Thursday, September 30, 2021

Album Ratings: Week Ending September 23, 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.

Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy' enjoyed a third week atop the weekly album sales chart, earning a solid 171,000 album-equivalent units in the tracking week ending September 23. With that, Lil Nas X debuted his new album 'Montero' in the second spot with 126,000 units with 22,000 from pure albums and 102,000 streaming units. The week's only other top 10 debut was NCT 127's 'Sticker - the 3rd Album' which launched at number 3 with 62,000 units - 58,000 pure & 3,000 streaming. Elsewhere, Kanye West's 'Donda' dropped 2-4 with 57,000, Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour' dipped 4-5 with 51,000, Doja Cat's 'Planet Her' held the sixth spot (47,000), and Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous: The Double Album' ticked up 8-7 with 39,000. Rounding out the top 10 was: The Kid Laroi's 'F*CK LOVE' went 7-8 (38,000), Billie Eilish's 'Happier Than Ever' rose 10-9 (32,000), and Kacey Musgraves's 'Star-Crossed' fell 3-10 (29,000). 

ALBUM SALES CHART (9/17 - 9/23/2021)
ALBUMARTISTUNITSTOTAL
UNITS
BILLBOARD 
CERTIFIED LOVER BOYDRAKE171,0001,020,000
MONTEROLIL NAS X126,000126,000
STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUMNCT 12762,00062,000
DONDAKANYE WEST57,000576,000
SOUROLIVIA RODRIGO51,0001,816,000
PLANET HERDOJA CAT47,000779,000
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUMMORGAN WALLEN39,0002,594,000
F*CK LOVETHE KID LAROI38,0001,604,000
HAPPIER THAN EVERBILLIE EILISH32,000577,000
STAR-CROSSEDKACEY MUSGRAVES29,000106,000
Of note below the Billboard Top 10 (not ranked)
THE MELODIC BLUEBABY KEEM27,000 
FUTURE NOSTALGIADUA LIPA21,600 
UNTREATED TRAUMAMOZZY19,600 
FINE LINEHARRY STYLES16,400 
FOLKLORETAYLOR SWIFT15,700 
POSITIONSARIANA GRANDE13,100 
MADE IN LAGOSWIZKID11,100 
ROLLING STONE 
CERTIFIED LOVER BOYDRAKE168,200 
MONTEROLIL NAS X123,000 
STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUMNCT 12762,400 
DONDAKANYE WEST57,600 
SOUROLIVIA RODRIGO51,200 
PLANET HERDOJA CAT47,000 
F*CK LOVETHE KID LAROI36,800 
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUMMORGAN WALLEN36,500 
HAPPIER THAN EVERBILLIE EILISH30,900 
STAR-CROSSEDKACEY MUSGRAVES28,500 

PURE ALBUM SALES CHART (9/17 - 9/23/2021)
ALBUMARTISTPure Albums
STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUMNCT 12758,000
MONTEROLIL NAS X22,000
ETERNAL BLUESPIRITBOX19,000
STAR-CROSSEDKACEY MUSGRAVES15,000
SPRINGTIME IN NEW YORKBOB DYLAN13,000
METALLICAMETALLICA12,000
SOUROLIVIA RODRIGO12,000
DEARLY BELOVEDDAUGHTRY11,000
UNTREATED TRAUMAMOZZY11,000
SENJUTSUIRON MAIDEN8,000

ALPHA DATA ALBUM SALES CHART (9/17- 9/23/2021)
ALBUMARTISTUNITSPURE
ALBUMS
SEATEA
CERTIFIED LOVER BOYDRAKE 169,5473,761160,7532,101
MONTEROLIL NAS X 128,69122,45297,9562,506
STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUMNCT 127 61,64858,1612,964188
DONDAKANYE WEST 58,0751,38555,766185
SOUROLIVIA RODRIGO 50,42711,33237,0751,047
PLANET HERDOJA CAT 48,04349044,5111,119
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUMMORGAN WALLEN 38,0361,20835,056658
F*CK LOVETHE KID LAROI 37,72920134,8761,371
HAPPIER THAN EVERBILLIE EILISH 30,8456,33423,594365
STAR-CROSSEDKACEY MUSGRAVES 29,41814,05714,990231
SOULFLYROD WAVE 29,1157727,213110
THE MELODIC BLUEBABY KEEM 28,25514527,449147
ETERNAL BLUESPIRITBOX 25,58221,5833,739154
SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR …POP SMOKE 22,19159620,655245
THE VOICE OF THE HEROESLIL BABY & LIL DURK 21,4417220,373275
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GETLUKE COMBS 21,3511,02419,093706
FUTURE NOSTALGIADUA LIPA 21,1661,27718,466902
MY TURNLIL BABY 20,43926618,642260
UNTREATED TRAUMAMOZZY 19,96410,6568,446499
AFTER HOURSTHE WEEKND 19,18784516,836512
THE HIGHLIGHTSTHE WEEKND 18,59276216,655421
HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDINGPOST MALONE 18,14122117,100271
TRIP AT KNIGHTTRIPPIE REDD 17,8598616,98875
LEGENDS NEVER DIEJUICE WRLD 17,76849116,527116
HALL OF FAMEPOLO G 17,40317616,364189

Source: Alpha Data & Nielsen Media Research

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