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BILLBOARD 200 Week ending November 11, 2023
TW LW Wks Title ‒ Artist (Peak) 1 ** 1 1989 (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (1,653,000 (1,359,000 sales)) 2 ** 1 SEVENTEENTH Heaven: 11th Mini Album (EP) ‒ SEVENTEEN ( 2 ) (100,000 (98,000 sales)) 3 2 4 For All The Dogs ‒ Drake ( 1 ) (95,000) 4 4 3 Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 ) (73,000) 5 5 35 One Thing At A Time ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) (64,000) 6 9 7 Nostalgia ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 ) (46,000) 7 6 54 Midnights ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (45,000) 8 7 219 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (44,000) 9 8 10 Zach Bryan ‒ Zach Bryan ( 1 ) (44,000) 10 11 47 SOS ‒ SZA ( 1 ) (42,000) 11 ** 1 Larger Than Life ‒ Brent Faiyaz ( 11 ) 12 10 8 Guts ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 ) 13 3 2 Hackney Diamonds ‒ Rolling Stones ( 3 ) 14 12 171 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) 15 18 19 Genesis ‒ Peso Pluma ( 3 ) 16 17 147 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) 17 16 49 Stick Season ‒ Noah Kahan ( 3 ) 18 13 14 Utopia ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 ) 19 20 17 Speak Now (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) 20 24 6 Scarlet ‒ Doja Cat ( 4 ) 21 14 2 Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada ‒ Fuerza Regida ( 14 ) 22 22 76 American Heartbreak ‒ Zach Bryan ( 5 ) 23 25 103 Red (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) 24 21 267 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) 25 54 25 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas ‒ Soundtrack ( 22 ) 26 27 15 Barbie: The Album ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 ) 27 26 151 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) 28 1 2 One More Time... ‒ blink-182 ( 1 ) 29 15 464 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) 30 31 78 Un Verano Sin Ti ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 ) 31 30 25 Religiously. The Album. ‒ Bailey Zimmerman ( 7 ) 32 78 598 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 ) 33 ** 1 Dave's Picks, Volume 48: Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 11/20/71 ‒ Grateful Dead ( 33 ) 34 29 3 Set It Off ‒ Offset ( 5 ) 35 33 48 Heroes & Villains ‒ Metro Boomin ( 1 ) 36 19 3 The Name Chapter: Freefall ‒ TOMORROW X TOGETHER ( 3 ) 37 35 52 Her Loss ‒ Drake & 21 Savage ( 1 ) 38 34 128 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 ) 39 40 192 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 ) 40 39 312 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 ) 41 37 553 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 ) 42 38 113 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 ) 43 41 334 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 ) 44 44 656 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 ) 45 45 313 Starboy ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) 46 28 3 A Great Chaos ‒ Ken Carson ( 11 ) 47 48 121 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) 48 42 32 Gettin' Old ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 ) 49 47 557 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 ) 50 46 216 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 ) 51 57 666 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 ) 52 55 567 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 ) 53 62 300 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 ) 54 43 12 Manana Sera Bonito (Bichota Season) ‒ Karol G ( 3 ) 55 50 22 Whitsitt Chapel ‒ Jelly Roll ( 3 ) 56 52 36 Manana Sera Bonito ‒ Karol G ( 1 ) 57 ** 1 Danse Macabre ‒ Duran Duran ( 57 ) 58 51 20 A Gift & A Curse ‒ Gunna ( 3 ) 59 53 335 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 ) 60 49 4 $ad Boyz 4 Life II ‒ Junior H ( 14 ) 61 60 575 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 ) 62 59 342 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 ) 63 56 508 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 ) 64 63 279 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 ) 65 58 13 El Comienzo ‒ Grupo Frontera ( 34 ) 66 61 266 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 ) 67 RE 95 In Utero ‒ Nirvana ( 1 ) 68 65 140 The Highlights ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 ) 69 ** 1 Chronicles Of A Diamond ‒ Black Pumas ( 69 ) 70 72 285 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 ) 71 68 54 Queen Radio: Volume 1 ‒ Nicki Minaj ( 10 ) 72 RE 4 Bewitched ‒ Laufey ( 23 ) 73 67 465 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 ) 74 70 76 Harry's House ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 ) 75 74 354 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 ) 76 79 116 After Hours ‒ The Weeknd ( 1 ) 77 76 79 I Never Liked You ‒ Future ( 1 ) 78 73 6 TEC ‒ Lil Tecca ( 11 ) 79 64 7 The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We ‒ Mitski ( 12 ) 80 69 5 20 Number Ones ‒ Thomas Rhett ( 22 ) 81 75 390 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 ) 82 36 18 Pink Tape ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 ) 83 80 425 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 ) 84 77 23 Almost Healed ‒ Lil Durk ( 3 ) 85 RE 47 Diamonds And Pearls ‒ Prince And The New Power Generation ( 3 ) 86 81 208 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 ) 87 87 392 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 ) 88 86 41 The Mockingbird & The Crow ‒ HARDY ( 4 ) 89 88 274 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 ) 90 93 69 Wasteland ‒ Brent Faiyaz ( 2 ) 91 85 290 Hozier ‒ Hozier ( 2 ) 92 90 343 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 ) 93 ** 1 To Be Eaten Alive ‒ Mariah The Scientist ( 93 ) 94 82 14 Austin ‒ Post Malone ( 2 ) 95 91 55 It's Only Me ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 ) 96 ** 1 The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol 02 ‒ Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine ( 96 ) 97 83 66 Renaissance ‒ Beyonce ( 1 ) 98 RE 12 Cottonwood 2 ‒ NLE Choppa ( 21 ) 99 71 348 Teenage Dream ‒ Katy Perry ( 1 ) 100 92 499 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 ) 101 95 126 Savage Mode II ‒ 21 Savage & Metro Boomin ( 1 ) 102 84 423 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 ) 103 112 453 The Essential Michael Jackson ‒ Michael Jackson ( 31 ) 104 134 174 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 ) 105 94 329 More Life ‒ Drake ( 1 ) 106 103 18 Hood Hottest Princess ‒ Sexyy Red ( 62 ) 107 89 34 Endless Summer Vacation ‒ Miley Cyrus ( 3 ) 108 97 275 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 ) 109 113 339 The Fame ‒ Lady Gaga ( 2 ) 110 ** 1 MegaTron II ‒ BabyTron ( 110 ) 111 101 155 Starting Over ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 ) 112 99 160 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 ‒ Nickelback ( 21 ) 113 100 538 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 ) 114 195 213 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 ) 115 108 123 Planet Her ‒ Doja Cat ( 2 ) 116 107 136 SoulFly ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 ) 117 136 240 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 ) 118 123 134 Greatest Hits ‒ Pitbull ( 107 ) 119 98 15 2nd EP 'Get Up' ‒ NewJeans ( 1 ) 120 RE 9 The Original Monster Mash ‒ Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers ( 120 ) 121 RE 233 Greatest Hits ‒ Foo Fighters ( 11 ) 122 115 642 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 ) 123 104 37 Bluebird Days ‒ Jordan Davis ( 19 ) 124 109 648 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 ) 125 116 338 Greatest Hits ‒ The Notorious B.I.G. ( 1 ) 126 110 287 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 ) 127 111 187 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 3 ) 128 168 122 Good Girl Gone Bad ‒ Rihanna ( 2 ) 129 114 150 Channel Orange ‒ Frank Ocean ( 2 ) 130 66 3 Something To Give Each Other ‒ Troye Sivan ( 20 ) 131 125 359 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 ) 132 105 25 Elisabeth ‒ Zach Bryan ( 83 ) 133 129 323 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 ) 134 139 219 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates ‒ Daryl Hall John Oates ( 34 ) 135 121 648 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 ) 136 186 40 Like..? (EP) ‒ Ice Spice ( 15 ) 137 96 6 Boys Of Faith (EP) ‒ Zach Bryan ( 8 ) 138 120 11 Greatest Hits ‒ Aerosmith ( 36 ) 139 131 346 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) 140 151 243 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‒ Kanye West ( 1 ) 141 122 110 Greatest Hits ‒ blink-182 ( 6 ) 142 132 86 7220 ‒ Lil Durk ( 1 ) 143 119 173 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 71 ) 144 126 261 50 Number Ones ‒ George Strait ( 1 ) 145 138 807 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 ) 146 124 18 Been One ‒ Rylo Rodriguez ( 10 ) 147 149 105 = ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 ) 148 RE 109 The Definitive Collection ‒ Stevie Wonder ( 35 ) 149 144 15 Amar ‒ BigXthaPlug ( 143 ) 150 137 239 DS2 ‒ Future ( 1 ) 151 RE 77 BALLADS 1 ‒ Joji ( 3 ) 152 ** 1 History Books ‒ The Gaslight Anthem ( 152 ) 153 RE 2 Andrew Gold's Halloween Howls: Fun & Scary Music ‒ Andrew Gold ( 153 ) 154 127 212 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 ) 155 147 173 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 ) 156 152 243 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 ) 157 146 112 The Melodic Blue ‒ Baby Keem ( 5 ) 158 142 238 All Time Greatest Hits ‒ Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 56 ) 159 166 430 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ‒ Eagles ( 1 ) 160 148 185 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 ) 161 RE 2 Greatest Hits ‒ Ray Parker Jr. ( 157 ) 162 130 33 Summertime Blues ‒ Zach Bryan ( 34 ) 163 158 197 Get Rich Or Die Tryin' ‒ 50 Cent ( 1 ) 164 150 497 Greatest Hits ‒ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 ) 165 167 588 21 ‒ Adele ( 1 ) 166 140 11 Unreal Unearth ‒ Hozier ( 3 ) 167 154 22 I Am Music ‒ Lil Wayne ( 25 ) 168 164 298 Gold: Greatest Hits ‒ ABBA ( 25 ) 169 161 224 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent ‒ Lewis Capaldi ( 20 ) 170 133 50 Bell Bottom Country ‒ Lainey Wilson ( 51 ) 171 157 18 Nata Montana ‒ Natanael Cano ( 35 ) 172 156 118 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 ) 173 155 351 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 ) 174 159 492 Nothing Was The Same ‒ Drake ( 1 ) 175 182 293 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 ) 176 170 316 [Hybrid Theory] ‒ Linkin Park ( 2 ) 177 171 186 Confessions ‒ Usher ( 1 ) 178 RE 35 Greatest Hits: My Prerogative ‒ Britney Spears ( 4 ) 179 173 5 Pretty Little Poison ‒ Warren Zeiders ( 59 ) 180 178 203 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 ) 181 175 149 Meteora ‒ Linkin Park ( 1 ) 182 153 6 Ganger ‒ Veeze ( 97 ) 183 RE 109 Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 1 ) 184 174 192 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 ) 185 172 22 Hard To Love ‒ Moneybagg Yo ( 10 ) 186 179 229 Tha Carter III ‒ Lil Wayne ( 1 ) 187 188 32 F**k The World ‒ Brent Faiyaz ( 20 ) 188 165 172 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston ‒ Whitney Houston ( 14 ) 189 183 64 Beautiful Mind ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 ) 190 162 132 Currents ‒ Tame Impala ( 4 ) 191 181 5 I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part I) ‒ Teddy Swims ( 61 ) 192 184 323 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection ‒ Bon Jovi ( 5 ) 193 187 176 The GOAT ‒ Polo G ( 2 ) 194 176 27 Desvelado ‒ Eslabon Armado ( 6 ) 195 145 984 The Dark Side Of The Moon ‒ Pink Floyd ( 1 ) 196 185 163 Flower Boy ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 2 ) 197 RE 133 Whole Lotta Red ‒ Playboi Carti ( 1 ) 198 177 7 The Love Album: Off The Grid ‒ Diddy ( 19 ) 199 197 174 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits ‒ Elvis Presley ( 1 ) 200 191 102 Freudian ‒ Daniel Caesar ( 25 ) |
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Taylor Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Biggest Week in Nearly a Decade
By Keith Caulfield | 11/5/2023 Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Nov. 11), scoring the superstar her 13th No. 1 on the chart. The set debuts with 1.653 million equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 2, according to Luminate. That marks the largest week for any album, by units earned, since Adele’s 25 launched with 3.482 million units earned in the week ending Nov. 25, 2015. Further, of 1989 (Taylor’s Version)’s first-week units, traditional album sales comprise 1.359 million of that sum — Swift’s single-largest sales week for any of her albums. It surpasses her previous high, logged when the original 1989 album debuted with 1.287 million sold in the week ending Nov. 2, 2014. The first-week sales of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) are the largest for any album since Adele’s 25 bowed with 3.378 million. In total, since Luminate began electronically tracking music sales in 1991, the debut of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) marks the sixth-largest sales week for any album. The top six biggest weeks are (all in debut frames): Adele’s 25 (3.378 million), *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (2.416 million, in 2000), *NSYNC’s Celebrity (1.878 million, 2001), Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP (1.76 million, 2000), Backstreet Boys’ Black & Blue (1.591 million, 2000) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (1.359 million). The sales of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) were enhanced by its availability in 15 collectible physical formats: five color vinyl variants, eight CD editions and two cassette editions. Of the five vinyl variants, Target carries a color variant that includes one bonus track (“Sweeter Than Fiction”). The album is also available to buy in two digital download editions: a standard 21-song version and a deluxe 22-song version (which adds a re-recorded version of the album’s “Bad Blood,” featuring Kendrick Lamar). (Notably, Swift did not offer an autographed edition of the new album to purchase, as she did in time for the first weeks of her last three No. 1s: Speak Now [Taylor’s Version], Midnights and Red [Taylor’s Version]. Signed editions of her albums are a major sales driver.) With Swift’s total of No. 1s on the Billboard 200 albums chart rising to 13 (Swift’s lucky number), she extends her record for the most leaders among women in the chart’s history, dating back to March of 1956, when the list began publishing on a regular, weekly basis. Among all artists, The Beatles have the most No. 1s (19), followed by Jay-Z (14) and Drake and Swift (tied with 13 each). All 13 of Swift’s full-length studio albums and re-recorded projects from 2008’s Fearless, her second studio album, through 2023’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) have debuted at No. 1. Swift announced 1989 (Taylor’s Version) on Aug. 9, while performing at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., as part of her The Eras Tour. Pre-order sales for the album began shortly afterward via Swift’s official webstore. 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. Of 1989 (Taylor’s Version)’s 1.653 million equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 2, album sales comprise 1.359 million, SEA units comprise 288,000 (equaling 375.49 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 21 songs) and TEA units comprise 6,000. The original 1989 album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart dated Nov. 15, 2014, and spent 11 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. It is tied with Swift’s first leader, Fearless, for her most weeks at No. 1 with a single album. The 1989 album boasts three songs that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — the most No. 1s generated from any Swift album. She sent “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space” and “Bad Blood,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, to No. 1 in 2014-15. 1989 (Taylor’s Version) includes re-recordings of the original 1989 album’s standard 13 songs plus the three tracks from its deluxe edition. The new 1989 (Taylor’s Version) adds five additional previously unreleased “From the Vault” re-recordings, bringing the total number of songs on the standard version of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) to 21. Million-Selling Week: With 1.359 million copies sold in its first week, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) marks the sixth Swift album to have sold at least a million in a single week, following the debut weeks of Midnights, reputation, the original 1989, Red and Speak Now. She is the only act with six different albums to each sell at least 1 million copies in a single week since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991. In total, there have been 25 instances — by 23 different albums — in which an album sold at least 1 million copies in a week in the Luminate era. One of those albums, Adele’s 25, sold more than 1 million in three separate weeks. 2023’s Biggest-Selling Album: 1989 (Taylor’s Version) has already become the year’s top-selling album. It surpasses the year’s previous best-seller, Swift’s own 2022 release Midnights, which has sold 791,000 in 2023. Swift now has the top-three-selling albums of the year, as Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is the No. 3-seller, with 755,000 sold since its release in July. Modern-Era Single-Week Vinyl Sales Record: 1989 (Taylor’s Version) sold 693,000 copies on vinyl in its first week. That marks the largest sales week for a vinyl album since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. Swift breaks her own modern-era vinyl sales record, set by the debut of her last studio album of all-new material, Midnights, which sold 575,000 copies in its opening week (ending Oct. 27, 2022). Biggest Sales Week for a CD Album Since 2015: Of 1989 (Taylor’s Version)’s first-week sales across all formats (CD, vinyl, digital download and cassette), its combined eight CD editions sold 554,000 copies. That marks the single-largest sales week for an album on CD since Adele’s 25 sold 1.03 million copies on CD in its fifth week of release (week ending Dec. 24, 2015). Swift’s Biggest Streaming Week for a Re-Recorded Album: As 1989 (Taylor’s Version) earned 288,000 SEA units, which equates to 375.49 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 21 songs, the album tallies Swift’s biggest streaming week, by total streams for its songs, for any of her four re-recorded projects. Her previous biggest streaming sum for a re-recorded project was the opening week of Red (Taylor’s Version), which saw its collected 30 songs generate 303.23 million streams. (Swift’s biggest streaming week overall for any album is the debut frame of Midnights, with 549.26 million clicks — which is also the single-largest week for any album by a woman.) At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, SEVENTEEN debuts with SEVENTEENTH Heaven: 11th Mini Album, marking the Korean pop group’s fourth top 10-charting effort. The set launches with 100,000 equivalent album units earned, driven almost entirely by CD sales (98,000 in total), bolstered by its availability across 16 collectible CD variants. The rest of the top 10 comprises former No. 1s. Drake’s For All the Dogs falls 2-3 (95,000 equivalent album units earned, down 21%); Bad Bunny’s Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana is a non-mover at No. 4 (73,000; down 25%); Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time is steady at No. 5 (64,000; down 7%); Rod Wave’s Nostalgia rises 9-6 (46,000; down 9%); Taylor Swift’s Midnights dips 6-7 (45,000; down 15%); Taylor Swift’s Lover falls 7-8 (just over 44,000; down 15%); Zach Bryan’s self-titled album descends 8-9 (44,000; down 14%); and SZA’s SOS climbs 11-10 (42,000; down 5%). Nearly Half of All Albums Sold in the U.S. Last Week Were Taylor Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ By Keith Caulfield | 11/6/2023 Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Nov. 11), selling a whopping 1.359 million copies in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 2, according to Luminate. As previously reported, that marks the biggest sales week of 2023, the largest sales week of any album since 2015, and the sixth-biggest sales week for an album since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991. The first-week sales of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) were so large, they accounted for 43.8% of all albums sold in the U.S. in the tracking week: 1.359 million of the total 3.102 million sold. Further, focusing just on the physical copies of the album Swift sold (CD, vinyl and cassettes), 1989 (Taylor’s Version) sold 1.261 million copies – representing 46.9% of all physical album sales last week (2.689 million physical albums were sold across all titles in the U.S.). The sales of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) were enhanced by its availability in 15 collectible physical formats: five color vinyl variants, eight CD editions and two cassette editions. Of the five vinyl variants, Target carries a color variant that includes one bonus track (“Sweeter Than Fiction”). The album is also available to buy in two digital download editions: a standard 21-song version and a deluxe 22-song version (which adds a re-recorded version of the album’s “Bad Blood,” featuring Kendrick Lamar). So far in 2023, Swift’s catalog of albums, across all of her titles, have sold 4.531 million copies – which accounts for 5.4% of all albums sold this year by all artists combined (83.758 million sold year to date). Swift is by far the year’s top-selling act by total album sales. Her collected albums have sold six times more than the year’s No. 2-selling act, Stray Kids, with 753,000 sold. Elsewhere in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, the latest releases from SEVENTEEN, Grateful Dead and Duran Duran debut. 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. At No. 2 on Top Album Sales, SEVENTEEN’s SEVENTEENTH Heaven: 11th Mini Album arrives. It’s the sixth top 10-charting effort for the Korean pop group. The set bows with 98,000 copies sold, effectively all from CD sales, bolstered by its availability across 16 collectible CD variants. The Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds falls 2-3 in its second week, with 33,000 sold (down 65%). Grateful Dead’s latest archival live album release, Dave’s Picks, Volume 48: Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 11/20/71, debuts at No. 4 with 19,000 sold. It’s the 38th top 10-charting set for the band since Top Album Sales launched in 1991. TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s chart-topping The Name Chapter: Freefall dips 3-5 with 15,000 sold (down 48%). Duran Duran’s new Danse Macabre debuts at No. 6 with 14,000 sold. It’s the fourth top 10-charting title on the 32-year-old Top Album Sales chart. The album’s sales were bolstered by its availability in five different vinyl iterations (adding up to a little over 5,000 sold), but its CD was its best-selling format, as its singular available CD sold nearly 6,000 copies. Rounding out the new top 10 on Top Album Sales are four former No. 1s from Taylor Swift: Midnights (rising 8-7 with 13,000; up 48%), Lover (6-8 with 13,000; up 28%), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (11-9 with nearly 13,000; up 74%) and Folklore (9-10 with 12,000; up 43%). With five Swift titles in the top 10 concurrently, it’s the second time Swift held at least half of the top 10 in the same week. She previously did it on the July 22-dated chart, with six titles. In the week ending Nov. 2, there were 3.102 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 75.5% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 2.689 million (up 88.9%) and digital albums comprised 413,000 (up 20%). There were 1.233 million CD albums sold in the week ending Nov. 2 (up 105.1% week-over-week) and 1.434 vinyl albums sold (up 76.8%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 29.245 million (up 0.8% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 38.585 million (up 18.4%). Overall year-to-date album sales total 83.758 million (up 5.7% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 68.296 million (up 10.1%) and digital album sales total 15.462 million (down 10.1%). |
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