2026 albums year to date estimates

Julian_ · 2026-01-05T22:03:49+00:00

Week 31: 1 1 Olivia Dean The Art Of Loving 429,000 710,000 2 2 Michael Jackson The Essential 417,000 2,520,000 3 3 Harry Styles Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. 367,000 4 4 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 251,000 2,080,000 5 5 Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love 218,000 6 6 The Weeknd Highlights 210,000 1,790,000 7 7 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 199,000 710,000 8 8 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 182,000 490,000 9 9 Sabrina Carpenter Man's Best Friend 178,000 480,000 10 10 Noah Kahan The Great Divide 172,000 11 11 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 165,000 2,580,000 12 12 Linkin Park Papercuts 159,000 550,000 13 13 Noah Kahan Stick Season 153,000 870,000 14 15 ABBA Gold 147,000 6,290,000 15 14 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 147,000 1,040,000 16 16 Elton John Diamonds 145,000 2,070,000 17 17 Michael Jackson Thriller 143,000 4,890,000 18 18 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 142,000 3,700,000 19 19 BTS Arirang 134,000 20 20 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 133,000 5,750,000 21 23 Drake Iceman 128,000 22 21 Taylor Swift The Life Of A Showgirl 128,000 770,000 23 24 Michael Jackson Bad 127,000 4,580,000 24 22 Raye This Music May Contain Hope 127,000 25 25 Tate McRae So Close To What 121,000 380,000 26 26 Arctic Monkeys AM 120,000 2,450,000 27 27 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 117,000 3,650,000 28 28 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 114,000 1,360,000 29 29 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 113,000 810,000 30 30 Pitbull Greatest Hits 112,000 740,000 31 31 Sombr I Barely Know Her 110,000 200,000 32 33 Maroon 5 Singles 106,000 1,100,000 33 32 50 Cent Best Of 50 Cent 105,000 870,000 34 34 Queen Greatest Hits 98,000 3,300,000 35 35 Calvin Harris 96 Months 97,000 330,000 36 36 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 95,000 2,130,000 37 37 Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits 94,000 2,410,000 38 40 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans 91,000 2,520,000 39 39 Oasis Definitely Maybe 90,000 3,110,000 40 38 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 90,000 690,000 54 65 Katy Perry The Ones That Got The Plays 78,000 85 87 Madonna Confessions II 65,000 100 - Ella Langley Dandelion 58,000 - 100 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 58,000 4,640,000

August 4Aug 4

Author

Week 31:

1	1	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	429,000	710,000
2	2	Michael Jackson	The Essential	417,000	2,520,000
3	3	Harry Styles	Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.	367,000
4	4	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	251,000	2,080,000
5	5	Olivia Rodrigo	You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love	218,000
6	6	The Weeknd	Highlights	210,000	1,790,000
7	7	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	199,000	710,000
8	8	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	182,000	490,000
9	9	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	178,000	480,000
10	10	Noah Kahan	The Great Divide	172,000
11	11	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	165,000	2,580,000
12	12	Linkin Park	Papercuts	159,000	550,000
13	13	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	153,000	870,000
14	15	ABBA	Gold	147,000	6,290,000
15	14	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	147,000	1,040,000
16	16	Elton John	Diamonds	145,000	2,070,000
17	17	Michael Jackson	Thriller	143,000	4,890,000
18	18	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	142,000	3,700,000
19	19	BTS	Arirang	134,000
20	20	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	133,000	5,750,000
21	23	Drake	Iceman	128,000
22	21	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	128,000	770,000
23	24	Michael Jackson	Bad	127,000	4,580,000
24	22	Raye	This Music May Contain Hope	127,000
25	25	Tate McRae	So Close To What	121,000	380,000
26	26	Arctic Monkeys	AM	120,000	2,450,000
27	27	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	117,000	3,650,000
28	28	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	114,000	1,360,000
29	29	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	113,000	810,000
30	30	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	112,000	740,000
31	31	Sombr	I Barely Know Her	110,000	200,000
32	33	Maroon 5	Singles	106,000	1,100,000
33	32	50 Cent	Best Of 50 Cent	105,000	870,000
34	34	Queen	Greatest Hits	98,000	3,300,000
35	35	Calvin Harris	96 Months	97,000	330,000
36	36	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	95,000	2,130,000
37	37	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Greatest Hits	94,000	2,410,000
38	40	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	91,000	2,520,000
39	39	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	90,000	3,110,000
40	38	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	90,000	690,000
54	65	Katy Perry	The Ones That Got The Plays	78,000
85	87	Madonna	Confessions II	65,000
100	-	Ella Langley	Dandelion	58,000
-	100	Amy Winehouse	Back To Black	58,000	4,640,000

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July 14Jul 14

Week 28: 1 1 Olivia Dean The Art Of Loving 403,000 680,000 2 2 Michael Jackson The Essential 371,000 2,470,000 3 3 Harry Styles Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. 353,000 4 4 Fleetwood Mac 50 Y
777666jason

February 13Feb 13

3 million people realised its was rubbish and returned their physicals 🤭🤭 Most likely a typo
Julian_

April 1Apr 1

She’ll take it back soon if not this week!

August 4Aug 4

Out of interest, do you include albums released in 2026 if they are not in the top 40 and declining? There are so few 2026 releases that it would be good to see how they are doing.

August 4Aug 4

MJ to overtake Olivia later this month

August 4Aug 4

Author

10 minutes ago, GreyAsh said:
Out of interest, do you include albums released in 2026 if they are not in the top 40 and declining? There are so few 2026 releases that it would be good to see how they are doing.

I do when I give the extra information every 7 weeks or so, such a in Week 26.

August 8Aug 8

Hello

Do you have the totals from George’s Twenty Five Album?

It must be close to the 2 million mark?

Thank you

August 11Aug 11

Author

Week 32:

1	1	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	438,000	720,000
2	2	Michael Jackson	The Essential	431,000	2,530,000
3	3	Harry Styles	Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.	371,000
4	4	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	259,000	2,090,000
5	5	Olivia Rodrigo	You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love	230,000
6	6	The Weeknd	Highlights	217,000	1,800,000
7	7	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	206,000	720,000
8	8	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	187,000	490,000
9	9	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	182,000	490,000
10	10	Noah Kahan	The Great Divide	178,000
11	11	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	170,000	2,580,000
12	12	Linkin Park	Papercuts	164,000	560,000
13	13	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	157,000	880,000
14	14	ABBA	Gold	151,000	6,290,000
15	15	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	150,000	1,040,000
16	16	Elton John	Diamonds	149,000	2,080,000
17	17	Michael Jackson	Thriller	148,000	4,900,000
18	18	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	146,000	3,700,000
19	20	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	137,000	5,750,000
20	19	BTS	Arirang	137,000
21	21	Drake	Iceman	132,000
22	23	Michael Jackson	Bad	131,000	4,580,000
23	22	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	130,000	770,000
24	24	Raye	This Music May Contain Hope	129,000
25	25	Tate McRae	So Close To What	124,000	380,000
26	26	Arctic Monkeys	AM	123,000	2,450,000
27	27	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	120,000	3,650,000
28	28	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	118,000	1,370,000
29	29	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	116,000	810,000
30	30	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	116,000	740,000
31	31	Sombr	I Barely Know Her	112,000	200,000
32	32	Maroon 5	Singles	109,000	1,100,000
33	33	50 Cent	Best Of 50 Cent	108,000	870,000
34	35	Calvin Harris	96 Months	101,000	330,000
35	34	Queen	Greatest Hits	100,000	3,310,000
36	36	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	98,000	2,130,000
37	37	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Greatest Hits	97,000	2,410,000
38	38	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	94,000	2,520,000
39	39	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	93,000	3,110,000
40	41	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	92,000	590,000
45	47	Green Day	Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band	86,000	830,000
48	54	Katy Perry	The Ones That Got The Plays	85,000
72	73	The Cure	Greatest Hits	72,000	1,290,000
81	85	Madonna	Confessions II	67,000
93	-	Luke Combs	The Way I Am	63,000
98	100	Ella Langley	Dandelion	61,000
-	99	Nirvana	Nirvana	60,000	1,620,000

August 11Aug 11

Author

On 08/08/2026 at 08:32, Yog1963 said:
Hello
Do you have the totals from George’s Twenty Five Album?
It must be close to the 2 million mark?
Thank you

Have 1,969k

August 11Aug 11

MJ to overtake in 2 weeks looking likely

August 11Aug 11

Looks like "The Highlights" is due for a 6x Platinum certification this week.

Tuesday at 16:221 day

Author

Week 33:

1	1	Olivia Dean	The Art Of Loving	446,000	720,000
2	2	Michael Jackson	The Essential	443,000	2,540,000
3	3	Harry Styles	Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.	374,000
4	4	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	267,000	2,100,000
5	5	Olivia Rodrigo	You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love	242,000
6	6	The Weeknd	Highlights	224,000	1,810,000
7	7	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	212,000	720,000
8	8	Alex Warren	You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)	191,000	500,000
9	9	Sabrina Carpenter	Man's Best Friend	185,000	490,000
10	10	Noah Kahan	The Great Divide	183,000
11	11	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	176,000	2,590,000
12	12	Linkin Park	Papercuts	169,000	560,000
13	13	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	161,000	880,000
14	14	ABBA	Gold	156,000	6,300,000
15	16	Elton John	Diamonds	154,000	2,080,000
16	15	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	154,000	1,050,000
17	17	Michael Jackson	Thriller	153,000	4,900,000
18	18	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	150,000	3,700,000
19	19	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	142,000	5,760,000
20	20	BTS	Arirang	140,000
21	21	Drake	Iceman	136,000
22	22	Michael Jackson	Bad	135,000	4,590,000
23	23	Taylor Swift	The Life Of A Showgirl	132,000	770,000
24	24	Raye	This Music May Contain Hope	130,000
25	26	Arctic Monkeys	AM	127,000	2,450,000
26	25	Tate McRae	So Close To What	127,000	390,000
27	27	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	123,000	3,660,000
28	28	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	121,000	1,370,000
29	30	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	119,000	740,000
30	29	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	119,000	820,000
31	31	Sombr	I Barely Know Her	115,000	210,000
32	32	Maroon 5	Singles	112,000	1,100,000
33	33	50 Cent	Best Of 50 Cent	111,000	880,000
34	34	Calvin Harris	96 Months	104,000	340,000
35	35	Queen	Greatest Hits	103,000	3,310,000
36	36	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream	101,000	2,130,000
37	37	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Greatest Hits	100,000	2,410,000
38	38	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	97,000	2,530,000
39	39	Oasis	Definitely Maybe	96,000	3,110,000
40	40	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	94,000	590,000
41	41	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	94,000	690,000
42	42	Rihanna	Good Girl Gone Bad	92,000	2,620,000
43	48	Katy Perry	The Ones That Got The Plays	91,000
44	43	The Beatles	1967-1970	91,000	1,420,000
45	44	OneRepublic	The Collection	90,000	140,000
46	45	Green Day	Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band	89,000	830,000
47	46	David Bowie	Legacy	88,000	1,240,000
48	49	Lady Gaga	The Fame	87,000	3,680,000
49	47	EsDeeKid	Rebel	87,000	160,000
50	51	Ed Sheeran	÷	86,000	4,570,000
51	50	Sam Fender	People Watching	86,000	370,000
52	52	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything But Therapy	85,000	180,000
53	53	Charli XCX	Brat	84,000	610,000
60	62	Avicii	Avicii Forever	80,000	150,000
61	60	SZA	SOS	80,000	800,000
62	61	Chappell Roan	The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess	80,000	640,000
63	64	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	78,000	710,000
64	63	Harry Styles	Harry's House	78,000	1,010,000
67	66	Bad Bunny	Debí Tirar Más Fotos	77,000	140,000
69	69	Zach Bryan	With Heaven On Top	74,000
70	71	Madonna	Finally Enough Love - #1s Remixed	74,000	370,000
71	72	The Cure	Greatest Hits	74,000	1,290,000
72	70	Bruno Mars	The Romantic	74,000
74	73	CoCoMelon	Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon	73,000	430,000
75	77	Eminem	Curtain Call 2	72,000	580,000
76	76	Taylor Swift	The Tortured Poets Department	72,000	1,060,000
77	75	Don Toliver	Octane	72,000
78	79	The Killers	Rebel Diamonds	71,000	310,000
79	78	Olivia Dean	Messy	71,000	190,000
81	81	Madonna	Confessions II	70,000
84	84	Ariana Grande	Eternal Sunshine	69,000	410,000
86	86	Fred Again…	USB 001 EP	67,000	240,000
87	-	Sienna Spiro	Visitor	67,000
88	89	Little Mix	Between Us	67,000	730,000
89	90	Taylor Swift	Folklore	67,000	1,050,000
90	87	Lily Allen	West End Girl	67,000	150,000
92	88	Mumford & Sons	Prizefighter	66,000
93	93	Luke Combs	The Way I Am	66,000
94	92	Gracie Abrams	The Secret Of Us	65,000	390,000
96	98	Ella Langley	Dandelion	64,000
98	95	Gorillaz	The Mountain	62,000
-	96	Elvis Presley	E1vis	62,000	2,540,000

Tuesday at 16:281 day

Last week for olivia 😪 sad sad day for the music industry

Tuesday at 17:011 day

I do prefer MJ so I'm fine with it. Its not like its a new release anyway.

Tuesday at 17:021 day

People arnt even streaming the Michael album they are streaming the playlist though 😮

Tuesday at 17:201 day

Author

Olivia’s is one of the most streamed studio albums of the decade so it would have been nice for her to stay at #1.

Tuesday at 21:031 day

4 hours ago, Julian_ said:
Week 33:
1
1
Olivia Dean
The Art Of Loving
446,000
720,000
2
2
Michael Jackson
The Essential
443,000
2,540,000
3
3
Harry Styles
Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
374,000
4
4
Fleetwood Mac
50 Years: Don't Stop
267,000
2,100,000
5
5
Olivia Rodrigo
You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love
242,000
6
6
The Weeknd
Highlights
224,000
1,810,000
7
7
Ed Sheeran
+-=÷x (Tour Collection)
212,000
720,000
8
8
Alex Warren
You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)
191,000
500,000
9
9
Sabrina Carpenter
Man's Best Friend
185,000
490,000
10
10
Noah Kahan
The Great Divide
183,000
11
11
Oasis
Time Flies... 1994-2009
176,000
2,590,000
12
12
Linkin Park
Papercuts
169,000
560,000
13
13
Noah Kahan
Stick Season
161,000
880,000
14
14
ABBA
Gold
156,000
6,300,000
15
16
Elton John
Diamonds
154,000
2,080,000
16
15
Sabrina Carpenter
Short n' Sweet
154,000
1,050,000
17
17
Michael Jackson
Thriller
153,000
4,900,000
18
18
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
150,000
3,700,000
19
19
Oasis
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
142,000
5,760,000
20
20
BTS
Arirang
140,000
21
21
Drake
Iceman
136,000
22
22
Michael Jackson
Bad
135,000
4,590,000
23
23
Taylor Swift
The Life Of A Showgirl
132,000
770,000
24
24
Raye
This Music May Contain Hope
130,000
25
26
Arctic Monkeys
AM
127,000
2,450,000
26
25
Tate McRae
So Close To What
127,000
390,000
27
27
Eminem
Curtain Call: The Hits
123,000
3,660,000
28
28
Olivia Rodrigo
Sour
121,000
1,370,000
29
30
Pitbull
Greatest Hits
119,000
740,000
30
29
Olivia Rodrigo
Guts
119,000
820,000
31
31
Sombr
I Barely Know Her
115,000
210,000
32
32
Maroon 5
Singles
112,000
1,100,000
33
33
50 Cent
Best Of 50 Cent
111,000
880,000
34
34
Calvin Harris
96 Months
104,000
340,000
35
35
Queen
Greatest Hits
103,000
3,310,000
36
36
Katy Perry
Teenage Dream
101,000
2,130,000
37
37
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Greatest Hits
100,000
2,410,000
38
38
Bruno Mars
Doo-Wops & Hooligans
97,000
2,530,000
39
39
Oasis
Definitely Maybe
96,000
3,110,000
40
40
Post Malone
The Diamond Collection
94,000
590,000
41
41
Billie Eilish
Hit Me Hard And Soft
94,000
690,000
42
42
Rihanna
Good Girl Gone Bad
92,000
2,620,000
43
48
Katy Perry
The Ones That Got The Plays
91,000
44
43
The Beatles
1967-1970
91,000
1,420,000
45
44
OneRepublic
The Collection
90,000
140,000
46
45
Green Day
Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band
89,000
830,000
47
46
David Bowie
Legacy
88,000
1,240,000
48
49
Lady Gaga
The Fame
87,000
3,680,000
49
47
EsDeeKid
Rebel
87,000
160,000
50
51
Ed Sheeran
÷
86,000
4,570,000
51
50
Sam Fender
People Watching
86,000
370,000
52
52
Teddy Swims
I've Tried Everything But Therapy
85,000
180,000
53
53
Charli XCX
Brat
84,000
610,000
60
62
Avicii
Avicii Forever
80,000
150,000
61
60
SZA
SOS
80,000
800,000
62
61
Chappell Roan
The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess
80,000
640,000
63
64
Whitney Houston
I Will Always Love You
78,000
710,000
64
63
Harry Styles
Harry's House
78,000
1,010,000
67
66
Bad Bunny
Debí Tirar Más Fotos
77,000
140,000
69
69
Zach Bryan
With Heaven On Top
74,000
70
71
Madonna
Finally Enough Love - #1s Remixed
74,000
370,000
71
72
The Cure
Greatest Hits
74,000
1,290,000
72
70
Bruno Mars
The Romantic
74,000
74
73
CoCoMelon
Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon
73,000
430,000
75
77
Eminem
Curtain Call 2
72,000
580,000
76
76
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
72,000
1,060,000
77
75
Don Toliver
Octane
72,000
78
79
The Killers
Rebel Diamonds
71,000
310,000
79
78
Olivia Dean
Messy
71,000
190,000
81
81
Madonna
Confessions II
70,000
84
84
Ariana Grande
Eternal Sunshine
69,000
410,000
86
86
Fred Again…
USB 001 EP
67,000
240,000
87
-
Sienna Spiro
Visitor
67,000
88
89
Little Mix
Between Us
67,000
730,000
89
90
Taylor Swift
Folklore
67,000
1,050,000
90
87
Lily Allen
West End Girl
67,000
150,000
92
88
Mumford & Sons
Prizefighter
66,000
93
93
Luke Combs
The Way I Am
66,000
94
92
Gracie Abrams
The Secret Of Us
65,000
390,000
96
98
Ella Langley
Dandelion
64,000
98
95
Gorillaz
The Mountain
62,000
-
96
Elvis Presley
E1vis
62,000
2,540,000

Where is George Michael with Twenty Five ?

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On 18/08/2026 at 22:03, Yog1963 said:
Where is George Michael with Twenty Five ?

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