I noticed there was no thread for this and I thought that a bit bizarre because it's so interesting to me, so I said I'd give this a go. I hope this is of interest to at least some of you! Obviously I'll update it every week.

 

Top 40

01 Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience [3,253,000 YTD/TOTAL] {March 15, 2013}

02 Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox [3,123,000 YTD / 4,101,000 TOTAL] {December 6, 2012}

03 Daft Punk - Random Access Memories [2,504,000 YTD/TOTAL] {May 17, 2013}

04 P!nk - The Truth About Love [2,365,000 YTD / 4,718,000 TOTAL] {September 14, 2012}

05 Mumford & Sons - Babel [2,030,000 YTD / 4,760,000 TOTAL] {September 21, 2012}

06 One Direction - Take Me Home [1,883,000 YTD / 4,740,000 TOTAL] {November 9, 2012}

07 Rihanna - Unapologetic [1,696,000 YTD / 3,257,000 TOTAL] {November 19, 2012}

08 Michael Bublé - To Be Loved [1,688,000 YTD/TOTAL] {April 15, 2013}

09 Taylor Swift - Red [1,617,000 YTD / 5,459,000 TOTAL] {October 22, 2012}

10 Soundtrack - Les Misérables [1,550,000 YTD/TOTAL] {December 21, 2012}

 

11 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions [1,482,000 YTD / 1,856,000 TOTAL] {September 4, 2012}

12 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist [1,425,000 YTD / 1,694,000 TOTAL] {October 9, 2012}

13 The Lumineers - The Lumineers [1,418,000 YTD / 1,788,000 TOTAL] {April 3, 2012}

14 Adele - 21 [1,333,000 YTD / 25,784,000 TOTAL] { January 24, 2011}

15 Emeli Sandé - Our Version Of Events [1,306,000 YTD / 3,206,000 TOTAL] {February 13, 2012}

16 David Bowie - The Next Day [1,123,000 YTD/TOTAL] {March 8, 2013}

17 Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy Grail [1,122,000 YTD/TOTAL] {July 8, 2013}

18 Depeche Mode - Delta Machine [985,000 YTD/TOTAL] {March 22, 2013}

19 Fun. - Some Nights [982,000 YTD / 3,099,000 TOTAL] {February 21, 2012}

20 Blake Shelton - Based On A True Story [871,000 YTD/TOTAL] {March 26, 2013}

 

21 Ed Sheeran - + [865,000 YTD / 3,146,000 TOTAL] {September 9, 2011}

22 Soundtrack - Pitch Perfect [855,000 YTD / 1,184,000 TOTAL] {September 25, 2012}

23 Andrea Bocelli - Passione [847,000 YTD/TOTAL] {January 29, 2013}

24 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (+ Paradise Edition) [815,000 YTD / 3,829,000 TOTAL] {January 27, 2012}

25 Florida Georgia Line - Here's To The Good Times [806,000 YTD / 1,016,000 TOTAL] {December 4, 2012}

26 Maroon 5 - Overexposed [789,000 YTD / 2,837,000 TOTAL] {June 26, 2012}

27 One Direction - Up All Night [788,000 YTD / 4,921,000 TOTAL] {November 18, 2011}

28 Black Sabbath - 13 [781,000 YTD/TOTAL] {June 10, 2013}

29 Bon Jovi - What About Now [773,000 YTD/TOTAL] {March 8, 2013}

30 Kanye West - Yeezus [757,000 YTD/TOTAL] {June 18, 2013}

 

31 Various Artists - The Great Gatsby (Soundtrack) [756,000 YTD/TOTAL] {May 7, 2013}

32 Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire [755,000 YTD / 1,513,000 TOTAL] {November 22, 2012}

33 Justin Bieber - Believe Acoustic [730,000 YTD/TOTAL] {January 29, 2013}

34 Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day [702,000 YTD / 1,802,000 TOTAL] {November 19, 2012}

35 Passenger - All The Little Lights [697,000 YTD/TOTAL] {February 24, 2012}

36 Of Monsters & Men - My Head Is An Animal [690,000 YTD / 1,701,000 TOTAL] {September 20, 2911}

37 Josh Groban - All That Echoes [684,000 YTD/TOTAL] {February 5, 2013}

38 Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being II [649,000 YTD/TOTAL] {March 26, 2013}

39 J.Cole - Born Sinner [628,000 YTD/TOTAL] {June 10, 2013}

40 Fall Out Boy - Save Rock And Roll [607,000 YTD/TOTAL] {April 16, 2013}

 

Extras

Phillip Phillips - World From The Side Of The Moon [576,000 YTD / 1,082,000 TOTAL] {November 19, 2012}

Luke Bryan - Spring Break... Here To Party [570,000 YTD/TOTAL] {March 5, 2013}

Rod Stewart - Time [568,000 YTD/TOTAL] {May 3, 2013}

B'z - The Best XXV (1988-1998) [560,000 YTD/TOTAL] {June 12, 2013}

Rolling Stones - Grrr! (Greatest Hits) [557,000 YTD / 1,436,000 TOTAL] {November 9, 2012}

A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP [554,000 YTD/TOTAL] {January 15, 2013}

Muse - The 2nd Law [545,000 YTD / 1,957,000 TOTAL] {September 28, 2012}

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City [540,000 YTD/TOTAL] {May 14, 2013}

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid M.a.a.d. City [536,000 YTD / 1,849,000 TOTAL] {October 22, 2012}

B'z - The Best XXV (1999-2012) [534,000 YTD/TOTAL] {June 12, 2013}

Paramore - Paramore [530,000 YTD/TOTAL] {April 5, 2013}

Calvin Harris - 18 Months [508,000 YTD / 898,000 TOTAL] {October 26, 2012}

Lady Antebellum - Golden [502,000 YTD/TOTAL] {May 7, 2013}

Justin Bieber - Believe [498,000 YTD / 2,844,000 TOTAL] {June 15, 2012}

Kelly Clarkson - Greatest Hits Chapter 1 [492,000 YTD / 851,000 TOTAL] {November 16, 2012}

Demi Lovato - Demi [458,000 YTD/TOTAL] {May 14, 2013}

Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines [438,000 YTD/TOTAL] {July 12, 2013}

Les Enfoirés - La Boite A Musique Des Enfoirés [419,000 YTD/TOTAL] {March 16, 2013}

Will.i.am - #Willpower [404,000 YTD/TOTAL] {April 19, 2013}

T.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head [400,000 YTD / 535,000 TOTAL] {December 18, 2012}

Dido - Girl Who Got Away [391,000 YTD/TOTAL] {March 4, 2013}

Michael Bublé - Christmas [361,000 YTD / 7,561,000 TOTAL] {October 21, 2011}

Kid Cudi - Indicud [341,000 YTD/TOTAL] {April 16, 2013}

Thirty Seconds To Mars - Love Lust Faith + Dreams [311,000 YTD/TOTAL] {May 21, 2013}

Wale - The Gifted [298,000 YTD/TOTAL] {June 25, 2013]

Selena Gomez - Stars Dance [286,000 YTD/TOTAL] {July 19, 2013}

Kelly Rowland - Talk A Good Game [162,000 YTD/TOTAL] {June 14, 2013}

Ciara - Ciara [106,000 YTD/TOTAL] {July 5, 2013}

Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune [82,000 YTD/TOTAL] {June 14, 2013}

I never in a million years expected The Lumineers this high :o

How do they have more YTD than total though?

Edited June 20, 201312 yr by *Tim

How do they have more YTD than total though?

They don't, look again!

They don't, look again!

I'm not wearing my glasses, let's just keep it at that :mellow:

Pink rightfully slaying.

Updated, and we now have sales for Kanye, Kelly Rowland and Passenger!

Unorthodox Jukebox is now at 2.769.000 [3.748.000 /TOTAL]. :dance:

Thanks for this! Hadn't seen the total sales for '21' this year yet. Beyond amazing.

 

17 Depeche Mode - Delta Machine [922,000 YTD/TOTAL]

Wow, they're still genuinely HUGE somewhere (not in the US or UK though)

 

May I ask what is the source? (in case I use these figures somewhere)

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by SKOB

May I ask what is the source? (in case I use these figures somewhere)

Source is here, it's updated every week so it's just a case of adding the figures together ^_^

I thought so! Thanks!

Updated for week #29, apologies for lateness :blush: Unfortunately when you're busy these things suffer but hopefully stuff won't get in the way from now on ^_^

 

Lots of interesting changes in this update, including the entries of Ciara and also Jay-Z, who I'm surprised to see is doing far better than Kanye.

Cool thread, thanks so much for putting it together! Definitely bookmarking for future reference. :)

 

The source website isn't working for me, but does this include sales from every country or just (Western) Europe and America as I'm sure Japan has a very strong album market and going by the Oricon website alone a few of them should make the list never mind their sales outside of Japan added on... plus all(?) of the albums seem to be English speaking which also makes me wonder if Asia etc are missed out.

Very interesting countdown... just proves how low sales have become internationally compared to previous years...

 

Cool thread, thanks so much for putting it together! Definitely bookmarking for future reference. :)

 

The source website isn't working for me, but does this include sales from every country or just (Western) Europe and America as I'm sure Japan has a very strong album market and going by the Oricon website alone a few of them should make the list never mind their sales outside of Japan added on... plus all(?) of the albums seem to be English speaking which also makes me wonder if Asia etc are missed out.

I'm glad you like it ^_^ I'm not really certain as regards what countries Mediabase tracks, so I can't really answer your question properly :( Japan has representation here in the form of B'z, who have two Greatest Hits albums just outside the top 40. I'd imagine there just haven't been any proper mega sellers in Asia this year (acts over there generally have huge first weeks and then drop right off, I believe?), but I'm not very informed on the charts of Asia :lol:

Updated for week #30 - not too much going on this week but a 16 place rise for Jay-Z is notable, and my personal favourite part this week is that Adele outsold Emeli :D

Updated for week 32 (there's no such thing as week 31). Selena Gomez is coming for your non-Robin Thicke faves.

Updated for week #33, not much of interest I'm afraid :( Robin Thicke's climbed a fair bit but still comfortably outside the top 40 (for now).

Thanks for updating/doing this Umi! :cheer:

 

Really enjoy reading through it. Cannot wait for the holiday season though so album sales can get pushed up a lot as they look quite awful for the moment!

Updated for week #33, not much of interest I'm afraid :( Robin Thicke's climbed a fair bit but still comfortably outside the top 40 (for now).

There is interest for it, I read through it every week

Thanks for updating/doing this Umi! :cheer:

 

Really enjoy reading through it. Cannot wait for the holiday season though so album sales can get pushed up a lot as they look quite awful for the moment!

There is interest for it, I read through it every week

Thanks for the replies! Though Tim I was actually talking about it just being a boring week this time :kink: Agreed about album sales, I'm actually really interested to see how much stuff starts to sell per week coming into the holiday season.