Posted January 9, 20241 yr Positions will always be thanks to UKChartsPlus (brilliant very reasonably priced weekly publication), except this week when they’re the same as the weekly chart! Sales estimates are my own; total approximate sales are using vidcapper at HavenForum’s totals and adding the 2024 figures. Note that the totals are Post 94 only. Week 1: 1 9,000 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (220k) 2 8,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (310k) 3 8,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (840k) 4 7,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.66m) 5 6,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (130k) 6 6,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (210k) 7 6,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.39m) 8 6,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (760k) 9 6,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (630k) 10 6,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.05m) 11 5,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.18m) 12 5,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (760k) 13 5,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (660k) 14 5,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (830k) 15 5,000 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 16 4,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (1.89m) 17 4,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.85m) 18 4,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.34m) 19 4,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (150k) 20 4,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.60m) 21 4,000 Drake - For All The Dogs (100k) 22 3,000 George Michael - Twenty Five (1.61m) 23 3,000 Sza - SOS (290k) 24 3,000 Taylor Swift - Evermore (380k) 25 3,000 Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds (170k) 26 3,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 27 3,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.56m) 28 3,000 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (1.63m) 29 3,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.19m) 30 3,000 Harry Styles - Harry’s House (740k) 31 3,000 The Beatles - 1967-1970 (1.10m) 32 3,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (220k) 33 3,000 Joel Corry - Another Friday Night (80k) 34 3,000 Tate McRae - Think Later 35 3,000 The Killers - Rebel Diamonds 36 3,000 Nirvana - Nirvana (1.35m) 37 3,000 Travis Scott - Utopia (120k) 38 3,000 Kanye West - Graduation (830k) 39 3,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (480k) 40 3,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (1.76m) Edited January 5Jan 5 by JulianT
January 17, 20241 yr Author Week 2: 1 1 19,000 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (230k) 2 - 18,000 Shed Seven - A Matter Of Time 3 2 15,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (310k) 4 3 15,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (850k) 5 5 13,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (140k) 6 4 12,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.67m) 7 6 12,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (220k) 8 7 12,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.39m) 9 10 11,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.06m) 10 8 11,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (770k) 11 9 11,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (630k) 12 11 11,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.19m) 13 12 10,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (770k) 14 13 10,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (670k) 15 14 9,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (840k) 16 15 9,000 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 17 16 9,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (1.90m) 18 19 8,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (150k) 19 18 8,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.35m) 20 17 8,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.85m) 21 21 7,000 Drake - For All The Dogs (100k) 22 20 7,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.61m) 23 23 7,000 Sza - SOS (290k) 24 26 7,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1904-2009 (1.76m) 25 28 7,000 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (1.63m) 26 27 7,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.54m) 27 24 7,000 Taylor Swift - Evermore (390k) 28 29 6,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.19m) 29 32 6,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (230k) 30 22 6,000 George Michael - Twenty Five (1.61m) 31 30 6,000 Harry Styles - Harry’s House (740k) 32 31 6,000 The Beatles - 1967-1970 (1.10m) 33 33 6,000 Joel Corry - Another Friday Night (90k) 34 37 6,000 Travis Scott - Utopia (120k) 35 35 6,000 The Killers - Rebel Diamonds 36 38 6,000 Kanye West - Graduation (830k) 37 36 6,000 Nirvana - Nirvana (1.35m) 38 39 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (480k) 39 34 6,000 Tate McRae - Think Later 40 25 6,000 Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds (170k) 57 5,000 Busted - Greatest Hits 2.0 67 4,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy - Part 1 70 4,000 Sprints - Letter To Self
January 23, 20241 yr Author Week 3: 1 1 24,000 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (240k) 2 4 23,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (850k) 3 3 22,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (320k) 4 5 21,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (140k) 5 2 21,000 Shed Seven - A Matter Of Time 6 - 18,000 D-Block Europe - Rolling Stone 7 6 18,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.67m) 8 7 18,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (230k) 9 8 17,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.40m) 10 9 17,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.06m) 11 12 16,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.19m) 12 10 16,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (770k) 13 11 15,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (640k) 14 13 15,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (770k) 15 15 14,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (840k) 16 14 14,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (670k) 17 16 13,000 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 18 17 13,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (1.90m) 19 - 13,000 21 Savage - American Dream 20 18 13,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (160k) 21 20 12,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.85m) 22 19 12,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.35m) 23 21 11,000 Drake - For All The Dogs (110k) 24 22 11,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.61m) 25 24 11,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1904-2009 (1.77m) 26 23 11,000 Sza - SOS (300k) 27 25 10,000 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (1.64m) 28 26 10,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.54m) 29 29 10,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (230k) 30 28 10,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.19m) 31 27 9,000 Taylor Swift - Evermore (390k) 32 31 9,000 Harry Styles - Harry’s House (750k) 33 32 9,000 The Beatles - 1967-1970 (1.11m) 34 - 9,000 The Vaccines - Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations 35 30 9,000 George Michael - Twenty Five (1.61m) 36 33 9,000 Joel Corry - Another Friday Night (90k) 37 34 9,000 Travis Scott - Utopia (130k) 38 38 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (480k) 39 36 9,000 Kanye West - Graduation (830k) 40 42 9,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (690k) 43 8,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1
January 30, 20241 yr Author Week 4: 1 - 31,000 Green Day - Saviors 2 4 31,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (150k) 3 2 30,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (860k) 4 1 28,000 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (240k) 5 3 28,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (330k) 6 7 23,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.68m) 7 6 23,000 D-Block Europe - Rolling Stone 8 8 23,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (230k) 9 5 23,000 Shed Seven - A Matter Of Time 10 10 22,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.07m) 11 9 22,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.40m) 12 11 21,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.20m) 13 12 20,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (780k) 14 13 20,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (640k) 15 14 19,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (780k) 16 15 19,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (850k) 17 16 19,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (670k) 18 19 19,000 21 Savage - American Dream 19 18 17,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (1.90m) 20 20 17,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (160k) 21 17 17,000 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 22 21 16,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.86m) 23 22 16,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.36m) 24 24 15,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.61m) 25 25 14,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.77m) 26 23 14,000 Drake - For All The Dogs (110k) 27 26 14,000 Sza - SOS (300k) 28 27 14,000 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (1.64m) 29 28 13,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.55m) 30 29 13,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (230k) 31 30 13,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.20m) 32 43 12,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 33 31 12,000 Taylor Swift - Evermore (390k) 34 32 12,000 Harry Styles - Harry’s House (750k) 35 33 12,000 The Beatles - 1967-1970 (1.11m) 36 37 12,000 Travis Scott - Utopia (130k) 37 35 12,000 George Michael - Twenty Five (1.61m) 38 40 12,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (700k) 39 38 12,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (490k) 40 36 12,000 Joel Corry - Another Friday Night (90k)
January 30, 20241 yr wow Ed sheeran`s Devide has sold more than all of Swift`s albums put together in this top 40! haha
January 30, 20241 yr Insane he did 4 million x Divide but only 40K x Autumn variations that means only 1% of the people that bought Divide bought Autumn Variations that's crazy
January 30, 20241 yr True - but you could argue that the 40K figure these days is more normal and it's the 4 million figure that was crazy I suspect similar comparisons could be made for a late Michael Jackson album and one when he was at his peak etc, plus probably many other acts who have enjoyed hugely successful albums - admittedly maybe not quite as extreme because the current sales climate and consumption methods are so radically different now, but the principle is the same.
February 1, 20241 yr Always nice to see Green Day at the top of a the YTD even if it’s only for a week!
February 6, 20241 yr Author Week 5 (a 2 horse race developing between 2 albums that haven’t even reached Number 1 yet): 1 2 40,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (160k) 2 3 38,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (870k) 3 1 35,000 Green Day - Saviors 4 5 34,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (330k) 5 4 32,000 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (240k) 6 6 29,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.68m) 7 10 28,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.07m) 8 8 28,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (240k) 9 11 27,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.41m) 10 7 27,000 D-Block Europe - Rolling Stone 11 12 26,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.21m) 12 13 25,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (780k) 13 14 24,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (650k) 14 16 24,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (850k) 15 9 24,000 Shed Seven - A Matter Of Time 16 15 24,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (780k) 17 17 24,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (680k) 18 18 23,000 21 Savage - American Dream 19 19 22,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (1.91m) 20 20 21,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (160k) 21 22 20,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.86m) 22 21 20,000 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 23 23 19,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.36m) 24 24 18,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.62m) 25 25 18,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.77m) 26 26 18,000 Drake - For All The Dogs (110k) 27 27 17,000 Sza - SOS (300k) 28 - 17,000 James Arthur - Bitter Sweet Love 29 28 17,000 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (1.64m) 30 32 16,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 31 30 16,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (240k) 32 31 16,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.20m) 33 29 16,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.55m) 34 - 15,000 The Reytons - Ballad Of A Bystander 35 36 15,000 Travis Scott - Utopia (130k) 36 33 15,000 Taylor Swift - Evermore (390k) 37 38 15,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (700k) 38 34 15,000 Harry Styles - Harry’s House (750k) 39 35 15,000 The Beatles - 1967-1970 (1.11m) 40 39 15,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (490k) 46 13,000 The Smile - Wall Of Eyes 97 8,000 Tom Odell - Black Friday Edited February 6, 20241 yr by JulianT
February 8, 20241 yr Happy for Noah, what a great album. Unfortunately likely it will fade over the course of the year and the Weeknd will get it again. Still, maybe that will spur the OCC to rethink their rules on greatest hits albums and streaming :lol:
February 8, 20241 yr Author I guess Taylor will have a good chance of year end #1 this time releasing in April.
February 8, 20241 yr Happy for Noah, what a great album. Unfortunately likely it will fade over the course of the year and the Weeknd will get it again. Still, maybe that will spur the OCC to rethink their rules on greatest hits albums and streaming :lol: I suspect Taylor’s next release will beat The Weeknd this time given it is an album of new material released early in the year, so has time to build up streams. I agree greatest hits getting streams from singles across multiple album eras is giving them an unfair advantage and hopefully gets addressed at some point. Artists and labels always find a way round these things though, so not sure any one rule change would stop the trend we are seeing. Edited February 8, 20241 yr by GTH
February 8, 20241 yr Yeah you're probably both right about Taylor, had forgotten she was releasing soon. We'll see though, if it performs worse than Midnights it could still fail to make YE #1. Know this argument has been brought up many times but I really think GH albums just shouldn't get streaming points. Streams of those songs are already contributing to the parent album every week. If we remove them the album chart would look much more fresh even if sales would be horrendous. You'd still get old albums like AM and Rumours sticking around forever, but those are genuinely popular albums. Is anybody actually streaming/buying The Highlights?
February 8, 20241 yr Yeah you're probably both right about Taylor, had forgotten she was releasing soon. We'll see though, if it performs worse than Midnights it could still fail to make YE #1. Know this argument has been brought up many times but I really think GH albums just shouldn't get streaming points. Streams of those songs are already contributing to the parent album every week. If we remove them the album chart would look much more fresh even if sales would be horrendous. You'd still get old albums like AM and Rumours sticking around forever, but those are genuinely popular albums. Is anybody actually streaming/buying The Highlights? Is that correct about streams already being attributed to the parent album though? I thought where a song appears on multiple albums for an artist (i.e. a studio album and a greatest hits album), it was the album with the most physical and download sales that chart week that streams for that song are then attributed to. Thats definitely the way in the USA and i understood it to be the same in the UK. Happy to be corrected.
February 8, 20241 yr this is the rule: Where a track appears on more than one album by an artist, streams of this track will be attributed equally to each studio album that has not charted in the top 40, a maximum of one studio album that has charted in the top 40 (the album to first chart in the top 40, or other studio album nominated in advance by label), and a maximum of one greatest hits album (the hits title with the highest sales DUS for that given week, or other hits title nominated in advance by label)
February 13, 20241 yr Author Week 6: 1 1 49,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (170k) 2 2 45,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (880k) 3 4 40,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version( (340k) 4 3 38,000 Green Day - Saviors 5 5 35,000 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (250k) 6 7 34,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.08m) 7 6 33,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.69m) 8 8 33,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (240k) 9 - 33,000 The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy 10 9 32,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.41m) 11 11 31,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.21m) 12 12 31,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (790k) 13 10 30,000 D-Block Europe - Rolling Stone 14 13 29,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (650k) 15 16 28,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (780k) 16 14 28,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (860k) 17 17 28,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (680k) 18 18 26,000 21 Savage - American Dream 19 19 26,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (1.91m) 20 20 25,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (170k) 21 15 25,000 Shed Seven - A Matter Of Time 22 21 24,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.87m) 23 23 23,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.36m) 24 22 22,000 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 25 24 22,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.62m) 26 25 21,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.78m) 27 27 21,000 Sza - SOS (310k) 28 26 21,000 Drake - For All The Dogs (120k) 29 29 20,000 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (1.65m) 30 28 20,000 James Arthur - Bitter Sweet Love 31 30 19,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 32 31 19,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (240k) 33 32 19,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.20m) 34 33 19,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.55m) 35 35 18,000 Travis Scott - Utopia (140k) 36 37 18,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (700k) 37 36 18,000 Taylor Swift - Evermore (400k) 38 40 18,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (490k) 39 38 18,000 Harry Styles - Harry’s House (750k) 40 39 18,000 The Beatles - 1967-1970 (1.11m) 52 15,000 Jamie Webster - 10 For The People Edited February 15, 20241 yr by JulianT
February 15, 20241 yr Is Shed 7 at 15 or 21? The Weeknd should be on 400k plus if it sells 7k a week for the next 45 weeks left in the year!
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