Thanks for posting these every week! :heart:

 

 

Only 8 albums released in 2024 are in the Top 40, and 7 of those are female solo artists!

 

 

Studio albums released in 2024 (8)

1 638,000 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

4 233,000 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft

17 145,000 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine

26 129,000 Charli XCX - Brat

27 123,000 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

28 116,000 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

35 96,000 Eminem - The Death Of Slim Shady

40 90,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Short ‘n’ Sweet

 

 

Studio albums released 2020-2023 (9)

3 248,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (370k) 2022

5 210,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (420k) 2023

9 180,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version (480k) 2023

12 157,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (980k) 2021

13 152,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (770k) 2020

14 152,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (910k) 2022

19 139,000 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 2023

24 132,000 Sza - SOS (420k) 2022

34 96,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 2023

 

 

Studio albums released before the 2020s (9)

11 167,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (820k) 2019

18 142,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (900k) 2017

22 134,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (2.02m) 2013

25 132,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.47m) 1977

29 106,000 Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (5.21m) 1995

32 103,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.29m) 2017

33 102,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.64m) 2012

37 93,000 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (1.85m) 2010

39 91,000 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (1.72m) 2019

 

 

Compilation Albums (14)

2 283,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (1.11m) 2021

6 195,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.37m) 2018

7 187,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.23m) 2005

8 180,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.83m) 1992

10 175,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.56m) 2017

15 149,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.91m) 2010

16 148,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.75m) 2005

20 137,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.98m) 1981

21 135,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (280k) 2023

23 133,000 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (3.23m) 1984

30 104,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (790k) 2015

31 104,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (320k) 2022

36 94,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (570k) 2017

38 93,000 George Michael - Twenty Five (1.70m) 2006

14 out 17 studio albums released in the 20s are by female solo artists!

Katy Perry was right, it is a woman’s world! ( :kink: )

Mad that divide has sold more in 2024 alone than his latest album total

Edited September 6, 2024Sep 6 by 777666jason

Week 36:

 

1 1 646,000 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

2 2 289,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (1.12m)

3 3 255,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (380k)

4 4 240,000 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft

5 5 215,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (420k)

6 6 201,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.38m)

7 7 192,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.24m)

8 8 185,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.84m)

9 9 183,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version (480k)

10 10 180,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.56m)

 

11 15 176,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.93m)

12 11 171,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (830k)

13 12 160,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (990k)

14 13 156,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (780k)

15 14 155,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (910k)

16 16 153,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.75m)

17 19 148,000 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess

18 17 147,000 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine

19 18 146,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (900k)

20 20 140,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.98m)

 

21 43 140,000 Oasis - Definitely Maybe (2.72m)

22 22 138,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (2.02m)

23 21 138,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (280k)

24 23 136,000 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (3.24m)

25 26 136,000 Charli XCX - Brat

26 25 135,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.47m)

27 24 135,000 Sza - SOS (420k)

28 27 124,000 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

29 29 124,000 Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (5.23m)

30 40 118,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Short ‘n’ Sweet

 

31 28 118,000 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimsim

32 30 107,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (790k)

33 31 106,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (330k)

34 32 105,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.29m)

35 33 105,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.64m)

36 35 99,000 Eminem - The Death Of Slim Shady

37 34 98,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1

38 36 97,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (570k)

39 37 95,000 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (1.85m)

40 38 95,000 George Michael - Twenty Five (1.70m)

 

43 90,000 CoCoMelon - Nursery Rhymes (170k)

54 86,000 Linkin Park - Papercuts

79 72,000 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades

Top 8 albums to make their chart debut this year - and to reach 100,000 2024 sales - now by female soloists, as Sabrina reaches the 100,000 mark before Eminem and Teddy Swims.

Would be interesting a chart on just those released this year

Do you guys think there's a reason why women are dominating the 2024 releases. Like is it because they have more fans who will buy physicals. Or is it just a coincidence?

 

Like the top 7 2024 albums being all by women would be a 1 in 128 (???) chance if it was purely random. And actually probably less because I think there are probably more males signed to major record labels.

Do you guys think there's a reason why women are dominating the 2024 releases. Like is it because they have more fans who will buy physicals. Or is it just a coincidence?

 

Like the top 7 2024 albums being all by women would be a 1 in 128 (???) chance if it was purely random. And actually probably less because I think there are probably more males signed to major record labels.

I mean “Stick Season” is doing big numbers this year and still in the weekly Top 20. It may not have been released in 2024 but I can’t quite see why that’s significant if it’s outdoing most of what was, and has well outlasted 3 of those 7 solo female albums in question.

 

Benson and Teddy will surely be in a position to do big numbers whenever they release their next albums too.

 

So yes I think that particular statistic is a coincidence, but it’s also true that the solo females are doing very well in the pop market at the moment.

Week 37:

 

1 1 653,000 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

2 2 296,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (1.12m)

3 3 261,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (390k)

4 4 247,000 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft

5 5 219,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (430k)

6 6 206,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.38m)

7 7 196,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.24m)

8 11 190,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.95m)

9 8 189,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.84m)

10 9 187,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version (490k)

 

11 10 185,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.57m)

12 12 175,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (830k)

13 13 164,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (990k)

14 14 161,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (780k)

15 15 159,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (920k)

16 16 157,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.76m)

17 17 156,000 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess

18 21 151,000 Oasis - Definitely Maybe (2.73m)

19 19 149,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (910k)

20 18 149,000 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine

 

21 20 144,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.99m)

22 22 142,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (2.03m)

23 23 142,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (280k)

24 25 142,000 Charli XCX - Brat

25 30 140,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Short ‘n’ Sweet

26 24 139,000 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (3.24m)

27 26 139,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.48m)

28 27 138,000 Sza - SOS (420k)

29 29 133,000 Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (5.24m)

30 28 125,000 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

 

31 31 120,000 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimsim

32 32 110,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (800k)

33 33 109,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (330k)

34 34 108,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.29m)

35 35 108,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.64m)

36 36 102,000 Eminem - The Death Of Slim Shady

37 37 101,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1

38 38 99,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (570k)

39 39 98,000 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (1.86m)

40 40 98,000 George Michael - Twenty Five (1.70m)

 

44 93,000 Linkin Park - Papercuts

76 74,000 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades

Think Chappell & Sabrina are heading for top 10 eventually maybe Charli can too especially with the remix version coming. Surprised Noah has done so well it was a very good album but only one song really was a hit

Think Chappell & Sabrina are heading for top 10 eventually maybe Charli can too especially with the remix version coming. Surprised Noah has done so well it was a very good album but only one song really was a hit

Homesick and Northern Attitude say hello, and three hits really is the best position to be in for an album (given the top 2's streams get downweighted)

 

Dial Drunk and You're Gonna Go Far have bubbled away lower down for a while too so he's clearly performing consistently with the full album.

I agree - at least 4 hits for Noah! I was hoping to see Fleetwood Mac reach the top 5 - but Oasis are now coming to overtake them. Finally some 2024(ish) albums by male artists passing the 100,000 mark. And looking forward to Linkin Park making the top 40 (though unfortunately at the expense of George Michael.)

he's actually had 5 top 40 hits from the album and 9 top 100, lol at someone thinking he just had 1 hit

 

Dial Drunk/32

Call Your Mum/83

Stick Season/1

She calls me back/95

Northern Attitude/16

You’re gonna go Far/60

Everywhere everything/72

Homesick/5

Forever/31

 

Dial Drunk is also a lot bigger than the #32 peak suggests - it stands a decent chance of making the singles year end this year

Week 38:

 

1 1 661,000 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

2 2 304,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (1.13m)

3 3 267,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (390k)

4 4 253,000 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft

5 5 223,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (430k)

6 6 212,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.39m)

7 8 200,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.96m)

8 7 200,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.25m)

9 9 194,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.85m)

10 10 190,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version (490k)

 

11 11 189,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.57m)

12 12 179,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (830k)

13 13 168,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (990k)

14 17 167,000 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess

15 14 165,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (790k）

16 15 162,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (930k)

17 16 162,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.76m)

18 25 161,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Short ‘n’ Sweet

19 18 159,000 Oasis - Definitely Maybe (2.74m)

20 19 153,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (910k)

 

21 20 151,000 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine

22 24 150,000 Charli XCX - Brat

23 21 148,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (3.00m)

24 22 146,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (2.03m)

25 23 145,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (290k)

26 27 143,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.48m)

27 26 142,000 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (3.24m)

28 28 141,000 Sza - SOS (430k)

29 29 140,000 Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (5.24m)

30 30 126,000 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

 

31 31 121,000 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimsim

32 36 113,000 Eminem - The Death Of Slim Shady

33 32 113,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (800k)

34 33 112,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (330k)

35 34 111,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.30m)

36 35 110,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.64m)

37 37 104,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1

38 38 102,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (580k)

39 39 101,000 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (1.86m)

40 44 100,000 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000-2023

 

75 77,000 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades

90 68,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Emails I Can’t Send (120k)

Great for Sabrina - she'll be top 10 in a couple of weeks! Think she'll easily finish in the year end Top 5

Top 20 looking much better this week

Hooray for Linkin Park going gold and hitting the top 40, but sad that they’ve knocked out George Michael.

Teenage drama doing 100k this year alone Katy could only dream of those sales withe her recent material