BILLBOARD 200 Week ending February 12, 2022

 

TW LW Wks Title ‒ Artist (Peak)

 

1 1 10 Encanto ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 ) (113,000 (16,000 sales))

2 4 4 Dawn FM ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 ) (70,000 (37,000 sales))

3 3 4 DS4EVER ‒ Gunna ( 1 ) (54,000)

4 5 56 Dangerous: The Double Album ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 1 ) (41,000)

5 2 2 Colors ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 2 ) (39,000)

6 6 11 30 ‒ Adele ( 1 ) (34,000 (13,000 sales))

7 7 22 Certified Lover Boy ‒ Drake ( 1 ) (34,000)

8 8 51 The Highlights ‒ The Weeknd ( 2 ) (33,000)

9 10 32 Planet Her ‒ Doja Cat ( 2 ) (32,000)

10 12 37 Sour ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 ) (29,000)

11 11 12 Red (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

12 14 34 Hall Of Fame ‒ Polo G ( 1 )

13 ** 1 Dave's Picks, Volume 41: Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD - 5/26/77 ‒ Grateful Dead ( 13 )

14 ** 1 Me Vs. Me ‒ NLE Choppa ( 14 )

15 15 8 Fighting Demons ‒ Juice WRLD ( 2 )

16 17 80 F*ck Love ‒ The Kid LAROI ( 1 )

17 16 14 = ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

18 19 101 My Turn ‒ Lil Baby ( 1 )

19 9 2 Country Stuff: The Album ‒ Walker Hayes ( 9 )

20 21 83 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon ‒ Pop Smoke ( 1 )

21 26 20 Montero ‒ Lil Nas X ( 2 )

22 23 194 Goodbye & Good Riddance ‒ Juice WRLD ( 4 )

23 25 126 Hollywood's Bleeding ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

24 20 27 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

25 18 13 Still Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 1 )

26 24 45 SoulFly ‒ Rod Wave ( 1 )

27 27 117 What You See Is What You Get ‒ Luke Combs ( 1 )

28 29 484 good kid, m.A.A.d city ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 2 )

29 31 82 Legends Never Die ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

30 22 462 Rumours ‒ Fleetwood Mac ( 1 )

31 ** 1 Face ‒ Babyface Ray ( 31 )

32 32 46 Justice ‒ Justin Bieber ( 1 )

33 35 476 Greatest Hits ‒ Queen ( 8 )

34 43 101 YHLQMDLG ‒ Bad Bunny ( 2 )

35 34 96 Future Nostalgia ‒ Dua Lipa ( 3 )

36 30 11 Sniper Gang Presents Syko Bob & SnapKatt: Nightmare Babies ‒ Various Artists ( 30 )

37 33 23 Donda ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

38 36 41 A Gangsta's Pain ‒ Moneybagg Yo ( 1 )

39 ** 1 Frayed At Both Ends ‒ Aaron Lewis ( 39 )

40 37 80 Folklore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

41 42 244 This One's For You ‒ Luke Combs ( 4 )

42 38 152 Death Race For Love ‒ Juice WRLD ( 1 )

43 45 332 Hamilton: An American Musical ‒ Original Broadway Cast ( 2 )

44 39 9 Who Is Nardo Wick? ‒ Nardo Wick ( 19 )

45 41 221 Diamonds ‒ Elton John ( 7 )

46 48 65 Dreamland ‒ Glass Animals ( 7 )

47 59 128 Lover ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

48 51 35 The Voice Of The Heroes ‒ Lil Baby & Lil Durk ( 1 )

49 40 12 An Evening With Silk Sonic ‒ Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) ( 2 )

50 46 334 Traveller ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 1 )

51 47 112 Fine Line ‒ Harry Styles ( 1 )

52 52 175 If I Know Me ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 10 )

53 70 466 Take Care ‒ Drake ( 1 )

54 55 21 The Melodic Blue ‒ Baby Keem ( 5 )

55 60 62 El Ultimo Tour del Mundo ‒ Bad Bunny ( 1 )

56 50 65 Channel Orange ‒ Frank Ocean ( 2 )

57 57 232 Luv Is Rage 2 ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )

58 58 6 Sing 2 ‒ Soundtrack ( 41 )

59 49 64 Starting Over ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 3 )

60 56 251 DAMN. ‒ Kendrick Lamar ( 1 )

61 61 408 Greatest Hits ‒ 2Pac ( 3 )

62 53 149 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ‒ Billie Eilish ( 1 )

63 54 52 Whole Lotta Red ‒ Playboi Carti ( 1 )

64 71 716 Legend: The Best Of... ‒ Bob Marley And The Wailers ( 5 )

65 64 183 ASTROWORLD ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

66 73 398 The Eminem Show ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

67 66 90 The GOAT ‒ Polo G ( 2 )

68 69 197 beerbongs & bentleys ‒ Post Malone ( 1 )

69 67 19 Sincerely, Kentrell ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 )

70 62 60 Evermore ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

71 78 575 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits ‒ Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 18 )

72 77 122 Over It ‒ Summer Walker ( 2 )

73 65 561 Nevermind ‒ Nirvana ( 1 )

74 63 243 Ctrl ‒ SZA ( 3 )

75 88 121 IGOR ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

76 84 374 2014 Forest Hills Drive ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

77 68 100 Eternal Atake ‒ Lil Uzi Vert ( 1 )

78 74 188 Scorpion ‒ Drake ( 1 )

79 75 203 ? ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 1 )

80 81 373 1989 ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

81 80 118 Hot Pink ‒ Doja Cat ( 9 )

82 RE 2 Kid A Mnesia ‒ Radiohead ( 12 )

83 RE 141 Because The Internet ‒ Childish Gambino ( 7 )

84 85 447 Greatest Hits ‒ Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ( 2 )

85 124 4 Up 2 Me ‒ Yeat ( 85 )

86 79 66 Positions ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

87 RE 79 "Awaken, My Love!" ‒ Childish Gambino ( 5 )

88 86 96 Pray 4 Love ‒ Rod Wave ( 2 )

89 94 52 Shiesty Season ‒ Pooh Shiesty ( 3 )

90 RE 27 Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits ‒ Fall Out Boy ( 77 )

91 92 299 Views ‒ Drake ( 1 )

92 105 557 Doo-Wops & Hooligans ‒ Bruno Mars ( 3 )

93 RE 256 ÷ (Divide) ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 1 )

94 107 380 The Essential Michael Jackson ‒ Michael Jackson ( 31 )

95 96 698 Journey's Greatest Hits ‒ Journey ( 10 )

96 95 560 Greatest Hits ‒ Guns N' Roses ( 3 )

97 83 203 25 ‒ Adele ( 1 )

98 98 38 The Off-Season ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

99 104 212 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day ‒ Kid Cudi ( 4 )

100 101 265 Moana ‒ Soundtrack ( 2 )

101 106 566 Curtain Call: The Hits ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

102 87 209 Graduation ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

103 100 263 Blonde ‒ Frank Ocean ( 1 )

104 76 7 Live Life Fast ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 4 )

105 102 114 Die Lit ‒ Playboi Carti ( 3 )

106 RE 8 Mercury - Act 1 ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 9 )

107 99 71 Tickets To My Downfall ‒ Machine Gun Kelly ( 1 )

108 RE 25 Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band ‒ Green Day ( 39 )

109 116 501 Back In Black ‒ AC/DC ( 4 )

110 110 269 Stoney ‒ Post Malone ( 4 )

111 112 60 Thats What They All Say ‒ Jack Harlow ( 5 )

112 120 32 Vice Versa ‒ Rauw Alejandro ( 17 )

113 150 6 Euphoria: Original Score From The HBO Series (Soundtrack) ‒ Labrinth ( 113 )

114 111 47 When It's All Said And Done... Take Time ‒ Giveon ( 5 )

115 117 141 Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent ‒ Lewis Capaldi ( 20 )

116 129 72 Top ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 )

117 131 507 Thriller ‒ Michael Jackson ( 1 )

118 93 10 Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren ‒ Anuel AA ( 30 )

119 103 8 From The Bayou ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Birdman ( 19 )

120 114 15 The Lockdown Sessions ‒ Elton John ( 10 )

121 126 74 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 ‒ Nickelback ( 21 )

122 121 59 The Voice ‒ Lil Durk ( 2 )

123 115 82 Purgatory ‒ Tyler Childers ( 106 )

124 125 176 reputation ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

125 141 301 ANTI ‒ Rihanna ( 1 )

126 108 448 Abbey Road ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

127 90 3 Brightside ‒ The Lumineers ( 6 )

128 118 178 Swimming ‒ Mac Miller ( 3 )

129 134 48 Currents ‒ Tame Impala ( 4 )

130 113 527 21 ‒ Adele ( 1 )

131 132 263 T R A P S O U L ‒ Bryson Tiller ( 8 )

132 159 418 Born To Die ‒ Lana Del Rey ( 2 )

133 130 167 Dr. Dre -- 2001 ‒ Dr. Dre ( 2 )

134 136 241 More Life ‒ Drake ( 1 )

135 142 83 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston ‒ Whitney Houston ( 14 )

136 122 185 AM ‒ Arctic Monkeys ( 6 )

137 162 146 X 100PRE ‒ Bad Bunny ( 11 )

138 145 257 American Teen ‒ Khalid ( 4 )

139 149 216 17 ‒ XXXTENTACION ( 2 )

140 135 407 Nothing Was The Same ‒ Drake ( 1 )

141 143 165 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ‒ Kanye West ( 1 )

142 127 42 Fearless (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

143 128 14 Something For Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 5 )

144 RE 299 Greatest Hits ‒ Red Hot Chili Peppers ( 18 )

145 138 103 Ghetto Gospel ‒ Rod Wave ( 10 )

146 139 105 Music To Be Murdered By ‒ Eminem ( 1 )

147 148 48 Greatest Hits ‒ Pitbull ( 115 )

148 133 645 Metallica ‒ Metallica ( 1 )

149 147 412 Greatest Hits ‒ Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ( 8 )

150 140 215 Dont Smile At Me ‒ Billie Eilish ( 14 )

151 146 61 Good News ‒ Megan Thee Stallion ( 2 )

152 154 36 Free Dem Boyz ‒ 42 Dugg ( 8 )

153 RE 3 Richer Than I Ever Been ‒ Rick Ross ( 22 )

154 165 178 DS2 ‒ Future ( 1 )

155 144 35 Still Sleep? ‒ Sleepy Hallow ( 16 )

156 170 237 Evolve ‒ Imagine Dragons ( 2 )

157 151 23 Trip At Knight ‒ Trippie Redd ( 2 )

158 152 72 Ready To Die ‒ The Notorious B.I.G. ( 15 )

159 160 113 Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 1 )

160 168 159 All Time Greatest Hits ‒ Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 56 )

161 RE 506 1 ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

162 158 13 Human: The Double Album ‒ Cody Johnson ( 19 )

163 82 3 From A Birds Eye View ‒ Cordae ( 13 )

164 156 89 Just Cause Y'all Waited 2 ‒ Lil Durk ( 2 )

165 164 207 Gold: Greatest Hits ‒ ABBA ( 25 )

166 28 2 On To Better Things ‒ iann dior ( 28 )

167 173 238 Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection ‒ Bon Jovi ( 5 )

168 155 20 Bigger Than Life Or Death ‒ EST Gee ( 7 )

169 189 108 AI YoungBoy 2 ‒ YoungBoy Never Broke Again ( 1 )

170 137 77 Goldmine ‒ Gabby Barrett ( 27 )

171 RE 24 Camp ‒ Childish Gambino ( 11 )

172 161 330 Blurryface ‒ twenty one pilots ( 1 )

173 166 151 Speak Now ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

174 123 200 Invasion Of Privacy ‒ Cardi B ( 1 )

175 157 167 Greatest Hits ‒ Foo Fighters ( 11 )

176 176 41 Destined 2 Win ‒ Lil Tjay ( 5 )

177 190 69 Strait Out Of The Box ‒ George Strait ( 43 )

178 72 3 DIMENSION : ANSWER ‒ ENHYPEN ( 14 )

179 185 262 Teenage Dream ‒ Katy Perry ( 1 )

180 153 12 Macon ‒ Jason Aldean ( 8 )

181 172 147 Cry Baby ‒ Melanie Martinez ( 6 )

182 181 266 The Essential Billy Joel ‒ Billy Joel ( 15 )

183 180 94 Chilombo ‒ Jhene Aiko ( 2 )

184 RE 95 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 ‒ BTS ( 1 )

185 169 18 Expensive Pain ‒ Meek Mill ( 3 )

186 191 30 Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith ‒ Aerosmith ( 33 )

187 175 156 Thank U, Next ‒ Ariana Grande ( 1 )

188 174 26 Call Me If You Get Lost ‒ Tyler, The Creator ( 1 )

189 188 97 Meet The Woo, V.2 ‒ Pop Smoke ( 7 )

190 197 100 Manic ‒ Halsey ( 2 )

191 178 283 Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys ‒ The Beach Boys ( 16 )

192 187 89 Frozen II ‒ Soundtrack ( 1 )

193 RE 118 Born Sinner ‒ J. Cole ( 1 )

194 184 273 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight ‒ Travis Scott ( 1 )

195 198 57 Savage Mode II ‒ 21 Savage & Metro Boomin ( 1 )

196 RE 80 High Off Life ‒ Future ( 1 )

197 163 77 Let It Be (Soundtrack) ‒ The Beatles ( 1 )

198 193 171 Tha Carter III ‒ Lil Wayne ( 1 )

199 183 123 Hoodie SZN ‒ A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ( 1 )

200 179 114 Indigo ‒ Chris Brown ( 1 )

'Encanto’ Soundtrack No. 1 for Fourth Week on Billboard 200 Chart

By Keith Caulfield | 2/6/2022

 

The Encanto soundtrack rules the Billboard 200 albums chart for a fourth nonconsecutive week, on the list dated Feb. 12. The Walt Disney Records’ collection earned 113,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 3 (down 2%), according to MRC Data.

 

The last soundtrack with four weeks at No. 1 was Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born, also with four, in 2018-19. Before that, the last soundtrack with at least four weeks at No. 1 was Disney’s own Frozen II, with 13 in 2014.

 

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 MRC Data. 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 113,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 93,000 (up less than 1%, equaling 139.52 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 16,000 (down 16%) and TEA units comprise 3,000 (down 2%).

 

Encanto leads a quiet top 10, where no albums debut in the region.

 

The Weeknd’s Dawn FM charges 4-2 in its fourth week on the list, returning to its debut and peak positions, following its release on CD on Jan. 28. The set earned 70,000 equivalent album units (up 63%) with 37,000 of that sum in traditional album sales (up 2,547% — nearly all from CD sales). Dawn FM also jumps to No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart for the first time.

 

Dawn FM was initially only available via streamers and digital download during its release week. Its CD edition bowed on Jan. 28 with multiple signed collector’s editions available via The Weeknd’s official webstore, a signed CD sold at independent record stores and a Target-exclusive version with alternate cover art.

 

Dawn FM’s vinyl LP and cassette editions are scheduled to be released on April 29.

 

Gunna’s former No. 1 DS4Ever is a non-mover at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 54,000 equivalent album units earned (down 22%), Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping Dangerous: The Double Album rises one spot to No. 4 with 41,000 units (up less than 1%) and YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s Colors falls 2-5 in its second week with 39,000 units (down 50%).

 

Adele’s former leader 30 is steady No. 6 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned (down 12%), Drake’s former No. 1 Certified Lover Boy is stationary at No. 7 with 34,000 units (down 1%) and The Weeknd’s The Highlights is a non-mover at No. 8 with 33,000 units (down 2%).

 

Doja Cat’s Planet Her (10-9 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned; up 2%) and Olivia Rodrigo’s chart-topping Sour (12-10; 29,000, down 2%) round out the top 10.

 

The Weeknd’s ‘Dawn FM’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart

By Keith Caulfield | 2/7/2022

 

The Weeknd’s Dawn FM hits No. 1 for the first time on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, as the album re-enters atop the list (dated Feb. 12), following its CD release on Jan. 28. The set sold 37,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 3 (up 2,547%), according to MRC Data – nearly all from CD sales. The album had previously only been available via streamers and as a digital download.

 

Dawn FM also spends its first week at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, logs a fourth week at No. 1 on Top R&B Albums, climbs to No. 1 for the first time on Top Current Album Sales and rises 4-2 on the Billboard 200.

 

Also in the top 10: Grateful Dead’s latest archival live album, Dave’s Picks, Volume 41, debuts at No. 2; Aaron Lewis’ Frayed at Both Ends bows at No. 5, Radiohead’s Kid A Mnesia re-enters the chart at No. 6 (after limited-edition deluxe vinyl and cassette editions were released) and Jethro Tull’s The Zealot Gene — its first album of all-original music in over 20 years — starts at No. 10.

 

Top Current Album Sales ranks the week’s biggest-selling current albums (not including catalog – older – releases). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top R&B Albums lists the week’s most popular R&B/hip-hop and R&B releases, respectively, ranked by equivalent album units.

 

Dawn FM was initially only available via streamers and digital download during its release week and debuted at No. 3 on Top Album Sales and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (charts dated Jan. 22). Its CD edition bowed on Jan. 28 with multiple signed collector’s editions available via The Weeknd’s official webstore, a signed CD sold at independent record stores and a Target-exclusive version with alternate cover art.

 

Of Dawn FM’s 37,000 copies sold in the week end Feb. 3, physical sales comprise 36,000 (all from its CD; its vinyl LP and cassette editions are scheduled to be released on April 29) and digital sales comprise 1,000.

 

Grateful Dead’s Dave’s Picks, Volume 41: Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD – 5/26/77 debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales (22,500 sold), tying for the act’s highest-rank on the 31-year-old chart. The band hit No. 2 five times previously, all with Dave’s Picks efforts. (Dave’s Picks is the act’s continuing live archival release series, named for the group’s archivist, David Lemieux, that has been going strong since its first release in 2012.)

 

On the Billboard 200 chart, Dave’s Picks, Vol. 41 debuts at No. 13 – tying for the Grateful Dead’s highest debut ever (matching the No. 13 debut and peak of Dave’s Picks, Vol. 40 last year). The band last went higher on the Billboard 200 with 1987’s In the Dark, when it peaked at No. 6 (Aug. 22, 1987-dated chart).

 

Dave’s Picks, Vol. 41 also marks Grateful Dead’s 51st top 40-charting album on the Billboard 200. The band continues to have the most top 40 albums among groups since the chart began regularly publishing on a weekly basis in March of 1956. The acts with the most top 40 albums on the Billboard 200 are: Frank Sinatra (58), Elvis Presley (57), Barbra Streisand (54), Bob Dylan and Grateful Dead (51 each). (Thirty-three of Grateful Dead’s 51 top 40-charting albums are from the Dave’s Picks series.)

 

The soundtrack to Encanto falls 1-3 with 16,000 copies sold (down 16%), while

 

Adele’s former leader 30 is a non-mover at No. 4 with 13,000 sold (down 15%)

 

Aaron Lewis’ new studio album Frayed at Both Ends debuts at No. 5 with 11,000 copies sold, marking his fourth top 10 effort on the list. The set is also the week’s top-selling country album.

 

Radiohead’s Kid A Mnesia re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 6 with 9,500 copies sold (up 850%). The album debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Nov. 20, 2021-dated list. It jumps back onto the new chart following the release of two limited-edition deluxe versions of the album – a $120 triple vinyl LP set and a $90 double cassette boxed set. The former’s vinyl LPs are housed in hardback 36-page art book, while the latter’s cassettes are contained inside a collectible package with a booklet. Both products went up for pre-order in 2021, but their release was delayed until 2022 due to, according to Radiohead’s official U.S. webstore, “many forces at work which are beyond our control at this time.”

 

Of Kid A Mnesia’s 9,500 sold for the week, physical sales comprise effectively all of that figure, with its vinyl configurations accounting for nearly 8,500. (Kid A Mnesia also re-enters at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart – its first week at No. 1.) Its CD and cassette editions sold about 1,000 combined.

 

Kid A Mnesia operates as a reissue of Radiohead’s 2000 album Kid A and its 2001 album Amnesiac. The former debuted at No. 1 on Top Album Sales in 2000, while the latter debuted and peaked at No. 2 the following year. The new Kid A Mnesia package includes additional previously unreleased tracks.

 

Childish Gambino’s Because the Internet and “Awaken, My Love!” re-enter Top Album Sales at Nos. 7 and 8, after both were issued on colored vinyl through new Walmart-exclusive releases on Jan. 28. The former bowed on “pink toes vinyl” and the latter was pressed on “baby boy blue vinyl.”

 

Because the Internet matches its debut and peak (No. 7; Dec. 28, 2013-dated chart), while “Awaken” debuted and peaked at No. 4 (Dec. 24, 2016).

 

In the week ending Feb. 4, Because the Internet sold 7,000 copies in total (up 359%) and “Awaken” sold nearly 6,500 (up 215%) – with essentially all of their sales coming from vinyl. Because and “Awaken” also re-enter at Nos. 2 and 3 on the Vinyl Albums chart.

 

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours falls 6-9 on Top Album Sales with a little over 6,000 sold (down 9%).

 

Jethro Tull rounds out the latest top 10 on Top Album Sales, as the act’s new studio album, The Zealot Gene, bows at No. 10 with 6,000 sold. The set is Jethro Tull’s first album of all-original music in more than 20 years. The Zealot Gene also marks Jethro Tull’s first top 10 on the 31-year-old Top Album Sales chart. Of course, the act’s overall Billboard chart history pre-dates the launch of Top Album Sales in 1991 – as its first entry on a Billboard list came on the Billboard 200 dated March 1, 1969, with This Was (arriving at No. 180; it eventually peaked at No. 62).

 

In the week ending Feb. 3, there were 1.672 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 0.3% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.265 million (up 0.8%) and digital albums comprised 407,000 (down 3.3%).

 

Year-to-date album sales total 8.618 million (down 11.5% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 6.589 million (down 10%) and digital album sales total 2.029 million (down 16%).