Below is a breakdown of the top albums in the week ending December 23, 2021. Albums achieve their positions on the weekly Billboard charts 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 Billboard (and usually a small select number albums below the top 10). The 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.
Adele's '30' continued its domination of the album sales chart, scoring 212,000 album-equivalent units in the tracking week ending Dec. 23rd, to rank #1 for the fifth straight week. The album also led in pure album sales which, per usual, accounted for the majority of its units (180,500). Michael Buble's 'Christmas' leapt 4-2 in the rankings (77,000), but Juice WRLD's 'Fighting Demons' tumbled 2-9, so Taylor Swift's 'Red (Taylor's Version)' remained untouched in the 3rd spot. At #4 was Roddy Ricch's new album 'Live Life Fast' which launched with 62,000 units, of which more than 57,000 came from streaming. With that, Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour' remained at #5, Mariah Carey's 'Merry Christmas' held at #7, and 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' rose 8-6 to a new peak. Rounding out the top 10 was Nat King Cole's 'The Christmas Song' up 11-8 (55,000) and Bo Burnham's 'Inside (The Songs)' which returned to the top 10 due to its vinyl release.
ALBUM SALES CHART (12/17 - 12/23/2021) | |||
ALBUM | ARTIST | UNITS | TOTAL UNITS |
BILLBOARD | |||
30 | ADELE | 212,000 | 1,715,000 |
CHRISTMAS | MICHAEL BUBLE | 77,000 | - |
RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) | TAYLOR SWIFT | 76,000 | 1,090,000 |
LIVE LIFE FAST | RODDY RICCH | 62,000 | 62,000 |
SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO | 61,000 | 2,389,000 |
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS | VINCE GUARALDI TRIO | 61,000 | - |
MERRY CHRISTMAS | MARIAH CAREY | 56,000 | - |
THE CHRISTMAS SONG | NAT KING COLE | 55,000 | - |
FIGHTING DEMONS | JUICE WRLD | 52,000 | 171,000 |
INSIDE (THE SONGS) | BO BURNHAM | 50,000 | - |
Of note below the Billboard Top 10 (not ranked) | |||
HAPPIER THAN EVER | BILLIE EILISH | 41,800 | |
UNIVERSE - THE 3RD ALBUM | NCT | 39,200 | |
PLANET HER | DOJA CAT | 36,400 | |
FINE LINE | HARRY STYLES | 27,700 | |
FORMULA OF LOVE: O+T=<3 | TWICE | 27,000 | |
STICKER - THE 3RD ALBUM | NCT 127 | 14,500 |
PURE ALBUM SALES CHART (12/17 - 12/23/2021) | ||
ALBUM | ARTIST | Pure Albums |
30 | ADELE | 180,500 |
RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) | TAYLOR SWIFT | 47,000 |
INSIDE (THE SONGS) | BO BURNHAM | 44,500 |
MAN ON THE MOON II: THE CHOSEN | KID CUDI | 42,000 |
UNIVERSE - THE 3RD ALBUM | NCT | 37,000 |
SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO | 33,000 |
HAPPIER THAN EVER | BILLIE EILISH | 26,000 |
FORMULA OF LOVE: O+T=<3 | TWICE | 24,000 |
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS | VINCE GUARALDI TRIO | 24,000 |
LET IT BE | THE BEATLES | 23,000 |
ALPHA DATA ALBUM SALES CHART (12/17- 12/23/2021) | |||||
ALBUM | ARTIST | UNITS | PURE ALBUMS | SEA | TEA |
30 | ADELE | 204,846 | 175,277 | 28,163 | 1,406 |
RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) | TAYLOR SWIFT | 65,580 | 37,274 | 27,949 | 358 |
CHRISTMAS | MICHAEL BUBLE | 65,450 | 10,513 | 54,198 | 739 |
LIVE LIFE FAST | RODDY RICCH | 63,504 | 3,233 | 59,406 | 865 |
FIGHTING DEMONS | JUICE WRLD | 52,821 | 1,072 | 51,049 | 700 |
SOUR | OLIVIA RODRIGO | 50,639 | 23,661 | 26,547 | 431 |
CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS | VINCE GUARALDI TRIO | 48,531 | 17,427 | 30,514 | 590 |
CHRISTMAS SONG | NAT KING COLE | 47,033 | 5,250 | 41,206 | 577 |
MERRY CHRISTMAS | MARIAH CAREY | 46,655 | 6,378 | 39,097 | 1,180 |
INSIDE (THE SONGS) | BO BURNHAM | 45,780 | 40,626 | 5,118 | 36 |
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM | MORGAN WALLEN | 42,346 | 2,738 | 38,571 | 1,037 |
MAN ON THE MOON III: THE CHOSEN | KID CUDI | 42,085 | 38,222 | 3,852 | 11 |
BEST OF PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS | PENTATONIX | 38,833 | 8,495 | 29,404 | 934 |
CERTIFIED LOVER BOY | DRAKE | 37,571 | 265 | 36,954 | 352 |
CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU | PHIL SPECTOR | 37,551 | 640 | 36,618 | 294 |
= | ED SHEERAN | 36,931 | 14,223 | 20,961 | 1,747 |
CHRISTMAS ALBUM | ANDY WILLIAMS | 35,030 | 659 | 34,043 | 327 |
UNIVERSE - THE 3RD ALBUM | NCT | 34,688 | 32,366 | 2,254 | 68 |
CHRISTMAS CLASSICS | BING CROSBY | 34,452 | 3,772 | 30,210 | 470 |
PLANET HER | DOJA CAT | 34,198 | 1,884 | 31,601 | 712 |
HAPPIER THAN EVER | BILLIE EILISH | 33,590 | 18,528 | 14,746 | 316 |
THE HIGHLIGHTS | THE WEEKND | 33,505 | 5,674 | 27,301 | 529 |
HALL OF FAME | POLO G | 32,544 | 139 | 32,058 | 347 |
ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS | FRANK SINATRA | 30,732 | 3,084 | 27,298 | 350 |
RUDOLPH/RED-NOSED REINDEER | BURL IVES | 29,763 | 1,424 | 28,011 | 328 |
Source: Alpha Data & Nielsen Media Research
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