charts discussion SPS ERA - BILLBOARD 200 (So far)

[zzmyth]

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)

[Sweet Sexy Savage]

25 selling 11m in SPS alone

[DesiredConsternation]

Lover and rep will surpass IOP and ANTI respectively soon so Taylor will have half of the top 6 

[zzmyth]

4 minutes ago, Sweet Sexy Savage said:

25 selling 11m in SPS alone

She is just out of this world

[Solaria]

What’s SPS exactly? I thought 1989 moved 10 mil in units worldwide?

[simmnfierzig]

First 3 weeks for 1989 are missing 

 

[DesiredConsternation]

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]

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]

ANTI the biggest female album since its release 6 years ago iktr

Edited December 9, 2021 by istan4badgalriri

[DesiredConsternation]

2 minutes ago, istan4badgalriri said:

ANTI the biggest female album of the streaming era iktr

WWAFAWDWG?

[IVY]

What are these? There's no way 24k magic hasn't hit the 4m mark in SPS. 

[simmnfierzig]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Jimmy.]

The Pinkprint almost 2m

[family.guy123]

Beyoncé Queen of sps 

[Brando]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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'