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The 2026 Midyear Report combines comprehensive music insights with film and television analysis, all in a single document. Just a few of the many data-fueled findings throughout the report: Access the

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morgan wallen, ella langley and kpop cd variants

oh wow look at Godseye top 10 cd sales with a 2 year old EP

SIS is prob eligible for Gold atp and Beautiful Chaos Platinum why aren't they updating their certs

The way this country thinks Morgan Wallen & Ella Langley are the peak of music shows why it's stuck in the trenches

Does Golden ever die?

mostly mid music, yikes!

The Life of AI Slop going from biggest debut OAT to almost out of top 10 by mid-year

R & B/Hip Hop - 23.9 %

Rock - 20.2 %

Pop - 12.2 %

I guess popular music isn't that popular anymore

18 minutes ago, SweetOreosOfHeaven said:

The Life of AI Slop going from biggest debut OAT to almost out of top 10 by mid-year

When was the last time a Ga Ga album saw the top 10?

15 minutes ago, By the Water said:

When was the last time a Ga Ga album saw the top 10?

Last year ddd

8 minutes ago, SweetOreosOfHeaven said:

Last year ddd

You must be thinking of something else

https://www.billboard.com/pro/luminate-2025-year-end-music-report-taylor-swift-showgirl/

Even Tate McRae made it but no Ga Ga in sight

Just now, By the Water said:

You must be thinking of something else

https://www.billboard.com/pro/luminate-2025-year-end-music-report-taylor-swift-showgirl/

Even Tate McRae made it but no Ga Ga in sight

You're right I was thinking about GLOBAL numbers

At least she didn't release a literal turd though

Just now, SweetOreosOfHeaven said:

You're right I was thinking about GLOBAL numbers

At least she didn't release a literal turd though

Half of her discography is made up of turds, please. One semi-acclaimed album and y'all think she's bjork

2 minutes ago, By the Water said:

Half of her discography is made up of turds, please. One semi-acclaimed album and y'all think she's bjork

Imagine if she paid Rolling Stone reviewers

5 stars for an album the public deemed 4/10 at best

Edited July 15Jul 15 by SweetOreosOfHeaven

3 minutes ago, SweetOreosOfHeaven said:

Imagine if she paid Rolling Stone reviewers

5 stars for an album the public deemed 4/10 at best

Considering Rolling Stone was one of the few publications that remembered Mayhem by the end of the year, she might have

1 minute ago, By the Water said:

Considering Rolling Stone was one of the few publications that remembered Mayhem by the end of the year, she might have

Unlike TLOAS that was on a lot of year end lists

of worst albums released in 2025

I know Showgirl sold a shitload of units last year but I thought it was safe to have a top 10 placement this year, it's down to #9

www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-ella-langley-luminate-2026-midyear-rankings-1236294366/

2026's Midyear Top 10 Albums in U.S. (by Equivalent Album Units)
1. Morgan Wallen, I'm the Problem (2.035 million)
2. Ella Langley, Dandelion (1.638 million)
3. Bad Bunny, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (1.543 million)
4. BTS, ARIRANG (1.492 million)5. Noah Kahan, The Great Divide (1.349 million)
6.Olivia Dean, The Art of Loving (1.309 million)
7. Drake, ICEMAN (1.300 million)
8. Don Toliver, Octane (1.212 million)
9. Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl (992,000)
10. Morgan Wallen, One Thing at a Time (968,000)

Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Jan. 2 through July 2, 2026. UGC (user-generated content) streams are not included in this ranking, but are included in Luminate's on-demand streaming rankings (below). Luminate's equivalent album unit totals include SEA and TEA for an album's songs registered before an album's release, but only during the tracking period.

2026's Midyear Top 10 Selling Albums in U.S. (Physical & Digital Album Sales Combined)
1. BTS, ARIRANG (920,000)
2. Harry Styles, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. (384,000)
3. Olivia Rodrigo, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (346,000)
4. Bad Bunny, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (306,000)
5. ENHYPEN, THE SIN : VANISH (287,000)
6. Noah Kahan, The Great Divide (285,000)
7. ATEEZ, GOLDEN HOUR : PART 4 (283,000)
8. ATEEZ, GOLDEN HOUR : PART 5 (223,000)
9. Bruno Mars, The Romantic (221,000)
10. Olivia Dean, The Art of Loving (201,000)

Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Jan. 2 through July 2, 2026.

2026's Midyear Top 10 Selling Vinyl Albums in U.S.
1. BTS, ARIRANG (331,000)
2. Bad Bunny, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (283,000)
3. Harry Styles, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. (247,000)
4. Olivia Rodrigo, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (206,000)
5. Noah Kahan, The Great Divide (122,000)
6. Michael Jackson, Thriller (162,000)
7. Olivia Dean, The Art of Loving (159,000)
8. Bruno Mars, The Romantic (113,000)
9. Michael Jackson, Number Ones (101,000)
10. J. Cole, The Fall-Off (96,000)

Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Jan. 2 through July 2, 2026.

2026's Midyear Top 10 Most Streamed Songs in U.S. (On-Demand Audio)
1. Ella Langley, "Choosin' Texas" (570.9 million)
2. Olivia Dean, "Man I Need" (340.2 million)
3. Alex Warren, "Ordinary" (322.8 million)
4. Ella Langley, "Be Her" (289.1 million)
5. Bad Bunny, "DtMF" (284.5 million)
6. HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI, "Golden" (282.8 million)
7. PinkPantheress with Zara Larsson, "Stateside" (272.4 million)
8. Bruno Mars, "I Just Might" (267.3 million)
9. Taylor Swift, "The Fate of Ophelia" (255.7 million)
10. Olivia Dean, "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" (252.9 million)

Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Jan. 2 through July 2, 2026. Includes UGC streams.

2026's Midyear Top 10 Radio Songs in U.S. (Based on Audience Impressions)
1. Bruno Mars, "I Just Might" (1.963 billion)
2. Olivia Dean, "Man I Need" (1.795 billion)
3. Kehlani, "Folded" (1.673 billion)
4. Alex Warren, "Ordinary" (1.574 billion)
5. Ella Langley, "Choosin' Texas" (1.420 billion)
6. HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI, "Golden" (1.367 billion)
7. Taylor Swift, "The Fate of Ophelia" (1.317 billion)
8. sombr, "back to friends" (1.268 billion)
9. Leon Thomas, "MUTT" (1.245 billion)
10. Olivia Dean, "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" (1.110 billion)

Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Jan. 2 through July 2, 2026.

TLOAS the frontloaded turd that you are

I was looking forward to this report since this has always included the T10 most downloaded songs. But in its 75 page report Luminate only included total songs downloaded on its album chart towards consumption. I assume Choosing TX is #1 but I wanted to know its total. I think most of the 374k downloads (most of any album) from Dandelion must belong to CT but I don't know how many.

9 hours ago, UnusualBoy said:

I know Showgirl sold a shitload of units last year but I thought it was safe to have a top 10 placement this year, it's down to #9

Did you really expect TLOAS to be the next 25 lol 😆?

TFOO carrying TLOAS so hard