BILLBOARD 200 Week ending January 15, 2022

 

TW LW Wks Title ‒ Artist (Peak)

 

1 7 6 Encanto ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) (72,000 (11,000 sales))

2 1 7 30 ‒ Adele ( 1 ) (57,000)

3 5 52 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) (42,000)

4 4 33 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 ) (41,000)

5 3 8 Red (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 ) (38,000)

6 11 18 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 ) (37,000)

7 15 28 Planet Her ‒ Doja Cat ( 2 ) (34,000)

8 13 47 The Highlights ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 ) (34,000)

9 12 4 Fighting Demons ‒ Juice WRLD ( 2 ) (31,000)

10 20 30 Hall Of Fame ‒ Polo G ( 1 ) (27,000)

11 16 10 = ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

12 26 9 Still Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 1 )

13 29 76 F*ck Love ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 1 )

14 21 23 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

15 39 458 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 )

16 42 16 Montero ‒ Lil Nas X ( 2 )

17 25 3 Live Life Fast ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 4 )

18 52 92 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 3 )

19 44 97 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )

20 43 79 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 )

21 41 122 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

22 31 8 An Evening With Silk Sonic ‒ Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) ( 2 )

23 40 190 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )

24 46 113 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 )

25 51 41 SoulFly ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )

26 56 19 Donda ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

27 30 4 From The Bayou ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Birdman ( 19 )

28 48 42 Justice ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )

29 53 78 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

30 36 480 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 )

31 57 37 A Gangsta's Pain ‒ Moneybagg Yo ( 1 )

32 49 76 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

33 62 15 Sincerely, Kentrell ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 )

34 33 108 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )

35 35 56 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

36 71 5 Who Is Nardo Wick? ‒ Nardo Wick ( 19 )

37 60 472 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 )

38 68 7 Sniper Gang Presents Syko Bob & SnapKatt: Nightmare Babies ‒ Various Artists ( 38 )

39 ** 1 Anniversary Trilogy ‒ Bad Bunny ( 39 )

40 45 48 Whole Lotta Red ‒ Playboi Carti ( 1 )

41 69 240 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

42 78 562 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

43 75 171 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 )

44 55 217 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 )

45 50 145 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

46 94 61 Dreamland ‒ Glass Animals ( 7 )

47 70 328 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 )

48 81 31 The Voice Of The Heroes ‒ Lil Baby & Lil Durk ( 1 )

49 72 60 Starting Over ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )

50 73 330 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 )

51 104 239 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 )

52 93 148 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

53 95 17 The Melodic Blue ‒ Baby Keem ( 5 )

54 47 444 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

55 97 97 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 )

56 83 124 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

57 74 62 Positions ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

58 91 571 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 )

59 82 179 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

60 76 557 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 )

61 103 2 Sing 2 ‒ Soundtrack ( 61 )

62 107 228 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )

63 102 58 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )

64 109 193 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

65 86 247 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

66 114 114 Hot Pink ‒ Doja Cat ( 9 )

67 32 3 Universe: The 3rd Album, Neo Culture Technology (2021) ‒ NCT ( 20 )

68 110 86 The GOAT ‒ Polo G ( 2 )

69 61 73 Let It Be (Soundtrack) ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

70 59 38 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

71 123 369 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

72 99 199 25 ‒ Adele ( 1 )

73 116 96 Eternal Atake ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )

74 90 370 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

75 108 199 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 )

76 126 184 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 )

77 113 253 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

78 121 118 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 )

79 131 462 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 )

80 101 712 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 )

81 105 523 21 ‒ Adele ( 1 )

82 125 6 Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren ‒ Anuel AA ( 30 )

83 RE 694 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 )

84 98 16 Bigger Than Life Or Death ‒ EST Gee ( 7 )

85 120 92 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 )

86 87 181 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 )

87 77 11 The Lockdown Sessions ‒ Elton John ( 10 )

88 111 34 The Off-Season ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

89 100 443 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 )

90 127 404 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 )

91 141 110 Die Lit ‒ Playboi Carti ( 3 )

92 148 553 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 )

93 106 641 Metallica ‒ Metallica ( 1 )

94 124 556 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 )

95 138 67 Tickets To My Downfall ‒ Machine Gun Kelly ( 1 )

96 143 265 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 )

97 156 172 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

98 147 48 Shiesty Season ‒ Pooh Shiesty ( 3 )

99 129 295 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 )

100 136 6 Arcane League Of Legends ‒ Soundtrack ( 100 )

101 149 25 Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits ‒ Fall Out Boy ( 77 )

102 166 56 Thats What They All Say ‒ Jack Harlow ( 5 )

103 144 43 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time ‒ Giveon ( 5 )

104 153 208 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day ‒ Kid Cudi ( 4 )

105 89 211 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 )

106 150 55 The Voice ‒ Lil Durk ( 2 )

107 115 203 Gold: Greatest Hits ‒ ABBA ( 25 )

108 RE 376 The Essential Michael Jackson ‒ Michael Jackson ( 31 )

109 177 205 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

110 159 137 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent ‒ Lewis Capaldi ( 20 )

111 132 4 B4 AVA ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 26 )

112 172 196 Invasion Of Privacy ‒ Cardi B ( 1 )

113 134 8 Macon ‒ Jason Aldean ( 8 )

114 119 67 Circles ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 )

115 85 20 Man On The Moon III: The Chosen ‒ Kid Cudi ( 2 )

116 191 31 Still Sleep? ‒ Sleepy Hallow ( 16 )

117 140 14 Expensive Pain ‒ Meek Mill ( 3 )

118 178 10 Something For Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 5 )

119 182 68 Top ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 )

120 176 92 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 ‒ BTS ( 1 )

121 27 2 Magic ‒ Nas ( 27 )

122 96 24 Inside (The Songs) ‒ Bo Burnham ( 7 )

123 157 497 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 )

124 199 261 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 )

125 169 117 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

126 RE 25 Country Stuff (EP) ‒ Walker Hayes ( 32 )

127 122 326 Blurryface ‒ twenty one pilots ( 1 )

128 151 78 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 106 )

129 112 414 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 )

130 RE 259 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 )

131 161 152 Thank U, Next ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

132 130 253 American Teen ‒ Khalid ( 4 )

133 188 32 Free Dem Boyz ‒ 42 Dugg ( 8 )

134 158 28 Vice Versa ‒ Rauw Alejandro ( 17 )

135 190 174 Swimming ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 )

136 179 9 Human: The Double Album ‒ Cody Johnson ( 19 )

137 RE 73 Goldmine ‒ Gabby Barrett ( 27 )

138 RE 44 Greatest Hits ‒ Pitbull ( 115 )

139 186 259 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 )

140 164 408 Greatest Hits ‒ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 )

141 198 19 Trip At Knight ‒ Trippie Redd ( 2 )

142 RE 79 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston ‒ Whitney Houston ( 14 )

143 195 99 Ghetto Gospel ‒ Rod Wave ( 10 )

144 RE 57 Good News ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 2 )

145 171 503 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 )

146 RE 258 Teenage Dream ‒ Katy Perry ( 1 )

147 174 163 Greatest Hits ‒ Foo Fighters ( 11 )

148 79 8 Formula Of Love: O+T=<3 ‒ TWICE ( 3 )

149 88 16 Sticker: The 3rd Album ‒ NCT 127 ( 3 )

150 180 68 Ready To Die ‒ The Notorious B.I.G. ( 15 )

151 RE 237 More Life ‒ Drake ( 1 )

152 RE 403 Nothing Was The Same ‒ Drake ( 1 )

153 RE 91 The College Dropout ‒ Kanye West ( 2 )

154 173 233 Evolve ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 2 )

155 RE 147 Speak Now ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

156 200 101 Music To Be Murdered By ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

157 RE 155 All Time Greatest Hits ‒ Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 56 )

158 189 109 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 1 )

159 152 279 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys ‒ The Beach Boys ( 16 )

160 RE 85 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2 ‒ Lil Durk ( 2 )

161 RE 297 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 )

162 RE 22 Call Me If You Get Lost ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

163 193 143 Cry Baby ‒ Melanie Martinez ( 6 )

164 RE 37 Destined 2 Win ‒ Lil Tjay ( 5 )

165 RE 10 Punk ‒ Young Thug ( 1 )

166 RE 18 Rich Slave ‒ Young Dolph ( 4 )

167 RE 67 9 ‒ Jason Aldean ( 2 )

168 RE 212 17 ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 2 )

169 128 961 The Dark Side Of The Moon ‒ Pink Floyd ( 1 )

170 RE 9 La 167 ‒ Farruko ( 26 )

171 RE 174 DS2 ‒ Future ( 1 )

172 RE 297 Greatest Hits ‒ Red Hot Chili Peppers ( 18 )

173 RE 505 1 ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

174 RE 72 Wunna ‒ Gunna ( 1 )

175 RE 66 Strait Out Of The Box ‒ George Strait ( 43 )

176 168 45 Currents ‒ Tame Impala ( 4 )

177 RE 86 Flower Boy ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 2 )

178 187 157 Hotel California ‒ Eagles ( 1 )

179 RE 161 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

180 RE 170 Frozen ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 )

181 RE 26 Back Of My Mind ‒ H.E.R. ( 6 )

182 RE 234 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection ‒ Bon Jovi ( 5 )

183 RE 30 Khaled Khaled ‒ DJ Khaled ( 1 )

184 RE 142 X 100PRE ‒ Bad Bunny ( 11 )

185 145 161 Purple Rain (Soundtrack) ‒ Prince And The Revolution ( 1 )

186 RE 344 In The Lonely Hour ‒ Sam Smith ( 2 )

187 RE 127 Cuz I Love You ‒ Lizzo ( 4 )

188 RE 85 Frozen II ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 )

189 RE 269 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

190 RE 372 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 ‒ The Rolling Stones ( 4 )

191 RE 262 The Essential Billy Joel ‒ Billy Joel ( 15 )

192 RE 90 Chilombo ‒ Jhene Aiko ( 2 )

193 RE 26 Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith ‒ Aerosmith ( 33 )

194 RE 96 Manic ‒ Halsey ( 2 )

195 RE 79 High Off Life ‒ Future ( 1 )

196 RE 144 Nothing But The Best ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 2 )

197 RE 149 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates ‒ Daryl Hall John Oates ( 34 )

198 183 113 Harry Styles ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )

199 RE 52 Hey World ‒ Lee Brice ( 45 )

200 RE 94 Meet The Woo, V.2 ‒ Pop Smoke ( 7 )

‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Surges to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

By Keith Caulfield | 01/09/2022

 

The soundtrack to the Walt Disney animated musical film Encanto surges to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Jan. 15), as the set jumps 7-1 in its sixth week on the list. It’s the first soundtrack to hit No. 1 in more than two years — since Disney’s own Frozen II chilled atop the list for one week, on the chart dated Dec. 14, 2019.

 

Encanto earned 72,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 6 (up 76%), according to MRC Data. Streaming activity of the set’s songs drove the majority of that unit sum.

 

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 Encanto’s 72,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 6, SEA units comprise 58,000 (up 91%; equaling 87.69 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 11,000 (up 33%) and TEA units comprise 3,000 (up 33%). The album’s two most popular songs of the week, by SEA units, are “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and “Surface Pressure.” “Bruno” and “Surface” both debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated Jan. 8 and should jump up the list dated Jan. 15.

 

The Encanto soundtrack, with songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, was released on Nov. 19, before the film arrived in U.S. theaters on Nov. 24. The movie was released via the Disney+ streaming service a month later — which is likely helping the album’s exposure and promotion in the last two tracking weeks. A week ago, the album leaped 110-7 after its premiere on Disney+.

 

Sixth Animated Film Soundtrack to Hit No. 1: Encanto is just the sixth animated film soundtrack to hit No. 1 since the Billboard 200 began regularly publishing on a weekly basis in 1956. Encanto follows Frozen II (one week at No. 1, 2019), Frozen (13 weeks, 2014), Jack Johnson’s Curious George (one, 2006), Pocahontas (one, 1995), The Lion King (10, 1994-95). (All but Curious George were Disney films.)

 

Over Two Years Between No. 1 Soundtracks: It’s been two years and one month since a soundtrack was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (since Frozen II led for one week on the Dec. 14, 2019, chart). That’s the longest the chart had gone without a soundtrack at No. 1 since the two year and six-month gap between Bad Boys II’s fourth and final week at No. 1 (Aug. 23, 2003) and Johnson’s Curious George soundtrack’s one week atop (Feb. 25, 2006).

 

A Rare No. 1 Album That Did Not Debut at No. 1: Notably, Encanto is a somewhat rare example of a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 that did not debut at No. 1. Encanto debuted at No. 197 on the chart dated Dec. 11, 2020, then moved 162-179-110-7-1. Most of the albums that reach No. 1 on the chart do so by debuting at No. 1. The last album to climb to No. 1, before Encanto, was The Kid LAROI’s F*ck Love, on the Aug. 7, 2021 chart. It reached No. 1 in its 53rd week — following multiple deluxe reissues that added additional songs. (F*ck Love debuted at No. 8 on the Aug. 8, 2020-dated chart.)

 

Reflecting a trend for soundtracks, which can build as buzz for their parent films, Encanto is the first album to debut outside the top 10 to go No. 1 since Frozen II bowed at No. 15 on the Nov. 30, 2019, chart, and hit No. 1 in its third week (Dec. 14, 2019). The last album to debut outside the top 40 and go to No. 1 was the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman, which launched at No. 71 on the Dec. 30, 2017, chart, and reached No. 1 in its fourth week (Jan. 13, 2018).

 

Stunningly, as Encanto debuted at No. 197, it’s only the third album to debut between Nos. 197-200 to reach No. 1. Led Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin II debuted at No. 199 on Nov. 8, 1969, and reached No. 1 in its eighth week (Dec. 27, 1969). Before that, The Monkees’ Headquarters bowed at No. 197 on June 10, 1967, and reached No. 1 in its third week (June 24, 1967).

 

Adele’s chart-topping 30 album falls to No. 2 after spending its first six weeks on the Billboard 200 at No. 1. It earned 57,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Jan. 6 (down 43%).

 

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album celebrates a full year on the chart, as it rises 5-3 with 42,000 (down 4%) in its 52nd week on the chart. It debuted at No. 1 on the Jan. 23, 2021-dated list and spent 10 weeks atop the tally. It recently closed 2021 as MRC Data’s most popular album of the year.

 

Many albums this time of year, like Dangerous, make positional moves up the Billboard 200 despite declines in activity (or very small gains), as the chart readjusts to normal following weeks of the chart being filled with older Christmas albums. On the new chart, there isn’t a single Christmas album on the tally – while in the previous week, there were 37 on the tally, including five in the top 10.

 

Dangerous: The Double Album has now accumulated 51 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 — the most of any country album by a male artist. It surpasses the 50 weeks that Garth Brooks’ Ropin the Wind collected in 1991-92. Among all country sets, Taylor Swift’s Fearless has the most weeks in the top 10, with 58, followed by Shania Twain’s Come On Over (53), and then Dangerous.

 

Among all genres, Dangerous is just the seventh album released since 2000 to spend 50 weeks in the top 10. Among all albums released since January of 2000, only Adele’s 21 (84 weeks), Swift’s 1989 (59), Swift’s Fearless (58), Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (53), Lady Gaga’s The Fame (51), Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding (50) and Dangerous have logged at least 50 weeks in the top 10.

 

A trio of former No. 1’s are next up on the Billboard 200: Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour is a non-mover at No. 4 (41,000 equivalent album units earned; down 10%), Taylor Swift’s Red (Taylor’s Version) falls 3-5 (38,000; down 19%) and Drake’s Certified Lover Boy rises 11-6 (37,000; up 2%).

 

Doja Cat’s Planet Her bumps 15-7 with 34,000 equivalent album units (up 5%).

 

The Weeknd’s hits compilation The Highlights rises 13-8 with 34,000 units (up less than 1%). The Weeknd should make a splashy debut on the Jan. 22-dated Billboard 200 with his surprise new studio album, Dawn FM, which was released with little warning on Jan. 7. The set was released via streaming services and as a digital download album for purchase. Its CD edition is due out on Jan. 28, while its cassette and vinyl LP editions are scheduled for release on April 29. If Dawn FM bows at No. 1, it would mark The Weeknd’s fifth chart-topping effort, and eighth top 10 overall. (All of his charting entries have debuted in the top four of the list.)

 

Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200: Juice WRLD’s Fighting Demons (12-9 with 31,000 equivalent album units; down 15%) and Polo G’s former No. 1 Hall of Fame (20-10; 27,000 units, down 3%).

 

Adele’s ‘30’ Rules Top Album Sales Chart for Seventh Week in a Row

By Keith Caulfield | 01/10/2022

 

Adele’s 30 captures a seventh consecutive, and total, week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Jan. 15). The last album with seven straight weeks on top was Adele’s own 25, her last release, which also logged seven weeks in a row between the Dec. 12, 2015, and Jan. 23, 2016-dated charts. 25 spent a total of 11 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.

 

In terms of total weeks at No. 1 on Top Album Sales (not just consecutive No. 1 weeks), the last album with seven weeks at No. 1 was Taylor Swift’s Folklore, which had seven nonconsecutive weeks atop the list between the lists dated Aug. 8 and Oct. 31, 2020.

 

30 sold 29,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 6 (down 59%) (reflecting the first tracking week of 2022 for MRC Data).

 

30 has sold 1.493 million copies in the U.S. since its release on Nov. 19, 2021. It closed 2021 as the year’s top-selling album in the U.S. and the only title to sell at least a million copies during the year.

 

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 MRC Data. 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.

 

Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour rises 3-2 on Top Album Sales with 15,000 sold (down 28%).

 

Bad Bunny’s new vinyl-only, six-LP box set, Anniversary Trilogy, debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales with 14,000 sold. The set, priced at $189.98 and only initially sold through Bad Bunny’s official webstore, contains vinyl pressings of three earlier-released Bad Bunny albums: El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, YHLQMDLG and X 100PRE (each is a 2LP set in the box set). Of the three albums, only X 100PRE had been previously available on vinyl. The other two albums (El Ultimo and YHLQMDLG) made their vinyl debuts in this box.

 

Anniversary Trilogy is Bad Bunny’s highest charting effort on Top Album Sales (surpassing the No. 4 debut and peak of YHLQMDLG on the March 14, 2020, chart) and the highest charting Latin title on Top Album Sales in nearly a year, since Selena Gomez’s Revelacion EP debuted and peaked at No. 3 (March 27, 2021, chart).

 

Anniversary Trilogy also marks the largest sales week for any Latin album (vinyl or otherwise) since Bad Bunny’s own YHLQMDLG sold 35,000 copies in its first week (ending March 5, 2020; all from digital download sales).

 

Anniversary Trilogy also debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums chart, which ranks the week’s top-selling vinyl albums in the U.S. It’s only the second time that a Latin album has been No. 1 on that tally, which launched in January 2011 as vinyl album sales began making their comeback. (Vinyl album sales have grown yearly from 2006 through 2021.) The only previous time a Latin album was No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart was when Selena’s best-of set Ones ruled the July 18, 2020-dated ranking.

 

Plus, Anniversary Trilogy tallies the best sales week for a Latin album on vinyl since Billboard began publishing the Vinyl Albums chart in January of 2011. The previous largest week was notched by Selena’s Ones, which sold 6,000 copies in the week ending July 9, 2020.

 

Disney’s soundtrack to the animated film Encanto flies from No. 19 to No. 4 in its third week on Top Album Sales, selling 11,000 copies in the week ending Jan. 6 (up 33%). The set concurrently jumps to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart – the first soundtrack to lead the list in over two years, since Frozen II spend a week at No. 1 on the list dated Dec. 14, 2019.

 

Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Red (Taylor’s Version) dips 2-5 on Top Album Sales with 11,000 sold (down 46%), NCT’s Universe: The 3rd Album, Neo Culture Technology falls 4-6 with 10,000 sold (down 47%) and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours rallies 20-7 with 8,000 sold (though down just 1%).

 

A trio of former No. 1s closes out the latest top 10 on Top Album Sales, as Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever falls 5-8 (7,000; down 48%), NCT 127’s Sticker: The 3rd Album descends 7-9 (nearly 7,000; down 45%) and The Beatles’ Abbey Road slides 6-10 (a little over 6,000; down 47%).

 

In the week ending Jan. 6, there were 1.824 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 31.2%). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.424 million (down 33.8%) and digital albums comprised 401,000 (down 20.2%).