Michael Jackson Dangerous (1991) 32m 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. This performance indicator has been applied only to the initial list of 85 albums. 2Pac - Greatest Hits Released: November 24, 1998 Label: Death Row/Interscope Records Units sold: 10 million 5. 2 Hard Knock Life| 1998| 350K 93| Nelly| Sweat| 2004| 342K 93| Nas| Stillmatic| 2001| 342K 95| Mystikal| Let's Get Ready| 2000| 330K 95| 2Pac| Loyal to the Game| 2004| 330K 97| Snoop Doggy Dogg| Murder Was the Case| 1994| 329K 98| Kanye West| Yeezus| 2013| 328K 99| Various Artists| Bad Boys II| 2003| 324K 100| Ludacris | The Red Light District | 2004 | 322K, Here is a graph showing the amount of albums in the top 100 per year. The album still scores around 10,000 sales a week due to covers of the entire album still coming out by various artists. meaningful, its still arguably better to get 25 songs streamed one time This would become the basis for lead track Hotel California. all. 44. Eric Robert/Sygma/Kevin Mazur/TAS18 via Getty Images. The Swedish pop group consisting of Ulf Ekberg and three siblings: Jonas Berggren, Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren had one of the best-selling debut albums of all time with Happy Nation (reissued as The Sign). 3 lbum, no two. 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. 2 and 4 spots, and now the No. Alanis Morisette Jagged Little Pill (1995) 33m 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 was a long-time coming, being their 8th studio album. 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. The bottom 5 are all releases from the last 2 years. Outkast was an American hip-hop duo formed in 1992 consisting of rappers Andre 3000 and Big Boi. The Dark Side of the Moon is the insanely acclaimed 1973 Progressive Rock album from Pink Floyd. Celine Dion Lets Talk About Love (1997) 31m There are a few times in which album sales spike: For me, one of the things I really forward to is seeing how an album fares, with regards to sales, in its first week. 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. 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. Swift is the only artist in history to have five different albums with million-selling weeks. 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. After topping the Billboard 200 chart in its first week with 359,000 copies sold, the singer's MDNA is expected to suffer an 88 percent drop in sales to 46,000 units, according to Forbes. Numbers behind streams ofThe WeekndsMy Dear Melancholy,Kanye WestsYeand Lil Nas Xs 7 EP take another feel when we see that they are so short. 03. That being said, there are still some artists that attain the USA platinum benchmark in the first week of release. It was a good choice, being one of the best performing singles ever. Refresh the page, check Medium 's site status, or find. 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. Their Greatest Hits by the Eagles contains all of their Country Rock, Folk Rock, and Soft Rock singles between 1971 and 1975. Which artists do you expect to have the five best first weeks this year and who do you expect will make the top 100? Sales of the album now stand at over 32 million copies. Sour was available to way more people thanPurpose, for example. A truly impressive feat. Whos Next by the Who ? hollywoods bleeding had a bigger first week but i assume its not included here bc its not a full hip hop record. 13. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Madonna True Blue (1986) 25m Her debut studio album topped the Billboard 200 for 14 weeks generating three number-one singles Saving All My Love for You, How Will I Know and Greatest Love of All. Green Day has sold more than 85 million records worldwide. Various songs were discussed to be the big one but Kevin Costner ended up suggesting I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton. Her label certainly wants to push pure sales with her history in that segment, but I wouldnt count out a really big streaming debut. Must See: The 25 Biggest First Week-Sales In Music History Published: Tuesday 16th Apr 2013 by David Justin Timberlake reigns supreme on the Official Top 25 Biggest First Week-Sales In Music. The label claimed to have found records of old sales, adding millions to their total sales. 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! The new title song has now joined BTS' previous hits such as "Dynamite," "Butter," "Life Goes On," "Permission to Dance," and "My Universe" as the group's song to land at No. Yep, 710,000 in 3 days. Oasis (Whats the Story) Morning Glory? Eagles Their Greatest Hits (19711975) has recently surpassed Michael Jacksons Thriller as the number-one best selling album of all time. Trivia Facts: Bat Out of Hell had its share of drama. The album spent 31 non-consecutive weeks at number-one on the US charts. 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 success of the album led to an 18 month worldwide tour and a VHS and DVD release of the tour. The cover image of the Beatles on the Abbey Road crossing has become one of the most famous and imitated in recording history and is a popular destination for Beatles fans. 35. 5 position-meaning the septet now has the three best-selling albums in the first week in Japan of all time. 7, while "For Youth" was at no. While 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). Nelly's "Sweat" debuted with 342K. 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. 15. Check https://chartmasters.org/spotify-top-album-debuts/?view=country&country_code2=WW. You were probably waiting on The Beatles to make an appearance. Once the songs were written, rehearsals lasted one week and recording took seven weeks, and the rest was history. The sales definitely reflect part of the impact an artist had. No filler on this album! Adele 25 (2015) 22m He was paid $5,000 for his work (too bad he got no royalties). 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 movie itself is one of the best movies about music ever, which helped propel the sales of the soundtrack. 57 million of these came from Old Town Roads two versions, The biggest EP debut belongs to The Weeknd though with My Dear Melancholy which contains just 6 original tracks. 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. The album made up 67% of all physical sales and became the most-streamed album of the week, with 55.7 million plays across all tracks. var gcse = document.createElement('script'); Michael Jackson's 1982 . The best-selling boy band of all time are the first group since Led Zeppelin to have their first ten albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Yeah I don't remember 2019 being that weak in sales either. 5. You know what Id love to see is a spotify chart of all the streams by paying members and then the non paying. Metallica Metallica (1991) 31m Drama in the music industry is fun! In 1996, Oasis performed two nights at Knebworth, England for an audience of 125,000 each night, which were at the time the largest outdoor concerts in UK history. 1 . 7. Im a big chart watcher and album sales figures fascinate me. The album lodged 35 weeks atop the Irish Albums Chart, the longest in the charts history. The record labels marketing department knew better, even though Jim wrote the bulk of the material. Music Box remains Careys highest seller with 28 million copies sold worldwide. That stunt helped create the mystique around the album. By September 2018, the album had spent 500 weeks on the Billboard album chart, making it one of the four longest-running albums of all time and the best-selling metal album of all time. Whitney Houston in 1993 and Taylor Swift in 2018. 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. 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. Produced by rock super-producer Robert John Mutt Lange who demanded perfection, it has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide. Millennium sold almost half a million copies in the US on its first day. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. The record was a commercial success, charting at number-one in the US for 15 weeks. we are getting results which are closer and closer to something truly Idol Trainee's Status After Joining 'Girls Planet 999'. Meanwhile, "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)" consistently ranks on the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart, along with B-side songs from "Proof." Michael Jackson merged all of them, plus his typical Funk sound, to great success. The album won the band a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album in 1995. Trivia Facts: The album stayed in the top 10 for 52 weeks, set a record for 112 weeks in the top 20, and stayed in the top 40 for 127 weeks. Damn Jay-z had a rough time with DMX and Eminem. 46. Five singles were released from Cant Slow Down, all of which hit the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including two that reached number-one: All Night Long (All Night) and Hello. It reached number one in nineteen countries and sold just under 4m copies in the US in the first month after release. In the 30+ years since, only 22 albums have sold at least 1 million copies in one week. It is widely agreed that the duo is among the most significant and influential hip-hop acts of all time. Thank U, Next confirms that no matter how you look at it, it did very well. Trivia Facts: This album was issued on the 30th anniversary of the bands break-up. This is one of my desert island albums for sure. The eighth studio album by Michael Jackson dominated worldwide charts reaching number-one in over 10 countries, helped along by his worldwide number-one hit single Black or White. Stray Kids Felix Fashion: Idol's Charming Styles To Try On For Boys Night Out. It went 33x Platinum and won a record-breaking 8 Grammy Awards at the 1984 Grammy Awards. In order to attain this level of success an act really needs to be in tune with what is happening on society, what audiences want, whilst remaining true to their brand and music. U.S. charts. 24 February 2023 - 02 March 2023. You may wonder if this list looks somewhat biased towards older releases since the highest 2020s release barely reach the top 20. Led Zeppelins best-selling album in the US never topped the charts peaking at number-two. It was nominated for six Grammy Awards, winning some and winning Album of the Year from the Billboard Music Awards. Bad Bunnys YHLQMDLG reached #11 with close to 0 impact outside Spanish speaking countries. 48. The third studio album by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain became the best-selling country music album, the best-selling studio album by a female act, and the best selling album by a Canadian. Spice Girls Spice (1996) 23m Despite low commercial expectations, the album became an unexpected breakout success, largely due to the popularity of its lead single Smells Like Teen Spirit. Eminem The Eminem Show (2002) 27m Led Zeppelin IV was their pinnacle achievement from 1971, focused on Hard Rock, Folk Rock, and pre-cursor Heavy Metal sounds. By January 1992, it had replaced Michael Jacksons Dangerous at number one on the US chart. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977) 40m 17, and "Run BTS" at No. They sold out the Wembley Stadium for seven nights in a row, a record breaking run. The record continues to be so strong on weekly charts today that we tend to miss the fact that Spotify had almost 200 million less users when it came out than now. kendrick and cole as well if they drop. gcse.async = true; Eminem, G-Unit & Nelly continue to dominate. She wasnt satisfied with her first album capturing the sound of tragedy and tried to write an upbeat album. With 32 million copies sold, it the best-selling debut album since Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987) and the best-selling rock album of the 21st century. "1989," Swift's fifth album, sold 1,287,000 copies in the first week after its release. Music industry One step closer to being accurate. Norah Jones Come Away with Me (2002) 27m Their other albums on the list are "MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 ~The Journey~" (564k copies) and "BTS, THE BEST" (782k copies). Whitney Houston was a first cousin of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick. At one stage that would have been a tall ask, but now we have had 22 artists that have achieved that feat, most of them in the new millennium. 02. 08/7/2022. So many great albums that resonated different chapters of my life. 1 on Billboard's Global' Global Excl. A massive commercial success, debuting at number one in 32 countries and breaking first-week sales records. By then, the platform had 88 million monthly active users, a number that has now increased to over 300 million. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. We're only talking about projects that sold massively out the gate. 26. *ARe multiplied by (100 + 4 times the number of songs) divided by 100 and brought to a base 100. The anthology album impressively racked up sales of 514,000 units in its first week. Speaking about relevant factors, another one is the number of MAU (Monthly Active Users) of Spotify. Sour by Olivia Rodrigo shots to the top spot with this view. "25," the third album by Adele, sold 3,378,000 copies in the first week after its release handily breaking a single-week record that was previously set by *NSYNC in 2000. Older albums with re-releases or resurgences of popularity also have clear advantages. These areThe 25 Biggest First-Week Album Sales in Music History. Eminem's "Revival" had his worst first week since "The Slim Shady LP" in 1999. (Remember Me)| 1997| 549K 37| Jay-Z| The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse| 2002| 545K 38| D12| D12 World| 2004| 544K 39| Drake| If You're Reading This It's Too Late| 2015| 535K 40| Outkast| Stankonia| 2000| 530K 41| Jay-Z| Magna Carta Holy Grail| 2013| 527K 42| T.I.| King| 2006| 522K 43| Snoop Dogg| Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told| 1998| 520K 44| Dr. Dre| 2001| 1999| 516K 45| J. Cole| 4 Your Eyez Only| 2016| 511K 46| Outkast| Speakerboxxx/The Love Below| 2003| 510K 47| Drake| More Life| 2017| 505K 48| Juice WRLD| Legends Never Die|2020|497K 49| Kanye West| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy| 2010| 496K 50| Master P| MP Da Last Don| 1998| 495K 51| The Notorious B.I.G.| Born Again| 1999| 485K 52| Lil Wayne | Tha Carter V | 2018 | 480K 53| Snoop Dogg| Tha Doggfather| 1996| 479K 54| Jay-Z| The Blueprint 3| 2009| 476K 55| Nas| I Am| 1999| 470K 56| T.I.| T.I. Previously, Billboardrevealedthat BTS' "Proof" debuted at No. Britney Spears Oops! I Did It Again (2000) 20m 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. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 32m Not just hard rock but medieval folk, electrified blues, and the majestic epic Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin IV has now sold over 37 million copies worldwide. Despite the albums success, the duo went their separate ways shortly after the albums release with their last performance at that time in the Forest Hills Stadium on July 18, 1970. Their first album with guitarist Joe Walsh topped the charts and won the band two Grammy Awards for title track and New Kid in Town. Even the critics liked it enough to not try to get attention by pretending to hate it. 1 albums in Japan. umm, you missed Prince and The Revolutions Purple Rain with 25 million copies sold. The tour even included the Jackson 5 again, together for the first time since 1972. One album from 2020 joined the list (Legends Never Die) and bumped off Get Rich Or Die Tryin OST. HARRY STYLES. This list seems suspect to me. The past year has . This makes BTS the first and only foreign artist so far to ever achieve ten No. gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em Released: February 12, 1990 Label: Capitol Records Units sold: 10 million 4. 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. Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A. 1984) 30m The bands first number-one album since Santana III 28 years earlier, for his eighteenth studio album Carlos Santana wanted to focus his musical direction towards pop and radio friendly material and proceeded to do so by collaborating with various contemporary guest artists, including Eric Clapton, Rob Thomas, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews and Cee-Lo Green. (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. Live. 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. While it topped none of the previous lists, Divides It reached number-one in eleven countries, including the US for 12 non-consecutive weeks. Pepper become the first rock LP to receive a Grammy Award for Album of the Year and was lauded by critics for its innovations in production, song writing and graphic design. It topped the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling debut album of all time, as well as the eleventh best-selling album of all time in the United States. Freddie Gibbs - Soul Sold Separately Released: September 30, 2022 Label: ESGN, Warner First week album sales: 22,000 Billboard 200 position: 14 Singles: "Too Much" Features: Kelly Price, Offset, Moneybagg Yo, Rick Ross, Anderson .Paak, Raekwon, Pusha T, Musiq Soulchild, Scarface Latto - 777 Released: March 25, 2022 Label: RCA, Streamcut U2 The Joshua Tree (1987) 25m 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Aug. 13) with 2022's biggest week by a woman - and the second-largest week of the year overall . The album went 23x Platinum in the USA. 31. But amazon is also paid and its dominated by pop and country. All we can now do is wait and see, Disclaimer: Whilst all attempts were made to secure worldwide first-week sales for all the albums listed in this article, sometimes only first-week sales figures from one country were available at the time this article was published. Nielsen Music started tracking point-of-sales data for US music releases in 1991. Instead they recruited Brian Johnson to take over lead vocals and released Back in Black with an all-black cover in mourning for their lost bandmate. MINIONS - THE RISE OF GRU. It spawned a musical in 2017 of the same name. Meek Mill's "Dreams & Nightmares" debuts with 165K. Trivia Facts: 23 years later, theres now a stage musical adaptation of the album, which is absurd. Somehow Pac was still having huuge debuts even 6 years after his death. The Spice Girls have sold 85 million records worldwide and became the biggest British pop success since The Beatles. 2002 - Eminem continues to dominate, the rise of Nelly. 6. 1 Song on the Billboard Hot 100 Since 2000 By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Everything hip-hop, R&B and Future Beats! 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. The first few weeks after the initial release of an album (thats obvious); Christmas time: in the lead up to Christmas album sales increase exponentially; Grammy time: in the week after the Grammy ceremony album sales increase; After the death of a major celebrity, people seem to go out in droves to purchase an artists past catalogue, almost as a way to show respect to the artist or maybe as a way to hold on to something from their past. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the US with 3,378,000 copies sold in its first seven days. When released it became the fastest-selling album in British history and features the hit singles With or Without You, I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For, and Where the Streets Have No Name, the first two of which became the groups only number-one singles in the US. With this view, Scorpion takes back its crown. "1," a post-breakup compilation album by The Beatles, sold 1,259,000 copies in the week ending December 24, 2000, six weeks after its release. I Want It That Way, one of four singles from this album reached the number-one spot in more than 25 countries. In the USA, Adele seemed to come out of nowhere, but 21 was her second album released in 2011 in the Pop and Soul genres. Ed Sheeran is unbeatable at this point lmao, Check you out, having a wank over Ed Sheeran. 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. BLACK PANTHER - WAKANDA FOREVER. Her previous albums were titled 19 and 25. As you can guess, the MAU is the number of users by the time each album was released. Richies second solo studio album has sold over 20 million copies. Look at those sales numbers! Interestingly, the list appears to be fairly different once we display an average per song. https://chartmasters.org/spotify-top-album-debuts/?view=country&country_code2=WW. 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. Theres some newcomers that show that this list can change at any time. It simply sold consistently, week after week, for years. Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987) 30m Those numbers make it one of thefastest-selling records of all time, or more accurately, sinceSoundscan started tracking sales in 1991. 2Pac continued to post great first weeks with "Loyal to the Game" debuting with 330K. The numbers mark the biggest first week for an album since . It was year 2000, the peak year of music record sales. 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. Your email address will not be published. Three singles were released from the album, each reaching high in the Billboard Hot 100: New Kid in Town (number one), Hotel California (number one), and Life in the Fast Lane (number 11). Theres also situations where double-length albums count as two sales. Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (2000) 32m When you downloaded a single, you still had no right to take a look at the rest of the album. 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. The UK's Top 100 biggest artist albums of the week, compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on sales of CDs, vinyl . #8 - Adele - 21 Certified Sales: 27.1 million In the USA, Adele seemed to come out of nowhere, but 21 was her second album released in 2011 in the Pop and Soul genres. 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. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Same for Scorpion as well as Post Malones Beerbongs & Bentleys, they belong to the top 10 in every metric. 41. Five singles were released from Can't Slow Down, all of which hit the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including two that reached number-one: "All Night Long (All Night)" and "Hello". Pink Floyd The Wall (1979) 30m RELATED:Pigeons & Planes - 10 Perfect Albums That Never Went Platinum 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. This just shows again how fucking insane peak 50 was. The fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2 had the provisional titles The Desert Songs and The Two Americas. There are albums which got less than 79 million streams a long time ago that could have done well in a weighted list. Sky is the limit for J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Suga, and V. Since their 2013 debut, their sales figures keep booming album after album. 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. Eminem's numbers in his prime were just out of this fucking world. If I had to guess, N.W.A. Thriller is estimated to have sold 66 million copies worldwide. That month, two major teen pop stars, Justin Bieber and One Direction, clashed when they dropped their new efforts at the same time. Michael Jackson, *Nsync, Eminem, Ayumi Hamasaki and Bz have all placed two albums each on the list. Would love your thoughts, please comment. no one comes close now. It was the first album to reach 14 million and 15 million sales in the USA since 1991. 16. 45. Sgt. The B-side song "Run BTS" also landed on this week's Global Excl. Trivia Facts: The singles for this compilation come from the Eagles first four albums. The debut studio album by American rock band Boston became the best-selling debut album in the US when released in 1976. Before it even came out it had advance orders of 800,000 copies. "Midnights," Swift's 10th studio album, has blown past the seven-digit milestone just four days after its release, racking up 1.3 million equivalent album units in the US.

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