Drake & Taylor Swift had 6 albums that sold over 500k units each in the US in 2022

[Green]

 

 

[FolkLover1989]

Insane truly.

[Thelightiscumin]

So miss Adele was wrong it’s not Drake and her that are te biggest sellers. It’s Taylor and Drake 

 

It always backfire when stars get cocky 

[Green]

I wish they had posted which albums did it. Based on the HDD year-end chart these are some of their albums that sold over 500k units in the US in 2022:

 

Taylor:

TAYLOR SWIFT | MIDNIGHTS    3,300,000    

TAYLOR SWIFT | RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION)  936,000

TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE   789,000

 

Drake:

DRAKE | CERTIFIED LOVER BOY  1,317,000

DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE | HER LOSS  1,040,000

DRAKE | HONESTLY, NEVERMIND   806,000

[FolkLover1989]

Just now, Green said:

I wish they had posted which albums did it. Based on the HDD year-end chart these are some of their albums that sold over 500k units in the US in 2022:

 

Taylor:

TAYLOR SWIFT | MIDNIGHTS    3,300,000    

TAYLOR SWIFT | RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION)  936,000

TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE   789,000

 

Drake:

DRAKE | CERTIFIED LOVER BOY  1,317,000

DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE | HER LOSS  1,040,000

DRAKE | HONESTLY, NEVERMIND   806,000

For Taylor it's probably 

Midnights,  RedTV , Folklore,  Lover , Evermore , 1989

[Badgalbriel]

1989 is still pulling 500k per year after all those years? Thats insane. 

[Klein]

4 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said:

1989 is still pulling 500k per year after all those years? Thats insane. 

2023 might be the last year it happens. After that, 1989 TV will stop its course. 

[MingYouToo]

1 hour ago, Klein said:

2023 might be the last year it happens. After that, 1989 TV will stop its course. 

Dont u think its fair that the TV stats get added to the OG? I mean after all theyre just essentially glorified re issues/repackages.

 

Red TV should boost Red OGs numbers tbh

[Bonicap]

39 minutes ago, MingYouToo said:

Dont u think its fair that the TV stats get added to the OG? I mean after all theyre just essentially glorified re issues/repackages.

 

Red TV should boost Red OGs numbers tbh

Some pages like Chartmasters add it to the OG, but Billboard counts them separately. Both Fearless TV and RED TV have reduced the streams of the OG versions severely. 

[byzantium]

1 hour ago, MingYouToo said:

Dont u think its fair that the TV stats get added to the OG? I mean after all theyre just essentially glorified re issues/repackages.

 

Red TV should boost Red OGs numbers tbh

I’ve thought about this because it is an interesting question.  On one hand it is not different than a nth anniversary edition re-issue. On the other hand it is just a cover album…by the same artist.  
 

But overall I think it comes down to the effect on the market.  This was not meant to supplement a prior work like a live album or a cover album, but is actually meant to copy and replace the prior work.  It is more a continuation of prior IP goodwill and value than it is the creation of new IP.

[ALittleGauche]

3 hours ago, Thelightiscumin said:

So miss Adele was wrong it’s not Drake and her that are te biggest sellers. It’s Taylor and Drake 

 

It always backfire when stars get cocky 

Link?

[Hot Volcano]

4 hours ago, Thelightiscumin said:

So miss Adele was wrong it’s not Drake and her that are te biggest sellers. It’s Taylor and Drake 

 

It always backfire when stars get cocky 

Adele only has 4 albums in total, 21 and 25 both did ~400k in the US in 2022, so she's not that far from them.

[Thelightiscumin]

1 hour ago, Hot Volcano said:

Adele only has 4 albums in total, 21 and 25 both did ~400k in the US in 2022, so she's not that far from them.

That’s 4 less albums so yeah it’s pretty far from them

[simmnfierzig]

3 hours ago, Hot Volcano said:

Adele only has 4 albums in total, 21 and 25 both did ~400k in the US in 2022, so she's not that far from them.

I think maybe 1 is a lot less than 6

[The Music Industry]

1989 still pulling 500K+ units yearly is absolutely crazy 

[ronelmaano13]

Taylor serving longevity. Who needs smash singles when you have smash albums. 

[family.guy123]

Perpetually threatened lmao 

[Isaiah]

12 hours ago, Hot Volcano said:

Adele only has 4 albums in total, 21 and 25 both did ~400k in the US in 2022, so she's not that far from them.

 Did you even bother reading how this sounds before you pressed post? 

[Holiest Dreams]

6 hours ago, ronelmaano13 said:

Taylor serving longevity. Who needs smash singles when you have smash albums. 

And thank god she has both again 

 

Insane numbers. I think Taylor will pull ahead of him in 2023 with 6 or more.

[UnusualBoy]

On 1/1/2023 at 6:31 AM, Thelightiscumin said:

So miss Adele was wrong it’s not Drake and her that are te biggest sellers. It’s Taylor and Drake 

 

It always backfire when stars get cocky 

She never said she and Drake were the biggest sellers, she literally said there were like 10 of them at the top.

 

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“We are a dying breed,” Adele replied. “There was like 10 of us. You know, I don’t think there’ll ever be that many of us again at the top doing it the way we were doing it.

Some of you post for the sake of it