Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100. The album became one of the best-selling albums in history. 3. The World's Biggest First Week Album Sales | by Sheldon Rocha Leal, PhD | Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. Saturday Night Fever is one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. The third solo studio album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins sold over twelve million copies in the US, and in the UK, over two million copies. For more K-Pop news, follow and subscribe to KpopStarz. It became Madonnas first number one album on the Billboard 200 and set the record as the first female album in history to sell over five million copies in the United States. Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and Eminem trail with two apiece. MLD Entertainment To Debut New Boy Group HORI7ON: Concept, Date, More Details! It will be interesting to see if anyone will be able to challenge the records that currently stand. The Bodyguard soundtrack was released in 1992, sung entirely by Whitney Houston in the R&B, Soul, and Pop genres. It would look very different Im sure. She wasnt satisfied with her first album capturing the sound of tragedy and tried to write an upbeat album. It was her first international release and first not in the New Jack Swing and Dance-Pop genres. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 32m and top 5 all-time. 15. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. 14. In 2014 Billboard began to take streaming into account for first week sales and total album sales. The debut solo studio album by George Michael spawned four number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100: Faith, Father Figure, One More Try, and Monkey, making Michael the only British male solo artist to have four number one hits from one album. This list seems suspect to me. 12. BTS' 'Yet to Come' Wins on 'Music Bank' - But Other Nominee Draws Attention, THIS Male Idol Draws Attention as HYBE's 'Hidden Card' Amid BTS Temporary Break, BTS Confirmed as 2030 Busan World Expo Official Ambassadors. None would have troubled the very top end of the ranking yet. The Dark Side of the Moon reached number-one on the US Billboard chart and has charted for over 900 weeks in total. Look at those sales numbers! In addition to recording the highest first-week sales this 2022, "Proof" also achieved the fifth-highest first-week sales by a foreign artist's album in Oricon history. Jagged Little Pill is unbelievably good. Some of these will surprise you, and others youll have forgotten existed but will make you think of course.. It was promoted alongside the film Moonwalker, which starred Michael Jackson. Spears and her management were presented a track titled Hit Me Baby (One More Time) which had been rejected by girl group TLC. Not that it needed the boost, but its been remastered and re-issued four times with deluxe editions and even one including a DVD of all of their videos and promotional films. The feat got us thinking about other impressive opening weeks, like Taylor Swift's recent streak of dominance, or that time N Sync's sophomore LP went double platinum during its first seven days of availability. So we took a look back in history at the 50 biggest first week album sales of all time - featuring multiple albums from Eminem, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye, Snoop Dogg and more. This was Meat Loafs debut studio album which contained Two Out of Three Aint Bad, easily his most successful single. One album from 2020 joined the list (Legends Never Die) and bumped off Get Rich Or Die Tryin OST. In 2007 the album was certified 22x Multi-Platinum in the USA alone. In the US, Bat Out of Hell still sells about 200,000 copies a year and has sold an estimated 43 million copies worldwide, including 14 million in the United States alone. This Top 50 is for studio albums only and doesnt include any Greatest Hits, Soundtracks or compilation albums. certainly the last biggest act in hiphop, i dont see it ever being surpassed with how BIG he was. Taylor Swift and BTS both have placed 4 albums in the Top 34, whilst Utada Hikaru has placed 3. Pepper album was released. 17, and "Run BTS" at No. for the 5th spot idk. According to Billboard, the album sold 1,061,000 copies in the week ending January 3, 1993, six weeks after its release. For her second studio album Madonna chose Nile Rodgers for production duties due to his work with David Bowie. Im a big chart watcher and album sales figures fascinate me. The title track was much misunderstood, accused of being repulsively nationalistic, and viciously Anti-American, the track was endorsed by conservative US politicians as an exemplar of classic American values whilst the bitter lyrics actually tell the story of disaffected Vietnam veteran. You dont need to go to the album, it comes to you. Speaking about relevant factors, another one is the number of MAU (Monthly Active Users) of Spotify. This is partly due to a big growth in users across Asian markets like India, Japan and Indonesia. 1991 was the first year that Nielsen started tracking music sales data. Its not one of the best musicals of all time, actually canceled in the U.S. in its early performances. After having observed the charts for many years, I have noticed a few trends regarding the way in which people buy albums. The Thriller, Billie Jean, and Beat It videos continued to push sales of the album for a long time, as did the seven singles. 4. Baby One More Time is Spears most successful album with sales of over 25 million copies worldwide. Home Blog Interesting Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of All Time (2023 Update), Top 10 Best Movie Scores of All Time (2023 Update), Top 10 Best Movie Soundtracks of All Time (2023 Update), Copyright 2023 LedgerNote | Bamboo on Trellis Framework by Mediavine, Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of All Time (2023 Update). Sales of the album now stand at over 32 million copies. When we go deeper on numbers, we notice these records are often stronger thanks to high streams from the entire tracklist. Another interesting fact is that Asian artists, mainly from Japan and South Korea, have placed 16 albums on the list, indicating a growing worldwide appetite for Asian music and exhibiting their dominance on the list. On the list of top 5 biggest first-week sales by albums of foreign artists, BTS holds the Nos. 20. The album is the only re-recorded album to ever reach the top spot, and has made Swift the first woman to have three No. The title of the album was thought up by drummer Rick Allen, referring to his 1984 car accident and the ensuing worldwide media coverage surrounding it. 10. The eleventh studio album by Pink Floyd was a rock opera; its story explores Pink, a jaded rock star whose eventual self-imposed isolation from society is symbolised by a wall. The album spent 31 non-consecutive weeks at number-one on the US charts. 11. Drakes Scorpion posted an insane 559 million streams on its first week 2 years ago. (And allow me to point out and/or bring the correction; she spells/writes her name Morissette with two s', Thriller is the bestselling album ever. 24. 1 Song on the Billboard Hot 100 Since 2000 It hit the top of the Billboard 200 and UK Albums charts and each of its four singles reached the US top 10, like Go Your Own Way and Dreams. The album has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and the National Recording Registry. If I had to guess, N.W.A. Nothing Was The Same, If Youre Reading This Its Too Late, Views, and More Life all broke the US record for first week streams, showing that the Canadian rapper has been a monster force for many years. See 20 of the Biggest First-Week Hip-Hop Album Sales Over the Years Aftermath Entertainment / Interscope Records Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP Release Date: May 23, 2000 First-Week. You may wonder if this list looks somewhat biased towards older releases since the highest 2020s release barely reach the top 20. With the bar for the list set as high as 79 million are big consistent streams of the entire album needed in most cases to get so high numbers. Trivia Facts: In 2013, this album has been preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry for being culturally significant. Adele 21 (2010) 31m I Feel Like a Woman and That Dont Impress Me Much, the album stayed on the US top 10 for 54 weeks, and set a record for longest stay in the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 of 112 weeks. As you can expect, the likes Drake and Ariana Grande recorded several of the top album debuts on Spotify, but many more are performing incredibly well. The song Bad was meant to be a duet between Michael and Prince. RELATED:Pigeons & Planes - 10 Perfect Albums That Never Went Platinum The album went 23x Platinum in the USA. "Confessions," Usher's fourth album, sold 1,096,000 copies in the first week after its release. The fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2 had the provisional titles The Desert Songs and The Two Americas. You know what Id love to see is a spotify chart of all the streams by paying members and then the non paying. The seventh studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen produced seven top-10 hit singles and was promoted with a worldwide concert tour by Springsteen. ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL. This beast of an album went 16x Platinum, was #1 on the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks straight, and stayed on the charts for 120 total weeks. In the 30+ years since, only 22 albums have sold at least 1 million copies in one week. 03. 35. The 1.76 million copies it sold in its opening week is the most ever for a rap album, the previous record-holder being Snopp Dogg's Doggystyle in 1993.. One quirky fact that this album, 'Stan' actually created a word in the Oxford Dictionary. This also goes to prove how overwhelmingly popular these albums were, that they were able to make it onto this list, based purely on the sales from one country, whilst other albums needed worldwide figures to qualify for the list, Musicologist, Musician, Songwriter, Music Business Enthusiast and Music Teacher, There are reports that Jive shipped over 4.2million units worldwide on the first day and an additional 2.3million the day after the release of the album, but these were just shipped and not necessarily sold. Naturally, the leader of urban music comes on top. Celine Dion The Colour of My Love (1993) 20m Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 45m RELATED: Every No. and i wouldnt be surprised if someone like lil baby dropped again, i know that drip harder 2 has been teased and with how both of those artists have grown in status, that could be a monster release, also i know this sub hates him but the kid laroi is gearing up to have a huge year and i wouldnt be surprised if he snuck in with one of the biggest albums of 2021 as well. I'm going to guess that Dr. Dre's "The Chronic", Beastie Boys' "Check Your Head", Too $hort's "Shorty the Pimp", MC Ren's "Kizz My Black Azz", and Ice Cube's "The Predator" (193K) round out the top 5. This is the second fastest selling album of all-time. 6. 23. If trav drops hell still certainly be in top 5 of the year but Idk if utopia would crack the top 100 oat. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Trivia Facts: The album was recorded in Nassau in the Bahamas in a low-cost studio due to scheduling issues. Led Zeppelin themselves called it a fully realized hybrid of the folk and hard-rock directions.. Britney Spears Baby One More Time (1999) 25m It comes as no surprise. Backstreet Boys Millennium (1999) 24m By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 1 Song on the Billboard Hot 100 Since 2000, Pigeons & Planes - 10 Perfect Albums That Never Went Platinum, Green Label - The Top 10 Best Selling Albums of 2013. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. When you downloaded a single, you still had no right to take a look at the rest of the album. Wks on Chart 1 NEW Trustfall P!nk - 1 1 2 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP) TOMORROW X TOGETHER 2 1 4 3 RE- ENTRY. 18. As of May 2016, Rumours has spent 630 weeks in the UK Top 75 album chart and is the 11th best-selling album in UK history. Because I hope its not what I think youre saying, where do yall think adeles 4th album is going to place here (it may have 15 songs at best). So if you took US Spotify charts and separated it, Im willing to bet it is pop that sees harder falls while rap gains. The second studio album by Britney Spears was released in 2000 and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 1,319,000 copies. The album's first-week performance reflects that. 1 on Bugs, climbed up to No. 17. 25 eventually gave Adele the worlds best-selling album of 2015, with 17.4 million copies sold and has gone on to sell over 22 million copies worldwide. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 1. Falling into You remains one of the best-selling albums of all time, with sales of over thirty-two million copies and won many awards around the world, including Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Best Pop Album at the 39th annual ceremony. The album was surrounded by significant controversy upon its release with criticism centered around lyrics that were considered violent, homophobic, and misogynistic. Nevermind not only popularised the Seattle grunge movement but also brought alternative rock as a whole into the mainstream. Millennium sold almost half a million copies in the US on its first day. By now things have changed though. the late 90s/early aughts were a high point for music sales in general. The band members are among the richest musicians in the world and even funded the production of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie with the proceeds. 2002 - Eminem continues to dominate, the rise of Nelly. Santana Supernatural (1999) 30m "25" went on to sell 1,160,000 copies in its second week and 1,190,000 in its fifth week. Literally everybody knew about Eminem whether they listened to his music or not. 26. U.S. chart, while it debuted at No. Whitney Houston in 1993 and Taylor Swift in 2018. If those claimed sales arent even remotely similar to those collected by the certification-awarding companies, they werent included. The winner? Without further ado, here are the Top34 biggest opening weeks, for an album, in music history (the focus of this article): So these are the 35 biggest first weeks in the rock era. This is easily one of the most important albums to ever be created. Thank U, Next confirms that no matter how you look at it, it did very well. As many as 3 pop albums feature inside the Top 10 with Ed Sheeran , Ariana Grande and recently released Sour by Olivia Rodrigo. 50. The tour earned them three Guinness World Records. The album also won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1985. Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet (1986) 28m This would become the basis for lead track Hotel California. Their self-titled fifth album (the Black Album) marked a change in the bands sound from the thrash metal style of the previous four albums to a slower and heavier one rooted in heavy metal. At the time, and perhaps still, Bad was called the most anticipated album in history. Continue reading to learn how many copies of BTS' anthology album were sold in the country. Also despite female rappers being really dominant recently and Doja, cardi b and nicki all either being confirmed or likely to drop albums this upcoming year idk if any of them will make the top 5 for the year, just wondering, are you not counting post malone as hip hop? It spawned a musical in 2017 of the same name. It is also interesting to note that female artists dominate the Top 30, with 14 positions occupied by solo female artists. Michael Jackson Bad (1987) 35m 1" from 1997 not to have a top five debut week. Led Zeppelin IV was their pinnacle achievement from 1971, focused on Hard Rock, Folk Rock, and pre-cursor Heavy Metal sounds. No Rolling Stones album ? The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 1.78 million copies in the US in its first week alone, which made it the fastest-selling studio album in the United States at the time. Its a tough juggling act. I must admit though that the only album on which I have actually loved every single song / the only one that I would listen to from A to Z without skipping a single one was Jagged Little Pill! 48. In order for an album to attract a certification, they need to sell a certain number of units. Country star Morgan Wallen released his third studio album One Thing at a Time this Friday and as expected, it is projected to do a big number in the first week. Spice Girls Spice (1996) 23m Celine Dion has three albums, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Britney Spears, Madonna, Eminem, Adele and Michael Jackson all have two albums each in the list. Copyright 2023 KpopStarz.com. The bottom says Songs by Jim Steinman as a compromise for not being billed as Jim Steinmant presents or Jim and Meat as the artist. Sgt. The follow up to Thriller reached number-one in 25 countries, sold at least two million copies in its first week in the US and remained in the top five on the Billboard 200 album chart for 38 weeks, setting a record for the longest run in the top five by an album from a male solo artist. Recorded under the working titles of Vodka and Tonics and Silent Movies, Talking Pictures, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has come to be regarded as Johns best and most popular album. Eminem The Eminem Show (2002) 27m Trivia Facts: The album Rumours was originally called Yesterdays Gone. So many great albums that resonated different chapters of my life. With eight weeks at the top of the US album chart, the album features songs that are considered Bon Jovis best known, including You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin on a Prayer and Wanted Dead or Alive. The albums singles, most notably More Than a Feeling and Long Time, were both AM and FM hits, and nearly the entire album receives constant rotation on classic rock radio. Whos Next by the Who ? The list is obviously US-dominated, with 50 albums coming from the Hip Hop / R&B branch. 13. 16. G-Unit's "Beg for Mercy" debuted with 377K. Ace of Base Happy Nation/The Sign (1992) 23m Phil Collins No Jacket Required 12 . Britney Spears Oops! I Did It Again (2000) 20m That would mean Encore sold more (1.5M) in 7 days than the Eminem Show did (1.3M), But do we really want to see that album become Em's 2nd highest and the 2nd highest in hip hop history? Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water (1970) 25m While Yep, 710,000 in 3 days. The album was recorded over two years in seven different recording studios. 39. This is one of my desert island albums for sure. In the USA, for example, there are three major categories: It is clear, therefore, that all of the artists, in the list that follows attain Platinum status in their first week of sales in the USA alone, if sales were limited to the USA. Nielsen Music started tracking point-of-sales data for US music releases in 1991. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) Artist: Eminem Sold: 1,760,000 Lead Singles: "The Real Slim Shady" 2. Best-Selling Albums of All-Time (5160) Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 12 million. Its one of only 5 albums which hit 2 SPU. BLACK PANTHER - WAKANDA FOREVER. It came out in 1976 and has continued to gain sales as it ultimately became a collection of oldies tracks. The album sold a whopping 1.7 million copies. We're only talking about projects that sold massively out the gate. Once the songs were written, rehearsals lasted one week and recording took seven weeks, and the rest was history. https://chartmasters.org/spotify-top-album-debuts/?view=country&country_code2=WW. When the song was released as Baby One More Time as Spears debut single in October 1998 it reached number one in at least 18 countries. U.S. charts. In fact, so far as many as 72 releases have broken the 100 million mark during their first week. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. This is why Billboard is honestly a joke and it's silly to compare artists with different demographics to each other. Adele's three were all achieved with the same album. The bands most commercially successful release sold a record-breaking 347,000 copies in its first week on sale in the UK, spent 10 weeks at number-one on the UK Albums Chart, and reached number four in the US Billboard 200. Bat Out of Hell went 14x Platinum and spent 522 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, the second longest run. With the release of his sophomore album The Marshall Mathers LP, the "Rap God" smashed records for the biggest first-week sales in hip-hop. Amazon isnt close to Apple Music in the US, so a mute point. I find it super interesting to look at this and see how current artists stack up against artists of the past so I broke it down into a few charts. Whitney Houston Whitney Houston (1985) 22m 2nd to only his own Scorpion. Produced by rock super-producer Robert John Mutt Lange who demanded perfection, it has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide. Lets Talk About Love includes Celine Dions biggest hit, My Heart Will Go On. The album produced seven singles The Girl Is Mine, Billie Jean, Beat It, Wanna Be Startin Somethin', Human Nature, P.Y.T. It came out in the year 2000 and contains their typical Pop and Rock songs that we all know and love. DONDA bests the 295,000 equivalent album unit start for Olivia Rodrigo's SOUR, which until now boasted 2021's biggest release week.Kanye is now one of just seven artists with at least 10 No. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. HARRY STYLES. Thats ridiculous. Sales were boosted when the single Smooth featuring Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas, was a number one success worldwide and topped the Billboard chart for 12 weeks. But amazon is also paid and its dominated by pop and country. It ended up being nominated for nine and winning five Grammy Awards including Album of the Year. The numbers mark the biggest first week for an album since . The latest mixtapes, videos, news, and anything else hip-hop/R&B/Future Beats related from your favorite artists, Press J to jump to the feed. If NF sold 30k pure like Chance and the other 51k people that bought the album streamed the album 100 times each first week instead then he'd have 30k pure + 3.4k sales from streaming. Eminem's "Revival" had his worst first week since "The Slim Shady LP" in 1999. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) 35m There was a time when you couldnt not hear a Shania single on the radio. It won Album of the Year from the Grammys, British Album of the Year from the Brit Award, and many more accolades. Bat Out of Hell was released in 1977 in the Hard Rock and Glam Rock sub-genres. Sour was available to way more people thanPurpose, for example. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; The fourth studio album by Def Leppard released in 1987 has sold over 25 million copies worldwide, including 12 million in the US, and spawned seven hit singles. umm, you missed Prince and The Revolutions Purple Rain with 25 million copies sold. This led 300 million, 400 million, and 500 million first week streams barriers to be broken. Damn, Eminem really was that big, mans did basically 2x what Drake do rn, ig it makes sense tho, I'm in my early 20s and I've heard that ppl say I don't like rap but I like eminem. Divide by British superstar Ed Sheeran is a close runner up with almost 3 streams per user. The album peaked at number one in more than 17 countries across the world, and has sold a total of 23 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album in music history by a girl group.