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) | |||
ALBUM | ARTIST | UNITS | TOTAL UNITS |
BILLBOARD | |||
CERTIFIED LOVER BOY | DRAKE | 171,000 | 1,020,000 |
MONTERO | LIL NAS X | 126,000 | 126,000 |
STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUM | NCT 127 | 62,000 | 62,000 |
DONDA | KANYE WEST | 57,000 | 576,000 |
SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO | 51,000 | 1,816,000 |
PLANET HER | DOJA CAT | 47,000 | 779,000 |
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM | MORGAN WALLEN | 39,000 | 2,594,000 |
F*CK LOVE | THE KID LAROI | 38,000 | 1,604,000 |
HAPPIER THAN EVER | BILLIE EILISH | 32,000 | 577,000 |
STAR-CROSSED | KACEY MUSGRAVES | 29,000 | 106,000 |
Of note below the Billboard Top 10 (not ranked) | |||
THE MELODIC BLUE | BABY KEEM | 27,000 | |
FUTURE NOSTALGIA | DUA LIPA | 21,600 | |
UNTREATED TRAUMA | MOZZY | 19,600 | |
FINE LINE | HARRY STYLES | 16,400 | |
FOLKLORE | TAYLOR SWIFT | 15,700 | |
POSITIONS | ARIANA GRANDE | 13,100 | |
MADE IN LAGOS | WIZKID | 11,100 | |
ROLLING STONE | |||
CERTIFIED LOVER BOY | DRAKE | 168,200 | |
MONTERO | LIL NAS X | 123,000 | |
STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUM | NCT 127 | 62,400 | |
DONDA | KANYE WEST | 57,600 | |
SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO | 51,200 | |
PLANET HER | DOJA CAT | 47,000 | |
F*CK LOVE | THE KID LAROI | 36,800 | |
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM | MORGAN WALLEN | 36,500 | |
HAPPIER THAN EVER | BILLIE EILISH | 30,900 | |
STAR-CROSSED | KACEY MUSGRAVES | 28,500 |
PURE ALBUM SALES CHART (9/17 - 9/23/2021) | ||
ALBUM | ARTIST | Pure Albums |
STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUM | NCT 127 | 58,000 |
MONTERO | LIL NAS X | 22,000 |
ETERNAL BLUE | SPIRITBOX | 19,000 |
STAR-CROSSED | KACEY MUSGRAVES | 15,000 |
SPRINGTIME IN NEW YORK | BOB DYLAN | 13,000 |
METALLICA | METALLICA | 12,000 |
SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO | 12,000 |
DEARLY BELOVED | DAUGHTRY | 11,000 |
UNTREATED TRAUMA | MOZZY | 11,000 |
SENJUTSU | IRON MAIDEN | 8,000 |
ALPHA DATA ALBUM SALES CHART (9/17- 9/23/2021) | |||||
ALBUM | ARTIST | UNITS | PURE ALBUMS | SEA | TEA |
CERTIFIED LOVER BOY | DRAKE | 169,547 | 3,761 | 160,753 | 2,101 |
MONTERO | LIL NAS X | 128,691 | 22,452 | 97,956 | 2,506 |
STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUM | NCT 127 | 61,648 | 58,161 | 2,964 | 188 |
DONDA | KANYE WEST | 58,075 | 1,385 | 55,766 | 185 |
SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO | 50,427 | 11,332 | 37,075 | 1,047 |
PLANET HER | DOJA CAT | 48,043 | 490 | 44,511 | 1,119 |
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM | MORGAN WALLEN | 38,036 | 1,208 | 35,056 | 658 |
F*CK LOVE | THE KID LAROI | 37,729 | 201 | 34,876 | 1,371 |
HAPPIER THAN EVER | BILLIE EILISH | 30,845 | 6,334 | 23,594 | 365 |
STAR-CROSSED | KACEY MUSGRAVES | 29,418 | 14,057 | 14,990 | 231 |
SOULFLY | ROD WAVE | 29,115 | 77 | 27,213 | 110 |
THE MELODIC BLUE | BABY KEEM | 28,255 | 145 | 27,449 | 147 |
ETERNAL BLUE | SPIRITBOX | 25,582 | 21,583 | 3,739 | 154 |
SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR … | POP SMOKE | 22,191 | 596 | 20,655 | 245 |
THE VOICE OF THE HEROES | LIL BABY & LIL DURK | 21,441 | 72 | 20,373 | 275 |
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET | LUKE COMBS | 21,351 | 1,024 | 19,093 | 706 |
FUTURE NOSTALGIA | DUA LIPA | 21,166 | 1,277 | 18,466 | 902 |
MY TURN | LIL BABY | 20,439 | 266 | 18,642 | 260 |
UNTREATED TRAUMA | MOZZY | 19,964 | 10,656 | 8,446 | 499 |
AFTER HOURS | THE WEEKND | 19,187 | 845 | 16,836 | 512 |
THE HIGHLIGHTS | THE WEEKND | 18,592 | 762 | 16,655 | 421 |
HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING | POST MALONE | 18,141 | 221 | 17,100 | 271 |
TRIP AT KNIGHT | TRIPPIE REDD | 17,859 | 86 | 16,988 | 75 |
LEGENDS NEVER DIE | JUICE WRLD | 17,768 | 491 | 16,527 | 116 |
HALL OF FAME | POLO G | 17,403 | 176 | 16,364 | 189 |
Source: Alpha Data & Nielsen Media Research
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