other stats Top-selling 2020s albums in the United States: Dangerous #1; Midnights #2

[Green]

 

 

1. Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album [9,000,000] 

2. Taylor Swift - Midnights [6,750,000]

3. Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time [6,300,000]

4. Lil Baby - My Turn [6,000,000]

5. Taylor Swift - Folklore [5,750,000]

6. Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti [5,450,000]

7. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR [5,400,000]

8. Pop Smoke  - Shoot For The Stars... [5,200,000]

9. The Weeknd - After Hours [5,000,000]

10. SZA - SOS [4,750,000]

 

11. Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die [4,450,000]

12. Drake - Certified Lover Boy [4,350,000]

13. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia [3,900,000]

14. Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake [3,500,000]

15. Taylor Swift - Evermore [3,500,000]

16. Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG [3,450,000]

17. Doja Cat - Planet Her [3,400,000]

18. Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) [3,400,000]

19. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) [3,400,000]

20. The Kid Laroi - F*ck Love [3,350,000]

 

 

(Albums released this decade with the highest total units. Based on the estimated total equivalent album units via Billboard/Luminate. This includes pre-album release consumption for songs. Compilations are not included. Additionally, this only includes official streams and not UGC-streams.)

 

[shyboi]

see what I was telling y'all in my cvntry thread. 

[Green]

For comparison these were the Best selling albums of the 10s at this point of the last decade (January 2010-February 2014). Based on pure sales because SPS wasn't included at that time:

 

 

01 - 10,882,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 4,562,000 - RECOVERY - Eminem
03 - 4,405,000 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
04 - 4,046,000 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
05 - 4,002,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
06 - 3,390,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé
07 - 3,311,000 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
08 - 3,088,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
09 - 3,037,000 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
10 - 2,849,000 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
11 - 2,597,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
12 - 2,466,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
13 - 2,316,000 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
14 - 2,312,000 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
15 - 2,252,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan  
16 - 2,212,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
17 - 2,179,000 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
18 - 2,170,000 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle
19 - 2,121,000 - TAKE CARE - Drake
20 - 2,098,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars

[Chartman]

A 10th album the second biggest in the current decade. Very hard to accomplish. 

[Jjang]

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10. SZA - SOS [4,750,000]

 

[Brikenbur]

MORGAN… and it’s not even close 

Edited February 13 by Brikenbur

[elincomprendid]

12 minutes ago, Green said:

For comparison these were the Best selling albums of the 10s at this point of the last decade (January 2010-February 2014). Based on pure sales because SPS wasn't included at that time:

 

 

01 - 10,882,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 4,562,000 - RECOVERY - Eminem
03 - 4,405,000 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
04 - 4,046,000 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
05 - 4,002,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
06 - 3,390,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé
07 - 3,311,000 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
08 - 3,088,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
09 - 3,037,000 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
10 - 2,849,000 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
11 - 2,597,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
12 - 2,466,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
13 - 2,316,000 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
14 - 2,312,000 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
15 - 2,252,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan  
16 - 2,212,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
17 - 2,179,000 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
18 - 2,170,000 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle
19 - 2,121,000 - TAKE CARE - Drake
20 - 2,098,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars

Taylor 2 in the 2010s top 5 and 2 in the 2020s top 5

We can conclude longevity is her 2nd name
 

[byzantium]

Women making up half the list  

[wastedpotential]

22 minutes ago, Green said:

For comparison these were the Best selling albums of the 10s at this point of the last decade (January 2010-February 2014). Based on pure sales because SPS wasn't included at that time:

 

 

01 - 10,882,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 4,562,000 - RECOVERY - Eminem
03 - 4,405,000 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
04 - 4,046,000 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
05 - 4,002,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
06 - 3,390,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé
07 - 3,311,000 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
08 - 3,088,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
09 - 3,037,000 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
10 - 2,849,000 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
11 - 2,597,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
12 - 2,466,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
13 - 2,316,000 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
14 - 2,312,000 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
15 - 2,252,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan  
16 - 2,212,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
17 - 2,179,000 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
18 - 2,170,000 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle
19 - 2,121,000 - TAKE CARE - Drake
20 - 2,098,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars

The way the #1 album of the 2010s at this point in 2014 would also be #1 in this decade, but the #2 of the 2010s wouldn't even make the 2020s top 10 

[feelslikeadream]

Taylor the only artist with 5 entries in the top 20

[byzantium]

4 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

The way the #1 album of the 2010s at this point in 2014 would also be #1 in this decade, but the #2 of the 2010s wouldn't even make the 2020s top 10 

Well if you factor in EAS, the 2010s were ahead,  like Teenage Dream would have been nearing 7m along with Red. SN had about 5.5M, Recovery had to have had about 7M as well.  

[liquiddiamonds]

Evermore playing the long game. SOUR streaming giant with only 11 songs 🙏 **** morgan

[byzantium]

38 minutes ago, Green said:

4. Lil Baby - My Turn [6,000,000]

 

38 minutes ago, Green said:

14. Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake [3,500,000]

Who are these people and when did they sell all these records? 

[wastedpotential]

7 minutes ago, byzantium said:

Well if you factor in EAS, the 2010s were ahead,  like Teenage Dream would have been nearing 7m along with Red. SN had about 5.5M, Recovery had to have had about 7M as well.  

True, but taking just the raw BB200 stats (using the rules in place at the time) for both lists, it's quite interesting how the inclusion of SEA figures change the balance for the 2020s 

 

6 minutes ago, byzantium said:

 

Who are these people and when did they sell all these records? 

They were both 2020 releases that the hip-hop girls were devouring on Apple Music 

[NEX]

So Morgan will end up with the top 2 for himself and Taylor will probably have the rest of the top 5 + a couple more entries in the top 10 

[Katamari]

Evermore  

 

midnights 8x plat by the of the year ?

 

My turn  I don’t get it but hey!

[naval23]

SZA wow 

 

[Yuanyu]

12 hours ago, wastedpotential said:

The way the #1 album of the 2010s at this point in 2014 would also be #1 in this decade, but the #2 of the 2010s wouldn't even make the 2020s top 10 

As far as i know Recovery is 8xplatinum certified 

[Feanor]

'evermore' is the most "lowkey" album of Taylor's career and is still at 3.5M units.

[wastedpotential]

5 hours ago, Yuanyu said:

As far as i know Recovery is 8xplatinum certified 

And yet, without its streaming units or pre-released track units included, it was sitting at 4.56M in early 2014. Of course a highly streamed album with a big lead single (didn't Not Afraid set sales records?) has a disparity between its Billboard units and its certification

[Maroonx]

Evermore deserved 5M+ :(

[makeme]

SOS, Future Nostalgia, and Planet her solidified each artist as a MPG 

[Yuanyu]

31 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

And yet, without its streaming units or pre-released track units included, it was sitting at 4.56M in early 2014. Of course a highly streamed album with a big lead single (didn't Not Afraid set sales records?) has a disparity between its Billboard units and its certification

If you want to use sps for the 20s albums, I don't understand why you want to use only pure sales for10s albums. It is trying to deceive you with adulterated data

[wastedpotential]

9 minutes ago, Yuanyu said:

If you want to use sps for the 20s albums, I don't understand why you want to use only pure sales for10s albums. It is trying to deceive you with adulterated data

You know, I didn't actually make this list so I don't understand why you're pinning it on me 

 

And as for why I think it's still a relevant comparison metric, as I said earlier in the thread, it shows the changes to the billboard rules over the past decade (as that's all this really shows), and how they have been very favorable to 2020s albums. 

[Klein]

44 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

And as for why I think it's still a relevant comparison metric, as I said earlier in the thread, it shows the changes to the billboard rules over the past decade (as that's all this really shows), and how they have been very favorable to 2020s albums. 

I'm not sure we can truly say that. We'd need to know what the total SPS would have looked like in 2014 if streaming and digital singles were already counted, because TEA and SEA have been added retroactively. So it's wrong to compare 2020s SPS to 2010s pure album sales only. 

Edited February 14 by Klein