Monday, January 11, 2021

Music Ratings: Taylor Swift dominates 2020

Below are various year-end album charts with data from Nielsen Media Research. Leading the way in total album-equivalent units was Lil Baby's 'My Turn' which logged over 2.6 million units - a solid margin over second-ranked 'folklore' from Taylor Swift, which delivered 2.2 million. 'Folklore;' however, dominated in pure album sales where it totaled 1.28 million for the year, double what BTS's 'Map of the Soul' got in the second position (674,000). Swift's other album this year, 'evermore' took the 10th spot on the list with 283,000 pure album sales despite being available for just three weeks of 2020. Both albums also ranked in the top 10 for digital album sales with 'folklore' atop the list (796,000) and 'evermore' in sixth (169,000).

YEAR-END ALBUM SALES & STREAMING CHART (1/3 - 12/31/2020)
ALBUMARTISTUNITS
ALBUM-EQUIVALENT UNITS
MY TURNLIL BABY2,632,000
FOLKLORETAYLOR SWIFT2,204,000
SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOONPOP SMOKE2,198,000
AFTER HOURSTHE WEEKND2,032,000
LEGENDS NEVER DIEJUICE WRLD1,990,000
HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDINGPOST MALONE1,895,000
ETERNAL ATAKELIL UZI VERT1,860,000
PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR BEING ANTISOCIALRODDY RICCH1,792,000
FINE LINEHARRY STYLES1,522,000
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GETLUKE COMBS1,475,000
TOTAL ALBUMS
FOLKLORETAYLOR SWIFT1,276,000
MAP OF THE SOULBTS674,000
AFTER HOURSTHE WEEKND480,000
FINE LINEHARRY STYLES420,000
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GOBILLIE EILISH348,000
CHROMATICALADY GAGA331,000
LEGENDS NEVER DIEJUICE WRLD301,000
MANICHALSEY301,000
MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BYEMINEM287,000
EVERMORETAYLOR SWIFT283,000
DIGITAL ALBUM SALES
FOLKLORETAYLOR SWIFT796,000
AFTER HOURSTHE WEEKND293,000
LEGENDS NEVER DIEJUICE WRLD282,000
MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BYEMINEM207,000
NO PRESSURELOGIC175,000
EVERMORETAYLOR SWIFT169,000
CHROMATICALADY GAGA167,000
HAMILTONBROADWAY123,000
MANICHALSEY100,000
SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOONPOP SMOKE95,000
TOP PHYSICAL ALBUMS
MAP OF THE SOULBTS646,000
FOLKLORETAYLOR SWIFT482,000
FINE LINEHARRY STYLES365,000
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GOBILLIE EILISH281,000
BEBTS252,000
NEO ZONE: THE SECOND ALBUMNCT 127249,000
HERE AND NOWKENNY CHESNEY244,000
GREATEST HITSQUEEN233,000
MY GIFTCARRIE UNDERWOOD221,000
ABBEY ROADTHE BEATLES202,000

The chart below consists of the top 20 albums of the year based on first-week album equivalent units. Taylor Swift's 'folklore' again reigned strong with 846,000 units sold in its first week of availability, with 615,000 coming from pure album sales. Its 218,000 SEA units trailed only Juice Wrld's 'Legends Never Die' (283,000) and Lil Uzi Vert's 'Eternal Atake' (278,000). BTS's 'Map of the Soul 7' saw the second-biggest number of debut week pure album sales (347,000), and The Weeknd's 'After Hours' took the third spot with 275,000. Halsey's 'Manic' had the most first-week units for a non-number one album as 'Manic' debuted to 239,000 in the same week as Eminem's 'Music to be Murdered by' which scored 279,000. Logic's 'No Pressure' (221,000) also peaked at number 2 as it debuted behind 'Folklore'. Outside of the top 20, Selena Gomez's 'Rare' began with 112,000 units in January and Miley Cyrus's 'Plastic Hearts' started with 60,000 in December. 

ALBUM SALES & STREAMING CHART (1/3 - 12/31/2020)
ALBUMARTISTUNITSPURE
ALBUMS
SEATEA
BIGGEST FIRST WEEK ALBUM DEBUTS
FOLKLORETAYLOR SWIFT846,000615,000218,00013,000
LEGENDS NEVER DIEJUICE WRLD497,000209,000283,0003,000
AFTER HOURSTHE WEEKND444,000275,000163,0006,000
MAP OF THE SOUL 7BTS422,000347,00048,00026,000
EVERMORETAYLOR SWIFT329,000154,500167,0008,000
ETERNAL ATAKELIL UZI VERT288,0009,000278,0002,000
MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BYEMINEM279,000117,000154,0008,000
CHROMATICALADY GAGA274,000205,00065,0004,000
SHOORT FOR THE  STARS ... POP SMOKE251,00059,000190,0003,000
BEBTS242,000177,00030,00035,000
MANICHALSEY239,000180,00056,0003,000
HERE AND NOWKENNY CHESNEY233,000222,00010,0001,000
CHANGESJUSTIN BIEBER231,000126,000101,0004,000
DARK LANE DEMO TAPESDRAKE223,00019,000201,0004,000
NO PRESSURELOGIC221,000172,00048,0001,000
MY TURNLIL BABY197,00010,000184,0004,000
YHLQMDLGBAD BUNNY179,00035,000142,0001,000
POSITIONSARIANA GRANDE174,00042,000129,0003,000
SAVAGE MODE II21 SAVAGE171,00022,000148,0001,000
CIRCLESMAC MILLER164,00061,000102,0001,000

SEA = streaming equivalent albums
TEA = track equivalent albums

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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