charts discussion Most successful 2012 albums. Any surprises?

[The Music Industry]

#	COVER	ALBUM	SALES*				STREAMS		TOTAL CSPC
			STUDIO ALBUMS	OTHER LPS	PHYSICAL SINGLES	DIGITAL SINGLES	EAS	DAILY INCREASE
1		Taylor Swift Red	7,230,000 (07/29/22)	1,507,000	10,000 (33,000)	4,508,000 (30,060,000)	6,042,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 6,730 LD: 6,700	19,297,000
2		Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox	6,825,000 (06/27/19)	0	12,000 (40,000)	5,261,000 (35,070,000)	4,984,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 2,040 LD: 2,920	17,082,000
3		Imagine Dragons Night Visions	5,170,000 (09/19/18)	344,000	6,000 (20,000)	4,367,000 (29,110,000)	6,564,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 2,190 LD: 2,780	16,451,000
4		Lana Del Rey Born to Die	5,450,000 (08/24/17)	522,000	63,000 (210,000)	2,055,000 (13,700,000)	5,516,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 1,890 LD: 4,090	13,606,000
5		One Direction Take Me Home	6,300,000 (05/14/17)	1,915,000	6,000 (20,000)	1,815,000 (12,100,000)	3,428,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 1,300 LD: 1,690	13,464,000
6		Maroon 5 Overexposed	3,320,000 (12/02/19)	95,000	8,000 (25,000)	5,429,000 (36,200,000)	3,451,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 1,640 LD: 2,300	12,303,000
7		Macklemore The Heist	2,800,000 (11/07/17)	0	21,000 (70,000)	4,938,000 (32,920,000)	4,206,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 1,360 LD: 1,790	11,965,000
8		P!nk The Truth About Love	5,675,000 (06/23/22)	375,000	26,000 (85,000)	3,125,000 (20,830,000)	2,651,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 1,200 LD: 1,260	11,852,000
9		Rihanna Unapologetic	3,700,000 (06/02/21)	49,000	21,000 (70,000)	3,651,000 (24,340,000)	4,187,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 2,020 LD: 2,170	11,608,000
10		Justin Bieber Believe	3,185,000 (04/27/22)	1,095,000	25,000 (83,000)	2,961,000 (19,740,000)	3,227,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 1,210 LD: 1,240	10,493,000
11		Kendrick Lamar Good Kid, M.A.A.D City	2,950,000 (05/17/22)	0	0 (0)	1,284,000 (8,560,000)	4,388,000 (05/17/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 298,390	8,622,000
12		Linkin Park Living Things	2,250,000 (06/04/17)	445,000	0 (0)	1,125,000 (7,500,000)	1,435,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 530 LD: 740	5,255,000
13		Carrie Underwood Blown Away	2,110,000 (09/09/18)	229,000	0 (0)	1,302,000 (8,680,000)	423,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 130 LD: 150	4,064,000
14		Alicia Keys Girl on Fire	1,800,000 (02/03/22)	22,000	0 (0)	1,275,000 (8,500,000)	699,000 (02/03/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 24,870	3,796,000
15		Calvin Harris 18 Months	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,762,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,762,000
16		Frank Ocean channel ORANGE	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	3,093,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	3,093,000
17		Rod Stewart Merry Christmas, Baby	2,490,000 (11/23/19)	0	1,000 (3,000)	75,000 (500,000)	122,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 50 LD: 0	2,688,000
18		Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,635,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,635,000
19		Madonna MDNA	1,850,000 (08/20/17)	65,000	15,000 (50,000)	394,000 (2,630,000)	221,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 60 LD: 70	2,545,000
20		Passenger All the Little Lights (Deluxe Version)	0 (N/A)	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	2,498,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 0 LD: 0	2,498,00

Edited July 31, 2022 by The Music Industry

[Steve Johnson]

Not surprised. Taylor at the top 

[Steve Johnson]

Bestie, Update the Red numbers pls. It's at 19 million+ 

Edited July 31, 2022 by Steve Johnson

[Blue Monday]

Born to Die smash 

[The Music Industry]

4 minutes ago, Steve Johnson said:

Bestie, Update the Red numbers pls. It's at 19 million+ 

Done  Thought it was updated already but apparently not. The way she's comfortably at #1 now

[GentleEarthquake]

Born To Die, a classic

[The Last of Us]

Night Visions, Born to Die and The Truth About Love. ?

[RihFenty20]

Not fraudmasters  And Red’s numbers being boosted by the 2021 re-release . This site owner is clearly a stan cause every other *official* publication treats the rereleases as separate records but he combines them 

[KillingYourCareer]

14 minutes ago, RihFenty20 said:

Not fraudmasters  And Red’s numbers being boosted by the 2021 re-release . This site owner is clearly a stan cause every other *official* publication treats the rereleases as separate records but he combines them 

I'll never understand why stans obsess over their numbers that are based on estimations and a dodgy methodology no music industry recognizes

 

Interesting to see these numbers compared to how big those era felt, though. The average person here would swear The Truth About Love, Unapologetic and [okay, this is very Italy-centric, but] MDNA were the best-selling eras of the year.

[Michael196]

what a year that will remain untouchable and never replicated in both quantity and quality 

[WildHeart]

4 hours ago, RihFenty20 said:

Not fraudmasters  And Red’s numbers being boosted by the 2021 re-release . This site owner is clearly a stan cause every other *official* publication treats the rereleases as separate records but he combines them 

Many official charts in Europe(like Germany) combine them and Bilboard/RIAA seperating them is not up to them but Taylor. 

Taylor can combine both versions in one playlist and they would chart as one album in Bilboard chart. 

[Ascareus Kratos]

Quite impressive for imagine dragon.

Demon certainly does its magic 

 

[1989]

Not surprised 

[Scars]

Born to Die