TWICE enters the top 10 of the Hot Album Sales Chart for the sixth time in a row Strategy The debut debuted at No. 2 on the chart as of December 21st. The set sold 81,000 copies in the United States in the week ended December 18, according to Luminate. Also shaking up the top ten: ROSÉ’s solo debut Rossi Sabrina Carpenter’s yearling moved into third place fruit cake Debt No. 4, J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Boulevard Returns to No. 5 following the 10th anniversary reissue and the Vince Guaraldi Trio charlie brown’s christmas The soundtrack jumped from 17 to 10.
advertising billboardThe Album Sales Chart ranks the best-selling albums of the week based solely on traditional album sales. This chart dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week advertising billboard Started charting using electronic monitoring case count information from SoundScan (now Luminate). Pure album sales were the only measure used by the Billboard 200 as of December 6, 2014, after which the chart switched to blending album sales with track-equivalent album units and streaming-equivalent album units method.
of StrategyFirst week sales were 81,000 copies, CD sales were 72,000 copies, and the remaining sales included vinyl records and digital downloads of the album. The album’s first-week sales were boosted by more than 15 CD and vinyl editions, including collectible paper ephemera (some random).
Taylor Swift’s album sales ranked No. 1 tortured poets department It topped the charts for its 10th consecutive week with 201,000 units sold (down 45%) as the company continued to profit from Target-exclusive CD and vinyl releases. anthology album version.
ROSÉ’s first solo album Rossi The album sold 70,000 copies, ranking third. Her pop group BLACKPINK has had three top 10 hits, including two at No. 1: album 2020 and born pink 2022. RossiFirst-week sales were 70,000 copies, with 30,000 CD sales and 29,000 vinyl sales, with the remaining sales including digital downloads of the album and cassette purchases. The album’s first-week sales were driven by more than 15 physical variations of the album on CD and vinyl, many of which include collectible ephemera editions (some random).
Sabrina Carpenter’s 2023 Holiday Efforts fruit cake Following its wide release on CD, vinyl (three versions) and cassette on December 6, the album debuted at No. 4 in Hot Album Sales (39,000 copies sold). The biggest weekly sales result, and the biggest sales week for a modern vinyl holiday album.
J. Cole tops the list 2014 Forest Hills Boulevard Returns to the top 10, again at No. 5 (33,000; up 2,648%), following a 10th anniversary re-release on CD, vinyl and digital download (some editions also include bonus tracks). this evil The once-No. 1 soundtrack dropped 2-6 spots to 30,000 units sold (down 41%); Carpenter’s short and sweet 28,000 down from 5 to 7 (but up 25%); former leader of Chapel Rowan The Rise and Fall of the Midwestern Princess Down 3-8 (nearly 21,000; down 16%), Billie Eilish’s Hit me hard, hit me softly Down 4-9 (18,000; down 21%).
Vince Guaraldi Trio joins Top 10 charlie brown’s christmas Television Soundtracks jumped 17 spots to No. 10, with nearly 14,000 units sold (up 13%). The series peaked at No. 2 in December 2022, returning to the top ten for the first time since reaching No. 8 on January 7, 2023.
