Green Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Lil Baby’s My Turn finishes 2020 as the most popular album of the year in the U.S., according to MRC Data (formerly Nielsen Music). The company reports that the hip-hop star’s second studio effort earned 2.63 million equivalent album units during the year (*see explanation at end of this story), mostly driven by streaming activity of its songs. See the year’s top 10 albums chart below. 2020 is the third straight year that the top album is an R&B/hip-hop effort, following Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding (2019, 3 million units) and Drake’s Scorpion (2018, 3.91 million units). TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2020 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS* 1. Lil Baby, My Turn (2.632 million) 2. Taylor Swift, Folklore (2.204 million) 3. Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (2.198 million) 4. The Weeknd, After Hours (2.032 million) 5. Juice Wrld, Legends Never Die (1.990 million) 6. Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding (1.895 million) 7. Lil Uzi Vert, Eternal Atake (1.860 million) 8. Roddy Ricch, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial (1.792 million) 9. Harry Styles, Fine Line (1.522 million) 10. Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get (1.475 million) Source: MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 3, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020. TOP 10 SELLING ALBUMS OF 2020 IN U.S. 1. Taylor Swift, Folklore (1.276 million) 2. BTS, Map of the Soul: 7 (674,009) 3. The Weeknd, After Hours (480,000) 4. Harry Styles, Fine Line (420,000) 5. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (348,000) 6. Lady Gaga, Chromatica (331,000) 7. Juice WRLD, Legends Never Die (301,000) 8. Halsey, Manic (301,000) 9. Eminem, Music to Be Murdered By (287,000) 10. Taylor Swift, Evermore (283,000) Source: MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 3, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020. TOP 10 SELLING VINYL ALBUMS OF 2020 IN U.S. 1. Harry Styles, Fine Line (232,000) 2. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (196,000) 3. Queen, Greatest Hits (176,000) 4. The Beatles, Abbey Road (161,000) 5. Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy, Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 (152,000) 6. Bob Marley and The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of… (148,000) 7. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (138,000) 8. Billie Eilish, Dont Smile at Me (126,000) 9. Michael Jackson, Thriller (125,000) 10. Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (117,000) Source: MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 3, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020. -------------------------------------------------------- TOP 10 MOST STREAMED SONGS OF 2020 IN U.S., ON-DEMAND (AUDIO & VIDEO COMBINED) 1. Roddy Ricch, “The Box” (1.32 billion) 2. Future featuring Drake, “Life Is Good” (1.035 billion) 3. DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch, “Rockstar” (863.95 million) 4. The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights” (821.12 million) 5. Jack Harlow, “Whats Poppin” (788.74 million) 6. Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP” (732.7 million) 7. Megan Thee Stallion, “Savage” (612.03 million) 8. Lil Mosey, “Blueberry Faygo” (593.01 million) 9. Tones and I, “Dance Monkey” (570.48 million) 10. Doja Cat, “Say So” (562.38 million) Source: MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 3, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020. TOP 10 ON-DEMAND STREAMS OF 2020 IN U.S., AUDIO-ONLY 1. Roddy Ricch, “The Box” (920.42 million) 2. The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights” (691.5 million) 3. DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch, “Rockstar” (673.98 million) 4. Future featuring Drake, “Life Is Good” (651.34 million) 5. Jack Harlow, “Whats Poppin” (643.67 million) 6. Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP” (492.24 million) 7. Megan Thee Stallion, “Savage” (492.05 million) 8. Lil Mosey, “Blueberry Faygo” (490.75 million) 9. Post Malone, “Circles” (456.85 million) 10. Saint Jhn, “Roses” (454.85 million) Source: MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 3, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020. TOP 10 ON-DEMAND STREAMS OF 2020 IN U.S., VIDEO-ONLY 1. Roddy Ricch, “The Box” (399.22 million) 2. Future featuring Drake, “Life Is Good” (383.57 million) 3. Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP” (240.45 million) 4. Pinkfong, “Baby Shark” (207.95 million) 5. DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch, “Rockstar” (189.97 million) 6. Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road” (168.45 million) 7. Eminem featuring Juice WRLD, “Godzilla” (161.33 million) 8. Jack Harlow, “Whats Poppin” (145.06 million) 9. Tones and I, “Dance Monkey” (143.46 million) 10. 6ix9ine, “Gooba” (132.81 million) Source: MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 3, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020. TOP 10 SELLING DIGITAL SONGS OF 2020 IN U.S. 1. BTS, “Dynamite” (1.26 million) 2. The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights” (580,000) 3. Gabby Barrett, “I Hope” (351,000) 4. Tones and I, “Dance Monkey” (339,000) 5. Megan Thee Stallion, “Savage” (336,000) 6. Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP” (300,000) 7. Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo, “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” (299,000) 8. Blake Shelton Duet With Gwen Stefani, “Nobody But You” (288,000) 9. Post Malone, “Circles” (281,000) 10. Maroon 5, “Memories” (264,000) Source: MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 3, 2020 through Dec. 31, 2020. TOP 10 RADIO SONGS OF 2020 IN U.S. (BASED ON AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS) 1. The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights” (3.81 billion) 2. Post Malone, “Circles” (3.51 billion) 3. Dua Lipa, “Don’t Start Now” (3.14 billion) 4. Harry Styles, “Adore You” (3.07 billion) 5. Maren Morris, “The Bones” (2.46 Billion) 6. Maroon 5, “Memories” (2.45 billion) 7. Gabby Barrett, “I Hope” (2.40 billion) 8. Lewis Capaldi, “Someone You Loved” (2.28 billion) 9. Lewis Capaldi, “Before You Go” (2.07 billion) 10. Doja Cat, “Say So” (2.02 billion) Source: MRC Data, for the tracking period Jan. 3, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020. https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9508037/mrc-data-2020-recap/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaram Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Only seeing one female on this list hurts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayloralison Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Taylor The true IT girl and IT era of 2020, a classic that will be remembered forever as THE QUARANTINE ALBUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Of You Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, tayloralison said: Taylor The true IT girl and IT era of 2020, a classic that will be remembered forever as THE QUARANTINE ALBUM Megan, sweetie... Edited January 7, 2021 by Thinking Of You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayloralison Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Just now, Thinking Of You said: Meghan, sweetie... Who is that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Of You Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, tayloralison said: Who is that The IT girl of 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 WAP eligible for 5x Platinum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selena Gomez Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Thinking Of You said: The IT girl of 2020. anyway... congrats to the only women in that list, the music industry, the one and only Taylor Swift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayloralison Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, Thinking Of You said: The IT girl of 2020. Meghan is a weird way to name Taylor Swift honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TayDine1989 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 folklore almost twice as what the #2 sold on the pure albums list Evermore already at #10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Can’t see any of this on dark mode mobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brainmaniac Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 More than half of Harry Styles’ album sales coming from vinyl So Beyonce isn’t credited for Savage anymore? Taylor proving she was the It Girl of 2020 2 minutes ago, Katamari said: Can’t see any of this on dark mode mobile Same lol. The way I had to zoom in and squint to somewhat make out what was written was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawBreaker Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, Thinking Of You said: Megan, sweetie... aren't you the one that said megan wouldn't become a thing earlier last year??? OT: Taylor doing that with no hit an ALBUM ARTISTÉ Imagine if she had one whewwww. Having mercy on the music industry truly a thoughtful generous queen Cardi, Megan and Doja really holding it down for the girls wheres TTH tho??? isnt she the female hot100 artist of the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Art Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Quote 6. Lady Gaga, Chromatica (331,000) Well, at least Gaga made one of these lists. Even though pure sales are dead, still impressive she was able to have one of the Top 10 best selling albums 12 years after her debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storminthedark Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Harry is such a vinyl force. The pure sales for HS3 are going to be interesting. Taylor, Roddy and WAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erreur2 La Nature Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 The male domination in the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riot Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Gwen Stefani outselling our faves in 2020 Also: the Oreo chanteuse Gaga outsells Eminem, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillingYourCareer Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 It's been like this since 2017, all-male top tens with 1-2 females at best good thing Taylor came through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiliam Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Why folklore is not on the vinyl list, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Americana Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Just now, chiliam said: Why folklore is not on the vinyl list, though? It came out too late...because of panDEMIc It'll dominate next year tho especially after the grammy boost dw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam13 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Six months in and already a classic, who’s doing it like her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiliam Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Just now, Miss Americana said: It came out too late...because of panDEMIc It'll dominate next year tho especially after the grammy boost dw. Im surprised cause most Swifties i know order the vinyl with the 8 covers on 1st week. Or they haven't shipped yet? I received my folklore vinyl litterally two days ago. But again, i saw most people already got their order before. Its kinda weird that folklore sell over 1.2m pure and cannot sell 100k+ vinyl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawBreaker Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, chiliam said: Why folklore is not on the vinyl list, though? most of its vynil sales were in the first week which were counted as digital sales since it was redeemed as a digital. @Miss Americana Edited January 7, 2021 by JawBreaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiliam Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 minute ago, JawBreaker said: most of its vynil sales were in the first week which were counted as digital sales since it was redeemed as a digital. Oh this made sense. Hopefully the sisters folklore and evermore can slay the vinyl chart next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELE2125 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Cardi Tones and I The Weeknd Not WAP, an explicit song with very limited radio support and already being a streaming monster outselling in pure any Taylor song released this year I guess the 0,39c weren’t incentives enough. Lil Baby, black excellence blocking that audiobook from #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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