Friday, January 7, 2022

Music Data: Week Ending December 30, 2021

Below are three charts with music data from the week ending December 30, 2021. The first chart includes the top 10 albums of the week based on total weekly units sold according to Billboard (and usually a small select number albums below the top 10). The next two charts document the top songs of the week based on total number of plays on U.S. pop radio. The top chart comes from Nielsen/BDS and includes the top 40 songs of the week, while the bottom chart comes from Mediabase and includes the top 50 songs of the week. The key difference between the charts is that Nielsen/BDS uses computers to monitor radio stations while Mediabase uses humans. Additionally, the Nielsen/BDS chart is what goes into the Billboard Hot 100 formula. Finally, note that the tracking week for album sales is Friday-Thursday while the tracking week for radio is Sunday-Saturday.

The final full tracking week of 2021 was a pretty quiet one for album sales with no albums selling over 100K units. The last time that happened was in the week ending Oct. 28th when Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy' ranked #1 with only 74,000 units. Adele's '30' came close this week with 99,000, but this was still a huge drop from last week's pre-Christmas 212,000. Michael Buble's 'Christmas' & Taylor Swift's 'Red (Taylor's Version) held at #2 and #3 respectively while Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour' inched up 5-4 (46,000) due to Roddy Ricch's 'Live Life Fast' falling out of the top 10 (23,000). Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous: The Double Album' returned to the top 10 this week after a 1 week departure (up 12-5) while Disney's 'Encanto' soundtrack reached the top 10 for the first time at #7 (41,000). The rest of the top 10 was filled by various Christmas albums with Nat King Cole's 'The Christmas Song' at #6, 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' at #8, Mariah Carey's 'Merry Christmas' at #9, and 'A Christmas Gift For You from Phil Spector' rounding out at #10. 

ALBUM SALES CHART (12/24 - 12/30/2021)
ALBUMARTISTUNITSTOTAL
UNITS
BILLBOARD 
30ADELE99,0001,814,000
CHRISTMASMICHAEL BUBLE53,000-
RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION)TAYLOR SWIFT47,0001,137,000
SOUROLIVIA RODRIGO46,0002,435,000
DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUMMORGAN WALLEN43,0003,207,000
THE CHRISTMAS SONGNAT KING COLE42,000-
ENCANTOVARIOUS ARTISTS41,000-
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMASVINCE GUARALDI TRIO41,000-
MERRY CHRISTMASMARIAH CAREY39,000-
A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOUPHIL SPECTOR39,000-
Of note below the Billboard Top 10 (not ranked)
CERTIFIED LOVER BOYDRAKE35,800 
HAPPIER THAN EVERBILLIE EILISH27,000
LIVE LIFE FASTRODDY RICCH23,000
UNIVERSE - THE 3RD ALBUMNCT20,000

Radio:
NIELSEN/BDS POP RADIO CHART (12/26/2021 - 1/1/2022)
Artist/TrackPlaysAudience
(millions)
ADELE Easy On Me16,14550.999
THE KID LAROI & JUSTIN BIEBER Stay14,94346.626
DOJA CAT Need To Know14,09442.689
GLASS ANIMALS Heat Waves14,06143.002
ED SHEERAN Shivers12,88937.423
LIL NAS X & JACK HARLOW INDUSTRY BABY12,40035.569
LIL NAS X THATS WHAT I WANT11,32534.379
JUSTIN BIEBER Ghost9,32828.923
ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA Cold Heart9,09925.101
ED SHEERAN Bad Habits8,25926.388
NEIKED X MAE MULLER X POLO G Better Days8,01022.422
OLIVIA RODRIGO Good 4 U7,63424.891
BILLIE EILISH Happier Than Ever7,44622.857
POST MALONE & THE WEEKND One Right Now7,28019.891
GAYLE Abcdefu6,07017.562
SILK SONIC Smokin Out The Window5,88416.064
ADELE Oh My God5,88119.316
THE ANXIETY: WILLOW & TYLER COLE Meet Me At Our Spot5,70016.653
TAYLOR SWIFT Message In A Bottle (Taylor's Version) (FTV)5,13013.547
JONAS BROTHERS Who's In Your Head3,9578.687
PITBULL FEAT. ANTHONY WATTS & DJWS I Feel Good3,4976.324
SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA & THE WEEKND Moth To A Flame3,1306.462
GIVEON For Tonight3,0695.341
CHLOE BAILEY Have Mercy2,6204.490
BBNO$ FEAT. RICH BRIAN Edamame2,4653.674
ACRAZE FEAT. CHERISH Do It To It2,3465.029
OLIVER TREE Life Goes On2,2073.984
CKAY Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)2,1683.806
BENSON BOONE Ghost Town1,6582.420
BLXST & TYGA FEAT. TY DOLLA $IGN Chosen1,2471.550
DOJA CAT Woman1,2244.105
COLDPLAY X BTS My Universe1,1643.450
LATTO Big Energy1,1211.820
BIBI & 347AIDAN The Weekend8130.666
CHARLI XCX Good Ones7140.549
LISA (BLACKPINK) Money6780.663
EMMY MELI I Am Woman5540.727
ANITTA FEAT. SAWEETIE Faking Love5480.600
JUICE WRLD FEAT. JUSTIN BIEBER Wandered to LA5130.621
TWICE The Feels5130.427

MEDIABASE POP RADIO CHART (12/26/2021 - 1/1/2022)
SongArtistPlaysAudience
(millions)
Easy On MeADELE18,40760.718
StayTHE KID LAROI & JUSTIN BIEBER16,80255.234
Need To KnowDOJA CAT15,98949.568
Heat WavesGLASS ANIMALS15,70151.428
ShiversED SHEERAN14,58544.760
INDUSTRY BABYLIL NAS X & JACK HARLOW14,06543.270
Thats What I WantLIL NAS X13,05240.992
GhostJUSTIN BIEBER10,60733.756
Cold HeartELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA10,32630.546
Bad HabitsED SHEERAN9,26531.330
Better DaysNEIKED X MAE MULLER X POLO G9,09726.800
Happier Than EverBILLIE EILISH8,70927.419
One Right NowPOST MALONE & THE WEEKND8,48324.669
Meet Me At Our SpotTHE ANXIETY, WILLOW/TYLER COLE6,92620.483
abcdefuGAYLE6,87121.338
Smokin Out The WindowBRUNO MARS/A .PAAK/SILK SONIC6,59119.624
Oh My GodADELE6,51622.459
Message In A Bottle (Taylor'sTAYLOR SWIFT5,60515.486
BegginMANESKIN4,81516.138
Who's In Your HeadJONAS BROTHERS4,65711.103
I Feel Good f/A. Watts & DJWSPITBULL4,0458.161
Moth To A FlameSWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/THE WEEKND3,6237.630
Do It To It f/CherishACRAZE3,6058.368
For TonightGIVEON3,5847.057
Have MercyCHLOE3,0315.690
edamame f/Rich BrianBBNO$2,9885.296
Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)CKAY2,7385.380
Life Goes OnOLIVER TREE2,4334.730
Ghost TownBENSON BOONE1,8533.189
Chosen f/Ty Dolla $ign & TygaBLXST1,5692.191
WomanDOJA CAT1,5404.820
My UniverseCOLDPLAY X BTS1,4564.771
Take My BreathTHE WEEKND1,3814.986
Big EnergyLATTO1,2932.650
The Weekend88RISING & BIBI1,1601.280
Good OnesCHARLI XCX9470.927
MoneyLISA8791.129
The FeelsTWICE7840.752
Faking Love f/SaweetieANITTA6820.749
I Am WomanEMMY MELI6561.022
Follow YouIMAGINE DRAGONS6421.384
Way 2 Sexy f/Future/Young ThugDRAKE5731.312
Wandered To LA f/Justin BieberJUICE WRLD5540.821
Essence f/TemsWIZKID4761.027
Dynamite f/SiaSEAN PAUL4131.213
AloneTREVOR DANIEL3840.567
I Hate USZA3610.654
All Too Well (Taylor's VersionTAYLOR SWIFT3340.993
Sad Girlz Luv Money f/K. UchisAMAARAE2580.480
Poke It Out f/J. ColeWALE2480.378

Source: Alpha Data & Nielsen Media Research

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