United World Chart /Mediatraffic 2022 Top 40 Albums WW Taylor Swift Tops 4.6 million

[Ivan_brit]

United World Chart / Mediatraffic  

Top 40 Albums Worldwide

 

Yes is not the best source but is not inflated like Chartmasters.... is just to get an idea the best selling albums of 2022

 

01	Taylor Swift - Midnights Republic - 4.615.000 equivalent sales
02	Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti Rimas Entertainment - 4.047.000 equivalent sales
03	Harry Styles - Harry's House Erskine / Columbia - 3.895.000 equivalent sales
04	BTS (Bangtan Boys) - Proof Big Hit Entertainment - 3.562.000 equivalent sales
05	Olivia Rodrigo - Sour Interscope / Geffen - 3.216.000 equivalent sales
06	Soundtrack - Encanto Walt Disney - 3.105.000 equivalent sales
07	Seventeen - Face The Sun Pledis Entertainment - 2.901.000 equivalent sales
08	Ed Sheeran - Equals Asylum / Atlantic - 2.831.000 equivalent sales
09	Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album Big Loud / Republic - 2.825.000 equivalent sales
10	Doja Cat - Planet Her Kemosabe / RCA - 2.547.000 equivalent sales
11	The Weeknd - Dawn FM XO Recordings / Republic - 2.426.000 equivalent sales
12	Drake - Certified Lover Boy OVO / Republic - 2.256.000 equivalent sales
13	The Weeknd - The Highlights XO Recordings / Republic - 2.163.000 equivalent sales
14	Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia Warner - 2.089.000 equivalent sales
15	Kendrick Lamar - Mr.Morale & The Big Steppers Top Dawg / Aftermath / Interscope - 1.956.000 equivalent sales
16	Adele - 30 Columbia - 1.940.000 equivalent sales
17	Harry Styles - Fine Line Erskine / Columbia - 1.889.000 equivalent sales
18	Future - I Never Liked You Freebandz / Epic - 1.870.000 equivalent sales
19	Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) Republic - 1.858.000 equivalent sales
20	Beyoncé - Renaissance Parkwood / Columbia - 1.853.000 equivalent sales
21	Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever Darkroom / Interscope - 1.815.000 equivalent sales
22	The Weeknd - After Hours XO Recordings / Republic - 1.746.000 equivalent sales
23	Justin Bieber - Justice Def Jam - 1.742.000 equivalent sales
24	Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG Rimas - 1.623.000 equivalent sales
25	Stray Kids - Maxident JYP Entertainment / Republic - 1.621.000 equivalent sales
26	NCT Dream - Glitch Mode SM Entertainment South Korea - 1.617.000 equivalent sales
27	Taylor Swift - Folklore Republic - 1.605.000 equivalent sales
28	Gunna - DS4Ever Young Stoner Life / 300 Records - 1.579.000 equivalent sales
29	Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon Victor Victor / Republic - 1.541.000 equivalent sales
30	The Kid Laroi - F*ck Love Columbia - 1.538.000 equivalent sales
31	Blackpink - Born Pink YG Entertainment / Interscope - 1.516.000 equivalent sales
32	Drake - Honestly, Nevermind OVO Sound / Republic - 1.481.000 equivalent sales
33	Lil Durk - 7220 Alamo Records / Sony Music - 1.470.000 equivalent sales
34	Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss OVO / Republic / Epic - 1.438.000 equivalent sales
35	Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding Republic - 1.414.000 equivalent sales
36	Lil Nas X - Montero Columbia - 1.370.000 equivalent sales
37	Post Malone - Twelve Carat Toothache Mercury / Republic - 1.328.000 equivalent sales
38	Taylor Swift - 1989 Big Machine - 1.284.000 equivalent sales
39	Juice WRLD - Goodbye & Good Riddance Grade A Productions / Interscope - 1.280.000 equivalent sales
40	Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Warner Bros. - 1.246.000 equivalent sales

 

 

What Do You guys think of this year Top 40??? 

 

Is there any surprise?

 

Is Yiur Fave Album of 2022 at the Top 40?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 5, 2023 by Ivan_brit

[Ivan_brit]

Taylor

 

1. Midnights = 4,615,000
19. Red TV = 1,858,000
27. Folklore = 1,605,000
38. 1989 = 1,284,000 

TOTAL = 9,362,000
How did 1989 outsold Evermore & Fearless TV?? I Fear what will happen when they release 1989 TV  

 

 

KING OF POP THE WEEKND

11. Dawn FM = 2,426,000
13. The Hightlights = 2,163,000
22. After Hours = 1,746,000

TOTAL = 6,335,000

 

ATRL Told me Abel was overexposed & a flop this year?? Dawn FM doing numbers when he did not move a finger   also Im Sure Starboy album did some cute numbers in 2022

 

 

[TayDine1989]

What is 1989 doing there? 

[TayDine1989]

What is 1989 doing there? 

[Holiest Dreams]

Wouldn’t say Chartmasters is inflated, their numbers are way more accurate than these. But with that said, I still like to see the lists to get a slight gauge since most of the more accurate sources don’t do these official lists. Anti Hero making it to #26 as well  

[Cloröx]

Screaming at 1989 

[JustLikeHoney]

Two things.

 

First - ATRL told me Dawn FM was a failure. 

 

Second - 1989 is still charting top 40! I can't even imagine what's going to happen when "Taylor's Version" comes out. 

 

 

[Thelightiscumin]

Olivia still in the top 5 and pulling almost double the numbers of someone who was “more relevant” yet people were saying she is forgotten 

Edited January 5, 2023 by Thelightiscumin

[Kyle-x]

Maxident by Stray Kids has topped 3 million sales, I wonder why it's so deflated here. They also have another album that has sold over 1.7 million in pure sales but is missing. Seventeen's sales almost match up with the Circle chart numbers except Sector 17 isn't included. That was a repackage but it sold 1.7 million on its own merit but it's neither included separately nor factored into the overall sales of the Face the Sun album. Blackpink's units are more than halved and NCT Dream's sales are also messed up. Tomorrow X Together's 1.7 million seller, IVE's 1.6 million seller, aespa's 1.8 million seller, NCT 127's 1.9 million seller, etc. are all missing too.

 

Even using Hanteo sales instead of Circle sales the numbers are still off by hundreds of thousands of copies. K-Pop sales are pretty cut and dry for the most part since the numbers are so readily available so the discrepancies are odd?  Have they started weighing pure sales... less?

[Ivan_brit]

This albums are 2020s decade classics already

 

2020:
05. Taylor Swift - Folklore = 3,188,000

2021:
29. Taylor Swift - Folklore = 1,549,000

2022:
27. Taylor Swift - Folklore = 1,605,000

TOTAL = 6,342,000

 

2020:
06. The Weeknd - After Hours = 3,174,000
2021:
13. The Weeknd - After Hours = 2,292,000
2022:
22. The Weeknd - After Hours = 1,746,000
TOTAL = 7,212,000

 

2021:
1. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour = 4,109,000

2022:
5. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour = 3,216,000

TOTAL = 7,325,000

 

2020:
14. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia = 2,124,000

2021:
5. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia = 2,995,000

2022:
14. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia = 2,089,000

TOTAL = 7,208,000

[FightDragonsWithMe]

Taylor there with 4 albums 

[MingYouToo]

NOT folklore selling more in 2022 than 2021

 

1989 still Top 40 8 years later is CRAZY!

[Bonicap]

44 minutes ago, Thelightiscumin said:

Olivia still in the top 5 and pulling almost double the numbers of someone who was “more relevant” yet people were saying she is forgotten 

"Sour aged like milk, what went wrong?".

[Thelightiscumin]

1 minute ago, Bonicap said:

"Sour aged like milk, what went wrong?".

“Olivia only one from her peers without a song in the Spotify 200. Why?“

 

 

[Taylena]

4 hours ago, Ivan_brit said:

is not inflated like Chartmasters

Chartmasters is NOT inflated, they just gather sales/streaming data from every country instead of a select few European countries and North America like this chart does.  UWC is not the best source at all, there's a massive deflation of some Korean artists' sales and South Korea has an official chart clearly providing all the correct numbers so no excuse. 

[Luckitty]

2 hours ago, Ivan_brit said:

2021:
1. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour = 4,109,000

2022:
5. Olivia Rodrigo - Sour = 3,216,000

TOTAL = 7,325,000

[Diocles]

Taylor smashing

 

Beyonce barely in the top 20

[yamiyuuuu]

2 hours ago, Taylena said:

Chartmasters is NOT inflated, they just gather sales/streaming data from every country instead of a select few European countries and North America like this chart does.  UWC is not the best source at all, there's a massive deflation of some Korean artists' sales and South Korea has an official chart clearly providing all the correct numbers so no excuse. 

Yep, the only asian market they "trust" is Japan. 

I find Chartmasters more reliable (even though it has its questionable things), Mediatraffic was always a mess.

[JorgeM]

1 hour ago, yamiyuuuu said:

Yep, the only asian market they "trust" is Japan. 

I find Chartmasters more reliable (even though it has its questionable things), Mediatraffic was always a mess.

Just checking Spotify Philippines or Indonesia is obvious how many streaming units that countries adds for being ignore

[fentypark]

drake flopping like he should 

[Ivan_brit]

7 hours ago, Taylena said:

Chartmasters is NOT inflated, they just gather sales/streaming data from every country instead of a select few European countries and North America like this chart does.  UWC is not the best source at all, there's a massive deflation of some Korean artists' sales and South Korea has an official chart clearly providing all the correct numbers so no excuse. 

Both chart masters & Mediatraffic are not the best sources

 

hate how CM count streams before they release the album… some artist release like 5 singles before the album then they release the album sometimes even fail to chart at global Top 10s but still surpass millions according to CM 

[brenda-walsh]

On 1/5/2023 at 3:56 AM, Diocles said:

Beyonce barely in the top 20

higher than chromatica finished in 2020  and with 2 less months counted 

[simmnfierzig]

On 1/5/2023 at 6:38 PM, Ivan_brit said:

Both chart masters & Mediatraffic are not the best sources

 

hate how CM count streams before they release the album… some artist release like 5 singles before the album then they release the album sometimes even fail to chart at global Top 10s but still surpass millions according to CM 

So... Same Thing as SZA getting that gold from RIAA after the first week, because of the single from 2020.

Of course those streams have to count. 

 

When we say an album has x billion on Spotify that also always includes singles from before album release. 

[Ivan_brit]

8 hours ago, simmnfierzig said:

So... Same Thing as SZA getting that gold from RIAA after the first week, because of the single from 2020.

Of course those streams have to count. 

 

When we say an album has x billion on Spotify that also always includes singles from before album release. 

Yes but why?? The Liam Payne debut album was a total flop it’s certified just because of Strip That Down 

 

Also the Ava Max album comes to my mind in this case she release like 6 singles before the release

[Scorp]

Beyonce 25 years later. What an amazing cap of a fuckin career

 

Dagsggsshah @Sour almost eating up Bad Bunny wtf