taylor Swift - Reputation - 23/11/17 - 7
38 - 39 - 133,000 - 2,476,750 - Bob Marley - Legend - 19/05/84 - 16
39 - 37 - 130,000 - 2,053,250 - Fleetwood Mac - Very Best Of - 26/10/02 - 11
40 - 42 - 127,500 - 1,961,250 - Queen - Greatest Hits - 07/11/81 - 23
41 - 43 - 126,000 - 370,000 - David Bowie - Legacy - 24/11/16 - 25
42 - 41 - 126,000 - 250,000 - Post Malone - Stoney - 22/12/16 - 14
43 - 40 - 125,500 - 125,500 - Camila Cabello - Camila - 25/01/18 - 2
44 - 44 - 122,500 - 122,500 - Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mamma Mia - 14/06/18 - 5
45 - 56 - 122,250 - 122,250 - Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop - 29/11/18 - 8
46 - 45 - 120,500 - 1,345,500 - George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage - 12/07/14 - 10
47 - 47 - 118,500 - 118,500 - Mumford & Sons - Delta - 03/12/18 - 2
48 - 46 - 118,250 - 1,379,750 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 26/02/77 - 31
49 - 58 - 111,250 - 111,250 - Buddy Holly with the RPO - True Love Ways - 16/12/18 - 10
50 - 49 - 108,250 - 4,489,500 - Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - 14/10/95 - 31
51 - 48 - 107,500 - 2,493,250 - Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour - 07/06/14 - 19
52 - 50 - 107,250 - 1,160,000 - Arctic Monkeys - AM - 21/09/13 - 11
53 - 51 - 106,000 - 1,146,500 - Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh - 03/09/15 - 23
54 - 61 - 105,250 - 105,250 - Cliff Richard - Rise Up - 06/12/18 - 4
55 - 52 - 103,500 - 103,500 - Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy - 19/04/18 - 5
56 - 55 - 103,000 - 103,000 - Florence + The Machine - High As Hope - 12/07/18 - 2
57 - 54 - 102,250 - 2,427,250 - Ed Sheeran - + - 24/09/11 - 26
58 - 53 - 102,250 - 102,250 - Snow Patrol - Wildness - 07/06/18 - 2
59 - 57 - 101,500 - 101,500 - Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes - 07/06/18 - 3
60 - 59 - 95,500 - 376,000 - Liam Gallagher - As You Were - 19/10/17 - 16
61 - 60 - 93,500 - 398,750 - Drake - More Life - 30/03/17 - 25
62 - 62 - 93,000 - 128,000 - XXXTENTACION - 17 - 07/09/17 - 11
63 - 63 - 92,250 - 190,750 - Michael Jackson - Number Ones - 29/11/03 - 29
64 - 64 - 91,500 - 91,500 - Panic! At The Disco - Pray For The Wicked - 05/07/18 - 2
65 - 66 - 91,250 - 1,810,000 - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - 04/02/06 - 18
66 - 65 - 89,750 - 215,500 - J Hus - Common Sense - 25/05/17 - 21
67 - 80 - 89,750 - 89,750 - Paul Heaton - Last King of Pop - 15/12/18 - 10
68 - 68 - 86,500 - 86,500 - Travis Scott - Astroworld - 16/08/18 - 3
69 - 73 - 85,750 - 85,750 - Aled Jones and Russell Watson - In Harmony - 22/11/18 - 8
70 - 67 - 85,750 - 182,750 - Imagine Dragons - Evolve - 06/07/17 - 21
71 - 70 - 84,750 - 1,242,750 - Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits - 14/11/09 - 22
72 - 69 - 84,500 - 362,750 - Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer - 09/03/17 - 5
73 - 72 - 83,000 - * - Beatles - Beatles (White Album) - 07/12/68 - 4
74 - 71 - 82,250 - 271,000 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon? - 07/12/17 - 13
75 - 74 - 79,750 - 1,122,000 - George Michael - Twenty Five - 25/11/06 - 18
76 - 75 - 76,750 - 238,250 - Kendrick Lamar - Damn - 27/04/17 - 14
77 - 77 - 76,750 - 76,750 - Muse - Simulation Theory - 22/11/18 - 1
78 - 76 - 75,250 - 75,250 - Migos - Culture II - 08/02/18 - 4
79 - 78 - 74,500 - 3,516,500 - Adele - 25 - 03/12/15 - 49
80 - 81 - 74,250 - 3,955,000 - Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - 11/11/06 - 38
81 - 90 - 73,250 - 73,250 - Boyzone - Thank You & Goodnight - 14/12/18 - 6
82 - 85 - 73,000 - 73,000 - Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me - 19/07/18 - 35
83 - 79 - 73,000 - 594,500 - Killers - Direct Hits - 23/11/13 - 39
84 - 83 - 72,500 - 2,149,000 - Oasis - Definitely Maybe - 10/09/94 - 50
85 - 88 - 71,500 - 71,500 - 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships - 13/12/18 - 1
86 - 82 - 71,250 - 455,000 - Bruno Mars - 24K Magic - 01/12/16 - 25
87 - 86 - 71,250 - 3,417,500 - Beatles - 1 - 25/11/00 - 31
88 - 84 - 70,750 - 158,250 - Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection - 10/11/07 - 32
89 - 87 - 68,750 - 173,000 - Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton - An American Musical - 05/05/16 - 58
90 - 89 - 67,500 - 67,500 - Paul Weller - True Meanings - 27/09/18 - 2
91 - 92 - 67,250 - 67,250 - Cher - Dancing Queen - 01/11/18 - 2
92 - 97 - 66,000 - 66,000 - Twenty One Pilots - Trench - 19/10/18 - 2
93 - 91 - 65,500 - 65,500 - J Cole - Kod - 03/05/18 - 2
94 - 93 - 64,750 - 64,750 - Fall Out Boy - Mania - 01/02/18 - 2
95 - 94 - 64,750 - 115,750 - Vamps - Night & Day - 27/07/17 - 2
96 - 98 - 64,250 - 1,626,500 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits - 29/11/03 - 64
97 - 99 - 64,250 - 91,750 - Khalid - American Teen - 21/09/17 - 44
98 - 95 - 64,250 - 64,250 - Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy, - 12/04/18 - 3
99 - 107 - 64,000 - 1,334,250 - ELO - All Over The World - Very Best Of - 18/06/05 - 53
100 - 105 - 63,500 - 267,250 - Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman - 02/06/16 - 52
* Total sales unknown
Posted by: Bjork 29th December 2018, 08:23 AM
you gonna do a top 100 considering its the last one of the year?
Posted by: vidsanta 29th December 2018, 08:32 AM
I always do.
Posted by: sajjadali 29th December 2018, 08:55 AM
So pleased for George Ezra.
Posted by: Esmerelda 29th December 2018, 10:23 AM
I hope Cher is top 65. 
Posted by: Christmasteve201 29th December 2018, 10:28 AM
Is that 2018s sales then or do they count next week?
Quite happy with my November estimate for Staying at Tamaras - it'll be over 700k by Monday and I predicted 750k!!
Posted by: vidsanta 29th December 2018, 10:47 AM
Since 28-31st Dec is four days, i.e. a majority of a week, then theoretically there should be a 53rd week counting towards 2018
Posted by: Christmasteve201 29th December 2018, 11:45 AM
I would say the OCC will count Friday 28th - Thursday 2/1/19 as the first week of 2019 or perhaps due to the majority of days being in 2018?
Posted by: milly 29th December 2018, 11:52 AM
Well, Take That are in top 10 - you can't place them outside top 10 just because of the alphabetical order. They are gonna overtake Eminem, anyway, this week.
10th place should contain 2 artists and then put on the 11th place the one with the next sales.
Posted by: pippa 29th December 2018, 12:36 PM
Yes, i would think Take That are ahead of Eminem even if just slightly.
Posted by: vidsanta 29th December 2018, 03:14 PM
10th place should contain 2 artists and then put on the 11th place the one with the next sales.
My raw data has TT ahead by ~400, but I normally reckon on a 0.25% error margin in my YTD figures...
Posted by: Dasher 29th December 2018, 03:16 PM
I think that this is it for 2018. Looking historically any chart dated 10th January (as this Friday's will be) have been Wk 1 of the new year not Wk 53 of the previous one. See 2004, 2009 and 2015 as evidence
IF the OCC is being consistent of course......
Posted by: vidsanta 29th December 2018, 03:20 PM
Not this week, unless my interpolations are very badly out.
Posted by: vidsanta 30th December 2018, 07:32 AM
Oops, I meant *behind* by that much...
Posted by: vidsanta 30th December 2018, 07:34 AM
IF the OCC is being consistent of course......
Ah, but the chart date switched from Sunday to Friday, so not really comparable...
Posted by: SKOB 30th December 2018, 11:10 AM
ASIB comfortably #7, yay! Should be able overtake both B&B and Scorpion early next year.
Posted by: Dasher 30th December 2018, 08:20 PM
Why would that matter? The chart date, not the chart day, is the relevant point
Posted by: vidcapper 31st December 2018, 03:12 PM
It may be telling the the OCC haven't yet published their y/e T40's.
Posted by: SmileyKylie 31st December 2018, 03:19 PM
Well Done Kylie Minogue! Great return to form.
Posted by: Dappy New Year 31st December 2018, 03:21 PM
I'm thinking we won't get the Y/E charts from the OCC until Friday then and that they'll include this week (which means the singles one will be different to the one R1 announced 
)
Posted by: T Boy 31st December 2018, 03:24 PM
I’m sure the last few years they’ve posted the End of Year charts on New Years Eve.
Posted by: vidcapper 31st December 2018, 03:24 PM
)Nothing new there then...
Posted by: vidcapper 31st December 2018, 03:27 PM
It wouldn't matter to most, no - but I'd like to know whether to close out my 2018 spreadsheets this week or next, as it's a fiddly process.
Posted by: Dasher 31st December 2018, 04:10 PM
Well I suppose we'll know by Friday but going by history then the chart last Friday was the last of 2018, that's what I meant.
Posted by: Christmasteve201 31st December 2018, 05:29 PM
Well done George Ezra - best selling artists album, didn't think that would happen this time last year!!
Posted by: vidcapper 1st January 2019, 09:52 AM
Updated to T100
Posted by: 777666jason 1st January 2019, 10:53 AM
I know album sales are poor but just over 60k gets you top 100 these days 
Posted by: Mart!n 1st January 2019, 10:59 AM
Technically this is Week 1, so I don't know where you are getting Week 53 from, this is why I'm thinking that's it for 2018. I'm thinking those last 4 days belong into 2019, I don't know how OCC accommodate for the chart since its sales are from Friday to Thursday.
Anyway we see what OCC come up with when the charts get updated.
MW site has the midweeks database set up as Week 1 for this week, not really that difficult to grasp
edits...
Posted by: Jay ☆ 1st January 2019, 03:52 PM
By my reckoning, the next occasion there'll be a "Week 53" situation is 2020 (25th December 2020 to 31st December 2020 being Week 53, with the chart revealed on 1st January 2021).
Posted by: vidcapper 1st January 2019, 03:59 PM
That's what I thought...
Posted by: Mart!n 1st January 2019, 04:08 PM
Always happens on a leap year with the extra day, as that is week 53.
Posted by: dandy* 1st January 2019, 04:22 PM
My goodness, sales really are atrocious aren’t they.
Posted by: Bjork 1st January 2019, 04:55 PM
how much did Phoenix ed up doing? thanks
Posted by: T Boy 1st January 2019, 06:00 PM
They really are. Albums just aren’t important to people anymore. They still are to me but I think artists will start marketing themselves with just singles sooner rather than later.
Posted by: Christmasteve201 1st January 2019, 06:09 PM
That's true - I mean we had 5 singles from the 1975 for example and then the album in a busy sales week symbolising the changing record label tactics!
Posted by: Bré 1st January 2019, 06:09 PM
People have been saying that every year since like 2007. It doesn't translate to numbers being as high as in the pure sales era but the advent of streaming has actually made the concept of an album more important again I think, artists want people to put on what's basically just a playlist of songs by that artist since they get paid per song stream. See Drake releasing an album that he literally referred to as a 'playlist' (there's not really much of a distinction any more).
What might become more common I think is the strategy The Chainsmokers have used for their current 'album' era, where they've just basically been drip feeding a series of singles and gradually building up an album/playlist from those. (Not that this has brought them much commercial success but someone will do it more successfully eventually probably)
Posted by: j80 1st January 2019, 08:08 PM
Total sales for Killers - Direct Hits can’t possible be correct?
Posted by: Esmerelda 1st January 2019, 08:29 PM
Direct Hits was certified platinum back in 2015 so presumably a typo?
Posted by: Damon2 1st January 2019, 09:37 PM
Any data on Nines - Crop Circle?
Posted by: Christmasteve201 1st January 2019, 09:40 PM
Michael Buble Christmas should sell its 3 millionth copy next Xmas!
Posted by: vidcapper 2nd January 2019, 07:19 AM
57.5k
Well spotted - s/b 594.5k
~54-55k
Posted by: zeus555 2nd January 2019, 07:52 AM
In case anyone is still unsure of the final UK Charts of 2018.
The OCC tell me that the current UK Charts - W/E 3rd January 2019 - are the last Charts for 2018.
With a Sales 'Cut-Off' Date of Thursday 27th December 2018.
The 1st UK Charts of 2019 are those for W/E 10th January - even though 4 Days of their Sales were in 2018.
Posted by: vidcapper 2nd January 2019, 09:34 AM
The OCC tell me that the current UK Charts - W/E 3rd January 2019 - are the last Charts for 2018.
With a Sales 'Cut-Off' Date of Thursday 27th December 2018.
The 1st UK Charts of 2019 are those for W/E 10th January - even though 4 Days of their Sales were in 2018.
So they are just postponing the 53 week year issue for 12 months...
Posted by: Bjork 2nd January 2019, 10:22 AM
I know they haven't probably charted this year
but do you have the latest figures for Sia's 1000 Forms of Fear and This is Acting?
thanks in advance
Posted by: j80 2nd January 2019, 11:12 AM
Thank you near 2x Platinum then!
I know you probably haven't tracked for a while, but any idea for their latest release Killers - Wonderful Wonderful?
Thanks for all your work
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 2nd January 2019, 11:52 AM
Good to see direct hits by the killers almost double platinum and kylie top 40 year end.
Posted by: vidcapper 2nd January 2019, 03:08 PM
but do you have the latest figures for Sia's 1000 Forms of Fear and This is Acting?
thanks in advance
Nothing recent for 1000FOF, TIA 352k to 15/2/18
I know you probably haven't tracked for a while, but any idea for their latest release Killers - Wonderful Wonderful?
Thanks for all your work
148k to 15/3/18
Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 3rd January 2019, 01:08 AM
Top 20 with EXACT figures from the ERA:
Artist Total Units Corp. Group % Digital % Physical
Title
1 The Greatest Showman Cast Recording 1,621,905 Warner 48.70% 51.30%
2 Staying At Tamara's George Ezra 691,332 Sony 29.50% 70.50%
3 Divide Ed Sheeran 510,305 Warner 59.10% 40.90%
4 Now That's What I Call Music 100 Various Artists 479,197 Sony/Universal 14.60% 85.40%
5 Now That's What I Call Music 99 Various Artists 395,237 Sony/Universal 16.90% 83.10%
6 Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again Cast Recording 374,476 Universal 34.10% 65.90%
7 Scorpion Drake 300,100 Universal 93.10% 6.90%
8 Now That's What I Call Music 101 Various Artists 287,217 Sony/Universal 7.20% 92.80%
9 Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone 281,644 Universal 91.90% 8.10%
10 A Star Is Born Cast Recording 271,635 Universal 35.90% 64.10%
11 Love Michael Buble 263,538 Warner 6.70% 93.30%
12 Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 251,280 Warner 65.10% 34.90%
13 Kamikaze Eminem 232,420 Universal 71.60% 28.40%
14 Odyssey Take That 231,290 Sony/Universal 7.10% 92.90%
15 Si Andrea Bocelli 213,321 Universal 5.10% 94.90%
16 Bohemian Rhapsody - OST Queen 210,306 Universal 35.20% 64.80%
17 Always In Between Jess Glynne 204,923 Warner 28.20% 71.80%
18 Blood Red Roses Rod Stewart 196,192 Universal 5.10% 94.90%
19 Sweetener Ariana Grande 193,362 Universal 61.70% 38.30%
20 The Architect Paloma Faith 179,716 Sony 22.90% 77.10%
https://eraltd.org/news-events/press-releases/2019/streaming-drives-entertainment-sales-94-higher-in-2018-to-sixth-consecutive-year-of-growth/
Posted by: JCM20 3rd January 2019, 01:11 AM
Even being number 1 won't guarantee you. In 2017, Lana Del Rey's Lust for Life literally just made the top 100 despite being a chart topper.
Posted by: JCM20 3rd January 2019, 01:18 AM
Artist Total Units Corp. Group % Digital % Physical
Title
1 The Greatest Showman Cast Recording 1,621,905 Warner 48.70% 51.30%
2 Staying At Tamara's George Ezra 691,332 Sony 29.50% 70.50%
3 Divide Ed Sheeran 510,305 Warner 59.10% 40.90%
4 Now That's What I Call Music 100 Various Artists 479,197 Sony/Universal 14.60% 85.40%
5 Now That's What I Call Music 99 Various Artists 395,237 Sony/Universal 16.90% 83.10%
6 Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again Cast Recording 374,476 Universal 34.10% 65.90%
7 Scorpion Drake 300,100 Universal 93.10% 6.90%
8 Now That's What I Call Music 101 Various Artists 287,217 Sony/Universal 7.20% 92.80%
9 Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone 281,644 Universal 91.90% 8.10%
10 A Star Is Born Cast Recording 271,635 Universal 35.90% 64.10%
11 Love Michael Buble 263,538 Warner 6.70% 93.30%
12 Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 251,280 Warner 65.10% 34.90%
13 Kamikaze Eminem 232,420 Universal 71.60% 28.40%
14 Odyssey Take That 231,290 Sony/Universal 7.10% 92.90%
15 Si Andrea Bocelli 213,321 Universal 5.10% 94.90%
16 Bohemian Rhapsody - OST Queen 210,306 Universal 35.20% 64.80%
17 Always In Between Jess Glynne 204,923 Warner 28.20% 71.80%
18 Blood Red Roses Rod Stewart 196,192 Universal 5.10% 94.90%
19 Sweetener Ariana Grande 193,362 Universal 61.70% 38.30%
20 The Architect Paloma Faith 179,716 Sony 22.90% 77.10%
https://eraltd.org/news-events/press-releases/2019/streaming-drives-entertainment-sales-94-higher-in-2018-to-sixth-consecutive-year-of-growth/
Shit, Drake and Post Malone are basically obsolete when it comes to CD/vinyl. Hip hop fans DO NOT CARE about physical albums.
Posted by: Bré 3rd January 2019, 01:54 AM
Hip-hop appeals to a younger audience in general and younger audiences buy less CDs. (See also how Eminem has a higher physical percentage, because he's been around so long so he has an older fanbase than more recent rappers). Also those two albums will have a very high percentage of sales from streaming which I guess is counted in the 'digital' percentage, the difference might be less stark if it was just looking at downloads vs. physical sales for each album.
Posted by: vidcapper 3rd January 2019, 06:32 AM
Not even about downloads in some cases!
Posted by: vidcapper 3rd January 2019, 06:36 AM
Artist Total Units Corp. Group % Digital % Physical
Title
1 The Greatest Showman Cast Recording 1,621,905 Warner 48.70% 51.30%
2 Staying At Tamara's George Ezra 691,332 Sony 29.50% 70.50%
3 Divide Ed Sheeran 510,305 Warner 59.10% 40.90%
4 Now That's What I Call Music 100 Various Artists 479,197 Sony/Universal 14.60% 85.40%
5 Now That's What I Call Music 99 Various Artists 395,237 Sony/Universal 16.90% 83.10%
6 Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again Cast Recording 374,476 Universal 34.10% 65.90%
7 Scorpion Drake 300,100 Universal 93.10% 6.90%
8 Now That's What I Call Music 101 Various Artists 287,217 Sony/Universal 7.20% 92.80%
9 Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone 281,644 Universal 91.90% 8.10%
10 A Star Is Born Cast Recording 271,635 Universal 35.90% 64.10%
11 Love Michael Buble 263,538 Warner 6.70% 93.30%
12 Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 251,280 Warner 65.10% 34.90%
13 Kamikaze Eminem 232,420 Universal 71.60% 28.40%
14 Odyssey Take That 231,290 Sony/Universal 7.10% 92.90%
15 Si Andrea Bocelli 213,321 Universal 5.10% 94.90%
16 Bohemian Rhapsody - OST Queen 210,306 Universal 35.20% 64.80%
17 Always In Between Jess Glynne 204,923 Warner 28.20% 71.80%
18 Blood Red Roses Rod Stewart 196,192 Universal 5.10% 94.90%
19 Sweetener Ariana Grande 193,362 Universal 61.70% 38.30%
20 The Architect Paloma Faith 179,716 Sony 22.90% 77.10%
https://eraltd.org/news-events/press-releases/2019/streaming-drives-entertainment-sales-94-higher-in-2018-to-sixth-consecutive-year-of-growth/
Glad to see I'm within 1k, in most cases.
Posted by: Bjork 3rd January 2019, 06:59 AM
it's a pity they don't detail the streaming % too
Posted by: T Boy 3rd January 2019, 10:18 AM
Those Now sales are atrocious. Then I again, I’ve been an avid collector and even I’ve stopped at 100.
Posted by: aidan755 3rd January 2019, 12:25 PM
Justin Timberlake's Man of the Woods missing the entire Top 100...a complete disaster of an era.
Posted by: JCM20 3rd January 2019, 01:27 PM
Here's a statement I never thought I'd make: Paloma Faith has outsold the Arctic Monkeys.
Posted by: T Boy 3rd January 2019, 01:47 PM
Don’t know why, her 2009 album outsold their 2009 album.
In fact, generally, she’s always been a more consistent seller, she just hasn’t had their highs.
Posted by: Bré 3rd January 2019, 01:58 PM
Not sure AM were particularly aiming for another gigantic selling album, would have been easy for them to follow the same formula as their last album and probably have one of the biggest albums of the year but they chose to go in a more experimental direction instead.
Posted by: Bjork 3rd January 2019, 02:09 PM
Its bad and boring
and uninspired
Thats not the same as being experimental
And im a fan
Posted by: Bré 3rd January 2019, 02:23 PM
You not liking it doesn't mean it wasn't experimental... 
(and I obviously mean experimental by AM standards hence the word 'more')
Posted by: vidcapper 3rd January 2019, 03:04 PM
Only *just* though - a very close 101st/102nd...
Posted by: JCM20 3rd January 2019, 04:00 PM
I guess that's it for sales of The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac, now that 50 Years is out
Posted by: Christmasteve201 3rd January 2019, 10:46 PM
Excellent work as usual Vid!
Thanks for the sales there - you forget just how much Ed sold again this year again, easily 3rd place!
Posted by: JCM20 4th January 2019, 08:34 PM
I know this is only about albums, but I'm amazed how well George Ezra's done on the singles front. I was certain he'd struggle for a hit in the streaming era, particularly after "Don't Matter Now" bombed, but he's proven all doubters wrong with two of the ten biggest songs of the year!
Posted by: Jay ☆ 5th January 2019, 05:01 AM
Thanks Vidcapper!
Your Whitney Ultimate Collection total seems to have gone awry, I make that to be on approx 1,629,000
Posted by: Charis 21st January 2019, 10:30 AM
do we have top 100 singles somewhere?
Posted by: danuary 21st January 2019, 10:45 AM
Available http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=218237 although with very limited sales info.
Posted by: Charis 22nd January 2019, 12:13 PM
general question. do they stream points count as sales also out of the chart? i mean in total sales of a single/album and for the BPI certifications etc?
Posted by: liamk97 22nd January 2019, 12:36 PM
Yes.
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