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.
In a week with a number of top 10 debuts, Young Thug's new album 'Punk' emerged victorious - topping the album sales chart in the tracking week ending October 21st. 'Punk' began with 90,000 album-equivalent units, of which 77,000 came from streaming and 12,000 from pure album sales. Also launching this week was the commercial debut of Mac Miller's mixtape 'Faces' which began in 3rd (67,000), and Coldplay's new album 'Music of the Spheres' which took 4th (57,000). Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy' dipped from 1-2 this week - outperforming both of those debuts with 83,000. The 1970 album 'Let it Be' from The Beatles soared to 5th this week after a re-release, 'Sincerely, Kentrell' from Youngboy Never Broke Again fell 3-6, and 'Planet Her' from Doja Cat again held the 7th spot. Rounding out the top 10 was Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous: The Double Album' in 8th for a second-straight week, Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour' which tumbled 5-9, and Lil Nas X's 'Montero' which went 6-10.
ALBUM SALES CHART (10/15 - 10/21/2021) | |||
ALBUM | ARTIST | UNITS | TOTAL UNITS |
BILLBOARD | |||
PUNK | YOUNG THUNG | 90,000 | 90,000 |
CERTIFIED LOVER BOY | DRAKE | 83,000 | 1,442,000 |
FACES | MAC MILLER | 67,000 | 67,000 |
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES | COLDPLAY | 57,000 | 57,000 |
LET IT BE | THE BEATLES | 55,000 | - |
SINCERELY, KENTRELL | YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE | 44,000 | 303,000 |
PLANET HER | DOJA CAT | 42,000 | 950,000 |
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM | MORGAN WALLEN | 42,000 | 2,757,000 |
SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO | 40,000 | 1,988,000 |
MONTERO | LIL NAS X | 36,000 | 308,000 |
Of note below the Billboard Top 10 (not ranked) | |||
DONDA | KANYE WEST | 29,800 | |
HAPPIER THAN EVER | BILLIE EILISH | 26,600 | |
JUSTICE | JUSTIN BIEBER | 22,500 | |
FUTURE NOSTALGIA | DUA LIPA | 20,800 | |
FINE LINE | HARRY STYLES | 16,300 | |
FOLKLORE | TAYLOR SWIFT | 15,400 | |
ROLLING STONE | |||
PUNK | YOUNG THUG | 88,900 | |
FACES | MAC MILLER | 85,900 | |
CERTIFIED LOVER BOY | DRAKE | 82,600 | |
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES | COLDPLAY | 57,900 | |
LET IT BE | THE BEATLES | 43,000 | |
PLANET HER | DOJA CAT | 41,600 | |
SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO | 41,200 | |
SINCERELY, KENTRELL | YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE | 40,700 | |
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM | MORGAN WALLEN | 39,600 | |
MONTERO | LIL NAS X | 35,800 |
PURE ALBUM SALES CHART (10/15 - 10/21/2021) | ||
ALBUM | ARTIST | Pure Albums |
LET IT BE | THE BEATLES | 48,000 |
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES | COLDPLAY | 37,000 |
FACES | MAC MILLER | 34,000 |
DIMENSON: DILEMMA | ENHYPHEN | 31,000 |
WELCOME TO HORRORWOOD | ICE NINE KILLS | 18,000 |
THE COMEBACK | ZAC BROWN BAND | 12,000 |
PUNK | YOUNG THUG | 12,000 |
WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AROUND | KELLY CLARKSON | 11,000 |
HALLOWEEN KILLS SOUNDTRACK | VARIOUS ARTISTS | 8,000 |
LOVE FOR SALE | TONY BENNETT & LADY GAGA | 8,000 |
ALPHA DATA ALBUM SALES CHART (10/15- 10/21/2021) | |||||
ALBUM | ARTIST | UNITS | PURE ALBUMS | SEA | TEA |
PUNK | YOUNG THUG | 90,346 | 9,007 | 80,718 | 621 |
CERTIFIED LOVER BOY | DRAKE | 83,194 | 886 | 81,416 | 893 |
FACES | MAC MILLER | 67,213 | 30,989 | 35,983 | 240 |
LET IT BE | THE BEATLES | 59,280 | 50,232 | 8,429 | 619 |
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES | COLDPLAY | 56,773 | 38,560 | 15,034 | 3,180 |
SINCERELY, KENTRELL | YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE | 42,804 | 1,348 | 40,993 | 464 |
PLANET HER | DOJA CAT | 41,695 | 338 | 40,484 | 872 |
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM | MORGAN WALLEN | 41,294 | 1,219 | 39,169 | 905 |
SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO | 40,095 | 6,867 | 32,451 | 777 |
MONTERO | LIL NAS X | 36,430 | 399 | 34,997 | 1,034 |
DIMENSION : DILEMMA | ENHYPEN | 33,094 | 29,774 | 3,255 | 65 |
F*CK LOVE | THE KID LAROI | 31,373 | 105 | 29,939 | 1,330 |
EXPENSIVE PAIN | MEEK MILL | 30,658 | 2,437 | 27,115 | 1,106 |
DONDA | KANYE WEST | 30,181 | 282 | 29,576 | 323 |
25 | ADELE | 27,535 | 1,933 | 25,043 | 559 |
WELCOME TO HORRORWOOD …. | ICE NINE KILLS | 27,185 | 19,046 | 7,909 | 229 |
HAPPIER THAN EVER | BILLIE EILISH | 25,844 | 5,163 | 20,319 | 362 |
LIFE OF A DON | DON TOLIVER | 24,432 | 278 | 24,036 | 119 |
SOULFLY | ROD WAVE | 22,800 | 375 | 22,204 | 222 |
JUSTICE | JUSTIN BIEBER | 22,486 | 1,240 | 20,430 | 815 |
21 | ADELE | 21,563 | 1,630 | 19,308 | 625 |
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET | LUKE COMBS | 21,475 | 1,021 | 19,825 | 629 |
SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR … | POP SMOKE | 21,118 | 501 | 20,424 | 194 |
FUTURE NOSTALGIA | DUA LIPA | 19,308 | 835 | 16,737 | 1,736 |
THE COMEBACK | ZAC BROWN BAND | 18,872 | 12,124 | 6,004 | 744 |
Source: Alpha Data & Nielsen Media Research
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