That too! But 'The Fame' has definitely had an uptick in 2022 specifically (it only charted in the top 100 for 10/11 weeks in 2020 & 2021, but was much more of a staple in 2022, specifically from late July onwards since which it only dropped back out for a couple of weeks over Christmas).

The Chromatica Ball really did wonders and the effect has continued since which is great to see.

80. Love Goes Sam Smith (59-57-80) 211,200
79. Justice Justin Bieber (80-79) 214,000
78. Snacks Jax Jones (36-50-78) 215,800 (T/S 345,700)
77. Teenage Dream Katy Perry (88-77) 216,400 (T/S 1,639,200)
76. Piano Man- The Very Best Of Billy Joel (95-76) 216,600 (T/S 1,318,100)

Perry continues to move the units with a decade old album, and another GH set by Joel shows that the classics are winning out on the album front.

75. The Singles Phil Collins (93-87-75) 216,800 (T/S 594,500)
74. Definitive Collection Stevie Wonder (76-76-74) 218,700 (T/S 1,467,700)
73. Harry Styles Harry Styles (94-73) 219,400 (T/S 468,000)
72. Hypersonic Missiles Sam Fender (72-90-72) 221,200 (T/S 335,500)
71. Positions Ariana Grande (58-46-71) 222,300

Interest in Sam Fender’s first album is alive and well as it records a good rise, and you can see what a hot property Styles is at the moment with all 3 of his solo albums in the top 100 with even is debut picking up the sales in the current decade.

hey Gezza, how do you manage to estimate the sales for some of those albums when they have not been in the top 100 for ages

like Positions for instance

hey Gezza, how do you manage to estimate the sales for some of those albums when they have not been in the top 100 for ages

like Positions for instance

Sometimes I have access to other information :D

ahhhh! good to know :D

Kind of surprising that Jax Jones has fallen so quickly since his sales always came mostly from residual streams. Guess those songs aren't holding up as well as lots of oher greatest hits / pseudo greatest hits albums.

70. Greatest Hits- God's Favourite Band Green Day (85-83-70) 222,800 (T/S 372,100)
69. Music Of The Spheres Coldplay (53-69) 223,700
68. Nevermind Nirvana (85-68) 229,900 (T/S 2,513,300)
67. Happier Than Ever- Billie Eilish (NEW) 230,000
66. Definitely Maybe Oasis (67-67-66) 233,700 (T/S 2,478,300)

Green Day, Nirvana, and Oasis continue to improve but the headline here is a new entry from Billie Eilish who now has three albums on this list.

65. Doo Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars (75-65) 236,400 (T/S 2,107,200)
64. 21 Adele (98-60-64) 237,200 (T/S 5,412,500)
63. Staying At Tamara's George Ezra (43-59-63) 239,500 (T/S 1,262,800)
62. Greatest Hits Red Hot Chili Peppers (73-69-62) 241,300 (T/S 1,939,300)
61. f*** Love The Kid LAROI (47-61) 241,500

Like Katy Perry, Bruno Mars’ album is still selling in the streaming age (now 7 x platinum) along with another GH set from RHCP (6Xp). Perhaps surprisingly Adele’s “21” moves the other way- she has two other albums on the list anyway and this album is already 18xp.

So small drop for Adele is a little surprising.

'21' had a long run in the Top 40 in late 2021 and reached #6 around the time of Easy On Me, but wasn't at those heights last year.

'21' had a long run in the Top 40 in late 2021 and reached #6 around the time of Easy On Me, but wasn't at those heights last year.

 

True, and it probably won’t trouble the top 20 on the albums chart until Adele releases another album. And that could be a while away.

It's hard to keep track of all the ancient greatest hits albums that never leave the chart but I thought it seemed surprising RHCP overtook '21' there - on inspection it was charting for most of 2022 though so does make sense! (I guess it was not hurt by them releasing 2 new albums during the year)

 

Great to see Billie appearing highly. I was thrown off for a moment at you saying she has 2 other albums here, I always forget 'dont smile at me' exists :lol:

60. Direct Hits 2003-2013 The Killers (63-64-60) 242,000 (T/S 939,100)
59. ? Xxxtentacion (44-45-59) 242,200 (T/S 482,400)
58. Seventeen Going Under- Sam Fender (NEW) 242,600
57. Back To Black Amy Winehouse (66-51-57) 246,600 (T/S 4,268,900)
56. Christmas Michael Buble (57-52-56) 247,500 (T/S 3,276,500)

New entry time for Sam Fender who is still on an upward trajectory albums wise but again a slight surprise that Amy Winehouse and Michael Buble head down the list, the latter despite being No 1 again a few weeks ago, it will however go 11xp this year (probably) with still some way to go to “Back To Black”s prodigious 14xp certification in 2022.

55. Goodbye & Good Riddance Juice WRLD (40-41-55) 248,900 (T/S 381,300)
54. In The Lonely Hour Sam Smith (70-61-54) 250,300 (T/S 2,843,100)
53. Greatest Hits Foo Fighters (65-56-53) 251,900 (T/S 1,571,000)
52. Evermore Taylor Swift (49-52) 253,900
51. Certified Lover Boy Drake (81-51) 256,900

A new compilation from Foo Fighters could put an end to the progress of this GH set, but both Drake and Sam Smith have a good year progressing up this list.

True, and it probably won’t trouble the top 20 on the albums chart until Adele releases another album. And that could be a while away.

 

She certainly seems to have lost some of her superstar status last year. The Las Vegas debacle or people not feeling '30'?

Bublé falling is definitely a bit of a surprise - kind of hard to call at this stage if it'll end up higher or lower at the end of the decade than it is now.

 

Indeed though that Foo Fighters GH album for the foreseeable future is going to be registering negligible sales per week now lol ~

I hope Amy Winehouse can cross 2.5mil by years end.

50. Psychodrama Dave (46-54-50) 259,400 (T/S 426,600)
49. Without Fear Dermot Kennedy (47-37-49) 261,600 (T/S 309,000)
48. Confetti Little Mix (29-29-48) 261,800
47. 1989 Taylor Swift (97-71-47) 264,600 (T/S 1,541,400)
46. X Ed Sheeran (52-43-46) 267,000 (T/S 3,797,000)

Taylor Swift’s third album on the list does brisk business in 2022 rocketing 24 places! Second Sheeran album falls slightly and where are the mixers these days- well that’s explained higher up the list.

45. Planet Her Doja Cat (74-45) 276,100
44. Don't Smile At Me Billie Eilish (30-35-44) 276,200 (T/S 539,500)
43. After Hours The Weeknd (23-33-43) 277,800
42. 25 Adele (94-39-42) 279,900 (T/S 3,862,700)
41. Lover Taylor Swift (37-48-41) 280,400 (T/S 434,700)

More Swift with her 4th album on the list climbing to just outside the top 40, but Doja Cat is the real winner pushing north by 29 places! Adele will go 13xp in 2023.