charts discussion HDD: Taylor #1 120k, Nicki #2 91k, Mariah #8

[Katamari]

It’s this cause  of Xmas because Taylor’s pure sales are so consistent  

[Cheetos]

Great hold for Nicki

[Støned]

Let’s go Lover. Just a few more weeks to reach 1 year in the top 10..

[Breathe On Moi]

it’s looking really bad for the Minaj haters, check on your local hater and make sure they’re doing ok ASAP

 

[brianc33710]

7 hours ago, umich said:

I’m assuming, since it is in its 60th anniversary (released November 1963), that a special edition was released at a reasonable price. I could be wrong.

 

60th Anniversary picture disc vinyl LP.....No I didn't buy it, just wanted to see if 1 was released. 

[iamvladd]

Good hold for Nicki

[Klein]

1989 TV's longevity is truly impressive. 

 

I hope Midnights can make it through the rest of holiday season. 

[Mystic Boy]

I really dont care about Minaj but the fact that SO many people here were constantly screaming at a second week nosedive is just.....

[Gagaqueen]

10 hours ago, wish said:

But I was told that PF2 was gonna plummet second week? 

 

Great hold.

 

Deluxe version ??? 

[mrmayman]

1 hour ago, Gagaqueen said:

Deluxe version ??? 

The deluxe version added one (1) new song to the album that wasn't available on streaming last week that is nowhere to be found on US Spotify or US Apple Music. So no, that is not the reason. The album is holding well on Apple Music with "FTCU" and "Everybody" also going viral and holding well too.

[ViviLittleM]

don't understand the success of midnights, her worst album... but good for her actually

[Breathe On Moi]

6 hours ago, Gagaqueen said:

Deluxe version ??? 

you can just tell you’re hanging for dear life with those question marks 

 

[KOMH]

History book on the shelf is always repeating itself 

 

 

[ImpressMeMuch]

49 minutes ago, KOMH said:

History book on the shelf is always repeating itself 

 

 

Sag sisters

[Graves]

I haaaaate Lover (the album) but I still need her to stay at that ten position, if only to lock that literal murderer out of a T10

[UnusualBoy]

Nice numbers for Nicki!!!

 

I didn’t notice Midnights sales were this high, did something cause that surge?

[Cruel Summer]

16 minutes ago, UnusualBoy said:

Nice numbers for Nicki!!!

 

I didn’t notice Midnights sales were this high, did something cause that surge?

There are a couple small things helping like vinyl being restocked here and there, but her pure sales are way up across the board in the last month or two - look at Folklore, for instance, predicted to sell 22k this week. Seems like a holiday season kind of effect more than anything else.

[KOMH]

Didn't realise we had a literal murderer and pedophile competing for top 10 wtf WHO is supporting this abomination? 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lana_Clarkson

Edited December 20, 2023 by KOMH

[lg6chromatica]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the artist at #2 selling her album for $5? 

[NEUTRON]

2 hours ago, KOMH said:

History book on the shelf is always repeating itself 

 

 

Glad Nick got her #1 this time around 😭

[Movimento Perpétuo]

Great hold for Nicki

[mrmayman]

3 hours ago, lg6chromatica said:

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the artist at #2 selling her album for $5? 

Well you are wrong because the cheapest the album is being sold on her website is $8. 

[cat1867]

4 hours ago, KOMH said:

Didn't realise we had a literal murderer and pedophile competing for top 10 wtf WHO is supporting this abomination? 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lana_Clarkson

It's because it has several Christmas classics on it that people don't know are attached to a Phil Spectator album. For example,  Sleigh Ride by the Ronnettes and Christmas (baby come home ) by Darlene Love.

 

Phil Spectator only sings on the least popular song. 

 

He's dead at least so he can't profit off it.

[Aethereal]

20 hours ago, mrmayman said:

Queen had its official CD release during week 2 which helped boost its numbers. So I would say this is pretty exceptional, nearly 100k in week 2 is great and not something we see often besides the usual Drake, Taylor, Bad Bunny, etc.

So I removed the pure sales from the equation: it's 74.5K streaming units for PF2 and 74K streaming units for Queen in the second week.

 

[justin.]

Taylor is truly unmatched. I'm so happy Folklore is getting love.