The B-side song "Run BTS" also landed on this week's Global Excl. Yeah I don't remember 2019 being that weak in sales either. 2004 - The rise of Kanye West. 3 lbum, no two. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) Artist: Eminem Sold: 1,760,000 Lead Singles: "The Real Slim Shady" 2. Lionel Richie Cant Slow Down (1983) 20m It was promoted alongside the film Moonwalker, which starred Michael Jackson. There was a time when you couldnt not hear a Shania single on the radio. As Molly said, it seems like you guys are trying to insinuate something, that isnt the case when you look at actual figures, What are you insinuating by this? 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. Shania Twain also features in very high position in our Top 10 Richest Country Singers list. 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. Finally Springsteen became as powerful in the studio as he always had been on stage. The song Bad was meant to be a duet between Michael and Prince. In 1986, when Run-D.M.C. var gcse = document.createElement('script'); The album only reached #2 on the Billboard 200. 8 on MelOn. Shania Twain Come On Over (1997) 40m 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. 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, thriller, bad and dangerous. s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); On June 20, "Yet to Come" ranked No. In 1977, Fleetwood Mac released Rumours to the Soft Rock crowd, but obviously it had great mass appeal. Led Zeppelin themselves called it a fully realized hybrid of the folk and hard-rock directions.. Brothers in Arms was the first album certified 10-times platinum in the UK and is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history. You know what Id love to see is a spotify chart of all the streams by paying members and then the non paying. This is the second fastest selling album of all-time. These cookies do not store any personal information. Sour was available to way more people thanPurpose, for example. Record labels and artists often post much higher claimed sales than can be certified by companies like Nielsen SoundScan and the RIAA. 1 Song on the Billboard Hot 100 Since 2000 The Dark Side of the Moon is the insanely acclaimed 1973 Progressive Rock album from Pink Floyd. Each of its five singles, with three of them being international chart toppers. The success of the album led to an 18 month worldwide tour and a VHS and DVD release of the tour. It remains the only album in history to sell one million copies in at least two different weeks. This list of the best-selling albums of all time has more to it than youd might think. ASAP" debuts with 139K. The Wall initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of who found it overblown and pretentious. The Dark Side of the Moon reached number-one on the US Billboard chart and has charted for over 900 weeks in total. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987) 25m 1. 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. On the list of top 5 . 's Raising Hell went multi-platinum within a year it proved that hip-hop was a truly a cultural force. 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. The UK's Top 100 biggest artist albums of the week, compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on sales of CDs, vinyl . Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) 35m It says something that DSOTM is stuck between Bat Out of Hell and Back in Black. The Bee Gees included so many songs in the soundtrack and the movie of the same name that they essentially lost an albums worth of material. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. 1 albums in less than a year, according to Billboard. 42. First week album sales: 29,000 Billboard 200 position: 12 Singles: "Decades", "Tetris", "Therapy Music", "Vinyl Days", "Orville", "Bleed It", "Breath Control" Features: Wiz Khalifa, Action Bronson, Russ, The Game, Royce da 5'9, RZA, DJ Premier, Currensy, Langston Bristol, Doc D, iamJMARS, Big Lenbo, C Dot Castro, Nezi Momodu, Like, Blu, Exile, AZ. Beyonc 's Renaissance blasts in at No. Eagles Their Greatest Hits (19711975) has recently surpassed Michael Jacksons Thriller as the number-one best selling album of all time. The album got a massive 34-million average per song. Five singles from the album all charted: So Far Away, Money for Nothing, Brothers in Arms, Walk of Life and Your Latest Trick. Nas - I Am Released: April 6, 1999 First week sales numbers: 470,000 Singles: "Nas Is Like", "Hate Me Now" Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 Released: September 8, 2009 It went 33x Platinum and won a record-breaking 8 Grammy Awards at the 1984 Grammy Awards. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977) 40m Seven solo male artists occupy placements and the remaining 14 positions are occupied by bands. kendrick and cole as well if they drop. No data for number 5 but I'm going to assume it was LL Cool J's "14 Shots to the Dome". DMX's "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot" also sold 251K making 1998 a dominant year for X. Eminem debuted with 283K first week for his "The Slim Shady LP". *ARe multiplied by (100 + 4 times the number of songs) divided by 100 and brought to a base 100. A truly impressive feat. 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? The sales definitely reflect part of the impact an artist had. Some stats: Five out of the top ten best selling albums in the world were all released during the seventies, the most albums in the 50 by decade goes to the nineties with 16 albums, just beating the eighties with 15. 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. 43. The album became one of the best-selling albums in history. Pink Floyd The Wall (1979) 30m The list is obviously US-dominated, with 50 albums coming from the Hip Hop / R&B branch. 18. Despite low commercial expectations, the album became an unexpected breakout success, largely due to the popularity of its lead single Smells Like Teen Spirit. Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983) 20m. Swift broke her tie with Adele as the artist with the most million-selling weeks overall (four). Over the course of a year it was supported by six singles that all performed very well, but especially I Will Always Love You, originally written by Dolly Parton. Born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar to American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian musician Ravi Shankar, Jones was a lounge singer before finding success. J Balvin was able to reach past the 100 million mark with Colores too. A$AP Rocky's "Long. Lil Nas X and his 7 EP containing only 7 original tracks reached 102 million streams in its debut week. 2. Third biggest week in history for The Massacre and even the other members of G Unit were pushing 400k+ a week just by association. 15. Basically, longer albums have their raw streams inflated while shorter albums have their average streams inflate. The winner? The title track rose to No. Matchbox Twenty Yourself or Someone Like You 12 million. The album spent 31 non-consecutive weeks at number-one on the US charts. Music Box remains Careys highest seller with 28 million copies sold worldwide. U.S. chart, taking the No. [4] [5] [6] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three. After observing sales trends for many years I started noticing that some artists shift such large quantities of albums in their first week, that they attract an immediate certification. Pepper album was released. 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. Boyd Elder made the album cover from a plastic cast of a real eagle skull. Her debut studio album received Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album; the song Dont Know Why won Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Would love your thoughts, please comment. im sure roddy is gonna drop something and he should put up really good numbers too. hollywoods bleeding had a bigger first week but i assume its not included here bc its not a full hip hop record. Its hard to explain to people who werent there just how fucking big a star Eminem was. It also had a record-breaking run of 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart. The album was named after the age of Adele during its production, this her second album is the best-selling album of the past decade. Even the critics liked it enough to not try to get attention by pretending to hate it. These includes DJ Khaled and Camila Cabello. The tour even included the Jackson 5 again, together for the first time since 1972. 5. Madonna True Blue (1986) 25m 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. Its ten tracks of high-energy thats still loved today. Look at those sales numbers! After having observed the charts for many years, I have noticed a few trends regarding the way in which people buy albums. "Confessions," Usher's fourth album, sold 1,096,000 copies in the first week after its release. 's record and had the most successful first week in hip hop by far. "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water," Limp Bizkit's third album, sold 1,055,000 copies in the first week after its release. Produced by rock super-producer Robert John Mutt Lange who demanded perfection, it has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide. 26. 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. They supported the sales with a seven-month long tour in the USA. The bottom 5 are all releases from the last 2 years. The rappers fourth studio album is often debated as Eminems most personal and best work. Theres also situations where double-length albums count as two sales. The World's Biggest First Week Album Sales | by Sheldon Rocha Leal, PhD | Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. Lets take a look at the next ten that performed really well and may make it in the next decade. As many as 3 pop albums feature inside the Top 10 with Ed Sheeran , Ariana Grande and recently released Sour by Olivia Rodrigo. Nielsen Music started tracking point-of-sales data for US music releases in 1991. Trivia Facts: The album was recorded in Nassau in the Bahamas in a low-cost studio due to scheduling issues. It was supported over two years with a drip-feed of nine singles, starting with I Just Cant Stop Loving You. Nine singles is a lot when theres only 11 total tracks. (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. We added a simple formula* to get an indicator in-between both views to get the top performing debuts of all-time on Spotify. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. The 2015 album jumps to the 3rd spot with 2.35 streams per user. It has since sold more than 12 million copiesin the US and remains the best-selling soundtrack of all time. Eric Robert/Sygma/Kevin Mazur/TAS18 via Getty Images. Madonnas third studio album was inspired by her then husband Sean Penn, to whom Madonna dedicated the album. A lot of data was impossible for me to find here. Its one of only 5 albums which hit 2 SPU. 50. Its been re-printed and re-issued countless times, as recently as 2014, helping boost the sales numbers. Young Buck's "Straight Outta Cashville" debuted with 361K. It was a long-time coming, being their 8th studio album. Congratulations to BTS on their historic achievement in Japan with their anthology album! With album sales dropping, fewer artists are achieving these targets. The band decided their fourth album would officially be untitled, and would be represented instead by four symbols chosen by each band member, without featuring the name or any other details on the cover. "The Life Of Pablo" marks the first time in his career that a Kanye album does not have a top five debut week. 1 on its Weekly Album chart for June 13 to 19. It reached number one in nineteen countries and sold just under 4m copies in the US in the first month after release. It stayed in the top spot for 37 weeks. 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. It has now reached a point that if an artist wants to be eligible for the Top 20 they need to have shipped over 2.1 million units in one week. The Canadian singer emerged as a teen star in her homeland with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. Bad came out in 1987, at a time when Rock was on the way out and Pop and R&B were taking over. adjusted for that, idk if Drake would be on level playing field, but it wouldn't be as crazy. 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. After taking a seven-year hiatus from the music business, Justin Timberlake crooned his way back to the Billboard charts this week, selling a whopping 968,000 copies ofThe 20/20 Experiencein its first week of release. Required fields are marked *. Drama in the music industry is fun! "25" went on to sell 1,160,000 copies in its second week and 1,190,000 in its fifth week. A New Day in Las Vegas Strip (200307), remains the highest-grossing concert residency of all time and Dion is the best-selling Canadian artist and one of the best-selling artists ever with record sales of over 200 million copies worldwide. 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. Youd recognize songs like Youre Still the One, That Dont Impress Me Much, and Man! In 1986, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 14 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children and played their debut gig the following year. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. 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. "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)" successfully entered at No. Which artists do you expect to have the five best first weeks this year and who do you expect will make the top 100? Snoop set the record for best first week for a debut album. In 1994, their major label debut Dookie, became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 10 million copies in the US. 17. She wasnt satisfied with her first album capturing the sound of tragedy and tried to write an upbeat album. "Red," Swift's fourth album, sold 1,208,000 copies in the first week after its release. A: Only albums that make the top 50 in sales+streaming for their debut week are counted. The album produced seven singles The Girl Is Mine, Billie Jean, Beat It, Wanna Be Startin Somethin', Human Nature, P.Y.T. Look at eminem. 30. The soundtrack albums The Bodyguard, Saturday Night Fever, and Grease: The Original Soundtrack are also up there with the 10 best selling albums ever. The lyrics were printed in full on the back cover, the first time this had been done on a rock LP. Trivia Facts: The singles for this compilation come from the Eagles first four albums. There are many factors why this is. 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. 13. Here is a visual of the top 100 first weeks of all-time, I think its a given that drake and kendrick will both be in the top 5 this year and will crack the top 100 of all time but itll be interesting to see how much the new merch rules affect everyones sales. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. vs. T.I.P.| 2007| 468K 57| Jay-Z| The Black Album| 2003| 463K 58| Jay-Z| Vol. Interestingly, the list appears to be fairly different once we display an average per song. The album was so successful the media was making up stories about the members just to get more attention (some things never change). Lets add this information to the table. 2 on Global 200. The album was surrounded by significant controversy upon its release with criticism centered around lyrics that were considered violent, homophobic, and misogynistic. This performance indicator has been applied only to the initial list of 85 albums. 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. Shania Twain is a huge Country crossover artist, merging into the Pop genre. The name and cover were both meant as signs of mourning at the time. 1. It would be easy to jump on the conclusion that this genre is bigger in streaming. Michael Jackson, *Nsync, Eminem, Ayumi Hamasaki and Bz have all placed two albums each on the list. 1" from 1997 not to have a top five debut week. by 12.4% of the users than 6 songs played by 14.3% of the users since It worked, big time. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. A massive commercial success, debuting at number one in 32 countries and breaking first-week sales records. BTS' "Proof" took the spot on Oricon's Weekly Album Chart, with the biggest first-week sales recorded in Japan this year. Older albums with re-releases or resurgences of popularity also have clear advantages. There hasnt been another quite like it before or since its release, a concept album, its themes exploring conflict, greed, time, death, and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by the deteriorating health of founding member Syd Barrett. Here are 20 albums with the biggest first-week sales in hip-hop history. It was nominated for six Grammy Awards, winning some and winning Album of the Year from the Billboard Music Awards. 17, and "Run BTS" at No. 1 on Bugs, climbed up to No. Jacksons previous album Off the Wall (1979) had been a critical success, but he wasnt happy. 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and Eminem trail with two apiece. 22. Continue reading to learn how many copies of BTS' anthology album were sold in the country. Of course, its easier to repeat a 7-songs album than a 25-songs album, but its still a worthy element to factor in. Keep in mind that albums likeEminem's The Eminem Show and Whitney Houston's soundtrack for The Bodyguard sold over a million copies in weeks other than their first. 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). Famous Idol Trainee's Status After Leaving YG Entertainment, Where Is Guinn Myah Now? It was year 2000, the peak year of music record sales. Amazon isnt close to Apple Music in the US, so a mute point. Its a tough juggling act. Some of the profits from the album were invested in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; I doubt they care at this point. Adele's three were all achieved with the same album. Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell (1977) 43m And the biggest benefit goes to compilations and greatest hits records that are full of hit singles. It received nearly unanimous perfect scores from all of the critics and still does retrospectively. https://chartmasters.org/spotify-top-album-debuts/?view=country&country_code2=WW. With streams, all you need to do is go to the album page and play it in full. I for one would be interested to see who would be able to beat Michael Jacksons astounding 7 million unit achievement. Santana Supernatural (1999) 30m GRaceland (Paul Simon).Whats Goin On (Marvin Gaye)? Feeling instantly nostalgic. Celine Dion Falling into You (1997) 32m You may wonder if this list looks somewhat biased towards older releases since the highest 2020s release barely reach the top 20. Naturally, the leader of urban music comes on top. 1 . RELATED: Every No. None of the band members had any say in this release happening, and felt it was a ploy by the record company to make more money without additional expenses. On average, each Spotify user streamed slightly over 3 songs from the album during its first week. Bad Bunnys YHLQMDLG reached #11 with close to 0 impact outside Spanish speaking countries. 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. 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. 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? the late 90s/early aughts were a high point for music sales in general. :), Holy shit thats absurd. Adele 21 (2010) 31m The original title was Dark Side of the Moon: A Piece for Assorted Lunatics. Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 32m 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. Trivia Facts: Thriller marked the first time Michael Jackson reached the top of the Billboard 200, back when it was called the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. Lets Talk About Love includes Celine Dions biggest hit, My Heart Will Go On. According to Billboard, the album sold 1,061,000 copies in the week ending January 3, 1993, six weeks after its release.
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