Album Ratings: Week Ending January 28, 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 two 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). The second chart includes the top 20 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' spent a third week atop the album chart, delivering 130,000 units in the week ending January 28, down slightly from the 159K from last week. 'Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon' from Pop Smoke spent another week in second place with 45,000 units (on par with last week's 47K), and 'Evermore' from Taylor Swift moved up 4-3 with 35,000 units (vs. 41K). The Rolling Stone chart had Swift's other album, 'Folklore' in the third position (40,000 units) and 'Evermore' in sixth (32,000) though this is unusual because Billboard had 'folklore' in 16th. Also on the Billboard chart, Ariana Grande's 'positions' dipped 5-7 with 31,000 units (vs. 39K).  

ALBUM SALES CHART (1/22 - 1/28/2021)
ALBUM	ARTIST	UNITS
BILLBOARD
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM	MORGAN WALLEN	130,000
SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON	POP SMOKE	45,000
EVERMORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	35,000
AFTER HOURS	THE WEEKND	35,000
THE VOICE	LIL DURK	32,000
LEGENDS NEVER DIE	JUICE WRLD	31,000
POSITIONS	ARIANA GRANDE	31,000
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET	LUKE COMBS	30,000
MY TURN	LIL BABY	30,000
LOS DIOSES	ANUEL AA & OZUNA	29,000
ROLLING STONE
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM	MORGAN WALLEN	127,600
SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR THE MOON	POP SMOKE	42,900
FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	40,000
AFTER HOURS	THE WEEKND	34,000
THE VOICE	LIL DURK	32,700
EVERMORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	32,000
LEGENDS NEVER DIE	JUICE WRLD	30,700
POSITIONS	ARIANA GRANDE	30,400
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET	LUKE COMBS	30,300
MY TURN	LIL BABY	27,600

ALPHA DATA ALBUM SALES CHART (1/22 - 1/28/2021)
ALBUM	ARTIST	UNITS	PURE ALBUMS	SEA	TEA
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM	MORGAN WALLEN	131,669	12,350	115,866	3,453
SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR …	POP SMOKE	44,535	683	43,278	575
EVERMORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	35,348	6,818	27,960	570
AFTER HOURS	THE WEEKND	34,273	3,663	28,562	2,048
THE VOICE	LIL DURK	32,923	65	32,476	381
LEGENDS NEVER DIE	JUICE WRLD	31,266	1,677	29,369	221
POSITIONS	ARIANA GRANDE	30,369	1,483	28,381	505
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET	LUKE COMBS	29,576	2,468	26,052	1,057
MY TURN	LIL BABY	29,566	280	29,094	192
FOLKLORE	TAYLOR SWIFT	27,636	11,313	16,097	226
F*CK LOVE	THE KID LAROI	27,189	179	26,666	344
GOOD NEWS	MEGAN THEE STALLION	27,078	322	25,981	776
LOS DIOSES	ANUEL AA & OZUNA	26,363	3,359	22,588	416
EL ULTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO	BAD BUNNY	25,702	267	25,204	230
HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING	POST MALONE	23,362	875	22,088	399
TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL	MACHINE GUN KELLY	23,290	1,285	21,398	607
FINE LINE	HARRY STYLES	22,953	7,504	15,023	425
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST	HAMILTON	21,468	1,632	19,619	216
MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY	EMINEM	20,925	4,115	16,225	585
GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE	JUICE WRLD	20,692	195	20,397	100

Source: Alpha Data & Nielsen Media Research