TW LW WOC Title Artist ( Peak )

1 1 5 30 ‒ Adele ( 1 ) (212,000 (180,500 sales))

2 4 99 Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 1 ) (77,000)

3 3 6 Red (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (76,000)

4 New 1 Live Life Fast ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 4 ) (62,000 (3,500 sales))

5 5 31 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 ) (61,000)

6 8 98 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 6 ) (61,000)

7 7 107 Merry Christmas ‒ Mariah Carey ( 3 ) (56,000)

8 11 64 The Christmas Song ‒ Nat King Cole ( 6 ) (55,000)

9 2 2 Fighting Demons ‒ Juice WRLD ( 2 ) (52,000)

10 ReEntry 22 Inside (The Songs) ‒ Bo Burnham ( 7 ) (50,000 (44,500 sales))

11 14 22 A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector ‒ Various Artists ( 11 )

12 6 50 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 )

13 ReEntry 18 Man On The Moon III: The Chosen ‒ Kid Cudi ( 2 )

14 17 26 The Best Of Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 7 )

15 13 8 = ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

16 16 21 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

17 18 20 The Andy Williams Christmas Album ‒ Andy Williams ( 17 )

18 9 16 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 )

19 20 42 Christmas Classics ‒ Bing Crosby ( 18 )

20 New 1 Universe: The 3rd Album, Neo Culture Technology (2021) ‒ NCT ( 20 )

21 15 45 The Highlights ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 )

22 25 31 Ultimate Christmas ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 12 )

23 12 26 Planet Her ‒ Doja Cat ( 2 )

24 ReEntry 21 The Classic Christmas Album ‒ Perry Como ( 18 )

25 24 48 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer ‒ Burl Ives ( 16 )

26 10 28 Hall Of Fame ‒ Polo G ( 1 )

27 30 18 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings ‒ Brenda Lee ( 17 )

28 28 8 When Christmas Comes Around... ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 22 )

29 27 21 My Gift ‒ Carrie Underwood ( 5 )

30 33 56 Wrapped In Red ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 3 )

31 31 71 Let It Be (Soundtrack) ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

32 34 442 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

33 39 13 The Best Of Bobby Helms ‒ Bobby Helms ( 27 )

34 32 106 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )

35 29 6 An Evening With Silk Sonic ‒ Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) ( 2 )

36 84 6 Formula Of Love: O+T=<3 ‒ TWICE ( 3 )

37 23 7 Still Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 1 )

38 43 24 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics ‒ Gene Autry ( 21 )

39 58 456 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 )

40 52 47 White Christmas ‒ Bing Crosby ( 40 )

41 37 54 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

42 54 25 The Dean Martin Christmas Album ‒ Dean Martin ( 36 )

43 56 36 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

44 49 478 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 )

45 19 2 From The Bayou ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Birdman ( 19 )

46 53 143 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

47 36 74 F*ck Love ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 1 )

48 64 19 Last Christmas (Soundtrack) ‒ George Michael & Wham! ( 43 )

49 48 74 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

50 42 77 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 )

51 61 215 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 )

52 57 120 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

53 38 14 Montero ‒ Lil Nas X ( 2 )

54 62 188 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )

55 47 46 Whole Lotta Red ‒ Playboi Carti ( 1 )

56 44 95 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )

57 45 111 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 )

58 51 40 Justice ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )

59 50 76 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

60 40 39 SoulFly ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )

61 35 17 Donda ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

62 69 48 The Classic Christmas Album ‒ Elvis Presley ( 28 )

63 87 16 Feliz Navidad ‒ Jose Feliciano ( 54 )

64 46 470 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 )

65 86 328 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 )

66 55 35 A Gangsta's Pain ‒ Moneybagg Yo ( 1 )

67 65 90 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 3 )

68 144 159 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) ‒ Prince And The Revolution ( 1 )

69 71 60 Positions ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

70 91 24 A Legendary Christmas ‒ John Legend ( 22 )

71 67 122 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

72 78 59 Under The Mistletoe ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )

73 88 11 The Jackson 5 Christmas Album ‒ Jackson 5 ( 53 )

74 74 9 The Lockdown Sessions ‒ Elton John ( 10 )

75 63 13 Sincerely, Kentrell ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 )

76 94 555 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 )

77 76 326 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 )

78 72 5 Sniper Gang Presents Syko Bob & SnapKatt: Nightmare Babies ‒ Various Artists ( 72 )

79 98 6 Evergreen ‒ Pentatonix ( 72 )

80 90 177 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

81 77 238 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

82 99 569 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 )

83 79 560 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

84 97 179 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 )

85 82 14 Sticker: The 3rd Album ‒ NCT 127 ( 3 )

86 119 68 Christmas Eve And Other Stories ‒ Trans-Siberian Orchestra ( 48 )

87 109 209 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 )

88 60 3 Who Is Nardo Wick? ‒ Nardo Wick ( 19 )

89 103 441 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 )

90 83 5 Raise The Roof ‒ Robert Plant / Alison Krauss ( 7 )

91 80 368 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

92 ReEntry 14 Bigger Than Life Or Death ‒ EST Gee ( 7 )

93 101 245 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

94 81 58 Starting Over ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )

95 116 10 Berry Christmas (EP) ‒ Chuck Berry ( 60 )

96 114 639 Metallica ‒ Metallica ( 1 )

97 89 169 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 )

98 100 710 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 )

99 92 29 The Voice Of The Heroes ‒ Lil Baby & Lil Durk ( 1 )

100 111 4 I Dream Of Christmas ‒ Norah Jones ( 100 )

101 142 201 Gold: Greatest Hits ‒ ABBA ( 25 )

102 140 103 Noel ‒ Josh Groban ( 1 )

103 115 23 You Make It Feel Like Christmas ‒ Gwen Stefani ( 16 )

104 75 15 The Melodic Blue ‒ Baby Keem ( 5 )

105 156 4 Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! ‒ Soundtrack ( 105 )

106 190 147 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 )

107 26 2 B4 AVA ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 26 )

108 85 59 Dreamland ‒ Glass Animals ( 7 )

109 104 146 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

110 179 4 Encanto ‒ Soundtrack ( 110 )

111 21 2 The Dreaming ‒ MONSTA X ( 21 )

112 155 8 The Beach Boys' Christmas Album ‒ The Beach Boys ( 107 )

113 147 17 Everyday Is Christmas ‒ Sia ( 27 )

114 165 412 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 )

115 107 32 The Off-Season ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

116 93 95 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 )

117 160 277 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys ‒ The Beach Boys ( 16 )

118 174 2 Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas ‒ Ella Fitzgerald ( 118 )

119 122 65 Circles ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 )

120 ReEntry 959 The Dark Side Of The Moon ‒ Pink Floyd ( 1 )

121 96 197 25 ‒ Adele ( 1 )

122 166 43 Currents ‒ Tame Impala ( 4 )

123 ReEntry 8 The Best Of Stevie Wonder: 20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection ‒ Stevie Wonder ( 85 )

124 22 2 Richer Than I Ever Been ‒ Rick Ross ( 22 )

125 148 13 Scaled And Icy ‒ twenty one pilots ( 3 )

126 ReEntry 6 Love For Sale ‒ Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga ( 8 )

127 106 237 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 )

128 151 44 A Pentatonix Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 1 )

129 113 191 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

130 162 90 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 ‒ BTS ( 1 )

131 102 226 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )

132 139 8 A Drummer Boy Christmas ‒ for KING & COUNTRY ( 50 )

133 173 161 Greatest Hits ‒ Foo Fighters ( 11 )

134 170 17 A Holly Dolly Christmas ‒ Dolly Parton ( 16 )

135 131 172 Swimming ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 )

136 133 402 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 )

137 105 84 The GOAT ‒ Polo G ( 2 )

138 191 10 A Winter Romance ‒ Dean Martin ( 61 )

139 134 495 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 )

140 183 80 Weezer ‒ Weezer ( 16 )

141 New 1 4NEM ‒ Chief Keef ( 141 )

142 157 7 Voyage ‒ ABBA ( 2 )

143 118 112 Hot Pink ‒ Doja Cat ( 9 )

144 153 554 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 )

145 126 6 Macon ‒ Jason Aldean ( 8 )

146 163 8 Gimme Some Truth. (2020) ‒ John Lennon ( 40 )

147 117 116 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 )

148 ReEntry 284 Led Zeppelin IV ‒ Led Zeppelin ( 2 )

149 112 94 Eternal Atake ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )

150 125 521 21 ‒ Adele ( 1 )

151 110 56 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )

152 ReEntry 35 Home For Christmas ‒ 'N Sync ( 7 )

153 185 324 Blurryface ‒ twenty one pilots ( 1 )

154 127 182 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 )

155 120 90 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 )

156 ReEntry 66 Ready To Die ‒ The Notorious B.I.G. ( 15 )

157 141 197 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 )

158 ReEntry 18 KIDS SEE GHOSTS ‒ KIDS SEE GHOSTS ( 2 )

159 129 251 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

160 145 293 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 )

161 ReEntry 501 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 )

162 121 460 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 )

163 123 4 Arcane League Of Legends ‒ Soundtrack ( 123 )

164 172 62 Christmas Portrait ‒ Carpenters ( 56 )

165 135 65 Tickets To My Downfall ‒ Machine Gun Kelly ( 1 )

166 ReEntry 31 Ones ‒ Selena ( 42 )

167 ReEntry 155 Hotel California ‒ Eagles ( 1 )

168 124 22 Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band ‒ Green Day ( 39 )

169 108 4 Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren ‒ Anuel AA ( 30 )

170 130 12 Expensive Pain ‒ Meek Mill ( 3 )

171 171 251 American Teen ‒ Khalid ( 4 )

172 137 41 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time ‒ Giveon ( 5 )

173 ReEntry 30 McCartney II ‒ Paul McCartney ( 3 )

174 150 263 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 )

175 132 53 The Voice ‒ Lil Durk ( 2 )

176 ReEntry 406 Greatest Hits ‒ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 )

177 159 23 Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits ‒ Fall Out Boy ( 77 )

178 59 2 Alone At Prom ‒ Tory Lanez ( 59 )

179 136 8 Something For Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 5 )

180 143 108 Die Lit ‒ Playboi Carti ( 3 )

181 149 54 Thats What They All Say ‒ Jack Harlow ( 5 )

182 128 203 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

183 ReEntry 8 We Need A Little Christmas ‒ Pentatonix ( 23 )

184 161 206 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day ‒ Kid Cudi ( 4 )

185 158 46 Shiesty Season ‒ Pooh Shiesty ( 3 )

186 66 2 Barn ‒ Neil Young / Crazy Horse ( 66 )

187 169 194 Invasion Of Privacy ‒ Cardi B ( 1 )

188 ReEntry 6 A Very Trainor Christmas ‒ Meghan Trainor ( 89 )

189 181 76 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 106 )

190 152 115 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

191 164 367 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

192 154 26 Vice Versa ‒ Rauw Alejandro ( 17 )

193 197 150 Thank U, Next ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

194 180 504 1 ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

195 ReEntry 231 Evolve ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 2 )

196 ReEntry 8 Music Of The Spheres ‒ Coldplay ( 4 )

197 175 551 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 )

198 167 111 Harry Styles ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )

199 188 107 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 1 )

200 ReEntry 77 "Awaken, My Love!" ‒ Childish Gambino ( 5 )

Adele’s ‘30’ Continues Hot Streak on Billboard 200, Spends Fifth Week at No. 1

By Keith Caulfield | 12/27/2021

 

Adele’s 30 continues its hot streak on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set locks in a fifth consecutive, and total, week at No. 1 on the tally (dated Jan. 1, 2022). The set earned 212,000 equivalent album units (up 16%) in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 23, according to MRC Data.

 

30 bowed at No. 1 on the chart dated Dec. 4 with 839,000 units earned. It then saw its second, third, fourth and fifth weeks tally 288,000, 193,000, 183,000 and 212,000 units, respectively.

 

30 logs the biggest fifth week for any album in over five years, since Adele’s last album, 25, was No. 1 in its fifth week, on the Jan. 9, 2016-dated chart, with 1.19 million units earned.

 

Plus, 30 is the first album to tally three weeks of at least 200,000 units in over three years, since Drake’s Scorpion saw its first three frames all clear the 200,000-unit mark.

 

30 is the fourth album released in 2021 to spend at least five weeks at No. 1 in total on the Billboard 200, following Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (10), Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour and Drake’s Certified Lover Boy (five each).

 

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. 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 30’s 212,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 23, album sales comprise 180,500 (up 23%), SEA units comprise 30,000 (down 14%; equaling 40.63 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 1,500 units (up 6%).

 

Adele’s total weeks at No. 1, across all three of her No. 1 albums (21, 25 and 30), now rises to 39. She logged 24 weeks at No. 1 with 21 in 2011-12, 10 weeks with 25 in 2015-16 and now five weeks with 30 in 2021-22.

 

With 39 weeks total at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Adele now ties Elton John for the eighth-most weeks at No. 1 since the list began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March of 1956. Ahead of them are The Beatles (132), Elvis Presley (67), Taylor Swift (55), Garth Brooks (52), Michael Jackson (51), The Kingston Trio and Whitney Houston (both with 46).

 

Michael Bublé’s former No. 1 Christmas jumps 4-2 on the new Billboard 200, earning 77,000 equivalent album units (up 19%). During the tracking week, NBC TV aired an encore presentation of Bublé’s latest special, Michael Bublé’s Christmas in the City, which premiered Dec. 6.

 

Christmas spent five weeks at No. 1 in late 2011 and early 2012 and has returned to the top 10 in every Christmas season since.

 

Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Red (Taylor’s Version) is a non-mover at No. 3 with 76,000 equivalent album units earned (up 12%).

 

Roddy Ricch’s new album Live Life Fast debuts at No. 4 with 62,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 57,500 (equaling 76.51 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs), album sales comprise 3,500 and TEA units comprise 1,000.

 

Live Life Fast is the second top five-charting Billboard 200 entry for Roddy Ricch, following his last album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, which spent four weeks at No. 1 in 2019-20.

 

Olivia Rodrigo’s chart-topping Sour is steady at No. 5 with 61,000 equivalent album units earned (up 2%).

 

Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack hits a new high, rising 8-6, surpassing its previous high reached a week earlier. The album earned 61,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 23 (up 37%).

 

A Charlie Brown Christmas was released in 1965 and did not reach any Billboard ranking until 1987. That year, it debuted on the Top Holiday Albums chart, where it later peaked at No. 2 (Jan. 27, 2007). The album first reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200 dated Jan. 2, 2021, when it rose to No. 10.

 

Mariah Carey's festive Merry Christmas is steady at No. 7 with 56,000 equivalent album units earned (up 26%).

 

Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song returns to the top 10, climbing 11-8, with 55,000 equivalent album units earned. The set has so far peaked at No. 6 (on the Jan. 2, 2021-dated tally).

 

Juice WRLD’s Fighting Demons falls 2-9 in its second week on the Billboard 200, earning 52,000 equivalent album units (down 57%).

 

Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs) makes an eye-catching return to the top 10, as the album re-enters the chart at No. 10. The set earned 50,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 23 (up 721%) following its release on CD and vinyl on Dec. 17. It was previously only available via streaming services and to purchase as a digital download album. Of its unit total for the week, album sales comprise 44,500 (up 15,220%), SEA units comprise nearly 5,500 (down 9%) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

 

Inside (The Songs) debuted and peaked at No. 7 on the June 26, 2021-dated chart.

Always fascinating to see how many old Xmas albums break into the US album chart at this time of year, good to see Kelly Clarkson top 30 with both hers to!

Yes, really good to see both Kelly Clarkson’s Christmas albums in the top 30.

Decent sales for Adele again, looks like she’ll drift past the 2 million mark during the first part of 2022. It’ll be interesting to see how her sales hold up post Christmas. I wonder if she can get to 3 million further down the line, it seems quite typical for the big albums these days to sell between 2-3 million, I think only Billie has managed more in recent years.

I guess it was a bad time to release (and the reception to it has been pretty negative) but it's a bit of an oof that Roddy Ricch's album could only manage #4.