Album Ratings: Week Ending February 18, 2021

Albums achieve their positions on the weekly Billboard & Rolling Stone lists based on total units sold; a metric which is the sum of of pure album sales (sales of the entire actual album), streaming-equivalent album units (SEA), and track-equivalent album units (TEA). One SEA unit is equal to 1,250 premium (paid) streams, or 3,750 free streams, and one TEA unit is equal to 10 purchased tracks. There are three charts below: the first one has the top 10 albums based on total weekly units sold according to both Billboard and Rolling Stone. The two sites have different sources of data, hence why their numbers are different (but close). A second chart includes the top 10 albums of the week according to Billboard based on pure album sales, and the third chart includes the top 25 albums of the week, according to Alpha Data, with breakdowns of pure albums, SEA units, and TEA units.

Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous: The Double Album' has spent its sixth week atop the Billboard 200 chart with approximately 93,000 album-equivalent units sold in the tracking week ending February 18th. That figure was more than double the amount of second-ranked 'After Hours' which logged 42,000 units, up noticeably from last week when it tumbled out of the top 10. The Weeknd's other album on the chart, 'The Highlights' ticked down to the eighth spot on the week with 31,000 units with 4,000 in pure sales (vs. 6,000 for 'After Hours'). Perhaps due to the 'Fearless' hype, Taylor Swift's 'Evermore' jumped to sixth this week with 33,000 units, up from ~29,000 last week when it ranked 11th. Also in the top 10 was Ariana Grande's 'Positions' (30,000) and Juice WRLD's 'Legends Never Die' (28,000). 

ALBUM SALES CHART (2/12 - 2/18/2021)
ALBUM	ARTIST	UNITS
BILLBOARD
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM	MORGAN WALLEN	93,000
AFTER HOURS	THE WEEKND	42,000
THE VOICE	LIL DURK	40,000
SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON	POP SMOKE	38,000
SHIESTY SEASON	POOH SHIESTY	37,000
EVERMORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	33,000
FUTURE NOSTALGIA	DUA LIPA	32,000
THE HIGHLIGHTS	THE WEEKND	31,000
POSITIONS	ARIANA GRANDE	30,000
LEGENDS NEVER DIE	JUICE WRLD	28,000
ROLLING STONE
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM	MORGAN WALLEN	86,900
THE VOICE	LIL DURK	40,800
AFTER HOURS	THE WEEKND	40,700
SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON	POP SMOKE	36,100
SHIESTY SEASON	POOH SHIESTY	34,400
EVERMORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	29,000
POSITIONS	ARIANA GRANDE	28,500
LEGENDS NEVER DIE	JUICE WRLD	27,400
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET	LUKE COMBS	26,200
FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	25,900

PURE ALBUM SALES CHART (2/12 - 2/18/2021)
ALBUM	ARTIST	Pure Albums
DEATH BY ROCK AND ROLL	THE PRETTY RECKLESS	16,000
MEDICINE AT MIDNIGHT	THE FOO FIGHTERS	15,000
EVERMORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	12,000
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM	MORGAN WALLEN	10,000
LIFE ROLLS ON	FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE	8,000
FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	8,000
THE LUCKY ONES	PENTATONIX	6,000
AFTER HOURS	THE WEEKND	6,000
FINE LINE	HARRY STYLES	5,000
STILL DREAMING	TOMORROW X TOGETHER	5,000

ALPHA DATA ALBUM SALES CHART (2/12 - 2/18/2021)
ALBUM	ARTIST	UNITS	PURE ALBUMS	SEA	TEA
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM	MORGAN WALLEN	96,187	10,523	83,626	2,037
AFTER HOURS	THE WEEKND	44,479	6,083	36,160	2,237
THE VOICE	LIL DURK	40,632	137	40,066	428
SHIESTY SEASON	POOH SHIESTY	39,193	263	38,625	305
SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR …	POP SMOKE	37,965	608	36,833	524
EVERMORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	36,357	14,140	21,551	666
FUTURE NOSTALGIA	DUA LIPA	32,597	2,385	27,939	2,272
THE HIGHLIGHTS	THE WEEKND	32,264	4,001	27,205	1,058
POSITIONS	ARIANA GRANDE	30,209	1,610	26,613	1,985
LEGENDS NEVER DIE	JUICE WRLD	28,316	2,495	25,620	201
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET	LUKE COMBS	27,639	2,836	23,768	1,036
VARIOUS ARTISTS	JUDAS AND BLACK MESSIAH	26,132	1,924	22,963	1,244
MY TURN	LIL BABY	25,900	311	25,389	200
FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	24,576	8,554	15,815	207
F*CK LOVE	THE KID LAROI	23,476	159	22,934	383
HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING	POST MALONE	23,167	1,861	20,894	413
GOOD NEWS	MEGAN THEE STALLION	22,970	333	21,885	751
EL ULTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO	BAD BUNNY	22,575	272	22,035	268
LIFE ROLLS ON	FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE	22,012	10,167	10,524	1,322
TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL	MACHINE GUN KELLY	20,348	1,666	18,085	597

Source: Alpha Data & Nielsen Media Research