zzmyth Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 SPS ERA - BILLBOARD 200 Rk # Estimated EAS TITLE Artist 1 11,310,000 25 Adele 2 7,668,000 1989 Taylor Swift 3 6,743,000 VIEWS Drake 4 6,576,000 HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Original Cast 5 5,697,000 ÷ Ed Sheeran 6 5,613,000 BEERBONGS AND BENTLEYS Post Malone 7 5,597,000 SCORPION Drake 8 5,409,000 TRAVELLER Chris Stapleton 9 5,184,000 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar 10 5,091,000 STONEY Post Malone 11 4,879,000 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 12 4,734,000 BLURRYFACE Twenty One Pilots 13 4,687,000 X Ed Sheeran 14 4,601,000 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 15 4,569,000 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE J Cole 16 4,472,000 BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS The Weeknd 17 4,437,000 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO Billie Eilish 18 4,364,000 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 19 4,178,000 IN THE LONELY HOUR Sam Smith 20 4,175,000 PURPOSE Justin Bieber 21 4,080,000 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 22 4,063,000 GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE Juice WRLD 23 4,020,000 ANTI Rihanna 24 3,933,000 MORE LIFE Drake 25 3,914,000 REPUTATION Taylor Swift 26 3,860,000 STARBOY The Weeknd 27 3,780,000 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 28 3,594,000 MOANA Soundtrack 29 3,554,000 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 30 3,514,000 24K MAGIC Bruno Mars 31 3,511,000 MY TURN Lil Baby 32 3,487,000 ? XXXTentacion 33 3,452,000 INVASION OF PRIVACY Cardi B 34 3,419,000 LEGEND Bob Marley & the Wailers 35 3,405,000 LOVER Taylor Swift 36 3,367,000 EVOLVE Imagine Dragons 37 3,332,000 GREATEST HITS Queen 38 3,285,000 TAKE CARE Drake 39 3,198,000 GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY Kendrick Lamar 40 3,187,000 IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE Drake 41 3,187,000 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 42 3,178,000 LUV IS RAGE 2 Lil Uzi Vert 43 3,114,000 GREATEST HITS Journey 44 3,101,000 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 45 3,062,000 FINE LINE Harry Styles 46 3,043,000 MONTEVALLO Sam Hunt 47 3,041,000 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 48 3,022,000 DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM Morgan Wallen 49 2,978,000 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 50 2,936,000 CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 51 2,891,000 THANK U NEXT Ariana Grande 52 2,811,000 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 53 2,795,000 CTRL SZA 54 2,793,000 DIAMONDS Elton John 55 2,766,000 BIRDS IN THE TRAP SING MCKNIGHT Travis Scott 56 2,751,000 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 57 2,725,000 T R A P S O U L Bryson Tiller 58 2,697,000 LEMONADE Beyonce 59 2,685,000 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 60 2,630,000 A STAR IS BORN (OST) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 61 2,630,000 PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR BEING ANTISOCIAL Roddy Ricch 62 2,623,000 21 Adele 63 2,587,000 GREATEST HITS 2Pac 64 2,562,000 DEATH RACE FOR LOVE Juice WRLD 65 2,557,000 17 XXXTentacion 66 2,529,000 1 Beatles 67 2,447,000 THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME Pentatonix 68 2,421,000 NOTHING WAS THE SAME Drake 69 2,386,000 ETERNAL ATAKE Lil Uzi Vert 70 2,362,000 DOO-WOPS AND HOOLIGANS Bruno Mars 71 2,304,000 IF I KNOW ME Morgan Wallen 72 2,303,000 GREATEST HITS SO FAR… Zac Brown Band 73 2,289,000 FREE SPIRIT Khalid 74 2,271,000 HOZIER Hozier 75 2,254,000 TITLE Meghan Trainor 76 2,243,000 GREATEST HITS Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 77 2,237,000 KANE BROWN Kane Brown 78 2,224,000 NIGHT VISIONS Imagine Dragons 79 2,224,000 ABBEY ROAD Beatles 80 2,222,000 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 81 2,219,000 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo 82 2,208,000 BACK IN BLACK AC/DC 83 2,167,000 OVER IT Summer Walker 84 2,145,000 BLONDE Frank Ocean 85 2,140,000 METALLICA Metallica 86 2,123,000 YHLQMDLG Bad Bunny 87 2,070,000 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 88 2,048,000 CUZ I LOVE YOU Lizzo 89 1,986,000 THRILLER Michael Jackson 90 1,966,000 THE ESSENTIAL Michael Jackson 91 1,949,000 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 92 1,922,000 THE PINKPRINT Nicki Minaj 93 1,915,000 CULTURE II Migos 94 1,911,000 DS2 Future 95 1,896,000 KILL THE LIGHTS Luke Bryan 96 1,893,000 F*CK LOVE Kid Laroi 97 1,884,000 HOODIE SZN A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 98 1,865,000 GREATEST HITS Notorious B.I.G. 99 1,834,000 GREATEST HITS Guns N'Roses 100 1,817,000 BLAME IT ON BABY DaBaby DaBaby 101 1,808,000 V Maroon 5 102 1,805,000 CERTIFIED LOVER BOY Drake 103 1,801,000 DANGEROUS WOMAN Ariana Grande 104 1,800,000 CHAMPIONSHIPS Meek Mill 105 1,795,000 A PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS Pentatonix 106 1,789,000 TROLLS Soundtrack 107 1,787,000 CULTURE Migos 108 1,783,000 NEVERMIND Nirvana 109 1,769,000 DEATH OF A BACHELOR Panic At The Disco 110 1,755,000 THA CARTER V Lil Wayne 111 1,753,000 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 112 1,746,000 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 113 1,740,000 SHAWN MENDES Shawn Mendes 114 1,735,000 TANGLED UP Thomas Rhett 115 1,733,000 DRIP HARDER Lil Baby & Gunna 116 1,720,000 THE ESSENTIAL Billy Joel 117 1,702,000 THE GOAT Polo G 118 1,700,000 WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE Drake & Future 119 1,696,000 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 120 1,691,000 INDIGO Chris Brown 121 1,684,000 KIRK DaBaby 122 1,684,000 SO MUCH FUN Young Thug 123 1,684,000 SWIMMING Mac Miller 124 1,680,000 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 125 1,671,000 THE LIFE OF PABLO Kanye West 126 1,667,000 PERCEPTION NF 127 1,664,000 LOOK UP CHILD Lauren Daigle 128 1,640,000 HOT PINK Doja Cat 129 1,631,000 PRAY 4 LOVE Rod Wave 130 1,598,000 TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY Kendrick Lamar 131 1,595,000 KAMIKAZE Eminem 132 1,593,000 RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS Blake Shelton 133 1,586,000 BADLANDS Halsey 134 1,574,000 SWEETENER Ariana Grande 135 1,568,000 ILLUMINATE Shawn Mendes 136 1,567,000 DAN + SHAY Dan + Shay 137 1,559,000 FROZEN 2 Soundtrack 138 1,558,000 AI YOUNGBOY 2 YoungBoy Never Broke Again 139 1,544,000 FETTY WAP Fetty Wap 140 1,539,000 50 SHADES OF GREY Soundtrack 141 1,511,000 HARDER THAN EVER Lil Baby 142 1,497,000 AMERICAN BEAUTY / AMERICAN PSYCHO Fall Out Boy 143 1,472,000 RED PILL BLUES Maroon 5 144 1,466,000 HANDWRITTEN Shawn Mendes 145 1,461,000 X 100PRE Bad Bunny 146 1,459,000 H.E.R. H.E.R. 147 1,454,000 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BTS 148 1,438,000 SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM Soundtrack 149 1,437,000 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem 150 1,435,000 GREATEST HITS Red Hot Chili Peppers 151 1,427,000 CHILOMBO Jhene Aiko 152 1,426,000 BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM Soundtrack 153 1,425,000 GREATEST HITS Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 154 1,401,000 KOD J Cole 155 1,396,000 MANIC Halsey 156 1,394,000 REARVIEW TOWN Jason Aldean 157 1,393,000 NO.6 (COLLABORATIONS PROJECT) Ed Sheeran 158 1,391,000 CALIFORNIA SUNRISE Jon Pardi 159 1,388,000 THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975 Eagles 160 1,386,000 WHEN IT'S DARK OUT G-Eazy 161 1,371,000 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (OST) Queen 162 1,369,000 PRAY FOR THE WICKED Panic At The Disco 163 1,368,000 RIPCORD Keith Urban 164 1,358,000 MADE IN THE A.M. One Direction 165 1,354,000 ISLAH Kevin Gates 166 1,338,000 LIFE CHANGES Thomas Rhett 167 1,333,000 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 168 1,325,000 HARDWIRED...TO SELF-DESTRUCT Metallica 169 1,323,000 4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY J Cole 170 1,322,000 HOPELESS FOUNTAIN KINGDOM Halsey 171 1,321,000 VESSEL Twenty One Pilots 172 1,305,000 DARK LANE DEMO TAPES Drake 173 1,303,000 COLORING BOOK Chance The Rapper 174 1,295,000 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly 175 1,293,000 FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 Chris Stapleton 176 1,289,000 GREATEST HITS I II & III: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 177 1,282,000 THE SEARCH NF 178 1,282,000 CAMILA Camila Cabello 179 1,273,000 GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 Carrie Underwood 180 1,270,000 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 181 1,264,000 DIG YOUR ROOTS Florida Georgia Line 182 1,263,000 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 183 1,262,000 DREAMVILLE & J COLE: REVENGE OF THE DREAMERS III Various 184 1,252,000 CRY BABY Melanie Martinez 185 1,233,000 DIE A LEGEND Polo G 186 1,223,000 HIGH OFF LIFE Future 187 1,215,000 7 (EP) Lil Nas X 188 1,215,000 GHETTO GOSPEL Rod Wave 189 1,211,000 JUSTICE Justin Bieber 190 1,210,000 BRETT YOUNG Brett Young 191 1,203,000 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 192 1,202,000 BABY ON BABY DaBaby 193 1,198,000 CRASH MY PARTY Luke Bryan 194 1,197,000 WUNNA Gunna 195 1,190,000 IGOR Tyler The Creator 196 1,186,000 FUTURE Future 197 1,186,000 HEARTBREAK ON A FULL MOON Chris Brown 198 1,181,000 HAPPINESS BEGINS Jonas Brothers 199 1,174,000 COSMIC Bazzi 200 1,174,000 PLANET HER Doja Cat credits to OLDBLOKE (Ukmix)
DesiredConsternation Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 Lover and rep will surpass IOP and ANTI respectively soon so Taylor will have half of the top 6
zzmyth Posted December 9, 2021 Author Posted December 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Sweet Sexy Savage said: 25 selling 11m in SPS alone She is just out of this world
Solaria Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 What’s SPS exactly? I thought 1989 moved 10 mil in units worldwide?
DesiredConsternation Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, Sweet Sexy Savage said: 25 selling 11m in SPS alone You mean SEA? SPS is sales and streaming 1 minute ago, pieceofgök said: What’s SPS exactly? I thought 1989 moved 10 mil in units worldwide? It's sales and streaming formula on Billboard. 1989 is eligible for Diamond in the USA (10M), the rule incorporating streaming on the Billboard charts was implemented in 1989's 4th week so its first 3 weeks of sales are missing. SPS era basically means album equivalent sales since 2015.
simmnfierzig Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 1 minute ago, pieceofgök said: What’s SPS exactly? I thought 1989 moved 10 mil in units worldwide? Its US only, it doesnt include units from before album release and it only includes YouTube since 2020 And its since December 2014. So the first weeks for 1989 arent included anyway 1989 is 11x platinum eligible in the US
istan4badgalriri Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) ANTI the biggest female album since its release 6 years ago iktr Edited December 9, 2021 by istan4badgalriri
DesiredConsternation Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, istan4badgalriri said: ANTI the biggest female album of the streaming era iktr WWAFAWDWG?
IVY Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 What are these? There's no way 24k magic hasn't hit the 4m mark in SPS.
simmnfierzig Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, IVY said: What are these? There's no way 24k magic hasn't hit the 4m mark in SPS. Like I said YouTube only since 2020, but always counted for RIAA and no pre-album SPS from the lead single Its only from the chart run on the BB200
Folklore89sm Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 So is that 25’s full equivalent sales in the US then since it was released in 2015? I’m so confused by SPS.
Protocol Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 Some surprising results, did not realize: - Chris Stapleton has the biggest country album of recent times with a huge 5m+ units - Fine Line already at 3m units and still growing big time, a 150% increase over his first album, not sure if that’s ever happened for an ex band member on their second album, usually the first is a huge deal and hard to increase significantly after (Face Value, Can’t Slow Down, Dangerously in Love, Justified, Love Angel Music Baby all followed this trend).
JawBreaker Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, Folklore89sm said: So is that 25’s full equivalent sales in the US then since it was released in 2015? I’m so confused by SPS. 25 had it its full SPS era chart run on BB200 so yeah that's it's total BB200 total units. Ofcourse it's a bit higher when we include Hello's units before the album came out. As others said pre album release units are not included only units after the album started charting on BB200. All albums released before December 13 2014 are missing units obviously.
dylanx Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 55 minutes ago, istan4badgalriri said: ANTI the biggest female album since its release 6 years ago iktr WWAFAWDWG was bigger and reputation, Lover and folklore are all coming for it it seems
Brando Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 All of them are criminally undercertified. SPS is not an accurate representation of popularity. If this was the list of the most popular albums at any point 15/20/25/30 years prior to that point, there would be at least a dozen Diamond albums among them
getinthezone Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Brando said: All of them are criminally undercertified. SPS is not an accurate representation of popularity. If this was the list of the most popular albums at any point 15/20/25/30 years prior to that point, there would be at least a dozen Diamond albums among them yes it is, albums just arent as popular as they used to be
istan4badgalriri Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 31 minutes ago, dylanx said: WWAFAWDWG was bigger and reputation, Lover and folklore are all coming for it it seems Still, the biggest female album from a pop girl who didn’t debut in the streaming era And the only reason Taylor’s albums are « coming for it » is because Rihanna hasn’t lifted a finger since 2016 whereas the other one drops 2 albums per year.
Brando Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, getinthezone said: yes it is, albums just arent as popular as they used to be that's false. if anything they are more popular. how many people hear albums in full now compared to previous years. before you had to buy an album to hear it, now you can just listen to it with your regular subscription and a lot more happily do that. the SPS numbers are held back by streaming services inability to pay artists enough
getinthezone Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Brando said: that's false. if anything they are more popular. how many people hear albums in full now compared to previous years. before you had to buy an album to hear it, now you can just listen to it with your regular subscription and a lot more happily do that. the SPS numbers are held back by streaming services inability to pay artists enough or album sales in the past were inflated because people bought albums instead of the cd singles of popular songs most people listen to playlists anyway and not to full albums
Taylena Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 1 minute ago, getinthezone said: or album sales in the past were inflated because people bought albums instead of the cd singles of popular songs most people listen to playlists anyway and not to full albums
Brando Posted December 9, 2021 Posted December 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, getinthezone said: or album sales in the past were inflated because people bought albums instead of the cd singles of popular songs most people listen to playlists anyway and not to full albums singles were most often available to buy (apart from occasional shenanigans from certain labels). i don't know why you are all so insistent on trying to keep the SPS numbers down. probably fans of older generation artists scared that the current generation artists could have album numbers anywhere near those of your faves'
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