It’s the very first time one artist has actually held 7 of the leading 10 given that the chart introduced in 1991.
Taylor Swift
Beth Garrabrant
Taylor Swift holds 7 of the leading 10 titles on Signboard‘s Leading Album Sales chart (outdated Jan. 6), marking the very first time any act has actually simultaneously declared as lots of titles in the area because the chart introduced in 1991. Formerly, Swift held the record for the most concurrent albums in the leading 10 on the top Album Sales, with 6, on 3 different weeks.
Swift leads the current list with her newest release, 1989 (Taylor’s Version)which rules for a 4th nonconsecutive week. She likewise occupies the leading 10 with previous chart-toppers at Nos. 2, 4, 6-8 and 10.
The Jan. 6-dated chart shows album sales in the U.S. in the last tracking week of 2023 (Dec. 22-28), as arranged by data-tracking company Luminate, therefore recording some last-minute vacation shopping associating with the Christmas Day vacation on Dec. 25. The majority of Swift’s sales for the week were owed to vinyl purchases. Of Swift’s overall album sales throughout all of her albums for the week, consisting of those not in the leading 10, vinyl sales represented 65% of her overall sales.
Signboard‘s Leading Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based just on standard album sales. The chart’s history go back to May 25, 1991, the very first week Signboard started arranging charts with digitally kept an eye on piece count info from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement made use of by the Signboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart changed to a method that mixes album sales with track comparable album systems and streaming comparable album systems. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) direct the brand-new Top Album Sales chart, holding at No. 1 with 61,000 copies offered in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 28 (down 36%). She’s likewise in the leading 10 with Midnights (holding at No. 2 with 24,000; down 44%), Enthusiast (3-4 with 22,000; down 28%), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (4-6 with 20,000; down 31%), Evermore (12-7 with 17,000; up 5%), Folklore (6-8 with 16,000; down 38%) and Brave (Taylor’s Version) (holding at No. 10 with 13,000; down 29%).
The only non-Swift titles in the leading 10 are Stray Kids’ ROCK-STAR (7-3 with 23,000; down 3%), Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts (holding at No. 5 with 20,000; down 22%) and ATEEZ’s The World EP.Fin: Will (8-9 with 14,000; down 33%)– all previous No. ones.
In the week ending Dec. 28, there were 2.507 million albums offered in the U.S. (down 29.4% compared to the previous week). Of that amount, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, and so on) made up 2.172 million (down 32.5%) and digital albums consisted of 335,000 (up 0.1%).
There were 755,000 CD albums offered in the week ending Dec. 28 (down 34.4% week-over-week) and 1.409 million vinyl albums offered (down 31.4%).